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Province of British Columbia
5th Session, 37th Parliament – 2004
INDEX (Subject, speaker and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Backhouse, John
- Position as northern commissioner
(Nettleton) 11471
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act
Bamboo Network mentoring program See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C. under Immigration
Bamfield, B.C.
- Education program by marine institute
(Trumper) 8588, 11336
Bankruptcy
Barber, Elaine
- Comments on community policing centre funding
(Coleman) 9933
(MacPhail) 9932-3
Barges See Boats and boating
Barisoff, Hon. Bill (Penticton-Okanagan Valley)
- As subject
- position on parks
(MacPhail) 9699
- Aircraft, regulations for floatplane landings, access to lakes in parks 9677
- Airsheds, improvement plans 9696
- Birds, spotted owl habitat protection 9688-90
- Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, boundary changes 11076
- B.C. Liberal Party government, position on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington) 9672
- Burns Bog, management and preservation of area 9625, 9672, 9677-80
- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, role and responsibilities 11160-2
- Ecological Reserve Act, amendments 10068
- Education, funding 8475
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8474
- Environment
- ecosystems, management of protected ecosystems 9703
- environmental management, revision of management practices 9672-3
- environmental protection
- biodiversity and government strategy 9687
- compliance and enforcement, legislation 9576, 10068
- cost savings to government from change to results-based model 9684-5
- Environmental Appeal Board, annual report, 2002-03, tabled 11050
- Environmental Management Act
- Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2004
- Fish, stocking of lakes 9702-3
- Floods and floodplains
- flood hazard management guidelines 11285
- floodplain regulations, Fraser Valley situation 9704
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, implementation of Filmon report recommendations 9673
- Gladys Lake ecological reserve, changes to size of reserve 11170-1
- Integrated Pest Management Act
- Kitimat-Stikine regional district, request re designation of parks and protected areas in district 11170
- Land use
- land and resource management planning, role in expansion of parks system 11076, 11167
- land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 9699
- special resource management zones 9690
- MacMillan Provincial Park, Cathedral Grove parking lot development 9697-8
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004, debate 11285
- Morice River ecological reserve, location and size 11171
- Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park, restoration of Myra Canyon railway trestles 11090
- Offence Act, provisions, reporting requirements for property seized as evidence 10067, 10142
- Oil and Gas Commission, responsibility for environmental monitoring and enforcement 9700
- Oil and gas industry, environmental impact of directional drilling 9700
- Okanagan area
- access to post-secondary education 11396
- establishment of national park in South Okanagan 8476
- habitat conservation 8476
- South Okanagan parks 11076, 11168-9
- Okanagan University College, transition to separate university and college 11396
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- benefits of hosting games 8475
- environmental sustainability practices 9672
- Osoyoos Indian band, economic development 8474
- Parks
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11044, 11076, 11090, 11167-71
- Penticton
- campus-of-care facility 8476
- social services 8475-6
- Penticton-Okanagan Valley constituency and area
- Porteau Cove Provincial Park, boundary changes 11076
- Post-secondary education funding, public concerns, petition tabled 8831
- Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in B.C., comments on contaminated site regulations 10138-9
- Ski industry, ski training in Okanagan area 8475
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), government position 9672
- Surrey-White Rock constituency and area, Blackie Spit, dog prohibition for bird protection 9674-6
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, role of conservation data centre in endangered species protection 11164
- Throne speech debate 8474-7
- University Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11396-7
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna), board of governors and senate 11396
- Waste management
- contaminated sites
- regulations
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry
- estimates debate 9672-704
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 9672-3, 9682
- budget 9683-6
- environmental policies and practices within ministry 9686-7
- staffing 9682-3
- sustainable environment fund 9683
- Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 9576, 10067-8, 10142
- Water, protection of drinking water quality 9673
- Wildlife
- accidental killing of wildlife, reporting requirements 10067
- aquatic species, habitat protection 11163, 11165
- caribou, protection 11652
- conservation officers, appointment and powers 9576, 10067
- endangered species, protection 11044-5, 11075, 11160, 11163-6, 11652
- grizzly bears 9703
- habitat protection 11162-3
- predator management 9692
- Wildlife Act
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11044-5, 11075, 11160-6
- Wood waste, beehive burner phase-out program 9696-7
Barkerville historic site
- Financial status
(Wilson) 8746
- Management and protection of site
(Coell) 10464-5
(Kwan) 10464-5
Barnett, Duncan
- Comments on rangeland legislation
(Cobb) 11377
Barrett, David
Barriere, B.C.
- Liquor store, hours of operation, petition tabled
(Krueger) 11350
Basi, David
- Involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail
(Collins) 8997, 9041
(Kwan) 8942-3
(MacPhail) 8943-4, 8997, 9041, 9106-7
- Position as ministerial assistant
- hiring and termination of employment
(Collins) 8987-8, 8994, 9042
(MacPhail) 8987-8, 8994, 9042
- position
(Collins) 8976, 8978-80, 8982-3, 8986, 8988-92
(MacPhail) 8976, 8978-9, 8986, 8988-92
- severance payment
(Campbell) 11270
(Collins) 9042
(MacPhail) 9042, 11269-70
- termination of employment
(Campbell) 11267-9
(MacPhail) 9106-7, 10276, 10476-7, 10487, 11267-9
BCAL See Land and Water British Columbia Inc.
BCGEU See British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union
BCIT See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
BCPON See Better Community Partnership Outreach Network
BCPWA See Persons with AIDS Society of British Columbia
Bear Mountain
- Wind power generation potential in area
(Lekstrom) 8919
Beaver Aircraft Canada
- Proposal for aircraft manufacturing centre in Okanagan, government action
(Bond) 10775
(Kwan) 10775-6
Beef industry See Cattle industry under Livestock industry
Beehive burners See Wood waste
Beetles See Pest control and management, mountain pine beetle under Forest industry
Belisle, Lindsay
- Qualification for Canadian women's wrestling team
(MacKay) 11016
Bell, Hon. Pat (Prince George North)
- Bennett, Bill, advocacy for coal industry 10436
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic diversification 8794
- northern development initiative 8478
- B.C. Task Force on Mining, report, cost 9145
- Budget debate 8790-4
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8790-1
- Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency and area, mining industry 10414
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8791
- China, potential markets for B.C. products 8793
- Coal Act
- Coal industry
- Dipple, Greg, comments on environmental impact of mining 10414
- Education, funding 8479, 8791
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 9145
- mining division, staff commended 8794
- Forest industry, export of beetle-damaged timber 8478
- Human Resources ministry, budget 8791
- Indians, relationship with provincial government, agreements and partnerships 8478
- James, Carole, seat as MLA 8477
- Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band, agreement-in-principle and economic initiatives 8478-9
- Mining industry
- Motions
- mining industry in B.C. (Motion 115), debate 11130-1
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 11137
- Nettleton, Paul, comments on 2004 throne speech 8479
- NDP, performance as government, promotion of economy in northern B.C. 11600
- Northern commissioner, work of office during NDP administration 11600
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11600-1
- Northern development initiative trust, disbursement of funds by northerners 11600-1
- Pine Valley Mining Corp., opening of coalmine in northeastern B.C. 10432
- Post-secondary education, student spaces 8479
- Prince George
- economy and employment in area 8477-8, 8792
- health care services 8791
- transportation infrastructure upgrades 8478
- Prince George Airport, expansion 8478
- Prince Rupert, port expansion, impact on economy 8478
- Quinsam Coal Corp., coalmine in Campbell River, safety record 10435
- Throne speech debate 8477-80
- Tumbler Ridge, coal industry in area 10432
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in society 11137
Bella Coola, B.C.
- Community forest proposal for area
(Belsey) 10161
(de Jong) 10159-60
- Sale of B.C. Buildings Corporation properties in area
(Belsey) 10333
Belleville Street ferry terminal project See Harbour under Victoria, B.C.
Belsey, Bill (North Coast)
- As subject
- comments on purpose of government caucus committee on land use planning
(MacPhail) 9998
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 9567-8
- Aquaculture industry
- fish farms, safety of products 8556
- government policy, consultation with Indians 9955
- Indians' involvement in industry 8878-9
- ocean ranching 8877-8, 9567
- salmon aquaculture review in 1997, recommendations, government action, Georgia Strait Alliance report 9955
- Bella Coola
- community forest proposal for area 10161
- sale of B.C. Buildings Corporation properties in area 10333
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C. 11466
- northern development initiative, public response 11488
- oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. 9477-8
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, sale of properties 10333
- B.C. Fruit Growers Association, comments on reduction of government regulations 8790
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments and plans 8788-9
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail 8483, 11488
- B.C. timber sales program, location of administrative offices 10160-1
- Budget debate 8787-90
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8787-9
- Buses, private bus service, licence requirements 10884
- Children, employment regulations 8790
- Coast Sustainability Trust fund, eligibility for funds 10159
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8713, 10333
- Cruise ship industry in B.C., role in economy 10125-6
- Education
- education of Indians, achievement 8887-8
- funding 8483
- Internet access by students 8713
- Education ministry, progress report recommendations 8888
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8483
- Energy, alternative energy sources 9478-9
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation process, site visits 8789-90
- recommendations 8790
- Fisheries
- development of new fisheries 9568
- freshwater fishery, federal government authority 9567
- marketing, government funding for marketing initiatives 9567
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, allocation to smaller operators 8482
- community access to forest resources 11595
- community forest agreements 10854-5
- current conditions 8482
- export of products, raw logs 10157
- forest practices, environmental standards 10160
- salvage logging, expansion of small-scale salvage program 10156, 10158-61
- timber-pricing system, market-based system, establishment for coastal industry 8482
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 10156-61
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10854-5
- The Fraser Institute, report on education of Indians 8887
- Hawkshaw, Fred and Linda, fishery project 9568
- Health care
- rural health travel assistance plan 8483
- use of Internet in provision of services 8713
- Indians, relationship with provincial government, agreements and partnerships 8483
- James, Carole, position on aquaculture policy 9955
- Klemtu, access to high-speed Internet service in area 10333
- Land use, land and resource management planning
- eco-based management 10160
- impact on communities, transition funding 10159
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration 8788
- Management Services ministry, estimates debate 10333
- Mining industry, exploration investment in B.C. 8789
- Motions
- broadband access in rural B.C. (Motion 21), debate 8713
- cruise industry (Motion 73), debate 10125-6
- expansion of oil and gas industry (Motion 1), debate 9477-9
- high school and post-secondary education of aboriginal youth (Motion 67), debate 8887-8
- NDP
- MLAs' comments on B.C. Liberal Party actions and policies 8788-9
- position on resource industries 11487-8
- Nisga'a people, Internet access for Nisga'a communities 8713
- North Coast constituency and area, economy and employment 8482-3
- Northern development initiative trust 11486-7
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11486-9
- Northwest Corridor Development Corp., work of organization 11466
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C. 9478
- development of industry in B.C. 8606, 9477-8
- offshore drilling
- development of offshore industry 8483, 8880
- environmental risks 8880
- federal moratorium, call for lifting of moratorium 11346
- opportunities for communities 9478, 10726
- royalties 9477
- use of oil and gas products in daily life 10726
- Passenger Transportation Act, debate 10884
- Passenger Transportation Board, establishment 10884
- Physicians, recruitment and retention in northern B.C. 9486
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8483
- Prince Rupert
- Railways and rail services, continental links 11488
- School district 28 (Quesnel), aboriginal education enhancement agreement 8888
- Skills training, need for training programs 8790
- Throne speech debate 8482-4
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, motion on offshore oil and gas exploration moratorium 11346
Belshaw, Adrian
- Comments on marijuana grow operations
(Long) 8863-4
Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)
- As subject
- advocacy for coal industry
(Bell) 10436
- All-terrain vehicles, impact on livestock industry 11381
- Ambulance service, training of paramedics 11235
- Angling, charitable status of organizations 8942
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11429-30, 11449-50
- Blood supply 11499
- B.C., health care services in rural areas 11234-5
- Charity Action Team, comments on charitable status of hunting and angling organizations 8942
- Children, child care funding in rural areas 9326-7
- Coal Act, debate 10432-3
- Coal industry 10432-3
- Columbia Mountain Open Network, development of high-speed Internet service in Kootenay area 10412
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 9326-7
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 10412, 11335-6
- Cranbrook, quality of life in area 9899
- Crown Proceeding Act, amendments 11432
- East Kootenay Regional Hospital
- capital and equipment spending 11499
- designation as regional hospital 9774
- Economy in rural B.C. 11558-9
- Education, electronic learning 11335-6
- Elk Valley, coal industry in area 10433
- Energy, power supply 9624
- Estate administration, summary administration of small estates 11430, 11449-50
- Forest fires
- management and prevention 10428
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, implementation of Filmon report recommendations 10428
