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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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MacAhonic, Patti
- Comments on workers compensation system
(Kwan) 3558-60
McBride, Stephen
McCallum, Doug
- Position on community charter model
(MacPhail) 2103
(Nebbeling) 2103-4
McCrae, John
- Poem In Flanders Fields
(Bloy) 4398
McDonald, Peter
McDonald's Restaurants
- Unionization at Squamish restaurant
(Kwan) 3513-5
McEachern, Allan
McFadyen, Summer
- Comments on lifting of tuition fee freeze
(Kwan) 2004-5
Macgregor, Ed
- Work as mayor of Sooke commended
(Kerr) 1162
McGregor, Tom
- Comments on changes to disability benefits legislation
(Kwan) 2956
(MacPhail) 2929
MacInnis, Scott
- Comments on post-secondary education participation rates
(Manhas) 3041
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- As subject
- comments on forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance
(Kwan) 4385
- experience with fishing and hunting 4068-9
- member's statement, position on firearms registry
(Kwan) 1629
- participation on government committees and task forces 1447
- Adamson, Mark, woodlot operation 4380-1
- Biologists, role of applied biology professionals in management of forest industry 4380
- B.C., rural B.C., access to quality education 4508
- B.C. Building Code, wood frame code for home-building, potential adoption by Taiwan 4174
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- business background of northern MLAs 1447
- commitments and initiatives 1446-7
- priorities 1075
- Budget debate 1446-8
- Budgets, 2002-03 budget, public reaction 1448
- Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club, annual banquet 1211-2
- Burns Lake, education facilities, construction in area 3865
- College of New Caledonia, Burns Lake campus, renovations 3865
- Computer technology, Internet accessibility and economic opportunity 4212
- Decker Lake Elementary School, opening 3865
- Education
- participation rates in core subject areas 4507
- students, academic achievement 4507
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- Firearms, firearm registry, effectiveness 1434
- Fisheries
- recreational fishing, role in economy 4068-9
- steelhead fishery, catch and release program 4068-9
- Forest and Range Practices Act, debate 4379-81
- Forest industry
- forest practices, results-based code 4380-1
- industry in B.C. 4380
- products, transportation by ferry 2725
- woodlot licence plans 4380-1
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
- history 4379-80
- provisions re environmental protection measures 3444
- revision, public input 3443
- Forests ministry, office closings and service delivery 1149
- Government
- core services review process 1447
- fiscal planning and policies, current fiscal situation 1074-5
- Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., position on fishing and hunting 4068
- The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Act, debate 4068-70
- Hunting, recreational hunting, role in economy 4068-9
- Jobs and timber accord 4379
- Kenney Dam, cold water release proposal 2287
- Lakes District Secondary School, construction 3865
- Mining industry
- exploration and industry during NDP administration 4379
- government support 2867
- Nechako Watershed Council, work on proposal for cold water release at Kenney Dam 2287
- NDP, performance as government during 1991-2001 period 1074-5
- New Hazelton, police services for area, funding 1685
- Noranda Inc., operations in B.C. 4379
- Police and policing, funding for services, formula 1683-5
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah mine development, petition tabled 1389
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, funding for services, formula 1683-5
- St. Roch, preservation of ship 3648-9
- Smithers
- health care services, supply of surgeons, petition tabled 4213
- ski resort development 2351-2
- South Side, funding for ambulance station, petition tabled 1876
- Steele Heart, fundraising by band for preservation of St. Roch 3649
- As subject
- withdrawal from debate on Residential Tenancy Act 4208
- Throne speech debate 1074-5
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 2214-5
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 2724-5
- provisions re inland ferry schedules and tolls 2724-5
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, consultation on funding formula for police services 1684
- Workers Compensation Board, smoking ban, petition tabled 1215
- Zirnhelt, David, comments on forest practices legislation while Forests minister 4379
Mackenzie, B.C.
- Economy
(Bell) 1428
- Pulp mill operations
(Bell) 1440
McKnight, John
- Theories on social policy
(Hogg) 1172
McLachlin, Beverley
McLean, Candis
- Comments on hunting
(Bennett) 1686
McLean, Kenny
McLean Mill National Historic Site
- Historic site
(Trumper) 1212
McLeod Lake Indian band
McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Amendment Act, 2002
McLure, B.C.
- Ferry service
(Krueger) 1692
(MacPhail) 2680
McMahon, Wendy (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Airports, air travellers security charge, impact 2353-4, 3686
- Arthritis, incidence 4076
- B.C. Liberal Party government, initiatives 1223
- B.C. School Trustees Association, submission to Education Committee 3008
- Budget debate 1223-4
- Casey, Thora, participation in arthritis fundraising event 4076
- Children and Family Development ministry, interim authorities, boards, establishment 4153
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, ski industry 1224
- Community Services Interim Authorities Act, debate 4153
- Education
- parental involvement in education system 3007
- principals and vice-principals, role 3007-8
- school planning councils, establishment 3007
- system, choice 3008
- Education Committee
- consultation by committee 1224, 3008
- report
- content 3007
- report for third session of 37th parliament presented 2290-1
- Environment, environmental protection, penalties for environmental offences 3475
- Health care
- facilities, closing of intermediate and long-term care facilities, consultation of residents 3062
- system reforms 1234
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- section between Alberta border and Revelstoke, safety 1224, 1501
- section between Alberta border and Sicamous, safety 1433-4
- Highway 3, section between Fernie and Cranbrook, safety of Steamboat Hill area, petition tabled 4677
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation, federal-provincial funding 1501
- The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Act, debate 4074, 4245-6
- Hunting, issues 4246
- Invermere Public Library, activities 3368
- Johnston, Jerry, work on disabled skiing issues 2126
- Kimberley
- economy 1224
- hosting of disabled skiing events 2126
- Kimberley and District Hospital, acute and emergency care services, petition tabled 1389
- Kootenay area, tourism 3864, 4059-61
- Libraries, role 3367-9
- Madson, Roger, tribute 4527
- Moberly Manor
- closing, petition tabled 3687
- residents' concerns 3062
- Nurses, recruitment of foreign-trained nurses 2819
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, potential benefits 1308
- Panorama Resort, expansion 1224
- Parks
- campgrounds, access for disabled persons, camping fees 2534
- Forests ministry recreation sites, maintenance and management 4079
- Pezderic, Andy, letter re hunting as rural-urban issue 4246
- Physicians, salary increases, funding sources 1223
- Revelstoke, services, petition tabled 3063
- School Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3007-8
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards 3007-8
- administration, shared services 3007
- autonomy 1224
- powers 3008
- Ski industry
- disabled skiing events 2126
- regulations, interim measures for ski operators 1224
- Tourism industry in B.C. 4059-61
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- Wildlife
- bears, problem bears, prevention work 2536
- conservation and protection of wildlife, role of fishers and hunters 4074
- conservation officers, service changes
McMartin, Will
- Comments on budgeting in B.C.
(MacPhail) 1229
Macmillan, Norma
- Death
(Throne speech) 1043
- Tribute
(Mayencourt) 1239
McNulty, Jim
- Comments on Liberal Party government priorities
(Kwan) 1105
MacPhail, Joy (Vancouver-Hastings)
- As subject
- actions and comments on softwood lumber issue
(Collins) 2133
- attendance of Health Committee public hearings 1230
(Suffredine) 1222
- attendance of Police Complaint Process Review Committee meetings
(Collins) 3653
- comments on issues
- comments while Finance minister
(Hawes) 1355, 1358
- education funding
(Clark) 3257
- forest practices legislation
(de Jong) 4410-1
(Harris) 4372-4
(Hawes) 4376
(Kwan) 4384
- response to 2001-02 budget (economic and fiscal update) 1228, 1234
- response while Labour minister to questions on Workers Compensation Board
(Krueger) 3599
- throne speech
(Chong) 1103
- consultation re disability benefits legislation 3025-6
- documents referred to in question period tabled 1631
- letter to public re health care changes
(Hansen) 3095
(Krueger) 3095
- Abbotsford, hospital construction project, private sector involvement 3476
- Abbott, Rob, qualifications and work with Water, Land and Air Protection ministry 3651
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee, participation by NDP MLAs 1894
- Aboriginal Health Association of B.C., former members, hiring by Children and Family Development ministry 2406
- Abortion
- provision of services, hospital list 2439
- services
- accessibility 1842-3
- facilities providing abortion services 1842
- Access to Education Act, repeal 3045-7
- Accidents, people with brain injuries, consultation by government re disability benefits legislation 3410
- Adams, Jacquie, work-related injury case 2953
- Advanced Education ministry
- Agricultural Land Commission
- Agricultural Land Commission Act
- debate 3434-8, 3445-52
- consultation by government 3434
- definitions, "fill" 3434
- provisions
- conservation covenants 3447
- delegation of decision-making powers to local government and other public bodies 3446, 3448-50
- dispute resolution process for community issues 3437, 3445
- regulations in bill 3434-5, 3446, 3451
- Agricultural land reserve
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 2225-34
- Agriculture industry, farm workers, liability of contractors and producers for wages of contracted workers 3745-6, 3756-7
- Aim High, consultation with government 2735
- Alaska, position on fish farming 2553
- Alberta, deregulation of electricity industry 2066
- Alcohol
- Ambulance service
- ambulance paramedics, issues 1735-9, 2419
- billing of patients for transfer between facilities 4507
- non-emergency transfers 1734-5
- provincial and public service 1736-7
- response times 1733-5, 2418
- Anderson, Val, comments on issues
- comments while in opposition during debate on disability benefits legislation 2927-8
- U.N. convention on the rights of the child 3742
- Andres, Monica, comments on access to post-secondary education 2303
- Aquaculture industry
- expansion of industry
- expansion 2229, 2231, 2234
- lifting of provincial moratorium, petition tabled 3187
- fish farms
- impact on environment 2551-2
- salmon aquaculture review in 1997, recommendations 2234, 2552
- salmon farming
- moratorium on establishment of salmon farms 2234
- quality of products 2234
- scientific studies 2551
- Armed forces, loss of Canadian lives in Afghanistan 2935
- Arrow Lakes, ferry service 2677-8, 2723
- Attorney General ministry, budget, revised expenditures for 2001-02 fiscal year 2576-8
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3327-8, 3482-8
- Auditor general
- comments on economy of B.C. under Liberal Party administration 1143
- recommendations on government performance measurements 1072
- Automobiles
- insurance
- competition in provision of automobile insurance 2593-5
- uninsured drivers 2595
- taxation of commercial vehicles 2650
- traffic safety
- traffic safety 2108
- youth driving safety 2594
- traffic violations
- Bank of Canada, setting of interest rates, consideration of B.C. economy 2865-6
- BCcampus, program and service delivery 4287, 4321
- Belsey, Bill, comments on offshore oil and gas exploration 2079
- Bennett, Bill
- e-mail from Bill Bennett to ministries tabled 3096
- lobbying of government 3094, 3246
- Biologists, applied biology professionals
- professional conduct standards, appeals process 4586
- regulation 4585-6
- role in management of forest industry 4687
- Bloy, Harry, behaviour in House 3118
- Boyd, David, comments on environmental protection 1067-8
- Bray, Jeff
- comments on size of civil service 1071
- performance as MLA 3022
- Bridges Employment Training Project, funding 1821-2
- Britannia Community Services Centre, home instruction program for preschool youngsters 2736
- B.C.
