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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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Kalamalka campus See Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park
- Facilities
(Christensen) 8052
Kamloops, B.C.
- Film industry in area
(Krueger) 6848
- Forest industry, value-added sector
(Krueger) 6889
- Mental health services, new facilities
(Cheema) 5044
- Psychiatric facility
(Cheema) 6831-3
(Krueger) 6039-40, 6831-3
- Transportation infrastructure
(Krueger) 5145
Kamloops Indian band
- Property leases on band land
(Krueger) 8273-4
Kamloops-North Thompson constituency and area
- Forest fires in area, summer 2003 fires
(Krueger) 7159-60
K-Bro Linen Systems Inc.
- Hospital laundry contracts
(Hawes) 4849
(MacPhail) 6787, 6791
Keenleyside Dam
- Arrow Lakes generating station, construction union agreement
(MacPhail) 5949-50
- Investment by Columbia Basin Trust
(Suffredine) 7768
Kelowna, B.C.
- Aerospace industry proposal
(Kwan) 6616
(Thorpe) 6617
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
- Services
(Halsey-Brandt) 5004
Kelowna-Mission constituency and area
- Description and history
(Hawkins) 5000
Kemess mine
Kendall, Perry
- Recommendations on tissue banks
(Hansen) 4883
- Work on addiction treatment services
(Cheema) 6977-8
(MacPhail) 6977-8
Kennedy, Robert, Jr.
- Position on logging
(Trumper) 7937
Kennett Contracting Limited (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
(Bill Pr402) (Anderson) 1R, 6208
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 6208
- Referral to select standing committee
(Anderson) 6208
Kermode bear See Wildlife
Kerr, Brian J. (Malahat-Juan de Fuca)
- As subject
- experience as grocery store owner 4892
- experience in stakeholder lockup for budget address during NDP administration 4890-1
- Accenture Business Services of B.C., application of B.C. laws and taxes 5072
- Accountants
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7546-50, 7598
- Armed Forces reserves, role 7919
- Auditor general, report on Health ministry spending during NDP administration 4891
- Automobiles, driver's licences, fee increase 4894
- B.C. Hydro
- core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7820-1
- outsourcing and privatization, public position on privatization issue 7820
- sale of old or unneeded assets 7820
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7820-1
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail 8314-5
- future of organization, viability 8313
- write-down of debt 8314
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8312-5
- Budget debate 4890-4
- Budgets
- 2002-03 budget, content 4892
- budgets during NDP administration 4890-3
- Business
- profit 8314
- venture capital, accessibility 4766
- Cowichan Bay, tourism 4766
- Economy
- B.C. economy, government initiatives to improve economy 4892-3
- heartlands economic strategy 4765
- role of economy in funding for social services 4767
- Education funding, additional funding 4767
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5072
- Energy, electricity rates 7821
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations 4893-4
- Food industry, grocery stores, customer service awards 5537-8
- Forest industry, value-added sector, fibre supply 4766
- Fuel, gasoline tax increase, impact on B.C. interior and lower mainland 4894
- Goldstream Bridge, new bridge proposal, concerns re pedestrian walkway and viewing platform, petition tabled 7113
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 4892
- fiscal management 4891
- Gulf Islands, marine parks in southern Gulf Islands, fees 6000-1
- Health care system, sustainability 4767
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C.
- Macgregor, Ed, death 5741
- Malahat-Juan de Fuca constituency and area, economic development 4765-6
- Nettleton, Paul, comments and position on issues
- B.C. Hydro privatization issue 7820
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 8313
- Pacheedaht Indian band, work on tourism development in Port Renfrew area 4766
- Parks
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4767
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5953
- Railways and rail services
- cabooses, discontinuation of use 8312-3
- service from B.C. to Chicago 8313
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, return-to-retailer provisions 5538-9
- Shirley, Sherringham Estates, water improvement district incorporation, petition tabled 5835
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government assistance, investment 8313
- Skeleem Recovery Centre, work of centre 4766
- Spectacle Lake, preservation as park, petition tabled 7113
- Taxation
- system during NDP administration 4892
- tax assessments, requirements for appeals 5953
- tax reductions and changes, impact on families 4892-3
- Teachers, legislative changes 4767
- Terasen Inc., stock price 7821
- Throne speech debate 4765-7
- Transportation, regional advisory committees 4766
- Vancouver Island
- Vancouver Island Vintners Association
- Vimy Ridge battle, anniversary 6148
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate 6000-1
Kesselman, Jon
- Comments on Pharmacare income-testing model
(MacPhail) 5243
Kicking Horse Canyon highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Kids' Help Phone
- Counselling service for abused youth
(Orr) 6428
Kilby General Store Museum, Harrison Mills, B.C.
- Management of site
(Abbott) 5408
(Penner) 5408
Kimberley and District Hospital, Kimberley, B.C.
- Closing and displacement of nurses
(Hansen) 6802, 6804
(MacPhail) 6802
Kimberley school district See School district 6 (Rocky Mountain)
Kithithee, Jerry
- Death in street-racing incident
(Locke) 4800-1
Kitimat, B.C.
- Economic conditions
(Kwan) 7057
(MacPhail) 7052-3
- Fiftieth anniversary celebration
(Harris) 5694
Kitimat-Stikine regional district
- Concerns re sale of Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(MacPhail) 7051-3
Klein, Seth
- Comments on personal income tax reduction
(Manhas) 5169
Klemtu, B.C.
- Aquaculture industry in area
(Belsey) 7351
Knowledge Network See Open Learning Agency
Koch, Tom
- Comments on emergency care availability in potential outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in B.C.
(Hansen) 5743
(MacPhail) 5743-4
Kok, Erna
- Commended for volunteer work
(Stewart, R.) 4831
Kokanee Glacier Park
- Establishment of access
(Suffredine) 7493-4
Komatsu, Kazuko
- Nomination for International Business Person of the Year award
(Bloy) 7040
Koocanusa reservoir
- Agreement with U.S.