- Forest industry
- forest licences, timber volumes 10857-8
- Indians' involvement in industry, opportunities 10740
- role 10740
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10857-8
- Government, public claims against the Crown 11432, 11451-2
- Guide-outfitters, role 10116-7
- Habitat conservation trust fund, funding for projects 8942
- Health authorities, role 11499-500
- Health care
- Hunting
- organizations, charitable status 8942
- trappers, roadkill tax 11346-7
- Interior health authority
- Jumbo Pass, ski resort development project 10418-9
- Justice Modernization Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11432-3, 11451-3
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenays
- health care, system restructuring 9773-4
- high-speed Internet service 10412, 11335
- Kootenay Livestock Association, abattoir proposal 11515
- Land use planning, role 10417-9
- Libraries, protection from defamation suits 11450
- Livestock industry, ranching industry
- Mining industry
- environmental impact 11134
- exploration investment in B.C. 10418
- industry in B.C., benefits to province 11134-5
- Motions
- broadband access in rural B.C. (Motion 21), debate 11335-6
- mining industry in B.C. (Motion 115), debate 11134-5
- working land base (Motion 46), debate 10417-9
- NDP, health care policies 11501
- Parliament Buildings, blood donor clinic 11499
- Plants, weeds, invasive species 11381
- Premier's Technology Council, work 11335
- Range Act, debate 11380-1
- Rangeland, expansion of access to grazing land 11380-1
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy 10419
- Small Claims Act, amendments 11432
- Small claims court
Berardino, Bill
- Appointment as special prosecutor See Police investigation into alleged breach of trust under Government
Berry farming industry See Food industry
Besinque, Alex
- Comments on 2004 throne speech
(Suffredine) 8587
Better Business Bureau
- Consultation on consumer protection legislation
(Coleman) 9499
(MacPhail) 9499
Better Community Partnership Outreach Network
Bhullar, Tony (Surrey-Newton)
- Anti-Gang Act, debate 11129
- Gang activities 11129
- Highway 10, widening 8672
- Strata property, legal representation for owners in dispute with strata councils 11129
- Strata Property Residents' Dispute Resolution Act, debate 11129
Biggs, Ron
- Death
(Throne speech) 8443
Bike to Work program
Bills, Legislative See Bills by name; Bills by number; Legislation; Legislature
Bills by name See also Bills by number
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- Administrative Tribunals Act (Bill 56)
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 27)
- Anti-Gang Act (Bill M204)
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 62)
- B.J. Field Service Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004 (Bill Pr401)
- B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act (Bill 58)
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2004 (Bill 5)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act (Bill 2)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act (Bill 4)
- Charitable Purposes Preservation Act (Bill 63)
- Coal Act (Bill 28)
- College and Institute Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 26)
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 36)
- Community Living Authority Act (Bill 45)
- Correction Act (Bill 44)
- Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act (Bill 3)
- Education Services Collective Agreement Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 19)
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 12)
- Election Act Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill M207)
- Electoral Reform Referendum Act (Bill 52)
- Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
- Expropriation Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 67)
- Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 69)
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 11)
- Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 39)
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 33)
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004 (Bill 65)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 73)
- Health Care Services Continuation Act (Bill M201)
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act (Bill 37)
- Highway (Industrial) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 46)
- International Financial Activity Act (Bill 53)
- Justice Modernization Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 64)
- Kidd Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004 (Bill Pr402)
- Land Survey Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
- Land Title and Survey Authority Act (Bill 68)
- Mineral Tenure Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 29)
- Ministerial Accountability Bases, 2003-2004, Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 23)
- Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2003-2004 (Bill 10)
- Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2004-2005 (Bill 49)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 18)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004 (Bill 54)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2004 (Bill 74)
- Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 24)
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 66)
- Nanaimo and South West Water Supply Act (Bill 31)
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act (Bill 59)
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 50)
- Partnership Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 35)
- Passenger Transportation Act (Bill 30)
- Pheidias Project Management (1979) Corp. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004 (Bill Pr403)
- Ports Property Tax Act (Bill 8)
- Property Transfer Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 70)
- Protection of Public Assets Act (Bill M206)
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 34)
- Railway Safety Act (Bill 20)
- Range Act (Bill 57)
- Real Estate Development Marketing Act (Bill 42)
- Real Estate Services Act (Bill 41)
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71)
- Safe Streets Act (Bill M202)
- Securities Act (Bill 38)
- Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 7)
- Social Service Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004 (Bill 76)
- Society Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 32)
- Strata Property Residents' Dispute Resolution Act (Bill M205)
- Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 3) (Bill 9)
- Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 4) (Bill 22)
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Bill 48)
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2004 (Bill 21)
- Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 15)
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 6)
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 55)
- Transportation Act (Bill 47)
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 75)
- Trespass Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 72)
- Trespass to Property Act (Bill M203)
- University Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 60)
- Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act (Bill 14)
- Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 43)
- Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 16)
- Wildfire Act (Bill 25)
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 51)
Bills by number
- [* denotes bill having received royal assent]
- 1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- 2.* Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act
- 3.* Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act
- 4.* Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act
- 5.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2004
- 6.* Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 7.* Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 2004
- 8.* Ports Property Tax Act
- 9.* Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 3)
- 10.* Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2003-2004
- 11.* Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004
- 12.* Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 13.* Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2004
- 14.* Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act
- 15.* Sustainable Resource Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 16.* Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 17.* Land Survey Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 18.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 19.* Education Services Collective Agreement Amendment Act, 2004
- 20.* Railway Safety Act
- 21.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2004
- 22.* Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 4)
- 23.* Ministerial Accountability Bases, 2003-2004, Amendment Act, 2004
- 24.* Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2004
- 25.* Wildfire Act
- 26.* College and Institute Amendment Act, 2004
- 27.* Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2004
- 28.* Coal Act
- 29.* Mineral Tenure Amendment Act, 2004
- 30.* Passenger Transportation Act
- 31.* Nanaimo and South West Water Supply Act
- 32.* Society Amendment Act, 2004
- 33.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 34.* Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 35.* Partnership Amendment Act, 2004
- 36.* Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 37.* Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act
- 38.* Securities Act
- 39.* Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 41.* Real Estate Services Act
- 42.* Real Estate Development Marketing Act
- 43.* Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004
- 44.* Correction Act
- 45.* Community Living Authority Act
- 46.* Highway (Industrial) Amendment Act, 2004
- 47.* Transportation Act
- 48.* Supply Act, 2004-2005
- 49.* Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2004-2005
- 50.* Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 51.* Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004
- 52.* Electoral Reform Referendum Act
- 53.* International Financial Activity Act
- 54.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004
- 55.* Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004
- 56.* Administrative Tribunals Act
- 57.* Range Act
- 58.* B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act
- 59.* Northern Development Initiative Trust Act
- 60.* University Amendment Act, 2004
- 62.* Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 63.* Charitable Purposes Preservation Act
- 64.* Justice Modernization Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 65.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004
- 66.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2004
- 67.* Expropriation Amendment Act, 2004
- 68.* Land Title and Survey Authority Act
- 69.* Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 70.* Property Transfer Tax Amendment Act, 2004
- 71.* Safe Streets Act
- 72.* Trespass Amendment Act, 2004
- 73.* Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2004
- 74.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2004
- 75.* Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- 76.* Social Service Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004
- M201. Health Care Services Continuation Act
- M202. Safe Streets Act
- M203. Trespass to Property Act
- M204. Anti-Gang Act
- M205. Strata Property Residents' Dispute Resolution Act
- M206. Protection of Public Assets Act
- M207. Election Act Amendment Act, 2004
- Pr401.* B.J. Field Service Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
- Pr402.* Kidd Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
- Pr403.* Pheidias Project Management (1979) Corp. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
Bingo See Bingo and Charity gaming, revenues, funding from bingo under Gambling
Biodiversity See Environmental protection under Environment
Biotechnology industry See Science and technology
Bird flu See Avian influenza
Birds
- Impact of urban lighting on birds' activities
(Roddick) 9611
(van Dongen) 9611
- Spotted owls
Birth certificates See Protection of personal information, personal identification under Privacy
B.J. Field Service Ltd.
- Restoration to corporate registry
(Suffredine) 10279
B.J. Field Service Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
(Bill Pr401) (Suffredine) 1R, 9784; 2R, 10279; C, 10279-80; 3R, 10280; RA, 10666
- Debate, speakers
(Suffredine) 9784, 10279
- Referral to select standing committee
(Suffredine) 9784
Black History Month
- Celebration
(Bloy) 8892
(Stewart, R.) 8847
Blackburn, Dale
Blackie Spit See Surrey-White Rock constituency and area
Blindness See Sight impairment
Block Parent program
Block Watch program
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel
- Position as federal minister responsible for children
(Reid, L.) 8723
Blood
Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)
- As subject
- experience as volunteer 9782
- experience with sports 8550
- promotion of literacy in Burquitlam 8771
- Alderson Elementary School, reopening 9331
- Black History Month 8892
- B.C., population, people moving to B.C. 8781
- Budget debate 8780-2
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8780
- Burquitlam constituency and area
- development and projects 8487-8
- Korean community 10368
- work of volunteers 9782
- Cameron Elementary School, youth credit union 10529
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- 2004-05 alternative budget 8781
- funding from NDP government 8781
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, call for job action 9771-3
- Cancer awareness 11328
- Children, programs and services for children and families, funding 8782
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8485, 11336
- Coquitlam, community events 9621
- Education, funding 8484
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8487
- Guide-Scout Week 8603
- Health care
- funding, additional funding 8780
- services, use of Internet in provision of services 8485
- Income assistance recipients, transition to employment 8781
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 11683
- Literacy, promotion initiative in B.C. 8771
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 11683
- MacPhail, Joy, attendance of Crown Corporations Committee meeting 8488
- Motions
- broadband access in rural B.C. (Motion 21), debate 11336
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8550-1
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9781-2
- transportation infrastructure (Motion 4), debate 11683-4
- NDP
- comments on impact of B.C. Liberal Party government actions 8780
- election campaign statements 8780
- North Korea, train accident 10367-8
- Nurses, supply, number of school spaces 8487
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- benefits of hosting games 8487, 8782
- investment in construction 8782
- speed-skating oval, location 10864-5
- Post-secondary education, student grant program and new student spaces 8484, 8621, 8781, 11403
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 8781
- Scholastic Canada Ltd., promotion of literacy 8771
- School boards/districts, funding for seismic upgrades 8484
- Simon Fraser University
- benefits from B.C.'s hosting of 2010 Olympic Winter Games 8782, 10865
- capital and research grants 8484-5, 8487, 8780
- student spaces 8781
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 10430
- Sports, benefits of team sports 8550-1
- Throne speech debate 8484-5, 8487-8
- Tri-City Women's Resource Society, services 8782
- University Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11403
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna), board of governors and senate 11403
- Violence, prevention of bullying and violence at school, standards for codes of conduct 8484
Blue River, B.C.
