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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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Cabinet Committee on Economy and Environment
- Work of committee
(van Dongen) 4788
Calgary, Alberta
- Coalbed methane gas industry
(Sultan) 5107
- Hosting of 1988 Olympic Games See Olympic Games
Calpine Corp.
- Power plant proposal on Vancouver Island, cancellation
Cam Glass Inc.
- Restoration to corporate registry
(Christensen) 6470
Cam Glass Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
(Bill Pr403) (Christensen) 1R, 6208; 2R, 6470; C; 6470-1; 3R, 6471; RA, 7134
- Debate, speakers
(Christensen) 6208
- Referral to select standing committee
(Christensen) 6208
Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.
Campagnolo, Iona See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona Campagnolo
Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Vancouver-Point Grey)
- As subject
- attraction of foreign investment
(Thorpe) 7958
- call for resignation
(MacPhail) 4718
- comments on issues
- cost to taxpayers of B.C. Rail
(MacPhail) 5910-1
- funding for child protection services
(Collins) 6731
(MacPhail) 6730-1, 6777-8
- gambling expansion
(MacPhail) 7074
- impact of privatization on health worker jobs
(Kwan) 8145
- NDP government management of B.C. Hydro
(Bennett) 7939
- non-profit seniors' facilities
(Kwan) 7017
- public response to B.C. rail privatization
(Nettleton) 8081
- debate during Premier's office estimates
(MacPhail) 7072
- letter to Gary Locke on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington)
(MacPhail) 5993-4
- meetings with CN Rail chief executive officer 8212
(Nettleton) 8212
- meetings with CN Rail representatives 7077-8
(MacPhail) 7077-8
- position on forest industry reform legislation
(MacPhail) 6920
- response to summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
(Barisoff) 7164
(Coleman) 7174
(Hawkins) 7180
(Krueger) 7159
(Stephens) 7167
- role in development of community charter
(Halsey-Brandt) 6301
(MacPhail) 6328
(Nebbeling) 6295
- work as Premier
(Collins) 5192
(Krueger) 4856-7
- work on awareness of mental illness in the workplace
(Cheema) 5043-4
- Air Canada, service in B.C. 5913
- Auditor general, budget reduction, impact on services 7080-2
- Beyer, Hubert, tribute 8385
- Blaney, Jack, nomination as chair of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform 6357
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C.
- economic development, opportunities 7052-4, 7059-60
- economic opportunities for north coast area from CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services 8184-5
- highways and roads, improvements, funding 7064
- northern development initiative 8265-6
- population, demographic changes 7069
- B.C. Federation of Labour, freedom-of-information request re potential sale of B.C. Rail 7079
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- accountability 7084
- B.C. Stats poll of caucus 5236-7
- position on issues, gambling, expansion of gambling in B.C. 7074-6
- priorities 7057-9
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, responsibilities and role 7074-5
- B.C. Progress Board, report, comments on financial situation in B.C. 7058
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- budget and finances
- future of organization
- privatization
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8264-7
- Brown, Martyn, work in Premier's office
- role re processing of freedom-of-information requests 7079
- role re public affairs bureau 7089
- Canada, contribution of women, Famous Five 5418
- Chanin, Irene, position with government 7089
- Chapple, Clem, death 6349
- Children, programs and services for children and families
- government commitment 6777
- service delivery, consultation by government 6778
- Connaghan, Chuck, death 7523
- Crime and criminals, crime rate
- property crime rate 7527
- rate in B.C. 7593
- Crown agencies secretariat, responsibilities and role 7090
- Crown corporations, payment of property taxes 8211
- Democracy in Canada 6356
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for developmentally disabled persons 6778-9
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- current conditions 7062
- government initiatives to improve economy 7057-9
- heartlands economic strategy
- Elections
- electoral reform
- citizens' assembly, participation, role of updated voters list 7076-7
- citizens' assembly, selection of members 6356-7
- public input 6355-6
- referendum on citizens' assembly recommendation 6357
- voter registration 7076-7
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 7593
- Finance and Government Services Committee, role re budgets of officers of the Legislature 7080-1, 7083, 7085
- Finance ministry, role re officers of the Legislatures' budgets 7080-1, 7083, 7085
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute 8390
- export of products, export to China 8020
- industry in B.C., impact of NDP government policies 7053-5
- reforms, impact on industry 7053-6
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., negotiations for new agreement and World Trade Organization ruling 7056
- Freedom of information, requests for information, cost and limits on requests 7078-9
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, prevention and treatment, funding 7075-6
- expansion of gambling in B.C., B.C. Liberal Party position 7074-6
- Gibson, Gordon, recommendations on citizens' assembly on electoral reform 6357
- Government
- advertising, funding 7086-7
- communications, spending 7155
- electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project
- cost 7090
- freedom-of-information request by opposition 7079
- transfer from Premier's office to Management Services ministry 7089-90
- ministers, performance evaluations for ministers and deputy ministers 5236-7
- Premier's office, first ministers meetings, issues 7061-2
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 7068
- funding, federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement 4710-1
- system
- impact of aging population on system 7068
- Picture of Health initiative, freedom-of-information request by opposition 7079
- reforms 7063, 7068, 7072
- Health Services ministry, contracts for communications services 7088
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, management of highway, request for proposals, advertising costs 7086-7
- Illington, Joy, work in Premier's office, role re processing of freedom-of-information requests 7079
- Income assistance, time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule, exemptions 7527
- Indians, economic development by Indians, opportunities 7072
- Information and privacy commissioner, budget reduction, impact on services 7085
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 7071-2
- Interest rates, government policy 7061-2
- International Women's Week 5418
- Jackson, Fred, tribute 5059
- James, Beth, position as assistant deputy minister, involvement in heartlands economic strategy 7065-7, 7070
- James, Carole, comments on B.C. Rail 8264
- Legislature
- officers of the Legislature, budget reductions 7080, 7085
- sessions and sittings, fixed calendar 7055
- Loenen, Nick, involvement in electoral reform 6355
- Mental health programs and services, funding 7526
- Mining industry, exploration, government initiatives 7063, 7071
- Motions
- appointment of select standing committees (Motion without notice), debate 4704-5
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6355-7
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7158
- North Vancouver, tax revenues from CN Rail 8266
- Nyce, Harry, letter re public inquiry into sale of Skeena Cellulose Inc. 7051
- Oil and gas industry, industry in B.C., development of industry 7060, 7063
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- live sites program for communities outside host cities 7063
- referendum in Vancouver, results 4982
- support for bid 4982-3
- Ombudsman, budget reduction, impact on services 7082-5
- Police, funding for police services
- allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 7623-4
- funding during NDP administration 7624
- Premier's office
- estimates debate 7050-90
- public affairs bureau
- role re processing of freedom-of-information requests 7078-9
- Prince George, economy and employment in area, CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8184, 8265-6
- Prince Rupert
- Railways and rail services
- equipment and infrastructure, wheel shop in Prince George 8266
- passenger service, request for proposals 8265
- service from B.C. to Chicago 8265
- tourism rail services, opportunities 8184
- Resorts, B.C. resort task force, establishment 7063
- School boards/districts
- Science and technology, technology industry in B.C., growth 7059
- Selection Committee, appointment 4705
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., sale of company
- impact on employment rate in area 7052
- public inquiry 7051
- Substance abuse/addiction, prevention and treatment, integration into health care system 7526
- Taxation, tax reductions 7073
- Vancouver Board of Trade, report on property crime in Vancouver 7526
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, freedom-of-information request by opposition re aquaculture policy 7078
- Women, contribution of women 5418
Campbell River, B.C.
- Arts and culture
(Visser) 7712-3
- Tourism industry, snorkel tours
(Visser) 4908
Canada
- Chinese Canadians, role in Canada's development
(Lee) 6428-9
(Wong) 6776
- Contribution of women, Famous Five
(Campbell) 5418
- Crime rate
(Coleman) 5295
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
- Work with Provincial Revenue ministry
(Barisoff) 5287-8
Canada Health Act
Canada Health Infoway
- Electronic records system See Health records, electronic records under Health care
Canada Winter Games
- Participants, Team B.C. commended
(Abbott) 5025
Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
- Funding and project proposals
(Abbott) 6020
(Christensen) 6020
Canadian Armed Forces See Armed forces
Canadian Blood Services
- Screening of blood donors for exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome
(Hansen) 6430
Canadian Cancer Society
- Fundraising campaign
(Locke) 6147-8
- Work of society
(Chong) 6233
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- 2003 B.C. Solutions Budget, content
(Sultan) 4887-8
- Article on forest industry reforms
(Kwan) 6540-1
- Comments on issues
- B.C. Liberal Party government actions
(Krueger) 4858-9
- impact of competition on automobile insurance industry
(Kwan) 8070
- Director of B.C. office See Klein, Seth
- Funding from NDP government
(Krueger) 7930
(Penner) 7925
- Study on public-private partnerships
(Collins) 8186
(Hawes) 8185, 8299
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Comments on business climate in B.C.
(Johnston) 4948
Canadian Federation of Students
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
- Houston operations
- Impact of forest industry reforms on operations
(Bell) 6544
(MacPhail) 6536
- Impact of timber licence reduction on operations
(de Jong) 5749
(MacPhail) 5749
- Power generation project in Prince George See Prince George, B.C.
- Tree farm licence No. 37, timber-processing agreement
(de Jong) 5766
(MacPhail) 5765-6
Canadian Home and School Federation
- Teacher and staff appreciation week
(Brice) 5060
Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Information on compensation of health care professionals
(Hansen) 6827-8
(MacPhail) 6826
Canadian Institute for Sport, Learning and Leadership
- Establishment and role
(Brice) 7524
Canadian Mental Health Association
- Bottom Line Conference on mental illness in the workplace
(Cheema) 5043-4
- Vancouver Island branch, operations
(Hunter) 5027
- Work of association
(Cheema) 6837
Canadian Merchant Navy
- Role during World War II
(Roddick) 7346
Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)
Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee
- Recommendations
(Hansen) 6809
Canadian Pacific Railway
- Withdrawal from B.C. Rail privatization proposal process
(MacPhail) 8079-80
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Comments on amendments to parks and protected areas legislation
(MacPhail) 8237
Canadian Pentecostal Seminary
- Change of name
(Penner) 8128
Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Act
(Bill Pr410) (Penner) 1R, 7873; 2R, 8128; C, 8129; 3R, 8129; RA, 8382
- Debate, speakers
(Penner) 7873, 8128
- Referral to select standing committee
(Penner) 7873
Canadian Public Accountability Board
- Establishment
(Clark) 7545
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Canadian War Museum
CanAgro Produce Ltd.
Cancer
- Awareness activities
(Chong) 6233-5
- Incidence
(Locke) 6147
- Incidence and survival rates
(Hawkins) 6234
Canfor See Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Canlan Investment Corp.
Canoe Mountain resort, Valemount, B.C.
- Resort project
(Bond) 4780
Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Degree-granting authority
(Bond) 7358-9
(Jarvis) 7358
Cardiac health
- Lifestyle counselling for cardiac patients
(Hawes) 7901-2
Career Technical Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.
Career training See Skills training
Cariboo area
- Economic opportunities
(Cobb) 5135-6
- Forest industry, value-added sector
(Cobb) 6890
(Wilson) 6889
- Mackenzie-Cariboo tree farm licence No. 5, appurtenancy agreement
(de Jong) 6625
(MacPhail) 6625-6
- Mining industry
(Cobb) 7839
- Ranching industry
(Cobb) 5736
(Wilson) 5736
- Resource development in Cariboo South area
(Cobb) 6041-2
(Neufeld) 6042
- Transportation infrastructure
- improvements
(Reid, J.) 6847
(Wilson) 6847
- role
(Wilson) 5235
- role of railway service in Cariboo North area
(Wilson) 8321
Cariboo Fibreboard Ltd.
- Mill project in Williams Lake
(Sultan) 7893-4
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan
- Development of plan
(Cobb) 7496
Carr, Adriane
- Public written question, privatization of B.C. Rail 7721-2
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carrier-Sekani tribal council
- Comments on issues
- Involvement in treaty negotiation process
(MacPhail) 6392-3
(Plant) 6156-7, 6393
- Position on forest industry reforms, call for boycott of B.C. wood products
(MacPhail) 6155-6, 6393
(Plant) 6156
Casey, Rick
- Work on mental health awareness commended
(Cheema) 6465
(Chong) 6527
Cattle (Horned) Act
Cattle industry See Livestock industry
Cayoose Resort, Lillooet, B.C.
CCPA See Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
CCRA See Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.
- Concerns re child care funding, petition tabled
(MacPhail) 5618
Cedar Lodge Society
CEISS See Centre for Education Information Standards and Services
Celebrex See Coverage, coxibs under Pharmacare
Cemetery and Funeral Services Act
Central coast area See North Coast constituency and area
Central Coast land and resource management plan
Central Park Manor, Burnaby, B.C.
Centre for Disease Control See British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, B.C.
Centre for Education Information Standards and Services, Victoria, B.C.
- Program reductions
(Bond) 6320
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, B.C.
- Work for Health ministries
(Hawkins) 6719-20
(MacPhail) 6719
Certified General Accountants Act
Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia
- Comments on issues
- 2003-04 budget
(Barisoff) 5041
(Johnston) 4948
(Stewart, K.) 5167
- fiscal management by B.C. Liberal Party government
(Jarvis) 5121
CGA See Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia
Chair and Deputy Chair
Chanin, Irene
- Position with government
(Campbell) 7089
(MacPhail) 7089
Chapple, Clem
Charity gaming See Gambling
Charles Bloom Secondary School, Lumby, B.C.
Charles River Associates Inc.
- Report on proposal process for B.C. Rail privatization See Privatization, proposal process, fairness report under British Columbia Rail
Chartered Accountants of British Columbia See Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
Chase, B.C.
