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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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Nabors Drilling Ltd.
- Involvement in skills training
(Neufeld) 4774
NAFTA See North American Free Trade Agreement
Nakusp school district See School district 10 (Arrow Lakes)
Nanaimo, B.C.
- Airshed
(MacPhail) 5950
(Murray) 5950
- Arts and culture
(Hunter) 7341
- Duke Point generating plant and Georgia strait crossing pipeline project See Government handling of Georgia strait crossing and Sumas proposals under Oil and gas industry; Natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant under Vancouver Island
- Forest industry
(Hunter) 6532
- High-technology industry
(Hunter) 6464
- Hosting of 2002 B.C. Summer Games
(Hunter) 4900
- Keep-of-prisoners funding
(Coleman) 5293
(Hunter) 5293
- Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry service See Private services, Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger ferry service under Ferries and ferry services
- Status of local economy
(Hunter) 7353
Nanaimo constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Hunter) 4900, 4902
- Power generation proposal
(Hunter) 7961
Nanaimo Daily News
- Article on aquaculture industry
(MacPhail) 7323-4
Nanaimo District Museum, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Anniversary of Bastion site
(Hunter) 7341
Nanaimo Indian band See Snuneymuxw first nation
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Security workers, arbitration case
(MacPhail) 8281
NAOMI project See Prevention and treatment, North America Opiate Medication Initiative under Substance abuse/addiction
National Child Day
National Home Warranty Ltd.
- Provision of home warranties
(Abbott) 5966-7
(MacPhail) 5966
National Public Relations
Natural gas See Oil and gas industry
Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act
Naturopaths
- Practice of naturopathy
(MacPhail) 7590-1
- Role in health care system, petitions tabled
(MacPhail) 7113
(Nettleton) 7594
(Stewart, K.) 7281
- Scope of practice, potential changes
(Hawkins) 6722-4, 6758-60
(MacPhail) 6722-4
(Mayencourt) 6760
(Nettleton) 6758-60
Nebbeling, Hon. Ted (West Vancouver-Garibaldi)
- As subject
- absence from debate on Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
(Kwan) 7460
- position on Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(Kwan) 8158
- response to questions during debate on Community Charter
(Kwan) 6566-7, 6570-1
- Airports, tax exemption legislation 7471
- Animals, animal control, municipal powers 6573-4
- B.C., hosting of athletic events 5734
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4932
- Budget debate 4931-5
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4932
- Business, tax exemptions
- exemption for upgrades 6579
- exemption on improvements and land, legislation 7471
- Campbell, Gordon, role in development of community charter 6295
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 5882-4
- Community Charter
- Community Charter Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments and Other Amendments Act, 2003 (two bills), debate 6986, 7298, 7459-60, 7462, 7463-71
- Cranbrook Airport, expansion proposal 4934
- Exports and imports, trade agreements, consideration of municipal interests 6572-3
- Government
- provincial-municipal relations
- consideration of differences among municipalities 6569
- consultation 6568
- harmonization of policies 6570
- provincial funding reductions 6571
- relations 7464
- regulations and red tape, reduction 6578-9
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Kicking Horse Canyon section, improvements 4934
- Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway, improvements 5884
- Highways, grass-cutting along highways, responsibility 6565-6
- Hume, Mark, comments on 2003-04 budget 4932
- International Olympic Committee, agreements with government 5884
- Investment climate in B.C. 4933
- Kootenay area
- Kwan, Jenny, involvement with local government legislation in past 6568
- Legislature, purpose of spring and fall sessions 7464
- Local government
- accountability 6298, 6561-2, 6582, 7465, 7467
- advisory committees 6581
- annual municipal reports 7465-7
- assistance to person, business or organization 6588-90
- budgets and financing
- bylaw offences, fines 6596
- council
- disruption of meetings 6594
- making of bylaws 6594
- members, conflict of interest 6593-4
- members, disclosure of benefits and gifts received, implementation date 7467-9
- disposition of property 6590
- dispute resolution 6296-7, 6565, 6570, 6596
- elections, fixed election date 6592-3
- "freedom of the municipality" status 6594-5
- land appropriation 6590-1
- liability 6595
- powers and responsibilities
- ability to enter into agreements 6580-1
- authority to enter a property 6587-8
- autonomy 6297
- balance and certainty of legislative framework 6561-2
- broad powers 6573-4
- building standards 6591-2
- business licences 6592
- development of powers of local government 7464
- expropriation powers 6593
- impact on business and economy 6578-9
- maintenance of roads 6591
- powers 6297-8
- powers of a natural person 6580-1
- protection of heritage property 6590
- regulation of disturbances 6577-8
- regulation of public health, provincial government role 6582-5
- regulation of tree cutting and planting 6575-6
- scope of jurisdiction 6586
- scope of powers and future needs 6559-60
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 6565-6
- recognition as order of government 6557-9
- revitalization areas and plans 6596
- services
- service discontinuation, requirement for prior notice 6588
- services for different classes of persons 6587
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government
- Motions, Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games (Motion 8), debate 5734-5
- Municipal Act, revision during NDP administration 7465
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 3) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8124
- NDP, performance as government 4932
- North Vancouver, arena project 8124
