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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
Labour
Labour, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16591-604, 16728-46, 16781-92, 16808-43, 16877-98, 16906-18, 17140-50, 17159-66
- speakers
(Abbott) 16837-8
(Barisoff) 16600-1
(Chong) 16821-3, 16843, 17161-2
(Coell) 17140-1, 17146-7
(Coleman) 16783-7
(Farrell-Collins) 16730-5, 16829-30
(Hansen) 16879-80
(Hawkins) 16816-20, 16824-8
(Jarvis) 16729-32, 16735-40, 16743-6, 16781-3, 16787-91, 16809, 16813-5
(Krueger) 16592-604, 16728-9, 16740-3, 16811-3, 16816, 16823-4, 16828-43, 16877-86, 17165-6
(MacPhail) 16591-604, 16728-46, 16782-92, 16808-28, 16878-98, 16907-18, 17140-50, 17159-66
(Miller) 16895
(Nebbeling) 17142-4
(Neufeld) 16811
(Plant) 16728
(Reid, J.) 16809-10, 16915-7
(Roddick) 16913-4
(Symons) 16792, 16886-98, 16906-12, 17140-2, 17144-50, 17159-61, 17164-5
(Thorpe) 16917-8, 17162-4
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities of ministry
(Krueger) 16592-3
(MacPhail) 16591-3
- Employment standards branch, complaints backlog
(Krueger) 16422-3, 16601-4
(MacPhail) 16422-3, 16591, 16601-4
- Minister's responsibility
(MacPhail) 14955
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Responsibility for Workers Compensation Board
(Farrell-Collins) 16829-30
(Krueger) 16828-30, 16835-7, 16885-6
(MacPhail) 16828-9, 16835-7, 16885
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 1999, tabled
(MacPhail) 16665
- Appointment of board members and chair
(Krueger) 16596-7
(MacPhail) 16592, 16596-8
- Governance issues
(MacPhail) 16592
- Performance standards
(Krueger) 16596
(MacPhail) 16596
Labour Relations Code
- Provisions
- essential services
(Plant) 14712-3
- replacement workers
(Sihota) 15029
Lac du Bois Grasslands Provincial Park
- Grassland ecosystem
(McGregor) 14864-5
Lady Minto Gulf Islands Hospital, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
- On-call funding for physicians
(Coell) 15743
(Farnworth) 15743
Lali, Hon. Harry Singh (Yale-Lillooet)
- Abbotsford, transportation issues 15146
- Alberta, health care, role of private sector 14580
- Apex Mountain Resort Ltd., access road upgrade 15147
- Baisakhi Day 14987-8
- Ballard Power Systems Inc., shares held by government 15118
- Bike Month 16007-8
- Bridges, seismic upgrading 15118
- B.C., northern B.C., highways and roads
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- annual reports tabled
- budget, projected deficit 15122
- capital expenditures
- 2000-01 capital investment program 15117-8
- allocation of funds carried forward from 1999-2000 fiscal year 15122
- capital investments 14580-2
- debt 15191
- fiscal management plan 15119
- funding of high-occupancy-vehicle enforcement 15183
- performance plan, 2000-01
- projects
- categorization by constituency and type of project 15183
- financing of ski hill access roads 15179
- planning horizon 15122
- prioritization criteria 15152-4
- public-private partnerships 15121-2
- revenue sources 15118
- sinking fund 15120
- Budget debate 14579-83
- Burns Bog, development and protection 15147
- Business, small business, tax reductions 14580
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 14580
- Cycling
- Delta North constituency and area, traffic 15147
- Delta South constituency and area, traffic 15145
- Delta, transportation issues 15145
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14580
- Education funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14580
- Ferries and ferry services, Horseshoe Bay terminal parking 15187-9
- Fraser River, crossing options 15143
- Fuel, gasoline tax, portion dedicated to B.C. Transportation Financing Authority 15118
- Health care funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14580
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Cache Creek to the Rockies corridor
- Langley section projects 15143-4
- Upper Levels Highway, closing of Horseshoe Bay section by B.C. Ferries 15187-9
- Highway 3
- Midway to Greenwood section 15148
- Moyie bluffs section 15181
- Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway, four-laning 15152-4
- Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes 15142-3
- Highway 10, truck traffic 15145
- Highway 11
- Mission bypass, project status 15181
- traffic accidents data 15146
- Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- availability of emergency services 15145-6, 15189
- Island Highway construction project
- Millstream connector, traffic volumes 15190
- north Courtenay connector 15181
- south Courtenay connector, groundwater issue 15190
- south Duncan section, safety concerns 15190
- wildlife fencing between Courtenay and Mud Bay 15181
- Highway 33, Rutland section, upgrading 15155
- Highway 43, extension 15150
- Highway 97
- designation as federal highway 15148, 15183
- Duck Lake section, centre median and guard rails 15155
- Summerland to Peachland section, safety issues 15151-5, 15180-1
- Vaseux Lake area, pullout lanes 15148
- Vernon bypass 15179-80
- Highway 97C, Okanagan connector, four-laning of Aspen Grove to Merritt section 15152-4
- Highway 99
- Huntingdon border crossing 15146
- lane control system 15145
- Highway Constructors Ltd.
