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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 36th Parliament – March 2000 - March 2001
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Fair Share program
False Creek
Families
Family Caregivers Network
- Work of organization, use as model for provincial program
(Farnworth) 16168
(Hansen) 16167-8
Family Compensation Act
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
Family maintenance enforcement program
- Contract for administration and delivery of program
(Petter) 15597, 15622
(Plant) 15597, 15622
- Information on child support payers, tracking by ministry
(Petter) 15623
(Plant) 15623
- Interprovincial enforcement initiatives
(Petter) 15623
(Plant) 15622-3
- Maintenance payments
- Program
(Anderson) 16210
(Pullinger) 16210
- Use to enforce parental funding for income assistance for under-age youth
(Pullinger) 16103
(Stephens) 16103
Family Relations Act
Farm Credit Corporation
Farmers, farmland, farms, etc. See Agriculture industry
FarmFolk/CityFolk Society
- Concerns re agrifood quality standards legislation
(Barisoff) 17078
(Evans) 17078
Farnworth, Hon. Michael (Port Coquitlam)
- As subject, performance as Health minister during supplementary estimates debate
(Hansen) 17190
- Abortion, funding of therapeutic abortions 15675-6
- Accidents, head and brain injuries, services 15643-4
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, role in provision of nurse training programs 15814-5
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- HIV-positive diagnosis, self-help care model 16156
- services in B.C. interior 15680
- AIDS Resource Centre, services 15680
- Airline industry, merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., impact on level of airline service in B.C. 15834-5
- Alberta, health care services 15617
- Ambulance service
- availability 15607, 15692
- charges for use of service, remission of fees 16160-1
- coverage for out-of-province air ambulance service 15617, 15838-9, 16160-1
- personnel
- responsibilities of ambulance personnel, complainant's right to request investigation 16161
- training for ambulance personnel 15621, 16161
- transfers between facilities for medical tests, policy on payment 15621, 15639-40
- Autism, treatment services for children 14940
- Blenheim Lodge, use of facility 16165
- Breast health, mammography services
- comparison with prostate testing services 15832
- mobile mammography unit 15615, 15617-8
- screening program, expansion 15833
- B.C. Ambulance Service, charge-out policies and practices 16160-1
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, role in health care capital projects 15576
- B.C. Health Research Foundation, budget 15810-1
- B.C. Medical Association, role in negotiations between government and physicians 15610-1, 15685, 15697, 16662, 17186, 17218
- B.C., northern B.C.
- B.C. Pharmacy Association, authority to negotiate with government on behalf of pharmacists 16176
- Budget debate 15025-7
- Budgets, balanced budgets, impact on government programs and services 15025-7
- Bulkley Lodge residential care facility, availability of operating funds 16165
- Canada Health Act (federal), provisions
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, position on health care public-private partnerships 15681
- Cancer
- cervical cancer, screening, false results issue 15832-3
- prostate cancer, awareness and testing 15694, 15831-2
- treatment services
- Capital health region, funding and needs 15694, 15809, 17233
- Cariboo Memorial Hospital, staffing levels 15696
- Central Vancouver Island health region, issues 15688-9, 15691-2
- Chase, multilevel health care facility 15602-3, 15606
- Children and Families ministry, program and service delivery, integration of programs transferred from Health and other ministries, effectiveness 15810
- Children, children with mental disorders, ministerial responsibility 15573, 15686
- Children's Hospital, parking costs while child undergoing treatment, case 15836
- Chilliwack, health care situation 15683-4
- Choices in Supports for Independent Living program, changes to program 16168
- Clearwater, multilevel health care facility 15602-3
- Coast-Garibaldi health region, funding 15845-7
- Community Care Facilities Act, update 16159
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue, government action 14892
- Corrections system
- mentally disordered offenders
- disposition 15567
- programs and services, ministerial responsibility 15572
- psychiatric services, role of forensic liaison workers 15566-7, 15572-3
- Delta, health care situation in area 15685-7
- Delta Hospital, obstetrics and gynecological services 15686
- den Bok, Joe, prostate cancer wait-list case 15683-4, 15831
- Diabetes
- clinical practice guidelines 16157
- education programs 16156-7
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services, ministry responsibility issue re wheelchair repair case 15743
- Drugs, pharmaceuticals
- Eagle Park Lodge, expansion of facility 15691
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14889-90
- Education funding, government commitment 15026-7
- Emergencies, emergency preparedness, availability of acute-care beds 15675
- Enderby and District Memorial Hospital, acute-care beds, change to long-term care 15606-7
- Family Caregivers Network, work of organization, use as model for provincial program 16168
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome, treatment and services, funding 15843-4
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, role in health care capital projects 15574-5
- Fischer Place, residential care facility, availability of operating funds 16165
- Food and beverage services, health regulations 16106
- Forensic Psychiatric Institute, relationship with Riverview Hospital 15566
- Fort St. John, ambulance service, call volumes 15616
- Fort St. John General Hospital, funding and service 15612-3
- Forward House, funding 15692
- Fosamax, status under Pharmacare program 15767-8
- Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, wait-lists 15668, 15683-4
- Fraser Valley health region, funding 17195-6
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation issue 14791-2, 16877
- Gorge Road Hospital, future of facility 15744, 15809
- Government
- ministries, interministerial relationships 15810
- policy-making, participation of women 15844
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital
- bed shortage 15685
- funding, use of supplementary funds 17224-5
- Health Association of B.C., study of health care regionalization 15735
- Health care
- access, universality issue 15835
- administration costs 15686
- age-related illness and disease, increase 15605, 15607-8
- bequests to health care facilities 15737
- capital projects
- cardiac surgery, number of surgeries 15836-7
- chronic illness, physician's referral to self-help group 16156-7
- community-based initiatives 15691
- continuing and long-term care
- dialysis services, cases 15675, 16173
- education programs 16157
- facilities
- funding
- disbursement of supplementary funds 17185-6, 17190, 17192-3, 17195-9, 17203-4, 17208-10, 17217-20, 17235-6, 17238
- federal contribution 14890-1, 15539-40, 15642, 15670-2, 15693, 15740-1
- federal contribution, agreement with federal government 17185, 17188, 17192
- federal contribution, Liberal Party position 17195, 17198
- funding levels 15646-7, 15748, 15805-6
- government commitment 15026-7
- population-based funding formula 15613, 15666-7, 15669, 15689, 15747-8, 15845-6
- health action plan 17186-8, 17203-6
- health authorities
- health authorities, budgeting process
- health information management project 15571, 16175
- health professionals
- interprovincial training and recruitment strategy 15614, 15685, 15696-7
- recruitment and retention 15619-20, 15667-8
- severance payments for practitioners who leave employment voluntarily 16166-7
- wage parity settlements, use as benchmark in future negotiations with health care workers 16167
- health professions, federal-provincial advisory committee on health human resources 15828-9
- health regions
- infrastructure, hospital and technology infrastructure 14890
- massage therapy for residents of long term care facilities 15692
- medical research, funding 15810-2
- MRI units, placement in B.C. facilities 15690-1, 16170-1
- regionalization
- residential care 15682
- services
- appropriateness issue 15808
- integrated service delivery 15734-5
- level of service to patients 17193-4
- patient-client satisfaction surveys 15808
- population base required to support specialization 15847
- practitioner-population ratios 15807-8
- services for seniors, adult day care services 15671
- services for women, women-centred care, policies 15841
- services in remote and rural areas
- comparison with services in lower mainland and southern Vancouver Island 15750
- government work 15735
- rural strategy, interprovincial cooperation 15615
- system
- technology
- transitional care program 15693
