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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 36th Parliament – March 2000 - March 2001
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Haberl, Jim
Habitat conservation trust fund
Hammell, Hon. Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)
- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia, recommendations on employment equity 16998
- Alberta, government, gambling policy 14736
- Baisakhi Day 14986
- Budget debate 14735-7
- Budgets, budget-making process, legislative requirements 14735
- Business, small business, tax reductions 14737
- Canada Cup international women's fast-pitch tournament 17111-2
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada, role in business immigration pilot program 16995
- Civil service
- employees
- handling of whistle-blower issues 17058-9
- number of employees 17058, 17060-1
- salaries of senior civil servants, deputy ministers' salary review 17001-3
- severance guidelines 17059
- hiring practices
- perception as an employer and career choice 16960, 16963-4
- public sector, wage-and-benefit agreements
- cost of agreements and application of zero-zero-and-2 guidelines 17055-8
- cost of reclassification wage adjustments 17052, 17057-8
- negotiations 17053-5
- Discrimination and racism, prevention, government work 16961, 16968-9
- Economy, B.C. economy, domestic activity 14735
- Education
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14736
- multiculturalism awareness in schools 16968
- Employment and Investment ministry, role in business immigration pilot program 16994-5
- Employment and unemployment, accreditation for foreign education and experience 16999
- Government, contracted services in ministries, review of contracts 17059-61
- Health care funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14736-7
- Immigration
- illegal migrants, cost and government action 16997-8
- illegal migrants, government action 16997-8
- immigration to B.C.
- business immigration 16993-5
- contributions of Indo-Canadian community 14986
- family class immigration 16995-6
- provincial nominee program 16969-70
- immigration to B.C., settlement programs and services
- English-as-a-second-language programs 16966-7
- federal funding 16965-6, 16996
- federal-provincial agreement on policies 16961
- programs and services 16961
- provincial participation in policy planning process 16969, 16996
- work of community organizations 16997-8
- refugees, services 16996
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 14737
- Justice system, Crown counsel wage-and-benefit agreement 17005-6
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on equitable hiring practices 16964
- Multiculturalism and Immigration ministry
- Multiculturalism B.C.
- 1998-99 "Report on Multiculturalism"
- performance measurement in ministries 16969
- report tabled 15012
- work of organization 16961, 16999
- Pacific National Exhibition, 2000-01 strategic plan tabled 16945
- Post-secondary education funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14736
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 14727
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 16009
- role
- negotiation of public sector collective agreements 17054-5
- role 16960
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14736
- Sports, amateur sports, participation in B.C. 17111
- Surrey, growth 14736-7
- Teachers, multicultural considerations in training programs 16968
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
HandyDART services See Custom service under Transit services
Hansen, Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- As subject
- comments on handling of mental health plan by former health minister
(Farrell-Collins) 15160
(Lovick) 15160
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15300-1
- 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
- Airline industry, merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., impact on level of airline service in B.C. 15834
- Ambulance service
- air ambulance service, coverage for out-of-province service 16160-1
- charges for use of service, remission of fees 16160-1
- personnel
- responsibilities of ambulance personnel, complainant's right to request investigation 16161
- training for ambulance personnel 16161-2
- Blenheim Lodge, use of facility 16165
- Breast health, mammography services
- comparison with prostate testing services 15832
- 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., northern B.C., health care services, need to travel for treatment 15833-4
- B.C. Pharmacy Association, authority to negotiate with government on behalf of pharmacists 16176
- Budget debate 14771-5
- Bulkley Lodge residential care facility, availability of operating funds 16165
- Business, subsidies 14875
- Canada Health Act (federal), provisions, medicare core services 15835
- Cancer
- cervical cancer, screening, false results issue 15832
- prostate cancer, awareness and testing 15831-2
- treatment services
- drugs required in treatment, coverage 15833
- radiation therapy, availability 15831
- Capital health region, workplace safety requirements and first-aid training for employees 16875
- Children and Families ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16847-9
- program and service delivery, integration of programs transferred from Health and other ministries, effectiveness 15810
- Children, children with mental disorders, ministerial responsibility 15573
- Children's Hospital, parking costs while child undergoing treatment, case 15835-6
- Choices in Supports for Independent Living program, changes to program 16168
- Civil service, public sector, wage-and benefit agreements 14773
- Community Care Facilities Act, update 16159
- Community Health Assets Protection Act
- Community Social Services Employers Association of B.C., wage parity between union and non-union workers 14645
- Corrections system
- mentally disordered offenders, programs and services, ministerial responsibility 15572
- psychiatric services, role of forensic liaison workers 15572
- Diabetes
- clinical practice guidelines 16157
- education programs 16156-7
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14775, 14874-5
- Family Caregivers Network, work of organization, use as model for provincial program 16167-8
- Farnworth, Michael, performance as Health minister during supplementary estimates debate 17190
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14647-8
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, role in health care capital projects 15574-5
- Fischer Place, residential care facility, availability of operating funds 16165
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation issue 14791-2, 16874, 17252-3
- Government
- ministries, interministerial relationships 15810
- purchasing, open tendering 14875
- revenues, levels, impact of reductions in personal income tax 14875
- role of government 14876
- Health Association of B.C., study of health care regionalization 15735
- Health Authorities Act, provisions re expropriation of non-profit care facilities 17252-3
- Health care
- access, universality issue 15835
- bequests to health care facilities 15737
- capital projects
- commencement and delivery of projects, timeliness concerns 15574-6
- current projects 16171-2
- expenditure levels 14647-8, 14773-4
- funding, change from annual to multi-year planning cycle 16171
- integration of capital budget with completed facility's operating budget 16165
- public-private partnerships 15576-7
- cardiac surgery, number of surgeries 15836-7
- chronic illness, physician's referral to self-help group 16156-7
- community care facilities, funding formulas, impact on patient services 16162
- continuing and long-term care
- current situation in B.C. 14645-6, 16162-4
- funding, standardization across facilities 16165-6
- multilevel-care standards, application criteria 16164-5
- number of available beds 14774, 17252-3
- review of continuing care system, availability of final report 16162, 16164
- dialysis services, case 16173
- education programs 16157
- emergency services, Quesnel spinal cord injury case 16806-7
- facilities
- charity-run facilities, government authority to seize assets 16874
- liability insurance 15749
- on-site health care professionals 14874
- procurements 15748, 16169
- funding
- health action plan 17188
- health authorities
- costs, amount attributable to overtime for nurses 15812
- costs, Workers Compensation Board levies 15744-7
- performance measures and objectives 15752-3
- role 15735-6, 15738
- health authorities, budgeting process
- health information management project 15571, 16174-5
- health professionals
- severance payments for practitioners who leave employment voluntarily 16166-7
- training opportunities in B.C. 14774
- 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
- health regions
- intensive care units, availability 17290
- medical research, funding 15810-2
- regionalization
- role of non-profit organizations 14774
- services
- appropriateness issue 15808
- integrated service delivery 15734
- patient-client satisfaction surveys 15808
- practitioner-population ratios 15807-8
- services in remote and rural areas
- comparison with services in lower mainland and southern Vancouver Island 15750
- government work 15735
- system
- technology, provincewide information technology system 16175-6
- trauma strategy for province 15837
- travel for treatment and diagnostic services, travel assistance program 15834-6
- wait-lists and waiting times
- cancer treatment 15830
- diabetes education programs 16157
- Health ministry web site, statistics on surgery wait-lists 15836
- management of wait-lists 15836-7
- workers
- flu shots for staff of care facilities 16158-9
- future labour needs in health care sector 14872-4
- on-the-job accidents and injuries 15744-7
- unionized workers, comparability of classifications and compensation 14644-5
- wage-and-benefit agreements 14773
- Health Employers Association of B.C.
