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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 37th Parliament – 2003
FULL INDEX (Subject, speaker and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Back-country recreation See Recreation
Bains, Shahida
- Experience as health care worker
(Kwan) 8145
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act
- Amendments
(Collins) 5239
Ballard Power Systems Inc.
- Fuel cell research
(Les) 5109
Banks See Financial services industry
Barber, Daniel
- Comments on appointment of Alan Seckel as Deputy Attorney General
(MacPhail) 6394
(Plant) 6394-5
Barbers Act
Barbers and cosmetologists
- Concerns re cosmetology industry, petition tabled
(Krueger) 6128
- Regulation
(Brice) 5421
(Bruce) 5421
(Falcon) 5901
(Locke) 5901
(Nettleton) 6998-9
(Plant) 6996
Barisoff, Hon. Bill (Penticton-Okanagan Valley)
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., highways and roads, improvements, funding 5040-1
- B.C. Ambulance Service, funding 5042
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5042
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, revenue from gasoline tax 5290
- Budget debate 5040-3
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5042
- Business, administrative burden 6726
- Business Council of B.C., comments on 2003-04 budget 5042
- Campbell, Gordon, response to summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7164
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, work with Provincial Revenue ministry 5287-8
- Certified General Accountants Association of B.C., comments on 2003-04 budget 5041
- Corporations, capital tax, legislation, changes 5915
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 5040-1
- Education funding, additional funding 5041
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., tax credit programs 5042
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- Forest industry, reforms 5041
- Fuel, gasoline tax
- increase, impact on provincial tax revenues 5290
- revenue to transportation infrastructure 5041
- Government
- provincial-municipal relations, provincial funding, requirement for municipalities to apply for school tax portion of a grant in lieu of taxes 5915
- regulations and red tape, reduction 5288
- revenues, collection of revenues and debt by government
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 5041
- information, B.C. Nurseline 5042
- system, reforms 5041-2
- telehealth, impact on services in rural areas 5042
- Housing, residential care facilities, independent living options 5041
- Indians, economic development by Indians, opportunities 5041
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5040-1
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., comments on 2003-04 budget 5042
- Mental health plan, funding 5041
- Mineral Tax Review Board, replacement with ministerial appeal process 5915
- Motions, response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7163-4
- Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 7192
- Oil and gas industry, revenues to government, collection 5915
- Okanagan area
- national park proposal 5041
- South Okanagan, forest fires in area, summer 2003 fires 7163-4
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 5042-3
- Penticton, campus of care facility 5041
- Physicians, supply, number of medical school seats 5042
- Provincial Revenue ministry
- estimates debate 5286-91
- administration of Medical Services Plan premium billing and overdue accounts 5288-9
- audit, collection and enforcement activities 5287, 5289-90
- budget, allocation for administrative and strategic initiatives 5289
- goals and responsibilities 5286-9
- staffing 5288-9
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5857, 5915, 5953-4
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 6726, 7192
- Resorts, B.C. resort task force, establishment 5041
- Social Service Tax Act, amendments 7192
- Taxation
- administration and collection of taxes by provincial government
- administration and collection 5287-9, 5857, 7192
- customer relations management strategy 5288
- tax assessments, requirements for appeals 5915, 5953
- tax reductions, reductions and changes 5042
- Tobacco, taxation, revenues to government 5290
- University of B.C., medical program 5042
- University of Northern B.C., medical program 5042
- University of Victoria, medical program 5042
- Vancouver Board of Trade, comments on 2003-04 budget 5042
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal, government support 5042
- Victoria, downtown action plan on mental health and substance addiction, discarded needle removal initiative 5742
Barker, Ken
- Comments on export of raw logs
(MacPhail) 5772
Barkerville, B.C.
- Mining in area
(Les) 7340
Barkerville historic site
Barnes, Emery
- Rulings as Speaker
- qualifications for conflict of interest
(Collins) 5764
- urgency of Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
(Collins) 5466-7
(MacPhail) 5463-4
(Speaker) 5469
Barnett, Donna
- Letter re Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(Cobb) 8083
Barrett, David
- Institution of Hansard in B.C. Legislature
(Kwan) 8165
Bastion See Anniversary of Bastion site under Nanaimo District Museum, Nanaimo, B.C.
BCBC See British Columbia Buildings Corporation
BCNET
BCPSEA See British Columbia Public School Employers Association
BCT.Telus Communications Inc.
- Access fees
(MacPhail) 5634
Bed-and-breakfast establishments See Hotels and travel accommodation
Bee Act
Beef industry See Cattle industry under Livestock industry
Beehive burners See Wood waste
Beer industry
Begg, Kevin
- Comments on police service integration
(Sultan) 5404
Bell II, B.C.
Bell Mobility Inc.
- Western call centre
(Collins) 5250-1
Bell, Pat (Prince George North)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- land use planning legislation
(Hagen) 7578
(MacPhail) 7578-9
- school district funding
(Kwan) 5285
- Agricultural Land Commission, budget 6119
- Bennett, W.A.C., actions as Premier of B.C. 5116
- Bowron River Valley, reforestation after pest infestation 7488
- Brink Forest Products Ltd., operations 5117
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 4881
- northern and rural B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C. 6468
- economic role in province 7710
- forest industry, value-added sector 6887
- health care services in northern B.C. 5238
- northern development initiative 8247-8
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5017
- economic benefits to B.C. 5017-8
- opportunities to terminate contract 5017
- core assets and services
- protected assets 7856
- protection, government commitment 7856-7
- operations, cost effectiveness 5017
- privatization of core assets and services 5016-7
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- actions since election 5554-5
- decisions 5115-6
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Hydro 7856-7
- participation of MLAs 5017
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- benefits 8184
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8248
- land donations by CN Rail 8245
- public response 8246-7
- budget and finances
- budget forecasts 5840
- financial performance 7916
- industrial lands 5842
- office in Prince George 8245
- privatization
- benefits 5840
- privatization 7916
- public concerns 8244-5
- public consultation during transition 5841
- public-private partnerships 6468
- British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003, debate 7916
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8243-8
- B.C. timber sales program
- establishment 6345
- program 6517, 6926
- timber sales managers, role and powers 6517
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, revenue from gasoline tax 5290
- Budget debate 5115-9
- Budgets, 2003-04 budget, ministries on or under budget 5115
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd., impact of forest industry reforms on operations 6544
- Carrier Lumber Ltd.
- operations 6545-6
- settlement with government, compensation package for former forest licence 5712
- Cheslatta Forest Products Ltd.
- China, potential as export market for B.C. minerals 4963
- Climate change, role of forests as carbon sinks 7488
- Crime, youth crime, response 7648-9
- Crown land, leases and sales, legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7486
- de Jong, Michael, actions as Forests minister 7206
- Dollar Saver Lumber Ltd., job creation in Prince George 5117
- Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
- Economy
- B.C. economy, government initiatives to improve economy 7109-10
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 5117-8
- Education
- funding, additional funding 5119
- parent advisory councils, funding 6460
- parental involvement in education system, involvement 6460-1
- school planning councils, role 6460
- Education Committee, work of committee 6460-1
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly 6365-6
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, heritage rate 7857
- independent power producers
- projects 7150
- projects, impact on economy of small communities 7856-7
- role in power generation in B.C. 7856
- power supply, needs in B.C. 7150-1
- resources
- resources in B.C. 7150
- resources in northern B.C. 5118-9
- Energy and Mines ministry
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5016-8
- Environment, environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8116
- Ferries, fast ferries, handling by NDP government 7207
- Firearms Act, call for repeal 7337
- Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7206-7
- Forest fires
- management, projected forest fire increases 6492
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- impact on communities 7182
- relief effort, donations and fundraising 7182
- response 7182
- Forest industry
- access to fibre 7486
- annual allowable cut
- determination, area-based model 6927-8
- undercut, management 6927
- certification of products, role of Sustainable Resource Management ministry 6116
- community forests, benefits to communities 5713
- community salvage licences, establishment 6926-7
- employment in industry, job creation plans 7115-6
- export of products
- export to China, Dream Home China initiative 6888
- log exports 6345
- forest licences
- direct award of licences 6927
- subdivision and transfer, requirements 6544-5
- forest practices
- defined forest area management model 6494
- results-based code 6925
- standards in other countries 8116
- foresters
- regulation 5698-9
- role in management of forest industry 5699
- harvesting agreements
- free use permits 6514
- reporting requirements 6520
- harvesting of resource, penalties for offences 6927
- harvesting rights, cut control requirements, changes 6545
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction
- compensation for licence holders 5712
- timber takeback, public auction 6925-6
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 6546-7
- industry in B.C.
- current and past conditions 6924, 6926
- government initiatives, impact on investment 7489
- impact of NDP government policies 6928
- industry during 1990s 7207
- mills, appurtenancy requirements, elimination 6545
- pest control and management, mountain pine beetle
- control, government action 7672
- extent of infestation 7672
- private managed forest land
- reforms
- salvage logging, small-scale operations, role in economy and forest health 5713
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., negotiations for new agreement and World Trade Organization ruling 6990
- timber mark certificates, requirements 6516-7
- timber-pricing system, market-based system 6520
- valuation of timber 6926
- value-added sector, development and marketing of sector 6886-8, 6925
- woodlots
- licences, subdivision and transfer, requirements 7115
- sale of undercut 7119
- size requirements 6516
- woodlot program 5712-3
- working forest land base
- establishment 6924-5, 7486
- establishment, public consultation and response 7489
- impact on agricultural development area lands 6115-6
- impact on land use planning process 7487
- land classified as non-satisfactorily restocked 6492
- legislation, timeline for implementation 6115
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6544-7, 7115-6, 7119
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 6924-8
- Foresters Act, debate 5698-9
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5712-3
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 6492-4
- forest investment account
- administration, contract with Forintek Canada Corp. 6494
- administration, contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. 6493-4
- allocation of funds to programs and reporting requirements 6493-4
- operations, compliance and enforcement function, staffing 6493
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Fort St. James, forest industry, value-added sector 6925
- Fuel, gasoline tax
- increase, impact on provincial tax revenues 5290
- revenue to transportation infrastructure 5118
- Government
- ministries, budgets, contingency funds 5115
- regulations and red tape, reduction 5116-7
- revenues, collection of revenues and debt by government 5289-91
- Hagen, Stan, meetings with Indian bands 6117
- Hecate Strait, wind power generation potential in area 7150
- Indians, economic development by Indians, opportunities 6117
- Industry, industry in B.C. during 1990s 5116
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5118
- James, Carole, position on issues, resource industries in B.C. 8116-7
- Kwadacha Indian band, economic development 6118-9
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7485-9
- Land use
- land and resource management plans 7487
- land designation in province, percentages 7488
- land use planning
- balance between economic and environmental factors 7488
- decisions, move from statutory to delegated authority 7487
- long-term planning 7488-9
- Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band, agreement-in-principle 6926
- Lillehammer, Norway, benefits to forest industry exports from hosting 1994 Olympic Winter Games 6887
- LiveBridge Inc., call centre job creation in Prince George 5117
- Livestock industry, role of ranching industry in economy 5738
- McBride, forest industry in area, salvage logging 6926-7
- Mackenzie Secondary School, forestry program 5712
- McLeod Lake Indian band, treaty settlement 6926
- Mining industry
- impact of mining on environment 4964-5
- industry in B.C., investment climate 4963
- land use issues, percentage of land available for mining 6116
- regulation, industry awareness of government initiatives 5920
- Motions
- alternative energy sources and development of renewable energy technology (Motion 57), debate 7150-1
- boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8116-7
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6365-6
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 6460-1
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5), debate 4972-3
- ranching industry in B.C. (Motion 12), debate 5738
- repeal of Firearms Act (Motion 9), debate 7337
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7182
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7709-10
- value-added forest sector (Motion 14), debate 6886-8
- Muskwa-Kechika management area
- management of land and resources, oil and gas industry activities 6118
- mineral exploration 5921
- NDP, performance as government
- actions 5554
- consultation with industry 7207
- Northern commissioner, funding 8247
- Northern medical school community action group, establishment 6326
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- opportunity for promotion of B.C. wood products 6887
- potential benefits to rural B.C. 4881
- Pharmacare program
- coverage, arthritis drug Remicade 4973
- Fair Pharmacare program, impact on seniors and families 4972-3
- program during NDP administration 4972
- Prince George
- Canfor power generation project 7857
- economy and employment in area
- CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8184, 8245, 8248
- economy during 1990s 5118
- new jobs 5117
- film industry 5728-9
- forest industry in area 6546-7, 7206-7, 7486, 7488-9
- health care services in area 5238
- infrastructure needs in area 5118
- Prince George Airport, expansion, funding from B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 8248
- Prince George North constituency and area
- energy needs in area 7150
- resource industries in area 7709
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7763
- Provincial Revenue ministry
- estimates debate 5289-91
- audit, collection and enforcement activities 5289
- budget, allocation for administrative and strategic initiatives 5289
- staffing 5289
- Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, recipients 5115
- Railways and rail services
- Cariboo Prospector and Whistler Northwind, service termination 5842
- equipment and infrastructure
- additional centre-beam cars 8244
- car repair services in Prince George 8248
- rail yards in Prince George, surplus land for city use 8245
- wheel shop in Prince George 8248
- freight service
- availability of lumber cars 5840-1
- guaranteed car delivery system 8244
- passenger service, request for proposals 5842
- services
- arbitration for shippers 8244
- Cariboo Prospector and Whistler Northwind, service termination 8245-6
- interconnection with other rail systems 8244
- services 7916
- tourism rail services, opportunities 8245-6
- Resources and resource industries
- regulations and taxation in B.C., comparison with other provinces 5919-20
- role in economy and funding for social services 7485-7, 7710
- Safety, public safety, government commitment 7649
- Small business forest enterprise program 6345
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 6115-9
- agreements with Indians 6116-7
- budget 6119
- geographic information systems, mapping, integration between ministries 6118-9
- Taxation
- administration and collection of taxes by provincial government, administration and collection 5289-90
- tax reductions, reductions and changes 5116
- TimberWest Forest Ltd., comments on government sale of forested lands 6116
- T'loh Forest Products Ltd., operations in Fort St. James 6887
- Tobacco, taxation, revenues to government 5290
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 5840-3
- Transportation, regional advisory committees 5118, 5842
- Tsay Keh Dene Indian band, economic development 6118-9
- University of B.C., funding, expenditure on library 5115
- West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., job creation 5117
- Wildlife, endangered species, protection, ministerial responsibility 6119
- Working Opportunity Fund, return of revenues to contributing communities 5119
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7648-9
Belsey, Bill (North Coast)
- As subject
- comments on David Suzuki
(Kwan) 7355-6
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7351-2
- Air, carbon dioxide sources 7144
- Aquaculture industry
- employment in industry 5549-50
- fish farms
- closed containment, impact on jobs 5549
- relocation 5549
- impact on environment 7352
- right-to-farm legislation 7351-2
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C. 8287-9
- economic opportunities for north coast area from CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services 8184
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, members and work of group 7854-5
- B.C. Hydro
- core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7855
- study of alternative energy sources 7144
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7854-5
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8308-10
- Budget debate 4918-21
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget
- budgets during NDP administration 4919
- Children
- child care subsidy, eligibility threshold 4920
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery and funding 4920
- Computer technology, Internet access, high-speed broadband service to rural and remote communities 5543
- Concerned Citizens Against Sex Crimes to Children, organization 6524-5
- Crime, prevention of sex crimes against children 6524-5
- Education
- education of Indians, graduation rate 5557
- funding, additional funding 4919
- inner-city schools, funding 4920
- Energy
- independent power producers, projects 7144-5
- power supply, cost of various sources 7855
- technology in renewable energy, development in B.C. 7144-5
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 5935
- offshore oil and gas team 5935
- Environment, environmental groups
- operation and funding 8120
- promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8120
- work in B.C. 7144
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5549-50
- Floods and floodplains
- Nass Valley, October 2003 flooding 7809
- northwestern B.C., October 2003 flooding, government response 7624
- Forest industry
- industry in B.C., role in economy 7516-7
- private managed forest land
- legislation, consultation by government 7870
- protection of wildlife habitat 7870
- reforestation 7869
- regulation 7756, 7869-70
- regulation, appeals of decisions and penalties 7870
- regulation, penalties 7870
- Private Managed Forest Land Council, membership 7864-5
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., export duty, compensation for communities impacted by duty 6127
- Government, advertising, funding 4921
- Health care
- accessibility, concerns of constituents from north end of Queen Charlotte Islands, petition tabled 5030
- funding, additional funding 4919-20
- Highways and roads, regional highway committees, role 4920
- Income assistance, disability benefits, income earnings exemption 4920
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure improvements, impact on economy 4920
- International Labour Organization, comments on B.C. legislation re collective agreements 6327
- Iskut River, Forest Kerr power project 7145
- Jones, Roy, Jr., comments on seal hunt on B.C. coast 6147
- Klemtu, aquaculture industry in area 7351
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on 2003-04 budget 4919, 4921
- Mair, Rafe, comments on aquaculture industry 7351
- Marine mammals, seals, need for seal hunt on B.C. coast 6147
- Mining industry
- employment in industry 7516
- exploration, government initiatives 4920
- Motions
- alternative energy sources and development of renewable energy technology (Motion 57), debate 7144-5
- boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8120
- drinking water quality (Motion 46), debate 6034-5
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7516-7
- Nisga'a final agreement, implementation 7333-5
- North Coast constituency and area
- Ocean Falls, fish hatchery, blockade 4929
- Oil and gas industry
- industry in B.C.