- Parks in area, economic benefits
(Krueger) 11085
Blueberry industry See Berry farming industry under Food industry
Boats and boating
- Recreational boating
(Hunter) 10939-41
(Trumper) 10940
- Regulations on speedboats on lakes
(Plant) 11429-30
- Tugboat and barge operators, labour dispute, impact on B.C. economy
(Campbell) 10277
(Hunter) 10277
The Body Shop Canada
- Work on awareness of violence against women
(Orr) 9105
Boise, Ron
- Volunteer youth work
(Hamilton) 10682
Boliden Westmin (Canada) Limited
Bond, Hon. Shirley (Prince George-Mount Robson)
- As subject
- communications with student reporter on changes to student financial assistance 10687
(Kwan) 10553, 10686-7
- Advanced Education ministry
- Aerospace industry in B.C., strategy 10775
- Beaver Aircraft Canada, proposal for aircraft manufacturing centre in Okanagan, government action 10775
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C. 8492
- northern development initiative 8494
- regional advisory committees 8494
- transportation infrastructure, role in economy 8493
- population, people moving to B.C. 8833
- BCcampus 10505, 10509, 10511
- B.C. Institute of Technology
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on post-secondary education tuition freeze 10750-1, 11406
- B.C. Progress Board
- membership and role 10752-3
- report recommendations for expansion of Okanagan University College 10753
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8493
- first nations benefits trust 8494
- Budget debate 8831-3
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8831
- Canadian Home Builders, pilot project on framing 10778
- Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
- millennium scholarship program 10696-8
- report on student financial pressures 10702
- Canoe Mountain resort project 8495
- Capilano College, aboriginal film and television production program 10541-3
- College and Institute Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10425-6, 10582-3, 10865-8
- College Institute Educators Association, comments on impact of post-secondary education funding on programs for female students 10780
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8492
- Degree Authorization Act, purpose of bill 10866
- Economy, B.C. economy 8491-2, 8832-3
- Education
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8491-2, 8833
- Energy, independent power producers, clean-energy projects 8495
- Forest industry, mountain pine beetle control 8492
- Fraser River crossings, new crossing on upper Fraser 8493
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 8833
- cabinet members from northern B.C. 8492
- Health care, rural health travel assistance plan 8492
- Indians, agreements and partnerships with provincial government 8493
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, financial statements for the period from April 1, 2003, to January 1, 2004, tabled 11238
- Industry Training Authority
- role 10777
- service plan, 2004-05 to 2006-07, tabled 11238
- staffing 10776
- statement on establishment of corporation tabled 8615
- Institute of Technology Act, repeal 10426
- James, Carole, position on new university seats for interior B.C. 9485
- Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band, agreement-in-principle 8493
- Literacy
- McBride Secondary School, teleconferencing 8492
- Martlet (Victoria), articles on changes to student financial assistance 10687
- Okanagan College
- Okanagan University College
- Okanagan University College Student Association, consultation on college expansion 10755, 10759
- Open Learning Agency
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 8494-5
- Piper, Martha, involvement in recommendations for expansion of Okanagan University College 10752-3
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility
- affordability 10550-1, 10700-1
- class sizes 10759
- distance education, on-line learning 10505, 10509-13
- education of Indians
- English-as-a-second-language programs 10774-5
- funding 10504, 10509
- government initiatives 10582
- student financial assistance
- student spaces
- students
- cost of education 10698-705
- personal information and protection of privacy 10867
- recognition of credentials of foreign-trained students 10505
- system
- tuition fees
- vocational programs, funding 10773
- Prince George Airport, expansion 8493
- Prince George, economy 8493-5
- Prince Rupert, port expansion, impact on economy 8494
- Private Career Training Institutions Agency, role 10771
- Railways and rail services, Dawson Creek-Hythe service 8494
- Science and technology, research and development in B.C. 10504
- Simon Fraser University
- Simon Fraser University Surrey Central City Campus Major Capital Project Plan, tabled 10065
- Surrey campus, cost 9281, 10761
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- shortage of skilled workers 8832, 10430
- training programs
- new model 10430, 10504, 10776-8, 11238
- new model, inclusion of Red Seal certification 10779
- new model, requirements 11018
- Red Seal certification program, adjustment of examination results 10779
- student spaces 10504
- Statistics Canada, study on student debt 10747-8
- Teachers, training programs, history in B.C. 10503
- Television, educational television 10764-5
- Throne speech debate 8491-5, 8501
- Transportation, provincial transportation plan 8493
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- boards of governors and senates, legislation 11344, 11394-5
- boards of governors, powers and accountability 10582-3, 10867-8
- budget letters from government 10505, 10549-50
- bursars 10868
- disposition of lands 11345, 11395
- English-language schools, regulation 10771-2
- labour relations issues 10583, 10868
- leading-edge endowment fund, regional innovation chairs 11406
- partnerships with aboriginal organizations 10541-3
- powers of a natural person 11345, 11395
- private institutions 10771-3
- regulations, reduction 10582-3
- University Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11344-5, 11394-5, 11405-6
- University College of the Cariboo, aboriginal skills training program 10541
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna)
- University of Northern B.C.
- health sciences centre, construction 8495
- medical program 8494-5
- Valemount, community school 8831
- Vancouver Community College, funding levels, impact on programs and services 10774, 10780
Bond rating See Credit rating
Bone marrow
Border crossings
- Border infrastructure program
(Falcon) 10803-5, 11329
(Hayer) 10803, 11329
- Connector routes from crossings to highways, 176th Street expansion
(Falcon) 10804-5
(Hayer) 10803-5
- Investment in border crossing infrastructure
(Falcon) 8572
(Manhas) 8769
Borders
Bornman, Erik
- Involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail
(Kwan) 8942-3
(MacPhail) 8998-9
- Involvement in B.C. Rail privatization
(MacPhail) 9041, 9044
- Meetings with Gary Collins
(Collins) 8998-9000, 9039-40
(MacPhail) 9039, 9041
- Meetings with Rick Thorpe
(MacPhail) 9071
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy See BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
Bowser basin
- Oil and gas exploration
(MacKay) 8786
(Neufeld) 9092
Bowser, B.C.
Boyd, Bert
- Report on transfer of governance in community living sector See Community living, transition to community-based services, Boyd report under Disabled and handicapped persons
Bracewell, Keith
- Work in mining industry commended
(Sultan) 11496
(Visser) 11496
Bradfield Canal road
- Proposed Alaska-B.C. connector See Road access to B.C. under Alaska
Brandywine Falls Provincial Park
- Boundary changes
(Barisoff) 11076
Brar, Jagrup (Surrey-Panorama Ridge)
- As subject
- election and introduction to House
(Bruce) 11723
(MacPhail) 11723
Bray, Jeff (Victoria-Beacon Hill)
- As subject
- comments during debate
(Kwan) 11583
- comments on post-secondary education system
(MacPhail) 11401
- role as advocate for civil service
(Murray) 10340-1
- AIDS prevention and treatment, funding for community-based organizations 11203
- Autism, programs and services 10532, 11695
- Automobile insurance, competition in provision of optional coverage 11515
- B.C., economic development in northern B.C. 11483-5
- B.C. Hydro, alternative energy projects 11505
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- accomplishments 8460
- policies, impact on B.C. economy 10918
- B.C. Public Service Agency
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8507
- Children
- child abuse 11235
- child care spaces 9221-2
- health and wellness 11422-3
- programs and services for children and families
- community-based services, professional development for staff 9512
- information systems, impact of transition to service authorities 9514
- reorganization of service delivery 9514-5
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 9511-5
- appointment of assistant deputy minister for community living 11356
- contract management, performance measurement 9514-5
- information management system, data security 9514
- ministers, past ministers 11353-4
- public consultation on services for developmentally disabled 11354-5
- staff, succession management 9513
- Civil service employees
- career potential 10337-9
- merit principle 10339
- performance and development plans 9512, 10336, 10338-9
- performance measurement and satisfaction survey 10340
- professional development 10337-9
- reporting requirements re expenditure authorizations or payments 9627, 9706
- secondments 10339-40
- succession management 9512-3
- work commended 10337
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11353-7, 11436
- Community Living B.C., board membership and role 11356-7, 11436
- Comptroller general, responsibilities 9706
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8461
- Cowichan Lake, tourism in area 10724
- Cruise ship industry in B.C., pocket cruise industry 10121-2
- Crystal Garden Conservation Centre, closing, future of building 9173, 9216, 9220
- Custom House Currency Exchange Ltd., operations 11115
- David Suzuki Foundation, position on hydrogen highway proposal for 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 10231-2
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, transition to community-based services 11354-5
- programs and services during NDP administration 11353, 11355-6
- Economy, B.C. economy 8460-1, 10918
- Education
- curriculum, apprenticeship programs 10201
- education of Indians, graduation rate 8716
- funding 8461
- students, academic achievement 10199
- Education ministry, estimates debate 10199, 10201
- Elections, electoral reform, work of citizens' assembly 8461-2
- Emily Carr House, management 9215
- Employment
- job creation in B.C. 8460, 11485
- job requirement for post-secondary education 8716
- Energy
- alternative energy sources 11504-5
- transmission system, access by forestry operations 11505
- wind power generation 11505
- Environmental protection, balance with economic factors 10416-7
- Families, issues and concerns, public input and round tables 8461
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations
- education funding 8461
- education initiatives 10201
- post-secondary education system 11398-400
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004, debate 9627, 9705-7
- Financial services industry, international financial sector, expansion of activities 11115-6
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11519-20
- Freedom of information, requests for information, routine disclosure, role of government Internet portal 10334
- Government
- accountability, financial control system for expenditures and payments 9627, 9705-6
- electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project 10334-5
- operations, shared services 10335-6
- Health care
- emergency services, planning and usage 9370
- health support workers, labour dispute, impact 10532, 10742-3
- preventative health care, role in health care system 11422-3
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9369-71, 9435-6, 9446-7
- Heritage sites, management 9215
- Hospital Employees Union, comments on contracting-out of hospital services 8894
- Hospitals, privatization of housekeeping and laundry services, impact 8894
- Housing, social and subsidized housing
- housing for seniors and disabled persons, funding 8460
- portability of rent supplements 8454, 9221
- projects and number of units 9220-1
- subsidies for families 9221
- Impaired driving, prevention 11568-9
- Indians, urban population, opportunities and quality of life 8716
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 11682-3
- International Financial Activity Act, debate 11115-6
- James Bay Community Project, health clinic, status and usage 9371
- James Bay Lodge, renovations 9371
- James, Carole, comments and position on issues
- 2004-05 alternative budget 8507
- comments and position 8461
- cruise ship industry 10121
- forest industry activities 10416-7
- offshore oil and gas industry development 9780
- Justice Modernization Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11433
- Justice system, accessibility and affordability 11433
- Land surveys and titles, establishment of independent authority 11094, 11522-3
- Land Title and Survey Authority Act, debate 11522-3
- Land Title and Survey Authority, establishment and operations 11523
- Land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 10416-7, 11087
- Legislation, exposure bills 11355
- Literacy, promotion initiative in B.C. 8461
- Lowe, Alan, work on social issues 11539
- Management Services ministry