- agreement with Hospital Employees Union, compensation and severance provisions 16165-7
- position on wage adjustments for unionized workers 14644-5
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15541-3, 15568-78, 15611, 15734-53, 15772-4, 15807-16, 15828-37, 16155-69, 16171-6; supplementary estimates debates 17187-92, 17208-9, 17215-21, 17237-8, 17243, 17252-3, 17258, 17260-3, 17290-2
- budget
- 1999-2000 shortfalls, predictability issue 14644
- cost of public sector labour accords 15807
- estimates debate, scheduling concerns 15542-3
- Health Human Resources Advisory Committee, role 15814
- involvement in negotiations on health care worker labour accords 16166
- involvement in regional health authorities' decision-making 15735-6, 15738, 15751
- performance plan, contents, inclusion of environmental scan 15541-2
- purchasing policies 15748, 16169
- relationships with other ministries 15810
- strategic planning 17187
- Home care
- caregiving by family and friends, support for caregivers 16162
- home support services, government commitment 16167
- Hospital Employees Union, wage levels 14644-5
- Hospitals
- acute-care beds, use for long term care patients 16164
- bed utilization 15752
- equipment and technology needs 14646-7, 16168-9
- funding, impact of block funding on patient services 15750-1
- staffing, supervisory nurse positions, elimination 15749
- teaching hospitals, residency programs 15829
- workplace safety, first-aid requirements 16875, 16879-80
- Houlden family, premature birth case 15749-50, 15835
- Houston, health centre upgrade 16172
- Human reproduction, emergency contraception program, implementation 16176
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 14875
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment during NDP administration 14874
- Izatt, Barbara, surgery wait-list case 17290
- Kaiser Youth Foundation, report on substance abuse 16159, 16563
- Kitimat, health centre construction project 15578
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16879-80
- Legislature
- cooperation and openness 15542-3
- estimates process
- importance in parliamentary system 15541
- opportunities for opposition members to participate in debate 17262
- reform 15542-3
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 14875-6
- MacPhail, Joy, handling of mental health plan while Health minister 15159
- Medical Services Plan
- applications, processing time 16173
- benefits, supplementary benefits program, review 16174
- CareCard misuse 16174
- coverage, massage therapy 14647
- coverage, out-of-province treatment for B.C. residents, policy 16172-3
- payments to practitioners, alternate payment program 16172
- Mental health
- mental health plan
- mental illness, standards of care 15570
- programs and services
- demonstration projects 15569-70
- planning process, role of consumers and families 15571
- resource utilization management objectives 15570-1
- programs and services, children and youth 15573, 16847-8
- Mills Memorial Hospital
- no-transfer-back policy 15749-50
- pacemaker replacement program 15751
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute 15300-1
- NDP government, 1996 leadership campaign, statements re capital projects 17243
- Nicholls, Stephanie, cervical cancer screening case 15832
- Northern Interior health region, funding 15611, 17217-9
- Nurses
- accreditation
- supervisory or head nurse positions in health care facilities 15749
- supply, recruitment and retention
- training, cooperative programs 15815
- Olanzapine, status under Pharmacare program 16155-6
- 100 Mile House, health care facility 15051
- Optometrists, user fee for services 16174
- Penikett, Tony, role in contract negotiations with public sector unions 16166
- Pharmacare program, therapeutics initiative committee, role in evaluating prescription medications 15772-4, 16155-6
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 16176
- Physicians
- disputes
- handling by NDP government 17215
- handling by NDP government, Prince George model 17219
- physicians' withdrawal of services 17220
- locum services in northern and rural areas 17219
- stability of service coverage 17215-7
- supply and recruitment
- future needs 14874
- future needs, government initiatives to meet future needs 15830
- supply 14775
- training spaces in B.C. 15829
- Privacy, confidentiality of personal medical information 16175
- Public debt, debt during NDP administration 14875
- Public health, immunization against influenza, government program 16158-9
- Queen Charlotte Islands, health care governance 15738-9
- Read, Eric, air ambulance charges 16160
- Riverview Hospital, patient discharge policies 15571
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, coroner's recommendations for patient hospitalization at Eric Martin Pavilion 16847-8
- Schools, smoking pits on school property 16158
- Select Standing Committee on Health and Social Services, review of current health care policy 15809-10
- Sleeping Beauty Lodge, closing of facility 15751-2
- Southin, Mary Francis, comments on compulsory amalgamation of charity-run health care facilities 16874
- Substance abuse/addiction
- substance abuse prevention and addictions commission, proposal 16159
- treatment services for children and youth
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14644-8
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 14875
- Terrace and District Community Services Society, operation of youth detox facility 16848-9
- Terrace, youth detox facility, location 16848-9
- Throne speech debate 14872-6
- Tobacco
- government strategy for tobacco use reduction 16157-8, 16315
- industry, liability for health care costs, legal action by government 16158, 16316, 16429
- smoking, incidence among teenage girls 16157-8
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act
- University of B.C., medical school, number of training spaces 15829
- Vancouver General Hospital, Laurel Pavilion construction project 15577-8
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, construction project 14773-4
- Vancouver-Richmond health board
- contract for substance abuse treatment services for youth 16848
- funding 14646
- Victoria General Hospital, pediatric intensive care unit 15074, 15744
- Workers Compensation Board, report on workplace safety standards in hospitals 16875, 16879-80
- Workers compensation, rates, increase in employer premiums for health care workers 15744-7
- Year 2000, compliance of computer systems, health care facilities 14646-7
- Yuculta Lodge, construction project 14774
- Zacks, David, statements on diagnostic equipment needs of B.C. hospitals 16169
Harcourt, Michael
- Employment with Cascadia Institute
(Penner) 16660, 16747
(Wilson, G.) 16660, 16747
- Involvement with Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
(Penner) 16660
(Wilson, G.) 16660
- Role in Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project
(Thorpe) 16699
(Wilson, G.) 16699
Harper Ranch
Harris, Rod
- Hotels and travel accommodation, hotel room tax 16404
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16403-5, 16407
- Tourism B.C., expenditures and revenues 16404
- Tourism industry
Hastings Park Racecourse
- Ministerial responsibility for racetrack
(Roddick) 16000
- Relocation proposals
(Hawkins) 16827
(MacPhail) 16827
Hawkins, Sindi (Okanagan West)
- As subject
- visits to health care facilities 17276
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15723-4
- Agro Pacific Industries Ltd., financial situation 16702, 16752
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome), provincial AIDS strategy 14947
- Aluminum smelting industry, smelters in B.C., new facilities 16772-3
- Asia Pacific Foundation, government funding 16771-2
- B.C. Association for Charitable Gaming, government funding 16819
- B.C. Gaming Commission, board review of executive director position 16818-9
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Investment Fund, operations 16701-2, 16752, 16755
- B.C. Lottery Corporation
- product lines and distribution 16820
- revenues, levels and disbursement 16820
- B.C., residents moving elsewhere 14612, 14622
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, projects, prioritization criteria 15152-4
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- review of Powerex electricity trade revenues 16773
- role in setting of B.C. Hydro rates 16773-4
- Budget debate 14741-5
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 16259-60
- 1999-2000 budget, overexpenditures 14611-2
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 14612
- balanced budgets
- budget-making process, legislative requirements 14742, 14944-5
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14612, 14741-5
- fixed date for tabling of annual budget 16261
- interim supply, use 14610
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 16261
- Burrard Thermal power station, use of facility 16039-40
- Business, enterprise facilitation program 16774
- Canada West Foundation, public opinion survey on gambling 16938-9
- Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program, status of program 16771
- Canadian Airlines International Ltd., financial involvement of B.C. government 16761
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, agreements with government 16261
- Cancer, clinics, treatment centres for Kelowna and Victoria 14744
- Children and Families ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16938-40
- program and service delivery, integration of programs transferred from Health and other ministries, effectiveness 16938