- employee pensions, operation of plan 15182
- employment model, day-labour and local-hire provisions 15182-3
- labour agreement, wage provisions 15182
- Highways and roads
- capital projects for 2000-01 fiscal year 14933-4
- construction projects, planned activity 14580, 14582
- high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, enforcement 15183
- maintenance and rehabilitation
- 2000-01 activities 15117-8
- contractors, scope and conditions of work 15184
- maintenance cost per kilometre of road 15185
- paving materials, life span 15187
- road and bridge maintenance 14580-1
- material used to reduce ice and snow buildup on main highways 15187
- national highway system 15148, 15183
- rural road task force 15178
- Immigration, contributions of Indo-Canadian community to B.C. 14987-8
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 14579-80
- Iron Workers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, upgrade 15149
- John Hart Bridge, upgrade 15123
- Kamloops, highway upgrade, involvement of Valleyview and Juniper Ridge communities in planned upgrade 15125-6, 15142
- Keremeos, health care facility 14582
- Kootenay Lake, passenger ferry construction project 15117, 15123-4
- Langley
- 200th Street interchange construction project 15143
- 232nd Street, use as route to Highway 99 15144
- road-rail overpasses 15144
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation project, closings for repair work 15149-50
- Lower mainland transportation, 2000-01 highways and roads projects 15117, 15124-5
- McAlpine Bridge, condition of bridge 15147-8
- MLAs, workload 14933
- Monashee, secondary roads in area, maintenance concerns 15180
- Motor Carrier Amendment Act, 2000
- Motor Carrier Commission
- Mount Washington Ski Resort Ltd., road to facility 15179
- Nisga'a Highway, construction and maintenance, progress 14582
- Offroad Academy Inc., driver training in gravel pits 15189
- Oil and gas industry, transportation infrastructure, government funding 15117, 15177-8
- Okanagan Lake Bridge, replacement project 15150-1, 15155, 15175
- Peace River area
- highways and roads, budgeted roadwork 15176-7
- South Peace hill, rehabilitation project 15177
- Port Mann Bridge, upgrade 15143
- Public debt, borrowing for capital investment 14934-5
- Railways and rail services
- rail traffic through urban Langley 15144
- Vancouver Island services, ministerial responsibility 15189-90
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, role in high-occupancy-vehicle enforcement on Trans-Canada Highway 15183
- Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road, upgrade and maintenance agreement 15175-6, 15180
- Silver Star Mountain Resorts Ltd., ski hill access road, funding 15179
- South Fraser perimeter road, construction project 15125, 15147
- Taxi industry
- Throne speech debate 14932-5
- Transportation
- high-technology transportation systems 15124-5
- investment in infrastructure
- modes of transportation, sectoral measurements 15185
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15117-26, 15142-55, 15175-91
- annual reports tabled
- business plan, 2000-01, tabled 15107
- communications branch
- graphics services section, priority placements 15185-6
- operating plan 15185
- printing services, operations 15186
- corporate performance measures 15185
- disputes with contractors, resolution process 15184
- marine branch, operating costs 15190
- projects
- 1997-98 fiscal year 15185
- contracts contingent upon allocation of sufficient funding to ministry 15184
- non-recoverable rehabilitation work 15183
