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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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Habitat protection See Habitat protection under Fisheries; Wildlife
Hagen, Hon. Stan (Comox Valley)
- As subject
- call for resignation as Fisheries minister
(MacPhail) 4710
- comments on lifting of moratorium on new fish farms 6199
(MacPhail) 6199
- meetings with Indian bands 6117
(Bell) 6117
- Agricultural Land Commission
- budget 6119
- decision-making authority
- delegation agreement with Oil and Gas Commission 6268-72
- delegation agreements with local government 6272
- processing of applications, timeline 6120
- regional panels, input from local government 6272-3
- role 6110
- staffing reductions 6268-70
- Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments 7407
- Agricultural land reserve
- activities on reserve lands
- size 6273
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- budget, reduction 4989
- core services 4989
- Agriculture industry, agricultural leases
- government policy 6146
- sale of leases at market value, pilot project 6116, 6146
- Agrologists
- regulation 5601
- role in management of forest industry 5601
- Agrologists Act
- Alaska, position on salmon aquaculture operations 6200
- Aquaculture industry
- advisers to government 4709
- fish farms
- fallowed farms 6194-6
- land use decisions 7587
- moratorium on new fish farms, lifting of moratorium 6198-9
- new farms during NDP administration 5203
- new farms near Alaska border 6200-1
- regulation of industry 5549
- regulation of industry, consultation requirements 6282-3, 6285-6
- relocation 6193-6, 6199, 6223-4, 6258, 6287-9
- relocation, role of Sustainable Resource Management ministry 6195
- tenure extensions, ministerial responsibility 6289-90
- industry in B.C., industry during NDP administration 5548
- salmon farming
- studies
- government support 5548-9
- implementation of recommendations 4709
- Assessment Act, amendments 7407
- Assessment Authority Act, amendments 7407
- Auditor general, recommendations for contaminated site regulation 6265
- Bell, Pat, comments on land use planning legislation 7578
- Blackburn, Dale, letter re investigation into fish farm operations 6281-2
- Britannia mine, reclamation of site 6265
- B.C. Assessment
- assessment of commercial and residential properties
- bed-and-breakfast establishments 6111
- lodges and small operations 6115
- review process 7407-8
- authority for purchase or sale of land 7443
- role 6110
- status as Crown corporation 7443-4
- B.C. Council of Resource Communities, position on working forest land base 7503
- B.C. Institute of Agrologists, responsibilities 5601
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4988-9
- B.C. Transmission Corporation, establishment 6523-4
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- regulation 6524
- regulation of B.C. Transmission Corporation 6523
- Broughton Archipelago, salmon farming
- operations, consultation with Indians 6195, 6197-9, 6223-4, 6279-80, 6282-7
- sea lice issue 5029-30
- sea lice issue, action plan, safe migration route for wild salmon and fallowing of fish farms 6194-7, 6278-81, 6284, 6289
- Budget debate 4988-90
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4990
- Central Coast land and resource management plan, status 6108, 6228-9
- Chilliwack forest district, designation of parks and protected areas 7585
- Community Charter, amendments 7444
- Comox Valley, Lannan forest, valuation of timber 6226, 6261
- Crown Isle Golf Course, purchase of Lannan forest 6225-8, 6259-61, 6274, 7042-3
- Crown land
- access to Crown land and resources
- activities on Crown land, impact on environment 6266
- land use disputes, conflict resolution, role of regional resource boards 6114
- leases and sales
- application process, backlog reduction 4990
- legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7571-2, 7575-6, 7582-4
- ministerial responsibility for forest land sales 7573
- tenures
- overlapping tenures 6113-4
- sale of tenures, notification of property owners 6120
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- current and past conditions 6112-3
- economy during 1990s 7570
- heartlands economic strategy 4989
- Elk Creek, land use planning process 7585
- Energy
- development of sector 6524
- electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 6523
- Environment, environmental assessment process
- environmental assessment project committee system, elimination 6275
- number of applications 6275-6
- process for projects, changes 6274-7
- Environmental Assessment Act, changes 6276
- Environmental assessment office
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5548-9
- Fisheries and Oceans department (federal), collection of information on salmon aquaculture 6279
- Fisheries, salmon fishery, coexistence with aquaculture industry 4709-10
- Forest and Range Practices Act, purpose of bill 5601
- Forest industry
- certification of products
- products from private managed forest land 7869
- role of Sustainable Resource Management ministry 6116
- private managed forest land
- Private Managed Forest Land Council 7746, 7763-4, 7862-3, 7864-8
- reforms 4990, 6110
- woodlot program 7861
- working forest land base
- Forest land reserve, elimination 6274, 7621, 7746
- Fraser River, gravel extraction in area 5422, 6121, 6145-6, 7527
- Fraser Valley, dike maintenance 6121
- Georgia Straight, eligibility for sales tax exemption, government decision 7300
- Government, electronic delivery of services, land title transactions 7408
- Heritage Aquaculture Ltd., licence violation 4711
- Hotels and travel accommodation
- bed-and-breakfast establishments, tax assessment 6111
- lodges and small operations, tax assessment 6115
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5253
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, opportunities 6116-7
- relationship with provincial government 6109
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenays, grassland restoration 6113
- land use planning process 6113
- Kwadacha Indian band, economic development 6118
- Land Act, amendments 7408
- Land Amendment Act, 2003
- Land and Water B.C. Inc.
- lease and sale of properties
- responsibilities and role
- responsibilities and role 6109
- water management 4989-90
- tenure decisions
- water licences, application process 6109, 6267-8
- Land Title Act, amendments 7408
- Land use
- discussions among mining and tourism sectors, Indian groups and government 5253
- land and resource management plans 7587
- land set aside for protection, percentage of parkland in B.C. 7579
- land use planning
- balance between economic and environmental factors 6112, 7578
- consultation with Indians 7568-70, 7581, 7584
- decisions, changes to designations 7584, 7586
- decisions, impact 4989
- decisions, move from statutory to delegated authority 7576
- decisions, role of cabinet 7485, 7571, 7576-7, 7587
- decisions, role of cabinet, open cabinet meetings 7503, 7567, 7577, 7583, 7586, 7588
- delegation of authority by minister 7588
- inventory of land base 7586-7
- legislative changes 7484-5
- long-term planning 7579
- need for certainty 7508-9
- public consultation 7485
- relationship with treaty negotiations 7581
- role in economic development 7514
- land use planning process
- multiple uses 7503, 7588
- private land, government jurisdiction 7588
- security of tenure 7571
- Lillooet first nations, consultation on land use planning 6229-31
- Lillooet land and resource management plan, status 6229-32
- Local Government Act, amendments 7444-5
- Meyers, Art, involvement in Lannan forest purchase 7042-3
- Mining Association of B.C., comments on status of South Chilcotin Mountains area 6231
- Mining industry
- government approval of mine projects, prior knowledge 4811
- industry in B.C., goals and initiatives 6118
- land use issues
- issues 5253
- legislation, impact on industry 7575
- percentage of land available for mining 6116
- Morice land and resource management plan, status 6229
- Motions, role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7514-5
- Musgamagw Tsawataineuk tribal council, comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6285
- Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board
- Muskwa-Kechika management area
- management of land and resources, oil and gas industry activities 6118
- resource potential 7514
- North Coast land and resource management plan, status 6108, 6229
- Oil and Gas Commission, role in land use decisions on agricultural land 6268-72
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C., land use issues 6270-2
- government initiatives 6118
- natural gas, new wells 7514
- Omega Salmon Group Ltd., Ocean Falls fish farm operations 6200, 6224
- Pacific Place, reclamation of site 6265
- Parks, protected areas, change in status, criteria 6230
- Private Forest Landowners Association, consultation by government on private managed forest land legislation 7863
- Private Managed Forest Land Act
- Property Assessment Appeal Board, annual report for year ended December 2002, tabled 6779
- Provincial Revenue ministry, memorandum on applicability of sales tax to newspapers tabled 7302
- Queen Charlotte Islands–Haida Gwaii land and resource management plan, status 6108, 6117, 6229
- Real property tax, assessment of property 6110
- Resource industries
- industry activities, impact studies 6120
- role in economy and funding for social services 7515
- Sea to Sky land and resource management plan, status 6229
- South Chilcotin Mountains
- socioeconomic study 6259
- status as protected area, resource industry activities in area 6230-2
- Stolt Sea Farm Inc.
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- estimates debate 6108-21, 6145-6, 6193-205, 6223-32, 6258-90
- agreements with Indians 6109, 6112, 6116-7
- budget 4989, 6109-10, 6119
- data collection, partnerships with private sector 6202-5
- geographic information systems
- mapping and registries, availability 6115
- mapping, integration between ministries 6118-9
- goals and responsibilities 4989-90, 6108-12
- land title branch, fees and services 7408
- role in land use planning process 6111-2
- staffing reductions 6201-2, 6204, 6224
- website map on salmon aquaculture opportunities in North Island straits area 6258, 6287-8
- Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7345-6, 7407-8, 7415-6, 7443-5
- Teck Corp., comments on status of South Chilcotin Mountains area 6231
- TimberWest Forest Ltd., comments on government sale of forested lands 6116
- Transmission Corporation Act, debate 6523-4
- Tsay Keh Dene Indian band, economic development 6118
- University Endowment Land Act, amendments 7408
- Utilities Commission Act, amendments 6524
- Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6524
- Vancouver Island, North Island straits area, salmon aquaculture opportunities 6196, 6258, 6287-8
- Waste management, contaminated sites
- registry 6263-4
- remediation, funding and ministerial responsibility 6262-5
- Water
- water licences, application process, backlog reduction 4990
- water management program, ministerial responsibility 4989
- Water Act, amendments 7408
- Wildfire Act, development 7860
- Wildlife, endangered species, protection, ministerial responsibility 6119
Hagerman, Amber
- Child abduction case
(Penner) 6035
Haggard, Carly
- Hockey accomplishments commended
(Trumper) 4979
Haggard, Dave
- Role in coastal forest industry labour dispute See Coastal forest industry, labour dispute under Forest industry
Hair stylists See Barbers and cosmetologists
Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area
- Comanagement by Heiltsuk first nation and economic potential of resort facility
(Murray) 8058
Halsey-Brandt, Hon. Greg (Richmond Centre)
- As subject
- Automobiles, setting of traffic fine amounts by municipalities 6302
- Border crossings, investment in border crossing infrastructure 5983
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5004
- Budget debate 5004-7
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5004
- Business, Chinese Canadian business activity 6249
- Campbell, Gordon, role in development of community charter 6301
- Cities and towns, powers and constitutional status 6301
- Community Charter, debate 6301-3
- Consular Corps of B.C., role 7051
- Cruise ship industry, taxation, potential Alaska passenger tax 6556
- Economy
- B.C. economy, government initiatives to improve economy 5004-5
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 5006-7
- Education system, initiatives and reforms 5006
- Elections, electoral systems elsewhere 6363-4
- Exports and imports, B.C.–U.S. trade, government action 5983
- Forest industry
- reforms 5007
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., export duty, compensation for communities impacted by duty 6127
- Government
- federal-provincial relations
- joint initiatives 7050
- partnership projects 5147-8
- intergovernmental relations, provincial congress, role 7050
- international relations 7050-1
- provincial-municipal relations, relations 6302-3
- Great Canadian Casino Co. Ltd., Bridgeport market operations, expansion 5005
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, proposal 5005
- Health care
- costs, management 5006
- funding, additional funding 5006
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- improvements, funding, federal funding 5147
- Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 5147-8
- Highways and roads, ownership by municipalities 6302
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5005
- Intergovernmental Relations minister of state, responsibilities and role 7051
- Kelowna General Hospital, services 5004
- Local government
- accountability 6302
- dispute resolution 6303
- powers and responsibilities 6301-2
- Motions
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6363-4
- role of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs in B.C. economy (Motion 68), debate 6249
- transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10), debate 5147-8
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 5005-6
- Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, participation by B.C. government 7051
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 5006
- Premier's office
- estimates debate 7050-1
- intergovernmental relations secretariat, goals and responsibilities 7050-1
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7313
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project, impact of Alaska–B.C. relationship 5643-4
- Richmond
- Aberdeen Mall 5005
- assisted-living housing program 5005
- Chinese Canadian business activity 6249
- Richmond Centre constituency and area, economic development 5005
- Richmond General Hospital, kidney dialysis centre 5006
- School district 38 (Richmond), funding and student performance 5006
- Steveston, use of road allowance for housing project 6302
- Tax reductions and changes 5004-5
- Universities, colleges and institutes, private institutions
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 7313
- regulation 7313
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal, government support 5005
Hamilton, Arnie (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- As subject
- experience as police officer 5862-3
- response to e-mail re Sooke education funding
(Kwan) 4812
- Armed Forces, tribute to Canadian Armed Forces 5038
- Automobiles, street racing, prevention 6031
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5038
- Budget debate 5038-40
- Business, small business, government initiatives to support small business 5040
- Children
- child care subsidy, eligibility threshold 5039
- programs and services for children and families 5039
- Crime and criminals
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 6241-2
- dialogue on crime 5040
- street-racing crimes, penalties for offenders 6031
- youth crime, response 7688
- Criminal Code of Canada, provisions on sentencing for offenders, street racing offenders and others convicted of crimes of violence, eligibility for conditional sentences 6031
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 5040
- Education
- funding, additional funding 5039
- system, initiatives and reforms 5038-9
- Esquimalt Drydock Company Ltd., ship repair contract 5040
- Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area, economic development 5040
- Forest industry, reforms 5039
- Health care, system, reforms 5038
- Indians, economic development by Indians, opportunities 5039
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
- impact on economy 5039-40
- investment in infrastructure 5039
- Langford Lavender Festival 6845
- Motions
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6241-2
- Criminal Code amendments on street racing (Motion 7), debate 6031
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 5040
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 5038
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5862-3
- Police and policing
- auxiliary police program 6873-5
- funding formula for police services, participation by communities with populations under 5,000 persons 5040
- information management, PRIME-BC system 5863
- policing in the past 5863
- Resources and resource industries, sustainable resource management 5039
- School boards/districts, autonomy 5038-9
- Victoria, police services in greater Victoria, Operation Cooperation initiative 6241-2
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7688
Hamilton, Don
Hamilton, Gordon
- Article on expansion of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. operations in Houston
(MacPhail) 6499
Hammond Cedar mill See International Forest Products Ltd.
