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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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Habitat conservation trust fund
- Funding for projects
(Bennett) 8942
Habitat for Humanity
- Housing projects
(Hunter) 11338
Hagen, Hon. Stan (Comox Valley)
- As subject
- Achieve B.C., purpose 8575
- Autism, programs and services 11438
- Budget debate 8655-7
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8655
- Camosun College, job-track program 10429
- Children and Family Development ministry
- appointment of assistant deputy minister for community living 11351, 11408
- public consultation on services for developmentally disabled 11350-1, 11412-3
- Community Living Authority Act
- Community Living B.C., operations 11351, 11407-9, 11411-3, 11418-9, 11434-9, 11441-5
- Comox Valley, economy and growth 8573-4
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living
- employment and assistance program 10037-8
- programs and services 11351
- Emergency social services 8538, 10038
- Employment and unemployment
- employment and job placement programs 8574
- job creation in B.C. 8655, 10047
- unemployment, impact of unemployment rate on income assistance costs 10048
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, response by emergency social services 10038
- Holland, Michael, relationship with Human Resources minister 8504-6
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 10036-48, 10070-87
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 10036-9
- budget for prevention, compliance and enforcement branch 10083
- deputy minister, performance bonus 10074
- services, electronic delivery 10076
- website information on income assistance benefits rules 10041-2, 10070
- Immigration, income assistance and sponsors' responsibilities 10371
- Income assistance
- benefits, diet allowance 10083
- benefits, time limit for receipt of benefits, two-years-in-five rule 10037, 10040-5, 10070-1, 10074
- disability benefits
- disability benefits, reassessment of recipients' eligibility 8772-4, 8804-5, 10084-7
- eligibility, employment-related requirements 10070-2
- employment and assistance program
- funding, reduction in temporary assistance category 10046
- recipients
- system 8657, 10037, 10073-4
- Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, program contracts with Ministry of Human Resources 10082
- MacPhail, Joy, work as Social Services minister during NDP administration 10040
- Nanaimo, number of income assistance recipients 8704
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 8575
- Picasso Café, closing of youth training centre 10063
- Priority Ventures Ltd., coalbed methane gas exploration 8574
- Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society, bridging employment program 10278
- Prostitution, employment transition services for sex trade workers 10278, 10428-9
- Throne speech debate 8573-5
- Times Colonist (Victoria), editorial on disability benefits review 10087
- Vancouver agreement, activities and funding 10078-9
- Vancouver, downtown east side, employment programs in area 10078-9
- Volunteers, number in B.C. 8538
- Welfare, social programs and services, service delivery 10429-30
- WISH Drop-in Centre, funding and services 10428-9
- Youth, job training services 10063-4
Haggard, Dave
- Comments on health care system during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(MacPhail) 10608-9, 10615
Haibeck, John
- Contributions to B.C. Liberal Party
(Kwan) 11296, 11300
- Role in Nita Lake hotel development See Hotel development proposal under Whistler, B.C.
Haida Gwaii See Queen Charlotte Islands
Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte school district See School district 50 (Haida Gwaii-Queen Charlotte)
Haida Indian band
- Consultation by government on oil and gas issues
(Kwan) 10809, 10811-4
(Plant) 10809-11
- Government offer of land
(MacPhail) 10733
- Involvement in treaty negotiations
(Kwan) 10808-9
(Plant) 10808-10
- Lawsuit with government
(Plant) 10736
Haida Resources Ltd.
- Tenure near Denman Island
(MacPhail) 9140
(Neufeld) 9140
Halalt first nation
- Shellfish aquaculture
(Plant) 10590
Halsey-Brandt, Greg (Richmond Centre)
- Aberdeen Mall, retail space 8819
- Aerospace industry in B.C., strategy 8819
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10584, 10868-71
- Agricultural Land Commission, applications
- Airports, foreign airline access policy 11200
- Automobiles
- B.C. Assessment, appraisals and assessments 10929-31
- B.C. Institute of Technology, aerospace and technology campus 8819
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 8519, 8817
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8520-1
- Budget debate 8817-21
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8817, 8820
- Business
- 2010 business summit 8520
- small businesses in B.C. 8818
- taxation system, classes 9770-1
- Certified General Accountants Association of B.C., position on 2004-05 budget 8820-1
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11361-2
- Community Living B.C. 11362
- Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 8818
- Crime and criminals
- proceeds of crime, revenues to government 9855
- property crime 9855
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, transition to community-based services 11361-2
- gas tax refund 8820
- programs and services
- Economy, B.C. economy 8817-8
- Education, funding 8519
- Elections, electoral reform, future reviews of electoral system 11185
- Electoral Reform Referendum Act, debate 11185
- Emergencies, funding for disaster assistance 9852-3
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8818
- Forest industry, issues 10152-5
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 10152-5
- Fraser River
- deep-sea shipping terminal proposal 8820
- new crossing on upper Fraser 11524-5
- wood debris in river, debris trap 10153-5
- Furlong, John, position as chief executive officer of 2010 Olympic Winter Games 8819
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- Harbours and ports, competitiveness
- cap on property taxes 9712
- new investment in ports 9711
- ports competitiveness initiative 9597-8
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 8820
- Housing
- assisted-living units, construction, tendering process 8895
- housing starts in B.C. 8818
- Indians
- reserve lands, designation 10869
- self-government 10869
- treaty negotiations, settlement lands in agricultural land reserve, land use issues 10584, 10869-71
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, investment and projects 8820, 11524-5
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., funding for road safety programs 9854
- LegaciesNow, funding for initiatives 8520
- Literacy, promotion initiative in B.C. 8519
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 9952, 11524-5
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., small-scale satellite project 8819
- Marijuana grow operations, elimination, integrated police unit 9854
- MD Robotics, contract to inspect robotic rover 8819
- O'Connor, Edward Patrick, death 11343
- Olympic Games
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 8819
- Spirit of 2010 initiatives, tourism strategy 8520
- Ontario, taxation of small businesses 9771
- Organized Crime Agency of B.C., integration with Royal Canadian Mounted Police 9853-4
- Ports Property Tax Act, debate 9597-8, 9711-2
- Post-secondary education, admission requirements and new student spaces 8519-20, 8820
- Province (Vancouver), comments on 2004-05 budget 8820
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry
- estimates debate 9852-6
- budget reductions 9852
- corrections branch, funding 9852
- policing and community safety branch, funding 9852
- Railways and rail services 8521
- Real Estate Development Marketing Act, debate 11022-3, 11025-7
- Real estate industry, real estate developments, sale 11022-3, 11025-7
- Richmond
- anniversary 11512
- city of Richmond, concerns re treaty negotiations and land use issues in agricultural land reserve 10871
- economic development 8818-20
- potential as site of broadcast centre for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 8819
- programs and services for disabled persons 8820
- public meeting on safe streets legislation 11530
- site of speed skating oval for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 11512
- transportation infrastructure 8820
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71), debate 11530
- Safe Streets Act (Bill M202), debate 10950
- Safety, safe-streets legislation 11530
- Science and technology, Canadian space mission 8819
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 8520
- Solicitation, aggressive solicitation 10950
- Strait of Georgia, wood debris in strait 10153-4
- Strata property, commercial property taxation 9769-70
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, estimates debate 10929-32
- Throne speech debate 8519-21
- Times Colonist (Victoria), comments on 2004-05 budget 8820
- Tolls, use 11525
- Tourism Richmond, revenues from hotel room tax, allocation to broadcast centre proposal for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 8819
- Transit services, rapid transit, Coquitlam line 11525
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11524-5
- Vancouver
- harbour expansion, investment 9711
- property crime 9855
- solicitation issues 10950
- Vancouver Board of Trade, report recommendations on property crime 9855
- Vancouver International Airport
- property taxes and competitiveness 9598
- upgrades 8819
- Vancouver International Airport Authority, payment of rent to federal government 11200
- Vancouver Sun, comments on 2004-05 budget 8820
- Victoria Airport Authority, payment of rent to federal government 11200
Hamilton, Arnie (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- As subject
- death of son in car accident
(Krueger) 10948
- Automobiles
- driver's licences, graduated licensing initiative 10946
- traffic safety 10946-7
- Boise, Ron, volunteer youth work 10682
- Community Safety and Crime Prevention Awards 10681-2
- Victoria, track site art gallery project 10682
Hammond Cedar mill See International Forest Products Ltd.