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games
- International Olympic Committee evaluation report 5884, 6470
- live sites program for communities outside host cities 4881, 5883-4
- opportunity for promotion of B.C. wood products 4935
- permanent bid committee, budget and powers 5883-4
- potential benefits for business, procurement website 5882-3
- potential benefits of hosting games 4934-5
- potential benefits to rural B.C. 4881
- security issues 5884
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on 2003-04 budget 4932
- Pharmacists, dispensing of methadone 6583
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency and area, arts and culture 7906-7
- Real property tax, business and residential rates 6579
- Regional districts
- application of Community Charter legislation 7470-1
- board and council membership, harmonization 7470
- Sea to Sky University, establishment 4933
- Ski industry, ski hill development, access issue 4934
- Squamish
- economic development 4933
- ski resort proposal for Garibaldi area 4933
- Surrey, methadone regulation 6582-3
- Tax reductions and changes, impact on families 4933
- Tourism industry, growth of sector 4935
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, bill of rights for local governments 6295
- Vancouver International Airport, tax exemption legislation 7471
- Vancouver, revitalization plans, charter provisions 6596
- West Vancouver-Garibaldi constituency and area
- economic development 4933
- highways and roads, concerns of constituents re safety of Caulfield overpass, petition tabled 7113
- Whistler, economic development 4933-4
- World Police and Fire Games, Burnaby bid to host 2009 games, potential benefits of hosting games 5734-5
Needles bridge
- Funding, potential role of Columbia Basin Trust
(Kwan) 8005
(Neufeld) 8005
(Suffredine) 7769
- Improvements
(Suffredine) 5839-40
Nelson, B.C.
- Boundary extension proposal
(Suffredine) 5409
- City council resolution on amendments to Columbia Basin Trust
(Kwan) 8002-3
- Health care services in area See also Health care services under Kootenay area
(Hansen) 6808-9
- Infrastructure improvements
(Suffredine) 6304
- Mining industry in area
(Suffredine) 5175
Nelson Family Place, Nelson, B.C.
- Early childhood learning program
(Suffredine) 5805
Nelson school district See School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)
Nelson University Centre, Nelson, B.C.
- Work of school
(Suffredine) 7315
Nelson-Creston constituency and area
Netherlands Carillon, Victoria, B.C.
Nettleton, Paul (Prince George-Omineca)
- As subject
- comments and position on issues
- allegation re B.C. Hydro privatization 4741
- B.C. Hydro privatization issue
(Bennett) 7940
(Hunter) 7848
(Jarvis) 7945-6
(Kerr) 7820
(Mayencourt) 7825
(Stewart, K.) 7831
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(Coleman) 8316
(Kerr) 8313
- comments during debate on B.C. Hydro legislation
(Harris) 7852-3
(Suffredine) 7842
- government policy on B.C. Hydro
(MacPhail) 5014
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act
(MacPhail) 8100
- experience as opposition critic of B.C. Rail 7915
- Accenture Business Services of B.C., board of directors, appointment 5718, 5939
- Accenture Inc.
- history of organization 5982
- relationship with Andersen Consulting and Enron Corp. 5939-41
- selection for provision of support services to B.C. Hydro 5069, 5072
- Advanced Education ministry
- Animals, animal feed, call for ban on animal content 6990, 7041-2
- Barbers and cosmetologists, regulation 6998-9
- Bond, Shirley
- accountability statement as Advanced Education minister 6310-1
- experience as post-secondary education student 6316-7
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- BCcampus, program and service delivery 6316-7
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association, actions to address impact of bovine spongiform encephalopathy on livestock industry 7112
- B.C. College of Teachers, withholding of college fees by teachers, government response 8362
- B.C. Gas, contract with Customer Works, approval by B.C. Utilities Commission 5093
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services 5509
- accountability of Accenture 5072
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5094
- public information 5069
- review of agreement by auditor general 5071
- review of service quality 5094
- core assets and services, definition 5012-3
- establishment and development of Crown corporation 5012
- outsourcing and privatization
- sale of old or unneeded assets 7820, 8037
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act, debate 7819-20, 8037-8
- B.C. Liberal Party
- fundraising letter 6527
- government
- openness 4741
- performance on campaign statements 8214
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- impact on interior and northern B.C. communities 8215
- impact on jobs 8212
- public release of agreement 8263
- employees, severance 8263
- future of organization
- call for moratorium on changes 5838
- consultation with Indian groups 5838-9
- employee proposals 7300-1
- future 6995-6
- issue during 1996 election campaign 7915
- privatization
- campaign statements by B.C. Liberal Party 7915
- impact on costs and jobs 6895
- potential purchase of operations by CN Rail 6895
- privatization 7721-2, 8214
- proposal process 8127
- public response 7916, 8081
- public-private partnerships, protection for employees 7157
- property owned by company 8365-6
- service plan, statements on level of freight traffic 5837
- storage warehouses 5839
- British Columbia Railway Asset Protection Act, 2003, debate 7915-6
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8214-5, 8365-6
- B.C. Transmission Corporation, relationship with Regional Transmission Organization West 7922
- Brown, Gladys Lillian, death 6041
- Budget debate 4912
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 4912
- Campbell, Gordon
- comments on public response to B.C. rail privatization 8081
- meetings with CN Rail chief executive officer 8212
- Carrier-Sekani tribal council, comments on forest industry reforms 5751