- Supportive living facilities
(Krueger) 7015
(Whittred) 7015
Cheema, Hon. Gulzar S. (Surrey-Panorama Ridge)
- As subject
- availability for Mental Health estimates debate
(Kwan) 7092
- performance as Mental Health minister of state and response to questions during estimates debate
(Kwan) 6943-7, 6950, 6954-5
(MacPhail) 6973
- Accidents, programs and services for people with brain injuries 5105
- Anxiety Disorders Association of B.C., services 6982
- Arnold, Leslie, work on Riverview Hospital redevelopment project 6835, 6859, 6951, 6980
- Arrowhead Centre, funding from government 6865, 6941
- Asper, Israel Harold, tribute 7215-6
- B.C., interior B.C., mental health services for youth 5045
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5043
- B.C.'s Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Fir Square unit, program for substance-abusing women and substance-exposed newborns 5045
- Budget debate 5043-5
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5043
- Campbell, Gordon, work on awareness of mental illness in the workplace 5043-4
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Bottom Line Conference on mental illness in the workplace 5043-4
- work of association 6837
- Casey, Rick, work on mental health awareness commended 6465
- Connolly Lodge, psychiatric facility 6832
- Eating Disorder Resource Centre of B.C., facilities 6834
- Elections, electoral systems 6370
- Fraser health authority, addiction and mental health services 6771, 6946, 7350
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, ministerial responsibility 6975
- charity gaming revenues, changes in eligibility rules, impact on services of charitable societies 6956-7
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, mental health services 6973-4
- Hazlewood, Andrew, work on Vancouver agreement strategic plan 6978
- Health authorities
- executives and staff, mental health services staffing 6954
- funding
- allocation for mental health services 6976
- allocation responsibility 6863-5, 6941
- performance agreements and targets
- Health care system, reforms 5043
- Health Services ministry
- Interior health authority, mental health services for youth 5045
- Iris House
- expansion of mental health facility 5044
- psychiatric facility 6832
- Justice system, drug courts, results 6977
- Kamloops
- mental health services, new facilities 5044
- psychiatric facility 6831-3
- Kendall, Perry, work on addiction treatment services 6977-8
- Marijuana, prevention of use
- educational programs 6974
- prevention among young people 6975
- Mental disorders
- anti-psychotic drugs and need for residential care 6980-1
- anxiety disorders and depression
- chronic disease management for depression 6982-3
- fee-for-service system for physicians 6983
- treatment services, strategy 5043-4, 6768-9
- mental illness
- incidence 6767
- mental illness in the workplace, awareness 5044
- Mental health
- facilities
- new facilities 5044
- use of word "asylum" 6841
- mental health care system
- mental health courts 6837
- mental health plan
- programs and services
- telehealth, initiatives 5044
- Mental Health Advisory Council, role 6981-2
- Mental Health minister of state
- accomplishments and goals 6767-9
- advisory staff 6981
- Motions, Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6370
- Northern health authority, work on mental health services 6149-50
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 5043
- Pharmacists, dispensing of methadone 6149
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency and area, mental health services 6863
- Prince Rupert, mental health services 6149-50
- Riverview Hospital
- facilities 6841
- redevelopment project
- role in mental health system 6768
- Royal Inland Hospital, addition of acute care beds 6832
- Sechelt, mental health services 6941
- Skeleem Recovery Centre, closing
- closing 5105
- relocation of patients 6979
- Substance abuse/addiction
- illegal drugs, use 8111
- methamphetamine use 7483
- needle exchange 6831
- prevention and treatment
- harm reduction initiatives 6977-8
- integration into health care system 4812, 5045, 5695, 5912, 6768, 6975-6, 7350, 7510-1, 7525
- methadone maintenance program 6769-70, 6831
- methadone maintenance program for heroin addicts, sale of methadone 6149
- residential detox services 6976
- services 6975-6
- relationship with mental health
- information plan 6527-8
- services for people with multiple diagnoses 7511
- supervised injection sites
- injection sites 4812
- provincial-federal government roles 6838-40
- Surrey, methadone regulation 6149, 6770, 6977
- University of B.C., Mental Health Evaluation and Consultation Unit, reports on anxiety disorders and depression 6982
- Vancouver
- downtown east side, prevention of illegal drug activity, four pillars approach 6978
- North Shore, addiction and mental health services 6863-4
- supervised injection sites
- Vancouver agreement, strategic plan 6978
- Vancouver coastal health authority
- addiction and mental health services
- budget 6865
- Vancouver Island health authority, addiction and mental health services 6976
- Victoria
- downtown action plan on mental health and substance addiction, long-term strategies 5912
- substance addiction services 4812
Cheslatta Carrier Indian band
- Involvement in forest industry
(de Jong) 5683
Cheslatta Forest Products Ltd.
- Employment
(Bell) 5117
- Operations
(Bell) 6546
Chief electoral officer See also Elections B.C.
- Report tabled, Recall Process in British Columbia
(Speaker) 7923
Chief forester
Child and youth officer
- Annual report, 2002-03, tabled
(Plant) 7251
- Budget
(MacPhail) 6392
(Plant) 6392
- Responsibilities and role
(Hogg) 5573
(MacPhail) 6391-2
(Plant) 6392
Child care See Children
Child Care Month
- Celebration
(McMahon) 6554
Child support See Family maintenance under Families
Children See also Youth
- Abduction See Child abduction under Crime and criminals
- Baby's Best Chance publication, purpose
(Reid, L.) 4998
- Bullying See Violence
- Child abuse, numbers of allegations and investigations
(Hogg) 5612, 5651-2
(MacPhail) 5612, 5651
- Child care
- accessibility
(Bloy) 4776
- amalgamation of administrative duties of child care organizations, impact on eligibility for charity gaming funds
(Coleman) 5217-8
(Kwan) 5217-9
- before- and after-school care, funding
(Mayencourt) 5849
(Stephens) 5849
- child care providers, accountability
(MacPhail) 5875-6
(Stephens) 5875-6
- funding
(MacPhail) 5879
(Mayencourt) 5847
(Stephens) 5441-2, 5879
- funding assistance program See before- and after-school care, funding above under this heading
- funding based on age groupings
(Anderson) 5853
(Stephens) 5853, 5875
- funding based on enrolment
(MacPhail) 5876
(Stephens) 5876, 5879
- funding, capital and operating funding
(Anderson) 5854
(McMahon) 6554
(MacPhail) 5874-5
(Stephens) 5854-5, 5874-5
- funding, federal funding
(Lee) 5845
(MacPhail) 5876-8
(Stephens) 5845, 5847-8, 5876-8
- funding for facilities
(Lee) 5802
(Reid, L.) 5802
- infant and toddler care, funding
(MacPhail) 5875
(Stephens) 5875
- licensing and regulation, ratio of children to child care workers
(Mayencourt) 5849
(Stephens) 5849-50
- ministerial responsibility
(Christensen) 4764
(Throne speech) 4699
- plan
(Stephens) 4955
- spaces, increase
(Chong) 4786
(Christensen) 4764
(Mayencourt) 4854
(Orr) 4815
(Suffredine) 4722
(Wilson) 4821
- spaces, resource and referral services
(MacPhail) 5878
(Stephens) 5878-9
- supported child care, funding and program changes
(Hogg) 5793
(Mayencourt) 5793
- system, changes
(Anderson) 5853-4
(Stephens) 5853-4
- system, changes, comments by government MLAs
(MacPhail) 5880
(Stephens) 5880
- waiting lists for special needs children
(Lee) 5802
(Reid, L.) 5802
- workers, funding for training
(Lee) 5802
(Reid, L.) 5802
- workers, qualifications
(Anderson) 5853
(Stephens) 5853
- workers, wage levels
(MacPhail) 5874, 5879
- workers, wage levels, impact of Munroe agreement
(Stephens) 5874-5, 5879
- Child care subsidy
- Child deaths
- infant mortality rate in B.C.
(Hawkins) 6354
- use of infant mortality rate in health care system performance measurement
(Hansen) 6855
(Hawkins) 6354
(Kwan) 6855
(Orr) 6353-4
- Child protection
- accountability and standards
(Hogg) 5572
- funding for services
(Kwan) 6778, 7113
(MacPhail) 6777-8
- system, reforms See Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization under Children
- Child protection, custody issues
- assessments and maintenance orders
(Christensen) 6441-2
(Plant) 6441
- dispute resolution
(Christensen) 6440-2
(Plant) 6440-2
- government website information
(Christensen) 6440
(Plant) 6440-1
- parenting-after-separation program
(Christensen) 6441
(Plant) 6441
- Child protection workers
- Child support See Family maintenance under Families
- Children in government care
- Children who witness abuse, services
(Stephens) 4955-6
- Custody issues See Child protection, custody issues above under this main heading
- Early childhood development
- autism spectrum disorder See Autism
- community socioeconomic influences See also Programs and services, balance of economic and social values under Government
(Reid, L.) 5812
(Sultan) 5811
- early development indicator
(Reid, L.) 5805
- funding
(Brenzinger) 4736
(Christensen) 5125-6
(Hayer) 4839
(Manhas) 5171
(Mayencourt) 5179
(Murray) 4943
(Reid, L.) 4997
(Wong) 4937
- funding, community partnership fund
(MacPhail) 5661
(Reid, L.) 5660-1
- funding, federal funding
(MacPhail) 5656-9
(Reid, L.) 5657-9
- funding, legacy fund
(MacPhail) 5660
(Reid, L.) 5660-1
- funding, targeting by neighbourhood
(Sultan) 5811-2
- government commitment
(Anderson) 5187
(Reid, L.) 5661-2, 5665
- government policy
(Orr) 5510
(Reid, L.) 5510
- healthy start model
(Chong) 5818
(Reid, L.) 5818
- leadership chair See Leading-edge endowment fund, leadership chairs under Universities, colleges and institutes
- learning sites
(Reid, L.) 5657-8, 5804
- learning sites, locations
(Brenzinger) 5804
(Reid, L.) 5804-5
(Suffredine) 5805
- programs and services
(Brenzinger) 8078
(MacPhail) 5658
(Reid, L.) 5657-8, 5661-5, 5802, 5818
- public-private partnerships in service delivery
(Hogg) 5800
(MacPhail) 5660
(Reid, L.) 5660-1, 5812
(Sultan) 5812
- representatives on regional authorities
(MacPhail) 5659-60
(Reid, L.) 5659-60
- Early childhood educators, salaries, impact of Munroe agreement
(Lee) 5846
(Stephens) 5846
- Employment
- impact on education
(Kwan) 7196
- legislation, petition tabled
(Kwan) 8082
- permit system
(Bruce) 7193-4, 7197, 7229
(Kwan) 7196, 7227-9
- regulations
(Bruce) 7193-4, 7197-8, 7226-37, 7264-5, 7268
(Kwan) 7194-7, 7226-31, 7233-9, 7243-4, 7264-5, 7268
- regulations in other provinces
(Kwan) 7237-8, 7555-6
- regulations, penalties for violation
(Bruce) 7194, 7197-8, 7232
- role of industrial relations officers
(Kwan) 7228
- role of parents
(Bruce) 7198, 7235-6
(Kwan) 7233-6, 7268
- Family bonus
- changes during NDP administration
(MacPhail) 5315
- federal and provincial funding
(Collins) 5315-6
(MacPhail) 5315
- Infant development program, funding
(Reid, L.) 4997
- Mental health issues See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health
- Programs and services for children and families
- community and government services
(Anderson) 5185-8
- community-based services
(Bray) 5806
(Hogg) 5833-4
(Reid, L.) 5806, 5812-3
- community-based services, agency closings
(Anderson) 5829
(Hogg) 5830
- community-based services, authorities See Service authorities below under this main heading
- community-based services, professional development for staff
(Bray) 5809-10
(Hogg) 5809-10
- community-based services, transition
(Reid, L.) 5665
- family development programs, budget
(Hogg) 5611-2
(MacPhail) 5611
- family resource programs
(Brice) 5826
(Reid, L.) 5662, 5826-7
- governance model
(Hogg) 5574, 5583-5
(MacPhail) 5584-5
- governance model, changes at time of budget reductions
(Hogg) 5587, 5594
(MacPhail) 5587, 5591-3, 5607
- governance model, community response
(Brice) 5824
(Hogg) 5588, 5824
(MacPhail) 5587-8, 5592
- government commitment
(Bond) 4778
(Campbell) 6777
- information systems and client registry, impact of transition to service authorities
(Hogg) 5594-5
(MacPhail) 5593-5
- parenting programs See family resource programs above under this subheading
- private sector involvement See also Early childhood development, public-private partnerships in service delivery above under this main heading
(Locke) 5800
- programs and services
(Bond) 5036
(Brenzinger) 4913
(Hamilton) 5039
(Hogg) 4796-7
(Lekstrom) 4895
(Locke) 4951
(Murray) 4942-3
(Nuraney) 5037-8
(Reid, L.) 4997-9
(Roddick) 4995
(Stephens) 4953
(Stewart, K.) 4795-7
(Thorpe) 5051
(Wong) 4937
- service levels
(Kwan) 6662
(MacPhail) 6661
- Success by 6 projects
(Reid, L.) 5664-5
- wait-list for early intervention services
(Chong) 5817-8
(Reid, L.) 5817-8
- Programs and services for children and families, service delivery
- consultation by government
(Campbell) 6778
(Hogg) 5573, 5592-3
(MacPhail) 5592, 6778
(Reid, L.) 5662
- consultation of local governments
(Anderson) 5830
(Hogg) 5831
- service delivery and funding See also Child protection, funding for services above under this main heading
(Belsey) 4920
(Brenzinger) 4913
(Collins) 4869
(Hogg) 4796-7, 6554
(Reid, L.) 4997
(Stewart, K.) 4795-6
- transfer of responsibility
(Hogg) 5796-7
(Nijjar) 5796
- Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization
- Alberta experience
(Chong) 5820
(Hogg) 5820-1
- complaint process
(Hogg) 5602, 5795
(MacPhail) 5602
(Nuraney) 5795
- impact on children
(Clark) 6661
(Kwan) 6660-2
(MacPhail) 6661-3
- impact on funding for Indian children
(Hogg) 5792
(Mayencourt) 5792
- impact on ministry costs and staffing
(Bray) 5808-10
(Hogg) 5586-90, 5592, 5602-3, 5676, 5797, 5809-10
(MacPhail) 5586-90, 5592, 5602-3, 5676-7
- public information
(Anderson) 5827-8
- reorganization
(Campbell) 6777
(Collins) 6731-2
(Hogg) 5572-3, 5588, 5832-4, 6525-6, 6555, 6730, 7113
(MacPhail) 5588, 6525-6, 6555, 7001-2
- review by private consulting firm
(Collins) 6662-3
(Hogg) 6730
(Kwan) 6729-30
- Programs and services for Indian children and families See Programs and services for children and families under Indians
- Safe care legislation, consultation and introduction
(Hogg) 5652-3
(MacPhail) 5652-3
- Service authorities
- aboriginal authorities
(Hogg) 5593, 5597-8, 5796
(MacPhail) 5593, 5597
(Nuraney) 5796
- aboriginal authorities, funding and implementation
(Hogg) 5791-2
(Mayencourt) 5791
- aboriginal authorities, joint management committee
(Hogg) 5574, 5611
- aboriginal authorities, relationship with aboriginal delegated agencies
(Hogg) 5610-1
(MacPhail) 5610
- accountability and service standards
(Hogg) 5574, 5590-1, 5595-6, 5790, 5795
(MacPhail) 5590, 5595
(Nijjar) 5796-7
(Nuraney) 5795
(Orr) 5789
- accreditation
(Hogg) 5590-1
(MacPhail) 5590-1
- board members
(Hogg) 5596
(MacPhail) 5596
- chief executive officers
(Hogg) 5597
(MacPhail) 5597
- community living authority See Community living under Disabled and handicapped persons
- cultural-sensitivity training
(Hogg) 5796
(Nuraney) 5796
- funding, allocation
(Chong) 5821
- funding and implementation
(Hogg) 5791-2
- handling of special needs children
(Hogg) 5602
(MacPhail) 5602
- minister's powers
(Hogg) 5797
- offices
(Hogg) 5596-7
(MacPhail) 5596-7
- regional planning committees and establishment of interim authorities
(Hogg) 5789-90, 5792
(Mayencourt) 5792
(Orr) 5789-90
- regional planning committees and establishment of interim authorities, planning process
(Chong) 5820
(Hogg) 5820
- shared administrative services
(Hogg) 5832
- transition
(Chong) 5820-1
(Hogg) 5591-3, 5792-3, 5820-1
(MacPhail) 5591-3
- Special needs children
- community services
(Brenzinger) 5804
(Hogg) 5804
- programs and services, review and evaluation
(Bray) 5806-7
(Reid, L.) 5806-7
Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 5572-98, 5601-12, 5651-77, 5789-834
- speakers
(Anderson) 5827-32
(Bray) 5805-10
(Brenzinger) 5802-4
(Brice) 5823-7
(Chong) 5813-23
(Hogg) 5572-98, 5602-12, 5651-3, 5655-6, 5665-76, 5789-811, 5813-7, 5819-34
(Lee) 5800-5
(Locke) 5799-80
(McMahon) 5823
(MacPhail) 5575-97, 5602-12, 5651-61, 5665-77
(Mayencourt) 5790-4
(Nijjar) 5796-9
(Nuraney) 5795-6
(Orr) 5789-90
(Reid, L.) 5653-65, 5802-7, 5812-3, 5817-8, 5826-7
(Suffredine) 5805
(Sultan) 5811-2
- Accountability and performance measurement
- accountability statement
(Bray) 5806
(Reid, L.) 5806
- performance measurements for youth issues
(Hogg) 5674
(MacPhail) 5674
- Budget
- funding allocation to regional service authorities
(Hogg) 5585
(MacPhail) 5585
- meeting of budget targets
(Collins) 6731
(Hogg) 6525
(MacPhail) 6525-6, 7001
- reduction
(Bray) 5810
(Hogg) 5810, 5832-3
- restructuring costs and savings
(Hogg) 5575
- Information to public
- information
(Hogg) 5573
- public awareness of changes in ministry operations See Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization, public information under Children
- website, public comments
(Hogg) 5606
(MacPhail) 5606
- Ministry-community committee on community living See Community living authority under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children and Indians
- Regulations, reduction
(Hogg) 5573, 5675-6
(MacPhail) 5675-6
- Service authorities See Children
- Service plan, objectives
(Bray) 5806-10
- Services See Programs and services for children and families under Children
Children Who Witness Abuse program
Children's Hospital See British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Chilliwack, B.C.
