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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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M&M Insulation Ltd.
- Restoration to corporate registry
(Christensen) 6471
M&M Insulation Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
(Bill Pr404) (Christensen) 1R, 6208; 2R, 6471; C, 6471; 3R, 6471; RA, 7134
- Debate, speakers
(Christensen) 6208, 6471
- Referral to select standing committee
(Christensen) 6208
Maa-Nulth first nations
- Agreement-in-principle, role in economic development
(Trumper) 7217
Macaulay, Malcolm D.
- Decision on accountability of health authorities and ministerial responsibility See Minister's role in health authorities, court decision under Health Services, Ministry of
McBride, B.C.
- Forest industry in area
- forest industry
(Bond) 4780
- salvage logging
(Bell) 6926-7
- Government services in area
(Bond) 4780
McBride peewee hockey team
- Road trip with Vancouver Canucks
(Bond) 4759
McCallum, Doug
- Position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(Falcon) 8097
(Hayer) 7964
(Penner) 7955
McDonald family
- Power generation projects in East Kootenay area
(Bennett) 5419-20
(Krueger) 7930
McElligott, Paul J.
- Management of B.C. Rail
(Nettleton) 7915
McEvay, Tom
- Work with youth
(Trumper) 7687
McFadyen, Summer
- Comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education
(MacPhail) 5473, 5477
Macgregor, Ed
Machinaw, Shawn
- Child death case, government investigation
(Hogg) 5652
(MacPhail) 5652
McInnis, John
McIver, Luke Ryan
- Death in workplace accident
(Kwan) 7229-30
McIvor, Connie
- Comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago
(MacPhail) 6284
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- As subject
- experience as parent 6036
- Alcohol, privatization of liquor sales, petition tabled 7281
- Atlin airport, pavement of runway 4743
- Attorney General ministry
- Automobiles, traffic violations, dispute process, reforms 6192
- Bob Quinn Airport (Bell II), role in tourism 4743
- B.C., economic development in northern B.C. 4798-9
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, members 7834
- B.C. Hydro, core assets and services
- protected assets 7834
- protection, government commitment 7833-4
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7832-5
- B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 4798-9
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail 8254-6
- core review 8253
- future of organization, viability 8254
- privatization, proposal process 8254
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8253-6
- Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area
- issues and concerns 4798-9
- transportation infrastructure, funding 4742
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Houston operations, milling capacity and expansion 7809-10
- Corrections system
- prisoners, right to vote in elections 7044-6
- youth corrections system, educational opportunities 7639
- Crime and criminals
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 6036-7, 6882
- cost to society 6881-2
- dialogue on crime 4744
- youth crime
- causes 7639
- impact on communities and victims 7639
- offenders under 12 years of age 7639-40
- response 7638-9
- Criminal Code of Canada, provisions on sentencing for offenders, purpose of sentencing 7045
- Education
- funding, additional funding 4744
- system, initiatives and reforms 5458-9
- Election Act, amendments 7044
- Elections, results, single-vote differences in past 7045
- Energy
- electricity rates
- blended rate 7834
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 7834
- hydroelectricity projects 4743
- independent power producers, role in power generation in B.C. 7833-4
- power supply
- B.C. as net importer of power 7833
- consumption 7832-3
- needs in B.C. 7833
- Energy and Mines ministry, estimates debate 5916-9
- Environmental groups
- grants from government 8121
- promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8121
- Environmental Management Act, debate 7430-4
- Ferries and ferry services, François Lake service, privatization 4743, 5453, 6150
- Finning Tractor and Equipment Co. Ltd., operations in B.C. 7898-9
- Firearms
- firearms registry 7335-7
- handgun registration, effectiveness 7336
- offences committed with use of firearms, criminal prosecution 7336
- Firearms Act, call for repeal 7335-7
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7168-9
- Forest industry
- beetle-damaged wood 8121
- forest health, funding 6487
- forest licences, subdivision and transfer, requirements 6636
- forest roads, blockades, removal 6489-90
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for licence holders 6488-9
- mountain pine beetle control, government action 6487
- Private Managed Forest Land Council 7759, 7865-7
- private managed forest land, regulation 7759-60, 7859, 7870
- woodlots
- licences, tendering process 6515
- woodlot program 7861
- working forest land base, establishment 4743
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6636
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 6487-90
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6515
- Gitxsan Indian band, position on legal decision re traditional lands 6170
- Government
- project approval process
- project approval process, significant projects
- designation of projects 7899
- qualification for designation 8084
- Granisle, road improvements, funding 4742
- Hazelton, road blockade by Indians in area, impact on logging industry 4978-9, 6167-9, 6489-90
- Hazelton Secondary School, student performance 5459
- Highway 37
- Bradfield connector road for access from Alaska 4742-3
- improvements 5452
- Houston
- cogeneration power facility 4743
- health care services, petition tabled 6193
- Hudson Bay Mountain, ski resort development 4743
- Income assistance, disability benefits, income earnings exemption 4744
- Indians
- economic development by Indians
- economic measures fund, allocation of funds 6171-2
- partnerships between bands and private investors 5238
- programs and services, cost to government 6172-3
- relationship with provincial government, civil disobedience 6167-9
- treaty negotiations, costs, comparison with cost of court services 6173
- Iskut River, Forest Kerr power project 4743, 7833-4
- Justice system
- courts and court services, caseloads and sitting hours 6191-2
- criminal justice system, cases, timeline for completion 6191-2
- youth justice
- penalties for young offenders 7639-40
- provincial statute offences, sentencing options 7640
- MacPhail, Joy, comments during debate on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 7898
- Mining industry
- electricity needs 7834
- exploration, investment in B.C., government targets 5718
- flow-through shares 5918
- resources in B.C. 4743
- role of industry in B.C. 7699-701
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7044-6
- Motions
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6036-7
- boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8120-1
- repeal of Firearms Act (Motion 9), debate 7335-7
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7168-9
- NDP, performance as government
- establishment of regulations 7758-9
- fiscal management 4742
- Nisga'a final agreement
- Nisga'a Highway, funding 6171
- Nisga'a people, eligibility for economic measures fund 6171-2
- Northwest B.C. Timber and Pulp Co. Ltd., timber licence and undercut 6489
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas
- development of industry in B.C., exploration 5916
- development of industry in B.C., negotiations with Indians for Crown land access 5916-7
- development of resource, wastewater toxicity 5557, 5916
- resource-revenue-sharing agreements with Indian groups 5918
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4744
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5335-6
- Police and policing
- Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), system 5335
- information management, PRIME-BC system 4744, 5335-6
- policing in the past 5335-6
- Prince George Airport expansion, funding from B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8255
- Prince George, CN Rail operation of B.C. Rail services, impact on economy 8255
- Private Forest Landowners Association, position on private managed forest land legislation 7760
- Private Managed Forest Land Act
- Provincial Court of B.C., sitting hours 6191
- Railways and rail services
- additional centre-beam cars 8255
- passenger service, request for proposals 8255-6
- tourism rail services, opportunities 8255
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project
- impact of Alaska–B.C. relationship 5643
- job creation potential 5643
- permit 4742
- permitting process, timeliness 7898
- Resorts, development approval process 7899
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act
- debate 7898-900, 8083-4
- definitions
- "constraint" 8083
- "responsible minister" 8084
- impact on environmental, health and safety standards 7899
- paramountcy over other regulations and legislation, local government authority 7899
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- compensation for tenure takeback 6488-9
- Smithers mill, transfer of mill and timber licence to West Fraser Mills Ltd. 6488
- Smithers
- ski race 6125
- ski resort expansion proposal 7899
- Snuneymuxw first nation agreement-in-principle, land provisions 6172
- Southside Road, improvements for transportation of beetle-infested wood 5452
- Stewart-Omineca road, construction for use by resource industries 5917
- Supreme Court of Canada decisions, prisoners' right to vote 7046
- Telkwa, coal resources in area 4743
- Throne speech debate 4742-4
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 5452-3
- Transportation, regional advisory committees 4743
- Vancouver Island, natural gas pipeline agreement, cost 5919
- Waste management
- contaminated sites
- regulations, hazardous waste 7430
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7638-40
Mackenzie, B.C.
McKenzie, Bill
- Work as civil servant commended
(Reid, L.) 5835
Mackenzie Mills See International Forest Products Ltd.
Mackenzie Secondary School, Mackenzie, B.C.
- Forestry program
(Bell) 5712
Mackenzie Valley pipeline project
- Cancellation
(Sultan) 7893
Maclean's
MacLeod, Andrew
- Article on private post-secondary education institutions
(Kwan) 7293-4
McLeod Lake Indian band
- Treaty settlement
(Bell) 6926
McLeod's By-Products Ltd.
- Operations, compliance with waste management standards
(MacPhail) 6131-2
(van Dongen) 6131-2
McMahon, Wendy (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- As subject
- response to constituents' concerns
(Hansen) 8306
(Kwan) 8306
- Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, work of organization 7216
- Avalanches, Revelstoke area avalanches, victims 4707-8
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., economic development 4958
- B.C. Interior Forestry Museum, activities 5419
- Budget debate 4956-8, 4983-5
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4957
- Child Care Month 6554
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5823
- Children, child care funding, capital and operating funding 6554
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8006, 8008
- Columbia Basin Trust, board of directors 8006, 8008
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
- economic development 4957-8
- resource industries in area 7520
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 5850-1
- Community Charter
- Cranbrook Airport, expansion proposal 4958, 4984
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy 4958
- Education
- community school program 5823
- funding, additional funding 4957
- school-based funding and programs 5911-2
- year-round calendar, benefits 4966
- Energy and Mines ministry, estimates debate 5923
- Forest industry, reforms 4957, 4984
- Fort Steele Heritage Town, history 5857-8
- Fuel, gasoline tax revenue to transportation infrastructure 4984
- Golden
- services for women 5850
- water quality 7301
- Golden Women's Centre, comments on impact of government policies on women 5850-1
- Health care system, reforms 4984, 8289-91
- Henry M. Durand Manor, renovations 8291
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- improvements
- Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 4958, 4983-4, 5144
- Interior health authority, services 8289-91
- Kootenay area
- Land use planning, need for certainty 7520
- Mining industry
- goals and initiatives of industry in B.C. 4957
- safety inspections 5923
- Motions
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7520
- transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10), debate 5144-5, 5732
- National Child Day 8018
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4984
- Parks, user fees, increases 4984
- Public debt, paydown of debt 4957
- Recreation, back-country recreation
- Resorts, resort industry potential in B.C. 6306
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy and funding for social services 7520
- Revelstoke Community Forest Corp., work of corporation 6728
- Revelstoke, forest industry, history 5419
- School boards/districts, funding 4957
- School district 19 (Revelstoke), school-based funding 5912
- Skills training, need 7813
- Tourism industry
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child, provisions 8018
- Violence, bullying, role of bystanders 5133-4
- Women's centres, funding from government 5850
MacMillan, H.R.
- Comments on forest industry in B.C.
(Hunter) 6532
MacPhail, Joy (Vancouver-Hastings)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- 2003-04 budget
(Belsey) 4919, 4921
(Bloy) 5160-1
- alleged comments on Larry Campbell 7740
(Mayencourt) 7740
- comments during debate on B.C. Hydro legislation
(Suffredine) 7842
- comments during debate on forest industry reform legislation
(Brice) 5713
(de Jong) 5714-6, 6548-9, 6934-5
(Harris) 5705-6, 6547
(Visser) 5707-8
- comments during debate on Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
(Hawes) 8055-6
- comments during debate on Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(MacKay) 7898
(Visser) 7957
- comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act
(Hawes) 6698-9
(Neufeld) 6700-1
- Fair Pharmacare program
(Brice) 4971
(Hansen) 5028
- gasoline tax
(Nijjar) 4923
- logging in Elk Creek area
(Penner) 7585-6
- performance of B.C. Liberal Party government
(Bloy) 5161-2
- response to B.C. Liberal Party government actions
(Hunter) 4899-902
- role of John van Dongen in government investigation into fish farm
(Collins) 6652-5
- use of term "heartlands"
(Long) 4944-5
- error regarding documents raised in question period re Pharmacare program income-testing model 5097
- letter to Finance minister on motion to recommit Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry estimates 6651-2
- participation in debate on Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation 5463-4
- performance as Finance minister
(Collins) 5249
- position on issues
- B.C. Liberal Party government initiatives
(Hawes) 7836
- report of Finance Committee
(Mayencourt) 5177
- withdrawal from House ordered 7990
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 4980-1, 5618, 5882, 7082
- Abbotsford
- hospital construction project
- contract, public release 8175
- private sector involvement 6792-3
- request for proposals 8174-7
- new hospital and cancer centre
- private sector involvement in operations 8135, 8172, 8206
- privatization of non-clinical services 8136
- Aboriginal health councils, status 6905, 6908-9
- Abram, Jim, public written question, sale of Lannan forest 6224-5
- Advanced Education ministry
- Agricultural Land Commission
- decision-making authority
- delegation agreement with Oil and Gas Commission 6269-72
- delegation agreements with local government 6272
- regional panels, input from local government 6272-3
- staffing reductions 6268-70
- Agricultural land reserve
- activities on reserve lands
- size 6273
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- estimates debate 6096-107, 6129-44
- compliance and enforcement branch, role 6097-102, 6105-7
- deputy ministers, role of minister in hiring process 6096-7
- estimates debate, request for recommittal of estimates 6648, 6650-2
- website information on sea lice 6138-9
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- prevention programs, funding 8305
- role of health authorities in service delivery 8305
- Air
- air quality
- emission control, government responsibility 6330
- protection, government action 5992-5, 5999
- standards, investigation of violations 6000
- standards, ministerial responsibility 5951, 5998
- greenhouse gas
- Air Canada, financial situation, impact on service in B.C. 5913
- Airsheds, mapping of B.C. airsheds, project 5950-1
- Alaska, position on salmon aquaculture operations 6200
- Alcohol
- liquor licensing, government focus on compliance and enforcement 5384
- liquor stores
- closing of public stores 5383-4
- licensed retail stores, new stores 5382-3
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., surplus power, sale on open market, impact on Kitimat area 6988-9
- Animals, control of dogs in rural areas 5437
- Aquaculture industry
- advisers to government 4709
- development of industry, funding 6141
- fish farms
- alternative technologies, pilot projects 6142-3
- applications, consultation with Indians 6134-5
- closed containment, requirement for new farms 5510, 5543-4
- closed containment, role in industry 6142-3
- designation of potential sites as farming areas 7397-8
- escape of Atlantic salmon, reporting requirements 6140-2
- escape of farmed fish, investigations 6099-103, 6105-7
- fallowed farms 6133-4, 6194-6
- land use decisions 7587
- location 7889
- moratorium on new fish farms 5544-5
- moratorium on new fish farms, lifting of moratorium 5150, 6198-9
- new farms near Alaska border 6200
- regulation of industry, consultation requirements 6282, 6285-6
- regulation of industry, interministerial compliance and enforcement service agreement 6098-101, 6103, 6105-7
- relocation 6193-9, 6277, 6287-9
- relocation, role of Sustainable Resource Management ministry 6195
- tenure extensions, ministerial responsibility 6289-90
- industry in B.C.
- expansion 6129
- expansion, impact on fishery jobs 5545
- government actions 5544
- relationship with government 6650, 7322-4
- legislation
- communications between industry and Agriculture minister 7396-7
- consultation by government 7395-6
- right-to-farm legislation 7395-6
- role of local government 7322, 7397, 7398-400
- salmon aquaculture review in 1997, recommendations 6129, 6139
- salmon farming
- studies, environmental recommendations 5544-6
- Arcuri, Ben, appointment to board of Columbia Basin Trust 8023-5, 8029
- Arrowhead Centre
- Arthritis, chronic disease management strategy 6815
- Artspeak, centre's concerns re funding from charity gaming 5379-80
- Asper, Israel Harold, tribute 7215
- Asperger syndrome, treatment services and community living 5654-5
- Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, position on forest industry reforms 6537
- Attorney General ministry
- Auditor general
- recommendations for contaminated site regulation 5991, 6262-4
- recommendations on megaprojects 7888
- Autism
- Automobiles
- driver's licences
- licence fees to general revenue 5340
- removal for health reasons, legal protection for physicians, psychologists and optometrists 5437
- emission reduction 5987, 5994-5
- insurance
- basic and optional coverage 5338-9
- no-fault benefits 5339
- road safety programs 5339-40
- taxation of luxury vehicles 5995
- Avison, Don, comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5472, 5483
- Barber, Daniel, comments on appointment of Alan Seckel as Deputy Attorney General 6394
- Barker, Ken, comments on export of raw logs 5772
- Barnes, Emery, ruling as Speaker on urgency of Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 5463-4
- BCT.Telus Communications Inc., access fees 5634
- Bell, Pat, comments on land use planning legislation 7578-9
- Bennett, Nelson, comments on forest industry reforms 5762
- Beyer, Hubert, tribute 8385
- Blackburn, Dale, letter re investigation into fish farm operations 6102-3, 6105, 6129, 6280-2, 6649-50, 7889
- Blaney, Jack, nomination as chair of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform 6358
- Bloy, Harry, letter to Burnaby city council re privatization of B.C. Hydro 5016
- Bonaparte Indian band, position on coalbed methane extraction in band's traditional territory 6218
- Bond, Shirley, comments on post-secondary education funding 6292, 6318
- Border crossings, investment in border crossing infrastructure 5429
- Boundary Creek, tree farm licence No. 8, appurtenancy agreement 6625-8
- Breakfast for Learning, program funding 5580-1
- Bridge Studios, privatization 5347
- Britannia mine, reclamation of site 6265
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 4719, 4885, 5477, 5686, 7062
- northern and rural B.C.