- trauma strategy for province 15837
- travel for treatment and diagnostic services
- costs, coverage 15839-40
- out-of-province emergency medical services 15483-4, 16806-7
- transporting of patients for medical treatment 15838
- travel assistance program 15834-6
- travel to Washington State 15831
- wait-lists and waiting times
- workers
- flu shots for staff of care facilities 16158-9
- future labour needs in health care sector 14891
- on-the-job accidents and injuries 15744-7
- women employed in health care sector, status as paid caregivers 15844-5
- Health Employers Association of B.C., agreement with Hospital Employees Union, compensation and severance provisions 16165-7
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15539-46, 15561-78, 15602-21, 15639-50, 15665-99, 15734-53, 15762-74, 15805-16, 15828-47, 16155-76; supplementary estimates debate 17185-238
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 15664
- budget
- communications budget 17200-1
- cost of public sector labour accords 15807
- discretionary funds, allocation process 15640-1
- communications between ministry and health regions 15690
- correspondence unit, response times 15683-4
- estimates debate
- need for supplementary estimates debate 17185
- scheduling concerns 15542-3
- funding agreements with other ministries 15743
- Health Human Resources Advisory Committee, role 15814
- involvement in negotiations on health care worker labour accords 16166
- involvement in regional health authorities' decision-making 15736, 15738, 15751, 15765
- ministers of Health, number of ministers during NDP administration 16171
- performance plan
- 2000-01, retabled 15664
- contents, inclusion of environmental scan 15541-2
- provision of personal lubricants at needle exchange centres, cost 15959-60, 16007
- purchasing policies 15748-9, 16169-70
- relationships with other ministries 15810
- web site, inclusion of health action plan 17234
- Heritage House, assisted-living facility 15620-1
- Holocaust, impact on people 14980
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14980
- Home care
- caregiving by family and friends, impact on women 15844
- funding 15677
- home support services
- Home Support Action Group, work of organization 15693
- Hospice care, services in B.C. 15762-4, 17237
- Hospice House, funding 15762-4
- Hospitals
- acute-care beds
- use for long term care patients 15620-1, 16164
- use for therapies not insured by medicare unless provided in hospital 15765-6
- bed utilization 15752
- bequests and donations, impact on government funding 15737-8
- budgets, technology component 15679-80
- community hospitals 15618-9
- current conditions in Canada's hospitals 15646-7
- equipment and technology needs 15604, 15673-4, 16169-70
- funding 15613
- funding, impact of block funding on patient services 15750-1
- hospital system in lower mainland 15675
- services, approval criteria for accreditation of medical specialties 15676-7
- staffing, supervisory nurse positions, elimination 15749
- teaching hospitals, residency programs 15829
- workplace safety, government action 16876-7
- Houlden family, premature birth case 15750, 15835
- Housing, social housing, supportive housing for persons with mental illness 15544, 15563
- Houston, health centre upgrade 16172
- Human Genome Project, work of project 15841
- Human reproduction
- emergency contraception program, implementation 16176
- reproductive technologies 15841-2
- Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (federal), purpose of bill 15841-2
- Kaiser Youth Foundation, report on substance abuse 16159
- Kamloops, health care, wait-lists for continuing and long-term care 15603-4
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Kelowna, long term care facility for area 15644
- Keremeos, health care facility 15618
- Kitimat, health centre construction project 15578
- Lady Minto Gulf Islands Hospital, on-call funding for physicians 15743
- Langley, health care situation 15668-71
- Langley Lodge, renovation project 15669
- Langley Memorial Hospital
- Legislature
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 14889, 14892
- Lions Gate Hospital
- Lort, Barb, hip replacement wait-list case 15695
- McCourt, John, vascular surgery wait-list case 15678-9
- Medical Services Plan
- applications, processing time 16173-4
- benefits, supplementary benefits program, review 16174
- CareCard misuse 16174
- coverage, Lovaas therapy 14940
- coverage, out-of-province treatment for B.C. residents, policy 16172-3
- payments to practitioners, alternate payment program 16172
- Mental health
- funding for services, community mental health services 15648-9, 15692
- mental health advocate
- annual report, 1998-99, availability and contents 15218, 15564-5
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 15329
- role and responsibilities 15562, 15565
- mental health plan 14726-7, 15159, 15217-8, 15545-6, 15561-4, 15568-9, 15615, 16562
- mental illness
- programs and services
- accessibility 15565
- children and youth 15544, 15573
- demonstration projects 15569-70
- planning process, role of consumers and families 15571
- resource utilization management objectives 15571
- women-centred treatment options 15843
- Midway, multilevel health care facility 15618
- Midwifery, home birth demonstration project, project information, access through freedom-of-information legislation 15683
- Mills Memorial Hospital
- no-transfer-back policy 15749-50
- pacemaker replacement program 15751
- MSA Hospital, construction project 15649-50
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, services
- Nicholls, Stephanie, cervical cancer screening case 15832-3
- North Okanagan health region, services and needs 15607-8, 15681, 15762-4
- North Vancouver, North Shore health care situation 15672-4
- Northern Interior health region, board's position on new facility for Vanderhoof 15610
- Nurses
- accreditation
- blended nursing model, amalgamation of long term care, home care and home support supervisor roles 15765
- nurse practitioners, role in rural and remote areas 15843
- student nurses, use in hospitals 15605
- supervisory or head nurse positions in health care facilities 15749
- supply, recruitment and retention
- government strategies 15812-3, 15830, 17186, 17228
- number needed to meet future demand, ten-year forecast 15814
- number of full- and part-time nurses 17233
- supply in northern and rural areas 16154
- training
- wage levels for nurses working with mentally ill patients 15568
- workload 15671
- Occupational health and safety, fund for addressing health and safety issues in hospitals 16876-7
- Okanagan area
- Okanagan University College, nursing program 15648
- Olanzapine, status under Pharmacare program 15768, 15770, 16155-6
- Oliver, hospital services 15618-9
- 100 Mile House, health care facility 15051
- Ontario, health care, critical care network program 15647
- Operation ID, initiative to prevent sale of tobacco products to minors 15641
- Optometrists, user fee for services 14727, 16174
- Osoyoos, hospital services 15619
- Overlander Extended Care Hospital
- administration 15603
- unfinished wing, future 15605
- Parksville, ambulance service in area 15692
- Peace-Liard health region, funding 15615
- Pemberton, growth 15845-7
- Penikett, Tony, role in contract negotiations with public sector unions 16166
- Pharmacare program
- coverage
- antipsychotic medications 15768-72
- in-home intravenous therapy 15766
- osteoporosis medications 15767-8
- special authority prescription approvals 15695-6
- therapeutics initiative committee, role in evaluating prescription medications 15767-8, 15772-4, 16155-6
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 16176
- Physicians
- disputes
- handling by NDP government 17216
- handling by NDP government, funding for settlements 17230-1
- handling by NDP government, Prince George model 17219
- physicians' withdrawal of services 17220
- locum services in northern and rural areas 17219
- prescription-writing patterns, changes 15842
- stability of service coverage 17216
- supply and recruitment
- radiation oncologists and radiation therapy technicians, accreditation issue 15667
- recruitment from outside Canada 15614
- training spaces in B.C. 15829
- supply and recruitment in northern and rural areas
- Port Coquitlam constituency and area, capital improvements 14891-2
- Prince George
- Prince George Regional Hospital
- Privacy, confidentiality of personal medical information 16175
- Public debt, borrowing for capital investment 14892
- Public health, immunization against influenza, government program 16158-9
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, agreement with capital health region 15696
- Queen Charlotte Islands, health care governance 15738-9
- Quesnel, nurse supply 15959
- Read, Eric, air ambulance charges 15838, 16160
- Risperidone, benefits, comparison with olanzapine 15771
- Riverview Hospital
- Royal Inland Hospital, psychiatric facility 15561, 15566
- St. Paul's Hospital, morbid obesity program, future 15687
