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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
Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Chong) 14795
Occupational health and safety
- Fund for addressing health and safety issues in hospitals
(Farnworth) 16876-7
- Legislation and regulations
(MacPhail) 16591-2
Offence Act
Office for disability issues
Office of the northern development commissioner See Northern Development Commission
Offroad Academy Inc.
- Driver training in gravel pits
(Jarvis) 15189
(Lali) 15189
Oil and Gas Commission
Oil and gas industry
- Activities on Treaty 8 Indian lands See Treaty 8
- Alternative dispute resolution process, preparation of regulations
(Miller) 16015-6
(Neufeld) 16015-6
- Applications and permits, processing
(Miller) 16015, 16023
(Neufeld) 16015, 16023
- Beaver River gas pool, royalty exemption
(Miller) 15982, 16010
(Neufeld) 15982, 16009-10
- Environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments
(Miller) 15979
(Neufeld) 15979
- Hay River oil project, royalty exemption
(Miller) 16010
(Neufeld) 16010-1
- Industry in B.C.
- competitiveness of industry
(Miller) 15982, 16010-4
(Neufeld) 15982, 16010-4
- development agreements with Yukon and Northwest Territories
(Miller) 15981-2
(Neufeld) 15981-2
- government initiatives
(Janssen) 14783
(Miller) 14679-80, 15035-6, 15444-5
(Neufeld) 15444
- industry in northeastern B.C.
(Ramsey) 16494
(Weisgerber) 16493-4
- opportunities from gas field development in Northwest Territories
(Miller) 15036
- use of out-of-province workers and service companies in northeastern B.C.
(Miller) 16010-4
(Neufeld) 16010-4
- Land leases for extraction of natural gas and petroleum, fees and penalties
(Miller) 15444
(Neufeld) 15443-4
(Petter) 15443
- Natural gas, exploration outside northeastern B.C.
(Miller) 15980
(Neufeld) 15979-80
- Natural gas price increases
- Offshore drilling
- Environment ministry position
(Coell) 16606
(Sawicki) 16606
- offshore drilling in north coast region, status of moratorium
(Miller) 16016-7, 16019
(Neufeld) 16016-9
- Transportation infrastructure, government funding
(Lali) 15117, 15177-8
(Miller) 15036, 15967, 15981
(Neufeld) 15177-8, 15980-1
Okanagan area
- Air quality in North Okanagan
(Sanders) 16543
(Sawicki) 16543
- California bighorn sheep herd in South Okanagan See Wildlife
- Community mental health services
(Farnworth) 15648
(Hawkins) 15648-9
- Health care See also particular health regions, e.g., Thompson health region
- Nurse supply
(Evans) 17283
(Hawkins) 17281, 17283
- Sage Mesa irrigation district
- management
(Thorpe) 15425
- Services for special needs children
(Brewin) 16796
(Sanders) 16796
Okanagan East constituency and area
Okanagan Lake
- Kokanee salmon and mysis shrimp
- mysis shrimp project
(Evans) 16077
(van Dongen) 16077
- populations
(Evans) 16070-1
(van Dongen) 16070
- salmon recovery and shrimp industry
(Sawicki) 16558
(van Dongen) 16558
Okanagan Lake Bridge
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority
- Annual report, 1999-2000, tabled
(Evans) 17155
- Replant program See Tree fruit industry under Food industry
Okanagan-Shuswap land use plan
Okanagan-Similkameen health region See South Okanagan–Similkameen health region
Okanagan-Vernon constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Sanders) 14858
Olanzapine
Oleksiuk, Keith
- Labour Relations Board employment and severance
(Krueger) 16596
(MacPhail) 16596
Oliver, B.C.
