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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 36th Parliament – March 2000 - March 2001
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Waddell, Hon. Ian (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Airline industry, merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., reduction in airline service to B.C., impact on tourism industry 16450
- Alcohol, liquor industry and sales
- credit card sales 16485-6
- government liquor stores, Sunday openings 16485
- impact of Workers Compensation Board smoking ban on beverage sales in licensed establishments 16484
- Attorney General ministry, land title branch, land registry system, listing of heritage sites 15418, 16452-6
- Beer industry
- brewpubs, sale of products in liquor stores 16478-9
- craft-brewing industry
- Border crossings, need for seamless Canada–United States border crossing 16481
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, board membership, representation of tourism industry interests 16446-7
- B.C. Heritage Trust, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 15130
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation, business plan, 1999-2000, tabled 16378
- B.C. School Sports, government funding 16418-9
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000, debate 15043
- Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations 16238
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, debate 16236-9
- Burns Bog, theme park proposal 15869
- Business
- electronic commerce, regional access in B.C. 16488-9
- equity capital program 16401
- single business number initiative 16401, 16488
- small business
- government initiatives 15043
- government loans to small business 16487-8
- one-stop government services 16401, 16488
- reduction of government regulations and red tape 16489
- venture capital, community venture capital program 16401
- Working Opportunity Fund 16401
- Business Task Force on Regulatory Impact, recommendations 16489
- Campbell, Grey, death 16492
- Children, child care, government child care initiative 16237
- Crown land, access by tourism industry 16446-7
- Culture, arts sector funding and legislation 16401
- Economy
- Education, labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14834
- Elections, call for general election 14833-4
- Ferries and ferry services, labour relations and service levels, impact on tourism industry 16449-50
- Film industry
- construction of studios, government involvement 16417-8
- industry in B.C.
- movie and television production
- current activity 14835
- promotion of Victoria as location, government role 16414-5
- regional film commissions, government funding 16412-4, 16416
- tax credit program, regional tax credit 16415-6
- Finlayson, Jock, comments on B.C. fiscal policies 14834
- Fulton, E. Davie, tribute 15867
- Government
- objectives for 2000-01 fiscal year 14836-7
- participatory government 16237
- Health care
- NDP MLAs' support for issues 17280
- role of environment in people's health 17280
- system, role of private sector 14834
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17280
- Heritage
- archaeological sites
- heritage sites
- heritage site operators, information provided by heritage branch to operators 16465-6
- heritage site operators, number in B.C. 16451
- number in B.C. 15416, 16460
- Heritage B.C., operations 16405-6
- Heritage Conservation Act
- amendments
- time limit provisions for prosecution of offences
- Highway 10, widening 14834
- Holocaust, impact on people 14977
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14977-8
- Horse-racing industry in B.C., issues 14834
- Hotels and travel accommodation, hotel room tax 16400, 16405, 16409
- International Court of Justice, establishment 14977-8
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment during NDP administration 14836
- Legislature, cooperation and openness 16237
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 14835-7, 16238-9
- McInnes, Craig, article on park plan for Stikine River area 16354
- MacKenzie, Blake, heritage site case 16451
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15416-20
- Mooney, Jeff, comments on B.C. fiscal policies 14835-6
- Motor Carrier Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15938
- NDP government, priorities 16238-9
- Nurses, supply 14834-5
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, status of bid 16401, 16451