- Arena construction, public-private partnership
(Les) 6305-6, 8297
- Boundary extension proposal
(Abbott) 5409
- Courthouse, new facility as public-private partnership
(Les) 8297
- Investment and jobs in community
(Penner) 8161
- Transportation infrastructure projects in area
(Penner) 7715
- Tree farms in area
(Les) 7761
Chilliwack forest district
- Designation of parks and protected areas
(Hagen) 7585
(Penner) 7585-6
Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
- Sale of laundry equipment
(MacPhail) 6791-2
Chilliwack River
- Dike maintenance in Wilson Road area
(Penner) 7881
Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area
- Resource industries in area
(Penner) 7707
Chilliwack-Sumas constituency and area
- Economic development
(Les) 4916-7
China
- Potential as export market for B.C. minerals
(Bell) 4963
- Potential as export market for B.C. wood See Export of products under Forest industry
Chinese Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Visit by Education minister
(Clark) 5375
(Kwan) 5374
Chinese Entrepreneurs Association of Canada
Chinese Heritage Day
Chinese New Year
Chong, Ida (Oak Bay-Gordon Head)
- As subject
- family experience as Chinese Canadians 6248
- involvement with Royal B.C. Museum 5569-71
- ride-alongs with police officers 5397-8
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7598-9
- Accountants, regulation, student issues 7598
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7289-90
- Armed forces, military service by Chinese Canadians 7670
- Auditor General Act
- Auditor general, responsibilities 5254-5
- Bridges Employment Training Project, program delivery, ministerial responsibility 5852-3
- B.C. Housing Management Commission, wait-list for housing 5855
- B.C. Hydro, privatization of core assets and services 4786
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5047-8
- Budget debate 5045-9
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003, debate 5244-6
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget, content 5045-9
- accountability and transparency legislation 5196
- budgets during NDP administration 5046-7, 5049
- Business
- Chinese Canadian business activity 6248-9
- small business, government consultation with business community 5198
- venture capital, investment limit 5198
- Camosun College, nursing and technology programs 4785
- Canadian Cancer Society, work of society 6233
- Cancer, awareness activities 6233-5
- Casey, Rick, work on mental health awareness commended 6527
- Children
- child care, spaces, increase 4786
- child care subsidy, tracking of subsidy recipients 5852
- children in government care, number 5819
- early childhood development, healthy start model 5818
- programs and services for children and families
- service delivery, reorganization, Alberta experience 5820
- wait-list for early intervention services 5817-8
- service authorities
- funding, allocation 5821
- regional planning committees and establishment of interim authorities, planning process 5820
- transition 5820-1
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5813-23
- Coastal Ferry Act, debate 5563-4
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 5851-3, 5855
- Corporations, capital tax, elimination for corporations that are not banks, trust companies or credit unions 5049
- Corrections system
- sex offenders, conditions of release 5104
- youth corrections system, community-based alternatives to institutionalization 5813-4
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 5246
- Crime and criminals
- cross-jurisdictional movement of criminals 5397-8
- dialogue on crime 4784
- home invasions, prevention 5398
- response by government 7643
- sex offender registry, national registry 5104, 7219
- youth crime, response 7643-4
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, establishment of authority on services for developmentally disabled persons 4786
- developmentally disabled persons, living at home 5813
- Education
- funding, additional funding 4784-5
- social equity programs, school-based funding and programs 5821-2
- Education ministry, estimates debate 5532-3
- Emergencies, volunteer responders, legislative amendments 5196
- Employment and unemployment, unemployment rate 5245-6
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 4786-7
- government policy 4786-7
- private investment in sector 4787
- Fairburn Elementary School, closing 5532-3
- Ferries and ferry services
- fares
- setting 5563
- stability, impact on Vancouver Island businesses 4786
- fast ferries, handling by NDP government 5564
- restructuring of coastal ferry services 5563-4
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations 5047-8
- Financial services industry, corporation capital tax for small financial institutions, exemption threshold 5244
- Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, sale of centre 5048-9
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- relief effort, donations and fundraising 7177
- response 7176-7
- Foster care, foster parents, transition to adoptive parents 5819
- Fuel, gasoline tax, revenue to transportation infrastructure 5244
- Geddes, Anne, work on planning for Vancouver Island children and families service authority 5820
- Gingell, Fred, support for role of auditor general 5254
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 5048
- intergovernmental relations, provincial congress 4784
- ministries, three-year service plans 4784
- public consultation, provincial dialogues 4784
- regulations and red tape, deregulation initiative 5196
- Hawkins, Sindi, support for Kelowna cancer centre 6234
- Health care, funding during NDP administration 4785
- Housing, affordable housing, availability 5855
- Human Resources ministry, estimates debate 6062-5
- Income assistance
- benefits, emergency needs assessment, subsequent need 6064
- disability benefits, income earnings exemption for self-employment 6063
- eligibility, two-year independence test, proof of eligibility 6063
- recipients, short-term work and repayment of benefits 6064
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5252-3
- Indians
- government expression of regret for actions in past 4786
- treaty negotiations, government commitment 4786
- Information, personal information, penalties for misuse 6420
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5048
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., powers 7598
- Investment in B.C.
- investment climate 5049
- investment during NDP administration 5245
- Juvenile diabetes, awareness 5102
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, activities 5102
- Legislation, use of miscellaneous statutes bills 5195-6
- Legislature
- committee system, public input 4784
- reforms 4784
- Lou-Poy, Ronald, position as chancellor of University of Victoria 6892-3
- Mental disorders, mental illness, awareness 7154
- Mental health
- facilities, fundraising for facility in Victoria 7154
- mental health of children and youth, transition to adult services 5815
- programs and services
- government services, interministry policies 5815
- services 8386
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5195-6
- Motions
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7176-7
- role of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs in B.C. economy (Motion 68), debate 6248-9
- Museum Act, debate 5569-71
- Oak Bay-Gordon Head constituency and area, post-secondary education opportunities 4785
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4787
- Personal Information Protection Act
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4786, 5047
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5397-8
- Police and policing
- amalgamation and integration of services, amalgamation and integration 5642
- Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), system 5335
- information management
- need for timely information 5397
- PRIME-BC system 5397-8
- information management, PRIME-BC system, legislation 7643
- Privacy, protection of personal information
- legislation, federal legislation 6419-20
- legislation in other provinces 6419
- protection 6419-20
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7318-9
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency, establishment 7318
- Public debt, paydown of debt 5046
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health
- status of respite care program for special needs children 5815-7
- use of facility by Children and Family Development ministry 5817
- Royal B.C. Museum
- Royal Canadian Legion, Remembrance Day poppy campaign 7670
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, psychiatric emergency care unit 8386
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- enrolment levels and school closings 5532-3
- funding for school-based programs, steering committee 5821-3
- Schools, closings 5532-3
- Securities Act, penalties under act, use of revenues for public education 6213
- Securities Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 6212-3
- definitions, "investor relations activities" 6212
- Securities industry, quotation and reporting systems 6212
- Seniors and youth congress, establishment 4784
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome, potential outbreak in B.C., impact on tourism industry, government action 6255
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers, skilled labour shortage 5253
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5198
- Social Service Tax Act, amendments 5244
- Substance abuse/addiction, relationship with mental health, information plan 6527
- Taxation
- sector-specific changes 5252-3
- tax reductions, reductions and changes 5048-9
- Throne speech debate 4783-7
- Tourism industry
- government commitment and initiatives 5555
- meetings with government 5555
- Transportation, dialogue on transportation 4784
- United Way of Greater Victoria, work of organization and fundraising campaign 8304-5
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budgets and deficits 7290
- private institutions
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 7318
- regulation 7318
- property tax on university land 5245
- regulation, reduction of regulations 7289-90
- University Act, amendments 5245
- University of Victoria
- anniversary of institution 6352
- medical program 4785, 5047
- Vikes women's basketball team, performance 5641
- Uplands Elementary School, closing 5532-3
- Vancouver Island health authority, management of budget 4785-6
- Victoria
- police services in greater Victoria 5398
- police services in greater Victoria, amalgamation and integration 5642
- tourism industry, industry in greater Victoria area 5555
- treatment programs for assaultive men, delivery 5851-2
- Violence against women, treatment programs for assaultive men, delivery 5851
- West Nile virus, B.C. response 6556
- Women, participation in politics 7347
- Youth in Action, awards 6728-9
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7643-4
Christensen, Tom (Okanagan-Vernon)
- As subject
- communications with constituents on forest industry issues 5710
- experience driving the Trans-Canada Highway 5146
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7595-6
- Accountants, regulation 7595-6
- Achieve B.C., purpose 7909
- Advocate, article on criminal justice reforms 6379
- Alzheimer Society of B.C., Ascent for Alzheimer's, 2003 team 7154
- Alzheimer's disease, impact and incidence 7154
- Armed forces, military service by Canadians 7874
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 6374-89, 6438-45
- court services branch, budget 6380
- legal services branch, operations 6384-5
- prosecution services, performance measures 6387
- Automobiles, competition in provision of automobile insurance, optional insurance 8063-4
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, reporting requirements 6438-9
- B.C. Justice Review Task Force, role 6378
- B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of Insurance Corporation of B.C. 8064
- Budget debate 5121-6
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget, content 5122
- 2003-04 federal budget, surplus 5122
- Cam Glass Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- debate 6208
- referral to select standing committee 6208
- Cam Glass Inc., restoration to corporate registry 6470
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, funding and project proposals 6020
- Charles Bloom Secondary School
- Children
- child care
- ministerial responsibility 4764
- spaces, increase 4764
- child protection, custody issues 6440-2
- early childhood development, funding 5125-6
- College of Pharmacists of B.C., consultation by government on legislative changes 7659
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 5976-7, 6001-2, 6020
- Corrections system, youth corrections system
- alternative measures programs 6386
- youth probation officers 7666, 7801-2
- Crime and criminals
- victims of crime, victim impact statements 6386-8
- youth crime
- crime rate 7666
- offenders under 12 years of age 7790-1
- response 7664-6, 7673-4
- trespass on school property for the purpose of gang activity or sexual exploitation 7666-7
- violation of Motor Vehicle Act 7666
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living, establishment of authority on services for developmentally disabled persons 4764
- E.C. Manning Provincial Park, facilities 8053
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 5122-3
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 4764-5
- North America economy 5122
- Education
- funding, additional funding 5125
- parental involvement in education system 4755-6, 6458-9
- social equity programs, school-based funding and programs 5125
- system, initiatives and reforms 4755-6
- Education Committee, work of committee 6458
- Families, family maintenance, child support, pilot project 6442-3
- Family maintenance enforcement program, caseload 6442
- Ferries and ferry services, inland ferry services, decision on tolls 4765
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, relief effort, donations and fundraising 7139-42
- Forest industry
- access to fibre 5710-1
- community forests, requirements 5710-1
- forestry revitalization plan 5710-1
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 5710
- mill closings 5710
- pest control and management, mountain pine beetle, control, government action 7782-3
- private managed forest land
- Private Managed Forest Land Council, establishment 7755
- reforms
- consultation 5709-10
- legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration 7754
- reforms 4765, 5126
- salvage logging, small-scale operations, expansion 5711
- woodlots, education program 5711
- working forest land base, establishment 7490-1
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5709-12
- Government
- civil liability policy, review, consultation process 6375-7
- ministries, legal risk management plans 6385
- Health care
- beds, appropriate use of acute care beds 6553
- health professionals, training of medical students and nurses 5124-5
- palliative care, end-of-life discussion paper, public input 6553
- system
- workers, human resources planning 4756
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7659
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- improvements, funding 5146-7
- Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 5126, 5146
- Highway 97, improvements in Vernon area 4765
- Hospice facilities, services 6553-4
- Housing
- affordable housing, availability, identification of types of housing available within communities 6001-2
- social housing, needs, comparison between rural and urban areas 5976-7
- Human rights, complaint process, new model 6439
- Indians, relationship with provincial government, government initiatives 4764
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., governance and role 7595-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., provision of automobile insurance 8063-4
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8063-4
- Interior health authority
- mental health services for youth 5124
- services 5124-5
- Investment in B.C., investment climate 5122
- Justice system
- administrative justice system
- administrative justice project 6374-5
- tribunals and alternative dispute resolution 6375
- tribunals, review 6374-5
- courts and court services
- circuit courts, use 6380-2
- courthouse closings 6380
- number of court appearances per case, reduction 6383
- video conferencing, use 6382
- criminal justice system
- cases, Air India and Robert Pickton cases, cost to government 6387, 6444-5
- cases, comparison between federal and provincial cases 6384
- cases, timeline for completion, Askov applications 6383
- reforms 6379-80
- Crown counsel prosecution policy in spousal abuse cases, revision 6388-9
- dispute resolution
- alternatives to court system 6439, 6441
- mediators, number 6439
- family law, unified family courts, funding 6378-9
- prosecution services
- accused persons, approval for trial 6387
- accused persons, referral to alternative measures programs 6386
- dangerous offender applications 6387
- unrepresented litigants in system, number 6445
- youth justice
- age identification on violation ticket 7801
- court process, role of parents 7785
- destruction of records 7801
- penalties for young offenders 7665-6
- pretrial examination and report 7793
- provincial statute offences, sentencing options 7794
- review of sentence 7801
- Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, facilities 8052
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7490-1
- Land use
