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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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Kamloops, B.C.
- Land and resource management plan in area
(Krueger) 11136
- Mining industry in area
(Krueger) 11132
Kamloops Child Development Society
- Comments on supported child care and child care funding
(Kwan) 9524, 9983-4
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society
Kamloops timber supply area
- Pine beetle infestation and annual allowable cut
(Krueger) 11342
Kamloops-Thompson school district See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)
Kaslo, B.C.
- Contaminated sites in area
(Suffredine) 9792
Kedrosky, Paul
- Comments on B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail
(MacPhail) 10231
Kehler, John
- Comments on community living funding
(Kwan) 9798-9
Kelowna, B.C.
- Bridge construction project
(Falcon) 9279-80
(Kwan) 9279-80
(Thorpe) 8666
- High-technology industry
(Weisbeck) 11141
Kelowna Daily Courier
Kemess mine See Northgate Exploration Ltd.
Kendall, Perry
- 2001 report as provincial health officer
(Hansen) 9340
(Kwan) 9339-40
- Warning re pork products from Pickton farm See Farm's pork products, possibility of contamination under Pickton, Robert
Kerin, Theresa
Kerr, Brian J. (Malahat-Juan de Fuca)
- As subject
- experience as chartered accountant 10932
- interview with Moe Sihota 8626-7
- Armed forces, work in community commended 11295
- B.C. Assessment, continuation of farm status, process 10931
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8627-8
- Budget debate 8626-30
- Budgets
- 2004-05 balanced budget 8626-7, 8629-30, 8974
- inclusion of schools, universities, colleges and hospitals in government budget 8972
- transparency 8971
- Business
- audits of reporting systems 10934
- disclosure by public companies 10934
- head office location, benefits 10932-3
- limited liability partnerships 10847-9
- small businesses in B.C. 8628-9
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget, tax increases 8627-9
- Canadian Forces Appreciation Day 11295-6
- Corporations, taxation, role of directors, due diligence and liability issues 11061-2
- Cowichan Lake, tourism in area 10723-4
- Economy, B.C. economy 8628
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C., impact of tax incentives on industry 8628
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations 8627
- Finance ministry
- estimates debate 8971-5
- budget, capital costs 8974
- Food industry
- meat products, safety of Canadian products 9165
- safety record and inspection system in Canada 9165
- slaughter facilities, impact of inspection regulations on small slaughterhouses 9165-6
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, impact of Filmon report on 2004-05 government budget 8974
- Forest industry, community forest agreements 10851-4
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10851-4
- Government accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 8971, 8973
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act, debate 10641-2
- Housing starts in B.C. 8628
- Investment, recovery of losses from disgorged funds 10933
- Labour, collective agreements, negotiation by government 10642
- Legislature, free votes 10641-2
- Lyme disease, diagnosis and incidence 10682
- Motions, promotion of Canadian beef (Motion 3) , debate 9165-6
- Partnership Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10847-9
- Partnerships B.C., transfer of costs to partnerships 8974
- Port Renfrew
- community forest for area 10852
- tourism in area 10723
- Provincial Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11059, 11061-2
- Real Estate Development Marketing Act, debate 11023-5, 11029, 11031-2
- Real estate industry
- consumer protection 11025
- real estate developments
- Real property tax, deferrals for persons living on leased land, eligibility 11059
- Securities Act
- Securities industry
- disclosure requirements for issuer bids 11010
- enforcement and penalties
- administrative penalty and removal of benefits 11012-3
- enforcement and penalties 10933
- insider reporting 10934
- market participant conduct 11008-9
- protection for investors 10933-4
- regulation 10932
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, estimates debate 10931
- Taxation
- sales of property due to default on tax payments by persons deemed incompetent 11059
- tax reductions and changes, impact on families 8629
- Vancouver Island, tourism industry, circle route proposal connecting Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan 10723-5
- West Coast Trail, hiking trail 10723
- Women of Distinction Awards 11015-6
Kicking Horse Canyon highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
Kidd Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2004
(Bill Pr402) (Hunter) 1R, 9784; 2R, 10299; C, 10299; 3R, 10299; RA, 10666
- Debate, speakers
(Hunter) 9784
- Referral to select standing committee
(Hunter) 9784
Kidney health
- Expansion of renal services
(Hansen) 8926
Kieran, Brian
- Meetings with Rick Thorpe
(MacPhail) 9071
Killarney Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
Kimberley, B.C.
