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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
McAlpine Bridge
McCallum, Dulcie
- Review of matters concerning adult guardianship representation agreements
(Chalke) 15584
(Plant) 15584
McCourt, John
McDade, Gregory
- Reports
- Burns Bog See Ecosystem review under Burns Bog
- use of Crown land for potential addition to national park system See Use for potential addition to national park system, report under Crown land
McDermott, Jim
- Comments on citizens' initiative for immediate service for children in need of medical treatment
(Reid, L.) 14613-4
McGregor, Hon. Cathy (Kamloops)
- As subject
- comments on balanced budgets during NDP administration
(Krueger) 17043
- comments on health care
(Krueger) 17294
- Animals, animal health technology, Kamloops facility 14866
- Assessment Act
- implementation of 1998 amendments 15466
- review of act 15466
- Balanced Budget Act
- Bish, Bob, report on reform of local government legislation 15893
- Bowen Island, incorporation as municipality and relationship with Islands Trust 15463-4
- B.C. Assessment
- public access to assessment information 15466-9
- revenues to government ministries 15466
- role 15733-4
- B.C. Rail Ltd., grants in lieu of property taxes for communities along rail line 15470
- Budgets
- balanced-budget legislation 17027
- budget-making process, public input 14863
- Business
- enterprise facilitation program 14863
- entrepreneurship, incentives for B.C. projects 14863-4
- taxation, 2000-01 levels 14865
- Butler, Diana, report on Islands Trust 15422-3
- Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers ministry, role of ministry 14863-4
- Crown land, management by municipalities, zoning issues 15474
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, actions as leader of NDP 17026
- Economy, B.C. economy, diversification 14863
- Education, class size, impact on learning 14865
- Elections
- campaign contributions and expenses, disclosure provisions 15399-401
- municipal elections, voting requirements for non-resident property owners 15397-8, 16300
- Film industry, movie and television production, work in central interior region 14863
- Galiano Island
- bylaw amendment affecting purchasers of subdivided former MacMillan Bloedel land 15430-1, 15461-3
- Islands Trustees
- Government
- Heritage, establishment of heritage commissions 16303
- Horseshoe Bay, B.C. Ferries development plans, municipal council involvement 15474-5
- Islands Trust
- decisions of Islands Trustees, role of Municipal Affairs ministry 15461
- governance 15422-4
- mandate 15428, 15463
- natural area protection tax incentive program 15426-7, 15894
- Islands Trust Act, amendments 15894
- Kamloops, call centre operation 14864
- Kamloops constituency and area, economic activity 14863-4
- Lac du Bois Grasslands Provincial Park, grassland ecosystem 14864-5
- Legislation, citizens' initiatives and municipal counterpetitions and referendums 15404-7
- Local government
- accountability, autonomy and powers
- bylaw amendment or repeal 16302
- empowerment 15395
- legislation 15481, 15893-6, 15935
- management of funds, investment requirements 16303
- management of public facilities and services, role of commissions 16301-2
- mayors, power to establish committees 16302
- improvement districts and irrigation districts
- directors' insurance 15426
- improvement district duties and powers 16304-5
- management 15424
- subdivisions and other developments, service requirements 16305
- protocol agreement between Union of B.C. Municipalities and provincial government 15892-4, 15896
- public role
- regional growth strategies, official community plans 16310
- relationship with other authorities
- relationship with regional districts and other authorities, equal powers issue 16308-9
- service agreements with other authorities, dispute resolution process 15893-4
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- Media, radio and television stations, tax increase 15733-4
- Mission, municipal by-elections, funding 14845
- Municipal Act, revision of act 15396, 15892-6, 15935
- Municipal Affairs ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15388-90, 15393-407, 15421-31, 15461-79
- accomplishments and goals 15389-90
- green economy initiative 15390
- reports tabled
- 1998-99 annual report 14769
- report on creation of 1999 assessment roll and financial statements for year ended December 31 (1998) 14769
- transfer of Housing responsibility to Social Development ministry 15393-4
- workload and salary costs 15393-4
- Municipalities
- grants
- grants from provincial government, reduction 15478
- grants in lieu of property taxes from B.C. Rail for communities along rail line 15470
- infrastructure funding, federal funding 15477
- municipal tax collection schemes, payment 16303
- revenues
- formula for policing costs and traffic ticket revenue 15394-5
- sources 15475-7
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Act, provisions re public-private partnerships for Victoria arena complex 15894
- Naramata irrigation district, financial liability issue, public inquiry and concerns 15425-6
- NDP government
- Nisga'a people, self-government, municipal style of government 15396-7
- Nurses, recruitment and retention, government strategies 14865-6
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 14865
- Property Assessment Appeal Board
- annual report, 1999, tabled 16009
- appeal backlog 15390
- Real estate industry, access to assessment information 15466-9
- Real property tax, assessment of property
- Regional districts
- appointment of municipal directors 16306
- counterpetition requirements 16306
- new bylaws, requirements 16306
- power to grant business licences 15421-2
- powers 15893-4, 16307-9
- service agreements, dispute resolution process 16309
- Safety
- public safety, provincial safety record, data collection and performance measurement 15472-3
- safety systems review, implementation of recommendations 15473
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14864
- Skills training, career technical centres, role 14865
- Taxation, tax-shifting, government initiatives for environmental protection 15427-8
- Throne speech debate 14862-6
- Tourism industry in B.C. 14864-5
- Universities, colleges and institutes, university college model, effectiveness 14865
- University College of the Cariboo, programs and services 14865-6
- Victoria, rules for public-private partnerships re arena complex 15894
McInnes, Craig
- Article on park plan for Stikine River area
(Waddell) 16354