- Parks
- access issues 16353-4
- new and expanded parks and protected areas, establishment 16352
- Pascall, Bernie, and Sharon White, "Eliminating Violence in Hockey," report tabled 16975
- Pratt, Russ, employment with liquor distribution branch 16486
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Act
- Recreation, kayaking industry, user fees 15129
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers
- alcoholic beverage container recycling, safety issues 16483-4
- cost of operation 16480-1
- Richard, Maurice, tribute 15867
- Royal B.C. Museum, operations 16409-11
- Sales tax, tax on recreational vehicles and boats, impact on tourism industry 16448-9
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16400-20, 16446-66, 16478-89
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 16400-2
- annual reports tabled
- Culture ministry
- allocation of funds for legal costs of charges under Heritage Conservation Act 16465
- heritage branch, information provided to heritage site operators 16465-6
- liquor distribution branch
- role in sport fishing sector 16419
- Tourism ministry, role in transportation issues 16449-51
- Sport B.C., responsibilities 16419
- Sports
- recreation and sports facilities, government funding 16420
- regional conference on sport 16420
- SportSafe program 16401
- Taxi industry, review of industry, stakeholder consultation 15938
- Throne speech, content 14836-7
- Throne speech debate 14833-7
- Tourism B.C., operations 16403-4, 16407-9
- Tourism industry
- United Church of Canada, construction of seniors facilities 17280
- United States, health care situation 14834
- Vancouver
- archaeological sites, access to archaeological information and site locations 16401-2, 16458-9
- Marine Drive area properties, concerns of property owners re archaeological site designation 16456-9
- Vander-Hoek, Melvin, archaeological site designation on property, impact on development 15418, 16452-3
- Vandermale, William, archaeological site on private property, case 16463
- Walkerton, Ontario, contaminated drinking water incident 16238
- Wine industry, icewine exports 16487
- Yale, Historic Yale heritage site 16451, 16463-5
- Youth business and entrepreneurship training program 16402
Wages and salaries
- Minimum wage level
- Pay equity requirements in private sector
(Sihota) 15028
Walkerton, Ontario
- Contaminated drinking water incident
(Waddell) 16238
Wall, Gerry
- Workers compensation case
(Krueger) 17166
(MacPhail) 17166
Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- As subject
- appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
(Janssen) 17241
- position on balanced-budget legislation
(Farrell-Collins) 17020
(Thorpe) 17025
- Alberta, government, fiscal policies 14771
- Budget debate 14764-5, 14770-1
- Budgets, 2000-01 budget
- comparison with Ontario budget 15327
- principles and goals 14765
- Burleton, David, comments on B.C. economy 14765
- Children, special needs children, programs and services 14614
- Civil service, public sector, employees, work commended 16583-5
- Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., operations 14501
- Economy, green economy 14765
- Families, child custody and access, reform of current system 16321-2
- Health care
- services in remote and rural areas 14500
- system, current state of B.C. system 14820-2
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 14765
- Infrastructure, role in economy 14499
- Kootenay constituency and area
- Public debt, borrowing for capital investment 14770
- Resources and resource industries, resource industries, role in economy 14500-1
- Skills training, importance of skilled workforce to B.C. economy 14500
- Throne speech debate 14499-501
Waste management
- Sewage disposal
- regulations for sewage systems
(Sawicki) 16557
(van Dongen) 16557
- requirements for sewage treatment facilities, air quality issue
(Reid, J.) 16611-2
(Sawicki) 16611-2
Waste Management Act
Water
- Government freshwater strategy
(Sawicki) 16475
- Groundwater, impact of gasoline additive MTBE, government action
(Sawicki) 14589, 15827
(Weisgerber) 14589, 15827, 16255
- Quality, impact of sewage treatment systems
(Sawicki) 16557
(van Dongen) 16557
- Supply, safety of drinking water
(Gillespie) 16255
(Thorpe) 16254-5
- Water use planning process and fish habitat protection
(Evans) 16058
(van Dongen) 16058
Webber, Bernard
Wee Watch Private Home Day Care, Richmond, B.C.