- health care services in rural areas 6042
- impact of government policies on rural communities 4885-6
- needs of rural areas 4719
- population growth and in-migration 5298-9
- B.C. Agriculture Council, role in delivery of Buy B.C. program 6143
- B.C. Assessment, status as Crown corporation 7443-4
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, revenue from government 5313-4
- BCcampus, program and service delivery 6398-9
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases 5744
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce, position on Community Charter 6331-2
- B.C. Civil Liberties Association, position on amendments to freedom-of-information legislation 5355
- B.C. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 5442, 5882, 6182
- B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, funding and relationship with government 5671
- B.C. Federation of Labour, freedom-of-information request re potential sale of B.C. Rail 7079
- B.C. Ferries commissioner, responsibilities and role 5635-6, 5645-6
- B.C. Ferry Authority
- ability to raise capital 5620
- annual general meetings 5627
- board of directors 5562, 5620-7
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- estimates debate in 1998, recommittal of estimates 6651-2
- fuel taxation 5320, 5426
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
- accountability 5649
- accounting practices, accounting for debt 5321, 5628-9
- board of directors 5631-2
- costs, wage costs 5631, 5633
- exemptions from regulatory legislation 5562-3, 5648-9
- expropriation of land 5634-5
- negotiation of collective agreement with workers 5630
- service contract with government
- subsidiaries, maintenance and refit operations 5629-30
- B.C. Gas, contract with Customer Works, approval by B.C. Utilities Commission 5015-6, 5094
- B.C. heritage legacy fund, establishment 5700-1
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- legal action re leaky-condo damages in social housing 5968-9
- wait-list for housing 5969
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, elimination 5442-3
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5078-80, 5095-6
- impact on electricity rates 5016
- public information 5016
- review of agreement by B.C. Utilities Commission 5015-6, 5070-1, 5093-4
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, cost 5015, 5078, 5095
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, dam and generation facility employees 5073-5, 5077-8, 8034
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, pension plan changes 5095
- agreements with other entities
- provisions required for "public convenience and necessity" 5091-2
- role of cabinet 5014, 5089-90
- allied Hydro agreements 5949-50
- alternative energy projects 5987, 6698
- budget forecasting 5299-300
- contracts
- cancellation 5942
- contract with Williams pipelines 5942
- core assets and services
- export of power 5946-7
- management during NDP administration, establishment of non-regulated service companies 5064
- outsourcing and privatization
- performance as Crown corporation 7823
- Power Smart program, impact on electricity consumption 5945-6
- public consultation during NDP administration 8031-2
- revenues to government
- allocation of dividends 6913
- revenues 5015
- sale of old or unneeded assets 8033-4
- study on viability of generating plants 8036
- support services, role 5014-5
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- B.C. Liberal Party
- 2001 election campaign statements 7988
- financial contributions to party
- contributions from aquaculture industry 7323
- contributions from corporations 8134, 8136
- contributions from forest sector 5690
- government
- actions since election 4719, 4872-3, 6914-5
- actions since election, impact on health care and user fees, petition tabled 5422
- actions since election, impact on health care system 8133
- B.C. Stats poll of caucus 5236-7
- business-friendliness 7392-3
- economic policies and fiscal management 7534-5
- New Era document, statements on allocation of traffic fine revenue to police services 7623-4
- New Era document, statements on B.C. Rail 7920
- New Era document, statements on logging and mining in parks 8044
- New Era document, statements on role of B.C. Utilities Commission 5014
- performance 8394-5
- performance on campaign statements 8132-3, 8135-8, 8215-8, 8219-20
- priorities 7057-9
- government, position on issues
- collective agreements, legislated settlement 5469-70, 5485-6, 8392-5
- gambling, expansion of gambling in B.C. 7074-6, 7249, 7534
- post-secondary education system 5467
- private health clinics 8135-6
- privatization 7910
- public services 5079
- role of private sector 8136
- self-regulation of professionals 7188
- subsidies 6143
- ideology 4718, 8132
- MLAs' comments on members of B.C. Citizens for Public Power 8032
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, lottery agreement with Vancouver Canucks 7249
- B.C. Nurses Union, concerns re security at facilities 6901
- B.C. Paraplegic Association, gaming funding 5694-5
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, membership 5341
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- budget and finances
- employees, coverage by collective agreement after B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8371, 8373-4
- future of organization 5422, 8216
- land transfers 8373-4
- port subdivision, future 8370-1
- privatization
- abandonment of rail lines 6429
- campaign statements by B.C. Liberal Party 7910, 8368
- evaluation, documentation 8126
- further sales 8376
- government retention of railbed, right-of-way and tracks 6150, 6254-5
- impact on costs and jobs 6893-4, 7038, 7988, 8126
- petition tabled 7813
- potential purchase of operations by CN Rail 6845-6, 6893-4, 7077-8, 7910, 7988-9, 8126
- privatization 5910-1, 6500, 7120, 7810-1, 7920, 7988-9, 8346-7, 8347
- proposal process 8019-20, 8079-80
- proposal process, fairness report 8019, 8080
- public concerns 8353-4
- public response 7911
- public-private partnerships 5349
- sale of assets, legislation 7909-10
- British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003, debate 7037-8, 7909-13
- British Columbia Railway Finance Act, need for repeal 8345
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8215-8, 8345-57
- B.C. Sharing program 6143
- B.C. timber sales program
- account, transfer from small business forest enterprise program 6509
- activities, inclusion of pine beetle control measures 6515
- timber sales managers, role and powers 6507-8
- volume of timber sales 6496, 6502-3, 6507
- B.C. Transmission Corporation
- applicability of statutes to corporation 6694, 7121-3
- employees, transfer from B.C. Hydro 7121, 7131
- establishment 6693-5, 7120-1
- management agreements with B.C. Hydro, requirements 7124-9
- relationship with Regional Transmission Organization West 6697, 7121
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- Broughton Archipelago, salmon farming
- operations, consultation with Indians 6195, 6197-9, 6279-80, 6282-7
- sea lice issue 5153, 5544, 7323
- sea lice issue, action plan, safe migration route for wild salmon and fallowing of fish farms 6132-9, 6194-7, 6278-81, 6283, 6288
- Brown, Martyn, work in Premier's office
- role re processing of freedom-of-information requests 7079
- role re public affairs bureau 7089
- Brown, Rosemary, tribute 6252
- Budget debate 4872-4, 4884-7
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003, debate 5242-4, 5423-31
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 5434-5
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget
- assumptions and forecasts 5299
- content 4872-4, 4884-7
- disaster funding 5309-10
- funding for arbitration and litigation 5300-1
- impact on low- and middle-income earners 4873
- interest rate assumptions 5307
- ministries on or under budget 5311
- ministries on or under budget, exemptions from budget targets 5303-6
- risks to fiscal plan 5298-302, 5306-9
- accountability and transparency legislation 5305
- Building Code Appeal Board, consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8088-9
- Bulkley Valley, air quality 5999
- Burrard Thermal power station
- Burrardview Neighbourhood Association, letter re appointment of Alan Seckel as Deputy Attorney General 6394
- Burt, Ken, comments on Okanagan University College funding 6337
- Business
- business climate, businesses coming to B.C. 8091
- operation of companies as both union and non-union 8278-9
- position of business community on government initiatives 7393
- public-private partnerships, government liability 6794
- small business, need for Internet connection 6075-7
- subsidies, B.C. Liberal Party position 6143
- Business Corporations Act, implementation 7392-3
- Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7392-3
- Buy B.C. program, status 6143
- Calpine Corp., power plant proposal on Vancouver Island, cancellation 5931-2
- Campbell, Gordon
- call for resignation 4718
- comments on issues
- cost to taxpayers of B.C. Rail 5910-1
- funding for child protection services 6730-1, 6777-8
- gambling expansion 7074
- debate during Premier's office estimates 7072
- letter to Gary Locke on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington) 5993-4
- meetings with CN Rail representatives 7077-8
- position on forest industry reform legislation 6920
- role in development of community charter 6328
- Canada Health Act, principles 8173
- Canadian Federation of Students
- comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5472-3
- funding 6400
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
- Houston operations, expansion, access to fibre 6499-502
- impact of forest industry reforms on operations 6536
- impact of timber licence reduction on operations 5749
- tree farm licence No. 37, timber-processing agreement 5765-6
- Canadian Institute for Health Information, information on compensation of health care professionals 6826
- Canadian Pacific Railway, withdrawal from B.C. Rail privatization proposal process 8079-80
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, comments on amendments to parks and protected areas legislation 8237
- Cariboo area, Mackenzie-Cariboo tree farm licence No. 5, appurtenancy agreement 6625-6
- Carrier-Sekani tribal council
- comments on issues
- involvement in treaty negotiation process 6392-3
- position on forest industry reforms, call for boycott of B.C. wood products 6155-6, 6393
- Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House, concerns re child care funding, petition tabled 5618
- Central Coast land and resource management plan, status 6228-9
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, work for Health ministries 6719
- Chanin, Irene, position with government 7089
- Chapple, Clem, death 6349
- Cheema, Gulzar, performance as Mental Health minister of state and response to questions during estimates debate 6973
- Chief forester
- Child and youth officer, budget and role 6391-2
- Children
- child abuse, numbers of allegations and investigations 5612, 5651
- child care
- before- and after-school care, funding 5879
- child care providers, accountability 5875-6
- funding, federal funding 5876-8
- funding, funding based on enrolment 5876
- funding, operating funding 5874-5
- infant and toddler care, funding 5875
- spaces, resource and referral services 5878
- system, changes, comments by government MLAs 5880
- workers, wage levels 5874, 5879
- child care subsidy
- eligibility threshold 5871-4
- one-stop access services 5878
- child protection, funding for services 6777-8
- child protection workers, caseload 5609-10
- children in government care
- adoption, impact on number of children in care 5612
- number 5608-12
- early childhood development
- funding, community partnership fund 5661
- funding, federal funding 5656-9
- funding, legacy fund 5660
- programs and services 5658
- public-private partnerships in service delivery 5660
- representatives on regional authorities 5659-60
- family bonus
- changes during NDP administration 5315
- federal and provincial funding 5315
- programs and services for children and families
- family development programs, budget 5611
- governance model 5584-5
- governance model, changes at time of budget reductions 5587, 5591-3, 5607
- governance model, community response 5587-8, 5592
- information systems and client registry, impact of transition to service authorities 5593-5
- service delivery, consultation by government 5592, 6778
- service levels 6661
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery, reorganization
- safe care legislation, consultation and introduction 5652-3
- service authorities
- aboriginal authorities 5593, 5597
- aboriginal authorities, relationship with aboriginal delegated agencies 5610
- accountability and service standards 5590, 5595
- accreditation 5590-1
- board members 5596
- chief executive officers 5597
- handling of special needs children 5602
- offices 5596-7
- transition 5591-3
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 5575-97, 5602-12, 5651-61, 5665-77
- budget
- funding allocation to regional service authorities 5585
- meeting of budget targets 6525-6, 7001
- information to public, website, public comments 5606
- performance measurements for youth issues 5674
- regulations, reduction 5675-6
- Chilliwack General Hospital, sale of laundry equipment 6791-2
- Citizens for North Okanagan Clean Air, concerns re rendering plant, communications with Fisheries minister 6131-2
- Civil service
- executive compensation and severance, reporting 5342-3
- labour negotiations
- government's zero-zero-and-zero mandate 5341-2
- negotiations in 2003-04 fiscal year 5342
- pensions, public sector pension plans, reduction 6786
- Clearwater, future of town 7009
- Clift, Robert, comments on demographics in post-secondary education system 6403
- Climate, climate change
- Coal industry
- air emissions, impact on air quality 5995-8
- use of coal as energy source 5995-8
- Coalbed Gas Act, debate 6066-8, 6214-23
- Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, meetings with former Fisheries minister 6103, 6105
- Coastal Ferry Act
- debate 5562-3, 5619-37, 5645-9
- definitions
- "beneficial interest" 5625-6
- "core ferry services" 5619
- "qualified individuals" 5622
- impact on ferry workers' collective agreements 5563
- liability issue 5635
- naming of new B.C. Ferry Services Inc. in act 5628, 5631
- offences 5648
- prevalence over labour legislation and collective agreements 5632
- purpose of bill 5627
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8390-6, 8406-36
- Cobb, Walt, comments on land use planning process 7891
- Coe, Richard, comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5472
- College Institute Educators Association, comments on post-secondary education funding 5473, 6340
- Collins, Gary
- participation in debate on Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation 5463-4
- performance as Government House Leader 7091
- Columbia Basin Trust
- advisory committees 8025-6
- amalgamation with Columbia Power Corporation 8029-30
- annual report, public access 8029
- board of directors 8022-3, 8027-8
- budget and finances
- funding of projects in Columbia basin region 7768, 7775-6
- return on investments 7765
- establishment 7766-7
- legislative changes, impact on local control 7767-8
- management of trust, role of provincial government 7766
- mandate 7766
- public consultation by trust 5930
- role in regional economic development 7765-8
- taxation regulations, application to trust 8029-30
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003
- Columbia River Treaty, impact on Columbia basin region 7767
- Comeau, Gordon, comments on school district budget announcements 5529
- Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission), report, federal-provincial implementation 6816
- Communities, responsibility for service delivery 6977
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5700-2
- Community Care Facility Appeal Board, consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8089
- Community Charter
- debate 6328-34
- amendments 7414, 7444
- amendments, consultation by provincial government 6333
- impact on local governments 6328
- implementation 7445
- implementation, phased implementation 6329
- purpose 6330, 7322, 7398
- regulations under legislation 6333
- Community Services Labour Relations Act, debate 7000-2
- Comox Valley, Lannan forest, valuation of timber 6226-7, 6261
- Comox-Strathcona regional district, letter re amendments to right-to-farm legislation 7324-5, 7400
- Competition bureau (federal), role in B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8348-50
- Competition, Science and Enterprise ministry, liquor distribution branch, privatization 5347
- Comptroller general, involvement in accounting of compensation fund for forest company timber licence reductions 5783
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., comments on post-secondary education funding 5472, 6340
- Connaghan, Chuck, death 7523
- Construction industry
- building envelope repairs, warranties 5966-8
- home warranty providers 5966-7
- Consumers
- role in economy 5243
- taxes and user fees
- increases, impact on seniors 5244
- transfer of responsibility to local governments 4719
- Coquihalla Highway Administration Clarity Act, 2003, debate 6844
- Coroner
- investigation to emergency care case at Mission Memorial Hospital 5743
- report on suicide of disability benefits level 2 recipient 5104
- review of child fatalities 6392
- Corrections system, keep-of-prisoners, funding 5385
- Corrigan, Derek, comments on bylaw enforcement legislation 7381
- Cortes Island, health care services 6042
- Crime rate in B.C. 7592-3
- Crown agencies secretariat, responsibilities and role 7090
- Crown corporations, payment of property taxes 8210-1
- Crown Isle Golf Course, purchase of Lannan forest 6224-8, 6259, 6261, 6273-4
- Crown land
- access to Crown land and resources, designation of Crown land as farming area, cabinet authority 7397
- activities on Crown land, impact on environment 6266
- leases and sales
- legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7492, 7571-2, 7575-6
- ministerial responsibility for forest land sales 7572-3
- Culture, arts sector, funding from charity gaming 5379-80
- Cummins, John, comments on B.C. Liberal Party government relationship with fish farm industry 6650
- de Jong, Michael
- actions as Forests minister 7203-4, 8387-8
- comments on forest practices objectives during 2002 debate 7261
- contempt of the House, conflict of interest as Forests minister re exemption under Forestry Revitalization Act from Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability legislation 5746-7, 5764, 5788
- Delta, agriculture industry in area, role of local government 7399
- Diabetes, chronic disease management strategy 6812-4
- Dikes, guidelines for dike levels 7881-2
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living
- eligibility 5654-5
- governance model, results elsewhere 5605
- service authority 5597
- service authority, budget reductions by interim authority 5607
- services for Indians 5595
- developmentally disabled, participation in society 5656
- housing, individualized funding 5603, 5608
- Doheny, James, letter re wages for teaching assistants at University of B.C. 5476
- Doman Industries Ltd., impact of forest industry reforms on operations 6535
- Douglas College, funding and student spaces 6339
- Dowding, Gordon, tribute 7917
- Drugs, prescription drugs
- cost, government consultation with pharmaceutical industry 6672, 6784
- cost per person, comparison with other provinces 6667-8
- investment in research and development 6675
- pharmaceuticals management 6910
- PharmaNet database 7474-5
- public information 6676
- therapeutics initiative 6670, 6673-4
- use 6674-5
- Economic Development Electricity Rate Act, repeal 7121-2
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- consumer- and export-driven economy 5242-3
- heartlands economic strategy
- health care system initiatives 7066-7
- impact on northern and rural communities, study 7071-2
- impact on post-secondary education system 5473, 5477
- strategy 7062-7
- impact of value of Canadian dollar on B.C. economy 5433
- North America economy 5243
- Education
- adult basic education
- funding for income assistance recipients 6058
- programs 6397-8
- career development programs, review 5528
- counsellors, number in education system 5515
- education advisory committee, role 5497
- education of Indians
- enhancement agreements between school districts and Indian groups 5502
- program funding 5500-2, 5527
- student achievement 5502
- English-as-a-second-language programs, enrolment levels 5524
- enrolment in schools 5496-7, 5523, 5528
- funding
- additional funding 4884
- funding for community schools 5582-3
- removal of cap on administration spending 5517-9
- graduation requirements, changes 5528
- inner-city schools, funding 4886
- labour relations, collective agreement negotiation process 5341
- parent advisory councils, funding from charity gaming 5380
- school planning councils, role 5495
- social equity programs
- consultation on school-based programs, work of steering committee 5579-80, 5582-3
- funding 5575-83
- funding allocation by school districts 5579
- monitoring 5584
- non-profit sector involvement 5580-1
- school-based funding and programs 5460
- special education and special needs
- funding 5512-3, 5524-5
- funding reductions 6554-5
- individual education plans 5513
- issues and concerns, work of Education ministry 5516-7
- number and categorization of students in education system 5516, 5523-6
- students, assessment 5514
- Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation 5463-4, 5468
- Education ministry
- Elections
- election campaign financing, reforms 4719
- electoral reform, citizens' assembly
- assembly 6358-9
- budget 6390-1
- participation, role of updated voters list 7076-7
- referendum on citizens' assembly recommendation 6391
- televising of proceedings 6391
- electoral systems, first-past-the-post system 6358
- public perception of electoral system 6358
- voter registration 7076-7
- Elk Valley, air quality 5999
- Emergencies, volunteer responders, legislative amendments 5435
- Employment and unemployment
- jobs in B.C.