- Civil service, public sector, wage-and-benefit agreements 14742-3
- Clark, Glen, involvement in casino licensing case, status of police investigation 16818
- Commission of inquiry into the regulation of charitable gaming and societies and related activities of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society (Smith commission), recommendations 16826
- Committee on Building British Columbia's Future, mandate 16701
- Crossroads Treatment Centre, funding 16938
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, recognition of health care issues 17275-6
- Economy
- B.C. economy, comparison with elsewhere 14741-2
- western economic partnership agreement 16774
- Education
- essential service designation and legislation 14704-5
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14704-6
- public education system, role of parents 14706
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16329-31
- Electric power
- cogeneration, projects on Vancouver Island 16044-5
- government electricity policy 16775
- power production, development of green energy sources 16039-40
- Elliot, Harry, employment with B.C. Gaming Commission 16818-9
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Energy and Mines ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16027-8, 16038-41, 16044-6
- Evans, Corky, visits to health care facilities 17276
- Exports and imports, trade missions
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 16259-60
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16666-7
- Forest Renewal B.C., project funds, use to balance budget 16260-1
- Fuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology, development and marketing, government involvement 16773
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, treatment services 16939-40
- bingo, future of industry, impact on charities 16819-20
- casinos
- casino relocation process 16825-7
- licence applications, agreements-in-principle 16817-8
- studies on market capacity in B.C. 16820
- charities' access to gambling revenues
- guarantee of revenue 16820
- processing time for access applications 16818
- gambling on Indian land, government policy on gaming expansion 16826
- gaming policy secretariat 16818
- legislation and regulation 16824-8
- policy, current and future policies 16816
- revenues from gambling, government revenues 16818
- Georgia Strait Crossing project, cost and cost-sharing 16045
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation 14946
- Hastings Park Racecourse, relocation proposals 16827
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care
- current situation in B.C. 15644-5
- number of available beds 14947
- funding
- allocation to rural and remote regions, definition of "rural" 17281-2
- disbursement of supplementary funds 17282-3
- government commitment 14743-4
- health authorities, budgeting process, change to multi-year cycle 15645
- health professionals, recruitment and retention 15724, 17283
- MRI services
- services, mobile service 17285
- units, placement in B.C. facilities 16170-1
- NDP MLAs' support for issues 17275, 17279
- system
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15644-9, 16170-1; supplementary estimates debate 17225-6, 17275-85
- ministers of Health, number of ministers during NDP administration 16171, 17275
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, four-laning 15152-4
- Highway 97, Summerland to Peachland section, safety issues 15151-4
- Highway 97C, Okanagan connector, four-laning of Aspen Grove to Merritt section 15152-4
- Holocaust, impact on people 14980
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14979-80
- Home care, home support services, use as alternative to institutionalization of the elderly 15645
- Horse-racing industry, tax rebates to industry 16827
- Hospitals
- current conditions in Canada's hospitals 15647
- equipment and technology needs 14946-7, 16170
- International Financial Centre, operations 16772
- Investment
- government investments, industrial incentive fund 16759
- investment in B.C.
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation, targets and outcomes 16260
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Kelowna, long term care facility for area 15644
- Kelowna Secondary School, construction project 16329-30, 16666-7
- Labour, labour disputes, handling by NDP government 14704-6
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16816-20, 16824-8
- Legislature
- estimates process, questioning by government members 17280
- recalling of House to approve increase in government spending 14610-1
- MacKinnon, Mark, employment with government 16818
- Media, media innovation centre, government funding 16774
- Meekison, J. Peter, report on gaming facilities in B.C. 16824-8
- Mental health
- funding for services, community mental health services 15648
- mental health plan 14743-4, 14947
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 16261
- NDP government
- Nurses
- supply, recruitment and retention
- day care availability as nurse retention initiative 17283
- foreign nurse recruitment 17283-4
- new student spaces, planning 17276-8
- nursing workplace innovation program 17284
- recruitment and retention in rural areas, funding allocation 17284
- refresher training, funding 17276-7
- supply 14744, 14945-6
- training
- mentoring support program 17279-81
- number of student spaces 15648, 15723-4
- nurse education bursary program 17279
- nurse transition to professional practice, funding 17284-5
- union endorsement 17284
- Okanagan area
- community mental health services 15648-9
- health care funding, continuing and long term care beds 17285
- health care situation 15644-8
- nurse supply 17281, 17283
- Okanagan Lake Bridge, replacement project 15150-1
- Okanagan University College, nursing program 15648, 15724
- Ontario, health care, critical care network program 15647
- Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, government involvement 16772
- Pacific Racing Association, financial involvement of government 16827
- Port Alberni, hospital construction 17277
- Post-secondary education, student spaces, allocation to targeted programs 15723-4
- Power for Jobs program, impact on investment in B.C. 16772
- Premier's summits 16766-7
- Public debt
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, debate 14704-6
- Resources and resource industries, natural resource community fund 16697-8
- Royal Inland Hospital, psychiatric facility, construction project 14744
- Saskatchewan, NDP government's fiscal policies 14612, 14743
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), student transportation funding and safety concerns 16330
- Silver Steelhead Lodge Co., impact of Skeena Cellulose activities on lodge 16691-3
- Sirolli Institute Canada Ltd., enterprise facilitation project in B.C. 16774
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government ownership position in company, conflict-of-interest concerns 16691-2
- South Okanagan–Similkameen health region, funding 15645
- Students, travel to school, transportation safety and walk limits review 16330-1
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services, ministerial responsibility 16938
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14611-2, 14621-2
- Telecommunications, telephone call centres for B.C. 16702-3, 16750-2
- Thompson health region funding, allocation of supplementary funds 17225-6
- Throne speech debate 14944-8
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15150-4
- Vancouver Island, electric power supply for island 16044-5
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, government investment 14744, 16260
- Western Star Trucks Ltd., government investment in company 16759-60, 16764
Head injuries See Accidents
Health Association of British Columbia
- Study of health care regionalization
(Farnworth) 15735
(Hansen) 15735
Health Authorities Act
- Provisions re expropriation of non-profit care facilities
(Hansen) 17252-3
Health care
- Access, universality issue
(Farnworth) 15835
(Hansen) 15835
- Administration costs
(Farnworth) 15686
(Roddick) 15686
- Age-related illness and disease, increase
(Abbott) 15607-8
(Farnworth) 15605, 15607-8
- Bequests to health care facilities
(Farnworth) 15737
(Hansen) 15737
- Capital projects
- commencement and delivery of projects, timeliness concerns
(Farnworth) 15574-6
(Hansen) 15574-6
- current projects
(Farnworth) 16171
(Hansen) 16171-2
- expenditure levels
(Hansen) 14647-8, 14773-4
(Ramsey) 14647-8
- funding, change from annual to multi-year planning cycle
(Farnworth) 15612, 16171
(Hansen) 16171
(Neufeld) 15612
- integration of capital budget with completed facility's operating budget
(Farnworth) 16165
(Hansen) 16165
- prioritization criteria
(Nettleton) 14595-6
- public-private partnerships
(Abbott) 15607-8
(Farnworth) 15576-7, 15607-8, 15643, 15669-70, 15681-2, 17206-7
(Hansen) 15576-7
(Sanders) 15681-2, 17206-7
(Stephens) 15670
(Thorpe) 15643
- Cardiac surgery
- case of patient in need of preliminary dental work
(Sanders) 15766
- number of surgeries
(Farnworth) 15836-7
(Hansen) 15836-7
- wait-lists See Wait-lists and waiting times below under this main heading
- Chronic illness, physician's referral to self-help group
(Farnworth) 16156-7
(Hansen) 16156-7
- Community care facilities, funding formulas, impact on patient services
(Hansen) 16162
- Community clinics
(Evans) 17246-7
(MacPhail) 17246
- Community-based initiatives
(Farnworth) 15691
(Reid, J.) 15691
- Complementary medicine, legislation
(Orcherton) 17152
- Continuing and long-term care
- current situation in B.C.
