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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 37th Parliament – 2002
FULL INDEX (Subject, speaker and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Kalinski, Gerry
- Comments on inland ferry service
(MacPhail) 2678-9
Kamloops, B.C.
- Economy
- culture and tourism industry
(Krueger) 1445
- economic development
(Bell) 1136
(Krueger) 1135-6
- Health care facilities
(Krueger) 2359
- Psychiatric facility
(Cheema) 1100, 1461
(Hansen) 2357-8
(Krueger) 1100, 2357-8
- Water treatment facility proposal
(Krueger) 1135
Kamloops Brain Injury Association
- Comments on changes to disability benefits legislation
(MacPhail) 3410
Kamloops Indian band
- Construction of residential complex
(Krueger) 1445
- Purchase of Harper Ranch
(Krueger) 1136
Kamloops-Thompson school district See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)
Kane, Michael
- Comments on performance of Working Opportunity Fund
(MacPhail) 3529
Kariya, Paul
- Position with Pacific Salmon Foundation
(van Dongen) 2224
Keenleyside Dam
- Operations
(Suffredine) 2724
- Revenues to government
(MacPhail) 2077
(Neufeld) 2077
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
- Extended care beds
(Kwan) 4337
Kelsan Technologies Corp.
Kemano power project
- Closing, sale of power to other organizations, court case
(Jarvis) 1986
(Neufeld) 1986
Kenney Dam
- Cold water release proposal
(MacKay) 2287
Kerr, Brian J. (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)
- Accountants, chartered accountants' comments on B.C. economy 1382-3, 1389
- Ambulance service, service delivery times 2420
- Beckett, Bob, work as firefighter commended 1162
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- Budget debate 1381-3, 1389-91
- Budgets, 2002-03 budget
- budget-preparation process, involvement of MLAs 1389-90
- content 1390
- reaction of business and financial communities 1391
- Business
- partnerships, limited liability partnerships
- limited liability partnerships for professionals 3570-2
- need for legislation 3570
- regulations within businesses 4438
- small business
- startup process 4439-40
- taxation, corporate tax rate threshold 1390
- Civil service, remuneration for senior personnel
- appropriate levels of remuneration 3374-5
- review process, cost 3374-5
- Cowichan Bay Improvement Association, work of organization 1162
- Deafness, programs for deaf persons, petition tabled 4677
- Economy, B.C. economy 1381
- Education, curriculum, physical education mandatory in grades 11 and 12 3871-2
- Finance and Government Services Committee, consultation by committee 1389
- Firefighters, volunteer firefighters, commended for work on July 17, 2000, propane truck accident 1306
- Food industry, grocery stores, regulations 4439
- Government
- core services review process 1161
- fiscal planning and policies, current fiscal situation 1160
- regulations and red tape
- impact of regulation on business and economy 4438-41
- reduction 1160
- strategic plan and ministry service plans, three-year service plans, performance measurement 1390
- Governor General's certificate of commendation, awarding to Langford and Malahat firefighters 1306
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 2420-2
- Jamieson, Judy, work on women's transition house commended 1162
- Labour, collective agreements, legislation 1161
- Langford
- business climate 4441
- economic development 1419
- Legislature, committee system, role 1161
- Macgregor, Ed, work as mayor of Sooke commended 1162
- Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, issues and concerns 1161-2
- MLAs, weight-loss contest 3864-5
- Motions, regulatory burden on B.C. businesses (Motion 18), debate 4438-41
- Physicians
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions 2421
- remuneration 2421
- supply 2421-2
- Port Renfrew, tourism in area 3441
- Public health, role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle 3871
- Public Sector Management Remuneration Allowances and Perquisites Act
- debate 3374-5
- drafting of bill, definitions and terminology 3374-5
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers 1389
- Sooke, health care services 2420
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 1382, 1390
- Throne speech debate 1159-63
- Vancouver Island, tourism industry, circle route proposal connecting Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan 1162
- Victoria, tourism industry 1418-9
- Water
- drinking water panel, recommendations 2747-8
- pricing of drinking water 2748
- protection of water supply, monitoring requirements 2748
- water utilities, regulation, government role 2748
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate 2747-9
- Workers Compensation Board, review of organization 1160
- Young, Stew, work as mayor of Langford commended 1162
Kerstetter, Steve
- Comments on changes to income assistance system
(MacPhail) 3678
Kidney health
- Renal services
(Hansen) 2425
(Harris) 2425
Kidsport program
Kimberley and District Hospital, Kimberley, B.C.
- Acute and emergency care services, petition tabled
(McMahon) 1389
- Closing, public consultation
(Hansen) 3096
(MacPhail) 3096
Kimberley, B.C.
- Economy
(McMahon) 1224
- Hosting of disabled skiing events
(McMahon) 2126
- Mining industry in area
(Bennett) 3126
Kinney, Michelle
- Public written question, tuition fee freeze 1388
Kiro Manor, Trail, B.C.
- Closing, petition tabled
(Santori) 3687
Kitasoo Indian Reserve See Klemtu, B.C.
Kitimat, B.C.
- Community involvement in charity telethon
(Harris) 4136
Kiwanis House, Victoria, B.C.
- Programs and services
(Orr) 2716
Klassen, Cindy
- Commended for Olympic medal win
(Nebbeling) 1051
Klein, Seth
- Comments on public consultation process on changes to employment standards legislation
(Kwan) 3607
Klemtu, B.C.
- Aquaculture industry
(Belsey) 2809
Knowledge Network See Open Learning Agency
Kootenay area
Kootenay Lake
- Ferry service, petition tabled
(Suffredine) 1876
Kootenay-Columbia school district See School district 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
Krueger, Debbie
- Work as teacher
(Krueger) 3037
Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- As subject
- comments on health care workers
(MacPhail) 3626-7
- comments on logging by Indians
(Kwan) 1887-8
- experience with fishing and hunting 4248
- marriage of daughter 3751-2
- union experience 3543
- Allnutt, Chris, comments to Kevin Krueger on collective agreements 3544
- Automobiles
- accidents, referral of highway accident victims for treatment across health authority boundaries 2358
- youth driving safety, initiatives 1532
- Bancroft, Larry, comments on Preacher Hill section of Highway 5, safety issue 4180
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- actions since election 3751-2
- position on tax reductions 4183
- priorities 1693
- Budget debate 1442-6
- Budgets, balanced budgets, projection for 2004-05 fiscal year 3802
- Business, government initiatives to support small business 1951
- Clearwater, hospital construction and operation 2358
- Collins, Gary, qualifications as Finance minister 1443-4
- Communities, small communities, representation by government 1690-1
- Dawson Creek, economy 1691
- Degree Authorization Act, debate 3036-41
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- U.S. visitors and real estate buyers 1445
- Emergencies, volunteer responders 2358
- Ferries and ferry services, North Thompson River service 1692
- Forest and Range Practices Act, debate 4409-10
- Forest industry
- forest practices, results-based code 4409-10
- regulation 1693
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
- history 4409
- revision, government consultation 4409
- Georgetti, Ken, involvement with NDP government 3543
- Government
- fiscal management during NDP administration 1443-4
- provincial congress, representation of small communities 1690-1, 1694
- strategic plan and ministry service plans, three-year service plans, involvement of MLAs 1443
- Great Canadian Railtour Company Ltd., Rocky Mountaineer Railtours, impact of rail service on Kamloops economy 4336
- Gundel, Viktor, position with Royal Inland Hospital 3184
- Health care
- funding, per-capita funding in B.C. 4451
- patients, referral by physicians 2359-60
- system, sustainability 4451
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 2358-60
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, toll 4182-3
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation
- funding during NDP administration 4180-1
- maintenance contracts 4308
- Hochstein, Philip, position on unions 3543
- The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Act, debate 4248-9
- Hunting, sport or trophy hunting 4249
- Indians
- economic development by Indians 1135
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, content 2353
- self-government, municipal style of government 2353
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., traffic safety initiatives for youth 1532
- Interior health authority, accounting services, centralization 2360
- Kamloops
- Kamloops Indian band
- construction of residential complex 1445
- purchase of Harper Ranch 1136
- Krueger, Debbie, work as teacher 3037
- Labour, labour relations during NDP administration 3543
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3542-5
- Legislature
- reforms 1052
- statements by members (standing order 25B), purpose 1051-2
- McLean, Kenny, tribute 4435-7
- McLure, ferry service 1692
- MacPhail, Joy
- letter to public re health care changes 3095
- response while Labour minister to questions on Workers Compensation Board 3599
- Medical Services Plan, premiums, changes 1444
- MLAs, representation of constituents 1690
- Mental health, programs and services, service delivery 1100
- Motions, representation of small communities at annual provincial conference (Motion 8), debate 1690-4
- NDP
- performance as government during 1991-2001 period 1691-3
- relationship with labour unions 1444
- Parkes, Alan, delayed health care services case 3753-4
- Physicians
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions
- negotiations 3753
- resolution of dispute, resumption of services 3754
- supply
- multicultural representation 3038
- recruitment and retention 1692-3
- rural students in medical education 3038
- Post-secondary education, accessibility
- access to medical education 3038
- specialized programs in rural areas 3040
- Puhallo, Mike, poems re Kenny McLean 4436
- Railways and rail services, passenger service, role of private sector 4336
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, fundraising event for bone marrow donor registry 3173
- Royal Inland Hospital
- chaplain position for hospital 3184
- status as regional referral centre 2359-60
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards 1388
- funding announcements 1339
- Six Mile Ranch project, status 1445
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers 1444
- Sun Rivers, housing development 1135
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 1442-3, 1693
- Thompson rivers economic accord, role 1134-5
- Trade unions
- certification and decertification process, right to communicate 3545
- involvement of Liberal Party MLAs in unions 3542-3
- revenues 3544
- Transportation Investment Act (Bill 67), debate 4179-83
- Transportation ministry, consultation on plan for expansion of transportation infrastructure, public release 4181
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- service of rural students 3038
- university colleges, move to university status 3040
- use of term "university" in name 3036-41
- University College of the Cariboo
- board of directors motion on name of institution 3039
- change to university status 3037-41
- programs and role 3037-8
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in society 3172-3
- Wildlife, conservation and protection of wildlife, role of hunters 4249
- Workers compensation
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3599-600
- Workers Compensation Board
- operation during NDP administration 3599
- smoking ban implementation 3599
Kwadacha, B.C.