- job creation 4886, 6054
- numbers, impact of forest fire fighters in 2003 8091
- unemployment rate 7348
- Energy
- alternative and green energy 5987-8, 5998
- "dirty" energy 6697-8
- electricity rates
- rates in B.C. 6911-4, 7133
- reduction of rates to stimulate economic development 7122
- setting of rates, heritage contract 7822, 8040
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 6697, 6912, 6914, 7122, 7127, 7822, 8038-40
- setting of rates, role of cabinet 7822, 8038-40
- government policy 5997
- independent power producers
- ability to establish new transmission lines 6696, 7123-4, 7129
- clean-energy projects 5941, 5944
- projects, review requirements 6703-4, 6914
- role in power generation in B.C., replacement of B.C. Hydro assets 8036-7
- power supply, estimation of load requirements in B.C. 5947
- transmission system
- new and expanded transmission lines, approval process 7123-4, 7129
- new and expanded transmission lines, subsidy issue 6695-6
- regional transmission organizations 6695, 6697
- separate entity concept 6615-6, 6694-5
- Energy and Mines ministry
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Energy Policy Task Force, report on provincial energy strategy, recommendations 6692, 6697
- Environment
- environmental assessment process
- environmental assessment project committee system, elimination 6275-6, 7888, 7892
- number of applications 6275-6
- process for projects, changes 6274-7
- environmental groups, work with government 8043
- environmental protection
- pest control and pesticide use
- appeals of management plans and permits 7450-1
- inspections 7451-2
- monitoring, role and qualifications of monitors 7445-6
- permits 7446-7
- pest management plans 7448-50
- regulation of pesticide use, federal regulation 7448
- water protection 7447-8
- Environmental Assessment Act, changes 6276
- Environmental assessment office
- processing of applications, timeline 6274-5
- staffing reductions 6275-6
- Environmental Management Act
- Exchange rate, impact of Canadian–U.S. dollar rate on B.C. economy 5307
- Faint, Guy, legal action re Hastings Park Trust 7530
- Falcon, Kevin
- involvement in NDP MLA recall campaign 7731, 7733
- position on recall legislation 4982
- Families, parent-teen relationship and use of foster care 5672-3
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.), requirement that public utilities create or join an independent transmission provider, elimination 6615-6, 6695-6, 6912
- Ferguson, George, call for referendum on new Abbotsford hospital 8139-40
- Ferries and ferry services
- access to waters and government-owned assets 5633-4
- designation as essential service 5563, 5632
- fares, price caps 5636-7
- fast ferries, operation by new owner in B.C. waters 5620
- funding, federal subsidy 5321-2
- restructuring of coastal ferry services 5562
- routes and services
- ancillary services 5619
- cross-subsidization 5636
- route and service cancellation, public consultation 5645
- service provision, additional or alternative service providers 5647
- safety regulations 5649
- workers
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C.
- need for trained workers 5252
- regional tax credit and value of Canadian dollar 5252, 5433
- tax incentives, impact on industry 5432-3
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation process, public input and report recommendations 7923
- report and recommendations 4711
- report for fourth session of thirty-seventh parliament, prebudget consultation process 7922-3
- Finance ministry
- estimates debate 5296-323, 5338-49
- prepaying of seismic upgrade funds to school districts 5512
- reports, tabling of quarterly reports 8170
- seismic upgrading program 5296-7
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 7390, 7454-5
- amendments to bill, tabling and notice to opposition MLAs 7390
- Financial services industry, corporation capital tax for small financial institutions, exemption threshold 5424
- Finning Tractor and Equipment Co. Ltd., operations in B.C. 8101
- First Citizens Fund, allocation of funds 5413-4
- First Nations Summit, resolution on forest industry reforms 5752
- Fisher, Wade, comments on forest industry reforms 5691
- Fisheries
- protection and conservation of resource, salmon habitat protection 6141
- salmon fishery
- Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5150, 5543-6
- Fisheries Act, paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8103
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., elimination of agency 6141
- Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7881-3
- Floods and floodplains
- flood hazard management, requirement for regulation by local government 7882
- liability for flood damage 7881-2
- Forest Act, amendments 6495, 6618-9, 6920-2
- Forest and Range Practices Act
- implementation date 7262
- paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8104
- Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003
- Forest fires
- prevention 7175
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7175
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut
- determination 6507-8
- determination, consideration of timber processing facility issues 6923, 7007-10
- undercut 5759
- B.C. forestry revitalization trust
- coastal forest industry
- central coast sustainability fund 5785
- costs in sector, reduction 8406-9, 8420
- current and future conditions 8432-3
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute
- community salvage licences, establishment 7010-1
- companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue 5689, 5761-2, 6498-9, 6538, 6619, 6624
- employment in industry, current and future situation 6624, 6629
- export of products
- forest health
- forest health strategies, responsibility for costs 7260
- government funding for emergency expenses 7259-60
- legislation 7258-9
- forest licences
- forest practices
- forest roads
- closings, notification 6518
- construction and maintenance of bridges and roads, reporting requirements 6519
- return of right-of-way to original owner 6518
- forest stewardship plans, requirements 7256-7, 7262-3
- forest workers
- concerns re job protection, petition tabled 6355
- displaced forest workers, transition and income assistance 6047-8
- government support 6923-4
- pension bridging 5690, 5754, 5785-6
- pension plan 8425
- relationship with employers, collective bargaining process 7007
- scalers, misrepresentation 7252
- scalers, role 5771
- forestry revitalization plan, impact on forest workers and communities 5686-90
- harvesting agreements, reporting requirements 6519
- harvesting rights
- access to standing timber on private lands 6517-8
- cut control requirements, changes 6535-6, 7116
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction
- compensation for licence holders 5688-90, 5775-7, 5781-4, 5786
- impact on employment 5755-6
- impact on environment 5760-1
- impact on forest workers and communities 5757-9
- implementation, negotiation process 5748-50, 5753-5, 5768
- percentage of reduction of licences 5768-9
- timber takeback, determination 5770-1, 5774
- timber takeback, public auction 5756-7, 5759-60, 5762
- timber takeback, public auction, purchase of timber by foreign companies 5763
- timber takeback, reallocation to Indians 5750, 5752-3, 5763-4, 5766-7
- industry in B.C.
- mills
- appurtenancy agreements 5762, 5765-6, 6619-22, 6625-8
- appurtenancy requirements, elimination 6622
- closings 5688, 5761, 6499, 6501-2, 6624, 6626, 6629-30, 6632-3, 6919, 7008-10
- expansions, impact on smaller operations, "supermill" issue 6501-2
- hours of operation 7055
- pest control and management
- mountain pine beetle control, government action 6515
- pesticide use 7258-9
- private managed forest land
- fire suppression 7860-1
- management, public consultation 7747, 7864
- regulation 7747-8
- regulation, management objectives 7867-8
- role of local government 7864
- Private Managed Forest Land Council 7747, 7864
- processing of resource
- local processing requirements, elimination 5689, 5759, 5761-2, 5765-6, 6498-500, 6923
- local processing requirements, elimination, impact on workers and communities 6537-8, 6619-23, 6629-34
- processing requirements 6519
- pulp and paper sector, impact of forest industry reforms 5762
- reforms
- research provided by forest companies 7209
- silviculture, fulfilment of licensee obligations 7252
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., negotiations for new agreement
- stumpage system
- prevention of grade-setting, government action 5770-1
- rates, impact of competitive bidding system 6505
- rates, inclusion of costs of bridge and road construction and maintenance 6519
- rates, waterbedding issue 6506
- timber sale licences, advertisement 6515
- timber sales
- bidding process, surrogate bidding issue 6502-3
- requirements 6497-8
- requirements, reporting requirements 6344-5
- standing timber markets, comparison with log markets 6344-5
- timber supply analysis, process 7209
- timber-pricing system, market-based system
- woodlots
- licence plans, government consultation with licensees 7257
- woodlot owners, ability to process timber 6516
- working forest land base
- Forest land reserve
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- Forestry Revitalization Act
- debate 5685-91, 5748-50, 5752-79, 5781-8
- provisions
- exemption for Forests minister from Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability legislation 5686, 5746, 5764, 5787-8
- limit on compensation for forest company timber licence reductions 5781-2
- response of government MLAs to bill 5686-9, 5691, 5778, 5781
- timeline for passage of bill 5687, 5691, 5748-9, 5777-9, 5781-4, 5788
- Forests ministry
- budget
- office closings and service delivery 5754
- role 7012
- staff
- reductions in range division 7204
- role in timber takeback negotiations 5754
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7209, 7251-3
- Foster care
- availability for youth aged 15 and over 5462
- foster parents 5671-2
- group homes, cost savings by addition of resident to group homes 5673
- non-governmental organizations 5671
- situation in B.C., comparison with elsewhere 5672
- Fraser health authority
- allocation of services among facilities 6870
- budget 6870, 6901
- hospital laundry contracts 6791-2
- performance agreement for procedural and surgical services 6869-70
- security services at health care facilities, privatization 6899-900
- service contracts 6869
- Fraser Institute, report on ranking of schools and student performance in B.C. 5502
- Fraser River, gravel extraction in area, impact studies 7882-3
- Fraser Valley, air quality 5993
- Fred Randall House, opening of facility 7410
- Freedom of information
- disclosure of personal information by contractors, privacy issue 5206-7, 5355-7
- legislation, application to organizations 6417
- requests for information
- cost and limits on requests 7078-9
- cost of and limits on requests 6416-7
- handling during NDP administration 6417
- Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, position on amendments to freedom-of-information legislation 5355
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5206-7, 5355-7
- Fuel
- gasoline tax increase
- impact on air quality 5994-5
- impact on B.C. interior 4761, 4873
- impact on costs to government 5417-8
- impact on federal tax revenues 5426-7
- impact on lower mainland 4761
- impact on public transit 5238, 5243, 5352-3
- position of business and industry 5429
- gasoline tax, revenue to transportation infrastructure 4761, 5426-9
- tax exemptions for prescribed uses 5430
- Fulton, Jim, comments on aquaculture operations 6101
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, prevention and treatment, funding 7075-6
- charity gaming revenues, grants to organizations 5378-9
- expansion of gambling in B.C., B.C. Liberal Party position 7074-6, 7249, 7534
- slot machines in casinos, government policy 7074-6, 7110-1
- Geer, Nick, position with Insurance Corporation of B.C. 5339
- Georgia Straight, eligibility for sales tax exemption, government decision 7300
- G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, program for spinal cord injury patients 5695
- Gibson, Gordon, work on citizens' assembly establishment 6358
- Gitxsan Indian band, court challenge of transfer of Smithers mill to West Fraser Mills Ltd. 6488
- Gorge Road Hospital, closing, petition tabled 7043
- Government
- accommodation restructuring, budget 5313-4
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 5316-8, 5434-5
- advertising, funding 4873, 7086-8
- civil liability policy
- communications, referral of income assistance queries to public affairs bureau 7874-5
- deputy ministers, hiring process 6096-7
- electronic delivery of services, Internet portal during NDP administration 6078
- electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project
- business plan 6074-5
- cost 6071-5, 6148-9, 7090
- freedom-of-information request by opposition 7079
- transfer from Premier's office to Management Services ministry 7089-90
- government caucus committees, reports, public release 6216
- human resources services, consolidation 6079
- information
- accessibility 6076
- public release of reports 6673
- lawsuits involving government, civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution 6180
- ministers
- fiscal accountability 5311
- salaries, withholding of percentage of salary based on meeting of budget targets, process for disbursement of salary holdback funds 4979-81, 5746
- ministries
- budgets, contingencies vote 4980, 5310-1
- meeting of budget targets 4980
- restructuring plans, budgets 5313-5
- photocopying and copyright infringement, monitoring 5354
- Premier's office, first ministers meetings, issues 7061
- programs and services
- federal funding 4873-4
- privatization 5206-7
- privatization and international competition 8139
- privatization, B.C. Liberal Party position 7910
- public services, B.C. Liberal Party position 5079
- reductions 4873, 5592
- project approval process
- grievances 8085
- involvement of multiple local governments 8099
- project approval process, significant projects
- provincial government authority over local government 8094-6
- purchasing
- tendering process 7217-8
- working capital account, elimination 5430
- strategic plan and ministry service plans, allowance of interim plans for Health ministries 5423, 5431
- transfer payments from federal government, payments for health care during 1990s 6666-7
- Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety, role 5498
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, mental health services 6973-4
- Graham-Laurier Provincial Park, changes to boundaries 8240-1
- Greater Vancouver regional district
- ratification of amendment to strategic transportation plan 6994
- role in air quality planning 5993-4
- water transfers between watersheds, legislation 5438
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, amendments 6992-3
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- request for exemption from gas tax increase 5352
- Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, public consultation 6992-4
- Hagen, Stan
- call for resignation as Fisheries minister 4710
- comments on lifting of moratorium on new fish farms 6199
- Hamilton, Gordon, article on expansion of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. operations in Houston 6499
- Hanley, David, comments on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8090
- Hansard, Hansard Services commended 6328
- Harbours and ports, container projects in B.C. 8367
- Harrison, E. Hunter, comments on purchase price of B.C. Rail 8215-6
- Hartley, Bill, tribute 6553
- Hastings Park Conservancy, concerns re Hastings Park Trust legislation 7532
- Hastings Park Racecourse
- Hastings Park Trust
- application of trust, legal action 7530, 7692-3
- changes to terms of trust
- trust 7691-2
- Hastings Townsite Child Care Society, funding from charity gaming 5379
- Hat Creek, coalbeds in area, development 6217-8
- Hawes, Randy
- comments on students of private post-secondary institutions 7314-5
- conduct in House 5778-9
- Hawkins, Sindi, experience of summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7175
- Hawryluk, Theodore, disability benefits reassessment case 6054-5
- Hay, David, study on social equity programs 5583-4, 5593-4
- Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act, amendment to definition of "employer" 8281
- Health authorities
- administration costs, limit 6824
- employee relations 6903
- executives and staff, compensation issues 6789-90, 6824-7
- funding
- allocation for mental health services 6866-7
- budget for administration services 6788-9, 6794-5
- performance agreements and targets 6852
- public meetings 6898-9
- review of surgical services 6904
- size of authority areas 6904
- summary of activities, annual publication 6851-2
- Health care
- beds, acute care beds
- chronic disease management strategies 6675, 6812-6
- continuing and long-term care
- assessment standards 4928-9
- facilities, nursing care levels 6808
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings 7439
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 7066-7, 7440
- transfer of patients between facilities, coroner's investigation into patient death 4928-9
- costs
- cost increases, impact on patients 4885
- patients with chronic disease and multiple conditions 6813
- emergency services
- establishment of health council for Canada 6909-10
- facilities
- closings and service reductions 6802-3
- construction during B.C. Liberal Party administration 8135
- parking services, responsibility 8205
- funding
- federal funding, accountability for use of funds 6908-9
- federal funding, disbursement of funds 6907-8
- federal funding, federal-provincial February 2003 agreement, disbursement of funds 5431-2
- funding during NDP administration 6667
- relationship of physician budget to population growth 6821
- health professionals
- position on midwifery 6811
- remuneration 6826-8
- training spaces in post-secondary education system 6405-6
- health professions, regulation 7188
- health records
- electronic records 6816
- national patient information system 7474
- private clinics, position of B.C. Liberal Party 8135-6
- private sector involvement, B.C. Liberal Party position 8136
- private sector involvement, public-private partnerships
- assumption of risk 8174-6
- public ownership of buildings 8173
- right to contract outside collective agreement 8278-80
- role of local health authorities 8173, 8202-4
- role of private partner as employer 8176-7, 8199-200, 8201-6
- role of private partner as employer, case re security services 8201-4
- privatization of services
- cost-effectiveness, studies 6787-8
- experience elsewhere 8172-3
- impact on health worker jobs 6787
- non-clinical services in facilities 8136, 8201
- number of private clinics in B.C. 6823
- privatization 8134
- support services 6788
- surgeries in private facilities 6822-3
- services
- service delivery in remote and rural areas 6042
- services for seniors, fee increases 7439
- system
- employer determination 8281-2
- Picture of Health initiative, freedom-of-information request by opposition 7079
- reform of primary care system 6718
- sustainability 6908
- wait-lists and waiting times
- situation since system restructuring 6040-1
- status 6075-6
- surgery waiting times 6819-23
- surgery wait-lists for joint replacements 6815
- workers
- agreement to limit privatization, rejection of proposal 6905-7
- collective agreements, government changes, impact on nurses 6804
- collective agreements, negotiation of new agreement 6906-7
- compensation for support workers 6829, 6907
- role of support workers in health care system 6829
- Health Committee, report recommendations on reference-based drug pricing 4969
- Health Employers Association of B.C., role 6903
- Health Planning ministry
- estimates debate 6718-24
- changes in responsibilities 6718
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7188
- Health Professions Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 7472
- Health Professions Council, recommendations on naturopathy 6722-3
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- debate 8132-40, 8171-7, 8199-206, 8278-82
- alignment with Canada Health Act 8173
- definitions, "designated private sector partner" 8171-2
- delay for six months 8139-40
- explanatory note 8138
- impact
- impact on existing collective agreements 8280
- impact on health care workers 8132, 8138-9
- impact on multi-employer collective agreements 8279-80
- need for legislation for Abbotsford hospital 8177
- purpose of bill 8138-9
- relationship with Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act 8176-7, 8278
- Health Services ministry
- supplementary estimates debate 6664
- estimates debate 6666-86, 6780, 6782-816, 6819-29, 6851-4, 6861, 6865-71, 6897-910, 6973-83
- budget 5306
- contracts for communications services 7088-9
- estimates debate, scheduling and time limits 6861, 6868-9
- minister's role in health authorities, court decision 6897-9
