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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
Taku River Tlingit first nation
- Resource development, work with Energy and Mines ministry
(Miller) 15973
Talbot, Jack
- Tribute
(Gillespie) 14892
Taseko Mines Ltd.
Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park
- Expropriation of mineral claims
- public consultation
(Neufeld) 15945
- settlement of outstanding claims
(Miller) 15978-9
(Neufeld) 15978-9
Taxation
- Accounting records for taxes collected
(Farrell-Collins) 15038, 15075-6, 15086-7
(Plant) 15087
(Ramsey) 15075-6, 15086-7
- B.C. residents' tax burden
- Business taxes See Small business, taxation under Business; Taxation under Business
- Collection and remittance of taxes, enforcement
- authority of Finance ministry officials to conduct inspections
(Neufeld) 15091
(Ramsey) 15091
- collection in overtaxed jurisdictions
(Plant) 15040, 15042
- failure to cooperate with an inspection, audit or examination
(Farrell-Collins) 15038, 15077-8, 15080-4, 15091
(Plant) 15042, 15083
(Ramsey) 15081-4
- search and seizure provisions
(Farrell-Collins) 15037-8, 15089-90
(Plant) 15041, 15087-90
(Ramsey) 15088-90
- status of affidavits from Finance ministry officials as evidence in court
(Farrell-Collins) 15038, 15076-80, 15091
(Plant) 15042, 15076-8, 15080
(Ramsey) 15076-81
- Corporate capital tax See Taxation, capital tax under Corporations
- Current levels
(Farrell-Collins) 16725
(Ramsey) 16725
- Definition of terms in legislation
- "fixture"
(Farrell-Collins) 15092
(Plant) 15092
(Ramsey) 15092
- "magazines," "newspapers" and "periodicals"
(Ramsey) 15092-3
- "purchase price"
(Farrell-Collins) 15093
(Ramsey) 15093
- Gasoline tax See Fuel
- Hotel room tax See Hotels and travel accommodation
- Income tax See Income tax
- Machinery and equipment tax See Sales tax
- Motor fuel tax See Fuel
- Sales tax See Sales tax
- Targeted tax initiatives, role in economic recovery
(Sihota) 15756-8
- Tax reductions
- impact on funding for nursing training
(Pullinger) 17279
- Liberal Party position
(Dosanjh) 17256-7
- reductions
(Chong) 16498-9
- tax reductions versus funding of health care
(Bowbrick) 17248-9
(MacPhail) 17245
(Smallwood) 17258
- tax reductions versus funding of social programs
- Tax-shifting
Taxation (Rural Area) Act
Taxi industry
Taxpayer Protection Act
Teachers
- Access to computer training programs
(Priddy) 16335
(Weisbeck) 16335
- Collective agreement
- cost of grievances arising from class size initiative
(Chong) 16339-40
(Priddy) 16339-40
- impact of class size requirements
(Hogg) 16364-6
(Priddy) 16365-6
- impact on rural and small school districts
(Abbott) 16292-6
(Priddy) 16293-6
- provisions on student-teacher ratios
(Bowbrick) 14659
- Multicultural considerations in training programs
(Anderson) 16968-9
(Hammell) 16968
- Recruitment and retirement
- recruitment
(Hogg) 16370-1
(Priddy) 16370-1
- retirement, cost of early retirement incentive plan
(McKinnon) 14594
- retirement, impact of provincial early retirement provisions on local teachers agreements
(Clark, C.) 16337
(Priddy) 16337
- Role in educational experience of students
(Hogg) 16113-4
(Priddy) 16113-4
Teaching Profession Act
Technical University of British Columbia Act
Technical University of British Columbia, Surrey, B.C.
- Construction of facilities
(Jarvis) 16815
(MacPhail) 16815
Technology See Science and technology
Telecommunications
Television
- Television stations See Media
Terrace and District Community Services Society
Terrace, B.C.