- Legal aid, funding
- federal funding 6443-4
- funding for criminal defences 6444-5
- funding for immigration services 6445
- Legal Services Society of B.C., mandate and services 6443-5
- Legislation
- debate on bills, preparation time for opposition MLAs 7667
- law reform 6376-7
- Local government, bylaw offences, dispute process, reforms 6382-3
- Lumby
- economic development in area 7591
- forest industry 5710-1
- M&M Insulation Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- debate 6208, 6471
- referral to select standing committee 6208
- M&M Insulation Ltd., restoration to corporate registry 6471
- Mining industry, land use issues, two-zone policy 7491
- Monashee Provincial Park, facilities 8052
- Morning Star (Vernon), article on business climate in Okanagan area 6039
- Motions
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 6458-9
- transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10), debate 5145-7
- Okanagan area, economy in North Okanagan during NDP administration 5123
- Okanagan Indian band, memorandum of understanding with city of Vernon 4764
- Okanagan Spring Brewery Ltd., operations 5123-4
- Okanagan University College
- Kalamalka campus, continuing education facility 4756, 5125
- research funding 4756, 5125
- Okanagan Valley, forest industry in area 4765
- Okanagan-Vernon constituency and area
- community living services 4764
- economic development 6039
- economy 5123
- forest industry 5710
- seniors care and housing 4756
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, referenda, referendum in Vancouver 4928
- Parks
- development in parks, recreation and tourism facilities, existing facilities 8052-3
- recreation in parks 8052-3
- size of park system 8052
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8052-3
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4756
- Pharmacists, regulation of pharmacists 7659
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5400-2
- Police and policing
- amalgamation and integration of services 5401
- community policing 5401
- information management, PRIME-BC system 5400-2
- work of police officers 5401
- Police Complaint Commissioner Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7659
- Police complaint commissioner, validation of acts 7659
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7754-6, 7861-2, 7864
- Remembrance Day, purpose 7874
- Resorts, B.C. resort task force
- School district 22 (Vernon)
- Silver Star Mountain Resort, facilities and growth 5123
- Silver Star Provincial Park, mountain pine beetle infestation, control measures 7782-3
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers, skilled labour shortage 5125
- Sovereign Lake Nordic Club, operation of skiing facilities in Silver Star Provincial Park 8052
- Tekmar Control Systems Ltd., operations 5123
- Throne speech debate 4755-7, 4764-5
- Uniform Law Conference, work on law reform 6377
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- leading-edge endowment fund, regional innovation chairs 4756
- private institutions, quality of education 7908-9
- Vernon forest district, salvage-logging program, petition tabled 5239
- Vernon Hospice House, services 6553
- Vernon Jubilee Hospital, services 5124
- Vernon Winter Carnival 4928
- Ver-Tel Communications Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- debate 7554, 7626
- referral to select standing committee 7554
- Ver-Tel Communications Ltd., restoration to register of companies 7626
- Youth Justice Act
- Youth, sexually exploited youth 7667
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Treatment and prevention
(Hansen) 7902
(Hawes) 7901
Chutter, Dave (Yale-Lillooet)
- Agriculture industry, role in economy 6235-6
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 7337
- northern and rural B.C., economic development 4781-2
- B.C. Hydro, core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7941
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7941-2
- B.C. timber sales program, supply for small operators 4782
- B.C. Utilities Commission, role in B.C. Hydro operations 7942
- Cayoose Resort, proposal 4782
- Computer technology, Internet access in rural areas 4783
- Economy
- heartlands economic strategy 4782-3
- role of economy in funding for social services 4782
- Education
- career pathways 4864
- graduation rate in B.C. 4864
- system, initiatives and reforms 4783
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, heritage contract 7942
- independent power producers, project proposals 5744
- Environment, environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products, government response 8185
- Forest industry, reforms 4782
- Government, federal-provincial relations, partnership projects 4783
- Health care system, reforms 4783
- Highways and roads, rest areas, concession stands, impact on local business 6127
- Indians, economic development by Indians, opportunities 4782
- Livestock industry
- cattle industry, export of cattle to U.S., government response to border closure 7349
- ranching industry, role in economy 5738
- Merritt Mountain Music Festival, role in Merritt economy 6554
- Merritt, tourism 6554
- Motions
- ranching industry in B.C. (Motion 12), debate 5738
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7337-8
- Resources and resource industries
- expansion of resource sector, government initiatives 7338
- role in economy and funding for social services 7337-8
- sustainable resource management 4783
- School boards/districts, accountability and performance standards, performance reviews 5355
- School district 53 (Okanagan-Similkameen), performance review 5355
- School district 58 (Nicola-Similkameen), graduation rate 4864
- Throne speech debate 4781-3
- Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
- description 4781
- highway needs 4782
- power generation projects in area 7942
Cities and towns
- Boundary extensions for municipalities See Local government; particular cities and towns
- Powers and constitutional status
(Halsey-Brandt) 6301
- Role of cities in provincial economy
(Manhas) 5447
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform See Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, Special Committee on the; Electoral reform under Elections
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, Special Committee on the
- Appointment and powers
(Plant) 6373-4
- Appointment of Jack Blaney as chair of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
(Les) 6617-8
- Delegate selection
(Les) 8363
- Reports for fourth session of 37th parliament
- first report presented (Les) 6617-8; adopted 6618
- second report presented (Les) 8363; adopted 8363
Citizens for North Okanagan Clean Air
- Concerns re rendering plant, communications with Fisheries minister
(MacPhail) 6131-2
(van Dongen) 6131
Citizens for Public Power See B.C. Citizens for Public Power
Civil disobedience
- Blockades of roads, government policy
(Plant) 6168-9
Civil Liberties Association See British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Civil service
- Death of public servants in Kamloops
(Murray) 5902
- Employees
- performance reviews
(Bray) 7973
- reduction in number See also Workforce adjustment program below under this main heading
(Hunter) 4900
- role in summer 2003 forest fires response
(Bray) 7171-2
(Murray) 7181
- work commended
(Bray) 7971
(Brice) 4750
- Employment with government
(Bray) 6090-3
- Executive compensation and severance, reporting
(Collins) 5342-3
(MacPhail) 5342-3
- Hiring process
(Bray) 6091-2, 7970-1
(Santori) 6092-3
- Labour negotiations
- government's zero-zero-and-zero mandate
(Collins) 5341-2
(MacPhail) 5341-2
- negotiations in 2003-04 fiscal year
(Collins) 5342
(MacPhail) 5342
- Legislation See Public Service Amendment Act, 2003
- Merit commissioner See Merit commissioner
- Pensions, public sector pension plans
- Professional development and training
(Bray) 7973
- Secondments
(Bray) 6092-3, 7973-4
(Santori) 6093
- Staffing decisions, review process
(Santori) 7109, 7969
- Wage costs, comparison with private sector
(Hawes) 4847
- Workforce adjustment program
Clark, Glen
- Work for Jimmy Pattison
(Kwan) 5333
(Thorpe) 5333
Clark, Hon. Christy (Port Moody-Westwood)
- As subject
- comments on Chinese language examination requirements 5375
(Kwan) 5374
- performance as Education minister
(Kwan) 5365, 5368-9
- response to questions from opposition MLAs
(Kwan) 7560-1
- withdrawal from debate on British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act (2003) 8377
- Accountants
- accounting firms, investigation and discipline 7545
- regulation 7479, 7545-6
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7479, 7545-6
- Auditor general, report on Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission tabled 7414
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 4864-5
- northern and rural B.C.
- needs of rural areas 5373
- role of rural areas and small towns in B.C. economy 4732
- B.C. College of Teachers
- accountability, reporting requirements 6657, 6962
- board membership, changes 6657, 6962, 7095-101, 7561, 7921
- fees, withholding of college fees by teachers, government response 8362
- role and responsibilities
- handling of teacher misconduct 6657-8
- role and responsibilities 5461, 7100
- teacher certification 6962
- B.C. Hydro, privatization of core assets and services 5272
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- position on issues
- education system funding 5261-2
- government regulation 7558
- priorities 4731
- B.C. Stats, information on school enrolment levels 5371
- B.C. Teachers Federation, affiliation with B.C. Federation of Labour 5461
- Canadian Public Accountability Board, establishment 7545
- Career Technical Centre, role 5276-7
- Charles Bloom Secondary School, forestry program 6451-2
- Children, programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization, impact on children 6661
- Chinese Cultural Centre, visit by Education minister 5375
- Comeau, Gordon, comments on school district funding 5283-4, 5286
- Computer technology, Internet access, high-speed service for schools 5511
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 7558
- heartlands economic strategy 4732
- Education
- career development programs, review 5528
- career pathways 4865
- community school program 5511
- counsellors, number in education system 5515
- curriculum
- applied learning in skills and trades 6452
- international languages 5617
- physical education 5279-80, 5643, 6662
- specialized programs 5257
- education advisory committee, role 5497
- education of Indians
- English-as-a-second-language programs
- enrolment in schools
- funding
- additional funding 4731, 4812, 4879-80, 5255, 5258, 5270, 5522, 6970-1
- additional funding, breakdown 5280-6, 5358-65
- additional funding, stability issue 5259-64
- B.C. Liberal Party position 5261-2
- funding during NDP administration 5262-3, 5273, 5366
- removal of cap on administration spending 5517-9
- graduation rate
- graduation requirements
- independent schools
- inner-city schools, funding 4880
- parental involvement in education system
- principals and vice-principals
- principals, ability to accrue teacher seniority 6959
- principals, responsibility for more than one school 5531
- role 5512
- provincial examinations, reduction in number 5617
- school calendar, four-day weeks and year-round calendar 5277-8
- school planning councils
- school uniforms, role 5531-2, 6647
- social equity programs
- special education and special needs
- funding 5513, 5524-5
- individual education plans 5513
- issues and concerns, work of Education ministry 5516-7
- number and categorization of students in education system 5516, 5523-6
- students, assessment 5514
- students
- academic achievement 5256, 5258, 5265
- academic achievement, impact of physical activity on academic achievement 7349
- assessment of students 5503
- assessment of students, standardized testing 5275
- rural students, needs 5256
- survey, human and social development category 5511
- transition to employment 5532
- system
- Education ministry
- Elmore, Richard, work on accountability structures in education system 5494, 5515
- Elsie Roy Elementary School, establishment 5258
- Fairburn Elementary School, closing 5533
- Finance ministry, prepaying of seismic upgrade funds to school districts 5512
- Forest Act, provisions on reduction of cut for mill closing, workers' concerns, petition tabled 5030
- Fraser Institute, report on ranking of schools and student performance in B.C. 5502-3
- Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety, role 5498
- Government regulation, B.C. Liberal Party position 7558
- Health care, system in B.C. 4730
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, Financial Statements of the Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission for the year ended March 31, 2003, tabled 7414
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., governance and role 7479, 7545-6
- Motions, parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 6456-7
- NDP, performance as government, fiscal management 5270, 7564-5
- Nisga'a people, education of students 5276
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4731
- Ontario, public education system
- Owen, Peter, work as civil servant commended 5741
- Private Career Training Institutions Act
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency
- board of directors, composition 7561
- reporting requirements 7560, 7562
- Save Our Schools
- letter from member on school district funding quoted by Education minister 5489-90
- videotape on issues in public education system 5361, 5490
- School Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6657, 6959
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards
- accountability contracts 5256, 5515-6
- district review process 5515-6
- performance reviews 5355
- "reciprocal accountability" issue involving government 5494
- reporting requirements, standardization 5518-9
- administrative costs, shared services proposal 5517-9
- amalgamation 5530
- budgets
- budget announcements 5493, 5519
- budget announcements, notional school allocation 5529-30
- deficit budgets 5521
- catchment areas, enrolment priorities 6959
- funding
- additional funding 5258-64, 5280-6, 5358-65, 5522
- adequacy to meet projected needs 5491-3, 5496-7, 5502
- allocation for Medical Services Plan premiums 5359
- buffer grants, phase-out 5364, 5366-8
- funding for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles 5282-3, 5518
- funding for costs of gas tax, electricity rate increases and other costs 5271-3
- funding for goods and services tax costs incurred by fundraising activities 5280
- funding for pay equity 5284-5
- funding for programs for Indians 5500-2, 5512
- funding for rural districts 5256, 5372-3, 5499-500
- funding formula 5255-6, 5271-3, 5366, 5368, 5370-2, 5493, 5496-7
- multi-year funding 5255
- per-pupil funding 5492-5
- seismic upgrades 5512
- teachers' salary increases 5362-3, 8128
- technical grant 5359-61
- powers
- ability to lease school property, allocation of revenues 6959
- ability to levy local taxes 5278
- revenues from tuition for international students, student space issue 5278-9
- rural school districts, rural task force 5499-500
- School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)
- establishment, amalgamation issue 5530
- funding and school closings 5530-1
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- accountability contract 5269
- apprenticeship programs 5528
- enrolment levels and class sizes 5269
- funding 5269
- school planning councils 5268-9
- School district 39 (Vancouver), funding
- School district 43 (Coquitlam)
- funding 5354
- funding formula and buffer grants, parents' concerns, petition tabled 5030
- school closings 5354
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), violent incident at school in district, report 7877-8
- School district 51 (Boundary), school calendar, four-day weeks 5277-8
- School district 57 (Prince George), fundraising activities by parent groups, goods and services tax issue 5280
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- Schools
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, secondary school apprenticeship program 5276-7, 5527-8, 5532
- promotion of trades training in high schools 4813
- Teachers
- role 6972
- special education teachers, number in education system 5513-4
- teacher-librarians, number in education system 5514-5
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003
- Throne speech debate 4730-2
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- English-language schools, regulation 7555
- entrance examinations 5275-6
- private institutions
- Uplands Elementary School, closing 5533
- Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area, public schools 5258-9
- Violence, bullying, prevention of bullying and violence at school, government initiatives 7878
- Walker, Heather, work as civil servant commended 5741
Clark, Jeff
- Work on Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games
(Coleman) 5735
(Sahota) 5732
Clark, Melodie Elliott
Clark, Stuart
- Work on secondary school apprenticeship program
(Bond) 6409
Clayoquot Sound area
- Land use decisions, process and impact
(Trumper) 7497
Clearwater, B.C.
- Economic initiatives
(Krueger) 4856
- Forest industry
(Krueger) 5703
- Future of town
(MacPhail) 7009
Clift, Robert
- Comments on demographics in post-secondary education system
(MacPhail) 6403
Climate
Clinton, B.C.
- Clinton Annual Ball
(Cobb) 6254
Clinton Indian band See Whispering Pines Indian band
Cloverdale, B.C.