- Issues and concerns
(Bell) 1414
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- community care and assisted-living legislation
(Christensen) 4316-7
- forest practices legislation
(de Jong) 4410-1
- disclosure of Education Committee draft report prior to its presentation in the House 2221
(Collins) 2221
(MacPhail) 2355
(Speaker) 2354-5
- draft letter to Vancouver coastal health authority on mental health services tabled 3382
- experience with discrimination 4004
- family's experience with poverty 2869-70, 4468, 4572
- mother's work experiences 3513, 3515
- position on affordable housing 2032
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 4594, 4597-8
- work in legal aid 2163, 3145-6, 3204
- Abbott, George, position on privatization of B.C. Housing 2041
- Abbott, Rob, remuneration for work with Water, Land and Air Protection ministry 3649-50
- Accidents, people with brain injuries, eligibility for disability benefits
- Adams, Jacquie, comments on workers compensation system 3556
- Advanced Education ministry, estimates debate 2488-99, 2527-30
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3385-6, 3452-9
- Ages, David, comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3617-8
- Agricultural Land Commission Act
- debate 3075-7
- provisions re delegation of decision-making powers to local government and other public bodies 3077
- regulations in bill 3076
- Agricultural land reserve, activities on reserve lands
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 2224-5
- Agriculture industry, farm workers, liability of contractors and producers for wages of contracted workers 3612
- AIDS, people with HIV/AIDS
- concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 2942-4, 3349
- eligibility for disability benefits 3311-7, 3343, 3349, 3414-7
- eligibility for disability benefits, lifetime benefits designation 3420
- AIDS Vancouver, comments on residential tenancy legislation 4423-4, 4460
- AIDS Vancouver Island, concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 3415
- Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., environmental record 4258
- Air quality protection, government action 2758, 2762
- Airspace Action on Smoking and Health, work of organization 3683
- Alberta
- Anderson, Val, comments while in opposition during debate on disability benefits legislation 2946-8
- Animals, pets, benefits to people 2988-91, 4222-4
- Aquaculture industry, fish farms, closed containment, impact on environment 2790-1
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range, government policy on nuclear-powered ships in area 1701
- Armstrong, Wendy, comments on assisted-living model for seniors 4298-9
- Arthur Andersen Inc., contracts with government 1107
- Association of Community Law Offices of B.C., comments on changes to mandate of Legal Services Society 3156-7
- Attorney General ministry
- Auditor general, report on monitoring of government finances 1104
- Autism, education of children with autism 1859-60, 1864-5, 1867-8
- Autism Society of B.C., comments on special education and special needs funding 1867-8
- Baldrey, Keith, comments on school board funding 3012
- Barton, Suzanne, comments on impact of 2002-03 budget 1344
- BCcampus, program and service delivery 4322, 4325-7
- Belaire Women's Recovery Centre, closing 4581
- Bennett, Bill
- comments on forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance 4385-6
- lobbying of government 3094
- Birrell, Margaret, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 2974-5
- Bloy, Harry, comments on flexibility in employment standards legislation 3606
- Bond, Shirley, role as advocate for students 3618
- B.C.
- growth 1866
- northern B.C., tourism industry in northern and rural B.C. 2635-6
- rural B.C., access to education 2528
- B.C. Arts Council, funding 2191
- B.C. Association of Social Workers, comments on human rights legislation 4000, 4002-3
- B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities
- article on disability benefits legislation 2945-6
- comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3313
- communication with MLAs 2945, 2947-8
- work of organization 2944
- B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, comments on school accreditation process 3010
- B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, position on changes to foster care system 2693-4
- B.C. Federation of Labour, comments on issues
- changes to workers compensation benefits 3550-2, 3556
- financial situation of Workers Compensation Board 3549
- B.C. Festival of the Arts, funding 2191-2
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, comments on community care and assisted-living legislation 4296
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- advisory function on temporary housing availability 2041-2
- board, appointment 2043
- budget 1908
- history 1955
- management function, privatization issue 2040-1
- operations commended 1915
- role in provision of compensation to non-profit housing societies 1944, 1956
- B.C. Human Rights Coalition
- funding 4042
- role in human rights complaint process 4056-7
- B.C. Human Rights Commission
- caseload 2462
- elimination 3991, 4040
- funding from government and provision of dispute resolution services 2462
- operations
- budget 4041
- staff, status under new framework 4043
- B.C. Hydro, privatization of core assets 3753
- B.C. Liberal Party
- campaign statements on government spending reductions 4152-3
- government
- actions, petition tabled 3687
- actions since election 1104-8, 1765, 1889, 2255-6, 2628-9
- actions since election, public consultation 4179
- cabinet meetings, cost of ministers' preparations for open cabinet meetings 1053
- initiatives, use of word "flexibility" 3142-3, 3148
- openness 1811
- policies, impact on students 3609-10, 3612
- priorities 1863-5, 2492-3, 2625-7
- government, position on issues
- collective agreements, legislated settlement 1542-4
- health care system 1436
- income assistance reforms, election campaign statements 2860-1, 2908, 2973
- Kyoto accord 2758-9, 2761, 3153, 3982
- legislation, availability of policies and regulations when bill introduced 4295
- post-secondary education system 2005-8
- special interest groups 1863
- tax reductions 1866, 2031
- transfer of costs and responsibilities to local government 4146
- MLAs' comments while in opposition during debate on Disability Benefits Program Act 2946-7
- B.C. Rail, privatization, B.C. Liberal Party policy 4138
- B.C. Railway Act, exemption of common-law cases 3924-5
- B.C. Schizophrenia Society, funding for North Shore branch 3473
- B.C. School Trustees Association, position on issues
- capital maintenance funding 3394-5
- education system reforms 3391-2
- school boards, powers 3399-400
- special advisers to school districts 3398-9
- B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, position on pets in rental housing 4222
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, power to levy tolls on bridges and roads 4182
- Brown, Jenny, postoperative care case 4337
- Buchanan, Barbara, letter to government re funding for inner-city schools 1521-2
- Budget debate 1343-7
- Budgets, 2002-03 budget
- budget-preparation process 2275
- content 1345
- impact on low-income earners 1344
- public reaction 1344
- Burrard Thermal power station, closing 2758
- Cambrey, Janet, comments on workers compensation system 3557
- Campbell, Cran, work on video game rating system 3429-30
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on issues
- comments and actions re civil service salaries and patronage appointments 3371-2
- forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance 4384-5
- tuition fee freeze 2007
- Campbell, Karen, consultation on changes to environmental assessment legislation 3478, 3689-90
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, role in Woodwards Building project 2030
- Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies, comments on human rights legislation 3999-400, 4002-3
- Canadian Automobile Workers Union, comments on human rights legislation 3994-5
- Canadian Bar Association
- comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3619
- position on funding reductions for legal aid 1295-6, 1298, 2469-71
- recommendations re funding for legal aid 2470-2
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, rights for welfare recipients, court case 3631
- Canadian Federation of Students, press release on lifting of tuition fee freeze 2007
- Canora Club, closing 3584-5
- Chanin, Irene, position with B.C. Buildings Corporation 3247, 3278
- Cheung, Herman, involvement in municipal election campaign 4172
- Cheung, Monica, comments on special education and special needs services in schools 1757
- Chief forester, responsibilities 1661
- Child and youth officer
- role 2608
- status as statutory officer 2461
- Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2831-2, 3053-7, 3064-73
- Children
- advocacy for children and youth, amalgamation of government services 2460-1
- child care
- availability to shift workers 3609
- facilities, licensing and regulation 4637
- funding 4310
- funding, allocation of federal funding 1530
- government commitment 1106
- ministerial responsibility 2697
- strategy 2696-7
- support for income assistance recipients, case 3800-1, 3929
- supported child care, funding levels 2701-2
- universal child care program 2707
- workers, cost of criminal-record checks 3389, 3426
- child care subsidy
- child deaths, investigation 2608-9
- child protection
- custody issues 3069-70
- custody issues, selection of custodian 2831-2, 3054-6, 3068
- duty to report need for protection 3053
- information privacy, penalties for offences 3073
- system, reforms 2655-9
- child protection, child apprehension system
- care versus custody 3070
- changes to legislation 2831-2
- involvement of relatives 2657-8
- responsibility for maintenance costs of child in care and income assistance for custodians 3056-7, 3064-7, 3072
- child protection workers, caseload 2656, 2658-60
- children in government care
- access to advocacy services 2609, 2655
- number, reduction 2656, 2658
- youth aged 17 and 18, services 2660
- early childhood development, legacy fund 2705
- early childhood educators, certification process 4312-3, 4628-9
- early childhood services, allocation of federal funding 2703-7, 2713-4
- employment of children 3610-1
- programs and services for children and families