- international reputation re human rights 3033-4
- northern B.C., offshore oil and gas potential 2079-80
- population, health status 2507
- rural B.C., health care services 1424
- B.C. Aboriginal Health Council
- B.C. Ambulance Service
- B.C. Association for Charitable Gaming, meeting with government on charitable gaming issues 2687
- B.C. Association for Community Living, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3027
- B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, comments on changes to disability benefits system 2925-6, 3027
- B.C. Coalition of Women's Centres, relationship with Women's Equality minister of state 1833-4, 1837-8
- B.C. Federation of Labour, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3028
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, debt, extinguishment of debt owed to government 2596
- B.C. Health Research Foundation, termination 3290
- B.C. Housing Management Commission, funding for care facilities 2487-8, 2506
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, elimination 1832-3
- B.C. Hydro
- accounting practices, triple bottom-line accounting 2075
- division of operations 1646, 2066-7, 2071, 4448, 4528-9
- privatization issue 3137
- rates 1978, 2064-5
- relationship with Energy Policy Task Force 2070-4
- revenues to government, dividend forecasts 2075-6, 2582-3
- sale of electricity to California utilities, payment owing 2076-7
- staffing, number of vice-presidents 2069-70, 2074-5
- transmission system, separate entity concept 2068-9, 2072-3
- water use planning, consultation with Indians 2074-5
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government
- accommodation of MLAs' schedules 3634
- actions re collective agreements 3540, 4132
- actions re seniors 3893
- actions since election 1070-2, 1228-9, 1234-5, 3541
- actions since election, public perception 4183
- caucus meetings, openness 2817-8
- handling of contracts 3530-1, 3592
- policies 3621
- priorities 1064-6, 1068-9, 1073-4, 2581
- government, position on issues
- civil service employees, number 1071
- collective agreements 1070
- collective agreements, legislated settlement 1538
- environmental protection 1067-8, 2675
- gambling, expansion of gambling in B.C. 1070-1, 2683-4
- government performance measurements 1072
- health care system 1434-5
- income assistance reforms, election campaign statements 2898-900, 2921-2
- Kyoto accord 1978-9
- legislation, availability of policies and regulations when bill introduced 4346-7
- minimum wage 1071-2
- post-secondary education funding 2210-2, 2257-9, 2263
- post-secondary education system 1065
- private clinics in health care system 2519
- treaty negotiations 1894-6
- women, gender equality 1212-3
- MLAs' comments while in opposition during debate on Disability Benefits Program Act 2927-8, 2932-3
- political polarization 1235
- B.C. Lottery Corporation
- revenues to government
- revenues 2683
- revised forecast for 2001-02 fiscal year 2583
- role in gambling addiction programs 2414
- B.C. Medical Association
- concerns re legislation cancelling physician arbitration process and sections of arbitration agreement 1540
- meetings with government re arbitration agreement and delisting of services 1147
- membership 1609
- B.C. Progress Board
- B.C. Rail
- core services review
- freight service
- passenger service
- privatization, B.C. Liberal Party policy 3918-9
- B.C. Railway Act, exemption of common-law cases 3925
- B.C. Schizophrenia Society, funding for North Shore branch 3151, 3380
- B.C. School Trustees Association
- position on issues
- agreements on behalf of school boards with government 3087
- education system reforms 3022-3
- sale of assets by school districts 3253-4
- school board funding 1933, 2088
- school planning councils 3110, 3117
- request to Education ministry for information on school board funding 2087-8, 2093
- B.C. Seafood Alliance, role 2227
- B.C. Teachers Federation
- directive for teachers on foundation skills assessments 3087
- meetings with Education minister 3088
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, funding for capital projects 3948
- Broughton Archipelago, fish farms in area 2231
- Budget, supplementary estimates 2001-02 debate 2292-301
- Budget debate 1209, 1228-35
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2002, debate 2130-2, 2183-7
- Budgets
- 2001-02 budget (economic and fiscal update)
- content 1228-30
- impact on province, checklist 1234-5
- supplementary estimates, briefing for opposition MLA 2296, 2301
- 2002-03 budget
- balanced budgets, projection for 2004-05 fiscal year, impact on environmental standards in forest industry 4346
- Business
- directors of companies
- legislation, advisory committee 3840
- malpractice cases in U.S. 3841
- public-private partnerships
- role in delivery of services 1066
- school construction 1716
- shareholder meetings, legislative requirements 3804, 3841-3
- shareholders' proposals, legislative requirements 3804, 3843-5
- shares, issue price for shares, legislation 3838
- small business taxation, corporate tax rate threshold 2647
- venture capital, labour-sponsored funds
- Business Corporations Act, debate 3804-5, 3838-45
- Business Council of B.C., comments on issues
- private sector involvement in expansion of transportation infrastructure 4203
- resource-based economy 3138
- Business Week, article on toll roads 3948
- California, energy supply 1646
- Camosun College, armoured car services contract, advertising 1818-9
- Campbell, Gordon
- comments on issues
- passenger rail service 3904
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 1894
- transportation infrastructure projects 3945-7
- meetings with chambers of commerce 3678
- Campbell Valley Women's Centre, closing 1836-7
- Canada Business Corporations Act (federal), provisions 3804
- Canadian Bar Association
- comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3627-8, 3766
- position on funding reductions for legal aid 1142-3
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind, position on audio books program 2151
- Carrier-Sekani tribal council, position on forest practices legislation and aboriginal rights and title 4259, 4351-3, 4537
- Central Vancouver Island health region, severance payment to chief executive officer 2299
- Chanin, Irene
- payment as deputy minister 3278
- position with B.C. Buildings Corporation 3277-8, 3574
- Chappel, Stacy, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3027
- Cheema, Gulzar
- comments on disabled people's concerns re disability benefits legislation 2922
- response to questions in estimates debate 2519
- Chief forester, responsibilities 2720
- Child and youth officer
- communication by child or youth with officer or delegate 3499
- independence of office 3323, 3490-1
- information access and confidentiality 3500-1
- responsibilities and role
- special reports and adequacy of funding for office 3495-6
- term of office 3490-2
- Child, youth and family advocate, responsibilities of former office 3320
- Children
- advocacy for children and youth
- community involvement 3492
- need for independent advocate 3321-3
- child care
- before- and after-school care 1826-7
- cost, funding assistance for parents 1822-3
- facilities, closing 4306-7
- facilities, licensing and regulation 1828-9
- government policy, impact on families 1827-9
- spaces, infant and toddler spaces 1823-4, 1826
- spaces, number of licensed spaces 1829
- strategy 1793-4, 1796
- strategy, consultation by government 1822-6, 1828
- universal child care program 1826-7
- child care subsidy
- early childhood educators, salaries, impact of Munroe agreement 1825
- early childhood services, allocation of federal funding 2735-6
- employment of children 3625-6, 3741-5
- programs and services for children and families, government commitment 1071
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 2729-37
- Children's Commission, guiding principles 3321
- Chudnovsky, David, comments on education system, Education ministry news release 3088
- Civil service
- death of public servants in Kamloops 3889
- employees
- reduction in number, impact on equity sectors 1491-2
- reduction in number, Liberal Party position 1071
- role, government support 1628-9
- industrial relations officers and employment standards officers, union exclusion, legislation 3520, 3595
- pension plans, reduction 4112
- public perception as employer of choice 4132
- severance
- legislation 2400-1
- severance for senior personnel 4109-12
- severance for senior personnel, accumulation of sick leave and vacation time 4112, 4130-2
- voluntary departure and severance payments, legislation 2299
- workforce adjustment program
- funding for program and voluntary departure 2293-5, 2297-300
- write-off of information systems 2295
- Clark, Bruce
- arrangement of meetings between lobbyists and government 3248
- meetings with government 3063
- Coal industry
- activities, applicability of forest practices legislation 3262-3, 3266
- industry during NDP administration 3138
- mine roads, construction, use of on-site aggregate 3262
- Coder, Diana, comments on future of Open Learning Agency 4287-8
- Coell, Murray
- comments on disabled people's concerns re disability benefits legislation 2921-3, 2925-6, 2933
- letter to newspaper re changes to disability benefits legislation 3305-6, 3421
- response to questions on changes to disability benefits legislation 3340
- College of Applied Biology
- College of Applied Biology Act, debate 4561-2, 4585-6
- College of New Caledonia, deficit budget and program availability 2263-4, 2266
- Collins, Gary, economic forecasts 1229-30
- Columbia Basin Trust
- activities and funding 2077
- board membership 2077
- use of trust funds 2725
- Columbia Power Corporation, dam projects 2077
- Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission), recommendations 3321
- Communities, small communities, concerns re government actions 1302-3, 1424
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Community charter
- Community Charter Council, staff 2102
- draft charter
- consultation by government 2100-2
- discussion paper, content 2134-5
- tabling in Legislature 2101
- implementation
- principles
- impact on treaty negotiations 2108-9
- powers of municipalities, natural person powers 2134-5
- powers of municipalities, taxation 2104-5
- transfer of costs from provincial to local governments 1069-70
- transfer of costs from provincial to local governments and authority to raise taxes 1233
- Company Act, 1999 legislation 3804
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, supplementary estimates 2001-02 debate 1940-2
- Computer technology, video game rating system, studies 3430, 3432-3
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment process 4659-60
- Corbett, Pat, comments on elimination of rail service 3902-3
- Costello, Michael, comments on independent power producers' impact on electricity rates 4448-9
- Creo Products Inc., development of business 3529
- Cridge Centre for the Family, funding 4399
- Criminal Injury Compensation Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2681-2, 2726
- Criminal injury compensation program, pain and suffering awards 2681-2, 2726
- Cross, Dave, comments on changes to income assistance system 2886
- Crown agencies secretariat, reporting structure 1645
- Crown corporations
- core services reviews and performance measurement 1515-6
- payment of municipal taxes 1649
- Cunningham, Lynn, letter re reduction in child care subsidy 2977
- Dalen, Mary, letter on agricultural land reserve legislation 3435
- David Suzuki Foundation, comments on electricity rates 2065
- Day, Brian, private surgery service delivery 2438-9
- Delta Hospital, funding
- funding from property taxes 1716-7, 1817
- reductions, public consultation 1699
- Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 2570-1
- provisions re commencement of bill 2571
- public feedback on bill 2570
- Deregulation Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002, debate 3286-90
- Developmental Disabilities Association, position on changes to services for disabled persons 2731
- Disability Benefits Program Act
- B.C. Liberal Party MLAs' comments during debate on bill 2927-8, 2932-3
- definitions, "person with disabilities" 3307, 3351
- regulations 3422
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- employment, ability to secure employment 3028
- employment and assistance program, training programs, funding 2921-3
- family members' responsibility 2924
- income assistance legislation, consultation by government 2926, 2933, 3353
- medical coverage, eligibility 2927
- programs and services
- administration, role of regional authorities 2731-2
- eligibility, assessment process 2733-4
- funding and service delivery 2729-33
- specialized equipment for special needs children, medical benefits program 2734-5
- specialized equipment, funding 2734-5
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, funding 1841-2
- Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3859-62
- Drugs, prescription drugs
- cost, comparison with Saskatchewan 3850
- cost, study by Stanford University on impact of pill splitting on drug costs tabled 4213
- direct-to-consumer advertising 2439
- generic drugs 2432
- monitoring of inappropriate use 1725
- open tendering for generic and brand-name drugs 3865-6
- pill splitting as cost-reduction measure 4210-1
- use in B.C. 1720
- Ebbels, Jack, comments on Energy Policy Task Force report 2062-3
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- current and past conditions 1064-5
- economic forecast 2585
- government initiatives to improve economy 3138
- economic development, impact of Indian land claims 1989
- Education
- class size
- legislated size 1528-9, 3105-7
- regulations, impact on special needs students 2082
- curriculum, heritage language program 3754
- education of Indians, enrolment in school 1930-1
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 2148
- enrolment in schools
- funding
- additional funding 2295
- funding levels, impact on programs and services 1932-3, 2094, 3256-7
- government commitment 1924-6
- removal of cap on administration spending 3575
- inner-city schools funding 1931, 2736, 3022
- parent advisory councils
- parental involvement in education system 3021, 3114
- preschool education, home instruction program for preschool youngsters 2736
- school planning councils
- special education and special needs
- advisory committee 2083-4
- funding and services, review 2081-3
- individual education plans 2083
- students, assessment 2082-3
- students, assessment of students
- foundation skills assessment 3087-8
- legislation 3230
- system
- Education Committee, disclosure of draft report prior to its presentation in the House
- disclosure 3755
- referral of matter to Parliamentary Reform Committee 2355
- Education ministry
- Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3806-9, 3813-6
- Elections
- campaign contributions, third-party spending limits 3807
- election campaigns, donations of labour, regulations 3806-7, 3813-5
- fixed election date 3808
- municipal elections, legislation 2101-2, 2136
- Elections B.C., budget for referendum on treaty negotiations 2579, 2581
- Electric power
- coal-generated power plants, expansion in B.C. 3137-8
- deregulation of industry 2066-9
- electricity rates 2064-6
- export and import of power in B.C. 2065
- independent power producers, access to B.C. Hydro transmission system
- joint industry electricity steering committee, review of energy task force interim report 1067, 2063-4
- power companies, situation in Manitoba and Quebec 4528-9
- supply
- cross-border access to supply 1987
- supply 2071
- Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board, transfer of responsibilities to college for regulation of emergency medical assistants 2727
- Emerson, David, comments on Indian land claims and economic development 1989
- Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2002
- Employment and Assistance Act
- debate 2880-90, 2898-900, 2904-5, 3210-4, 3217-26, 3664, 3671-3, 3677-8
- debate
- participation of government MLAs in debate on bill 2904-5, 3217-8
- time limit on debate 3664
- deferment of divisions 3664
- definitions, "dependent child" 3210-1, 3213
- delay for six months 2880, 2882, 2885-6, 2888, 2890, 2898-9, 3576
- referral to Committee of the Whole to hear witnesses 3677-8
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
- debate 2921-34, 2935-6, 2976-8, 3025-34, 3305-8, 3312, 3339-40, 3345-8, 3350-4, 3358-9, 3407-11, 3418-23, 3718, 3721-3, 3727-8
- debate, time limit 3728
- definitions
- delay for six months 2933, 2935, 3576
- impact, risk to life 2976
- regulations, availability for debate on bill 3306, 3418
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards
- enforcement and penalties 3772
- flexibility, meaning of term 3759
- legislative changes 3624-8, 3778
- legislative changes, 1995 amendments to employment standards legislation 3622
- legislative changes, impact 3622-3
- hours of work
- maternity and parental leave 3769-70
- statutory holiday provisions 3768-9
- Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2002
- Energy
- energy resources 1977-8
- government policy, public input 1646-7
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 1976-81, 1986-95, 2061-81
- operations
- consultation with Indians 1988, 2074-5
- development of energy sources, sustainability 1977, 1979, 1981
- development of performance-based standards 1993-5
- environmental protection activities 1979-80
- regulations 3289
- service plan, content 1976, 1981, 1986-7
- staffing 1987-8
- website, content 1976