- Coastal Forest Industry Dispute Settlement Act, debate 8396-7
- Deffarges, Etienne, appointment to Accenture board 5939-40
- Douglas College, on-line political sciences courses 6316
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy, inclusion of rail services 5836
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly, selection of members 6359-60
- Energy
- B.C.'s joining of western U.S. grid 7820
- electricity rates in B.C. 7820
- government policy, public information on policy 5013
- independent power producers, role in power generation in B.C., replacement of B.C. Hydro assets 8037
- role of sector in B.C. economy 5013
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 5718, 5939-41
- estimates debate structure, notification of opposition MLAs 5718
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute
- collective bargaining process, legislation 8396-7
- dispute 8390
- employment in industry, current and future situation 6483
- export of products
- export to China, Dream Home China initiative 6486
- raw logs 6531
- forest licences, subdivision and transfer, requirements 6531
- forest roads, maintenance 6484-6
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, percentage of reduction of licences 5757
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 6484
- mill closings 6531
- processing of resource, local processing requirements, elimination 6531
- reforms
- seed orchards, lease from Forests ministry 6484
- Forest (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6531-2
- Forestry Revitalization Act, debate 5750-1, 5757
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 6483-7
- Harrison, Hunter, position as chief executive officer of CN Rail 8212
- Health care
- emergency services, investigation into patient death 6041
- laboratory services, changes to service, process 8307
- private sector involvement, government policy 6756
- standards, development of access and quality standards 6754-5
- Health Planning ministry
- estimates debate 6754-60
- continuation of mandate 6758
- information technology plan 6755-6
- Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, repeal 7820
- Income assistance, disability benefits, reassessment of eligibility of disability benefits level 2 recipients 5205
- Labour, collective bargaining process, government role 8390
- Legislation, use of miscellaneous statutes bills 6998-9
- McElligott, Paul J., management of B.C. Rail 7915
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003, debate 6998-9
- Motions, Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Motion 99), debate 6359-60
- Naturopaths, scope of practice
- Neufeld, Richard
- comments on Accenture 5982
- resignation offer if B.C. Hydro privatized 5069, 5072, 5085
- responses to questions during question period 7819
- Northern health authority, request for information on budget and emergency care case 6041
- Northwest Tribal Treaty Nations, comments on forest industry reforms 5751
- Open College, program and service delivery 6317
- Open University, program and service delivery 6317
- Post-secondary education, student issues 6312-6
- Powerex Corporation, litigation with California energy customers 7782
- Prince George, inquiry into B.C. Rail service 5838
- Prince George Regional Hospital, emergency care case, investigation 6041
- Railway Act, amendments 6995-6
- Railways and rail services
- Cariboo Prospector and Whistler Northwind, service termination 5837-8
- D'Arcy-Lillooet service 5838
- intermodal truck and marine services 5839
- passenger service, role of private sector 5837
- role in economy of northern and central B.C. 5835-7
- service reduction, impact on resource-based communities 5836
- services for potential Olympic Games in Whistler 5836
- services in northern communities 6995-6
- Ristvedt, Arne, death 5205
- Robertson, Sharon
- communication with Agriculture ministry re compensation for cattle ranchers 7625
- concerns re compensation for ranchers impacted by bovine spongiform encephalopathy 7672
- Rural Communities Summit, attendance by MLAs 6326
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing, government action 7876
- Throne speech debate 4741
- Tolan, Mary, appointment to Accenture board 5940-1
- Transmission Corporation Act, debate 6688-9
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 5835-9
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6995-6
- Trucking industry, impact on roads 5837
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- capital funding and projects 6312
- degree proposals, application process 6315-6
- degree quality assessment for public and private institutions, process 6313
- degree-granting authority, expansion 6314
- private institutions, expansion, impact on public post-secondary education system 6312-3
- Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003
- debate 6915
- support by government MLAs 6915
- van Dongen, John, comments to cattle rancher Sharon Robertson 7625
Neufeld, Hon. Richard (Peace River North)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- Accenture
(Nettleton) 5982
- comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act
(MacPhail) 6691-3
- comments during debate on University of British Columbia Services Continuation Act
(MacPhail) 5470
- David Anderson's performance as federal Environment minister 5937
(MacPhail) 5937
- separation of B.C. Hydro transmission and generation
(MacPhail) 6694-5
- documents referred to during debate on Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003, tabled 5022
- incorrect attribution of quote from Vancouver Sun article, March 25, 2000, to Mark Veerkamp 5027
- political party affiliation 8032
(MacPhail) 8032
- resignation offer if B.C. Hydro privatized 5072
(MacPhail) 5064-5, 5076, 5096
(Nettleton) 5069, 5072, 5085
(Penner) 5071
- response to opposition questions and public concerns re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust
(Kwan) 8009-12
- response to questions in estimates debates
(MacPhail) 5929
- responses to questions during question period
(Nettleton) 7819
- Accenture Business Services of B.C.