Olsen, Garry
- Work in Thompson health region
(Krueger) 17296-7
Olympic Games
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, status of bid
(Chong) 16451
(Waddell) 16401, 16451
Ombudsman
- Annual report, 1999, tabled
(Speaker) 17241
Ombudsman Act
100 Mile House, B.C.
- Community health care centre
(Zirnhelt) 14904-5
- Health care facility
(Farnworth) 15051
(Hansen) 15051
Ontario
- Government fiscal policies
(Calendino) 14745
- Health care, critical care network program
(Farnworth) 15647
(Hawkins) 15647
- Land use management and incentives for mining industry
(Jarvis) 15965-6
Open Learning Agency Act
Operation ID
- Initiative to prevent sale of tobacco products to minors
(Farnworth) 15641
(Thorpe) 15641
Optimum West Insurance Company See British Columbia Insurance Company
Optometrists
Optometrists Act
Oral questions by subject area
- Budgets and economy
- Burns Bog
- Burns Bog theme park loan
(Chong) 15869
(Waddell) 15869
- Protection of Burns Bog
(Coell) 14792
(Sawicki) 14792
- Campbell Valley Women's Centre
- Closure of Campbell Valley Women's Centre
(Brewin) 15435
(Stephens) 15435
- Children and families
- Addiction prevention and treatment services for children
(Brewin) 15601, 15827
(Dosanjh) 16563
(Hansen) 16563
(Stephens) 15601, 15827
- Child, youth and family advocate report recommendations
(Brewin) 14768
(Clark, C.) 14768
(Reid, L.) 14768
- Children and Families ministry and child protection
(Brewin) 15558-9
(Campbell) 15558
(Clark, C.) 15558-9
- Children and Families ministry and delivery of services to children
(Brewin) 14767-8
(McKinnon) 14768
(Reid, L.) 14767
- Children and Families ministry's actions in Amanda Simpson case
(Brewin) 14843
(Reid, L.) 14843
- Drug and alcohol rehabilitation services for youth
(Anderson) 16562
(Brewin) 16562
- Early support and problem prevention for children
(Anderson) 16562
(Brewin) 16562
- Funding for Lovaas treatment for autistic children
(Farnworth) 14940
(Weisgerber) 14939-40
- Government child care initiative
(Gillespie) 16378
(Smallwood) 16378
- Need for child protection workers in Children and Families ministry
(Brewin) 15958
(Reid, L.) 15958
- Safety concerns about day care centre balloons and pins
(Pullinger) 15731-2
(Whittred) 15731-2
- Secure care for at-risk children and youth
(Brewin) 15600-1
(Campbell) 15600
(Clark, C.) 15600
(Dosanjh) 15600
- Clark, Glen
- Cooperatives
- Community Development and Cooperatives ministry's cooperative advantage program
(Kwan) 15327
(Plant) 15327
(Reid, J.) 15327
- Crown corporations
- Possible sale of Crown corporations
(de Jong) 17256-7
(Dosanjh) 17257
- Dosanjh, Ujjal
- Draayers family
- BCTV story on Draayers foster care case
(Brewin) 16298
(Dosanjh) 16298
(Plant) 16298
(Reid, L.) 16297-8
- Director of child protection and Draayers foster care case
(Brewin) 16561-2
(Reid, L.) 16561-2
- Draayers foster care case
(Brewin) 14725-6, 16153-4, 16253, 16422, 16492
(Campbell) 16252
(Clark, C.) 14725-6, 16154, 16422, 16493
(Dosanjh) 16252, 16493
(McKinnon) 16153
(Reid, L.) 14725, 16153, 16252-3, 16422, 16492-3
- Education and schools
- Financial impact of labour dispute on families
(Campbell) 14665-6
(Dosanjh) 14666
(Ramsey) 14665-6
- Funding for independent schools
(Campbell) 15216
(Clark, C.) 15261
(de Jong) 15262
(Dosanjh) 15216-7, 15261
(Farrell-Collins) 15260
(Hogg) 15128, 15216-7
(Plant) 15129, 15261-2
(Priddy) 15128-9, 15261-2
(Ramsey) 15260-2
- Labour dispute impact on education and families
(Campbell) 14535, 14561-2
(Clark, C.) 14563
(Dosanjh) 14535-6, 14561-3
(Hogg) 14535-6
(Krueger) 14536
(MacPhail) 14536-7, 14562-3
(Nettleton) 14563
(Priddy) 14536
(Pullinger) 14536, 14563
(Reid, J.) 14536-7
- Labour dispute negotiations and appointment of industrial inquiry commissioners
(Campbell) 14587-8
(Dosanjh) 14588
(Hogg) 14588
(MacPhail) 14588-9
- Labour dispute negotiations and interim accord agreement
(de Jong) 14589, 14666
(MacPhail) 14589
(Plant) 14666-7
(Ramsey) 14589, 14666-7
- Potential closure of Cariboo area schools
(Campbell) 15050
(Priddy) 15049-50
(Wilson, J.) 15049-50
- Potential closure of law faculty
(Dosanjh) 17257
(Plant) 17257
- Use of money saved by government during labour strike
(Hogg) 14726
(Ramsey) 14726
- Elections
- Maple Ridge–Mission by-election funding
(McGregor) 14845