(Bennett) 7771
Kootenay area
- East Kootenays
- Economy
- economic development in West Kootenays
(Santori) 5009
- economic opportunities
(McMahon) 6306
(Suffredine) 4721
- potential benefits of 2010 Olympic bid win
(Bennett) 5026-7
(Suffredine) 6987
- Forest fires in area, summer 2003 fires
(Suffredine) 7166-7
- Forest industry
- jobs in Kootenay-Boundary area
(Bennett) 5202
- management of private forest land in area
(Suffredine) 7749
- Government services, child care subsidy application process
(Bennett) 6468-9
(Coell) 6469
- Health care services
- emergency surgical services
(Hansen) 7413
(Suffredine) 7413
- hospital facilities
(Hansen) 6796-7, 7412-3
(Kwan) 7412-3
(MacPhail) 6796-7
- location of surgical services
(Suffredine) 7299
- obstetric services in Kootenay-Boundary area
(Hansen) 6808-9
(MacPhail) 6808-9
- services
(Hansen) 8081
- Internet access, development of high-speed broadband Internet service See Columbia Mountain Open Network
- Land use planning process
(Hagen) 6113
- Recreation and tourism
- opportunities
(Suffredine) 4721
- ski hill development
(Nebbeling) 4934
- tourism
(Bennett) 4713-4
(McMahon) 7703-5
(Nebbeling) 7704-5
- winter sports facilities
(Bennett) 4861
- Transportation infrastructure
(Reid, J.) 4962
(Suffredine) 4961-2
Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
- Services
- acute care services, petition tabled
(Kwan) 8082
- availability
(Kwan) 8081
- services
(Suffredine) 7299
Kootenay Lake school district See School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)
Kootenay Stone Centre, Salmo, B.C.
- Stonemasonry program
(Suffredine) 7315-6
Kootenay Storytelling Festival
Kootenay-Boundary land use plan
Korean Heritage Day
- Celebration
(Bloy) 6776
(Mayencourt) 7039
KPMG Inc.
- Contracts with government
(Collins) 7411
(MacPhail) 7411
Krahn, Annie
- House construction in flood risk area
(Les) 7885
Krog, Leonard
- Position on independent power producers
(Visser) 7339
Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops-North Thompson)
- As subject
- comments on management of Coquihalla Highway
(MacPhail) 6913
- communications with constituents on forest industry issues 5703
- Aquaculture industry, impact on environment 4857
- Barbers and cosmetologists, concerns re cosmetology industry, petition tabled 6128
- Bennett, W.A.C., actions as Premier of B.C. 8272-3
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 4854, 8273
- northern and rural B.C.
- economy 8274
- health care services in rural areas 4880
- B.C. College of Teachers, role 5461
- B.C. Hydro
- concerns of constituents, petition tabled 6128
- core assets and services, protection, government commitment 7928-9
- management during NDP administration 7928
- sale of old or unneeded assets 7929
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- commitment to initiatives 4857
- MLAs, work of caucus members 5536
- position on role of private sector 8272
- B.C. Nurses Union, comments on health care funding and nurse recruitment 4880-1
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8274
- public response 8272
- settlement of B.C. Rail debt 8272
- debt during NDP administration 8272
- privatization 8271-2
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8271-4
- B.C. Teachers Federation, affiliation with B.C. Federation of Labour 5461
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003, debate 5425-6
- Campbell, Gordon
- response to summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7159
- work as Premier 4856-7
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- comments on B.C. Liberal Party government actions 4858-9
- funding from NDP government 7930
- Chase, supportive living facilities 7015
- Clearwater
- economic initiatives 4856
- forest industry 5703
- Economy, B.C. economy, opportunities 8274
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates
- heritage contract 7928
- role of B.C. Utilities Commission 7928, 7931
- independent power producers
- projects 7930-1
- role following B.C. interior forest fires in summer 2003 7929
- power supply, B.C. as net importer of power 7929
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- Little Fort ferry 5449
- McLure ferry, plans and request for proposals 5448-9
- North Thompson River reaction ferries 5448-9
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., impact of increased value of Canadian dollar 6848
- Fisheries, salmon fishery, status 4857
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- Forest industry
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for licence holders 5705
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 5703
- industry in B.C.
- reforms 5704
- salvage logging, small-scale operations, role in economy and forest health 5704-5
- technology 4855
- value-added sector
- development and marketing of sector 6888-9
- potential in B.C. 5703-4
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5691, 5702-5
- Friends of UCC University Society, proposal re university status for University College of the Cariboo 7987
- Government caucus committees, role 5703
- Health authorities
- performance agreements and targets, spiritual care 7029
- residential care facilities, closings, timing of announcements 7015
- Health care
- facilities, food and laundry services, wage and benefits costs 4858
- funding, federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement 4710-1
- private sector involvement, B.C. Liberal Party position 8272
- services and Medical Services Plan premiums, petition tabled 7113
- workers, union actions 4858
- Health Services ministry
- Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- mine closing 4859
- status during NDP administration 7928
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), improvements, federal funding 5145
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway
- concerns of constituents, petition tabled 6128
- management of highway 6617
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation
- maintenance during NDP administration 5145
- public involvement 5451
- Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, repeal 7928
- Indians
- economic development opportunities 4856
- relationship with government 5063
- youth, programs and services 5063
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada, decisions impacting employment terms for forest workers in North Thompson Valley 5705
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure projects, use of local day labour and equipment 5448-9
- Interior health authority, chaplaincy services in hospitals 7029
- Jackson, Fred, tribute 5059
- Kamloops
- film industry in area 6848
- forest industry, value-added sector 6889
- psychiatric facility 6039-40, 6831-3
- transportation infrastructure 5145
- Kamloops Indian band, property leases on band land 8273-4
- Kamloops-North Thompson constituency and area, forest fires in area, summer 2003 fires 7159-60
- Labour, collective agreements, negotiations during NDP administration 4858
- Lafarge Canada Inc., Kamloops plant, property tax increase 5425-6
- LegaciesNow initiative 4856
- Legislature
- free votes 4858
- reforms 4858
- sessions and sittings, end of legislative session 7110
- McDonald family, power generation projects in East Kootenay area 7930
- Mair, Rafe, comments on aquaculture industry 4857
- Matthew, Nathan
- comments on Shuswap Indian bands' involvement in forest industry 5703
- work with government on economic development for Indians 4855-6
- Media, comments on government 4857-8
- MLAs
- input on government decisions 4858
- responsibilities and role 5536-7
- Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, operations 4855
- Motions
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7159-60
- transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10), debate 5145
- value-added forest sector (Motion 14), debate 6888-9
- North Thompson River, power generation project by Indian band 7930
- North Thompson Valley, forest industry in area
- access to timber 7349
- harvesting of beetle-damaged timber, application for community salvage licence 8389
- Nurses, recruitment 4881
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- referendum in Vancouver 4856
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments during Gordon Campbell press conference 4857
- Paul Creek Slicing Ltd., operations 5704, 6889
- Peace River, power generation on river, Site C project 7931
- Ponderosa Lodge, closing 7015-6
- Public debt during NDP administration 4854
- Railways and rail services, role in development of B.C. 8273
- Raine, Nancy Greene, position on Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Games bid 4856
- Real property tax, exemption for dust and particulate-matter eliminators 5425
- Royal Inland Hospital
- addition of acute care beds 6832
- chaplain position for hospital 7029
- Seniors, issues and concerns, petition tabled 6128
- Shuswap Indian band, involvement in forest industry 5703
- Sun Peaks Resort Corp.