- work with other ministries 1977, 1980
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3136-9, 3261-72
- Energy Policy Task Force
- interim report on provincial energy strategy
- report on provincial energy strategy, public release 1987, 2062-3, 2067-9, 3137
- submissions to task force 2070-1
- Enquiry B.C., handling of calls to Medical Services Plan 2417
- Environment
- environmental assessment process
- exemptions 3137
- exemptions for graphite and mineral refining 1981
- process for projects 1980-1
- environmental non-compliance report, discontinuation of list of offenders 4259
- environmental protection
- definition of sustainability, Brundtland report 1976
- government commitment 3138-9
- Liberal Party position 1067-8, 2675
- Environmental Assessment Act, amendments 1981
- Evans, Darrell, comments on amendments to freedom-of-information legislation 3906-7
- Exports and imports, free trade, position of U.S. government 2019
- Expropriation Act, applicability to highway construction projects 4191
- Families, responsibilities 2510-1
- Family maintenance enforcement program, changes to program, impact on women 1798-801
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.), relationship with B.C. Hydro re payment owed by California utilities 2076
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget public hearings, input from business community 1230
- report for third session of 37th parliament, recommendations 4452
- Finance ministry
- Firefighters, workers compensation issues 4128
- First Citizens Fund, government funding 2143, 2145
- First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council, funding 2145-6
- Fisheries
- fish habitat protection 2225-6, 2676, 2722
- fishing industry, government initiatives 2226-7
- government policies, consultation with Indians 2185
- government role, federal-provincial agreements 2183-4
- recreational fishing, status of industry 2227
- sea lice, incidence 2177, 2227-9, 2552-4
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2002
- Fisheries Renewal Act
- provisions
- federal-provincial agreements 2183-4
- government consultation with Indians 2185
- repeal 2131, 2183-5
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- Food banks, usage 2882-3
- Forest Act, amendments 3286
- Forest and Range Practices Act
- debate 4345-54, 4486-92, 4493-503, 4509-26, 4534-60
- definitions
- drafting
- potential court cases, funding 4259
- provisions
- liability of forest companies for environmental damages 4353, 4499, 4554, 4559
- liability of forest companies for environmental damages, due diligence legal defence 4554-7
- powers of delegation of Forests minister 4494, 4496
- regulation-making provisions 4347-8
- whistle-blower provisions 4353
- purpose of bill 4345
- relationship with Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (2002) 4486-7, 4490, 4493-4, 4524-5
- timeline for implementation 4345
- Forest industry
- allocation of timber-cutting rights based on area, trial program 3286-7
- annual allowable cut, undercut, direct award to Indians 4587
- backlog area, requirements 4684
- export of products, impact of market campaigns against B.C. products 4349-50
- forest development plans, approval process 3287-8
- forest policy reforms 2638, 2640
- forest practices, results-based code
- compliance and enforcement 4345, 4348-9, 4546
- compliance and enforcement, impact of Forests ministry staffing levels 4348-9, 4350, 4547-9
- compliance and enforcement, penalties 4348, 4350, 4499-500, 4552-7
- compliance and enforcement, powers of Crown 4558
- compliance and enforcement, requirements for documents and records 4550-1
- cutblocks and roads 4509-13, 4523-5, 4538-9, 4684, 4690
- impact on costs to industry 4500, 4512-3, 4521
- impact on environment, liability issue 4353, 4554-7, 4559, 4688-90
- impact on environment, protection measures 4543-5
- impact on environment, reaction of environmental organizations 4349-51
- impact on jobs 4349
- impact on safety of drinking water supply 4503, 4511, 4518
- impact on worker safety 4353
- legislation 4346-8
- legislation, transition period 4486-90, 4524-5, 4539, 4560, 4563-4, 4587
- pilot projects, requirements 4351, 4498
- relationship with land use plans 4490-1, 4516-7
- resource features, requirements 4689
- role of Sustainable Resource Management minister 4494-5
- role of Water, Land and Air Protection minister 4495-6, 4502-3, 4515, 4519, 4563
- silviculture plans 4685-6
- silviculture plans, transfer of plans 4539-41
- site plans 4497-500, 4525, 4685
- site plans and operational plans, changes 4686-7
- stand management prescriptions 4686
- forest stewardship plans
- administration 4349-50
- approval process, efficiency 4520, 4535-6
- approval process, ministerial responsibility 4494-5
- consultation with Indians 4500-1, 4537
- environmental protection component 4496-500
- environmental protection component, government objectives 4513, 4517-20, 4523
- exemptions 4350, 4502-3
- forest development plans 4511-2, 4684
- public input 4501
- public release 4536-7
- requirements 4686
- requirements, signature of preparer of plan 4521-2, 4524-5
- results 4512
- size of plans 4510-1
- term of plan, renewal 4522-3
- forest workers
- displaced forest workers, transition and income assistance 3028
- eligibility for employment assistance 2883
- government support 2638
- industry in B.C.
- landscape units, establishment, government role 2720
- private forest lands, regulation of practices on private forest lands 3451-2
- products, markets for certified wood 1638
- pulp and paper sector, tax exemption for chemicals used in pulp production process 2650, 2653
- softwood lumber
- softwood lumber exports to U.S.
- woodlot licence plans
- environmental protection component, government objectives 4535
- requirements 4534-5
- Forest Land Reserve Act, repeal of provisions 3451-2
- Forest land reserve, activities on reserve lands, regulation 3451-2
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
- history 4346
- preamble 4488
- provisions
- cutblocks and roads 4509-11
- environmental protection measures 4543-5
- exemptions 4502-3
- forest development plans 4509, 4512
- landscape units and objectives 2720
- penalties for non-compliance, comparison with provisions in new forest practices legislation 4552
- plans, approval process 4498
- plans, impact on environment 4497, 4499
- provisions on higher-level plans, repeal 3263-5
- replacement 4486-7
- revision, government consultation
- Forest Renewal Act, repeal 2131, 2183, 2186
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- elimination 2186-7
- elimination, reallocation of funding 2583-4
- role 2131-2
- training programs, elimination 2905
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 2636-44
- forest investment account 2584
- office closings and service delivery 4536, 4548
- staff, role of compliance and enforcement officers 4547-50
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002
- debate 4563-4, 4587-8, 4684-90
- definitions, "backlog area" 4684
- provisions re liability of forest companies for environmental damages, due diligence legal defence 4688-90
- purpose of bill 4563, 4587
- Foster care, Child in the Home of a Relative program, status of program and availability of income assistance to custodians 3221-3, 3225-6
- Frail, Ken, comments on changes to income assistance system 2883
- Fraser health authority, facilities, funding and TransLink portion 2376
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, amendments 3904-8
- Fuhrmann, Ingeborg, hospital bed shortage case 4030-1
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, prevention and treatment, government action 2413-4
- charity gaming, grants to organizations 2686-7
- expansion of gambling in B.C., Liberal Party position 1070-1, 2683-4
- location of gaming facilities and changes to facilities 2683-5
- revenues
- revenues to child care centres 4400
- revenues to government 2683
- Gaming Control Act
- debate 2683-7
- provisions re location of gaming facilities and changes to facilities 2683-5
- Georgia Straight, article on changes to employment standards legislation 3624-5
- Gifford, Jonas, comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3778
- Gouk, Jim, comments on inland ferry service 2679-80
- Government
- accountability and performance measurement 1072, 1520-1
- accounting
- payment of expenses during current fiscal year 1936-7
- use of generally accepted accounting principles 2585
- agencies, boards and commissions, appointment of members 1492-3
- capital planning, government initiative 2588
- capital projects, forecasted expenditures and debt-servicing costs 2588-9
- caucus committees and government caucus committees
- government northern caucus, task force on offshore oil and gas exploration, public release 2063, 2077-8, 2080
- operations 3904-8
- caucus workers on municipal election campaigns 4172-3
- citizens' assembly
- civil liability policy review 4188, 4192, 4199-201, 4203
- communications
- core services review
- deputy ministers, pension benefits 3052
- electronic delivery of services 1514
- hiring practices, equity hiring
- equity hiring 1492
- removal of statement on employment equity from government stationery 2149
- information, public release of reports 4482
- information technology, staffing 1511
- ministers
- meetings between lobbyists and ministers 3248
- ministers and ministers of state 1549
- role of cabinet in government 3859-60
- salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets 2584-5
- ministries, revised expenditures for 2001-02 fiscal year, breakdown of expenditures 2574-9
- Premier's office, powers and role in government 3808
- programs and services, reductions, impact on small communities 1307-8
- provincial congress
- public consultation 3728
- public participation
- public perception, reputation of B.C. government outside B.C. 3620-1
- revenues
- alcohol tax revenues 2587
- resource industry royalty revenues 2187, 2586
- revised forecast for 2001-02 fiscal year 2581-3, 2585-7
- tobacco tax revenues 2586
- spending
- contingency funds 2578-80
- reductions, position of economists 1064
- strategic plan and ministry service plans, use of contractors for strategic planning 1517-8
- transfer of responsibilities
- impact on targeted funding 1528
- transfer to local government 1069-70
- transfer payments from federal government, equalization payments 2581-2
- Grain industry, wheat trade with U.S., farmers' response 1637
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- revenues
- allocation of funds 2645
- collection of tax revenues, cost to government 2650
- diesel and gasoline fuel tax 2647-8
- parking rights tax 2645, 2649
- role 2648
- Groeneveld, Bob, comments on statements by Lynn Stephens 1233-4
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation, proclamation of portions of legislation 3462-3
- Gulf Islands, marine parks in southern Gulf Islands, transfer to federal government 3052
- Hagen, Stan, dinner meeting with B.C. Liberal Party contributors 3952-3
- Haida Indian band, land claims, court case decision 1989
- Hansen, Colin, comments on Medical Services Plan premiums increase 1098
- Harrop, ferry service 1386-7, 2678-80
- Hastings Community School, prekindergarten program 2736
- Hawes, Randy, comments on Hospital Employees Union members 1063-4, 1070
- Hawkins, Sindi
- performance as minister 1720, 1731
- response to questions in estimates debate 1708, 1712-3
- use of communications contractor for cabinet meeting presentation 1486-7, 1489, 1564-7
- Health authorities
- accountability and performance 1494, 1652-5, 2376, 2408-9
- administrative costs 2335
- boards, remuneration of members 2369-70, 2376-7
- capital planning and debt-servicing 2328-30
- consultation
- funding 1534, 1654-6, 1711, 2324-5, 2324-31, 2327, 2331, 2333, 2336, 2376
- health plans, minister's sign-off and public release 2287-8
- leadership council 2336
- membership
- reduction in number of boards, cost savings 1548, 1563, 1570-1
- Health Authorities Act, amendments 3048-9
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 3833-5
- debate, participation of government MLAs in debate on bill 3833
- deletion of references to community 3835
- Health care
- community care, funding 2506
- complementary medicine, practice in B.C. 1704-5
- consent to care
- appeal and review of decisions 3463, 3506
- collection of personal information, adherence to freedom-of-information legislation 3506-7
- duties of decision-makers and health care providers 3505-6
- emergency services 3504-5
- health care services covered 3503-4
- legislative changes, consultation by government 3462-3, 3504
- continuing and long-term care
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 2478-81, 2506
- transfer of patients from institutions to home and community care, funding 2479-80, 2486
- costs
- emergency medical assistants, training, eligibility criteria 2727
- emergency services
- comparison of rural and urban needs 1731-3
- funding and management 2417
- government plans 1731
- user fees 2287-8
- facilities
- capital projects, current projects 2328
- closing of intermediate and long-term care facilities, consultation of residents 3061
- closings, government announcements 2817-8, 2894
- medical equipment 2329
- funding 1534, 1638, 1640, 1817
- governance, paid versus volunteer 2377-8
- health professions, regulation 2727
- palliative care, end-of-life care plan 2508-9
- paramedicals, recruitment and retention 1742
- privatization of services
- government consultation with service providers 1508-9
- impact on cost of services 1717-8
- private clinics, B.C. Liberal Party position 2519
- private clinics, role in health care system 2438
- privatization 1434-5, 1536
- public-private partnerships 1715-8
- services
- services for Indians
- standards of care 1639
- system
- system, reforms and restructuring
- communication workshop for staff 4030-1
- consultation by government 1553, 1568-9, 1650-4
- effectiveness 1509
- need for legislative changes 2376, 2408
- public reaction 3834
- reforms 1072-3
- restructuring 2324
- restructuring, relationship to legislative changes to workers' contracts 1568-71
- wait-lists and waiting times
- workers, separation of bargaining units 3048-9
- Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3462-3, 3503-7
- Health Committee, report on health care system
- Health Planning ministry
- Health Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2691, 2727-8
- Health Services ministry
- estimates debate 2323-37, 2356-7, 2369-70, 2376-8, 2405-20, 2425-34, 2437-41, 2477-82, 2486-8, 2506-17, 2519
- supplementary estimates 2001-02 debate 1935-9
- budget, administrative savings 4674
- estimates debate
- participation of government MLAs 2356-7
- referral of questions from other ministers 2323-4, 2441
- responsibilities 2477
- Healthcare Labour Adjustment Agency, termination of agency 2895
- Hepatitis, people with hepatitis C, eligibility for disability benefits, case 3353-4
- Heyman, George, comments on government communications staff 1489
- High-technology industry, investment in B.C. industry 3529
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Kicking Horse Canyon section, upgrade 3946-7
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, privatization 3909, 4183
- Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrade, federal funding 3909, 3946-7
- Highway Constructors Ltd., hiring practices, employment equity mandate 1795
- Highways and roads
- maintenance and rehabilitation
- arterial highways, transfer of responsibility to municipalities 3909-20, 4147
- border landscaping 4147
- federal-provincial funding 3946
- funding during NDP administration 3947
- projects 3945-7
- role of municipalities 2135
- maintenance and rehabilitation, private sector involvement
- agreements between government and private operators, expropriation of land by government 4190-1
- agreements between government and private operators, requirements 4187-9
- liability issues 4188-93, 4200-1, 4203
- private sector involvement 3910, 3945-8
- Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road, tolls 3267
- Hoberg, George, report on consultation process on forest practices legislation
- Hochstein, Philip, position on unions 3539-40
- Home care, homemaker services
- Homeowner grant, disabled applicants, grants to address structural modifications to or physical assistance in homes 2646, 2652-3
- Hospital Foundation of B.C., termination 3288
- Hospitals, closings, designation of hospitals to be closed 1098
- Housing
- rental housing
- discrimination based on income 4663-4
- investment by landlords 4482, 4485
- landlord-tenant arbitration process 4661-2
- legislation, types of tenancies covered by legislation 4663
- rent increases, impact on low-income earners 4483-5
- residential care facilities, assisted-living model 2509
- secondary suites, coverage under residential tenancy legislation 4663
- temporary housing and shelters, funding 2201
- Human Resources ministry
- budget, cost savings 3423
- information technology branch, submission to Finance and Government Services Committee 1629
- Human rights
- complaints, time limit for filing complaints 4046-50
- education and research, responsibility 4037
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 64)
- Human Rights Tribunal
- appointment of members 4104
- reporting and accountability 4014
- Hunt, H. Allan, report on Workers Compensation Board service delivery, public release 4117
- Hunter, Mike, reaction to constituents' concerns re legal aid funding reductions 1300
- Immigration
- Canada–B.C. agreement on immigration
- immigrants to B.C.