- community-based services 4081
- funding 2660-2
- restructuring, impact on services 4084
- restructuring plans, public reaction 4088-9
- restructuring, public consultation 4085-6
- service delivery 2662-4
- rights, government commitment 2660
- service authorities, government directions and performance agreements, public release 4160-1
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 2608-9, 2655-64, 2692-7, 2701-14
- budget reduction 2608, 2661-2, 4082-3
- community offices 4154
- core services review, public input 4085
- interim authorities
- aboriginal authorities 4090, 4155
- boards 4088-9, 4155-8
- budgets and business plans, public release 4163
- consultants and contractors 4163-4
- establishment 4154
- funding and donations 4087, 4163, 4165-7
- minister's role 4158, 4160
- minutes and reports, public release 4158, 4160, 4167
- staffing 4153, 4164-5
- mandate, impact of other ministries' policies 4090-1
- service delivery
- transfer of responsibilities to new authorities
- maintenance of core funding to community organizations 4085-7, 4091-2
- transition steering committees, public release of reports 4084, 4087
- Chinese Benevolent Association, housing project proposal 2033
- Civil service
- employees, reduction in number, impact on high- and low-income earners 1054-5
- remuneration for senior personnel, review process 2668, 3372, 3577
- severance, legislation 2401
- Clark, Bruce, meetings with government 3093
- Clark, Christy, comments on issues
- government accountability 1864
- tax reductions during election campaign 1765
- Coal industry, use of coal as energy source 2761-4
- Coell, Murray
- comments on issues
- letter to disability benefits recipients re changes to legislation 3341, 3356
- letter to newspaper re changes to disability benefits legislation 3313
- College Institute Educators Association, legal action re Public Education Flexibility and Choice Act 2529
- Comeau, Gordon, comments on issues
- powers of school boards 3260
- role of special adviser 3014
- school board funding 1748, 3010
- Communities, small communities, concerns re government actions 1426-7
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Community Care and Assisted Living Act
- Community Care Facility Act, replacement 4293
- Community charter, draft charter, discussion paper, public release 2473
- Community Legal Assistance Society, role in human rights complaint process 4056-7
- Community Services Interim Authorities Act
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, supplementary estimates 2001-02 debate 1940, 1942
- Computer technology, video game rating system
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., recommendations for degree-granting by private institutions 2844
- Cormack, Kevin, comments on school board funding 1784
- Coroner, review of child fatalities, funding 2608-9
- Costello, Michael, comments on independent power producers' impact on electricity rates 4450
- Cowichan and Chemainus valleys child and youth committee, comments on early childhood services funding 2703-4
- Cridge Centre for the Family, staff layoffs 4307, 4507
- Crime, criminal records review program, fees for criminal-record checks 3388-9, 3425-8
- Crime Victim Assistance Act, information-sharing agreements, privacy issue 3388, 3425
- Crown land
- activities on Crown land 1665
- tenure application process, consideration of environmental impacts 2755-6
- Csizmadia, Lloyd, letter on access to recreation in forests 2633-6
- Cullen, Tom, comments on workers compensation system 3557
- Currie, Donna, comments on changes to Human Resources ministry programs 2695
- Day, Shelagh, comments on mediation of human rights cases 4100
- December 9 Coalition, comments on human rights legislation 3995-6
- Degree Authorization Act, debate 2843-5
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions 1883, 1885-6
- Delta Hospital, funding 1698-9, 1816-7
- Disability Benefits Program Act
- B.C. Liberal Party MLAs' comments during debate on bill 2946-7
- definitions, "person with disabilities" 3420
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- employment
- ability to maintain employment 3719, 3959-60
- firing due to medical reasons 3716-7
- funding for training programs 3424
- unemployment rate 3717
- employment and assistance program
- employment plans 3717
- employment plans and disability assessment 3297-300
- employment-related obligations 3719
- income assistance legislation, consultation by government 2941-2, 2944, 2948, 2956, 3715-6
- Discrimination
- discrimination in the workplace 3914
- systemic discrimination 4051-2
- Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3853-5
- Drugs, prescription drugs, cost
- comparison with Saskatchewan 3849-50
- Quebec study of impact of drug cost increases 4211-2
- Dumont, Daphne, comments on need for legal aid 2279
- Economy, B.C. economy, competitiveness 3614-5
- Education
- class size, impact on learning 1854, 3014-5
- distance education, Open School initiative, program and service delivery, private sector involvement 4328
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 1774
- enrolment in schools
- local schools 3101-2
- non-local schools, transportation issue 3102-4
- funding
- funding levels 1866-7, 2503-4, 2702
- funding levels, impact on programs and services 1746-50, 1759-62, 1770-1, 1852, 1854, 1857-8, 1860, 1864, 3008-13, 3104, 3238-9, 3258-9, 3399-400
- funding responsibility and accountability 1526-7
- petition tabled 3255
- removal of cap on administration spending 1766-7
- inner-city schools
- funding 1108, 1346, 1387, 1521-8, 1524-5, 1775, 1857, 2670, 2702-3, 2714, 3009
- funding, petitions tabled 1389, 2672
- mapping system of social competence 1526
- multicultural liaison workers, role 3108-9
- parent advisory councils
- membership 3120
- number of councils, comparison with number of schools 3009, 3115
- role in education system 3111-2, 3116-7
- parental involvement in education system 3009, 3115
- preschool education
- home instruction program for preschool youngsters 2713-4
- programs, availability 2712-4
- school planning councils
- special education and special needs
- students
- academic achievement 3404-6
- assessment of students, legislation 3231
- assessment of students, standardized testing 1763-4
- employment programs, government funding 2496-7
- system
- Education ministry
- estimates debate 1746-50, 1757-75, 1782-5, 1801-13, 1843-70
- budget 1746-7, 1749
- efficiency advisory teams 3401
- estimates process 1864-5
- minister, powers and role 1761, 1763, 1771, 3400
- responsibility for social equity funding, transfer from Children and Family Development ministry 1856
- special advisers, role 3012-4, 3398-403
- Electric power
- coal-generated power plants, emissions, impact on air quality 2757-8
- independent power producers, regulation 2770
- Ellis, Joanne, comments on future of Knowledge Network 2527
- Employment and Assistance Act
- debate 2859-61, 2868-80, 2905-19, 3211-2, 3214-7, 3220-5, 3631-4, 3655-72, 3676-7
- debate
- definitions
- delay for six months 2879, 3577
- impact
- referral to Committee of the Whole to hear witnesses 3676-7
- regulations, availability for debate on bill 3217, 3220, 3633, 3659-60
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
- debate 2940-50, 2955-60, 2973-6, 3291-305, 3309-17, 3328-31, 3340-7, 3349-50, 3355-8, 3411-2, 3414-8, 3420, 3422-4, 3711-27
- debate
- definitions
- delay for six months 2942, 2945, 2949, 2957-8, 2960, 2973, 3577
- impact, risk to life 2976
- purpose of bill 3423
- referral to Committee of the Whole to hear witnesses 3725-6
- regulations
- availability for debate on bill 2942, 3293, 3302
- cabinet powers to make regulations 3722
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, flexibility, meaning of term 3606
- employment standards, legislative changes
- hours of work
- maternity and parental leave 3613-4
- part-time employment 2446-7
- statutory holiday provisions 3613-4
- Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2002
- Energy Policy Task Force, report on provincial energy strategy
- Environment
- environmental assessment process
- access to project documentation 3468, 3480
- consultation by government 3465, 3468, 3692
- environmental assessment boards and joint committees, elimination 3465, 3480, 3691-2
- involvement of Indians 3465, 3480-1, 3692-3
- process, exemptions 3466, 3477, 3479
- project reviews 1668-70
- reforms 3464-8, 3477-82, 3689-93
- environmental non-compliance report, discontinuation of list of offenders 4258
- environmental protection
- environmental stewardship between government and private sector 2753-4
- global warming, prevention 2718-9
- Environment Management Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2821-2, 3130-2
- Environmental Assessment Act
- Environmental assessment office
- Esquimalt Indian band, land claims 1888
- Expo 86, impact on supply of affordable housing in Vancouver 2055-6, 4569-71
- Exports, reputation of B.C. products 1623-4
- Fairey, David, comments on issues
- changes to Labour Relations Code 3512
- youth employment levels in B.C. 3761
- Film industry
- film classification office, classification and rating of productions 3428
- role in Woodwards Building project 2028-9
- First Call!!, position on allocation of early childhood development funding 2704, 2706-7
- Fisheries
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2002, imposition of fee 2812
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., elimination 2224-5, 2746-7
- Food banks, usage 3061-2
- Food industry, food safety regulations, public and industry consultation 3162
- Food Safety Act, debate 3162-3
- Forest and Range Practices Act
- debate 4384-7
- debate, comments by government MLAs 4386-7
- regulation-making provisions 4386
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut 1661, 2610-1
- deregulation, risk analysis 2631-2
- employment and jobs, retraining initiatives, funding 2624
- environmental standards, staff for monitoring compliance 4258
- forest practices, results-based code
- forest roads, maintenance 2633, 2635, 2749
- forest worker transition fund, management by NDP government 2624
- forest workers
- displaced forest workers, transition and income assistance 2381-3
- eligibility for employment assistance 2907
- government initiatives, working forest land base 1660-1, 2610-1, 2614-7, 2625-7
- softwood lumber exports to U.S.