- Motor vehicle accident involving death of young community members
(Falcon) 5742
CN Rail See Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)
CNAC See Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee
Coal Act
Coal industry
Coalbed Gas Act
- (Bill 16) (Minister of Energy and Mines) 1R, 5613; 2R, 6066-71; C, 6214-23; 3R, 6223; RA, 6232
- Debate, speakers
(Bray) 6068-9
(Cobb) 6068
(MacPhail) 6066-8, 6214-23
(Neufeld) 5613, 6066, 6069-71, 6214-23
- Purpose of bill
(Neufeld) 5613
Coast Mountain Hydro Corp.
Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform
- Meetings with former Fisheries minister
(MacPhail) 6103, 6105
(van Dongen) 6103-4
Coastal Ferry Act
- (Bill 18) (Minister of Transportation) 1R, 5457-8; 2R, 5559-64; C, 5619-38, 5645-9; 3R, 5649-50; RA, 5721
- Amdts: sec. 5 (Reid, J.) 5622, approved 5622; sec. 20 (Reid, J.) 5629, approved 5630; sec. 30 (Reid, J.) 5633, approved 5633; sec. 69 (Reid, J.) 5646, approved 5646
- Debate, speakers
(Bray) 5619-20, 5634-6, 5646-7
(Chong) 5563-4
(MacPhail) 5562-3, 5619-37, 5645-9
(Reid, J.) 5457-8, 5559-62, 5564, 5619-37, 5645-9
- Definitions
- "beneficial interest"
(MacPhail) 5625-6
(Reid, J.) 5625-6
- "core ferry services"
(MacPhail) 5619
(Reid, J.) 5619
- "designated ferry routes"
(Bray) 5619
- "ferry operator"
(Bray) 5619-20
- "qualified individuals"
(MacPhail) 5622
(Reid, J.) 5622
- Impact on ferry workers' collective agreements
(MacPhail) 5563
- Liability issue
(MacPhail) 5635
- Naming of new B.C. Ferry Services Inc. in act
(MacPhail) 5628, 5631
(Reid, J.) 5628, 5631
- Offences
(MacPhail) 5648
(Reid, J.) 5649
- Prevalence over labour legislation and collective agreements
(MacPhail) 5632
(Reid, J.) 5632
- Purpose of bill
(MacPhail) 5627
(Reid, J.) 5627
Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act
Cobb, Walt (Cariboo South)
- As subject
- comments on land use planning process
(MacPhail) 7891
- 100 Mile House, log home industry 6890
- Barnett, Donna, letter re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8083
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 4878
- northern and rural B.C.
- government initiatives to support non-urban areas 4742
- highways and roads, improvements, funding 4741, 5135
- B.C. Assessment, assessment of commercial and residential properties, lodges and small operations 6115
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, work of group 7839
- B.C. Hydro
- core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7839
- management during NDP administration 7839
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7839
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail, impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8253
- future of organization, viability 4741-2
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8252-3
- Business, small businesses in B.C. 7481
- Cariboo area
- economic opportunities 5135-6
- forest industry, value-added sector 6890
- mining industry 7839
- ranching industry 5736
- resource development in Cariboo South area 6041-2
- Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, development of plan 7496
- Clinton Annual Ball 6254
- Coalbed Gas Act, debate 6068
- Crown land
- land use disputes, conflict resolution, role of regional resource boards 6114
- leases and sales, legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7496
- tenures, sale of tenures, bidding process 6114
- Economy
- B.C. economy, government initiatives to improve economy 5134-6
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 4878
- Energy
- development of sector 4930-1
- energy plan
- Environment, environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8304
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, relief effort, donations and fundraising 7137-9
- Forest industry
- B.C. forestry revitalization trust, establishment 5784-5, 5787
- export of products, beetle-damaged wood 8304
- forest licences, subdivision and transfer, requirements 7115
- forest workers
- injuries and death 8212
- pension bridging 5787
- harvesting rights, cut control requirements, changes 7118-9
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for licence holders 5775
- pest control and management, mountain pine beetle, control, government action 8304
- private managed forest land, regulation 7859
- reforms 6889-90
- role in economy 4741
- value-added sector, development and marketing of sector 6889-90
- working forest land base, establishment, public consultation 6114-5
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7115, 7118-9
- Forestry Revitalization Act
- Hat Creek, coalbeds in area, development 6068
- Health care
- billing practices, third-party billing 8378
- continuing and long-term care, non-profit facilities, expropriation by government, status 5509
- Hotels and travel accommodation, lodges and small operations, tax assessment 6115
- Hunting, moose hunting in Cariboo area, petition tabled 8263
- Jackpine Forest Products Ltd., operations 6890
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7496, 7585, 7587
- Land and Water B.C. Inc., tenure decisions, overlapping tenures 6114
- Land use planning decisions
- move from statutory to delegated authority 7587
- role of cabinet 7587
- Legislation, debate on bills, participation of government MLAs in debate 6068
- Livestock industry
- cattle industry, government support 6557
- ranching industry, role in economy 5736-7
- Local government, regional mayors' councils, establishment 5135
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8378
- Mining industry
- industry in B.C., investment climate 5135
- land use issues, two-zone policy 7496
- Motions
- ranching industry in B.C. (Motion 12), debate 5736-7
- value-added forest sector (Motion 14), debate 6889-90
- Oil and gas industry, coalbed methane gas
- development of industry in B.C. 4931, 6042
- ownership of resource 6068
- Pal Lumber Co. Ltd., operations 6890
- Parks
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8051-2
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7859
- Provincial Revenue ministry, estimates debate 5291
- Railways and rail services
- land use 8253
- passenger service, future 8253
- tourism rail services, intermodal services 8253
- Rangeland, rehabilitation of grazing lands damaged by wildfires 7301
- Resources and resource industries, loss of jobs, impact on people 4878
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, debate 8083
- Skills training, training programs, new model, opportunities for rural youth 5136-7
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 6114-5
- geographic information systems, mapping and registries, availability 6115
- Throne speech debate 4741-2
- Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, mountain pine beetle infestation 8051-2
- Williams Lake, livestock auction market 5737
Codd Island
- Preservation of area
(Murray) 5907
(Stewart, K.) 5907
Coe, Richard
- Comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education
(MacPhail) 5472
Coell, Hon. Murray R. (Saanich North and the Islands)
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- Budget debate 5175-6
- Children, child care subsidy, application process 6469
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- employment and assistance program
- employment, government strategy 5956
- Economy, government initiatives to improve B.C. economy 5175
- Education
- adult basic education, funding for income assistance recipients 6058
- funding levels, petition tabled 6705
- Emergencies, emergency social services 6065
- Employment and assistance appeal tribunal, 2002-03 annual report tabled 8128
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 5175, 7299-300, 7347-9, 7591, 7624-5
- Government, ministers, meetings with public 5963
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 5954-66, 6043-66
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 4752-3, 5954-7
- fiscal management 5175
- hiring policy, equity hiring 5965
- job listings for income assistance recipients 6053
- mission and vision 5954, 5957-8
- services
- electronic delivery 6062
- services for disabled immigrants to B.C. 5965
- Income assistance
- appeals process 6054, 6056-7
- benefits
- crisis supplements 6065
- emergency needs assessment, subsequent need 6065
- time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule 6046-7
- time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule, exemptions 7591-2
- budget 6052
- disability benefits
- categories, schedule C designation 6043
- employment programs for people with disabilities 6050-1, 6059
- government policy 5615-6
- income earnings exemption 4752, 5176, 6044
- income earnings exemption for self-employment 6063
- job training and apprenticeships 6058-9
- legislation, goal of new legislation 5955
- minister's council 4752, 5963-5, 6050, 6056, 6059
- new applications 6050
- number of people receiving benefits 6049
- nutritional supplement 6043-4
- self-employment 5963
- disability benefits, eligibility
- categories, "person with persistent multiple barriers" 5956, 6055-6
- definition of "person with a disability" 4752, 5960, 6051
- disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients
- disability benefits, recipients
- eligibility
- asset limit, requirement for sale of home or vehicle 6047-8
- requirement for children's school attendance 6059
- two-year independence test, proof of eligibility 6063
- two-year independence test, time for grade 12 completion 6062
- employment and assistance program
- government policy 4751-2, 5204
- liens against property of benefit recipients 6048
- rate of use, comparison with other provinces 6053
- recipients
- system
- reforms, impact on number of recipients 4752
- system during NDP administration 5955, 7347-8
- Kootenay area, government services, child care subsidy application process 6469
- Laurie, Corrinnia, disability benefits case 5981
- Manufactured homes, legislation, petitions tabled 6705, 7859
- Medical Services Plan, coverage for income assistance recipients 6060
- Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park, day use, petition tabled 6193
- Parks, provincial parks, day use, petition tabled 6193
- Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area, agriculture industry 4794-5
- Throne speech debate 4751-3
- Tourism industry, agritourism, growth of sector 4794-5
- Vancouver, downtown east side, job training for income assistance recipients 6044
- Victoria, shelter services for homeless people 6065
- Welfare, social programs and services
- advocacy and self-advocacy 5958-9
- federal-provincial coordination 5965
Cohen, Marjorie Griffin
- B.C. Hydro board membership
(Penner) 6689, 7924-5
- Position on regional transmission organizations while member of B.C. Hydro board
(Neufeld) 5461
Coleman, Hon. Rich (Fort Langley-Aldergrove)
- Alcohol
- liquor licensing
- application process 5382
- classes of licence 5383
- government focus on compliance and enforcement 5383-4
- inspections of licensees 5226, 5232
- responsibility of licensees for disturbances outside establishment 5233
- role of local government 5227
- serving of liquor in restaurants, lounge endorsement 5231
- liquor stores
- closing of public stores 5384
- closing of public stores, impact on service and product choice 5384
- licensed retail stores, new stores 5382
- rural agency stores and licensed retail stores 5229-31
- sale of alcohol, sales in bars and pubs, identification requirements 6893
- Asper, Israel Harold, tribute 7215
- Automobiles
- accidents, victim assistance program 5221, 5382
- driver's licences, removal for health reasons, legal protection for physicians, psychologists and optometrists 5437
- traffic safety
- commercial vehicle safety, director of commercial vehicle safety, powers 5565
- commercial vehicle safety, enforcement 6022-3
- commercial vehicle safety, legislation 5418-9, 5565, 5600
- enforcement, integrated traffic enforcement strategy 5418-9, 5565
- speed limits 6022
- street racing, prevention 4801-2
- youth initiatives 5861
- Britannia Community Services Centre, child care funding from charity gaming 5218
- B.C. Liberal Party government, position on gambling expansion in B.C. 7249
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, lottery agreement with Vancouver Canucks 7249
- B.C. Paraplegic Association, gaming funding 5694
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- agreement 8318-9
- benefits 8317-9
- government investment of revenues 8318
- investment by CN Rail 8317
- partnership 8315
- property tax revenues to communities 8317-8
- budget and finances, debt 8315
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8315-9
- Business, appeals of administrative decisions, financial services tribunal, establishment 7039
- Campbell, Gordon, response to summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7174
- Canada, crime rate 5295
- Children, child care, amalgamation of administrative duties of child care organizations, impact on eligibility for charity gaming funds 5217-8
- Clark, Jeff, work on Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games 5735
- Commercial Appeals Commission Act, repeal 7222
- Commercial Appeals Commission, dissolution 7039, 7222-3
- Commercial Appeals Commission Repeal Act, debate 7038-9, 7222-3
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, liquor distribution branch, role 5384-5
- Computer technology, video game rating 5228
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities, closings 5861
- electronic monitoring, cost 5228
- keep-of-prisoners, funding 5293, 5385
- sex offenders, conditions of release 5104
- Crime and criminals
- automobile theft, prevention 5225, 6847
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 5390, 6243-4
- crime rate in B.C. 7592
- dialogue on crime 4768-9, 5864
- home invasions, prevention 5745
- impact on communities 4960
- sex crimes, sex offenders
- street-racing crimes, penalties for offenders 4801-2, 5224
- youth crime, number of offences, apprehensions and convictions 7670-1
- Criminal Code of Canada, provisions on sentencing for offenders, inclusion of street racing as an aggravating circumstance in offences committed by means of motor vehicles 4801-2
- Criminal injury compensation program, Criminal Injury Compensation Program Report 2002 tabled 5953
- Culture, arts sector, funding from charity gaming 5379-80
- Education, parent advisory councils, funding from charity gaming 5208-9, 5214-5, 5380-1
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly 4770
- Emergencies, volunteer responders, legislative amendments 5435
- Film industry, film classification, government funding 5228-9
- Financial Institutions Commission, financial services tribunal, establishment 7223
- First Citizens Fund, government funding 4771
- Floods and floodplains
- northwestern B.C., October 2003 flooding, government response 7624
- Sea to Sky and Pemberton area, October 2003 flooding
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, response 7172-4
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, incidence 7249-50
- charity gaming revenues
- appeal of application decision 5217
- application processing 5213, 5215, 5219, 5226
- bingo top-up and direct access funding 5208, 5213-4
- capping of direct access grants 5215
- eligibility categories for organizations 5209, 5214-6
- funding from bingo 5216
- government policies, public consultation and notification 5219-20
- grants to organizations 5210, 5216-8, 5221, 5378-9, 5694-5
- expansion of gambling in B.C., B.C. Liberal Party position 7249
- slot machines in casinos, government policy 7111
- Government, bureaucracy, administrative decisions, appeals 7222-3
- Hastings Townsite Child Care Society, funding from charity gaming 5379
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 4771
- Housing
- rental housing
- condition inspections 7613
- landlord's compliance with legal standards 7606, 7614
- landlord's provision of services 7604-5
- landlord's termination of tenancy agreement 7607-8
- landlord-tenant disputes, arbitrator's extension of time limits 7608-9
- landlord-tenant disputes, issuance of restraining orders 7606, 7614
- landlord-tenant disputes, monitoring of arbitrators' performance 7609
- landlord-tenant relationship 7618-9
- legislation, changes in regulation-making powers 7609, 7618
- provision of tenant's forwarding address 7401, 7614-5
- rent increases, amount 7603-4, 7618-9
- rent increases, amount, stakeholder consultation 7610
- rent increases, consultation by government 5642
- rent increases, landlords' authority 7401
- rent increases, retroactivity 7250, 7346, 7401, 7618
- rent payments, arbitrators' ability to extend payment date 7401, 7616-7
- security deposits, payment 7612, 7615
- stability in rental housing market 4761
- rental housing, pets in rental housing
- government consultation with pet owners 7613
- pet damage deposits 7612
- pet damage deposits, refunds from landlords 7615-6
- restrictions on pets on residential property 7611
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, opportunities 4771
- government expression of regret for actions in past 4771
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 4771
- Justice system
- criminal justice system, punishment of repeat offenders 4960
- sentencing, issues 5294-5
- Legislation, legislation and common law 7607
- Legislature
- public written questions, process for having questions asked in House 4843
- reforms 4771
- Lotteries, lottery and raffle tickets, limit on charity's portion 5215
- Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
- Marijuana, grow operations
- elimination, Ontario legislation 5294, 5557
- link with electricity theft, information-sharing between police and B.C. Hydro 5294, 6043
- operations in B.C. and link with criminal activity 4768-9, 5462
- Mayencourt, Lorne, comments on rent increases 5642
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5435, 5437
- Motions
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6243-4
- Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games (Motion 8), debate 5735
- Criminal Code amendments on street racing (Motion 7), debate 4801-2
- public written questions (Motion 90), debate 4843
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7172-4
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2003
- Motor vehicle branch, superintendent of motor vehicles, powers 5565
- Nanaimo, keep-of-prisoners funding 5293
- Nettleton, Paul, position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 8316
- Ng, Jimmy, death in street-racing incident 4802
- Ocean Falls, fish hatchery, blockade 4929
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- impact on rent prices in Vancouver 4761
- potential benefits of hosting games 4771-2
- Paul, Frank Joseph, circumstances of death, review of case 6327
- Pivot Legal Society, report on policing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