- provincial nominee program 2150
- refugees, programs and services 2148-9
- settlement programs and services, federal funding 2147-8
- Income assistance
- advisory role, advocacy and consultation 3217-21
- appeals process
- benefits awards, powers of Human Resources minister 3419
- changes, impact on people with disabilities 2924
- tribunal, membership 2924
- benefits
- assignment of child maintenance rights 3672
- interim custody of children 3221-3
- single parents 2884-5
- time limit for receipt of benefits 3671
- disability benefits
- changes to legislation, public concerns 2929-32, 2935, 2976-8, 3026-30, 3033-4, 3308, 3347-8, 3352-4, 3407-12, 3419, 3421, 3728
- continuation of disability designation 2926
- eligibility, reassessment 4581
- family unit benefits recipients, repayment of money owed 3721-2
- loss of benefits, impact on Canada Pension Plan benefits 3961-2
- number of people receiving benefits 2933, 3340
- single parents, return to work 3718
- disability benefits, eligibility
- eligibility
- employment and assistance program, job searching, case 2884-5
- system, comments of B.C. Liberal Party MLAs while in opposition 2889-90
- system reforms
- Income Tax Act, definitions 2647
- Income tax, personal tax rates, alternative minimum tax rate 2647
- Indians
- consultation by government 1896, 2139, 4259
- economic development by Indians
- assistance for Indian businesses 2144-5
- business advisory program 2144
- first citizens forum 2139-41
- language preservation, funding for FirstVoices program 2141
- programs and services
- quality of life, assessment 2145
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
- self-government, municipal style of government 2109, 2352
- treaty negotiations
- advisory committees, funding 1895
- court cases 1640
- Liberal Party position 1894-6
- treaty settlements, impact on investment in B.C. 4353
- urban population, programs and services, delivery 2140-4
- use of computer technology 2143
- women, programs and services 2142
- youth, programs and services 2142-3
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, elimination 1795, 3050-1
- Information and privacy commissioner
- decision on public release of committee documents 3904-7
- responsibility for lobbyists registry 3483
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 3947-8
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- central city development, status 2595-6
- core services review 1647, 2591-2
- division of operations, impact on revenues and services 1647
- financial performance, write-down of assets 2595-6
- road safety programs
- service plan 2591-3
- staffing levels 2592-3
- Insurance industry, impact of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in U.S. on industry 4190
- Interest rates, impact on B.C. economy 2865-6
- Interior health authority
- decision-making by chair 1552-3
- hospital closing and job postings 3575
- long-term care services 2510
- Intermediate, Long Term and Home Care minister of state, goals and responsibilities 2440
- International Women's Day
- participation by Women's Equality minister of state in activities 1834-5
- purpose 1627
- Investment in B.C. 2587-8
- Iyer, Nitya, role in report on pay equity 1788-9
- Jaako, Harry, comments on venture capital funds 3530
- Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd., report on offshore oil and gas exploration 2080
- Jeppesen, Sally, comments on changes to income assistance system 2887
- Justice system
- court facilities
- restricted zones 3488
- security, screening for weapons 3488
- Crown counsel, prosecution policy in spousal abuse cases 3752
- electronic documents, legal signature 1514
- judiciary, pensions 3487
- sheriffs, powers 3488
- women's issues, interministerial committee 1832-3
- Kalinski, Gerry, comments on inland ferry service 2678-9
- Kamloops Brain Injury Association, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3410
- Kane, Michael, comments on performance of Working Opportunity Fund 3529
- Keenleyside Dam, revenues to government 2077
- Kerstetter, Steve, comments on changes to income assistance system 3678
- Kimberley and District Hospital, closing, public consultation 3096
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on health care workers 3626-7
- Kwan, Jenny, disclosure of Education Committee draft report prior to its presentation in the House 2355
- Kyoto accord
- Liberal Party position 1978-9
- public education and information 1979
- Labour
- collective agreements
- application of provisions in employment standards legislation 3623-4, 3735-8
- legislated settlement, Liberal Party position 1538
- Liberal Party actions 3540, 4132
- Liberal Party position 1070
- labour relations
- labour relations during NDP administration 3539
- review of arbitrators' decisions 3640
- legislation reforms 1066
- workers' rights, requirement of employers to post statement of rights in workplace 3739-41
- Labour Relations Board
- consideration of economic viability of business 3641-3
- duties under Labour Relations Code 3634-5, 3638-40
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2002
- Labour Relations Code, amendments
- comparison with legislation elsewhere in Canada 3644
- impact on union applications in progress 3636-7
- need for change 3641
- relationship with employment standards legislation 3540
- transition to new legislation 3637
- Ladyman, Stewart, work as public servant commended 2081
- Laitenen, Edward, transfer among long-term care facilities, case 4078, 4506-7
- Land Reserve Commission
- request by opposition to Sustainable Resource Management ministry for information on commission 3434-5
- responsibilities and role 3434
- Land use
- Law Society of B.C., comments on doctrine of non-delegable duty re civil liability review 4192
- Lawyers and legal services
- legal aid, community law office closings 1299
- legal aid, funding
- Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver, comments on special education and special needs funding and services 2081-4
- Leggatt, Stuart, inquiry into aquaculture methods, recommendations 2551-3
- Legislation
- debate on bills, participation of government MLAs in debate 3833, 3896-7
- doctrine of non-delegable duty 4192
- law reform 4199-200
- preambles, role 4488
- progress of bills in third session of 37th parliament
- regulations
- availability of policies and regulations when bill introduced, Liberal Party position 4346-7
- relation between regulations and legislation 3418
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act, amendments 3520, 3593
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee, role 3593
- Legislature
- adjournment, early adjournment 3897, 3901
- bills
- deferment of divisions 3664
- private members' bills must not impose a fee, licence or tax 2847-8
- time limit on debate 3620-1
- committee system
- overlap of responsibilities 3732
- powers of committees 3653
- reports by committees, drafting of reports 2355
- debate, timetable for completion of business 3586-7
- estimates process
- funding, disbursement of funds for government committees 3153-4
- language used in House, "puffball questions" 3418
- members
- attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 2961
- tone of voice 3046
- ministerial statements, notice to opposition MLAs 3445
- miscellaneous statutes bills, use for minor amendments 3900-1, 3908
- Premier, responsibilities 1482
- private members' time, participation of government ministers 1142-3
- Leitner, Margaret, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3027
- Lekstrom, Blair
- comments on electricity rates 2067
- remuneration as chair of government caucus committee on offshore oil and gas task force 3153
- Libraries, audio books, elimination of program 2150-2
- Lingwood, Bob, severance payment from B.C. Ferry Corporation 4111
- Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendments 3520
- Little, Bruce, article on women in workforce 1792-3
- Little Fort, ferry service, residents' concerns 2680
- Liver health, liver disease, treatment services, case 2777
- Lobbyists Registration Act, proclamation 1536, 2354, 2431-2, 3063, 3483, 3867
- Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2002, debate 4533
- Lobbyists, registry
- Local Government Act
- future of bill 2102
- provisions re municipal elections 2102
- Local government, autonomy 2136
- McCallum, Doug, position on community charter model 2103
- McEachern, Allan, role as arbitrator on panel for compensation of physicians 1603-8, 1611-2
- McGregor, Tom, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 2929
- McLure, ferry service, residents' concerns 2680
- McMartin, Will, comments on budgeting in B.C. 1229
- Mair, Rafe, comments on changes to income assistance system 2881
- Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
- debate 4665-70
- definitions
- "unconscionable," use of term 4666
- use of "site" rather than "lot" 4665, 4667
- exemptions 4666
- Manufactured homes
- sale of homes in manufactured home parks 4669
- tenancy in manufactured home parks
- damage bond for home moving 4670
- emergency repairs 4669
- park committees 4670
- pets and pet damage deposits 4667-8
- recreational vehicles, coverage under legislation 4666
- rent payment 4668-9
- security and other deposits 4670
- Marley, Agnes, comments on inland ferry service 2679
- Matthaus, Lisa, comments on forest practices legislation 4349-50
- Mayencourt, Lorne
- comments on reading of public's letters of concern re changes to disability benefits legislation 2976-7
- participation in debate on disability benefits legislation 3307, 3347-8, 3418
- participation in debate on income assistance legislation 2899
- participation in debate on residential tenancy legislation 4483
- Medical Services Arbitration Act
- Medical Services Commission, subjectivity to legislation cancelling physician arbitration process and sections of arbitration agreement 1613-4
- Medical Services Plan
- coverage, delisting of services 2868
- funding 2415-6
- information to public
- accessibility 1200
- long-distance charges for inquiries 2416-7
- processing of applications for coverage 4677
- Mental disorders, people with mental disorders, eligibility for disability benefits 3354
- Mental health
- facilities, capital funding and planning 1712-4
- mental health plan
- mentally ill persons, detention, appointment of review panel 3520
- programs and services
- services for children and youth, service delivery 2737
- Mental Health Act, amendments 3520
- Mental Health minister of state, responsibilities and role 1499-500, 2511
- Merit commissioner
- Midwifery, issues 1739-40
- Mihlar, Fazil, comments on 2002-03 budget and tax changes 1231
- Milke, Mark, comments on 2002-03 budget 1231
- Mineral Tenure Act
- amendments 3288-9
- provisions re higher-level plans, repeal 3266
- Mines Act, amendments 3594-5
- Mining industry
- exploration
- exploration and industry during NDP administration 3136-7
- minesites, site profiles, approval process 3289-90
- permitting, one-window concept 1993
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3045-52
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002, debate 3519-20, 3593-6
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2002
- Morley, Jane, review of children's commissioner 3322-3
- Morrison, Don, severance payment
- Morton, Alexandra, study of diseased salmon 2552, 2554
- Motions
- access to justice services (Motion 4)
- appointment of H.A.D. Oliver as conflict-of-interest commissioner (Motion 45), debate 4659-60
- appointment of Kate Ryan-Lloyd as Table officer (Motion without notice), debate 1871
- fixed legislative calendar (standing order 81.1) (Motion without notice), debate 3586-7
- powers of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion 37), debate 3732
- referendum on treaty negotiations (Motion 30), debate 1893-7
- referral to committee of matter of disclosure of Education Committee draft report (Motion on privilege), debate 2355
- representation of small communities at annual provincial conference (Motion 8), debate 1302-3, 1424
- second reading of Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (Bill 62), debate 3895-7, 3899
- third reading of Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act (Motion 35), debate 3727-8
- third reading of Employment Standards Amendment Act (Motion 33), debate 3776-8
- third reading of Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Motion 34), debate 3706-9
- tuition fee freeze (Motion 5), amendment by Advanced Education minister 2012
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3524-5
- Multicultural language program, funding 2147
- Multiculturalism, programs and services, levels 2147
- Multiculturalism Week, events organized by government 2149
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation 3419-20
- Municipalities
- bylaw disputes, settlement process 2103
- intergovernmental relations, agreements on internal trade regulations 2136
- powers
- revenue-sharing agreements with government
- revenue from gaming 2105-6
- revenue from traffic fines 2108
- road maintenance 2135
- Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board, remuneration of chair 2720
- Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act, purpose of bill 2675
- Muskwa-Kechika management area, management of land and resources 2675
- Muskwa-Kechika trust fund, government funding and donations by organizations 2675, 2720-2
- Mustard, Fraser, position on inner-city school funding 2736
- Name Act, provisions re name information 2570
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, capital project, funding 2332-6
- Nebbeling, Ted, comments on powers of local government 1069
- Nelson
- health campus project, construction funding 1707-11
- health care capital planning 1708-9
- NDP, fiscal management while in government, use of interim supply bills 2182
- North American Free Trade Agreement, impact on Canadian industry 2019
- Northern health region, consulting contract with Sodexho 1873-4, 1948-9
- Northwest Injured Workers Association, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3708
- Nurses
- government relationship with nurses organizations 1741
- layoffs 2894
- nurse practitioners, role in health care system 1557
- supply
- recruitment and retention 1741-2
- recruitment of foreign-trained nurses, immigration program 2150
- transfers between jobs 1651, 1741
- Occupational health and safety, injury rates among younger workers 3743
- Odarich, Mike, work-related injury case 2954
- Office for Children and Youth Act
- Oil and Gas Commission
- board membership 3267-8
- responsibilities
- enforcement of forest practices legislation 3268-9
- responsibilities 3269-70
- role in land use decisions on agricultural land 3448-50
- Oil and Gas Commission Act, provisions re enforcement of forest practices legislation 3268
- Oil and gas industry
- economic viability 1642
- exploration
- impact of aboriginal title on expansion of industry 1642
- industry in B.C.