- revenues owed to ministry, amount collected for 1999-2000 fiscal year 15184
- role in technology exchanges and cooperation between B.C. and Asian companies 15191
- Vancouver Port Corporation operations, impact on local truck traffic 15145
- Werden, Len, consulting contract with B.C. Transportation Financing Authority 15182
- Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
Land Act
Land Reserve Commission
Land Survey Act
Land Surveyors Act
Land title branch See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Human Rights
Land use
- Expropriation of land
- expropriation of land along light rail transit routes See Expansion of system under SkyTrain
- expropriation of private land for use in Indian treaty settlements
(de Jong) 15252
(Lovick) 15252
- expropriation of private land, NDP government position
(Nebbeling) 15461-2
- Land and resource management plans
- Land and resource management plans, planning process
- coastal land and resource management plans, impact of coast forest conservation initiative on planning process
(Abbott) 15229-30
(Doyle) 15229-30
- coastal land and resource management plans, input from aquaculture industry
(Evans) 16064
(van Dongen) 16064
- cost
(Jarvis) 15964-5
(Miller) 15965
- impact on mining industry
(Jarvis) 15967-71
- participation of B.C. mining industry
(Jarvis) 15942
(Miller) 15941, 15968-70
(Neufeld) 16355
- process
(Miller) 15941-3
- public consultation
(Coell) 16529
(Sawicki) 16529-30
(Thorpe) 16529-30
- role of Energy and Mines ministry
(Jarvis) 15966-9
(Miller) 15966-8
- Land set aside for protection
- 12 percent figure, attainment
(Evans) 17089
(Neufeld) 16355
(Sawicki) 16358
(Throne speech) 14497
- B.C. Liberal Party position
(Jarvis) 15941
(Miller) 15943, 15946
- impact on mining industry
(Jarvis) 15940-2
(Neufeld) 15945-6, 15974
- protection of natural area values on private land, tax program See Natural area protection tax incentive program under Islands Trust
- Land use disputes involving Crown land See Crown land
- Land use planning
- impact on Forests ministry
(Abbott) 15234
(Doyle) 15234
- impact on timber harvesting levels
(Abbott) 15274-8
(Doyle) 15274-8
- Indians' involvement in process
(Abbott) 15279
(Doyle) 15279
- Protected areas and special management zones
- marine protected areas strategy See Parks
- mining operations in special management zones
(Miller) 15970
- protected areas strategy
(Lovick) 15301-2
(Penner) 15301-2
(Sawicki) 16349
- timber harvesting levels, guidelines
(Abbott) 15274-5
(Doyle) 15274-5
- use of designated areas for industrial activities
(Coell) 16351-2
(Neufeld) 16354-5
(Sawicki) 16358
- Provincial land base, certainty issue
(Cashore) 15497
(de Jong) 15254
(Lovick) 15254, 15292, 15485
(Weisgerber) 15292
- Purchase and holding of land by government for use in future treaty settlements See Land claims, land-banking for use in future treaty settlements under Indians
Landlord-tenant issues See Rental housing under Housing
Langford, B.C.
- Business activity
(Kasper) 14925
Langley, B.C.
- 200th Street interchange construction project
(Lali) 15143
(Stephens) 15143
- 232nd Street, use as route to Highway 99
(Lali) 15144
(Stephens) 15144
- Health care situation
(Farnworth) 15668-71
(Stephens) 15668-71
- Road-rail overpasses
(Lali) 15144
(Stephens) 15144
- Role of equestrian centre project
(Coleman) 15990-1
- Social services offices, relocation cost
(Pullinger) 16100-2
(Stephens) 16100-2
Langley Lodge, Langley, B.C.
- Renovation project
(Farnworth) 15669
(Stephens) 15668
Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.