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
Hanley, David
- Comments on Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(Kwan) 8158
(MacPhail) 8090
Hansard
- Hansard Services commended
(Kwan) 8165
(MacPhail) 6328
Hansen, Hon. Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- Abbotsford, hospital construction project, private sector involvement 5153, 6792-3
- Aboriginal health councils, status 6908-9
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- programs and services for people with AIDS
- funding 8305-6
- role of health authorities in service delivery 8305-6
- programs and services, service levels 6527
- Arthritis, chronic disease management strategy 6815
- Blood supply, risk from severe acute respiratory syndrome 6430
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- health care services in northern B.C. 5238
- health care services in rural areas 4880-1
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases 5744
- B.C. Ear Bank, Health Canada investigation into operations 4882-3
- B.C. Transplant Society, work of society 6824
- B.C.'s Children's Hospital, dental services 6848
- Brown, Gladys Lillian, death 6041
- Canada Health Act, provincial compliance 7978, 8378
- Canadian Blood Services, screening of blood donors for exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome 6430
- Canadian Institute for Health Information, information on compensation of health care professionals 6827-8
- Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee, recommendations 6809
- Children, child deaths, use of infant mortality rate in health care system performance measurement 6855
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, treatment and prevention 7902
- College of Pharmacists of B.C., handling of PharmaNet access requests 6658
- Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission), report, federal-provincial implementation 6816
- Coroner, investigation to emergency care case at Mission Memorial Hospital 5743
- Dental health, services for children 6848
- Diabetes, chronic disease management strategy 6813-4
- Drugs
- common drug review 6910
- PharmaNet database, responsibility for access requests 6658
- prescription drugs
- cost, government consultation with pharmaceutical industry 6785
- cost per person, comparison with other provinces 6669
- cost, setting of costs 6785
- investment in research and development 6675
- proton pump inhibitors 6430-1
- public information 6676
- therapeutics initiative 6670-1, 6673-4
- use 6674-5
- Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Centre
- surgical services, capacity 7780
- use of facility 6782
- East Kootenay Regional Hospital, role 7922
- Food Safety Act, amendments 5980
- Fraser health authority
- allocation of services among facilities 6870
- budget 6870-1, 6901
- chief executive officer, remuneration 7440-1
- security services at health care facilities, privatization 6899-900
- service contracts 6869
- Genome B.C., funding 6029
- Golden, water quality 7301
- Government, advertising
- Health authorities
- aboriginal health plan 6908-9
- administration costs, limit 6825
- employee relations 6903
- executives and staff, executive compensation and severance costs 6789-90, 6824-6
- funding
- allocation for mental health services 6866-7
- allocation from federal funding 6666
- allocation responsibility 6865
- budget for administration services 6789, 6794-5, 7440
- performance agreements and targets
- public meetings 6898-9, 6904
- reduction in number of boards 6789-90
- review of surgical services 6904
- size of authority areas 6905
- summary of activities, annual publication 6851-2
- Health care
- beds
- acute care beds, number 8080
- availability, B.C. Bedline service 6799
- billing practices
- audits 8381
- billing practices 7918, 7977-9, 8377-80
- billing practices of private clinics 8379-80
- billing practices of private clinics, government response to patient complaints 7978
- penalties for illegal billing practices 7977-8
- third-party billing 7977, 8377-8
- chronic disease management, strategies 6674-5, 6813-5
- continuing and long-term care, facilities, nursing care levels 6808
- costs
- cost increases 6666
- patients with chronic disease and multiple conditions 6813
- emergency services
- availability 5743-4
- integration of ambulance and emergency room services 6854
- establishment of health council for Canada 6909-10
- facilities
- patient lifts on ceilings 6803, 6810
- service expansions 6803
- funding
- federal funding, accountability for use of funds 6909
- federal funding, disbursement of funds 6664-5, 6907
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement 6816
- relationship of physician budget to population growth 6821
- health professionals
- diagnostic specialists, enrolment in Medical Services Plan 8379
- position on midwifery 6811
- recruitment, Health Match B.C. service 6799, 6804
- remuneration 6828
- work commended 6664
- health records, electronic records 6816-7
- laboratory services
- changes to service 7671
- changes to service, process 8307
- labour relations, agreement between health care workers and government, ratification 6849
- palliative care, government strategy 6527
- preventative health care, role in health care system 7902
- privatization of services
- cost-effectiveness, studies 6788
- number of private clinics in B.C. 6823
- publicly funded services in private facilities 6787, 8379-80
- support services 6787
- surgeries in private facilities 6823
- services for Indians, government strategy 6909
- services, number of surgeries 7780-2
- system
- performance measurement 6666, 6867-8
- reform of primary care system 8290
- telehealth, telepsychiatry 6800
- wait-lists and waiting times
- situation since system restructuring 6040-1
- surgery waiting times 6819-23
- surgery wait-list registry 6820
- surgery wait-lists for joint replacements 6815
- western Canada wait-list project 6821-2
- workers
- agreement to limit privatization, rejection of proposal 6905-6
- collective agreements, government changes, impact on nurses 6804-6
- collective agreements, negotiation of new agreement 6906-7
- compensation for support workers 6829-30
- role of support workers in health care system 6829-30
- Health Employers Association of B.C., role 6903-4
- Health Services ministry
- supplementary estimates debate 6664
- estimates debate 6664-6, 6668-87, 6781-817, 6819-30, 6849-58, 6860-1, 6865-71, 6897-910, 7029, 7034
- budget, targets 6664
- estimates debate
- scheduling and time limits 6868-9, 7034
- time spent by opposition members 7034
- minister's role in health authorities, court decision 6897-9
- PharmaNet stewardship committee, operations 6658
- public correspondence 6782-3
- service plan 6665-6
- service plan, 2003-04 to 2005-06, tabled 6687
- Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5979-80, 6411-5, 6550-1
- Henry M. Durand Manor, renovations 8306
- Hospital District Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5554, 5844, 5913-5
- Hospital Insurance Act, amendments 5980, 6412
- Hospitals
- funding from health authorities 6412, 6414, 6550
- hospital-based services, appropriate use 6848
- housekeeping and laundry services, health safety issue 6790-1
- out-patient services 6803
- patients, duration of stay 8081
- security services, privatization 6899-901
- use of facilities 6782
- Housing, residential care facilities, assisted-living model 8290
- Human reproduction, B.C. reproductive care program 6808-9
- Indians, infant mortality rate 6855
- Information and privacy commissioner, consultation by government on Fair Pharmacare program registration process 5061
- Interior health authority
- budget 6871
- chaplaincy services in hospitals 7029
- staff morale and communication policy 6902
- James Bay Community Project, health clinic, funding 4763
- Kendall, Perry, recommendations on tissue banks 4883
- Kimberley and District Hospital, closing and displacement of nurses 6802, 6804
- Koch, Tom, comments on emergency care availability in potential outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in B.C. 5743
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenays, health care services 7922
- health care services
- emergency surgical services 7413
- hospital facilities 6796-7, 7412-3
- obstetric services in Kootenay-Boundary area 6808-9
- services 8081
- Local government
- budgets and financing, borrowing, need for public referendum 5915
- powers and responsibilities, regulation of public health, provincial government role 6849
- McMahon, Wendy, response to constituents' concerns 8306
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on Fair Pharmacare program 5028
- McPherson, Debra, letter re government advertisements on nurses' compensation and training 6828
- Medical Services Commission
- Medical Services Plan
- billings by physicians, monitoring and dispute resolution 5980, 6411-2, 6551
- coverage
- funding 6795
- premium assistance, application processing 6784
- Medicare Protection Act, amendments 5980, 7918, 7979
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7918, 7977-9, 7983, 8377-82
- Mental health programs and services, funding 6855
- Midwifery
- number of midwives in B.C. 6811
- training program 6810-1
- Mission Memorial Hospital, emergency care services, emergency care case, investigation 5743
- Nelson, health care services in area 6808-9
- Northern health authority
- board meetings, public access 6904
- relationship with physicians 6903
- request for information on budget and emergency care case 6041
- Northern medical school community action group, establishment 6326
- Nurses
- disability and return to work 6810
- issues 6828
- licensed practical nurses and registered nurses
- occupational health and safety issues 6810
- relationship with government, working groups 6809
- remuneration 6810
- supply
- displacement of nurses due to bed closings 6801-4
- recruitment 4881
- supply 6804-6
- Pacific Blue Cross, role in Fair Pharmacare program registration, privacy issue 5061-2
- Pharmacare program
- costs
- coverage
- Fair Pharmacare program
- deductible 6785
- government advertising 6325
- impact on low-income families, cases 6781-3, 6785
- impact on seniors and families 5420-1
- income-testing, calculation of net income 6783-4, 6786
- income-testing, impact of third-party insurance 6786
- income-testing model 5027-8, 6672
- income-testing model, deductions for registered retirement savings plan contributions 5029
- program 4981
- registration 6256-7, 6325-7, 6352-3
- registration process 6677-84
- registration process, return of consent forms 6781
- reimbursement for overpayments 6325-6, 6353
- fairness 6668-9
- funding level 6669
- program 6430-1
- program during NDP administration 6669
- reference drug program, panel report and recommendations 6671-7
- Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6658
- Physicians
- enrolment in Medical Services Plan 8378
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions 6795
- remuneration
- comparison with other provinces 6827
- rural and remote physician remuneration 6042-3
- supply, recruitment and retention in rural areas 6796-7
- training, rural medicine 6797-8
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., involvement in public-private partnerships 6793-4
- Prince George, health care services in area
- physician and specialist services 6798-801
- recruitment and supply of nurses 6800-1
- Prince George Regional Hospital
- emergency services, emergency care case, investigation 6041
- operating rooms 6801
- Providence Health Care, investigation into B.C. Ear Bank and recall of tissue 4882-3
- Psychiatrists, supply in northern B.C. 6800
- Regional hospital districts
- accounting principles and financial reporting 5554, 5844, 5913-4
- removal of boards by government 5554
- Restaurant and food services industry, facilities, licensing officer review of proposed renovations 5980, 6412-3
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project
- patient relocation to community 6901-2
- transfer of siblings to separate facilities, case 6431
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster)
- Science and technology, research and development, genomic and proteomic research in B.C. 6029-30
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- management of outbreaks, impact on surgery wait-lists 6822
- potential outbreak in B.C.
- emergency care availability 5743-4
- prevention 6791
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prevention and treatment
- discussions by federal and provincial governments 6812
- harm reduction initiatives 6850
- North America Opiate Medication Initiative, B.C. government support 6850-1
- transfer of responsibility to health authorities 6850, 6858
- supervised injection sites, provincial-federal government roles 6811-2
- Surrey, methadone regulation 6849
- Tilbury Regional Hospital Laundry Society, services 6790, 6792-3
- Transplantation of organs
- organ donations, government promotion 6824
- safety of transplant tissues 4882-3
- University of B.C., role in tissue transplant research 4883
- University of Northern B.C., medical program 6800
- Vancouver coastal health authority
- Vancouver, downtown east side, prevention of illegal drug activity, four pillars approach 6812
- Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases 5743
- Vancouver Island health authority, budget 6852
- Vancouver Island, health care services 8081
- Water, drinking water quality, protection 7301
- West Coast General Hospital
- closing
- services
- availability of services 7413
- availability of surgical services 7157
- surgical services, number of surgeries 8080-1
- West Kootenay–Boundary Regional Hospital, specialist services 6796-7
Happynook, Tom
- Comments on forest industry reforms
(de Jong) 5682
HarbourLynx Holidays Ltd.