- partnerships with Indians 4856
- Tod Mountain road access, improvements 5449-51
- Throne speech debate 4854-9
- Tolko Industries Ltd., Louis Creek mill, future of mill 7160, 7349
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 5448-51
- University College of the Cariboo, programs and facilities 7987
- Vancouver, Chinese community, fundraising for damages caused by fires in interior B.C. 7136
- Vavenby, impact of mill closing on community 4855
- Wells Gray Park 4856
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., Vavenby mill operation, closing 4855, 5703, 6888
- Whispering Pines Indian band, need for ferry service 5449
Kwadacha Indian band
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant)
- As subject
- birth of daughter
(MacPhail) 5389
- comments on impact of competition on automobile insurance industry
(Collins) 8073
- experience as immigrant to B.C. 4987
- involvement with local government legislation in past
(Nebbeling) 6568
- Accidents, programs and services for people with brain injuries 5105
- Active Manufactured Home Owners Association, letter to government re rental housing legislation 7602
- Administrative Tribunals Appointment and Administration Act
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7357-65
- Agricultural Land Commission
- delegation of authority, impact on accountability and independence of commission 7213-4, 7220-1, 7384
- role 7213
- Agricultural Land Commission Act, application of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8151, 8232
- Agricultural land reserve, establishment and history 7213
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7355-6
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome), programs and services for people with AIDS, service levels 6526-7
- Aquaculture industry, legislation, role of local government 7460-1
- Arrowhead Centre, funding from government 6862-5, 6940-3, 6945
- Association of Mental Health Service Providers, concerns re changes to charity gaming funding policies 5220
- Auditor general, budget reduction, impact on services 7080-2
- Automobiles, competition in provision of automobile insurance, optional insurance 8065-71
- Bains, Shahida, experience as health care worker 8145
- Barrett, David, institution of Hansard in B.C. Legislature 8165
- Bell, Pat, comments on school district funding 5285
- Belsey, Bill, comments on David Suzuki 7355-6
- Beresford, Charley, comments on school district funding 5265
- Boliden-Westmin Mines, Strathcona Park mine operation, siphoning of lake water 6555-7, 6989
- Boundary Hospital, services, petition tabled 8082
- Bray, Jeff, comments during debate on Residential Tenancy Act 7404
- Britannia Community Services Centre, child care funding from charity gaming 5217-8
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- B.C. College of Teachers
- board membership
- role and responsibilities
- teacher certification 6967
- teacher education programs 6967-8
- B.C. Crown Counsel Association, concerns re funding of provincial Crown counsel services 7787
- B.C. Ferries commissioner, application of Significant Projects Streamlining Act to commissioner's rulings and processes 8231-2
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
- exemption from 2003 property tax 8343-4
- move of head office 8343
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- confidentiality of customer information 5086
- public information 5082-4
- public information, release of ancillary agreements 5086-7
- review of agreement by B.C. Utilities Commission 5082
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, dam and generation facility employees 5081
- management during NDP administration 7934-5
- outsourcing and privatization
- definition of privatization 5085
- privatization of core assets and services 5084-5, 5272
- support services, customer service 5082, 5085-6
- Westech computer services 5084-6
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7933-5
- B.C. Liberal Party
- 2001 election campaign statements 5111, 8183
- government
- accountability 7084
- actions since election, impact on social programs, education and health care, petition tabled 5154
- B.C. Stats poll of caucus 5242
- economic policies and fiscal management 7565, 7790
- New Era document, statements on allocation of traffic fine revenue to police services 7789
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Rail 7934
- performance on campaign statements 8140-2, 8144-5, 8196
- priorities 4985-8
- government, position on issues
- advertising campaigns by government 8388-9
- collective agreements, legislated settlement 8397-9
- education system funding 5260-3, 5265-6
- government regulation 7558
- post-secondary education system, role of private institutions 7294
- special interest groups 6963
- MLAs, accessibility to constituents 5112
- response to federal Liberal Party government initiatives, positions within B.C. party 7631
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- benefits 8218-9
- cost to taxpayers 8218
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8218-9
- public release of agreement 8262, 8360-1
- budget and finances
- employees, pension fund 8211
- privatization
- British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003, debate 7913-5
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8218-9
- B.C. Safety Authority, operations 6609-10
- B.C. School District Secretary-Treasurers Association, comments on technical grants for school districts 5358-60, 5360
- B.C. Stats, information on school enrolment levels 5371
- B.C. Transmission Corporation, employees, transfer from B.C. Hydro 7131-2
- B.C.'s Children's Hospital, dental services 6848
- Budget debate 4985-8
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003, debate 5241-2, 5249
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4986-8
- Burnaby Hospital, cataract surgery wait-list 7781
- Business
- government subsidies 8343-4
- tax on improvements and land, exemption legislation 7471
- venture capital
- investment limit 5327
- labour-sponsored funds, expansion 5325
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on issues
- impact of privatization on health worker jobs 8145
- non-profit seniors' facilities 7017
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- article on forest industry reforms 6540-1
- comments on impact of competition on automobile insurance industry 8070
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, comments on issues
- new skills training model 6738-9
- windup of Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission 6738
- Cheema, Gulzar
- availability for Mental Health estimates debate 7092
- performance as Mental Health minister of state and response to questions during estimates debate 6943-7, 6950, 6954-5
- Children
- child care, amalgamation of administrative duties of child care organizations, impact on eligibility for charity gaming funds 5217-9
- child deaths, use of infant mortality rate in health care system performance measurement 6855
- child protection, funding for services 6778, 7113
- employment
- programs and services for children and families
- service delivery, reorganization, impact on children 6660-2
- service delivery, reorganization, review by private consulting firm 6729-30
- service levels 6662
- Chinese Cultural Centre, visit by Education minister 5374