- Schizophrenia, medication, open access issue 15698-9, 15768-72
- Schools
- capital projects, new and upgraded facilities in Coquitlam area 14891-2
- smoking pits on school property 16158
- Science and technology, information technology, standardized systems for all hospitals and health authorities 14890
- Select Standing Committee on Health and Social Services, review of current health care policy 15639-40, 15809-10
- Seniors
- Shuswap, health care situation in area 15606-8
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 15025
- SkyTrain, role in development of lower mainland 14892
- Sleeping Beauty Lodge, closing of facility 15752
- Smallwood, Joan, political party membership issue 14846
- South Fraser health region funding, allocation of supplementary funds 17226-7, 17235-6
- South Okanagan–Similkameen health region, funding and needs 15641-2, 15645, 17228, 17234-5
- Squamish General Hospital, debt 15845-7
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prescription drug abuse by women 15842
- substance abuse prevention and addictions commission, proposal 16159
- treatment services
- ministerial responsibility 15843
- services for women with children 15842
- Sunshine Coast area, health care situation 15845-7
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 15025-7
- Thompson health region, funding 15603-4, 17225-6
- Throne speech debate 14889-92
- Tobacco
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act
- Transportation, infrastructure projects in Coquitlam area 14891-2
- United States, economic system 15025
- University College of the Cariboo, nursing spaces 17205
- University of B.C., medical school, number of training spaces 15829
- University of Northern B.C., nursing program, number of new spaces 15609
- Vancouver General Hospital, Laurel Pavilion construction project 15577-8
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, wait-list for radiation treatment 15695
- Vancouver, sobering centre for city, status of project 15843
- Vanderhoof, multilevel health care facility for area 15609
- Vernon Jubilee Hospital
- abortion services 15675-6
- fundraising activities 15737
- specialist operating privileges, case 15676
- Victoria Chinatown Care Centre, future of facility 15694
- Victoria General Hospital, pediatric intensive care unit 15074-5, 15744, 15809
- Victoria, health care needs of area's aging population 15693-4
- Whistler, growth 15845-7
- Workers compensation, rates, increase in employer premiums for health care workers 15744-7
- Zacks, David, statements on diagnostic equipment needs of B.C. hospitals 16169
Farrell-Collins, Gary (Vancouver–Little Mountain)
- As subject
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 15861-2
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15861-2
- Attorney General ministry, annual reports, timeliness 16271, 16435, 16438, 16442, 17134
- Auditor general, opportunity to express an opinion on status of budget process review panel recommendations 16440
- Balanced Budget Act
- Birrell, Margaret, position on NDP initiatives 17019
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- B.C. Hydro
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16045-51
- derivatives trading 16049-51
- employees
- competitive salaries for employees 16047-8
- job satisfaction issues 16046-8
- training programs for corporation employees 16046-7
- executive compensation, bonuses paid to senior managers 16048-9
- liability concerns re outstanding comfort letter offer to Nissho Iwai Corp. of Japan 16049
- rate freeze 15040, 15538
- B.C. Pension Corporation, information management system upgrade 16677-8
- B.C. Racing Commission, government funding 16724-5
- Budget debate 14543-5, 14547-54
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000
- debate 15037-40, 15075-84, 15086-7, 15089-94, 15098, 15447-51, 15457-60, 15500-1, 15504-6, 15535, 15537-8, 17158
- purpose of bill 15037
- Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations
- implementation by government 16440
- recommendations 17014
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 16267, 17013
- 2000-01 budget
- advertising campaign contract 16253
- approval of electorate 14554
- comparison with Ontario budget 15328
- prebudget public consultation 17014
- projected revenues and expenditures 14548-9
- balanced budgets
- balanced-budget legislation
- budget-making process
- current practices 16646-7
- handling by NDP administration during 1995-96 period 16385
- legislative requirements 14543
- legislative requirements, legal action against government in event of non-compliance 16441
- public input 16381-3, 16385-7
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14544-5, 14550-2
- fixed date for tabling of annual budget 16270, 16390-2
- interim supply, use 16991
- prebudget activities, consultation by select standing committee, opportunity for broad public participation 16381-3, 16385
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 16270
- Business
- electronic commerce, regulation of out-of-province enterprises 15038-9, 15447-9
- small business, tax reductions 15084
- Canada, fiscal disparities between provinces 14552-3
- Canadian Venture Exchange, location of head office and operations centre 16684-6
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., legal action against government 14517
- Civil service, public sector
- Clark, Glen
- comments on balanced-budget legislation 17018
- lawsuits involving member, payment of legal costs by government 14910, 14985, 16708
- Cooperative Association Act, coming into force of act 15056
- Cooperative Association Amendment Act, 2000
- Cooperatives, development of modern cooperative sector 15056-7
- Corporations
- taxation, capital tax
- impact on Asian investment in B.C. 14552
- taxation of foreign bank branches in B.C. 17081
- taxation, income tax
- manufacturing and processing tax credit 16725, 17082
- small business tax holiday 16682-4
- Crown corporations
- annual reports, timeliness 17134
- reporting requirements 16435-6
- revenue from service rate increases or sale of assets, impact on government revenue 17129-33
- Cull, Elizabeth, comments while Finance minister on 1995-96 budget 14544
- Deloitte Consulting Product Services Inc., review of government's capital management process
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, government caucus support as premier 16991-2
- Economic Forecast Council, selection and appointment process, public participation 16386-7
- Economy, B.C. economy, comparison with elsewhere 14549-50, 14552-3, 15757
- Education
- funding, allocations to workers' wage agreements 14543-4
- independent schools, funding from government 15260
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14548, 14694
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointment of commission, statutory time limit 16268
- Energy and Mines ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16028, 16045-51
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries construction program
- fast ferries, sale by government 15958, 16105-6
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 16724-5, 17081-2
- Financial Administration Act, amendments 16724
- Financial Information Act, amendments 16724
- Financial services industry, banking industry, taxation of foreign bank branches in B.C. 17081
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- business plan, review by Forests Committee 16383
- project funds, use to balance budget 16268
- Forest worker transition program, taxation of training funds, responsibility for payment of taxes 15075
- Forests ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15115-6
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, applicability 16272
- Freedom of information, requests for information
- documentation re 1995-96 and 1996-97 budgets 16267
- response time 16272-3
- Georgia Strait Crossing project, cost and cost-sharing 16045
- Government
- accounting
- methods, transparency principle 14543
- reporting of contingent liabilities 16684
- use of generally accepted accounting principles 16270
- contracts, fiscal guidelines 16269-70
- fiscal planning and policies, five-year fiscal framework 14551-2
- lawsuits involving government and government officials, payment of legal costs 14910, 16708
- ministers, reporting requirements 16439
- ministries and government organizations
- annual and quarterly reports, timeliness 16271, 16435-6, 16442-6, 17134-5
- disclosure requirements, penalties in event of non-compliance 16437-8
- Liberal Party request for list of tabled annual reports 17134
- performance plans 16271-2, 16442-4
- requirement to provide information to responsible minister 16438-9
- participatory government 16387
- spending
- levels 14551-2
- NDP government priorities 17015
- spending authority, role of elected representatives 14634
- spending, capital expenditures and projects
- Gunton, Tom, secondment from Finance ministry to other ministries, current role 14870-1