- Establishment of Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry service
(Hunter) 7298-9
Harbours and ports
- Ports
- container projects in B.C.
(Harris) 8402
(MacPhail) 8367
(Reid, J.) 8368
- investment in port infrastructure
(Reid, J.) 5033
Harris, Roger (Skeena)
- As subject
- experience in fuel business 8322
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kemano operations, use of hydroelectric power, petition tabled 6991
- Bowser basin, oil and gas resources 5923, 7112
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- airline services in northern B.C. 6466
- economic development in northern B.C. 5150, 8323-5
- economic development in northern B.C., role of strategic partnerships 6639-41
- economic development in rural B.C. 4818, 8323-4
- forest industry 4820
- health care services 4819-20
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, members and work of group 7853-4
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7852-4
- B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since election 8323
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8324-5
- position of NDP MLAs 8323, 8325
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8322-5
- B.C. timber sales program 6929
- Business, venture capital
- accessibility, access by northern and rural communities 5886-7
- venture capital programs 5887
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8400-2
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, estimates debate 5886-7
- Economy, B.C. economy
- economy during 1990s 4818
- government initiatives to improve economy 8401-2
- Energy
- electricity rates in B.C., impact on economy 7854
- energy plan, economic impact 8323
- independent power producers
- development of sector 8401
- projects 7853
- Energy and Mines ministry, estimates debate 5923
- Environment, environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8121-2
- Ferries and ferry services, Port Hardy–Prince Rupert service 4819
- Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7205-6
- Forest industry
- access to fibre 5706-7, 6547, 6929
- annual allowable cut, allocation to smaller groups 7205-6
- certification of products, products from private managed forest land 7869
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute, collective bargaining process, legislation 8400-2
- community forest licences 6929
- companies, small business operations, opportunities 5707
- forestry revitalization plan, impact on forest workers and communities 5706-7
- harvesting rights, cut control requirements, changes 7119
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for licence holders 5706
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 4820, 6930
- industry in B.C.
- competition from newer exporting countries 7206
- current conditions 7205-6
- diversification 7206
- government initiatives 8121
- impact of NDP government policies 6928-30, 8400-1
- industry during 1990s 7205
- mill closings 5707
- Private Managed Forest Land Council, membership 7865
- private managed forest land, regulation 7863, 7868
- reforms
- salvage logging, salvage program 6929
- value-added sector, development and marketing of sector 6929-30
- woodlot program 6929
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6547-8, 7119
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 6928-31
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5705-7
- Government agents, services 6084
- Government caucus committees, northern caucus 4818-9, 5150
- Harbours and ports, container projects in B.C. 8402
- Hawkair Aviation Services Ltd., operations 6466
- Health care
- billing practices
- travel for treatment 4820
- Indians
- children, early childhood development, research 4820
- economic development by Indians, opportunities 4820
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure improvements, impact on economy 4819
- Investment in B.C., attraction of investment 6024-5
- Iskut River, Forest Kerr power project 7853
- Kitimat, fiftieth anniversary celebration 5694
- MacPhail, Joy, comments during debate on forest industry reform legislation 5705-6, 6547
- Magnusson, Chuck, travel for medical services 4819-20
- Management Services ministry, estimates debate 6084
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8377, 8381
- Mining industry
- electricity needs 7853
- industry in B.C., investment climate 4820
- Motions, boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8121-2
- Nettleton, Paul, comments during debate on B.C. Hydro legislation 7852-3
- Northern B.C. Winter Games 4927
- Northwest Community College, licensed practical nurse program 4819
- Northwest Corridor Development Corporation, work of organization 5909
- Oil and gas industry, royalty structure, changes 7112, 8401
- Olympic Games
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, Kermode bear as proposed symbol of games 7875
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, referenda, referendum in Vancouver 4927
- Parks, Forests ministry recreation sites, management, review 6661
- Physicians, program forgiving student loans for services practised in remote and rural communities 4819
- Prince George Airport, expansion, funding from B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8324
- Prince Rupert, container port project, impact on economy 4819
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7863, 7865, 7868-9
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- Skeena constituency and area
- concerns of constituents re road maintenance and safety, petition tabled 6895
- forest industry 5706-7, 6930
- Stewart-Omineca road, role as resource transportation road 4819
- Terrace, description and events 6125
- Throne speech debate 4818-21
- University of Northern B.C., medical program, impact on supply of health professionals in northern B.C. 4819
- Wildlife, Kermode bear 7874
Harrison, E. Hunter
Harrison Lake
- Electric power supply in area
(Nuraney) 6166
(Plant) 6166
- Highway along west side of lake, need
(Penner) 4841, 4843
- Hydroelectricity projects in area
(Penner) 4843-4
Harrop, B.C.
- Hosting of storytelling festival
(Suffredine) 5419
Hartley, W.L. (Bill)
Hastings Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Parental involvement in school
(Mayencourt) 5141
Hastings Park See Vancouver, B.C.
Hastings Park Conservancy
- Concerns re Hastings Park Trust legislation
(Kwan) 7723
(MacPhail) 7532
Hastings Park Racecourse, Vancouver, B.C.
Hastings Park Trust
- Application of trust, legal action
(Falcon) 7692
(MacPhail) 7530, 7692-4
- Changes to terms of trust
- changes
(Falcon) 7480, 7528-9, 7722-3, 7725, 7732, 7738-9
(MacPhail) 7695, 7722-3, 7732
(Mayencourt) 7738-9
- consultation by government
(Falcon) 7693-4, 7696, 7724-5, 7727-8
(Kwan) 7724-5
(MacPhail) 7693-5, 7725, 7727-8
(Nijjar) 7696
- retroactivity
(Falcon) 7741
(MacPhail) 7741
- Trust
(Falcon) 7692
(MacPhail) 7691-2
Hastings Townsite Child Care Society
- Funding from charity gaming
(Coleman) 5379
(MacPhail) 5379
Hat Creek
Hatfield, Chris
- Comments on closed-containment fish farms
(van Dongen) 5548
Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge–Mission)
- As subject
- comments on students of private post-secondary institutions
(MacPhail) 7314-5
- conduct in House
(MacPhail) 5778-9
- ride-alongs with police officers 5394-5
- Abbotsford, hospital construction project
- Accenture Business Services of B.C., board of directors, B.C. Hydro membership 5018
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7287-8
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome), HIV infection rates 6753
- Alcohol
- liquor licensing
- hours of operation of licensed establishments 5232
- responsibility of licensees for disturbances outside establishment 5232-3
- role of local government 5231
- serving of liquor in restaurants, lounge endorsement 5231
- liquor stores
- closing of public stores, impact on service and product choice 5887-9
- licensed retail stores, proposals, application process 5887
- rural agency stores and licensed retail stores 5229-30
- Arthur Andersen LLP, study on public-private partnerships 8299
- Birds, spotted owl habitat protection 6933
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, comments on public ownership of B.C. Hydro 7835, 7837
- B.C. Health Coalition, membership 8298
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- agreement 5020
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5019, 5127
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, cost 5019
- alternative energy projects 6699
- core assets and services
- definition 5018
- protection, government commitment 7835
- employees, renegotiation of contract 5019
- financial sustainability 5127
- management during NDP administration 6698-9, 7836
- operations, current situation 5019-20
- outsourcing and privatization, support services 5081, 5127
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7835-7
- B.C. Institute of Technology, woodlot program on Blue Mountain 6933
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government
- ideology 7311
- MLAs, work of caucus members 5535-6
- B.C. Teachers Federation, advertising 4849-50
- Budget debate 5126-8, 5154-6
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5126
- Business
- outsourcing of services 5018, 5081
- public-private partnerships
- acceptance of risk by private sector 8298-9
- business profit 8300
- role 8185
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, study on public-private partnerships 8185, 8299
- Cardiac health, lifestyle counselling for cardiac patients 7901-2
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, treatment and prevention 7901
- Civil service, wage costs, comparison with private sector 4847
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 6002-3
- Community Charter, consultation, stakeholder consultation 5126
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, estimates debate 5887-9
- Crime and criminals
- cross-jurisdictional movement of criminals 5394-5
- street-racing crimes, penalties for offenders 4804
- youth crime, response 7644-5
- Duperon, Diane, hepatitis C case 5102
- Education funding formula, per-student formula 5127-8
- Education ministry, estimates debate 5533-4
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 7287
- Energy
- "dirty" energy 6699
- electricity rates
- rates in B.C., rate freeze 7836
- setting of rates, heritage contract 7836
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 6699
- government policy 5127
- independent power producers, development of sector 6699
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5018-20, 5081
- Environment, environmental protection, government initiatives 7039
- Ervin, Frank, work on preventative health care commended 7901
- Financial services industry
- bank loan approval process 7964
- use of clients' personal information 6418
- Fisheries and Oceans department (federal), policy on gravel extraction from rivers and streams 7590
- Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7883-5
- Floods and floodplains, Fraser Valley, flooding and rainfall damage in October 2003, impact on residents and assistance available 7441
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, death of firefighting pilots 7168
- Forest industry
- forest practices, environmental standards during NDP administration 6933
- harvesting rights, cut control requirements 6932
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, timber takeback, impact on small licence holders 6932
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 6932
- industry in B.C., impact of NDP government policies 6931-3
- private managed forest land
- woodlot program 6932-3
- working forest land base, establishment 6931-2
- Forest Practices Code, impact on costs to forest industry 6932
- Forest Renewal B.C., operations 6931
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 6931-4
- Foy, Joe, work on park creation 6933
- Fraser River, gravel extraction in area 7527, 7883-4
- Fraser Valley, air quality 7039
- Freedom of information, requests for information, handling during NDP administration 6418
- Government
- accommodation/buildings, taxpayer liability for public construction 8298-300
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 5155
- fiscal planning and policies, borrowing costs as government 8300
- ministers, accessibility to MLAs 5537
- project approval process in B.C. 7964-5
- public consultation during NDP administration 7736
- regulations and red tape, reduction 7287-8, 7311
- Health authorities
- advisory groups, role 4850
- autonomy 5155
- funding, allocation for hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS 6753
- support services, privatization 5155
- Health care
- facilities
- food and laundry services, wage and benefits costs 4847-8
- standards in public facilities 8300
- health professionals, recruitment to B.C. 4850
- laboratory services, changes to service 7837
- preventative health care, role in health care system 7901-3
- privatization of services, publicly funded services in private facilities 8380
- regionalization 5154
- system
- workers, collective agreements
- accrual accounting practices 5155
- government changes 4849
- Health Employers Association of B.C., negotiation of worker contracts 4848
- Health Planning ministry, estimates debate 6753-4
- Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6413
- Healthcare Labour Adjustment Agency, termination of agency 4849
- Hepatitis
- compensation from federal government for people with hepatitis C 5102
- hepatitis C infection rates 6753
- Heritage Park Secondary School, construction 8298
- Highway 11, widening of section between Mission and Abbotsford 5238
- Highways and roads
- ditch maintenance as road flooding prevention 7883-4
- maintenance and rehabilitation, cost 4847
- Hospital District Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5913-5
- Hospital Employees Union
- advertising 4849
- contracts, vacation time 5155
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada, relationship with government 6933
- Information, personal information, appeals and disputes of incorrect information 6418
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Justice system, youth justice, penalties for young offenders 7645
- K-Bro Linen Systems Inc., hospital laundry contracts 4849
- Legislature
- Local government
- budgets and financing, borrowing, need for public referendum 5915
- building and development regulations on flood risk areas 7884-5
- bylaws, enforcement 6002-3, 7283
- powers and responsibilities
- allocation of funds in reserve accounts 6002
- expansion of charges attached to property taxes 6002-3
- Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act, debate 7283
- MacPhail, Joy
- comments on issues
- comments during debate on Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act (2003) 8055-6
- comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act 6698-9
- position on issues, B.C. Liberal Party government initiatives 7836
- Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area, gravel accumulation in rivers and streams, impact on area 7590
- Medical Services Plan, billings by physicians, monitoring and dispute resolution 6413
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 8380
- impact on private clinics 8380
- MLAs, responsibilities and role 5535-7
- Mission Memorial Hospital, services 4850, 5154
- Motions
- Criminal Code amendments on street racing (Motion 7), debate 4804
- public-private partnerships (Motion 33), debate 8297-301
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7167-8
- NDP
- funding from labour sector 4848
- performance as government
- Nurses, recruitment and retention, government strategy 6776
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, referenda, referendum in Vancouver 4927-8
- Opticians and optometrists, scope of practice 6753-4
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7736-7
- Parks
- development in parks, recreation and tourism facilities 8056
- directional drilling under parks and protected areas 8056
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8055-6
- Partnerships B.C., mandate 8300
- Personal Information Protection Act
- Pharmacare program, sustainability 5127
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5394-5
- Police and policing
- funding for police services 5394
- information management
- need for timely information, cases 5394-5
- PRIME-BC system 5394-5
- interjurisdictional communication and information-sharing 5394-5
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., study on public-private partnerships 8299
- Privacy, protection of personal information, legislation 6418
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7309-12
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7862-3
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5229-33
- Regional districts, regional growth management 7965
- Regional hospital districts, powers 5913-4
- Rivers and streams, streamside protection, new regulations 5643
- Riverside Centre
- early intervention program for youth 7644
- trades training for high-school students 5128, 7309-10
- School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), operations 5128
- School district 75 (Mission)
- class size 4849
- operations 5128
- teachers' contract, seniority and severance provisions 8359
- School Sites Acquisition Act, purpose of bill 5534
- Schools
- capital projects, new projects 5533-4
- closings 5533
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, debate 7964-5
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, provincial apprenticeship program, changes 5128
- need 7309
- Small business forest enterprise program 6932
- Sodexho, work of organization 5019
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), emissions, impact on air quality 7039-40
- Taxation, tax reductions 4850
- Teachers
- collective agreements
- provincial collective agreement, personal harassment clause 8359
- standardization 8359
- layoffs, seniority policy and severance payments 4850
- Thorpe, Irene, death in street-racing incident 4804
- Throne speech debate 4846-50
- Trade unions, advertising by public sector unions 4848-50
- Transmission Corporation Act, debate 6698-700
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- private institutions
- cost and length of programs, comparison with public institutions 7311
- financial protection for students 7310
- regulation 7310-1
- role 7309
- regulation, government consultation with post-secondary institutions 7287
- Vancouver, Hastings Park, activities in and use of park 7736-7
- von Hardenberg, Ben, death while piloting firefighting helicopter 7168
- Windy Craggy mine project, government decision on project 6931
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7644-5
Hawkair Aviation Services Ltd.