(Streifel) 14845
- Environment
- Diesel fuel spill in Burnaby
(Sawicki) 15827
(Weisgerber) 15826-7
- Proposed Sumas power plant and Fraser Valley air quality concerns
(Sawicki) 15663-4
(van Dongen) 15663
- Protection of groundwater from MTBE contamination
(Sawicki) 14589
(Weisgerber) 14589
- Upper Pitt River gravel pit project and protection of fish
(Campbell) 14938-9
(Miller) 14938-9
(Neufeld) 14939
- Ferries and ferry services
- Firearms registry
- Province's role in implementation of federal gun registry system
(Petter) 15050-1
(Weisgerber) 15050-1
- Fisheries
- Interior sport fishing industry
(Conroy) 16664
(Evans) 16664
- Forestry
- AOX emissions from pulp mills
(Plant) 17154
(Sawicki) 17154
- Association of B.C. Professional Foresters
(Abbott) 15368-9
(Doyle) 15368-9
(Plant) 15369
- Coastal forest industry strike
(Abbott) 17009
(Doyle) 17009-10
- Cost of forest landscape unit planning study
(Coleman) 17154
(Doyle) 17154
- Forest worker transition program tax issue
(Abbott) 15075
(Doyle) 15075
(Farrell-Collins) 15075
(Pullinger) 15075
- Forest workers and federal back taxes
(Abbott) 14667
(Doyle) 14667
- Kootenay-Boundary forest management plan
(Abbott) 17153
(Doyle) 17153-4
(Neufeld) 17153
- Results of jobs and timber accord
(de Jong) 16663-4
(Doyle) 16663-4
- Stumpage calculation error
(Abbott) 16378
(Doyle) 16378
- Tree farm licence 46 and review of Youbou mill
(Abbott) 16663
(Doyle) 16663
- Wouters report on B.C. forest industry
(Doyle) 14791
(Neufeld) 14791
- Glacier View Lodge
- Glacier View Lodge and expropriation legislation
(Farnworth) 16877
(Reid, J.) 16877
- Operation of Glacier View Lodge
(Farnworth) 14791-2
(Hansen) 14791-2
(Kwan) 14791
- Government and civil service
- Decentralization of power to local government
(Evans) 15129-30
(Robertson) 15129
- Employment standards branch complaints backlog
(Krueger) 16422-3
(MacPhail) 16422-3
- Fair Share program and revenue to northeast communities
(Ramsey) 16493-4
(Weisgerber) 16493-4
- Government handling of whistle-blower issues
(de Jong) 15601-2
(Petter) 15602, 15828
- Government policy on disclosure of legal costs for elected officials
(Campbell) 14985
(Dosanjh) 14985
(Farrell-Collins) 14985
(Petter) 14984-5
(Plant) 14984
(Ramsey) 14985-6
- Government's B.C. Max procurement strategy
(Neufeld) 16378
(Ramsey) 16378
- Government's management of capital projects
(Clark, C.) 15011
(Farrell-Collins) 15010-1
(Lovick) 15010-1
- Management of improvement districts' sinking funds
(Farrell-Collins) 15662-3
(Krueger) 15663
(Ramsey) 15662-3
- Now Communications contracts
(Clark, C.) 16299
(de Jong) 16299
(Farrell-Collins) 16298-9
(Ramsey) 16299
- Payment of legal fees in budget trial
(Petter) 14845
(Plant) 14845
- Report on cost of public sector wages
(Clark, C.) 14792, 14843-4
(Dosanjh) 14792, 14844
(Farrell-Collins) 14844
(Ramsey) 14792-3, 14844-5
- Use of alias e-mail addresses by ministers and senior staff
(Campbell) 17085
(de Jong) 17086
(Dosanjh) 17085-6
(Farrell-Collins) 17085-6
- Gunton, Tom
- Health and safety
- B.C.'s health care system
(de Jong) 16377
(Farnworth) 16377
(Hansen) 16377
- Government provision of lubricants and condoms at needle exchange centres
(de Jong) 15959-60
(Farnworth) 16007
- Health care in Prince George
(Farnworth) 16376-7
(Hansen) 16377
(Nettleton) 16376-7
- Health region budgets
(Farnworth) 16663
(Hansen) 16663
- Long-term health care strategy for northern and rural areas
(Campbell) 16662
(Farnworth) 16662
- Nursing shortage in province
(Campbell) 17256
(Dosanjh) 17256
(Farnworth) 16006-7
(Hansen) 16006-7
- Nursing shortage in Quesnel
(Farnworth) 15959
(Wilson, J.) 15959
- 100 Mile House health care facility
(Farnworth) 15051
(Hansen) 15051
- Optometrist user fee
(Farnworth) 14727
(Farrell-Collins) 14727
- Out-of-province medical insurance coverage
(Farnworth) 15483-4
(Weisgerber) 15483-4
- Pediatric intensive care unit at Victoria General Hospital
(Farnworth) 15074-5
(Hansen) 15074
- Physician and nurse shortage in northern and rural areas
(Farnworth) 16154-5
(Nettleton) 16154
- Physician shortages in northern and rural areas
(Farnworth) 15435-6
(Nettleton) 15435
- Provincial health care funding
(Campbell) 17255-6
(Dosanjh) 17255-6
- Quesnel spinal cord injury case and B.C.'s health care system
(Clark, C.) 16808