- Health care facilities
(McMahon) 8464
- Health care services, primary care centre
(Hansen) 11394
(McMahon) 11394
- Hospital closing
(McMahon) 9775
- Mining activities in area
(McMahon) 11331
Kingsway Road See Vancouver, B.C.
Kispiox Valley
- Hunting and fishing by Indians in area
(MacKay) 10594-5
(Plant) 10595-6
Kitimat-Stikine regional district
- Request re designation of parks and protected areas in district
(Barisoff) 11170
(MacPhail) 11170
Kiwanis Club
- Cycling tour for diabetes
(Trumper) 8589, 11016
- Housing projects
(Suffredine) 9474-5
Kiwanis Village Lodge, Nanaimo, B.C.
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.
- Funding for St. David's Preschool
(Coell) 9464
(Kwan) 9463-4
- Program contracts with Ministry of Human Resources
(Hagen) 10082
(MacPhail) 10082
Klappan coal deposit See Fortune Minerals Ltd.
Klemtu, B.C.
- Access to high-speed Internet service in area
(Belsey) 10333
(Murray) 10333
Knowledge Network See Open Learning Agency
Kootenay area
- Caribou population
(Suffredine) 10127
- East Kootenays
- Health care
- High-speed Internet service
(Bennett) 10412, 11335
(McMahon) 10685
(Murray) 10685
(Suffredine) 8585, 10411-3
- Mining industry
(Suffredine) 10127
- Power projects
(Suffredine) 11506-7
- Power projects, sale See Sale of Kootenay power projects under Columbia Basin Trust
- Resource industries
(McMahon) 8462
- Summer music festivals
(Suffredine) 10832
- Tourism industry
(McMahon) 11331-2
- Transportation infrastructure improvements
(Suffredine) 8749
Kootenay Canal
Kootenay Canal Land Acquisition Act
Kootenay Lake
Kootenay Lake Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
Kootenay Livestock Association
- Abattoir proposal
(Bennett) 11515
(van Dongen) 11515
Korbin, Linda
- Comments on foster care availability
(Kwan) 9924-5
Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops-North Thompson)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- addiction and problem gambling
(MacPhail) 9890
- gambling revenues
(MacPhail) 11532
- health support workers
(Kwan) 10620-1
(MacPhail) 10617
- impact of gambling expansion
(MacPhail) 11593-4, 11596
- experience as accident investigator 11566
- experience with post-secondary education 8908
- Automobiles
- traffic fines, use of revenues for traffic safety programs 11567
- traffic safety, youth driving safety 10948
- Barriere, liquor store hours of operation, petition tabled 11350
- Blue River, parks in area, economic benefits 11085
- B.C., population, people moving to B.C. 8909
- B.C. Liberal Party government, participation of MLAs 11084
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8907
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8908, 8910
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8908-9
- Cancer research in B.C. 8910
- Chilton, Jack, death 11463
- Economy, B.C. economic growth 11297-8
- Education
- funding 8908
- home schooling, religious education 10370
- Employment, unemployment rate 8910
- Energy, role of sector in B.C. economy 8907
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior
- Filmon report, public release 8556
- impact on communities 10237
- relief effort, government funding 8911, 10237
- response 10237
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut
- harvesting of beetle- and fire-damaged timber 8907
- increases in cut to recover beetle-damaged timber 11342
- salvage logging, opportunities 8907
- value-added sector, fibre supply 8911, 9160
- working forest initiative 10581
- Government
- advertising, health care advertising 8910
- government caucus committees, role in development of legislation 11084
- Hamilton, Arnie, death of son in car accident 10948
- Health care, laboratory services reform, petition tabled 11238
- Highland Valley Copper Corp., employment 11132
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) improvements
- section between Pritchard and Chase 10064
- section between Pritchard and Chase, petition tabled 9581
- Holt, Derek, comments on B.C. economy 11297-8
- Impaired driving, penalties 11566-7, 11568
- Indians, agreements and partnerships with provincial government 8907
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., road safety programs, elementary school program 11567
- Interact Wood Products Ltd., lumber manufacturing 9160-1
- James, Carole, position on new university seats for interior B.C. 9485
- Kamloops
- land and resource management plan in area 11136
- mining industry in area 11132
- Kamloops timber supply area, pine beetle infestation and annual allowable cut 11342
- Land use planning, balance between economic and environmental factors 11136
- Legislation, participation of government MLAs in debate on bills 11084
- Legislature, legislative internship program 10427-8
- MacPhail, Joy, comments during debate on Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 11084-5
- Mining industry 11132
- Motions
- annual allowable cut in beetle-infested forest districts (Motion 104), debate 11341-2
- mining industry in B.C. (Motion 115), debate 11132
- working land base (Motion 46), debate 11136
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11566-8
- North Thompson Valley
- community forestry 9159
- forest industry in area, opportunities 8907, 8911
- restoration following forest fires 9158-9
- snowmobiling trail 8911
- Olympia, Washington, legislative internship program 10427-8
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 8907-8
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11084-6
- Parks, expansion of park system 11085-6
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 8908
- Politics and politicians, polling on NDP and B.C. Liberal Party, results 8909
- Post-secondary education
- admission requirements, change 8908
- new student spaces 8908, 9485
- tuition freeze during NDP administration 8910
- Prince George, carnage committee, work of group on road safety 11567
- Public debt
- debt and deficit during NDP administration 8910
- government commitment to pay down debt 8910
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy and funding for social services 11136
- Secwepemc nation, economic activity 8910-1
- Socialism, economic policies 8909
- Throne speech debate 8907-11
- Tolko Industries Ltd.