- application of B.C. laws and taxes 5072
- board of directors, appointment 5939
- Accenture Inc.
- previous agreements with B.C. Hydro 5071
- relationship with Andersen Consulting and Enron Corp. 5940
- Air, greenhouse gas, causes 5934
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., surplus power, sales agreements 6989
- Anderson, David, position on offshore oil drilling 4775
- Arcuri, Ben, appointment to board of Columbia Basin Trust 8023-4
- Bloy, Harry, letter to Burnaby city council re privatization of B.C. Hydro 5021
- Bowser basin, oil and gas resources 5923, 7112
- Brilliant Dam, power plant expansion project, capital project plan tabled 5644
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic development 5056-7
- highways and roads, highway shoulders in northeastern B.C. 4774
- service industry 4775
- B.C. Gas
- designation as a special company 7818
- establishment of non-regulated service companies during NDP administration 5020-1, 5064
- B.C. Hydro
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services 5509
- agreement 8032
- agreement, independent review 5022
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro 5077-80, 5091, 5094-6, 5940
- economic benefits to B.C. 7156
- opportunities to terminate contract 5072, 5080-1
- public information 5070, 5083-4, 5086
- review of agreement by B.C. Utilities Commission 5070-1, 5080, 5082-4, 5093-4
- review of service quality 5094
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, cost 5078, 5095
- transition of B.C. Hydro operations and staff, dam and generation facility employees 5073-5, 5077-8, 8034
- agreements with other entities
- provisions required for "public convenience and necessity" 5092
- role of cabinet 5089-90
- alternative energy projects 6701
- board of directors, position on regional transmission organizations, history 5461-2
- contract with Williams pipelines 5942-3
- core assets and services
- export of power 5947
- management during NDP administration
- outsourcing and privatization
- comments by interest groups 7819
- definition of support services 5067-8, 5076-7
- privatization of core assets and services 5012, 5020, 5022, 5091, 5461, 7718
- support services 5064-9
- support services, customer service 5082
- support services, outsourcing provision in legislation 5011
- vehicle services 5068
- Westech computer services 5079
- performance 5944
- Power Smart program, impact on electricity consumption 5945-6
- public consultation during NDP administration 8031
- public ownership 8038
- sale of old or unneeded assets 8033-4
- study on viability of generating plants 8036
- BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
- B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 4772
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail
- investment by CN Rail 8283
- property tax revenues to communities 8284
- British Columbia Railway (Revitalization) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8282-4
- B.C. Transmission Corporation
- applicability of statutes to corporation 7121-3
- employees, transfer from B.C. Hydro 7121, 7131-2
- establishment 6687, 7120-1, 7130
- management agreements with B.C. Hydro, requirements
- certificates of public convenience 7128-9
- requirements 7124-9
- relationship with Regional Transmission Organization West 7121, 7922
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- commissioners, role 6702
- regulation 6702
- regulation of B.C. Transmission Corporation
- responsibilities
- requirements for common carriers, transfer from Oil and Gas Commission 6702
- requirements for public utilities, resource plans 6702
- review of electricity rates 5080
- role in B.C. Hydro operations 8035, 8038
- Budget debate 5053-7
- Budgets
- 2003-04 budget, content 5053-4
- budgets during NDP administration 5053
- Burrard Thermal power station, potential for sale of assets 8034-6
- Calpine Corp., power plant proposal on Vancouver Island, cancellation
- Cariboo area, resource development in Cariboo South area 6042
- Coal Act, amendments 4978, 5011
- Coal industry
- air emissions 5922
- investment climate, government initiatives 5921-2
- private sector opportunities 6127
- Coalbed Gas Act, debate 5613, 6066, 6069-71, 6214-23
- Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, position on regional transmission organizations while member of B.C. Hydro board 5461
- Columbia Basin Trust
- accounting principles, application to trust 7997, 8002, 8004
- advisory committees 8025-6
- amalgamation with Columbia Power Corporation 8005, 8029-30
- annual report, public access 8029
- board of directors 7774, 7992-5, 7997, 7999-8001, 8003, 8006-9, 8011, 8015, 8022-3, 8027-9
- boundaries of trust area 8030
- budget and finances
- funding of projects in Columbia basin region 8005