Third Step program
- Youth program
(McKinnon) 16933
Third World Eye Care Society
Thompson health region
- Administration issues and health care needs
(Krueger) 17229-30
- Continuing and long term care beds, funding
(Evans) 17297
(Krueger) 17296
- Funding, allocation of supplementary funds
(Farnworth) 17225-6
(Hawkins) 17225-6
- Issues
(Farnworth) 15603-4
(Krueger) 15603-4
- MRI operating funding
(Evans) 17295
(Krueger) 17295
Thorpe, Rick (Okanagan-Penticton)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15304
- Accidents, head and brain injuries, services 15643-4, 17308-9
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15775-6
- Airline industry, merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., impact on service to rural B.C. 16029-30
- Ambulance service, transfers between facilities for medical tests, policy on payment 15621, 15639-40
- 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
- Autism, treatment
- early intervention pilot program 16936-7
- interministry work on provision of services 17310-1
- services for children 14632
- Balanced Budget Act
- BCR Properties Ltd., sale of assets 16025
- Beer industry, craft-brewing industry, markup of products 16479-81
- B.C. Benefits program, family bonus program, benefit level 14585
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16917-8, 17162-4
- budget
- capital plan, monitoring of implementation 17162-3
- debt, extinguishment of debt owed to government 15535-6
- operations, use of external auditors and consultants 17163-4
- staff, marine engineers, number 16917
- B.C. Rail Ltd., write-down of assets 16026
- B.C. Railway Group of Companies, dividend paid to government, development of policy 16025-6
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- Budget debate 14583-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000, debate 15501-3, 15535-6
- Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, reaction of accounting professions organizations 14584-5
- balanced-budget legislation, support from NDP government members 17024-5
- budget-making process
- changes to budget and estimates, inclusion of reference to adjustment statement in preamble to final supply bill 16394
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14583-5
- fixed date for tabling of annual budget 16393
- prebudget activities
- budget consultation paper 16379-80
- consultation by select standing committee, opportunity for broad public participation 16381, 16384-5
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 16275, 16397-8
- Business
- small business, tax reductions 14584
- Child, youth and family advocate, recommendations in 1999 annual report, implementation 14832
- Children
- child care, supported child care
- programs and services, early intervention programs and services 16934-7
- Children and Families ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16933-7
- staffing, number of staff assigned to autism issues 14632
- Christie Memorial Provincial Park, drinking water supply 16544
- Clark, Glen, comments on balanced-budget legislation 17024-5
- Crown corporations, reporting requirements 16435-6
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, actions prior to and during leadership of NDP 17023
- Economic Forecast Council
- advice to government for budget-making purposes, tabling requirement 16393-4
- selection and appointment process, public participation 16386
- Education funding, government commitment 14832
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16341-4
- Elections, call for general election 14833
- Employment and Investment ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16699-700, 16750
- Energy and Mines ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16025-6
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16529-30, 16538, 16544, 16546
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14583, 14833, 16274
- vessels, maintenance management software program 16917-8
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 16275, 16387-90, 16396, 16444
- financial reporting
- annual financial statements, qualification by auditor general 16389-90
- government reporting entity, inclusion of SUCH sector institutions 16379
- fiscal planning and policies, fiscal forecasting 16379-80
- ministers, travel costs 16750
- ministries and government organizations
- annual and quarterly reports, timeliness 16274, 16396-7, 16435, 16443-4
- definition of "government organization" 16379
- disclosure requirements, penalties in event of non-compliance 16436-7
- documentation filed with Clerk of the House, public access 16438
- performance plans, audit requirement 16434
- performance plans, public release 16398-9, 16443-4
- participatory government 16387
- planning, strategic plan, annual outcomes report 16435
- spending, capital expenditures and projects
- business plan requirement on capital projects 14642-4
- control of expenditures by balanced-budget legislation 17133
- expenditures, disclosure requirements 14831
- major projects, accountability requirements 16274-5
- major projects, disclosure requirements 16394-6, 16443-4
- use of numbered companies for megaprojects 14643
