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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
Galiano Island
Gambling
- Addiction and problem gambling
- Bingo, future of industry, impact on charities
(Hawkins) 16819-20
(MacPhail) 16819-20
- Casinos
- agreement between government and Union of B.C. Municipalities re host municipalities
(MacPhail) 16592
- casino relocation process
(Hawkins) 16825-7
(MacPhail) 16825-7
- licence applications, agreements-in-principle
(Hawkins) 16817-8
(MacPhail) 16817-8
- studies on market capacity in B.C.
(Hawkins) 16820
(MacPhail) 16820
- Charities' access to gambling revenues
- amateur sports organizations' access to gambling revenues
(Chong) 16821
(MacPhail) 16821
- guarantee of revenue
(Hawkins) 16820
(MacPhail) 16592, 16820
- processing time for access applications
(Hawkins) 16818
(MacPhail) 16818
- Charity gaming
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action
(Nebbeling) 14847-8
- regulations, red tape issue
(Kwan) 16632
(Reid, J.) 16632
- restrictions on charities' use of funds from charity gaming
(Krueger) 16824
(MacPhail) 16824
- Expansion of gambling in B.C., handling by NDP government
(Penner) 16229
- Gambling on Indian land, government policy on gaming expansion
(Hawkins) 16826
(MacPhail) 16826
- Gaming policy secretariat
(Hawkins) 16818
(MacPhail) 16818
- Government control and involvement
(Nebbeling) 14847-8
- Internet gaming, control and regulation
(Chong) 16821-3
(MacPhail) 16821-3
- Legislation and regulation
(Hawkins) 16824-8
(MacPhail) 16592, 16824-5, 17007
- Policy
- current and future policies
(Hawkins) 16816
(MacPhail) 16816-7
- role of Women's Equality ministry in policy development
(Smallwood) 16568
(Stephens) 16568
- Revenues from gambling, government revenues
(Hawkins) 16818
(MacPhail) 16818
- Slot machines
- removal from Vancouver locations
(Symons) 14737
- slot machines in casinos
(Campbell) 14516
Game farming industry See Livestock industry
Gaming Control Act
- (Bill 30) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 17007
- Debate, speakers
(MacPhail) 17007
Gao family
- Special needs child case
(Chong) 16801-2
Gardom, Hon. Garde B. See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Garde B. Gardom
Garibaldi area
Gasoline tax See Fuel
GEI (Green economy initiative) See Green economy, government initiatives under Economy
General Gordon Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Parents' concerns, petition tabled
(Campbell) 15051
Genetics
Georgia Strait Crossing project
Giesbrecht, Hon. Helmut (Skeena)
- Indians, treaty negotiations process 14986
Gillespie, Hon. Evelyn (Comox Valley)
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, management by NDP government 15601
- Budget debate 15001-3
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- debate 16258-9
- NDP government's purpose in bringing legislation forward 16258-9
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 15001-3
- budget-making process, legislative requirements 14893, 15002, 16259
- Children, child care
- current situation in B.C., government role 16326
- government child care initiative 16378
- publicly funded system for B.C. 14615-7
- Comox Valley constituency and area
- Education funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 15001
- Egan, Jim, tribute 14892
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., funding for projects, allocation of investments 15002
- Foster care, SOS Children's Village foster home model 15755
- Health care
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 15001-2, 15002-3
- workers, occupational injury rate 17274
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17274-5
- Highway 19 (Island Highway), Island Highway construction project
- Home care, caregiving by family and friends 17274-5
- NDP government, actions during 1996-2000 period 14892-3
- Post-secondary education funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 15001
- Saltspring Island, clearcut logging, citizens' concerns, petition tabled 14940
- Schools, capital projects, new and upgraded facilities in Comox Valley 14893, 15001
- Secure Care Act, debate 16982
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 16255
- Shadbolt, Jack, tribute 14892
- SOS Children's Village British Columbia (Canada) Society, establishment of facility in B.C. 15755
- Talbot, Jack, tribute 14892
- Throne speech debate 14892-4
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, government support 15003
- Water, supply, safety of drinking water 16255
- Women, role in health care system 17274
- Youth
- rights of children and youth in secure care 16982
- street-involved youth, services and community support 15101-2
- youth at risk, secure care legislation 16982
Gingell, Fred
- Comments on NDP government budgets
(Roddick) 14997-8
- Contribution as MLA
(Lovick) 14524
- Tribute
(Roddick) 14527
(Sanders) 14858
Gitanyow Indian band
- Treaty settlement proposal
(Lovick) 15205
Glacier View Lodge, Comox, B.C.
Glen Eden School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Meeting of school official and ministry staff
(Anderson) 16288
Globe 2000
- Conference and trade fair on environmental business
(Cashore) 14750
(Sawicki) 14854
(Wilson, G.) 14733
Gold River, B.C.
Golden, B.C.
- Capital investment in area
(Doyle) 14569-70
Goldstein, Andrew
- Schizophrenia case
(Sanders) 15769
Golf and golf courses
Goodacre, Bill (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- Airline industry, merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., impact on service to rural B.C. 16028-30
- B.C., rural B.C.