- land trade 8911
- Louis Creek mill, future of mill 9159
- Victim assistance, VictimLink program 9173-4
- Wells Gray Provincial Park, connector road proposal 11085
- Western Canada Wilderness Committee, position on working forest initiative 10581
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., Vavenby mill operation, closing 9159
- Wildfire Act, debate 10236-7
Kunin, Roslyn
- Comments on shortage of skilled workers
(Mayencourt) 9321
Kushner, Howard
- Report on self-governance of health professions
(MacPhail) 9257-8
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant)
- As subject
- actions on trespass legislation while in government
(Plant) 11631
- comments on issues
- comments during second reading debate on Correction Act
(Coleman) 11071-4
- transfer of governance in community living sector
(Clark) 9808, 9811, 9987-8
- conduct in House
(Clark) 9752
- experience as low-income student 10702-3
- experience as street person 10951
- experience as victim of assault 9317
- investigation for activities at Woodwards Building community rally 9668-9, 11588
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 9645, 9671, 9746, 9904, 9918, 10769
- Achieve B.C., advertising costs 10189-91
- Administrative Tribunals Act
- Admiral Seymour Elementary School, student demographics, vulnerable students 10171
- Advanced Education ministry
- Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments 10814
- Agricultural Land Commission, operations 10814-7
- Agricultural land reserve, activities on reserve lands, changes, applications by Indian groups 10814-7
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 9600-19
- AIDS
- funding for programs and services 9341-3
- government consultation with people with AIDS 9341-2
- Alcohol, location of private liquor stores, public consultation 11423-4
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., funding for northern development fund 10217
- Anglemont, water supply contamination 9349
- Anglin, Jim, research on group homes for children 9745-7, 9751
- Aquaculture industry
- fish farms, issues 9610, 9615
- government role
- government meetings with industry 9602
- regulatory compliance and enforcement, ministerial responsibilities 9604, 9609
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 10588-9, 10601-3, 10807-20, 10836-44, 10967-73, 10975-80, 10982-98
- estimates debate, changes to order of areas canvassed by opposition 10588-9, 10601
- organization of branches 10969
- role in consultation with Indian groups on B.C. Rail agreement 10818-20, 10836, 10839-40
- staffing 10970
- treaty negotiations office
- budget reductions and staffing levels 10970-3, 10975-8
- economic development fund, project funding 10601-3
- Auditor general, involvement in monitoring costs of 2010 Olympic Winter Games 9954, 10259-62, 11318-20
- Autism
- Avian influenza, outbreak in Fraser Valley, potential use of work crews from correctional facilities 11172-3
- Barkerville historic site, management and protection of site 10464-5
- Basi, David, involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail 8942-3
- Beaver Aircraft Canada, proposal for aircraft manufacturing centre in Okanagan, government action 10775-6
- Blackburn, Dale
- discussions with John van Dongen re Stolt fish farm 9605
- letter re investigation into fish farm operations 9614-5
- Bond, Shirley, communications with student reporter on changes to student financial assistance 10553, 10686-7
- Bornman, Erik, involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail 8942-3
- Bray, Jeff, comments during debate 11583
- Britannia Community Services Centre, funding for child care centre 9519-20
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C.