- Harcourt, Michael, role in Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project 16699
- Health care
- capital projects, public-private partnerships 15643
- continuing and long-term care
- facilities, public-private partnerships 17308
- funding
- 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14585
- government commitment 14831-2
- health professionals, recruitment and retention 15776
- system, innovations 15642-3
- wait-lists and waiting times
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15621, 15639-44; supplementary estimates debates 17234-5, 17307-11
- budget, discretionary funds, allocation process 15640-1
- information from ministry, accessibility to Liberal Party MLAs 17234
- Heritage, heritage site operators, number in B.C. 16451
- Highway 97, Summerland to Peachland section, safety issues 15154-5, 15180-1
- Holocaust, impact on people 14975
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act
- Hospice care, access of hospice patients to drugs, medical supplies and equipment 17310
- Howe, Maurice, hip replacement case 17307-8
- Income tax
- B.C. tax-on-income system
- number of B.C. residents paying no personal income tax 16576
- personal deductions and tax credits 16576-7
- tax brackets 16573
- taxation of pension benefits 16578
- personal tax rates in B.C. 14584
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2000, debate 16573, 16576-9
- Indians, investment on Indian lands, rules and regulations 16700
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment during NDP administration 14584
- Jefferies, Ken, commended for Environment ministry work 16546
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16917-8, 17162-4
- Land use, land and resource management planning process, public consultation 16529-30
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 14832-3
- Local government, improvement districts and irrigation districts
- MacKenzie, Blake, heritage site case 16451
- Moog and Friends Hospice House, palliative care facility 17310
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15424-6
- Naramata
- citizens' concerns, petition tabled 14872
- Naramata irrigation district, financial liability issues, public inquiry and concerns 15425-6
- NDP government
- Nurses
- supply 14585
- training
- number of student spaces 15776
- spaces in university colleges 17309-10
- Okanagan area
- health care situation 15641-2
- Sage Mesa irrigation district, management 15425
- Okanagan University College, nursing program, student spaces 15776, 17309-10
- Okanagan-Shuswap land use plan, public consultation 16529-30
- Operation ID, initiative to prevent sale of tobacco products to minors 15641
- Pensions, taxation of benefits 16578
- Penticton
- Crown land tenure application by city 16538
- long term care facility 17308
- Penticton airport, ownership 15304
- Penticton Indian band, negotiations with provincial government 15304
- Public debt
- Public Sector Accounting Board, accounting standards, use by senior governments 16388-90
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, cost of operation 16480-1
- Rodrigues, Jeremy, autism case 14832
- Select Standing Committee on Health and Social Services, review of current health care policy 15639-40
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- auditor general review of fast ferries construction program, hearings 16274, 16384
- meetings 14831
- reports for 36th parliament presented
- ninth report for third session 14667-8
- tenth report for third session 14668
- first report for fourth session 15960
- second report for fourth session 16254-5
- third report for fourth session 16564
- work of committee 16254-5, 16564
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16451, 16479-81
- Smallwood, Joan, comments on balanced-budget legislation 17025
- Social service providers, contract settlement, cost to Children and Families ministry 14632
- South Okanagan area, speech therapy services 16935
- South Okanagan–Similkameen health region
- Speech disorders, therapy services for children, availability 16935
- Students, travel to school, transportation safety and walk limits review 16341-4
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14625-6, 14632, 14642-4
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 14832
- Taxpayer Protection Act, purpose of bill 17024
- Throne speech, content 14832
- Throne speech debate 14831-3
- Tourism industry in B.C. 14620
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15120-1, 15154-5, 15180-1
- Treasury Board, powers to set government accounting policies and practices 16387-9, 16441-2
- Universities, colleges and institutes, university colleges, funding for library acquisitions 15775-6
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project
- Walsh, Erda, comments on balanced-budget legislation 17025
- Water, supply, safety of drinking water 16254-5
- Wildlife, California bighorn sheep herd rehabilitation plan 16546
- Wilson, Gordon, comments on balanced-budget legislation 17025
- Wine industry, growth of industry 15285-7
- Yale, Historic Yale heritage site 16451
Throne speech See Speech from the Throne
TimberWest Forest Corp.
