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Province of British Columbia
5th Session, 36th Parliament – March - April 2001
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Waddell, Hon. Ian (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Air, greenhouse gas emission reduction 17388
- Auditor general, role re commissioner for environment and sustainability 17672
- Bohn, Glenn, article on establishment of park 17387
- Budget debate 17386-90
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 17614
- Budgets, 2001-02 budget
- Commissioner for environment and sustainability
- Democracy, principle of inclusion 17435-6
- Drinking Water Protection Act
- Dune Za Keyih Park, boundaries 17685
- Ecstall Mining Corp., access to mining claim 17683
- Environment
- environmental protection
- sustainability, definition 17614
- Environment and Sustainability Statutes Amendment Act, 2001
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- budget, current levels 17387
- report on snowpack levels in B.C. 17579
- role with Health ministry in administration of drinking water protection legislation 17696, 17737-8
- Environmental assessment office, 1999-2000 annual report tabled 17354
- Government ministries and organizations, business plans, requirement to contain sustainability objectives 17614
- Greater Vancouver regional district, water supply area
- applicability of drinking water protection legislation to GVRD water supply initiatives 17783
- applicability of fish protection legislation to reservoir construction projects 17784
- Health ministry, role with Environment ministry in administration of drinking water protection legislation 17696, 17737-8
- Indians
- treaties, content, Liberal Party position 17435
- treaty negotiations, negotiating mandate, principles determined by public referendum 17434-6
- Jackson, Simon, environmental work commended 17386-7
- Kaska Dene people, mining rights in Muskwa-Kechika management area 17683-4
- Keogh generating station, operation permits 17538
- Klein, Seth, article on impact of tax reductions on government revenues 17388-9
- Land use
- land set aside for protection, 12 percent figure, attainment 17386, 17536, 17591
- planning process 17614
- Legislature, debate, sub judice rule, application to inquiry into contaminated drinking water incident in Walkerton, Ontario 17736
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- debate on 2001-02 budget, participation by Liberal Party MLAs 17387-8
- position on issues
- Drinking Water Protection Act 17781
- grizzly bears, moratorium on grizzly bear hunting 17388
- Indian treaties, content 17435
- moratorium on grizzly bear hunting 17614
- Mackenzie land and resource management plan, recommendations, implementation 17535-6, 17591
- Motions, referenda on issues affecting minority rights (Motion 1), debate 17434-6
- Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board, 1999-2000 annual report tabled 17354
- Muskwa-Kechika management area
- Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Amendment Act, 2001
- Parks
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2001
- Referenda, use to determine government policy on issues affecting minority rights 17434-6
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, growth, impact of government policies 17387
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- reports, minority opinions in report 17435-6
- work of committee 17434-5
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), NDP government actions re proposal 17388, 17538
- Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 17387-90
- Walkerton, Ontario, contaminated drinking water incident 17736-7
- Water
- Wildlife
- grizzly bears, moratorium on grizzly bear hunting, Liberal Party position 17388, 17614
- Kermode bears, protection 17386-7
Wages and salaries
- Minimum wage level
(Miller) 17457-8
- Pay equity
- Pay equity legislation
Walkerton, Ontario
- Contaminated drinking water incident
(Waddell) 17736-7
Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- As subject
- appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
(Janssen) 17332
- Access to Education Act, debate 17449-50
- Alberta government, fiscal situation, impact of oil and gas revenues 17392
- Budget debate 17390-5
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win, statements by Elizabeth Cull 17395
- 2001-02 budget
- deficit budgets, Liberal Party position 17392
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on privatization of forest lands 17562
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 17339
