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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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R&R Management Ltd.
- Farm labour regulations, impact on operations
(Barisoff) 15906-7
Racism See Discrimination and racism
Radio
RailAmerica Inc.
- Operations on Vancouver Island
(Kasper) 16031-2
Railways and rail services
- Commodity shipments, volume
(Miller) 16024
(Neufeld) 16023-4
- Rail as alternative to highways for transport of commercial goods
(Symons) 15190
- Rail traffic through urban Langley
(Lali) 15144
(Stephens) 15144
- Services
- passenger service, future of service
(Miller) 16026-7
(Neufeld) 16026-7
- service between Chilliwack and Vancouver
(Bowbrick) 15820
(Penner) 15820
- Vancouver Island services, ministerial responsibility
(Lali) 15189-90
(Reid, J.) 15189-90
Rainyridge Tony Beauty
Ram Creek Ecological Reserve
- Inclusion in park protection legislation
(Sawicki) 16431
Ramsey, Hon. Paul (Prince George North)
- As subject
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Adams, Bill, Public Sector Employers Council employment and severance 16670
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Attorney General ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Auditor general
- consultations with government on budget transparency and accountability legislation 16389
- opportunity to express an opinion on status of budget process review panel recommendations 16440-1
- Balanced Budget Act
- B.C. Assessment, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- annual report, 1999-2000, tabled 16975
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- budget, cash flow analysis 15503
- debt
- disclosure of information 15506
- funding, new funding strategy 15460
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Housing Management Commission, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Hydro
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- rate freeze 15538
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Medical Association, physicians' agreement with government 14542
- B.C. Pension Corporation
- information management system upgrade 16677-8
- joint trusteeship, issues 16678-9
- B.C. Racing Commission, government funding 16723
- B.C. Rail Ltd., performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C., rural B.C., economic development 14540-1
- B.C. Securities Commission, annual report, 1999-2000, tabled 17155
- B.C. Transit, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000
- Budget, prebudget activities, consultation by select standing committee, opportunity for broad public participation 16380-5
- Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- debate 14537, 16177-8, 16277-9, 16379-90, 16392-9, 16434-43, 16445-6, 17158
- contraventions, penalties for non-compliance 16436-8
- definitions 16379
- exemptions 16390-3, 16443-4
- NDP government's purpose in bringing legislation forward 16177-8
- provisions
- implementation date for compliance requirements 16445
- regulation-making authority, ability to change definitions used in act by order-in-council 16443
- purpose of bill 17011-2
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, forecasts versus actual revenues and expenditures 14538
- 2000-01 budget
- advertising campaign contract 16253-4
- comparison with Ontario budget 15328
- prebudget public consultation paper, priorities 17010-1
- principles and goals 14537-8, 14542-3
- projected revenues and expenditures 14538-9
- balanced-budget legislation 15867-8, 16972-3
- balanced-budget legislation, Liberal Party position 17095-6
- budget-making process
- changes to budget and estimates, inclusion of reference to adjustment statement in preamble to final supply bill 16394
- fixed date for tabling of annual budget 16390-3
- interim supply, use 16992
- prebudget activities, budget consultation paper 16380
- reporting and disclosure requirements 16177-8, 16279
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 14590, 14624, 16178, 16279, 16397-8
- supplementary estimates, use 17238
- Business
- electronic commerce, regulation of out-of-province enterprises 15447-9
- small business, tax reductions 15084, 17011
- taxation, 2000-01 levels 14539
- Canadian Venture Exchange, location of head office and operations centre 16684-6
- Capital health region, funding 17232
- Children and Families ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 14542
- Civil service, public sector
- Clark, Glen, lawsuits involving member, payment of legal costs by government 14909-10, 16706-7
- Clearwater improvement district, financing of water system 15663, 16667-9
- Columbia Power Corporation, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Community Social Services Employers Association of B.C., wage parity between union and non-union workers 14645
- Comptroller general, interim financial statements for 10-month period ending January 31, 2000, tabled 14537
- Corporation Capital Tax Act, amendments 16252, 16723
- Corporations, taxation
- capital tax, taxation of foreign bank branches in B.C. 16723, 17081
- income tax, manufacturing and processing tax credit 16252, 16723, 16725-6, 17082
- income tax, small business tax holiday 16682-4
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 16107
- Crown corporations, revenue from service rate increases or sale of assets, impact on government revenue 17129-32
- Crown Proceeding Act, report for fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, tabled 17155
- Deloitte Consulting Product Services Inc., review of government's capital management process
- Economic Forecast Council
- advice to government for budget-making purposes, tabling requirement 16393-4
- selection and appointment process, public participation 16386-7
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14539-40
- green economy 14540
- Education
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14541, 17010
- independent schools, funding from government 15260-2
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14589, 14665-7, 14693, 14695-6, 14716, 14726
- labour disputes
- collective bargaining legislation, changes 14717-24
- industrial inquiry commissions, appointment and powers 14718-20
- Education ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Employment and Investment ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Enderby, television broadcasting organization, taxation 16564
- Energy and Mines ministry
- authority to enter into agreements with B.C. Transportation Financing Authority 15091-2
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Fair Share program, disbursement of funds 16493-4