- allegations against police 5221-4
- allegations against police, provision of information to police complaint commissioner 5376, 5378
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5101-2, 5335-8, 5389-91, 5864-6
- Police and policing
- amalgamation and integration of services
- amalgamation and integration 5642-3, 6243, 6255
- amalgamation of police departments 4769
- integrated homicide team for lower mainland 4769
- integration of information management, PRIME-BC system 4769-70
- integration of services 6779
- auxiliary police program 6874
- community police offices, funding 5210-1, 5387
- complaints against police, process 5222
- funding for police services
- allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 7671
- funding during NDP administration 7671-2
- funding formula, participation by communities with populations under 5,000 persons 5062-3, 5227-8, 5385-6
- government initiatives 7526-7, 7592, 7671-2
- information management, PRIME-BC system
- application to provincial sex offender registry 5338, 5390
- application to statistical information-gathering 5865
- cost 5386, 5390, 5865
- funding for development and implementation 5337, 5390
- integration with integrated justice project (JUSTIN) 5390, 5865
- integration with national sex offender registry 5865
- system 5101-2, 5294, 5336-8, 5389-91, 5745, 5864-5
- use 5389
- Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team 6847
- performance of police officers 5377-8
- policing in the past 5337
- use of force, mandatory reporting 5376
- use of Tasers 6468
- Police complaint commissioner, role 5222, 5377
- Prince George, economy and employment in area, CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8317-8
- Prince Rupert
- landslide damage to natural gas pipeline in area, impact on residents and response 8306-7
- port, role in international trade 8317
- Provincial emergency program, disaster financial assistance, application process 7441
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry
- Railways and rail services
- equipment and infrastructure, additional centre-beam cars 8316
- freight service
- shipping costs 8316
- shipping times, improvements 8316
- government involvement 8315
- service from B.C. to Chicago 8316, 8318
- Residential Tenancy Act
- application to housing with landlord-shared facilities 7610
- definitions, amendments 7610
- enactment and regulations 7250
- regulations 5211-2, 7401-2
- revision 7401, 7407
- Ritchie, Miles, work on Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games 5735
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- armed reserve program 6874
- Vancouver detachment, relocation of E Division 6469
- Safety
- public safety
- government commitment 5864
- public and personal safety education 5225
- safety in urban areas, legislation 7513
- Tasers 6468
- School district 35 (Langley), rural school closings 4768
- Seniors and youth congress, establishment 4770
- Shuswap, pub closing and sale of liquor, issue 5385
- SkyTrain, policing and security services 5293-4
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prevention and treatment, services 4792
- youth awareness 5224-5
- Surrey, police services, amalgamation with lower mainland services 6255
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Thorpe, Irene, death in street-racing incident 4801
- Throne speech debate 4767-72
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, consultation on funding formula for police services 5062-3
- Vancouver
- community police offices, funding 5210-1, 5387
- crime, property crime rate 7525
- Vancouver Board of Trade, report on property crime in Vancouver 7525
- Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, property damage incident 4811, 7782
- Vancouver police department, funding and service levels, responsibility 7671
- Victim assistance
- community and police-based programs 5221
- funding for victim services 5381-2
- Victoria
- downtown action plan on mental health and substance addiction 4792
- police services
- amalgamation with Esquimalt 4769
- integration 4792
- Violence, bullying, role of bystanders 5133-4
- World Police and Fire Games, Burnaby bid to host 2009 games, potential benefits of hosting games 5735
College and Institute Act
College Institute Educators Association
- Comments on issues
- 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education
(MacPhail) 5473
- post-secondary education funding
(MacPhail) 6340
- President See Oliver, Cindy
College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
- Consultation by government on legislative changes
(Christensen) 7659
(Hawkins) 7659
(Whittred) 7472
- Handling of PharmaNet access requests
(Hansen) 6658
(Hawkins) 6719-20
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
College of Teachers See British Columbia College of Teachers
Colleges See Universities, colleges and institutes
Collins, Hon. Gary (Vancouver-Fairview)
- As subject
- comments on 2003-04 budget
(Bond) 5037
- participation in debate on Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation
(MacPhail) 5463-4
- performance as Government House Leader
(Kwan) 7092
(MacPhail) 7091
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 5249
- work as Finance minister commended
(Johnston) 4947
- Abbotsford, hospital construction project, private sector involvement 6470, 8186
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate
- opportunities for opposition to ask questions 6653
- request for recommittal of estimates 6652-3
- Agriculture industry, feed and seed, tax exemptions 5240
- Auditor General Act
- Auditor general, responsibilities
- Automobiles
- driver's licences, licence fees to general revenue 5340
- insurance
- road safety programs 5339-40
- Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, amendments 5239
- Barnes, Emery, rulings as Speaker
- ruling on qualifications for conflict of interest 5764
- ruling on urgency of Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 5466-7
- Bell Mobility Inc., western call centre 5250-1
- Bhullar, Tony, appointment to select standing committees 7043
- Birdseed, tax exemption 5240
- Border crossings, investment in border crossing infrastructure 5429
- B.C., population, growth and in-migration 5298
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, revenue from government 5313-4
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- estimates debate in 1998, recommittal of estimates 6652
- fuel taxation 5240, 5426-7
- restructuring 5426
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc., service contract with government, contract 5320-1
- B.C. Hydro, linemen, supply, recruitment and retention 5342
- B.C. Liberal Party
- fundraising letter 6527
- government
- accommodation of opposition MLAs 7092-3
- implementation of initiatives 4865
- MLAs, work of caucus members 5192-3
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, membership 5341
- B.C. Rail, privatization
- potential purchase of operations by CN Rail, negotiations 8243
- public-private partnerships 5349
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, time for debate on bill 8243
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- regulation of Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- setting of automobile insurance premiums 6999, 7103-4
- Budget debate 5192-3
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003, debate 4874, 5239-41, 5246-51, 5423-32
- Budgets
- 2002-03 budget, three-year plan 4866
- 2003-04 budget
- assumptions and forecasts 5299
- content 4866, 4872, 5193
- disaster funding 5309-10
- funding for arbitration and litigation 5300-2
- interest rate assumptions 5306-7
- ministries on or under budget 5311
- ministries on or under budget, exemptions from budget targets 5303-6
- risks to fiscal plan 5298-302, 5306-9
- budget process
- budget preparation 5192
- expenditure and revenue forecasting 6642-3
- budgets during NDP administration 4979-80
- Business
- public-private partnerships
- funding from consolidated revenue fund 5239
- role 8186
- small business, position on business climate in B.C. 5247
- venture capital programs 4871-2, 4874
- Business Corporations Act
- Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2003
- Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7523, 7628-9, 7661
- Campbell, Gordon
- comments on funding for child protection services 6731
- work as Premier 5192
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, study on public-private partnerships 8186
- Children
- family bonus, federal and provincial funding 5315-6
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery
- reorganization 6731-2
- reorganization, review by private consulting firm 6662-3
- service delivery and funding 4869
- Children and Family Development ministry, budget, meeting of budget targets 6731
- Civil service
- executive compensation and severance, reporting 5342-3
- labour negotiations
- government's zero-zero-and-zero mandate 5341-2
- negotiations in 2003-04 fiscal year 5342
- workforce adjustment program, funding 5313
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8391
- Community Services Labour Relations Act, debate 6774-5, 7000, 7043-4
- Community Social Services Employers Association
- Company Act, revision
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, liquor distribution branch, privatization 5348
- Consumers, taxes and user fees, exemptions and reductions for lower-income earners 5250
- Corporation Capital Tax Act, amendments 5240
- Corporations, shareholders' proposals 7392
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 6126-7
- Crown corporations, chairs and chief executive officers 5339
- Crown Proceeding Act, report for year ended March 31, 2003, tabled 7327
- Culture, arts sector, tax credit program 4871-2
- de Jong, Michael, contempt of the House, conflict of interest as Forests minister re exemption under Forestry Revitalization Act from Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability legislation 5747-8, 5764
- Dowding, Gordon, tribute 7917
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- heartlands economic strategy 5135-6
- impact of value of Canadian dollar on B.C. economy 5433
- Education
- funding, additional funding 4868
- inner-city schools, funding 4868-9
- labour relations, collective agreement negotiation process 5341
- social equity programs, school-based funding and programs 5311
- Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation 5466-7
- Education Committee, powers, investigation of measures to improve public education 8364
- Education ministry, budget 4868
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 4870
- Exchange rate, impact of Canadian-U.S. dollar rate on B.C. economy 5307-8
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C.
- regional tax credit and value of Canadian dollar 5433
- tax credit programs 4871
- tax incentives 4874, 5251-2
- tax incentives, impact on industry 5433
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation, public submissions 5193
- prebudget work by committee 5192
- recommendation on budget for information and privacy commissioner 8167-8
- work of committee 6876-7
- Finance ministry
- estimates debate 5295-323, 5338-49
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 5295-6
- accounting policy advisory committee 5317
- corporate, manufactured home and personal property registries, tracking of manufactured homes 7109, 7545
- reports tabled
- accounting policy changes re federal equalization payments to B.C. 6896
- government borrowings and loans for 2002-03 period 6991
- guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31 (2003) 7327
- reports, tabling of quarterly reports 8170
- seismic upgrading program 5296-7
- staff commended for work on budgets 4867, 5193
- Financial Administration Act, amendments 5239, 6986
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2003
- Financial services industry, corporation capital tax for small financial institutions, exemption threshold 5240, 5424
- Forest fires
- funding for firefighting 5240
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, payment of wages owed to firefighters 7482, 7484
- Forest industry
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 4871
- industry in B.C.
- current conditions 5250
- impact of NDP government policies 4871, 5248-9
- reforms 4871
- Forests ministry, budget 5302-4
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee, appointment and powers 7114
- Fuel
- bunker fuel, tax exemption, inclusion of marine gas oil 4872
- clear fuel, taxation 5240
- gasoline, price fluctuation 5427-8
- gasoline tax
- increase 5240
- increase, impact on costs to government 5417-8
- increase, impact on federal tax revenues 5426-7
- increase, position of business and industry 5430
- revenue to transportation infrastructure 4761, 5426-9
- marine gas for turbine engines, tax exemption 5430
- tax exemptions for prescribed uses 5430
- Geer, Nick, position with Insurance Corporation of B.C. 5339
- Gingell, Fred, support for role of auditor general 5255
- Government
- accommodation/buildings, accommodation restructuring, budget 5313-4
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 5316-20
- electronic delivery of services, manufactured home registry 7545
- fiscal planning and policies
- borrowing authority 6986
- borrowing limits 7390
- current fiscal situation 4866
- fiscal management 4866-7
- government caucus committees, role 6876
- ministers
- fiscal accountability 5305-6
- salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets 4867, 5303
- salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets, ministers' reporting obligations 5239, 5423
- salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets, process for disbursement of salary holdback funds 4979-81
- work of ministers and staff 5192-3
- ministries
- programs and services, delivery 4869
- purchasing
- procurement of goods and services 5344
- working capital account, elimination 5239, 5430
- strategic and service plans
- 2003-04 and 2005-06 plans tabled 4874-5
- allowance of interim plans for Health ministries 5239, 5423
- transfer payments from federal government, have-not status of B.C. 5246
- Health care
- funding
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement 4868
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement, disbursement of funds 5431-2
- service delivery 4868
- system, reforms 4867-8
- Health Committee, powers, examination of strategies to improve health habits and sustain health care system 8364
- Health Services ministry
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), improvements, impact on tourism industry 5429
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, management of highway, public-private partnership
- cost to government for proposal 7411-2
- impact on revenues to province and region 7041
- partnership 5348
- Holocaust Memorial Day 6323
- Human Resources ministry, budget 4869
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003, debate 4874, 5251-4, 5432-3
- Information and privacy commissioner
- supplementary estimates debate 8167-70
- budget, additional funding 8168-70
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
- impact on economy and environment 4762
- investment in transportation infrastructure 4870-1
- projects 4870
- Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6659, 6999-7000, 7102-5
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- accreditation of collision repair shops, c.a.r. shop program, review 5745-6
- annual report, 2002, tabled 5558
- computer technology upgrades 5341
- core services review decisions 8061
- funding of road improvements 5340-1
- management during NDP administration 8073-4
- provision of automobile insurance 6999, 8075
- revenues and insurance premium rates 5322-3
- road safety programs 8073
- Insurance industry, tax on insurance premiums 5240, 5425
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7986, 8061, 8073-5, 8129-30
- Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 5240
- Interest rates, impact on provincial government budgeting 5306-7
- Investment in B.C.
- government initiatives to attract investment 7453
- investment climate 5247
- KPMG Inc., contracts with government 7411
- Kwan, Jenny, comments on impact of competition on automobile insurance industry 8073
- Labour Relations Board, ruling on job action at University of B.C. involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5466
- Land and Water B.C. Inc., responsibilities and role, relationship with Partnerships B.C. 5344, 5348-9
- Land use, discussions among mining and tourism sectors, Indian groups and government 5253
- Legislation
- progress of business in fall session of 37th parliament, government business schedule 8243
- progress of business in spring session of 37th parliament, government business schedule 6896, 7043
- Legislature
- committee system, appointment of select standing committees 5316
- estimates process
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 5182-3
- process for Crown corporations 6652
- questions to ministers, role of private members in answering questions 5984
- supplemental estimates 8168-9, 8171
- members, opportunities for debate 5559
- ministerial statements, provision of advance copy to opposition members 7528
- officers of the Legislature, funding requests 8168
- private members' time, reforms 6876
- question period, attendance by cabinet members 7391
- sessions and sittings
- agenda, government-opposition negotiation of scheduling of business 7092-3, 7390
- agenda, items for completion during spring 2003 session 6779-80
- agenda, notification of opposition MLAs 7390
- amendment to standing orders 8439
- extension of fall 2003 session 8243
- fixed calendar 6877
- fixed calendar, exceptions 8243
- pace of business during NDP administration 7391
- purpose of spring and fall sessions 7391
- standing order 35 adjournment motions, use 5558-9
- standing order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, qualification for advancement through all stages in one day 5466-7
- Local Government Act, amendments 5241
- Long, Harold, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 4704
- MacPhail, Joy
- comments on role of John van Dongen in government investigation into fish farm 6652-5
- performance as Finance minister 5249
- Management of Public Funds and Debt, estimates debate 5985
- Manufactured Home Act, debate 7109, 7545, 7627-8
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, definitions, "conflict of interest" 5747-8, 5764
- MLAs
- pension plan, 2001 annual report tabled 4807
- pension plan, 2003 annual report tabled 8363
- remuneration, votes on legislation involving members' remuneration, conflict of interest issue 5747, 5764
- Mining industry
- aggregate production and gravel extraction, tax exemptions in industry 5240, 5430-1
- industry in B.C.