Hawkins, Hon. Sindi (Kelowna-Mission)
- As subject
- experience of summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7179-80
(MacPhail) 7175
- support for Kelowna cancer centre
(Chong) 6234
- work of constituency assistants commended 5000
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- government HIV/AIDS strategy, consultation 6760-1
- HIV infection rates 6753, 6761-3
- prevention and treatment 6762-4
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C., highways and roads, improvements, funding 5001
- population, life expectancy 6716
- B.C. Cancer Agency, work of agency 6234
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, work on treatment of hepatitis C 6765
- Budget debate 4999-5004
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5000-1
- Business, venture capital, regulations in venture capital industry 5002
- Campbell, Gordon, response to summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7180
- Cancer, incidence and survival rates 6234
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, work for Health ministries 6719-20
- Children, child deaths
- infant mortality rate in B.C. 6354
- use of infant mortality rate in health care system performance measurement 6354
- College of Pharmacists of B.C.
- consultation by government on legislative changes 7659
- handling of PharmaNet access requests 6719-20
- Drugs, veterinary drugs 7438
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 5000-1
- heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 5001-2
- Environment, pest control and pesticide use, mosquito control, municipal responsibility 6767
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- death of firefighting pilots 7180
- relief effort, donations and fundraising 7140-1
- response 7178-80
- Forest industry, reforms 5002
- Forests ministry, staff, employees' role in firefighting efforts 7178
- Fuel, gasoline tax, revenue to transportation infrastructure 5001
- Health authorities
- funding, allocation for hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS 6753
- reorganization 5003-4
- Health care
- chronic disease management, government website 6717
- community health clinics 6723
- costs, management 5003
- health professions, regulation and scope of practice 6722, 6728, 6758-60, 7186-7
- health records, electronic records 6756
- private sector involvement, government policy 6756-7
- system
- human resources strategies 6716
- public input, lobbying of government 6765
- reform of primary care system, demonstration projects 6717-9
- reforms 5002-4, 6715
- standards, development of access and quality standards 6754-5
- Health Committee, report recommendations 5003
- Health Planning ministry
- estimates debate 6714-24, 6753-67
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 6715-8
- changes in responsibilities 6718
- continuation of mandate 6758
- establishment of ministry 6715
- information technology plan 6755-6
- ministry organization 6715
- relationship with health authorities 6755
- relationship with provincial health officer 6757
- service plan 6715-7
- service plan, 2003-04 to 2005-06, tabled 6687
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6728, 7186-8, 7191-2, 7223-5
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7437, 7659
- Health Professions Council
- 2001 report recommendations, implementation 6728
- recommendations on naturopathy 6722-4
- Health Services ministry, PharmaNet stewardship committee, establishment 7438
- Hepatitis, prevention and treatment of hepatitis C 6764-5
- Housing, residential care facilities, private sector involvement 6757
- Indians
- health status, government action, handbook 6717
- tobacco use, prevention 6721
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5001
- Kelowna-Mission constituency and area, description and history 5000
- Marijuana
- decriminalization, ministerial responsibility for input to federal government 6720
- use, prevention and health issues 6720
- Motions, response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7178-80
- Naturopaths, potential changes to scope of practice 6722-4, 6758-60
- Nurses
- nurse practitioner
- supply
- government strategy 6716-7
- recruitment and retention, government strategy 5696, 7413-4
- Okanagan area, wine industry 5000
- Olympic Games
- hosting of 1988 Winter Games by Calgary 5002
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 5002
- Ontario, outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome 5697
- Opticians and optometrists, scope of practice 6753-4
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program, evaluation 6719-20
- Pharmacists, regulation of pharmacists 7437, 7438, 7659
- Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, debate 7437-8, 7660
- Physicians
- services, planning 6718
- training, increase in training spaces 6717
- Provincial health officer
- annual report, 2002, The Health and Well-Being of People in British Columbia, tabled 8260
- role 6757-8
- Public health, immunization
- influenza vaccinations 8021-2
- vaccination program 6717
- Resorts
- B.C. resort task force, establishment 5002
- ski resort development in B.C. 5002
- Resources and resource industries, regulation and legislation 5002
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- outbreak in Canada, B.C. government action 5697
- potential outbreak in B.C., prevention, government action 5860-1
- public information, accessibility 5644
- Sunrise Village mobile home park, residents' concerns re Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, petition tabled 6705
- Tobacco
- government's court case against tobacco companies, status 6722
- use
- Vancouver, downtown east side, prevention of illegal drug activity, four pillars approach 6721
- Vital Statistics Agency, services 6715
- West Nile virus
Hawryluk, Theodore
- Disability benefits reassessment case
(MacPhail) 6054-5
Hay, David
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
- As subject
- communications with constituents 6467
- hosting of public forums 4838, 4840
- illness of son 5149
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7290, 7362
- Border crossings
- connector routes from crossings to highways, 176th Street expansion 4838
- investment in border crossing infrastructure 4838
- B.C. Family Hearing Resource Centre, work of organization and opening of new building 7622
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8271
- job reductions 8271
- position of northern communities 8270
- budget and finances, write-down of debt 8271
- future of organization, viability 8270-1
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8270-1
- Budget debate 5163-5
- Budgets, 2003-04 budget, response of business and media 5163-4
- Business
- government support, promotion of trade and investment 7877
- venture capital, accessibility 4839
- Children, early childhood development, funding 4839
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8399-400
- Crime, youth crime, deterrence 7635
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 7701
- Education funding, additional funding 4839
- Exports and imports, market opportunities in Asia 5137-9
- Fleetwood Hawks, performance in women's hockey championship 6351-2
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- death of firefighting pilots 7183
- relief effort, donations and fundraising 7183
- response 7183
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute, collective bargaining process, legislation 8399-400
- export of products, diversification of markets 5137, 5165
- forest workers, government support 4839
- private managed forest land, role of local government 7869
- Fraser River crossings
- need for third crossing 4838
- proposal for crossing between Surrey and Maple Ridge, public concerns 5165
- Fuel, gasoline tax, revenue to transportation infrastructure 4839, 5164-5
- Government
- federal-provincial relations, partnership projects 4839-40
- ministries, meeting of budget targets 5165
- project approval process, expediting of decisions 7964
- Hayer, Tara Singh, tribute 7987
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 4839
- Income tax, personal income tax rates, base rate 5164-5
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
- J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., call centre in Surrey 7701-2
- Legislature, question period, history in B.C. 6467
- Lower mainland
- bridge construction, connectors to 176th Street interchange and South Fraser perimeter road, impact on residential areas 6124
- Gateway program 7714-5
- transportation infrastructure projects in area 7714
- McCallum, Doug, position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 7964
- Maclean's, ranking of Canadian universities 8210
- Marijuana grow operations
- link with electricity theft
- government action 5462
- information-sharing between police and B.C. Hydro 6043
- penalties and sentencing of growers 5615
- public safety issue 5615
- Motions
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7183
- transportation infrastructure (Motion 49), debate 7714-5
- Oil and gas industry, offshore drilling, resource development 4839
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4839
- Port Mann Bridge, expansion 4838, 7714
- Post-secondary education
- benefits 7290
- student spaces, number of spaces 8210
- Prince George, CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8271
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7305
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7869
- Real property tax, school tax increase 5164
- Resources and resource industries, transportation of resource products, role of transportation infrastructure 5165
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Surrey detachment, award recipients commended 6660
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, debate 7964
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus 4839
- Surrey
- public meeting on 2003-04 budget 5164
- transportation infrastructure
- Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Business Excellence Awards 7480
- Surrey-Tynehead constituency and area
- economic development, impact of government policies 6988, 7701-3
- marijuana grow operations 5614-5
- Throne speech debate 4838-40
- Tolls, use 5165
- Transportation
- provincial transportation plan 4839
- regional advisory committees 4839
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budgets and deficits 7362
- private institutions
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 7305
- regulation 7305
- regulation, reduction of regulations 7290
- university boards of governors and senates, membership 7290
- Western Shield women's hockey championship 6351-2
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7635
Hayer, Tara Singh
Hazelton, B.C.
Hazelton Secondary School, Hazelton, B.C.