- Mayencourt, Lorne, work on social issues 11539
- Medical Services Plan, privatization of system, confidentiality of customer information 9787
- Men's Trauma Centre, establishment 11235
- Merit commissioner, appointment 11299
- Merit Commissioner Special Committee, report presented 11299
- Motions
- cruise industry (Motion 73), debate 10121-2
- expansion of oil and gas industry (Motion 1) 9779-80
- high school and post-secondary education of aboriginal youth (Motion 67), debate 8716
- renewable energy projects (Motion 116), debate 11504-5
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8548-9
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9473-4
- transportation infrastructure (Motion 4), debate 11682-3
- working land base (Motion 46), debate 10416-7
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11568-9
- National Research Council, fuel cell technology centre 9428
- NDP
- performance as government, promotion of economy in northern B.C. 11483-4
- position on post-secondary education system 11398-9
- Northern commissioner, work of office during NDP administration 11484
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11483-5
- Norway, offshore oil and gas industry 9779-80
- Oil and gas industry, opportunities in B.C. 9780
- Okanagan area, access to post-secondary education 11399
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, hydrogen highway proposal 9428, 10231-2
- Ontario, safe-streets legislation, effectiveness 11540
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11086-7
- Parks, expansion of park system 11086-7
- Patriot Act (U.S.), provisions on access to personal information
- applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 9787
- concerns of British Columbians 11519
- review by information and privacy commissioner and timing of government privacy-protection legislation 11519-20
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 11400
- Post-secondary education
- Prince George, economy and employment in area, transportation centre 11485
- Prince Rupert
- access to post-secondary education 11400
- port expansion, impact on economy 11483
- Privacy, protection of personal information
- access to personal information of B.C. residents by American companies 9787
- legislation in B.C. 11519
- Property rights
- private property, control of access 10954
- trespass, giving of notice of offence 11583
- Property Transfer Tax Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11428
- Provincial Capital Commission, mandate 9216-7, 9220
- Public health, computer use by children, impact on health and fitness 8548
- Public service employee relations commissioner, appointment 11299
- Rabbani, Diane, appointment as merit commissioner 11299
- Real estate industry, impact of changes to land titles system 11522-3
- Recycling, deposit-refund system for beverage containers, inclusion of milk containers 10916
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy 10416
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- emergency room services 9370
- impact of labour dispute, cancelled surgeries and medical procedures 10742-3
- psychiatric emergency care unit 9446
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71)
- Safe Streets Act (Bill M202)
- Safety, safe-streets legislation 11539-40
- St. George's Day 10367
- Sandringham Hospital, renovations 9371
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- Seniors
- housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 9221
- safety 11539-40
- Shipbuilding industry, role in offshore oil and gas industry 9779-80
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 8716
- Small claims court, monetary jurisdiction 11433
- Sobering and Assessment Centre, facility 8540-1, 9436
- Social workers
- Society, social contract, individual responsibility 9473-4, 10949-50, 10954
- Solicitation
- South Park Elementary School, seismic upgrades 10201
- Sports, benefits of team sports 8548-9
- Strata property, taxation of units sold before construction 11428
- Substance abuse/addiction
- prevention and treatment
- programs and services
- coordination of services 8541-2
- services for persons with mental health and substance abuse issues 8542
- supervised injection sites 9622
- Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services, staffing 9515
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, land title branch, Victoria office, status 11094
- Thompson Rivers University, establishment 11400
- Throne speech debate 8459-62
- Transition houses, housing units 8541-2
- Trespass Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11583
- Trespass to Property Act
- University Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11398-400
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna), establishment and operations 11398
- Vancouver Island
- South Island, education and employment opportunities 8716
- tourism industry, circle route proposal connecting Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan 10724
- Vancouver Island health authority, mental health services 9446-7
- Victoria
- business activity 11115
- cruise ship industry 10121, 11683
- harbour, Belleville Street ferry terminal project 11557-8, 11682-3
- housing
- public meeting on safe-streets legislation 11540
- public safety issues 10949-50
- services for addicts and homeless
- harm reduction strategies 9622
- services 8540-1
- services for street people 9435-6
- social services work 9473
- tourism industry, role in economy 8846-7
- trespass issue in downtown area 11583
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in delivery of government services 9473
- Welfare, social issues, mayors' task force 11539
Breakwater Resources Ltd.
- Purchase of Myra Falls mining operations
(Jarvis) 8687
(Visser) 8854-5
Breast health
- Breast cancer See Cancer
- Mammography services
Brenzinger, Elayne (Surrey-Whalley)
- As subject
- suspension from caucus
(MacPhail) 9279
- B.C. Liberal Party, MLAs
- disciplinary matters 9485
- suspension from caucus, financial implications 9580
- B.C. Rail privatization, proposal process 11393, 11425
- Campbell, Gordon
- comments on pay equity 10629-30
- involvement in B.C. Rail privatization process 11393, 11425
- Children
- children in government care, review of constituent's case 11694-5
- special needs children, classification 11093
- Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, study on privatization in health care system 10630-2
- Crime prevention and punishment 8543-5
- Education, special education and special needs, funding 11093
- Elections, electoral reform, independent status of citizens' assembly 10277
- Finance ministry, estimates debate 9060-3
- Government, borrowing by government 9061-3
- Health authorities, role 9129
- Health care
- health support workers, layoffs 10640-1
- privatization, impact on quality standards 10630-2
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act, debate 10629-32, 10640-1
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9128-9
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act, replacement with Industry Training Authority 11018
- Mental illness in the workplace 9108
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing 9128
- Skills training programs, new model 11018, 11237
- Strata property, leaky-condos issue, report by government task force 10532
- Surrey, crime
- Walls, Doug, position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C., independent audit, public release 10231
Brice, Hon. Susan (Saanich South)
- B.C. Cancer Agency, work of agency 8827
- B.C. Liberal Party government, commitments 8582-3
- B.C. Schizophrenia Society, funding 9440-1
- B.C.'s Women's Hospital and Health Centre, program for substance-abusing women and substance-exposed newborns 9408
- Budget debate 8825-8
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8583, 8825-6
- Bulkley Lodge, renovations 9409
- Burnaby, addiction services 9154
- Burnaby Hospital, mental health and addiction services 9435
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8582-3
- Cancer treatment 8827
- Civil service, work commended 8583
- Education
- Fraser health authority, mental health and addiction services 9435
- Health authorities, administration costs 8827
- Health care
- costs, impact of obesity-related illnesses on costs 8828
- funding 8826-7
- system
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9407-16, 9435-50
- High-technology industry, government initiatives to support industry 8582
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 8828
- Housing, social and subsidized housing, supply 9437
- Literacy, promotion initiative in B.C. 8583
- Mental disorders
- anxiety disorders and depression, treatment 8827, 9414-6
- housing for mentally ill 9437-9
- mental illness in the workplace, awareness 9108-9
- Mental health
- child, adolescent and women's mental health centre, establishment 9407
- funding for community organizations under B.C. Partners program 9440-1
- mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan 8827, 9407
- early intervention 9440
- ministerial responsibility 9440
- new facilities 8827
- programs and services
- Mental Health and Addiction Services minister of state
- activities and role
- development of integrated services with local governments 9436-7
- goals 9407, 9414
- minister's advocacy role 9413
- budget 9411-2
- performance targets and baseline 9443
- National Crime Prevention Centre, application on methamphetamine use prevention 9448
- New Life Society, provision of addiction services 8620
- Nurses, recruitment 8827
- Obesity, incidence 8582, 8828
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program, implementation 8827
- Pharmacists, dispensing of methadone 9466
- Physicians
- recruitment of specialists for northern B.C. 9410
- training, expansion of medical school program 8827
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8583, 8828
- Powell River, addiction services 8620
- Public health, physical fitness 8582, 8828
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project 8827, 9408-11, 9441-2
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, psychiatric emergency care unit 9436, 9446
- Saanich South constituency and area, new school 8828
- Sobering and Assessment Centre 8708, 9436
- Substance abuse/addiction
- methamphetamine use 9447-8
- prevention and treatment
- methadone maintenance program 9466
- wet houses 9447
- programs and services
- funding 9443-4
- range of services 8708
- services for Indian youth 9444
- services for persons with mental health and substance abuse issues 8827, 9154, 9466
- services for youth 9444
- relationship with mental health 8582
- supervised injection sites, Vancouver project 9410-1, 9445, 9449
- Surrey, methadone regulation 9466
- Terrace, mental health facilities 9409-10
- Throne speech debate 8581-3
- Tobacco
- University of B.C., research application on treatment for methamphetamine users 9448
- Vancouver agreement, provincial government role 9444-5
- Vancouver coastal health authority, addiction treatment facilities and services 9449-50
- Vancouver, downtown east side, mental health services 9449
- Vancouver Island health authority, mental health services 9446-7
- Vancouver Island Technology Park, impact on local economy 8582
Bridges See particular bridges, locations, e.g., Crossings under Fraser River
Brilliant Dam
- Power plant expansion project
(Neufeld) 9092
Britannia Community Services Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Funding for child care centre
(Kwan) 9519-20
Britannia mine
British Columbia
- Black community, contributions
(Stewart, R.) 8847
- Cultural diversity, multiculturalism See Multiculturalism
- Economy See B.C. economy under Economy
- Francophone community
(Stewart, R.) 9482
- Heartlands
- economic potential See Northern and rural B.C. below under this main heading
- heartlands economic strategy See Economy
- Interior B.C.
- mining industry
(McMahon) 11331
- tourism industry
(McMahon) 11331
- Multiculturalism See Multiculturalism
- Natural disasters See Disasters under Emergencies
- Northern and rural B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C.
(Belsey) 11466
(Bond) 8492
(Bray) 11483-5
(Campbell) 11277-8
(Les) 11473-4
(MacKay) 11475-6
- economic development in northern B.C., impact on B.C. economy
(Suffredine) 8584
- economic diversification
(Bell) 8794
(Harris) 8601
- economy of northern B.C., role in B.C. economy
(Cobb) 11472
(Penner) 11489
- economy, role of Indians in local economies
(Harris) 8601
- government initiatives to support non-urban areas See Heartlands economic strategy under Economy
- health care services in rural areas
(Bennett) 11234-5
- highways and roads, improvements
(Harris) 8601, 8694
- highways and roads in northeastern B.C., investment
(Lekstrom) 8642
(Neufeld) 8637
- highways and roads, proposal for road construction in northwest B.C., petition tabled
(MacKay) 11596
- Internet access See Internet, high-speed service under Computer technology
- northern development fund See Small Business and Economic Development, Ministry of
- northern development initiative
(Bell) 8478
(Bond) 8494
(Cobb) 8501
(Collins) 8609
(Falcon) 10469, 10962, 11422
(Harris) 8601
(Kwan) 10221-2
(Les) 10221-2
(MacPhail) 10470
(Plant) 10838
(Throne speech) 8445
- northern development initiative, cross-regional initiatives
(Campbell) 11598
(MacKay) 11476
- northern development initiative, public response
(Belsey) 11488
(Campbell) 11597-8
(Falcon) 11603-4
(MacKay) 11477
(Neufeld) 11599-600
- oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C.