- Concerns re criminal records review program
(Reid, L.) 16860
Weisbeck, John (Okanagan East)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15710-1, 15717-8, 15722, 15728-9, 15774, 15778-83, 15785-90, 15795-6, 15801-2
- Angel Springs, Friends of the South Slopes Societys' concerns re mining claim in area, park proposal, petition tabled 17241
- Blaney, Jack, comments on competitiveness of Canadian universities 14813
- B.C. Career Colleges Association
- representation on Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission board 15717
- B.C. Career Colleges Association, comments on students on social assistance 15783
- B.C., rural B.C., wireless communications technology 16905-6
- Budgets
- 2000-01 budget, principles and goals 14607
- budget-making process, current practices 14606
- interim supply, use 14606
- Business, electronic commerce, growth 14860-2
- Certified General Accountants Association of B.C., comments on 2000-01 budget 14607
- Civil service
- employees with high-technology skills, government retention strategy 15778-80
- public sector, wage-and-benefit agreements 15718
- Computer technology, computers in B.C. schools 14860-1
- Economy, B.C. economy, "the new economy" 14860-2
- Education
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14608
- NDP government action 14860-1
- provincial learning network (PLNet)
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16334-5
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14607-8
- Government
- information, electronic processing, definition as e-government 14862
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 14608
- Highway 33, Rutland section, upgrading 15155
- Highway 97, Duck Lake section, centre median and guard rails 15155
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, board, representation by private institutions 15717
- Information, knowledge management 14862
- Internet use in Canada 14860
- Libraries, public Internet access 14861
- NDP government, competence 14860-2
- Okanagan East constituency and area, growth 14860
- Okanagan Lake Bridge, replacement project 15155
- Okanagan University College
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 15711, 15728-9
- courses and programs, responsiveness to demand of labour market 15728
- English-as-a-second-language programs, tuition costs 15788-9
- funding
- government policies, impact on quality of education 14812-3
- government training contracts, bidding process 15782-3
- student financial assistance
- funding for grants, eligibility criteria 15789
- student debt levels 14862, 15774
- student debt, loan repayment 15789-90
- students on social assistance, disbursement of student loans in lump sums 15783
- student spaces
- students' concerns 15789
- tuition freeze, impact on institutions 14813
- Private Post-Secondary Education Commission, accreditation authority for private institutions 15779, 15785
- Science and technology, high-technology industry
- high-technology strategy for B.C. 14860-2
- marketing of B.C. industry, high-technology commission 14861
- workers, recruitment and retention of high-technology workers 15778-82
- Science Council of B.C., action plan for government and industry 14862
- Summit Panel on Securing B.C.'s Future, "What We Heard" panel report 14861
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14606-8
- Taxation
- B.C. residents' tax burden 14606-8
- income tax, personal and corporate rates, impact on high-technology industry 15781
- Teachers, access to computer training programs 16335
- Telecommunications, infrastructure and services, remote and rural B.C., application of new technologies 16905-6
- Throne speech debate 14860-2
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15155
- Trend College, English-as-a-second-language program 15788
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 14812-3
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- private institutions
- accreditation 15779
- government regulations, impact on institutions 15782-3
- tuition assurance fund 15785-6
- research infrastructure, funding 15780, 15795-6
- university college model, effectiveness 14862
- University of Saskatchewan, veterinary medicine program, funding from B.C. government 15787
- Veterinarians, training programs 15787
Weisgerber, Jack (Peace River South)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15292-8
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15989-90
- Agriculture industry, financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers, compensation for damage caused by wildlife 15989
- Alberta, health care system 17028
- Ambulance service, coverage for out-of-province air ambulance service 15837-9
- Attorney General ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15629-33
- Autism, treatment services for children 14939-40
- Balanced Budget Act
- Bijoux Falls Park
- B.C., northern B.C., health care services, need to travel for treatment 15838-40
- Budget debate 14669-71
- Budgets
- balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 14669
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14669
- Burnaby, diesel fuel spill, impact on area water 15826-7
- Canada Health Act (federal), provisions, coverage of ambulance services 15838
- Civil service, public sector, wage-and-benefit agreements 14669-70
- Coal industry, northeast coal, tonnage reductions, role of Japanese steel industry 14671
- Cooperative Association Act, coming into force of act 15057
- Cooperative Association Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15057
- Cooperatives, development of modern cooperative sector 15057
- Dawson Creek, multilevel health care facility 15840
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, applicability to areas with pre-existing treaties 15297-8