- Hansen, Colin, comments on handling of mental health plan by former health minister 15160
- Health care, workers, wage-and-benefit agreements 14543-4, 14547-8
- Heaney, John, role in advertising campaign for 2000-01 budget 16253
- Horse Racing Tax Act, amendments 16724-5
- Horse-racing industry, tax rebates to industry 16724-5
- Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 17081
- Income tax
- B.C. tax-on-income system 16506
- personal tax rates
- rates in B.C., Liberal Party position 16504, 16506
- reductions for low- and middle-income earners 14548-9
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2000, debate 16503-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., 2000-01 estimates debate 16730-5
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment during NDP administration 14544
- Kasper, Rick, comments on government handling of forest worker transition program tax issue 15075
- Labour ministry
- Legislation
- amendment of funding amount in bill 14634
- exposure bills as opportunity for public input 15056
- supply bills, inclusion of forecast allowance in supply bill preamble 17168
- Legislature
- committee system, impact of select standing committee motions on House matters 15115
- debate
- matters under sub judice rule 14871-2
- questions, impact of legal advice on ministers' answers 15115-6
- estimates process, reform of process 16991
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 15056
- question period, question must deal with minister's area of responsibility 15160
- Speaker and Chair, election of Deputy Speaker 14497
- standing orders
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, rules for qualification 16665
- order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of school support staff collective bargaining bill through all stages in one day 14694
- proposed changes 16991
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- MLAs' performance in estimates debates 16991
- position on issues
- Local government, improvement districts, management of sinking funds 15662-3
- Lovick, Dale, comments on balanced-budget legislation 17021
- Miller, Dan, performance as minister responsible for B.C. Ferry Corporation 15457-60
- Mining industry, mine reclamation process, taxation of catalysts used in tailings ponds 15098
- New Brunswick, fiscal situation 14553
- NDP government
- economic and fiscal policies 14543-5, 16504-6
- financial management 17017-8
- handling of capital projects 15010-1
- management of 2000 legislative agenda 16991
- performance 16267-8, 16385, 17013
- position on balanced-budget legislation 17016-21, 17132-3
- use of aliases in e-mail and correspondence by ministers and senior staff, applicability of freedom-of-information legislation 17085-6
- Now Communications Group Inc., contracts with government, tendering process 16298-9
- Optometrists, user fee for services 14727
- Petter, Andrew
- comments on balanced-budget legislation 17016-7, 17132
- payment of legal services provided for member, disclosure issue 14985
- Powerex Corporation, derivatives trading 16049-51
- Priddy, Penny, comments on funding for independent schools 15260
- Prince George, health care situation in area 14547-8, 16665
- Public debt
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- debate 14694
- severance of bill for timelier passage of back-to-work portion 14694
- Pullinger, Jan, position on fast ferry program cost overruns 17015
- Quebec Manor, establishment as housing cooperative 15056
- Ramsey, Paul, handling of information re funding for independent schools 15260
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15500, 15889
- Resources and resource industries, revenues 14553
- Sales tax
- collection and remittance of taxes, provisions re out-of-province sellers 15038-9, 15447-9
- exemption for computer software used in high-technology sector 15098
- system, fairness and complexity 16679-82
- tax on recreational vehicles and boats, impact on tourism industry 15093-4, 17158
- Saskatchewan, public debt levels 14550-1
- Schreck, David, Liberal Party's freedom-of-information request for e-mails 17085-6
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14549-50, 14553
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, activation of committee 16268-9
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, auditor general review of fast ferries construction program, hearings 16382, 16385
- Senior Civil Servant Remuneration Allowances and Perquisites Act (SCRAP Act) 2000, debate 16492
- Sheehan, John, wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro, cost to taxpayers 15435
- Smallwood, Joan
- comments on balanced-budget legislation 17020
- political party membership issue 14846
- Social Credit Party, government, position on balanced-budget legislation 17015-6
- Social welfare system, income assistance, disability benefits, level 2 benefits 14548
- Supply Act, 2000-2001, debate 17168
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14634
- Supply Act (No. 2), 2000, debate 16991-2
- Taxation
- accounting records for taxes collected 15038, 15075-6, 15086-7
- B.C. residents' tax burden, comparison to other jurisdictions 16503-5
- collection and remittance of taxes, enforcement
- current levels 16725
- definition of terms in legislation 15092-3
- Taxpayer Protection Act, repeal of act 17016-7
- Tobacco, unlawful possession
- Treasury Board, role 15010-1
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act
- debate 14793
- advancement of bill through all stages in one day 14793
- Vancouver Island, electric power supply for island 16045
- Vancouver Stock Exchange, merger with Alberta Stock Exchange 16684-6
- Walsh, Erda, position on balanced-budget legislation 17020
- West Coast Express, requirement to comply with freedom-of-information provisions 16272
- Wilson, Gordon, comments on issues
- balanced-budget legislation 17019-20
- funding for independent schools 15260
- Workers Compensation Board, governance and accountability issues 16829-30
FDBC Film Development Society of British Columbia
Federalism
- Federal government involvement in areas of provincial jurisdiction
(Miller) 15978
Federation of Child and Family Services of British Columbia
- Position on citizens' initiative for immediate service for children in need of medical treatment
(Reid, L.) 14614
Feeder associates loan guarantee program See Government loan guarantee programs under Livestock industry
Fernwood House Society
Ferries and ferry services See also British Columbia Ferry Corporation
- Deas dock
- Fares
- Fast ferries
- claims of damage caused by fast ferries
(MacPhail) 17160
(Symons) 17160
- engines, maintenance and warranty issues
(de Jong) 14793
(MacPhail) 14793
- engines, repairs
(MacPhail) 16895-6, 17150
(Symons) 16895-6, 17150
- environmental issues
(MacPhail) 17160
(Symons) 17159-60
- Explorer, crane for engine replacement
(Symons) 16893-4
- mechanical problems
(Clark, C.) 15732
(MacPhail) 15732
- passenger injuries
(MacPhail) 15732
(Plant) 15732
- performance
(MacPhail) 17150
(Symons) 17150
- promotional materials, cost
(Symons) 16911
- safety, certification
(MacPhail) 17159
(Symons) 17159
- sale by government
(Clark, C.) 15959
(Farrell-Collins) 15958, 16105-6
(MacPhail) 15011-2, 15732-3, 15958-9, 16105-6, 16893, 17161
(Plant) 15011-2
(Symons) 16105, 16893, 17160-1
- sale by government, hiring of consulting company
(de Jong) 16423
(MacPhail) 16155, 16423, 17164-5
(Plant) 16155
(Symons) 17164-5
- service rotation
(Clark, C.) 15959
(MacPhail) 15959
- servicing
(MacPhail) 17159
(Symons) 17159
- use on Departure Bay–Horseshoe Bay route See Routes and services, Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route below under this main heading
- Fast ferries construction program
- availability of government documents associated with program
(Clark, C.) 15158
(MacPhail) 15158
- cost
(Coleman) 16189
(MacPhail) 16888, 17148-9
(Symons) 16888, 17148-9
- cost, contribution to public debt
(Farrell-Collins) 15039-40, 15535
(Ramsey) 15535-7
(Symons) 15535-6
- decision to undertake construction
(MacPhail) 17148
(Symons) 17148
- handling by NDP government
(Abbott) 14652
(Barisoff) 14755
(Campbell) 14511, 14517, 16277, 16950-1
(Chong) 14534, 14591, 14686-7, 14794-6
(Clark, C.) 14512, 14949-50
(Coell) 14867, 14994
(Coleman) 14895
(Dalton) 14574, 14841
(Dosanjh) 14511-3, 16950-1
(Farrell-Collins) 14513, 14545, 14548-9, 16268-9
(Hansen) 14647-8
(Hawkins) 16259-60
(Jarvis) 14690-1
(McKinnon) 14595
(MacPhail) 14512-3
(Nebbeling) 14592
(Neufeld) 15006-7
(Penner) 14557-8, 14884, 16230
(Ramsey) 14647-8
(Stephens) 14787-9
(Symons) 14512-3, 14740, 14926-8
(Thorpe) 14583, 14833, 16274
(van Dongen) 15003-4
(Weisbeck) 14607-8
(Wilson, G.) 14734-5
- long-term impact on B.C. Ferry Corporation service
(Farrell-Collins) 15537
- third fast ferry
(de Jong) 15158-9
(MacPhail) 15158-9, 16887-8
(Plant) 15732
(Symons) 16887-8
- Ferry terminals
- Departure Bay terminal, connector roads See Departure Bay terminal connector roads under Nanaimo, B.C.