- Youbou mill, economic viability review and future of tree farm licence
(Abbott) 16663
(Doyle) 16663
Tobacco
- Government strategy for tobacco use reduction
(Farnworth) 16157-8, 16315
(Hansen) 16157-8, 16315
- Industry
- Smoking
- changes in social attitudes towards smoking
(Boone) 15102-5
- incidence among teenage girls
(Farnworth) 16157-8
(Hansen) 16157-8
- regulation of smoking in the workplace See Regulations governing the workplace under Workers Compensation Board
- smoking pits on school property See Schools
- Taxation of tobacco products, impact on revenues to government
(Ramsey) 17154
(Randall) 17154
- Unlawful possession
Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act
- (Bill 15) (Minister of Health) 1R, 15599-600; 2R, 16314-9; C, 16429-30; 3R, 16430; RA, 17169
- Debate, speakers
(Farnworth) 15599-600, 16314-5, 16318-9, 16429-30
(Hansen) 16315-6, 16429-30
(Petter) 16318-9
(Plant) 16316-8
- Future revisions
(Hansen) 16430
- Purpose of bill
(Farnworth) 15599-600, 16315, 16319
(Hansen) 16315-6
(Petter) 16318
(Plant) 16316-7
- Revision of act
(Farnworth) 16314, 16430
Tobacco Tax Act
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Canadian)
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Tourism B.C.
- Annual report, 1999-2000, availability
(Chong) 16403
(Waddell) 16403
- Board membership
(Chong) 16408
(Waddell) 16408
- Expenditures and revenues
- Financial statements
(Chong) 16408-9
(Waddell) 16408-9
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15367
Tourism industry See also Hotels and travel accommodation; Parks; Recreation
- Aboriginal tourism
(Chong) 16407
(Waddell) 16407
- Agritourism
- Cultural tourism strategy
(Chong) 16406-7
(Waddell) 16406-7
- Ecotourism
- ecotourism
(Pullinger) 14566
- government funding for ecotourism and adventure tourism
(Waddell) 16400
- growth of industry, government plan
(Waddell) 16352-3
- growth of industry, impact of small business regulations
(Neufeld) 16356
- initiatives
(Chong) 16403
(Harris) 16403
- Helicopter tourism, licence applications for access to Crown lands
(Evans) 16424
(Nebbeling) 16423-4
- Heritage tourism
(Chong) 16405-6
(Harris) 16405
(Waddell) 16405-6
- Industry in B.C.
- Regional disparity
(Zirnhelt) 14684
- Regional marketing
(Chong) 16407
(Harris) 16407
- Sport tourism
(Chong) 16403-4
(Harris) 16403-4
- Use of Crown land
(Chong) 16446-7
(Waddell) 16446-7
Trade See Exports and imports
Trade unions
- Power of unions in B.C.
(Nebbeling) 14672-3
Traffic Safety Statutes Amendment Act
- Proclamation of section requiring substance abuse treatment for impaired drivers
(Plant) 15442
- Remedial driver training provisions
(Plant) 15442
Tranquille Farm, Tranquille, B.C.
- Sale of property by NDP government
(Krueger) 14675
Trans Canada Trail
Trans-Canada Highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Transit services See also British Columbia Transit; particular cities, e.g., Victoria, B.C.
Transition houses
TransLink See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Funding for critical care beds to facilitate transplant surgeries
(Chong) 17268
- Management of transplant needs in B.C.