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries construction program
- cost, contribution to public debt 15535-7
- handling by NDP government 14647-8
- funding from provincial fuel tax 15454-5
- routes and services, waiting times for travel 15326
- vessels, Queen of Chilliwack, cost of refit 15537
- Film industry, movie and television production, current activity 14540
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16644-5, 16647-8, 16665-86
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 16644-5
- performance plan, 2000-01
- reports tabled
- 1998-99 and 1999-2000 annual reports 17087
- 1999-2000 unclaimed money deposits report 17155
- summaries and texts of ratified accords negotiated between 1998-99 and 2000-01, report 14843
- Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- Financial Administration Act
- amendments 16252, 16723, 16726
- reports tabled pursuant to act, amounts borrowed for loans made to government bodies for fiscal year ended March 31 (2000) 16708
- Financial Information Act, amendments 16252, 16723-4, 16726
- Financial services industry, banking industry, taxation of foreign bank branches in B.C. 16723, 17081
- Fisheries, industry in B.C., government initiatives 14540
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Forest Act, amendments 15499
- Forest industry
- industry in B.C., current activity 14540
- timber harvesting licences, administration of timber marks 15499
- Forest Renewal B.C., performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Forests ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Government
- accountability, use of performance plans 17011-2
- accounting
- reporting of contingent liabilities 16684
- treatment of prepaid capital advances 16389
- use of generally accepted accounting principles 16387-90, 16396
- write-downs for 1999-2000 fiscal year 14538
- financial reporting
- annual financial statements, qualification by auditor general 16389-90
- government reporting entity, inclusion of SUCH sector institutions 16379, 16389
- fiscal planning and policies, fiscal forecasting 16380
- lawsuits involving government and government officials, legal costs
- ministers, accountability 16972
- ministries and government organizations
- annual and quarterly reports, timeliness 16397, 16435-6, 16443-4, 16446, 17134-5
- definition of "government organization" 16379
- disclosure requirements, penalties in event of non-compliance 16436-8
- documentation filed with Clerk of the House, public access 16438
- Liberal Party request for list of tabled annual reports 17135
- performance plans 16177-8, 16278
- performance plans, audit requirement 16434
- performance plans, public release 16398-9, 16443-4
- requirement to provide information to responsible minister 16438-9
- planning, strategic plan, annual outcomes report 16435
- procurement of goods and services, B.C. Max initiative 16378
- regulations and red tape, streamlining initiative 15326, 15499-500, 15889
- spending, capital expenditures and projects
- business plan requirement on capital projects 14641-3
- capital management process and procedures 16644, 16647-8, 16665-6, 16723-4, 16726, 17081
- control of expenditures by balanced-budget legislation 17133
- major projects, accountability requirements 16177, 16278
- major projects, disclosure requirements 16394-6, 16435, 16443-4
- spending, revised expenditures for 1999-2000 fiscal year 14538
- use of numbered companies for megaprojects 14643
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), rapid transit project, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Health care
- capital projects, expenditure levels 14647-8
- continuing and long-term care
- current situation in B.C. 14646
- number of available beds 14542
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14541-2
- system, government vision for system 14542
- workers, unionized workers, comparability of classifications and compensation 14644-5
- Health Employers Association of B.C., position on wage adjustments for unionized workers 14644-5
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17232
- budget, 1999-2000 shortfalls, predictability issue 14644
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Highways and roads, capital projects for 2000-01 fiscal year 14541
- Homeowner protection office, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Horse Racing Tax Act, amendments 16252, 16723, 16725
- Horse-racing industry, tax rebates to industry 16723, 16725
- Hospital Employees Union, wage levels 14644-5
- Hospitals, equipment needs 14646-7
- Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 17081
- Income tax
- B.C. tax-on-income system
- personal tax rates
- Income Tax Act, amendments 16723
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2000
- Indians
- land claims, importance of negotiated settlements 15489-90
- treaties, benefits of modern treaties 14541
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Information, Science and Technology Agency, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Islands Trust Act, amendments 15499
- Kelowna Secondary School, construction project 16667
- Labour ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Legislation, supply bills
- inclusion of forecast allowance in supply bill preamble 17168
- supply bills 14623
- Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act, report on business pursuant to act during year ended March 31, 1999, part II, tabled 17155
- Legislature
- estimates process, reform of process 16440, 16647, 16676, 16992
- standing orders
- order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of interim supply bill through all stages in one day 16990
- proposed changes 16992
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 17096
- position on balanced-budget legislation 17095-6
- Local government, improvement districts, management of sinking funds 15662-3
- McLeod Lake Indian band, Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- importance of agreement to band 15488-9
- public consultation and support 15489
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, debate 15488-90
- Media
- non-profit rebroadcasting service organizations, taxation 16107, 16564
- radio and television stations, tax increase 16679
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, massage therapy 14647
- Mining industry
- exploration, exploration tax credits, administration of program 15085-6
- mine reclamation process, taxation of catalysts used in tailings ponds 15098
- quarry operations, regulation and taxation 15499
- Multiculturalism and Immigration ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Municipal Affairs ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- N. L. Broadcasting Ltd., level of taxation 16679