- Exports and imports, trade with Japan 14671
- Fair Share program, disbursement of funds 16493-4
- Firearms, gun control
- firearms registry program
- implementation 15050-1
- merits of program based on number of licence refusals and revocations 15631
- objectives 15630-1
- registration of rifles and shotguns, B.C. position on federal requirement 15629-31
- licensing provisions
- instruction and testing requirements 15632-3
- special phone-in line for spouses of licence applicants 15631
- Fuel
- ethanol, use in motor fuel 14670
- gasoline price increase, goods and services tax "windfall" for federal government 14671
- Health care
- travel for treatment and diagnostic services
- costs, coverage 15839-40
- number of B.C. residents receiving treatment elsewhere 14670
- out-of-province emergency medical services, responsibility for payment, cases 15483-4
- transporting of patients for medical treatment 15838
- workers, wage-and-benefit agreements 14670
- Health ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15837-40
- Indians
- aboriginal rights 15297-8
- consultation by government, government policy 15298
- self-government, self-government in treaty settlements 15494
- treaty negotiations
- cash-land offers, development process 15294-5
- negotiation costs, payment by federal and provincial government 16006
- treaty settlements, cash and land components 15294-5
- Investment in B.C., investment climate, impact of Indian land claims 15292-4
- Land use, provincial land base, certainty issue 15292
- Legislation, exposure bills as opportunity for public input 15057
- Legislature, standing 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 14694-5
- Livestock industry, elk farming industry 15989-90
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- exclusion from original Treaty 8 settlement 15492
- membership, status of band members choosing land-in-severalty option 15295-6, 15493, 15884
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 15294, 15492, 15872
- cash component 15294-5
- impact on aboriginal rights of band in traditional territory 15872-4
- land component, restrictions on land-in-severalty option of band members 15884-5
- land component, status and future disposition 15295-6
- public consultation and support 15493-4
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, debate 15492-4, 15872-4, 15884-7
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, Lovaas therapy 14939-40
- Métis hunting rights, court ruling 15293
- Mining industry, mineral tenures on Nisga'a settlement lands 15293-4
- NDP government
- economic and fiscal policies 14669-70
- position on balanced-budget legislation 17028
- Nisga'a people, treaty, final agreement
- cash settlement 15294
- impact on Crown tenure holders 15292-4
- provisions, implementation 15560-1
- Oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. 16493-4
- Parks
- access issues 16358
- new and expanded parks and protected areas, establishment 16357
- Peace River area
- agriculture industry
- assistance for area farmers 14564-5
- wildlife control concerns 15989
- proposal to join Alberta 14671-2
- Plants, weed control 15990
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, debate 16357-8
- Public debt, current levels, comparison with previous administrations 14669
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- debate 14694-5
- purpose of bill 14694
- severance of bill for timelier passage of back-to-work portion 14694-5
- Read, Eric, air ambulance charges 15837-8
- Responsible Firearms Owners Coalition of B.C., position on B.C.'s role in firearms ownership and licensing 15629
- Sechelt Indian band, agreement-in-principle with federal and provincial governments, negotiations 16006
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 16255
- Treaty 8
- provisions re aboriginal rights 15297-8
- self-government for Treaty 8 bands 15296
- setting of geographic boundaries, impact on inclusion of bands in Rocky Mountain Trench area 15492, 15872
- Tumbler Ridge, future of town 14671
- Water, groundwater, impact of gasoline additive MTBE, government action 14589, 15827, 16255
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, smoking ban, petition tabled 14753
Wells Gray Park
- Funding to maintain access and facilities
(Krueger) 16536
(Sawicki) 16536
Wells, John
- Letter re assessment of fast ferry program
(Symons) 17150
Werden, Len
- Consulting contract with B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
(Lali) 15182
(Symons) 15182
West Chilcotin Forest Products Ltd.
West Coast Environmental Law Association
- Fish habitat workshop funding
(Evans) 16078
(van Dongen) 16078
West Coast Express
- Debt-servicing costs
(Bowbrick) 15816-7
(Symons) 15816-7
- Requirement to comply with freedom-of-information provisions
(Farrell-Collins) 16272
West Vancouver school district See School district 45 (West Vancouver)
Western Star Trucks Ltd.
Westmount Career Management Ltd.
- Registration with registrar of companies
(Calendino) 16875, 17159
Westmount Career Management Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2000
(Bill Pr403) (Calendino) 1R, 16875; 2R, 17159; C, 17159; 3R, 17159; RA, 17169
- Debate, speakers
(Calendino) 16875, 17159
- Referral to select standing committee 16875
Wet'suwet'en nation
- Political accord with provincial and federal governments
(Lovick) 15206, 15320
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Settlement agreement with Forests ministry on expropriated lands and cutting rights
(Abbott) 15237, 15382
(Doyle) 15237, 15382
Whales
- Whaling by Indians, provincial government position on inclusion of issue in treaty negotiations
(Coell) 16552
Whistler, B.C.