- export duty, government action 2178-9
- export duty, impact on number of people on income assistance 2381-2
- negotiations, export of raw logs 1337-8
- stumpage system, revenues to government 2624
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, penalties for non-compliance 4384-7
- Forest Renewal B.C., elimination, reallocation of funding 2623-6
- Forests ministry
- Foster care
- Child in the Home of a Relative program
- foster parents
- payment schedule, policy 2664, 2692-6
- unionization, impact on tax-free status 2696
- system, government consultation with foster parents 2693
- Four Corners Community Savings, service fees 2907
- Fraser Institute, comments on poverty in B.C. 2861, 2868
- Fuhrmann, Ingeborg, hospital bed shortage case 4029
- Gibbs, Richard, comments on independence of Legal Services Society 3157
- Goldberg, Michael, comments on issues
- 2002-03 budget 1344
- poverty in B.C. 2869
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments in Legislature on Nisga'a treaty 1885
- Gosselin, Louise, income assistance while in training program, case 2171
- Government
- caucus committees and government caucus committees
- cabinet members on committees, freedom of information issue 3967-9, 3972-5
- cabinet members on committees, number 3968-9, 3972-5
- funding for government caucus committees 3972
- caucus workers on municipal election campaigns 4172
- deputy ministers, salary increase during NDP administration 3371-2
- equity hiring
- policy 2240-2
- removal of statement on employment equity from government stationery 2240-1
- fiscal planning and policies, current fiscal situation 1104
- information, accessibility by visually impaired 4034-6
- ministerial assistants, salary increase 3371
- ministers' salaries
- salaries 1107
- withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets 1583-4
- withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of deregulation targets 2751
- programs and services
- provincial congress, representation of small communities 1426-7
- public consultation 4085-6
- regulations and red tape, reduction, impact on environmental standards 2631, 2750-1, 2794
- transfer of costs and responsibilities to local government 3854-5, 4146
- transfer payments from federal government, designation for particular social services 1530
- Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens, comments on human rights legislation 4000-2
- Greater Vancouver regional district, comments on community care and assisted-living legislation 4294-5, 4312
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), power to levy tolls on bridges and roads 4182
- Haida Indian band, land claims 1888
- Hamilton, Donald, letter on role of teacher-librarians 3392-3
- Han, Mark, comments on special education and special needs services in schools 1758
- Hansard, purpose 4386
- Hastings Community School, prekindergarten program 2712-4
- Hawkins, Sindi
- accessibility as MLA 1202
- use of communications contractor for cabinet meeting presentation 1053
- Health authorities
- funding 1533
- membership
- remuneration and severance payments for administrators 2401
- severance costs 1147-8
- reporting requirements for care facilities 4625
- Health care
- beds, appropriate use of acute-care beds 4300, 4302
- community care
- community care facilities
- continuing and long-term care
- government action 4301-3, 4310-1
- intermediate and long-term care beds, eligibility issue 4590-3
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 2288-9, 4302-3
- intermediate and long-term care beds, number 2999
- costs for seniors 3894
- facilities
- closing of intermediate and long-term care facilities, consultation of residents 3000
- closing of intermediate and long-term care facilities, transfer of patients, cases 4310-1, 4589-90, 4592-5, 4598
- closings 1099
- funding 1816-7
- health professionals, collective agreements, legislated settlement 1542
- medical health officers, role 4624, 4631-6
- postoperative care, transfer to private or public facility 4337
- preventive health care, services for children 2127, 3337
- privatization of services
- impact on hospital workers 3185-6
- petition tabled 3653
- privatization 4028
- system
- Liberal Party position 1436
- reforms, Call to Care initiative 4028
- wait-lists and waiting times
- government action 3536-7
- situation since system restructuring 4077
- surgery waiting times 4084
- workers
- collective agreements, legislated settlement 1542
- government support 1435
- Health Planning ministry
- estimates debate 1559-62, 1742-3
- communications staff 1053
- freedom-of-information request on communications contracts 3001
- Health Services ministry
- supplementary estimates 2001-02 debate 1939-40
- freedom-of-information request on communications contracts 3001
- Hepatitis, people with hepatitis C, eligibility for disability benefits
- Heritage, management of sites 2188-91
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, privatization 3979-80, 4179, 4182, 4184
- Highway Act, amendments, relationship with Transportation Investment Act 3977-8, 4140-3, 4145
- Highways and roads
- maintenance and rehabilitation
- arterial highways, transfer of responsibility to municipalities 4144-6
- arterial highways, transfer of responsibility to municipalities, consultation with local governments 4140-1
- projects 4179
- maintenance and rehabilitation, private sector involvement
- agreements between government and private operators, requirements 4185-8
- arterial highways, privatization 3976-7
- arterial highways, privatization, consultation by government 3977-8, 4178
- potential privatized roads 4142-4
- potential privatized roads, agreement of municipalities 4144-6, 4175-8
- private sector involvement 4184
- sale of highways, requirements 4186
- tendering process 4175-6
- Home care
- home support services, service levels 2025
- homemaker services, ministerial responsibility 2454-5
- Homes B.C. program
- Hope, concerns in district re government actions 1426-7
- Hospital Employees Union, comments on community care and assisted-living legislation 4296-8, 4309-10
- Hospitals
- closings, designation of hospitals to be closed 1099
- workers, blacklisting of union members 3185-6
- Housing
- affordable housing
- funding allocation 1958-60, 1962-3, 1965-6
- funding allocation, subsidies 1963-4, 1970-2
- funding, federal-provincial funding 1910, 1958, 1964-70, 2022-4, 4217-8
- government assistance 2040
- government commitment 1973, 2043, 4171, 4217
- government policy, consultation 2037-8
- need 4218
- project proposals 1959-60, 2024-5, 2033-4
- situation during NDP administration 1908, 1910, 1913-6, 1955, 2033, 4300
- supply, impact of hosting of 2010 Olympic Games 2056, 2058-61
- supply, new projects 1956-65, 1972, 2022-6, 2034
- supply, number of units 1907-10, 1912-3, 1915-7, 1944-5, 1952, 2028-30, 2032
- homelessness
- impact on use of health and social services 1911-2
- prevention 2056-8
- prevention, government initiatives 1914, 1967-8
- non-profit housing societies, impact of cancellation of housing units, compensation issue 1916-7, 1944-5, 1951-6, 2025
- rental housing
- application and screening fees 4264-5, 4416
- emergency repairs 4473-4
- end of tenancy 4476-8, 4575
- essential services and termination of services 4280-3, 4413-6, 4467-71
- eviction 4642-7, 4650-1
- guest fees 4276, 4279
- inspections by landlord 4220-1, 4460-6, 4472-3, 4476
- investment by landlords 4573
- landlord-tenant arbitration process 4651-7
- legislation, types of tenancies covered by legislation 4265-70
- order of possession 4650
- rent increases 4217, 4219-21, 4480-1, 4485
- rent increases, arbitration 4574
- rent increases, impact on low-income earners 4485, 4565-8, 4571-2
- rent payment by postdated cheques 4260-3
- rent payment, non-payment issues 4576-8, 4641-3
- rent supplements 2040
- residential tenancy, dispute resolution 2272-3
- subletting 4475
- supply 1973
- tenancy agreements 4276, 4279-80, 4417-9
- tenancy, roommates 4263-4, 4474-5
- tenant harassment case 4220
- vacating premises for renovations 4647-50
- rental housing, pets in rental housing
- rental housing, security deposits
- residential care facilities
- residential hotels and rooming houses, coverage under residential tenancy legislation 4265-6
- social housing, need 4569
- student housing, coverage under residential tenancy legislation 4266-7, 4270
- supply, government initiatives to address shortage 1910-1
- temporary housing and shelters, availability, advisory services 2041-2
- Human Resources ministry
- Human rights
- complaint process
- dispute resolution, mediation 4098-101