- natural gas pipelines, cross-border access to supply 1987
- offshore drilling
- consultation by government, report 1643
- government action 2079-80
- private sector involvement 1643, 2078-9
- study by scientific panel 1640
- study by scientific panel, public release 2078, 2080
- price of resources 2586
- regulation
- consultation by government 1992
- general development permits 3269-71
- regulation 1994
- workers
- Oliver, H.A.D., reappointment as conflict-of-interest commissioner 4659-60
- Olympic Games
- performance of Canada's 2002 Winter Olympics team commended 1305
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games
- components of bid 2098
- government support 1066-7, 2097
- impact of unsuccessful bid on Vancouver Convention Centre expansion 1635
- potential benefits, job creation 2100
- Ombudsman, role in child and youth advocacy 3495
- Ontario, economy and tax reductions 2885
- Open Learning Agency
- board, replacement 4319-21
- future of agency, freedom-of-information request by opposition 4285-6
- future of agency, impact on rural communities 4286-9
- history 4286
- wind-up of agency, transition process 4320-2
- Open Learning Agency Repeal Act, debate 4285-9, 4319-22
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on issues
- future of Open Learning Agency 4288
- referendum on treaty negotiations 1894
- Parker, Jim, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3709
- Parks, campgrounds, access for disabled persons, camping fees 2779
- Parliament Buildings
- authority over legislative precincts and access to grounds 3593-4
- security 3593-4
- Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Committee, third report for third session of 37th parliament, content 3756
- Peck, Ross, position as chair of Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board 2720
- Penticton, multilevel-care facility 2487-8
- Pharmacare program
- consultation by government 2427-8
- coverage
- amount of deductible 4137
- changes, impact on seniors 4674-5
- changes, monitoring of impact 1721-5
- changes, public concerns 1721-2, 1725, 2426-7
- changes, public notification 2433
- coverage after deductible 1728-9
- delisting of drugs 1726
- eligibility 4675
- impact on fixed-income seniors 4137, 4211
- impact on private insurance companies 1727-9, 2434
- income testing 1719-22, 1730-1, 2425-30, 2433-4, 3850
- processing of applications 4677
- dispensing fees and deductibles, impact on seniors 1721-4
- funding 1720, 1723-4
- government plans 1718
- Manitoba and U.S. models 1730
- reference drug program
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Physicians
- arbitration agreement
- agreement 1611-2
- amount of settlement 1937
- amount of settlement, allocation of on-call payments 1939
- removal of sections and portions of sections of agreement, legislation 1540, 1612-3
- arbitration process
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions
- job action by physicians, impact on patients 3184-5
- legislated settlement 3583-4
- meetings between physicians and government 1503
- negotiations 1936, 1939, 2415, 3336-7
- negotiations and delisting of services 3651-2
- resolution of dispute 3684
- relations with government 1504
- remuneration
- on-call provisions 1540, 1610
- remuneration 1609-11
- rural practice agreement 1609-10
- salary increases, need for supplementary estimates 1935-8
- role in health care system 1538-9
- services, alternative payment models 3442-3
- supply in northern and rural B.C. 1740
- Piper, Ann, comments on ferry service changes 1232
- Plant, Geoff
- comments on issues
- law reform 4199-200
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 1895
- treaty negotiation process 1896
- position as Attorney General, confidence issue 2717
- Police and policing
- impoundment of vehicles involved in street racing, legislation, constitutionality issue 3525
- transfer of policing costs to municipalities 4147
- Police Complaint Process Review Committee
- actions re severance payment to former police complaint commissioner 3653
- documents associated with premature disclosure of draft report tabled 3755
- Politics and politicians
- donations to political parties, regulation of donations by non-profit organizations 3807
- fundraising by political parties 3808-9
- recall of politicians, legislation
- review of legislation through public consultation 4336-7
- revision 1309
- Port Hardy, fishing industry 2227
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 2207, 2258, 2261-2, 2265, 2303, 2307
- affordability for students 1231-2
- distance education
- accessibility 4286-9
- program and service delivery 4321
- funding
- funding 3047
- grants from government, allocation for Medical Services Plan premiums 2208
- grants from government, allocation for wage increases 2212-3, 2257
- grants from government, targeted funding for student spaces 2206-8, 2210-2, 2258-60, 2265, 2269
- Liberal Party position 2210-2, 2257-9, 2263
- programs, availability 2212, 2266
- student financial assistance
- system, Liberal Party position 1065
- tuition fees
- tuition freeze, lifting of freeze, impact on accessibility of post-secondary education 2260
- Poverty, incidence in B.C. 2889, 2899
- Powell River Employment Program Society, letter to government re changes to income assistance legislation 3034
- Powell River, intermediate-care bed closings 2482
- Power Smart program, funding and operations 2075
- Premier's office
- estimates debate 1481-95, 1502-21, 1528-9, 1631-40, 1642-50
- chief information officer, relationship with Premier's Technology Council 1512, 1514
- estimates process 1839
- information system and technology 1491-2
- organization and staffing 1482-5, 1631-2
- public affairs bureau
- relationship with Intergovernmental Relations minister of state office 1485
- service plan 1520
- staff, e-mail accessibility 1492
- Premier's Technology Council
- Prince George, unemployment 2889
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter respecting recent media reports 1050
- Procter, ferry service
- Prostitution, programs and services for sex trade workers 2202
- Provincial Capital Commission, opportunity for government MLAs to participate in estimates process for commission 2152
- Provincial health officer, independence 3860
- Provincial Monitoring Group, contract with government 2729-30
- Public Accounts Committee, report on auditor general's performance measurement recommendations 1519-20
- Public health
- health status of B.C. residents during 1990s 3835
- immunization program for children 2409-10
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates process
- participation by opposition MLAs 2106
- process 1837
- Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3430, 3432-3
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2002
- Public Sector Employers Council, negotiations with bargaining groups
- Public Sector Management Remuneration Allowances and Perquisites Act
- Public Sector Pension Plans Act, amendments 3520
- Public Service Labour Relations Act, amendments 3520, 3595
- Quebec Solidarity Fund, history 3527
- Queen Charlotte Islands, earthquakes in area 2080
- Quesnel, adult basic education program, availability 2266
- Racicot, Marc, involvement in U.S. softwood lumber negotiations 2642
- Ramsey, Paul, letter to David Zirnhelt re B.C. rail passenger service 3917-8
- Randall, Fred, position on unions 3516, 3539
- Rangeland, range use plans and range stewardship plans 4541-3
- Raven Youth Tech program 2143
- Real property tax
- Recreation, tax on travel trailers owned by non-residents, exemption 2651
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah mine, concerns re activities on traditional Indian lands 1988-9
- Reichardt, Joan, comments on reductions in home support services 2510
- Reid, Judith, comments on reduction of government services 1233
- Reitsma-Street, Marge, comments on changes to income assistance system 2887
- Residential Tenancy Act
- Resources and resource industries
- access to resources 1992
- fisheries-dependent communities, government support 2227
- forest-dependent communities, government support 2131-2
- impact of resource extraction on drinking water quality, interministerial study of issue 1742
- resource management, balance between economic development and environmental protection 3137-9
- Riverview Hospital, capital funding 1711
- Roberge, Grant, severance payment from Vancouver Island health authority 2401, 2428, 3574-5, 4111
- Roddick, Valerie, comments on health care system as chair of Health Committee 1073
- Ruth, Gordon, comments on sales tax increase 1231
- Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
- appointment as Table officer 1871
- birth of child 3560
- Rylands v. Fletcher, court case, decision on liability issues involving land use 4192
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital, emergency services, availability 3801
- St. David's Preschool, enrolment and funding 4399-400
- St. Paul's Hospital, lab services 2777
- Sales tax
- exemptions, parts used on exempt production machinery and equipment 2651
- provincial sales tax increase
- impact on low- and middle-income earners 1209
- increase 1231
- tax on recreational boats owned by non-residents, exemption 2651
- Salt Lake City, hosting of 2002 Olympic Games 2098
- Schaefer, Jacee, comments on expansion of gambling in B.C. 2683
- Schizophrenia, treatment services 3380
- School Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 3020-3, 3085-9, 3099-101, 3105-11, 3113-20, 3229-34, 3237-8, 3240-1, 3249-50, 3253-4, 3256-7
- definitions
- "catchment area" 3100
- repeal of term "administrative officer" 3099-100
- provisions
- ability of school boards to establish companies 3240-1, 3249-50
- class size 3105-7
- parent advisory councils, requirements 3110, 3113
- repeal of provisions on school board annual reports 3232-3, 3237-8
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards, accountability contracts 3085-7, 3089, 3107-8, 3114, 3231-4, 3237-8
- balanced budgets 1931-3
- catchment areas 3100-1
- employees, number 3117-8
- funding
- powers, ability to establish companies 3240-1, 3249-50
- properties, single property class for taxation purposes 2648-9
- reports, content of annual reports 3107, 3232-4, 3237-8
- sale of assets 3253-4
- trustees, comments on school board funding 1933
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), funding 2089-90
- School district 35 (Langley), funding 2090
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), funding 2090
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- funding, meeting with Education ministry 2092-3
- school closings 3022
- School district 62 (Sooke), funding 2092-3
- School district 63 (Saanich), funding, meeting with Education ministry 2092-4
- School district 72 (Campbell River), funding 2094
- School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), funding 2094
- School district 91 (Nechako Lakes), funding 2094-5
- Schools
- accreditation process 3021
- capital projects, applicability of government capital planning initiative 2085-7, 2089-92
- closings 3021-2
- Science and technology
- accessibility of post-secondary education in technology 1513
- technology industry in B.C. 1512-3
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, article on B.C. Liberal Party policies 3620-1
- Sechelt, mental health services 3380
- Seniors Advisory Council, elimination 2727-8
- Seniors, advocacy of issues 2727-8
- Simon Fraser University, tuition fees 2270
- Simpson, Jeffrey, comments on referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 1069
- Sinclair, Gerri, remuneration as president of Premier's Technology Council 1512
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- government involvement in financial situation, breakdown of supplementary funds addressing debt repayment 1940-2
- sale of company 1941-2
- Skills Development and Labour ministry, employment standards branch
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- government support 3050
- need for apprenticeship programs 3541
- programs for girls in public education system 1795
- skilled labour shortage 1990-1
- tradespeople, number in B.C. 3050-1
- Social Service Tax Act, provisions re taxation of commercial vehicles, consultation of trucking industry 2650
- Sodexho, safety and service record 1873, 1948-9
- Spector, Norman, comments on Liberal Party government priorities 1073
- Sports, sportsmanship, prevention of harassment and violence in sport, program 2152
- Stephens, Lynn
- comments on issues
- child care subsidy 1830
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre funding 1841-2
- impact of 2002-03 budget on women 1233-4
- status of Women's Equality ministry 1832
- women 1212-3, 1259, 1823
- role as Women's Equality minister of state 1627
- Strata property, leaky-condos issue, government caucus committee report, public release 4482-3
- Stueck, Wendy, comments on cap on venture capital fund investments 3530
- Substance abuse/addiction, prevention and treatment
- community-based services 2414
- government action 2413-5
- services for young women 1836-7
- Suffredine, Blair, comments on inland ferry services 2677-8
- Sullivan, Paul, comments on B.C. Liberal Party government actions 3541
- Sunshine Coast, watershed in area, concerns re industrial activity 3861
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2002, debate 2182
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- goals and responsibilities 2675-6
- operations, landscape units 2720
- Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2674-6, 2720-2
- Taxation
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
- Teachers, salary increase 1919, 1925-9
- Technical University of B.C., windup of affairs and cost of lease 2579-81, 2596-7
- Tegenfeldt, John, severance payment from government after employment as Health Planning deputy minister 4110
- Throne speech, content 1063-70, 1072-4
- Throne speech debate 1063-74
- Tiger's Eye Productions Society, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3352-3
- Tobacco
- government's court case against tobacco companies 2411
- smoking rates 2412
- taxation increase, impact on incidence of smuggling 2586
- tobacco reduction programs 2411-2
- Tolls
- Tones, Richard, comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3778
- Trade unions
- Transit services
- fares, seniors bus pass program 1649
- handyDART, service levels 2729
- Transition houses 2201
- Transportation Investment Act (Bill 67)
- Transportation ministry
- budget
- estimates, time taken for debate 2300
- funding for capital projects 3947-8
- consultation on plan for expansion of transportation infrastructure, public release 4202-3
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
- Treaty 8, Indian bands' agreements with government re activities on traditional lands 1988
- Trial Lawyers Association of B.C.