- development of industry 4863
- development of industry, federal government review process 6257
- offshore drilling
- consultation with Indian groups 5935
- economic opportunities in B.C. 5542
- environmental assessments, cost 4863
- federal moratorium, review 5910
- government action 4921
- ownership of offshore rights 5935
- Premier's office, budget 4921
- Prince Rupert
- coal terminal diversification, role of rail services 8310
- college construction project 8287
- container port project 5459
- container port project, impact on economy 4920
- economic opportunities 5541-2
- economy, CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8309
- landslide damage to natural gas pipeline in area, impact on residents and response 8306
- mental health services 6149
- port, container port project 8287, 8308
- Private Forest Landowners Association, position on private managed forest land legislation 7756
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7756, 7864-5, 7869-70
- Provincial emergency program
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- oil and gas industry in area 5910
- Uniterre Resources wind energy project 7144
- Railways and rail services, tourism rail services, opportunities 8309
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy and funding for social services 7516-7
- Suzuki, David, position on aquaculture 7351-2
- Tax reductions and changes, impact on families 4920
- University of Northern B.C., research, funding for examination of offshore oil drilling 5935
- Water, drinking water quality, protection 6034-5
- Youth, programs and services, youth assets development initiative 6027
Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)
- As subject
- experience as parent 6036
- outdoor recreation experience 8057
- All-terrain vehicles, licensing and registration 6324
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., economic role in province 7517
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7939-40
- Budget debate 5189-92
- Budgets, 2003-04 budget
- Business
- position of business community on Community Charter legislation 6301
- small business, position on government initiatives 5191
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on NDP government management of B.C. Hydro 7939
- Children, child care subsidy, application process 6468-9
- Coal industry
- air emissions
- consultation by government, public meetings 5922
- investment climate, government initiatives 5921-2
- resources 7940
- use of coal as energy source 7149, 7518-9, 7939-40
- Columbia Basin Trust
- board of directors 7772-3
- establishment 7771
- funding of projects in Columbia basin region 7771-2
- legislative changes, impact on local control 7770
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7770-3, 8006-7
- Columbia Mountain Open Network, development of high-speed broadband Internet service in Kootenay area 7772
- Columbia River Treaty
- establishment 7770-1
- impact on Columbia basin region 7771
- Community Charter, debate 6300-1, 6574-9
- Computer technology, Internet access, high-speed broadband service to rural and remote communities 7772
- Crime and criminals
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 6036
- youth crime, response 7652-3
- Crown land, tenures, overlapping tenures 6113
- East Kootenay Regional Hospital, status as regional referral centre 4714
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 4712-3
- Education, parental involvement in education system 5143-4
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly, selection of members 6367
- Elk Valley
- coal industry employment in area 5921
- coal-fired gas plant proposal for area 5921-2, 6127, 7940
- public consultation by government re area 4713
- Energy
- independent power producers, role in power generation in B.C. 5419-20, 7939
- power supply, B.C. as net importer of power 7939-40
- Energy and Mines ministry, estimates debate 5921-2
- Environment, environmental groups, campaigns, response by government MLAs 8209-10
- Flathead Valley, description and resource potential 4712-3
- Forest fires, reduction of fire risks in forests, fuel load issue 7142-4
- Forest industry
- forest ingrowth, impact on grasslands ecosystem 5725-6
- industry in B.C., current and past conditions 7517-8
- private managed forest land
- Private Managed Forest Land Council, establishment 7863
- reforms, reforms to address fire risks in forests 7142-3
- Fort Steele Heritage Town, management 7218-9
- Fuel, gasoline tax, revenue to transportation infrastructure 5191
- Gibson, Gordon, recommendations on citizens' assembly on electoral reform 6367
- Government
- communications, communication of policies to public 5190
- fiscal planning and policies, fiscal management 5190-2
- government caucus committees, Kootenay caucus, role 7771
- ministries, interministerial cooperation 5727
- project approval process, significant projects, designation 7953
- public consultation 5189
- public participation, citizens' assemblies 6366
- Grasmere, independent power producers in area 5419-20, 7149
- Grasslands, restoration 7142-4
- Health care system, sustainability 4714
- Highway 3
- improvements, safety improvements to Steamboat Hill section in East Kootenay 7719
- repairs in Kootenay area, petition tabled 7722
- Housing, residential care facilities, assisted-living model 7772
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5191
- Investment in B.C. 7952
- Justice system, youth justice, provincial statute offences, sentencing options 7653
- Koocanusa reservoir, agreement with U.S. 7771
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenays
- coal industry and resources 7518, 7940
- grassland restoration 6113
- health care services 7922
- public transportation 7438
- forest industry jobs in Kootenay-Boundary area 5202
- government services, child care subsidy application process 6468-9
- potential benefits of 2010 Olympic bid win 5026-7
- tourism 4713-4
- winter sports facilities 4861
- Kootenay-Boundary land use plan, revisions 5202, 7518
- Land and Water B.C. Inc., tenure decisions, overlapping tenures 6113
- Land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 6112
- Livestock industry, role of ranching industry in economy 5738-9
- Local government
- position of local governments on Community Charter legislation 6301
- powers and responsibilities
- impact on business and economy 6578-9
- regulation of disturbances 6577-8
- regulation of tree cutting and planting 6575-6
- regulation of weapons 6577
- McDonald family, power generation projects in East Kootenay area 5419-20
- MLAs, input on government decisions 5189
- Mining industry in B.C., opportunities 4713, 6659-60
- Motions
- alternative energy sources and development of renewable energy technology (Motion 57), debate 7149-50
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6036
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6366-7
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 5143-4
- ranching industry in B.C. (Motion 12), debate 5738-9
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7517-9
- Nettleton, Paul, comments and position on B.C. Hydro privatization issue 7940
- NDP
- MLAs' comments on issues 5190-1
- performance as government, consultation with Kootenay residents 8007
- Olympic Games
- benefits to host cities 4862
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- potential benefits of hosting games 4713-4
- potential benefits to rural B.C. 5026-7
- referendum in Vancouver 4861-2
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8057-8
- Parks, management, philosophy 8057-8
- Police, funding formula for police services, participation by communities with populations under 5,000 persons 5062
- Private Forest Landowners Association, consultation by government on private managed forest land legislation 7752-3, 7863
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7752-3, 7863, 7865
- Real property tax, business and residential rates 6579
- Resources and resource industries
- resource use 4713
- role in economy 4712
- role in economy and funding for social services 7517-9
- transportation of resource products, role of transportation infrastructure 5191
- Rocky Mountain Trench, ecosystem 5725-7
- Rocky Mountain Village, seniors housing development 7772
- School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay), trustees, position on parental involvement in schools 5143-4
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, debate 7952-3
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 6111-3
- goals and responsibilities 6111
- Throne speech debate 4712-4
- Transit services, services in rural areas 7438
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7652-3
Bennett, Nelson
- Comments on forest industry reforms
(MacPhail) 5762
Bennett, W.A.C. (William Andrew Cecil)
Beresford, Charley
- Comments on school district funding
(Kwan) 5265
- Position on parental involvement in schools
(Brice) 5142
Berry farming industry See Food industry
Better Community Partnership Outreach Network
Beverage container stewardship program See Deposit system for beverage containers under Recycling
Beyer, Hubert
Bhullar, Tony (Surrey-Newton)
- As subject
- appointment to select standing committees
(Collins) 7043
- Agriculture industry, regulation, use of ditch water for irrigation 6211
- Automobiles, traffic safety, youth speeding, prevention 5861
- Blood supply, risk from severe acute respiratory syndrome 6430
- Business, enterprise zones 6990
- Crime, home invasions, prevention 5745
- Democracy, parliamentary democracy 5097
- Forest industry
- pest control and management, mountain pine beetle, control, government action 6126
- softwood lumber exports to U.S.
- border tax 6729
- export duty, status 7301
- Government, regulations and red tape, deregulation initiative 6663
- Health care, costs, management 5098
- Justice system
- civil litigation, costs to unsuccessful parties, review of tariff 7483
- director of public prosecutions model 5912
- MLAs, work commended 5098
- Multiculturalism, multiculturalism in B.C. 5098
- Paul, Frank Joseph, circumstances of death, review of case 6326-7
- Police, use of Tasers 6468
- Privilege, Federal Court of Appeal decision on parliamentary privilege, intervener status for B.C. 6149
- Safety, Tasers 6468
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, student enrolment 6556
- Strata property
- condominiums, leaky-condos issue, government action 6779
- strata councils, disputes between strata councils and owners, dispute resolution process 7812
- Throne speech debate 5097-8
- University colleges, designation 6895
Bill 29 (2001) See Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act; Workers, collective agreements, government changes under Health care
Bill C-68 (federal) See Firearms Act (Bill C-68) (federal); Firearms registry under Firearms
Bills, Legislative
- Bills by name See also Bills by number below under this main heading. Royal assent also indicated.
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 78)
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
- Administrative Tribunals Appointment and Administration Act (Bill 68)
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35)
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 48)
- Agrologists Act (Bill 4)
- Ash Developments Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr401)
- Auditor General Act (Bill 9)
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act (Bill 85)
- British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003 (Bill M203)
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 89)
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003 (Bill 6)
- Buron Construction (1986) Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr408)
- Buron Construction Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr407)
- Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 60)
- Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 86)
- Business Number Act (Bill 36)
- Cam Glass Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr403)
- Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Act (Bill Pr410)
- Coalbed Gas Act (Bill 16)
- Coastal Ferry Act (Bill 18)
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act (Bill 99)
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 79)
- Commercial Appeals Commission Repeal Act (Bill 70)
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 22)
- Community Charter (Bill 14)
- Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003 (Bill 67)
- Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003 (Bill 76)
- Community Services Labour Relations Act (Bill 61)
- Coquihalla Highway Administration Clarity Act, 2003 (Bill M202)
- Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act (Bill 31)
- Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 8)
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
- Enforcement of Canadian Judgments and Decrees Act (Bill 32)
- Environmental Management Act (Bill 57)
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 59)
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill M201)
- Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 56)
- Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 69)
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29)
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 45)
- Foresters Act (Bill 5)
- Forestry Revitalization Act (Bill 28)
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 44)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 13)
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 62)
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 81)
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act (Bill 94)
- Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33)
- Hospital District Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 25)
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7)
- Industry Training Authority Act (Bill 34)
- Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 58)
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 93)
- Integrated Pest Management Act (Bill 53)
- Judicial Compensation Act (Bill 41)
- Kennett Contracting Limited (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr402)
- Land Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 46)
- Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act (Bill 65)
- M&M Insulation Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr404)
- Manufactured Home Act (Bill 72)
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 92)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 66)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2003 (Bill 90)
- Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 74)
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 17)
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 3) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 97)
- Museum Act (Bill 2)
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act (Bill 83)
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 84)
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49)
- Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 38)
- Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 54)
- Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act (Bill 82)
- Police Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 12)
- Police Complaint Commissioner Enabling and Validating Act (Bill 80)
- Private Career Training Institutions Act (Bill 52)
- Private Managed Forest Land Act (Bill 88)
- Procurement Services Act (Bill 23)
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 30)
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 42)
- Public Service Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 71)
- Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 95)
- Richrock Mines Ltd. (N.P.L.) (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr411)
- Safety Authority Act (Bill 20)
- Safety Standards Act (Bill 19)
- School Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50)
- Score Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Bill Pr405)
- Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24)
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act (Bill 75)
- Skills Development and Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 37)
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 3)
- Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Bill 47)
- Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 2) (Bill 98)
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2003 (Bill 26)
- Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 73)
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 51)
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 77)
- Timber Licences Settlement Act (Bill 96)
- Transmission Corporation Act (Bill 39)
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 64)
- Unclaimed Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 15)
- Unclaimed Property Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 (Bill 87)
- University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act (Bill 21)
- Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
- Ver-Tel Communications Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003 (Pr406)
- Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55)
- Western Pentecostal Bible College Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Pr409)
- Wildfire Act (Bill 91)
- Youth Justice Act (Bill 63)
- Bills by number
- [* denotes bill having received royal assent]
- 1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- 2.* Museum Act
- 3.* Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003
- 4.* Agrologists Act
- 5.* Foresters Act
- 6.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003
- 7.* Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003
- 8.* Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2003
- 9.* Auditor General Act
- 10.* Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 11.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 12.* Police Amendment Act, 2003
- 13.* Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003
- 14.* Community Charter
- 15.* Unclaimed Property Amendment Act, 2003
- 16.* Coalbed Gas Act
- 17.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2003
- 18.* Coastal Ferry Act
- 19.* Safety Standards Act
- 20.* Safety Authority Act
- 21.* University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
- 22.* Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 23.* Procurement Services Act
- 24.* Securities Amendment Act, 2003
- 25.* Hospital District Amendment Act, 2003
- 26.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2003
- 27.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 28.* Forestry Revitalization Act
- 29.* Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- 30.* Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 31.* Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act
- 32.* Enforcement of Canadian Judgments and Decrees Act
- 33.* Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 34.* Industry Training Authority Act
- 35.* Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 36.* Business Number Act
- 37.* Skills Development and Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 38.* Personal Information Protection Act
- 39.* Transmission Corporation Act
- 40.* Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003
- 41.* Judicial Compensation Act
- 42.* Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 44.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 45.* Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 46.* Land Amendment Act, 2003
- 47.* Supply Act, 2003-2004
- 48.* Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 49.* Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 50.* School Amendment Act, 2003
- 51.* Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003
- 52.* Private Career Training Institutions Act
- 53.* Integrated Pest Management Act
- 54. Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2003
- 55.* Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 56.* Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 57.* Environmental Management Act
- 58.* Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2003
- 59.* Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2003
- 60.* Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2003
- 61.* Community Services Labour Relations Act
- 62.* Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003
- 63.* Youth Justice Act
- 64.* Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 65.* Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act
- 66.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 67. Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003
- 68.* Administrative Tribunals Appointment and Administration Act
- 69.* Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003
- 70.* Commercial Appeals Commission Repeal Act
- 71.* Public Service Amendment Act, 2003
- 72.* Manufactured Home Act
- 73.* Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 74.* Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2003
- 75.* Significant Projects Streamlining Act
- 76.* Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003
- 77.* Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 78.* Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003
- 79.* Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003
- 80.* Police Complaint Commissioner Enabling and Validating Act
- 81.* Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 82.* Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act
- 83.* Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act