- northern development initiative 10221-2
- oil and gas revenues, Fair Share program 11603
- population, demographic changes, children under age 6 9904
- B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, comments on number of apprentices in system 10778-9
- B.C. Association for Community Living, comments on issues
- community living funding 9798
- community living legislation 11409-10
- membership of Community Living B.C. board 11353
- B.C. Association of Social Workers, comments on issues
- BCcampus 10509-11
- B.C. Coalition of Women's Centres, letter to government on funding for women's centres 9243-4
- B.C. College of Teachers, council membership changes 11149-50
- B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, comments on seismic upgrades for schools 10195
- B.C. Family Network, position on transfer of governance in community living sector 9809-12
- B.C. Film
- core funding 10222-3
- feature film production financing program 10222-4
- B.C. Housing, leaky-condos issue 10401
- B.C. Hydro, outsourcing and privatization, agreements with private sector 10533-6
- B.C. International Commercial Arbitration Centre, arbitration fees and services 9872-3
- B.C. Liberal Party
- government
- government, policies and position on issues
- MLAs
- disciplinary matters 9622-3
- suspension from caucus and government caucus committees 9332
- B.C. Library Association, position on role of school libraries and teacher-librarians 10181
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, authorization of equipment suppliers 11637
- B.C. Nurses Union, recommendations to government 9346-7
- B.C. Progress Board
- membership and role 10752
- report, recommendations for expansion of Okanagan University College 10752-3
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- first nations benefits trust
- port subdivision
- cancellation of sale 10532
- proposal process 9429
- privatization
- B.C. Liberal Party's campaign statements and position 11603
- government handling 11603
- NDP position 11603
- proposal process 8942-3, 10531-2
- proposal process, fairness report 8943
- rail corridor
- number of Indian bands along corridor 10817
- properties extending outside rail corridor, subdivision and distribution 10841
- B.C. School Trustees Association, position on school board funding 10093
- B.C. Teachers Federation, position on teacher participation in school planning councils 10059
- B.C. timber sales program, exclusion from Forests ministry estimates calculations 9707-9
- Bruce, Graham, comments on cooling-off periods in labour disputes 10618
- Budget debate 8833-41
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2004, debate 9707-9
- Budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration 8839
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority Act, debate 9553
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority board of directors, appointment and qualifications, undischarged bankruptcies 9670
- Business subsidies, B.C. Liberal Party position 10454-5, 10775-6
- Campbell, Gordon, comments and position on issues
- funding for women's centres 9245
- health care delivery 10632
- Hospital Employees Union workers 10618
- proclamation of Medicare Protection Amendment Act (2003) 9343-4
- ward system 11468
- Campbell, Larry, comments on funding for inner-city school programs 8836, 9969, 9975
- Canada Health Act
- compliance of provincial legislation 9343-5
- definitions, "medically necessary," letter of interpretation by federal minister 10961
- violations, investigation 11018
- Canada Health Infoway, funding program for computer technology 9085-6
- Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
- Canadian Society of Intestinal Research, comments on Pharmacare coverage for intestinal medications 9337
- Capilano College, aboriginal film and television production program 10543
- Capital Mental Health Association, role in management of Point Ellice House (Museum) 10465
- CareNet Technology Society, investigation under Society Act 11260-3
- Cargo, John, contract with social services interim authority 9666-7, 9737, 9761-3
- Cayo, Don, comments on health support workers' labour dispute 10626
- Child and youth officer
- responsibilities and role 10996-8
- role in investigation of child deaths 9913, 9915
- Child Care Advocacy Forum, comments on federal child care funding 9980-1
- Children
- child abuse and neglect
- child care
- accessibility 9518
- advocacy forum, concerns 9421-2
- child care centres 9517
- funding 9325, 9416-25, 9460, 9521, 10467
- funding changes, impact on providers 9460, 9463, 9527, 9529
- funding, enrolment-based funding for child care providers 9527
- funding, federal funding 9423-5, 9458-9, 9521, 9979-83, 9990
- funding for consulting fees 9523-4
- funding for providers 9325
- funding, unspent budgeted funds 9419-21, 9451-2, 9454-7
- funding, use of funds for programs other than child care 9423, 9450, 9458-9, 9520-3, 9531
- information for parents, electronic access 9461
- licensed facilities, spaces 9529-30
- quality enhancement of providers 9460
- spaces 9325, 9462
- subsidy 9461, 9528-9