MacKenzie, Blake
Mackenzie land and resource management plan
- Agreement between forest industry and environmental groups
(Jarvis) 15966
(Miller) 15966
McKinnon, Bonnie (Surrey-Cloverdale)
- Access Building Society, project proposals, public consultation 16866-7
- Bountiful commune
- child abuse allegations and role of Children and Families ministry 16937-8
- government involvement 16564-5
- B.C. Teachers Federation, agreement with government on early retirement incentives and career transition plans 14594
- Budgets, special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 14594-5
- Burnaby Youth Secure Custody Centre, replacement project 16933
- Business, small business, fees and licences 14830-1
- Child, youth and family advocate, recommendations in 1999 annual report
- Children and Families ministry response 14768
- implementation 14830
- Children
- needs, government prioritization 14768
- programs and services 14768
- Children and Families ministry
- Corrections system, correctional facilities, youth facilities 16933
- Draayers family, foster care case 14829-30, 16153
- Education
- funding, 1999-2000 shortfalls 14594-5
- independent schools, funding from government 14594-5
- Education ministry
- Fernwood House Society, closing 16932
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14595
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, budget, 1999-2000 shortfalls 14595
- Forests ministry, budget, 1999-2000 shortfalls 14595
- Foster care and group home system, public consultation on establishment of foster and group homes 16866-7
- Fraser Downs, future of racetrack 14829
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 shortfalls 14594
- Health ministry, budget, 1999-2000 shortfalls 14594
- Highway 10, widening 14830
- Highway 15 (Pacific Highway), widening 14830
- Horse-racing industry in B.C., issues 14829
- NDP government
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution, training program for persons working with sexually exploited youth 16932
- Reconnect program 16933
- Salvation Army, work of organization 16324-6
- School district 36 (Surrey), funding
- Secure Care Act
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14594-5
- Surrey Centre Elementary School, condition of school facilities 16332--3
- Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area, issues and concerns 14829-31
- Teachers, retirement, cost of early retirement incentive plan 14594
- Terrace, youth detox facility, location 16867
- Third Step program, youth program 16933
- Throne speech debate 14829-31
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, government investment 14595
- Victoria, youth custody facility 16933
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, volunteer workers in schools 14830
- Women's Equality ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16564-5
- Youth
- rights
- availability of information 16933
- rights of children and youth in secure care 16979
- youth at risk
MacKinnon, Mark
- Employment with government
(Hawkins) 16818
(MacPhail) 16818
McLean Mill National Historic Site, Port Alberni, B.C.
McLeese Lake Elementary School, McLeese Lake, B.C.
McLeod Lake Indian band See also McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act
- Exclusion from original Treaty 8 settlement
(de Jong) 15485-6
(Weisgerber) 15492
- Membership, status of band members choosing land-in-severalty option
(de Jong) 15487, 15884
(Lovick) 15295-6, 15499, 15884
(Weisgerber) 15295-6, 15493, 15884
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries
(de Jong) 15870-2
(Lovick) 15294, 15870-2
(Weisgerber) 15294, 15492
- cash component
(de Jong) 15888
(Lovick) 15294-5, 15888
(Weisgerber) 15294-5
- certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept
(de Jong) 15241, 15487
(Goodacre) 15495-6
(Lovick) 15241, 15498
(Neufeld) 15491
(Weisgerber) 15493
- enactment, legislative requirement
(de Jong) 15299
(Lovick) 15299
- impact on aboriginal rights of band in traditional territory
(de Jong) 15870-1, 15874-5
(Lovick) 15870-5
(Weisgerber) 15872-4
- importance of agreement to band
(Ramsey) 15488-9
- land component, restrictions on land-in-severalty option of band members
(de Jong) 15487-8, 15882-7
(Lovick) 15882-7
(Neufeld) 15491
(Weisgerber) 15884-5
- land component, status and future disposition
(Lovick) 15295-6
(Weisgerber) 15295-6
- litigation by band
(de Jong) 15486
- litigation, cost to B.C. government
(de Jong) 15887-8
(Lovick) 15887-8
- mineral resources revenue-sharing agreement
(de Jong) 15877-8
(Lovick) 15878
(Neufeld) 15491
- provisions
(Cashore) 15497
(Lovick) 15205-6, 15485
- provisions, forestry provisions
(de Jong) 15878-82
(Doyle) 15490
(Lovick) 15878-82
- provisions, land transfer provisions
(de Jong) 15875-7
(Lovick) 15875-7
- public consultation and support
(de Jong) 15486
(Lovick) 15485, 15498
(Ramsey) 15489
(Weisgerber) 15493-4
(Zirnhelt) 15494-5
- stumpage fees owed by government to band
(de Jong) 15488, 15880-2
(Lovick) 15880-2
McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act
- (Bill 10) (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs) 1R, 15325-6; 2R, 15484-99; C, 15870-88; 3R, 15889; RA, 16437
- Divisions: sec. 9 approved 15888
- Debate, speakers
(Cashore) 15496-8
(de Jong) 15485-8, 15870-2, 15874-88
(Doyle) 15490
(Goodacre) 15495-6
(Lovick) 15326, 15484-5, 15498-9, 15870-89
(Nettleton) 15491-2
(Neufeld) 15490-1
(Ramsey) 15488-90
(Weisgerber) 15492-4, 15872-4, 15884-7
(Zirnhelt) 15494-5
- Purpose of bill
(Lovick) 15326, 15484-5
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
MacPhail, Hon. Joy K. (Vancouver-Hastings)
- As subject
- comments on NDP government spending
(de Jong) 14958
- comments on operation of Workers Compensation Board
(Krueger) 17042
- comments while Finance minister on balanced budgets
(Sanders) 14576
- comments while Finance minister on budget deficits
(Neufeld) 14598
- handling of mental health plan while Health minister
(Hansen) 15159
- Automobiles
- driver's licences
- geographic restriction for northern B.C. drivers 16811
- licensing for drivers of recreational vehicles and motor homes 16810
- photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- funding issues 16792
- ticket revenues, fines collected compared with value of fines levied 16808
- ticket revenues from program 16791-2
- traffic accidents, equipment for removal of accident victims from vehicles, funding issues 16813
- traffic fines, collection 16814-5
- traffic safety, corridor patrol and speed enforcement 16785-6
- training for older drivers 16790
- vehicle weight regulations 16809-12