Hammond, Stephen
- Comments on rent increases
(Coleman) 10007
(MacPhail) 10006-7
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
Hansard
- Hansard Services work commended
(Stewart, K.) 10944
Hansen, Hon. Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- federal funding for health care
(MacPhail) 11051-2
- interpretation of Canada Health Act
(Kwan) 10961
- Abbotsford
- hospital, new hospital and cancer centre 9130, 9253-4, 9307-8
- hospital, new hospital and cancer centre project
- Access Health Abbotsford, consortium on Abbotsford hospital 9180
- Action Schools B.C., program 8927-8
- Adoption, access to personal identification documents 11157-9
- Adoption Act, relationship with personal identification document legislation 11157-8
- AIDS
- prevention and treatment, funding 11203
- programs and services, funding 9341-2
- Ambulance service
- government review 9368
- location of ambulance stations 9369
- patient cost 9026-7
- patient interfacility transfers, responsibility for costs 9026-7
- service 9366
- Anglemont, water supply contamination 9349
- Autism, programs and services 8729, 10532, 10833
- Blood supply 8999
- Breast health, mammography services 9023-4
- B.C., population
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, work on SARS 8458, 8489-90, 8925
- B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since election 8727
- B.C. Medical Association, negotiations with government 9299
- B.C. Nurses Union, recommendations to government 9346-7
- Budget debate 8726-31
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital 9581
- Burnaby Hospital
- Canada Health Act
- compliance of provincial legislation 9343-4
- definitions
- "medically necessary" and "medically required" 11017
- "medically necessary," letter of interpretation by federal minister 10960-1
- violations, investigation 10961, 11017-8
- Canada Health Infoway, funding program for computer technology 9084-6
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, survey of health care beds 8950
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., issues 9256-7, 9259
- Comox Valley, long-term care beds 8954, 8962-3
- Computer technology, accessibility and use 9113-4
- Dental health, dental surgeries in hospitals and services for children 9335-7
- Disease control, establishment of national centre for disease control 8491
- Dr. Peter Centre, palliative and respite care services 9362
- Drake, Matthew, Medical Services Plan coverage for surgeries 9367-8
- Drugs, proton pump inhibitors 9337-8
- Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Centre, services 9367
- East Kootenay Regional Hospital, specialists 11500
- Economy, B.C. economy 8727, 8731, 10062
- Education, health education 8927-8
- False Creek Surgical Centre, operations 11017
- Food industry, inspection of slaughter facilities 9352-4
- Fraser health authority
- acute-care beds 8947
- budget planning 9208
- operating room capacity 8949-50
- picture archiving and communications system (PACS) 9363
- Genome Sciences Centre, work on SARS 8926
- Gibsons, hotel facilities for long-term care beds 8962
- Government
- advertising, health care advertising 10062-3
- negotiations with unions, government powers 9192
- Health authorities
- Health care
- alternative therapies, protection for physicians practising chelation and alternative therapies 9334
- beds, appropriate use of acute care beds 9198
- chronic disease management 8489, 8927, 9768
- cochlear implants, technology 8729
- continuing and long-term care
- assessment of level of need 10917-8
- complex care, definitions 8951-2, 8956
- consultation by government 9014-9, 9027-8
- extended care, definition 8951
- government policy development 9006, 9013
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings 8965, 8967-8
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment 8929-38, 8950, 8954, 8959-60, 8963, 9368
- intermediate and long-term care beds, numbers and targets 8939, 8953, 8955, 8958-9, 9008, 9014, 9020-1
- intermediate and long-term care, definitions 8934-5, 8937, 8951
- January 2003 discussion paper 8968, 9001-2, 9004-6, 9008, 9011-9, 9027
- long-term planning by government 9002, 9008
- wait-list for beds 10918
- costs 8488, 8729, 9199, 9768
- emergency services 9370, 11694
- essential service designation 9260
- facilities
- funding
- capital projects 9083
- contingency funds 9202-4
- federal funding 8730-1, 9083-8, 9211-2, 9255, 9304, 11050-5
- funding 8730-1, 8925
- funding to reduce surgery wait-lists 9201-2
- increases during B.C. Liberal Party administration 9288
- population needs-based formula 8946, 9036, 9038, 9081
- public health and immunization trust 11050-1, 11054
- use of generally accepted accounting practices 9081-2
- health support workers, labour dispute, impact 10532, 10636-7, 10743, 11019
- health support workers, legislated collective agreement 10638, 10683, 10919
- home and community care planning council 9018
- information, B.C. Nurseline 8926-7, 8947
- laboratory services, reform 9027, 9184-90
- labour relations
- collective agreements and negotiations, status 9259-60
- relations during NDP administration 10638
- palliative care, government strategy 9363
- patients' bill of rights 9354-5
- preventative health care, role in health care system 8489
- primary care, health care professionals in primary care model 9254-5
- privatization
- experience elsewhere 8948
- facility fees at private clinics 11018
- regionalization
- centre of excellence for children's care 9124
- specialist services 8728, 8926
- specialist services, centres of excellence 9026
- research, medical research in B.C. 8490
- rural health travel assistance plan 9196-8
- services
- services for Indians, government consultation with Indians 9340
- surgery
- accessibility, regional centres 8728
- cancellation of elective surgeries 8949
- number of procedures performed 8728, 9203-5, 9306
- nursing requirements 9206
- priority 8949
- system
- telehealth opportunities 8728
- wait-lists and waiting times
- workers
- human resources planning 9372-3
- occupational health and safety 9260-1
- severance changes for non-bargaining unit employees 9261
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act, debate 10635-9
- Health Services ministry
- estimates debate 8925-39, 8946-63, 8965-8, 9001-38, 9081-91, 9110-30, 9174-213, 9253-64, 9287-308, 9334-73
- supplementary estimates debate 11050-6
- budget and finances
- administration costs, reduction 10919
- budget for 2006-07 fiscal year 11055-6
- funding for health research 9291, 9293
- spending authority 9288
- supplementary estimates, purpose 11050-1
- goals 8925
- health benefits operations, staffing 9111-2
- investigation of health care legislation violations 10961, 11017-7
- planning function 9289
- relationship with health authorities 9288
- role 9302
- Hepatitis, funding for people with hepatitis C 9086
- Ho, Francis, work at Mount St. Joseph Hospital 9116
- Holy Family Hospital 9365
- Home care
- care workers, funding and supply 9365
- home support 8727, 8957, 9194-5
- live-in care workers, working visas for foreign nurses 9347-8
- Hospital Employees Union, comments on cost of Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project 8849
- Hospitals
- hospital foundations, independence 9117
- privatization of housekeeping and laundry services, impact 8894-5
- volunteers, role 9359
- Housing
- residential care and assisted living
- 24-hour nursing care 8935, 8937, 8959
- assessment 8936-7, 8951, 8955-7, 9003-5, 9010
- assisted living and home support as replacement for residential care 8966-7
- assisted living and supportive living 8935, 8937, 8966
- assisted living and supportive living, definitions 8957
- assisted-living model, registrar services 9033, 9035
- cost to residents 9034
- independent supportive housing 8960-2
- rate changes 8728
- rent supplements 8959
- residential access policy of government 9009-10
- residential care, definition 8952-3, 9003
- tenancy issues and health and safety 9033, 9035
- Hunter, John, role in negotiations between government and physicians 9299
- Income tax, taxes for low- and middle-income families 11019
- Interior health authority, review of surgical services 8671-2
- James Bay Community Project, health clinic, status and usage 9371
- James Bay Lodge, renovations 9371-2
- Kendall, Perry, 2001 report as provincial health officer 9340
- Kidney health, expansion of renal services 8926
- Kimberley, primary health care centre 11394
- Kootenay area, East Kootenays, health care services 11500
- Kootenay Lake Hospital, services 10579
- Lower mainland, health care services, residential care beds 8948
- McGeer, Patrick, role in research commercialization 9292
- Marleau, Diane, letter as federal Health minister on interpretation of Canada Health Act 10960
- Medical Services Commission, 2003-04 financial statements tabled 11516
- Medical Services Plan
- applications, backlog 9112-3
- billings by physicians for surgeries 9203-4
- eligibility, waiving of wait-time 9339
- premiums, changes, impact on individuals 9209
- privatization of system
- service to clients
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, proclamation 9343-4
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, role 9291
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10533
- Morfitt, George, comments on viability of St. Mary's Hospital 9358
- Morritt, Edward, death at hospital 10579
- Mount St. Joseph Hospital
- expansion, feasibility study 9125-8
- hospital foundation work and status, role of Health Services minister 9175
- services, changes 9118-25, 9174-5, 9359
- volunteer policy 9359