Lanyon, Stan
- Report on taxi industry See Review of industry under Taxi industry
Law and Equity Act
Lawson Lundell Lawson and McIntosh
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Society of British Columbia
Legislation See also Bills under Legislature
- Amendment of funding amount in bill
(Farrell-Collins) 14634
(Speaker) 14634
- Citizens' initiatives and municipal counterpetitions and referendums
(McGregor) 15404-7
(Nebbeling) 15404-7
- Citizens' initiatives, children in need of medical treatment must receive immediate service
(Reid, L.) 14613-5, 14803
- Exposure bills as opportunity for public input
(Farrell-Collins) 15056
(Weisgerber) 15057
- Miscellaneous statutes bills, use
(Plant) 15045-7
- Public consultation on financial legislation
(Chong) 17157
- Supply bills
- inclusion of forecast allowance in supply bill preamble
(Farrell-Collins) 17168
(Ramsey) 17168
- supplementary supply bills
(Speaker) 17238-9
- supply bills
(Ramsey) 14623
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Annual report, 1998-2000, tabled
(Speaker) 16709
- Meetings
(Anderson) 14916
Legislature
- Bills See also Legislation
- administrative bills, process through all stages in one sitting
(Speaker) 17238-9
- committee stage, passage of all sections of bill after general debate
(Barisoff) 17079
(Chair) 17079
(Evans) 17079
- second reading, confining remarks to bill in question
(Speaker) 17044
- severance of bills for timelier passage of one portion
(Speaker) 14711
- tabling of bills, timing
(Farnworth) 15542-3
- Budget process
- changes to budget and estimates, inclusion of reference to adjustment statement in preamble to final supply bill
(Ramsey) 16394
(Thorpe) 16394
- purpose of budget debate
(Lovick) 14778
- Committee of Supply, rules for section A and B
(Smallwood) 15098-9
- Committee system
- Cooperation and openness
(Abbott) 14888
(Campbell) 14515, 16987-8
(Dalton) 14840-1
(Dosanjh) 16986-7
(Evans) 14522-3
(Farnworth) 14890, 15542-3
(Hansen) 15542-3
(Lovick) 14524, 14527
(Pullinger) 14918-9
(Smallwood) 14902-3
(Waddell) 16237
(Wilson, J.) 14913
- Debate
- Chair must be able to hear debate
(Chair) 17218, 17247, 17268
- comments must be directed through the Chair
(Chair) 15399, 16965
(Nebbeling) 15399
- discussion permitted where it does not interfere with court proceedings
(Chair) 15111
- matters under sub judice rule
(Abbott) 15112-4
(Chair) 15111, 15113
(Dosanjh) 14871
(Doyle) 15112-3
(Farrell-Collins) 14871-2
(Petter) 14870-2
(Speaker) 14907-8
- questions, impact of legal advice on ministers' answers
(Farrell-Collins) 15115-6
(Lovick) 15115-6
- questions of a hypothetical nature are out of order
(Chair) 15427
- relevancy
(Chair) 16196, 16448-9, 16484, 17148-9, 17201, 17259, 17280, 17287
- repetition in debate
(Chair) 17054
- temperate language
(Chair) 17055
- use of props not allowed during debate
(Chair) 17277
(Deputy Speaker) 17041
(Speaker) 14604
- Estimates process
- changes
(Dalton) 14840
(Sawicki) 14855
- confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister
(Chair) 15154, 15242, 15427, 15463, 15778, 15820, 15823, 15849, 15913, 16055, 16075, 16100, 16194, 16243, 16281, 16552, 16747-8, 16764, 16995
- future policy not to be discussed
(Chair) 15427, 17053, 17058
- importance in parliamentary system
(Hansen) 15541
- mentioning members by name is not permitted
(Chair) 17002
- opportunities for opposition members to participate in debate
(Clark, C.) 17264-5
(Hansen) 17262
- opportunity to preview public policy changes
(Plant) 15524
- previous legislation and matters involving legislation not to be discussed
(Chair) 15427
- questioning by government members
(Hawkins) 17280
- questions not under current budget are out of order
(Chair) 16858
- reform of process
(Farnworth) 15542-3
(Farrell-Collins) 16991
(Hansen) 15542-3
(Ramsey) 16440, 16647, 16676, 16992
- Government's management of 2000 legislative agenda See Government under New Democratic Party
- Language used in House
- "fraud"
(Boone) 17198
- personal attacks
(Chair) 17214
- personal comments
(Chair) 17245
- unparliamentary language
(Deputy Speaker) 17041
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
(Farrell-Collins) 15056
(Masi) 14899
(Neufeld) 14809
(Zirnhelt) 14903
- Legislative reform
- Members
- heckling to be done from own seat
(Chair) 17205, 17216
- members' conduct
(Chair) 17248-9, 17286
- members must wait until recognized before speaking
(Deputy Speaker) 17040
- must be in their own seat to speak
(Chair) 17279
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair
(Campbell) 16959
(Chair) 15861-2, 16959
(Dosanjh) 16959
(Evans) 15862
(Farrell-Collins) 15861-2
(Speaker) 16105
(Symons) 16105
- Officers of the Legislature, role
(Plant) 16360
- Opposition, role
(Masi) 14900
(Petter) 16361
(Smallwood) 14901
- Prorogation 17325
- Question period See also Oral questions sorted by subject area
- guidelines for conduct
(Speaker) 16004-5