- Blackwell Dairy Farm Inc., Workers Compensation Board assessment 16883
- B.C. Association for Charitable Gaming, government funding 16819
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16886-98, 16907-18, 17140-50, 17159-65
- annual report, 1999-2000
- budget
- capital plan
- debt
- debt cap 17148
- debt management planning 16886
- extinguishment of debt owed to government 16893
- head office, renovations and seismic upgrading 16912
- management by NDP government 15434, 15559-60, 15601, 15733
- operations
- personal services contracts 16897
- purchasing of supplies and services 16896
- use of external auditors and consultants 17163-4
- performance measurement 16909-10
- relationship with Tourism B.C. 16916
- staff
- B.C. Gaming Commission, board review of executive director position 16818-9
- B.C. Gaming Control Authority, establishment 17007
- B.C. Lottery Corporation
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 17155
- product lines and distribution 16820
- revenues, levels and disbursement 16820
- social responsibilities of corporation 16823
- work on Internet gambling issues 16821-2
- B.C. Racing Commission, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 16665
- Budget debate 15014-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000, debate 15501-2, 15506
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- debate 16265-6
- NDP government's purpose in bringing legislation forward 16266
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 15014
- budget-making process
- legislative requirements 15014
- multi-year budgeting, three-year targets 16265-6
- fixed date for tabling of annual budget 16266
- reporting and disclosure requirements 16265
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 16265-6
- Business, government initiatives 14955
- Catamaran Ferries International Corporation
- assets, value 16893
- employees, remuneration 17147
- marketing of fast ferries 16423
- sale of unused aluminum 16893
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 14954-5, 15015
- Civil service, public sector
- labour relations 16594-5
- wage-and-benefit agreements, negotiating process 16594-6
- 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
- Consumers, consumer credit agreements
- Cost of Consumer Credit Disclosure Act
- Crown corporations, reporting requirements 16265
- Cycling, motor-assisted cycles, regulations 16376, 16424, 16429, 16495-7
- Davis, Chad, workers compensation case 16837-8
- Delta, transportation issues, traffic near Tsawwassen ferry terminal 16913-4
- Detroit Diesel–Allison British Columbia Ltd., work on fast ferries 16895-6
- Disabled and handicapped persons, employment standards issue 16598-9
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, recognition of health care issues 17245-6
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current and future conditions 14953, 14955
- role of traditional industries 15015
- Education
- funding
- 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 15015
- government commitment 14954
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14536-7, 14562-3, 14588-9
- Elliot, Harry, employment with B.C. Gaming Commission 16818-9
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, standards in agricultural sector 16591, 16601
- maternity and parental leave 16721-2
- Employment Standards Act, sectoral variances 16598
- Engineers, operating engineers, pensions 17166
- Families, programs and services, government initiatives 15015
- Ferries and ferry services
- Deas dock
- audit of purchasing department 16896
- future of operations 16907-8
- fares
- fast ferries
- claims of damage caused by fast ferries 17160
- engines 14793, 16895-6, 17150
- environmental issues 17160
- mechanical problems 15732
- passenger injuries 15732
- performance 17150
- safety, certification 17159
- sale by government 15011-2, 15732-3, 15958-9, 16105-6, 16155, 16423, 16893, 17161, 17164-5
- service rotation 15959
- servicing 17159
- fast ferries construction program
- ferry terminals
- Fulford Harbour terminal, office 16894
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, expansion 17142-4
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, maintenance building 16890
- Nanaimo terminal, office renovation 16912
- Powell River terminal, upgrade of facilities 17146
- Swartz Bay terminal, noise and light concerns 17147
- Swartz Bay terminal, shooting of birds 15010
- Tsawwassen terminal, ferry causeway park proposal 16914
- ferry travel book, proposal to sell on ferries 16912
- labour relations 16908-9
- reservation system 15157-8, 16915-6, 17140-1, 17162
- routes and services
- Comox–Powell River route, connection with Earls Cove–Saltery Bay route 16916
- Departure Bay–Horseshoe Bay route, use of fast ferries 16915-7
- government strategy re establishment of Swartz Bay–Vancouver Harbour service 16892, 17140
- Horseshoe Bay–Langdale route, connection with Earls Cove–Saltery Bay route 16912-3
- midcoast service 16895
- Mill Bay–Brentwood Bay route, future plans 17146
- southern Gulf Islands service 17141
- Vancouver Island–Denman Island route, sewage disposal issue 16916
- safety issues 16909-10
- vessels
- asbestos issue 16896-7
- condition of fleet 15959, 16888-91, 17161
- maintenance 16907
- maintenance management software program 16917-8
- Queen of Burnaby, reacquisition and value 16890
- Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Surrey, leases and value of vessels 17145
- Queen of Victoria, sale 16891
- Quinsam, repairs 17144-5
- Skeena Queen, construction and repair 16910-11
- Tachek, gasoline spill 16911
- video games on ferries 17162
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, funding for addiction programs and research 16823-4
- bingo, future of industry, impact on charities 16819-20
- casinos
- agreement between government and Union of B.C. Municipalities re host municipalities 16592
- 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
- amateur sports organizations' access to gambling revenues 16821
- guarantee of revenue 16592, 16820
- processing time for access applications 16818
- charity gaming, restrictions on charities' use of funds from charity gaming 16824
- gambling on Indian land, government policy on gaming expansion 16826
- gaming policy secretariat 16818
- Internet gaming, control and regulation 16821-3
- legislation and regulation 16592, 16824-5, 17007
- policy, current and future policies 16816-7
- revenues from gambling, government revenues 16818
- Gaming Control Act, debate 17007