(Abbott) 15606
(Farnworth) 15603-6, 15644-5, 15669-70, 16162-4
(Hansen) 14645-6, 16162-4
(Hawkins) 15644-5
(Krueger) 15603-5
(Ramsey) 14646
(Stephens) 15669-70
- extended-care beds for youth
(Coell) 15743-4
(Farnworth) 15744
- funding for patient care supplies
(Anderson) 17312
(Evans) 17312
- funding, standardization across facilities
(Farnworth) 16165-6
(Hansen) 16165-6
- inclusion of aging-in-place component in residential facilities
(Evans) 17314-5
(Reid, J.) 17314-5
- multilevel-care standards, application criteria
(Farnworth) 16164-5
(Hansen) 16164-5
- needs
(Chong) 15693-4
(Farnworth) 15641-2, 15681, 15694, 15762-4
(Sanders) 15680-1, 15762-4
(Thorpe) 15641-2
- non-profit care facilities, expropriation legislation See Health Authorities Act
- non-profit care facilities, number and role
(Evans) 17253
- number of available beds
(Chong) 17267, 17269
(Coleman) 14896
(Evans) 17308
(Hansen) 14774, 17252-3
(Hawkins) 14947
(Ramsey) 14542
(Sawicki) 14996
(Thorpe) 14831-2, 17308
(Whittred) 14776
- review of continuing care system, availability of final report
(Farnworth) 16162
(Hansen) 16162, 16164
- transfer of patients from acute-care facility to supported home environment
(Evans) 17318
(Whittred) 17318
- Dialysis services, cases
(Farnworth) 15675, 16173
(Hansen) 16173
(Symons) 15674
- Education programs
(Farnworth) 16157
(Hansen) 16157
- Emergency services, Quesnel spinal cord injury case
(de Jong) 16807-8
(Hansen) 16806-7
(Wilson, J.) 16806
- Facilities
- charity-run facilities, government authority to seize assets
(Hansen) 16874
- liability insurance
(Farnworth) 15749
(Hansen) 15749
- management, performance review process
(Farnworth) 15605
(Krueger) 15605
- on-site health care professionals
(Hansen) 14874
- procurements for hospitals and other facilities, bulk-purchase plan
(Farnworth) 16169-70
(Hansen) 16169
- procurements for hospitals and other facilities, policies and practices
(Farnworth) 15748-9
(Hansen) 15748
- public-private partnerships
(Abbott) 17322
(Evans) 17308, 17322
(Thorpe) 17308
- Funding
- 1999-2000 shortfalls
(McKinnon) 14594
- 2000 shortfalls
(Campbell) 17255-6
- 2000-01 budgeted expenditures
(Barisoff) 14755
(Boone) 14578
(Bowbrick) 14659-60
(Brewin) 14681
(Dosanjh) 17255-6
(Gillespie) 15001-2, 15002-3
(Hammell) 14736-7
(Lali) 14580
(Lovick) 14780-1
(MacPhail) 15015
(Ramsey) 14541-2
(Robertson) 14762-3
(Sawicki) 14995-6
(Smallwood) 14558-9
(Stevenson) 15018
(Thorpe) 14585
- allocation to rural and remote regions, definition of "rural"
(Evans) 17281-2
(Hawkins) 17281-2
- disbursement of supplementary funds
(Campbell) 17197-9, 17244
(de Jong) 17195-7
(Evans) 17242-3, 17258, 17282-3
(Farnworth) 17185-6, 17190, 17192-3, 17195-9, 17203-4, 17208-10, 17217-20, 17235-6, 17238
(Hansen) 17192, 17208-10, 17217-20, 17237-8, 17243, 17258
(Hawkins) 17282-3
(Hogg) 17235-6
(Miller) 17251
(Sanders) 17199-200, 17203-4
- federal contribution
(Chong) 15693
(Evans) 17250-2, 17258
(Farnworth) 14890-1, 15539-40, 15642, 15670-2, 15693, 15740-1
(Hansen) 14772-3, 15740-1, 17250-1, 17258
(MacPhail) 17246
(Stephens) 15670
(Zirnhelt) 14904
- federal contribution, agreement with federal government
(Farnworth) 17185, 17188, 17192
- federal contribution, Liberal Party position
(Farnworth) 17195, 17198
- funding for medical equipment
(Campbell) 17247-50
(Chong) 17268
(Evans) 17247-50, 17269
- funding for medical equipment, decision-making authority re purchase designations
(Abbott) 17322
(Evans) 17304-5, 17322
(Plant) 17304-5
- funding for medical equipment, ministerial responsibility, patient case
(Chong) 16197-8
(Pullinger) 16198
- funding levels
(Clark, G.) 15805-6
(Farnworth) 15646-7, 15748, 15805-6
(Hansen) 15748
(Lovick) 14525-6
(Robertson) 14503
(Sihota) 15028
- government commitment
(Bowbrick) 14838
(Calendino) 14747-8
(Coell) 14867
(de Jong) 14959
(Farnworth) 15026-7
(Hawkins) 14743-4
(MacPhail) 14954
(Nebbeling) 16232
(Neufeld) 14809-10
(Petter) 14798
(Sihota) 16257, 17266
(Thorpe) 14831-2
(Whittred) 14776-7
- Liberal Party position
(Bowbrick) 17248
(Dosanjh) 17256-7
(Evans) 17245, 17259-60, 17262, 17266
(MacPhail) 17245-6
(Pullinger) 17278-9, 17297-8
(Sihota) 17266-7
(Smallwood) 17258
(Wilson, G.) 17262
- population-based funding formula
(Farnworth) 15613, 15666-7, 15669, 15689, 15747-8, 15845-6
(Hansen) 15747-8
(Nebbeling) 15845-6
(Neufeld) 15613
(Reid, J.) 15689
(Stephens) 15669, 15671
(van Dongen) 15665-7
- priorities
(Hansen) 17290-2
- role of charitable funding
(Reid, L.) 17300
- tax reductions versus funding of health care See Taxation
- Government policy, review of current policy by legislative committee See Select Standing Committee on Health and Social Services
- Health action plan
- Health authorities
- Health authorities, budgeting process
- allocation of budgeted funds
(Evans) 17271, 17280
- availability of funding information
(Campbell) 17194
(Coell) 15744
(Farnworth) 15739-40, 15742, 17188, 17194
(Hansen) 15739-40, 15742, 17188-90
- change to multiyear cycle
(Hansen) 17243
- change to multi-year cycle
(Farnworth) 15612, 15645, 15742-3
(Hansen) 15742-3
(Hawkins) 15645
(Neufeld) 15612
- debt and deficits
(Evans) 17260-1
(Farnworth) 15740-2, 17189-91, 17208-9, 17217
(Hansen) 15740-2, 17188-91, 17208-9, 17217, 17260-1
- funding requests to Health ministry, approvals
(Clark, G.) 15806-7
(Farnworth) 15806-7
- requirement to target funding to regional needs
(Farnworth) 15750-1
(Hansen) 15750-1
- Health guide program
- distribution
(Evans) 17274-5
- health handbook and nurse advice telephone line
(Dalton) 17317
(Evans) 17316-7
(Reid, J.) 17316
- Health information management project
(Farnworth) 15571, 16175
(Hansen) 15571, 16174-5
- Health innovation forum
(Chong) 14795
(Wilson, J.) 14914-5
- Health professionals See also Nurses; Physicians
- interprovincial training and recruitment strategy
(Farnworth) 15614, 15685, 15696-7
(Neufeld) 15614
- medical practitioners leaving B.C.