- out-of-order questions
(Lovick) 14845-6, 15826
- questions must deal with minister's area of responsibility
(Farrell-Collins) 15160
(Lovick) 15159-60
(Speaker) 15826
- rules for questions
(Petter) 15826
- Recalling of House to approve increase in government spending
(Campbell) 14623
(Hawkins) 14610-1
(Plant) 14609-10
- Representation of multifaith society
(Cashore) 15106
- Rules for conducting of House business, changes
(Sihota) 15029
- Speaker and Chair
- Standing orders
- amendment of standing orders for duration of fourth session of thirty-sixth parliament
(Lovick) 14612, 14648-9
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, matter does not qualify if it does not meet the required test of urgency
(Speaker) 14689-90, 16686
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, rules for qualification
(Farrell-Collins) 16665
(Lovick) 14668, 16664
- order 35 motions See Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- order 37, rules for recognition of speakers during debate
(Abbott) 17251
(Chair) 17251
- order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of interim supply bill through all stages in one day
(Ramsey) 16990
(Speaker) 16992
- 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
(de Jong) 14695
(Farrell-Collins) 14694
(Lovick) 14693-5
(Speaker) 14695, 14711
(Weisgerber) 14694-5
- participation of someone other than minister or deputy minister in House debates
(Chair) 15583
- proposed changes
(Farrell-Collins) 16991
(Ramsey) 16992
- Work during spring 2000 session
(Plant) 16319-20
Lehman, Anita and Dale
Les, John
- Role in funding approval for new Chilliwack courthouse
(Penner) 15579
Lheidli-T'enneh nation
- Economic activity
(Lovick) 15306
Liard Highway See Highway 77 (Liard Highway)
Liard Hot Springs
- Bear attack, coroner's report
(Sanders) 16542
(Sawicki) 16542
Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- balanced-budget legislation
(Bowbrick) 17039
(Chong) 17090
(Dosanjh) 16973-5, 17022-3
(Farrell-Collins) 17019
(Krueger) 17040
(Penner) 17036
(Ramsey) 17095-6
(Wilson, G.) 17047
- decentralization of power to local government
(Evans) 15129-30
(Robertson) 15129
- handling of rural physicians' dispute
(Miller) 17269-70
- health care funding
(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
- Island Highway construction project
(Wilson, G.) 14732
- land set aside for protection
(Jarvis) 15941
(Miller) 15943, 15946
- Mainland Sand and Gravel Ltd. Pitt River gravel mining operation
(Neufeld) 15944
- Nisga'a treaty
(Pullinger) 14568
- personal income tax rates
(Farrell-Collins) 16504, 16506
- post-secondary education funding
(Petter) 14799
(Pullinger) 17298
- post-secondary education management
(Pullinger) 14818
- post-secondary tuition freeze
(Bowbrick) 14819
- publicly funded child care system for B.C.
(Pullinger) 14568
- recommendations of business summit
(Pullinger) 14818
- retirement of public debt
(Wilson, G.) 17296
- tax reductions
(Dosanjh) 17256-7
Libraries
- Public Internet access
(Weisbeck) 14861
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Garde B. Gardom
Lions Gate Bridge
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
Liquor control and licensing branch See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Human Rights
Liquor distribution branch See Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
Liquor Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
Little Triumphs Preschool, Penticton, B.C.
- Experience with supported child care program subsidies
(Reid, L.) 16860
Liumchen Ecological Reserve
- Designation as reserve
(Penner) 14885
- Designation as reserve, freedom-of-information request
(Penner) 16534-5
(Sawicki) 16535
Live Violence Free program
Livestock industry
- Game farming industry
- Government loan guarantee programs
(Barisoff) 15925
(Evans) 15925-6
(Wilson, J.) 15925-6
- Growth, impact of feed costs
(Evans) 15905-6
(Wilson, J.) 15905-6
- Herd health management
(Barisoff) 15861
(Evans) 15861-2
(Wilson, J.) 15862
- Impact of workers compensation rates
(Barisoff) 15926
(Evans) 15926-7
- Ranching industry, collisions between automobiles and livestock, liability and fencing issues
(Krueger) 16812
(MacPhail) 16812
- Transportation rate cap on feed grain
(Barisoff) 15999
- Wolf predation prevention
(Barisoff) 15999
(Evans) 15999
LMDA See Canada-B.C. agreement on labour market development
Local government See also Municipalities; Regional districts
- Accountability, autonomy and powers
- accountability, autonomy and powers
(Nebbeling) 15897-901
(Sawicki) 15902
- bylaw amendment or repeal
(McGregor) 16302
(Nebbeling) 16302
- empowerment
(McGregor) 15395
(Nebbeling) 15391, 15395-6
- legislation See also Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
(McGregor) 15481, 15893-6, 15935
- legislation, report on reform of legislation See Bish, Bob
- management of funds, investment requirements
(McGregor) 16303