- interventions 4050-1
- legal assistance to parties involved in complaints 4096-8, 4103
- complaint process, framework
- complaints
- decisions, modification 4107
- education and information, responsibility 4013, 4015, 4017-8, 4020-5, 4032-4, 4038
- government position on issues 1105
- legislation
- monitoring of human rights in B.C. 4013-7, 4020-1, 4025, 4039
- principles 3990-1
- research and consultation
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 64)
- Human Rights Code, purpose 4016
- Human Rights Tribunal
- Hunt, H. Allan, report on Workers Compensation Board service delivery, public release 3938-9
- Income assistance
- advisory role, advocacy and consultation 3220, 3656
- appeals process
- changes 2914
- monitoring 2156, 2158-9
- process 2116-9, 2124, 2156-8, 2949, 3670
- process during NDP administration 2948
- receipt of benefits by appellants 2159-60, 3305
- regional tribunals 2160
- system during NDP administration 3717
- timeliness and public release of decisions 2162
- tribunal members, remuneration 2160
- tribunal, membership 2154-6, 2472, 3716-7, 3721
- tribunal, operations 2160-1
- application process, assessments 2873
- benefits
- allocation of government funding 2458
- assignment of child maintenance rights 3672
- bridging program for women 2874
- continuation when child care unavailable 2443-5, 3932-3
- crisis grants 2913-4
- diet assistance 2392
- earnings exemptions 2388, 2396, 2442, 2453-4, 2872, 3669
- family unit benefits while children in school 2171-3
- hardship assistance and emergency needs assessment 2114-5, 3660-1, 3666-7
- hardship assistance, eligibility 3303
- homemaker services 2454-6
- job-search requirement 2114-5, 2117
- medical and dental services 2456
- post-secondary students 2174-5, 2450
- qualification for continuous benefits 2124
- rate reductions 2380-1, 2860, 2912, 3671, 3931-2
- rate reductions, position of economists 2871
- rates, adequacy 2457
- reductions in coverage and subsidies 2871-3
- refugees, hardship assistance 2391, 3303-4
- rent portion, reduction, case 3224-5
- rent portion, regional rate differences 2453
- rent portion, roommate situation 3225
- reporting obligations 3668
- shared custody of children 3211-2
- single parents 2383, 2397, 2872
- single parents, cases 2111-4, 2116
- single parents, petitions tabled 2181, 2403
- single parents, return to work 2112-3
- supplements 3657-9
- supplements, seniors supplement 2451-2
- time limit for receipt of benefits 2381, 2383, 2390-1, 2872, 2912
- time limit for receipt of benefits, studies of impact of policy elsewhere 2384-5
- caseload 2459-60, 2909
- changes, petition tabled 3280
- disability benefits
- changes to legislation, public concerns 2941-3, 2956-9, 2975-6, 3313, 3328, 3344, 3721, 3727
- continuation of disability designation, cases 3913-4
- continuous assistance 3420
- current benefits, transition to new legislation 3723
- family unit benefits recipients, repayment of money owed 3721
- income earnings exemption 3346, 3719-20
- legislation, changes, comparison with former disability benefits program 3294, 3714
- legislation, changes, information to public 3297
- liens against property of benefit recipients 3719
- number of people receiving benefits 3340, 3423, 3711-3
- rates 3715
- recovery of benefits provided in place of family maintenance payments 3722
- reporting obligations 3719
- resumption of benefits when applicant leaves job 3960
- substance abusers 2121-3
- supplementary assistance, medical and other coverage 3715
- supplementary assistance, schedule C benefits 2944, 2948-9
- system, reforms 1106-7
- transportation and other funding, case 3215, 3962-5
- waiting period, exemptions 3718
- disability benefits, eligibility
- age restriction 3291-6
- age restriction, case 3292-3
- cases of diagnoses 3330-1, 3341-2
- disability assessment 2941, 2944, 2947, 2974, 3309-10, 3711
- disability designation 3958
- disability-related costs 3313, 3349, 3355-6
- eligibility and coverage categories 2120-1, 2160
- eligibility and coverage categories, "multiple persistent barriers" 3344-5
- episodic illnesses 2974
- family unit, continuing conditions 3714, 3720-1
- proof of shared assets and expenses 3296-7
- qualification when applicant leaves job with just cause, proof of case 3960-1
- qualification when applicant loses job 3933, 3955-7, 3962, 3964
- qualification when applicant loses job, 60-day waiting period 3956-7
- role of financial assistance workers in decisions 3358
- eligibility
- child's age limit 2908
- exemptions from requirements 3663, 3668-9
- family unit 3656, 3665
- period of paid work 3662
- qualification when applicant leaves job voluntarily 2393-5, 2873, 2877
- qualification when applicant leaves job with just cause 3928-31
- qualification when applicant loses job 3911-3
- qualification when applicant loses job, 60-day waiting period 3929-33
- qualification when applicant loses job, substance abuse or health considerations 3932
- refugees 2163, 3632-4, 3655-6
- seniors with no supporting relatives, case 3216-7
- two-year independence test 2173
- two-year independence test, exemptions 2119
- youths under 19 years 2119-20, 2876-7
- employment and assistance program
- employment plans 3664-6
- job placement and training programs 2162-5
- training programs 2390
- training programs, benefits while on wait-list 2171
- training programs, eligibility for benefits 2113-4, 2163, 2165, 2171, 2915
- fraud, penalties 2387, 2876, 2910, 3669-70, 3672
- government office closings and service delivery 2458, 2877-8
- government role 2871
- legislation
- regulations and orders-in-council 2459
- separate legislation for people with disabilities 2456-7
- liens against property of benefit recipients 2907, 3668
- recipients
- advocate services -82157
- disposal of property 3669
- move to full-time employment 2878-9
- part-time workers 2442
- system, reforms
- Income tax, personal income tax reduction, impact on high- and low-income earners 1104, 1345
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- legal history 1883-6
- right to consultation on issues concerning land use 3693
- access to resources 1885
- children
- children in care, role of regional aboriginal authorities 2709-11
- early childhood services, funding 2707-8
- services, memorandum of understanding with government 4090-1
- history 1882-3
- programs and services, funding and service delivery 2707-11
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
- self-government
- treaty negotiations
- urban population, programs and services, delivery 2709
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- Information and privacy commissioner
- concerns re changes in income assistance legislation 2959-60
- consultation by government on privacy of government caucus committees 3967
- Justice system
- accessibility
- administrative justice
- project to examine system, discussion paper, consultation by government 2317-9, 2321-2
- project to examine system, terms of reference 2472
- community law offices
- closings 1137
- closings of native community law offices, impact, case 2276-8
- regional centres and local agents 2314
- services, case 2278-9
- courthouse closings 2474-5
- Crown counsel, prosecution policy in spousal abuse cases 3912, 3983-4
- dispute resolution
- drug courts, project status and court operations 2473-4
- duty counsel, funding 2311, 2314
- family justice programs, funding 2312
- Kelowna General Hospital, extended care beds 4337
- Kidsport program 2194
- Klein, Seth, comments on public consultation process on changes to employment standards legislation 3607
- Kootenay area, health care, long-term care beds 4530
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on logging by Indians 1887-8
- Kyoto accord, Liberal Party position 2758-9, 2761, 3153, 3982
- Labour
- collective agreements
- application of provisions in employment standards legislation 3611
- legislated settlement, Liberal Party position 1542-4
- Liberal Party actions 3605
- hiring practices, age discrimination 2380-1
- legislation, reforms 3555, 3605
- work earnings compared with child care and other costs 2396-7, 2445-6
- workers' rights, requirement of employers to post statement of rights in workplace 3611
- Labour Relations Board, consideration of economic viability of business 3509
- Labour Relations Code
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2002
- Labrador Inuit Association v. Newfoundland, Minister of Environment and Labour, court case decision re environmental assessment 3464, 3481, 3693
- Ladner, Peter, comments on referendum on treaty negotiations 1889
- Land and Water B.C. Inc.