- 84.* Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- 85.* BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- 86.* Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 87.* Unclaimed Property Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- 88.* Private Managed Forest Land Act
- 89.* British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- 90.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2003
- 91. Wildfire Act
- 92.* Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003
- 93.* Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003
- 94.* Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- 95.* Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Amendment Act, 2003
- 96.* Timber Licences Settlement Act
- 97.* Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 3) Amendment Act, 2003
- 98.* Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 2)
- 99.* Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act
- M201. Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003
- M202. Coquihalla Highway Administration Clarity Act, 2003
- M203. British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003
- Pr401. Ash Developments Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr402. Kennett Contracting Limited (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr403.* Cam Glass Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr404.* M&M Insulation Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr405.* Score Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr406.* Ver-Tel Communications Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr407.* Buron Construction Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr408.* Buron Construction (1986) Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- Pr409.* Western Pentecostal Bible College Amendment Act, 2003
- Pr410.* Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Act
- Pr411.* Richrock Mines Ltd. (N.P.L.) (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
Bingo See Charity gaming revenues under Gambling
Biotechnology industry See Science and technology
Birds
- Birdseed, tax exemption
(Collins) 5240
- Spotted owls
- habitat protection
(Hawes) 6933
- recovery
(Sultan) 5202
Blackburn, Dale
Blaney, Jack
- Appointment as chair of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
(Les) 6617-8
- Nomination as chair of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
(Campbell) 6357
(MacPhail) 6358
(Plant) 6372
Blood
- Blood supply, risk from severe acute respiratory syndrome
(Bhullar) 6430
(Hansen) 6430
Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)
- As subject
- accomplishments as MLA 4777
- letter to Burnaby city council re privatization of B.C. Hydro
(MacPhail) 5016
(Neufeld) 5021
- summer trip on Rocky Mountaineer 8326
- volunteer service 6352
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7289
- Alcohol
- sale of alcohol
- "grey alcohol" issue 5890
- sales in corner and grocery stores 5891
- warehousing and distribution model, competitiveness 5889-91
- taxation 5891-2
- Automobiles, competition in provision of automobile insurance, optional insurance 8062
- Beer industry, taxation 5891-2
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., role of rural areas and small towns in B.C. economy 4776
- B.C. Hydro, management during NDP administration 7936
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7935-6
- B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since election 4776, 5160, 5162-3
- B.C. New-Canadian Entrepreneur Awards, recipients 7040
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8325-6
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8325-6
- B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Budget debate 5160-3
- Burnaby
- Gaglardi Way, safety 7936
- Local Hero awards 8304
- Burquitlam constituency and area
- business improvement area initiative 5132-3
- businesses in area 7040
- businesses in North Road area 4777
- economy 5161
- Korean community 6776
- potential benefits of 2010 Olympic bid win 5060
- small businesses, role in community 7439
- Business
- public-private partnerships
- partnerships with local government 6307
- role 8301-2
- small business
- position on business climate in B.C. 5161
- role in economy 5131-2
- Children, child care, accessibility 4776
- Community Charter
- debate 6307-9
- consultation, stakeholder consultation 6308-9
- impact on tourism industry in B.C. 6308
- information for communities 6309
- purpose 6307
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, estimates debate 5889-92
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- current conditions 5162
- government initiatives to improve economy 5131-2
- heartlands economic strategy 4776
- Education
- funding
- additional funding 4777
- funding for community schools 4777
- system, collective bargaining process, review by Labour minister 6210
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, heritage contract 7936
- government policy 5163
- Environment, environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8121
- Forest industry
- forest practices in B.C. 8121
- reforms 5162
- Government
- ministers, salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets 5162
- ministries, meeting of budget targets 5160
- provincial-municipal relations 6308
- Guide-Scout Week 4861
- Health care, funding, additional funding 4777
- High-technology industry, growth in sector 5131
- Homeowner grant, grant for people with disabilities 5160
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5163
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., provision of automobile insurance 8062
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8062
- James, Carole, position on resource industries in B.C. 8121
- Komatsu, Kazuko, nomination for International Business Person of the Year award 7040
- Korean Heritage Day 6776
- Labour relations, committee on stakeholder issues, report 6430
- Local government
- accountability 6308
- amalgamation of municipalities, municipal approval 6307-8
- recognition as order of government 6307
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on issues
- 2003-04 budget 5160-1
- performance of B.C. Liberal Party government 5161-2
- MLAs, salary reduction 5162
- Motions
- boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8121
- Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games (Motion 8), debate 5733
- public-private partnerships (Motion 33), debate 8301-2
- NDP, performance as government, actions 5161
- Occupational health and safety, regulations on workplace safety 5695
- Oil and gas industry, offshore drilling, development of industry 5163
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4778, 5060, 5161
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4777
- Post-secondary education
- funding 7304
- student spaces, new spaces, development by private sector 8301
- system during NDP administration 7907-8
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7304-5
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency, establishment 7304
- Recycling, domestic beer containers, refunds, petition tabled 6991
- Resorts, resort industry potential in B.C. 4776
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), funding, petition tabled 5835
- Simon Fraser University
- labour dispute 6210
- potential for Olympic Winter Games facilities and legacy 4778, 5161
- university village development 4777, 5161
- Skills training, accessibility, need for flexibility in scheduling 7305
- Substance abuse/addiction, prevention and treatment, services for youth 8019
- Throne speech debate 4776-8
- Tourism industry, marketing of B.C. tourism, marketing to British Columbians 5896
- Tri-Cities area
- Spirit of Community Awards 7439
- Time to Shine committee 4778
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- degree-granting authority, expansion 7289
- private institutions
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 7304
- quality of education 7907-9
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, volunteers commended 6352
- Wine industry, public wine store closings, impact on service and product choice 5890-1
- Workers Compensation Board, workplace safety regulations, changes 5695
- World Police and Fire Games, Burnaby bid to host 2009 games
- bid win, participants commended 6308
- potential benefits of hosting games 5733
Blue River, B.C.
Boats and boating
- Anchoring fees See Marine parks under Parks
- Environmental protection by boaters
(Murray) 6211
Bob Quinn Airport, Bell II, B.C.
- Role in tourism
(MacKay) 4743
Boeing Co.
- Move of head office from Seattle
(Penner) 4841
Boliden-Westmin Mines
- Strathcona Park mine operation, siphoning of lake water
(Kwan) 6555-7, 6989
(Murray) 6555, 6989
Bonaparte Indian band
- Position on coalbed methane extraction in band's traditional territory
(MacPhail) 6218
Bond, Hon. Shirley (Prince George-Mount Robson)
- As subject
- accountability statement as Advanced Education minister 6311
(Nettleton) 6310-1
- comments on post-secondary education funding
(MacPhail) 6292, 6318
- experience as post-secondary education student 6316-7
(Nettleton) 6316-7
- work as Advanced Education minister
(Brice) 7306-7
(Nuraney) 5542
- Advanced Education ministry
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6465, 7286-7, 7357-65
- Avison, Don, comments on debate on University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act 5477-8
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic development 5034-5
- economic development in northern B.C. 4798-9
- highways and roads, improvements, funding 4780, 5035
- role of rural areas and small towns in B.C. economy 4779
- BCcampus, program and service delivery 6290, 6292, 6316-7, 6398-9
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7823-4
- B.C. Institute of Technology, programs 5540-1
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Progress Board, report, comments on economic role of areas outside lower mainland 4779
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- agreement 8268
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8267-70
- job reductions 8268
- budget and finances, write-down of debt 8268
- office in Prince George 8269
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8267-70
- B.C. Safety Authority, role 6477-8
- Budget debate 5034-7
- Burnaby, Metrotown, industry training centre expansion
- Camosun College, role, review 6409
- Canadian Federation of Students, funding 6400
- Canoe Mountain resort project 4780
- Capilano College, degree-granting authority 7358-9
- Centre for Education Information Standards and Services, program reductions 6320
- Children, programs and services for children and families
- government commitment 4778
- programs and services 5036
- Clark, Stuart, work on secondary school apprenticeship program 6409
- College and Institute Act, amendments 7286
- Collins, Gary, comments on 2003-04 budget 5037
- Degree Authorization Act, purpose of bill 6290
- Disabled and handicapped persons, services for developmentally disabled persons 4779
- Douglas College
- funding and student spaces 6339
- on-line political sciences courses 6316
- Economy
- B.C. economy, economy during 1990s 4779
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 4798-9
- Education
- adult basic education programs 6397-8
- English-as-a-second-language programs, availability 5558
- funding
- parental involvement in education system 5144
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, heritage contract 7823
- independent power producers, clean-energy projects 7823
- power supply, needs in B.C. 7823
- run-of-the-river power generation 7823
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- Forest industry
- Health care
- health professionals, training spaces in post-secondary education system 6405-6
- system, reforms 5036
- Hospice facilities, funding, petition tabled 6511
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., role in delivery of skills training on-line registration system 6745-6
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, opportunities 4779-81
- government expression of regret for actions in past 4779
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act, replacement 6752
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- annual report, 2001-02, tabled 5618
- replacement 6736, 6738
- review 6474
- staff, transfer to Industry Training Authority 6746
- Industry Training Appeal Board
- Industry Training Authority
- accountability, reporting requirements 6478, 6706
- board membership 6705-6, 6708, 6735, 6737-8, 6742, 6745
- budget
- business plan 6743
- chief executive officer, appointment 6708-9
- partnership agreements 6744-6
- relationship with government 6742-3
- role and powers
- delegation of powers 6477
- designation of trades 6714, 6733
- designation of trainers 6748-9
- development of standards for skills training programs 6710, 6744-50
- development of standards for skills training programs, consultation requirements 6739, 6742
- handling of complaints, internal review process 6707-8
- responsibilities re trainees 6751
- role and powers 6350-1, 6475-8, 6706-7, 6735
- staffing 6746
- Industry Training Authority Act
- Industry Transition Advisory Committee, consultation by committee 6475, 6478
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5035
- Institute of Technology Act, amendments 7362
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, role in delivery of skills training on-line registration system 6745-6
- Justice Institute of B.C., availability of on-line courses 6399
- Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band, agreements with governments 4779
- McBride
- forest industry in area 4780
- government services in area 4780
- McBride peewee hockey team, road trip with Vancouver Canucks 4759
- Maclean's, ranking of Canadian universities 6402, 8128
- Manley, John, comments on accessibility of post-secondary education 6402
- Motions
- drinking water quality (Motion 46), debate 6034
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 5144
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7169-71
- Nisga'a final agreement, second annual implementation report 4781
- North Island College, apprenticeship programs 6736-7
- Nurses
- full-time employment, availability 6410
- supply, number of school spaces 5036
- training, student loans, program forgiving loans for services practised in remote and rural communities 6406
- Okanagan University College, funding and student spaces 6337-8
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- opportunity for promotion of B.C. wood products 4780, 5036
- potential benefits of hosting games 5036
- Ontario, public education system, phase-out of grade 13, impact on post-secondary education system 6403
- Open College, program and service delivery 6317, 6399
- Open Learning Agency
- future of agency and enrolment levels 6399
- Knowledge Network component, status 6399
- Open University, program and service delivery 6317, 6399
- Peterson, Duke, work on alternative power sources 7823
- Physicians
- medical school program, expansion 6290-1
- student loans, program forgiving loans for services practised in remote and rural communities 6406
- supply, number of medical school seats 5036
- Post-secondary education
- advocacy organizations, funding 6400
- affordability for students 6314
- costs and benefits of post-secondary education 6312, 6409
- distance education, on-line learning, development process for courses 6316
- English-as-a-second-language programs, program delivery and funding 6396-8
- enrolment levels
- funding
- additional funding 5477, 5541, 5558
- emergency funding 7360-1
- funding for Canada Pension Plan and employee wage costs 6398
- funding from non-government sources 6404-5
- grants from government, additional funding 6290-2, 6317-20, 6335-7, 6340-2
- reallocation of funds from unpaid employee benefits 7362
- program-completion time 6402-3
- student financial assistance
- student spaces
- system
- tuition fees, increases 6314, 6341, 6400-2, 6404-5
- Prince George
- Canfor power generation project 7823
- drinking water supply 6034
- economy and employment in area
- current conditions 4780
- film productions 5035
- post-secondary education opportunities 4781
- Prince George Airport, expansion, funding from B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 8269
- Prince George-Mount Robson constituency and area
- description 4778
- forest industry 4779
- power outage due to summer 2003 forest fires, impact on area 7169-70
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 6658, 7292
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency, establishment 7292
- Private Post-Secondary Education Commission of B.C., replacement 6658, 7292
- Railways and rail services
- equipment and infrastructure, wheel shop in Prince George 8269-70
- role in economy of northern B.C. 4780
- services, need for improvements 8270
- tourism rail services, opportunities 8269-70
- Research and development, investment in research and development 6150, 6291
- Resorts, B.C. resort task force, establishment 4780
- Royal Roads University Act, amendments 7363
- School district 57 (Prince George), enrolment levels 4781
- Sea to Sky University, establishment 6399
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- funding 6291, 6737
- private career training, institutions 6733-4
- promotion of trades training in high schools 6476-7
- supply of skilled workers, skilled labour shortage 6474-5
- system
- appeal process 6478, 6707-8, 6751
- discussion paper recommendations 6350, 6475
- reforms 6291, 6350-1, 6474-8, 6482-3, 7813
- reforms, consultation process 6739-41
- safety standards 6712, 6733, 6738, 6750
- training programs
- entry-level training 6474
- training access program 6741
- training programs, new model
- accredited programs and recognized programs 6705, 6710-1, 6744, 6746-7, 6752
- assessment of students, dual credit 6477
- assessment of students, eligibility criteria 6747-8
- completion rate 6712-4, 6741-2
- credentials and qualifications, changes 6709-14, 6747, 6750, 6752
- credentials and qualifications, progressive credentialling 6711-2
- modularized training 6476, 6738
- pilot projects 6474, 6739, 6745-6, 6750-1, 7813
- recognition of prior learning, challenge process 6477
- registration, on-line registration system 6478, 6745-6
- role of colleges in program delivery 6736-7
- standards 6732-3
- standards, inclusion of Red Seal certification 5063, 6351, 6474, 6476, 6710-1, 6741, 6749
- trainers, role 6748-9
- tuition
- increases 6734
- refunds and student tuition protection fund 6734
- Tax reductions and changes 5035
- Throne speech debate 4778-81
- Transportation, provincial transportation plan 5035
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budgets and deficits 7287, 7359-63
- bursars 7361
- degree proposals
- degree quality assessment for public and private institutions
- degree-granting authority, expansion 6290, 6314, 6406
- English-language schools, regulation 6408
- funding, capital funding and projects 6291, 6312, 6405
- leading-edge endowment fund
- ministerial responsibilities, changes 7357-8
- private institutions
- expansion, impact on public post-secondary education system 6313, 6407
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 6658, 7292
- regulation 7292
- regulation of public institutions
- application of legislation 7286, 7362-3
- government consultation with post-secondary institutions 7291
- reduction of regulations 6465, 7286-7, 7291
- role, review 6409
- transfer of students between colleges and universities 6410
- university boards of governors and senates, membership 7287, 7363-4
- university colleges, role 6895
- university foundations 7286-7
- University Act, amendments 7287
- University Foundations Act, amendments 7364
- University of B.C.
- labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff, collective bargaining process, legislation 5477-8
- medical program 5036, 6290-1, 6405
- University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
- debate 5477-8
- debate, comments on post-secondary education funding by Advanced Education minister 6318
- University of Northern B.C.
- University of Victoria, medical program 5036, 6290-1
- University Presidents Council, funding 6400
- Vancouver Community College
- funding and student spaces 6339
- funding levels, impact on programs and services 6395-8
- Wall, Gary, work on secondary school apprenticeship program 6408
- Water, drinking water quality, protection, government action plan 6034
Bonneville Power Authority
- Klondike wind project See Oregon
Book publishing industry See Publishing industry
Border crossings
- Connector routes from crossings to highways, 176th Street expansion
(Hayer) 4838
- Improvements to Douglas crossing
(Falcon) 4749
- Improvements to Huntington crossing
(Penner) 5063
(Reid, J.) 5063
(van Dongen) 4790
- Investment in border crossing infrastructure
(Collins) 5429
(Halsey-Brandt) 5983
(Hayer) 4838
(Lekstrom) 4897
(MacPhail) 5429
(Reid, J.) 5033
Bottom Line Conference See Canadian Mental Health Association
Boundary Creek
- Tree farm licence No. 8, appurtenancy agreement
(de Jong) 6625-8
(MacPhail) 6625-8
Boundary Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
- Services, petition tabled
(Kwan) 8082
Boundary school district See School district 51 (Boundary)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Bowron Lake Park
- Forests ministry recreation sites, management contract
(Murray) 5745
(Wilson) 5744-5
Bowron River Valley
- Reforestation after pest infestation
(Bell) 7488
Bowser basin
Boy Scouts
Boys and Girls Clubs
BP Resources Canada Ltd.