- Clark, Christy
- comments on Chinese language examination requirements 5374
- performance as Education minister 5365, 5368-9
- response to questions from opposition MLAs 7560-1
- Clark, Glen, work for Jimmy Pattison 5333
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8397-9
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., board membership 6963, 7098
- Collins, Gary, performance as Government House Leader 7092
- Columbia Basin Trust
- accounting principles, application to trust 8002, 8004
- amalgamation with Columbia Power Corporation 8005
- board of directors 7992-3, 7999-8004, 8006-15
- funding of projects in Columbia basin region 8004-5
- legislative changes
- mandate 7991
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 7991-8015
- concerns of residents of Golden, petition tabled 8022
- Comeau, Gordon, comments on issues
- school district funding 5283-6
- technical grants for school districts 5358
- Communities, responsibility for service delivery 6584-6
- Community Charter
- debate 6557-74, 6580-97
- amendments
- consultation by provincial government 6566-7
- separate bill for amendments 7461, 7463-5
- transitional provisions and consequential amendments 7463
- debate on bill, time limit on debate 7461
- development of charter 7460-1, 7464, 7466
- Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003, debate 7460-1, 7463-71
- Consumers Association of Canada, comments on impact of competition on automobile insurance industry 8070-1
- Consumers, taxes and user fees, increases 5111-2, 5241
- Cooper Place, closing 7024
- Coroner, report on suicide of disability benefits level 2 recipient 5103
- Correction Act, repeal of youth provisions 7816
- Corrections system
- probation officers, caseload 7788
- youth corrections system
- apprehension of youth at large 7816
- community-based alternatives to institutionalization 7777, 7784
- conditional discharge or probation order 7800
- custody centres, inspection and investigation 7815-6
- detention agreements with municipalities 7808, 7814
- health of youth in custody 7807
- intermittent custody 7801
- moving of youth in custody 7808
- seizure of contraband from youth in custody 7814-5
- strip searches of youth in custody 7788
- youth probation officers 7802
- youth corrections system, programs and services
- addiction treatment services 7807-8, 7814
- funding 7775
- intensive supervision programs 7785
- programs 7802
- transfer to aboriginal and regional authorities 7788, 7792
- work programs, exemption from employment legislation 7803
- Corrigan, Derek, comments on bylaw enforcement legislation 7367
- Creston and District Historical and Museum Society, letter re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 7996-7
- Creston, letter from municipality re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 7994-5
- Crime and criminals
- crime rate in B.C. 7788-91
- repeat offenders, Artz and Nicholson report 7632
- youth crime
- crime rate 7633, 7775
- deterrence 7632
- legislation 7671
- legislation in other provinces 7776-7
- number of offences, apprehensions and convictions 7670-1
- prevention and early intervention 7632-4, 7776, 7786, 7789
- provincial statute offences, numbers 7794-5
- response 7631-2
- trespass on school property for the purpose of gang activity or sexual exploitation 7795-8
- violation of Motor Vehicle Act 7799-800
- Crown corporations, payment of property taxes 8334, 8343
- Crown Isle Golf Course, purchase of Lannan forest 7042
- De Jong, Derksen and Phipps, court-ordered seizure of assets for unpaid sales taxes, cancellation of order 4710, 4763
- de Jong, Michael, naming in court order re unpaid sales taxes 4763
- Dental health services for children 6848
- Derksen, Philip, lien on assets for unpaid sales taxes 4811
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for developmentally disabled persons, funding 6778
- Drugs, prescription drugs, costs 4981, 4985, 4988
- Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Centre, surgical services, wait-lists and waiting times 7780-1
- East, Ron, comments on privatization of B.C. Rail 7914
- Economy
- economic growth in B.C. 5237, 5242
- heartlands economic strategy, impact on education system 7069-70
- Education
- administrative officers, ability to accrue teacher seniority 6960
- enrolment levels in schools, public release 5369-71
- funding
- graduation requirements, Chinese language examinations 5374
- inner-city schools, funding 4880, 4985-6
- parental involvement in education system, fundraising activities, goods and services tax issue 5280
- social equity programs, funding 5269-70, 5361
- system reforms, impact on system 6964-7
- Education ministry
- Edwards, Anne, appointment to board of Columbia Basin Trust 8001-2
- Elections
- enumeration, requirement in third year following general election, cancellation 8334-5
- voters list, maintenance 8334
- Elections B.C., funding, adequacy 8334
- Employee Investment Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5325
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards
- unemployment rate
- rate 7347, 7557
- rate increase, impact on number of income assistance recipients 7624-5
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 7233
- Energy
- electricity rates
- blended rate 7935
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 7132-3
- energy plan, work of public relations contractor on energy plan 7155-6
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5081-7
- Environment
- environmental protection
- pest control, regulation of pesticide use 7279
- Environmental Assessment Act, application of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8151, 8232
- Environmental Management Act
- Expo 86, impact on rent prices in Vancouver 4761
- Exports and imports, trade agreements, consideration of municipal interests 6572-3
- Families, family maintenance, default fees
- fees 8335
- payment by income assistance recipients 8335-7
- Fernie, courthouse sale and leaseback by government 4862
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services
- inland ferry services, tolls 5353
- McLure ferry, privatization and tolls 5353
- Finance and Government Services Committee, role re budgets of officers of the Legislature 7080, 7083-4
- Finance ministry, role re officers of the Legislatures' budgets 7080, 7083-4
- Finch, Lance, ruling on property assessments for tax-exempt properties 8334
- Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7280
- Floods and floodplains
- flood hazard management, role of local government 7280
- Sea to Sky and Pemberton area, October 2003 flooding 7351
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- payment of wages owed to firefighters 7482
- response 7176
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute, collective bargaining process, legislation 8399
- companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue 6540-1
- harvesting rights
- cut control requirements, changes 7117-8
- reduction for timber licences, compensation for licence holders 6541
- pulp and paper sector
- effluent standards 6847
- pricing of pulp chips, formula 7114
- reforms, consultation
- consultation with Indians 6540, 6542
- response of industry and stakeholders, joint statement 6539-42
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- Fraser health authority
- chief executive officer, remuneration 7440