- Student performance
(MacKay) 5459
Hazlewood, Andrew
- Work on Vancouver agreement strategic plan
(Cheema) 6978
HEABC See Health Employers Association of British Columbia
Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act
- Amendment to definition of "employer"
(Bruce) 8281
(MacPhail) 8281
- Legislation See also Workers, collective agreements, government changes under Health care
Health authorities See also particular authorities, e.g., Interior health authority
- Aboriginal health plan
(Hansen) 6908-9
- Administration costs, limit
(Hansen) 6825
(MacPhail) 6824
- Advisory groups, role
(Hawes) 4850
- Autonomy
(Hawes) 5155
(Manhas) 5168
- Court decision on accountability of authorities See Minister's role in health authorities, court decision under Health Services, Ministry of
- Electronic records system See also Health records under Health care
(Manhas) 5168
- Employee relations
(Hansen) 6903
(MacPhail) 6903
- Executives and staff
- executive compensation
(Hansen) 6789-90
(MacPhail) 6789-90
- executive compensation and severance costs
(Hansen) 6824-6
(MacPhail) 6824-6
- mental health services staffing
(Cheema) 6954
(Kwan) 6954-5
- non-executive compensation
(MacPhail) 6826-7
- Funding
- allocation for hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS
(Hawes) 6753
(Hawkins) 6753
- allocation for mental health services
(Cheema) 6976
(Hansen) 6866
(MacPhail) 6866-7
- allocation from federal funding
(Hansen) 6666
- allocation responsibility
(Cheema) 6863-5, 6941
(Hansen) 6865
- budget for administration services
(Hansen) 6789, 6794-5, 7440
(MacPhail) 6788-9, 6794-5
- funding
(Kwan) 6948
- three-year funding
(Les) 4915
- Performance agreements and targets
- Public meetings
(Hansen) 6898-9, 6904
(MacPhail) 6898-9
- Reduction in number of boards
(Falcon) 4748
(Hansen) 6789-90
- Reorganization
(Hawkins) 5003-4
- Residential care facilities
- Review of surgical services
(Hansen) 6904
(MacPhail) 6904
- Size of authority areas
(Hansen) 6905
(MacPhail) 6904
- Summary of activities, annual publication
(Hansen) 6851-2
(MacPhail) 6851-2
- Support services, privatization
(Hawes) 5155
Health care See also Public health
- Accessibility, concerns of constituents from north end of Queen Charlotte Islands, petition tabled
(Belsey) 5030
- Acute care services See Emergency services below under this main heading
- Addiction services See Prevention and treatment under Substance abuse/addiction
- Admission to health care facility
- involuntary admission
(Kwan) 8338
- patient's appeal process
(Kwan) 8338-9
(Plant) 8338-9
- Beds See also Continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds below under this main heading
- acute care beds, appropriate use
(Christensen) 6553
- acute care beds, closings
(MacPhail) 8136
- acute care beds, number
(Hansen) 8080
(MacPhail) 7067
- availability, B.C. Bedline service
(Hansen) 6799
- Billing practices
- Chronic disease management See also particular diseases, e.g., Diabetes
- Community care See also Home care
- facilities, number
(Bray) 5810
(Hogg) 5810
- Community health clinics
(Hawkins) 6723
(Manhas) 6723
- Community-based services See Home support services under Home care
- Continuing and long-term care
- assessment standards
(Kwan) 4929
(MacPhail) 4928-9
(Whittred) 4928-9
- eligibility, waiting period for new residents
(Anderson) 7877
(Whittred) 7877
- Continuing and long-term care facilities See also Residential care facilities under Housing
- establishment, role of non-profit sector
(Kwan) 7017-8
(Whittred) 5509-10, 7017, 7031-2
- funding, federal funding
(Lee) 7032
(Whittred) 7032
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings
(Kwan) 7021-4
(MacPhail) 7439
- intermediate and long-term care beds, existing beds
(Kwan) 7019, 7022
(Whittred) 7019, 7022
- intermediate and long-term care beds, involvement of non-profit societies
(Kwan) 6939
(Whittred) 6939
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds
(Barisoff) 5041
(Campbell) 7068
(Kwan) 6936, 7018-9
(MacPhail) 7066-7, 7440
(Mayencourt) 4853
(Penner) 4845
(Whittred) 4862-3, 6936, 7017-9, 7440
- intermediate and long-term care beds, rent supplements
(Kwan) 6936, 6938-40, 7017-8
(Whittred) 6936-8, 7017
- long-term care workers, compensation
(Nuraney) 7032
(Whittred) 7032
- mortality rate in care facilities
(Kwan) 7025-6
(Whittred) 7026
- non-profit facilities
(Kwan) 7017
- non-profit facilities, expropriation by government, status
(Cobb) 5509
(Whittred) 5509-10
- non-profit facilities, funding
(Lee) 7031-2
(Whittred) 7031-2
- nursing care levels
(Hansen) 6808
(MacPhail) 6808
- patient choice
(Trumper) 4863
(Whittred) 4863
- services
(Sahota) 4877-8
(Whittred) 7025-6
- transfer of patients between facilities, coroner's investigation into patient death
(MacPhail) 4928-9
- transfer of patients between facilities, policies
(Kwan) 7026-7
(Whittred) 7026-7
- use of acute care beds for long-term care patients See Beds, appropriate use of acute-care beds above under this main heading
- use of term "intermediate care"
(Whittred) 7019
- wait-list policy
(Trumper) 4863
(Whittred) 4863
- Costs
- cost increases
(Bruce) 8147
(Hansen) 6666
(Stewart, K.) 4737-8
(Stewart, R.) 7979-80
- cost increases, impact on patients
(MacPhail) 4885
- management
(Bhullar) 5098
(Halsey-Brandt) 5006
(Hawkins) 5003
(Jarvis) 5120-1
(Throne speech) 4699
(van Dongen) 4788
- patients with chronic disease and multiple conditions
(Hansen) 6813
(MacPhail) 6813
- Emergency services
- availability
(Hansen) 5743-4
(MacPhail) 5743-4
- health authority as employer
(Bruce) 8206
(MacPhail) 8205-6
- integration of ambulance and emergency room services
(Hansen) 6854
- investigation into patient death
(Nettleton) 6041
- services in B.C.
(Stewart, K.) 4738
- Establishment of health council for Canada
(Hansen) 6909-10
(MacPhail) 6909-10
- Facilities See also Hospitals; Continuing and long-term care facilities above under this main heading; Residential care facilities under Housing
- closings and service reductions
(MacPhail) 6802-3
- construction during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(MacPhail) 8135
- food and laundry services, privatization of food services, petitions tabled
(Bray) 5205
(Orr) 5030
- food and laundry services, role of food services in health care
(Kwan) 8145
- food and laundry services, wage and benefits costs
(Hawes) 4847-8
(Krueger) 4858
- parking services, responsibility
(Bruce) 8205-6
(MacPhail) 8205
- patient lifts on ceilings
(Hansen) 6803, 6810
- service expansions
(Hansen) 6803
- standards in public facilities
(Hawes) 8300
- Food and laundry services See Facilities above under this main heading Health care
- Funding
- additional funding
(Belsey) 4919-20
(Bloy) 4777
(Brenzinger) 4914
(Bruce) 8147
(Falcon) 4748
(Halsey-Brandt) 5006
(Lekstrom) 4894-5
(Locke) 4951-2
(Long) 4946
(Murray) 4941
(Neufeld) 5054-5
(Penner) 4845
(Sahota) 5181
(Stephens) 4953-4
(Sultan) 4889
(Thorpe) 5051
- federal funding
(Manhas) 5168
(Stewart, K.) 7979
(Stewart, R.) 7980
(Trumper) 7982
- federal funding, accountability for use of funds
(Hansen) 6909
(MacPhail) 6908-9
- federal funding, disbursement of funds
(Hansen) 6664-5, 6907
(MacPhail) 6907-8
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement
(Campbell) 4710-1
(Collins) 4868
(Hansen) 6816
(Krueger) 4710-1
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement, disbursement of funds
(Collins) 5431-2
(MacPhail) 5431-2
- funding
(Masi) 4724
(Stewart, R.) 5188-9
- funding during NDP administration
(Chong) 4785
(MacPhail) 6667
- funding levels
(Manhas) 5168
(Mayencourt) 4853
- relationship of physician budget to population growth
(Hansen) 6821
(MacPhail) 6821
- Health accord See Funding, federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement above under this main heading
- Health professionals
- Health professions
- Health records
- electronic records
(Hansen) 6816-7
(Hawkins) 6756
(Johnston) 4949
(MacPhail) 6816
- management, protection of privacy
(Bray) 7476
(Locke) 7476
(Whittred) 7477
- national patient information system
(MacPhail) 7474
- Hospice care See Hospice and palliative care
- Information, B.C. Nurseline
(Barisoff) 5042
- Laboratory services
- changes to service
(Hansen) 7671
(Hawes) 7837
(Locke) 7671
- changes to service, process
(Hansen) 8307
(Nettleton) 8307
- Labour relations
- agreement between health care workers and government, ratification
(Hansen) 6849
(Kwan) 6848-9
- government-imposed settlements
(Kwan) 8398
- Long-term care See Continuing and long-term care above under this main heading
- Mental health services See Mental health
- Palliative care
- end-of-life discussion paper, public input
(Christensen) 6553
- government strategy
(Hansen) 6527
- Patients, appeal process
(Kwan) 8341
(Plant) 8341
- Preventative health care, role in health care system
(Hansen) 7902
(Hawes) 7901-3
- Primary care
- clinics See Community health clinics above under this main heading
- reform See System, reform of primary care system below under this main heading
- Private clinics
- Private sector involvement
- Private sector involvement, public-private partnerships
- assumption of risk
(Bruce) 8174-5
(MacPhail) 8174-6
- partnerships
(Bruce) 8018, 8130, 8279
- public ownership of buildings
(Bruce) 8173
(MacPhail) 8173
- right to contract outside collective agreement
(Bruce) 8278-80
(MacPhail) 8278-80
- role of local health authorities
(Bruce) 8173-4, 8203-4
(MacPhail) 8173, 8202-4
- role of private partner as employer
(Bruce) 8176-7, 8199-200, 8202-5
(MacPhail) 8176-7, 8199-200, 8201-6
- role of private partner as employer, case re security services
(Bruce) 8202-4
(MacPhail) 8201-4
- role of private partner as employer, rights of subsidiaries
(Bruce) 8187-8
(Kwan) 8187-8
- Privatization of services
- accountability issue
(Kwan) 8145
- cost-effectiveness, studies
(Hansen) 6788
(MacPhail) 6787-8
- experience elsewhere
(Bruce) 8173, 8201
(Kwan) 8141-2
(MacPhail) 8172-3
- impact on health worker jobs
(Kwan) 8145-6
(MacPhail) 6787
- non-clinical services in facilities
(Bruce) 8146-7, 8189
(Kwan) 8144, 8188-90
(MacPhail) 8136, 8201
- number of private clinics in B.C.
(Hansen) 6823
(MacPhail) 6823
- privatization
(MacPhail) 8134
- publicly funded services in private facilities
(Hansen) 6787, 8379-80
(Hawes) 8380
- support services
(Hansen) 6787
(MacPhail) 6788
- surgeries in private facilities
(Hansen) 6823
(MacPhail) 6822-3
- Regionalization
(Hawes) 5154
- Rent supplements See Continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds above under this main heading
- Reproductive services See Human reproduction
- Residential care facilities See Housing
- Services
- billing for services See Billing practices above under this main heading
- number of surgeries
(Hansen) 7780-2
- privatization of services See Privatization of services above under this main heading
- service delivery
(Collins) 4868
- service delivery in remote and rural areas
(MacPhail) 6042
- service delivery model
(Suffredine) 5173
- services and Medical Services Plan premiums, petition tabled
(Krueger) 7113
- Services for Indians, government strategy
(Hansen) 6909
- Services for seniors
- Services for women
(Stephens) 5440-1
- System
- employer determination See also Private sector involvement, public-private partnerships, role of private partner as employer above under this main heading
(Bruce) 8281-2
(MacPhail) 8281-2
- human resources strategies
(Hawkins) 6716
- impact of aging population on system
(Campbell) 7068
- management
(Christensen) 5124-5
- performance measurement
(Hansen) 6666, 6867-8
- Picture of Health initiative, freedom-of-information request by opposition
(Campbell) 7079
(MacPhail) 7079
- political involvement
(Hawes) 5154-5
(Manhas) 5168
- public input, lobbying of government
(Hawkins) 6765
(Suffredine) 6765
- reform of primary care system
(Bray) 7191, 7475-6
(Hansen) 8290
(MacPhail) 6718
- reform of primary care system, demonstration projects
(Hawkins) 6717-9
- reforms
(Barisoff) 5041-2
(Bond) 5036
(Bray) 4715
(Brenzinger) 4913-4
(Campbell) 7063, 7068, 7072
(Cheema) 5043
(Chutter) 4783
(Collins) 4867-8
(Hamilton) 5038
(Hawkins) 5002-4, 6715
(Hunter) 4902
(Johnston) 4949
(Kwan) 4988
(McMahon) 4984, 8289-91
(Roddick) 4995
(Stephens) 4954
(Stewart, R.) 4833
(Trumper) 4904-5
(Visser) 4908-9
(Wong) 4938
- restructuring
(Hawes) 5154
(van Dongen) 4788
(Wilson) 4821
- role in economy
(Lekstrom) 4744
- standards, development of access and quality standards
(Hawkins) 6754-5
(Nettleton) 6754-5
- sustainability
(Bennett) 4714
(Christensen) 4756
(Kerr) 4767
(Les) 5110-1
(MacPhail) 6908
(Whittred) 4729
- system in B.C.