- public correspondence 6782
- role in provision of services for frail elderly 5973-4
- Health Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6413, 6550-1
- Healthcare Labour Adjustment Agency, termination of agency 6804
- Heritage Aquaculture Ltd., licence violation 4711
- Heritage Conservation Act, amendments 5700
- Heritage sites, management of sites, private sector involvement, impact on operations 5700-2
- Heritage Society of B.C., role in establishment of heritage legacy fund 5700
- Highland Valley Copper Corp., labour relations issues 8421-2
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, management of highway
- potential transfer to private sector 6987-8
- potential transfer to private sector, public reaction 6844, 6913
- public-private partnership 5347-8
- public-private partnership, cost to government for proposal 7411-2
- public-private partnership, impact on revenues to province and region 7040-1
- request for proposals, advertising costs 7086-7
- Hogg, Gordon, call for resignation as Children and Family Development minister 6731
- Homeowner protection office, responsibilities 5966-7
- Horse-racing industry, status of industry 7534
- Hospital Insurance Act, amendments 6413
- Hospitals
- financial accountability 6413
- funding from health authorities 6550
- housekeeping and laundry services, health safety issue 6790-1
- security services, privatization 6899-901
- Hotels and travel accommodation, innkeepers' handling of disturbances 5435-6
- Housing
- affordable housing
- availability 5969
- funding allocation, government priorities 5972-4
- situation during NDP administration 5974-6
- subsidies 5970
- supply, number and type of units 5969-70, 5972
- rental housing, rent increases and consumer price index adjustment 5641-2
- residential care facilities
- fee increases 7439
- ministerial responsibility 5973-4
- social housing, leaky-condo damages, repairs 5968-9
- Hudson's Hope, coalbed methane gas industry in area
- activity 5990
- development, landowner concerns 5923-4
- Huksotaniauk-ayquay-ameesh Indian band, position on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6134-5
- Human reproduction, B.C. reproductive care program 6808-9
- Human Resources ministry, estimates debate 6045-60
- Hunter, Mike, position on aquaculture industry 8088
- Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, facilitation of sale of authority's assets 8031
- Income assistance
- appeals process
- benefits, time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule
- budget 6052
- disability benefits
- employment for people with episodic illnesses 6059
- job training and apprenticeships 6057-8
- minister's council 6056
- new applications 6049-50
- number of people receiving benefits 6049
- recipients, availability of health supplements 5981
- recipients, transition to employment 6050-1
- disability benefits, eligibility, "person with persistent multiple barriers" 6055-6
- disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients
- eligibility
- asset limit, requirement for sale of home or vehicle 6047-8
- requirement for children's school attendance 6059
- liens against property of benefit recipients 6047-8, 6054
- rate of use, comparison with other provinces 6053
- recipients
- system reforms, impact on families 4886
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5252, 5432-3
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., position on Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act 8134-6
- Independent Living B.C., funding 5970-1, 5973
- Indians
- birth rate 5611
- children
- child care, funding 5877-8
- children in government care 5610-1
- foster care, availability 5667
- economic development by Indians, economic measures fund, allocation of funds 6162-3
- first citizens forum 5413-4
- programs and services for children and families
- programs and services, funding 5667
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
- relationship with provincial government, civil disobedience 6160-1
- treaty negotiations
- advisory committees, funding 6164
- incremental treaty-making 5414
- interim measures 6161
- private property issue 6155
- process, assessment and time-outs 6161
- process, funding 6158-9
- urban population, programs and services 5415
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada
- labour dispute involving coastal forest industry, impact on workers, return to work 8414-6
- participation in tenure takeback negotiations 5754
- work with government on forest workers' issues 6629-30
- Information and privacy commissioner
- supplementary estimates debate 8168-70
- budget 6417
- consultation by government on Fair Pharmacare program registration process 5061
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, impact on economy and environment 5994-5
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., comments on B.C. economy 7060-1
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- computer technology upgrades 5341
- funding of road improvements 5340-1
- revenues and insurance premium rates 5322-3
- Insurance industry, tax on insurance premiums 5424-5
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8129
- Integrated Pest Management Act, debate 7445-52
- Intercon Security, contract with Fraser health authority 6899-900
- Interest rates
- government policy 7061-2
- impact on provincial government budgeting 5306-7
- Interior health authority
- budget 6871
- services, impact of heartlands economic strategy 7066-7
- staff morale and communication policy 6902-3
- International Forest Products Ltd., labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8396, 8416, 8427
- International Olympic Committee, agreements with government 5884
- International Women's Day, activities, government role 5444
- Investment, direct investment model 5198
- Ireland, post-secondary education system, elimination of tuition fees 6401
- Jackson, Fred, tribute 5059
- Jago, Charles, comments on post-secondary education system 5472, 6404
- James, Beth, position as assistant deputy minister, involvement in heartlands economic strategy 7065-7, 7070-1
- James, Carole, comments on B.C. Rail 8361-2
- Jarvis, Daniel, comments on mining in parks 8044
- Johnson, Calvin, letter re fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6134-5, 6197-8
- Justice Institute of B.C., availability of on-line courses 6399
- Justice system
- court services 6179-81
- Crown counsel prosecution policy in spousal abuse cases, revision, public consultation 6181-3
- drug courts, results 6977
- family justice counsellors, referrals 6180
- prosecution services, service levels 6181
- sentencing, youth sentencing, custody after third offence 5668-9
- special prosecutors, Owen report on role of special prosecutors, recommendations 6178
- K-Bro Linen Systems Inc., hospital laundry contract 6787, 6791
- Keenleyside Dam, Arrow Lakes generating station, construction union agreement 5949-50
- Kendall, Perry, work on addiction treatment services 6977-8
- Kesselman, Jon, comments on Pharmacare income-testing model 5243
- Kimberley and District Hospital, closing and displacement of nurses 6802
- Kitimat, economic conditions 7052-3
- Kitimat-Stikine regional district, concerns re sale of Skeena Cellulose Inc. 7051-3
- Koch, Tom, comments on emergency care availability in potential outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in B.C. 5743-4
- Kootenay area, health care services
- hospital facilities 6796-7
- obstetric services in Kootenay-Boundary area 6808-9
- KPMG Inc., contracts with government 7411
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on management of Coquihalla Highway 6913
- Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching, birth of daughter 5389
- Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwah-ah-mish Indian band, comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6197-9, 6282, 6284, 6286
- Kyoto accord, implementation
- federal-provincial negotiations 5986
- implementation 5996-7
- Labour
- collective agreements
- labour relations during NDP administration 8413
- workers, right to collective bargaining 5469-70, 5474-5, 5485-6
- Labour Relations Board
- consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8085-6
- decisions
- decisions on health sector collective agreements 8281
- ruling on job action at University of B.C. involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5464, 5467, 5475-6
- position on employer responsibility in health care system 8202-5
- Labour Relations Code, protections for non-clinical health care workers 8278
- Laitenen, Edward, transfer among long-term care facilities, payment of ambulance costs 4862, 4885
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7491-3, 7566-73, 7575-82, 7584, 7586-8
- Land and Water B.C. Inc.
- consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8086-8
- lease and sale of properties
- application process 6267-8
- consultation with Indians 6268
- requirements 6265-6
- sale of Surrey property purchased during NDP administration 7734-6
- sale of Victoria harbour property 6224, 6258
- website listings 6226
- report on salmon farm relocations, content 6193-4
- responsibilities and role
- relationship with Partnerships B.C. 5348-9
- siting of fish farms 8086-7
- tenure decisions 6201, 6224
- water licences, application process 6267-8
- Land Conservancy of B.C., role in establishment of heritage legacy fund 5700
- Land use
- land set aside for protection, percentage of parkland in B.C. 7579
- land use planning
- balance between economic and environmental factors 7578
- decisions, changes to designations 7584, 7586
- decisions, move from statutory to delegated authority 7576
- decisions, role of cabinet 7492, 7566-7, 7571
- decisions, role of cabinet, open cabinet meetings 7567, 7577-8, 7586-8
- legislation, response by Indians 7568-70, 7580-1
- long-term planning 7579
- ministerial responsibility 7573
- status 7261-2
- land use planning process
- security of tenure 7571
- Laurie, Corrinnia, disability benefits case 5981
- Legal aid funding
- federal funding 6185-9
- funding for immigration services 6186-8
- reductions, impact on women 5443
- Legal Services Society of B.C.
- memorandum of understanding with Attorney General ministry on immigration services funding 6186
- trustee, replacement by board 6185-6
- Legislation
- debate on bills
- explanatory notes 8138
- introduction during fall session 8042-3
- introduction during spring session 8220
- legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration 7202, 7314
- miscellaneous statutes bills, debate 5195
- progress of business in fall session of 37th parliament, pace of progress 8132, 8137-8
- progress of business in spring session of 37th parliament
- regulations, availability when bill introduced 5867-8
- rejection of proposed legislation during NDP administration 5867
- Legislature
- abuse of Legislature 7414-5, 8148
- bills
- closure 7005
- committee stage, debate to be relevant to section under discussion 5757
- committee system, appointment of select standing committees 5316
- debate, address remarks through Chair 7572, 7723, 8102
- estimates process
- accommodation of ministers' schedules by opposition MLAs 5719
- questions to ministers, role of private members in answering questions 5983-4
- supplemental estimates 8168-9
- members, contempt of the House, qualifications and penalties 5746-7
- ministerial statements, provision of advance copy to opposition members 7528
- question period, questions by government members 7415
- sessions and sittings
- adjournment time 7091
- agenda, items for completion during spring 2003 session 6780
- amendment to standing orders 8441
- extension of fall 2003 session 8148, 8219-20
- fixed calendar 8220
- purpose of spring and fall sessions 8220
- standing order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, qualification for advancement through all stages in one day 5463-4
- Leonard, Frank, letters re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8096
- Lho, Cindy, comments on Vancouver Community College tuition fees 6396
- Lillooet first nations, consultation on land use planning 6229-31
- Lillooet land and resource management plan, status 6229-32
- Little, Monty, role as government adviser on aquaculture 4709
- Living Oceans Society, letter re fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6134-5, 6197-8
- Local government
- budgets and financing
- employee benefit costs 6331
- revenue sources 6331-3
- bylaw offences, dispute adjudication
- bylaws, enforcement, bylaw enforcement officers and screening officers 7374-5
- citizen counterpetition requirements 6332
- liability 6329
- powers and responsibilities
- expropriation powers 6331
- parks and roads 6330
- powers of a natural person 6332
- regulation of land development 6330
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 6329-33
- provincial oversight 6330, 6333
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government
- Local Government Act
- Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act
- Longpre, Richard, role as industrial inquiry commissioner in University of B.C. labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5474, 5480-1, 5483-4, 5487
- Loukidelis, David, comments on Coastal Ferry Act 5563, 5648-9
- Lower mainland
- emergency care services 5743
- transportation infrastructure, use of tolls 5429
- Lower mainland treaty advisory committee
- funding 6163-4
- withdrawal by city of Delta from committee 6162
- LP Engineered Wood Products Ltd., Malakwa mill operations 6622-5
- McFadyen, Summer, comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5473, 5477
- Machinaw, Shawn, child death case, government investigation 5652
- McInnis, John, death 8259
- McIvor, Connie, comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6284
- Maclean's, ranking of Canadian universities 6402
- McLeod's By-Products Ltd., operations, compliance with waste management standards 6131-2
- McPherson, Debra, letter re government advertisements on nurses' compensation and training 6827
- Management Services ministry
- estimates debate 6071-9
- deputy ministers 6078
- private sector contractors 6074
- Manley, John, comments on accessibility of post-secondary education 6401-2
- Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, facility 5668
- Marathon Warranty Corp., provision of home warranties 5966
- Marijuana
- decriminalization, ministerial responsibility for input to federal government 6720
- federal government policy 6974-5
- prevention of use 6720, 6974-5
- Matten, Jaime, comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5473
- Mayencourt, Lorne, comments on issues
- rent increases 5641-2
- Vancouver city councillor Jim Green 7481-2
- Media, legislative press gallery, Webster Award winners and nominees commended 7589
- Medical Services Commission, powers 6413
- Medical Services Plan
- billings by physicians, monitoring and dispute resolution 6550-1
- coverage
- coverage for income assistance recipients 6060
- podiatry 6813
- funding 6795
- premium assistance, application processing 6783-4
- Medicare Protection Act, amendments 6413
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, definitions, "conflict of interest" 5746
- MLAs, votes on legislation involving members' remuneration, conflict of interest issue 5746, 5764
- Mental disorders
- anti-psychotic drugs and need for residential care 6980-1
- anxiety disorders and depression
- chronic disease management for depression 6982-3
- fee-for-service system for physicians 6983
- Mental health
- mental health advocate, annual reporting 6868
- mental health care system, infrastructure development 5668
- mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan 5667-8
- relationship between youth custody and mental health 5668-70
- programs and services
- funding 6856
- performance measurement 6867
- Mental Health Advisory Council, role 6982
- Mental Health minister of state
- advisory staff 6981
- role as mental health advocate 6868
- Midwifery
- number of midwives in B.C. 6811
- training program 6810-1
- Mines Act, amendments 5096-7
- Mining Association of B.C., comments on status of South Chilcotin Mountains area 6231
- Mining industry
- aggregate production and gravel extraction, tax exemptions in industry 5431
- environmental impact, legislation 5096-7
- government approval of mine projects, prior knowledge 4810-1
- impact of hydroelectricity rates on B.C. industry 6911-2
- land use issues 5252
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5195, 5434-8
- Mission, council's position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8098
- Mission Memorial Hospital, emergency care case, investigation 5743-4
- Morice land and resource management plan, status 6229
- Morton, Alexandra, study of diseased salmon in Broughton Archipelago 6136-42, 6278-81
- Moser, Gary, retirement 6903
- Motions
- advancement of University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act through all stages in one day (standing order 81 motion), debate 5463-5, 5467-8
- amendment to motion on government business schedule (Motion 101), debate 7043
- amendment to sessional order, amendment to standing orders (Motion without Notice), debate 8441
- amendment to sessional order (Motion 105), debate 8219-20
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6357-9
- motion that the House stand recessed for one minute (Motion without notice), debate 7091
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5), debate 4967-70
- recommittal of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry estimates (Motion 98), debate 6648-52
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7175
- Motor vehicle branch, status of operations 5340
- MSA Hospital, replacement, funding 6792, 6794, 8132
- Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities, funding 6187
- Munroe, Donald, experience as industrial inquiry commissioner 8423-5
- Murray, Joyce, work as minister 8045-6
- Musgamagw Tsawataineuk tribal council, comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6280, 6282-6
- Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board, activities and funding 6261-2
- Nanaimo, airshed 5950
- Nanaimo Daily News, article on aquaculture industry 7323-4
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, security workers, arbitration case 8281
- National Home Warranty Ltd., provision of home warranties 5966
- National Public Relations, contract work with government 7156, 7217-8
- Naturopaths
- practice of naturopathy 7590-1
- recognition in health care system, petition tabled 7113
- scope of practice, potential changes 6722-4
- Nettleton, Paul, position on issues
- government policy on B.C. Hydro 5014
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8100
- Neufeld, Richard
- comments on issues
- comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act 6691-3
- comments during debate on University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act 5470
- David Anderson's performance as federal Environment minister 5937
- separation of B.C. Hydro transmission and generation 6694-5
- political party affiliation 8032
- resignation offer if B.C. Hydro privatized 5064-5, 5076, 5096
- response to questions in estimates debates 5929
- NDP, performance as government 4718
- New Westminster, transportation improvements 5994-5
- NorskeCanada, energy consumption at Vancouver Island pulp mills 5935-6
- North American Free Trade Agreement, impact on service privatization 8139
- North Coast land and resource management plan, status 6229
- North Island College., tuition fees 5477
- North Vancouver, city council position on B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8353-4
- Northern health authority
- board meetings, public access 6904
- relationship with physicians 6903
- Northwest Tribal Treaty Nations, comments on issues
- forest industry reforms 5752
- reallocation of timber-cutting rights 5763-4
- Norway, government action on sea lice in fish farms 6137, 6139-40
- Nurses
- disability and return to work 6810
- licensed practical nurses and registered nurses
- nurse practitioner, designation 6719
- occupational health and safety issues 6809-10
- relationship with government, working groups 6809
- remuneration 6810
- supply
- displacement of nurses due to bed closings 6801-4
- supply 6804-5
- Nyce, Harry, letter re public inquiry into sale of Skeena Cellulose Inc. 7051-3
- Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 6258
- Oil and Gas Commission
- guidelines for coalbed methane drilling 6214
- report on water-related violations in oil and gas industry 5989
- responsibilities
- compliance and enforcement role 5989-90
- monitoring of water quality compliance 5926
- role in land use decisions on agricultural land 6269-72
- Oil and Gas Commission Act, amendments 7415
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas
- coalbed methane as clean energy source 6219
- industry in U.S., environmental impact 6067-8
- ownership of resource 6067-8
- resources 6219
- tenure rights, publication 6220
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C.