- Golf and golf courses, workplace safety issue 16882
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 16266
- ministries and government organizations, performance plans 16265-6
- Hastings Park Racecourse, relocation proposals 16827
- Health care
- community clinics 17246
- funding
- 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 15015
- federal contribution 17246
- government commitment 14954
- Liberal Party position 17245-6
- system
- government vision for system 15015
- system during NDP administration 14954
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17245-6
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, construction costs, overrun 14512
- Highways and roads, tridem-drive tractors, use on highways 16811, 16816
- Horse-racing industry
- Hospitals, workplace safety, first-aid requirements 16879-80
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 15014
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16729-46, 16782-92, 16808-16
- accreditation of autobody repair shops
- amalgamation and relocation of offices, cost 16743
- annual reports
- assumption of motor vehicle branch responsibilities 16740-1
- attendance of criminal court cases by staff of corporation 16787, 16808-9
- brokers, issues 16813-4
- claims
- reserve fund 16739, 16741, 16743-4, 16791
- selection of lawyers for claims-related legal services 16782-3
- settlements for injuries to minors, reporting to public trustee 16791, 16809, 16815
- soft-tissue injury claims and low-velocity impact program 16746, 16783
- use of litigation by claimants 16745
- court case re allegation of software theft from Kamloops company 16790
- crash responsibility program 16789
- executive restructuring and compensation 16737-8
- expenditures
- advertising expenditures 16790
- corridor patrol and speed enforcement 16785-6
- expenditures 16740
- financial operations, comparison with other companies 16744
- governance model 16729-35, 16740
- policies and practices
- insuring vehicles versus drivers 16743
- policy renewals by telephone 16813
- premiums
- products and services 16786-7
- regionalization 16735-7
- road safety programs 16739
- staff
- criminal record checks and internal fraud 16790
- staffing levels 16739
- taxation issues 16735
- use of opinion polls 16790
- Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, funding from B.C. government 16823
- Labour
- labour relations
- legislation 16597-8
- Labour ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16591-604, 16728-46, 16782-92, 16808-28, 16878-98, 16907-18, 17140-50, 17159-66
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities of ministry 16591-3
- employment standards branch, complaints backlog 16422-3, 16591, 16601-4
- minister's responsibility 14955
- responsibility for Workers Compensation Board 16828-9, 16835-7, 16885
- Labour Relations Board
- annual report, 1999, tabled 16665
- appointments and performance standards 16592, 16596-8
- governance issues 16592
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- comments on health care workers 17245
- meetings on health care in B.C. 17246
- position on health care funding 17245-6
- Livestock industry, collisions between automobiles and livestock, liability and fencing issues 16812
- MacKinnon, Mark, employment with government 16818
- Meekison, J. Peter, report on gaming facilities in B.C. 16592, 16816-7, 16822, 16824-7
- Ministerial Council on Social Policy Renewal, role in implementation of social union framework agreement 16728
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2000, debate 16721-2
- Mortgages, mortgage discharge papers, requirements 16581
- Motor Vehicle Act, definition of motorized cycles and scooters 16495-7
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2000
- Nanaimo, Departure Bay ferry terminal connector roads 16915
- NDP government, caucus committee on gaming 16827
- Norster, Norm, labour Relations Board case 16597
- Occupational health and safety, legislation and regulations 16591-2
- Oleksiuk, Keith, Labour Relations Board employment and severance 16596
- Pacific Racing Association
- financial involvement of government 16827
- status of organization 15434-5
- Penikett, Tony, employment with Labour ministry 16595-6
- Pensions, benefits, suspension of benefits, number of pensioners affected 17166
- Post-secondary education
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14954
- tuition freeze 14678
- Punky Lake Wilderness Camp Society, impact of crime prevention work on automobile theft 16814
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, alcoholic beverage container recycling, safety issues 16881-2
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C., recommendations, implementation 16834, 16885
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 15015-6
- Skills training, opportunities 15014
- Social union framework agreement, implementation 16728-9
- Surrey, Surrey Place mall development 16815-6
- Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of health care 17245
- Taxi industry, driver safety 16880-1
- Technical University of B.C., construction of facilities 16815
- Throne speech debate 14953-6
- Transportation, modes of transportation, alternative modes 16376, 16424
- Tsawwassen, Tsatsu Shores development, water source 16915
- Wages and salaries, minimum wage level 16599-600
- Wall, Gerry, workers compensation case 17166
- Workers compensation
- claimants, continuum of care program 16831-2
- claims
- claims avoidance program 16884
- claims processing, quality assurance 16884-5
- claims regarding environmental tobacco 16841-2
- duration and cost 16833-4
- electronic filing 16830-1
- coverage for firefighters 16885
- disability pensions, cost 16840
- employer assessment, experience-rated assessment 16882-4
- Workers Compensation Board
- accomplishments and goals 16591-2
- accomplishments, comparison with Alberta Workers Compensation Board 16830, 16832-3
- administration costs
- electronic services for employers 16841
- fraud prevention 16885
- governance and accountability issues 16828-9, 16835-7
- regulations governing the workplace
- report on workplace safety standards in hospitals 16879-80
- role 16875-6
- staff
- absenteeism 16839
- collective agreement, gain-sharing program 16839-40
- Zimmerman, Wolfgang, employment with Workers Compensation Board, conflict-of-interest issue 16835-6
Magnetic resonance imaging services See MRI services under Health care
Mainland Dairymen's Association
- Concerns re taxation of dairy farmland and buildings
(Barisoff) 15998
(Evans) 15998
Mainland Sand and Gravel Ltd.