(Clark) 4730
- Telehealth
- impact on services in rural areas
(Barisoff) 5042
- telepsychiatry
(Hansen) 6800
- Trauma services See Emergency services above under this main heading
- Travel for treatment
(Harris) 4820
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- situation since system restructuring
(Hansen) 6040-1
(MacPhail) 6040-1
- status
(MacPhail) 6075-6
- surgery waiting times
(Hansen) 6819-23
(Kwan) 7780-2
(MacPhail) 6819-23
- surgery wait-list registry
(Hansen) 6820
- surgery wait-lists for joint replacements
(Hansen) 6815
(MacPhail) 6815
- western Canada wait-list project
(Hansen) 6821-2
- Workers
- agreement to limit privatization, rejection of proposal
(Hansen) 6905-6
(MacPhail) 6905-7
- collective agreements, accrual accounting practices
(Hawes) 5155
- collective agreements, government changes
(Hawes) 4849
- collective agreements, government changes, impact on nurses
(Hansen) 6804-6
(MacPhail) 6804
- collective agreements, negotiation of new agreement
(Hansen) 6906-7
(MacPhail) 6906-7
- compensation for support workers
(Hansen) 6829-30
(Kwan) 6830, 6848
(MacPhail) 6829, 6907
- human resources planning
(Christensen) 4756
- role of support workers in health care system
(Hansen) 6829-30
(MacPhail) 6829
- union actions
(Krueger) 4858
Health Care and Care Facility Review Board
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
Health Employers Association of British Columbia
- Negotiation of worker contracts
(Hawes) 4848
- Role
(Hansen) 6903-4
(MacPhail) 6903
Health Match B.C. See Health professionals, recruitment under Health care
Health Planning, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Hawkins) 6715-8
- Changes in responsibilities
(Hawkins) 6718
(MacPhail) 6718
- Continuation of mandate
(Hawkins) 6758
(Nettleton) 6758
- Development of access standards and quality standards See System, standards under Health care
- Establishment of ministry
(Hawkins) 6715
- Information technology plan
(Hawkins) 6755-6
(Nettleton) 6755-6
- Ministry organization
(Hawkins) 6715
- Relationship with health authorities
(Hawkins) 6755
(Trumper) 6755
- Relationship with provincial health officer
(Hawkins) 6757
- Service plan
- 2003-04 to 2005-06 plan tabled
(Hawkins) 6687
- plan
(Hawkins) 6715-7
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 62) (Minister of Health Planning) 1R, 6728; 2R, 7186-92; C, 7223-5; 3R, 7225; RA, 7504
- Amdts: sec. 2 (Hawkins) 7223-4, approved 7224; sec. 7, 9, 10 (Hawkins) 7224, approved 7224; sec. 17 (Hawkins) 7224-5, approved 7225; sec. 29 and 34 (Hawkins) 7225, approved 7225
- Debate, speakers
(Bray) 7190-1
(Brice) 7189-90
(Hawkins) 6728, 7186-8, 7191-2, 7223-5
(MacPhail) 7188
(Mayencourt) 7188-9
- Purpose of bill
(Hawkins) 7186
(Mayencourt) 7189
Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
Health Professions Council
- Recommendations
- implementation of 2001 report recommendations
(Hawkins) 6728
- recommendations on naturopathy
(Hawkins) 6722-4
(MacPhail) 6722-3
Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- (Bill 94) (Minister of Skills Development and Labour) 1R, 8017-8; 2R, 8130-49; C, 8171-80, 8187-206, 8278-82; 3R, 8282; RA, 8382
- Amdts: 2R (MacPhail) 8139, negatived 8143
- Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 8143; 2R approved 8149; sec. 1 approved 8190; sec. 2 approved 8199; sec. 3 approved 8206; sec. 4 approved 8279; sec. 5 and sec. 6 approved 8280
- Debate, speakers
(Bruce) 8018, 8130-2, 8146-9, 8171-9, 8187-206, 8278-82
(Kwan) 8140-6, 8177-80, 8187-99
(MacPhail) 8132-40, 8171-7, 8199-206, 8278-82
- Alignment with Canada Health Act
(Bruce) 8173
(MacPhail) 8173
- Application of act
- application to existing facilities
(Bruce) 8177-8
(Kwan) 8177-8
- level of private investment required
(Bruce) 8191-8
(Kwan) 8191-9
- Debate on bill
- pace of progress of bill
(Kwan) 8143, 8179
- participation of government MLAs
(Kwan) 8142
- Definitions
- "designated private sector partner"
(Bruce) 8171-2
(MacPhail) 8171-2
- "health care facility"
(Kwan) 8143-4
- "health sector partner"
(Bruce) 8177-9
(Kwan) 8177-9
- Delay for six months
(Kwan) 8140, 8142-3
(MacPhail) 8139-40
- Explanatory note
(MacPhail) 8138
- Impact
- impact on existing collective agreements
(Bruce) 8280
(MacPhail) 8280
- impact on health care workers
(MacPhail) 8132, 8138-9
- impact on multi-employer collective agreements
(Bruce) 8279-80
(MacPhail) 8279-80
- Need for legislation for Abbotsford hospital
(Bruce) 8179
(Kwan) 8179, 8187
(MacPhail) 8177
- Purpose of bill
(Bruce) 8018, 8130, 8147
(MacPhail) 8138-9
- Relationship with Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act
(Bruce) 8176-7, 8187, 8278-9
(Kwan) 8187
(MacPhail) 8176-7, 8278
Health, Select Standing Committee on
- Consultation of health professionals
(Suffredine) 7477
- Powers, examination of strategies to improve health habits and sustain health care system
(Collins) 8364
- Reports
- Patients First 2002: The Path to Reform presented (Roddick) 4931; adopted 4931
- recommendations
(Hawkins) 5003
(Roddick) 4995
- recommendations on reference-based drug pricing
(MacPhail) 4969
- Work of committee
(Roddick) 4931
Health Services, Ministry of
- Supplementary estimates
- Estimates
- debate 6664-87, 6767-71, 6780-817, 6819-42, 6848-71, 6897-6910, 6935-57, 6973-83, 7015-7035
- speakers
(Anderson) 7030-1
(Cheema) 6767-71, 6831-41, 6859-65, 6941-57, 6973-83
(Hansen) 6664-6, 6668-87, 6781-817, 6819-30, 6849-58, 6860-1, 6865-71, 6897-910, 7029, 7034
(Krueger) 6831-3, 7015-6, 7029
(Kwan) 6781-3, 6830, 6833-4, 6848-51, 6854-65, 6935-57, 7015, 7017-30, 7033-5
(Lee) 7031-2
(Lekstrom) 7016-7
(Locke) 6770-1, 6831
(MacPhail) 6666-86, 6780, 6782-816, 6819-29, 6851-4, 6861, 6864-71, 6897-910, 6973-83
(Manhas) 6781-2
(Masi) 6769-70
(Mayencourt) 6834-40
(Nuraney) 7032-3
(Stewart, R.) 6840-2
(Whittred) 6936-40, 7015-33
- Divisions: motion that section A rise and report resolution of Health Services ministry estimates approved 7035
- Administration costs, reduction
(Krueger) 4858
- Budget
- balanced budget
(Bruce) 8200
- budget
(Collins) 5305-6
(MacPhail) 5306
- targets
(Hansen) 6664
- Contracts for communications services
(Campbell) 7088
(MacPhail) 7088-9
- Estimates debate
- Minister's role in health authorities, court decision
(Hansen) 6897-9
(Kwan) 6940-1
(MacPhail) 6897-9
- PharmaNet stewardship committee
- establishment
(Hawkins) 7438
(Whittred) 7474
- operations
(Hansen) 6658
- Public correspondence
(Hansen) 6782-3
(MacPhail) 6782
- Role in provision of services for frail elderly
(Abbott) 5973-4
(MacPhail) 5973-4
- Service plan
- 2003-04 to 2005-06 plan tabled
(Hansen) 6687
- plan
(Hansen) 6665-6
- Staffing, reduction in adult mental health division
(Cheema) 6954
(Kwan) 6953-4
Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
Healthcare Infrastructure Co. of Canada
- Member companies
(Bruce) 8172
Healthcare Labour Adjustment Agency
- Termination of agency
(Hawes) 4849
(MacPhail) 6804
Healthier Babies–Brighter Futures program
Heartlands
- Heartlands as area of B.C. See Heartlands and Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
- Heartlands economic strategy See Economy
Hecate Strait
- Wind power generation potential in area
(Bell) 7150
Heiltsuk first nation
- Management agreement for protected area See Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area
Helmcken House, Victoria, B.C.
HELP program See Human early learning partnership
Henchey, Norman
- Report on effectiveness of schools in low-income settings See Schools
Henry M. Durand Manor, Golden, B.C.
Hepatitis
- Compensation from federal government for people with hepatitis C
(Hawes) 5102
- Disease management costs
(Hawkins) 6764
(Mayencourt) 6764
- Hepatitis C infection rates
(Hawes) 6753
- Prevention and treatment of hepatitis C
(Hawkins) 6764-5
(Mayencourt) 6764
Heritage
Heritage Aquaculture Ltd.
- Licence violation
(Hagen) 4711
(MacPhail) 4711
Heritage Conservation Act
Heritage contract See Electricity rates, setting of rates under Energy
Heritage Park Secondary School, Mission, B.C.
- Construction
(Hawes) 8298
Heritage Society of British Columbia
- Role in establishment of heritage legacy fund
(Abbott) 5650, 5700-1
(MacPhail) 5700
Hertzman, Clyde
- Work on early childhood development
- early development indicator
(Reid, L.) 5805
- input on government funding allocation
(Hogg) 5794
- input to government policy
(Reid, L.) 5658
- relationship between families and neighbourhoods
(Bray) 6010-1
- sociodemographic modelling
(Brice) 5826
(Hogg) 5578, 5799-800
(Reid, L.) 5812, 5826
(Sultan) 5811
- work
(Hogg) 5675, 5822
(Reid, L.) 4998, 5510
(Wong) 4937
HEU See Hospital Employees Union
Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Labour relations issues
(MacPhail) 8421-2
- Mine closing
(Krueger) 4859
- Status during NDP administration
(Krueger) 7928
High-technology industry See also Technology industry under Science and technology
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Improvements
- Mary Hill bypass area, traffic congestion
(Manhas) 5456
- Upper Levels Highway
- Dollarton Highway access, mall development and traffic in bridge area
(Jarvis) 5454
(Reid, J.) 5454
- sound barrier in Lynn Valley exit area
(Jarvis) 5455
- Yale Road–Vedder Road overpass, project funding
(Penner) 4840
Highway 3
- Improvements
- improvements in Kootenay area, petition tabled
(Bennett) 7722
- safety improvements to Steamboat Hill section in East Kootenay
(Bennett) 7719
Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway
- Coquihalla Highway, management of highway
- legislation See Coquihalla Highway Administration Clarity Act, 2003
- management
(Krueger) 6617
(Reid, J.) 6617
- potential transfer to private sector
(Kwan) 6990
(MacPhail) 6987-8
- potential transfer to private sector, public reaction
(MacPhail) 6844, 6913
- powers and responsibilities of operator
(Reid, J.) 6775, 6992
- powers and responsibilities of operator, legislation See Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- public-private partnership
(Collins) 5348
(Kwan) 6894-5
(MacPhail) 5347-8
(Reid, J.) 6894-5
- public-private partnership, cost to government for proposal
(Collins) 7411-2
(MacPhail) 7411-2
- public-private partnership, impact on revenues to province and region
(Collins) 7041
(MacPhail) 7040-1
(Reid, J.) 7040
- request for proposals, advertising costs
(Campbell) 7086-7
(MacPhail) 7086-7
Highway 10
Highway 11
- Widening of section between Mission and Abbotsford
(Hawes) 5238
(Reid, J.) 5238
Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Improvements
(Trumper) 4903
Highway 37
- Bradfield connector road for access from Alaska
(MacKay) 4742-3
- Improvements
(MacKay) 5452
(Reid, J.) 5452
Highway 97
- Alaska Highway
- South Taylor Hill, improvements
(Lekstrom) 5453
(Reid, J.) 5453
- tourism along route
(Neufeld) 4772
- Improvements
- Okanagan area
(Thorpe) 5052
- Vernon area
(Christensen) 4765
Highway 99
Highway Act
Highways and roads
- Accidents See Automobiles
- Alternative route to Pemberton, Whistler and southern interior
(Penner) 7410
- Blockades of roads See Civil disobedience
- Ditch maintenance as road flooding prevention
(Hawes) 7883-4
- Gateway projects See Gateway program, infrastructure projects under Lower mainland
- Grass-cutting along highways, responsibility
(Nebbeling) 6565-6
- Maintenance and rehabilitation See also Transportation infrastructure under Infrastructure
- cost
(Hawes) 4847
- maintenance during NDP administration
(Krueger) 5145
- mowing of highway medians
(Brice) 7625
(Reid, J.) 7625
- public involvement
(Krueger) 5451
(Reid, J.) 5451
- Municipal roads, funding from gas tax increase
(Reid, J.) 5456
(Wong) 5456
- Nisga'a Highway See Nisga'a Highway
- Ownership by municipalities
(Halsey-Brandt) 6302
- Private roads
(Manhas) 5446
(Reid, J.) 5446-7
- Regional highway committees, role
(Belsey) 4920
- Rest areas
- concession stands, impact on local business
(Chutter) 6127
- issues
(Reid, J.) 6127-8
- Road width and ditch slope on northern roads
(Lekstrom) 5453
(Reid, J.) 5453
HIV See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Hogg, Hon. Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)
- As subject
- call for resignation as Children and Family Development minister
(Kwan) 6730
(MacPhail) 6731
- Adoption, number of adoptions in B.C. 5612, 5651
- Breakfast for Learning, program funding 5580-1
- B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, funding and relationship with government 5671, 5676
- B.C. Liberal Party government, New Era document, statements on allocation of traffic fine revenue to police services 7789-90
- Child and youth officer, role 5573
- Children
- child abuse, numbers of allegations and investigations 5612, 5651-2
- child care, supported child care, funding and program changes 5793
- child protection, accountability and standards 5572
- child protection workers
- children in government care
- early childhood development, public-private partnerships in service delivery 5800
- programs and services for children and families
- community-based services 5833-4
- community-based services, agency closings 5830
- community-based services, professional development for staff 5809-10
- family development programs, budget 5611-2
- governance model 5574, 5583-5
- governance model, changes at time of budget reductions 5587, 5594
- governance model, community response 5588, 5824
- information systems and client registry, impact of transition to service authorities 5594-5
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery
- consultation by government 5573, 5592-3
- consultation of local governments 5831
- service delivery and funding 4796-7, 6554
- transfer of responsibility 5796-7
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization
- Alberta experience 5820-1
- complaint process 5602, 5795
- impact on funding for Indian children 5792
- impact on ministry costs and staffing 5586-90, 5592, 5602-3, 5676, 5797, 5809-10
- reorganization 5572-3, 5588, 5832-4, 6525-6, 6555, 6730, 7113
- review by private consulting firm 6730
- safe care legislation, consultation and introduction 5652-3
- service authorities
- aboriginal authorities 5593, 5597-8, 5796
- aboriginal authorities, funding and implementation 5791-2
- aboriginal authorities, joint management committee 5574, 5611
- aboriginal authorities, relationship with aboriginal delegated agencies 5610-1
- accountability and service standards 5574, 5590-1, 5595-6, 5790, 5795
- accreditation 5590-1
- board members 5596
- chief executive officers 5597
- cultural-sensitivity training 5796
- funding and implementation 5791-2
- handling of special needs children 5602
- minister's powers 5797
- offices 5596-7
- regional planning committees and establishment of interim authorities 5789-90, 5792, 5820
- shared administrative services 5832
- transition 5591-3, 5792-3, 5820-1
- special needs children, community services 5804
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 5572-98, 5602-12, 5651-3, 5655-6, 5665-76, 5789-811, 5813-7, 5819-34