- use of funds 7995, 8005
- legislative changes
- taxation regulations, application to trust 8029-30
- Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7590, 7765, 7774, 7992-8009, 8011-15, 8022-30
- Creston, letter from municipality re amendments to Columbia Basin Trust 7994-5
- Dhaliwal, Herb, position on offshore oil drilling 4775
- Duke Energy, involvement in skills training 4774
- Economic Development Electricity Rate Act, repeal 7121-2
- Education
- Edwards, Anne, appointment to board of Columbia Basin Trust 8001-3
- Elections, fixed election date 4773
- Elk Valley, coal-fired gas plant proposal for area 5922
- Energy
- development of sector 4930-1, 6702
- electricity rates
- rates in B.C. 6915-6, 7130
- setting of rates, heritage contract 7818-9, 8039-40
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 6687, 6700-1, 6915-6, 7122, 7128, 7132-3, 7818, 8039-41
- setting of rates, role of cabinet 8039, 8041
- energy plan
- government policy 4775-6
- hydrogen industry 7516
- independent power producers
- ability to establish new transmission lines 7123-4, 7129
- clean-energy projects 5946
- development of sector 6687, 7516
- project proposals 5744
- response to proposal call from B.C. Hydro 5617
- role in power generation in B.C. 7947
- role in power generation in B.C., replacement of B.C. Hydro assets 8037
- power supply
- energy sources 7947
- estimation of load requirements in B.C. 5947
- needs in B.C. 7947
- power system in B.C. 7946-7
- private investment in sector 7818
- transmission system
- access to system 6687
- new and expanded transmission lines, approval process 7123-4, 7129
- separate entity concept 6615-6
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 5717-21, 5916-50
- budget, offshore oil and gas 5938
- estimates debate structure, notification of opposition MLAs 5719
- offshore oil and gas team 5935
- regulations and red tape, reduction 5920
- revenues 5919-20
- staffing 5718
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.), requirement that public utilities create or join an independent transmission provider, elimination 6615
- Forest industry
- Indians' involvement in industry 5055-6
- industry in B.C., opportunities 8283
- reforms 5055
- Fort Nelson
- access to Beaufort Sea 4773
- railway services 8282
- Fuel, gasoline tax revenue to transportation infrastructure 4774
- Government, intergovernmental relations, provincial congress 4773
- Hat Creek, coalbeds in area, development 6217-8
- Health care, additional funding 5054-5
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway, tourism along route 4772
- Hudson's Hope, coalbed methane development in area, landowner concerns 5925, 5927
- Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 4978, 5011
- Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act
- facilitation of sale of authority's assets 8031
- repeal 7818
- Indians, habitation of northeastern B.C. 4773
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 4774
- Kyoto accord, B.C. targets and credits 5934
- Legislature
- estimates process, accommodation of opposition MLAs 5719
- language used in House
- members, heckling 7995
- reforms 4773
- MacPhail, Joy, comments during debate on Transmission Corporation Act 6700-1
- Mineral Tenure Act, amendments 4978, 5011
- Mines Act, amendments 4978, 5011, 5097
- Mining industry
- environmental impact, legislation 5097
- exploration
- flow-through shares 5918
- industry in B.C.
- investment in B.C. 5720
- mineral discoveries 5718
- placer mining, federal regulations 5354
- regulation, industry awareness of government initiatives 5920
- safety inspections 5923
- use of mining products in daily life 5717-8
- Motions, role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7515-6
- Nabors Drilling Ltd., involvement in skills training 4774
- Needles bridge, funding, potential role of Columbia Basin Trust 8005
- Noranda Inc., operations in B.C. 5056
- NorskeCanada, energy consumption at Vancouver Island pulp mills 5936
- Nurses, recruitment 5054-5
- Oil and Gas Commission
- funding from industry 5929-30
- monitoring of water quality compliance 5926
- Oil and gas industry
- certificates of restoration for wells 5011
- coalbed methane gas
- coalbed methane as clean energy source 6219
- industry in U.S., environmental impact 6070
- ownership of resource 6066, 6220
- resources 5613, 6069-70, 6219
- tenure rights, publication 6220
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C.
- coalbed methane gas, development of resource
- compliance with environmental regulations 6221
- flaring and venting issues 6222-3
- government handling of Georgia strait crossing and Sumas proposals, lawyers and arguments for cases 5721, 5947-8
- government initiatives 5923, 5929-30, 7484
- industry in B.C.