- Willa mine project, economic potential
(Suffredine) 4721
Brain injuries See Head and brain injuries under Accidents
Bray, Jeff (Victoria-Beacon Hill)
- As subject
- comments during debate on Residential Tenancy Act
(Kwan) 7404
- experience in financial assistance work 6061
- public consultation as MLA 4715-6
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7552-3
- Accountants, regulation 7552-3
- Administrative Tribunals Appointment and Administration Act, debate 7221-2
- Alcohol, liquor licensing
- inspections of licensees 5226-7
- role of local government 5227
- B.C. Assessment, assessment of commercial and residential properties, bed-and-breakfast establishments 6111
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power
- comments on public ownership of B.C. Hydro 7826-7
- members 7830
- B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, funding 5140
- B.C. Ferries commissioner, role 5635
- B.C. Hydro, management during NDP administration 7827-9
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7826-31
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Hydro 7827
- planning 7316, 7763
- public consultation on issues 7403
- MLAs, work of caucus members 7541-2
- B.C. Public Service Agency, service plan 6089
- B.C. Utilities Commission, role in B.C. Hydro operations 7830
- Business, government support, support during NDP administration 6421-2
- Children
- child care subsidy, eligibility threshold 4716
- programs and services for children and families
- community-based services 5806
- community-based services, professional development for staff 5809-10
- service delivery, reorganization, impact on ministry costs and staffing 5808-10
- special needs children, programs and services, review and evaluation 5806-7
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 5805-10
- accountability and performance measurement, accountability statement 5806
- budget, reduction 5810
- service plan, objectives 5806-10
- Civil service
- employees
- performance reviews 7973
- role in summer 2003 forest fires response 7171-2
- work commended 7971
- employment with government 6090-3
- hiring process 6091-2, 7970-1
- professional development and training 7973
- secondments 6092-3, 7973-4
- workforce adjustment program, status 6089-90
- Coalbed Gas Act, debate 6068-9
- Coastal Ferry Act
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, service plan 7949-50, 7952
- Computer technology, Internet access, high-speed broadband service, accessibility 6086
- Construction industry, residential construction industry, growth in sector 6008-9
- Corrections system, youth corrections system, programs 7647-8
- Crime and criminals
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 6037-8
- cross-jurisdictional movement of criminals 5392-3
- sex offenders, risk of reoffending 5225-6
- youth crime, response 7646
- Crown land
- access to Crown land and resources, legislation 7582
- leases and sales, legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7500, 7582
- Cruise ship industry
- industry in B.C., growth, government initiatives 5695-6
- taxation, potential Alaska passenger tax 6556
- Delaney, Chris, position on citizens' assembly on electoral reform 6363
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, service standards 5810
- developmentally disabled persons, number served by Children and Family Development ministry 5810
- Drugs, PharmaNet database 7476
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- parent advisory councils, role 5139-40
- parent volunteers in schools, legislation 5139
- parental involvement in education system 5139-40, 6461
- school planning councils, role 5139
- social equity programs, school-based funding and programs 4716
- Elections
- electoral reform
- fixed election date 6362-3
- public perception of electoral system 6362
- Emergencies, emergency social services 6065
- Energy
- alternative and green energy 7151
- energy plan
- independent power producers
- clean-energy projects 7829
- development of sector 7829
- power supply, needs in B.C. 7151
- Environment, environmental protection
- balance with economic factors 7274
- role of industry 7274
- Environmental Management Act, debate 7274-6
- Fairfield Community Association, position on Cook Street Village development 7669
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- additional routes 5619
- service provision, additional or alternative service providers 5634, 5646-7
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on education funding 4716
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, response 7171-2
- Forest industry
- private managed forest land, regulation 7762-3
- working forest land base
- establishment, public consultation and response 6110-1, 7499
- government commitment 7499
- Forests ministry, staff, employees' role in firefighting efforts 7171
- Gambling, charity gaming revenues, application processing 5226
- Government
- government caucus committees, role 7541
- human resources planning and leadership training 6090-2, 7972-3
- information technology services
- consolidation under Management Services ministry 6085-6
- technology procurement 6087-8
- ministries, three-year service plans 6421-2
- project approval process
- purchasing, tendering system, B.C. Bid website 6088
- strategic plan and ministry service plans, role of service plans 6060
- Health care
- chronic disease management, strategies 4715
- community care facilities, number 5810
- facilities, food services privatization, petition tabled 5205
- health professions, regulation and scope of practice 7191
- health records, management, protection of privacy 7476
- system
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7190-1
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7472-3
- Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development, relationship between families and neighbourhoods 6010-1
- High-technology industry
- government contracts, bidding process 6088
- role in economy 6882-3
- Hotels and travel accommodation, bed-and-breakfast establishments, tax assessment 6111
- Housing
- affordable housing
- availability 8291-3
- funding allocation, comparison with other provinces 6010
- ratio of market to non-market housing 6011
- rental housing
- rental housing, pets in rental housing
- social housing, needs 8292
- Human Resources ministry
- Income assistance
- Disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients, petition tabled 4813
- employment and assistance program, employment plans 6060-1
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, opportunities 6069
- treaty negotiations, government commitment 4716
- Industry Training Authority Act, debate 6480-1
- Information, personal information, rules for collection and use 6423
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., governance council 7553
- Investment in B.C. 6883, 7949, 7950, 7952
- James Bay Community Project
- funding 4762-3
- health clinic
- chronic disease management 4715
- funding 4715
- Justice system
- administrative justice system, tribunal membership 7221-2
- youth justice, penalties for young offenders 7646-7
- Land Amendment Act, 2003
- Land use
- land and resource management plans 7499
- land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 7500
- land use planning process
- Legislature
- committee system, activities of select standing committees 7541-2
- reforms 4717, 6362-3
- Management Services ministry
- estimates debate 6084-93
- results management 6087
- service delivery implementation team 6087
- service plan and goals 6085-90
- Maritime Museum of B.C., future of museum 7343, 8362-3
- Mental health of children and youth
- community-based services 5807-8
- transition to adult services 5808
- Merit commissioner, report, status 6093
- Motions
- alternative energy sources and development of renewable energy technology (Motion 57), debate 7151
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6037-8
- arts and cultural tourism on Vancouver Island (Motion 29), debate 7342-3
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6362-3
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 5139-40, 6461
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7171-2
- role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65), debate 6882-3
- Murray, Joyce, work as minister 7276
- Museum Act, debate 5566-8
- NDP, MLAs, participation in government policy development during NDP administration 7541
- Nurses, nurse practitioner, role 7191
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas
- coalbed methane as clean energy source 6068
- extraction process, impact on environment 6069
- investment in exploration 7827
- Open Door, work of agency 4791
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7540-2
- Personal Information Protection Act
- debate 6421-4
- consultation by government 6423
- pace of progress of bill 6421
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, debate 7475-6
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5392-4
- Police and policing
- information management, PRIME-BC system 5392-4
- work of police officers 5393
- Post-secondary education
- student spaces, new spaces, development by private sector 7317-8
- system, government initiatives 7317
- Powell, Ian, comments on Royal B.C. Museum legislation 5567
- Privacy, protection of personal information, legislation
- federal legislation 6423
- impact on small business 6422, 6424
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7316-8
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7762-3
- Provincial emergency program
- agreement between government and media for provision of information in emergency situations 6038
- work of program staff and role in summer 2003 forest fire evacuations 7171
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5225-7
- Public Service Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7969-74
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission, mission statement 7971
- Rafferty, Pauline, comments on Royal B.C. Museum legislation 5567
- Residential Tenancy Act
- regulations, public consultation 7403
- revision 7402-3
- Resources and resource industries
- access to resources, environmental considerations 4716-7
- role in economy 7500
- Richrock Mines Ltd. (N.P.L.) (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- debate 7873, 8082
- referral to select standing committee 7873
- Richrock Mines Ltd., restoration to register of companies 7873, 8082
- Royal B.C. Museum
- amalgamation of museum with B.C. Archives, Helmcken House and Netherlands Carillon, establishment as cultural precinct 5567-8
- collections, history 5567-8
- establishment as corporation
- funding 5566
- Safety Authority Act
- debate 6610
- penalties for non-licensed tradespeople 6610
- Sales tax, exemptions, purchases by parent advisory councils 5139
- Sandy Merriman Shelter for Women, funding and services 5742, 6065
- School boards/districts, district parents' advisory councils 5139
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), funding, additional funding 4716
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, debate 7948-52
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, transition to new model 6481
- promotion of trades training in high schools 6480
- supply of skilled workers, skilled labour shortage 6480
- system, reforms 6480-1
- training programs, completion rate 6480
- training programs, new model, recognition of prior learning, challenge process 6481
- Social workers, administrative duties 5810
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prevention and treatment, wet shelters 7216-7
- relationship with mental health, services for young people with mental health and addiction issues 5807
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 6110-1
- service plan, content 6110
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7402-3, 7612
- Throne speech debate 4714-7
- Tourism industry, cultural tourism, growth of sector 5567
- Tysick, Al, work on poverty issues 4791
- Universities, colleges and institutes, private institutions
- Vancouver, Hastings Park, legislation, consultation by government 7540-1
- Vancouver Island
- arts and culture, role in economy 7342-3
- coalbed methane resources, development, employment opportunities 6069
- energy supply, power generation projects on Island 7829-30
- natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant, B.C. Utilities Commission decision 7830
- Victoria
- community planning and development 7669
- contaminated sites in area, remediation and redevelopment 7275-6
- Cook Street Village, development 7669
- cruise ship industry 5695-6
- downtown
- Downtown Community Activity Centre, closing, petition tabled 6193
- economy 7505-7
- housing
- rental housing market 6009-10
- social housing, new units 6011
- police services, amalgamation with Esquimalt 5393, 6037
- shelter services for homeless people 6065
- tourism industry, role in economy 4716
- transit services 5693
- Victoria Art Gallery, proposed relocation 7343
- Victoria Cool Aid Society, operation of Sandy Merriman Shelter for Women 5742
- Victoria police department, performance 5393
- Victoria regional transit commission, review of transit services 5693
- Victoria-Beacon Hill constituency and area
- concerns of constituents re land use issues 7762
- description 4715
- position of constituents on energy sources 7151
- Waste management
- area-based management 7275
- contaminated sites, remediation requirements, impact on redevelopment 7275-6
- regulations, penalties for contravention 7275
- Windy Craggy mine, government decision on project 7952
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7646-8
Breakfast for Learning
Brenzinger, Elayne (Surrey-Whalley)
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7290-1
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., economic development in rural B.C. 4912
- Budget debate 4912-4
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4912
- Children
- early childhood development
- funding 4736
- learning sites, locations 5804
- programs and services 8078
- programs and services for children and families 4913
- special needs children, community services 5804
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5802-4
- Crime and criminals
- crime prevention 7780
- cross-jurisdictional movement of criminals 5396
- dialogue on crime 4734, 5396
- impact on communities 4959-61
- youth crime, prevention and early intervention 7635
- Down syndrome, cause of syndrome and impact on health 7873-4
- Drugs, veterinary drugs 7475
- Economy
- B.C. economy, government initiatives to improve economy 4912
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 4912
- Education
- community school program 4913
- funding, additional funding 4913
- inner-city schools, funding 4913
- school planning councils, role 5268
- system, initiatives and reforms 4913
- Education ministry, estimates debate 5268-9
- Forest industry
- Foster care, funding, cross-jurisdictional funding 5804
- Government, programs and services, initiatives 4736
- Health care
- funding, additional funding 4914
- system, reforms 4913-4
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7473
- Housing, social housing. funding and number of units 7511-2
- Income assistance, disability benefits, income earnings exemption 4913
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, impact on economy and environment 4912
- International Forest Products Ltd., Mackenzie Mills, Surrey operations 4735-6
- International Women's Day, 2003 theme 5351
- Justice system, criminal justice system, punishment of repeat offenders 4959-61
- Lower mainland, resource industries in area 4736
- MLAs, women members 5351
- Mental disorders, mental illness, incidence 7510
- Mental health of children and youth
- definitions, "serious mental illness" and "special needs" 5803
- early intervention 5803-4
- Mill and Timber Products Ltd., Surrey operations 4736
- Nurses, recruitment 4914
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- Pharmacists, regulation of pharmacists 7473, 7475
- Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, debate 7475
- Physicians, supply, recruitment and supply 4914
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5396-7
- Police and policing, information management, PRIME-BC system 4735, 5396-7
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7308-9
- School boards/districts, funding formula 4913
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- accountability contract 5269
- enrolment levels and class sizes 5269
- funding 5269
- school planning councils 5268
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus 4735
- Substance abuse/addiction
- link to crime 4734
- prevention and treatment
- integration into health care system 7350
- services 4734-5
- relationship with mental health, services for people with multiple diagnoses 7510
- Surrey
- English-as-a-second-language programs, need for programs in area 7308
- impact of crime on community 4959-61
- post-secondary institutions 4735
- Surrey Association for Early Childhood Education, work of organization 8078
- Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
- Throne speech debate 4734-6
- Transition houses, long-term housing for women leaving transition houses 7527-8
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- degree proposals, approval authority 7291
- private institutions
- financial protection for students 7309
- regulation 7308
- regulation, reduction of regulations 7291
- university boards of governors and senates, membership 7291
- university foundations 7291
- Victor, Les, proposal for Olympic Games mascot 5640-1
- Whalley Family Place, funding 4736
- Women, web-based directory of services for women 5351
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7635
Brice, Susan (Saanich South)
- Advanced Education ministry
- Agriculture industry
- protection for family farms 4793
- regulation, ditches and drainage 8307
- Alcohol, closing of public liquor stores, impact on service and product choice 5894
- Barbers and cosmetologists, regulation 5421
- Beresford, Charley, position on parental involvement in schools 5142
- Bond, Shirley, work as Advanced Education minister 7306-7
- B.C., heartlands, use of term 4750
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, comments on public ownership of B.C. Hydro 7938
- B.C. Hydro, public ownership 7938
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7938-9
- B.C. Tourism Industry Conference 4795
- Business, business number, single number for use with all levels of government 7185
- Business Number Act, debate 7185
- Camosun College, role, review 6409
- Canadian Home and School Federation, teacher and staff appreciation week 5060
- Canadian Institute for Sport, Learning and Leadership, establishment and role 7524
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5823-7
- Children, programs and services for children and families
- family resource programs 5826
- governance model, community response 5824
- Civil service, employees, work commended 4750
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, estimates debate 5894, 5896-7
- Crime and criminals
- dialogue on crime 4751
- youth crime, response 7678-9
- Education
- curriculum, physical education 5643, 6662, 7706
- graduation requirements, review 5643, 6662
- parental involvement in education system 5141-2
- role of teachers and support staff 5060
- Energy
- electricity rates
- blended rate 7939
- rates in B.C., rate freeze 7939
- energy plan, policy actions 7938
- reforms in sector, need 7938-9
- Forest industry
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for licence holders 5714
- industry in B.C., current and past conditions 5713-4
- reforms 4750
- role in economy 4750
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5713-4
- Glanford Elementary School, teachers and support staff commended 5060
- Health care
- billing practices
- audits 8381
- billing practices of private clinics 8379
- health professions, regulation 7189-90
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7189-90
- Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development, sociodemographic modelling 5826
- High-technology industry, role in economy 6461-3
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation, mowing of highway medians 7625
- Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, conservation park trails project 6323-4
- Indians, children in government care 5824
- International Women's Day, 2003 theme 5351-2
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on issues
- comments during debate on forest industry reform legislation 5713
- Fair Pharmacare program 4971
- Medical Services Commission, membership 8381
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, diagnostic services 8379
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8379, 8381
- Middleton, Ken, death 7717
- Motions
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 5141-2
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5), debate 4970-2
- role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65), debate 6461-3
- Nurses
- full-time employment, availability 6409
- nurse practitioner, role 7190
- Olympic Games
- benefits to host cities 4751
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, referenda, referendum in Vancouver 4878
- Orcherton, Peg, position on parental involvement in schools 5142
- Parks, greenspace conservation in urban areas 6323-4
- Pharmacare program
- Fair Pharmacare program
- program during NDP administration 4971
- Pharmacare Review Panel, recommendations 4971
- Philanthropy, role in society 8109
- Post-secondary education
- costs and benefits of post-secondary education 6409
- funding 7306
- student spaces, new spaces 7306
- tuition fees, freeze, impact on institutions 7307
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7306-7
- Public health, role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle 7705-7
- Saanich Neighbourhood House, funding 5827
- Saanich South constituency and area, agriculture industry 4793-5
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), trustees, position on parental involvement in schools 5142
- Southern Vancouver Island Direct Farm Marketing Association, report on agritourism 4794
- Throne speech debate 4749-51
- Times Colonist (Victoria), article on forest industry reforms 5713
- Tourism industry, agritourism, growth of sector 4793-5
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- private institutions
- financial protection for students 7307
- regulation 7307
- role, review 6409
- transfer of students between colleges and universities 6410
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal, inclusion of green building principles, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design designation 5896-7
- Vancouver Island
- economy, role of ferry service 4750
- energy supply, power generation projects on Island 7939
- Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, property damage incident 4811, 7781-2
- Vancouver Island Technology Park
- proteomics research facility and partnership agreement 5614
- role 6463
- Victoria, experience as host of 1994 Commonwealth Games 4878
- Victoria Foundation, work of organization 8109
- Women, web-based directory of services for women 5352
- Youth in Philanthropy program 8109-10
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7677-9
Bridge Studios
- Privatization
(MacPhail) 5347
Bridges See particular bridges, locations, e.g., Crossings under Fraser River
Bridges Employment Training Project
- Program delivery, ministerial responsibility
(Chong) 5852-3
(Stephens) 5853
Brilliant Dam
- Power plant expansion project
- capital project plan tabled
(Neufeld) 5644
- project
(Suffredine) 7844
Brink Forest Products Ltd.