- issues and concerns 14823-5
- wireless communications technology 16904-6
- Budget debate 14661-3
- Business, sustainability program for business 14662-3
- Economy, green economy 14661-3
- Environment, environmental protection, current initiatives 14661-3
- Indians, land claims, need for flexibility in land claims negotiation process 15496
- McLeod Lake Indian band, Treaty 8 adhesion agreement, certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept 15495-6
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, debate 15495-6
- Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
- first report for fourth session of 36th parliament, presented 15639
- work of committee 15664
- Telecommunications, infrastructure and services, remote and rural B.C., application of new technologies 16904-6
Gorge Road Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Gorko, William Peter
- Status of mineral claims
(Coleman) 15961
(Miller) 15961
Gove, Thomas J.
Government
- Accountability, use of performance plans
(Plant) 15520
(Ramsey) 17011-2
- Accounting
- Administrative tribunals, appointment process
(Petter) 15529-30
(Plant) 15529-30
- Contracted services
- Decentralization of power to local government, Liberal party position
(Evans) 15129-30
(Robertson) 15129
- Documentation, distribution concerns
(Dalton) 14841-2
- Employees See Civil service
- Federal government, devolution of responsibilities to provincial government
(Evans) 15948
- Federal transfer payments to provinces, equalization program
(Campbell) 16989-90
(Dosanjh) 16989-90
- Federal-provincial relations
- Financial reporting
- annual financial statements, qualification by auditor general
(Ramsey) 16389-90
(Thorpe) 16389-90
- government reporting entity, inclusion of SUCH sector institutions
(Ramsey) 16379, 16389
(Thorpe) 16379
- Fiscal planning and policies
- financial accountability
(Bowbrick) 16191
(Dosanjh) 16231
(Nebbeling) 16232-3
(Sihota) 16255-6
- fiscal forecasting
(Ramsey) 16380
(Thorpe) 16379-80
- five-year fiscal framework
(Farrell-Collins) 14551-2
- policy changes, impact on cost of borrowing
(Wilson, G.) 17044-5
- Information
- electronic access to personal information, security issue
(Bowbrick) 15800
(Reid, L.) 15800
- electronic processing
(Dosanjh) 16984-6
(Plant) 16985-6
- electronic processing, definition as e-government
(Weisbeck) 14862
- Lawsuits involving government and government officials
- lawsuits
(Penner) 14884
- legal costs
(Campbell) 14515
- legal costs, disclosure policy
(Campbell) 14985
(Clark, C.) 16708
(Dosanjh) 14985
(Penner) 16230
(Petter) 14984-5, 15528
(Plant) 14984, 15528
(Ramsey) 14985-6
- legal costs, indemnity policy
(Petter) 15526-8
(Plant) 15526-8, 16707
(Ramsey) 16706-8
- legal costs, payment
(Clark, C.) 14911
(Dosanjh) 14870, 14911
(Farrell-Collins) 14910, 16708
(Neufeld) 14910-1
(Petter) 14845, 14869-70, 14909-11, 16708
(Plant) 14845, 14869-70, 14909-10
(Ramsey) 14909-10
- Ministers
- Ministries and government organizations
- annual and quarterly reports, timeliness
(Dalton) 14573
(Farrell-Collins) 16271, 16435-6, 16442-6, 17134-5
(Ramsey) 16397, 16435-6, 16443-4, 16446, 17134-5
(Thorpe) 16274, 16396-7, 16435, 16443-4
- budget overruns
(Reid, L.) 17297
- definition of "government organization"
(Ramsey) 16379
(Thorpe) 16379
- disclosure requirements, penalties in event of non-compliance
(Farrell-Collins) 16437-8
(Ramsey) 16436-8
(Thorpe) 16436-7
- documentation filed with Clerk of the House, public access
(Ramsey) 16438
(Thorpe) 16438
- interministerial relationships
(Farnworth) 15810
(Hansen) 15810
- Liberal Party request for list of tabled annual reports
(Farrell-Collins) 17134
(Ramsey) 17135
- performance plans
(Campbell) 16983-4
(Farrell-Collins) 16271-2
(MacPhail) 16265-6
(Ramsey) 16177-8, 16278
- performance plans, audit requirement
(Ramsey) 16434
(Thorpe) 16434
- performance plans, public release
(Farrell-Collins) 16442-4
(Ramsey) 16398-9, 16443-4
(Thorpe) 16398-9, 16443-4
- requirement to provide information to responsible minister
(Farrell-Collins) 16438-9
(Ramsey) 16438-9
- Objectives for 2000-01 fiscal year
(Waddell) 14836-7
- Parliamentary democracy
- Participatory government
(Farrell-Collins) 16387
(Thorpe) 16387
(Waddell) 16237
- Planning, strategic plan, annual outcomes report
(Ramsey) 16435
(Thorpe) 16435
- Policy-making, participation of women
(Farnworth) 15844
(Stephens) 15844-5
- Procurement of goods and services, B.C. Max initiative, implementation
(Neufeld) 16378
(Ramsey) 16378
- Programs and services, quality
(Anderson) 14916-7