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, emergency services, physician staffing issues 8893-4, 9193-4
- National Health Council
- Nurses
- employment, displacement of nurses 9346
- licensed practical nurses 9025
- nurse practitioners 9025
- remuneration levels 10638
- supply
- training, accessibility 8729
- Opticians, sight testing 9334, 11237
- Patriot Act (U.S.), provisions on access to personal information, applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 9351, 9787
- Pharmacare program
- coverage
- changes 9089
- exceptions in cases of allergy to covered drug 9372
- proton pump inhibitors 9337-8
- Fair Pharmacare program
- impact on costs to individuals 9209
- implementation 8727-8
- performance measurement 9302
- program 9089
- registration process 9113
- reference drug program, panel report, recommendations 9090
- Phillips, Casey, transfer to long-term care facility, letter from son 10961-2
- Physicians
- determination of medically necessary procedures 10960
- governance models elsewhere 9257
- investigation of public complaints against physicians 9258-9
- labour relations
- dispute-resolution mechanisms 9258-9
- job actions 9256-7
- negotiations with government and delisting of services 9298-9
- negotiations with government re compensation and job conditions 9190-4, 9191
- relations 9210
- remuneration
- alternative payment models 9255
- levels 8926
- specialist on-call payments 9119-20
- supply
- anaesthetists 8950
- general practitioners 8947, 9212-3
- number of school spaces 8729
- qualification of foreign-trained physicians 9305-6
- recruitment and retention in northern B.C. 9486
- Pi, David, work on laboratory reform 9184
- Port Coquitlam, ambulance station, need 9368
- Privacy, protection of personal information
- access to personal information of B.C. residents by American companies 9787
- personal identification, name of father on birth certificates and name changes for children 10958, 11062-4, 11156-9
- Providence Health Care
- actions re Mount St. Joseph Hospital 9114-7
- administration of health care facilities 9125
- Provincial health services authority, cost pressures 11055
- Public health
- Canadian pandemic influenza plan 8491
- education on healthy lifestyles 9308
- establishment of national agency, B.C.'s role 8458, 8491
- influenza vaccine supply 11515
- international network 8491
- personal accountability for health and lifestyle 9768
- system in B.C. 8925-6
- QLT Phototherapeutics (Canada) Inc., biotechnology research 9292
- Riverview Hospital redevelopment project, patient relocation 9367
- Royal Columbian Hospital, services 9129, 11694
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, psychiatric emergency care unit 9370
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing 9128-30, 9356-8, 9364
- St. Paul's Hospital, palliative and respite care beds, changes 9360-3
- Sandringham Hospital, renovations 9371-2
- SARS
- accelerated vaccine initiative 8490
- outbreak in Canada, response in B.C. 8489-90
- potential outbreak in B.C., handling in B.C. 8925-6
- Science and technology
- biotechnology industry, government funding and monitoring 9291, 9293
- research and development, commercialization 9290-2
- Seniors
- Sexual orientation, transgender surgery, waiting times 9340-1
- Skowronski, Danuta, role in 2003 SARS outbreak 8489-90
- Smithers, health care services 9581
- Stewart, Richard, alleged caucus discipline for inappropriate behaviour, call for apology by Joy MacPhail 9734
- Supreme Court of Canada decisions, personal identification, name of father on birth certificates and name changes for children 11064, 11156-7
- Surrey, health care issues 8946-9
- Surrey Memorial Hospital
- emergency facilities 8946
- eye surgery services 8948
- privatization of services, impact on patient safety 9307
- services 9306
- Throne speech debate 8488-91
- Tobacco
- government's court case against tobacco companies 9091
- prevention of use, government strategy 9091, 9308
- Tri-Cities area, health care services 9368
- U.S., September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, impact on personal identity document security 11062
- University of Northern B.C., medical program 9486
- Vancouver coastal health authority, funding for home and community care 9365
- Vancouver Island health authority, administration costs 9199
- Vancouver, North Shore, ambulance service and stations 9369
- Vertesi, Les
- book on Canada's health care system 9297
- position and remuneration as government representative on National Health Council 9262-4, 9293-7, 9299
- Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10958, 11062-4, 11156-9
- Water, drinking water quality protection 9349-50
- Watson, Liz, role in government appointments 9263-4, 9294
- Whittred, Katherine, statements during 2003 estimates debate as minister of state 8930, 8932, 8936, 8938
Harbours and ports See also particular ports, e.g., Prince Rupert
- Competitiveness
- cap on property taxes
(Collins) 9597
- cap on property taxes, compensation to local governments
(Collins) 9712
(Halsey-Brandt) 9712
- cap on property taxes, legislation See Ports Property Tax Act
- new investment in ports
(Collins) 9711
(Halsey-Brandt) 9711
- ports competitiveness initiative
(Collins) 9597-9
(Halsey-Brandt) 9597-8
(Les) 10216
- Ports
- police services, funding
(Coleman) 9939
- role in B.C. economy
(Collins) 9597-8
Hargrove, Buzz
- Letter on compassionate care leave
(MacPhail) 9725-6
Harlan, William
- Position with Open Learning Agency, severance provisions
(Kwan) 8848, 9786, 10769-70
Harris, Hon. Roger (Skeena)
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C.
- economic diversification 8601
- economy, role of Indians in local economies 8601
- highways and roads, improvements 8601, 8694
- northern development initiative 8601
- post-secondary education system 8695
- tourism industry 8694-5
- transportation services for tourists in northwestern B.C. 10387
- transportation system 11602
- population, demographic changes 8691, 10387
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 8691-2
- B.C. Rail
- B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act, debate 11606-7
- Budget debate 8691-5
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8691-2
- Buses, regulations of private bus service 10387
- Campbell, Gordon, opening of B.C. games 8599
- Communities, needs of rural communities 8693-4
- Cruise ship industry in B.C., growth 8694-5
- Economy, heartlands economic strategy 8600
- Elections
- electoral reform, citizens' assembly, work of assembly 8692
- fixed election date 8692
- Energy, independent power producers, role in power generation in B.C. 8600
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut
- allocation to smaller operators 8600
- harvesting of beetle-damaged timber 11349, 11459-60
- community access to forest resources 11595
- forest district managers, powers re range licences 11456
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, timber takeback, reallocation 10158, 11349
- Indians' involvement in industry, government revenue-sharing 8601
- industry in B.C.
- current conditions 8599
- government initiatives to attract investment 8600-1
- impact of NDP government policies 8693
- mountain pine beetle infestation 11459
- salvage logging
- silviculture, replanting of deforested areas 11459
- working forest land base 8599
- Forestry Operations minister of state, role 8600
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 10158-9
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004, debate 11459-61, 11608-9
- Government
- government caucus committees, northern caucus, work of group 8600
- transfer payments from federal government, have-not status of B.C. 8600
- James, Carole, position on land use planning 8693
- Land use planning 8599
- Legislature, reforms 8692
- McRae, Bill, work in community 8598
- Mining industry
- Motor Carrier Commission, effectiveness 10386
- Neads, Dave, comments on government handling of mountain pine beetle infestation 11460-1
- NDP, performance as government 8693-4
- Northern B.C. Winter Games, opening by Gordon Campbell 8599
- Northern Development Commission, role 11607
- Northern development initiative trust 11601-2
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11601-3
- Oil and gas industry, development of industry in B.C. 8600, 8694
- Passenger Transportation Act, debate 10386-7
- Post-secondary education
- new student spaces 8695
- role of college system in northern B.C. economy 8601
- Prince Rupert
- cruise ship industry 8694
- port expansion, impact on economy 8694
- Railways and rail services, service to Alaska 8601
- Range Act, debate 11345, 11455-9
- Rangeland
- grazing leases, licences and permits, changes 11456-9
- management, legislation 11345
- tenure applications 11455-6
- Resources and resource industries
- accessibility of markets 11602
- resource communities, role in economy 8693-4, 11601-2
- role in economy and funding for social services 8599
- Skeena constituency and area, forest industry 8600
- Terrace
- Order of Terrace awards 8598
- post-secondary programs 8695
- Throne speech debate 8598-602
- Tourism industry, tour bus service in northwestern B.C. 10387
- Transportation, regulation of commercial transportation industry 10386-7
- Volunteers, community volunteers commended 8598-9
Harrop, B.C.
Hartland Landfill
- Gas project
(Penner) 11688
Harwin Elementary School, Prince George, B.C.
- Student enrolment
(Christensen) 10103
Hastings Entertainment Inc.
- Ownership of Hastings Park Racecourse
(Coleman) 9892
(MacPhail) 9892
Hastings Park Racecourse, Vancouver, B.C.