- consumption and production 5718
- development of industry 4773, 4863, 5056, 7515
- development of industry, federal government review process 6257
- drilling companies 6071
- employment in industry 6219, 7484
- natural gas
- industry, export of sulphur by-product 8282
- industry in B.C. 8282-3
- marketing 6702
- offshore drilling
- consultation with Indian groups 5935, 5938
- environmental assessments, cost 4864, 5938
- environmental safety 4775
- federal moratorium and independent action by B.C. 5937
- government action 5056
- ownership of offshore rights 5935
- recoverable resources off B.C. coast 5937
- orphan wells 6222
- resource-revenue-sharing agreements with Indian groups 5918-9
- resources, oil needs for hydrogen cell power generation 4773, 4775
- royalties and subsidies 5928-9
- royalty structure, changes 7112
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Winter Games, potential benefits of hosting games 4775
- Peace River area, North Peace economic development commission, 2003 report 7484
- Peace River North constituency and area, description and economy 4772-3
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, amendments 4978, 5011-2
- Petroleum and Natural Gas (Vancouver Island Railway Lands) Act, status 6220
- Physicians, recruitment and supply 5054-5
- Powerex Corporation, litigation with California energy customers 7782
- Premier's office, board resourcing and development office, appointments to public agencies 8008-9
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 5054
- Railways and rail services, role in economy 8282-3
- Resource industries
- reduction of regulations and red tape 5012
- regulations and taxation in B.C., comparison with other provinces 5919-20
- role in B.C. economy 5718
- role in economy and funding for social services 7516
- training for resource industry jobs, need 4774
- wages in mining and oil and gas industries 5717
- Schira, Angela, position on regional transmission organizations while member of B.C. Hydro board 5461
- Singer, Sharon Manson, position on regional transmission organizations while member of B.C. Hydro board 5461
- Smith, Marcia, work on government energy plan and role as industry lobbyist 8032-3
- Stewart-Omineca road, construction for use by resource industries 5917-8
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), emissions, impact on air quality 5720, 5948
- Terasen Inc., designation as a special company 7818
- Throne speech debate 4772-6
- Transmission Corporation Act
- Treaty 8, government meetings with chiefs 4772-3
- University of Northern B.C.
- medical program, impact on supply of health professionals in northern B.C. 4774
- research, funding for examination of offshore oil drilling 5935
- Utilities Commission Act, amendments 4978, 5012, 6702
- Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2003, debate 6702, 6915-6
- Vancouver Island
- coalbed methane resources, subsurface ownership issue 6219-20
- energy supply
- natural gas pipeline agreement
- natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant
- air emissions and B.C. Hydro purchase of offsets elsewhere 5933-4
- cost of electricity generated 5732, 5736
- environmental assessment 5720, 5948
- review by B.C. Utilities Commission 5731, 5947
- sale of plant to private sector 5936
- Veerkamp, Mark, alleged comments in 2000 on privatization 5022, 5027
- Williams pipelines, financial and legal situation 5942-3
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Comments on government policy issues
(Les) 7942, 7944
(Stewart, R.) 7941
- Funding from labour sector
(Hawes) 4848
- Leadership candidates
- position on aquaculture industry
(Visser) 7339-40
- MLAs
- comments on issues
(Bennett) 5190-1
- participation in government policy development during NDP administration
(Bray) 7541
- New leader, November 2003 See James, Carole
- Performance as government
New Era See Government, New Era document under British Columbia Liberal Party
New Westminster, B.C.
New Westminster Family Place, New Westminster, B.C.
New Westminster school district See School district 40 (New Westminster)
Newfoundland
Ng, Jimmy
Nicholson, Diana
- Profiling the Repeat Offender: Implications for Early Intervention See Repeat offenders, Artz and Nicholson report under Crime and criminals
Nicola-Similkameen school district See School district 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)
Niebergall, Ray
- Concerns re mental health services in B.C.
(Kwan) 6945
Night Hoops program
Nijjar, Rob (Vancouver-Kingsway)
- As subject
- work with Chinese Canadian community 6246
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., highways and roads, funding for improvements 4924
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government priorities 4922-3
- response to federal Liberal Party government initiatives, positions within B.C. party 7684
- Budget debate 4921-5
- Business, Chinese Canadian business activity 6246-7
- Children
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery, transfer of responsibility 5796
- service authorities, accountability and service standards 5796-7
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5796-9
- Crime, youth crime, deterrence 7682-4
- Education
- additional funding 4923-5
- inner-city schools, funding 4925
- parental involvement in education system
- involvement 6646-8
- relationship with unions in schools 6459
- school uniforms, role 5531-2, 5858, 6460, 6646-8
- social equity programs
- consultation on school-based programs, work of steering committee 5797-8
- funding 5797-9
- students
- academic achievement, impact of physical activity on academic achievement 7349
- transition to employment 5532
- system, initiatives and reforms 7330-1
- Education Committee, report recommendations 7330-1
- Education ministry
- estimates debate 5531-2
- work with Advanced Education ministry 5532
- Fuel, gasoline tax revenue to transportation infrastructure 4923-4
- Government, programs and services, delivery 4922-4
- Hastings Park Racecourse, expansion of gaming 7536
- Hastings Park Trust, changes to terms of trust, consultation by government 7696
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 4924
- Justice system
- sentencing, issues 5294
- youth justice, penalties for young offenders 7684-5
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on gasoline tax 4923
- Marijuana grow operations
- elimination, Ontario legislation 5294, 5557, 5614
- link with electricity theft, information-sharing between police and B.C. Hydro 5294
- penalties and sentencing of growers 5614, 7683-4
- Medical Services Plan premiums, changes 4923
- MLAs, input on government decisions 4922
- Motions
- parental involvement in education system (Motion 58), debate 6459-60
- Pharmacare program review and income testing of seniors (Motion 5), debate 4974-5
- role of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs in B.C. economy (Motion 68), debate 6246-7
- NDP, performance as government 4922
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, use of facilities in Hastings Park 7735
- Pacific National Exhibition
- benefits 7535
- employment of youth 7536
- management, transfer of authority from province to city of Vancouver 7535-7, 7696-7
- relocation proposals during NDP administration 7734-5
- Pacific National Exhibition Enabling and Validating Act, debate 7535-7, 7696-7, 7731-2, 7734-5
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program, impact on seniors and families 4974-5
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 5293-4
- School boards/districts, funding formula 4925
- School district 39 (Vancouver), funding for school-based programs, comparison with other districts 5798-9
- Schools, closings 4924-5
- Score Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2003
- debate 6207-8
- referral to select standing committee 6208
- SkyTrain, policing and security services 5293
- Tax reductions and changes, impact on families 4923
- Teachers, collective bargaining process, government review 7781
- Trade unions, role 6459
- United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society, work to support business activity 6246
- Vancouver
- downtown east side
- illegal drug activity 7685
- programs and services, funding and performance measurement 8112-4
- Hastings Park, activities in and use of park 7535, 7731-2
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7682-5
- Youth, sexually exploited youth 7683-4
Nikkei Home, Burnaby, B.C.