- coalbed methane gas, development of resource
- compliance with environmental regulations 6067, 6221
- flaring and venting issues 6222-3
- government handling of Georgia strait crossing and Sumas proposals, lawyers and arguments for cases 5719-21, 5947-8
- government initiatives 5929-30
- offshore drilling, issues 5937-8
- royalties and subsidies 5928
- Okanagan University College, funding and student spaces 6336-8
- Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, windup of agency 6143-4
- Oliver, Cindy, comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5473
- Olympic Games
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, use of facilities in Hastings Park 7534
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- impact on inner-city neighbourhoods in Vancouver, community assessment report 5411-3
- International Olympic Committee evaluation report 5884
- permanent bid committee, budget and powers 5883-4
- potential benefits for business, procurement website 5882-3
- referenda, provincial referendum 4983
- referenda, referendum in Vancouver, results 4983
- security issues 5884
- Omega Salmon Group Ltd., Ocean Falls fish farm operations 6200
- Ontario
- coal-generated power plants 5997
- health care system, experience with privatization of services 8201
- public education system
- funding, per-pupil funding 5492
- phase-out of grade 13, impact on post-secondary education system 6403
- reforms, Rozanski report recommendations 5490-500, 5516
- school planning councils 5495
- Open Learning Agency
- future of agency and enrolment levels 6399
- Knowledge Network component, status 6399
- O'Riordan, Jon, role in investigation into fish farm 6099-100
- Pacific Blue Cross, role in Fair Pharmacare program registration, privacy issue 5061
- Pacific National Exhibition
- board of directors, membership 7531
- future of exhibition, public consultation 7531, 7533
- relocation proposals during NDP administration
- use of Hastings Park site 7693
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7529-35, 7691-5, 7697-8, 7722-3, 7725-8, 7731-6, 7740-4
- Pacific National Exhibition Incorporation Act, amendments 7732
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on issues
- reference drug program 4969
- settlement of labour dispute in coastal forest industry 8392-3
- Park Act
- amendments 8235-6
- paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8104
- Parks
- advisory committees 8237
- boundaries
- changes to boundaries of parks and protected areas 7975-7, 8239-41
- development near park boundaries 8044
- categories, designation 8238-9
- deregulation 8043
- development in parks
- directional drilling under parks and protected areas 8043-4, 8239
- legislation, consultation by government 8237
- protected areas, change in status, criteria 6230
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8043-6, 8235-41
- Partnerships B.C., budget and operations 5343-9
- Peace River area, coalbed methane gas industry activity 5990
- Penner, Barry
- comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act 6691
- position on Vancouver Island pipeline and generating plant project 5948-9
- Penticton Retirement Centre, services changes 6808
- Personal Information Protection Act
- Peterson, Larry, letter to Energy minister re coalbed methane development in Peace River area 5924
- Petroleum and Natural Gas (Vancouver Island Railway Lands) Act, status 6220
- Pharmacare program
- administration costs 6683
- coverage
- Fair Pharmacare program
- government advertising 6325
- impact on low-income families, cases 6784-5
- impact on seniors and families 4967-70, 5420
- income-testing, calculation of net income 6783, 6786
- income-testing, impact of third-party insurance 6786
- income-testing model 4968, 5027-8, 6680-1
- qualification 6782
- registration 6256, 6324-5, 6327, 6352-5
- registration process 6677-85
- registration process, return of consent forms 6780
- reimbursement for overpayments 6325, 6353
- fairness 6668
- funding
- program during NDP administration 6676, 6680
- reference drug program
- Pharmaceutical industry, government support 4970
- Pharmacists, role 7472
- Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, debate 7474-5
- Phillip, Stewart, comments on issues
- economic measures fund 6163
- forest industry reforms 5750
- Physicians
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions 6795
- remuneration, comparison with other provinces 6827
- services, planning 6718
- training, rural medicine 6797-8
- Pioneer Lodge, closing, petition tabled 5510
- Plant, Don, comments on Fair Pharmacare program 6685-6
- Plant, Geoff, comments on ability of John van Dongen to answer questions during Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry estimates debate 6176, 6651-2
- Police and policing
- funding for police services
- allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 7623-4, 7671-2
- funding formula, participation by communities with populations under 5,000 persons 5385-6
- information management, PRIME-BC system, cost 5386
- Politics and politicians, recall of politicians, revision of legislation 4982
- Pond, Herb, position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8097-8
- Port Alberni, mill operations 5762
- Port Alice, mill operations 5762
- Post-secondary education
- advocacy organizations, funding 6400
- distance education, accessibility 6399
- English-as-a-second-language programs, program delivery and funding 6396-8
- enrolment levels 6338, 6340, 6403-4
- funding
- funding for Canada Pension Plan and employee wage costs 6398
- funding from non-government sources 6404-5
- grants from government, additional funding
- 6292, 6317-20, 6335-7, 6340-2
- levels, impact on institutions 5465, 5471-4
- program-completion time 6402-3
- student financial assistance
- bursary and scholarship system 6400-1
- funding 6402
- government support 5471
- student spaces
- system
- B.C. Liberal Party position 5467
- government actions 5470, 5473
- plan 6404
- system during NDP administration 5473
- tuition fee increases
- Powell River, mill operations 5762
- Powerex Corporation, litigation with California energy customers 8039-40
- Premier's office
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., involvement in public-private partnerships 6793-4
- Prince George
- air quality 5999
- economy and employment in area, impact of government policies 7071-3
- health care services in area
- physician and specialist services 6798-800
- physicians' agreement with government 6798-9
- recruitment and supply of nurses 6800-1
- Prince George Airport expansion, funding from B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement 8366
- Prince George Citizen, article on B.C. Rail 7912
- Prince George Regional Hospital, operating rooms 6800
- Prince, Harold, comments on forest industry reforms 5752
- Prince Rupert
- container port project, cost 8367
- unemployment rate 6513
- Priority Ventures Ltd., land lease on Vancouver Island for coalbed methane gas exploration 6067
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7313-5
- Private Managed Forest Land Act
- Privilege
- contempt of the House by Michael de Jong 5746-8, 5764
- premature disclosure of draft report of Police Complaint Process Review Committee 4912
- reserving right to raise matter of privilege 5723
- Professionals, self-regulation, B.C. Liberal Party position 7188
- Province (Vancouver), article on job action at University of B.C. involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5475
- Provincial Court of B.C., sitting hours 6180
- Provincial health services authority, cancellation of facility housekeeping contract 6787
- Psychiatrists, supply in northern B.C. 6800
- Public Accounts Committee
- appointment of committee 5629
- role
- role in accounting of contingencies vote for ministries 4980
- role in implementation of generally accepted accounting principles in public sector 5318
- Public debt
- debt and deficit levels 4884
- debt service fees for government bodies 7454-5
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry
- estimates debate 5223-4, 5378-87
- estimates debate, participation by opposition MLAs in 2002 debate 5224
- Public Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, comments on role of John van Dongen in government investigation into fish farm 6649
- Quebec, health care, prescription drug program changes, impact 4968
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, status of respite care program for special needs children 5656
- Queen Charlotte Islands–Haida Gwaii land and resource management plan, status 6229
- Rabbani, Diane, position as deputy minister in Management Services ministry 6078-9
- Radford, Jack, death 6891
- Railways and rail services
- competition 8349-50, 8369
- equipment and infrastructure
- decisions on future of current rail lines 8372-3
- railbed assets, definition 8369-70
- responsibility for maintenance and safety 8369-70
- use of tracks by operators other than CN Rail 8368
- freight service, shipping costs 8369
- liability of operators 8374-5
- passenger service, request for proposals 8372
- rail line between North Vancouver and Squamish, replacement with road for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 6845-6
- services, requirement to provide service 8371-2
- Randall, Fred, accomplishments 7410
- Range Act, amendments 7253
- Rangeland, legislation, cattlemen's concerns 7204
- Recall and Initiative Act, amendments 4982
- Recreation, recreation stewardship panel report, recommendations 8236-7
- Reder, Mark, work with energy sector 8032
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project approval, allegation of insider trading 4811
- Regional Transmission Organization West, purpose 6695, 6697
- Reid, Patrick, comments on Fraser River flood risk 7883
- Residential Warranty Co. of Canada Inc., provision of home warranties 5966
- Resources and resource industries
- compensation for resource interests, Schwindt report 5775-6
- resource management, adaptive management 5545
- Restaurant and food services industry, purchase of liquor on credit, government policy 4878-9
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project
- patient relocation to community 6901-2
- project 6979-80
- transfer of siblings to separate facilities, case 6431
- Roberts Bank, container port expansion 8367
- Royal B.C. Museum, establishment as corporation 5438-9
- Safety
- safety standards
- consolidation of legislation 5866-7
- penalties 5867
- regulatory agency 5867
- safety system
- equivalent standards agreements 5868
- government responsibility 5867
- public accountability 5867
- Safety Standards Act
- debate 5866-8
- correlation with industry training legislation 5868
- definitions, "qualified person" and "qualified worker," need for definition 5868
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing 8137
- St. Paul Guarantee Insurance Co., provision of home warranties 5966
- Sales, retail sales levels 6912
- Salmon Arm, courthouse project 6189
- Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve, changes to boundaries 7388-9, 7975, 7977, 8240
- Save Our Schools
- letter from member on school district funding quoted by Education minister 5489-90
- videotape on issues in public education system 5490
- School boards/districts
- accountability and performance standards
- accountability contracts 5515-6
- "reciprocal accountability" issue involving government 5494, 5502, 5516-7
- reporting requirements, standardization 5518-9
- administrative costs, shared services proposal 5517-9
- budgets
- balanced-budget requirement 5521
- budget announcements 5493, 5519
- budget announcements, notional school allocation 5529-30
- deficit budgets 5521
- funding
- rural school districts, rural task force 5499-500
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- apprenticeship programs 5528
- labour dispute in 1996, collective bargaining legislation 5464
- School district 39 (Vancouver), budget and funding
- 2003-04 budget 5522
- concerns re funding levels, petition tabled 6618
- funding 5519-21
- funding for social equity programs 5581
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- budget and funding
- 2003-04 budget 5522
- administrative costs 5518
- funding for school-based programs 5579-80
- enrolment levels and school closings 5517-8
- Schools, closings 5498-500, 5517-8, 5523
- Sea to Sky land and resource management plan, status 6229
- Sea to Sky University, establishment 6399
- Sechelt, mental health services 5859-60
- Seckel, Alan, appointment as Deputy Attorney General 6394-5
- Selkirk Forest Products Co., tree farm licence No. 55, appurtenancy agreement 6621-3
- Seniors
- impact of government policies on seniors, case 6913-4
- issues and concerns 5244
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- management of outbreaks, impact on surgery wait-lists 6822
- potential outbreak in B.C., emergency care availability 5743-4
- public information, accessibility 5644, 5697
- Shuswap, pub closing and sale of liquor, issue 5385
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act
- debate 7887-92, 8085-104
- application of freedom-of-information legislation 7889, 8103
- application to siting of fish farms 8087-8
- consultation by government 8092, 8096
- definitions
- explanatory text 7887, 7892
- impact on environmental, health and safety standards 7888-9, 8045, 8086, 8236
- paramountcy over other regulations and legislation
- public response to bill
- business and local government 8093-4
- construction industry 7888
- regulations 7890
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- Skeleem Recovery Centre, closing, relocation of patients 6979
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- provincial apprenticeship program, changes 5867-8, 6329
- secondary school apprenticeship program 5527-8
- selective training regime, petition tabled 5913
- SkyTrain, Millennium Line project 8175
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 5197-8
- impact on regulations and red tape 5197
- Smith, Marcia, work on government energy plan and role as industry lobbyist 7156, 8032-3
- Snuneymuxw first nation, agreement-in-principle 6155-8
- Social workers
- co-location with service authorities or agencies 5607-8
- services, privatization 5608
- South Chilcotin Mountains
- socioeconomic study 6259
- status as protected area, resource industry activities in area 6229-32
- Spinal cord injuries, treatment programs and services, funding 5694-5
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions, support for New York city council resolution and an end to hostilities in Iraq
- Stephens, Lynn, comments on issues
- status of Women's Equality ministry 5882
- United Nations committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 5696
- Stolt Sea Farm Inc.
- Strata property, strata councils, decision-making process re building envelope repairs 5967
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prevention and treatment
- discussions by federal and provincial governments 6812
- residential detox services 6976
- services 6975-6
- supervised injection sites, provincial-federal government roles 6811-2
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington)
- emissions, impact on air quality 5948, 5993, 5999
- government action to oppose facility 5991-3
- National Energy Board hearings, submissions, ministerial responsibility 5951, 5985
- Suncor Inc., oil and gas drilling rights in B.C. 6217-8
- Surrey
- illegal drug activity, government actions to address issue 5411
- methadone regulation 6977
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry
- Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7414-5, 7443-5
- Taxation
- sector-specific changes 5252
- tax burden, shift to middle- and low-income earners 5243
- tax increases
- government policy, B.C. Liberal Party MLAs' comments 5429
- impact on low- and middle-income earners 4884-5
- tax reductions
- impact on economy 7058, 7077
- impact on social services funding 7077
- reductions and changes, impact on families 4873, 4884
- reductions, comparison between urban and non-urban residents 7073-4
- Taxi industry, licensing exemptions for out-of-province students 5437
- Teachers
- collective bargaining process, restructuring 5486
- number in education system 5523
- regulation 7188
- special education teachers, number in education system 5513-4
- teacher-librarians, number in education system 5514-5
- Teck Corp., comments on status of South Chilcotin Mountains area 6231
- Thomas, Judy, comments on forest industry reforms and role of professional foresters 6538
- Thorpe, Rick fishing trips with Alcan executives, alleged conflict of interest 6125-6
- Throne speech debate 4717-20
- Tilbury Regional Hospital Laundry Society, services 6792
- TimberWest Forest Ltd., labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8396, 8416, 8427
- Times Colonist (Victoria)
- article on forest industry reforms 5686
- article on management of heritage sites 5700
- Tobacco
- government's court case against tobacco companies, status 6722
- tobacco reduction programs, funding 6721
- use, statistics 6721
- Tolko Industries Ltd., Louis Creek mill
- annual allowable cut for mill 7203
- future of mill 7175, 7219
- Tolls, use 5429
- Transit services, funding 5353, 5995
- Transmission Corporation Act
- Transplantation of organs
- organ donations, government promotion 6824
- safety of transplant tissues 4883
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6992-4
- Tsawwassen Indian band, treaty negotiations 6162
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- consultation by government re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8096
- legal analysis of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8098-9
- position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8096
- resolution on amendments to right-to-farm legislation 7324
- United Nations, committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 5442-3, 5696, 5881-2
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, definition of precautionary principle re prevention of environmental damages 6136
- U.S., economy 5243
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- capital funding and projects 6405
- private institutions, financial protection for students 7314-5
- University of B.C.
- funding and operating costs 5473-4
- labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff
- collective bargaining process 5464-5, 5467-8
- collective bargaining process, legislation 5469-70, 5473-5, 5477, 5481-2, 5487
- collective bargaining process, meetings with Skills Development and Labour minister 5480
- cooling-off period, Labour Relations Code exemption 5482-4
- impact on students 5464-5
- impact on teaching assistants 5474-5
- teaching assistants, role 5475-6
- University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
- University of Northern B.C.