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings 7440
- Friends of Strathcona Park, concerns re mining activity in Strathcona Park 6989
- Gambling, charity gaming revenues
- application processing 5213
- bingo top-up and direct access funding 5213-4
- capping of direct access grants 5215
- changes in eligibility rules, impact on services of charitable societies 6956
- eligibility categories for organizations 5214-6
- funding from bingo 5216
- government policies, public consultation and notification 5219-21
- Golden, closing of long-term care beds 8306
- Government
- accountability, role of watchdog organizations 4988
- advertising
- campaigns, B.C. Liberal Party position 8388-9
- funding 4986
- health care advertising 8388-9
- agencies, boards and commissions, elimination 8341-2
- buildings, sale and leaseback from new owner 4862
- communications
- referral of income assistance queries to public affairs bureau 7875-6
- spending 7155
- programs and services, reductions 4985-6, 4988
- project approval process, significant projects
- appeals of decisions 8165
- application of freedom-of-information legislation to designation process 8220-2, 8229
- approval authorities, disagreement with decisions 8230
- consultation for removal of constraints 8225-6
- designation of projects 8155
- designation of projects, process 8165
- monitoring of performance of designated projects 8231
- public role in process 8222-3
- qualification for designation 8162-4
- provincial-municipal relations
- consideration of differences among municipalities 6567, 6569
- consultation 6567-9
- harmonization of policies 6570
- provincial funding reductions 6570-2
- provincial government authority over local government 8227, 8230
- regulation, B.C. Liberal Party position 7558
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, mental health services 6955
- Greater Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, comments on school district funding 5357-8
- Guardianship, adult guardianship, representation agreement process 8339
- Hamilton, Arnie, response to e-mail re Sooke education funding 4812
- Hanley, David, comments on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8158
- Hansard, Hansard Services commended 8165
- Hastings Park Conservancy, concerns re Hastings Park Trust legislation 7723
- Hastings Park Trust, changes to terms of trust, consultation by government 7724-5
- Health authorities
- executives and staff, mental health services staffing 6954-5
- funding 6948
- performance agreements and targets
- accountability 6947-50
- agreements and targets 6856
- multiple diagnoses 6857-62, 6950
- performance agreement for procedural and surgical services 6854-5
- residential care facilities, transition guidelines 7024, 7027
- Health care
- admission to health care facility
- involuntary admission 8338
- patient's appeal process 8338-9
- continuing and long-term care
- assessment standards 4929
- facilities, establishment, role of non-profit sector 7017-8
- intermediate and long-term care bed, rent supplements 6936, 6938-40, 7017-8
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings 7021-4
- intermediate and long-term care beds, existing beds 7019, 7022
- intermediate and long-term care beds, involvement of non-profit societies 6939
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 6936, 7018-9
- mortality rate in care facilities 7025-6
- transfer of patients between facilities, policies 7026-7
- facilities, food and laundry services, role of food services in health care 8145
- labour relations
- agreement between health care workers and government, ratification 6848-9
- government-imposed settlements 8398
- patients, appeal process 8341
- privatization of services
- accountability issue 8145
- experience elsewhere 8141-2
- impact on health worker jobs 8145-6
- non-clinical services in facilities 8144, 8188-90
- public-private partnerships, role of private partner as employer, rights of subsidiaries 8187-8
- services for seniors 7441
- system reforms 4988
- wait-lists and waiting times, surgery waiting times 7780-2
- workers, compensation for support workers 6830, 6848
- Health Care and Care Facility Review Board, elimination 8338
- Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act, amendments 8338
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- debate 8140-6, 8177-80, 8187-99
- application of act
- application to existing facilities 8177-8
- level of private investment required 8191-9
- debate on bill
- pace of progress of bill 8143, 8179
- participation of government MLAs 8142
- definitions, "health sector partner" 8177-9
- delay for six months 8140, 8142-3
- need for legislation for Abbotsford hospital 8179, 8187
- relationship with Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act 8187
- Health Services ministry
- Henry M. Durand Manor, renovations 8306
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway
- management of highway, public-private partnership 6894-5
- tolls 6961
- tolls, potential transfer to private sector 6990
- Hogg, Gordon, call for resignation as Children and Family Development minister 6730
- Home care
- home care workers, clients' issues and concerns 7021
- home support services
- services, definition of available services and subsidies 7028-30
- Housing
- rental housing
- condition inspections 7613-4
- landlord's compliance with legal standards 7606, 7614
- landlord's provision of services 7604
- landlord's termination of tenancy agreement 7607
- landlord-tenant disputes, arbitrator's extension of time limits 7608-9
- landlord-tenant disputes, issuance of restraining orders 7606, 7614
- landlord-tenant disputes, monitoring of arbitrators' performance 7609
- legislation, application to residential hotels 7616
- legislation, changes in regulation-making powers 7617
- provision of tenant's forwarding address 7614-5
- rent increases, amount 7603, 7618
- rent increases, amount, stakeholder consultation 7609-10
- rent increases, retroactivity 4760-1, 7404-5, 7617-8
- rent payments, arbitrators' ability to extend payment date 7616
- rental housing, pets in rental housing
- concerns of pet owners 7612-3
- government consultation with pet owners 7613-4
- prohibition of pets 7610-2
- restrictions on pets on residential property 7610-2
- residential care facilities
- assisted-living model 7020
- separation of spouses, Atlin couple's case 7027
- Human Resources ministry, deputy minister, salary bonus for meeting of quotas 4974, 4985
- Hunting by Indian youth, impact of legislation 7817
- Immigration, immigrants to B.C., settlement programs and services, accessibility and need 7564
- Income assistance
- benefits, time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule 7248, 7347-8, 7441, 7591-2, 7875-6
- disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients
- eligibility
- system reforms, impact on families 4985
- Income, low-income earners, impact of government policies 4986-7
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, economic measures fund 5113
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 5113
- relationship with provincial government, comments on B.C. Liberal Party initiatives 5113
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act, replacement 6752
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- replacement 6736-8