Have-not status See Transfer payments from federal government under Government
Hawaii
- Early childhood development initiative
(Clark) 9994-5
(Manhas) 9994
Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge-Mission)
- Abbotsford
- hospital, new hospital and cancer centre 9130, 9307-8, 10408, 11676
- hospital, new hospital and cancer centre project
- bidders and bidding process 9307
- cost 8849
- Agricultural Land Commission, responsiveness to regional needs 11019-20
- Allnutt, Chris, position with Hospital Employees Union 11200
- Ambulance service, patient interfacility transfers, responsibility for costs 9026-7
- Automobiles, driver's licence renewals 9950
- Breast health, mammography services 9024
- B.C. Hydro, issues 8468-9
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- accomplishments 8649
- position on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington) 9769
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 11684
- Budget debate 8647-50
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8466-7, 8648-50
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8506-7
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., government decisions on tenure 8467
- Cheung, Herman, position with government caucus 10681
- Children and Family Development ministry, past ministers 11370
- Children, programs and services for children and families, governance changes 8469
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 9214-5
- Community Living Authority Act
- Community Living B.C., board membership 11436
- Corporations, taxation, changes during B.C. Liberal Party administration 8468
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 8467
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, transition to community-based services 8620, 9280, 9787, 11369
- programs and services during NDP administration 11370
- Energy
- electricity rates, setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 8468
- government policy 8468
- independent power producers, role in power generation in B.C. 8468
- Finance ministry, estimates debate 9064-5
- Forest industry, issues 8467-8
- Fraser River
- gravel removal, federal government approval 9109, 11349-50
- new crossing on upper Fraser 11524
- Fraser Valley, substance abuse in area 11513
- Government
- police investigation into alleged breach of trust, use of word "scandal" 8466
- regulations and red tape, reduction 8468
- Health care
- funding, federal funding 10408
- health professionals, skills shortage 9767-8
- health support workers, legislated collective agreement 10684, 10918, 11237
- laboratory services, reform 9027, 9767
- regionalization, specialist services 11676-7
- system 9767, 10408
- wait-lists for surgery, government handling 9107-8
- Health Employers Association of B.C., letter on wage or benefits rollback for Hospital Employees Union members 11200
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9024-7, 9130, 9307-8
- Hospital Employees Union
- comments on cost of Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project 8849
- vote on wage or benefits rollback 11200
- Hospitals, service changes in community hospitals 9026
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 11684
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., closing of motor vehicle offices 9950
- Interim Authority for Community Living B.C., work of interim board members 11369-70
- International Financial Centre, establishment and purpose 9064-5
- James, Carole, position on community living service authority transfer plan 9787, 11370
- Land use planning
- balance between economic and environmental factors 10422-3
- need for certainty 8467
- Legislation, exposure bills 11370
- Local government, bylaws, enforcement collection 9214-5
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 11684
- Maple Ridge-Mission constituency and area, solicitation issues 11537
- Mining industry
- aggregate production and gravel extraction, development of sector 8719
- government commitment 8467
- Mission
- motor vehicle office, closing 9950
- regional growth planning in area 11019
- Motions
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8551
- transportation infrastructure (Motion 4), debate 11684
- working land base (Motion 46), debate 10422-3
- NDP, performance as government 8467-9, 8648
- Nurses
- licensed practical nurses 9024-5
- nurse practitioners 9025
- supply
- Oil and gas industry, future of industry in B.C. 8468
- Pharmacist Awareness Week 8996
- Pharmacists, role 8996
- Physicians, recruitment and retention 11676-7
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze during NDP administration 8469
- Prince Rupert, port expansion, impact on economy 11684
- Public health
- influenza vaccine supply 11515
- personal accountability for health and lifestyle 9308, 9767-8
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 9950
- Resources and resource industries, government commitment 8467
- Riverside Trades, Training and Technology Centre, trades training for high-school students 8649
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71), debate 11537-8
- Safety, safe-streets legislation 11537-8
- Sieg, Kerrie, position in Premier's office 10681
- Sieg, Rudolph, death 10681
- Skills training, promotion of trades training 8649-50
- Solicitation, aggressive solicitation 11537
- Sports, parental role in children's participation 8551
- Substance abuse/addiction, methamphetamine use 9769, 11512-3
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), government position 9769
- Throne speech debate 8465-9
- Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11524
- U.S., influenza vaccine supply 11515
- Vancouver Sun, comments on 2004-05 budget 8649
- Vaudreuil, Matthew, child abuse case, handling by NDP government 8469
- Walls, Doug, position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 8469
- Wicks, Lyle, political life 8487
- Wikdahl, Lori, work on multiple sclerosis commended 8453
- Windy Craggy mine, government decision on mining project 8467, 10422-3
- Zajac Ranch, activities for special needs children 10528-9
Hawkins, Hon. Sindi (Kelowna-Mission)
- As subject
- colleagues and staff thanked 8995
- letter to colleagues
(Speaker) 8454
- tribute
(MacPhail) 8453
- Bone marrow, donation 8995
Hawkshaw, Fred and Linda
- Fishery project
(Belsey) 9568
(van Dongen) 9568
Haycock, Ken
- Report on school libraries See School libraries under Education
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
- As subject
- appointment to Education Committee
(Penner) 11695
- experience as volunteer 9474
- Abbotsford hospital, new hospital and cancer centre, services 10407
- Automobiles, traffic congestion tax in Vancouver 9108
- Border crossings
- border infrastructure program 10803, 11329
- connector routes from crossings to highways, 176th Street expansion 10803-5
- B.C., population, people moving to B.C. 8496, 8701, 8823
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce, work of organization 8455, 8701
- B.C. Liberal Party government, commitments 8497
- Budget debate 8823-5
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8823-5
- Business
- position of business community on issues, 2004 throne speech 8496
- small business
- definition 10257
- government initiatives to support small business 10256
- role in economy 8701
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 9150, 9219-20
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11436, 11442
- Community Living B.C.
- Corporations, taxation, elimination of capital tax 10257
- Crime, repeat offenders 9938-9
- Economy, B.C. economic growth 11328-30
- Education, funding 8824
- Elections, electoral reform, citizens' assembly, work of assembly 8823
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8496
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 9135
- promotion of mining industry 9135
- Environmental protection, government initiatives 8497
- Exports and imports, trade missions 10257
- Families, issues and concerns, public input and round tables 8497
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation process, site visits 11328
- recommendations 8823
- Fleetwood Villa, opening of assisted-living units for seniors 9106
- Forest industry
- export of products 10155-6
- softwood lumber exports to U.S., negotiations for new agreement, quota system issue 10155
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 10155-6
- Gambling, charity gaming revenues, allocation of funds to organizations 9937
- Government, regulations and red tape, reduction 8496
- Health care, issues 8824, 9306, 10407-9
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9305-6
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) improvements
- overpass at 160th Street 10805
- widening from Surrey to Vancouver 10804
- Highway 10, widening 11329
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 8824-5
- Housing
- assisted-living units, opening 9106
- social and subsidized housing, portability of rent supplements 9220
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, investment and projects 8496, 8824, 11328-30
- Legislature, free votes 8823
- Les, John, support for small business as mayor of Chilliwack 8702
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure
- Marijuana grow operations, elimination 9938
- Mental illness, public awareness 9279
- Mining industry
- aggregate production and gravel extraction, role in construction industry 11133
- development of industry in B.C. 9135
- jobs in B.C. 11133-4
- Motions
- mining industry in B.C. (Motion 115), debate 11133-4
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8552
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9474
- transportation infrastructure (Motion 4), debate 11685
- Multiculturalism, cultural diversity awards for businesses 9784
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits of hosting games 11330