- Provincial-municipal relations
- Public confidence in government
(Campbell) 14516-7
(Evans) 14522-3
- Public opinion polling by government
(de Jong) 15317-8
(Lovick) 15317-8
- Purchasing, open tendering
(Hansen) 14875
(Wilson, G.) 14877
- Regulations and red tape
- Responsibilities
- acting in best interests of all citizens
(Roddick) 14998
- guardian of the public purse
(de Jong) 14756
- Revenues
- gambling as source of government funds
(Stevenson) 15018-9
- levels, impact of reductions in personal income tax
(Hansen) 14875
- use to fund provincial services
(Boone) 14578-9
- Role of government
(Bowbrick) 14661, 14837, 14839-40
(Clark, C.) 14948
(Hansen) 14876
(Plant) 15019-20
- Sale of assets and Crown corporations
(de Jong) 17256-7
(Dosanjh) 17257
- Spending
- Spending, capital expenditures and projects
- business plan requirement on capital projects
(Chong) 14641
(Neufeld) 14599
(Ramsey) 14641-3
(Thorpe) 14642-4
- capital management process and procedures
(Farrell-Collins) 16647-8, 16665-6, 16724, 17081
(Ramsey) 16644, 16647-8, 16665-6, 16723-4, 16726, 17081
- contractual agreements for projects
(Campbell) 14515
- control of expenditures by balanced-budget legislation
(Ramsey) 17133
(Thorpe) 17133
- expenditures, comparison with other provinces
(Wilson, G.) 14732
- expenditures, disclosure requirements
(Neufeld) 14809
(Thorpe) 14831
- major projects, accountability requirements
(Bowbrick) 16191-2
(Cashore) 16264
(Ramsey) 16177, 16278
(Thorpe) 16274-5
- major projects, disclosure requirements
(Farrell-Collins) 16435, 16442-4
(Ramsey) 16394-6, 16435, 16443-4
(Thorpe) 16394-6, 16443-4
- project governance review
(Neufeld) 15007
- Use of numbered companies for megaprojects
(Ramsey) 14643
(Thorpe) 14643
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, B.C.
Granby Park
- Compensation to landowners in area for mineral claims
(Miller) 15961
(Sanders) 15961
Gravel operations See Gravel extraction under Mining industry
Grazing See Rangeland
Great Pacific Pumice Inc.
- Legal action against district of Squamish
(Miller) 15977
(Neufeld) 15977
Greater Vancouver regional district
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- Funding, cost-sharing initiatives
(Stevenson) 15513
- Proposed transit levy on vehicles
(Coleman) 15512-3
- Rapid transit project
- agreement with B.C. Transit, land expropriation policy
(Bowbrick) 15854, 15857
(Clark, C.) 15857
(Symons) 15854
- agreement with B.C. Transit, legislation See also British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2000
(Bowbrick) 16376, 16467-9, 16571
(Plant) 16469
(Symons) 16468, 16571
- business plan
(Bowbrick) 15852-3
(Symons) 15852-3
- consultation
(Bowbrick) 15710, 15823
(Symons) 15823
- cost-sharing agreement with government
(Bowbrick) 15848
(Symons) 15848
- debt
(Bowbrick) 15853
(Symons) 15853
- financial and project review documents, availability
(Bowbrick) 15853
(Symons) 15853
- payment of suppliers
(Bowbrick) 15852, 15855-6
(Symons) 15852, 15855-6
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15367
- planning and development phase of project
(Bowbrick) 16191-2
- Role in funding bus pass initiatives
(Anderson) 16210-1
(Pullinger) 16210-1
Green economy initiative See Green economy, government initiatives under Economy
Green, Jim
- Employment with government
(Kwan) 16649
(Reid, J.) 16649
Greenhouse gas See Air
Greenhouse industry See Agriculture industry
Grindrod, B.C.
- Community concerns re busing of kindergarten students
(Abbott) 16295
The Grizzly Bear Hunting Prohibition Act
(Bill M206) (Clark, G.) 1R, 16637
- Debate, speakers
(Clark, G.) 16637
Grizzly bears See Bears under Wildlife
Group homes See Foster care and group home system under Foster care
Guardianship
Gulf Islands
- Protection of natural area values on private land, tax program See Natural area protection tax incentive program under Islands Trust
- Wharves, transfer of responsibility from federal government to capital regional district
(Coell) 15948
(Evans) 15948
Guns See Firearms
Gunton, Tom
- Payment of legal costs by government, disclosure issue
(Petter) 14984
(Plant) 14984
- Report for Advanced Education ministry, availability
(Bowbrick) 17152-3
(Clark, C.) 17152-3
- Secondment from Finance ministry to other ministries, current role
(Bowbrick) 14870, 14984
(Campbell) 16984
(de Jong) 14984
(Dosanjh) 16984
(Farrell-Collins) 14870-1
(Sawicki) 14870-1
Gypsy moth
- Spraying program See Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
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