- Pitt River gravel mining operation
- B.C. Liberal Party position
(Neufeld) 15944
- gravel extraction in area versus fish habitat protection
(Campbell) 14938-9
(Miller) 14938-9
(Neufeld) 14939
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Kasper) 14923-5
Manufacturing industry
- Taxation, manufacturing and processing tax credit See Taxation, income tax under Corporations
Maple Cottage Detoxification Centre, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Status
(Brewin) 16931
(Reid, L.) 16930-1
- Use as youth secure care facility
(Jarvis) 17099
Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Services for special needs children
(Clark, C.) 16850-1
Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15711-7
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16001
- B.C., rural B.C., education, program delivery 16090-1
- Budgets, fixed date for tabling of annual budget 14900
- Burns Bog
- Delta
- noise from blueberry farming operations 16001
- transportation issues 15146-7
- Delta North constituency and area, traffic 15146-7
- Democracy, democratic ideals 14899
- Education
- curriculum
- fine arts and music programs 16090
- French language examination 16091
- physics curriculum 16089
- funding for employee benefits 16369-70
- labour disputes, collective bargaining legislation, changes 14722
- NDP government action 14900
- secondary education, completion rate 16091-2
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16089-92, 16369-70
- Elections, electoral process, changes 14900
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, mandate and operations 15711-7
- Legislature
- committee system, use 14899-900
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 14899
- opposition, role 14900
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 14898-9
- NDP government, performance 14899
- Politics and politicians, political system, public respect for and trust in system 14899
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, debate 14722
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- program flexibility 15712
- secondary school apprenticeship program, expansion 15713-4
- career training in high school, funding 16092
- opportunities 14898
- programs for displaced workers 15715-6
- South Fraser perimeter road, construction project 14898, 15146-7
- Throne speech debate 14898-900
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15146-7
- Transportation, investment in infrastructure, federal funding 15147
Mathias, Joe
Media
- Media innovation centre, government funding
(Hawkins) 16774
(Wilson, G.) 16774
- Non-profit rebroadcasting service organizations, taxation
(Abbott) 16106-7
(Ramsey) 16107, 16564
- Radio and television stations, tax increase
(Krueger) 15733, 16679
(McGregor) 15733-4
(Ramsey) 16679
Medical Council of Canada
- Role in accreditation of physicians
(Plant) 17303
Medical Practitioners Act Amendment Act 2000
(Bill M212) (Orcherton) 1R, 17152
- Debate, speakers
(Orcherton) 17152
- Support for bill, petition tabled
(Orcherton) 17257
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Applications, processing time
(Farnworth) 16173-4
(Hansen) 16173
- Benefits, supplementary benefits program, review
(Farnworth) 16174
(Hansen) 16174
- CareCard misuse
(Farnworth) 16174
(Hansen) 16174
- Coverage
- Lovaas therapy
(Farnworth) 14940
(Weisgerber) 14939-40
- lung reductions
(Evans) 17323
(Neufeld) 17323
- massage therapy
(Hansen) 14647
(Ramsey) 14647
- out-of-province treatment for B.C. residents, policy
(Farnworth) 16172-3
(Hansen) 16172-3
- Payments to practitioners, alternate payment program
(Farnworth) 16172
(Hansen) 16172
Medicare Protection Act
Meekison, J. Peter
- Report on gaming facilities in B.C.
Members' Conflict of Interest Act
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Changes in workplace and support services
(Boone) 16900-3
(Krueger) 16901-2
- Leaves of absence, approval by Speaker
(Petter) 16717
- Opportunities in retirement
(Cashore) 15507-8
(Nebbeling) 15507-8
- Working together for the common good
(Cashore) 14748
- Workload
(Lali) 14933
Mental health See also Disabled and handicapped persons; Health care
- Assessment services, forensic psychiatric services See Courts and court services under Justice system
- Funding for services
- Government action
(Cashore) 14751
- Mental health advocate
- annual report, 1998-99, availability
(Farnworth) 15218
(Sanders) 15218
- annual report, 1998-99, contents
(Farnworth) 15564-5
(Sanders) 15564-5
(Whittred) 16215-7
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Farnworth) 15329
- role and responsibilities
(Farnworth) 15562, 15565
(Sanders) 15562, 15565
- Mental health plan
- funding and implementation
(Anderson) 17312
(Chong) 17268
(Clark, C.) 14950-1
(Coell) 14866
(Evans) 17261-4, 17312-3
(Farnworth) 14726-7, 15159, 15217-8, 15545-6, 15561-4, 15568-9, 15615, 16562
(Hansen) 14726, 14774, 15159, 15217-8, 15568-9, 16562, 17261-3
(Hawkins) 14743-4, 14947
(Neufeld) 15615-6
(Sanders) 14859, 15545, 15561-4
- government plan for children and youth
(Brewin) 16847-8
(Hansen) 16847-8
- Mental illness
- Programs and services
- Supportive housing See Social housing, supportive housing for persons with mental illness under Housing
Métis
- Governance, concerns of Métis community
(de Jong) 15361-2
(Lovick) 15361-2
- Hunting rights, court ruling
(Lovick) 15292-3
(Weisgerber) 15293
Métis Family Services
Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia
Metzger, Robert N.
- Comments on forensic psychiatric services in court system
(Campbell) 15482
(Petter) 15482-3
(Plant) 15482-3
Midway, B.C.
- Multilevel health care facility
(Barisoff) 15618
(Farnworth) 15618
Midwifery
- Home birth demonstration project, project information, access through freedom-of-information legislation
(Farnworth) 15683
(Sanders) 15683
Millar, Aaron
Millennium scholarship program See Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Miller, Hon. Arthur Daniel (North Coast)
- As subject
- comments on deficit budgets in B.C.
(Penner) 17033-5
- experience as forest worker in early 80s 17031
- performance as minister responsible for B.C. Ferry Corporation
(Farrell-Collins) 15457-60
- Air, greenhouse gas emission reduction, role of B.C. energy exports 14680
- Airports, rural airports, impact of withdrawal of federal funding 16021-2
- Alaska, government's cooperation with B.C. and federal governments 15973-4
- Balanced Budget Act
- BCR Properties Ltd., sale of assets 16025
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16895
- debt, extinguishment of debt owed to government 15036-7
- funding during 1989-99 period 15456-7
- B.C. Hydro
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16027-8, 16037-51
- annual report, 1999-2000, tabled 17010
- corporate planning and performance measurement 16027-8, 16038-9
- derivatives trading 16049-51
- employees
- competitive salaries for employees 16047-8
- job satisfaction issues 16045-8
- training programs for corporation employees 16046-7
- executive compensation, bonuses paid to senior managers 16048
- liability concerns re outstanding comfort letter offer to Nissho Iwai Corp. of Japan 16049
- rate freeze 15037
- B.C., northern B.C.