- Physicians, qualification of foreign-trained physicians 9305-6
- Port Mann Bridge, expansion 10804-5, 11328-9
- Post-secondary education, admission requirements and new student spaces 8497, 8824, 11329
- Provincial Revenue ministry, estimates debate 9078
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 9937-9
- Real Estate Development Marketing Act, debate 11026, 11028-9
- Real estate industry
- S&R Sawmills Ltd., operations 10155
- Sales tax, loss of revenue from cash transactions 9078
- School district 36 (Surrey), student performance 11596
- Science and technology, research and development
- investment in research and development 10257
- scientific research and experimental development tax credit 8825
- Seniors, programs and services 11692
- Small Business and Economic Development ministry
- Sports, benefits of team sports 8552
- Substance abuse/addiction, programs and services, range of services 11561
- Surrey
- addiction services 11561
- automobile theft prevention 9937
- health care issues 9306
- police services, recognition of work of officers and citizens 8553
- post-secondary student seats 11329
- transportation infrastructure needs 10805, 11328-30, 11685
- Surrey Chamber of Commerce Annual Police Awards 11093-4
- Surrey Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards 11649
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, services 9306, 10407
- Surrey-Delta Immigrant Services Society, cultural diversity awards for businesses 9784
- Surrey-Tynehead constituency and area
- Throne speech debate 8496-7
- Tobacco taxation, enforcement 9078
- Transportation ministry, estimates debate 10803-6
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in society 9474
Haynes, Chris
HEABC See Health Employers Association of British Columbia
Health authorities See also particular health authorities, e.g., Interior health authority
Health care See also Public health
- Accessibility, equal access
(Lekstrom) 8919-20
- Acute care services See Emergency services below under this main heading
- Advertising by government and health care authorities See Advertising and announcements, health care advertising under Government
- Alternative therapies, protection for physicians practising chelation and alternative therapies
(Hansen) 9334
(Reid, J.) 9334
- Ambulance service See Ambulance service
- Beds
- acute care beds, appropriate use
(Hansen) 9198
(Lekstrom) 9198
- long-term care beds See Continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds below under this main heading
- Centres of excellence See Regionalization, specialist services below under this main heading
- Chronic disease management
- Cochlear implants, technology
(Hansen) 8729
- Communication among health professionals, communications system See Picture archiving and communications system under Fraser health authority
- Continuing and long-term care
- accessibility in seniors' home communities
(Kwan) 10917-8
- assessment of level of need
(Hansen) 10917-8
- closing of facilities See Facilities, closings below under this main heading
- complex care, definitions
(Hansen) 8951-2, 8956
(Kwan) 8956
- consultation by government
(Hansen) 9014-9, 9027-8
(Kwan) 9014-9, 9027-8
- extended care, definition
(Hansen) 8951
- government policy development
(Hansen) 9006, 9013
- intermediate and long-term care beds, base number
(Hansen) 8939, 8955
(Kwan) 8939, 8954
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings See also Facilities, closings below under this main heading
(Hansen) 8965, 8967-8
(Kwan) 8965-8, 9001, 9022-3
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment
(Hansen) 8929-38, 8950, 8954, 8959-60, 8963, 9368
(Kwan) 8928-39, 8950, 8953-4, 8959-60, 8963, 9008-9
(Manhas) 9368
- intermediate and long-term care beds, numbers and targets
(Hansen) 8953, 8958-9, 9008, 9014, 9020-1
(Kwan) 8953, 8957-8, 9003, 9006-8, 9013-6, 9019, 9020
- intermediate and long-term care beds, supply
(Stewart, R.) 8860
- intermediate and long-term care, definitions
(Hansen) 8934-5, 8937, 8951
(Kwan) 8934-6, 8951
- January 2003 discussion paper
(Hansen) 8968, 9001-2, 9004-6, 9008, 9011-9, 9027
(Kwan) 8965-8, 9001-7, 9009, 9011-20, 9022, 9027
- long-term planning by government
(Hansen) 9002, 9008
(Kwan) 9002, 9009
- new definitions See complex care above under this subheading
- rent supplements See Residential care and assisted living under Housing
- wait-list for beds
(Hansen) 10918
- Costs
- cost increases
(Stewart, K.) 11675
(Sultan) 8625
- costs
(Hansen) 9768
(Roddick) 8597
- financial controls
(Hansen) 8729
- impact of demographic changes
(Chong) 8779
(Hansen) 8488
(Jarvis) 8524
(Visser) 8760
(Whittred) 8799-800
- impact of obesity-related illnesses on costs
(Brice) 8828
- savings
(Hansen) 9199
(MacPhail) 9199-200
- wage increases
(Johnston) 8528
- Dental health See Dental health
- Emergency services See also Ambulance service
- acute care network
(Johnston) 8815
- planning and usage
(Bray) 9370
(Hansen) 9370
- public education on use of emergency facilities
(Locke) 8947
- service levels
(Hansen) 11694
(Kwan) 11694
- Essential service designation
(Hansen) 9260
(MacPhail) 9260
- Facilities
- capital funding
(Sahota) 8737
- closings and service changes
(Hansen) 8948, 9021-2, 9028-32
(Kwan) 8921-2, 9022-3, 9028-32
(Locke) 8947
- construction and renovation, regulation
(Bruce) 9535
- facility fees at private clinics See Privatization below under this main heading
- networks of care
(Hansen) 9026
- support workers' labour dispute See Health support workers, labour dispute below under this main heading
- Funding
- additional funding
(Bloy) 8780
(Collins) 8611
(Roddick) 8758
(Sahota) 8737
- annual federal transfer payments
(MacPhail) 11051-2
- capital projects
(Hansen) 9083
- challenges
(Lee) 8576
- contingency funds
(Hansen) 9202-4
(MacPhail) 9203
- federal funding
(Campbell) 11313-4
(Hansen) 8730-1, 11050-2, 11054
(Hawes) 10408
(Hayer) 10407, 10409
(MacPhail) 11051-2
(Stewart, K.) 11675-6
- federal funding, allocation
(Hansen) 9083-8, 9255, 9304, 11052-5
(Kwan) 9084-8
(MacPhail) 9255, 9304, 11052, 11054-5
(Throne speech) 8448
- federal funding, certainty issue
(Hansen) 11051-2, 11055
(MacPhail) 11052, 11055
- federal funding for primary care
(Hansen) 9211-2
(MacPhail) 9211-2
- funding
(Abbott) 8795-6
(Brice) 8826-7
(Hansen) 8730-1, 8925
(Hayer) 8824
(Hogg) 8700
(Johnston) 8816
(Lekstrom) 8640
(Murray) 8594
(Stephens) 8738
(Stewart, R.) 8859-60
(Thorpe) 8666, 8673
(Visser) 8760
- funding during NDP administration
(MacKay) 11475
- funding to reduce surgery wait-lists
(Hansen) 9201-2
(MacPhail) 9201-2
- gaming revenue and health special account
(Lekstrom) 9197
- increases during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(Hansen) 9288
(Sultan) 9287
- investment strategy
(Falcon) 8734
- percentage for wages and compensation
(Collins) 8611
(Falcon) 8734
(Throne speech) 8448
- population needs-based formula
(Hansen) 8946, 9036, 9038, 9081
- public health and immunization trust
(Hansen) 11050-1, 11054
(MacPhail) 11054
- rural subsidy agreement
(Bennett) 11234
- specialist on-call payments See Remuneration under Physicians
- use of generally accepted accounting practices
(Hansen) 9081-2
(Kwan) 9081-2
- Government commitment to patients
(Campbell) 10742
- Government policies
- Government strategy
(Nettleton) 10640
- Health accord See Funding, federal funding above under this main heading
- Health professionals See also Nurses; Physicians
- recruitment from developing countries
(Hawes) 9768
- skills shortage
(Hawes) 9767-8
- supply, monitoring
(Bruce) 9542-4
- Health support workers
- essential services
(MacPhail) 10665
- layoffs and bumping regulations
(Bruce) 10665
(MacPhail) 10665
- layoffs, cases
(Brenzinger) 10640-1
- legislated collective agreement See Health support workers, legislated collective agreement below under this main heading
- morale
(Kwan) 10634
- negotiations for collective agreement
(Bruce) 9535, 10740-1, 10833
(Campbell) 10742
- tentative framework agreement in 2003
(Bruce) 10606, 10651-2
(MacPhail) 10651-2
- value of work
(Kwan) 10620-1, 10625
- wages and benefits
(Abbott) 10628
(Bruce) 10606-7
(Lekstrom) 10644
- Health support workers, labour dispute
- cancelled surgeries and medical procedures
(Abbott) 10629
(Bray) 10742-3
(Bruce) 10604, 10606
(Hansen) 10636-7, 10743, 11019
- deputy minister's intervention See Involvement in health support workers' labour dispute negotiations under Doney, Lee
- impact on autism services
(Bray) 10532
(Hansen) 10532
(Kwan) 10833
- legislation See also Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act; Health support workers, legislated collective agreement below under this main heading
- legislation, impact on government's privatization in health care system
(MacPhail) 10607-10, 10614
- legislation, impact on patients
(Collins) 10604
(Kwan) 10832-3
(MacPhail) 10605
- legislation, impact on workers
(Kwan) 10686, 10740
(MacPhail) 10608, 10684, 10741-2
- legislation, private member's bill See Health Care Services Continuation Act
- resumption of service
(Bruce) 10664-5
(MacPhail) 10664-5
- Health support workers, legislated collective agreement
- agreement
(Kwan) 10635
- impact on funding for health care
(Hansen) 10919
(Hawes) 10918
- pay equity portion
(Bruce) 10649-50
(Kwan) 10650
(MacPhail) 10649
- wages and benefits reduction
(Bruce) 10604, 10864
(Hansen) 10638
(Kwan) 10621-2, 10633
(MacPhail) 10683
(Nijjar) 10864
- wages and benefits reduction, arbitration option
(Bruce) 10607, 10662-3, 10684-5, 10918
(Hansen) 10683
(Hawes) 10684
(Hunter) 10918
(MacPhail) 10659, 10663
- wages and benefits reduction, arbitration option, union members' opportunity to vote
(Bruce) 11237
(Hawes) 11237
- wages and benefits reduction, arbitrator's decision, appeal
(Bruce) 10653-4
(MacPhail) 10653-7
- wages and benefits reduction, calculation
(Bruce) 10651-2, 10655-8
(Lekstrom) 10659
(MacPhail) 10651-2, 10655-9
- wages and benefits reduction, retroactivity