Britannia Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Family literacy project
(Reid, L.) 4999
Britannia Community Services Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Child care funding from charity gaming
(Coleman) 5218
(Kwan) 5217-8
Britannia mine
- Reclamation of site
(Hagen) 6265
(MacPhail) 6265
British Columbia
- Cultural diversity, multiculturalism See Multiculturalism
- Federal-provincial relations See Government
- Geography
(Penner) 4840
- Heartlands
- Hosting of athletic events
(Nebbeling) 5734
- Interior B.C., mental health services for youth
(Cheema) 5045
- Iranian community, contributions
(Sultan) 5507
- Marketing of B.C.
(Wong) 6246
- Multiculturalism See Multiculturalism
- Northern and rural B.C.
- airline services in northern B.C.
(Harris) 6466
- economic development
(Bond) 5034-5
(Campbell) 7052-4, 7059-60
(Chutter) 4781-2
(Lekstrom) 4896-7
(McMahon) 4958
(Neufeld) 5056-7
(Thorpe) 5052-3
- economic development in northern B.C.
(Bell) 6468
(Belsey) 8287-9
(Bond) 4798-9
(Harris) 5150, 8323-5
(MacKay) 4798-9
(Reid, J.) 6468
(Thorpe) 8288
- economic development in northern B.C., export markets
(Lee) 8183
- economic development in northern B.C., role of strategic partnerships
(Harris) 6639-41
- economic development in rural B.C.
(Brenzinger) 4912
(Harris) 4818, 8323-4
(Santori) 5008-9
- economic development, link with environmental standards
(Murray) 5904
- economic opportunities for north coast area from CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services
(Belsey) 8184
(Campbell) 8184-5
- economic role in province
(Bell) 7710
(Bennett) 7517
- economy
(Krueger) 8274
- forest industry
(Harris) 4820
- forest industry, value-added sector
(Bell) 6887
- government initiatives to support non-urban areas See also Heartlands economic strategy under Economy
(Cobb) 4742
- health care services
(Harris) 4819-20
- health care services in northern B.C.
(Bell) 5238
(Hansen) 5238
- health care services in northern B.C., improvement strategies See Northern medical school community action group
- health care services in rural areas
(Hansen) 4880-1
(Krueger) 4880
(MacPhail) 6042
- highways and roads, highway shoulders in northeastern B.C.
(Neufeld) 4774
- highways and roads, improvements
(Lekstrom) 4746
(Reid, J.) 5031-2
(Throne speech) 4702
- highways and roads, improvements, funding
(Barisoff) 5040-1
(Bond) 4780, 5035
(Campbell) 7064
(Cobb) 4741, 5135
(Hawkins) 5001
(Lekstrom) 4896-7
(Nijjar) 4924
(Reid, J.) 5030-2
(Stephens) 4954
(Trumper) 4903-4
- highways and roads, investments in northwestern B.C.
(Thorpe) 5542
- impact of government policies on rural communities
(MacPhail) 4885-6
- needs of rural areas
(Clark) 5373
(Kwan) 5372-4
(MacPhail) 4719
- northern commissioner See Northern commissioner
- northern development initiative
(Bell) 8247-8
(Campbell) 8265-6
(Plant) 8327
- opportunities for small towns
(Bruce) 8250-2
- resource industry activity
(Long) 4944-5
- role of rural areas and small towns in B.C. economy
(Bloy) 4776
(Bond) 4779
(Clark) 4732
(Falcon) 4749
- service industry
(Neufeld) 4775
- small business activity
(Kwan) 5373-4
- speech language therapists, need in northern B.C.
(Reid, L.) 5818
- Place names, renaming as aboriginal place names
(Nuraney) 6165
(Plant) 6165
- Population
- demographic changes
(Abbott) 4827
(Campbell) 7069
(Nuraney) 5099
- growth and in-migration
(Collins) 5298
(MacPhail) 5298-9
- life expectancy
(Hawkins) 6716
- Rural communities See Northern and rural B.C. above under this main heading
- Standard of living
(Jarvis) 7147
British Columbia Aboriginal Health Council See Aboriginal health councils
British Columbia Agriculture Council
- Role in delivery of Buy B.C. program
(MacPhail) 6143
(van Dongen) 6143
British Columbia Ambulance Service
British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute
- Role in appointment of bylaw dispute adjudicators
(Plant) 7375
British Columbia Archives
British Columbia Arts Council
British Columbia Assessment
- Assessment of commercial and residential properties
- bed-and-breakfast establishments
(Bray) 6111
(Hagen) 6111
- lodges and small operations
(Cobb) 6115
(Hagen) 6115
- review process
(Hagen) 7407-8
- Authority for purchase or sale of land
(Hagen) 7443
- Role
(Hagen) 6110
- Status as Crown corporation
(Hagen) 7443-4
(MacPhail) 7443-4
B.C. Bedline See Beds, availability under Health care
B.C. Benefits program
B.C. Bid See Purchasing, tendering system under Government
British Columbia Buildings Corporation
- Revenue from government
(Collins) 5313-4
(MacPhail) 5313-4
- Status of organization
(Santori) 6083
BCcampus
British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Application of genetic research to diagnostic services
(Visser) 6028-9
- Work of agency
(Hawkins) 6234
British Columbia Cattlemen's Association
- Actions to address impact of bovine spongiform encephalopathy on livestock industry
(Nettleton) 7112
British Columbia Central Credit Union
- Community partnership fund for early childhood development See Early childhood development, funding, community partnership fund under Children
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, B.C.
- Handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases
(Hansen) 5744
(MacPhail) 5744
- Work on treatment of hepatitis C
(Hawkins) 6765
(Mayencourt) 6764
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
B.C. Citizens for Public Power
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
- Position on amendments to freedom-of-information legislation
(MacPhail) 5355
British Columbia Coalition of Motorcyclists
- Organization
(Lekstrom) 6614
British Columbia College of Teachers
- Accountability, reporting requirements
(Clark) 6657, 6962
(Masi) 6970
- Board membership
- changes
(Clark) 6657, 6962, 7095-101, 7561, 7921
(Kwan) 6962-4, 6968, 7095-100, 7295, 7561-2
(Masi) 6969-70, 7921
- changes, legislation See Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003
- interim board
(Kwan) 7100
- Fees, withholding of college fees by teachers, government response
(Clark) 8362
(Nettleton) 8362
- Role and responsibilities
British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
B.C. Connects See Electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project under Government
British Columbia Construction Association
British Columbia Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Comments on B.C. government policies impacting women
(MacPhail) 5442, 5882, 6182
(Stephens) 5881
British Columbia Council of Resource Communities
- Position on working forest land base
(Hagen) 7503
British Columbia Crown Counsel Association
- Concerns re funding of provincial Crown counsel services
(Kwan) 7787
British Columbia Disability Games
- Cancellation of 2004 games
(Abbott) 8307
(Stewart, R.) 8307
British Columbia Ear Bank
- Health Canada investigation into operations
(Hansen) 4882-3
B.C. Escapes program See Tourism industry
British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Centre, Surrey, B.C.
- Work of organization and opening of new building
(Hayer) 7622
British Columbia Federation of Foster Parent Associations
- Funding and relationship with government
(Hogg) 5671, 5676
(MacPhail) 5671
British Columbia Federation of Labour
- Affiliation with B.C. Teachers Federation See British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Comments on forest industry reforms, joint statement See Reforms, consultation, response from industry and stakeholders under Forest industry
- Freedom-of-information request re potential sale of B.C. Rail
(Campbell) 7079
(MacPhail) 7079
British Columbia Feed-grain Assistance Act
British Columbia Ferries commissioner
- Application of Significant Projects Streamlining Act to commissioner's rulings and processes
(Kwan) 8231-2
- Budget and reporting
(MacPhail) 5645-6
(Reid, J.) 5645-6
- Decisions, appeals
(MacPhail) 5645
(Reid, J.) 5645
- Role
(Bray) 5635
(MacPhail) 5635-6
(Reid, J.) 5635-6, 5647
British Columbia Ferry Authority
- Ability to raise capital
(MacPhail) 5620
- Annual general meetings
(MacPhail) 5627
(Reid, J.) 5627
- Board of directors
- application of Company Act to directors
(MacPhail) 5626
(Reid, J.) 5626
- appointment and qualifications of directors
(MacPhail) 5622-5, 5631
(Reid, J.) 5622-5, 5631
- conflict and standards of conduct
(MacPhail) 5625
(Reid, J.) 5625
- membership
(MacPhail) 5562, 5620-2
(Reid, J.) 5560, 5620-2
- remuneration
(MacPhail) 5627
(Reid, J.) 5627
- role
(MacPhail) 5626-7
(Reid, J.) 5626-7, 5631
- role of interim board
(MacPhail) 5631-2
British Columbia Ferry Corporation
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
- Accountability
(MacPhail) 5649
(Reid, J.) 5648-9
- Accounting practices, accounting for debt
(MacPhail) 5321, 5628-9
- Costs, wage costs
(MacPhail) 5631, 5633
- Exemption from 2003 property tax
(Kwan) 8343-4
(Plant) 8343-4
- Exemptions from regulatory legislation
(MacPhail) 5562-3, 5648-9
(Reid, J.) 5648-9
- Expropriation of land
(MacPhail) 5634-5
(Reid, J.) 5634-5
- Government investment and role
(Reid, J.) 5560
- Move of head office
(Kwan) 8343
(Plant) 8343-4
- Negotiation of collective agreement with workers
(Bruce) 8078, 8149-50
(MacPhail) 5630
(Reid, J.) 5561, 5630
- Service contract with government
- Subsidiaries, maintenance and refit operations
(MacPhail) 5629-30
(Reid, J.) 5629-30
British Columbia Forest Service See Forests, Ministry of
British Columbia foster parents federation See British Columbia Federation of Foster Parent Associations
British Columbia Gas
- Contract with Customer Works, approval by B.C. Utilities Commission
(MacPhail) 5015-6, 5094
(Nettleton) 5093
- Designation as a special company
(Neufeld) 7818
- Establishment of non-regulated service companies during NDP administration
(Neufeld) 5020-1, 5064
British Columbia Health Coalition
B.C. heartlands economic strategy See Heartlands economic strategy under Economy
British Columbia heritage legacy fund
British Columbia Heritage Trust
British Columbia Housing Management Commission
- Appeal of court awards to Woodwards Building protesters See Downtown east side, Woodwards Building under Vancouver, B.C.
- Budget
(Abbott) 5405
- Legal action re leaky-condo damages in social housing
(Abbott) 5968-9, 6006
(MacPhail) 5968-9
(Mayencourt) 6006
- Wait-list for housing
(Abbott) 5855, 5969, 6002
(Chong) 5855
(MacPhail) 5969
(Mayencourt) 6002
British Columbia Human Rights Coalition
- Services
(Mayencourt) 5743
British Columbia Human Rights Commission
- Douglas College community's concerns, petition tabled
(Murray) 6193
- Elimination
(MacPhail) 5442-3
(Plant) 6433-4
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
- Establishment
(Mayencourt) 5742-3
- Responsibilities and role
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Administrative services See Support services below under this main heading
- Agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- accountability of Accenture
(Nettleton) 5072
- agreement
(Hawes) 5020
(Nettleton) 5509
(Neufeld) 5509, 8032
- agreement, independent review
(Neufeld) 5022
- confidentiality of customer information
(Kwan) 5086
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro
(Bell) 5017
(Hawes) 5019, 5127
(MacPhail) 5078-80, 5095-6
(Manhas) 5091
(Nettleton) 5094
(Neufeld) 5077-80, 5091, 5094-6, 5940
(Penner) 5080, 6690-1
- economic benefits to B.C.
(Bell) 5017-8
(Neufeld) 7156
- impact on electricity rates
(MacPhail) 5016
- legislation See Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- opportunities to terminate contract
(Bell) 5017
(Neufeld) 5072, 5080-1
(Penner) 5072, 5080-1
- public information
(Kwan) 5082-4
(MacPhail) 5016
(Nettleton) 5069
(Neufeld) 5070, 5083-4, 5086
- public information, release of ancillary agreements
(Kwan) 5086-7
- review of agreement by auditor general
(Nettleton) 5071
- review of agreement by B.C. Utilities Commission
(Kwan) 5082
(MacPhail) 5015-6, 5070-1, 5093
(Neufeld) 5070-1, 5080, 5082-4, 5093-4
(Penner) 5080
- review of agreement by B.C. Utilities Commission, public involvement and intervener status
(MacPhail) 5094
(Neufeld) 5094
- review of service quality
(Nettleton) 5094
(Neufeld) 5094
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, cost
(Hawes) 5019
(MacPhail) 5015, 5078, 5095
(Neufeld) 5078, 5095
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, dam and generation facility employees
(Kwan) 5081
(MacPhail) 5073-5, 5077-8, 8034
(Neufeld) 5073-5, 5077-8, 8034
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, pension plan changes
(MacPhail) 5095
- Agreements with independent power producers See Independent power producers under Energy
- Agreements with other entities
- provisions required for "public convenience and necessity"
(MacPhail) 5091-2
(Neufeld) 5092
- role of cabinet
(MacPhail) 5014, 5089-90
(Neufeld) 5089-90
- Allied Hydro agreements
(MacPhail) 5949-50
- Alternative energy projects
(Hawes) 6699
(MacPhail) 5987, 6698
(Murray) 5987
(Neufeld) 6701
(Penner) 6690
- Board of directors, position on regional transmission organizations, history
(Neufeld) 5461-2
- Budget forecasting
(MacPhail) 5299-300
- Concerns of constituents, petition tabled
(Krueger) 6128
- Contracts
- cancellation
(MacPhail) 5942
- contract with Williams pipelines
(MacPhail) 5942
(Neufeld) 5942-3
- Core assets and services
- Employees
- renegotiation of contract
(Hawes) 5019
- transfer to Accenture See Agreement with Accenture for provision of support services, transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff above under this main heading
- transfer to B.C. Transmission Corporation See Employees under British Columbia Transmission Corporation
- Establishment and development of Crown corporation
(Nettleton) 5012
- Export of power See also Powerex Corporation
(MacPhail) 5946-7
(Neufeld) 5947
- Financial sustainability
(Hawes) 5127
- Linemen, supply, recruitment and retention
(Collins) 5342
- Management
- Operations
- cost effectiveness
(Bell) 5017
- current situation
(Hawes) 5019-20
- Outsourcing and privatization
- comments by interest groups
(Neufeld) 7819
- definition of privatization
(Kwan) 5085
(MacPhail) 5064-6
(Nettleton) 5069
- definition of support services
(MacPhail) 5067-8, 5073-7, 5080
(Manhas) 5091
(Nettleton) 5069
(Neufeld) 5067-8, 5076-7
- issue
(MacPhail) 6692-5
(Nettleton) 5012-3, 6688-9
(Penner) 4844, 6689-91
- petition tabled
(Nettleton) 5618
- privatization
(MacPhail) 7822
(Nettleton) 7819
- privatization of core assets and services
(Bell) 5016-7
(Chong) 4786
(Clark) 5272
(Kwan) 5084-5, 5272
(Manhas) 5091
(Mayencourt) 7825
(Neufeld) 5012, 5020, 5022, 5091, 5461
(Penner) 5461
- public position on privatization issue
(Kerr) 7820
- support services
(Hawes) 5081, 5127
(MacPhail) 5064-9, 5078-9
(Nettleton) 5013
(Neufeld) 5064-9
- support services, customer service
(Kwan) 5082, 5085-6
(Neufeld) 5082
- support services, outsourcing provision in legislation
(Neufeld) 5011
- vehicle services
(MacPhail) 5067
(Neufeld) 5068
- Westech computer services
(Kwan) 5084-6
(MacPhail) 5067, 5076, 5079
(Neufeld) 5079
- Performance
(Neufeld) 5944
- Performance as Crown corporation
(MacPhail) 7823
- Power exports See Export of power above under this main heading
- Power production See Energy
- Power Smart program
- impact on electricity consumption
(MacPhail) 5945-6
(Neufeld) 5945-6
- partnership with Canfor See Canfor power generation project under Prince George, B.C.