(Nebbeling) 16303
- management of public facilities and services, role of commissions
(McGregor) 16301-2
(Nebbeling) 16301-2
- mayors, power to establish committees
(McGregor) 16302
(Nebbeling) 16302
- powers to control dangerous dogs See Control of dangerous dogs, local government powers under Animals
- Financing See Municipalities
- Improvement districts and irrigation districts
- directors' insurance
(McGregor) 15426
(Thorpe) 15426
- improvement district duties and powers
(McGregor) 16304-5
(Nebbeling) 16303-5
- management
(McGregor) 15424
(Thorpe) 15424-5
- management of sinking funds
(Farrell-Collins) 15662-3
(Ramsey) 15662-3
- subdivisions and other developments, service requirements
(McGregor) 16305
- Operation, comparison with Legislature
(Abbott) 14888
- Protocol agreement between Union of B.C. Municipalities and provincial government
- Provincial-municipal relations See Government
- Public role
- counterpetition initiatives See also Citizens' initiatives and municipal counterpetitions and referendums under Legislation
(Nebbeling) 15899
- counterpetition initiatives, requirements
(McGregor) 16301, 16306
(Nebbeling) 16300-1, 16306
- counterpetition initiatives, survey of local governments
(McGregor) 15402-3
(Nebbeling) 15402-3
- public hearings process, rules
(McGregor) 16311
(Nebbeling) 16310-1
- Regional growth strategies
- impact on communities
(Nebbeling) 15901
- official community plans
(McGregor) 16310
(Nebbeling) 16310
- Relationship with other authorities
- relationship between rural and urban councils
(Nebbeling) 15391-2
- relationship with regional districts and other authorities, equal powers issue
(McGregor) 16308-9
(Nebbeling) 16307-9
- service agreements with other authorities, dispute resolution process
(McGregor) 15893-4
Local Government Act
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 14) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 15481; 2R, 15892-903, 15935; C, 16300-12; 3R, 16312; RA, 16437
- Amdts: sec. 15 (McGregor) 16300, approved 16300; sec. 81 (McGregor) 16305, approved 16305; sec. 102 (McGregor) 16306, approved 16306; sec. 104 and 106 (McGregor) 16309, approved 16309; sec. 137 (McGregor) 16310, approved 16310;
- sec. 197, 224, 266, 278 and 282 (McGregor) 16311, approved 16311
- Debate, speakers
(McGregor) 15481, 15892-6, 15935, 16300-11
(Nebbeling) 15896-902, 16300-11
(Sawicki) 15902-3
- Amendments
(Petter) 16717
- Counterpetition provisions
(McGregor) 16300-1
(Nebbeling) 16300-1
- Inclusion of provisions re bylaws
(McGregor) 16302
(Nebbeling) 16302
- Purpose of bill
(McGregor) 15481, 15893
Lone Butte, B.C.
- Sale of B.C. Rail property
(Sawicki) 16532
(Wilson, J.) 16532
Long, Harold
- Liberal candidacy
(Cashore) 14880
(Wilson, G.) 14880
Longridge family
- Special needs child care case
(Brewin) 16801
(Chong) 16800-1
Lort, Barb
- Hip replacement wait-list case
(Chong) 15695
(Farnworth) 15695
Lou Gehrig's disease See Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Loukidelis, David
- Concerns re privacy provisions in secure care legislation
(Reid, L.) 17183
Lovaas therapy
Lovick, Hon. Dale (Nanaimo)
- As subject
- comments on balanced-budget legislation
(Farrell-Collins) 17021
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15204-14, 15239-58, 15289-307, 15317-23, 15347-65
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 14988
- assumption of future obligations on behalf of Indians 15320-1
- budget, 2000-01 budget allocation 14781, 15208
- business plan, 2000-01, objectives 15305-7
- funding of Métis Provincial Council of B.C. 15358-60
- policy on contribution funding 15359-60
- process for handling of illegal actions by Indian bands 15303
- responsibilities of ministry
- mandated role in Indian treaty negotiations 15213-4, 15239
- role in negotiations involving Treaty 8 bands 15348-9
- use of public opinion surveys 15317-9
- Agricultural land reserve, impact of Indian land claim settlements 15247-8, 15250
- Airports, ownership disputes 15304
- All Nations Trust Co., contract to administer First Citizens Fund business loan program 15322-3, 15350-1, 15355
- Attorney General ministry, role in disputes involving Indians and provincial government 15303-4
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- annual report, 2000, tabled 16975
- applications to commission for registration as an Indian band 15249
- public opinion polling 15319
- Budget debate 14778-81
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 14778-9
- budget-making process, balancing of competing interests 14779
- Business, community venture capital program 14526
- Cheam Indian band, dispute with provincial government 15301-2, 15364-5
- Child, youth and family advocate, appointment of advocate 17167
- Civil service, employees, minorities and women 15358
- Clayoquot Sound, interim measures extension agreement between Indians and government 15206, 15305