(de Jong) 16807-8
(Farnworth) 16806-8
(Hansen) 16806-7
(Wilson, J.) 16806
- Restaurant health regulations
(Farnworth) 16106
(Sanders) 16106
- WCB report on safety standards in Victoria area hospitals
(Chong) 16875
(Farnworth) 16876-7
(Hansen) 16875
(MacPhail) 16875-6
(Neufeld) 16876
- Horse racing
- Indians
- Ongoing treaty negotiations process
(Giesbrecht) 14986
(Lovick) 14986
- Provincial contribution to treaty settlement offers
(Lovick) 16006
(Weisgerber) 16006
- Sechelt band and treaty negotiating process
(de Jong) 16005
(Lovick) 16005-6
(Weisgerber) 16006
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Jericho lands
- Future use of Jericho lands
(Campbell) 15662
(Ramsey) 15662
- Mental health
- Orcherton, Steve
- Removal of MLA from BCBC board of directors
(de Jong) 15369
(Ramsey) 15369
- Parks
- Bijoux Falls Park
(Sawicki) 15217
(Weisgerber) 15217
- Police and policing
- Sheehan, John
- B.C. Hydro legal costs in CEO dismissal suit
(Farrell-Collins) 15435
(Miller) 15435
- Former B.C. Hydro CEO compensation
(Campbell) 15367-8
(Miller) 15367-8
- Taxation
- Potential tax increases for TV and radio stations
(Krueger) 15733
(McGregor) 15733-4
- Provincial tobacco taxation
(Ramsey) 17154
(Randall) 17154
- Taxation review for non-profit community rebroadcasting services
(Abbott) 16106-7
(Ramsey) 16106-7, 16563-4
- Tourism and recreation
- Helicopter tourism licence applications
(Evans) 16424
(Nebbeling) 16423-4
- Regulations concerning startup of ecotourism company
(Coell) 16107
(Lali) 16107
- Royal Hudson steam locomotive
(Miller) 16563
(Whittred) 16563
- User fee for kayak businesses
(Chong) 15129
(Waddell) 15129
- User fee increase for kayak businesses
(Evans) 15827-8
(Robertson) 15827
- Vancouver International Airport
- Shooting of birds at Vancouver International Airport
(Coell) 15010
(Sawicki) 15010
- Wilson, Gordon
- Charter flights for Employment and Investment minister
(Clark, C.) 15073
(de Jong) 15074
(Wilson, G.) 15073-4
- Employment and Investment minister and government charter flight policy
(Clark, C.) 15127-8
(Dosanjh) 15128
Orcherton, Steve (Victoria-Hillside)
- As subject
- removal from B.C. Buildings Corporation board of directors
(de Jong) 15369
(Ramsey) 15369
- Armed forces
- military reservists, service to communities 16586-7
- peacekeeping role 16903-4
- Cancer, prostate cancer, awareness and testing 14823
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., position on the practice of complementary medicine 17152
- Cooperative Association Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15053
- Cooperative Housing Federation, federal administration of operations 15054
- Cooperatives, development of modern cooperative sector 15053
- Education
- essential service designation and legislation 14714-5
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14714-5
- Health care, complementary medicine, legislation 17152
- Housing, cooperative housing, activity in B.C. 15053
- Korean War, Canadian participation 16903-4
- Medical Practitioners Act Amendment Act 2000
- debate 17152
- support for bill, petition tabled 17257
- Motor Carrier Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15891
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, debate 14714-5
- Social welfare system, income assistance, employment programs and services, employment insurance program, review of eligibility requirements 16032-4
Organized Crime Agency
Osoyoos, B.C.
- Hospital services
(Barisoff) 15619
(Farnworth) 15619
Osoyoos Elementary School, Osoyoos, B.C.
- Construction project
(Barisoff) 16289
Osoyoos Indian band
- Use of land purchased in agricultural reserve
(Barisoff) 15954
(Evans) 15954
Osoyoos Lake
- Parkland proposal for waterfront lands
(Coell) 16534
(Sawicki) 16534
Overlander Extended Care Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.
- Administration
(Farnworth) 15603
(Krueger) 15603
- Board, replacement by NDP government
(Krueger) 14675
- Boiler installation
(Krueger) 17296
- Unfinished wing, future
(Farnworth) 15605
(Krueger) 15604-5
Owen, Stephen
- "Discretion to Prosecute Inquiry" report, recommendations
(Petter) 15581
(Plant) 15580-1
Owl Road Landfill See Kamloops, B.C.
Oyster River Research Farm, Campbell River, B.C.
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