- funding and student spaces 6338
- medical program 6800
- University Presidents Council
- comments on issues
- 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education 5471-2
- demographics in post-secondary education system 6404
- funding 6400
- Utilities Commission Act, amendments 5097
- Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6702-4, 6911-5
- Utilities, public utilities, legislation 5097
- van Dongen, John
- comments on Community Charter 7398
- meetings with environmental groups on aquaculture issues while private member 6103-5
- resumption of duties as Agriculture, Food and Fisheries minister 6104, 6132, 6143
- role in government investigation into fish farm, release of special prosecutor's report 5983, 6097-100, 6102-5, 6107, 6129-31, 6143, 6176-9, 6209-10, 6648-52, 7889
- Vancouver
- community police offices, funding 5386-7
- downtown east side
- economic capacity study 5410
- empowerment zone 5410
- initiatives, federal-provincial funding 5411-2
- prevention of illegal drug activity, four pillars approach 5410, 6720-1, 6812, 6978
- Woodwards Building, court awards to protesters, government appeal 6211-2, 6393-4
- Woodwards Building, sale to city of Vancouver 5973
- Hastings Park
- housing
- leaky-condos issue, ability of condo owners to sue for damages 5969
- social housing needs, impact of income assistance time limits 7481
- parks and greenspace in east Vancouver 7530
- social services, impact of funding reductions 7533
- supervised injection sites, funding for site 6978
- Vancouver agreement
- Vancouver coastal health authority
- Vancouver Community College
- faculty, comments on funding levels 6397
- funding and student spaces 6339
- funding levels, impact on programs and services 6395-8
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion proposal, funding, provision in government budget 6792-3
- Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, tower at Jim Pattison Pavilion, actions during Social Credit Party administration 8135
- Vancouver Island
- coalbed methane resources
- development, employment opportunities 6218-9
- development in Comox-Courtenay area 6067
- subsurface ownership issue 6219-20
- energy supply
- natural gas pipeline
- agreement, contract with Powerex 5941
- approval process, status 7388
- construction cost 5936, 5943, 5946
- natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant
- air emissions 5933-4
- air emissions and B.C. Hydro purchase of offsets elsewhere 5720, 5933-4
- B.C. Utilities Commission decision 7388
- B.C. Utilities Commission hearings 5987-8
- certificate of public convenience application 7128
- cost of electricity generated 5732, 5736
- emissions, impact on air quality 5950-1, 5998-9
- review by B.C. Utilities Commission 5947
- sale of plant to private sector 5936
- North Island straits area, salmon aquaculture opportunities 6195-6, 6287-8
- Vancouver Island health authority
- budget 6852
- performance agreement and targets 6852-3
- Vancouver Sun, article on job action at University of B.C. involving teaching assistants and administrative staff 5475-6
- Veerkamp, Mark, alleged comments in 2000 on privatization 5064
- Victim assistance, funding for victim services 5381-2
- Victoria
- Cook Street Village, decision on development 7890
- downtown, illegal drug activity, government actions to address issue, municipal-federal agreement model 5411
- Violence, bullying, reporting 5651-2
- Wages, current wage levels in B.C. 6333-4
- Wallace, Patricia, letter re Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8094
- War
- impact on B.C. of war against Iraq 5693-4
- impact on Canada of potential war against Iraq 4760
- Waste management
- contaminated sites
- advisory panel report, cost 7426, 7434
- legislation 7426
- mine sites 7433
- orphan sites 7430
- registry 6263-4
- regulation, action plan 5991
- regulation, advisory panel report 5990-1
- regulation, changes 7428-31
- regulation, government staffing issues 7427-8
- remediation, funding and ministerial responsibility 6262-5, 7428
- remediation requirements, reassessment 7432-3
- decision-making authority 7421
- regulations
- Water Act, amendments 7415
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- estimates debate 5950-1, 5985-6000
- budget and staffing 7427-8, 7449
- estimates debate, questions to minister, role of private member in answering questions 5951, 5983-4, 5985
- freedom-of-information request by opposition re aquaculture policy 7078
- Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7388-9, 7975-7
- Webster, Terry, letter to Energy minister re coalbed methane development in Hudson's Hope area 5924
- Welfare, social services sector
- labour relations, bargaining structure, changes 7001-2
- relationship between government and contracted agencies 7000-1
- role of volunteers 7001-2
- West Fraser Group, impact of timber licence reduction 5755
- West Kootenay–Boundary Regional Hospital, specialist services 6797
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- labour dispute involving coastal forest workers, return to work 8415, 8427
- tree farm licence No. 44, timber-processing agreement 5762, 5765-6
- Wilcox, Paul, comments on B.C. government's role in economy 5243
- Wildfire Act, development 7860
- Wildlife Act, paramountcy of Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8103
- Williams, Percy, comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago 6284
- Williams pipelines, financial and legal situation 5942-3
- Willis Group Ltd., provision of home warranties 5966
- Wilson, Gordon, participation in debate on Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, qualification as urgent legislation 5463-4
- Winter, Alan Walter, case of sexual abuse of foster children 5673
- Women
- impact of government policies on women 5442-3, 5881-2
- issues, government action 5696
- pay equity 5443-4
- pay equity task force report, recommendations, government action 5444
- women's centres, funding from government 5880-1
- Wood, Rusty, comments on forest industry reforms 5688
- Wood waste, beehive burners, phase-out program 5999-6000
- Woodlands, Willow Clinic, closing 5604
- Workers Compensation Board, consideration as approval authority under Significant Projects Streamlining Act 8085
- Youth
- research and science-based intervention 5674-5
- youth fatalities, review 6392
McPherson, Debra
- Letter re government advertisements on nurses' compensation and training
(Hansen) 6828
(MacPhail) 6827
McRae, Bruce
- Work as public servant commended
(de Jong) 7120
McRae, Ken
- Comments on forest industry reforms
(de Jong) 5679, 5685
Mad cow disease See Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Magnusson, Chuck
- Travel for medical services
(Harris) 4819-20
Maillardville, B.C.
- Heritage
(Stewart, R.) 4831
Mair, Rafe
- Comments on aquaculture industry
(Belsey) 7351
(Krueger) 4857
Make Children First
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area
- Economic development
(Kerr) 4765-6
Malakwa, B.C.
Management of Public Funds and Debt
Management Services, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Santori) 6080-4
- Chief strategist and government chief information officer office, responsibilities
(Santori) 6081-2
- Deputy ministers
(MacPhail) 6078
(Santori) 6078
- Goals and responsibilities
(Santori) 5009
- Private sector contractors
(MacPhail) 6074
(Santori) 6074
- Results management
(Bray) 6087
(Santori) 6087
- Service delivery implementation team
(Bray) 6087
(Santori) 6087
- Service plan and goals
(Bray) 6085-90
- Statistics branch See B.C. Stats
Manhas, Karn (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- Aquaculture industry, operations in agricultural land reserve, petition tabled 6212
- Automobiles, street racing, prevention 4804
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services, cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5091
- outsourcing and privatization
- definition of support services 5091
- privatization of core assets and services 5091
- Budget debate 5167-72
- Business
- investment in small business 5198-9
- venture capital, accessibility 4826
- Children, early childhood development, funding 5171
- Cities, role in provincial economy 5447
- Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission), report 5168
- Coquitlam
- community plan for northeast Coquitlam 5170
- property assessment in city 5170
- road link between areas south and north of city, proposal 5447
- Corrections system, youth corrections system, restorative justice programs 8183
- Crime and criminals
- street-racing crimes, penalties for offenders 4804
- youth crime, response 7645-6
- DNA, discovery 6324
- Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Centre, use of facility 6782
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- funding
- additional funding 5168
- government investment in education and innovation 4825
- school-based funding and programs 5168
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5091
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., tax credit programs 5170
- Forest industry
- B.C. forestry revitalization trust, establishment 4826
- reforms 4826
- technology 4826
- Fox, Terry, legacy 4810
- Fraser River crossings
- new crossing as replacement for Albion ferry, public concerns 5455-6
- new crossings, links with U.S. border accesses 5455-6
- Fraser-Burrard Community Justice Society, restorative justice program for youth 8183
- Fuel, gasoline tax
- federal tax, revenue to provinces 5171
- revenue to transportation infrastructure 5171
- Genome Sciences Centre, work on severe acute respiratory syndrome 6324
- Government, fiscal management 5167-9
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), projects, public-private partnerships 5455
- Health authorities, electronic records system 5168
- Health care
- community health clinics 6723
- funding 5168
- system, political involvement 5168
- Health Planning ministry, estimates debate 6723
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 6781-2
- High-technology industry, role in economy 6885-6
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Cape Horn interchange, improvements 5456
- Mary Hill bypass area, traffic congestion 5456
- Highways and roads, private roads 5446
- Income assistance, disability benefits, income earnings exemption 5171
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
- investment in transportation infrastructure 4824
- private sector involvement 5446
- Investment in B.C. 4826
- Klein, Seth, comments on personal income tax reduction 5169
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements, government role 5447
- Michael Smith Foundation, government funding 5168
- Motions
- Criminal Code amendments on street racing (Motion 7), debate 4804
- role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65), debate 6885-6
- Olympic Games
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, Tri-Cities spirit team 4810, 4825, 5172
- benefits to host cities 4825
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4810, 4825, 5172
- Physicians, recruitment and supply 5168
- Pitt River Bridge, improvements 5455
- Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
- economic and housing development in Burke Mountain area 4823, 5169-70
- transportation infrastructure needs 4824, 5171
- Post-secondary education, accessibility 5170
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5233
- Redmond, technology industry 4823
- Research and development
- investment in research and development 5170
- research and development in B.C. 4825-6
- Science and technology, growth of technology industry in B.C. 5169-70
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5198-9
- Summerland, youth assets development program 6027-8
- Taxation
- sector-specific changes 5170
- tax credits for venture capital investors, impact on economy 5170
- Throne speech debate 4822-6
- Tobacco tax, increase 5168
- Transit services, rapid transit, government commitment 5455
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 5446-7, 5455-6
- Tri-Cities area
- Youth
- youth assets development initiative 6026-8
- youth justice societies, relationship with local police 5233
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7645-6
Manitoba
- Export of surplus power
(Penner) 6690
Manley, John
- Comments on accessibility of post-secondary education
(Bond) 6402
(MacPhail) 6401-2
Manning, Preston
- Comments on federal government investment in transportation infrastructure
(Penner) 5451
Manning Provincial Park See E.C. Manning Provincial Park
Manufactured Home Act
- (Bill 72) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7109; 2R, 7545; C, 7627; 3R, 7627; RA, 7966
- Amdts: sec. 7 (Collins) 7627, approved 7627; sec. 21 (Collins) 7627, approved 7628; sec. 32, 33, 38 (Collins) 7628, approved 7628; to add sec. 47.1 (Collins) 7628, approved 7628
- Debate, speakers
(Collins) 7109, 7545, 7627-8
- Relationship with Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
(Kwan) 7603-4
Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act
Manufactured homes
- Legislation, petitions tabled
(Coell) 6705, 7859
(Hawkins) 6705
(Thorpe) 6295
- Registry See Corporate, manufactured home and personal property registries under Finance, Ministry of
- Regulations
(Abbott) 6017-8
(Stewart, R.) 6017-8
- Rental housing issues See Rental housing under Housing
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
- Gravel accumulation in rivers and streams, impact on area
(Hawes) 7590
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Community services for children and families
(Stewart, K.) 4796-7
- Resource industries in area
(Stewart, K.) 4738
- Tourism industry
(Stewart, K.) 5102-3
- Transportation infrastructure needs
(Stewart, K.) 4737
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows school district See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Marathon Warranty Corp.
- Provision of home warranties
(Abbott) 5966-7
(MacPhail) 5966
Marijuana
- Decriminalization, ministerial responsibility for input to federal government
(Hawkins) 6720
(MacPhail) 6720
- Federal government policy
(MacPhail) 6974-5
- Grow operations
- elimination, Ontario legislation
(Coleman) 5294, 5557
(Nijjar) 5294, 5557, 5614
- link with electricity theft, government action
(Hayer) 5462
- link with electricity theft, information-sharing between police and B.C. Hydro
(Coleman) 5294, 6043
(Hayer) 6043
(Nijjar) 5294
- operations in B.C. and link with criminal activity
(Coleman) 4768-9, 5462
- penalties and sentencing of growers
(Hayer) 5615
(Nijjar) 5614, 7683-4
- public safety issue
(Hayer) 5615
(Stewart, R.) 8110-2
- Prevention of use
- educational programs
(Cheema) 6974
(MacPhail) 6974
- prevention among young people
(Cheema) 6975
(MacPhail) 6974-5
- prevention and health issues
(Hawkins) 6720
(MacPhail) 6720
Marine Harvest Canada
- Aquaculture operations
(Visser) 4805
Marine mammals
- Seals, need for seal hunt on B.C. coast
(Belsey) 6147
Marine parks See Parks
Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, B.C.
Marshall, Dale
- Article on forest industry reforms
(Kwan) 6540-1
Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- B.C. College of Teachers
- accountability, reporting requirements 6970
- board membership changes 6969-70, 7921
- role and responsibilities
- handling of teacher misconduct 6969-70
- teacher certification 6969
- teacher education programs 6970
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 4723
- B.C. Teachers Federation
- affiliation with B.C. Federation of Labour 6969
- relationship with B.C. College of Teachers 6969
- Burns Bog, preservation of area 4724-5, 5905
- Communities, challenges of globalization to local communities 6453-4
- Economy, conditions in B.C. since 2001 general election 4722-3
- Education
- curriculum, physical education 5279
- education of Indians
- enrolment levels in schools 5277
- graduation requirements, changes in examination requirements 5275
- independent schools
- enrolment levels 5277
- funding from government 5277
- school calendar, four-day weeks and year-round calendar 5277-8
- students
- assessment of students, standardized testing 5274-5
- role of individual schools' characteristics in student achievement levels 5723-5
- system, initiatives and reforms 4723-4, 7329-31
- Education ministry, estimates debate 5274-9
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly 4723, 6454
- Gibson, Gordon, appointment re citizens' assembly on electoral reform 4723
- Health care, funding 4724
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 6769-70
- Kwantlen University College, programs 4724
- Legislature, reforms 4723
- Lower mainland, South Fraser perimeter road, need 4725
- Nisga'a people, education of students 5276
- North Delta, community health centre, need 4724
- Politics and politicians, political leadership, role of technology and philosophy 7810
- Public health, role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle 4723
- School boards/districts
- ability to levy local taxes 5278
- revenues from tuition for international students, student space issue 5278
- School district 51 (Boundary), school calendar, four-day weeks 5278
- Schools, effectiveness of schools in low-income settings, Henchey report 5723-5
- Skills training
- secondary school apprenticeship program 5276-7
- system reforms 4724
- Substance abuse/addiction, methadone maintenance program 6769-70
- Teachers, professional development and training programs 6970
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6968-70
- Technical University of B.C., management by Simon Fraser University 4724
- Throne speech debate 4722-5
- Universities, colleges and institutes, entrance examinations 5275
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate 5905
Matten, Jaime
- Comments on 2003-04 budget for post-secondary education
(MacPhail) 5473
Matthew, Nathan
- Comments on Shuswap Indian bands' involvement in forest industry
(Krueger) 5703
- Work with government on economic development for Indians
(Krueger) 4855-6
Maxim Power Corp.