- Crown land, use of Crown land to settle Indian land claims
- database of available lands 15255-6
- lands designated as agricultural land reserve 15250-1
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions
- applicability to areas with pre-existing treaties 15297-8
- conferring of joint tenancy over Crown lands, proposition 15243
- impact on Indian treaty negotiations 15207-9
- Delta, land base inventory project 15255-6
- Ditidaht first nation, treaty settlement proposal in association with Pacheedaht Indian band, cash-land values 15205, 15214
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14526, 14779-80
- Education
- education of Indians, number of post-secondary graduates 15356-7
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14780
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14693-4
- First Citizens Fund
- First Peoples Cultural Foundation, funding 15357-8
- Forest industry, Indians' involvement in industry 15207, 15306
- Forests ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15115-6
- Fort Nelson Indian band, employment study, funding 15349-50
- Gingell, Fred, contribution as MLA 14524
- Gitanyow Indian band, treaty settlement proposal 15205
- Government
- public opinion polling by government 15317-8
- spending
- decision-making process 14525
- prioritization of expenditures 14779
- Hansen, Colin, comments on handling of mental health plan by former health minister 15160
- Health care funding
- Human Resources Development Canada, review of Métis Provincial Council of B.C. 15358-62
- Hunting, trapping in northeastern B.C. 15349
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 14780
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, responsibility for data on Canada's Indians 15363-4
- Indians
- aboriginal rights 15297-8
- businesses owned and operated by Indians 15321-2
- consultation by government, government policy 15298-9
- culture
- heritage, language and culture program 15207
- language preservation, funding 15357-8
- economic development activity, measurement criteria 15305-7
- employment levels 15306-7, 15358
- first nation, definition of term 15244
- governance, accountability 15300, 15358, 15361-2
- land claims
- treaties
- benefits of modern treaties 14781
- "cede, release and surrender" language 15240-1
- certainty provisions 15239-40
- complexity of modern treaties 15498-9
- importance for future of province 14526-7
- settlements, cash and land components 15294-5
- support of Indian peoples for negotiated settlements 15246
- treaty negotiations
- agreement-in-principle negotiations, progress to date 15205, 15305
- agreements negotiated outside treaty process 15319-20
- cash-land offers 15212-4, 15294-5, 15304-5
- costs, debt accruing to first nation participants 15257, 15289-92
- expedited process, consolidation of individual negotiations 15243-5
- extinguishment issue 15239-41
- interim measures 15206, 15305
- issues and concerns 15209-12, 15304
- negotiation costs, payment by federal and provincial government 16006
- process 14986, 16005-6
- process, impact of interim measures issue 15206
- process, protection of women's rights in treaty-making process 15300
- progress, measurement criteria 15244-5
- progress to date 15204-5, 15208-10, 15243-6, 15290-2, 15304
- proposals versus offers 15211
- public support 15317-9
- tabling of settlement offers 15213-4, 15304-5
- urban residents, programs and services 15299
- youth, needs 15207
- In-SHUCK-ch first nation, treaty settlement proposal in association with N'Quat'qua band 15205, 15211
- Investment in B.C., investment climate, impact of Indian land claims 15292-4
- Katzie first nation, treaty negotiations 15363
- Labour, diversity in the workplace 15358
- Land use
- expropriation of private land for use in Indian treaty settlements 15252
- protected areas and special management zones, protected areas strategy 15301-2
- provincial land base, certainty issue 15254, 15292, 15485
- Legislature
- budget process, purpose of budget debate 14778
- debate, questions, impact of legal advice on ministers' answers 15115-6
- legislative reform, Liberal Party proposals 14524-5
- question period
- out-of-order questions 14845-6, 15826
- questions must deal with minister's area of responsibility 15159-60
- Speaker and Chair, election of Deputy Speaker 14497-8
- standing orders
- amendment of standing orders for duration of fourth session of thirty-sixth parliament 14612, 14648-9
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, rules for qualification 14668, 16664
- 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 14693-5
- Lheidli-T'enneh nation, economic activity 15306
- Local government, protocol agreement between Union of B.C. Municipalities and provincial government, impact on Indian treaty negotiations 15211-2
- Lower mainland, inventory of municipally owned lands by lower mainland treaty advisory committee 15255-6