- accountability and performance measurement, performance measurements for youth issues 5674
- budget
- funding allocation to regional service authorities 5585
- meeting of budget targets 6525
- reduction 5810, 5832-3
- restructuring costs and savings 5575
- information to public
- information 5573
- website, public comments 5606
- regulations, reduction 5573, 5675-6
- Community living, service standards 5810
- Correction Act, repeal of youth provisions 7816-7
- Corrections system
- sentencing options 5669-70
- youth corrections system
- apprehension of youth at large 7816
- community-based alternatives to institutionalization 5669, 5813-4, 7777-8, 7784
- conditional discharge or probation order 7800
- custody centres, inspection and investigation 7815-6
- detention agreements with municipalities 7808, 7813-4
- health of youth in custody 7805, 7807
- integration with programs for children and families 7634-5
- intermittent custody 7801
- moving of youth in custody 7808
- number of youth in system 5669
- seizure of contraband from youth in custody 7814-5
- status of system 7634
- strip searches of youth in custody 7788
- youth probation officers 7788, 7790, 7802
- youth corrections system, programs and services
- aboriginal programs 7805-7
- addiction treatment services 7807-8, 7814
- alternative measures programs 7804
- funding 7784
- intensive supervision programs 7785
- programs 7802-4
- transfer to aboriginal and regional authorities 7788-9, 7792
- work programs, exemption from employment legislation 7803, 7806
- Crime and criminals
- crime rate, property crime rate 7788
- youth crime
- crime rate 7775, 7788
- deterrence 7786-7
- legislation in other provinces 7776
- number of offences 5669
- offenders under 12 years of age 7790-1
- prevention and early intervention 7634, 7776
- provincial statute offences, numbers 7794-5
- trespass on school property for the purpose of gang activity or sexual exploitation 7795-8
- violation of Motor Vehicle Act 7799-800
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living
- eligibility 5655
- establishment of interim authority 5573-4
- governance model, results elsewhere 5605
- service authority 5597
- services for Indians 5595
- developmentally disabled persons
- living at home 5813
- participation in society 5656
- housing
- programs and services
- day programs and workshops 5831
- development by communities 5605
- Education
- best-practices program 4930
- community school program 5582-3, 5801, 5823
- inner-city schools, use of term "inner-city" 5822
- parental involvement in education system 5730-1
- social equity programs
- Families
- parent-teen relationship and use of foster care 5672-3
- role of community 5829-30
- single parents, challenges 5828-9
- Foster care
- availability for youth aged 15 and over 5462
- foster parents
- number 5672
- recruitment and remuneration 5672
- transition to adoptive parents 5819
- funding, cross-jurisdictional funding 5804
- group homes
- cost savings by addition of resident to group homes 5673
- health and safety 5673
- non-governmental organizations 5671
- situation in B.C., comparison with elsewhere 5672
- Geddes, Anne, work on planning for Vancouver Island children and families service authority 5820
- Government, programs and services, balance of economic and social values 5830
- Hay, David, study on social equity programs 5578, 5583
- Health care, community care facilities, number 5810
- Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development
- Housing, social housing needs 8292-3
- Hunting by Indian youth, impact of legislation 7817
- Income assistance
- benefits
- time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule 7441-2, 7481-2
- youth agreements 5670-1
- disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients, impact on number of recipients 7442, 7481
- recipients under 18 years of age 5670-1
- Indians
- birth rate 5611
- children
- programs and services, funding 5667
- services for children and families
- John, Ed, work on services for Indian children 5665-6
- Justice system
- dispute resolution, alternatives to court system 5814
- sentencing, youth sentencing, custody after third offence 5669
- youth justice
- age identification on violation ticket 7801
- appeals 7801
- court process, role of parents 7785
- number of court cases 7788
- presentence report 7793-4
- pretrial examination and report 7792-3
- provincial statute offences, sentencing options 7787, 7795-6
- review of sentence 7801
- youth justice workers, coverage by legislation 7817
- Machinaw, Shawn, child death case, government investigation 5652
- Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, facility 5668, 5793, 5796
- Mayencourt, Lorne, comments on Vancouver city councillor Jim Green 7481
- Mental health
- mental health care system, infrastructure development 5667-8
- mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan 5667-8, 5808
- child and youth mental health plan, funding 5793
- definitions, "serious mental illness" and "special needs" 5803
- early intervention 5804-5
- transition to adult services 5808
- mental health plan for children and youth 4797
- programs and services
- funding, individualized funding 5807-8
- government services, interministry policies 5815
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health
- status of respite care program for special needs children 5656, 5815-7, 5819
- use of facility by Children and Family Development ministry 5817
- Religion, role of religious community in family life 5830
- Ridge Meadows Youth and Justice Advocacy Association, services 4797
- Rolko, Nicole, tribute 7135
- Saanich Neighbourhood House, funding 5827
- School district 36 (Surrey), school-based funding and programs 5800
- School district 39 (Vancouver), funding for school-based programs, comparison with other districts 5798-9
- School district 41 (Burnaby), funding for school-based programs 5801
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), funding for school-based programs, steering committee 5822-3
- Social workers
- administrative duties 5675-6
- co-location with service authorities or agencies 5585, 5607-8, 5833
- privatization of services 5608
- responsibilities 5585
- Substance abuse/addiction, relationship with mental health, services for young people with mental health and addiction issues 5808
- Violence, bullying, reporting 5651-2
- Wildlife Act, amendments 7817
- Wong, Milton, recognition as honorary social worker 5741
- Woodlands, closing of Willow Clinic 5604
- Youth
- programs and services
- funding and service levels 7777, 7783
- research and science-based intervention 5674-5
- sexually exploited youth 5790-1
- youth at risk, safe care legislation and model 5790-1
- Youth Justice Act
- Youthquest!, work of organization 5794-5
Holberg, B.C.
- Wind power generation potential in area
(Visser) 7149
- Wind power generation project
(Penner) 7926
(Visser) 7840-1
Holiday Shopping Regulation Act
Holocaust Memorial Day
- Commemoration
(Collins) 6323
Home care
- Eligibility
(Anderson) 7030
(Whittred) 7031
- Government policy
(Whittred) 6937-8
- Home care workers
- clients' issues and concerns
(Kwan) 7021
- scope of responsibilities
(Lee) 7031
(Whittred) 7031
- Home support services
- assessment
(Whittred) 7021-3
- assisted-living model See Residential care facilities under Housing
- funding
(Kwan) 7021
(Whittred) 7021-2
- reduction
(Kwan) 7019-20
- reduction, cases
(Kwan) 7022-3
- Services, definition of available services and subsidies
(Kwan) 7028-30
(Whittred) 7030
Home invasions See Crime and criminals
Homelessness See Housing
Homeowner grant
- Eligibility See Assessment of property, impact of property value assessments on eligibility for homeowner grant under Real property tax
- Grant for people with disabilities
(Bloy) 5160
Homeowner protection office
- Responsibilities
- regulation of owner-builders
(Abbott) 6013
(Stewart, R.) 6011, 6013
- responsibilities
(Abbott) 5966-7
(MacPhail) 5966-7
- role in safety systems initiatives
(Abbott) 6013
(Stewart, R.) 6013
Homosexuality
- Programs and services for gay and lesbian youth See Youthquest!
Hope, Allan
Hope, B.C.
- Court services
(Plant) 6381
Horse-racing industry
- Sale of liquor in gaming areas of race facilities
(Plant) 6997
- Status of industry
(Johnston) 7538
(MacPhail) 7534
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, Victoria, B.C.
- Conservation park trails project
(Brice) 6323-4
Hospice and palliative care
- Hospice facilities
- funding, petitions tabled
(Bond) 6511
(Wilson) 5835
- services
(Christensen) 6553-4
Hospital Act
Hospital District Amendment Act, 2003
Hospital Employees Union
- Advertising
(Hawes) 4849
- Comments on 2003-04 budget
(Stephens) 4955
- Contracts, vacation time
(Hawes) 5155
Hospital Insurance Act
Hospitals See also Facilities under Health care
- Construction costs
(Bruce) 8131
- Financial accountability
(MacPhail) 6413
- Food and laundry services See Facilities under Health care
- Funding from health authorities
(Hansen) 6412, 6414, 6550
(MacPhail) 6550
(Whittred) 6414
- Hospital-based services, appropriate use
(Hansen) 6848
- Housekeeping and laundry services, health safety issue
(Hansen) 6790-1
(MacPhail) 6790-1
- Out-patient services
(Hansen) 6803
- Patients, duration of stay
(Hansen) 8081
(Trumper) 8081
- Regional districts See Regional hospital districts
- Security services, privatization
(Hansen) 6899-901
(MacPhail) 6899-901
- Use of facilities
(Hansen) 6782
Hotel Guest Registration Act
Hotel Keepers Act
Hotel Room Tax Act
Hotels and travel accommodation See also Tourism industry
- Bed-and-breakfast establishments, tax assessment
(Bray) 6111
(Hagen) 6111
- Grandfathered hotel tax, review of formula
(Locke) 5896
(Thorpe) 5896
- Innkeepers' handling of disturbances
(Falcon) 5435-6
(MacPhail) 5435-6
(Plant) 5194, 5435-6
- Lodges and small operations, tax assessment
(Cobb) 6115
(Hagen) 6115
Housing
- Abbeyfield housing
(Trumper) 7718-9
- Accessible housing for disabled persons, building standards for accessible homes
(Abbott) 6450
(Anderson) 6449-50
- Affordable housing
- availability
(Abbott) 5855, 5969, 6002
(Bray) 8291-3
(Chong) 5855
(MacPhail) 5969
(Mayencourt) 7248
- availability, identification of types of housing available within communities
(Abbott) 6001-2
(Christensen) 6001-2
(Mayencourt) 6002
- funding allocation, comparison with other provinces
(Abbott) 6010
(Bray) 6010
- funding allocation, government priorities
(Abbott) 5971-3
(MacPhail) 5972-4
- government commitment
(Abbott) 6004-5
(Mayencourt) 6004
- provision, role of partnership opportunities
(Abbott) 5970-1, 6014
(Stewart, R.) 6014
- situation during NDP administration
(Abbott) 5974-6
(MacPhail) 5974-6
- subsidies
(Abbott) 6014-5
(MacPhail) 5970
(Stewart, R.) 6013-5
- supply, conversion of existing housing into new units
(Abbott) 6015
(Stewart, R.) 6014
- supply, new units
(Murray) 4943
- supply, number and type of units
(Abbott) 5969-70, 5972, 6002-4
(MacPhail) 5969-70, 5972
(Mayencourt) 6002-4
- Assisted-living facilities See Residential care facilities below under this main heading
- Construction of units for low-income frail elderly
(Abbott) 4828
- Cooperative housing, loan program for women in need of safe housing
(Stephens) 7528
- Factory-built homes See Manufactured homes
- Home warranty providers See Construction industry
- Homelessness, federal government initiative
(Abbott) 5618
(Nuraney) 5617-8
- Homeowner protection office See Homeowner protection office
- Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
- Independent living options See Residential care facilities below under this main heading
- Life leases and long-term leases, consumer protection issue
(Abbott) 6005
(Mayencourt) 6005
- Manufactured homes See Manufactured homes
- Market housing
- costs, development cost charges
(Abbott) 6016
(Stewart, R.) 6016-7
- ratio of market to non-market housing
(Abbott) 6007, 6011
(Bray) 6011
(Mayencourt) 6007-8
- Rental housing
- availability
(Abbott) 6009
(Bray) 6009-10, 8291
(Stewart, R.) 6015
- condition inspections
(Coleman) 7613
(Kwan) 7613-4
(Mayencourt) 7613
- investment in rental housing, role of tax reforms
(Abbott) 5855-6, 5971-2, 6004, 6010, 6015-6
- landlord's compliance with legal standards
(Coleman) 7606, 7614
(Kwan) 7606, 7614
- landlord's provision of services
(Coleman) 7604-5
(Hunter) 7605
(Kwan) 7604
- landlord's termination of tenancy agreement
(Coleman) 7607-8
(Kwan) 7607
- landlord-tenant disputes, arbitrator's extension of time limits
(Coleman) 7608-9
(Kwan) 7608-9
- landlord-tenant disputes, issuance of restraining orders
(Coleman) 7606, 7614
(Kwan) 7606, 7614
- landlord-tenant disputes, monitoring of arbitrators' performance
(Coleman) 7609
(Kwan) 7609
- landlord-tenant relationship
(Coleman) 7618-9
- legislation, application to residential hotels
(Kwan) 7616
- legislation, changes in regulation-making powers
(Coleman) 7609, 7618
(Kwan) 7617
- provision of tenant's forwarding address
(Coleman) 7401, 7614-5
(Kwan) 7614-5
- rent increases, amount
(Coleman) 7603-4, 7618-9
(Kwan) 7603, 7618
(Mayencourt) 7619
- rent increases, amount, stakeholder consultation
(Coleman) 7610
(Kwan) 7609-10
- rent increases and consumer price index adjustment
(MacPhail) 5641-2
- rent increases, consultation by government
(Coleman) 5642
- rent increases, landlords' authority
(Coleman) 7401
- rent increases, retroactivity
(Bray) 7250
(Coleman) 7250
(Kwan) 4760-1
(Mayencourt) 5211
- rent increases, retroactivity, legislative changes
(Coleman) 7346, 7401, 7618
(Stewart, R.) 7618
- rent increases, retroactivity, public concerns
(Bray) 7403
(Coleman) 7618
(Kwan) 7404-5, 7617-8
(Mayencourt) 7406
- rent payments, arbitrators' ability to extend payment date
(Coleman) 7401, 7616-7
(Kwan) 7616
(Mayencourt) 7617
- rent supplements
(Abbott) 6008, 6015
(Mayencourt) 6008
(Stewart, R.) 6015
- security deposits, payment
(Coleman) 7612, 7615
(Mayencourt) 7612, 7615
- stability in rental housing market
(Coleman) 4761
- Rental housing, pets in rental housing
- concerns of pet owners
(Kwan) 7612-3
- government consultation with pet owners
(Coleman) 7613
(Kwan) 7613-4
- issue
(Bray) 7402-3
- pet damage deposits
(Bray) 7612
(Coleman) 7612
- pet damage deposits, refunds from landlords
(Coleman) 7615-6
(Stewart, R.) 7615
- prohibition of pets
(Kwan) 7610-2
(Mayencourt) 7611
- restrictions on pets on residential property
(Coleman) 7611
(Kwan) 7610-2
- Residential care facilities See also Continuing and long-term care facilities under Health care
- assessment
(Whittred) 7016
- assisted-living model
(Bennett) 7772
(Hansen) 8290
(Kwan) 7020
(Lekstrom) 7017
(Long) 4946
(Nuraney) 8107-8
(Whittred) 7020
- assisted-living model, affordability
(Sahota) 5421
(Whittred) 5421
- assisted-living services
(Whittred) 7030
- closings, family consultation
(Whittred) 7024
- fee adjustments for senior couples
(Anderson) 7350
(Whittred) 7350
- fee increases
(MacPhail) 7439
(Whittred) 7439-40
- independent living initiative See Independent Living B.C.