- Now Communications Group Inc., contracts with government
- 2000-01 budget advertising campaign 16299
- tendering process 16299
- Nurses, supply 14542
- Oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. 16494
- Orcherton, Steve, removal from B.C. Buildings Corporation board of directors 15369
- Pension (Municipal) Act, report of business done during year ended December 31, 1998, tabled 15436
- Pension (Teachers) Act, report of business done during year ended December 31, 1998, tabled 15436
- Pensions
- benefits, taxation of benefits 16578
- Petter, Andrew, payment of legal services provided for member, disclosure issue 14985-6
- Physicians, services in northern and rural areas, agreement between government and B.C. Medical Association 14542, 16673
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility, government action 14815-6
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14541
- government policies, past and current policies 14814-6
- tuition freeze 14541
- Pratt, Russ, employment with Public Service Employers Council 16671
- Provincial Capital Commission, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Public Accounts for year ended March 31, 1999, tabled and referred to Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts 15436
- Public debt
- debt management plans 16669
- debt-servicing costs, cost of extinguishment of B.C. Ferry Corporation debt 15459
- deficit
- forecasted totals by end of 2000-01 fiscal year 14539
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- Public Sector Accounting Board, accounting standards, use by senior governments 16388-90
- Public Sector Employers Council
- mandate for future negotiations with public sector unions 16676
- senior personnel 16670-1
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Public service pension plan, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 17155
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15326, 15499-500, 15889
- Resources and resource industries, resource-based communities, economic diversification 14540
- Sales tax
- collection and remittance of taxes, provisions re out-of-province sellers 15447-9
- system, fairness and complexity 16680-2
- tax on recreational vehicles and boats, impact on tourism industry 15094, 15097, 17157-8
- School Act, amendments 15499-500
- School boards/districts
- funding adequacy to meet responsibilities 14719
- trustees, election of trustees 15499-500
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14540
- Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, powers 17167
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- liquor distribution branch, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Social Development and Economic Security ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Supply Act, 2000-2001, debate 17168
- Supply Act, 2000-2001 (Supplementary), debate 17238-9
- Supply Act, 2000-2001 (Supplementary No. 2), debate 17324
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14561, 14589-90, 14623-4, 14640-8
- Supply Act (No. 2), 2000
- Taxation
- accounting records for taxes collected 15075-6, 15086-7
- B.C. residents' tax burden, comparison to other jurisdictions 16498
- collection and remittance of taxes, enforcement
- authority of Finance ministry officials to conduct inspections 15091
- failure to cooperate with an inspection, audit or examination 15081-4
- search and seizure provisions 15088-90
- status of affidavits from Finance ministry officials as evidence in court 15076-81
- current levels 16725
- definition of terms in legislation 15092-3
- tax reductions versus funding of social programs, comparison to other jurisdictions 16507
- Tobacco
- taxation of tobacco products, impact on revenues to government 17154
- unlawful possession
- Tourism B.C., performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15367
- Transportation and Highways ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Treasury Board
- powers to set government accounting policies and practices 16387-9, 16442
- report on public sector and public service compensation for 1998-99 to 2000-2001, tabled 14843
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 14814-6
- Vancouver, Jericho lands, development proposals 15662
- Vancouver Stock Exchange, merger with Alberta Stock Exchange 16684-6
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre Authority, role in centre expansion project 14640-1
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, government investment 14640-3
- Vancouver-Richmond health board, funding 14646
- Women, employment, pay equity 16671-3, 16675
- Women's Equality ministry, performance plan, 2000-01, tabled 15216
- Year 2000, compliance of computer systems, health care facilities 14646-7
Randall, Fred G. (Burnaby-Edmonds)
- Burnaby, growth of high-technology industry 15099-100
- Commission of inquiry into the quality of condominium construction in B.C. (Barrett commission), findings 17109-10
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue, government action 17109-10
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 16107
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, growth, government initiatives 15099-100
- Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products, impact on revenues to government 17154
Range Act
Rangeland
Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. See Rapid transit project under Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Ratvy family
- Special needs child case, assessment of care costs
(Brewin) 16851-2
(de Jong) 16851
Read, Eric
Real estate industry
- Access to assessment information
(McGregor) 15466-9
(Nebbeling) 15466-9
Real property
- Land values, impact of Indian treaty negotiations
(de Jong) 15252
(Lovick) 15252
- Taxation
Real property tax
- Assessment of property
- appeals process
(McGregor) 15469-70
(Nebbeling) 15469-70
- appeals taken to Supreme Court
(Nebbeling) 15470
- assessment manuals
(Petter) 16717
- public complaints
(McGregor) 15472
(Nebbeling) 15471-2
- valuation cut-off date, cases
(McGregor) 15470-1
(Nebbeling) 15470-1
- Taxation of strata retail properties, petition tabled
(Symons) 15960
Recall and Initiative Act
- Effectiveness of legislation
(Campbell) 16276, 16947
Reconnect program
Reconstruction loan program See Homeowner's reconstruction loan program under Homeowner protection office
Recreation
- Back-country recreation, guide-outfitters, land tenures
(Chong) 15950-1
(Evans) 15951
- Fishing resorts, operating costs
(Krueger) 14675
- Kayaking industry
- Recreation and sports facilities See Sports
Recycling
- Deposit system for beverage containers
Redfern Resources Ltd.