(Belsey) 9477-8
(Neufeld) 9781
(Visser) 9776
- oil and gas revenues, Fair Share program
(Kwan) 11603
- post-secondary education system
(Harris) 8695
- regional advisory committees
(Bond) 8494
- resource industries, role in B.C. economy
(Wilson) 8745
- tourism industry
(Harris) 8694-5
- transportation infrastructure, role in economy
(Bond) 8493
- transportation services for tourists in northwestern B.C.
(Harris) 10387
- transportation system
(Harris) 11602
- Population
- demographic changes
(Hansen) 8488
(Harris) 8691
(Hogg) 11681
(Jarvis) 8524
- demographic changes, children under age 6
(Clark) 9904-5, 9907-8
(Kwan) 9904
- demographic changes, impact on transportation system
(Harris) 10387
(Reid, J.) 10385
- demographic changes, people aged 90 and older
(Hansen) 11063-4
- government planning for aging population
(Chong) 9468
- life expectancy
(Hansen) 8927
- people leaving B.C. in 1990s
(Chong) 8779
(Collins) 8843, 9595
(Les) 8741
(Nijjar) 8913
(Penner) 8751
(Wilson) 8744-5
- people moving to B.C. See also Jobs in B.C., workers moving to B.C. for job opportunities under Employment and unemployment
(Bloy) 8781
(Bond) 8833
(Bruce) 9540
(Cheema) 8841
(Chong) 8779
(Cobb) 8502
(Collins) 9594-5
(Falcon) 8570, 8733
(Hayer) 8496, 8701, 8823
(Johnston) 8526
(Krueger) 8909
(Lekstrom) 8641
(Mayencourt) 8663
(Orr) 11141
(Penner) 8577
(Sultan) 8623
(Wilson) 8745
- Quality of life in B.C.
(Nijjar) 11558
British Columbia Aboriginal Fisheries Commission
- Government grant
(Neufeld) 9141
British Columbia Ambulance Service
British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines
- Input on land use issues in South Chilcotin Mountains area
(Neufeld) 9143
British Columbia and Yukon Hotels Association
- Tourism tax proposal for marketing activities
(Nebbeling) 10437-8
British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council
- Comments on number of apprentices in system
(Kwan) 10778-9
British Columbia Assessment
- Assessment classification system, bed-and-breakfast establishments, hotels and strata buildings
(Abbott) 10931
(Halsey-Brandt) 10931
- Continuation of farm status
(Abbott) 10931
(Halsey-Brandt) 10930-1
(Kerr) 10931
- Funding for cost of assessments
(Abbott) 10929
(Halsey-Brandt) 10929
- Number of assessors
(Abbott) 10930
(Halsey-Brandt) 10929
- Residential appraisals, accuracy
(Abbott) 10930
(Halsey-Brandt) 10930
British Columbia Assets and Land Corporation See Land and Water British Columbia Inc.
British Columbia Association for Community Living
- Comments on issues
- community living funding
(Clark) 9799
(Kwan) 9798
- community living legislation
(Kwan) 11409-10
- membership of Community Living B.C. board
(Kwan) 11353
British Columbia Association of Social Workers
B.C. Bid See Purchasing, tendering system under Government
British Columbia Buildings Corporation
BCcampus
British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Work of agency
(Brice) 8827
British Columbia Cattlemen's Association
- Actions to address impact of BSE on livestock industry
(van Dongen) 8821
- Consultation on rangeland legislation
(Cobb) 11377
(de Jong) 11375-6
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, B.C.
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce See also particular locations, e.g., White Rock and South Surrey Chamber of Commerce
- Comments on issues
- 2004-05 budget
(Cobb) 8829
- B.C. Liberal Party government performance
(Stewart, K.) 8643
- Position of chambers of commerce on 2004-05 throne speech See Business
- President See Winter, John
- Work of organization
(Hayer) 8455, 8701
British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Dental surgeries See Dental surgeries in hospitals under Dental health
B.C. Citizens for Public Power
British Columbia Climate Change Economic Impacts Panel
- Report See Climate change, report by economic impacts panel under Climate
British Columbia Coalition of Women's Centres
- Letter to government on funding for women's centres
(Kwan) 9243-4
British Columbia College of Teachers
British Columbia Community Achievement Awards
British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
- Comments on seismic upgrades for schools
(Kwan) 10195
- Position on changes to B.C. College of Teachers
(Christensen) 11147
British Columbia Council for Families
British Columbia Cowboy Hall of Fame
- 2003 inductees
(Wilson) 9577
British Columbia Cowboy Heritage Society
British Columbia Crown Counsel Association
- Concerns re remuneration of provincial Crown prosecutors
(Plant) 8849
- Report and recommendations for settlement of renewal agreement with B.C. Public Service Agency, tabled
(Plant) 8508
British Columbia Environmental Network
- Comments on need for flood prevention activities in lower mainland
(Roddick) 10119
- Forest Caucus, participation in Forest and Range Practices Advisory Council
(de Jong) 10243
(MacPhail) 10243
British Columbia Family Network
- Position on transfer of governance in community living sector
(Clark) 9810
(Kwan) 9809-12
British Columbia Federation of Woodlot Associations
- Consultation on revision of forest practices legislation
(de Jong) 10744
British Columbia Ferry Authority
British Columbia Ferry Commission
- Annual report, August 11, 2003, to March 31, 2004, tabled
(Plant) 11469
British Columbia Ferry Corporation
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
- Accountability
(Falcon) 10799
(MacPhail) 10798
- Credit rating
(Falcon) 10801
(MacPhail) 10801
- Investment by government, return on investment
(Falcon) 10800-1
(MacPhail) 10800-1
- Service contract with government
British Columbia Film
British Columbia Fruit Growers Association
- Comments on reduction of government regulations
(Belsey) 8790
British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union
- Negotiations for collective agreement
(Bruce) 9534
B.C. heartlands economic strategy See Heartlands economic strategy under Economy
British Columbia Heritage Language Association
British Columbia Housing
- Impact of leaky-condos issue
(Coell) 10401
(Kwan) 10401
- Lawsuits re leaky-condos
(Coell) 10401
(Kwan) 10401
- Wait-list for social housing See Social and subsidized housing, wait-lists and waiting times under Housing
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
- Annual report, 2003-04, tabled
(Plant) 11303
- Authority and jurisdiction
(Plant) 11195
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Accountability, reports to Legislature
(Lekstrom) 10537
(Neufeld) 10537
- Acquisition of land for Kootenay Canal hydroelectric project See Kootenay Canal Land Acquisition Act
- Agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- confidentiality of customer information
(MacPhail) 9734-5, 11553-4
(Murray) 11553-4
- cost savings for B.C. Hydro, review by B.C. Utilities Commission
(Neufeld) 9096
- Alternative energy projects
(Bray) 11505
(MacPhail) 9098-100
(Neufeld) 9092, 9098-9
(Penner) 11502
(Stewart, R.) 11505
- Budget forecast
(Collins) 9059-60
(MacPhail) 9059-60
- Clean energy projects See Alternative energy projects above under this main heading
- Core assets and services, privatization See Outsourcing and privatization below under this main heading
- Estimates debate
(MacPhail) 9096-7
(Neufeld) 9096
- Executive
- Green energy projects See Alternative energy projects above under this main heading
- Infrastructure maintenance
(Nettleton) 9102
(Neufeld) 9102
- Legislative amendments See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- Management, role of B.C. Utilities Commission See Role in B.C. Hydro operations under British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Need for investment
(Hawes) 8468
- Outsourcing and privatization
- ability of authority to obtain information from independent power producers
(Lekstrom) 10536
(Neufeld) 10536-7
- agreements with private sector
(Kwan) 10533-6
- privatization of core assets and services
(Neufeld) 10535
- Planning, integrated electricity plan
(Penner) 8455
- Position on regional transmission organizations
(Penner) 11689
- Power production See Energy
- Privatization See Outsourcing and privatization above under this main heading
- Purchase of electricity
(Penner) 11501
- Rates
- Regulation
(Neufeld) 9101-2
- Responsibilities, emission reduction
(MacPhail) 9099
- Revenues to government, forecasts
(MacPhail) 9095
- Transmission system See Energy
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
B.C. Investment Management Corporation
- Annual report, 2002-03, tabled
(Collins) 11394
British Columbia Judges Compensation Commission
- Final report, 2004, tabled
(Plant) 11469
British Columbia Justice Review Task Force
British Columbia Legislative Library
- Annual report, 2003, tabled
(Weisbeck) 10920
British Columbia Liberal Party
- Government See also Government
- accomplishments
(Belsey) 8788
(Bray) 8460
(Bruce) 8651-2
(Campbell) 11204-6
(Cheema) 8842
(Coleman) 8874
(Collins) 8612-3, 8843
(Halsey-Brandt) 8519, 8817
(Harris) 8691-2
(Hawes) 8649
(Lee) 8577
(Les) 8741, 8872-4
(MacKay) 8531, 11475-6
(Masi) 8498
(Mayencourt) 8661-2
(Nijjar) 8696-8
(Nuraney) 8521-2, 8784
(Penner) 8577-8
(Plant) 8562-4
(Reid, J.) 8657-8
(Sahota) 8736
(Stephens) 8738-9
(Stewart, K.) 8643
(Thorpe) 8665-6, 8674-5
(Wilson) 8745
- actions since election
(Bruce) 10351-2, 10382
(Coleman) 8630-2
(Falcon) 8570, 8573, 8731-2
(Hansen) 8727
(Hogg) 8530
(Jarvis) 8524
(Johnston) 8526-7
(Kwan) 9824, 10623-4
(Lekstrom) 8639
(MacPhail) 8613-4
(Mayencourt) 8562
(Murray) 10329-30
(Nettleton) 8625-6
(Nuraney) 8522
(Stephens) 8739
- actions since election, impact on social services
(Kwan) 8840, 9657-8, 10951
(MacPhail) 10953
- actions since election, impact on workers
(Kwan) 10621
(MacPhail) 10611
- actions since election, public response
(Nettleton) 8474
(Stewart, R.) 11365-6
- availability of legislation for review by members
(Nettleton) 10640
- commitments
(Brice) 8582-3
(Hayer) 8497
(MacPhail) 10616
(Nuraney) 8783
- fiscal management and planning
(Belsey) 8789
(Manhas) 8767
(Plant) 8562-3
- handling of social issues and funding for social services
(Kwan) 11528-9, 11705-6, 11709, 11720
(MacPhail) 11531
- mandate
(MacPhail) 8911-2
- New Era document, government plans
(Plant) 8562-5
- New Era document, statements on additional intermediate and long-term care beds See also Continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds under Health care
(Kwan) 8929, 8932
- openness
(Clark) 9332-3
(MacPhail) 9050
- participation of MLAs
(Krueger) 11084
- performance
(MacPhail) 11204, 11322-3, 11532-3
- performance, hospital and school closings
(MacPhail) 11480
- performance on aboriginal issues
(Kwan) 10737
(MacPhail) 10733
(Nettleton) 10738
- performance on youth-at-risk issues
(MacPhail) 11534
- principles
(Nuraney) 9153
- public support in northern B.C.