- Fulford Harbour terminal, office
(MacPhail) 16894
(Symons) 16894
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, expansion
(MacPhail) 17142-4
(Nebbeling) 17142-4
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, maintenance building
(MacPhail) 16890
(Symons) 16890
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, parking
(Lali) 15187-9
(Nebbeling) 15187-9
- Nanaimo terminal, office renovation
(MacPhail) 16912
(Symons) 16912
- Powell River terminal, upgrade of facilities
(MacPhail) 17146
(Symons) 17146
- Swartz Bay terminal, noise and light concerns
(Coell) 17147
(MacPhail) 17147
- Swartz Bay terminal, shooting of birds
(Coell) 15010
(de Jong) 15010
(MacPhail) 15010
(Sawicki) 15010
- Tsawwassen terminal, ferry causeway park proposal
(MacPhail) 16914
(Roddick) 16914
- Tsawwassen terminal, traffic issues See Transportation issues under Delta, B.C.
- vehicle traffic volumes
(Roddick) 14528
- Ferry travel book, proposal to sell on ferries
(MacPhail) 16912
(Symons) 16912
- Funding from provincial fuel tax
(Ramsey) 15454-5
- Labour relations
(MacPhail) 16908-9
(Symons) 16908-9
- Labour relations and service levels, impact on tourism industry
(Chong) 16449
(Waddell) 16449-50
- Reservation system
- Routes and services
- Comox–Powell River route, connection with Earls Cove–Saltery Bay route
(MacPhail) 16916
(Reid, J.) 16916
- Departure Bay–Horseshoe Bay route, use of fast ferries
(MacPhail) 16915-7
(Reid, J.) 16915-7
- government strategy re establishment of Swartz Bay–Vancouver Harbour service
(MacPhail) 16892, 17140
(Symons) 16892, 17140
- Horseshoe Bay–Langdale route, connection with Earls Cove–Saltery Bay route
(MacPhail) 16912-3
(Symons) 16912
- midcoast service
(MacPhail) 16895
(Miller) 16895
(Symons) 16894-5
- Mill Bay–Brentwood Bay route, future plans
(Coell) 17146
(MacPhail) 17146
- Mill Bay–Brentwood Bay route, future plans, petition tabled
(Coell) 17087
(Kasper) 17087, 17241
- service levels
(Miller) 15457-8
- southern Gulf Islands service
(Coell) 17141
(MacPhail) 17141
- Vancouver Island–Denman Island route, sewage disposal issue
(MacPhail) 16916
(Reid, J.) 16916
- waiting times for travel
(de Jong) 15326
(Ramsey) 15326
- Safety issues See also Fast ferries, safety above under this main heading
(MacPhail) 16909-10
(Symons) 16909-10
- Vessels
- asbestos issue
(MacPhail) 16896-7
(Symons) 16896-7
- condition of fleet, repair and replacement
(Chong) 17161
(Clark, C.) 15959
(MacPhail) 15959, 16888-91, 17161
(Symons) 16888-91
- fast ferries See Fast ferries above under this main heading
- maintenance See also Budget, repairs and maintenance under British Columbia Ferry Corporation
(MacPhail) 16907
(Symons) 16907
- maintenance management software program
(MacPhail) 16917-8
(Thorpe) 16917-8
- Queen of Burnaby, reacquisition and value
(MacPhail) 16890
(Symons) 16889-90
- Queen of Chilliwack, cost of refit
(Ramsey) 15537
(Symons) 15537
- Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey, leases and value of vessels
(MacPhail) 17145
(Symons) 17145
- Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey, sewage issues
(MacPhail) 16891-2
(Symons) 16891
- Queen of Victoria, sale
(MacPhail) 16891
(Symons) 16891
- Quinsam, repairs
(MacPhail) 17144-5
(Symons) 17144-5
- Skeena Queen, construction and repair
(MacPhail) 16910-11
(Symons) 16910-11
- Tachek, gasoline spill
(MacPhail) 16911
(Symons) 16911
- Video games on ferries
(Chong) 17162
(MacPhail) 17162
Ferry Island
Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome
- Treatment and services, funding
(Farnworth) 15843
(Stephens) 15843-4
FICOM See Financial Institutions Commission
Field, B.C.
- Hydro service
(Doyle) 14952
Film Development Society of British Columbia
Film industry
- Construction of studios, government involvement
(Chong) 16417-8
(Waddell) 16417-8
- Industry in B.C.
- Movie and television production
- Regional film commissions
- Tax credit program
Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of
- Special warrant debate 14640-4
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16644-8, 16665-86
- speakers
(Chong) 16678-9, 16683
(Clark, C.) 16670-6
(Farrell-Collins) 16645-8, 16665-7, 16669-70, 16674, 16677-86
(Hawkins) 16666-7
(Krueger) 16667-9, 16679
(Ramsey) 16644-5, 16647-8, 16665-86
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Farrell-Collins) 16645-7
(Ramsey) 16644-5
- Annual reports, timeliness
(Farrell-Collins) 17134
- Budget, 1999-2000 shortfalls
(McKinnon) 14595
- Performance plan, 2000-01
- bound copy provided
(Ramsey) 17087
- plan tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Reports tabled
- annual reports, 1998-99 and 1999-2000
(Ramsey) 17087
- report on summaries and texts of ratified accords negotiated between 1998-99 and 2000-01
(Ramsey) 14843
- unclaimed money deposits report, 1999-2000
(Ramsey) 17155
- Role
- role in health care capital projects
(Farnworth) 15574-5
(Hansen) 15574-5
- role in social service workers salary compensation agreement negotiations
(Brewin) 14628, 14631
(Neufeld) 14631
Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 18) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 16252; 2R, 16723-6; C, 17080-2; 3R, 17155; RA, 17169
- Amdts: sec. 14 (Ramsey) 17081, approved 17082
- Debate, speakers
(Farrell-Collins) 16724-5, 17081-2
(Ramsey) 16252, 16723-6, 17081-2
- Purpose of bill
(Ramsey) 16252, 16723
Financial Administration Act
Financial Disclosure Act
Financial Information Act
Financial Institutions Act
Financial Institutions Commission
- Role in regulation of home warranty providers
(Coleman) 16139
(Pullinger) 16139
Financial services industry
- Banking industry, taxation of foreign bank branches in B.C.