(Evans) 17268
Transport of Dangerous Goods Act
Transportation
- Corridors
- High-technology transportation systems
(Lali) 15124-5
(Symons) 15124-5
- Infrastructure projects in Coquitlam area
(Farnworth) 14891-2
- Investment in infrastructure
- Modes of transportation
Transportation and Highways, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15116-26, 15141-55, 15175-91
- speakers
(Barisoff) 15147-8
(Dansereau) 15122
(Hawkins) 15150-4
(Jarvis) 15148-50, 15189
(Krueger) 15125-6, 15141-3
(Lali) 15117-26, 15142-55, 15175-91
(Masi) 15146-7
(Nebbeling) 15187-9
(Neufeld) 15154, 15175-8, 15180
(Reid, J.) 15145-6, 15189-90
(Roddick) 15144-5
(Sanders) 15178-80
(Stephens) 15143-4
(Symons) 15118-20, 15122-5, 15150-1, 15175, 15181-7, 15190-1
(Thorpe) 15120-1, 15154-5, 15180-1
(van Dongen) 15146
(Weisbeck) 15155
- Annual reports tabled
- 1998-99 report
(Lali) 15960
- 1999-2000 report
(Lali) 16708
- Business plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Lali) 15107
- Communications branch
- graphics services section, priority placements
(Lali) 15185-6
(Symons) 15185-6
- operating plan
(Lali) 15185
(Symons) 15185
- printing services, operations
(Lali) 15186
(Symons) 15186
- Corporate performance measures
(Lali) 15185
(Symons) 15184-5
- Disputes with contractors, resolution process
(Lali) 15184
(Symons) 15184
- Marine branch, operating costs
(Lali) 15190
(Symons) 15190
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Projects
- 1997-98 fiscal year
(Lali) 15185
(Symons) 15185
- contracts contingent upon allocation of sufficient funding to ministry
(Lali) 15184
(Symons) 15184
- non-recoverable rehabilitation work
(Lali) 15183
(Symons) 15183
- Revenues owed to ministry, amount collected for 1999-2000 fiscal year
(Lali) 15184
(Symons) 15184
- Role in technology exchanges and cooperation between B.C. and Asian companies
(Lali) 15191
(Symons) 15190-1
Trapping See Hunting
Treasury Board
- Powers to set government accounting policies and practices
(Ramsey) 16387-9, 16442
(Thorpe) 16387-9, 16441-2
- Report on public sector and public service compensation for 1998-99 to 2000-01 See also Public sector, report on cost of public sector wages under Civil service
- Role
Treaty 8
Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee
- Subcommittee on third-party compensation and tenure holders
(Lovick) 15294
Tree fruit industry See Food industry
Trend College, Kelowna, B.C.
- English-as-a-second-language program
(Weisbeck) 15788
Trucking industry
- Safety issues
(Kasper) 16564
Truth in Budgeting Act
Tsatsu Shores development See Tsawwassen, B.C.
Tsawwassen, B.C.
- Tsatsu Shores development, water source
(MacPhail) 16915
(Roddick) 16914
Tsawwassen first nation
Tuition Fee Freeze Act
- (Bill 6) (Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology) 1R, 14793-4; 2R, 14811-20; C, 14820; 3R, 14820; RA, 15175
- Debate, speakers
(Bowbrick) 14793-4, 14811-2, 14819-20
(Clark, C.) 14816-7
(Dalton) 14819
(Farrell-Collins) 14793
(Lovick) 14793
(Penner) 14813-4
(Pullinger) 14817-9
(Ramsey) 14814-6
(Weisbeck) 14812-3
- Advancement of bill through all stages in one day
(Bowbrick) 14794
(Farrell-Collins) 14793
(Lovick) 14793
- Purpose of bill
(Bowbrick) 14793, 14811-2
(Ramsey) 14815-6
Tulsequah Chief mine project See Redfern Resources Ltd.
Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Tweedsmuir Park
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