(MacPhail) 11479
- vision
(Christensen) 8510
- women MLAs' position on pay equity for health support workers
(MacPhail) 10650
- Government, policies and position on issues
- MLAs
- disciplinary matters
(Brenzinger) 9485
(Kwan) 9622-3
(MacPhail) 9623, 9625
- pre-election political activities
(Campbell) 11224-5
(MacPhail) 11224-5
- suspension from caucus and government caucus committees
(Kwan) 9332
(MacPhail) 9331-2
- suspension from caucus, financial implications
(Brenzinger) 9580
(Collins) 9580
(MacPhail) 9279
- Young Liberals See University of Victoria British Columbia Young Liberals
British Columbia Library Association
- Position on role of school libraries and teacher-librarians
(Kwan) 10181
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
British Columbia Medical Association
- Negotiations with government See also Negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions under Physicians
B.C. Nurseline See Information under Health care
British Columbia Nurses Union
British Columbia offshore oil and gas team
B.C. Partners
- Funding See Funding for community organizations under B.C. Partners program under Mental health
British Columbia Pavilion Corp.
- Funding and taxes
(Wong) 10258
B.C. Progress Board
- Membership and role
(Bond) 10752-3
(Kwan) 10752
- Report recommendations for expansion of Okanagan University College
(Bond) 10753
(Kwan) 10752-3
British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Consultation on consumer protection legislation
(Coleman) 9488
British Columbia Public School Employers Association
- Appeal of Supreme Court ruling on teachers' collective agreements
(Bruce) 10346
(MacPhail) 10345-6
British Columbia Public Service Agency
- Accomplishments
(Bray) 10341
- Goals and responsibilities
(Murray) 10332
- Leadership centre
(Bray) 9512, 10337-9
(Clark) 9512
(Murray) 10332, 10337-9
- Policy on employees under police investigation
(MacPhail) 11269
- Report and recommendations for settlement of renewal agreement with B.C. Crown Counsel Association, tabled
(Plant) 8508
- Role in severance decision for David Basi
(Collins) 9042
(MacPhail) 9042
British Columbia Rail
- Agreement with CN Rail
- additional and special rents
(Falcon) 10791-2
(MacPhail) 10791-2
- agreement
(Belsey) 11488
(Falcon) 10557, 10863-4
(MacPhail) 10562, 10573
- benefits
(Belsey) 8483, 11488
(Bond) 8493
(Campbell) 9901-2, 11201, 11271, 11273-4, 11276
(Collins) 8609
(Falcon) 8572, 9171-2, 9899-900, 10232, 10277, 10468-9, 10555, 10558, 10572, 10671, 10677-8, 10962, 11347-9, 11393-4, 11421-2, 11607
(Halsey-Brandt) 8520-1
(Harris) 8601, 8694, 11602
(Hawes) 11684
(Kerr) 8627-8
(Krueger) 8907
(Les) 11472
(MacPhail) 10555, 10558-9, 10671, 11273
(Nuraney) 8522
(Thorpe) 8590
(Throne speech) 8445
(Visser) 8855
(Wilson) 8745-6
- benefits, inclusion in transaction agreement
(Falcon) 10517
(MacPhail) 10517-8
- benefits, investment partnership See also Northern and rural B.C., northern development initiative under British Columbia; Northern development initiative trust
(Falcon) 11422, 11470-1
- benefits to CN Rail
(Falcon) 10558
(MacPhail) 10491, 10556, 10569
- benefits to northern Vancouver Island
(Visser) 11486
- completion
(Collins) 9043-4
(MacPhail) 9043-4
- consultation with Indians
(Falcon) 10134, 10560-5, 10794-5, 11666-7
(Kwan) 10275-6, 10737, 10818-20, 10836-41, 10844, 10967-9
(MacPhail) 10560-5, 11605-6, 11666-7
(Nettleton) 10134, 10738, 10962, 10966-7, 11604-5
(Plant) 10735-6, 10819, 10836-40, 10966, 10968
- contaminated site cleanup
(Abbott) 10719-20
(Falcon) 10559-61, 10796-7
(MacPhail) 10136-8, 10559-61, 10719-20, 10795-6
- costs for communications and legal services
(Falcon) 10862-3
(Kwan) 10862-3
(MacPhail) 10863-4
- discontinuance of lines and land See line discontinuance and re-opening below under this subheading
- economic impact study
(MacPhail) 10556-8
- government accounting for transaction
(Falcon) 10498, 10569, 10669-70, 10675-9
(MacPhail) 10498, 10569, 10669-71, 10673-80, 10790-1, 11273
- government investment of revenues See also Northern and rural B.C., northern development initiative under British Columbia
(Falcon) 10672
(MacPhail) 10672
- government investment of revenues, investment in Indian communities See also First nations benefits trust below under this main heading
(Collins) 8609
(Throne speech) 8445
- government response to questions in Legislature
(Nettleton) 10370-1
- impact on Indian rights and land titles
(Falcon) 10559, 10563
(MacPhail) 10559, 10562-3, 11277-8
- impact on Indians See Position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement under Indians
- indemnity
(Collins) 8985
(MacPhail) 8985, 9043
- job loss
(MacPhail) 11479
- lease
(Kwan) 10839-41, 10844
(MacPhail) 11481
(Plant) 10839-40, 10844
- lease, renewal options
(Falcon) 10786-91
(MacPhail) 10786-91
- lease, revitalization and transaction agreements
(Falcon) 10492-3, 11668
(MacPhail) 10492-3, 11668
- lease, statements by Judith Reid while Transportation minister
(Falcon) 10789-90
(MacPhail) 10784, 10788-9
- legislation
(Collins) 8982-4
(MacPhail) 8982-4
- line discontinuance and re-opening
(Falcon) 10494-5, 10499, 10562, 10793
(MacPhail) 10494-5, 10499-500, 10792-3
- line discontinuance and re-opening, discontinued land
(Falcon) 10793-7
(MacPhail) 10793-7
- names on title
(Falcon) 10573
(MacPhail) 10572
- new rail cars See Equipment and infrastructure, additional centre-beam cars under Railways and rail services
- ownership of B.C. Rail
(Falcon) 10492
(MacPhail) 10492-3
- payment by CN Rail
(Falcon) 10673
(MacPhail) 10673
- payment of property transfer tax
(Campbell) 11271-3
(Falcon) 10864
(Kwan) 10863
(MacPhail) 9072, 10863, 10917, 11270-3, 11482
(Thorpe) 10917
- position of Indians See Position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement under Indians
- price reduction for shippers
(Falcon) 10488, 10490, 10519-24, 10566
(MacPhail) 10488-91, 10518-24, 10556, 10566, 10671, 11481
- process
(Nettleton) 10864
- property tax revenues to communities
(Falcon) 10558
- public release of agreement
(Falcon) 10134, 10232, 10493, 10497, 10561, 10792, 11348
(Kwan) 10134, 11348
(MacPhail) 9899-900, 10232, 10469, 10494, 10497, 10499, 10530, 10561, 10798
(Nettleton) 10962
(Speaker) 10168
- remediation costs and safety issues
(Falcon) 10559-60
- review by competition bureau, government plans if agreement not approved
(Falcon) 10498-9
(MacPhail) 10498-9
- review by federal competition bureau
(Falcon) 10492, 10496-7, 10518, 10782-4, 10790
(MacPhail) 10470, 10492, 10496-7, 10518, 10782-4, 10790
- role of Treasury Board See Treasury Board
- sale of Crown land to CN Rail
(MacPhail) 11481
- signatories of revitalization agreement
(MacPhail) 10781
- status at end of 60-year term
(Falcon) 10784-6
(MacPhail) 10784-6
- steering committee
(Falcon) 10781-2
(MacPhail) 10781
- terms of agreement
(Collins) 10135
(Falcon) 10132-4, 10230-1, 10530
(Kwan) 10230, 10275-6
(MacPhail) 10132-3, 10135, 10231
- transaction costs
(Campbell) 11271
(Falcon) 10571-2, 10668
(Kwan) 11603
(MacPhail) 10571-2, 10668-9, 11270-1, 11481-2
- Budget and finances
- Call for halt to sale of B.C. Rail
(Nettleton) 9901
- First nations benefits trust
- application of freedom-of-information legislation
(Falcon) 11667
(MacPhail) 11667-8
- eligibility
(Falcon) 11665
(MacPhail) 11665
- impact on Indian rights and land titles
(MacPhail) 11668
- legislation See B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act
- participation by Indian bands
(Falcon) 11665-6
(Kwan) 10737, 10842-4, 10967-8
(MacPhail) 10554-5, 11666
(Nettleton) 10430, 10966-7, 11298
(Plant) 10430-1, 10735, 10838, 10842-4, 10966, 10968-70
- trust
(Bond) 8494
(Falcon) 10555, 11421-2, 11490, 11608
(Harris) 11606-7
(Kwan) 10841-2
(MacPhail) 10555, 10732, 11605-6
(Nettleton) 11605
(Plant) 10734-6, 10842
- use of funds
(Falcon) 10962
(Plant) 11298
(Throne speech) 8445
- Future of organization
(Falcon) 10669
- Maintenance and operations See also Railways and rail services
- Port subdivision
- cancellation of sale
(Campbell) 11265
(Falcon) 10480-1, 10487, 10514-5, 10532, 10667
(Kwan) 10532
(MacPhail) 10480-1, 10514-6, 10530, 11264, 11480, 11482
- cancellation of sale, costs of cancellation
(Falcon) 10668-9
(MacPhail) 10668-9
- police investigation into sale process
(Campbell) 11264-5
(MacPhail) 10668, 11264-5
- proposal process
(Falcon) 9429-30
(Kwan) 9429
- sale of spur line
(MacPhail) 10494
- sale process
(Falcon) 10483, 10485-7
(MacPhail) 10483, 10485-6
- Privatization
- B.C. Liberal Party's campaign statements and position
(Falcon) 10557
(Kwan) 11603
(MacPhail) 10469-70, 10556-7, 11478-80, 11482-3
(Nettleton) 11472
- consultation with Indians
(MacPhail) 10554
- decision on CN Rail
(Collins) 8984
(MacPhail) 8984
- government handling
(Kwan) 11603
(MacPhail) 11480-2
- government meetings with lobbyists
(MacPhail) 9071-2
(Thorpe) 9071
- NDP position
(Kwan) 11603
- proposal process
(Brenzinger) 11393, 11425
(Campbell) 11267
(Coleman) 8943
(Collins) 8943
(Falcon) 9430-1, 10513-4
(Kwan) 8942-3, 10531-2
(MacPhail) 8944, 9171-2, 9430-1, 10530-1
- proposal process, fairness report
(Falcon) 9172, 10470-2, 10489-90, 10514, 10530-2, 11425-6
(Kwan) 8943
(MacPhail) 9171-2, 10470-2, 10490, 10514, 10567-8, 11480-1
- proposal process, police investigation
(Campbell) 11264-5
(MacPhail) 11264-5
- proposal process, release of information to proponents See also Release of information to prospective B.C. Rail buyer under CIBC World Markets
(Falcon) 10470-3, 10491, 10567, 10792-3
(MacPhail) 10470-3, 10485, 10487, 10489-91, 10567-8, 10793
- role of cabinet in decision
(MacPhail) 9049-50
- Rail corridor
- land claims in corridor See Land claims under Indians
- number of Indian bands along corridor
(Kwan) 10817
(Plant) 10817
- properties extending outside rail corridor, subdivision and distribution
(Kwan) 10841
(Plant) 10841
- Roberts Bank port subdivision See Port subdivision above under this main heading
- Shipping contracts
(Falcon) 10566-8
(MacPhail) 10522, 10566-8
B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act
- (Bill 58) (Minister of Transportation) 1R, 11421-2; 2R, 11490, 11604-8; C, 11665-8; 3R, 11668; RA, 11671
- Amdts: sec. 3.1 (MacPhail) 11668, negatived 11668
- Divisions: 2R approved 11608; title approved 11668
- Debate, speakers
(Falcon) 11421-2, 11490, 11607-8, 11665-8
(Harris) 11606-7
(MacPhail) 11605-6, 11665-8
(Nettleton) 11604-5
- Consultation by government
(MacPhail) 11605-6
- Purpose of bill
(Falcon) 11421-2
British Columbia Real Estate Association
- Property condition disclosure statements
(Coleman) 9856, 10431
British Columbia Safety Authority See also Safety system under Safety
- Management of railway safety fees
(Coell) 9882
British Columbia Schizophrenia Society
British Columbia School Trustees Association
- Position on issues
- school board funding
(Kwan) 10093
- school board funding for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles
(Christensen) 10028
British Columbia Seafood Alliance
- Government grant
(Neufeld) 9141