- staff, transfer to Industry Training Authority 6746
- Industry Training Appeal Board
- Industry Training Authority
- accountability, reporting requirements 6706
- board membership 6705-6, 6708, 6735-8, 6742, 6745
- budget
- business plan 6743
- chief executive officer, appointment 6708-9
- partnership agreements 6744-6
- relationship with government 6742
- role and powers
- designation of trades 6714
- designation of trainers 6747-9
- development of standards for skills training programs 6710, 6744-50
- development of standards for skills training programs, consultation requirements 6739, 6742
- handling of complaints, internal review process 6707-8
- responsibilities re trainees 6751
- role and powers 6706-7, 6735
- staffing 6746
- Industry Training Authority Act
- debate 6705-14, 6732-52
- consultation by government 6739
- definitions
- "accredited program" 6705
- "chief executive officer" 6708-9
- "industry training credential" 6709
- "industry training recognition credential" 6709
- "recognized program" 6710
- "trainee" and "trainer" 6733
- provisions, regulation-making provisions 6751-2
- Information and privacy commissioner
- budget reduction, impact on services 7085
- consultation by government on Fair Pharmacare program registration process 5061-2
- Inner City Women's Initiatives Society, funding from charity gaming 5217
- Institute of Technology Act, amendments 7362
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- provision of automobile insurance 8065-70
- road safety programs 8069
- Insurance industry, impact of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in U.S. on industry 8068
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8065-71
- Integrated Pest Management Act, debate 7279
- Interior health authority, residential care beds, utilization target 7023-5
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, role in delivery of skills training on-line registration system 6745
- International Labour Organization, comments on B.C. legislation re collective agreements 7195
- International Women's Day 5202
- Investment
- direct investment
- investment from retirement savings plans 5327
- model, experience elsewhere 5331
- model, impact on amount of investment in coastal and interior B.C. 5327-30, 5333
- investment climate in B.C., comments of business sector 5332
- James, Carole, comments on B.C. Rail 8360
- Justice system
- administrative justice system
- administrative justice project 7213
- tribunals, accountability and independence 7213, 7220, 7384-6
- Crown counsel, impact of funding reductions on Crown counsel services 7788
- youth justice
- appeals 7801
- penalties for young offenders 7785-6
- presentence report 7793
- pretrial examination and report 7791-3
- provincial statute offences, sentencing options 7795, 7799-800
- review of sentence 7801
- youth justice workers, coverage by legislation 7817
- Kelowna, aerospace industry proposal 6616
- Kitimat, economic conditions 7057
- Kootenay area, hospital facilities 7412-3
- Kootenay Lake District Hospital, services
- acute care services, petition tabled 8082
- availability 8081
- Labour, collective agreements
- changes by B.C. Liberal Party government 8140-1, 8144-5
- legislated settlement, B.C. Liberal Party position 8397-9
- Legislation
- debate on bills
- debate on definitions section 8178
- opportunities for debate on substantive bills 8140, 8143
- preparation time for opposition MLAs 7631
- paramountcy clauses in bills 8231-2
- progress of business in fall session of 37th parliament, pace of progress 8140-2
- progress of business in spring session of 37th parliament
- government business schedule 6960
- pace of progress 6967, 7091-2
- pace of progress, opportunity for debate 7056-7
- regulations, availability when bill introduced 6601, 6608
- Legislature
- bills, committee stage, repetitious line of questioning 8012-4
- debate
- Chair's recognition of opposition members during debate 8013, 8198
- heckling 7995
- members not facing Chair while speaking 7797
- tedious and repetitious debate 8197
- language used in House
- members, attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 7935
- officers of the Legislature
- private members' statements, use of non-partisan language 7908
- sessions and sittings, purpose of spring and fall sessions 7403
- Leonard, Frank, letters re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8228-9, 8234
- Lloyd, Howard, comments on forest industry reforms 6541-2
- Lobbyists, interest groups, B.C. Liberal Party position 6963
- Local government
- accountability 6582
- annual municipal reports 7465-6
- assistance to person, business or organization 6588-90
- budgets and financing
- borrowing and loans 6595
- budgets and financing 6596
- requirement to balance budget 6582
- revenue generation 7461
- revenue sources 6563-4, 7469
- bylaw enforcement officers and screening officers 7365-6, 7370
- bylaw offences
- compliance agreements 7371
- dispute adjudication system 7284, 7367-8, 7371
- dispute process, reforms, consultation by provincial government 7368-70
- fines 6596
- notice of offence, delivery and validity 7372-4
- council
- disruption of meetings 6594
- making of bylaws 6594
- members, conflict of interest 6593-4
- members, disclosure of benefits and gifts received, implementation date 7467-9
- disposition of property 6590
- dispute resolution 6565, 6570-2, 6596
- elections, fixed election date 6592
- "freedom of the municipality" status 6594-5
- land appropriation 6590-1
- liability 6595
- powers and responsibilities
- ability to enter into agreements 6580-2
- authority to enter a property 6587-8
- balance and certainty of legislative framework 6561-2
- broad powers 6573-4
- building standards 6591
- business licences 6592
- decision-making powers, exceptions 7460
- expropriation powers 6593
- influence over homeowners 6574
- maintenance of roads 6590-1
- regulation of public health, provincial government role 6582-5, 6849-50
- scope of jurisdiction 6586
- scope of powers and future needs 6559-61
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 6565-7, 7280
- recognition as order of government 6557-9
- revitalization areas and plans 6595-6
- services
- service discontinuation, requirement for prior notice 6588
- services for different classes of persons 6586-7
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government, funding 6563-4
- Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act
- Long, Harold
- accessibility as MLA 5112
- comments on funding for Arrowhead Centre 6862-4, 6943
- Lotteries, lottery and raffle tickets, limit on charity's portion 5215
- McIver, Luke Ryan, death in workplace accident 7229-30
- MacLeod, Andrew, article on private post-secondary education institutions 7293-4
- McMahon, Wendy, response to constituents' concerns 8306
- Manufactured Home Act, relationship with Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act (2003) 7603-4
- Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
- public concerns 7600
- regulations, public consultation 7600-4
- Marshall, Dale, article on forest industry reforms 6540-1
- Mayencourt, Lorne, comments during debate on Residential Tenancy Act 7404, 7600-2
- Medical and Health Care Services Appeal Board, elimination 8341-2
- Mental health
- crisis centres, after-hours services 6947
- mental health plan, funding and implementation 6945-6