- independent living options
(Barisoff) 5041
(Whittred) 4729, 8108
- independent living units and support services
(Orr) 6212
(Whittred) 6212
- ministerial responsibility
(Abbott) 5973-4
(MacPhail) 5973-4
- non-profit supportive living facilities, development cost charges
(Abbott) 5650
- private sector involvement
(Hawkins) 6757
- separation of spouses, Atlin couple's case
(Kwan) 7027
(Whittred) 7027-8
- separation of spouses, levels of care needs
(Whittred) 7027
- transfers between facilities See Continuing and long-term care, transfer of patients between facilities under Health care
- Second-stage housing See Transition houses
- Single-room occupancies, legislation
(Falcon) 5436-7
(Mayencourt) 5195, 5436
- Social housing See also Affordable housing above under this main heading
- funding and number of units
(Brenzinger) 7511-2
- leaky-condo damages, repairs
(Abbott) 5968-9, 6006
(MacPhail) 5968-9
(Mayencourt) 6005-6
- needs
(Bray) 8292
(Hogg) 8292-3
- needs, comparison between rural and urban areas
(Abbott) 5977
(Christensen) 5976-7
- Supportive housing See Residential care facilities above under this main heading
- Transition houses See Transition houses
- Woodwards Building See Downtown east side under Vancouver, B.C.
Housing Construction (Elderly Citizens) Act
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Houston, B.C.
Hudson Bay Mountain
Hudson's Hope, B.C.
- Coalbed methane gas industry in area
- activity
(MacPhail) 5990
- development, landowner concerns
(MacPhail) 5923-4
(Neufeld) 5925, 5927
Huksotaniauk-ayquay-ameesh Indian band
- Position on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago
(MacPhail) 6134-5
(van Dongen) 6134
Human early learning partnership
Human reproduction
- B.C. reproductive care program
(Hansen) 6808-9
(MacPhail) 6808-9
Human Resources, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Anderson) 5957
(Coell) 4752-3, 5954-7
- Budget
(Collins) 4869
- Deputy minister, salary bonus for meeting of quotas
(Kwan) 4974, 4985
- Fiscal management
(Coell) 5175
(Mayencourt) 5176
- Hiring policy, equity hiring
(Coell) 5965
- Job listings for income assistance recipients
(Coell) 6053
- Mission and vision
(Anderson) 5957-8, 5963
(Coell) 5954, 5957-8
- Services
- electronic delivery
(Bray) 6062
(Coell) 6062
- services for disabled immigrants to B.C.
(Anderson) 5965
(Coell) 5965
Human rights
Human Rights Commission See British Columbia Human Rights Commission
Hume, Mark
- Comments on 2003-04 budget
(Nebbeling) 4932
Humphrey Rock fish farm operations See Stolt Sea Farm Inc.
Hunter, Lynn
- Comments on aquaculture industry issues
(Les) 4917
Hunter, Mike (Nanaimo)
- As subject
- position on aquaculture industry 8088
(MacPhail) 8088
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 6128, 6144-5
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7352-4
- Agriculture industry, right-to-farm legislation 7353-4
- Alcohol, sales in bars and pubs, identification requirements 6893
- Aquaculture industry
- fish farms
- moratorium on new fish farms, lifting of moratorium 5548
- regulation of industry 5548
- industry during NDP administration 5548
- right-to-farm legislation 7353-4
- salmon aquaculture review in 1997 4806
- salmon farming
- Indians' involvement in industry 4806-7
- public discussion on issue 4806-7
- sea lice issue 7352
- Automobiles, traffic safety 6021-3
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, members and work of group 7848
- B.C. Hydro
- core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7849-50
- management during NDP administration 7847-50
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7847-50
- B.C. Liberal Party government, implementation of initiatives 4902
- Broughton Archipelago, salmon farming, sea lice issue 7352
- Budget debate 4899-903
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4899-900, 4903
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, role 6128
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver Island branch, operations 5027
- Civil service employees, reduction in number 4900
- Corrections system
- keep-of-prisoners, funding 5292-3
- youth corrections system, community-based alternatives to institutionalization 7681
- Crime, youth crime, response 7679-81
- Crown land, leases and sales, legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7501
- Culture, Arts and Cultural Highway initiative 7342
- E.C. Manning Provincial Park, facilities 8050
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy 4901-2
- Elections
- electoral systems 6365
- right to vote 6364
- Elliott, Laurence, death 5201
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 7849
- energy plan 7849
- power supply, consumption 7849
- private investment in sector 7850
- Environmental Management Act, debate 7272-4
- Environmental protection
- government responsibility 7273
- risk management model 7273
- Ferries, private services, Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry service 7298-9
- Fisheries
- commercial fishery management, federal-provincial government actions 6144-5
- salmon fishery
- management 6144-5
- Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan) 6144
- status of fishery 4806-7
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5548
- Food industry, food inspection standards, seafood inspection 6128, 7273
- Forest industry
- certification of products, role in marketing of B.C. forest products 7750-1
- export of products
- industry in B.C., Pearse report 6532
- Private Managed Forest Land Council 7866, 7868
- private managed forest land, regulation 7749-50, 7868
- reforms 6532-3
- restructuring 4902
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6532-3
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 6490-2
- Fuel, gasoline tax increase 4901
- Gabriola Island, groundwater management and protection 6033, 6126
- Gibson, Gordon, work on citizens' assembly establishment 6364
- Government
- project approval process
- expediting of decisions 7961-3
- significant projects, designation 7962
- regulations and red tape, use of term "red tape" 7962
- HarbourLynx Holidays Ltd., establishment of Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry service 7298-9
- Health care system, reforms 4902
- High-technology industry, role in economy 6463-4
- Housing, rental housing, landlord's provision of services 7605
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, role of aquaculture industry 4806-7
- treaty negotiations, consideration of opportunities for fishing, hunting and recreational activities on Crown land 6467
- Industry, electricity needs 7848
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 4901
- Investment in B.C., attraction of investment 7963
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7501-3, 7579-80
- Land use
- land use planning
- decisions, move from statutory to delegated authority 7579-80
- decisions, role of cabinet 7502, 7579-80
- need for certainty 7501-2
- process 7501
- role in economic development 7502
- multiple uses 7502
- Legislation and common law 7607
- MacMillan, H.R., comments on forest industry in B.C. 6532
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on response to B.C. Liberal Party government actions 4899-902
- Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, reference to common law 7607
- Motions
- arts and cultural tourism on Vancouver Island (Motion 29), debate 7341-2
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6364-5
- drinking water quality (Motion 46), debate 6032-3
- role of aquaculture in economic development of first nations (Motion 3), debate 4806-7
- role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65), debate 6463-4
- Nanaimo
- arts and culture 7341
- forest industry 6532
- high-technology industry 6464
- hosting of 2002 B.C. Summer Games 4900
- keep-of-prisoners funding 5293
- status of local economy 7353
- Nanaimo constituency and area
- issues and concerns 4900, 4902
- power generation proposal 7961
- Nanaimo District Museum, anniversary of Bastion site 7341
- Nettleton, Paul, comments and position on B.C. Hydro privatization issue 7848
- NDP, performance as government 4899-901
- Parks
- boundaries, development near park boundaries 8049-50
- development in parks, recreation and tourism facilities 8049-51
- directional drilling under parks and protected areas 8050
- funding for new parks 8048-9
- value 8048
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8048-51
- Phoenix Centre, services 5027
- Private Managed Forest Land Act, debate 7749-51, 7866, 7868
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5292-3
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act
- debate 7961-4, 8088
- definitions, "approval authority" 8088
- impact on environmental, health and safety standards 7963
- Snuneymuxw first nation, agreement-in-principle, fisheries provisions 6467
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Tourism industry, government commitment 8051
- Trebett, Jim, management of private forest land 7750
- Vancouver Island
- arts and culture, role in economy 7341-2
- energy supply
- power generation projects on Island 7850
- supply 7848
- forest industry, private forest lands 7749-50
- Waste management
- contaminated sites, remediation requirements, impact on redevelopment 7273
- regulations, changes 7272-3
- Water
- drinking water quality protection, government action plan 6032-3
- groundwater protection 6126
- protection of water supply 5860
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., management of private forest land on Vancouver Island 7750
- World Water Forum, participation by Water, Land and Air Protection minister in forum in Japan 5860
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7679-82
Hunting
- Hunting by Indian youth, impact of legislation
(Hogg) 7817
(Kwan) 7817
- Moose hunting in Cariboo area, petition tabled
(Cobb) 8263
- Recreational hunting, fees and licences, allocation of revenues
(Murray) 5904
Huntington border crossing See Border crossings
Husband, Vicky
- Comments on forest industry reforms
(de Jong) 5684
Huu-ay-aht Indian band
- Involvement in forest industry
(de Jong) 5682-3
Hydro and Power Authority Act
Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act
- Facilitation of sale of authority's assets
(MacPhail) 8031
(Neufeld) 8031
- Repeal
(Krueger) 7928
(Nettleton) 7820
(Neufeld) 7818
Hydroelectricity See Energy
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