(Bruce) 10660, 10662-3
(Kwan) 10627, 10740
(MacPhail) 10610, 10660-3, 10683
- Home and community care planning council
(Hansen) 9018
(Kwan) 9017-8
- Information, B.C. Nurseline
(Hansen) 8926-7, 8947
(Kwan) 8928
- Intermediate care See Continuing and long-term care above under this main heading
- Intestinal health, Pharmacare coverage for medications See Coverage under Pharmacare program
- Laboratory services
- Labour relations
- collective agreements and negotiations, status
(Hansen) 9259-60
(MacPhail) 9259-60
- dispute involving health support workers See Health support workers, labour dispute above under this main heading
- government handling of labour disputes
(MacPhail) 10577
- relations during NDP administration
(Hansen) 10638
- Live-in care workers See Home care
- Mammography services See Breast health
- PACS See Picture archiving and communications system under Fraser health authority
- Palliative care
- Paramedics See Ambulance service
- Patients' bill of rights
(Hansen) 9354-5
(Kwan) 9354-5
- Preventative health care
- personal accountability See Personal accountability for health and lifestyle under Public health
- role in health care system
(Bray) 11422-3
(Hansen) 8489
(Trumper) 10727-9
- Primary care
- definition
(MacPhail) 9211
- funding See Funding, federal funding for primary care above under this main heading
- health care professionals in primary care model
(Hansen) 9254-5
(MacPhail) 9254
- Privatization
- Regionalization
- benefits
(Bennett) 9773-5
(McMahon) 9774-5
- centre of excellence for children's care
(Hansen) 9124
- experience elsewhere
(Bennett) 9773, 9775
- specialist services
(Hansen) 8728, 8926
(Hawes) 11676-7
- specialist services, centres of excellence
(Hansen) 9026
- Renal services See Kidney health
- Research
- Residential care See Residential care and assisted living under Housing
- Respite care See particular facilities, e.g., St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; Programs and services under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Services
- access standards
(Hansen) 9210
(MacPhail) 9210-1
- multicultural services
(Hansen) 9119, 9256
(Kwan) 9119
(MacPhail) 9256
- services in remote and rural areas See Northern and rural B.C., health care services under British Columbia
- use of Internet in provision of services
(Belsey) 8713
(Bloy) 8485
(McMahon) 8709
- Services for Indians, government consultation with Indians
(Hansen) 9340
(Kwan) 9340
- Services for seniors
(Stewart, K.) 8645
- Surgery
- accessibility, regional centres
(Hansen) 8728
- cancellation of elective surgeries
(Hansen) 8949
(Locke) 8949
- number of procedures performed
(Hansen) 8728, 9203-5, 9306
- nursing requirements
(Hansen) 9206
(MacPhail) 9205-6, 9254
- physician fees See Billings by physicians under Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- priority
(Hansen) 8949
- wait-lists for surgery See Funding, funding to reduce surgery wait-lists above under this main heading; Wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists below under this main heading
- System
- Technology See Information, B.C. NurseLine and Telehealth under this main heading
- Telehealth
- Travel assistance program See Travel for treatment, rural health travel assistance plan below under this main heading
- Travel for treatment, rural health travel assistance plan
(Belsey) 8483
(Bond) 8492
(Chutter) 8513
(Hansen) 9196-8
(Lekstrom) 8920, 9196-8
(Suffredine) 8587
(Throne speech) 8448
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- chemotherapy and radiotherapy
(Hansen) 9366
(Johnston) 9366
- funding See Funding, funding to reduce surgery wait-lists above under this main heading
- status
(Hansen) 8720-2, 11693-4
(Kwan) 8721-2
(MacPhail) 8720-1, 11693
- surgery wait-lists
(Collins) 10369-70
(MacPhail) 10368-9, 10616
- surgery wait-lists for joint replacements
(Hansen) 9206-8
(Hogg) 9206-8
- surgery wait-lists, government handling
(Hansen) 9108, 9306
(Hawes) 9107-8
(Hayer) 9306
- Workers
- human resources planning
(Hansen) 9372-3
(Hogg) 9372-3
- labour dispute involving health support workers See Health support workers, labour dispute above under this main heading
- occupational health and safety
(Hansen) 9260-1
(MacPhail) 9260-1
- position on government actions and policies
(MacPhail) 10578
- severance changes for non-bargaining unit employees
(Hansen) 9261
(MacPhail) 9261
Health Care Services Continuation Act
(Bill M201) (MacPhail) 1R, 10577
- Debate, speakers
(MacPhail) 10577
Health Employers Association of British Columbia
- Labour dispute with hospital union See Health support workers, labour dispute under Health care
- Letter on wage or benefits rollback for Hospital Employees Union members
(Hawes) 11200
Health Planning, Ministry of
Health Professions Act
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003
Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act
- (Bill 37) (Minister of Skills Development and Labour) 1R, 10604; 2R, 10606-45; C, 10646-66; 3R, 10666; RA, 10666
- Amdts: 2R (MacPhail) 10617, negatived 10632; sec. 4 (MacPhail) 10660, negatived 10660; sec. 4 (MacPhail) 10661, ruled out of order 10661; sec. 5 (MacPhail) 10663, negatived 10663; sec. 6 (MacPhail) 10664, ruled out of order 10664
- Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 10632, 2R approved 10645, sec. 3 approved 10660, amdt. to sec. 4(2) negatived 10661, sec. 4 approved 10661, amdt. to sec. 5(3) negatived 10663-4, sec. 5 approved 10664
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 10628-9
(Brenzinger) 10629-32, 10640-1
(Bruce) 10604, 10606-7, 10645-60, 10662-6
(Hansen) 10635-9
(Kerr) 10641-2
(Kwan) 10617-27, 10632-5, 10649-50, 10659-60
(Lekstrom) 10642-5, 10659
(MacPhail) 10607-17, 10646-65
(Nettleton) 10627-8, 10639-40
- Amendment by opposition MLAs
(Kwan) 10741
- Draft regulations, tabled
(Bruce) 10666
- Need for bill
(Bruce) 10645
- Position of government MLAs
(MacPhail) 10659
- Precedence over Labour Relations Code
(Bruce) 10653-4
(MacPhail) 10653-4
- Purpose of bill See also Health support workers, legislated collective agreement under Health care
(Bruce) 10607
- Qualification as urgent legislation
(Collins) 10604
(MacPhail) 10605
(Speaker) 10606
- Retroactivity clause See Health support workers, legislated collective agreement, wages and benefits reduction, retroactivity under Health care
- Review by government caucus
(Bruce) 10650-1
(Kwan) 10650
(MacPhail) 10648-51
- Timing of bill
(Bruce) 10646
(MacPhail) 10615, 10646
Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- Purpose of bill
(Bruce) 9535
Health, Select Standing Committee on
Health Services, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 8925-39, 8946-68, 9001-38, 9081-91, 9110-30, 9174-213, 9253-64, 9287-308, 9334-73, 9407-16, 9435-50
- speakers
(Anderson) 9194-6
(Bray) 9369-71, 9435-6, 9446-7
(Brenzinger) 9128-9
(Brice) 9407-16, 9435-50
(Hansen) 8925-39, 8946-63, 8965-8, 9001-38, 9081-91, 9110-30, 9174-213, 9253-64, 9287-308, 9334-73
(Hawes) 9024-7, 9130, 9307-8
(Hayer) 9305-6
(Hogg) 9206-10, 9334, 9372-3
(Jarvis) 9368-9
(Johnston) 9365-6
(Kwan) 8928-39, 8950-68, 9001-20, 9022-3, 9027-38, 9081-91, 9111-28, 9335-63
(Lee) 9372
(Lekstrom) 9196-8
(Locke) 8946-50
(MacKay) 9409-11
(MacPhail) 9174-94, 9199-206, 9210-3, 9253-64, 9293-305, 9411-5, 9436-45
(Manhas) 9366-8
(Mayencourt) 9447-9
(Reid, J.) 9334
(Roddick) 9259, 9411
(Sahota) 9363-4, 9435
(Suffredine) 9023
(Sultan) 9287-93
- Supplementary estimates
- Budget and finances
- administration costs, reduction
(Hansen) 10919
- budget for 2006-07 fiscal year
(Hansen) 11055-6
(MacPhail) 11055
- funding for health research
(Hansen) 9291, 9293
(Sultan) 9291-3
- health special account See Funding, gaming revenue and health special account under Health care
- spending authority
(Hansen) 9288
(Sultan) 9288
- supplementary estimates, legislation
(Collins) 11100
- supplementary estimates, purpose
(Hansen) 11050-1
- Goals
(Hansen) 8925
- Health benefits operations, staffing
(Hansen) 9111-2
(Kwan) 9111-2
- Investigation of health care legislation violations
(Hansen) 10961, 11017-7
(Kwan) 11019
(MacPhail) 11017
- Planning function
(Hansen) 9289
(Sultan) 9289
- Relationship with health authorities
(Hansen) 9288
- Role
(Hansen) 9302
Healthier Babies-Brighter Futures program See Treatment and services under Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Hearing impairment
Heartlands
- Heartlands as area of B.C. See Heartlands and Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
- Heartlands economic strategy See Economy
Hell's Angels
- Criminal activities
(Coleman) 8633-4
HELP See Early childhood development, human early learning partnership under Children
Henault, Dallas
- Comments on regional Liberal convention in Vancouver
(MacPhail) 8849
Hendren, Alanna
- Handling of information on activities by Doug Walls
(Kwan) 9716-7, 9809
- Letter on transfer of governance in community living sector
(Clark) 9743-4
(Kwan) 9742-4
Henriquez, Carol
- Work with children
(Mayencourt) 8561
Hepatitis
- Funding for people with hepatitis C
(Hansen) 9086
- Prevention and treatment of hepatitis C
(Mayencourt) 11141-2
Heritage See also Culture
Herron, Noel
- Comments on funding for inner-city school programs
(Kwan) 9975-7
Hertzman, Clyde
Hesquiaht Indian band
- Student travel for educational opportunities
(Trumper) 11336
Hesquiat, B.C.
HEU See Hospital Employees Union
Hewlick, Robert
- Comments on health care system during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(Nettleton) 10640
Heyman, George
- Comments on Okanagan University College expansion
(Kwan) 10757-8
High Valley Youth Custody Centre, Logan Lake, B.C.
- Closing of facility
(Clark) 9556
Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Employment
(Krueger) 11132
High-technology industry See also Science and technology
- Government initiatives to support industry
(Brice) 8582
(Lee) 8689-90
- Industry in B.C.