(Coleman) 17233
- recruitment and retention
(Barisoff) 15619
(Bowbrick) 15724, 15776-7
(Evans) 17306
(Farnworth) 15619-20, 15667-8
(Hawkins) 15724, 17283
(Penner) 17305-6
(Thorpe) 15776
- severance payments for practitioners who leave employment voluntarily
(Farnworth) 16166-7
(Hansen) 16166-7
- situation in B.C.
(Krueger) 17295
- situation in Canada
(Calendino) 17287
- training opportunities in B.C.
(Hansen) 14774
- wage parity settlements, use as benchmark in future negotiations with health care workers
(Farnworth) 16167
(Hansen) 16167
- Health professions, federal-provincial advisory committee on health human resources
(Farnworth) 15828-9
(Hansen) 15828
- Health regions
- budgets
(Farnworth) 16663
(Hansen) 16663
- regional health boards, administration costs
(Farnworth) 15675
(Sanders) 15675
- regional health boards, appointment process
(Farnworth) 15739
(Hansen) 15738-9
- Hospice care See Hospice care
- Infrastructure, hospital and technology infrastructure
(Farnworth) 14890
- Intensive care units, availability
(Evans) 17291
(Hansen) 17290
- Massage therapy for residents of long term care facilities
(Farnworth) 15692
(Reid, J.) 15692
- Medical research, funding
- interministerial cooperation
(Farnworth) 15812
(Hansen) 15811-2
- timeliness of annual allocation
(Farnworth) 15810-1
(Hansen) 15810-1
- Mental health See Mental health
- MRI services
- NDP MLAs' support for issues
(Hawkins) 17275, 17279
(Waddell) 17280
- Palliative care See Hospice care
- Provincial bed management system for province
(Evans) 17274, 17291
- Regionalization
- Residential care
(Farnworth) 15682
(Sanders) 15682
- Respite services for family caregivers, eligibility criteria for cost exemptions, case
(Brewin) 16802
(Chong) 16802
- Role of environment in people's health
(Waddell) 17280
- Role of non-profit organizations
(Hansen) 14774
- Services
- appropriateness issue
(Farnworth) 15808
(Hansen) 15808
- cost of programs and services
(Nettleton) 14804
- integrated service delivery
(Farnworth) 15734-5
(Hansen) 15734
- level of service to patients
(Campbell) 17193-4
(Farnworth) 17193-4
- patient-client satisfaction surveys
(Farnworth) 15808
(Hansen) 15808
- population base required to support specialization
(Farnworth) 15847
- practitioner-population ratios
(Farnworth) 15807-8
(Hansen) 15807-8
- primary care clinics, new facilities versus expansion of existing facilities
(Evans)
- Services for children, citizens' initiative re wait-lists
(Reid, L.) 14613-5
- Services for seniors, adult day care services
(Farnworth) 15671
(Stephens) 15671
- Services for women
- level of service
(Stephens) 16509-10
- services in northern and rural areas
(Smallwood) 16527
(Stephens) 16527
- women-centred care, policies
(Farnworth) 15841
(Stephens) 15840-1
- Women's Equality ministry work
(Smallwood) 16526-7
(Stephens) 16526-7
- Services in remote and rural areas
- comparison with services in lower mainland and southern Vancouver Island
(Farnworth) 15750
(Hansen) 15750
- government work
(Farnworth) 15735
(Hansen) 15735
- rural strategy, interprovincial cooperation
(Farnworth) 15615
(Neufeld) 15615
- services
(Walsh) 14500
- System
- changing to meet future needs
(Farnworth) 15682-3, 15766
(Sanders) 15766
- current state of B.C. system
(Evans) 17270-1
(Farnworth) 15539, 16806-8
(Hansen) 14821
(Hawkins) 15644, 17276
(Reid, J.) 14508
(Walsh) 14820-2
- evolution of medicare system
(Bowbrick) 14839-40
(Farnworth) 15835, 15838
(Hansen) 15835
- government handling, federal-provincial meetings
(Clark, G.) 15677-8
(Farnworth) 15678
- government vision for system
(MacPhail) 15015
(Ramsey) 14542
(Stevenson) 15017-8
(Throne speech) 14496
- infant mortality rate, use as measure of health care system
(Evans) 17271
(Nettleton) 17271
- innovations
(Farnworth) 15540, 15642-3, 15649, 15691
(Hawkins) 15649
(Reid, J.) 15691
(Thorpe) 15642-3
- long-range planning
(Farnworth) 15691-2
(Reid, J.) 15691-2
- modernization
(Coleman) 14897
(Miller) 14857
(Zirnhelt) 14904-5
- public expectations
(Farnworth) 15540-1
- reform of medicare system
(Miller) 14679
- reform of primary care system
(Farnworth) 17205-6
(Sanders) 17205-6
- regionalization See Regionalization above under this main heading
- review of systems elsewhere
(Kasper) 17293-4
- role of private sector
(Bowbrick) 14838
(Farnworth) 17206-7
(Hansen) 14876
(Sanders) 17206-7
(Waddell) 14834
(Wilson, G.) 14877
- strategic directions planning
(Hansen) 15736-7
- system during NDP administration
(Anderson) 14918
(Campbell) 14518-20, 16952, 17243-4
(Chong) 14795-6, 17267
(Clark, C.) 16808, 17264-5
(Coleman) 14896
(de Jong) 16377, 16807-8, 17194
(Dosanjh) 16952
(Farnworth) 16377, 17203
(Hansen) 14771-2, 16377, 17187, 17243
(Hawkins) 14945-8, 17225
(Jarvis) 14931
(MacPhail) 14954
(Nettleton) 17270-1
(Sanders) 14858, 17201-3
(Stephens) 14943
(Symons) 14929
(van Dongen) 14959-60
(Wilson, J.) 14914-5
- two-tier system
(Doyle) 14953
- Technology
- Transitional care program
(Chong) 15693
(Farnworth) 15693
- Trauma strategy for province
(Farnworth) 15837
(Hansen) 15837
- Travel for treatment and diagnostic services
- costs, coverage
(Evans) 17298-9
(Farnworth) 15839-40
(Reid, L.) 17237, 17297, 17299
(Weisgerber) 15839-40
- number of B.C. residents receiving treatment elsewhere
(Weisgerber) 14670
- out-of-province emergency medical services
(Farnworth) 16806-7
- out-of-province emergency medical services, responsibility for payment, cases
(Farnworth) 15483-4
(Weisgerber) 15483-4
- proposal re use of government personnel's air travel points
(Neufeld) 15008
- transporting of patients for medical treatment
(Farnworth) 15838
(Weisgerber) 15838
- travel assistance program
(Farnworth) 15834-6
(Hansen) 15834-6
- travel to United States
(Hogg) 14510
- travel to Washington State
(Coleman) 17233
(Farnworth) 15831
(Penner) 15831
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- biopsy wait-list case
(Symons) 14929
- cancer surgery case
(Penner) 14557
- cancer treatment
(Chong) 15694-5
(Farnworth) 15667-8, 15683-4, 15695, 15830-1
(Hansen) 15830
(Penner) 15683-4, 15830-1
(van Dongen) 15667-8
- cardiac services
(Farnworth) 15640-1
(Thorpe) 15640-1
- CT scans
(Evans) 17306
(Penner) 17306
- diabetes education programs
(Farnworth) 16157
(Hansen) 16157
- Health ministry web site, statistics on surgery wait-lists
(Farnworth) 15836
(Hansen) 15836
- hip replacements
(Chong) 15695
(Farnworth) 15695
- hip surgeries
(Evans) 17269
- hip surgeries, case
(Chong) 17268
- knee replacements, median wait times
(Farnworth) 15641
(Thorpe) 15641
- legislation to guarantee immediate service for children in need of medical treatment See Citizens' initiatives under Legislation