- goals and initiatives 4871-2
- impact of NDP government policies 5248
- land use issues 5253
- tax incentives 5252-3
- Motions
- advancement of University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act through all stages in one day (standing order 81 motion), debate 5465-8
- amendment to motion on government business schedule (Motion 101), debate 7043
- amendment to sessional order (Motion 105), debate 8243
- appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Motion without notice), debate 4704
- appointment of Deputy Speaker (Motion without notice), debate 4704
- appointment of Patty Sahota to Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice), debate 6991
- appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Public Service Employee Relations Commissioner (Motion without notice), debate 8364
- appointment of Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Motion 102), debate 7114
- appointment of Tony Bhullar to select standing committees (Motion without notice), debate 7043
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion 91), debate 5182-3
- motion that the House stand recessed for one minute (Motion without notice), debate 7092-3
- powers of Education Committee (Motion without notice), debate 8364-5
- powers of Health Committee (Motion without notice), debate 8364
- recommittal of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry estimates (Motion 98), debate 6652-5
- Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 5240
- Motor vehicle branch, status of operations 5340
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4872
- Open Learning Agency, Knowledge Network component, government involvement 5348
- Partnerships B.C.
- budget and operations 5343-9
- projects
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 5250
- Physicians, supply, number of medical school seats 4867-8
- Police Complaint Process Review Committee, reporting process 4757
- Police, funding formula for police services, participation by communities with populations under 5,000 persons 4869
- Post-secondary education, funding 4869
- Powerex Corporation, litigation with California energy customers 5300-1
- Privilege
- contempt of the House by Michael de Jong 5747-8, 5764
- premature disclosure of draft report of Police Complaint Process Review Committee, matter raised by Joy MacPhail 4757
- Property, personal property, unclaimed money and property
- regulations re court trust funds and non-profit administrator 7524, 7629-30
- transfer of responsibilities to non-profit organization 5235, 5445
- Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 5240
- Public Accounts Committee, role in implementation of generally accepted accounting principles in public sector 5318
- Public debt
- debt
- debt management, government powers 7389-90, 7455
- debt service fees for government bodies 7390, 7455
- paydown of debt 4867
- deficit, elimination 4865
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report for year ended March 31, 2002, tabled 5510
- Publishing industry, tax credits for book publishing industry 5252
- Real property tax, tax exemptions
- exemption for dust and particulate-matter eliminators 5241, 5425-6
- exemption for first-time home buyers 5240
- Registrar of companies, powers 7392
- Rural Communities Summit, attendance by MLAs 6326
- Sahota, Patty, appointment to Finance and Government Services Committee 6991
- Sales tax, exemptions
- exemption for machinery and equipment 5240
- tax-exempt declarations by contractor and penalties to purchaser 5431
- School boards/districts, funding
- funding for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles 5317-8
- seismic upgrades 5297
- School district 36 (Surrey), labour dispute in 1996, collective bargaining legislation 5466
- Selection Committee, first report for fourth session of 37th parliament presented 5984
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003, debate 4874
- Social Service Tax Act, amendments 5240
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions, support for New York city council resolution and an end to hostilities in Iraq 5558-9
- Strata Property Act, review of act 7812
- Strata property, strata councils, disputes between strata councils and owners, dispute resolution process 7812
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2003, debate 5554, 5618-9
- Supply Act, 2003-2004, debate 7093-4
- Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 2), debate 8170-1
- Surveyor of taxes, cost recovery for tax collection services 5241, 5424
- Taxation
- sector-specific changes 5251
- tax credits, programs 4871-2, 4874
- tax incentives for industry, regional tax incentives 5251-2
- tax reductions and changes 4871-2
- Taxation (Rural Area) Act, amendments 5241
- Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 5240-1
- Tobacco, taxation, increase 4868, 5240-1
- Transportation, provincial transportation plan, funding, federal funding 5240
- Trucking industry, position on gasoline tax increase 5430
- Unclaimed Property Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5235, 5445
- Unclaimed Property Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7524, 7629-30
- U.S., state governments, budgets 6642
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- leading-edge endowment fund 4869
- property tax on university land 5241
- University Act, amendments 5241
- University of B.C., labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff
- collective bargaining process 5466
- impact on students 5465-8
- University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
- definitions, "employer" 5467
- qualification as urgent legislation 5465-8
- Vancouver Charter, amendments 5241
- Victoria, economy 7506-7
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate, questions to minister, role of private member in answering questions 5984
- Weisbeck, John, appointment as Deputy Speaker 4704
- Welfare, social services sector
- labour relations, bargaining structure, changes 6775, 7000, 7043-4
- role of volunteers 7000
- Wildfire Act, introduction as exposure bill 8243
- Youth, unemployment rate 5237
Columbia Basin Trust
- Accounting principles, application to trust
(Kwan) 8002, 8004
(Neufeld) 7997, 8002, 8004
- Advisory committees
(MacPhail) 8025-6
(Neufeld) 8025-6
- Amalgamation with Columbia Power Corporation
(Kwan) 8005
(MacPhail) 8029-30
(Neufeld) 8005, 8029-30
- Annual report, public access
(MacPhail) 8029
(Neufeld) 8029
- Board of directors
- appointment of directors
(Bennett) 7772-3
(Kwan) 7992, 7999-8000, 8003-4, 8009-12, 8014-5
(Neufeld) 7774, 7992, 7997, 7999-8000, 8003, 8009, 8012
(Suffredine) 7769-70
- appointment of directors, disclosure of personal information
(MacPhail) 8028
(Neufeld) 8028
- appointment of directors, number of nominees
(Kwan) 8006-8
(McMahon) 8006
(Neufeld) 8006-7
(Suffredine) 8007
- conflict-of-interest issues
(MacPhail) 8027-8
(Neufeld) 8027-9
- membership See also particular members, e.g. Arcuri, Ben
(Bennett) 7772-3
(Kwan) 7993
(Neufeld) 7992-3
- membership, political affiliations
(Kwan) 8000-1
(Neufeld) 8000-1
(Suffredine) 7769
- qualifications of directors
(Bennett) 7773
(Kwan) 8002, 8008
(McMahon) 8008
(MacPhail) 8023-5
(Neufeld) 7994-5, 8008, 8023
(Suffredine) 7994
- removal of directors
(Kwan) 8009-11, 8013-4
(Neufeld) 8009, 8011
- remuneration of directors
(Kwan) 8015
(MacPhail) 8022-3
(Neufeld) 8015, 8022-3
- Boundaries of trust area
(Neufeld) 8030
- Budget and finances
- Establishment
(Bennett) 7771
(MacPhail) 7766-7
(Suffredine) 7768
- Legislative changes
- changes
(Neufeld) 7590, 7765, 7774
- consultation by government
(Kwan) 7996, 7998, 8003, 8005-6, 8012, 8014
(Neufeld) 7996, 7998-9, 8003, 8014
- impact on local control
(Bennett) 7770
(Kwan) 7992
(MacPhail) 7767-8
(Neufeld) 7992
- public response
(Kwan) 7992, 7994-7, 7999, 8002-3, 8007
(Neufeld) 7994, 8011
- Management of trust, role of provincial government
(MacPhail) 7766
- Mandate
(Kwan) 7991
(MacPhail) 7766
- Public consultation by trust
(MacPhail) 5930
- Role in regional economic development
(MacPhail) 7765-8
- Taxation regulations, application to trust
(MacPhail) 8029-30
(Neufeld) 8029-30
Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 79) (Minister of Energy and Mines) 1R, 7590; 2R, 7765-75; C, 7991-8015, 8022-30; 3R, 8030-1; RA, 8105
- Amdts: sec. 2 (McMahon) 8006, approved 8008; to add sec. 4.1 (Neufeld) 8027, approved 8027
- Divisions: 2R approved 7774-5; sec. 2 as amended approved 8015; sec. 4 approved 8026-7; sec. 6 approved 8029; 3R approved 8030-1
- Debate, speakers
(Bennett) 7770-3, 8006-7
(Jarvis) 8012
(Kwan) 7991-8015
(McMahon) 8006, 8008
(MacPhail) 7765-8, 8022-30
(Neufeld) 7590, 7765, 7774, 7992-8009, 8011-15, 8022-30
(Suffredine) 7768-70, 7994-5, 8007
- Concerns of residents of Golden, petition tabled
(Kwan) 8022
(MacPhail) 7923
- Purpose of bill
(Neufeld) 7765
Columbia Mountain Open Network
- Development of high-speed broadband Internet service in Kootenay area
(Bennett) 7772
Columbia Power Corporation
Columbia River Treaty
- Establishment
(Bennett) 7770-1
- Impact on Columbia basin region
(Bennett) 7771
(MacPhail) 7767
Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency and area
- Economic development
(McMahon) 4957-8
- Resource industries in area
(McMahon) 7520
Comeau, Gordon
- Comments on issues
- school district budget announcements
(MacPhail) 5529
- school district funding
(Clark) 5283-4, 5286
(Kwan) 5283-6
- technical grants for school districts
(Kwan) 5358
Commerce See Business
Commercial Appeals Commission
Commercial Appeals Commission Act
Commercial Appeals Commission Repeal Act
Commercial River Rafting Safety Act
Commercial Transport Act
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission)
- Implementation of recommendations, impact
(Anderson) 4835
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission)
- Report
- federal-provincial implementation
(Hansen) 6816
(MacPhail) 6816
- report
(Manhas) 5168
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
- Comments on forest industry reforms, joint statement See Reforms, consultation, response from industry and stakeholders under Forest industry
- Local 1123, public written question, funding of teachers contract 8128
Communities
Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 5404-15, 5438-45, 5845-56, 5871-85, 5966-77, 6001-20
- speakers
(Abbott) 5404-15, 5438-9, 5845, 5855-6, 5966-77, 6001-20
(Anderson) 5853-4
(Bray) 6008-11
(Chong) 5851-3, 5855
(Christensen) 5976-7, 6001-2, 6020
(Hawes) 6002-3
(Lee) 5845-6
(McMahon) 5850-1
(MacPhail) 5406-8, 5410-5, 5438-9, 5442-4, 5871-85, 5966-76
(Mayencourt) 5847-9, 6002-8, 6018-9
(Nebbeling) 5882-4
(Penner) 5408-9
(Sahota) 6012
(Stephens) 5439-44, 5845-55, 5871-82
(Stewart, R.) 6011-8
(Suffredine) 5409, 5412
(Sultan) 5846-7
- Aboriginal directorate
(Abbott) 5415
(MacPhail) 5415
- Budget, cost-savings to ministry
(Abbott) 5407
(MacPhail) 5407
- Goals and responsibilities
(Abbott) 5404-6
- Initiatives and responsibilities
(Abbott) 4828-30
- Ministry staff commended
(Abbott) 4828-9
- Service plan
(Bray) 6008
- Women's services and social programs
Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 22) (Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services) 1R, 5553; 2R, 5650-1; C, 5700-2; 3R, 5702; RA, 5721
- Amdts: sec. 10 (Abbott) 5700, approved 5700
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 5553, 5650-1, 5700-2
(MacPhail) 5700-2
- Purpose of bill
(Abbott) 5553
Community Care Facility Appeal Board
- Consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(MacPhail) 8089
Community Charter
- (Bill 14) (Minister of State for Community Charter) 1R, 5418; 2R, 6295-310, 6328-35; C, 6557-97; 3R, 6618; RA, 7134
- Amdts: sec. 8 (Nebbeling) 6574, approved 6574; sec. 59 (Nebbeling) 6592, approved 6592; schedule (Nebbeling) 6597, approved 6597
- Divisions: 2R approved 6334; 3R approved 6618
- Debate, speakers
(Bennett) 6300-1, 6574-9
(Bloy) 6307-9
(Halsey-Brandt) 6301-3
(Kwan) 6557-74, 6580-97
(Lekstrom) 6299-300
(Les) 6305-6
(McMahon) 6306-7
(MacPhail) 6328-34
(Mayencourt) 6309-10
(Nebbeling) 5418, 6295-99, 6334, 6557-97
(Orr) 6304-5
(Santori) 6303-4
(Suffredine) 6304
- Amendments
- Constitutionality issue See Recognition of municipalities as order of government under Local government
- Consultation, stakeholder consultation
(Bloy) 6308-9
(Hawes) 5126
(Lekstrom) 6300
(Mayencourt) 6310
(Nebbeling) 5418, 6296, 6567-8
(Orr) 6305
(Santori) 6303-4
- Debate on bill, time limit on debate
(Kwan) 7461
- Development of charter
(Kwan) 7460-1, 7464, 7466
(Lekstrom) 6299
(Mayencourt) 6309
(Nebbeling) 6295-6, 6299, 6334, 7465
- Impact of legislation
- impact on local governments
(MacPhail) 6328
- impact on tourism industry in B.C.