Referenda
- Use to determine future public policy
(Sihota) 15028-9
Regional districts See also Local government; Municipalities;particular districts
- Appointment of municipal directors
(McGregor) 16306
(Nebbeling) 16306
- Budgets and financial statements, disclosure requirements
(Nebbeling) 16309
- Counterpetition requirements
(McGregor) 16306
(Nebbeling) 16306
- Growth strategies See Regional growth strategies under Local government
- New bylaws, requirements
(McGregor) 16306
(Nebbeling) 16305-6
- Power to grant business licences
(McGregor) 15421-2
(Reid, J.) 15421-2
- Powers
(McGregor) 15893-4, 16307-9
(Nebbeling) 15900-1, 16306-9
- Service agreements, dispute resolution process
(McGregor) 16309
(Nebbeling) 16309
Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
- Role in accreditation of contracted service agencies
(Brewin) 16942
(Reid, L.) 16942
Reid, Judith (Parksville-Qualicum)
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15911-2
- Animals, horses, history of Canadian Horse breed 15758-60
- Attorney General ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15623-4, 15628
- Automobiles
- driver's licences, licensing for drivers of recreational vehicles and motor homes 16810
- vehicle weight regulations 16809-10
- B.C., coastal communities, government involvement in economic development 16619
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16915-7
- relationship with Tourism B.C. 16916
- B.C. School Sports, government funding 16418-9
- Brown Property Preservation Society, park acquisition, involvement of Parks ministry 16543
- Budget debate 14784-7
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 14784
- balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 14784-5
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14784-5
- Business
- community enterprise program 16627-8
- enterprise facilitation program 16626-7
- small business, government support 16617
- Central Vancouver Island health region
- Children and Families ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16846
- program and service delivery, integration of programs transferred from Health and other ministries, effectiveness 16846
- Communities
- community capacity-building program 16619
- community development fund 16619
- community development policy and legislation 16617
- community lens, use by government 16618-9
- community solutions program 16628
- information-sharing and partnerships 16616
- Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16614-35, 16648-52, 16654, 16657
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities of ministry 16614
- budget 16617-8, 16620
- external advisory groups 16621-2
- funding of projects and programs
- interministerial cooperation, tracking of jointly funded projects 16614-5, 16627
- research and data collection 16618
- role in volunteer sector 16631-4
- social alternatives unit 16649
- work with federal government 16615
- Cooperative Association Act, coming into force of act 15052
- Cooperative Association Amendment Act, 2000
- Cooperative Housing Federation, audit powers of federation 15446-7
- Cooperatives
- Disabled and handicapped persons, services for persons over 19 years of age, ministerial responsibility 16846
- Eagle Park Lodge, expansion of facility 15691
- Eating disorders, treatment services for youth 17315
- Economy
- green economy, government initiatives 16616
- regional economic development, coastal zone economic strategy, input from business 16622-3
- Education, labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14536-7
- Employment and unemployment, self-employment, government support 16617
- Energy and Mines ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15962-3
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16543, 16611-2
- Expropriation Act, repeal of act 16877
- Ferries and ferry services
- reservation system 16915
- 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
- Vancouver Island–Denman Island route, sewage disposal issue 16916
- Fisheries, future of fishing communities 16619
- Forward House, funding 15692
- Four Corners Community Savings
- French Creek, sewage treatment facility, air quality issue 16611
- Gambling, charity gaming, regulations, red tape issue 16632
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation issue 16877
- Gold River, future of town 16628-9
- Government, regulations and red tape, impact on business 14786
- Green, Jim, employment with government 16649
- Health care
- community-based initiatives 15691
- continuing and long-term care, inclusion of aging-in-place component in residential facilities 17314-5
- funding, population-based funding formula 15689
- health guide program, health handbook and nurse advice telephone line 17316
- massage therapy for residents of long term care facilities 15692
- MRI units, placement in B.C. facilities 15690-1
- services, primary care clinics, new facilities versus expansion of existing facilities
- system
- wait-lists and waiting times, management of wait lists, bed-registry system 17314
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15687-92, supplementary estimates debates 17231, 17313-6
- communications between ministry and health regions 15689
- Hepatitis C, hepatitis secretariat, program funding 17315-6
- Highway 19 (Island Highway), availability of emergency services 15145-6, 15189, 15623-4, 15628
- Housing, social housing, supportive housing for persons with mental illness 17315
- Indians, land claim settlements, impact on B.C. communities 16615
- Institute for Cooperative Studies, research on cooperative models 16620
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16809-10, 16915-7
- Mental health
- funding for services, community mental health services 15692
- mental illness, availability of care facilities 17315