- management of wait lists, bed-registry system
(Evans) 17314
(Reid, J.) 17314
- management of wait-lists
(Farnworth) 15679, 15836-7
(Hansen) 15836-7
(Sanders) 15678-9
- orthopedic surgery
(Evans) 17307-8
(Farnworth) 15641
(Thorpe) 15641, 17307-8
- surgery wait-lists
(Farnworth) 17203
(Sanders) 17202-3
- surgery wait-lists, Osoyoos woman's case
(Barisoff) 17274
- surgery wait-lists, Powell River–Sunshine Coast woman's case
(Wilson, G.) 17296
- Workers
- flu shots for staff of care facilities
(Farnworth) 16158-9
(Hansen) 16158-9
- future labour needs in health care sector
(Farnworth) 14891
(Hansen) 14872-4
- occupational injury rate
(Evans) 17274-5
(Gillespie) 17274
- on-the-job accidents and injuries
(Farnworth) 15744-7
(Hansen) 15744-7
- unionized workers, comparability of classifications and compensation
(Hansen) 14644-5
(Ramsey) 14644-5
- wage-and-benefit agreements
(Boone) 14578
(Farrell-Collins) 14543-4, 14547-8
(Hansen) 14773
(Smallwood) 14559-60
(Weisgerber) 14670
- women employed in health care sector, status as paid caregivers
(Farnworth) 15844-5
(Stephens) 15844
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
Health Employers Association of British Columbia
- Agreement with Hospital Employees Union, compensation and severance provisions
(Farnworth) 16165-7
(Hansen) 16165-7
- Position on wage adjustments for unionized workers
(Hansen) 14644-5
(Ramsey) 14644-5
Health, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors
- Special warrant debate 14644-8
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15538-46, 15561-78, 15602-21, 15639-50, 15665-99, 15734-53, 15762-74, 15805-16, 15828-47, 16155-76; supplementary estimates (September 17, 2000) 17185-238; supplementary estimates (December 7, 2000) 17241-53, 17255-324
- amdts: to reduce the Health ministry's budget allocation by $1 (Hansen) 15611, negatived 15612
- speakers
(Abbott) 15606-8
(Barisoff) 15618-21
(Boone) 15610-1
(Chong) 15692-6
(Clark, G.) 15677-8, 15805-6
(Coell) 15743-4
(Farnworth) 15539-46, 15561-78, 15602-21, 15639-50, 15665-99, 15734-53, 15762-74, 15805-16, 15828-47, 16155-76
(Hansen) 15541-3, 15568-78, 15611, 15734-53, 15772-4, 15807-16, 15828-37, 16155-69, 16171-6
(Hawkins) 15644-9, 16170-1
(Krueger) 15561, 15602-5
(Nebbeling) 15845-7
(Nettleton) 15608-10
(Neufeld) 15612-8
(Penner) 15683-4, 15830-1
(Reid, J.) 15687-92
(Roddick) 15685-7
(Sanders) 15543-6, 15561-8, 15675-6, 15678-83, 15697-9, 15737-8, 15762-72
(Sihota) 15809
(Stephens) 15668-71, 15840-5
(Symons) 15674-5
(Thorpe) 15621, 15639-44
(van Dongen) 15649-50, 15665-8
(Weisgerber) 15837-40
(Whittred) 15672-4
(Wilson, J.) 15684-5, 15696-7
- 2000-01 Supplementary estimates (September 17, 2000)
- 2000-01 Supplementary estimates (December 7, 2000)
- debate 17241-53, 17255-324
- speakers
(Abbott) 17321-2
(Anderson) 17311-2
(Barisoff) 17271-4
(Bowbrick) 17248-9
(Calendino) 17287-8
(Campbell) 17243-4, 17247-9
(Chong) 17267-9
(Clark, C.) 17264-5, 17267
(Dalton) 17317
(Evans) 17242-3, 17245, 17246-53, 17258-75, 17277-95, 17297-323
(Gillespie) 17274-5
(Hansen) 17243, 17252-3, 17258, 17260-3, 17290-2
(Hawkins) 17275-85
(Janssen) 17276-7
(Kasper) 17292-4
(Krueger) 17288-90, 17294-7
(MacPhail) 17245-6
(Miller) 17269-70
(Nettleton) 17270-1
(Neufeld) 17322-3
(Penner) 17305-7
(Plant) 17302-5
(Pullinger) 17278-9, 17286-7, 17297-8
(Reid, J.) 17313-6
(Reid, L.) 17297, 17299-302
(Roddick) 17285-8
(Sihota) 17266-7
(Smallwood) 17258-9
(Thorpe) 17307-11
(Waddell) 17280
(Whittred) 17317-9
(Wilson, G.) 17262, 17295-6
(Wilson, J.) 17319-21
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Farnworth) 15664
- Budget
- 1999-2000 shortfalls
(McKinnon) 14594
- 1999-2000 shortfalls, predictability issue
(Hansen) 14644
(Ramsey) 14644
- communications budget
(Farnworth) 17200-1
- cost of public sector labour accords
(Farnworth) 15807
(Hansen) 15807
- discretionary funds, allocation process
(Farnworth) 15640-1
(Thorpe) 15640-1
- Communications between ministry and health regions
(Farnworth) 15690
(Reid, J.) 15689
- Correspondence unit, response times
(Farnworth) 15683-4
(Penner) 15683-4
- Estimates debate
- Forensic psychiatric assessments, ministry responsibility
(Petter) 15590
(Plant) 15590
- Funding agreements with other ministries
(Coell) 15743
(Farnworth) 15743
- Health Human Resources Advisory Committee, role
(Farnworth) 15814
(Hansen) 15814
- Information from ministry, accessibility to Liberal Party MLAs
(Thorpe) 17234
- Involvement in negotiations on health care worker labour accords
(Farnworth) 16166
(Hansen) 16166
- Involvement in regional health authorities' decision-making
(Farnworth) 15736, 15738, 15751, 15765
(Hansen) 15735-6, 15738, 15751
(Sanders) 15765
- Ministers of Health, number of ministers during NDP administration
(Clark, C.) 17265
(Farnworth) 16171
(Hawkins) 16171, 17275
- Performance plan
- 2000-01 plan, tabled (Ramsey) 15216, retabled (Farnworth) 15664
- contents, inclusion of environmental scan
(Farnworth) 15541-2
(Hansen) 15541-2
- Programs and services, transfer to Children and Families ministry See Program and service delivery under Children and Families, Ministry for
- Provision of personal lubricants at needle exchange centres, cost
(de Jong) 15959-60
(Farnworth) 15959-60, 16007
- Purchasing policies
(Farnworth) 15748-9, 16169-70
(Hansen) 15748, 16169
- Relationships with other ministries
(Farnworth) 15810
(Hansen) 15810
- Strategic planning
(Hansen) 17187
- Web site, inclusion of health action plan
(Coleman) 17234
(Farnworth) 17234
Health Professions Act
Health Research Foundation See British Columbia Health Research Foundation
Heaney, John
- Role in advertising campaign for 2000-01 budget
(Farrell-Collins) 16253
Helicopter tourism See Tourism industry
Heller, George
- Comments on B.C. economy
(Miller) 15032-3
Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis secretariat, program funding
(Evans) 17316
(Reid, J.) 17315-6
Heritage
- Archaeological sites
- Heritage commissions, establishment
(McGregor) 16303
(Nebbeling) 16303
- Heritage sites
- heritage site operators, information provided by heritage branch to operators
(Penner) 16465-6
(Waddell) 16465-6
- heritage site operators, number in B.C.
(Thorpe) 16451
(Waddell) 16451
- number in B.C.
(Chong) 16460
(Plant) 15416
(Waddell) 15416, 16460
- Preservation of local and provincial heritage
(Anderson) 16030-2
Heritage British Columbia
Heritage Conservation Act
- Amendments
- Charges laid under act, case
(Chong) 16465
- Time limit provisions for prosecution of offences
Heritage House, Oliver, B.C.
Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Highland Valley copper mine, operations
(Miller) 14678
- Power costs
(Jarvis) 14730
High-technology industry See Science and technology
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Cache Creek to the Rockies corridor
- Improvements
(Kasper) 14924
- Langley section projects
(Lali) 15143-4
(Stephens) 15143-4
- Upper Levels Highway, closing of Horseshoe Bay section by B.C. Ferries
(Lali) 15187-9
(Nebbeling) 15187-9
Highway 3
- Midway to Greenwood section
(Barisoff) 15148
(Lali) 15148
- Moyie bluffs section
(Lali) 15181
(Symons) 15181
Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway
- Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes
(Krueger) 15142-3
(Lali) 15142-3
Highway 10
Highway 11
- Mission bypass, project status
(Lali) 15181
(Symons) 15181
- Traffic accidents data
(Lali) 15146
(van Dongen) 15146
Highway 15 (Pacific Highway)
- Widening
(McKinnon) 14830
Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Availability of emergency services
(Lali) 15145-6, 15189
(Petter) 15624, 15627
(Plant) 15622
(Reid, J.) 15145-6, 15189, 15623-4, 15628
- Island Highway construction project
- 2000-01 activities
(Lali) 15117
- completion
(Lali) 14582
- cost
(Lali) 15119-20
(Symons) 15119-20
- Liberal Party position on project
(Wilson, G.) 14732
- management by NDP government
(Pullinger) 14921-2
- North Island section traffic dividers
(Campbell) 16953-4
(Dosanjh) 16953-4
- progress
(Gillespie) 15002
- project
(Neufeld) 15006
- protection of fish habitat
(Gillespie) 14893
- use of union suppliers
(Lali) 15181
(Symons) 15181
- Millstream connector, traffic volumes
(Lali) 15190
(Symons) 15190
- North Courtenay connector
(Lali) 15181
(Symons) 15181
- South Courtenay connector, groundwater issue
(Lali) 15190
(Symons) 15190
- South Duncan section, safety concerns
(Lali) 15190
(Symons) 15190
- Wildlife fencing between Courtenay and Mud Bay
(Lali) 15181
(Symons) 15181
Highway 33
- Rutland section, upgrading
(Lali) 15155
(Weisbeck) 15155
Highway 43
Highway 77 (Liard Highway)
Highway 97
Highway 97C
- Okanagan connector, four-laning of Aspen Grove to Merritt section
(Hawkins) 15152-4
(Lali) 15152-4
Highway 99
- Huntingdon border crossing
(Lali) 15146
(van Dongen) 15146
- Lane control system
(Lali) 15145
(Roddick) 15145
Highway Act
Highway Constructors Ltd.
- Employees
- pensions, operation of plan
(Lali) 15182
(Symons) 15181-2
- wage increases, impact on contract costs
(Bowbrick) 15848
(Symons) 15848
- Employment model, day-labour and local-hire provisions
(Lali) 15182-3
(Symons) 15182-3
- Labour agreement, wage provisions
(Lali) 15182
(Symons) 15182
- Rapid transit project contract See Expansion of system, construction under SkyTrain
Highways and roads
- Capital projects
(Lali) 14580, 14582, 14933-4
(Ramsey) 14541
- High-occupancy-vehicle lanes, enforcement
(Lali) 15183
(Symons) 15183
- Maintenance and rehabilitation
- 2000-01 activities
(Lali) 15117-8
- contractors, scope and conditions of work
(Lali) 15184
(Symons) 15184
- infrastructure upgrades
(Krueger) 17113
- maintenance cost per kilometre of road
(Lali) 15185
(Symons) 15185
- paving materials, life span
(Lali) 15187
(Symons) 15187
- road and bridge maintenance
(Lali) 14580-1
- Material used to reduce ice and snow buildup on main highways
(Lali) 15187
(Symons) 15186-7
- National highway system
(Barisoff) 15148
(Lali) 15148, 15183
(Symons) 15183
- Northern B.C. roads See Northern B.C. under British Columbia
- Rural road task force
(Lali) 15178
(Neufeld) 15178
- Tridem-drive tractors, use on highways
(MacPhail) 16811, 16816
(Neufeld) 16811
- Upgrades
- central interior
(Krueger) 14677
- lower mainland
(Cashore) 14750
Hine, Jean
- Experience as street kid
(Reid, L.) 14800
Hockey
Hog industry
- Position on whole farm insurance program
(Barisoff) 15998
(Evans) 15998
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, legal opinion on teachers' participation in school accreditation process 16367
- B.C. Teachers Federation, agreement with government on early retirement incentives and career transition plans 14634-5
- Budget debate 15022-5
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 15024-5
- budget-making process, legislative requirements 15023
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 15022
- Canada Cup international women's fast-pitch tournament 17110-2
- Children, programs and services, early intervention programs and services 16123
- College of Teachers of B.C., council, powers and responsibilities 15445
- Communities, importance of school communities during crisis situations 16124
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14514, 15023-4
- Education
- accreditation of schools 16366-7
- assessment and performance standards of students, foundation skills assessment 16367
- curriculum, French language programs 16371
- electronically delivered education, program 16114-8
- essential service designation and legislation 14536, 14699-701
- funding
- 1999-2000 expenditures, program areas allocated additional funding 14634-5
- funding formula, adequacy 16111-3, 16367-8
- impact on programs and services 16368-9
- goal-setting and attainment 14513
- home schooling
- home schooling 16114-6, 16118
- requirement for superintendents to investigate child registration complaints 15445
- importance of education 14700-1
- independent schools
- influence on individuals' health and social well-being 16122-3
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14535-6, 14588, 14634, 14699-702, 14726, 15024
- labour disputes
- collective bargaining legislation, changes 14717-20, 14722-4
- disputes during NDP administration 14699-700
- industrial inquiry commissions, appointment and powers 14719
- parent advisory councils, provincial sales tax exemption for school-related purchases 16370
- public education system
- alternative models of education delivery 16116-7
- components of a successful school system 16084
- efficient use of resources as a core value 16121
- government vision for system 16109
- performance measurement 16118-21, 16372-3
- public confidence in system 16110
- role of parents 14513-4
- state of system in Canada 16083-4
- secondary education, completion rate 16124-5
- special education and special needs, alternative models of program delivery 16117
- Education ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16083-4, 16108-25, 16127-30, 16364-73
- accountability framework, efforts to enhance accountability for performance 16108-10
- budget, cost of public sector labour accords 16371-2
- organization, efficiency 16121
- performance
- performance plan
- development of plan 16108
- objectives for teachers 16130
- purpose of plan 16110
- Health care
- funding, disbursement of supplementary funds 17235-6
- travel for treatment and diagnostic services, travel to United States 14510
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17235-6
- Labour, labour disputes, handling by NDP government 14698-702
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15445
- Now Communications Group Inc., contracts with Education ministry 16370
- Public debt, debt during NDP administration 15022
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- School Act, amendments 15445
- School boards/districts, funding
- Skills training, career technical centres, expansion of program 16128
- Society, changes in social values, impact on education system 16123-4
- South Fraser health region, funding 17235-6
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14634-5
- Surrey–White Rock constituency and area
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 15023-4
- Teachers
- collective agreement, impact of class size requirements 16364-6
- recruitment 16370-1
- role in educational experience of students 16113-4
- Teaching Profession Act, amendments 15445
- Throne speech, content 14509
- Throne speech debate 14509-10, 14513-4
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-45)
Holocaust Memorial Day Act
- (Bill 5) (Attorney General) 1R, 14937-8; 2R, 14971-82; C, 14982; 3R, 14982; RA, 15175
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 14971-2
(Brewin) 14975-6
(Campbell) 14938, 14974-5
(Dosanjh) 14973-4
(Farnworth) 14980
(Hawkins) 14979-80
(Krueger) 14973
(Nebbeling) 14978-9
(Petter) 14938, 14971, 14981-2
(Plant) 14980-1
(Thorpe) 14975
(Waddell) 14977-8
(Whittred) 14976-7
(Wilson, G.) 14979
- Purpose of bill
(Anderson) 14971-2
(Campbell) 14938, 14974-5
(Dosanjh) 14973-4
(Farnworth) 14980
(Hawkins) 14979-80
(Krueger) 14973
(Nebbeling) 14979
(Petter) 14938, 14971, 14981-2
(Plant) 14980-1
(Thorpe) 14975
(Waddell) 14978
(Whittred) 14976-7
(Wilson, G.) 14979
Home care
- Caregiving by family and friends
- Funding
(Clark, G.) 15677
(Farnworth) 15677
- Home support services
- Role in health care delivery
(Coleman) 14896
Home Owner Grant Act
Home schooling See Education
Home Support Action Group
Homelessness See Housing
Homeowner Protection Act
- Inclusion of implied warranty provision
(Coleman) 16143
(Pullinger) 16143
Homeowner protection office
- Annual report, 1999-2000, tabled
(Pullinger) 17087
- Assumption of responsibilities of former building standards branch
(Coleman) 16133
(Pullinger) 16133
- Education and research function
- Homeowner's reconstruction loan program
(Coleman) 16132-4, 16136, 16139, 16142-3
(Pullinger) 16132-4, 16136, 16142-3
- Licensing of property management companies
(Coleman) 16142-3
(Pullinger) 16142
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15367
Homestead Act
Hope, B.C.