(Farrell-Collins) 17081
(Ramsey) 16723, 17081
- Credit unions, membership, inclusion of same-sex spouses as family members
(Petter) 17118
(Plant) 17118
Finlayson, Jock
- Comments on B.C. fiscal policies
(Waddell) 14834
Firearms
- Gun control, firearms registry program
- assignment of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers to program
(Petter) 15634-5
(Plant) 15634-5
- implementation
(Petter) 15050-1
(Weisgerber) 15050-1
- merits of program based on number of licence refusals and revocations
(Petter) 15631
(Weisgerber) 15631
- objectives
(Petter) 15630-1
(Weisgerber) 15630-1
- registration of rifles and shotguns, B.C. position on federal requirement
(Petter) 15629-30
(Weisgerber) 15629-31
- Gun control, licensing provisions
- instruction and testing requirements
(Petter) 15632-3
(Weisgerber) 15632-3
- processing of applications
(Petter) 15628
(Plant) 15628
- special phone-in line for spouses of licence applicants
(Petter) 15631-2
(Weisgerber) 15631
- Regulation of shooting ranges and gun clubs
(Petter) 15629
(Plant) 15628
Firefighting services
- Firefighters, workers compensation coverage See Coverage under Workers compensation
- Situation in small communities
(Zirnhelt) 14907
First Citizens Fund
First Peoples Cultural Foundation
First United Church, Vancouver, B.C.
- Report on B.C. Benefits program
(Anderson) 14917-8
Fischer Place, 100 Mile House, B.C.
- Residential care facility, availability of operating funds
(Farnworth) 16165
(Hansen) 16165
Fish Protection Act
Fisher Grove Ranch, Salmon Arm, B.C.
- Acquisition of school portables
(Abbott) 16296
(Priddy) 16296
Fisheries
- Aquaculture See Aquaculture industry
- Federal transition and retirement programs for older workers, participation by provincial government
(Evans) 16073-4
(van Dongen) 16073-4
- Federal-provincial relations See also Pacific salmon fishery, Canada-B.C. agreement below under this main heading
(Evans) 16073
(van Dongen) 16052, 16073
- Fish farms, farming, etc. See Aquaculture industry
- Fish habitat
- management of fish and fish-bearing streams, ministerial responsibility
(Abbott) 15337
(Doyle) 15337
- streamside setback requirements
(Penner) 16230
- Fish habitat protection
- streamside directives
(Sawicki) 16557
(van Dongen) 16557
- urban salmon habitat program, ministerial responsibility
(Evans) 16076
(van Dongen) 16076
- water use planning initiative See Protection and conservation of resource below under this main heading
- workshops, government funding
(Evans) 16078
(van Dongen) 16078
- Fishing industry
- compliance with environmental standards
(Evans) 16061
(van Dongen) 16061
- future
(Plant) 15019
- Indians' involvement in industry, aboriginal fisheries strategy, pilot sales agreements
(Evans) 16075
(van Dongen) 16075
- industry in B.C.
(Evans) 15860
(van Dongen) 16052-3
- industry in B.C., government initiatives
(Evans) 16053-4
(Pullinger) 14567
(Ramsey) 14540
(Robertson) 14761
(van Dongen) 16052-4
- Fishing resorts See Fishing resort leases under Crown land; Recreation
- Freshwater hatchery program
(Evans) 16070
(van Dongen) 16070
- Future of fishing communities
(Kwan) 16619
(Reid, J.) 16619
- Pacific salmon fishery
- Canada-B.C. agreement
(Evans) 16072-3
(van Dongen) 16072-3
- Canada-B.C. agreement, enforcement and habitat protection agreements
(Evans) 16074
(van Dongen) 16074
- Canada-B.C. agreement, steelhead protocol agreement
(Evans) 16075-6
(van Dongen) 16075
- Pacific Salmon Treaty See Pacific Salmon Treaty
- Protection and conservation of resource
- marine protected areas strategy See Parks
- water use planning, government initiative
(Evans) 16058
(van Dongen) 16058
- Shellfish farms, farming, etc. See Aquaculture industry
- Sport fishing
- free family fishing on B.C. Day weekend, petition tabled
(Evans) 16877
- free fishing for children
(Evans) 16664
- freshwater fishing industry, economic contribution
(Evans) 16052
(Krueger) 15909
- freshwater guiding industry and classified water policy
(Evans) 16071
(van Dongen) 16071
- industry in B.C.
(Evans) 16069-70
(van Dongen) 16069-70
- industry in interior B.C.
(Conroy) 16664
- inland sport fishing development initiative
(Evans) 16069
(van Dongen) 16069
- Steelhead fishery
- conservation policy
(Evans) 16072
(van Dongen) 16072
- conservation projects
(Evans) 16078
(van Dongen) 16078
- steelhead protocol agreement See Pacific salmon fishery, Canada-B.C. agreement above under this main heading
Fisheries Act
Fisheries, Ministry of
Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- Accountability, audits
(Evans) 16077
(van Dongen) 16077
- Annual report, 1999-2000, tabled
(Evans) 17087
- Communications budget
(Evans) 16077
(van Dongen) 16077
- Funding for projects
- Funding sources
(Evans) 16054, 16076-7
(van Dongen) 16054, 16076
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15367
- Regional delivery agents, conflict-of-interest guidelines
(Evans) 16077
(van Dongen) 16077
Fishing resorts See Fishing resort leases under Crown land; Recreation
Food and beverage services industry
- Health regulations
(Farnworth) 16106
(Sanders) 16106
Food industry
- Agrifood industry
- Berry farming industry, farm labour shortage
(van Dongen) 16001
- Food quality and safety
- certification of food products, legislation See Agrifood industry, agrifood quality standards, legislation above under this main heading
- initiatives
(Barisoff) 15931
(Evans) 15931, 15934
(Roddick) 15934
- monitoring of food growers
(Roddick) 16000
- Pest control See also Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
- use of pest control products in industry
(Evans) 15933-4
(Roddick) 15933-4
- Tree fruit industry
Forensic Psychiatric Institute
- Relationship with Riverview Hospital
(Farnworth) 15566
(Sanders) 15566
Forest Act
Forest Appeals Commission
- Annual report, 1999, tabled
(Doyle) 14911
Forest industry
- Aboriginal forest initiatives See First nations forest strategy under Forests, Ministry of; Indians' involvement in industry below under this main heading
- Activities of forest companies and environmental organizations See Coast forest conservation initiative below under this main heading
- Annual allowable cut
- Burnt wood, pricing adjustments
(Abbott) 15316
(Doyle) 15316
- Certification of forest products
- Coast forest conservation initiative
- Community forests
- Companies, small versus large companies
(Abbott) 15232-3
(Doyle) 15232-3
- Competitiveness, impact of government policies
(Abbott) 14653-4, 14889, 15060-2, 15070-2, 15222-4, 15226, 15231-2, 15279-80
(Doyle) 15070-2, 15222-4, 15232, 15280
(Sihota) 16257-8
- Costs
- Diversification
(Janssen) 14783
- Employment and jobs
- Expropriation of company lands and cutting rights, compensation
- Forest fires, fire protection services and activities, government strategy
(Abbott) 15378-80
(Doyle) 15378-80
- Forest land, working forest land base
(Abbott) 15229-30, 15272, 15277-8
(Doyle) 15229-30, 15272, 15277-8
- Forest management and practices
- archaeological assessment requirement
(Abbott) 15336
(Doyle) 15336
- biodiversity management See also Landscape unit planning under Forests, Ministry of
(Abbott) 15231
(Doyle) 15231
- Bull report on forest practices legislation in Canada
(Abbott) 15341-3
(Doyle) 15342-3
- community-based decision-making
(Abbott) 15310-1
(Doyle) 15311
- government initiatives
(Abbott) 15232-7
(Doyle) 15232-7
- green-up requirement
(Abbott) 15338
(Doyle) 15338
- harvesting of insect-damaged wood, Forests ministry policy
(Doyle) 15372-4
(Wilson, J.) 15372-4
- plantation forestry
(Abbott) 15230-1
(Doyle) 15230-1
- public perception of practices, impact on international market
(Abbott) 15226-7
(Doyle) 15226-7
- Forest policy, Wouters report on government policy
- Forest roads and bridges
- Forest roads, deactivation
- Forests ministry recreation sites See Parks
- Government role in industry
- cooperative initiatives between government and industry, sectoral council proposal
(Abbott) 15311-2
(Doyle) 15311-2
- responsibility for management of resource
(Pullinger) 14567
- role
(Abbott) 15065, 15334-5
(Doyle) 15334-5
- Harvest levels
- comparisons with other provinces
(Abbott) 15342-3
(Doyle) 15343
- cut control requirements for small licensees
(Abbott) 16313
(Doyle) 16312
- levels in protected areas and special management zones See Protected areas and special management zones under Land use
- Identified wildlife management strategy, status
(Abbott) 15235, 16549
(Doyle) 15235
- Indians' involvement in industry
- Industry in B.C.