(Manhas) 8769-70
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Improvements
- funding
(McMahon) 8464
- Kicking Horse Canyon section
(Abbott) 8797
(Falcon) 10468, 11332
(McMahon) 11331, 11508
(Suffredine) 8749
- overpass at 160th Street
(Falcon) 10805
(Hayer) 10805
- section between Pritchard and Chase
(Falcon) 10065
(Krueger) 10064
- section between Pritchard and Chase, petition tabled
(Krueger) 9581
- widening from Surrey to Vancouver
(Falcon) 10804
(Hayer) 10804
- Mount Lehman Road interchange, construction
(de Jong) 8517
Highway 1A (Fraser Highway)
Highway 10
Highway 15 (Pacific Highway)
- Expansion See Connector routes from crossings to highways, 176th Street under Border crossings
Highway 97
- Alaska Highway, international forum on highway issues
(Lekstrom) 11123-5
(Reid, J.) 11124
- Improvements to section between Summerland and Peachland
(Thorpe) 8666-7
Highway Act See Transportation Act
Highway (Industrial) Amendment Act, 2004
Highway Scenic Improvement Act See Transportation Act
Highways and roads See also Transportation infrastructure under Infrastructure
Hiller, Doug
- Letter to government re child care centre funding
(Kwan) 9519-20
Hills Bar
- Gravel deposits in area
(Plant) 10588
Hillson, Glen
- Death
(Throne speech) 8443
- Work as AIDS activist
(Mayencourt) 8534
History
HIV See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Hixon Elementary School, Hixon, B.C.
- Impact of class-size limits on school
(Christensen) 10109
- Internet access by students
(Christensen) 10014
Ho, Francis
- Work at Mount St. Joseph Hospital
(Hansen) 9116
(Kwan) 9116
Hockey
Hoffman's bluff
Hog industry
- Exports to U.S., tariff, impact on industry
(Roddick) 11695
(van Dongen) 11695
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey-White Rock)
- As subject
- comments on position of Doug Walls with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 9432-3
(MacPhail) 8557-8
(Speaker) 9551-2
- resignation as Children and Family Development minister
(Collins) 8998
(Kwan) 8998, 9647
- B.C., population, demographic changes 11681
- B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since election 8530
- Budget debate 8698-700
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget 8699-700
- Burnaby, seniors forum 11681
- Communities, social programs 8705-6
- Economy, B.C. economy 8530, 8699
- Education, funding 8700
- Fraser health authority, budget planning 9208
- Health care
- funding 8700
- human resources planning 9372-3
- wait-lists for joint replacements 9206-8
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9206-10, 9334, 9372-3
- Indians
- child protection and children in government care 8530
- relationship with provincial government 8700
- Legislature, requirement to raise matter of privilege at earliest convenience 9432
- McKnight, John, work in community development 8704-6
- Medical Services Plan premiums, changes, impact on individuals 9208-9
- Murray, Elaine, position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 9432
- Opticians, sight testing 9334
- Peace Arch District Hospital, surgery needs 9206-8
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program, impact on costs to individuals 9208-9
- Physicians, relations with government 9209-10
- Police and policing, funding for police services, allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 11681
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8700
- Privilege, misleading of House by Gordon Hogg re comments on position of Doug Walls with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 9432-3
- Rashomon effect, experience of events by individuals 8698-9
- Seniors, issues and concerns 11681
- Surrey-White Rock constituency and area, Blackie Spit, dog prohibition for bird protection 9673-6
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 8699
- Throne speech debate 8529-30
- Walls, Doug, position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 9432-3
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, estimates debate 9673-6
- Welfare, social policy maps 8704-5
- White Rock and South Surrey Chamber of Commerce, business and community award recipients 8529
Holberg, B.C.
- Wind power generation project
(Penner) 8753, 11504
Holland, Michael
- Relationship with Human Resources minister
(Hagen) 8504-6
(Kwan) 8506
(MacPhail) 8504-5
Holmes, Perley
- Comments on foreign workers in Canada
(MacPhail) 9729
Holocaust Memorial Day
- Commemoration
(Campbell) 10129
Holt, Derek
Holy Family Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Home care
- Assisted living See Residential care and assisted living under Housing
- Care workers, funding and supply
(Hansen) 9365
(Johnston) 9365
- Home support
- Live-in care workers, working visas for foreign nurses
(Hansen) 9347-8
(Kwan) 9347-9
Home Conversion and Leasehold Loan Act
Home Mortgage Assistance Program Act
Home Owner Grant Act
- Amendments
(Collins) 9590
Home Purchase Assistance Act
Home support See Home care
Homelessness See Housing; Poverty; particular locations, e.g., Surrey, B.C.
Homeowner grant
Homeowner Interest Assistance Act
Homeowner protection office
- Operations and responsibilities
(Coell) 10399
(Kwan) 10399
Hope, B.C.
- Forest industry in area, impact of timber takeback on forest workers
(de Jong) 10246-7
(MacPhail) 10246-7
Hopman, Brendan
- Participation in sport of luge
(McMahon) 10274
Horse-racing industry
- Status of industry
(Coleman) 9892
Hospital Employees Union
- Comments on issues
- contracting-out of hospital services
(Bray) 8894
- cost of Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project
(Hansen) 8849
(Hawes) 8849
- Labour dispute involving health support workers See Health support workers, labour dispute under Health care
- News release on health authority directors' fees
(MacPhail) 9300-1
- Secretary-business manager See Allnutt, Chris
- Vote on wage or benefits rollback
(Hawes) 11200
- Women members and pay equity issue
(Kwan) 10625-7
Hospitals See also Facilities under Health care; particular hospitals or locations
- Hospital foundations, independence
(Hansen) 9117
- Impact of closed services on charitable donors
(Kwan) 9125
- Privatization of housekeeping and laundry services, impact
(Bray) 8894
(Hansen) 8894-5
- Reporting of gunshot and knife injuries to police
(Mayencourt) 10529
- Service changes in community hospitals
(Hawes) 9026
- Support workers' labour dispute See Health support workers, labour dispute under Health care
- Thrift stores, taxation
(Collins) 9062
(Roddick) 9062
- Volunteers, role
(Hansen) 9359
Hotel Room Tax Act
Housing
- Accessible housing for disabled persons
(Anderson) 9236
- Affordable housing
- Assisted-living facilities See Residential care and assisted living below under this main heading
- Construction See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
- Cooperative housing projects and units
(Coell) 10364
(Kwan) 10364
- Development cost charges See Land use
- Homelessness See also Poverty; particular locations, e.g., Vancouver, B.C.
- Housing for seniors See Seniors
- Housing starts in B.C.
(Bruce) 9540
(Halsey-Brandt) 8818
(Kerr) 8628
(Kwan) 9541
- Rent supplements See Residential care and assisted living and Social and subsidized housing below under this main heading
- Rental housing
- arbitration
(Coleman) 10005
(MacPhail) 10005
- damage deposits See security deposits below under this subheading
- landlords, powers of eviction and inspection
(Coleman) 9856, 10005
- marijuana grow operations in rental housing See Grow operations under Marijuana
- mobile homes, rent increases
(Coleman) 10008-9
(MacPhail) 10008-9
- rent increases
(Coleman) 10005, 10007
(MacPhail) 10005-8
- security deposits, refunds from landlords
(Coleman) 10005, 10008
- supply
(Coell) 9218
(Stewart, R.) 8859, 9218
- vacancy rate
(Coleman) 10005
- Residential care and assisted living See also Continuing and long-term care under Health care; Independent Living B.C.
- 24-hour nursing care
(Hansen) 8935, 8937, 8959
(Kwan) 8936
- assessment
(Hansen) 8936-7, 8951, 8955-7, 9003-5, 9010
(Kwan) 8951, 8954-7, 9002-6, 9009-12
- assisted living and home support as replacement for residential care
(Hansen) 8966-7
(Kwan) 8965-8
- assisted living and supportive living
(Hansen) 8966
- assisted living and supportive living, definitions
(Hansen) 8935, 8937, 8957
(Kwan) 8936, 8957
- assisted-living model
(Kwan) 8934
- assisted-living model, registrar services
(Hansen) 9033, 9035
- assisted-living units, construction, tendering process
(Coell) 8895
(Halsey-Brandt) 8895
- assisted-living units, opening
(Hayer) 9106
- cost to residents
(Hansen) 9034
(Kwan) 9034
- discussion paper See Continuing and long-term care, January 2003 discussion paper under Health care
- eligibility criteria See assessment above under this subheading
- high-shift model See assisted living and home support as replacement for residential care above under this subheading
- housing for frail elderly and role of Health Services ministry
(Coell) 10393-5
(Kwan) 10393-5
- independent supportive housing
(Hansen) 8960-2
(Kwan) 8960-1
- move of residents to other facilities or support arrangements
(Kwan) 9013, 9022, 9029
- numbers of beds See Continuing and long-term care facilities, intermediate and long-term care beds under Health care
- provision of facilities
(Chong) 9237
(Roddick) 9237
- rate changes
(Hansen) 8728
- rent increases
(Coleman) 10009
(MacPhail) 10009
- rent supplements
(Hansen) 8959
(Kwan) 8958-9
- residential access policy of government See also assessment above under this main heading
(Hansen) 9009-10
(Kwan) 9009-10
- residential care, definition
(Hansen) 8952-3, 9003
(Kwan) 8952, 9003
- tax-exemption eligibility
(Plant) 11616
- tenancy issues and health and safety
(Hansen) 9033, 9035
(Kwan) 9033-5
- utilization rates
(Kwan) 9012
- Safe houses See Youth
- Second-stage housing See Transition houses
- Seniors housing See Housing under Seniors; Residential care and assisted living above under this main heading
- Single-room occupancies
- support worker on premises
(Coell) 10397
(Mayencourt) 10397
- units
(Mayencourt) 8535
- Social and subsidized housing See also British Columbia Housing
- eligibility
(Coell) 10356-7, 10359
(Kwan) 10356-7, 10359
- funding
(Coell) 9626, 10360, 11122
(Johnston) 11537
(Kwan) 10360, 10951
(Mayencourt) 11542
(Murray) 8593
(Nijjar) 9625
(Plant) 11702
- housing for seniors and disabled persons, funding
(Bray) 8460
- housing for vulnerable persons, funding and units
(Coell) 8684, 9150
- portability of rent supplements
(Bray) 8454, 9221
(Coell) 9220
(Hayer) 9220
- projects and number of units
(Bray) 9220-1
(Coell) 9221, 10361-6
(Kwan) 10360-6
- rent supplements
(Coell) 10362-3
(Kwan) 10362-3
- subsidies for families
(Bray) 9221
- supply
(Brice) 9437
(MacPhail) 9437
- supply in rural areas
(Coell) 9238
- wait-lists and waiting times
(Coell) 10357-9
(Kwan) 10357-9
- Subsidized housing See Social and subsidized housing above under this main heading
- Supportive housing See Residential care and assisted living above under this main heading
- Temporary housing and shelters See also Transition houses
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Houston, B.C.