- programs and services
- Meyers, Art, involvement in Lannan forest purchase 7042
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2003, debate 8334-44
- Mortgage Brokers Act, amendments 8342-3
- Mortgages, mortgage brokers, fee structure 8342-3
- Motions
- motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice), debate 5087
- motion that the House stand recessed for one minute (Motion without notice), debate 7091-2
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5), debate 4973-4
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7175-6
- Municipal Act, revision during NDP administration 7466
- National Public Relations, contract work with government 7155-6, 7218
- Nebbeling, Ted
- absence from debate on Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act (2003) 7460
- position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8158
- response to questions during debate on Community Charter 6566-7, 6570-1
- Needles bridge, funding, potential role of Columbia Basin Trust 8005
- Nelson, city council resolution on amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 8002-3
- Neufeld, Richard, response to opposition questions and public concerns re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 8009-11
- Niebergall, Ray, concerns re mental health services in B.C. 6945
- Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job, young workers 7196-7, 7229-30, 7267
- Okanagan University College, funding and student spaces 7293, 7359
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, impact on rent prices in Vancouver 4760-1
- Ombudsman, budget reduction, impact on services 7082-5
- Ontario, public education system reforms, Rozanski report recommendations 6967
- Orr, Sheila, comments during debate on Residential Tenancy Act 7404-5
- Pacific Blue Cross, role in Fair Pharmacare program registration, privacy issue 5061-2
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7723-5
- Park Act, paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8150-1, 8154, 8232
- Pattison, Jimmy, comments on business investment in B.C. 5332
- Paulino, Sylvia, home support services subsidy, case 7034
- Pets of B.C. Residents
- comments on legislative changes on pets in rental housing 7612-3
- government consultation with group re pets in rental housing 7611
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program
- impact on low-income families, cases 6781, 6783
- impact on seniors and families 4974
- income-testing model 4973-4
- income-testing model, deductions for registered retirement savings plan contributions 5029
- public reaction 6781
- Physicians, regulation 6963, 7098
- Pivot Legal Society, report on policing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
- allegations against police 5222
- allegations against police, provision of information to police complaint commissioner 5377
- recommendations 5223, 5234, 5375-8
- Police Act, ministerial responsibility 7656, 7658
- Police and policing
- funding for police services, allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 7721, 7788-9
- performance of police officers 5378
- use of force, mandatory reporting 5376-7
- Police complaint commissioner
- Police Complaint Commissioner Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7544-5, 7656-8
- Port Alberni, power generation plant proposal, council decision 8157
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 7292-3
- funding
- system, B.C. Liberal Party position 7294
- tuition fees increases 5112
- Premier's office
- estimates debate 7056-7, 7069-70, 7079-86
- board resourcing and development office, appointments to public agencies 8008
- budget 4986
- role re processing of freedom-of-information requests 7079-80
- Private Career Training Institutions Act
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency
- board of directors, composition 7561-2
- board of directors, potential for conflict of interest 7295
- establishment 7560
- reporting requirements 7560, 7562
- Private Post-Secondary Education Commission of B.C., replacement 7295
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter of privilege 6597, 6955, 6972
- Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society, funding from charity gaming 5216
- Public Accounts Committee
- first report for fourth session of 37th parliament presented 7113
- report for third session of 37th parliament presented 4763
- review of auditor general reports 4763-4
- work of committee 7113
- Public debt, deficit during B.C. Liberal Party administration 7359-60
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5211, 5213-23, 5234, 5375-8
- Railways and rail services
- services, customer comments 7811-2
- wheel shop in Prince George 8219
- Real estate industry, fee structure 8342-3
- Real property tax, assessment of tax-exempt properties 8334
- Regional districts
- application of Community Charter legislation 7470-1
- board and council membership, harmonization 7470
- Representation Agreement Act, amendments 8339
- Residential Tenancy Act, debate, participation of government MLAs 7404
- Revelstoke, letter from mayor re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 7996
- Richmond Teachers Association, call for resignation of Education minister 5369
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project, patient relocation
- Robertson, Susan, letter to NDP re Harold Long 5112
- Royal Roads University Act, amendments 7363
- Rud, Jeff, comments on school district funding 5265
- Safety
- safety standards
- advisory committees, membership 6600-1
- penalties 6607-8
- regulation of standards 6599
- safety system
- appeals and complaints 6602
- certificate of qualification 6605
- equivalent standards agreements 6599, 6606-7
- inspection after permit issuance 6605
- licensing of contractors, fees and scope 6604
- registry of licensed contractors, privacy issue 6603-4
- safety officers and safety managers, appointment and powers 6601-3
- safety officers and safety managers, refusal of request to review officer's decision 6608
- variances 6603, 6605-6
- Safety Authority Act, debate 6609-10
- Safety Standards Act
- debate 6599-608
- definitions, "qualified person" and "qualified worker," need for definition 6599-600
- regulations and legislative changes, ministerial powers 6608
- stakeholder consultation by government 6608
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing, impact on surgery wait-lists 7780-2
- St. Paul's Hospital
- maternity services 8196-8
- respite care beds, closings 6526-7
- Sales tax, collection of unpaid taxes 4710, 4763, 4811
- Save Our Schools
- comments on school district funding 5363
- videotape on issues in public education system 5360
- School Act, amendments 6960
- School Amendment Act, 2003
- School boards/districts
- catchment areas, enrolment priorities 6960
- funding
- additional funding 5259-66, 5280-6, 5357-66
- buffer grants, phase-out 5364-8
- funding for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles 5282-3
- funding for costs of gas tax, electricity rate increases and other costs 5266, 5270-4, 5280-1
- funding for goods and services tax costs incurred by fundraising activities 5280
- funding for pay equity 5283-5
- funding for rural districts 5372-4
- funding formula 5281-2, 5368-72, 6966-7
- teachers' salary increases 5114, 5362-3
- technical grant 5358-60, 5362