- Insect infestations See Pest control and management below under this main heading
- Investment in industry, capital investment
(Doyle) 15062-3
- Labour dispute in coastal forest industry, impact on stumpage revenue to province
(Abbott) 17009
- Land and resource management plans See Land use
- Land use planning See Land use
- Landscape unit planning initiative See Forests, Ministry of
- Logging plans, requirements
(Doyle) 16312
- Low-grade wood, utilization standards
(Abbott) 15316
(Doyle) 15316
- Mills
- appurtenancy requirements
(Abbott) 15281
(Doyle) 15281
- capacity to process insect-damaged wood
(Doyle) 15373-4
(Wilson, J.) 15373-4
- closings
(Abbott) 15224
(Doyle) 15224
- closings, review process
(Abbott) 15312
(Doyle) 15312
- Offences incurred by industry, payment of penalty revenue into remediation fund
(Abbott) 16433-4
(Doyle) 16433-4
- Pest control and management See also Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
- beetle infestations, management
(Abbott) 14636-40, 15236-7, 15265, 15339-40, 15344-5, 15375
(Campbell) 14622-3
(Doyle) 14636-40, 15059, 15236-7, 15265, 15339-40, 15344-7, 15375
(Krueger) 15345-6
(Wilson, J.) 15375
- harvesting of insect-damaged wood, Forests ministry policy See Forest management and practices above under this main heading
- insect infestations, role of salvage logging in controlling insect infestations See Salvage logging below under this main heading
- Plywood industry
- stumpage rates, impact on industry
(Abbott) 15413
(Doyle) 15413
- use of insect-damaged wood
(Doyle) 15374
(Wilson, J.) 15374-5
- "Privatization" of provincial forests
(Pullinger) 14567
- Professional foresters
- Regulations and red tape
- Bull report on forest practices legislation See Forest management and practices above under this main heading
- government cost-reduction initiatives See Costs, reductions, government initiatives above under this main heading
- impact on industry
(Abbott) 15062
- regulatory reform
(Abbott) 16313-4
- Remanufacturing industry
- Revenues to government, 2000-01 projections
(Abbott) 15069
(Doyle) 15069
- Salvage logging
- Silviculture
- auditor general report recommendations, government action See Silviculture activities under Forest Renewal B.C.
- industry employment standards variance
(Krueger) 16720
- silviculture contractors, licensing requirements
(Abbott) 17067
(Petter) 16717, 17067
- silviculture contracts, quality assurance review process
(Abbott) 15411
(Doyle) 15411
- silviculture plan
(Abbott) 15230-1
(Doyle) 15231
- Small business 2000 project See Small business forest enterprise program
- Small business forest enterprise program See Small business forest enterprise program
- Softwood lumber agreement with United States
- Softwood lumber industry, report on industry in B.C. and United States
(Abbott) 15225-6
(Doyle) 15225-6
- Stumpage rates
- Tenure system, reform
(Abbott) 15281-2
(Doyle) 15281-2
- Timber harvesting licences
- administration of timber marks
(Ramsey) 15499
- licence transfer issues
(Doyle) 16663
- Timber supply review process
(Abbott) 15309-10
(Doyle) 15309-10
- Value-added sector See Remanufacturing industry above under this main heading
- Woodlots
- number, future objectives
(Abbott) 15282
(Doyle) 15282
- regulations
(Doyle) 16312
Forest Land Commission See Land Reserve Commission
Forest Land Reserve Act
Forest Practices Board
- Annual report, 1999, tabled
(Doyle) 15484
- Report recommendations on role of ministries in enforcement of Forest Practices Code See Enforcement of code under Forest Practices Code
- Role in compensation for expropriation of lands and cutting rights See Expropriation of company lands and cutting rights, compensation under Forest industry
Forest Practices Code
- Administration costs
(Abbott) 14653-4
- Enforcement of code, Forest Practices Board recommendations on role of ministries, government action
(Abbott) 15382-4
(Doyle) 15382-5
- Impact of code
- Pilot projects
(Abbott) 15278-9, 15309, 15343-4
(Doyle) 15278-9, 15309, 15343-4
- Purpose of code
(Doyle) 14571
- Results-based code
(Abbott) 15221-2, 15234, 15341-2
(Doyle) 15222, 15234
- Revision of code, impact on costs
(Abbott) 15064, 15066, 15071-2, 15272-3
(Doyle) 15066, 15071-2, 15273
Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
Forest Renewal B.C.