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15421-2
- Nanaimo
- Departure Bay ferry terminal connector roads 16915
- gravel quarry development, residents' concerns 15962-3
- Nanaimo Port Authority, management of water lots 15911-2
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- NDP government
- Nurses
- nurse practitioners, role 17316
- recruitment and retention, government strategies 17231
- Parksville, after-hours health care clinic, hours of operation 17313
- Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area
- Qualicum Beach, health care facility, mulilevel services 17313
- Railways and rail services, Vancouver Island services, ministerial responsibility 15189-90
- Regional districts, power to grant business licences 15421-2
- Resources and resource industries, access to resources 16617
- St. Paul's Hospital, eating disorders program 17315
- Seniors, housing, seniors campus model, integration of residential and extended care 17314-5
- Sirolli Institute Canada Ltd., enterprise facilitation project in B.C. 16626-7
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16418-9
- Social Development and Economic Security ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16206-8
- Social welfare system, income assistance, recovery of rental damage deposits paid on behalf of recipients 16206-8
- Society, rewarding of creativity and initiative 14785-6
- Throne speech, content 14506-9
- Throne speech debate 14506-9
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15145-6, 15189-90
- Tumbler Ridge, future of town 16628-9
- Vancouver
- downtown east side
- cooperative housing projects, funding 16652
- government services to area 16627, 16650
- mental health issues 16651-2
- Woodward Stores redevelopment project 16649-50
- Vancouver agreement 16650-2, 16657
- Volunteers and volunteer sector
- contribution of volunteers to community life 14962-4
- funding for training 16625
- government support 16633-4
- volunteer workers in schools 16632-3
- Waste management, sewage disposal, requirements for sewage treatment facilities, air quality issue 16611-2
- Youth, employment and unemployment, Bladerunners program 16634-5, 16648-9
Reid, Linda (Richmond East)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15789-90, 15796-801
- Alberta, secure care model for children and youth 17177-8
- ASI Exchange, role of trade show 15801
- Autism, treatment
- funding for services 17301-2
- ministerial responsibility for provision of services 17302
- B.C. Association for Child Development and Rehabilitation, position on citizens' initiative for immediate service for children in need of medical treatment 14615
- B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, membership and work of organization 16867-8
- B.C. Paraplegic Association, concerns re at-home program 16921
- B.C. Television (BCTV), coverage of foster care case, government response 16297-8
- Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, comments on BCTV coverage of foster care case 16297-8
- Child, youth and family advocate, recommendations in 1999 annual report
- Children
- child abuse, sexual exploitation 14800-1
- child care
- day care operations, eligibility for criminal records review program cost exemptions 16860
- early intervention programs 14616-7
- supported child care 14625-7, 16860
- child development
- child protection
- child apprehension system, placement of children 17184
- regional child protection directors, establishment 16864
- voluntary care agreements 16922
- children in government care, care plans, adequacy 16942-3
- needs, government prioritization 14767, 16777-8, 16793
- programs and services
- availability 16778-9
- early intervention programs 14803
- management by Children and Families ministry 16793-4
- status of services 14767
- special needs children
- at-home program, case 16920
- programs and services 14801
- programs and services wait-lists, Children and Families ministry work 16943
- Children and Families ministry
- Children's Commission, report recommendations for child and youth services
- foster care placements 16869-70
- recommendations 16943
- regional child protection directors 16864
- Council on Accreditation of Children and Family Services, role in accreditation of contracted social services agencies 16942
- Covenant House Vancouver, addiction treatment programs 16932
- Creech family, special needs child case, experience with at-home program 16920
- Dawson, Ross, position as director of child protection 16561-2
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living services
- family caregivers, issues and concerns 16920-1
- programs and services
- at-home program 16920-1
- availability 16778
- residential care workers, wage levels 14629, 14633
- services for adult children of elderly parents 16871-2
- Draayers family, foster care case
- Dusk to Dawn Youth Resource Centre, work of centre 14800-1
- Education, provincial learning network (PLNet), implementation cost 15799
- Federation of Child and Family Services of B.C., position on citizens' initiative for immediate service for children in need of medical treatment 14614
- Foster care 15754-5, 16868-71, 16943-4
- Government
- information, electronic access to personal information, security issue 15800
- ministries and government organizations, budget overruns 17297
- Health care
- funding, role of charitable funding 17300
- services for children, citizens' initiative re wait-lists 14613-5
- travel for treatment and diagnostic services, costs, coverage 17237, 17297, 17299
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debates 17237, 17297, 17299-302
- Hine, Jean, experience as street kid 14800
- Hospice care
- access of hospice patients to drugs, medical supplies and equipment 17301
- services in B.C. 17237
- Human rights, tribunals involving family caregivers for disabled persons 16921