- program
(Mayencourt) 7824
- Private sector proposals for clean-energy projects See Independent power producers, proposals under Energy
- Privatization See Outsourcing and privatization above under this main heading
- Public consultation during NDP administration
(MacPhail) 8031-2
(Neufeld) 8031
- Public ownership See also Core assets and services, protection above under this main heading
(Brice) 7938
(Falcon) 7932
(Jarvis) 7944, 7946
(Neufeld) 8038
- Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
- Regional transmission organization See Relationship with Regional Transmission Organization West under British Columbia Transmission Corporation
- Revenues to government
- allocation of dividends
(MacPhail) 6913
- revenues
(MacPhail) 5015
- Role in B.C. economy
(Lekstrom) 7845
(Mayencourt) 7824
- Sale of old or unneeded assets
(Kerr) 7820
(Krueger) 7929
(MacPhail) 8033-4
(Mayencourt) 7826
(Nettleton) 7820, 8037
(Neufeld) 8033-4
- Status as Crown corporation
(Roddick) 7847
- Study of alternative energy sources
(Belsey) 7144
- Study on viability of generating plants
(MacPhail) 8036
(Neufeld) 8036
- Support services, role
(MacPhail) 5014-5
- Transmission system See British Columbia Transmission Corporation; Energy
- Upgrading of hydro projects
(Penner) 6690
BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- (Bill 85) (Minister of Energy and Mines) 1R, 7718; 2R, 7818-58, 7924-48; C, 8031-41; 3R, 8041; RA, 8105
- Divisions: 2R approved 7948
- Debate, speakers
(Bell) 7855-7
(Belsey) 7854-5
(Bennett) 7939-40
(Bloy) 7935-6
(Bond) 7823-4
(Bray) 7826-31
(Brice) 7938-9
(Chutter) 7941-2
(Cobb) 7839
(Falcon) 7931-3
(Harris) 7852-4
(Hawes) 7835-7
(Hunter) 7847-50
(Jarvis) 7944-6
(Kerr) 7820-1
(Krueger) 7928-31
(Kwan) 7933-5
(Lekstrom) 7844-6
(Les) 7942-4
(MacKay) 7832-5
(MacPhail) 7821-3, 8031-41
(Mayencourt) 7824-6
(Nettleton) 7819-20, 8037-8
(Neufeld) 7718, 7818-9, 7946-8, 8031-41
(Penner) 7924-8
(Roddick) 7846-7
(Stewart, K.) 7831-2
(Stewart, R.) 7940-1
(Suffredine) 7842-4
(Sultan) 7837-9
(Thorpe) 7850-2
(Trumper) 7936-8
(Visser) 7840-2
- Explanatory notes
(Bell) 7855-6
- Legal advice on bill
(MacPhail) 8033-4
(Neufeld) 8033
- Purpose of bill
(Belsey) 7854
(Harris) 7852, 7854
(MacPhail) 7822
(Neufeld) 7818-9
- Title of bill
(Krueger) 7928
(Mayencourt) 7824
British Columbia Institute of Agrologists
- Responsibilities
(Hagen) 5601
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
- Contribution to province and local community
(Nuraney) 5539-40
- Operations and programs
(Nuraney) 5099
- Programs
(Bond) 5540-1
- Woodlot program on Blue Mountain
(Hawes) 6933
British Columbia Interior Forestry Museum, Revelstoke, B.C.
- Activities
(McMahon) 5419
British Columbia Justice Review Task Force
British Columbia Legislative Library
- Annual report, 2002, tabled
(Speaker) 6895
British Columbia Liberal Party
- 2001 election campaign, campaign statements
(Kwan) 5111, 8183
(MacPhail) 7988
- Financial contributions to party
- contributions from aquaculture industry
(MacPhail) 7323
- contributions from corporations
(MacPhail) 8134, 8136
- contributions from forest sector
(MacPhail) 5690
- Fundraising letter
(Collins) 6527
(Nettleton) 6527
- Government
- accommodation of opposition MLAs
(Collins) 7092-3
- accomplishments
(Masi) 4723
(Nuraney) 5098-9
(Suffredine) 5174
- accountability
(Campbell) 7084
(Kwan) 7084
- actions since election
(Bell) 5554-5
(Bloy) 5160, 5162-3
(Harris) 8323
(Hawes) 4848
(MacPhail) 4719, 4872-3, 6914-5
- actions since election, impact on economy
(MacPhail) 5242-4
- actions since election, impact on health care and user fees, petition tabled
(MacPhail) 5422
- actions since election, impact on health care system
(MacPhail) 8133
- actions since election, impact on social programs, education and health care, petition tabled
(Kwan) 5154
- actions since election, public response
(Bloy) 4776
(Mayencourt) 4853
- B.C. Stats poll of caucus
(Campbell) 5236-7
(Kwan) 5242
(MacPhail) 5236-7
- business-friendliness
(MacPhail) 7392-3
- commitment to initiatives
(Krueger) 4857
- decisions
(Bell) 5115-6
(Santori) 5023
- economic policies and fiscal management
(Kwan) 7565, 7790
(MacPhail) 7534-5
- implementation of initiatives
(Collins) 4865
(Hunter) 4902
(Sultan) 4888-9
- mandate
(Nuraney) 5098
- New Era document, statements on allocation of traffic fine revenue to police services
(Hogg) 7789-90
(Kwan) 7789
(MacPhail) 7623-4
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Hydro
(Bell) 7856-7
(Bray) 7827
(Jarvis) 7945
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Rail
(Kwan) 7934
(MacPhail) 7920
- New Era document, statements on logging and mining in parks
(MacPhail) 8044
- New Era document, statements on role of B.C. Utilities Commission
(MacPhail) 5014
- openness
(Hawes) 5126-7
(Nettleton) 4741
- participation of MLAs
(Bell) 5017
- performance
(MacPhail) 8394-5
- performance on campaign statements
(Kwan) 8140-2, 8144-5, 8196
(MacPhail) 8132-3, 8135-8, 8215-8, 8219-20
(Nettleton) 8214
(Roddick) 8328
- planning
(Bray) 7316, 7763
- priorities
(Anderson) 4837
(Barisoff) 5042
(Bond) 5034-5
(Campbell) 7057-9
(Cheema) 5043
(Chong) 5047-8
(Clark) 4731
(Coell) 5956
(Hagen) 4988-9
(Halsey-Brandt) 5004
(Hamilton) 5038
(Johnston) 4948-9
(Kwan) 4985-8
(Locke) 4950
(Long) 4947
(MacPhail) 7057-9
(Nebbeling) 4932
(Nijjar) 4922-3
(Nuraney) 5037-8
(Roddick) 4994-6
(Santori) 5007-8
(Stephens) 4952-3
(Thorpe) 4878-9, 5050-1
- public consultation on issues
(Bray) 7403
(Mayencourt) 7618
- vision
(Anderson) 4834-6, 5185
(Bond) 4798-9
(Coell) 5176
(Les) 5108
(MacKay) 4798-9
(Mayencourt) 4851
(Murray) 4939
(Neufeld) 4772
- Government, position on issues
- advertising campaigns by government
(Kwan) 8388-9
- collective agreements, legislated settlement
(Bruce) 5485-6
(Kwan) 8397-9
(MacPhail) 5469-70, 5485-6, 8392-5
- education system funding
(Clark) 5261-2
(Kwan) 5260-3, 5265-6
- gambling, expansion of gambling in B.C.
(Campbell) 7074-6
(Coleman) 7249
(MacPhail) 7074-6, 7249, 7534
- government regulation
(Clark) 7558
(Kwan) 7558
- post-secondary education system
(MacPhail) 5467
- post-secondary education system, role of private institutions
(Kwan) 7294
- private health clinics
(MacPhail) 8135-6
- privatization
(MacPhail) 7910
- public services
(MacPhail) 5079
- role of private sector
(Krueger) 8272
(MacPhail) 8136
- self-regulation of professionals
(MacPhail) 7188
- special interest groups
(Kwan) 6963
- subsidies
(Falcon) 8157
(MacPhail) 6143
- Ideology
(Hawes) 7311
(MacPhail) 4718, 8132
- MLAs
- accessibility to constituents
(Kwan) 5112
- comments on issues, members of B.C. Citizens for Public Power
(MacPhail) 8032
- experience in private sector
(Falcon) 7931
- work of caucus members
(Bray) 7541-2
(Collins) 5192-3
(Hawes) 5535-6
(Krueger) 5536
- Response to federal Liberal Party government initiatives, positions within B.C. party
(Kwan) 7631
(Nijjar) 7684
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
- Lottery agreement with Vancouver Canucks
(Coleman) 7249
(MacPhail) 7249
- Responsibilities and role
(Campbell) 7074-5
British Columbia Medical Association
British Columbia New-Canadian Entrepreneur Awards
B.C. Nurseline See Information under Health care
British Columbia Nurses Union
- Comments on health care funding and nurse recruitment
(Krueger) 4880-1
- Concerns re security at facilities
(MacPhail) 6901
- President See McPherson, Debra
British Columbia Paraplegic Association
British Columbia Pension Corporation
British Columbia Progress Board
- Report, comments on issues
- economic role of areas outside lower mainland
(Bond) 4779
- economy during 1990s
(Sultan) 4888
- financial situation in B.C.
(Campbell) 7058
British Columbia Public School Employers Association
- Membership
(Collins) 5341
(MacPhail) 5341
British Columbia Public Service Agency
British Columbia Rail
- Agreement with CN Rail
- agreement
(Bond) 8268
(Coleman) 8318-9
(Jarvis) 8256
(Johnston) 8284
(Les) 8310
(MacKay) 8256
- benefits
(Bell) 8184
(Belsey) 8184, 8308-9
(Bloy) 8325-6
(Campbell) 8184-5, 8211-2, 8262, 8264-5
(Coleman) 8317-9
(Jarvis) 8257
(Johnston) 8285-6
(Kerr) 8314-5
(Kwan) 8218-9
(Lekstrom) 8330-2
(Penner) 8330
(Reid, J.) 8182, 8213, 8262-3, 8333, 8360
(Roddick) 8328
(Sultan) 8250
(Thorpe) 8328-9
(Wilson) 8321-2
- cabinet approval
(MacPhail) 8353, 8362
(Reid, J.) 8353, 8362
- closing date
(MacPhail) 8348, 8350, 8355
(Reid, J.) 8348, 8350, 8355
- contents
(MacPhail) 8356, 8366
(Reid, J.) 8356, 8366
- cost to taxpayers
(Kwan) 8218
(MacPhail) 8216-7
- enforcement measures
(MacPhail) 8375-6
(Reid, J.) 8375-6
- government announcement
(MacPhail) 8216
- government investment of revenues
(Bruce) 8252
(Coleman) 8318
(MacKay) 8254-5
(MacPhail) 8217
(Reid, J.) 8366-7
(Thorpe) 8329
- government investment of revenues, investment in Indian communities
(Plant) 8327
(Thorpe) 8329
- impact on grain industry
(Lekstrom) 8331
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities
(Bell) 8248
(Bond) 8267-70
(Bruce) 8250-1
(Campbell) 8265-6
(Cobb) 8253
(Harris) 8324-5
(Hayer) 8271
(Krueger) 8274
(Kwan) 8218-9
(MacKay) 8255
(MacPhail) 8217-8
(Nettleton) 8215
- impact on jobs
(Campbell) 8212
(Nettleton) 8212
- impact on mining industry
(Sultan) 8249
- investment by CN Rail
(Belsey) 8308-9
(Campbell) 8264
(Coleman) 8317
(Kerr) 8314
(Neufeld) 8283
- job reductions
(Bond) 8268
(Hayer) 8271
(Jarvis) 8256
(Lekstrom) 8331
- land donations by CN Rail
(Bell) 8245
(Sultan) 8250
- lease, term of lease
(MacPhail) 8368
(Reid, J.) 8368
- lease, value of lease
(MacPhail) 8354-5, 8366-7
(Reid, J.) 8354-5, 8368-9
- negotiation
(Bruce) 8252
(Lekstrom) 8330
- partnership
(Coleman) 8315
(Reid, J.) 8213
- process
(MacPhail) 8351-3
(Reid, J.) 8351-3
- property tax revenues to communities
(Campbell) 8266-7
(Coleman) 8317-8
(Jarvis) 8257
(Lekstrom) 8331
(Les) 8312
(Neufeld) 8284
- public release
(MacPhail) 8350-1, 8354
(Reid, J.) 8351, 8354, 8356
- public release of agreement
(Kwan) 8262, 8360-1
(MacPhail) 8261-2, 8361-2
(Nettleton) 8263
(Reid, J.) 8261, 8360-1
- public response
(Bell) 8246-7
(Krueger) 8272
(Lekstrom) 8332
- public response, position of business community
(Belsey) 8310
- public response, position of NDP MLAs
(Harris) 8323, 8325
- public response, position of northern communities
(Hayer) 8270
- purchase of B.C. Rail affiliated companies
(MacPhail) 8345-6
- "revitalization agreement" and "transaction agreement"
(Reid, J.) 8351
- settlement of B.C. Rail debt
(Bruce) 8252
(Campbell) 8264, 8266
(Krueger) 8272
(Les) 8311
(MacKay) 8254
(Penner) 8329
- signatories
(MacPhail) 8355-6
(Reid, J.) 8355-6
- Budget and finances
- budget forecasts
(Bell) 5840
(Reid, J.) 5840
- cost to taxpayers
(Campbell) 5910-1
- debt
(Campbell) 8210-1
(Coleman) 8315
(Kwan) 7913
(MacPhail) 7810-1, 7911-2, 8210
(Reid, J.) 5033, 6429, 8213
- debt during NDP administration
(Krueger) 8272
(Thorpe) 8328
- debt-servicing costs
(MacPhail) 8347-8
(Reid, J.) 8347-8
- financial performance
(Bell) 7916
(Campbell) 8211
(Kwan) 7913-4, 7921, 8211
(MacPhail) 5910-1, 7719-20, 7811, 7911-3, 8211
(Reid, J.) 7720, 7778 (errata), 7921
- payment of property taxes
(Campbell) 8211
(MacPhail) 8210-1
- status
(Roddick) 8328
(Sultan) 8249
- write-down of debt
(Bond) 8268
(Hayer) 8271
(Jarvis) 8256
(Johnston) 8285
(Kerr) 8314
(Lekstrom) 8332
(Les) 8311
(MacPhail) 8215-6, 8346
- Core review
(MacKay) 8253
- Employees
- coverage by collective agreement after B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(MacPhail) 8371, 8373-4
(Reid, J.) 8371, 8373-4
- pension fund
(Kwan) 8211
(Reid, J.) 8212, 8263
- severance
(Nettleton) 8263
(Reid, J.) 8263
- Future of organization
- call for moratorium on changes
(Nettleton) 5838
- consultation with communities
(Campbell) 7988, 8183
(Reid, J.) 7811, 7920
- consultation with Indian groups
(Nettleton) 5838-9
(Reid, J.) 5838-9
- employee proposals
(Nettleton) 7300-1
(Reid, J.) 7301
- future
(MacPhail) 5422
(Nettleton) 6995-6
(Reid, J.) 5422