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Doyle) 15484
- Board membership
(Abbott) 15413
(Doyle) 15413
- Business plan
- 2000-01 plan
(Coleman) 15412
(Doyle) 15412
- 2000-01 plan tabled
(Doyle) 14727
- review by Forests Committee
(Farrell-Collins) 16383
- Contract work by Forests ministry employees
(Coleman) 15411-3
(Doyle) 15412
- Establishment and original mandate
(Coleman) 15411-3
(Doyle) 15412-3
- Forest worker transition program See Forest worker transition program
- Funding
- funding for forest research and development
(Abbott) 15310
(Doyle) 15310
- funding for industry costs
(Abbott) 15332
(Doyle) 15332
- funding proposal for environmental restoration and silviculture activities
(Abbott) 15279
(Doyle) 15279
- funding to Forests ministry
(Abbott) 15233
(Doyle) 15233
- Job creation See also Employment and jobs under Forest industry; Job creation under Jobs and timber accord
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15367
- Project funds, use to balance budget
(Farrell-Collins) 16268
(Hawkins) 16260-1
- Responsibilities
(Abbott) 14636-8
(Doyle) 14636-8
- Silviculture activities, auditor general report recommendations, government action
(Abbott) 15410-1
(Doyle) 15410-1
Forest worker transition program
- Accomplishments
(Doyle) 15202-3
- Documents tabled
(Doyle) 15193
- Performance evaluation, client poll
(Coleman) 15239
(Doyle) 15238-9
- Taxation of training funds, responsibility for payment of taxes
- agreement-in-principle, client response
(Abbott) 15218-9
(Coleman) 15219-21
(Doyle) 15219-21
- agreement-in-principle, government negotiations
(Abbott) 15108-10, 15167-8
(Doyle) 15108-10, 15167-9
- agreement-in-principle, implementation
(Abbott) 15201-2
(Doyle) 15202
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position
(Abbott) 15110-4, 15130-4, 15162-3, 15171-4, 15197-201
(Doyle) 15110-4, 15130-4, 15162-3, 15171-4, 15197-201
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position, handling of client notification by government and contracted agencies
(Abbott) 15107, 15139-41, 15164-5, 15200-4
(Coleman) 15221
(Doyle) 15139-41, 15160-1, 15164-5, 15200-1, 15203
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position, handling of client notification by government and contracted agencies, cases
(Coleman) 15134-40
(Doyle) 15134-40
(Jarvis) 15134
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position, legality issue, government action
(Abbott) 15165-71, 15193-7, 15202
(Doyle) 15165-71, 15194-6, 15202
- legal proceedings, impact on discussion of issue
(Abbott) 15116, 15161
(Doyle) 15110-6, 15161
- payment of taxes
(Abbott) 14667, 15075
(Coleman) 14895
(Doyle) 14667, 15075
(Farrell-Collins) 15075
(Pullinger) 15075
(Stephens) 14943
Forests, Ministry of
- Special warrant debate 14635-40
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15059-72, 15107-16, 15130-41, 15160-75, 15193-204, 15218-39, 15262-82, 15309-16, 15329-47, 15370-88, 15409-15
- speakers
(Abbott) 15060-72, 15107-16, 15130-4, 15139-41, 15161-74, 15193-204, 15218-9, 15221-38, 15262-82, 15309-16, 15329-45, 15370, 15375-87, 15409-11, 15413-5
(Chong) 15347, 15370-2, 15377-8
(Coleman) 15134-40, 15219-21, 15239, 15411-3
(Doyle) 15059-60, 15062-72, 15107-16, 15130-41, 15160-74, 15194-203, 15219-39, 15262-82, 15309-16, 15329-47, 15371-88, 15409-15
(Farrell-Collins) 15115-6
(Jarvis) 15134, 15375-6
(Krueger) 15345-6, 15385, 15387-8, 15409
(Lovick) 15115-6
(Neufeld) 15340-1
(Wilson, J.) 15339, 15372-5
- Accomplishments and goals
(Doyle) 15059-60, 15064
- Budget
- Business plan, 2000-01
- Chief forester See Chief forester
- Employees, contract work for Forest Renewal B.C. See Contract work by Forests ministry employees under Forest Renewal B.C.
- First nations forest strategy
(Abbott) 15233, 15235-6, 15385
(Doyle) 15233, 15235-6, 15385
- Forest action plan, priorities
(Abbott) 15315-6, 15329
(Doyle) 15315-6, 15329
- Forests ministry recreation sites See Parks
- Involvement in land trades with forest companies, negotiations
(Doyle) 15340
(Neufeld) 15340
- Landscape unit planning initiative
- Looming liabilities
(Abbott) 14652
(Stephens) 14943
- Performance measurement
(Abbott) 15236
(Doyle) 15236
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Responsibilities, core responsibilities
(Abbott) 14636-7, 14640
(Doyle) 14636-7, 14640
- Role in enforcement of Forest Practices Code See Enforcement of code under Forest Practices Code
- Stumpage calculation, court case
(Abbott) 16378
(Doyle) 16378
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 11) (Minister of Forests) 1R, 16004; 2R, 16312-4; C, 16432-4; 3R, 16434; RA, 16437
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 16313-4, 16432-4
(Doyle) 16004, 16312, 16314, 16432-4
- Purpose of bill
(Abbott) 16313
(Doyle) 16004, 16312
Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area
- Relationship between agriculture industry and community
(Coleman) 15996
- Transit service
(Coleman) 15512
Fort Nelson Airport, Fort Nelson, B.C.
Fort Nelson, B.C.
Fort Nelson Indian band
Fort St. John, B.C.
- Ambulance service, call volumes
(Farnworth) 15616
(Neufeld) 15616
- Child care centre, closing
(Neufeld) 14631-2
Fort St. John General Hospital, Fort St. John, B.C.
- Capital improvements
(Neufeld) 15008
- Funding and services
(Farnworth) 15612-3
(Neufeld) 15612-3
Forward House, Parksville, B.C.
Fosamax
Foster care
- Foster care and group home system
- funding, ministerial responsibility
(Anderson) 16205
(Pullinger) 16205-6
- public consultation on establishment of foster and group homes
(Brewin) 16866
(McKinnon) 16866-7
- Foster children, adoption
(Brewin) 16944
(Reid, L.) 16943-4
- Foster homes
- Foster parents, contract provisions and service payments
(Brewin) 16868
(Reid, L.) 16868-9
- Government initiatives
(Brewin) 16776
- Placements, decision-making process, inclusion of 10 days' notice if child has resided in home for more than one year
(Brewin) 16869-71
(Reid, L.) 16869-71
- Staffed residential resources, number
(Brewin) 16871
(Reid, L.) 16871
Four Corners Community Savings, Vancouver, B.C.
Frank, Bonita
- Comments on post-secondary funding
(Sanders) 15719
Fraser Basin Council
- Work of organization
(Coell) 16531
(Sawicki) 16531
Fraser Downs, Surrey, B.C.
- Future of racetrack
(McKinnon) 14829
Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Fraser River
Fraser Valley
- Addiction treatment services, petition tabled
(Kwan) 15828
- Air and water quality, impact of Washington State power facility See Sumas Energy 2 Inc.
- Berry farming industry, farm labour shortage
(van Dongen) 16001
- Mushroom composting facility, air quality issue
(Sawicki) 16558
(van Dongen) 16558-9
- Protected-areas plan for area
- concerns of local Indian bands
(Penner) 14884-5
- public consultation
(Penner) 16544
(Sawicki) 16544
- Services for special needs children in upper Fraser Valley, funding formula
(Brewin) 16845
(van Dongen) 16845
Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey, B.C.
Fraser Valley health region
- Funding, allocation of supplementary funds
(de Jong) 17195-6
(Farnworth) 17195-6
- Operating budget
(van Dongen) 15665
Freedom of information
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
French Creek
- Sewage treatment facility, air quality issue
(Reid, J.) 16611
(Sawicki) 16611-2
Freshwater strategy See Government freshwater strategy under Water
Friends of the South Slopes Society
- Societys' concerns re mining claim in Angel Springs area See Angel Springs
Fuel
- Alternative fuels, government initiatives
(Bowbrick) 15800
- Ethanol
- commercial production from softwood residue
(Sawicki) 14854
- use in motor fuel
(Weisgerber) 14670
- Gasoline
- gasoline tax, portion dedicated to B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
(Lali) 15118
(Symons) 15118
- price increase, goods and services tax "windfall" for federal government
(Weisgerber) 14671
- Hydrogen fuel cell technology, development and marketing, government involvement
(Hawkins) 16773
(Wilson, G.) 16773
- Motor fuel tax
Fulton, E. Davie
Funeral industry See Undertakers and undertaking
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