- Casino proposal
(Nebbeling) 14847
- Growth
(Farnworth) 15845-7
(Nebbeling) 15845-7
- Infrastructure needs
(Nebbeling) 15476
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Olympic winter games See Olympic Games
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- B.C. Benefits program
- Budget debate 14775-8
- Canada Pension Plan, transfer of income assistance recipients to pension plan 16216
- Canada-B.C. agreement on labour market development 16245-6, 16248
- Children
- child care
- national child benefit, standards for data collection 16283
- programs and services, availability 14777
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- employment opportunities for disabled persons, employment models, effectiveness 16214-5
- programs and services
- services delivery review 16283
- vocational rehabilitation services 16213-4
- Education
- curriculum, Holocaust education 14977
- provincial learning network (PLNet), implementation 14778
- stay-in-school initiative 16282
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care
- number of available beds 14776
- transfer of patients from acute-care facility to supported home environment 17318
- funding, government commitment 14776-7
- technology, advances in diagnostic and treatment methods 15673-4
- Health ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15672-4, 17317-9
- Holocaust, impact on people 14976-7
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14976-7
- Home care, home support services
- funding 17317-8
- recipients, tracking of persons no longer eligible for service 17318
- Hospitals, equipment and technology needs 14776-7, 15673-4
- Housing
- homelessness, funding from federal government to address issue 16284
- need for innovative and affordable housing options 15761
- Human Resources Development Canada, program funding and participation by income assistance recipients 16245-8
- Job Start program, availability of host agency list 16246-7
- Lions Gate Hospital, MRI services 14776-7, 15672-3
- Mental health advocate, annual report, 1998-99, contents 16215-7
- NDP government, competence 14775-6
- North Shore health region, funding 17318-9
- North Vancouver, North Shore health care situation 15672-4
- Physicians, hospitalists, guidelines for in-house physicians 17319
- Pratt, Russ, disability issues project for Social Development and Economic Security ministry 16221
- Quebec, child care system 16223, 16225
- Royal Hudson, status of steam locomotive 16563
- Saskatchewan, NDP government's fiscal policies 14776
- Skills training, skills development programs, role of Social Development and Economic Security ministry 16281-2
- Social Development and Economic Security ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16212-25, 16239-48, 16280-4
- establishment 16221
- information management, privacy protection considerations 16283-4
- participation in federal-provincial discussions 16284
- performance plan, objectives 16282-4
- prevention, compliance and enforcement branch, staffing 16221
- programs and services, transfer of skills and training programs from Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry 16281
- promotional materials for Child Care Month, safety concerns 15731-2
- Social welfare system
- community social service, workers' wage levels 14777
- income assistance
- access by mentally ill persons 16216
- payment level calculations 16216, 16218
- income assistance, benefits and services, dietary allowances 16216
- income assistance, disability benefits
- allowable levels of other income, impact on employment opportunities for disabled persons 16212-3
- number of recipients 16219
- payment level calculation, policy for those recipients in dependent relationships 16217
- private disability insurance benefits 16217
- income assistance, employment programs and services
- income assistance, recipients
- access to education 16216
- earning exemptions 16217-9
- number 16219
- timeliness of payments, cases 16219
- tracking of former welfare clients 16220
- system, enforcement and fraud investigation 16220-1
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14626
- Vancouver agreement, role of Social Development and Economic Security ministry 16217
- Youth, programs and services, schooling for teen mothers 14777
Wildlife
- Bears, grizzly bears
- California bighorn sheep herd rehabilitation plan
(Sawicki) 16546
(Thorpe) 16546
- Conservation and protection of wildlife, government action
(Sawicki) 14912
- Elk, Roosevelt elk in lower Sunshine Coast and Pender Harbour areas, residents' concerns, petition tabled
(Wilson, G.) 17257
- Endangered species, federal and provincial protection legislation
(Abbott) 16548-9
(Coell) 16545-6
(Miller) 15978
(Neufeld) 15978
(Sawicki) 16545, 16548-9
- Management by Indians
- northern wildlife management protocol between Indians and government
(de Jong) 15244
(Lovick) 15244
- treaty provisions for endangered species
(Coell) 16547
(Sawicki) 16547
- Problem wildlife
- feeding of wildlife, fines and penalties, enforcement
(Krueger) 16550-1
(Sawicki) 16551
- shooting of problem black bears
(Coell) 16550
(Sawicki) 16550
Williams Gas Pipeline
Williams Lake campus See University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, B.C.