- issue during 1996 election campaign
(Nettleton) 7915
- public information
(Reid, J.) 5838
- viability
(Campbell) 7988-9, 8210
(Cobb) 4741-2
(Hayer) 8270-1
(Kerr) 8313
(MacKay) 8254
(MacPhail) 8216
(Penner) 8330
(Reid, J.) 7810-1, 7921-2
- History of rail line
(Sultan) 8248
- Industrial lands
(Bell) 5842
(Reid, J.) 5842
- Land
- Office in Prince George
(Bell) 8245
(Bond) 8269
- Operations See Railways and rail services
- Port subdivision, future
(MacPhail) 8370-1
(Reid, J.) 8213, 8370-1
- Privatization
- abandonment of rail lines
(Kwan) 8126
(MacPhail) 6429
- benefits
(Bell) 5840
(Campbell) 7990-1
(Reid, J.) 5840, 7990
- campaign statements by B.C. Liberal Party
(MacPhail) 7910, 8368
(Nettleton) 7915
- consultation with shippers
(Reid, J.) 8350
- evaluation, documentation
(MacPhail) 8126
(Reid, J.) 8126
- further sales
(MacPhail) 8376
(Reid, J.) 8376
- government retention of railbed, right-of-way and tracks
(MacPhail) 6150, 6254-5
(Reid, J.) 6150, 6254-5, 8213
- impact on costs and jobs
(Kwan) 7990
(MacPhail) 6893-4, 7038, 7988, 8126
(Nettleton) 6895
- petition tabled
(MacPhail) 7813
- potential purchase of operations by CN Rail
(Campbell) 7077
(Kwan) 8126-7
(MacPhail) 6845-6, 6893-4, 7077-8, 7910, 7988-9, 8126
(Nettleton) 6895
(Reid, J.) 6895
- potential purchase of operations by CN Rail, negotiations
(Collins) 8243
- privatization
(Bell) 7916
(Campbell) 7988-9, 8183-4
(Krueger) 8271-2
(Kwan) 7812, 7921, 7990, 8127, 8183
(MacPhail) 5910-1, 6500, 7120, 7810-1, 7920, 7988-9, 8346-7, 8347
(Nettleton) 7721-2, 8214
(Reid, J.) 6893, 7719-20, 7722, 7811, 7920-1, 8127, 8346
(Wilson) 4821
- proposal process
(Kwan) 8020-1, 8184, 8219, 8262
(MacKay) 8254
(MacPhail) 8019-20, 8079-80
(Nettleton) 8127
(Reid, J.) 6894-5, 8019-21, 8079-80, 8127-8, 8262-3, 8352-3
- proposal process, fairness report
(MacPhail) 8019, 8080
(Reid, J.) 8019-20, 8079-80
- proposals, public release
(Kwan) 8262
- public concerns
(Bell) 8244-5
(MacPhail) 8353-4
- public consultation during transition
(Bell) 5841
(Reid, J.) 5841-2, 6429-30
- public response
(Kwan) 7914, 8021
(MacPhail) 7911
(Nettleton) 7916, 8081
(Reid, J.) 8081-2
- public-private partnerships
(Bell) 6468
(Collins) 5349
(MacPhail) 5349
(Reid, J.) 6468, 6846
- public-private partnerships, protection for employees
(Nettleton) 7157
(Reid, J.) 7157
- sale of assets, legislation See also British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003; British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
(MacPhail) 7909-10
- Sale of assets See Privatization above under this main heading
- Service plan, statements on level of freight traffic
(Nettleton) 5837
(Reid, J.) 5837
- Services See Railways and rail services
- Status of group of companies
(Reid, J.) 8345
- Storage warehouses
(Nettleton) 5839
(Reid, J.) 5839
- Tourism rail services See Railways and rail services
British Columbia Rail Port Subdivision Ltd. See Port subdivision under British Columbia Rail
British Columbia Railway Act
British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003
(Bill M203) (MacPhail) 1R, 7037-8; 2R, 7909-16
British Columbia Railway Company See British Columbia Rail
British Columbia Railway Finance Act
- Need for repeal
(MacPhail) 8345
(Reid, J.) 8345
British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 89) (Minister of Transportation) 1R, 8181-2; 2R, 8213-9, 8243-57, 8264-74, 8282-6, 8308-33; C, 8345-57, 8365-77; 3R, 8377; RA, 8382
- Divisions: 2R approved 8333; sec. 6 approved 8376-7
- Debate, speakers
(Bell) 8243-8
(Belsey) 8308-10
(Bloy) 8325-6
(Bond) 8267-70
(Bruce) 8250-2
(Campbell) 8264-7
(Cobb) 8252-3
(Coleman) 8315-9
(Harris) 8322-5
(Hayer) 8270-1
(Jarvis) 8256-7
(Johnston) 8284-6
(Kerr) 8312-5
(Krueger) 8271-4
(Kwan) 8218-9
(Lekstrom) 8330-3
(Les) 8310-2
(MacKay) 8253-6
(MacPhail) 8215-8, 8345-57, 8366-76
(Nettleton) 8214-5, 8365-6
(Neufeld) 8282-4
(Penner) 8329-30
(Plant) 8326-8
(Reid, J.) 8182, 8213-4, 8333, 8345-56, 8365-76
(Roddick) 8328
(Sultan) 8248-50
(Thorpe) 8328-9
(Visser) 8319-21
(Wilson) 8321-2
- Name of bill
(MacPhail) 8215, 8367
- Purpose of bill
(MacPhail) 8346
(Reid, J.) 8373
- Time for debate on bill
(Collins) 8243
(MacPhail) 8219
- Withdrawal from debate on bill
(Clark) 8377
British Columbia reproductive care program See Human reproduction
British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association
British Columbia Review Board
British Columbia Safety Authority
British Columbia School District Secretary-Treasurers Association
- Comments on technical grants for school districts
(Kwan) 5358-60, 5360
British Columbia Seafood Alliance
- Work with government on commercial fisheries issues
(van Dongen) 6145
British Columbia Securities Commission
- Public education
(Thorpe) 5843
B.C. Sharing program
- Status
(MacPhail) 6143
(van Dongen) 6143
B.C. Stats
- Information on school enrolment levels
(Clark) 5371
(Kwan) 5371
British Columbia Summer Games
- Hosting of 1992 games by Port Alberni
(Trumper) 4905
British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Advertising
(Hawes) 4849-50
- Affiliation with B.C. Federation of Labour
(Clark) 5461
(Krueger) 5461
(Masi) 6969
- Relationship with B.C. College of Teachers
(Masi) 6969
British Columbia Technology Industries Association
British Columbia timber sales program
- Account, transfer from small business forest enterprise program
(de Jong) 6509
(MacPhail) 6509
- Activities, inclusion of pine beetle control measures
(de Jong) 6515
(MacPhail) 6515
- Establishment
(Bell) 6345
(de Jong) 5640, 6342-4, 6346
- Establishment, legislation See Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Program
(Bell) 6517, 6926
(de Jong) 6517
(Harris) 6929
- Supply for small operators
(Chutter) 4782
- Timber sales managers, role and powers
(Bell) 6517
(de Jong) 5640, 6342, 6507-8, 6517, 6519
(MacPhail) 6507-8
- Volume of timber sales
(de Jong) 6507
(MacPhail) 6496, 6502-3, 6507
British Columbia Tourism Industry Conference
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
- Applicability of statutes to corporation
(MacPhail) 6694, 7121-3
(Neufeld) 7121-3
- Employees, transfer from B.C. Hydro
(Kwan) 7131-2
(MacPhail) 7121, 7131
(Neufeld) 7121, 7131-2
- Establishment
(Hagen) 6523-4
(MacPhail) 6693-5, 7120-1
(Neufeld) 6687, 7120-1, 7130
(Penner) 6689
- Involvement in approval of new transmission lines See Transmission system, new and expanded transmission lines under Energy
- Legislation See Transmission Corporation Act
- Management agreements with B.C. Hydro, requirements
- Rates, setting by B.C. Utilities Commission See Electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission under Energy
- Relationship with Regional Transmission Organization West
(MacPhail) 6697, 7121
(Nettleton) 7922
(Neufeld) 7121, 7922
British Columbia Transplant Society
- Work of society
(Hansen) 6824
British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority
British Columbia Treaty Commission
- Annual reports tabled
- 2002 report, The Changing Landscape
(Plant) 7250
- 2003 report
(Plant) 8263
- Report on treaty negotiations process
(Plant) 6161
British Columbia Truck Loggers Association
- Comments on forest industry reforms
(de Jong) 5715
British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Commissioners, role
(Neufeld) 6702
- Involvement in approval of new transmission lines See Transmission system, new and expanded transmission lines under Energy
- Mandate
(Mayencourt) 7826
- Mandate and operations
(MacPhail) 5014
- Regulation
- Regulation of B.C. Transmission Corporation
- Regulation of Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Responsibilities
- requirements for common carriers, transfer from Oil and Gas Commission
(Neufeld) 6702
- requirements for public utilities, resource plans
(Neufeld) 6702
- review of energy projects
(MacPhail) 6703-4, 6914
- Review of electricity rates
(MacPhail) 5014
(Neufeld) 5080
- Role in B.C. Hydro operations
(Bray) 7830
(Chutter) 7942
(Falcon) 7932
(Neufeld) 8035, 8038
(Stewart, K.) 7832
(Suffredine) 7843
- Setting of automobile insurance premiums
(Collins) 6999, 7103-4
(Jarvis) 7103-4
- Setting of electricity rates See Electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission under Energy
British Columbia Winter Games
- Benefits to youth
(Locke) 7780
- Hosting of 2004 games by Port Alberni
(Trumper) 8360
British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Dental services
(Hansen) 6848
(Kwan) 6848
British Columbia's Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Fir Square unit, program for substance-abusing women and substance-exposed newborns
(Cheema) 5045
Broughton Archipelago
- Salmon farming
- Fraser report See Salmon farming under Aquaculture industry
- operations, consultation with Indians
(Hagen) 6195, 6197-9, 6223-4, 6279-80, 6282-7
(MacPhail) 6195, 6197-9, 6279-80, 6282-7
- sea lice issue
(Hagen) 5029-30
(Hunter) 7352
(MacPhail) 5153, 5544, 7323
(Murray) 5153
- sea lice issue, action plan, safe migration route for wild salmon and fallowing of fish farms
(Hagen) 6194-7, 6278-81, 6284, 6289
(MacPhail) 6132-9, 6194-7, 6278-81, 6283, 6288
(van Dongen) 6132-9
Brown, Gladys Lillian
Brown, Martyn
- Work in Premier's office
- role re processing of freedom-of-information requests
(Campbell) 7079
(MacPhail) 7079
- role re public affairs bureau
(Campbell) 7089
(MacPhail) 7089
Brown, Rosemary
Brown's Bay Packing Co. Ltd.
Bruce, Hon. Graham P. (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
- Abbotsford
- hospital construction project
- hospital, new hospital and cancer centre, privatization of non-clinical services 8130-2, 8187
- Agriculture industry, employment standards 7594
- Barbers and cosmetologists, regulation 5421
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., opportunities for small towns 8250-2
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc., negotiation of collective agreement with workers 8078, 8149-50
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- position on issues, collective agreements, legislated settlement 5485-6
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail
- government investment of revenues 8252
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8250-1
- negotiation 8252
- settlement of B.C. Rail debt 8252
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8250-2
- Budget debate 4990-4
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget, budget-preparation process 4992
- budgets during NDP administration 4992
- Business, public-private partnerships, partnerships with local government 8131
- Children, employment
- permit system 7193-4, 7197, 7229
- regulations 7193-4, 7197-8, 7226-37, 7264-5, 7268
- regulations, penalties for violation 7194, 7197-8, 7232
- role of parents 7198, 7235-6
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8390-2, 8405-37
- Cowichan Indian band, issues and concerns 4994
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 4994
- Education
- labour relations, collective agreement negotiation process 6327
- system, collective bargaining process, review by Labour minister 6211
- Employment standards
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 6466, 7193-4
- Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd., labour relations, collective bargaining process 8421
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries, cost overruns 4992
- routes and services, disruption of service, impact on public 8150
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., employment of children, regulations 7194, 7231-2
- Food industry, berry farming industry, employment standards and payment of wages 7594
- Forest fires
- prevention, reduction of fire risks in forests, fuel load issue 7143
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, response 7143
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, current and future conditions 8432-3
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute
- forest workers
- industry in B.C.