British Columbia Securities Act
British Columbia Securities Commission
B.C. Solutions Budget 2004 See 2004-05 alternative budget under Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
British Columbia Task Force on Mining
British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Funds from members, use
(Christensen) 9901
(Masi) 9901
- Participation in collective agreement arbitration process
(Bruce) 10283, 10352-3, 10378
(MacPhail) 10379
- Position on teacher participation in school planning councils
(Christensen) 10059
(Kwan) 10059
- Relationship with B.C. College of Teachers
(Christensen) 11146-7, 11154-5
(Hunter) 11151
(Masi) 11152
British Columbia timber sales program
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
- Establishment
(MacKay) 9103
(MacPhail) 9097-8
(Neufeld) 9098
- Executive
- Project plan for system control modernization project tabled
(Neufeld) 11597
British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority
British Columbia Treaty Commission
- Annual report, 2004, tabled
(Plant) 11469
British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Recommendations on energy plan goals
(MacPhail) 9098
(Neufeld) 9098
- Role and responsibilities
- requirements for access to transmission system
(MacPhail) 9098
(Neufeld) 9098
- role in B.C. Hydro operations
(MacPhail) 9095-6
(Neufeld) 9095-6
- Setting of automobile insurance premiums
(Coleman) 9940, 9942-3
(MacPhail) 9940-3
- Setting of electricity rates See Electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission under Energy
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency
- Projection of school enrolment levels
(Christensen) 10187
British Columbia Winter Games
British Columbia Young Liberals
British Columbia Youth Parliament
- Activities
(Anderson) 10229
British Columbia's Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Program for substance-abusing women and substance-exposed newborns
(Brice) 9408
Broadband Internet access See Internet, high-speed service under Computer technology
Brodie, Peter
- Work as prosecutor
(Masi) 11003
Broe Companies Inc.
Broe, Pat See also Omnitrax
- Meeting with Gary Collins
(MacPhail) 9430-1, 10483-4
- Meeting with Richard Neufeld
(MacPhail) 9097
Broken Promises: Why Canadian Medicare Is in Trouble See Book on Canada's health care system under Vertesi, Les
Broughton Archipelago
- Salmon farming See also Fish farms under Aquaculture industry
- relationship with returns of pink salmon
(MacKay) 9568-9
(van Dongen) 9569
- sea lice issue, action plan, safe migration route for wild salmon and fallowing of fish farms
(MacPhail) 9401
Brown, Colin
- Comments on termination of employment of Nick Geer from ICBC
(MacPhail) 11297
Brown, Martyn
- Role as chief of staff to Premier
(Collins) 8980, 8993
(MacPhail) 8993-4
- Role in hiring and termination of employment of David Basi See Hiring and termination of employment under Basi, David
Bruce, Hon. Graham P. (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- comments during committee stage debate on Education Services Collective Agreement Amendment Act, 2004
(MacPhail) 10372
- cooling-off periods in labour disputes
(Kwan) 10618
- 2010 Human Resources Planning Committee, role 9719-22
- Agriculture industry, employment standards 9535
- Alphonse, Dennis, death 9329
- Brar, Jagrup, election and introduction to House 11723
- B.C., population, people moving to B.C. 9540
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, negotiations for collective agreement 9534
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, appeal of Supreme Court ruling on teachers' collective agreements 10346
- B.C. Teachers Federation, participation in collective agreement arbitration process 10283, 10352-3, 10378
- Budget debate 8651-5
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8651
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, call for job action 9772
- Civil service, labour negotiations 8653, 9534-5, 9542
- Construction industry
- contractors, licensing 9547-8
- growth in sector 9545
- residential construction industry, growth in sector 8652-3
- worker safety issues 9546, 9548
- workers, training 9548-9
- Cowichan Indian band, involvement in treaty negotiations 8654
- Doney, Lee
- involvement in health support workers' labour dispute negotiations 10604, 10606, 10646
- retirement 10525
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education, collective agreement negotiation process 9534
- Education Services Collective Agreement Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10228, 10280, 10283-5, 10344-56, 10372-83
- Employment
- employment standards
- job creation in B.C. 8653
- Ferries and ferry services, labour dispute involving ferry workers, negotiations for collective agreement 9534
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., labour relations issues 9535
- Firefighters, workers compensation issues, cancer cases 9537
- Food industry, berry farming industry
- labour force and immigrant worker program 9728-30
- youth employment in industry 9724
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, labour dispute, collective bargaining process 8653-4, 9534
- Indians' involvement in industry, government revenue-sharing 8654
- workers, injuries and death 9535, 9546, 9548, 10576
- Forest Safety Task Force, recommendations, implementation 10576
- Health care
- facilities, construction and renovation, regulation 9535
- health professionals, supply, monitoring 9542-4
- health support workers
- health support workers, legislated collective agreement
- pay equity portion 10649-50
- wages and benefits reduction 10604, 10651-2, 10655-8, 10864
- wages and benefits reduction, arbitration option 10607, 10662-3, 10684-5, 10918, 11237
- wages and benefits reduction, arbitrator's decision, appeal 10653-4
- wages and benefits reduction, retroactivity 10660, 10662-3
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act, purpose of bill 9535
- Housing starts in B.C. 9540
- Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, impact on treaty negotiation process 8655
- Labour
- collective agreements
- legislated settlement during NDP administration 10380
- negotiation by government 10578
- labour disputes, legislated settlements and wage and benefit reductions 10648
- labour relations
- current and past conditions 8653
- government handling 10647-8
- relations during B.C. Liberal Party administration 9772
- relations during NDP administration 9772
- stability 9536, 9539
- strikes in B.C. 9534, 10283, 10351
- Labour Relations Board
- Legislation, debate on bills, preparation time for debate 10344
- Legislature
- bills, committee stage, debate to be relevant to section under discussion 10378
- estimates process, changes to order of estimates called, impact on opposition MLAs 9537-8
- members' conduct and debate, implying that a member is not telling the truth 10374
- Lower Mainland Steel (1998) Ltd., hiring of U.S. ironworkers 9729-30
- Mining industry in B.C., impact of NDP government policies 8651-2
- NDP, performance as government
- actions 8651-2
- impact on resource industry unions 10351
- Nurses, training, accessibility 8654
- Occupational health and safety
- workers killed or injured on the job 10576
- workplace safety 9535
- Oil and gas industry, employment in sector 9543
- Olympic Games, Spirit of 2010 initiatives, human resource strategy 9536, 9720-1, 9723-4
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 8654
- Provincial Revenue ministry, role 9545-6
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, liquor distribution branch employees, negotiations for collective agreement 9534
- Public Sector Employers Council, role in monitoring skilled labour shortages 9543-4
- Ready, Vince, role as special mediator in labour dispute involving ferry workers 9534
- Retirement, mandatory retirement 9536
- Rice, Eric, arbitration of changes to teachers' collective agreements 10228, 10280, 10349-50, 10355-6, 10376
- Simon Fraser University, labour dispute involving support staff 9534
- Skills Development and Labour ministry
- Skills training
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Gibraltar mine, reopening, labour dispute 9431-2
- Teachers
- collective agreements
- arbitration process 10280, 10283-4, 10345, 10348-50, 10352-3, 10355, 10376, 10378
- legislation 10345-6, 10382-3
- removal of provisions 10228, 10283-5, 10346-8, 10352, 10355, 10373-4, 10376
- removal of provisions, legal recourse 10354, 10356, 10373-4, 10376-7, 10381-2
- Supreme Court ruling 10280, 10284, 10350, 10353, 10381
- Teachers' Collective Agreement Deletions, tabled 10228
- collective bargaining process
- Tysoe, David, review of labour relations issues in film and television industry 9535
- Universities, colleges and institutes, supply of professors 9543
- University of B.C., labour dispute involving teaching assistants and administrative staff, collective bargaining process 9534
- University of Victoria, labour dispute involving teaching assistants 9534
- Wages and salaries
- Workers
- issues, B.C. Liberal Party position 9727
- young workers, supervision requirements 9535
- Workers Compensation Board
- annual report, 2003, tabled 10686
- information-sharing agreement on workers compensation premiums 9546-7, 9719
- policies, cancers caused by firefighting 9537
- regulations governing the workplace, changes in workplace safety regulations 9546
- service plan, 2005-06, tabled 10686
- Wright, Don, review of collective bargaining process for teachers 9534, 10284, 10355, 10378
- Youth, unemployment rate 9724-5
BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
Budget
- Budget address (Collins) 8607-13; approved 8843
- Debate 8607-14, 8622-50, 8651-67, 8673-700, 8722-53, 8755-70, 8775-802, 8814-30, 8831-43
- Divisions: budget approved 8843
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 8794-8
(Anderson) 8755-7
(Bell) 8790-4
(Belsey) 8787-90
(Bloy) 8780-2
(Bond) 8831-3
(Brice) 8825-8
(Bruce) 8651-5
(Cheema) 8841-2
(Chong) 8775-80
(Clark) 8762-6
(Cobb) 8828-30
(Coell) 8684-6
(Coleman) 8630-4
(Collins) 8842-3
(Falcon) 8731-5
(Hagen) 8655-7
(Halsey-Brandt) 8817-21
(Hansen) 8726-31
(Harris) 8691-5
(Hawes) 8647-50
(Hayer) 8823-5
(Hogg) 8698-700
(Hunter) 8675-9
(Jarvis) 8686-9
(Johnston) 8814-7
(Kerr) 8626-30
(Kwan) 8833-41
(Lee) 8689-91
(Lekstrom) 8638-43
(Les) 8740-4
(Locke) 8679-81
(MacKay) 8784-7
(MacPhail) 8613-4
(Manhas) 8766-70
(Mayencourt) 8661-5
(Nettleton) 8625-6
(Neufeld) 8634-8
(Nijjar) 8695-8
(Nuraney) 8782-4
(Orr) 8646-7
(Penner) 8750-3
(Reid, J.) 8657-60
(Reid, L.) 8722-6
(Roddick) 8757-9
(Sahota) 8735-7
(Stephens) 8737-40
(Stewart, K.) 8643-6
(Suffredine) 8747-50
(Sultan) 8622-5
(Thorpe) 8665-7, 8673-5
(Trumper) 8801-2
(van Dongen) 8821-3
(Visser) 8759-62
(Whittred) 8798-801
(Wilson) 8744-7
(Wong) 8681-4
- Committee of Supply resolutions approved and funds granted 11324
- Supplementary estimates 2002-03
- Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 1), 2004
Budget Car and Truck Rental Inc.