Wills
- Probate fees, amount collected during 1999-2000 fiscal year
(Petter) 15531-2
(Plant) 15531
Wills Variation Act
Wilson, Hon. Gordon F. (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- As subject
- Budget
- 1996-97 budget, Liberal Party revenue projections 17046
- comments on 1996-97 budget
(Clark, C.) 14871
- comments on funding for independent schools
(Farrell-Collins) 15260
- comments on health care system
(de Jong) 16377
- comments on Liberal statements re B.C. shipbuilding industry
(Symons) 17150
- comments while in opposition on use of special warrants
(Campbell) 14623
- King, Martin Luther, "I have a dream" speech, Liberal Party claim re member's attendance 17045-6
- position on balanced-budget legislation 17045-8
(de Jong) 15868-9
(Farrell-Collins) 17019-20
(Penner) 17036
(Thorpe) 17025
- travel by charter flights 15073-4
(Clark, C.) 15073, 15127-8
(de Jong) 15074
(Dosanjh) 15128
- Agro Pacific Industries Ltd., financial situation 16702, 16752
- Air, greenhouse gas, carbon emission reduction, NDP government action 16427
- Aluminum smelting industry, smelters in B.C., new facilities 16772-3
- Asia Pacific Foundation, government funding 16772
- Balanced Budget Act
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- B.C., future, role of well-educated and well-trained population 14878
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Investment Fund, operations 16701-2, 16752-5
- B.C. Rail Ltd., debt 14732
- B.C. Television (BCTV), coverage of health care issues 17295-6
- B.C. Trade and Investment Office, budget 16658
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- annual report, 1999, tabled 17155
- review of Powerex electricity trade revenues 16774
- role in setting of B.C. Hydro rates 16773-4
- Budget debate 14731-5
- Budgets, balanced-budget legislation
- Burleton, David, comments on B.C. economy 14732
- Burns Bog, government loan to development partners 16757-9
- Business
- enterprise facilitation program 16774
- taxation
- Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
- Cascadia Institute, government funding 16749
- China, purchase of B.C. wood products 14733
- Committee on Building British Columbia's Future, mandate 16701
- Cycling, motor-assisted cycles, regulations 16427
- Discrimination and racism in Canada and elsewhere 14979
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14877-9
- economic activity, measurement criteria 14876
- green economy 14733
- western economic partnership agreement 16774
- Electric power, government electricity policy 16775
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment and unemployment, unemployment rate in B.C. 14877
- Environment, pollution, AOX emissions from pulp mills 16690, 16693
- Exports and imports
- Asian markets for B.C. products 14731
- trade and investment offices, out-of-country offices 16658
- trade missions
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14734-5
- Film industry, regional film commissions 14733
- Forest industry, remanufacturing industry, future opportunities 14877
- Fuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology, development and marketing, government involvement 16773
- Globe 2000, conference and trade fair on environmental business 14733
- Government
- fiscal planning and policies, policy changes, impact on cost of borrowing 17044-5
- ministers, travel costs 16658, 16749-50
- purchasing, open tendering 14877
- spending, capital expenditures and projects, expenditures, comparison with other provinces 14732
- Harcourt, Michael
- employment with Cascadia Institute 16660, 16747
- involvement with Pacific NorthWest Economic Region 16660
- role in Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project 16699
- Health care
- funding, Liberal Party position 17262
- health action plan, public announcement event in Richmond 17295-6
- system, role of private sector 14877
- wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists, Powell River–Sunshine Coast woman's case 17296
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17262, 17295-6
- Highway 19 (Island Highway), Island Highway construction project, Liberal Party position on project 14732
- Holocaust, impact on people 14979
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14979
- Hydroxl Systems Inc., water purification operation 14732, 14877
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 14877
- Indians, investment on Indian lands, rules and regulations 16700
- Infrastructure, government investment 14879
- International Financial Centre, operations 16772
- Investment
- government investments, industrial incentive fund 16755-9
- investment in B.C.