- Facility
(Sahota) 5421
(Whittred) 5421
- Facility development partnership
(Sahota) 4817
Nimpkish tree farm licence See Tree farm licence No. 37 under Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Nisga'a final agreement
- Adjustment project
(MacKay) 6169-70
(Plant) 6169-70
- Cost to government
(MacKay) 6171
(Plant) 6171
- Implementation
(Belsey) 7333-5
(Plant) 7334-5
- Second annual implementation report
(Bond) 4781
Nisga'a Highway
Nisga'a people
- Education of students
(Clark) 5276
(Masi) 5276
- Eligibility for economic measures fund
(MacKay) 6171-2
(Plant) 6171-2
Noranda Inc.
- Operations in B.C.
(Neufeld) 5056
Norman, Chris
- Comments on business number legislation
(Falcon) 6473
NoRooz
- Celebration
(Sultan) 5507
NorskeCanada
- Energy consumption at Vancouver Island pulp mills
(MacPhail) 5935-6
(Neufeld) 5936
- Pulp and paper mill in Powell River, operations
(Long) 8404
North American Free Trade Agreement
- Impact on service privatization
(MacPhail) 8139
North Coast constituency and area
North Coast land and resource management plan
North Delta, B.C.
- Community health centre, need
(Masi) 4724
North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.
- Apprenticeship programs
(Bond) 6736-7
- Salmon aquaculture technician program
(Visser) 4805
- Tuition fees
(MacPhail) 5477
North Island constituency and area
- Health care services
(Visser) 4909
- Resource industries in area
(Visser) 7338
North Island straits See Vancouver Island
North Okanagan-Shuswap school district See School district 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)
North Shore See Vancouver, B.C.
North Thompson River
- Power generation project by Indian band
(Krueger) 7930
North Thompson Valley
- Forest industry in area
- access to timber
(Krueger) 7349
- harvesting of beetle-damaged timber, application for community salvage licence
(de Jong) 8389-90
(Krueger) 8389
North Vancouver, B.C.
- Arena project
(Abbott) 8167
(Nebbeling) 8124
- City council position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(MacPhail) 8353-4
- Development of former Burrard drydock area
(Whittred) 4728-9
- Quayside disabled housing development
(Whittred) 4728
- Tax revenues from CN Rail
(Campbell) 8266
(Jarvis) 8257
North Vancouver school district See School district 44 (North Vancouver)
North Vancouver-Lonsdale constituency and area
- Description and economy
(Whittred) 4728-9
North Vancouver-Seymour constituency and area
- Description and economy
(Jarvis) 4725
Northern British Columbia See Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
Northern British Columbia Winter Games
Northern caucus See Government caucus committees, northern caucus under Government
Northern commissioner
Northern development initiative See Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
Northern health authority
- Board meetings, public access
(Hansen) 6904
(MacPhail) 6904
- Relationship with physicians
(Hansen) 6903
(MacPhail) 6903
- Request for information on budget and emergency care case
(Hansen) 6041
(Nettleton) 6041
- Work on mental health services
(Cheema) 6149-50
Northern medical school community action group
Northern Rockies regional district
- Electoral system
(Abbott) 5651
Northwest British Columbia Timber and Pulp Co. Ltd. See also Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- Timber licence and undercut
(de Jong) 6489
(MacKay) 6489
Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.