- Truck rentals moving people from Alberta to B.C.
(Orr) 11141
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2004
- (Bill 5) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 8614-5; 2R, 9588-9; C, 9707-9; 3R, 9709; recommitted 10035; 3R, 10035; RA 10666
- Amdts: sec. 25 (Collins) 10035, approved 10035
- Debate, speakers
(Collins) 8614-5, 9588-9, 9707-9, 10035
(Kwan) 9707-9
- Purpose of bill
(Collins) 8614-5
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Amendments
(Collins) 9588
- Purpose of bill
(Collins) 10943
(Stewart, K.) 10941
Budgets
- 2001 economic and fiscal update
(Collins) 8608
- 2003-04 budget
- allocation of unspent funds
(Stephens) 8739
- need for supplementary estimates
(Collins) 9587-8
- 2004-05 budget See also Budget
- allocation of funds
(Wilson) 8746
- assumptions and forecasts
(Collins) 8608
- balanced budget
(Bell) 8790-1
(Belsey) 8787, 8789
(Bloy) 8780
(Bond) 8831
(Bray) 8460-1
(Brice) 8583, 8825-6
(Bruce) 8651
(Cheema) 8841
(Chong) 8776
(Chutter) 8514
(Clark) 8567, 8762
(Cobb) 8828-9
(Collins) 8607-8, 8969, 8974
(Falcon) 8570, 8732-4
(Hagen) 8655
(Halsey-Brandt) 8820
(Harris) 8691-2
(Hawes) 8466-7, 8648-50
(Hayer) 8823
(Jarvis) 8686-7
(Johnston) 8527, 8814
(Kerr) 8627, 8974
(Krueger) 8908, 8910
(Lee) 8689
(Lekstrom) 8638-9
(Les) 8740
(Locke) 8680
(MacKay) 8784-5
(MacPhail) 8613-4
(Manhas) 8766-9
(Murray) 8595
(Nettleton) 8626
(Nijjar) 8698, 8913
(Nuraney) 8782
(Orr) 8646-7
(Plant) 8562-3
(Stephens) 8738-40
(Stewart, K.) 8643-4
(Sultan) 8622
(Thorpe) 8665
(Trumper) 8589, 8801
(van Dongen) 8821-3
(Wilson) 8744
(Wong) 8681-2, 8684
- content
(Clark) 8763
(Coell) 8684
(Collins) 8608
(Halsey-Brandt) 8817
(Hayer) 8824-5
(Hogg) 8699-700
(Hunter) 8676
(Kerr) 8626-7, 8629-30
(Lekstrom) 8640
(Nijjar) 8696
(Visser) 8759
- impact on families
(Anderson) 8755
- public response
(Penner) 8750
(Stephens) 8738-9
(Suffredine) 8748
- response of business community
(Cobb) 8829-30
(Hawes) 8648
(Johnston) 8814
- surplus
(Les) 8742
(MacPhail) 11479
- Alternative budget See 2004-05 alternative budget under Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Balanced budgets
(Abbott) 8794-5
(Stewart, R.) 8861
- Budget process
- Budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(Brice) 8826
(Kwan) 8839
- Budgets during NDP administration
(Belsey) 8787-8
(Chong) 8777-8
(Orr) 8646
(Roddick) 8757
(Stewart, K.) 8643-4
- Budgets during previous administrations
(Lekstrom) 8639
- Inclusion of schools, universities, colleges and hospitals in government budget
(Collins) 8971-2, 9058-9
(Kerr) 8972
(MacPhail) 9058
- Legislation See Budget legislation under Legislation
- Shadow budget See 2004-05 alternative budget under Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Surpluses, use of surplus funds
(Collins) 9062
- Transparency
(Collins) 8971-2
(Kerr) 8971
Build BC Act
Build B.C. special account
- Elimination
(Collins) 9589
Building envelope repairs See Construction industry
Bulkley Lodge, Smithers, B.C.
Bulkley Valley District Hospital, Smithers, B.C.
Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency and area
Bullying See Violence
Burgess Shale formation See Yoho National Park
Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
- Work of organization
(McMahon) 8617
Burke Mountain See Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain constituency and area
Burlington Northern Inc.
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway's concerns re fairness of B.C. Rail privatization process
(Falcon) 10472
- Role in bidding process for purchase of B.C. Rail
(Falcon) 10473
Burnaby, B.C. See also Burnaby North constituency and area; Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area; Burquitlam constituency and area
- Addiction services
(Brice) 9154
(Nuraney) 9153
- Cancer fundraising activities
(Sahota) 8996-7
- Crime prevention
(Coleman) 10004
(Sahota) 10004
- Economic development
(Nuraney) 8783-4, 8942
- Film industry
(Sahota) 8737
- Health care services
(Nuraney) 9153
- High-technology industry
(Lee) 8689
- Racism, incidence
(Sahota) 10004
- Seniors forum
(Hogg) 11681
(Nuraney) 11680
- Volunteer festival
(Lee) 10274-5, 11137
(Sahota) 10229-30
- Volunteer organizations
(Lee) 11137
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.
- Mental health and addiction services
(Brice) 9435
(Sahota) 9435
- Palliative care services
(Hansen) 8947
- Services
(Hansen) 9363-4
(Nuraney) 9153
(Sahota) 9363-4
Burnaby North constituency and area
- Events and residents' accomplishments
(Lee) 11234
Burnaby school district See School district 41 (Burnaby)
Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
- Construction activity in area
(Sahota) 8737
- New schools
(Sahota) 8736-7
- Safety, residents' concerns
(Sahota) 10117-9
Burnett, Ernie
Burns Bog
- Description
(Masi) 8539
- Management of area
(Barisoff) 9680
(MacPhail) 9680
- Preservation of area
- Road overpass
(MacPhail) 9680-1
Burns Bog Conservation Society
Burns Lake Indian band
- Accommodation agreement with government
(de Jong) 10207
Burquitlam constituency and area
- Development and projects
(Bloy) 8487-8
- Korean community
(Bloy) 10368
- Work of volunteers
(Bloy) 9782
Buses and bus service
Business See also Corporations
- 2010 business strategy
(Suffredine) 8584
- 2010 business summit
(Cobb) 8502
(Halsey-Brandt) 8520
(Johnston) 8527
- Audits of reporting systems
(Kerr) 10934
- Business climate
- Business costs in Canada, KPMG study
(Les) 8873
(Sultan) 8892
- Business guide for women
(McMahon) 11674
(Trumper) 11673-4
- Business number, single number for use with all levels of government
(Les) 8742-3, 10215
- Business practices
- Chinese Canadian business activity
(Wong) 8683
- Consumer contracts See Consumers
- Corporate headquarters leaving B.C.
(Wilson) 8744
- Disclosure by public companies
(Kerr) 10934
- Disclosure by public companies, impact on investment in B.C.
(Les) 10899
(Mayencourt) 10906-8
(Thorpe) 10911
- Government promotion of trade and investment
(Stewart, R.) 8861
- Head office location, benefits
(Kerr) 10932-3
- International financial business program See International financial business program
- Internet access in remote communities See Internet, high-speed service under Computer technology
- Limited liability partnerships
- Partnerships
- limited liability partnerships See Limited liability partnerships above under this main heading
- public-private partnerships See Public-private partnerships below under this main heading
- Position of business community on issues
- 2004 throne speech
(Hayer) 8496
- current B.C. economy
(Manhas) 8768
- Public-private partnerships See also Partnerships B.C.; particular sectors, e.g. Privatization under Health care
- Regulations and red tape See Government
- Restoration of dissolved companies
(Collins) 11426-7
- Retention of records
(Les) 11011
(Sultan) 11011
- Small business
- Subsidies
- Taxation
- strata property taxation See Commercial property taxation under Strata property
- system, classes
(Halsey-Brandt) 9770-1
- Telemarketing
- fraud prevention
(Chong) 11514-5
(Johnston) 11514
- licensing of telemarketers
(Coleman) 9488
- Training, college program in Asia Pacific management
(Whittred) 8799
- Venture capital
- accessibility
(Sultan) 11116
- funds, competition
(Les) 8743
- labour-sponsored funds, amendments to legislation
(Mayencourt) 11190
(Plant) 11189
Business Corporations Act
Business Council of British Columbia
Business excellence awards See Surrey Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act
- (Bill 2) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 8845-6; 2R, 9283-6; C, 9487-91; 3R, 9553; RA, 10002
- Amdts: sec. 52, 62 and 108 (Coleman) 9490, approved 9490; sec. 185 (Coleman) 9491, approved 9491
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 8845-6, 9283-6, 9487-91
(Lekstrom) 9489-90
(MacPhail) 9284-5, 9487-91
- Application of act
(Coleman) 9487-8
(MacPhail) 9487-8
- Consultation with industry stakeholders
(Coleman) 9285, 9488
(MacPhail) 9285, 9487-8
- Provisions
- confidentiality
(Coleman) 9491
- enforcement
(Coleman) 9487
(MacPhail) 9487
- licensing
(Coleman) 9284, 9488
- penalties
(Coleman) 9284
- Purpose of bill
(Coleman) 8845-6, 9284, 9487
(MacPhail) 9487
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority
- Accountability
(Coleman) 9508-9
(MacPhail) 9508-9
- Application of acts
- exemptions from legislation
(Coleman) 9508-9
(MacPhail) 9508-9
- freedom-of-information and protection-of-privacy legislation
(Coleman) 9507
(MacPhail) 9507
- Auditing of authority
(Coleman) 9506, 9553
(MacPhail) 9506, 9553
- Board of directors
- Business plan
(Coleman) 9509, 9511
(MacPhail) 9509, 9511
- Employees, terms of employment
(Coleman) 9508
(MacPhail) 9508
- Establishment
(Coleman) 9497
(MacPhail) 9285, 9497
- Establishment, legislation See Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act
- Funding
(Coleman) 9489, 9497-8, 9510-1
(MacPhail) 9489, 9497-8, 9510-1
- Powers and role
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act
- (Bill 4) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 8846; 2R, 9282-83; C, 9497-511, 9553; 3R, 9553; RA, 10003
- Amdts: sec. 37 (Coleman) 9510, approved 9510; sec. 33 (Coleman) 9553, approved 9553
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 8846, 9282-3, 9497-511, 9553
(Kwan) 9553
(MacPhail) 9283, 9497-511
- Consultation with industry stakeholders
(Coleman) 9498-500
(MacPhail) 9498-9
- Purpose of bill
(Coleman) 8846, 9282-3
(MacPhail) 9283
B.X. Elementary School, Vernon, B.C.
- Literacy program
(Christensen) 8511
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