- attraction of investment 16761-3, 16765
- investment climate 16703-4
- private sector investment during NDP administration 14731
- Job Protection Commission, annual report, 1998, tabled 14911
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 14877-8, 17047-8
- position on issues
- balanced-budget legislation 17047
- health care funding 17262
- Island Highway construction project 14732
- retirement of public debt 17296
- values, comparison with right-wing values 17045-8
- Long, Harold, Liberal candidacy 14880
- Media, media innovation centre, government funding 16774
- Mining industry in B.C., taxation and regulation 16696
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2000, debate 16427-8
- Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, government involvement 16659-60, 16772
- Politics and politicians, B.C. politics, repolarization 14880
- Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area, capital improvements 14880
- Power for Jobs program, impact on investment in B.C. 16772
- Pratt, Russ, government travel expenses 16749-50
- Premier's summits 16766-7
- Public debt
- debt
- retirement of debt, Liberal Party position 17296
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product 14876-7, 17046-7
- debt-servicing costs 17047
- use by government, comparison with private sector companies 14731-2
- Resources and resource industries
- natural resource community fund 16696-8
- resource-based communities, government assistance 14879
- Sales tax, machinery and equipment tax 14733
- Shipbuilding industry, role in fast ferry program 14734-5
- Silver Steelhead Lodge Co., impact of Skeena Cellulose activities on lodge 16691-3
- Sirolli Institute Canada Ltd., enterprise facilitation project in B.C. 16774
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- board of directors, membership 16694
- company divisions, operations 16694
- compliance with government pollution regulations, AOX emission reduction 16690, 16693
- financial operations
- government role
- intervention in financial situation, outcome 14878
- ownership position in company, conflict-of-interest concerns 16691-3
- impact of Nisga'a land entitlement, negotiations re compensation 16693-4
- sale of company 16687-9, 16695
- Torney report, recommendations 16694
- Society, 1960s radicalism 14878
- Taxation, B.C. residents' tax burden 14733-4
- Telecommunications, telephone call centres for B.C. 16702-3, 16751-2
- Throne speech debate 14876-80
- Transportation
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project
- Viking Air Ltd., aerospace company 14732
- Western Star Trucks Ltd., government investment in company 16658, 16759-61, 16763
- Wildlife, Roosevelt elk in lower Sunshine Coast and Pender Harbour areas, residents' concerns, petition tabled 17257
Wilson Indian band
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15774-5, 15778
- Agricultural land reserve, impact of Trans Canada Trail on reserve land 15988
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural leases
- expansion 15912
- stumpage rates on leased land, work of Agriculture Committee 15339
- industry in B.C.