- mandate 1576
- operations, best management practices 1671
- responsibilities 1662-4
- tenure decisions
- Land Reserve Commission
- reorganization, regional panels 1658-60, 3075, 3077
- request by opposition to Sustainable Resource Management ministry for information on commission 3075, 3077
- responsibilities and role 3076-7
- Land use
- land and resource management plans 1577, 1579, 1581-3
- land use planning
- Lawyers and legal services
- pro bono services 2278, 2281
- sales tax on services, revenues for legal aid
- Ledcor Construction Ltd., workplace safety record 3939-40
- Legal aid
- cost per capita, comparison with elsewhere 2253, 2280
- eligibility tests 3199
- funding
- funding level, comparison with other provinces 3146
- reductions, consultation by government 2274-5, 2278, 2472
- reductions, impact 1107, 1137-8, 1295-8, 1307, 2253, 2256, 2271-4, 2279, 2309-10
- reductions, reaction of legal community 1296-8, 2256, 2310, 3144, 3146, 3157
- payment for services 2281, 3202-4
- service coverage, reductions 2272, 2281, 2311-5
- Legal Services Society Act
- Legal Services Society of B.C.
- board
- budget control 3206
- cost-recovery and revenue-generation
- executive committee, membership 3195
- independence 2313, 3147, 3199, 3206-7
- liability protection 3195-6
- mandate and services 3154-6, 3196-8, 3201-2
- memorandum of understanding with Attorney General 3207
- public legal education grants 2315
- services
- Legislation
- debate on bills, participation of government MLAs in debate 3910-1
- drafting of bills, consultation with information and privacy commissioner 2960
- progress of bills in third session of 37th parliament, pace of progress 3147, 3404, 3577
- regulations, availability of policies and regulations when bill introduced, Liberal Party position 4295
- Legislature
- bills
- briefings for opposition MLAs 4106
- time for review before debate 2859, 2879-80
- time limit on debate 3605-6
- estimates process
- public gallery, no interaction with House proceedings permitted 3661, 3713
- public written questions, process for having questions asked in House 1309
- Sergeants-at-Arms, presence in House 1868
- Speaker and Chair, rulings, debate allowed to continue until ruling made 2812
- Leier, Mark, comments on unionization at McDonald's restaurant in Squamish 3514-5
- Lillooet, concerns in district re government actions 1427
- Lobbyists, interest groups, Liberal Party position 1863
- Lobbyists Registration Act, proclamation 3093
- Local government, powers 2717, 2818
- Loro, Riccardo, comments on reforms to labour legislation 3555
- MacAhonic, Patti, comments on workers compensation system 3558-60
- McDonald's Restaurants, unionization at Squamish restaurant 3513-5
- McEachern, Allan, role as arbitrator on panel for compensation of physicians 1543
- McFadyen, Summer, comments on lifting of tuition fee freeze 2004-5
- McGregor, Tom, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 2956
- MacKay, Dennis
- comments on forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance 4385
- member's statement, position on firearms registry 1629
- McLachlin, Beverley, comments on funding for legal aid 2279-81
- McNulty, Jim, comments on Liberal Party government priorities 1105
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on forest practices legislation 4384
- MacRae, Paul, comments on Liberal Party government priorities 1105
- Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
- debate 4233-4, 4678-83
- investigations and enforcement 4683
- separate legislation from Residential Tenancy Act 4234
- Manufactured homes, tenancy in manufactured home parks
- eviction 4680
- landlord ending tenancy early 4680-1
- landlord-tenant arbitration process 4681-2
- park committees 4234
- rent increases 4678-9
- rent payment 4680
- Masi, Reni, comments on class size 3014-5
- Mayencourt, Lorne
- Medical Services Arbitration Act, debate 1542-4
- Medical Services Plan
- coverage, chiropractic services, petition tabled 3653
- information to public, accessibility 1200-1
- premiums increase, impact 3894
- Mental disorders
- dementia, people with dementia, eligibility for disability benefits 3341
- people with mental disorders, eligibility for disability benefits 3329-30
- Mental health
- mental health advocate, reinstatement of position 1213-4, 1501
- mental health plan, funding 4043
- programs and services
- Mental Health Action Research and Advocacy Association of Greater Vancouver, report on nature of single mothers with mental illnesses 3329-30
- Mental Health minister of state, responsibilities and role 1213-4, 1501
- Mining industry, sale and transfer of minesites 3125-6
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2002, debate 3910-4, 3924-5, 3928-33, 3955-80, 4140-6
- Moss, Pat, consultation on changes to environmental assessment legislation 3690
- Motion Picture Act, provisions re classification authority 3428
- Motions
- access to justice services (Motion 4), debate 1136-8, 1295-9
- referendum on treaty negotiations (Motion 30), debate 1882-91
- representation of small communities at annual provincial conference (Motion 8), debate 1426-7
- third reading of Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act (Motion 35), debate 3725-7
- third reading of Employment Standards Amendment Act (Motion 33), debate 3778-9
- tuition fee freeze (Motion 5), debate 1694-5, 2004-8
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School, special education and special needs, funding 1757
- Mulgrew, Ian, comments on legal aid funding reductions 3155
- Municipalities
- bylaw disputes, municipal bylaw courts, proposal and operation 2472-3
- property taxation and imposition of development cost charges, impact on housing 2038-9
- Murray, Joyce
- comments on forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance 4385-6
- position on issues
- environmental assessment legislation 3482
- Kyoto accord 2758-9, 2761
- use of coal as energy source 2761-4
- Water Act provisions re diversion or use of water for commercial purposes 2771
- Muskwa-Kechika trust fund, government funding and donations by organizations 1666-7
- Namoro, Lydia, comments on special education and special needs services in schools 1757-8
- National Coaching Institute, funding 2192
- National Council of Welfare, report on child poverty 2917-8
- Native Community Law Offices Association of B.C., comments on changes to mandate of Legal Services Society 3156-7
- Nault, Robert, comments on referendum on treaty negotiations 1889
- Nelson, long-term care beds 3800
- Nijjar, Rob, work on behalf of constituents 3559
- Nisga'a people, Nisga'a government involvement in child custody cases 3068
- North Island College, funding 2527-9
- North Shore Women's Centre, comments on human rights legislation 3995
- Northern health authority, budget and services 4029
- Nurses, collective agreements, legislated settlement 1542
- Occupational health and safety
- injuries in the workplace
- change in number of workplace injuries during 1992-2001 period 3549, 3553
- impact of injuries on workers and families 3555-60
- injury rates among younger workers 3610
- role of preventative education 3553
- workplace safety 3939-40
- Ochi Day 4094
- O'Conner, Frances, long-term care case 4530-1, 4591-2, 4594-5, 4598
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games
- Ombudsman, role in child and youth advocacy, funding 2608-9
- Ontario
- housing projects, cancellation, compensation issue 1945
- income assistance system reforms 1107
- Open Learning Agency
- board, public release of reports 4324-5
- board, replacement 2497-9
- chief executive officer, dismissal and compensation 2498
- core review 4328-9
- future of agency 2498-9
- Knowledge Network component, status 2527
- role 3385
- wind-up of agency, transition process 4322-9
- Open Learning Agency Repeal Act, debate 4322-9
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, article re impact of labour market flexibility on economic competitiveness 3615
- Overholt, Carman, comments on legal aid costs in B.C. 2253, 2271
- Owen, Philip, position on Woodwards Building project 2026
- Pacific AIDS Network, concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 3349, 3414-5
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on referendum on treaty negotiations 1890
- Parks
- campgrounds, access for disabled persons, camping fees 2785-6, 2896
- Forests ministry recreation sites
- maintenance and management 2633-6
- management 2749
- monitoring, liability issue 2634-6
- interpretive services 3800
- management
- park and wildlife recreation strategy 2749
- services in parks 2750
- Parliament Buildings, Indian land claim in area 1888
- Pearce, Rosanne, work as tenant advocate 4417-9
- Penticton and District Society for Community Living, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3412
- Penticton Retirement Centre, closing 2288
- Persons with AIDS Society of British Columbia, concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 3420
- Pets in Rental Housing Act
- Pets of B.C. Residents, work of group on legislation re pets in rental housing 2990-1, 4223-4, 4422-3
- Pharmacare program
- coverage
- changes, monitoring of impact 4211-2
- income testing 3849-50
- income testing, consultation 3894
- reference drug program
- Physicians
- arbitration process
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions
- job action by physicians, impact on patients 3151
- negotiations 1939-40
- salary increases, funding sources 3152
- services
- alternative payment models 3442
- withdrawal of services, elective surgeries 2021-2
- supply, recruitment and retention 1544
- Plant, Geoff
- comments on impact of legal aid funding reductions 1296
- position as Attorney General, confidence issue 2316-7
- responses during debate on human rights legislation 4101
- Police, powers of police officers 3132
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 2528, 2530
- distance education
- accessibility 2528
- availability 2498
- program and service delivery 4322-3, 4325, 4328-9
- program and service delivery, private sector involvement, WebCT 4326-7
- funding
- government commitment 2528-9
- grants from government, targeted funding for student spaces 2527
- student financial assistance, first-year grants 2005
- students, protest rallies on post-secondary education system 2005-7
- system, Liberal Party position 2005-8
- tuition freeze
- impact on program-completion time 2007
- lifting of freeze, impact on accessibility of post-secondary education 1694-5, 2004-8
- Poverty
- definition 2861, 2868-9
- impact on health care system and criminal activity 2870
- incidence in B.C.