- Immigration, illegal migrants from China, cost of children in government care 16922
- Internet, use by B.C. residents 15799
- James Thompson Elementary School, students' donation to local street youth 14801
- Legislation, citizens' initiatives, children in need of medical treatment must receive immediate service 14613-5, 14803
- Little Triumphs Preschool, experience with supported child care program subsidies 16860
- Loukidelis, David, concerns re privacy provisions in secure care legislation 17183
- McDermott, Jim, comments on citizens' initiative for immediate service for children in need of medical treatment 14613-4
- Maple Cottage Detoxification Centre, status of facility 16930-1
- Mental health
- funding for services 17300-1
- programs and services for children and youth 16921-2
- Post-secondary education
- funding, funding for research and development 15797-8
- student financial assistance, funding for grants, eligibility criteria 15789-90
- student spaces, allocation to targeted programs 15799-800
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution, services for sexually exploited children and youth 17182
- Public debt, debt during NDP administration 14799-800
- Quality Recovery Society, continuation of services 16931
- Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, role in accreditation of contracted service agencies 16942
- Richmond Rotary Hospice House, construction 17301
- Science and technology
- environmental technology, funding and employment opportunities 15800-1
- high-technology industry
- growth by region 15798
- growth, government initiatives 15801
- growth, impact of government policies 15796-9
- marketing of B.C. industry, high-technology commission 14803-4, 15796-7
- workers, recruitment and retention of high-technology workers 15798-9
- information technology, student spaces in post-secondary institutions 15799-800
- Secure Care Act
- Simpson, Amanda, child abuse case, handling by Children and Families ministry 14843
- Social service providers
- contract extension and 1.5 percent reduction to base contract 16858-9
- contract reform and accreditation process for agencies, cost 16940-2
- contract settlement, cost to Children and Families ministry 14625-7, 14629, 14633, 16857-9
- Social workers, retaining workers in communities 16779
- SOS Children's Village British Columbia (Canada) Society, establishment of facility in B.C. 15753-6
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services
- services for children and youth, methadone program and youth access of residential services 16930
- supported recovery services, funding 16931
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14625-7, 14629, 14633
- Surrey Association for Early Childhood Education, funding and services 16864-5
- Third World Eye Care Society, work of organization 16898-900
- Throne speech debate 14799-804
- Universities, colleges and institutes, research infrastructure, funding 15797-8
- Vancouver, downtown east side, services for at-risk youth 16918
- Wee Watch Private Home Day Care, concerns re criminal records review program 16860
- Youth
- programs and services
- services for adolescent parents 16794
- services for those 16 years of age and older 16922-3
- status 14767
- rights of children and youth in secure care 16978, 17171-2, 17178, 17180, 17182-3
- street-involved youth 14800-1
- youth at risk
- youth at risk, secure care
"The Renewal of Trust in Residential Construction" report See 2000 report under Commission of inquiry into the quality of condominium construction in British Columbia (Barrett commission)
Representation Agreement Act
Reproduction, reproductive technologies, etc. See Human reproduction
Residential rehabilitation assistance program See Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Residential Tenancy Act
Resources and resource industries See also particular industries, e.g., Mining industry
- Access to resources
(Kwan) 16617
(Reid, J.) 16617
- Balance between resource extraction industries and environmental protection
(Robertson) 14502
- Industrial activities in parks See Protected areas and special management zones, use of designated areas for industrial activities under Land use
- Natural resource community fund
(Abbott) 16696-9
(Hawkins) 16697-8
(Jarvis) 16696
(Wilson, G.) 16696-8
- Resource industries
- impact of NDP policies
(Jarvis) 14930
- role in economy
(Walsh) 14500-1
- stock valuations
(Miller) 15964
- Resource management zones and objectives, Energy and Mines ministry sign-off responsibilities
(Abbott) 17069-70
(Petter) 17069-70
- Resource-based communities
- economic diversification
(Ramsey) 14540
- economic diversification, government funding
(Abbott) 15310
(Doyle) 15310
- future
(Zirnhelt) 14683-4
- government assistance
(Wilson, G.) 14879
- Revenues
(Farrell-Collins) 14553
Responsible Firearms Owners Coalition of British Columbia
- Position on B.C.'s role in firearms ownership and licensing
(Petter) 15629
(Weisgerber) 15629
Restaurant industry See Food and beverage services industry
Revelstoke, B.C.
- Capital investment in area
(Doyle) 14953
- Community forest
(Doyle) 14569
- Maintenance of roads and bridges in area, bidding process for contractors
(Abbott) 15413-4
(Doyle) 15414
Revenue Canada (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency)
- Position on forest worker transition program tax issue See Taxation of training funds, responsibility for payment of taxes under Forest worker transition program
Rhodes, Frank
- Report on division of responsibility between Fisheries and Environment ministries
(van Dongen) 16055
Richard, Maurice
Richmond, B.C.
Richmond Centre constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Symons) 14925-6
Richmond General Hospital, Richmond, B.C.
Richmond Rotary Hospice House, Richmond, B.C.