- impact of NDP government policies 4993, 8418
- Pearse report 8391
- reforms 4993
- Government caucus committees, role 4991
- Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act
- amendment to definition of "employer" 8281
- purpose of legislation 8130
- Health care
- emergency services, health authority as employer 8206
- facilities, parking services, responsibility 8205-6
- funding, additional funding 8147
- private sector involvement, public-private partnerships
- privatization of services
- system, employer determination 8281-2
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- debate 8018, 8130-2, 8146-9, 8171-9, 8187-206, 8278-82
- alignment with Canada Health Act 8173
- application of act
- application to existing facilities 8177-8
- level of private investment required 8191-8
- definitions
- "designated private sector partner" 8171-2
- "health sector partner" 8177-9
- impact
- impact on existing collective agreements 8280
- impact on multi-employer collective agreements 8279-80
- need for legislation for Abbotsford hospital 8179
- purpose of bill 8018, 8130, 8147
- relationship with Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act 8176-7, 8187, 8278-9
- Health Services ministry, budget, balanced budget 8200
- Healthcare Infrastructure Co. of Canada, member companies 8172
- Hospitals, construction costs 8131
- Indians
- issues and concerns 4993-4
- relationship with provincial government, government initiatives 4993
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada, labour dispute involving coastal forest industry, impact on workers, return to work 8415
- International Labour Organization, comments on B.C. legislation re collective agreements 6327
- Labour
- collective agreements
- government negotiation with unions 8146
- legislated settlement, B.C. Liberal Party position 5485-6
- labour relations
- committee on stakeholder issues, report 6430
- government action 5291
- labour relations during NDP administration 8413
- strikes in B.C. 8146
- Labour Relations Board
- decisions on health sector collective agreements 8281
- duties under Labour Relations Code, duties and principles 5292
- position on employer responsibility in health care system 8204-5
- Labour Relations Code, amendments, transition to new legislation 5291
- Legislature
- Longpre, Richard, role as industrial inquiry commissioner in University of B.C. labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5469, 5480-1, 5483-4, 5487
- MLAs, input on government decisions 4991-2
- Mining industry in B.C., impact of NDP government policies 4993
- Motions, advancement of University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act through all stages in one day (standing order 81 motion), debate 5458, 5467-8
- Munroe, Donald, experience as industrial inquiry commissioner 8423-4
- Occupational health and safety
- regulations on workplace safety 5695
- workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 6257-8
- Ontario, health care system, experience with privatization of services 8201
- Prince Rupert, port, role in international trade 8251
- Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8078, 8149-50
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, return-to-retailer provisions 5538-9
- Shelford, Cyril, comments on experience in B.C. politics in From Snowshoes to Politics 4991-2
- Simon Fraser University, labour dispute 6210-1
- Skills Development and Labour ministry
- estimates debate 5291-2
- employment standards branch, role 5292
- goals and responsibilities 5291-2
- memorandum of understanding with B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association on dispute resolution 5292
- Skills Development and Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6465-6, 7192-4, 7197-8, 7226-37, 7239-44, 7264-8
- Teachers, collective bargaining process
- government review 7781
- restructuring 5486
- Terminal Forest Products Ltd., labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8415
- Throne speech, content 4993
- TimberWest Forest Ltd., labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8416, 8427
- Trade unions, membership levels 5479
- University of B.C., labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff
- collective bargaining process, legislation 5458, 5468-9, 5478-9, 5481-2, 5487
- collective bargaining process, meetings with Skills Development and Labour minister 5480
- cooling-off period, Labour Relations Code exemption 5482-5
- impact on students 5468
- University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
- debate 5458, 5469, 5478-87
- definitions, "trade unions" 5481
- drafting of bill, timeline 5480
- provisions
- applicability of current collective agreement 5486-7
- expiration date 5484, 5487
- purpose of bill 5458
- qualification as urgent legislation 5458, 5468
- Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, tower at Jim Pattison Pavilion, construction costs 8131
- Wages
- minimum wage, payment requirements 7239-40
- unpaid wages
- employment standards complaint process 7242-3
- liability 7241-2
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8415-6, 8427
- Workers compensation
- appeals system
- survivor benefits
- Workers Compensation Act, amendments 6465-6, 7192-3
- Workers Compensation Board
- annual report, 2002, tabled 6511
- review of organization 5292
- service plan, 2003-05, tabled 6511
- system, role of lay advocates 7193, 7267
- workplace safety initiatives 8212
- workplace safety regulations, changes 5695
BSE See Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Budget
- Budget address (Collins) 4865-72; approved 5193
- Debate 4865-74, 4884-909, 4912-25, 4931-58, 4983-5009, 5023, 5030-57, 5115-28, 5154-82, 5185-93
- Divisions: budget approved 5193
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 5185-8
(Barisoff) 5040-3
(Bell) 5115-9
(Belsey) 4918-21
(Bennett) 5189-92
(Bloy) 5160-3
(Bond) 5034-7
(Brenzinger) 4912-4
(Bruce) 4990-4
(Cheema) 5043-5
(Chong) 5045-9
(Christensen) 5121-6
(Coell) 5175-6
(Collins) 5192-3
(Hagen) 4988-90
(Halsey-Brandt) 5004-7
(Hamilton) 5038-40
(Hawes) 5126-8, 5154-6
(Hawkins) 4999-5004
(Hayer) 5163-5
(Hunter) 4899-903
(Jarvis) 5119-21
(Johnston) 4947-50
(Kerr) 4890-4
(Kwan) 4985-8
(Lekstrom) 4894-9
(Les) 4914-8
(Locke) 4950-2
(Long) 4943-7
(McMahon) 4956-8, 4983-5
(MacPhail) 4872-4, 4884-7
(Manhas) 5167-72
(Mayencourt) 5176-80
(Murray) 4939-43
(Nebbeling) 4931-5
(Nettleton) 4912
(Neufeld) 5053-7
(Nijjar) 4921-5
(Nuraney) 5037-8
(Plant) 5156-60
(Reid, J.) 5030-4
(Reid, L.) 4996-9
(Roddick) 4994-6
(Sahota) 5180-2
(Santori) 5007-9, 5023
(Stephens) 4952-6
(Stewart, K.) 5165-7
(Stewart, R.) 5188-9
(Suffredine) 5172-5
(Sultan) 4887-90
(Thorpe) 5049-53
(Trumper) 4903-6
(Visser) 4906-9
(Wong) 4935-9
- Supplementary estimates 2001-02 See also Information and privacy commissioner
- Committee of Supply resolution approved and supplementary funds granted 8170
- Committee of Supply resolutions approved and funds granted 7093
- Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 1), 2003
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003
- (Bill 6) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 4874; 2R, 5239-51; C, 5423-32; 3R, 5432; RA, 5488
- Amdts: sec. 59 (Collins) 5432, approved 5432
- Divisions: 2R approved 5251; sec. 24 approved 5430
- Debate, speakers
(Chong) 5244-6
(Collins) 4874, 5239-41, 5246-51, 5423-32
(Krueger) 5425-6
(Kwan) 5241-2, 5249
(MacPhail) 5242-4, 5423-31
- Purpose of bill
(Collins) 4874, 5239, 5241
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
Budgets
- 2002-03 budget
- content
(Kerr) 4892
- three-year plan
(Collins) 4866
- 2003-04 budget
- assumptions and forecasts
(Collins) 5299
(MacPhail) 5299
- budget-preparation process
(Bennett) 5189-90
(Bruce) 4992
- content
(Barisoff) 5042
(Belsey) 4918-9
(Brenzinger) 4912
(Cheema) 5043
(Chong) 5045-9
(Christensen) 5122
(Collins) 4866, 4872, 5193
(Hagen) 4990
(Halsey-Brandt) 5004
(Hawes) 5126
(Hawkins) 5000-1
(Hunter) 4899-900, 4903
(Johnston) 4947-8
(Kwan) 4986-8
(Lekstrom) 4898-9
(Les) 4914-5
(Locke) 4950-1
(McMahon) 4957
(MacPhail) 4872-4, 4884-7
(Murray) 4939
(Nebbeling) 4932
(Nettleton) 4912
(Neufeld) 5053-4
(Nuraney) 5037
(Roddick) 4995
(Stephens) 4952-3
(Sultan) 4887, 4890
(Thorpe) 5050
(Trumper) 4903
(Visser) 4906
- disaster funding
(Collins) 5309-10
(MacPhail) 5309-10
- funding for arbitration and litigation
(Collins) 5300-2
(MacPhail) 5300-1
- goals
(Anderson) 5185
- impact on low- and middle-income earners
(MacPhail) 4873
- impact on women
(Stephens) 4955
- implementation of budget measures See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003
- interest rate assumptions
(Collins) 5306-7
(MacPhail) 5307
- ministries on or under budget
(Bell) 5115
(Collins) 5311
(MacPhail) 5311
- ministries on or under budget, exemptions from budget targets
(Collins) 5303-6
(MacPhail) 5303-6
- prebudget consultation, public input
(Mayencourt) 5177-8
- public input
(Bennett) 5189-90
- response of business and media
(Hayer) 5163-4
(Jarvis) 5121
- response of opposition MLAs
(Belsey) 4919, 4921
(Les) 4916
- risks to fiscal plan
(Collins) 5298-302, 5306-9
(MacPhail) 5298-302, 5306-9
- 2003-04 federal budget, surplus
(Christensen) 5122
- Accountability and transparency legislation
(Chong) 5196
(MacPhail) 5305
- Balanced budgets
- balanced budget for 2004-05 fiscal year, role of B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(Lekstrom) 8331, 8333
- balanced budgets
(Reid, L.) 4996
- Budget process
- budget preparation
(Collins) 5192
- concepts and goals
(Stewart, K.) 5165-7
- expenditure and revenue forecasting
(Collins) 6642-3
- Budgets during NDP administration
(Belsey) 4919
(Bruce) 4992
(Chong) 5046-7, 5049
(Collins) 4979-80
(Kerr) 4890-3
(Neufeld) 5053
(Suffredine) 5172
(Thorpe) 5050
- Budgets during Social Credit Party administration
(Long) 4944
- Contingency funds See Ministries, budgets under Government
Build BC Act
Building Blocks program
Building Code Appeal Board
- Consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(Falcon) 8089
(MacPhail) 8088-9
Bulkley Valley
- Air quality
(MacPhail) 5999
Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(MacKay) 4798-9
- Transportation infrastructure, funding
(MacKay) 4742
Bullying See Violence
Burda, Cheri
- Involvement in promotion of boycott by China of B.C. wood products
(Penner) 8115
Burke Mountain See Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain constituency and area
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion
- Funding from government
(Lee) 5845-6
(Stephens) 5846
Burnaby, B.C.
- Bid to host police and firefighters' games See World Police and Fire Games
- Burnaby Heights, small business in area
(Lee) 7438-9
- Businesses in area
(Sahota) 4815-6
- Courthouse closing
(Plant) 6189
(Stewart, K.) 6189
- Economic development
(Nuraney) 7410-1
- Film industry
(Nuraney) 5151
(Sahota) 4816, 5180
- Forest industry in area
(Sahota) 6543
- Gaglardi Way, safety
(Bloy) 7936
- Health care services
(Nuraney) 6615
- High-technology industry
(Johnston) 6885
(Lee) 4979, 6883-4
(Nuraney) 6886
(Sahota) 4815-6, 6884
- Home and residential care services in area
(Nuraney) 7032-3
(Whittred) 7032-3
- Local Hero awards
(Bloy) 8304
- Long-term care facilities in area
(Sahota) 4878
- Metrotown, industry training centre expansion
- expansion
(Bond) 6291
- transition office
(Bond) 6745
- Tourism promotion in area
(Lee) 7247
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.
- Cascade Residence, use of facility
(Nuraney) 6615
- Cataract surgery wait-list
(Kwan) 7781
- Palliative care services
(Nuraney) 6615
- Services
(Nuraney) 5099
(Sahota) 5181-2
Burnaby Lake women's rugby team
- West Coast Women's Rugby Association championship win
(Nuraney) 6039
Burnaby school district See School district 41 (Burnaby)
Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
Burnaby-Willingdon constituency and area
- Description and issues
(Nuraney) 5099
Burns Bog
Buron Construction Ltd.
- Restoration to register of companies
(Anderson) 7626-7
Buron Construction (1986) Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
(Bill Pr408) (Anderson) 1R, 7566; 2R, 7627; C, 7627; 3R, 7627; RA, 7966
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 7566, 7627
- Referral to select standing committee
(Anderson) 7566
Buron Construction Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
(Bill Pr407) (Anderson) 1R, 7566; 2R, 7626; C, 7626-7; 3R, 7627; RA, 7966
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 7566, 7626
- Referral to select standing committee
(Anderson) 7566
Burquitlam constituency and area
- Economy
- business improvement area initiative
(Bloy) 5132-3
- businesses in area
(Bloy) 7040
- businesses in North Road area
(Bloy) 4777
- economy
(Bloy) 5161
- Korean community
(Bloy) 6776
- potential benefits of 2010 Olympic bid win
(Bloy) 5060
- small businesses, role in community
(Bloy) 7439
Burrard Thermal power station
- Closing
(Murray) 5995
- Potential for sale of assets
(MacPhail) 8034-6
(Neufeld) 8034-6
- Status
(MacPhail) 5995
Burrardview Neighbourhood Association
- Letter re appointment of Alan Seckel as Deputy Attorney General
(MacPhail) 6394
Burt, Ken
- Comments on Okanagan University College funding
(MacPhail) 6337
Business See also Corporations
- Administrative burden
(Barisoff) 6726
- Appeals of administrative decisions, financial services tribunal, establishment
(Coleman) 7039
- Business climate
- businesses coming to B.C.
(Falcon) 8091
(MacPhail) 8091
- businesses leaving B.C.
(Falcon) 8091, 8101-2
- climate in B.C.
(Johnston) 4948
(Wong) 4935-6
- Business number
- Chinese Canadian business activity
(Chong) 6248-9
(Halsey-Brandt) 6249
(Johnston) 6247-8
(Lee) 6244-5
(Nijjar) 6246-7
(Wong) 6245-6
- Competitiveness of B.C. businesses
(Mayencourt) 5152-3
(Thorpe) 5153, 5885
- Corporate registry, electronic access
(Locke) 7629
- Electronic commerce, collection and use of personal information
(Santori) 6351
- Enterprise zones
(Bhullar) 6990
(Thorpe) 6990
- Government support See also Government, business-friendliness under British Columbia Liberal Party
- promotion of trade and investment
(Hayer) 7877
(Thorpe) 7877
- role of government
(Locke) 7629
- support during NDP administration
(Bray) 6421-2
- Hours of operation, regulation by local government
(Plant) 5194
- Indo-Canadian businesses
(Locke) 5898
(Thorpe) 5898
- Involvement in delivery of public services
(Les) 6305-6
- Lease and partnership, definition of terms
(Penner) 8329-30
- New-Canadian Entrepreneur Awards See British Columbia New-Canadian Entrepreneur Awards
- Operation of companies as both union and non-union
(MacPhail) 8278-9
- Outsourcing of services
(Hawes) 5018, 5081
- Position of business community on Community Charter legislation
(Bennett) 6301
- Position of business community on government initiatives
(MacPhail) 7393
- Profit
(Kerr) 8314
(Penner) 8330
- Projects, approval by government See Project approval process under Government
- Public-private partnerships
- acceptance of risk by private sector
(Hawes) 8298-9
(Les) 8296
(Sultan) 8302
- business profit
(Hawes) 8300
(Sultan) 8302
- funding from consolidated revenue fund
(Collins) 5239
- government liability
(MacPhail) 6794
- operating costs of facilities
(Les) 8297
- partnerships with local government
(Bloy) 6307
(Bruce) 8131
- projects See also Project approval process under Government
- projects in B.C.
(Les) 8296-7
(Nuraney) 8301
- role
(Bloy) 8301-2
(Collins) 8186
(Hawes) 8185
(Les) 8296-7
(Nuraney) 8301
(Throne speech) 4701
- Regulations and red tape See also Government
- regulations within businesses
(Les) 4917
- regulations within businesses, reduction
(Falcon) 5901
(Locke) 5900-1
- Small business
- government consultation with business community
(Chong) 5198
- government initiatives to support small business
(Falcon) 7483
(Hamilton) 5040
(Johnston) 5899
(Lee) 7483
(Thorpe) 5899
(Throne speech) 4703
- investment in small business
(Manhas) 5198-9
(Thorpe) 5329-30, 5332, 5334
- need for Internet connection
(MacPhail) 6075-7
(Santori) 6076-8
- position on business climate in B.C.
(Bloy) 5161
(Collins) 5247
(Stewart, K.) 5167
(Suffredine) 5174
- position on government initiatives
(Bennett) 5191
(Orr) 4815
- role in economy
(Bloy) 5131-2
- small businesses in B.C.
(Cobb) 7481
- strengths of B.C. businesses
(Sultan) 5132
- venture capital programs See Venture capital programs below under this main heading
- Subsidies
- B.C. Liberal Party position
(Falcon) 8157
(MacPhail) 6143
- government subsidies
(Kwan) 8343-4
- Taxation
- exemption for upgrades
(Nebbeling) 6579
- exemption on improvements and land, legislation
(Kwan) 7471
(Nebbeling) 7471
- Venture capital
- accessibility
(Hayer) 4839
(Kerr) 4766
(Manhas) 4826
- accessibility, access by northern and rural communities
(Harris) 5886-7
(Thorpe) 5886-7
- direct investment model See Investment
- investment limit
(Chong) 5198
(Kwan) 5327
(Thorpe) 5326, 5330
- labour-sponsored funds, expansion
(Kwan) 5325
(Thorpe) 4877, 5199, 5325, 5886
- labour-sponsored funds, legislation See Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2003
- labour-sponsored funds, tax credit cap
(Thorpe) 5199, 5886
- legislation See Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003
- regulations in venture capital industry
(Hawkins) 5002
(Sultan) 6660
(Wong) 4936
- tax credits for investors See Taxation
- venture capital programs
(Collins) 4871-2, 4874
(Harris) 5887
(Johnston) 4950
(Thorpe) 5050, 5886-7
Business Corporations Act
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 60) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 6987; 2R, 7392-3; 7452-4; C, 7660-1; 3R, 7661; RA, 7966
- Amdts: sec. 139 and 276 (Collins) 7661, approved 7661
- Debate, speakers
(Collins) 6987, 7392, 7452-4, 7660-1
(MacPhail) 7392-3
- Introduction as exposure bill
(Collins) 7392
Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
Business Council of British Columbia
- Comments on 2003-04 budget
(Barisoff) 5042
(Stephens) 4955
- President and chief executive officer See Lampert, Jerry
Business Number Act
- (Bill 36) (Minister of Competition, Science and Enterprise) 1R, 6253; 2R, 6472-3; C, 7184-5; 3R, 7185; RA, 7504
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Falcon) 7184, approved 7184; sec. 15.1 (Falcon) 7185, approved 7185
- Debate, speakers
(Brice) 7185
(Falcon) 6472-3, 7184-5
(Thorpe) 6253
Buy B.C. program
- Status
(MacPhail) 6143
(van Dongen) 6143
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