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- membership, status of band members choosing land-in-severalty option 15295-6, 15499, 15884
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 15294, 15870-2
- cash component 15294-5, 15888
- certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept 15241, 15498
- enactment, legislative requirement 15299
- impact on aboriginal rights of band in traditional territory 15870-5
- land component, restrictions on land-in-severalty option of band members 15882-7
- land component, status and future disposition 15295-6
- litigation, cost to B.C. government 15887-8
- mineral resources revenue-sharing agreement 15878
- provisions 15205-6, 15485
- provisions, forestry provisions 15878-82
- provisions, land transfer provisions 15875-7
- public consultation and support 15485, 15498
- stumpage fees owed by government to band 15880-2
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act
- Métis
- governance, concerns of Métis community 15361-2
- hunting rights, court ruling 15292-3
- Métis Provincial Council of B.C., financial accountability, issues and concerns 15358-62
- Mining industry, mineral tenures on Nisga'a settlement lands 15293-4
- Musqueam Indian band
- non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute 15300-1
- treaty negotiations 15363
- Nanaimo, economy of area 14526
- Native Economic Development Advisory Board, role 15321-2, 15351
- NDP government
- 1999-2000 leadership campaign, impact on Indian treaty negotiations 15209
- handling of capital projects 15010-1
- Nisga'a people, treaty, final agreement
- cash settlement 15294
- certainty language, impact on aboriginal rights 15239-41
- court challenges, government contingency plan in event litigation succeeds 15242-3
- effective date of treaty 15205, 15241-2
- impact on Crown tenure holders 15292-4
- position of Michael de Jong 15498
- provisions, implementation 15560
- settlement and implementation costs 15289
- Nurses, recruitment and retention, government strategies 16006-7
- Oil and Gas Commission, processing of industry applications to work on Indian land 15348
- Penticton airport, ownership 15304
- Penticton Indian band, negotiations with provincial government 15304
- Politics and politicians, adversarial politics 14525
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, debate 14693-5
- Real property, land values, impact of Indian treaty negotiations 15252
- Roberts Bank backup lands, status of agricultural land reserve designation in event of transfer as part of land claim settlement 15247-8, 15256
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14781
- Sechelt Indian band, agreement-in-principle with federal and provincial governments 15205, 15291, 16005-6
- Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, reappointment and powers 14728
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, powers 14728
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- referral of reports from auditor general 14728, 17167
- substitution of Val Roddick for John Weisbeck 17169
- Skills training, government assistance 14526
- Sliammon native council, treaty settlement proposal 15205, 15210-1
- Snuneymuxw first nation, treaty settlement proposal 15205
- Special Committee of Selection
- powers 17167
- reports for fourth session, 36th parliament, tabled and adopted
- Special Committee on Information Privacy in the Private Sector, reappointment and powers 14729
- Squamish Indian band, treaty negotiations 15363
- Stevenson, Tim, appointment as Deputy Speaker 14498
- Stó:lo nation, treaty negotiations 15302, 15364-5
- Streifel, Dennis, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 14498
- Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 14779
- Throne speech debate 14524-7
- Treaty 8
- employment levels in Treaty 8 bands 15349
- memorandums of understanding between government and Treaty 8 bands on oil and gas resources 15347-9
- provisions re aboriginal rights 15297-8
- self-government for Treaty 8 bands 15296
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, subcommittee on third-party compensation and tenure holders 15294
- Tsawwassen first nation, treaty negotiations 15363-4
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 14793
- Wet'suwet'en nation, political accord with provincial and federal governments 15206, 15320
- Wildlife, management by Indians, northern wildlife management protocol between Indians and government 15244
- Wilson Indian band, land claim 15249-50
- Workers Compensation Board, annual reports tabled
- 1999 appeal division report 15141
- 1999 report 15141
Lower mainland
- Inventory of municipally owned lands by lower mainland treaty advisory committee
(de Jong) 15254-6
(Lovick) 15255-6
- Transportation, 2000-01 highways and roads projects
(Lali) 15117, 15124-5
(Symons) 15124-5
Lumby, B.C.
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