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., policies and powers re complementary medicine 17628
- College of the Rockies, programs 17339, 17449
- Discrimination, wage discrimination, impact on women 17763-5
- Families, programs and services, government initiatives 17338
- Forest industry
- Forest Practices Code, impact of code, cost to industry 17561
- Health care
- complementary medicine 17627-9
- funding, government commitment 17338-9
- system, privatization, impact on health care workers 17698
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2001, debate 17763-5
- Income, gap between rich and poor 17391
- Jordan, Colleen, comments on pay equity legislation 17763
- Kootenay area, health care facilities and services 17338-9
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- actions in event of election as government 17391-4
- debate on 2001-02 budget, participation by Liberal Party MLAs 17390-1, 17394
- position on issues
- complementary medicine 17627
- deficit budgets 17392
- pay equity legislation 17764-5
- post-secondary education, tuition fees 17394
- Medical Practitioners Amendment Act, 2001, debate 17627-9
- Miller, Dan, comments on privatization of forest lands 17563
- Nebbeling, Ted, comments on privatization of forest lands 17563
- NDP government, performance 17340
- Nurses, recruitment and retention, government strategies 17338-9
- Plant, Geoff, comments on pay equity legislation 17764-5
- Post-secondary education
- funding, government commitment 17339
- tuition fees
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, reports for fourth session of 36th parliament, report respecting Forest Renewal B.C. business plans for the years 1997-98 and 1998-99
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, seventh report for fourth session of 36th parliament, content 17428
- Smyth, Doug, comments on privatization of forest lands 17561
- Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 17339-40, 17391-4
- Thorpe, Rick, comments on Public Accounts Committee discussions re estimates process review 17428
- Throne speech debate 17338-40
- Wages and salaries, pay equity legislation 17763-5
- Women, economic and social conditions 17763-5
- World Medical Association, Declaration of Helsinki 17628
Washington (State)
Water
- Drinking water protection
- Drinking water protection legislation
- impact on fish protection legislation
(Dalton) 17783-4
(Waddell) 17784
- impact on management of watersheds
(Coell) 17743
(Waddell) 17737-8
- impact on regulations to protect urban streams
(Dalton) 17784
(Waddell) 17784
- intergovernmental and interagency cooperation
(Dalton) 17782-3
(Evans) 17745, 17782-4
(Waddell) 17783
- Exports, ban on bulk water exports
(Sihota) 17749
- Groundwater, proposed 1994 groundwater regulations, actions of Liberal Party
(Sihota) 17750
- Issuance of construction permits for water system facilities
(Dalton) 17783
(Evans) 17783
- Regulation of water supply systems
(Evans) 17744-6
- Snowpack levels in B.C.
- Water use legislation, history in British Columbia
(Evans) 17744
- Wells, regulation
(Waddell) 17737
Water Act
Watson, John
- Workers compensation case
(Kasper) 17622
Weisbeck, John (Okanagan East)
- Access to Education Act, debate 17447, 17463-7
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17526-7
- Computer technology, Internet access for rural communities, local area networks 17680
- Health care, telehealth initiatives 17680
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, funding and board membership 17526
- New Brunswick government, electronic processing and service delivery 17680
- Okanagan University College, funding 17465, 17526-7
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 17447
- course completion time 17465
- funding per student 17465-6
- role in knowledge-based economy 17447
- tuition fees
- freeze, impact on institutions 17463-6
- levels, government policy 17463-4
- reduction, compensation for institutions 17447, 17465
- university entrance requirements 17467
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- faculty and support staff, wage and benefit agreements, cost 17527
- funding 17526-7
Weisgerber, Jack (Peace River South)
- As subject
- position on abortion issue 17545
- Abortion, issues, debate in Legislature 17545-6
- B.C. Treaty Commission, treaty-making process, progress to date 17410
- Crime and criminals, sex offender registry, access by public 17462
- Health care, complementary medicine, role in health care system 17630
- Indians, treaty negotiations, negotiating mandate, principles determined by public referendum 17409-10