HRDC See Human Resources Development Canada
Huckleberry Mines Ltd.
- Government loan restructuring
(MacKay) 11425
(Thorpe) 11425
Hulbert, Peter
Hulchanski, David
- Comments on homelessness and housing
(MacPhail) 11533-4
Human Resources Development Canada
Human Resources, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Hagen) 10036-9
- Budget See also Funding under Income assistance
- budget
(Bell) 8791
(Collins) 8610
(Mayencourt) 8662
- income assistance programs
(MacPhail) 10039
- prevention, compliance and enforcement branch
(Hagen) 10083
(MacPhail) 10083
- Deputy minister, performance bonus
(Hagen) 10074
(MacPhail) 10074
- Employment assistance workers, workload
(MacPhail) 10043, 10046, 10073
- Income assistance programs See Income assistance
- Office amalgamations and closings
(Hunter) 10076-7
(MacPhail) 10076-7
- Services, electronic delivery
(Hagen) 10076
- Website information on income assistance benefits rules
(Hagen) 10041-2, 10070
(MacPhail) 10041-2, 10048
Human Resources Planning Committee See 2010 Human Resources Planning Committee
Human rights
- Complaint process
(Plant) 11195
Human Rights Code
Human Rights Tribunal See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Hunter, John
- Role in negotiations between government and physicians
(Hansen) 9299
(MacPhail) 9299
Hunter, Mike (Nanaimo)
- As subject
- work on pulp and paper sector issues
(de Jong) 10146
- Adoption, adoptive families, income tax reporting 9075
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 9564-6
- Aquaculture industry
- fish farms, siting licence applications, timeliness of assessment 9566
- taxation, sales tax exemptions 9075
- Boats and boating
- recreational boating 10939-41
- tugboat and barge operators, labour dispute, impact on B.C. economy 10277
- B.C. College of Teachers, council membership changes 11151-2
- B.C. Teachers Federation, relationship with B.C. College of Teachers 11151
- Budget debate 8675-9
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget 8676
- Canada Revenue Agency, collection and remittance of B.C. taxes 9076
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8606, 8675-6
- Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, volunteer marine rescue services 10941
- Children and Family Development ministry
- ministers, past ministers 11358
- public consultation on services for developmentally disabled 11359
- Children, programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery 11358
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 9215, 9327
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11357-60
- Community Living B.C., issues 11359-60
- Crime, automobile theft prevention, integrated task force and bait car program 11561
- Cruise ship industry in B.C., role in economy 10122
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 8922-3
- Education, funding and system 8677, 11151
- Employment, opportunities in B.C. 11496-7
- Ferries and ferry services, sale of fast ferries 8945
- Fisheries
- government authority, federal-provincial relationship 9565
- recreational fishing 10939
- Food industry
- food inspection and safety
- harmonization of Canada's food inspection system 9566
- safety record and inspection system in Canada 9164
- seafood industry, role in economy 9564
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, employment levels 10144
- export of products, raw logs from private lands 10145
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction
- potential for park establishment 10144
- timber takeback, determination 10143-4
- pulp and paper sector 10145-6
- reforms 8678
- timber-pricing system, market-based system, impact on job creation 10144
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 10143-6
- Gabriola Island
- economy and population 8923
- real estate market 8676-7
- Government, provincial-municipal relations, grants from province 9215
- Greater Nanaimo water district, history 10501-2
- Habitat for Humanity, housing projects 11338
- Health care, health support workers, legislated collective agreement 10918
- Highways and roads
- construction projects 11038-9
- development near intersections 11040
- use of highways, commercial activities along highways 11040-1
- Human Resources ministry, office amalgamations and closings 10076-7
- Immigration
- recognition of credentials of foreign-trained professionals 11498
- role of immigrants in economy 11497-9
- Income assistance, employment and assistance program 8702-3
- Kidd Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
- debate 9784
- referral to select standing committee 9784
- Kiwanis Village Lodge, services 8922
- Livestock industry, cattle industry, response to cases of BSE 9164
- Local government, provincial grants for holding referenda 9215
- Malaspina University College, growth of campus 8677
- Motions
- cruise industry (Motion 73), debate 10122-3
- promotion of Canadian beef (Motion 3), debate 9164
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 11338
- Museums, community museums 9327
- Nanaimo
- automobile theft, prevention 11561
- business development in area 8923
- convention centre project 8677-8
- cruise ship industry 10122
- economic development in area 8676-9
- number of income assistance recipients 8703
- social issues 8923
- volunteerism 8703, 11338
- water supply service
- advisory committee 10581-2
- transfer of authority from regional water district to city of Nanaimo 10502
- Nanaimo and South West Water Supply Act, debate 10501-2, 10581-2
- Nanaimo Bastion, designation as national historic site 9327
- Nanaimo Hospital Foundation, fundraising activities 11338
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- Nanaimo Youth Services Association, work of organization 8703
- NDP, performance as government, fiscal management 8675-6
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C. 10132
- employment in sector 11496-7
- offshore industry, development, opportunities for communities 8679
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 11497
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., audit services and contracts with government 9580
- Property rights, private property, control of access 10954
- Provincial Revenue ministry
- estimates debate 9074-6
- audit, collection and enforcement activities 9075
- customer service and outreach programs 9074-5
- Safe Streets Act (Bill M202), debate 10949
- Safety, public safety 10949
- St. John Ambulance, volunteer services 11338
- Sales tax exemptions, guidelines 9075
- Securities Act
- Securities industry
- protection for investors 10936-7
- regulation, new B.C. model 10937-8
- role of securities market in economy 10937
- Skills training
- apprenticeship programs in B.C. 8457
- shortage of skilled workers 11496-8
- training programs, Red Seal certification program, adjustment of examination results 8457
- Snuneymuxw first nation, agreement-in-principle, status of negotiations 8679
- Society, handling of disabled people 11358, 11360
- Solicitation at stopped cars 10949
- Teachers, political activities in schools 11151
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11151-2
- Throne speech debate 8922-3
- Transportation Act, debate 11038-41
- Trespass Act, application to rural areas 10954
- Trespass to Property Act, debate 10954
- Trucking industry, labour shortage 11496
- Vancouver Island, development of coalbed methane resources, joint agreement 10132
- Volunteers, work of volunteers and volunteer organizations 11338
- Welfare, social services sector, relationship between government and not-for-profit organizations 8923
Hunting
- Hunting by Indians, hunting for sustenance and ceremonial hunting
(MacKay) 10595
(Plant) 10595
- Organizations, charitable status
(Bennett) 8942
- Trappers, regulation, roadkill tax
(Bennett) 11346-7
Hupacasath Indian band
- Involvement in road aggregate industry
(Trumper) 8588
Huras, Marina
- Situation as health care worker
(Kwan) 10686
Huu-ay-aht Indian band
- Government grants for cultural and heritage studies
(Neufeld) 9141
- Involvement in forest industry
(Trumper) 8588
- Student travel for educational opportunities
(Trumper) 11336
Huynh, Carol
- Qualification as alternate for Canadian women's wrestling team
(MacKay) 11016
Hydro and Power Authority Act
Hydroelectricity See Energy
Hydrogen energy See Energy
Hydroponic growing equipment industry See Agriculture industry
Hyland House, Surrey, B.C.
Hyndman, Doug
- Comments on new model for B.C. securities industry regulation
(Sultan) 10903
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