- comments on legal aid funding and courthouse closings 1832
- position on funding reductions for legal aid 1143
- Truss, Dennis, severance payment from B.C. Buildings Corporation 4110-1
- Tuinman, Japp, severance payment from Open Learning Agency 4110
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- 2002 convention, comments by Premier on transportation infrastructure projects 3945-7
- memorandum of understanding on gambling revenue-sharing agreement with provincial government 2684
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3707-8
- U.N. convention on the rights of the child, provisions re child employment 3742
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- University of Victoria, Law Students Society, position on funding reductions for legal aid 1144
- Vancouver
- expansion of gambling 2684-5
- health care services 2128
- investment powers of city 3052
- North Shore, long-term care services 2486
- revenue-sharing agreement with government on revenues from gaming 2106-8
- Vancouver Canucks, sale of team, government involvement 3186-7
- Vancouver Charter, relationship with community charter 2103
- Vancouver coastal health authority
- comments on reductions in home support services 2510
- funding for mental health services 3151
- operation as a business 3835
- replacement of intermediate-care beds with assisted-living units 2479-80, 2482
- services in North Shore area
- continuing-care bed closings 2481, 2508-9
- reductions in mental health services 2515-7
- Vancouver Community College
- funding 2206-8, 2264
- number of student spaces 2207
- programs
- availability 2211-2
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 2148
- individualized education program for adults with learning disabilities, cancellation 2922
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal
- government support 1066-7
- private sector involvement 1635
- Vancouver Island health authority, funding 2336
- Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Amendment Act, 2002
- debate 1367-8
- status as stand-alone piece of legislation 1367-8
- Victoria Association for Community Living, position on changes to services for disabled persons 2732
- Violence
- Voice of the Cerebral Palsied of Greater Vancouver, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3351-2
- Volpe, John
- comments on impact of fish farming on wild stocks 2230-1
- work on impact of escapes from fish farms 2552, 2554
- Wages and salaries
- first-job entry-level wage 1072
- minimum wage, Liberal Party position 1071-2
- unpaid wages, liability 3774-5
- Waste Management Act, amendments 3594-6
- Water
- diversion or use for commercial purposes, regulations re short-term use 2676, 2722
- protection of water supply
- Water Act, diversion or use of water for commercial purposes, short-term use, regulations 2676, 2722
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, goals and responsibilities 2226, 2675
- Welfare, social services, funding reductions, impact on communities 2882-4
- Werman, Heidi, comments on changes to disability benefits legislation 3027
- West Coast Environmental Law Association, comments on issues
- West Kootenay Labour Council, comments on changes to employment standards legislation 3778
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., forest tenure 2643-4
- Whistler, hosting of 2010 Olympic Games, impact on community, poll on public support 2099
- White, Randy, comments on Campbell Valley Women's Centre 1836
- Wildlife
- habitat protection
- proposed cougar and wolf cull on Vancouver Island, petition tabled 4677
- Wilkinson, Andrew, appointment as Intergovernmental Relations deputy minister 1071
- Winter, Allan, role in review of Workers Compensation Board 4116
- Winter, John, comments on labour relations 1066
- Wittke, Bart, HIV and hepatitis C case 2777
- Women
- employment in non-traditional fields, government initiatives 1794-5
- equality, status as stand-alone ministry within government 1831-2
- gender equality
- issues, government commitment 1259-60
- pay equity, government support 1790-6
- pay equity task force, report 1788-91
- programs and services
- Centre for Workplace Excellence initiative 1791
- crisis support services, telephone line 2202
- employment programs 1819-22
- funding and service delivery 2199-200
- performance-based contracts for service providers 2201-2
- rape crisis counselling, funding 1841
- safer community initiative 1832-3
- women's centres, funding 1835-6, 1838-41, 2199-200
- Women's Equality minister of state
- Workers compensation
- appeals system
- appeals tribunal, role 4123-4, 4129
- appeals tribunal, staffing 4124
- decisions, reconsideration 4115-6, 4118-20
- decisions, requirements 4120
- decisions, timeline for appeals 4120, 4124-6
- health professional assistance 4127-8
- medical review panels 4116, 4127-8
- reforms 4117-8, 4123-9
- vocational rehabilitation 4126-7
- coverage
- system
- Workers Compensation Advocacy Group, comments on changes to workers compensation benefits 3708
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 (Bill 63)
- debate 4113-21, 4123-9
- consultation by government 4125
- definitions
- implementation 4113
- provisions
- administrative penalties 4121
- certification of findings for court actions 4114
- establishment of classes for assessments to maintain accident fund 4115
- service of notices and documents 4121
- transitional provisions 4114, 4128-9
- replacement 4118
- Workers Compensation Board
- assessment costs for employers, level 4115
- directors, term of office 4119
- financial situation 3561, 3598
- governance structure 3700, 4114
- operation during NDP administration 3699, 3701-2
- policies, decision-making policies 4120
- regulations governing the workplace, smoking ban
- review of organization
- impact on programs and services 2953-4
- recommendations of royal commission and core services review reports 3702-3
- review 4124
- role in workplace safety education 3560-1, 3597
- Working Opportunity Fund
- establishment and performance 3528-30
- government agreement with fund, amendment process during NDP administration, call for auditor general review, notice to opposition MLAs 3445, 3460
- job creation 3589
- Zanon, Pat, severance payment from South Fraser Valley regional health board 4110
MacRae, Paul
- Comments on issues
- fiscal situation in B.C.
(Jarvis) 1361
- Liberal Party government priorities
(Kwan) 1105
MADD See Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Madson, Roger
Mah, Roy
- Contributions to community and Canada
(Lee) 4075
Maillardville, B.C.
Mair, Rafe
- Comments on changes to income assistance system
(MacPhail) 2881
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Kerr) 1161-2
Management Services, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Budget, allocation for internal recoveries
(Bray) 1592
(Santori) 1592
- Goals and responsibilities
(Santori) 1590-1
- Mandate
(Santori) 1252
Manhas, Karn (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- Avison, Don, comments on university college model 3041
- Barnsley, Roger, comments on degree-granting status of University College of the Cariboo 3043
- Bindon, Katy, comments on research mandate of post-secondary institutions 3043
- B.C., Sikh community in B.C. 2776
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 1165
- Budget debate 1396-9
- Budgets, 2002-03 budget, public reaction 1396-8
- Camley, Cathie, comments on special education and special needs services in schools 1778-9
- Castle Park Elementary School, issues 1780-1
- Child and youth officer, advocacy role 3493
- Communities, role of community 3798-9
- Computer technology, role in education system 1166
- Degree Authorization Act, debate 3041-3
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 1398
- Education
- parental involvement in education system 1779-80
- special education and special needs
- Education ministry
- estimates debate 1776-82
- responsibility for social equity funding, transfer from Children and Family Development ministry 1778
- Forest industry, role in B.C. economy 3875
- Health care, wage costs 1398
- High-technology industry
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 1398
- Lee, Greg, comments on role of colleges 3042
- Lower mainland, growth in North Fraser area 3876
- MacInnis, Scott, comments on post-secondary education participation rates 3041
- Medical Services Plan
- coverage, chiropractic services, petition tabled 1389
- premiums, changes 1398
- Minnekhada Middle School, replacement project 1781
- Office for Children and Youth Act, debate 3493
- Pederson, Chad, work with B.C. Liberal Party organizations commended 2997
- Port Coquitlam, courthouse, use of building 1399
- Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
- constituency office, services 1399
- economic development 1165-7
- schools, capital projects 1781-2
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and participation 3041
- applied and vocational programs 3041-3
- tuition fees 1166
- Prevention of Violence Against Women Week, purpose 2952
- School boards/districts
- freedom-of-information requests, requirements 1782
- funding 1776-8
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), issues 1776-9, 1781-2
- Schools, capital projects, architectural design 1782
- Science and technology
- government initiatives to support technology development 2983
- innovation in B.C. 3874-6
- Society for Community Development, work of society 3799
- Teachers
- accountability, performance measures 1780
- salary increase 1778
- Technical University of B.C., relationship with Simon Fraser University 1166
- Throne speech debate 1164-7
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- endowment fund for research chairs 2982-3
- private institutions, career development programs 3042
- role in society 3041
- Vaisakhi Day 2776-7
- Violence, prevention of violence against women 2952
- Wages and salaries, first-job entry-level wage 1166
- Youth, opportunities in B.C. 1399, 3336
Manufactured Home Act
Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
- (Bill 71) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 4170; 2R, 4232-4; C, 4665-71, 4678-83; 3R, 4683; RA, 4691
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Coleman) 4665, approved 4665; sec. 4 (Coleman) 4665, approved 4666; sec. 13 (Coleman) 4667, approved 4667; sec. 18 and 19 (Coleman) 4668, approved 4668; sec. 24 and 26 (Coleman) 4669, approved 4669; sec. 27 and 32 (Coleman) 4678, approved 4678; sec. 35 (Kwan) 4679, negatived 4679; sec. 87
- and 89 (Coleman) 4683, approved 4683
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 4170, 4232-4, 4665-70, 4678-83
(Hunter) 4234, 4682
(Kwan) 4233-4, 4678-83
(MacPhail) 4665-70
- Definitions
- "unconscionable," use of term
(Coleman) 4666-7
(MacPhail) 4666
- use of "site" rather than "lot"
(Coleman) 4665, 4667
(MacPhail) 4665, 4667
- Exemptions
(Coleman) 4666
(MacPhail) 4666
- Investigations and enforcement
(Coleman) 4683
(Kwan) 4683
- Regulation-making powers under act
(Coleman) 4666
- Separate legislation from Residential Tenancy Act
(Coleman) 4170, 4233, 4667
(Hunter) 4234
(Kwan) 4234
Manufactured homes
- Registry See Corporate, manufactured home and personal property registries under Finance, Ministry of
- Role in housing supply
(Coleman) 4233-4, 4680
(Hunter) 4234
- Sale of homes in manufactured home parks
- landlord commission
(Coleman) 4668
- site assignment
(Coleman) 4669-70
(MacPhail) 4669
- Tenancy in manufactured home parks
Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Arts and cultural centre, construction
(Stewart, K.) 1145-6
- Courthouse closing
(Hawes) 2237-9
(Plant) 2237-9, 2475
- Programs for youth at risk
(Stewart, K.) 4505
Maple Ridge Hospital See Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Description
(Stewart, K.) 1188-9
- Economy
(Stewart, K.) 1409
- Forest industry
(Stewart, K.) 4410
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows school district See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Marijuana
- Grow operations
- operations in B.C. and link with criminal activity
(Coleman) 3568-9
(Nijjar) 3567-9
- operations in rental accommodations, prevention See Rental housing, inspections by landlord under Housing
Marley, Agnes
- Comments on inland ferry service
(MacPhail) 2679
Mary Manning Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- As subject
- comments on class size
(Kwan) 3014-5
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3458
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 2344-5
- B.C. College of Teachers
- B.C. Liberal Party government, implementation of initiatives 1154-6
- B.C. Open University, degrees 4323
- Burns Bog, preservation of area 1156, 2532-3
- Business, public-private partnerships, role in construction of infrastructure 1154-5
- Cardiac health, education and rehabilitation programs 2543-4
- Degree Authorization Act, debate 2842-3
- Delta Hospital
- Economy, government initiatives to improve B.C. economy 1154-5
- Education
- independent schools 1751
- lifelong education 2842
- parental involvement in education system 3018-9
- principals and vice-principals, role 3020
- school planning councils, establishment 3018-9
- system
- Education Committee
- consultation by committee
- report
- content 3018
- disclosure of draft report prior to its presentation in the House 2181
- disclosure of draft report prior to its presentation in the House, referral of matter to Parliamentary Reform Committee 2355
- report for third session of 37th parliament 2290-1
- Education ministry
- Food industry, berry farming industry, bird management, use of cannons 2344-5
- Government, regulations and red tape, reduction 1154
- Health care, system reforms 1155, 1423
- Healthy Heart program 2543-4
- Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 1155
- Lower mainland
- South Fraser perimeter road project proposal 1156
- university services 3458
- Motions, referral to committee of matter of disclosure of Education Committee draft report (Motion on privilege), debate 2355
- NDP, performance as government during 1991-2001 period 1154
- North Delta, berry farming industry in area, use of cannons for bird management 2344-5
- Open Learning Agency Repeal Act, debate 4323
- Post-secondary education
- distance education, university credits, transfer issue 4323
- tuition fees 1156
- Privilege
- disclosure of Education Committee draft report prior to its presentation in the House 2181-2
- reserving right to raise matter respecting disclosure of Education Committee draft report prior to its presentation in the House 1997
- School Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3018-20, 3238
- School boards/districts
- accountability contracts 3019-20, 3238
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 3019
- district parents' advisory councils 3019
- funding
- buffer grants 1752
- capital and operating funding 1751-2
- funding formula 3019
- powers
- Schools, accreditation process 3238