- Court services, wait-lists for adult criminal cases
(Petter) 15551
(Plant) 15551
Horn, Andy
- Cystic fibrosis case, transplant needs
(Chong) 17267-8
Horse Council of British Columbia
- Concerns re taxation of manure-handling facilities
(Barisoff) 15999
Horse Racing Tax Act
Horse-racing industry
Horseshoe Bay, B.C.
- B.C. Ferries development plans, municipal council involvement
(McGregor) 15474-5
(Nebbeling) 15474-5
Hospice care
- Access of hospice patients to drugs, medical supplies and equipment
(Evans) 17310
(Reid, L.) 17301
(Thorpe) 17310
- Services
Hospice House, Vernon, B.C.
Hospital Employees Union
Hospitals
- Acute-care beds
- availability, patient case
(Clark, C.) 17265
- use for long term care patients
(Barisoff) 15620-1
(Evans) 17268
(Farnworth) 15620-1, 16164
(Hansen) 16164
- use for long term care patients, case
(Chong) 17267
- use for therapies not insured by medicare unless provided in hospital
(Farnworth) 15765-6
(Sanders) 15765-6
- Bed utilization
(Farnworth) 15752
(Hansen) 15752
- Bequests and donations, impact on government funding
(Farnworth) 15737-8
(Sanders) 15737-8
- Budgets, technology component
(Farnworth) 15679-80
(Sanders) 15679-80
- Community hospitals
(Barisoff) 15618-9
(Farnworth) 15618-9
- Critical-care beds, availability
(Chong) 17268
(Evans) 17269
- Current conditions in Canada's hospitals
(Farnworth) 15646-7
(Hawkins) 15647
- Equipment and technology needs
(Farnworth) 15604, 15673-4, 16169-70
(Hansen) 14646-7, 16168-9
(Hawkins) 14946-7, 16170
(Krueger) 15604
(Ramsey) 14646-7
(Whittred) 14776-7, 15673-4
- Funding
(Farnworth) 15613
(Neufeld) 15613
- Funding, impact of block funding on patient services
(Farnworth) 15750-1
(Hansen) 15750-1
- Hospital system
- system in B.C.
(Coell) 14867
- system in lower mainland
(Farnworth) 15675
(Symons) 15674-5
- Services, approval criteria for accreditation of medical specialties
(Farnworth) 15676-7
(Sanders) 15676
- Staffing, supervisory nurse positions, elimination
(Farnworth) 15749
(Hansen) 15749
- Teaching hospitals, residency programs
(Farnworth) 15829
(Hansen) 15829
- Workplace safety
Hotels and travel accommodation
Houlden family
Housing
- Affordable housing
- Cooperative housing
- Current situation in B.C., NDP government action
(Pullinger) 16095, 16150-1
- Emergency shelters See Temporary housing and shelters below under this main heading
- Establishment of one ministry for housing See 2000 report, recommendations under Commission of inquiry into the quality of condominium construction in British Columbia (Barrett commission)
- Government initiatives
(Coleman) 14897
- Homelessness
- funding from federal government to address issue
(Pullinger) 16284
(Stephens) 16194-5
(Whittred) 16284
- homelessness
(Kwan) 15058
- prevention, NDP government action
(Pullinger) 16194-6
- Ministerial responsibility
(Coleman) 16150
(Pullinger) 16150
- National housing program
(Kwan) 14989
- Need for innovative and affordable housing options
(Whittred) 15761
- Non-profit housing societies, tenant selection process
(Coleman) 16147
(Pullinger) 16147
- Rental housing
- Social housing
- damage to units, responsibility for payment
(Coleman) 16146-7
(Pullinger) 16146-7
- housing needs
(Zirnhelt) 14907
- housing needs in communities, assessment process
(Pullinger) 16148-9
- intergovernmental agreements, negotiating principles
(Coleman) 16149-50
(Pullinger) 16149
- new units, guaranteed annual levels
(Sihota) 15028
- rent calculations
(Coleman) 16147-8
(Pullinger) 16147-8
- role of government
(Stevenson) 15760-2
- supportive housing for persons with mental illness
(Evans) 17315
(Farnworth) 15544, 15563
(Reid, J.) 17315
(Sanders) 15563
- Temporary housing and shelters See also Transition houses
- current situation in B.C.
(Pullinger) 16195-6
(Stephens) 16194-5
- shelters for women and women with children
(Smallwood) 16521
(Stephens) 16520-1
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Houston, B.C.
- Health centre upgrade
(Farnworth) 16172
(Hansen) 16172
Howe, Maurice
HRDC See Human Resources Development Canada
Hudson's Hope Bridge
Human Genome Project
- Work of project
(Farnworth) 15841
Human reproduction
- Emergency contraception program, implementation
(Farnworth) 16176
(Hansen) 16176
- Reproductive technologies
(Farnworth) 15841-2
(Stephens) 15841-2
Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (federal)
Human Resources Development Canada
- Program funding and participation by income assistance recipients
(Pullinger) 16245-9
(Whittred) 16245-8
- Review of Métis Provincial Council of B.C.
(de Jong) 15358-62
(Lovick) 15358-62
Human Resources, Ministry of
Human rights
- Tribunals involving family caregivers for disabled persons
(Brewin) 16920-1
(Reid, L.) 16921
Hummingbird Creek
- Flood-related debris flow damage, government action
(Abbott) 16609-10
(Sawicki) 16609-10
Hunt, Christine
- Appointment to board of Land Reserve Commission
(Barisoff) 15955
(Evans) 15955
Hunting
- Elk hunting, Environment ministry initiative in Peace area
(Evans) 15929-30, 15989-90
(Wilson, J.) 15929-30
- Game reporting system, applicability to Indian and other hunters
(Barisoff) 16547-8
(Sawicki) 16547-8
- Hunting by Indians, impact of trapping rights on oil and gas industry
(Miller) 16015
(Neufeld) 16015
- Trapping
Husby Forest Products Ltd.
- Cutting rights on land specified by government as "designated area"
(Abbott) 16433
(Doyle) 16433
- Impact of Indian land claims on land negotiations with government
(Abbott) 15238, 15262-5
(Doyle) 15238, 15263-5
Hydro and Power Authority Act
Hydroelectricity See Electric power
Hydroxl Systems Inc.
- Water purification operation
(Wilson, G.) 14732, 14877
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