- Powell River, mental health services 3474
- Premier's office
- Prince Rupert, legal aid office, closing 3144
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter of privilege 2558
- Provincial health officer, mandate and role 3854, 4624
- Public Accounts Committee
- report for second session of 37th parliament presented 1261
- work of committee 1261
- Public Education Flexibility and Choice Act, provisions re school board funding 1765-6
- Public health
- immunization programs for Vancouver's downtown east side, funding 1561-2
- role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle 2193-4
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates process, participation by opposition MLAs 2057
- Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3388-9, 3425-32
- Public Sector Management Remuneration Allowances and Perquisites Act, debate 2668, 3371-3, 3576-8
- Public Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, concerns re environmental protection 2786-7
- Queen Charlotte Islands, Indian land claim in area 1888
- Raging Grannies, request for meeting with Murray Coell 2389
- Rankin, Harry, tribute 1335
- Reid, Linda
- comments on availability of child care services to shift workers 3609
- meeting with constituents, case 3224
- Reitsma-Street, Marge, comments on changes to income assistance system 2875-6, 2912-3
- Residential Tenancy Act
- debate 4216-25, 4260-84, 4413-27, 4453-81, 4485, 4565-78, 4641-57
- administration of act, director's responsibilities 4274
- definitions
- "security deposits" 4260-2
- "tenancy agreement" and "licence to occupy" 4263, 4266
- "tenant" 4264
- "unconscionable," use of term 4270-4
- enforcement 4221, 4270, 4466
- judicial reviews 4275-6
- participation of government MLAs in debate on bill 4216-7, 4219, 4282-3
- plain language in bill 4221, 4269, 4575-6, 4647, 4650
- provisions re pets 2988, 2990-1
- public information 4274-5, 4460-2
- revision
- amendments re pets in rental housing 3370
- need for future amendments 4418-9
- public consultation 4224
- Resources and resource industries
- community resource boards, funding 1665-6
- consumption of resources, government action 1657
- Richmond Youth Service Agency, government contract 2670
- Rivers and streams
- protection, Living Rivers strategy 2766-70
- stream diversion 2771-2
- Roberts Bank, Indian land claim in area 1888-9
- Rogers, Kimberly, Ontario income assistance case 2386-7, 3669-70
- Roulston, Francine, comments on changes to environmental assessment legislation 3692
- Saddlemyer, Keith, position as human rights commissioner 4036
- Sales tax, provincial sales tax increase 4312
- Salt Lake City, hosting of 2002 Olympic Games, impact on housing 2047-8, 2056
- Sandy Merriman Shelter for Women, day program, closing 4580
- Save Our Schools, activities of organization 3009, 3258
- School Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 3008-16, 3101-5, 3108-9, 3111-2, 3115-7, 3120-1, 3227-9, 3231, 3234-5, 3237-41, 3250-61, 3389-407
- ability of school boards to establish companies 3241, 3250-2
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards
- autonomy 3013, 3398-9
- budgets, access to budget information 3121
- catchment areas 3101-2
- francophone school districts, special adviser 3398-9
- funding
- adequacy to meet projected needs 1748-50, 1766, 1768, 1773-4, 1782, 1845-6, 1857-60, 3010-3
- allocation for Medical Services Plan premiums 1807-8, 1811, 1846, 1848, 1851
- allocation for social programs 2703, 2714
- allocation for social programs, social equity funding 1856-7
- buffer grants 1783, 1785, 1847
- buffer grants, review 1858
- capital and operating funding 3252, 3394-5
- debt-servicing costs 1846
- funding allocations 2503-4
- funding formula 1764, 1766-7, 1782-5, 1848, 3255-61, 3389-93
- funding formula, supplemental funding 1768-70, 1772-3, 1785, 1851-2
- overpayments, requirements 3394
- teachers' salary increases 1748, 1768, 1810-1
- powers
- removal of boards and replacement with official trustee 3403-7
- reports
- reporting requirements 3239-40
- requirements re deadlines for submission of information 3395-6
- South Island school districts, comments on school district funding 1849
- superintendents of schools, website information on school board funding 1854-5
- trustees
- comments on school board funding 1759
- powers 3014
- School district 20 (Kootenay-Columbia), funding 1783-4, 1855, 3010-1, 3254-5, 3259, 3390
- School district 28 (Quesnel), funding 3011, 3259
- School district 35 (Langley), funding 3011, 3259
- School district 36 (Surrey), funding 3011, 3261
- School district 38 (Richmond), funding 3011, 3261
- School district 39 (Vancouver), funding
- School district 40 (New Westminster), funding 1770, 1772, 3011, 3259
- School district 41 (Burnaby), funding 3010, 3259
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), funding 3010, 3259
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), funding 1769-70, 1772, 3011, 3259
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), funding 1769-70, 1772
- School district 57 (Prince George), funding 3011, 3259
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), funding
- School district 62 (Sooke), funding 1849, 3011, 3261
- School district 63 (Saanich), funding 1849, 3011, 3259-60
- School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), funding 3011, 3259
- School district 70 (Alberni), funding 3010, 3258-9
- Schools
- Schreck, David, comments on issues
- community care and assisted-living legislation 4295-6
- regulation of child care facilities 4313
- Sechelt, mental health services 3381
- Seniors, housing
- Seniors Housing Information Program Society, comments on housing for seniors 4297-8
- Shaw, Maureen, comments on lifting of tuition fee freeze 2006
- Simon Fraser University
- funding for Technical University of B.C. 3455-6
- role in Woodwards Building project 2026-7
- Sims, Mary-Woo
- comments on human rights legislation 3996-8
- severance payment 2462
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- government involvement in financial situation, breakdown of supplementary funds addressing debt repayment 1940
- sale of company 1942
- Skills Development and Labour ministry, employment standards branch
- investigation and resolution of complaints 3614-6, 3773-4
- service and staffing levels 3606
- Skills training
- education and information 2494-5
- funding 2290, 2493-4
- supply of skilled workers 3386
- system
- training programs
- Smyth, Michael, comments on issues
- B.C. Gas and water protection 3855
- school board funding 3012
- Social Planning and Research Council of B.C., recommendations re income assistance system 2869
- Social workers
- Sodexho
- Songhees Indian band, land claims 1888
- Speech disorders, speech pathologists in public education system, cost 1861-2
- Sport B.C., funding 2193-4
- Sports
- athlete assistance program, elimination 2044, 2193
- athletes, government support 2044-6, 2193-4
- coaching, funding 2192-3
- physical fitness and amateur sports fund 2193
- Stephens, Lynn
- accessibility as MLA 1388
- comments on issues
- role as advocate for women 3611-2, 3618
- role as Women's Equality minister of state 1629
- Strathcona Adult Day Centre, closing 3000
- Student Summer Works program, government funding 2496-7
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prescribed-heroin study 1560
- prevention and treatment
- harm reduction initiatives 2198-9
- treatment facilities, regulation 4312
- safe injection sites 1742-3, 2198-9
- Sullivan, Richard, comments on funding for services for children and families 2661
- Sunshine Coast, mental health services 3381
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 1571, 1574-9, 1581-4, 1615-25, 1656-73
- goals and responsibilities 1657
- operations
- commitment to science-based decision-making 1574-6, 1582-3, 1671
- consultation with Indians 1667-8
- development of sustainability principles and performance-based standards 1577-8, 1622-5, 1657
- development of sustainability principles and performance-based standards, consultation process 1619-21, 1672
- development of sustainability principles, role of Water, Land and Air Protection ministry 2781-2
- geographic information systems, mapping and registries 1584, 1616-8
- water management 2772
- regional offices 1617
- services
- contracted services 1581-2
- contracted services with universities 1575-6
- electronic delivery of services 1616-7
- user fees for services 1618
- staffing 1581-4
- work with other ministries 1578
- Swayne, Peter, comments on Children and Family Development ministry budget reductions 2608
- Tate, Terry, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3553
- Taxation, tax reductions
- impact on economy and social services funding 1345
- Liberal Party position 1866, 2030-1
- reductions and changes, impact on government services 1298
- Teachers
- Technical University of B.C.