- Seniors, exercise programs, impact on health 2544
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus 3458
- Surrey, YM-YWCA facility for area 2543
- Teachers, salary increase 1155-6
- Technical University of B.C., relationship with Simon Fraser University 1156
- Throne speech debate 1154-6
- Universities, colleges and institutes, issues 2843
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate 2532-3
- YM-YWCA, programs and services 2543-4
Massage therapists
Maternity See Maternity and pregnancy under Health care
Matthaus, Lisa
- Comments on forest practices legislation
(Harris) 4373
(MacPhail) 4349-50
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
- As subject
- advocacy for people with disabilities
(Kwan) 2940-4, 2948-9
- comments on reading of public's letters of concern re changes to disability benefits legislation
(MacPhail) 2976-7
- participation in debate on disability benefits legislation
(Kwan) 3311, 3313, 3316, 3349, 3414-5, 3417
(MacPhail) 3307, 3347-8, 3418
- participation in debate on income assistance legislation
(Kwan) 2877, 2906
(MacPhail) 2899
- participation in debate on residential tenancy legislation
(MacPhail) 4483
- work on legislative committees 1239
- AIDS, people with HIV/AIDS, eligibility for disability benefits, lifetime benefits designation 3414
- B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, communication with MLAs 2939
- B.C. Human Rights Coalition, comments on human rights legislation 4006-7
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government
- commitments and initiatives 1240-1
- implementation of initiatives 1472-4
- growth 1241
- B.C. Progress Board, role 1473
- B.C. Technology Industries Association, survey of high-technology companies 3851
- Budget debate 1238-41
- Budgets, 2002-03 budget, content 1240-1
- Business, public-private partnerships, role in construction of infrastructure 1474
- Cruise ship industry in B.C. 3472
- Dining Out for Life, fundraising event 1816
- Disabled and handicapped persons, income assistance legislation, consultation by government 2936, 2939, 2944, 3414
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 1472-3, 1474
- Education ministry, estimates debate 1803-4
- Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3591
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
- Expo 86, provision of employment 1475
- Food banks, role in B.C. 1421
- Food Runners program 1421
- Forest industry, softwood lumber exports to U.S., negotiations for new agreement 1476
- Gambling, legislation and regulation 1475
- Gaming Control Act, debate 2687-8
- Gould, Jay, tribute 1239
- Government, regulations and red tape, reduction 1473
- Gutteridge, May, tribute 1433
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, planning re chronic illnesses 1555
- telehealth 1554
- Health Planning ministry, estimates debate 1553-5
- Housing, rental housing
- inspections by landlord 4231
- maintenance and repairs by landlord 4232
- pets in rental housing 2001-2, 4231
- tenant harassment case 4231
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 64), debate 4006-7
- Income assistance
- appeals process during NDP administration 2938-9
- disability benefits
- continuation of disability designation 2938, 2940
- continuous assistance 2938, 3413
- eligibility, disability-related costs 3412
- eligibility, proof of need of assistance to perform tasks 3413
- eligibility, reassessment, assistance with forms 4581-2
- income earnings exemption 2938, 2940
- legislation separate from basic income-assistance legislation 2937, 2939
- nutritional supplement 2939, 3413
- supplementary assistance, schedule C benefits 2938
- eligibility, two-year independence test, case 2939
- Income tax, personal income tax reduction 1473
- Legislation, availability of policies and regulations when bill introduced 3413
- Legislature, role of private members 2940
- Lions Gate Bridge, history 3245
- Lotteries, lottery tickets, terms of sale and resale 2687-8
- Lower mainland, food banks 1421
- Macmillan, Norma, tribute 1239
- Medical Services Arbitration Act, debate 1544-5
- Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, facility 1474
- NDP, management of health care system while in government 1544
- Nijjar, Rob, organ donation 2561
- Nurses
- chief nurse executive, role 1553
- supply, return of injured nurses to other work opportunities 1555
- training, number of nursing school seats 1554
- Oil and gas industry, offshore drilling
- consultation by government 1239
- government action 1475-6
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, potential benefits 1240, 1475
- Premier's Technology Council, role 1474
- Residential Tenancy Act
- Safety, protection of international students 4257
- School Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3235-7
- School district 39 (Vancouver), capital projects 1803-4
- Science and technology, investment in technology industry in B.C. 3851
- Shelford, Cyril, tribute 1239
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 1240-1
- Throne speech debate 1472-6
- Transplantation of organs, organ donor registry 2561
- United We Can, work of organization 2937
- Vancouver
- housing, number of renters 4231
- schools, capital projects 1803-4
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal
- Vancouver Food Bank, role 1420-1
- Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area
- Violence, prevention of bullying and violence at school 2129, 3235-7
- Workers Compensation Board, review of organization 1474
- Working Opportunity Fund, valuation reporting 3591
Meat Inspection Act
Medical and Health Care Services Appeal Board
- Requirements for appeals
(Hansen) 2350, 2689
Medical health officers See Health care
Medical Services Arbitration Act
- (Bill 9) (Minister of Health Services) 1R, 1498; 2R, 1536-46; C, 1603-15; 3R, 1615; RA, 1615
- Divisions: 2R approved 1546; sec. 2, 3 and 4 approved 1614
- Debate, speakers
(Hansen) 1498, 1536-8, 1545-6, 1603-14
(Kwan) 1542-4
(Lekstrom) 1541-2
(MacPhail) 1538-41, 1603-14
(Mayencourt) 1544-5
- Definitions
- "arbitration"
(MacPhail) 1603
- "association"
(Hansen) 1609
(MacPhail) 1609
- "rural practice agreement"
(Hansen) 1609
(MacPhail) 1609
- Provisions re legal action for damages
(Hansen) 1613-4
(MacPhail) 1613-4
- Purpose of bill
(Hansen) 1498, 1536-7
(MacPhail) 1538, 1541
(Mayencourt) 1544-5
- Withdrawal from debate on bill
(Cheema) 1536
Medical Services Commission
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Coverage
- acupuncture
(Hansen) 2404
(Wong) 2404
- Chinese traditional medicine
(Hansen) 2404
(Wong) 2404
- chiropractic services
(Hansen) 2423
- chiropractic services, petitions tabled
(Kwan) 3653
(Long) 3154
(Manhas) 1389
(Stewart, K.) 3653
- delisting of services
(MacPhail) 2868
- eligibility requirements for medical services
(Hansen) 2350, 2689
- massage therapy
(Hansen) 2423
- optometry services
(Hansen) 1256, 2422
(Orr) 2422
- physiotherapy
(Hansen) 2423
- supplemental benefits for alternative care
(Hansen) 1255
- user fees for alternative care
(Hansen) 1255
- Funding
(Hansen) 2416
(MacPhail) 2415-6
- Information to public
- Opting out by practitioners
(Hansen) 1255-6
- Premium assistance, eligibility threshold
(Anderson) 2779
(Hansen) 1256, 2779
- Premiums
- changes
(Brice) 1369
(Collins) 3894
(Krueger) 1444
(Manhas) 1398
(Thorpe) 1285
- increase
(Collins) 1207, 1214-5
(Throne speech) 1047-8
- increase, impact on premiums to private insurers
(Kwan) 3894
- increase, impact on seniors and pensioners
(Kwan) 3894
- reduction for low-income earners
(Orr) 1078-9
- Processing of applications for coverage
(Hansen) 4677
(MacPhail) 4677
- Staff, access to medical records
(Hansen) 2689
Medicare See Medical Services Plan of British Columbia; System under Health care
Medicare Protection Act
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia See also Government; Politics and politicians
- Constituency offices, role
(Bray) 2998-9
- Remuneration
- review by citizens panel
(Collins) 3573
- salary reduction
(Falcon) 1349
(Hamilton) 1406
(Johnston) 1404
- Representation of constituents
(Bell) 1429-31
(Campbell) 3246
(Hawes) 4076
(Krueger) 1690
(Murray) 3094
(Nebbeling) 1688
- Responsibilities and role
- challenges in constituency work
(Nettleton) 3784-5
- role
(Bray) 3583
(Lekstrom) 1059
- role in government
(Santori) 1250
- role in government during NDP administration
(Coleman) 1216
- role in Legislature See Members, role under Legislature
- Tennis match with press gallery
(Bruce) 3533-4
- Weight-loss contest
(Kerr) 3864-5
Memorial Park See Vancouver, B.C.
Mental disorders See also particular conditions, e.g., Schizophrenia
- Bipolar condition, people with condition, eligibility for disability benefits
(Coell) 3311, 3350, 3711
(Orr) 3311, 3350, 3710-1
- Dementia
- care and treatment
(Whittred) 2481, 2508
- people with dementia, eligibility for disability benefits
(Kwan) 3341
- Incidence in the workplace
(Stewart, R.) 4257
- People with mental disorders, eligibility for disability benefits
(Coell) 3330, 3354
(Kwan) 3329-30
(MacPhail) 3354
- Services for people with anxiety disorders
(Brenzinger) 2864-5
Mental health
- Establishment of minister of state for mental health issues See Mental Health, Minister of State for
- Facilities, capital funding and planning
(Hawkins) 1712-3
(MacPhail) 1712-4
- Mental health advocate, reinstatement of position
(Kwan) 1213-4, 1501
- Mental health care system, reforms
(Cheema) 1176, 3473
- Mental health plan
- Mental illness See also Mental disorders; particular conditions, e.g., Schizophrenia
- Mentally ill persons
- detention, appointment of review panel
(MacPhail) 3520
(Plant) 3519
- programs and services, employment program
(Brenzinger) 3187
(Coell) 3187
- Programs and services
- availability
(Hansen) 1214
(Kwan) 3584-5
- availability, case
(Cheema) 1499-500
(Kwan) 1214
(MacPhail) 1499-500
- community-based services
(Cheema) 1461
- emergency response services
(Cheema) 2522
(Wong) 2522
- funding
(Cheema) 2512-7, 3151, 3380, 3474-5, 3585
(Hansen) 1533, 3151
(Kwan) 1533, 3151, 3381, 4311
(MacPhail) 1655, 2511-7, 3151, 3380, 3474
- government support
(Kwan) 1501
- home support services
(Chong) 2521-2
- performance measurement
(Cheema) 2513-9
(MacPhail) 2513-7
- service delivery
(Cheema) 1100, 2517, 2523-4
(Krueger) 1100
- services
(Brice) 2523
- services for children and youth
(Brice) 2522
(Cheema) 2522-3
(Hogg) 2737
(MacPhail) 2737
- Relationship with substance addiction See Relationship with mental health under Substance abuse/addiction
Mental Health Act
Mental Health Action Research and Advocacy Association of Greater Vancouver
- Report on nature of single mothers with mental illnesses
(Kwan) 3329-30
Mental Health, Minister of State for
Mental illness
- Conference on mental illness in the workplace, presenters
(Stewart, R.) 4257
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Merit commissioner
- Annual report, 2001-02, tabled
(Speaker) 3586
- Establishment of office
(MacPhail) 1071
(Santori) 1594
- Independence
(MacPhail) 3574-5
Metchosin, B.C. See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area
Methadone See Prevention and treatment under Substance abuse/addiction; Regulations for dispensing of methadone under Pharmacists and pharmacies
Michael Smith Foundation
- Establishment
(Hansen) 3290
Mickelson, Norma
- Commended for work in education
(Chong) 4447-8
- Comments on early childhood development funding
(Reid, L.) 1177
Midwifery See also Maternity and pregnancy, programs and services under Health care
Mihlar, Fazil
- Comments on 2002-03 budget and tax changes
(MacPhail) 1231
Milk Industry Act
- Repeal of food safety provisions
(Hansen) 3092
Milke, Mark
- Comments on 2002-03 budget
(MacPhail) 1231
Mineral Tenure Act
- Amendments
(Falcon) 3288-9
(MacPhail) 3288-9
(Plant) 3519
- Provisions re higher-level plans, repeal
(MacPhail) 3266
(Neufeld) 3266
Mines Act
Minimum wage See Wages and salaries
Mining industry
- Coal industry See Coal industry
- Contaminated minesites See Contaminated sites under Waste management
- Exploration
- Government support
(MacKay) 2867
(Neufeld) 2867
- Gravel extraction operations in B.C.
(Hagen) 1535, 1622
(Penner) 1621-2
- Industry in B.C.
- Mineral tenures, legislation
(Plant) 3519
- Minesites
- sale and transfer
(Kwan) 3125-6
- site profiles, approval process
(MacPhail) 3289-90
(Neufeld) 3289-90
- Regulation
- Workers, supply
(Neufeld) 1991
Ministerial statements See also Legislature
- Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Premier)
- Nebbeling, Hon. Ted (Minister of State for Community Charter)
- Draft community charter 3652
- Thorpe, Hon. Rick (Minister of Competition, Science and Enterprise)
- Amendment of government agreement with Working Opportunity Fund 3444-5
(MacPhail) 3445, 3460
Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act
Minnekhada Middle School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
- Replacement project
(Clark) 1781
(Manhas) 1781
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2002
- (Bill 11) (Attorney General) 1R, 1947; 2R, 3003-4; C, 3045-52; 3R, 3052; RA, 3090
- Divisions: sec. 1 approved 3048, sec. 6 approved 3051
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 3052
(Bond) 3045-8, 3050-1
(Collins) 3003-4, 3048, 3052
(Hansen) 3048-9
(MacPhail) 3045-52
(Murray) 3052
(Plant) 1947
(Santori) 3052
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002
- (Bill 54) (Attorney General) 1R, 3472; 2R, 3517-21; C, 3593-6; 3R, 3596; Recommitted 3686; C, 3686-7; 3R, 3687; RA, 3780
- Amdts: sec. 73 (Plant) 3686, approved 3686
- Debate, speakers
(MacPhail) 3519-20, 3593-6
(Neufeld) 3594-5
(Plant) 3472, 3517-21, 3593-4, 3686-7
(Santori) 3595
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2002
- (Bill 62) (Attorney General) 1R, 3848; 2R, 3869-70, 3900-14; C, 3914-33, 3955-80, 4140-8; 3R, 4148; RA, 4236
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Kwan) 3924-5, negatived 3925; sec. 9 (Santori) 3966-7, approved 3973; sec. 9 (3 amdts) (Kwan) 3973-5, negatived 3974-6; sec. 10 (Kwan) 4146, negatived 4147
- Divisions: 2R approved 3914; sec. 1 approved 3925; sec. 3 approved 3933; sec. 5 approved 3966; sec. 9 as amended approved 3976; amdt. to sec. 10 negatived 4147; sec. 10 approved 4147-8
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 3926-30, 3958-60
(Bell) 3921-2
(Christensen) 3927
(Chutter) 3920-1
(Cobb) 3919-20
(Coell) 3925-33, 3955-65
(Collins) 3869-70
(Kwan) 3910-4, 3924-5, 3928-33, 3955-80, 4140-6
(MacPhail) 3900-10, 3915-9, 3922-5, 3961-2, 3964-6, 4146-7
(Orr) 3925-6, 3931
(Plant) 3848, 3914, 3970-1
(Reid, J.) 3915-20, 3922-4, 3976-80, 4140-6
(Santori) 3967-70, 3972-5
- Amendments from government
(Collins) 3899
(MacPhail) 3897
- Amendments to tabled bill
(MacPhail) 3901
- Opportunity for debate
(MacPhail) 3896-7
- Participation of Liberal Party MLAs in second reading debate
(MacPhail) 3901, 3910
- Return to second reading
(Collins) 3895
(MacPhail) 3896
Mission, B.C.