- Legislature, bills, private members' bills, passage 17630
- Medical Practitioners Amendment Act, 2001, debate 17630
- Motions
- measures to protect women's right to make choices on reproduction (Motion 4)
- referenda on issues affecting minority rights (Motion 1)
- NDP government, approach to Indian treaty negotiations 17410
- Referenda, use to determine government policy on issues affecting minority rights 17409-10
- Sex Offender Registry Act
- debate 17461-2
- definitions, "sex offence," inclusion of vagrancy in offences 17462
- Washington (State), sex offender registry program 17461-2
Wesley, Dawn-Marie
White bear See Kermode bears under Wildlife
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- As subject
- comments on Child Care BC Act
(Pullinger) 17482-3
- Child Care BC Act, debate 17469, 17474-6, 17513
- Child Care B.C., establishment of office 17475
- Children and Families ministry, performance of ministry 17476
- Children, child care
- Education
- early childhood education, importance 17469, 17474
- Liberal Party position 17469
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
Wildlife
- Grizzly bears
- moratorium on grizzly bear hunting
(Petter) 17739-41
- moratorium on grizzly bear hunting, Liberal Party position
(Waddell) 17388, 17614
- moratorium on grizzly bear hunting, petition tabled
(Krueger) 17360
(Lali) 17699
- Kermode bears, protection
(Waddell) 17386-7
Williston Lake
- Water levels
(Neufeld) 17425
Wilson, Hon. Gordon F. (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- As subject
- B.C. Hydro, 2001-02 revenue projections, process used in setting revenue projections 17363
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- establishment 17430-1
- treaty-making process, progress to date 17434
- Budget debate 17362-7
- Budgets
- 2001-02 budget
- deficit budgets, Liberal Party position 17363-4
- Campbell, Gordon
- actions re comments by Gary Farrell-Collins on B.C. Hydro revenue projections 17363, 17367
- comments on actions in event of election as government 17365
- Children, child care, NDP government action 17366
- Economy, B.C. economy, diversification 17363
- Education funding, government commitment 17366
- Farrell-Collins, Gary, comments on B.C. Hydro revenue projections 17363, 17366-7
- Forest industry
- Forest Renewal B.C., business plan, 2001-02 plan tabled 17683
- Gingell, Fred, role in establishment of Indian treaty negotiation process 17430
- Hansen, Colin, comments on health sector labour relations legislation 17726
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2001
- debate 17725-6
- Liberal Party position 17726
- proposal re introduction as an exposure bill 17726
- timing of introduction of bill 17725-6
- Health care
- complementary medicine, role in health care system 17629-30
- funding, government commitment 17366
- Indians
- land claims, cost of not settling outstanding claims 17433
- treaty negotiations
- negotiating mandate, principles determined by public referendum 17430-4
- negotiations during NDP administration 17366
- Legislature, private members' bills, passage 17630
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- acceptance of Indian treaty settlements made during NDP administration 17366, 17432-4
- actions in event of election as government 17362-6, 17726
- financial contributions, independence issue 17431
- position on issues
- Medical Practitioners Amendment Act, 2001, debate 17629-30
- Motions, referenda on issues affecting minority rights (Motion 1), debate 17430-4
- NDP government, approach to Indian treaty negotiations 17433-4
- Nisga'a people, treaty, Liberal Party position 17431
- Referenda, use to determine government policy on issues affecting minority rights 17430-4
- Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 17362
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Oil and gas industry, natural gas price increases, Cariboo North constituents' concerns, petition tabled 17405
Women
Workers See Labour; particular sectors, e.g., Health care
Workers compensation
- Claims
- disputed claims, issue re loss of benefits pending resolution of claim
(Kasper) 17385-6
Workers Compensation Board
- Annual report, 2000, tabled
(Smallwood) 17759
- Appeals process, time required to hear and finalize appeals
(Kasper) 17385-6
- Claimants' concerns
(Kasper) 17621
- Funding
(Farrell-Collins) 17623
(Kasper) 17622-3
- Policies, premium payments and rebates
(de Jong) 17404
(Smallwood) 17404
World Medical Association
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