- School district 6 (Rocky Mountain), funding 5262
- School district 38 (Richmond), issues and concerns 5368-9
- School district 39 (Vancouver), budget and funding
- alternative budget 6845
- alternative budget tabled 6845
- concerns re funding levels, petition tabled 6618
- funding 5365
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), funding 5262
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), violent incident at school in district, report 7878
- School district 57 (Prince George), funding 5285
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), funding 5265
- School district 85 (Vancouver Island North), funding 5262
- Schools
- Seniors, ability to live independently 7019-20
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act
- debate 8150-9, 8162-6, 8220-34
- change of bill title 8229
- definitions
- impact on environmental, health and safety standards 8151-6, 8232
- paramountcy over other regulations and legislation
- public response to bill, business and local government 8159, 8227-9
- regulations 8234
- Sing Tao (Vancouver), article on Chinese language examination requirements 5374
- Skeleem Recovery Centre, closing 5105, 5114
- Skills Development and Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7194-7, 7226-44, 7264-8
- Skills training
- accessibility 7293
- funding 6737, 6739
- private career training, institutions 6733-4
- system
- trade certification 6602
- training access program 6741
- training programs, new model
- accredited programs and recognized programs 6705, 6710-1, 6744, 6746-7, 6752
- assessment of students, eligibility criteria 6747-8
- completion rate 6712-4, 6741-2
- credentials and qualifications, changes 6709-14, 6738, 6747, 6750, 6752
- credentials and qualifications, progressive credentialling 6711-2
- credentials and qualifications, survey 6739-40
- equity initiatives 6739
- pilot projects 6745-6, 6750-1
- registration, on-line registration system 6745-6
- role of colleges in program delivery 6736-7
- standards 6732-3
- standards, inclusion of Red Seal certification 6710-1, 6738, 6749
- trainers, role 6747-9
- tuition
- increases 6734, 6739
- refunds and student tuition protection fund 6733-4
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 5326-34
- impact on regulations and red tape 5326-7
- implementation, government performance measurement 5330, 5333-4
- Smith, Marcia, work on government energy plan and role as industry lobbyist 7155-6
- Society, response to challenges 7176
- Sprott-Shaw Community College Ltd., business practices and quality of education 7293-4
- Substance abuse/addiction, prevention and treatment
- harm reduction initiatives 6850
- North America Opiate Medication Initiative, B.C. government support 6850-1
- stimulant maintenance 6851
- Surrey, methadone regulation 6582-3, 6849
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, land title branch
- transactions, electronic filing system 8340
- Victoria office closing 8340
- Suzuki, David, accomplishments 7355-6
- Taxation
- revenues to government 5111-2
- tax burden
- shift to middle- and low-income earners 5241-2
- transfer of tax burden 5111-2
- tax increases, impact on low- and middle-income earners 4985-6
- tax reductions
- reductions and changes, impact on government revenues 5241-2
- results 5111
- Teachers
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Terasen Inc., operations 7935
- Throne speech debate 5111-4
- Times Colonist (Victoria), article on school district funding 5357-8
- Transmission Corporation Act
- debate 7131-3
- regulation-making provisions 7132
- timeline for passage of bill 7131
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- consultation by government re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8163
- position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8162, 8226-9
- United Nations, committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 5202, 7195
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child, provisions re child employment 7195, 7238-9
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budgets and deficits 7359-60
- bursars 7360-1
- degree proposals
- English-language schools, regulation 7295, 7555-7
- ministerial responsibilities, changes 7357-8
- private institutions
- regulation, application of legislation 7362-3
- university boards of governors and senates, membership 7363-4
- University Foundations Act, amendments 7364
- Utilities, public ownership 7935
- Vancouver
- crime, property crime rate 7525
- police services, service levels in West End 7721
- revitalization plans, charter provisions 6596
- Vancouver Board of Trade, report on property crime in Vancouver 7525
- Vancouver coastal health authority
- Vancouver Community College, funding levels, impact on programs and services 7293
- Vancouver International Airport, tax exemption legislation 7471
- Viking Air Ltd., proposed operations in Kelowna 6616
- Violence
- bullying, prevention of bullying and violence at school 7879
- family violence, impact of government policies on women 5202
- Wages and salaries
- comparison across Canada 6830, 6848
- minimum wage, payment requirements 7239-40
- unpaid wages
- employment standards complaint process 7242-3
- liability 7241-2
- Wallace, Patricia, letter and recommendations on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8159, 8162-3
- Waste management regulations, changes 7271
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, programs and services, reductions 4985
- West Coast Environmental Law Association, concerns re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8157
- West Coast General Hospital
- availability of services 7413
- closing
- bed closings 8080
- potential closing 7157
- potential closing, petition tabled 7159
- Whittred, Katherine, response to questions during Health Services estimates debate 7021-4
- Wilcox, Paul, comments on business investment in B.C. 5330
- Wildlife Act
- amendments 7817
- paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8151, 8232
- Williams Lake, health care services, issues and concerns re long-term care facilities 7028
- Women
- pay equity 6830, 6848
- women's centres, funding from charity gaming 5219
- Wong, Patrick, comments on Chinese language examination requirements 5374
- Workers compensation
- disability benefits, benefits for injured youth 7266-7
- survivor benefits, changes 7266-7
- Workers Compensation Board, system, role of lay advocates 7267
- Youth
- programs and services, funding and service levels 7776-8, 7783-5
- unemployment rate 5237
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (federal), legislation 7631
- Youth Justice Act
Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.
- Establishment
(Locke) 7312
- Programs
(Masi) 4724
Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwah-ah-mish Indian band
- Comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago
(MacPhail) 6197-9, 6282, 6284, 6286
Kyoto accord
- B.C. government actions on climate change See Climate change under Climate
- B.C. targets and credits
(Neufeld) 5934
- Implementation
- federal-provincial negotiations
(MacPhail) 5986
(Murray) 5986
- implementation
(MacPhail) 5996-7
(Murray) 5996
- potential impact on B.C.
(Murray) 5904
Kyuquot first nation
- Salmon farming activities
(Visser) 4805
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