- Construction
(Reid, L.) 17301
Richmond-Steveston constituency and area
Riske Creek Elementary School, Riske Creek, B.C.
- Future operation of school
(Dalton) 16347
(Priddy) 16347
Risperidone
- Benefits, comparison with olanzapine
(Farnworth) 15771
(Sanders) 15771-2
Riverside Forest Products Ltd.
Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Future
(Anderson) 17312
(Evans) 17312
- Lands
- assessment of lands
(Coell) 16539
(Sawicki) 16539
- future use of lands
(Cashore) 14882-3
- future use of lands, area residents' position, petition tabled
(Cashore) 15218
- sale of lands
(Coell) 15949
(Evans) 15949
- Patient discharge policies
(Farnworth) 15571
(Hansen) 15571
- Status
(Farnworth) 15565-6
(Sanders) 15565-6
Roberts Bank
- Backup lands
- expropriated farmland, disposition
(Roddick) 14528-9, 16534
(Sawicki) 16534
- status of agricultural land reserve designation in event of transfer as part of land claim settlement
(Lovick) 15247-8, 15256
(Roddick) 15247-8
Robertson, Hon. Glenn (North Island)
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15952-3
- Aquaculture industry, new projects 14502
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, commercial recreation tenures 15952
- Budget debate 14759-63
- Budgets, budget-making process
- Burleton, David, comments on B.C. economy 14760
- Business, small business, tax reductions 14763
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on decentralization of power to local government 15129
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 14502, 14761
- Crime, prevention, community-based strategies 14826-7
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current and future conditions 14760
- recovery 14501
- Education
- funding
- 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14760
- government commitment 14501-2
- provincial learning network (PLNet), implementation 14761
- Fisheries, industry in B.C, government initiatives 14761
- Forest industry, certification of forest products 14502
- Government, decentralization of power to local government, Liberal party position 15129
- Health care funding
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 14763
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on decentralization of power to local government 15129
- North Island constituency and area
- Post-secondary education
- funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14760
- tuition freeze 14761
- Recreation, kayaking industry
- Resources and resource industries, balance between resource extraction industries and environmental protection 14502
- Schools, capital investment 14501
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, growth, government initiatives 14967-8
- Small business forest enterprise program, achievements 14761-2
- Social welfare system, social programs, government commitment 14761
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 14763
- Throne speech debate 14501-4
- Vancouver Island, northern Vancouver Island
- health care services 14503
- schools, capital investment in schools 14501
Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)
- As subject
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15247-9
- Agricultural land reserve, impact of Indian land claim settlements 15247-8, 16000-1
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15930, 15933-4, 15987, 16000-1
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural leases, approval process 14998
- farms and farming
- farmland conservation 15987
- loss of farmland 14528
- rural property tax deferral, eligibility 16000
- greenhouse industry, government support 15930
- Indians' involvement in industry 16001
- industry in B.C., competitiveness 15934
- pest control, use of pest control products in industry, measurement of levels 15933-4
- Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act
- Animals, animal control bylaws 16001
- Armed forces, peacekeeping role 16903-4
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, psychological analyses, cost, Medical Services Plan coverage 17285
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, 2000-01 estimates debate 16913-4
- Budget debate 14996-8
- Budgets, balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 14997
- Burns Bog, ecosystem review recommendations, government response 16533
- Buy B.C. program, marketing of program 15934
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal, membership 16000
- Children's Hospital, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder clinic, psychological analysis 17285
- Delta
- agriculture industry, wildlife control 15930
- expropriated properties in Brunswick Point area, assessment and leases 16000
- health care situation in area 15685-7
- transportation issues
- Delta Hospital, obstetrics and gynecological services 15685-6
- Delta South constituency and area
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, recognition of health care issues 17285
- Education, curriculum, gifted students programs 16288-9
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16288-9
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16533-4
- Ferries and ferry services, ferry terminals
- Tsawwassen terminal, ferry causeway park proposal 16914
- vehicle traffic volumes 14528
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., funding for projects, allocation of investments 14998
- Food industry
- agrifood industry, agrifood quality standards, legislation 17079-80
- food quality and safety
- initiatives 15934
- monitoring of food growers 16000
- pest control, use of pest control products in industry 15933-4
- Gingell, Fred
- Government
- accounting, recording of recoveries 14998
- responsibility to act in best interests of all citizens 14998
- Hastings Park Racecourse, ministerial responsibility for racetrack 16000
- Health care
- administration costs 15686
- regionalization, impact on patient services 15685-6
- Health ministry, 2000-01 estimates debates 15685-7, 17285-8
- Highway 10, truck traffic 15144
- Highway 99, lane control system 15145
- Horse-racing industry in B.C., role in economy 16000