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- work as MLA 4853
- Accountants
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7550-2, 7596-8
- Advanced Education ministry, estimates debate 6406-8
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7288-9
- AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- government HIV/AIDS strategy 6760, 8260
- HIV infection rates 6761-2
- prevention and treatment 6762-4
- programs and services for people with AIDS, service organizations 8260-1
- Arnold, Leslie, work on Riverview Hospital redevelopment project 6836, 6838
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 6175, 6432-8
- Autism, funding for programs and services 5179
- BCNET, role 7904
- B.C., heartlands, use of term 5176
- B.C. Arts Council, funding 6018, 6042
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, work on treatment of hepatitis C 6764
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- legal action re leaky-condo damages in social housing 6006
- wait-list for housing 6002
- B.C. Human Rights Coalition, services 5743
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, responsibilities and role 5742-3, 6432-6, 6438
- B.C. Hydro
- Power Smart program 7824
- privatization of core assets and services 7825
- role in B.C. economy 7824
- sale of old or unneeded assets 7826
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- actions since election, public response 4853
- public consultation on issues 7618
- vision 4851
- B.C. Utilities Commission, mandate 7826
- Brown, Rosemary, death 6252
- Budget debate 5176-80
- Budgets, 2003-04 budget, public input on prebudget consultation 5177-8
- Business, competitiveness of B.C. businesses 5152-3
- Canada Health Act
- principles 7981
- provincial compliance 7981
- Children
- child care
- before- and after-school care, funding 5849
- funding 5847
- licensing and regulation, ratio of children to child care workers 5849
- spaces, increase 4854
- supported child care, funding and program changes 5793
- child care subsidy, eligibility threshold 5179
- early childhood development, funding 5179
- service authorities
- aboriginal authorities, funding and implementation 5791
- regional planning committees and establishment of interim authorities 5792
- service delivery, reorganization, impact on funding for Indian children 5792
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5790-4
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Community Charter
- Community Legal Assistance Society, services for human rights cases 5743
- Computer technology, Internet access
- advanced networks, benefits for business, communities and education 7904-5
- high-speed broadband service to rural and remote communities 7904-5
- Construction industry, residential construction industry, supply of skilled workers 5177
- Corrections system
- youth corrections system, detention agreements with municipalities 7813-4
- youth corrections system, programs and services
- aboriginal programs 7805-7
- programs 7803-4
- transfer to aboriginal and regional authorities 7636
- work programs, exemption from employment legislation 7806
- Crime and criminals
- child abduction, AMBER emergency alert system 6242-3
- youth crime
- prevention and early intervention 7636-8
- response 7637
- trespass on school property for the purpose of gang activity or sexual exploitation 7637-8
- violation of Motor Vehicle Act 7637
- Crown land, leases and sales, legislation, potential for increased sales or privatization of Crown land 7495
- Destinations program, training for income assistance recipients 4853
- Eating Disorder Resource Centre of B.C., facilities 6834
- Economy, B.C. economy, public proposals to improve economy 5178
- Education
- best-practices program 4930
- funding, additional funding 4853-4, 5177, 5179, 5258
- human rights education in schools 6435-6
- parent advisory councils, funding from charity gaming 5208-9
- parental involvement in education system, grandparental involvement 5140-1
- school calendar, year-round calendar, benefits 4965-7, 5141
- social equity programs
- Education ministry, estimates debate 5258-9
- Elsie Roy Elementary School, establishment 5258-9
- Energy
- electricity rates 7824-6
- history of production in B.C. 7824
- independent power producers
- run-of-the-river power generation 7825
- transmission system in B.C. 7825
- Family Services of Greater Vancouver, building project in Vancouver-Burrard area 6253
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- consultation by committee 4853
- recommendations 5177-9
- recommendations on transportation infrastructure 5147
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior 7164-5
- Forest industry, working forest land base 7494-5
- Gambling, charity gaming revenues
- bingo top-up and direct access funding 5208
- eligibility categories for organizations 5209
- grants to organizations 5209-10
- Government
- federal-provincial relations, impact on economy 5178
- public consultation, impact on government policy 7612
- regulations and red tape, reduction, impact on investment in B.C. 5178
- Hastings Community Elementary School, parental involvement in school 5141
- Hastings Park Trust, changes to terms of trust 7738-9
- Health care
- billing practices
- penalties for illegal billing practices 7982
- third-party billing 7981
- funding levels 4853
- health professions, regulation and scope of practice 7188-9
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds 4853
- Health Planning ministry, estimates debate 6760-4
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7188-9
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 6834-40
- Hepatitis, prevention and treatment of hepatitis C 6764
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), improvements, federal funding 5147
- Hotel Keepers Act, correlation with Residential Tenancy Act 5195, 5436
- Housing
- affordable housing
- availability 6002, 7248
- government commitment 6004
- supply, number and type of units 6002-4
- life leases and long-term leases, consumer protection issue 6005
- ratio of market to non-market housing 6007-8
- rental housing
- condition inspections 7613
- pets in rental housing, prohibition of pets 7611
- rent increases, amount 7619
- rent increases, retroactivity 5211, 7406
- rent payments, arbitrators' ability to extend payment date 7617
- rent supplements 6008
- security deposits, payment 7612, 7615
- single-room occupancies, legislation 5195, 5436
- social housing, leaky-condo damages, repairs 6005-6
- Human Resources ministry
- Human rights
- advocacy 6438
- complaint process
- government model for addressing human rights cases 5742-3
- public education 6175, 6433, 6435
- Income assistance
- disability benefits
- categories, schedule C designation 6043
- income earnings exemption 4853, 6044
- nutritional supplement 6043-4
- employment and assistance program, job placement and training programs 6044
- funding for employment programs 4853
- Indians
- government expression of regret for actions in past 4852
- relationship with provincial government, opportunities 4852-3
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
- improvements, impact on economy 5179
- investment in transportation infrastructure 5147, 5178
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., governance and role 7551-2, 7596-7
- International Financial Centre, report recommendations for business in B.C. 5152-3
- Iskut River, Forest Kerr power project 7825
- Jubran, Azmi, harassment while in school 5061
- Justice system
- Korean Heritage Day 7039
- Lalari, Terry, comments to Finance Committee on government's fiscal management 5177
- Land Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7494-6
- Land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 7495-6
- Lefkos, Patti, comments on need for new school in False Creek area 5258-9
- Local government
- autonomy 6309-10
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government, funding 6310
- Lord Roberts Elementary School
- safety zone around school, proposal 8125
- student capacity 5258-9
- MacPhail, Joy
- alleged comments on Larry Campbell 7740
- position on report of Finance Committee 5177
- Medical Services Commission, auditing authority 7981-2
- Medicare Protection Act, amendments 7981-2
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7981-2
- Mental health
- facilities, community support facilities 6838
- mental health care system, government initiatives 6525
- mental health courts 6836-8
- mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan, funding 5793
- programs and services, role in prevention of youth crime 7636-7
- Mining industry, electricity needs 7825
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5195, 5436
- Motions
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50), debate 6242-3
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 5140-1
- response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7164-5
- transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10), debate 5147
- Naturopaths, potential changes to scope of practice 6760
- Nettleton, Paul, comments and position on B.C. Hydro privatization issue 7825
- Nurses, nurse practitioner, role 7189
- Pacific National Exhibition
- benefits 7538-40
- future of exhibition, public consultation by city of Vancouver 7540
- management, transfer of authority from province to city of Vancouver 7538-9
- relocation proposals during NDP administration 7540
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7538-40, 7737-40, 7743-5
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 4853, 5179
- Physicians, program forgiving student loans for services practised in remote and rural communities 6406
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5398-9
- Police and policing
- community police offices, funding 5210
- funding for police services, payment by small communities 5179-80
- information management, PRIME-BC system 5398-9, 6243
- interjurisdictional communication and information-sharing 5399
- Post-secondary education
- funding 5177-8
- student financial assistance, loan forgiveness 6406
- student transfer between private and public institutions 6406
- Private Career Training Institutions Act, debate 7295, 7302-3
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency, powers 7303
- Private Post-Secondary Education Commission of B.C., replacement 7302-3
- Prostitution, programs and services for sex trade workers, interministerial committee to address issue 5848
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5208-11
- Residential Tenancy Act
- Resources and resource industries
- expansion of resource sector 5178
- transportation of resource products, role of transportation infrastructure 5178
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project, patient relocation to community 6834-5
- Safety
- protection of international students 4852
- public safety
- government commitment 7635-6
- safety in urban areas 4852, 8125
- safety in urban areas, legislation 7512-4
- School boards/districts, additional funding 5258
- School district 39 (Vancouver), funding 5258
- Schools, safety
- Shields, Carolyn, comments on benefits of year-round school calendar 4965
- Skills training, need 5177
- Spul'u'kwuks Elementary School, changes to school calendar 4966-7
- Substance abuse/addiction
- methamphetamine use 7482-3
- prevention and treatment, integration into health care system 8018
- public awareness 8018
- supervised injection sites, operation 6838-9, 6839
- Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Throne speech debate 4851-4
- Transition houses, second-stage housing 5849, 6007
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budgets and deficits 7288
- degree proposals, approval authority 7288
- degree quality assessment for public and private institutions, board 6407
- degree-granting authority, expansion 6406
- English-language schools, regulation 6407-8
- funding, capital projects 5177
- private institutions
- expansion, impact on public post-secondary education system 6407
- financial protection for students, student training completion fund 7303
- quality of education 7303
- regulation 7302-3
- regulation, reduction of regulations 7288-9
- university foundations 7288
- Vancouver
- community police offices, funding 5210
- crime and public safety issues 7512-4
- downtown east side
- job training for income assistance recipients 6044
- services for women 5848-9
- Hastings Park
- Korean population and contributions 7039
- replacement of Robson Street liquor store, petition tabled 5154
- squatters in parks, public concern 7247-8
- supervised injection sites
- Carrall Street illegal site 6839-40
- city government involvement 6840
- Vancouver agreement
- activities and initiatives
- activities and initiatives 6018-9
- women's task team 5848
- funding 6019
- Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area
- description and issues 4851-2
- employment in resource and tourism industries 7494
- housing initiatives 4851-2
- post-secondary institutions 7288
- public schools 5258-9
- social programs and services 6253
- Violence, prevention of bullying and violence at school 4853, 5060-1, 5141
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, government top-up grants 5179
- YM-YWCA, Crabtree Corner and Sheway programs 5849, 6006-7
- Youth
- sexually exploited youth 5790, 7637-8
- youth at risk
- programs and services 6253
- safe care legislation and model 5790-1
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7635-8, 7803-7, 7813-4
- Youthquest!, work of organization 5794
MDS Metro Laboratory Services
Media
- Comments on government
(Krueger) 4857-8
- Legislative press gallery, Webster Award winners and nominees commended
(MacPhail) 7589
- Role in public awareness of disasters
(Anderson) 7184
Medical and Health Care Services Appeal Board
Medical program See University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.; University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.; University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
Medical Services Commission
- Application of freedom-of-information legislation
(Plant) 8342
- Auditing authority
(Hansen) 7977
(Mayencourt) 7981-2
- Membership
(Brice) 8381
(Hansen) 8381-2
- Powers
(Hansen) 6414
(MacPhail) 6413
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Billings by physicians, monitoring and dispute resolution
(Hansen) 5980, 6411-2, 6551
(Hawes) 6413
(MacPhail) 6550-1
(Whittred) 6414
- Coverage
- coverage for income assistance recipients
(Coell) 6060
(MacPhail) 6060
- diagnostic services
(Brice) 8379
(Hansen) 8379
- podiatry
(Hansen) 6813
(MacPhail) 6813
- Funding
(Hansen) 6795
(MacPhail) 6795
- Premiums
Medicare Protection Act
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 92) (Minister of Health Services) 1R, 7918; 2R, 7977-83; C, 8377-82; 3R, 8382; RA, 8382
- Amdts: sec. 5 (Hansen) 8378-9, approved 8379; sec. 6 (Hansen) 8380-1, approved 8381; sec. 14 (Hansen) 8382, approved 8382
- Debate, speakers
(Brice) 8379, 8381
(Cobb) 8378
(Hansen) 7918, 7977-9, 7983, 8377-82
(Harris) 8377, 8381
(Hawes) 8380
(Mayencourt) 7981-2
(Penner) 8379-80
(Stewart, K.) 7979
(Stewart, R.) 7979-81
(Trumper) 7982-3, 8381
- Impact on private clinics
(Hawes) 8380
Members' Conflict of Interest Act
- Definitions, "conflict of interest"
(Collins) 5747-8, 5764
(MacPhail) 5746
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Conduct, contempt of the House See Members under Legislature
- Input on government decisions
(Bennett) 5189
(Bruce) 4991-2
(Krueger) 4858
(Les) 5110
(Nijjar) 4922
- Nomination and election
(de Jong) 6368
- Pension plan
- 2001 annual report tabled
(Collins) 4807
- 2003 annual report tabled
(Collins) 8363
- Remuneration
- salary reduction
(Bloy) 5162
- votes on legislation involving members' remuneration, conflict of interest issue
(Collins) 5747, 5764
(MacPhail) 5746, 5764
(Speaker) 5780
- Responsibilities and role
(Hawes) 5535-7
(Krueger) 5536-7
- Women members
(Brenzinger) 5351
- Work commended
(Bhullar) 5098
Memorial Park See Vancouver, B.C.
Mental disorders
- Anti-psychotic drugs and need for residential care
(Cheema) 6980-1
(MacPhail) 6980-1
- Anxiety disorders and depression
- chronic disease management for depression
(Cheema) 6982-3
(MacPhail) 6982-3
- fee-for-service system for physicians
(Cheema) 6983
(MacPhail) 6983
- treatment services, strategy
(Cheema) 5043-4, 6768-9
- Mental illness
- incidence
(Brenzinger) 7510
(Cheema) 6767
- mental illness in the workplace, awareness
(Cheema) 5044
- public awareness
(Chong) 7154
Mental health
- Crisis centres, after-hours services
(Kwan) 6947
- Developmental disabilities See Developmentally disabled persons under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Facilities See also particular facilities and hospitals
- community support facilities
(Mayencourt) 6838
- fundraising for facility in Victoria
(Chong) 7154
- new facilities
(Cheema) 5044
- use of word "asylum"
(Cheema) 6841
(Stewart, R.) 6841
- Interministry policies
(Chong) 5815
- Mental health advocate, annual reporting
(MacPhail) 6868
- Mental health care system See also Programs and services below under this main heading
- government initiatives
(Mayencourt) 6525
- infrastructure development
(Hogg) 5667-8
(MacPhail) 5668
- networks of care
(Cheema) 6768
- reforms
(Cheema) 5043-5, 5859-60
- Mental health courts
(Cheema) 6837
(Mayencourt) 6836-8
- Mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan
(Hogg) 5667-8, 5808
(MacPhail) 5667-8
- child and youth mental health plan, funding
(Hogg) 5793
(Mayencourt) 5793
- community-based services
(Bray) 5807-8
- definitions, "serious mental illness" and "special needs"
(Brenzinger) 5803
(Hogg) 5803
- early intervention
(Brenzinger) 5803-4
(Hogg) 5804-5
- parental resources
(Reid, L.) 5803-4
- programs and services, role in prevention of youth crime
(Mayencourt) 7636-7
- relationship between youth custody and mental health
(MacPhail) 5668-70
- transition to adult services
(Bray) 5808
(Chong) 5815
(Hogg) 5808
- Mental health plan
- Mental illness See Mental disorders
- Programs and services See also Addiction and mental health services under particular locations or health authorities; Mental health plan above under this main heading
- community services
(Cheema) 6768
- funding
(Campbell) 7526
(Cheema) 6833-4, 6950-1, 6953-6, 6973, 7721
(Hansen) 6855
(Kwan) 6833-4, 6855, 6950-1, 6953-6, 7721
(MacPhail) 6856
(Trumper) 4753-4
- funding and service levels
(Cheema) 7111-2
(Kwan) 7111-2
- funding during NDP administration
(Cheema) 6948
- funding, individualized funding See also Housing, individualized funding under Disabled and handicapped persons
(Hogg) 5807-8
- government services, interministry policies
(Chong) 5815
(Hogg) 5815
- integration with substance addiction treatment services See Prevention and treatment, integration into health care system under Substance abuse/addiction
- performance measurement
(Cheema) 6948-9
(MacPhail) 6867
- services
(Cheema) 6941-2
(Chong) 8386
- services for women
(Kwan) 6953
- vocational rehabilitation contract
(Cheema) 6973
- Relationship with substance addiction See Relationship with mental health under Substance abuse/addiction
- Telehealth, initiatives
(Cheema) 5044
Mental Health Advisory Council
Mental Health Arrowhead Clubhouse See Arrowhead Centre, Sechelt, B.C.
Mental health courts See Justice system
Mental Health, Minister of State for
- Accomplishments and goals
(Cheema) 6767-9
- Advisory staff
(Cheema) 6981
(MacPhail) 6981
- Role as mental health advocate
(MacPhail) 6868
Merchant Navy See Canadian Merchant Navy
Merit commissioner
- Annual report, 2002-03, tabled
(Speaker) 7113
- Report, status
(Bray) 6093
(Santori) 6094
- Review of staffing decisions
(Santori) 7969
Merritt, B.C.
Merritt, Charles Cecil Ingersoll
- Military service
(Roddick) 8209
Merritt Mountain Music Festival
- Role in Merritt economy
(Chutter) 6554
Methadone See Dispensing of methadone under Pharmacists; Prevention and treatment under Substance abuse/addiction
Metrotown See Burnaby, B.C.
Meyers, Art
- Involvement in Lannan forest purchase
(Hagen) 7042-3
(Kwan) 7042
Michael Smith Foundation
- Government funding
(Manhas) 5168
Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre See Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Middleton, Ken
Midwifery
- Number of midwives in B.C.
(Hansen) 6811
(MacPhail) 6811
- Relationship of midwives with physicians See Health professionals, position on midwifery under Health care
- Training program
(Hansen) 6810-1
(MacPhail) 6810-1
(Stephens) 5441
Mifflin, Fred
- Pacific salmon revitalization plan See Salmon fishery under Fisheries
Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
- Operations
(Krueger) 4855
Mill and Timber Products Ltd.
- Surrey operations
(Brenzinger) 4736
Miller, Arthur Daniel
- Position on B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement
(Penner) 8330
Miller Creek
- Power generation project
(Penner) 4844
Mineral Tax Act
Mineral Tax Review Board
- Replacement with ministerial appeal process
(Barisoff) 5915
Mineral Tenure Act
Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women
- Work of foundation, leadership program
(Sahota) 7622
Mines Act
Mining Association of British Columbia
- Chief executive officer See Livingstone, Gary
- Comments on status of South Chilcotin Mountains area
(Hagen) 6231
(MacPhail) 6231
Mining industry
- Aggregate production and gravel extraction, tax exemptions in industry
(Collins) 5240, 5430-1
(MacPhail) 5431
- Electricity needs
(Harris) 7853
(MacKay) 7834
(Mayencourt) 7825
- Employment in industry
(Belsey) 7516
- Environmental impact, legislation
(MacPhail) 5096-7
(Neufeld) 5097
- Exploration
- government initiatives
(Belsey) 4920
(Campbell) 7063, 7071
(Thorpe) 5050
- investment in B.C.
(Neufeld) 5717-8
- investment in B.C., government targets
(MacKay) 5718
(Neufeld) 5718
- need
(Neufeld) 4775
- Flow-through shares
(MacKay) 5918
(Neufeld) 5918
- Government approval of mine projects, prior knowledge
(Hagen) 4811
(MacPhail) 4810-1
- Gravel operations See Aggregate production and gravel extraction above under this main heading
- Impact of mining on environment
(Bell) 4964-5
- Industry in B.C.
- benefits to province
(Neufeld) 4963-4
- current situation
(Visser) 7957
- goals and initiatives
(Collins) 4871-2
(Hagen) 6118
(McMahon) 4957
(Neufeld) 5056
(Nuraney) 5037
(Trumper) 4905
- government policy and work of MLA task force
(Sultan) 7247
- impact of hydroelectricity rates
(MacPhail) 6911-2
- impact of NDP government policies
(Bruce) 4993
(Collins) 5248
(Suffredine) 7494
- investment climate
(Bell) 4963
(Cobb) 5135
(Harris) 4820
(Les) 4917
(Neufeld) 7515-6, 7700
(Suffredine) 4721
(Trumper) 8079
- opportunities
(Bennett) 4713, 6659-60
- role in economy
(Jarvis) 4727
(MacKay) 7699-701
- Investment in B.C.