- economic development in northwestern B.C. 16016-9
- economic development, initiatives between B.C. and other jurisdictions 15981-2, 16022-3
- highways and roads, project funding 15036, 15967, 15981
- power supply to remote communities 16044
- telecommunications infrastructure 16021
- B.C. Rail Ltd.
- preferential freight-rate agreements 16024-5
- write-down of assets 16026
- B.C. Railway Group of Companies
- annual report, 1999, tabled 16378
- dividend paid to government, development of policy 16025-6
- operations 16024, 16027
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, revenue from motor fuel tax 15036
- Budget debate 14678-80, 15032-3
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 15032-3
- balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 17031
- balanced-budget legislation, history 17030-1
- deficit budgets, history in B.C. 17030-2
- Burleton, David, comments on B.C. economy 14679
- Burrard Thermal power station, use of facility 16039-40
- Business
- electronic commerce, regulation of out-of-province enterprises 15035
- small business, tax reductions 15035
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on Mainland Sand and Gravel Ltd. Pitt River gravel mining operation 15943, 15972-3
- Canada, development, impact of government spending policies 17030
- Canam Mining Corp., Ainsworth rehabilitation project 15972-3
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., legal action against government 14517
- Children and Families ministry, child protection division, workers' responsibilities 14856-7
- Children, child protection, society's responsibility to keep children safe 14856
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, obligation to consult 15976-7
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 15032-3
- Ecstall Mining Corp., right of access to Kaska Dena land 15976-7
- Education
- essential service designation and legislation 14703-4
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14704
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14702-4
- labour disputes during NDP administration 14702-4
- Electric power
- cogeneration, projects on Vancouver Island 16044
- power production, development of green energy sources 16039-41
- supply and service of electrical transformers 16028, 16037-8
- Employment and unemployment, unemployment rate in B.C. 14679, 15033
- Energy and Mines ministry
- Federalism, federal government involvement in areas of provincial jurisdiction 15978
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- Financial Administration Act, amendments 15037
- Forest industry, forest roads, deactivation 15944
- Fort Nelson, power plant, cost of project 16043, 16049
- Fuel, motor fuel tax, natural gas exemptions 15035
- Georgia Strait Crossing project, cost and cost-sharing 16045
- Gorko, William Peter, status of mineral claims 15961
- Granby Park, compensation to landowners for mineral claims 15961
- Great Pacific Pumice Inc., legal action against district of Squamish 15977
- Health care
- funding, disbursement of supplementary funds 17251
- reform of system 14679, 14857
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17269-70
- Heller, George, comments on B.C. economy 15032-3
- Highland Valley Copper Corp., copper mine operations 14678
- Highway 77 (Liard Highway), upgrading 15781
- Hunting, hunting by Indians, impact of trapping rights on oil and gas industry 16015
- Indians, land claims, impact on resource industry investment 15976-7
- Kakfwi, Stephen, position on Mackenzie Valley pipeline proposal 15036
- Kootenay area, natural gas exploration 15980
- Labour, labour disputes, handling by NDP government 14702-4
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16895
- Land use
- land and resource management plans, planning process
- land set aside for protection, B.C. Liberal Party position 15943, 15946
- protected areas and special management zones, mining operations in special management zones 15970
- Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendments 15037
- Mackenzie land and resource management plan, agreement between forest industry and environmental groups 15966
- Mainland Sand and Gravel Ltd.
- owners commended 15946
- Pitt River gravel mining operation
- gravel extraction in area versus fish habitat protection 14938-9
- Mining industry
- exploration
- exploration tax credits, funding 15962
- investment in B.C. 15964-5, 15975
- task group on mineral exploration 15966
- gravel extraction
- gravel supply, development of provincial aggregate plan 15975-6
- impact on fish habitat 14939
- mining application approval process 15963-4
- use of resource 15964
- Indians' involvement in industry 15975
- industry in B.C.
- government initiatives and work with industry 15939-40, 15974
- number of mines in operation 15970
- mining permit approval process, role of federal Fisheries department 15972-4
- prospectors assistance grants 15962
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15444-5
- Municipalities, budget requirements 17032-3
- Murray, John, position on rights of mining permit holders 15943
- MWH Geo-Surveys Ltd., business costs in B.C. 15971-2
- Nanaimo, gravel quarry development, residents' concerns 15963
- Northern Development Commission
- commissioner's 1998-99 report tabled 16665
- work of commission 16020-3
- Northgate Exploration Ltd., Kemess South mine project, operations 15037
- Oil and Gas Commission, operations 16015-6, 16023
- Oil and gas industry
- alternative dispute resolution process, preparation of regulations 16015-6
- applications and permits, processing 16015, 16023
- Beaver River gas pool, royalty exemption 15982, 16010
- environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments 15979
- Hay River oil project, royalty exemption 16010
- industry in B.C.
- competitiveness of industry 15982, 16010-4
- development agreements with Yukon and Northwest Territories 15981-2
- government initiatives 14679-80, 15035-6, 15444-5
- opportunities from gas field development in Northwest Territories 15036
- use of out-of-province workers and service companies in northeastern B.C. 16010-4
- land leases for extraction of natural gas and petroleum, fees and penalties 15444
- natural gas, exploration outside northeastern B.C. 15980
- offshore drilling in north coast region, status of moratorium 16016-7, 16019
- transportation infrastructure, government funding 15036, 15967, 15981
- Pacific Iron and Steel Products Ltd., iron plant proposal for Prince Rupert 16020-1
- Peace River area, oil and gas activity 14680
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, land lease provisions 15444
- Physicians, disputes, handling, Liberal Party position 17269-70
- Post-secondary education
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14678-9
- tuition freeze 14678
- Powerex Corporation, derivatives trading 16049-51
- Prince Rupert, port of Prince Rupert, use of facility 16023
- Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 15035-6
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 17032
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, debate 14702-4
- Railways and rail services
- commodity shipments, volume 16024
- passenger service, future of service 16026-7
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project, 15973-4
- Resources and resource industries, resource industries, stock valuations 15964
- Royal Hudson, status of steam locomotive 16563
- Sales tax
- collection and remittance of taxes, provisions re out-of-province sellers 15035
- exemption for computer software used in high-technology sector 15035
- machinery and equipment tax 14680
- Sheehan, John, wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro, cost to taxpayers 15367-8, 15435
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- compliance with government pollution regulations 16018
- government intervention in financial situation, outcome 15967, 16017-8
- Smithers-Terrace area, natural gas exploration 15980
- Social Credit Party government, deficit budgets 17030
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington, access to B.C. Hydro power grid 16041-3
- Taku River Tlingit first nation, resource development, work with Energy and Mines ministry 15973
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity mine project 15973-4
- Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park, expropriation of mineral claims, settlement of outstanding claims 15978-9
- Taxation, tax-shifting, pilot project re beehive burners and silo burners 15035
- Telecommunications, infrastructure and services, remote and rural B.C. 16021
- Throne speech debate 14856-8
- Treaty 8, memorandums of understanding between government and Treaty 8 bands on oil and gas resources 16014-5
- Tumbler Ridge, future of town 16020
- Vancouver Island, electric power supply for island 16044-6
- Wildlife, endangered species, federal legislation 15978
Milligan, Cindy
- Eligibility for home support services
(van Dongen) 16098
Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, B.C.