- Indians, land claims, overlapping claims 15248-9
- Korean War, Canadian participation 16903
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16913-4
- Land Reserve Commission, policy on land conservation covenants 15987
- Mental health, needs of mentally ill in B.C. 15686-7
- NDP government
- Oil and gas industry, natural gas price increases, impact on hospitals and other public institutions 17286-8
- Public debt, debt during NDP administration 14997
- Rainyridge Tony Beauty, tribute 17255
- Roberts Bank, backup lands
- expropriated farmland, disposition 14528-9, 16534
- status of agricultural land reserve designation in event of transfer as part of land claim settlement 15247-8
- St. Paul's Hospital, morbid obesity program, future 15687
- Throne speech debate 14527-9
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15144-5
- Tsawwassen first nation, treaty negotiations, impact on agricultural land in area 16001
- Tsawwassen, Tsatsu Shores development, water source 16914
- Vancouver Port Corporation operations, impact on local truck traffic 15145
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, government support 14997-8
- Wilson Indian band, land claim 15248-9
Rodrigues, Jeremy
- Autism case
(Thorpe) 14832
Rolstone family
- Long term care needs, patient case
(Chong) 17267
Rossland-Trail constituency and area
Royal British Columbia Museum
- Annual report, availability
(Chong) 16409
(Waddell) 16409
- Circus exhibit, projected attendance and revenues
(Barkely) 16409
(Chong) 16409
(Waddell) 16409
- Exhibition space and capital plans
(Barkley) 16411
(Chong) 16411
- Funding
(Barkley) 16411
(Chong) 16411
(Waddell) 16411
- Impact on local economy
(Waddell) 16400
- Living Landscapes program
(Barkley) 16409-10
(Chong) 16409-10
- Project partnership with IMAX and B.C. Film
(Barkley) 16411-2
(Chong) 16411-2
- Research and collection activities
(Barkely) 16410
(Chong) 16410
- Status as special operating agency
(Chong) 16410
(Waddell) 16410
Royal Canadian Legion
- Establishment of Canada's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
(Brewin) 15557
(Campbell) 15557
Royal Canadian Mounted Police See also Police and policing
- Agreements on provision of policing services in B.C., federal compliance
(Petter) 15635
(Plant) 15635
- Auxiliary and reserve officers
- Funding of policing services to municipalities, federal formula
(Petter) 15635-6
(Plant) 15635-6
- Role in high-occupancy-vehicle enforcement on Trans-Canada Highway
(Lali) 15183
(Symons) 15183
- Supply and recruitment
- attrition rate
(Petter) 15635
(Plant) 15635
- recruitment and professional development
(Coleman) 14826
- staffing shortfalls in B.C.
(Petter) 15634-5
(Plant) 15634-5
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
- Acute-care beds, availability
(Clark, C.) 17265, 17267
(Evans) 17267
- Meetings with government re issues and concerns
(Evans) 17249
Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (1990) (Seaton commission)
- Position on Stewart-Nechako area health care facility
(Nettleton) 14596
Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in British Columbia
Royal Hudson
- Status of steam locomotive
(Miller) 16563
(Whittred) 16563
Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.
- Issues and concerns
(Krueger) 17296-7
- Psychiatric facility
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
- Coroner's recommendations for patient hospitalization at Eric Martin Pavilion
(Hansen) 16847-8
Royal Roads University Act
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Bills
- amendment of funding amount in bill 14634
- committee stage, passage of all sections of bill after general debate 17079
- second reading, confining remarks to bill in question 17044
- severance of bills for timelier passage of one portion 14711
- supplementary supply bills 17238-9
- Chair, role 15463
- Debate
- Chair must be able to hear debate 17218, 17247, 17268
- comments must be directed through the Chair 15399, 16965
- discussion permitted where it does not interfere with court proceedings 15111
- matters under sub judice rule 14907-8, 15111, 15113
- questions of a hypothetical nature are out of order 15427
- relevancy 16196, 16448-9, 16484, 17148-9, 17201, 17259, 17280, 17287
- repetition in debate 17054
- temperate language 17055
- use of props not allowed during debate 14604, 17041, 17277
- Estimates process
- confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister 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 15427, 17053, 17058
- mentioning members by name is not permitted 17002
- participation of someone other than minister or deputy minister in House debates 15583
- previous legislation and matters involving legislation not to be discussed 15427, 16824-5
- questions not under current budget are out of order 16858
- Language used in House
- personal attacks 17214
- personal comments 17245
- unparliamentary language 17041
- Members
- heckling to be done from own seat 17205, 17216
- members' conduct 17248-9, 17286
- must be in their own seat to speak 17279
- must wait until recognized before speaking 17040
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- purpose of bill 14711
- severance of bill for timelier passage of back-to-work portion 14695, 14711
- Question period
- guidelines for conduct 16004-5
- question must deal with minister's current administrative duties 15826
- Request for withdrawal of member's comments 15861-2, 16105, 16959
- Select standing committees, committee motions, impact on House matters 15115
- Standing orders
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, matter does not qualify if it does not meet the required test of urgency 14689-90, 16686
- order 37, rules for recognition of speakers during debate 17251
- order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of interim supply bill through all stages in one day 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 14695, 14711
- Webber, Bernard, death 17241
Ruttan family
- Experience with youth addiction treatment services
(Stephens) 15827
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