- Licensed practical nurse program
(Harris) 4819
Northwest Corridor Development Corporation
- Work of organization
(Harris) 5909
Northwest Tribal Treaty Nations
- Comments on issues
- forest industry reforms
(MacPhail) 5752
(Nettleton) 5751
- reallocation of timber-cutting rights
(de Jong) 5764
(MacPhail) 5763-4
Northwestern Wind Power Inc. See Klondike wind project under Oregon
Norway
Nuraney, John (Burnaby-Willingdon)
- Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 7553
- Accountants, regulation 7553
- Aga Khan Foundation, activities 6892
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 6164-6
- Automobiles, competition in provision of automobile insurance, optional insurance 8062
- Bond, Shirley, work as Advanced Education minister 5542
- B.C.
- demographic changes 5099
- place names, renaming as aboriginal place names 6165
- B.C. Institute of Technology
- contribution to province and local community 5539-40
- operations and programs 5099
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of Insurance Corporation of B.C. 8062-3
- Budget debate 5037-8
- Budgets, content of 2003-04 budget 5037
- Burnaby
- description and issues 5099
- economic development 7410-1
- film industry 5151
- health care services 6615
- high-technology industry 6886
- home and residential care services in area 7032-3
- Burnaby Hospital
- Cascade Residence, use of facility 6615
- palliative care services 6615
- services 5099
- Burnaby Lake women's rugby team, West Coast Women's Rugby Association championship win 6039
- Business, public-private partnerships 8301
- Central Park Manor, closing 5152
- Children
- programs and services for children and families
- service delivery, reorganization, complaint process 5795
- services 5037-8
- service authorities
- aboriginal authorities 5796
- cultural-sensitivity training 5796
- Children and Family Development ministry, estimates debate 5795-6
- Crime, youth crime, deterrence 7642
- Disabled and handicapped persons, assistance dogs 6209
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy, initiatives 5037, 5100
- Eid-ul-Adha festival 4809-10
- Environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8119
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., tax credit programs 5151
- Forest industry
- Government
- actions, need for balance 5099
- federal-provincial relations, partnership projects 5100
- revenue sources 8301
- transfer of decision-making powers to local government 5098-9
- Harrison Lake, electric power supply in area 6166
- Health care, long-term care workers, compensation 7032
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 7032-3
- High-technology industry, role in economy 6886
- Housing
- homelessness, federal government initiative 5617-8
- residential care facilities, assisted-living model 8107-8
- Immigration, immigrants to B.C., role in economy 4813
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, partnerships with government 5099-100
- government expression of regret for actions in past 6164
- treaty negotiations 6165-6
- Industry Training Authority Act, debate 6482
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 5037, 5100
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., powers 7553
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., provision of automobile insurance 8062-3
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003, debate 8062-3
- Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, facility 5796
- Mining industry in B.C., goals and initiatives 5037
- Motions
- boycott of B.C. wood in China (Motion 104), debate 8119
- Burnaby bid to host 2009 World Police and Fire Games (Motion 8), debate 5734
- public-private partnerships (Motion 33), debate 8301
- role of high-technology sector in B.C. economy (Motion 65), debate 6886
- role of resource industries in health and education infrastructure (Motion 2), debate 7710
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society, work of organization 6209
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program 5100
- Police Amendment Act, 2003, debate 5395-6
- Police and policing
- amalgamation and integration of services, requirement of officers to work outside their municipality 6779
- information management, PRIME-BC system 5396
- Post-secondary education, student spaces 5540
- Poverty, situation in B.C. 5099
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, vision 5396
- Resource industries, role in economy and funding for social services 7710
- St. Michael's Centre, hospice services 7032-3
- Science and technology, biotechnology industry, government initiatives to support industry 6886
- Seniors, issues and concerns 8107-8
- Simon Fraser University, university village development 5099
- Skills training
- system reforms 6482
- training programs, new model, standards, inclusion of Red Seal certification 6482
- Throne speech debate 5098-100
- World Police and Fire Games, Burnaby bid to host 2009 games, potential benefits of hosting games 5734
- Youth Justice Act, debate 7642-3
Nurses See also Health professionals under Health care
- Disability and return to work
(Hansen) 6810
(MacPhail) 6810
- Full-time employment, availability
(Bond) 6410
(Brice) 6409
- Issues
(Hansen) 6828
- Licensed practical nurses and registered nurses
- licensed practical nurses
(Hansen) 6828
- number in B.C.
(Hansen) 6805-7
(MacPhail) 6805-6
- scope of practice
(Hansen) 6805-8
(MacPhail) 6805-8
- Nurse practitioner
- Occupational health and safety issues
(Hansen) 6810
(MacPhail) 6809-10
- Relationship with government, working groups
(Hansen) 6809
(MacPhail) 6809
- Remuneration
(Hansen) 6810
(MacPhail) 6810
- Supply
- Training, student loans, program forgiving loans for services practised in remote and rural communities
(Bond) 6406
NWBC See Northwest British Columbia Timber and Pulp Co. Ltd.
Nyce, Harry
- Letter on public inquiry into sale of Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(Campbell) 7051
(MacPhail) 7051-3
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