- Tenants Rights Action Coalition
- poll on affordable housing 1911
- press release on supply of affordable housing 2028-9
- Throne speech debate 1104-8
- Tiger's Eye Productions Society, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3716
- Tolls
- Tourism industry, government support for industry 2635-6
- Trade unions
- certification and decertification process, right to communicate 3510-1, 3513
- union organization in B.C. 3511
- Transit services, labour dispute in lower mainland, legislated settlement 1542
- Transportation Investment Act (Bill 67)
- Transportation ministry
- consultation on plan for expansion of transportation infrastructure, public release 4177-9
- report, Creating Opportunities for Expanding Transportation Infrastructure, final version 4141-2
- Tremblay, Sandi, comments on legal aid funding reductions 2274
- Trial Lawyers Association of B.C.
- comments on legal aid funding and courthouse closings 2275-6
- position on funding reductions for legal aid 1296
- Tsawwassen Indian band, land claims 1888-9
- Tsawwassen, Indian land claim in area 1888-9
- Tuberculosis, incidence and control 1561-2
- U.N. convention on the rights of the child 2660, 2663
- United We Can, work of organization 2910
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- degree-granting authority, quality assessment process and monitoring 2843-4
- private institutions, impact on public system 2844-5
- University of B.C., law students' legal advice program, funding 2272
- Usher, Jane, letter on school planning councils 3227-9
- Vancouver
- Chinatown lighting project 2198
- downtown east side
- housing issues 1961
- illegal drug activity, harm reduction model 2198-9
- study on impact of hosting of 2010 Olympic Games 2048-52
- Woodwards Building project 2026-37
- health care services for children 2127
- housing
- affordable housing 2059-60
- impact of anti-demolition and anti-conversion bylaws 2054-7, 2059
- number of renters 4217
- programs for children 3246-7
- revitalization project for downtown 2197-8
- Vancouver agreement
- activities and initiatives 2197-9
- planning 1559-61
- role in study on impact of hosting of 2010 Olympic Games 2050
- statement on impact of 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Vancouver rent levels 4569-70
- Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians, comments on human rights legislation 3993-4
- Vancouver Canucks, sale of team, government involvement 3279
- Vancouver coastal health authority, program and service delivery 3337
- Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights, comments on human rights legislation 3994
- Vancouver Community College, programs
- butcher training program 2290-2
- individualized education program for adults with learning disabilities 2954, 3424
- programs for hearing-impaired 2954, 2973
- Vancouver Friends for Life Society, comments on benefits of pets to people 2991
- Vancouver Sun, article on Vancouver school district funding 1801, 1807
- Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area, poverty in area 1961, 2906, 2956
- Vernon and District Women's Centre Society, comments on liens against property of income assistance recipients 3668
- Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre, concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 3417
- Violence
- prevention of bullying and violence at school 3237
- violence against women, prevention, government commitment 1629
- Voice of the Cerebral Palsied of Greater Vancouver, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3313, 3317, 3329
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, government support 1343
- Wages and salaries
- first-job entry-level wage 3613, 3759-62
- minimum wage, impact on number of people on income assistance 2392-3
- unpaid wages, liability 3614, 3773
- Walkerton, contaminated drinking water incident
- Warwick, Peter, comments on northern health authority budget 4029
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3124-6, 3208-9
- Waste management, contaminated sites
- regulation, ministerial responsibility 3125
- remediation of sites, requirements 3125-6, 3208-9
- Water
- drinking water panel, recommendations 1663, 3853-4
- management, ministerial responsibility 2772
- pricing of drinking water 2749
- protection of water supply 2632, 2782-4, 2792-3, 3535, 3854-5
- safety of water supply
- boil-water advisories in B.C. 3855
- ministerial responsibility 1662-5
- water utilities, regulation, government role 1661-2
- Water Act, diversion or use for commercial purposes, position of Water, Land and Air Protection minister 2771
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- estimates debate 2530-2, 2743-7, 2749-59, 2761-74, 2781-96
- budget
- mandate 2822
- operations
- commitment to science-based decision-making 2745, 2768, 3382
- development of environmental standards 2768-9
- development of performance- and results-based standards 2787-92
- ecosystem-based approach 2754-6
- enforcement function 2616, 2757, 2764-5, 2792
- environmental protection activities 1657, 1662-4, 1670-2, 2531, 2744-5, 2751-8, 2764, 2784-5, 2787, 2795-6, 3126
- land use planning 2773-4
- risk management 2787
- water management 2632
- water management, stream diversion 2771-2
- restructuring of regulatory framework 2791-5
- staffing
- website map on grizzly bear habitation in B.C.
- work with other ministries 2744, 2756, 2784-5
- Watersheds, management 2768
- Welfare, social services, funding reductions
- West Coast Environmental Law Association, comments on issues
- changes to contaminated minesite legislation 3124-6
- environmental assessment process reforms 3478-81
- West Coast LEAF Association, comments on human rights legislation 4000-1
- West End Seniors Network Society, comments on benefits of pets to people 2991
- Whistler, affordable housing 2059-60
- Whittred, Katherine
- debate on impact of community care and assisted-living legislation 4590-3, 4595, 4598
- questions to ministry staff on health care service reductions 3685
- Whitwall, Eileen, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3727
- Wildlife
- conservation officers
- grizzly bears, protection 3382
- Wilkinson, Andrew, appointment as Intergovernmental Relations deputy minister 3371
- Willcocks, Paul, comments on Liberal Party government changes 1347
- Williams Lake
- Women
- issues, government commitment 1258-9, 1345
- need for ministry responsible for women's equality issues 1344-5
- pay equity task force
- programs and services, service levels 1108
- women's centres, funding 4166
- Wood, Janette, comments on income assistance appeals tribunals 3721
- Woodwards Cooperative Housing Association
- Workers compensation
- appeals system reforms 3939-40
- claims, incidence and cost of claims during 1997-2001 period 3553-5
- coverage, changes to benefits 3549-53
- legal aid services for claimants 3189
- system
- Workers Compensation Advocacy Group, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3550-2
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3548-60
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 (Bill 63)
- Workers Compensation Board
- assessment costs for employers 3940
- financial situation 3549-50
- governance structure 3940-1
- Wynn, Sheila, consultation on changes to environmental assessment legislation 3690
- Yoder, Michael, letter re disability benefits 3957-8
- Young, Alan, consultation on changes to environmental assessment legislation 3690
- Youth
- employment and unemployment
- availability of summer jobs 3612, 3760
- employment levels in B.C. 3761
- employment programs, government funding 2495-7
- youth at risk
- programs and services 2660
- secure care legislation 4398-9
- Youth Community Action program, government funding 2496-7
- YouthQuest program, government funding 2496-7
Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.
- Work with Simon Fraser University on services in Surrey
(Bond) 3457
Kyoto accord
- Canada's strategy on climate change See Climate change under Climate
- First ministers' meeting
(Campbell) 4138-9
(Lekstrom) 4138
- Impact on Canadian industry
(Bennett) 1291
- Letter from Gordon Campbell to Jean Chrétien re B.C.'s position
(Neufeld) 3954
- Liberal Party position
(Kwan) 2758-9, 2761, 3153, 3982
(MacPhail) 1978-9
(Murray) 2758-9, 2761
(Neufeld) 1978-9, 3153
- Negotiations
(Roddick) 2339
(van Dongen) 2339
- Potential impact on B.C.
(Bennett) 4209
(Campbell) 4138-9
(Lekstrom) 3895, 4138
(Murray) 3895
(Nuraney) 3895
- Provision for nuclear-generated electricity
(Neufeld) 4259
(Nijjar) 4259
- Public education and information
(MacPhail) 1979
(Neufeld) 1979
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