- No-transfer-back policy
(Farnworth) 15749-50
(Hansen) 15749-50
- Pacemaker replacement program
(Farnworth) 15751
(Hansen) 15751
- Residents' concerns, petition tabled
(Campbell) 17241
Mineral Tax Act
Mining industry
- Exploration
- Gravel extraction
- gravel supply, development of provincial aggregate plan
(Miller) 15975-6
(Neufeld) 15944, 15975-6
- impact on fish habitat
(Cashore) 14882
(Miller) 14939
(Neufeld) 14939
- mining application approval process
(Miller) 15963-4
- use of resource
(Miller) 15964
- Impact of deactivation of forest roads See Forest roads, deactivation under Forest industry
- Indians' involvement in industry
(Miller) 15975
(Neufeld) 15975
- Industry in B.C.
- current activity
(Sihota) 16258
- current state of industry
(Campbell) 14521
(Krueger) 14530
- government initiatives and work with industry
(Miller) 15939-40, 15974
(Neufeld) 15974
- industry during NDP administration
(Jarvis) 15939-42
- number of mines in operation
(Jarvis) 15970
(Miller) 15970
- taxation and regulation
(Jarvis) 16695-6
(Wilson, G.) 16696
- Mine reclamation process, taxation of catalysts used in tailings ponds
(Farrell-Collins) 15098
(Jarvis) 15098
(Ramsey) 15098
- Mineral tenures on Nisga'a settlement lands
(Lovick) 15293-4
(Weisgerber) 15293-4
- Mining permit approval process, role of federal Fisheries department
(Jarvis) 15972
(Miller) 15972-4
- Participation in land use planning process See Land and resource management plans under Land use
- Prospectors assistance grants
(Miller) 15962
(Sanders) 15962
- Quarry operations, regulation and taxation
(Ramsey) 15499
Ministerial Council on Social Policy Renewal
- Role in implementation of social union framework agreement
(MacPhail) 16728
Ministerial statements
- Bowbrick, Hon. Graeme (Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology)
- Evans, Hon. Corky (Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries)
- Hammell, Hon. Sue (Minister of Multiculturalism and Immigration)
- Lali, Hon. Harry Singh (Minister of Transportation and Highways)
- Lovick, Hon. Dale (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs)
- Sawicki, Hon. Joan (Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks)
- Smallwood, Hon. Joan K. (Minister of Women's Equality)
Miracle Valley Treatment Centre, Mission, B.C.
- Addiction treatment program
(Streifel) 16325-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 8) (Attorney General) 1R, 15009-10; 2R, 15044-7; C, 15415-21, 15436-45; 3R, 15445; RA, 16437
- Amdts: sec. 21 (Plant) 15419, negatived 15421
- Divisions: amdt. to sec. 21 negatived 15421
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 15440-2
(Hogg) 15445
(Krueger) 15439-40
(Miller) 15444-5
(Neufeld) 15443-4
(Penner) 15417-8
(Petter) 15009-10, 15044-5, 15047, 15419, 15436-43, 15445
(Plant) 15045-7, 15415-20, 15436-8, 15440, 15442
(Symons) 15438
(Waddell) 15416-20
- Drafting of bill, consultation with business
(Krueger) 17043
- Purpose of bill
(Petter) 15047
(Plant) 15045-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2000
- (Bill 24) (Attorney General) 1R, 16661; 2R, 16717-23; C, 17061-77, 17156-7; 3R, 17157; RA, 17169
- Amdts: sec. 16 (Petter) 17070, approved 17071; sec. 4.1 (Petter) 17156, approved 17156; sec. 18.1 (Petter) 17156, approved 17156; sec. 68.1 (Petter) 17157, approved 17157; sec. 69 (Petter) 17157, approved 17157
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 17067, 17069-70
(Evans) 17068-9
(Krueger) 16720-1, 17065-7
(MacPhail) 16721-2
(Nebbeling) 17071-2
(Penner) 17075-6
(Petter) 16661, 16717-8, 16722, 17061-7, 17069-77, 17156-7
(Plant) 16718-20, 17061-5, 17067-77, 17156
Mission, B.C.
- Highway bypass See Mission bypass under Highway 11
- Municipal by-elections, funding
(McGregor) 14845
(Streifel) 14845
Mission Foundation Amendment Act, 2000
(Bill Pr401) (Streifel) 1R, 16874-5; 2R, 17158; C, 17158; 3R, 17159; RA, 17169
Mission-Sumas-Abbotsford hospital See MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
Monashee, B.C.
- Secondary roads in area, maintenance concerns
(Lali) 15180
(Sanders) 15180
Moog and Friends Hospice House, Pentiction, B.C.