(Neufeld) 5720
- Land use issues
- issues
(Collins) 5253
(Hagen) 5253
(MacPhail) 5252
- legislation, impact on industry
(Hagen) 7575
(Jarvis) 7575
- percentage of land available for mining
(Bell) 6116
(Hagen) 6116
- two-zone policy
(Christensen) 7491
(Cobb) 7496
- Mineral discoveries
(Neufeld) 5718
- Placer mining, federal regulations
(Neufeld) 5354
(Wilson) 5354
- Regulation, industry awareness of government initiatives
(Bell) 5920
(Neufeld) 5920
- Resources in B.C.
(Les) 5108
(MacKay) 4743
- Safety inspections
(McMahon) 5923
(Neufeld) 5923
- Tax incentives
- incentives
(Collins) 5253
- mineral exploration tax credit
(Collins) 5252
- Use of mining products in daily life
(Neufeld) 5717-8
Ministerial statements See also Legislature
- Bruce, Hon. Graham P. (Minister of Skills Development and Labour)
- Day of mourning for workplace injuries and deaths 6257-8
(MacPhail) 6258
- Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Premier)
- Clark, Hon. Christy (Minister of Education)
- Coleman, Hon. Rich (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General)
- Flooding in Squamish-Whistler-Pemberton area 7350-1
(Kwan) 7351
- Collins, Hon. Gary (Minister of Finance)
- Payment of wages to forest fire fighters 7484
- Hansen, Hon. Colin (Minister of Health Services)
- Tissue transplant safety and investigation into B.C. Ear Bank 4882-3
(MacPhail) 4883
- Hawkins, Hon. Sindi (Minister of Health Planning)
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome 5697
(MacPhail) 5697
- Nebbeling, Hon. Ted (Minister of State for Community Charter)
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games bid 6470
Ministries See Government; particular ministries, e.g., Finance, Ministry of
Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act
Mirenda, Pat
- Evaluation of early intervention programs for children
(Reid, L.) 5806, 5817
Miscellaneous Registrations Act, 1992
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 11) (Attorney General) 1R, 5026; 2R, 5193-6; C, 5434-8; 3R, 5438; RA, 5488
- Debate, speakers
(Chong) 5195-6
(Coleman) 5435, 5437
(Falcon) 5435-7
(MacPhail) 5195, 5434-8
(Mayencourt) 5195, 5436
(Plant) 5026, 5193-5, 5434-8
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
- (Bill 66) (Attorney General) 1R, 6775-6; 2R, 6996-9; C, 7044-9; 3R, 7049; RA, 7134
- Amdts: to add sec. 19.1 (Plant) 7049, approved 7049; sec. 42 and 43 (Plant) 7049, approved 7049
- Divisions: sec. 11 approved 7049
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 7048-9
(MacKay) 7044-6
(Nettleton) 6998-9
(Penner) 7047-8
(Plant) 6675-6, 6996-8, 7046-9
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2003
- (Bill 90) (Attorney General) 1R, 8209; 2R, 8274-7; C, 8333-44; 3R, 8344; RA, 8382
- Amdts: sec. 65 (Plant) 8344, approved 8344
- Divisions: sec. 64 approved 8344
- Debate, speakers
(Kwan) 8334-44
(Orr) 8340-1
(Plant) 8209, 8274-7, 8334-44
- Purpose of bill
(Plant) 8209, 8274-5
Mission, B.C.
- Council's position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(MacPhail) 8098
Mission Memorial Hospital, Mission, B.C.
- Emergency care case, investigation
(Hansen) 5743
(MacPhail) 5743-4
- Services
(Hawes) 4850, 5154
Mission school district See School district 75 (Mission)
Monashee Provincial Park
- Facilities
(Christensen) 8052
Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park
- Day use, petition tabled
(Coell) 6193
Montgomery Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Closing
(Stewart, R.) 5354
- Enrolment
(Stewart, R.) 4832
Moore, Patrick
- Comments on closed-containment fish farms
(van Dongen) 5547
Morfitt, George
- Panel report on reference drug program See Reference drug program, panel report under Pharmacare program
Morice land and resource management plan
Morley, Jane See Child and youth officer
Morning Star (Vernon)
- Article on business climate in Okanagan area
(Christensen) 6039
Mortgage Brokers Act
Mortgages
Morton, Alexandra
Morton, Cody
- Work as radio host commended
(Trumper) 4979
MOSAIC See Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities
Moser, Gary
- Retirement
(MacPhail) 6903
Mosquitoes See Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
Motions
- Adoption of government business schedule for May 26 to May 29, 2003 (Motion without notice)
- Advancement of University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act through all stages in one day (Standing order 81 motion)
- Alternative energy sources and development of renewable energy technology (Motion 57)
- AMBER alert early warning system for child abduction (Motion 50)
- Amendment to motion on government business schedule (Motion 101)
- Amendment to sessional order, amendment to standing orders (Motion without Notice)
- Amendment to sessional order (Motion 105)
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Patty Sahota to Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of select standing committees (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee on Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 100)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Public Service Employee Relations Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Motion 102)
- Moved (Collins) 7114, approved 7114
- Debate, speakers
(Collins) 7114
- Appointment of Tony Bhullar to select standing committees (Motion without notice)
- Arts and cultural tourism on Vancouver Island (Motion 29)
- Boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104)
- Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games (Motion 8)
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99)
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion 91)
- Criminal Code amendments on street racing (Motion 7)
- Drinking water quality (Motion 46)
- Motion that the committee recess for ten minutes (Motion without notice)
- Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice)
- Moved (Kwan) 5087, approved 5087
- Divisions: motion approved 5087
- Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice)
- Moved (Hansen) 6910, approved 6910
- Divisions: motion approved 6910
- Motion that the House at its rising stand recessed for fifteen minutes and continue to sit thereafter until adjournment (Motion without notice)
- Motion that the House stand recessed for one minute (Motion without notice)
- Parental involvement in education system (Motion 58)
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5)
- Powers of Crown Corporations Committee (Motion 95)
- Powers of Education Committee (Motion without notice)
- Powers of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion 97)
- Powers of Health Committee (Motion without notice)
- Printing of Votes and Proceedings (Motion without notice)
- Public written questions (Motion 90)
- Moved (Coleman) 4843, approved 4843
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 4843
- Public-private partnerships (Motion 33)
- Ranching industry in B.C. (Motion 12)
- Recommittal of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry estimates (Motion 98)
- Referral of reports to committees and powers of Public Accounts Committee (Motion 96)
- Removal of John van Dongen from select standing committees (Motion 94)
- Repeal of Firearms Act (Motion 9)
- Response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice)
- Role of aquaculture in economic development of first nations (Motion 3)
- Role of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs in B.C. economy (Motion 68)
- Role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65)
- Role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2)
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions See particular motions under Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- Transportation infrastructure and funding for Trans-Canada Highway (Motion 10)
- Transportation infrastructure (Motion 49)
- Value-added forest sector (Motion 14)
Motor Carrier Act
Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 74) (Minister of Competition, Science and Enterprise) 1R, 7297; 2R, 7442-3; C, 7463; 3R, 7463; RA, 7504
- Debate, speakers
(Falcon) 7442-3
(Thorpe) 7297
- Purpose of bill
(Falcon) 7442
(Thorpe) 7297
Motor Dealer Council of British Columbia
- Establishment and board members
(Falcon) 7443
Motor Fuel Tax Act
Motor Vehicle Act
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2003
- (Bill 17) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 5418-9; 2R, 5564-5; C, 5600; 3R, 5600; RA, 5638
- Amdts: sec. 16 (Coleman) 5600, approved 5600; sec. 25 (Coleman) 5600, approved 5600
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 5418-9, 5564-5, 5600
- Provisions on street racing, penalties for offenders
(Coleman) 4801-2
(Locke) 4800-1
- Purpose of bill
(Coleman) 5418-9, 5565
Motor vehicle branch
- Status of operations
(Collins) 5340
(MacPhail) 5340
- Superintendent of motor vehicles, powers
(Coleman) 5565
Motorcycles
- Motorcyclists, issues and concerns
(Lekstrom) 6614
Mount St. Francis Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
- Extended care services, provision of services, tendering process
(Suffredine) 4981-2
(Whittred) 4982
Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Mount Washington
- Nordic skiing opportunities
(Visser) 4908
Mountain pine beetle See Pest control and management under Forest industry
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
- Replacement See also Hospital construction project under Abbotsford, B.C.
- funding
(MacPhail) 8132
- funding provision in government budget
(MacPhail) 6792, 6794
Multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism in B.C.
(Bhullar) 5098
(Sahota) 4818
- Report on Multiculturalism
- 2000-01 report tabled
(Abbott) 7113
- 2001-02 report tabled
(Abbott) 7113
- Task force on multiculturalism and anti-racism policies
(Abbott) 6012
(Sahota) 6012
Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities
Municipal Act
- Revision
(Suffredine) 6304
- Revision during NDP administration
(Kwan) 7466
(Nebbeling) 7465
Municipalities See Local government
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3)
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 3) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 97)
- (Bill 97) (Minister of State for Community Charter) 1R, 8124; 2R, 8167; C, 8365; 3R, 8365; RA, 8382
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 8167
(Nebbeling) 8124
(Sultan) 8167
Munroe, Donald
- Experience as industrial inquiry commissioner
(Bruce) 8423-4
(MacPhail) 8423-5
- Role as mediation-arbitration commissioner in coastal forest industry dispute See Coastal forest industry, labour dispute under Forest industry
Murray, Hon. Joyce (New Westminster)
- As subject
- Air
- Aircraft, regulations for floatplane landings, access to lakes in parks 6895
- Airsheds, mapping of B.C. airsheds, project 5950-1
- Aquaculture industry, salmon farming, sea lice issue 5153
- Automobiles, emission reduction 5987, 5994-5
- Boats and boating, environmental protection by boaters 6211
- Boliden-Westmin Mines, Strathcona Park mine operation, siphoning of lake water 6555, 6989
- Bowron Lake Park, Forests ministry recreation sites, management contract 5745
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., economic development, link with environmental standards 5904
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, Douglas College community's concerns, petition tabled 6193
- B.C. Hydro, alternative energy projects 5987
- B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 4939
- Broughton Archipelago, salmon farming, sea lice issue 5153
- Budget debate 4939-43
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4939
- Burns Bog, preservation of area 5905
- Burrard Thermal power station, closing 5995
- Children
- child care subsidy, eligibility threshold 4943
- early childhood development, funding 4943
- programs and services for children and families 4942-3
- service authorities, accountability and service standards 5795
- Civil service
- death of public servants in Kamloops 5902
- employees, role in summer 2003 forest fires response 7181
- Climate change
- Coal industry
- air emissions, impact on air quality 5996-7
- use of coal as energy source 5996-7
- Codd Island, preservation of area 5907
- Commercial River Rafting Safety Act, repeal 7387
- Dike Maintenance Act, amendments 7279
- Dikes
- diking authorities, transfer to local government 7279-80
- guidelines for dike levels 7881-2
- maintenance, responsibility 7881, 7883
- Drainage and Dyking Adjustment and Repeal Act, repeal 7387
- Drainage, Ditch and Dike Act, amendments 7279
- E.C. Manning Provincial Park, Western Canada Wilderness Committee's concerns, petition tabled 6193
- Economy, government initiatives to improve B.C. economy 4939-40, 4942
- Education funding, additional funding 4941-2
- Energy
- Environment
- environmental groups, work with government 6847
- environmental protection
- balance with economic factors 8058
- government initiatives 5903-4, 6846
- government review of issues 7277
- risk management model 7416-7
- pest control and pesticide use
- Environmental Management Act
- Fisheries
- freshwater fishery, hatchery programs 5904
- habitat protection programs, funding 5907
- recreational fishing, fees and licences, allocation of revenues 5904
- Flood Hazard Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6727, 7279-80, 7880-5
- Floods and floodplains
- flood hazard management
- requirement for regulation by local government 7882
- role of local government 6727, 7279-80, 7884
- liability for flood damage 7881
- liability for homes built in flood risk areas 7880, 7885
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, response 7181-2
- Forest industry, mountain pine beetle control, government action 7783
- Fraser River, gravel extraction in area 7882-3
- Fraser Valley, air quality 5993
- Fuel, gasoline, reduction in sulphur content, extraction process, impact on air quality 5952
- Graham-Laurier Provincial Park, changes to boundaries 8240-1
- Greater Vancouver regional district, role in air quality planning 5993-4
- Gulf Islands, marine parks in southern Gulf Islands, fees 6000-1
- Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area, comanagement by government and Heiltsuk first nation and economic potential of resort facility 8058
- Health care, additional funding 4941
- Housing, affordable housing supply, new units 4943
- Hunting, recreational hunting fees and licences, allocation of revenues 5904
- Indians, relationship with provincial government, government initiatives 4942, 5903
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, impact on economy and environment 5994
- Integrated Pest Management Act, debate 6726, 7278-9, 7445-52
- Kyoto accord, implementation
- federal-provincial negotiations 5986
- implementation 5996
- potential impact on B.C. 5904
- Lakes, maintenance of beaches 5952
- Land Title Act, amendments 7279-80
- Local government, building and development regulations on flood risk areas 7884-5
- Motions, response to B.C. forest fires (Motion without notice), debate 7180-2
- Myra Canyon trestles, damage during 2003 forest fire 7181
- Nanaimo, airshed 5950
- New Westminster
- New Westminster Family Place, services 4943
- Oil and Gas Commission, compliance and enforcement role 5989-90
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas, development of resource, impact on water quality 5988-90
- directional drilling under parks and protected areas 8042, 8239
- Park Act, amendments 6727, 7387, 7986, 8042
- Park (Regional) Act, repeal 7387
- Parks
- advisory committees 8237
- categories, designation 8238-9
- changes to boundaries of parks and protected areas 7387, 7975-6, 8042, 8240-1
- development in parks, recreation and tourism facilities 8235-7
- fees
- Forests ministry recreation sites, management contracts, bidding process 5744-5
- legislation, consultation by government 8237
- maintenance and services in parks 5906-7
- marine parks, anchoring fees 6000-1, 6211
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7986, 8042, 8058-9, 8235-41
- Pesticide Control Act, repeal 7278
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5392
- Police and policing, information management, PRIME-BC system 5392
- Prince George, air quality 5999
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, amendments 7387, 7986, 8042
- Recreation, use of revenues from recreational activities 5904
- Recycling, lubricating oil, oil filters and containers, end-of-life
stewardship program 5903
- River rafting, regulation of commercial river raft industry 7387
- Rivers and streams
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- living rivers strategy 5903
- streamside protection, new regulations 5643
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster)
- Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve, changes to boundaries 7389, 7975-6
- School district 40 (New Westminster), work of district 4941
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, impact on environmental standards and protection 8236
- Silver Star Provincial Park, mountain pine beetle infestation, control measures 7783
- Sproat Lake Provincial Park, maintenance of beach 5952
- Storage tanks, regulation 5952, 6469
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington)
- emissions, impact on air quality 5993, 5999
- government action to oppose facility 5992-3
- National Energy Board hearings, submissions, ministerial responsibility 5951, 5985
- Ten Mile Lake Park, Forests ministry recreation sites, management contract 5744
- Transit services, funding 5995
- Vancouver Island, natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant
- B.C. Utilities Commission hearings 5988
- emissions, impact on air quality 5951, 5999
- Waste management
- area-based management 7270
- contaminated sites
- advisory panel report, cost 7426, 7434
- legislation 7426
- mine sites 7433-4
- orphan sites 7430, 7432
- regulation, action plan 5991
- regulation, advisory panel report 5990
- regulation, changes 5904, 6727, 7270, 7428-9, 7431
- regulation, government staffing issues 7427-8
- remediation, funding and ministerial responsibility 7428
- remediation, liability 7430-2
- remediation requirements, reassessment 7433
- decision-making authority, transfer from regional managers to director 7421
- regulations
- Waste Management Act
- Water
- conservation of water in response to drought 7181-2
- drinking water quality protection, government action plan 5903
- groundwater protection 6126
- protection of water supply 5860
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6726-7, 7387-9, 7974-7
- Weather Modification Act
- West Coast National Park Act, repeal 7388
- Wildlife
- conservation officers, service delivery, partnerships 5903
- endangered species protection 5903
- habitat protection 5903
- human-wildlife conflict strategy 5903
- Wildlife Act, amendments 6727, 7387
- Wood waste, beehive burners, phase-out program 6000
- World Water Forum, participation by Water, Land and Air Protection minister in forum in Japan 5860
Museum Act
- (Bill 2) (Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services) 1R, 4809; 2R, 5565-71; C, 5599-600; 3R, 5600; RA, 5638
- Amdts: sec. 14 (Abbott) 5599-600, approved 5600
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 4809, 5565-6, 5571, 5599-600
(Bray) 5566-8
(Chong) 5569-71
(Orr) 5568-9, 5599
(Stewart, R.) 5569
- Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003
(Plant) 6998
- Purpose of bill
(Abbott) 4809, 5566
(Orr) 5981
Museum at Campbell River, Campbell River, B.C.
Musgamagw Tsawataineuk tribal council
- Comments on fish farm operations in Broughton Archipelago
(Hagen) 6285
(MacPhail) 6280, 6282-6
Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board
- Activities
(Hagen) 6262
(MacPhail) 6262
- Funding
- funding
(Hagen) 6261-2
(MacPhail) 6261-2
- funding from oil and gas industry
(Hagen) 6262
(MacPhail) 6262
Muskwa-Kechika management area
- Management of land and resources, oil and gas industry activities
(Bell) 6118
(Hagen) 6118
- Mineral exploration
(Bell) 5921
- Resource potential
(Hagen) 7514
Mustard, Fraser
- Research work
(Reid, L.) 5812
Myra Canyon
- Trestles, damage during 2003 forest fire
(Murray) 7181
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