- Development corporation activities in district
(Hawes) 3250
- Health care
- services in area
(Hawes) 3821
- services, proposal
(Hawes) 3335
- Tree farm operation
(Hawes) 4377-8
Mission Memorial Hospital, Mission, B.C.
- Acute, critical and maternity care services, petition tabled
(Hawes) 3687
- Services
(Hawes) 3335, 3819
Mission school district See School district 75 (Mission)
Moberly Manor, Revelstoke, B.C.
- Closing, petition tabled
(McMahon) 3687
- Residents' concerns
(McMahon) 3062
Montreux Counselling Centre, Victoria, B.C.
- Experience with licensing as community care facility
(Chong) 2839
(Whittred) 2834
Moore, Jack
Morley, Jane
- Review of children's commissioner
(MacPhail) 3322-3
(Plant) 3319
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, B.C.
- Facility
(Mayencourt) 1474
Morrison, Don
- Letter of resignation tabled
(Speaker) 3602
- Resignation as police complaint commissioner
(Speaker) 3586
- Severance payment
Morton, Alexandra
- Study of diseased salmon
(MacPhail) 2552, 2554
Moscrop Junior Secondary School, Burnaby, B.C.
- Renovation project
(Clark) 1755
(Lee) 1755
Moss, Pat
- Consultation on changes to environmental assessment legislation
(Kwan) 3690
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Work of organization
(Stewart, R.) 3582
Motion Picture Act
Motions
- Access to justice services (Motion 4)
- Adjournment of debate (Motion without notice)
- Adoption of sessional order for public written questions (Motion without notice)
- Amendment of sessional order for third session of 37th parliament (Motion without notice)
- Amendment of sessional order for fourth session of 37th parliament (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of H.A.D. Oliver as conflict-of-interest commissioner (Motion 45)
- Appointment of Harry Neufeld as chief electoral officer (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Kate Ryan-Lloyd as Table officer (Motion without notice)
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion without notice)
- Committee to appoint a chief electoral officer (Motion 38)
- Committee to appoint a police complaint commissioner (Motion 39)
- Fixed legislative calendar (standing order 81.1) (Motion without notice)
- Message to Queen Elizabeth II (Motion without notice)
- Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice)
- Moved (Kwan) 2061; approved 2061
- Divisions: motion approved 2061
- Powers of Crown Corporations Committee (Motion 41)
- Powers of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion 37)
- Reappointment of Education Committee (Motion without notice)
- Reappointment of Health Committee (Motion 42)
- Reappointment of special committee to review the police complaint process (Motion without notice)
- Recommendations of Judicial Justice Compensation Committee report (Motion 44)
- Referendum on treaty negotiations (Motion 30)
- Referral of auditor general reports to Public Accounts Committee (Motion 40)
- Referral to committee of matter of disclosure of Education Committee draft report (Motion on privilege)
- Regulatory burden on B.C. businesses (Motion 18)
- Moved (Stewart, R.) 4249; debate 4249-53, 4437-44, 4611-8, approved 4618
- Debate, speakers
(Bell) 4442-4
(Hawes) 4611-3
(Hunter) 4614-7
(Jarvis) 4441-2
(Kerr) 4438-41
(Lekstrom) 4613-4
(Stewart, K.) 4444, 4611
(Stewart, R.) 4249-53, 4437-8, 4617-8
- Reporting requirements of Education Committee (Motion without notice)
- Representation of small communities at annual provincial conference (Motion 8)
- Second reading of Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (Bill 62) (Motion without notice)
- Supplementary report to 2001 Judicial Compensation Committee report (Motion 15)
- Third reading of Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act (Motion 35)
- Third reading of Employment Standards Amendment Act (Motion 33)
- Third reading of Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Motion 34)
- Tuition fee freeze (Motion 5)
Motor Dealer Customer Compensation Fund
- Annual report, 2001-02, tabled
(Coleman) 3586
Motor Fuel Tax Act
Motor Vehicle Act
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2002
Motorcycles
- Motorcyclists, charitable activities
(Lekstrom) 3848
Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Special education and special needs, funding
(Kwan) 1757
Mount St. Francis Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
- Closing
(Suffredine) 3537
(Whittred) 3537
Mount Washington
- Nordic skiing opportunities
(Visser) 1469-70
Mountain pine beetle See Pest control and management under Forest industry
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
- Funding
(Hansen) 2372
- Private sector involvement
(de Jong) 1115
(Hawes) 1062, 2804
Mulgrew, Ian
- Comments on legal aid funding reductions
(Kwan) 3155
Multicultural Helping House Society
Multicultural language program
Multiculturalism
- Programs and services, service levels
(Abbott) 2147
(MacPhail) 2147
Multiculturalism Week
- Events organized by government
(Abbott) 2149
(MacPhail) 2149
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Concerns re changes to disability benefits legislation
(MacPhail) 3419-20
Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia
Municipalities See also Local government; Regional districts
- Bylaw disputes
- municipal bylaw courts, proposal and operation
(Kwan) 2472-3
(Plant) 2472-3
- settlement process
(MacPhail) 2103
(Nebbeling) 2103
- Community planning, manufactured home parks in community plans See Role in housing market under Manufactured homes
- Grants from provincial government
- grants
(Abbott) 1123
- levels during NDP administration
(Abbott) 1917
- Intergovernmental relations, agreements on internal trade regulations
(MacPhail) 2136
(Nebbeling) 2136
- Powers
- Revenue-sharing agreements with government
- revenue from gaming
(Abbott) 2106
(MacPhail) 2105-6
- revenue from traffic fines
(MacPhail) 2108
(Nebbeling) 2108
- Road maintenance
(MacPhail) 2135
(Nebbeling) 2135
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3)
Murray, Hon. Joyce (New Westminster)
- As subject
- comments on forest practices legislation penalties for non-compliance
(Kwan) 4385-6
- life in New Westminster 1225-6
- position on issues
- environmental assessment legislation
(Kwan) 3482
- Kyoto accord 2758-9
(Kwan) 2758-9, 2761
- use of coal as energy source
(Kwan) 2761-4
- Water Act provisions re diversion or use of water for commercial purposes
(Kwan) 2771
- withdrawal from debate on Employee Investment Amendment Act (2002) 3589
- Abbott, Rob, qualifications and work with Water, Land and Air Protection ministry 3649-51
- Air quality
- impact on health 2533
- protection, government action 2758, 2762
- Aquaculture industry, fish farms
- Biologists, role of applied biology professionals in management of forest industry 4357
- Britannia mine, reclamation of site 2752
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on Kyoto accord 2758-9, 2761
- Budget debate 1224-8
- Budgets, balanced budgets, projection for 2004-05 fiscal year, impact on environmental standards in forest industry 4356
- Burns Bog, preservation of area 2532-3, 2980
- Burrard Thermal power station, closing 2758
- Chevron Canada Resources Ltd., oil refinery in Burnaby area, pollution issue, government action 2955
- Chief conservation officer, powers 2820-1
- Civil service, death of public servants in Kamloops 3889
- Coal industry, use of coal as energy source 2761-2
- Codd Island, preservation 2981
- Creston Valley wildlife management area, 2001 annual report tabled 3187
- Crown land, tenure application process, consideration of environmental impacts 2755-7
- Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3827
- Electric power
- coal-generated power plants, emissions, government action 2758
- independent power producers, regulation 2770-1
- Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3589
- Energy, government policy, action 2773
- Energy Policy Task Force, report on provincial energy strategy, review by Water, Land and Air Protection minister 2757-8, 2761-2
- Environment
- environmental non-compliance report, discontinuation of list of offenders 4258
- environmental protection
- government commitment 2531, 2751, 2755-7, 2784
- partnerships between government and private sector 2539
- penalties for environmental offences 3475
- regulations 2751
- work of environmental organizations 2980
- environmental stewardship between government and private sector 2753-4
- pollution prevention programs 2790
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, annual reports, 1999-2000 and 2000-01, tabled 2898
- Environment Management Amendment Act, 2002, debate 2776, 2820-1, 2824-5, 3130-2
- Environmental Appeal Board, annual reports tabled
- Fisheries
- fish habitat protection 2746-7, 2770-2
- hatchery program, review 2537-8
- recreational fishing 2537
- steelhead fishery 2538-9
- sturgeon fishery, protection programs 2753
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., elimination 2746-7
- Forest and Range Practices Act, debate 4356-7
- Forest industry
- environmental standards, enforcement 4258-9
- forest practices, results-based code
- code 2766
- compliance and enforcement 4357
- impact on environment 4356-7
- forest stewardship plans, environmental protection component 4356
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, revision, public input 4357
- Fuel, gasoline, reduction in sulphur content 2533
- Government
- fiscal planning and policies 1227
- regulations and red tape, reduction, impact on environmental standards 2751, 2794
- Gulf Islands, marine parks in southern Gulf Islands, transfer to federal government 3052
- Hunting, recreational hunting 2537
- Industry, pollution caused by industry, government actions to address issue 2219-20
- Julian, Terry, comments on New Westminster in A Capital Controversy 1225
- Kyoto accord
- Land and Water B.C. Inc., responsibilities, water management 2771
- Land use, land use planning process, ministerial responsibility 2744-5, 2773-4
- MLAs, representation of constituents 3094
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2002, debate 3052
- New Westminster, description and history 1225-7
- Parks
- campgrounds, access for disabled persons, camping fees 2534-5, 2779, 2785-6, 2897
- Forests ministry recreation sites, management 2750
- interpretive services 3800
- management
- management 2220
- park and wildlife recreation strategy 2749-50
- services in parks 2750
- visitors, number 2537
- Police and policing
- police complaint process, recommendations of legislative committee 3852
- powers of police officers 3132
- Public Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, concerns re environmental protection 2786
- Recycling, organic matter recycling, regulation 2754
- Resources and resource industries, resource management, balance between economic development and environmental protection 2781-2
- Rivers and streams
- Skeena, steelhead fishery in area 2538-9
- Stewart, Irwin Fraser, commended for work in health care 1051
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington)
- Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council recommendation, government action 3585-6
- Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council recommendation, timeline 2533
- use of B.C.'s power grid, National Energy Board decision 3984
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, operations
- development of sustainability principles, role of Water, Land and Air Protection ministry 2781-2
- water management 2771-2
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 2002
- Waste management, contaminated sites
- Water
- drinking water panel, recommendations 2747-8, 2782-3
- groundwater protection 2719
- management, ministerial responsibility 2771-2
- pricing of drinking water 2748-9
- protection of water supply 1054
- drinking water action plan 3827
- drinking water supply, regulation 2782-4
- government action 2220, 2792-3
- monitoring requirements 2748
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- estimates debate 2219-21, 2530-41, 2743-59, 2761-74, 2781-96
- agreement with Energy and Mines ministry on contaminated minesites 3124
- budget
- environmental stewardship division, responsibilities 2746
- goals and responsibilities 2219-21
- operations
- commitment to science-based decision-making 2745, 2768-9, 2772, 2786
- development of environmental standards 2768-9
- development of performance- and results-based standards 2788-90
- ecosystem-based approach 2754-5, 2767
- enforcement function 2757, 2764-5, 2792, 3475
- environmental protection activities 2531, 2744-5, 2751-7, 2784, 2787, 2795-6
- land use planning 2773-4
- risk management 2787
- water management, stream diversion 2771-2
- restructuring of regulatory framework 2791-2, 2794-5
- service plan, content 2220, 2540, 2754
- staffing
- work with other ministries 2744, 2756-7, 2784-5
- Watersheds
- Wildlife
- bears
- grizzly bears, export of products to Europe, European Union decision 2772-3
- grizzly bears, management 2772-3
- grizzly bears, moratorium on grizzly bear hunting, lifting of moratorium 2538-40, 2772, 3382
- problem bears, prevention work 2536
- conservation and protection of wildlife 2537
- conservation officers
- appointment and powers 2776, 2820-1, 3130-2
- service changes 2181
- service changes, enforcement issue 2535-7
- service delivery, partnerships with environmental protection agencies 2776, 2821, 3130
- waterfowl habitat conservation 2980
Museums
- Museums for children
(Bray) 2015
Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board
Muskwa-Kechika management area
Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act
Muskwa-Kechika trust fund
Mustard, Fraser
- Position on inner-city school funding
(MacPhail) 2736
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