(Bloy) 6308
- Implementation
- implementation
(MacPhail) 7445
(Nebbeling) 6298, 7462
- phased implementation
(MacPhail) 6329
- Information for communities
(Bloy) 6309
- Legislation See Development of charter above under this main heading
- Principles
(Nebbeling) 6296-8
- Public response to legislation
(McMahon) 6306
- Purpose
(Bloy) 6307
(MacPhail) 6330, 7322, 7398
(Santori) 6303
- Regulations under legislation
(MacPhail) 6333
Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003
- (Bill 67) (Minister of State for Community Charter) 1R, 6986
- Debate, speakers
(Nebbeling) 6986
Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003
- (Bill 76) (Minister of State for Community Charter) 1R, 7297-8; 2R 7459-62; C, 7463-71; 3R, 7472; RA, 7504
- Amdts: sec. 15 (Kwan) 7468, negatived 7469
- Debate, speakers
(Kwan) 7460-1, 7463-71
(Nebbeling) 7298, 7459-60, 7462, 7463-71
- Purpose of bill See Amendments under Community Charter
Community Legal Assistance Society
- Services for human rights cases
(Mayencourt) 5743
Community living See Disabled and handicapped persons
Community Living Transition Steering Committee See Community living, establishment of interim authority under Disabled and handicapped persons
Community Services Labour Relations Act
Community services sector See Social services sector under Welfare
Community Social Services Employers Association
Community venture capital program See Venture capital programs under Business
Comox Indian band
Comox Valley
Comox-Strathcona regional district
Company Act
Competition bureau (federal)
- Role in B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(MacPhail) 8348-50
(Reid, J.) 8348-50
Competition, Science and Enterprise, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Goals and responsibilities
(Thorpe) 5885, 5900
- Liquor distribution branch
- privatization
(Collins) 5348
(MacPhail) 5347
- review of organization
(Thorpe) 5887-8
- role
(Coleman) 5384-5
- Service plan
Comptroller general
- Involvement in accounting of compensation fund for forest company timber licence reductions
(de Jong) 5783
(MacPhail) 5783
Computer technology
- Internet access
- access in rural areas
(Chutter) 4783
(Santori) 5023, 6083
- advanced networks, benefits for business, communities and education
(Lee) 7903-5
(Mayencourt) 7904-5
- high-speed broadband service, accessibility
(Bray) 6086
(Santori) 6086
- high-speed broadband service, service to rural and remote communities
(Belsey) 5543
(Bennett) 7772
(Mayencourt) 7904-5
(Thorpe) 5543
- high-speed service for schools
(Anderson) 5511
(Clark) 5511
(Santori) 5023
- security of personal information, privacy legislation See Protection under Privacy
- Video game rating
(Coleman) 5228
Concerned Citizens Against Sex Crimes to Children
Condominiums See Strata property
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia
- Comments on issues, post-secondary education funding
(MacPhail) 5472, 6340
- President See Coe, Richard
Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- Annual report, 2001, tabled
(Speaker) 7154
Connaghan, Chuck
Connolly Lodge, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Psychiatric facility
(Cheema) 6832
Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers See Wildlife
Constitution
- B.C. constitution, amendment, referendum
(Throne speech) 4698
Construction industry
- Building envelope repairs, warranties
(Abbott) 5966-8
(MacPhail) 5966-8
- Home warranty providers
(Abbott) 5966-7
(MacPhail) 5966-7
- Residential construction industry
- building standards for accessible homes See Accessible housing for disabled persons under Housing
- growth in sector
(Abbott) 5405, 6008-9
(Bray) 6008-9
- owner-builders, regulation
(Abbott) 6011-3
(Stewart, R.) 6011-3
- supply of skilled workers
(Mayencourt) 5177
Consular Corps of British Columbia
- Role
(Halsey-Brandt) 7051
Consumers
- Role in economy
(MacPhail) 5243
- Taxes and user fees
- exemptions and reductions for lower-income earners
(Collins) 5250
- increases
(Kwan) 5111-2, 5241
- increases, impact on seniors
(MacPhail) 5244
- transfer of responsibility to local governments
(MacPhail) 4719
Consumers Association of Canada
- Comments on impact of competition on automobile insurance industry
(Kwan) 8070-1
Contaminated sites See Waste management
Coons, Gary
- Public written question, legislation on collective agreements 6327
Cooper Place, Vancouver, B.C.
COPD See Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coquihalla Highway See Highway 5
Coquihalla Highway Administration Clarity Act, 2003
(Bill M202) (MacPhail) 1R, 6844
- Debate, speakers
(MacPhail) 6844
Coquitlam, B.C. See also Burquitlam constituency and area; Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain constituency and area
- Community plan for northeast Coquitlam
(Manhas) 5170
- Property assessment in city
(Manhas) 5170
- Road link between areas south and north of city, proposal
(Manhas) 5447
(Reid, J.) 5447
Coquitlam school district See School district 43 (Coquitlam)
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
- Volunteerism
(Stewart, R.) 4831
Coroner
- Investigation to emergency care case at Mission Memorial Hospital
(Hansen) 5743
(MacPhail) 5743
- Report on suicide of disability benefits level 2 recipient
(Kwan) 5103
(MacPhail) 5104
- Review of child fatalities
(MacPhail) 6392
(Plant) 6392
Corporation Capital Tax Act
Corporations See also Business
Correction Act
Corrections system See also Crime and criminals; Justice system
- Correctional facilities
- closings
(Coleman) 5861
(Locke) 5861
- inspection responsibility
(Plant) 6997
- Electronic monitoring, cost
(Coleman) 5228
(Orr) 5228
- Jails, local jails See Keep-of-prisoners below under this main heading
- Keep-of-prisoners, funding
(Coleman) 5293, 5385
(Hunter) 5292-3
(MacPhail) 5385
- Prisoners, right to vote in elections
(Anderson) 7048-9
(MacKay) 7044-6
(Penner) 7047-8
(Plant) 6997, 7046-7
- Probation officers, caseload
(Kwan) 7788
- Sentencing options
(Hogg) 5669-70
- Sex offenders, conditions of release
(Chong) 5104
(Coleman) 5104
- Youth corrections system
- apprehension of youth at large
(Hogg) 7816
(Kwan) 7816
- community-based alternatives to institutionalization
(Chong) 5813-4
(Hogg) 5669, 5813-4, 7777-8, 7784
(Hunter) 7681
(Kwan) 7777, 7784
(Plant) 7630, 7690-1
(Visser) 7674
- conditional discharge or probation order
(Hogg) 7800
(Kwan) 7800
- custody centres, inspection and investigation
(Hogg) 7815-6
(Kwan) 7815-6
- detention agreements with municipalities
(Hogg) 7808, 7813-4
(Kwan) 7808, 7814
(Mayencourt) 7813-4
- health of youth in custody
(Anderson) 7651-2
(Hogg) 7805, 7807
(Kwan) 7807
- intermittent custody
(Hogg) 7801
(Kwan) 7801
- moving of youth in custody
(Hogg) 7808
(Kwan) 7808
- number of youth in system
(Hogg) 5669
(Visser) 7674
- seizure of contraband from youth in custody
(Hogg) 7814-5
(Kwan) 7814-5
- status of system
(Hogg) 7634
- strip searches of youth in custody
(Hogg) 7788
(Kwan) 7788
- youth probation officers
(Christensen) 7666, 7801-2
(Hogg) 7788, 7790, 7802
(Kwan) 7802
(Stewart, K.) 7790
- Youth corrections system, programs and services
Corrigan, Derek
- Comments on bylaw enforcement legislation
(Kwan) 7367
(MacPhail) 7381
Cortes Island
- Health care services
(MacPhail) 6042
Cosmetologists Act
Cosmetology See Barbers and cosmetologists
Cottonwood Bridge
- Improvements
(Wilson) 5235
CounterAttack program See Road safety programs under Automobiles
Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act
Courtenay, B.C.
- Boundary extension project
(Abbott) 5412
Courthouses See Courts and court services under Justice system
Courts See Justice system; particular courts, e.g., Provincial Court of British Columbia
Cowichan Bay, B.C.
Cowichan Indian band
- Issues and concerns
(Bruce) 4994
Coxibs/COX-2 inhibitors
Crabtree Corner See YM-YWCA
Cranbrook Airport
Credit rating
Credit Union Central of British Columbia
- Amalgamation with other financial institutions
(Plant) 8275
Credit Union Incorporation Act
Credit unions See Financial services industry
Crescent Housing Society
- Seniors housing, government funding
(Falcon) 4748
Creston and District Historical and Museum Society
- Letter re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust
(Kwan) 7996-7
Creston, B.C.
- Crime, youth crime, community concerns
(Suffredine) 7663
- Health care, facilities and services for seniors
(Suffredine) 5062
(Whittred) 5062
- Letter from municipality re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust
(Kwan) 7994-5
(Neufeld) 7994-5
- School closings
(Suffredine) 5530
Creston school district See School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)
Crime and criminals See also Corrections system; Justice system; Police and policing
- Asset forfeiture by criminals
(Plant) 5195
- Automobile theft, prevention
(Coleman) 5225, 6847
(Lee) 5225
(Locke) 6847
- Child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system
(Bennett) 6036
(Bray) 6037-8
(Coleman) 5390, 6243-4
(Hamilton) 6241-2
(Johnston) 6242
(MacKay) 6036-7, 6882
(Mayencourt) 6242-3
(Penner) 5507, 6035-6, 6244
(Roddick) 6242
(Trumper) 6244
- Cost to society
(MacKay) 6881-2
- Crime prevention
- prevention
(Brenzinger) 7780
- public consultation See also Dialogue on crime above under this main heading
(Throne speech) 4698
- Crime rate
- Cross-jurisdictional movement of criminals
(Bray) 5392-3
(Brenzinger) 5396
(Chong) 5397-8
(Hawes) 5394-5
(Johnston) 5399-400
(Orr) 5391
(Penner) 5402
(Roddick) 5864
- Dialogue on crime
(Brenzinger) 4734, 5396
(Brice) 4751
(Chong) 4784
(Coleman) 4768-9, 5864
(Hamilton) 5040
(Lee) 4733
(MacKay) 4744
- DNA database, federal government action
(Penner) 5403
- Home invasions, prevention
(Bhullar) 5745
(Chong) 5398
(Coleman) 5745
- Impact on communities
(Brenzinger) 4959-61
(Coleman) 4960
- Police tracking of criminals See Information management, PRIME-BC system under Police and policing
- Repeat offenders, Artz and Nicholson report
(Kwan) 7632
- Response by government
(Chong) 7643
- Sex crimes
- prevention of sex crimes against children
(Belsey) 6524-5
- sex offender registry, national registry
(Chong) 5104, 7219
(Coleman) 5104-5, 7219
- sex offender registry, national registry, retroactivity
(Coleman) 5745
(Locke) 5745
- sex offenders, risk of reoffending
(Bray) 5225-6
(Coleman) 5225-6
- sexual exploitation of youth See Sexually exploited youth under Youth
- Street-racing crimes, penalties for offenders See also Provisions on sentencing for offenders under Criminal Code of Canada; Traffic safety, street racing under Automobiles
(Coleman) 4801-2, 5224
(Hamilton) 6031
(Hawes) 4804
(Johnston) 4804
(Lee) 5224
(Locke) 4800-1, 6031-2
(Manhas) 4804
(Plant) 4802-3
(Sahota) 6030-1
(Wong) 4803-4
- Victims of crime
- crime victim assistance program, restructuring
(Santori) 5008
- programs and services
(Stephens) 5440, 5850
- programs and services, funding
(Stephens) 4956
- victim impact statements
(Christensen) 6386-8
(Plant) 6386, 6388
- Youth crime
- causes
(MacKay) 7639
(Stewart, K.) 7641
(Trumper) 7686
- crime rate
(Christensen) 7666
(Hogg) 7775
(Kwan) 7633, 7775
(Plant) 7689
- crime rate, property crime rate
(Hogg) 7788
- deterrence
(Hayer) 7635
(Hogg) 7786-7
(Kwan) 7632
(Nijjar) 7682-4
(Nuraney) 7642
- impact on communities and victims
(Brice) 7678-9
(MacKay) 7639
(Mayencourt) 7638
- legislation See also Youth Justice Act
(Kwan) 7671
- legislation in other provinces
(Hogg) 7776
(Kwan) 7776-7
- number of offences
(Hogg) 5669
- number of offences, apprehensions and convictions
(Coleman) 7670-1
(Kwan) 7670-1
- offenders under age 12
(Christensen) 7790-1
(Hogg) 7790-1
(MacKay) 7639-40
(Stewart, K.) 7641, 7790
- penalties See Youth justice, penalties for young offenders under Justice system
- prevention and early intervention
(Brenzinger) 7635
(Hogg) 7634, 7776
(Hunter) 7680-1
(Kwan) 7632, 7776, 7786, 7789
(Mayencourt) 7636-8
- prevention and early intervention, impact of government policies
(Kwan) 7632-4, 7776
- provincial statute offences See also particular offences, e.g., trespass on school property below under this subheading
- provincial statute offences, numbers
(Hogg) 7794-5
(Kwan) 7794-5
- response
(Anderson) 7651-2
(Bell) 7648-9
(Bennett) 7652-3
(Bray) 7646
(Brice) 7678-9
(Chong) 7643-4
(Christensen) 7664-6, 7673-4
(Hamilton) 7688
(Hawes) 7644-5
(Hunter) 7679-81
(Jarvis) 7662-3
(Kwan) 7631-2
(Lekstrom) 7649-50
(MacKay) 7638-9
(Manhas) 7645-6
(Mayencourt) 7637
(Nijjar) 7682
(Orr) 7642
(Plant) 7589-90, 7631, 7688
(Stewart, K.) 7641-2
(Suffredine) 7663
(Visser) 7674-5
- response, government initiatives
(Johnston) 7650
(Penner) 7677
- trespass on school property for the purpose of gang activity or sexual exploitation
(Christensen) 7666-7
(Hogg) 7795-8
(Johnston) 7650-1
(Kwan) 7795-9
(Mayencourt) 7637-8
(Penner) 7677, 7799
- violation of Motor Vehicle Act
(Christensen) 7666
(Hogg) 7799-800
(Kwan) 7799-800
(Mayencourt) 7637
Crime victim assistance program See Victims of crime under Crime and criminals
Criminal Code of Canada
- Provisions on sentencing for offenders
- inclusion of street racing as an aggravating circumstance in offences committed by means of motor vehicles
(Coleman) 4801-2
(Johnston) 4804
(Locke) 4800-1
(Plant) 4802-3
- purpose of sentencing
(MacKay) 7045
- street-racing offenders and others convicted of crimes of violence, eligibility for conditional sentences
(Hamilton) 6031
(Locke) 6031-2
(Sahota) 6030-1
Criminal injury compensation program
- Criminal Injury Compensation Program Report 2002 tabled
(Coleman) 5953
Crown agencies secretariat
- Responsibilities and role
(Campbell) 7090
(MacPhail) 7090
Crown corporations
- Chairs and chief executive officers
(Collins) 5339
- Payment of property taxes
(Campbell) 8211
(Kwan) 8334, 8343
(MacPhail) 8210-1
Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on
- Powers
(Plant) 6151
- Recommendations for Insurance Corporation of B.C.
(Stewart, K.) 8062
- Reports
- first report for fourth session of 37th parliament presented (Stewart, K.) 6732; adopted 6732
- second report for fourth session of 37th parliament presented (Stewart, K.) 7991; adopted 7991
Crown counsel See Justice system
Crown Isle Golf Course, Courtenay, B.C.
- Purchase of Lannan forest
Crown land
- Access to Crown land and resources
- Activities on Crown land, impact on environment
(Hagen) 6266
(MacPhail) 6266
- Land use disputes, conflict resolution, role of regional resource boards
(Cobb) 6114
(Hagen) 6114
- Leases and sales
- Tenures
- overlapping tenures
(Bennett) 6113
(Hagen) 6113-4
- sale of tenures, bidding process
(Cobb) 6114
- sale of tenures, notification of property owners
(Hagen) 6120
(Lekstrom) 6119-20
Crown Proceeding Act
- Report for year ended March 31, 2003, tabled
(Collins) 7327
Cruise ship industry
- Industry in B.C., growth, government initiatives
(Bray) 5695-6
(Thorpe) 5696
- Taxation, potential Alaska passenger tax
(Bray) 6556
(Halsey-Brandt) 6556
CUFABC See Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia
Culture
- Arts and Cultural Highway initiative
(Hunter) 7342
- Arts sector
- funding from charity gaming
(Coleman) 5379-80
(MacPhail) 5379-80
- tax credit program
(Collins) 4871-2
Cultus Lake, B.C.
- Governance structure for community
(Abbott) 5409
(Penner) 4846, 5408-9
Cultus Lake Park
- Role of park board
(Abbott) 5409
(Penner) 5408
Cummins, John
- Comments on B.C. Liberal Party government relationship with fish farm industry
(MacPhail) 6650
CUPE See Canadian Union of Public Employees
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