- Palliative care facility
(Thorpe) 17310
Mooney, Jeff
- Comments on issues
- 2000-01 budget
(Krueger) 14676
- B.C. fiscal policies
(Waddell) 14835-6
Mortgages
- Applicability of cost-of-credit disclosure legislation
(Petter) 16640
(Plant) 16640
- Mortgage discharge papers, requirements
(MacPhail) 16581
Morton, Cynthia
Motions
- Amendment of standing orders for the duration of the fourth session of the thirty-sixth parliament (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of a special committee to select a child, youth and family advocate (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, reappointment and powers (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, powers (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, powers (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, designation to review statute revisions pursuant to Statute Revision Act (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, referral of public accounts reports for year ending March 31, 1999 (Motion without notice)
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, referral of reports from auditor general (Motion without notice)
- Sessional order for Committees A and B (Motion without notice)
- Special Committee of Selection, powers (Motion without notice)
- Special Committee on Information Privacy in the Private Sector, reappointment and powers (Motion without notice)
Motor Carrier Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 13) (Minister of Transportation and Highways) 1R, 15433; 2R, 15889-92; C, 15935-9; 3R, 15939; RA, 16437
- Debate, speakers
(Lali) 15433, 15889-92, 15936-9
(Orcherton) 15891
(Symons) 15890-1, 15935-8
(Waddell) 15938
- Amendments
(Lali) 15889-90
- Definitions, "taxi"
(Lali) 15936
(Symons) 15936-7
- Purpose of bill
(Lali) 15433, 15892
(Orcherton) 15891
(Symons) 15890-1
Motor Carrier Commission
Motor fuel tax See Fuel
Motor Fuel Tax Act
Motor Vehicle Act
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 20) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 16376; 2R, 16424-9; C, 16495-7; 3R, 16497; RA, 16993
- Debate, speakers
(Cashore) 16428-9
(Jarvis) 16424-5, 16495-7
(MacPhail) 16376, 16424, 16429, 16495-7
(Petter) 16426-7
(Sawicki) 16425
(Symons) 16425-6, 16495-7
(Wilson, G.) 16427-8
- Definitions, "motor assisted cycle"
(Jarvis) 16495
(MacPhail) 16495
(Symons) 16495
- Purpose of bill
(Cashore) 16428-9
(Jarvis) 16424-5
(MacPhail) 16376, 16424, 16429
(Petter) 16426
(Sawicki) 16425
(Wilson, G.) 16427-8
Motor-assisted cycles See Cycling
Mount Washington Ski Resort Ltd.
MRI services See Health care
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
Multiculturalism
- Impact on school system
(Anderson) 16285-8
(Priddy) 16124, 16286
- Multifaith calendar
(Anderson) 16969
- Non-governmental multiculturalism work
(Anderson) 17000
Multiculturalism and Immigration, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for the Public Service
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16959-70, 16993-7006, 17051-61
- speakers
(Anderson) 16966-70, 16993-7000
(Clark, C.) 16961-3, 16965, 17000-6, 17051-61
(Hammell) 16959-61, 16963-70, 16993-7006, 17051-61
(Plant) 17005-6
- Accomplishments and responsibilities
(Hammell) 16959-61
- Budget expenditures and recoveries
(Anderson) 16966
(Hammell) 16966
- Multicultural advisory committee, work of committee
(Anderson) 16968
(Hammell) 16968
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Role
- business immigration pilot project
(Anderson) 16994-5
(Hammell) 16994-5
- negotiation of public sector collective agreements
(Clark, C.) 17053-5
(Hammell) 17053-4
- NDP balanced-budget commitment
(Clark, C.) 16963, 16965
(Hammell) 16965-6
Multiculturalism B.C.
- 1998-99 "Report on Multiculturalism"
- performance measurement in ministries
(Anderson) 16969
(Hammell) 16969
- report tabled
(Hammell) 15012
- Work of organization
(Anderson) 16999
(Hammell) 16961, 16999
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Assessment process
(Coleman) 16862
Municipal Act
Municipal Affairs, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- Accomplishments and goals
(McGregor) 15389-90
- Green economy initiative
(McGregor) 15390
- Minister changes, continuity issue
(Nebbeling) 15391
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Reports tabled
- 1998-99 annual report
(McGregor) 14769
- report on creation of 1999 assessment roll and financial statements for year ended December 31, 1998
(McGregor) 14769
- Transfer of Housing responsibility to Social Development ministry
(McGregor) 15393-4
(Nebbeling) 15394
- Workload and salary costs
(McGregor) 15393-4
(Nebbeling) 15393-4
Municipalities See also Local government; Regional districts
- Budget requirements
(Miller) 17032-3
- Building construction, liability issue
(Coleman) 16136
- Building inspectors, responsibilities and training standards
(Coleman) 16134, 16136
- Capital projects, public consultation process
(Nebbeling) 15404
- Grants from provincial government, reduction
(Coell) 14993-4
(Hawkins) 16261
(McGregor) 15478
(Nebbeling) 14672, 15477-8, 15897, 15899-900, 16232-3
- Grants in lieu of property taxes from B.C. Rail for communities along rail line
(McGregor) 15470
(Nebbeling) 15470
- Infrastructure funding, federal funding
(McGregor) 15477
(Nebbeling) 15477
- Municipal tax collection schemes, payment
(McGregor) 16303
(Nebbeling) 16303
- Regional districts See Regional districts
- Regulations on square footage and overhang for buildings, impact on building design
(Coleman) 16134-5
(Pullinger) 16134-5
- Revenues
- Role in regulation of local liquor sales and consumption
(Chong) 15704
(Penner) 15704
(Petter) 15704
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Act
Munroe, Donald R.
- Recommendations to settle collective bargaining dispute between contracted service providers and province See Contract settlement under Social service providers
Murray, John
- Position on rights of mining permit holders
(Miller) 15943
Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Sawicki) 16665
Muskwa-Kechika management area
- Land use plan
(Cashore) 14749
- Parks in area, access issues
(Neufeld) 16356-7
Musqueam Indian band
Muzin, Fred
- Comments on 2000-01 budget
(Brewin) 14682
MWH Geo-Surveys Ltd.
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