- diversification 15905
- government initiatives 15862
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation
- handling of agriculture leases 15912
- role, land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15912-3
- Budgets
- balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 14914
- budget-making process, legislative requirements 14913
- Cariboo area, school closings, role of government 15049-50
- Cariboo Memorial Hospital, staffing levels 15696
- Crown land
- agricultural leases 15912
- land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15912-3, 16531-2
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 14914
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16084-9
- Empire Valley Ranch, land acquisition by government, exchange for land in northeastern B.C. 16531
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16531-2
- role in land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15912-3
- Forest industry
- forest management and practices, harvesting of insect-damaged wood, Forests ministry policy 15372-4
- mills, capacity to process insect-damaged wood 15373-4
- pest control and management, beetle infestations, management 15375
- plywood industry, use of insect-damaged wood 15374-5
- Forests ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15339, 15372-5
- Government, accounting methods, transparency principle 14913
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital
- Health care
- emergency services, Quesnel spinal cord injury case 16806
- health action plan 17224
- health innovation forum 14914-5
- system during NDP administration 14914-5
- Health ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15684-5, 15696-7; supplementary estimates debates 17224-5, 17319-21
- Hunting, elk hunting, Environment ministry initiative 15929-30
- Legislature, cooperation and openness 14913
- Livestock industry
- elk farming industry 15929-30
- government loan guarantee programs 15925-6
- growth, impact of feed costs 15905-6
- herd health management 15862
- Lone Butte, sale of B.C. Rail property 16532
- McLeese Lake Elementary School, school closing 16084-9
- NDP government, performance 14913-5
- Nurses
- Canadian-trained nurse denied right to stay in Canada, case 17320-1
- supply, recruitment and retention
- training, upgrading for rural nurses 17320
- Parks, pest control and management, beetle infestations in parks and protected areas 15372
- Physicians
- competency review for foreign-trained physicians 17321
- supply and recruitment
- initiatives to increase number of physicians practising in B.C. 17321
- situation in northern and rural areas 15684-5, 15696-7
- Post-secondary education, courses and programs, adequacy of program enrolment and graduation to meet provincial needs 15511
- Prince George, health care situation in area 15684-5
- Prince George Regional Hospital, bed shortage 15684-5
- Quesnel, nurse supply 15959
- School closings
- closings in B.C. 14915
- policy criteria of Education ministry 16086-7
- School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
- budget, need for school closings to balance budget 16085-9
- busing of elementary students 16085-6
- efficiency advisory team report
- funding, block funding 14915
- Throne speech, content 14912-3
- Throne speech debate 14912-5
- University College of the Cariboo
- animal health technology facility, funding 15778
- Williams Lake campus, building restoration proposal 15774-5
Wine industry
- Growth of industry
(Kasper) 15286
(Thorpe) 15285-7
- Icewine exports
(Penner) 16486-7
(Waddell) 16487
- J licence to sell food and wine on site
(Penner) 15701-2
(Petter) 15702
- U-vin operations, regulation
(Penner) 15660
(Petter) 15660
Wolf, Ken
- Workers compensation case
(Krueger) 17295
Women
- Education, access to education
(Stephens) 16510
- Employment
- Health care for women See Services for women under Health care
- Housing, safe houses and other temporary housing See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing; Transition houses
- Programs and services, family support services See Programs and services under Families
- Role in health care system
(Gillespie) 17274
- Senior women See Seniors
- Violence against women See Violence
Women Against Violence Against Women
Women's Equality, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- Budget
- allocation for service contracts
(Smallwood) 16522
(Stephens) 16522
- cost of contract settlement with social service providers See Contract settlement, cost to Women's Equality ministry under Social service providers
- transfers to other ministries' programs
(Smallwood) 16515
(Stephens) 16515
- Future of ministry
(Pullinger) 14921
- Goals and accomplishments
(Smallwood) 16508-10
(Stephens) 16510
- New initiatives for 2000-01
(Smallwood) 16523-4
(Stephens) 16523-4
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Policy and planning branch, funding and composition
(Smallwood) 16567
(Stephens) 16566-7
- Program review and performance measurement
(Smallwood) 16511-4
(Stephens) 16511-4
- Role
- Speaking Up and Speaking Out grants program
(Sanders) 16517-9
(Smallwood) 16518-9
Wong, Gary
Wong, King
Wood waste
- Beehive burners See also Tax-shifting, pilot project re beehive burners and silo burners under Taxation
Woodward Stores Ltd.
Workers compensation
- Claimants, continuum of care program
(Krueger) 16831-2
(MacPhail) 16831-2
- Claims
- Coverage for firefighters
(Krueger) 16885
(MacPhail) 16885
- Disability pensions, cost
(Krueger) 16840
(MacPhail) 16840
- Employer assessment, experience-rated assessment
(Krueger) 16882-4
(MacPhail) 16882-4
- Rates, increase in employer premiums for health care workers
(Farnworth) 15744-7
(Hansen) 15744-7
Workers Compensation Board
Working Opportunity Fund See Business
World criminal court See International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands
Wouters, Garry
- Report on forest industry, recommendations See Forest policy, Wouters report on government policy under Forest industry
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