- subsidy and eligibility threshold 9324-5, 9419, 9451-3, 9528, 9530, 9990
- supported child care 9324, 9982-4
- wages for child care workers 9517-8, 9523
- child development centres 9829
- child protection, investigations, reporting requirements 9833-6, 9902-9, 9911
- children in government care
- early childhood development
- government policies, impact on children and families 9525-6, 9531
- needs 9425, 9525
- programs and services for children and families
- programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery
- service authorities
- aboriginal authorities, funding and implementation 9651, 9816-9, 9956-60, 9962-4
- agencies, voluntary savings to government 9554-5, 9657-8, 9922-3
- funding 9643
- interim authorities 9656, 9764
- regional planning committees, elimination 9654
- transition, legislation 9657
- transition, timeline for implementation 9651-2
- special needs children
- adoption, services for adoptive families, funding 9820-3
- programs 9802-7
- transition from child to adult services 9813-4
- wait-lists for services 9814-5
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 9554-61, 9627-71, 9715-8, 9735-64, 9792-836, 9902-20, 9922-9, 9956-92
- aboriginal services branch, responsibilities 9956, 9965
- alleged loss of funds 8834-5
- budget
- allocation of funds for information technology 9665
- allocation of funds to organizations, conflict-of-interest guidelines 9634-5
- breakdown of expenditures 9554-9
- budget 8834-5
- funding for community living 11410
- reduction and reorganization of service delivery 9635-47, 9653, 9655, 9658, 9661-2, 9807, 9813, 9922-3, 9991-2, 11352-3, 11407-8
- unspent funds, allocation to organizations 9560-1, 9627-33, 9663-5, 9737-40, 9792-8, 9831
- contract management
- estimates debate
- investigation of child abuse allegations 11142-3, 11202-3
- ministers, past ministers 9967, 11352
- ministry during NDP administration 9655
- public consultation on services for developmentally disabled 11353, 11412-3, 11441, 11446
- staff
- Children's Commission, elimination 9912-7, 10996
- Chilliwack, location of private liquor store 11424
- Chong, Ida
- Christensen, Tom
- advocacy role as Education minister 10096-8
- meetings with school district 39 (Vancouver) 10032
- performance as Education minister in estimates debate 10255
- Cities and towns
- boundary extensions 10328-9
- crisis and transition funding 10446
- Civil service, labour negotiations, negotiations in 2004-05 fiscal year 9542
- Clark, Bruce, involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail 9107
- Clark, Christy, comments on issues
- comments while in opposition on Children and Family Development ministry funding 9645-6
- funding of social programs 9641
- Climate change
- Coalition for Community Living, establishment 9716
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., study of child care funding 9526-7
- Cobb, Walt, withdrawal of comments on Joy MacPhail 11097
- Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, study on privatization in health care system 10625-7
- Coleman, Rich
- actions re request by police complaint commissioner for public inquiry into death of Frank Paul 9579
- role re Frank Paul case 10992-5
- College Institute Educators Association, comments on post-secondary education funding, impact on programs for female students 10780
- Collins, Gary
- authority to increase tobacco tax 8456
- performance as Finance minister 10770
- Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission), implementation of recommendations 9655, 11142-3, 11202
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- estimates debate 9214, 9222-35, 9238-51, 9265-76, 9308-21, 9323-6, 9416-25, 9450-64, 9517-33, 10323-9, 10356-66, 10392-405, 10442-67
- budget
- minister's role as advocate for local government 10325
- responsibilities
- responsibility and services for Indians 10451-3
- responsibility for services for seniors 9222-3
- Community Charter
- Community Living Authority Act
- Community Living B.C., operations 9649, 11353, 11407-10, 11418-9, 11434-9, 11441-6
- Community Social Services Employers Association, calculation of benefits costs, formula 9555
- Comox Valley, long-term care beds
- Compass Group Ltd., services at Children's and Women's Health Centre 10634
- Computer technology, accessibility and use 9114
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., comments on cost of post-secondary student spaces 10506-7
- Constitution Act, provisions re provincial governments' taxation powers 8456
- Construction industry
- building envelope repairs, warranties 10400
- residential construction industry, building guidelines for multi-unit residential buildings 10401
- Cook, Richard, position as teacher 11391
- Cooper Place, conversion to assisted-living facility 9022, 9032
- Coroner, role in investigation of child deaths 9913, 9916
- Corporations, tax reductions 8841
- Correction Act
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities
- corrections staff
- legal protection 11174
- powers and duties 11068
- use of force and restraining devices 11175
- privatization 11068, 11172
- probation officers, powers and duties 11068, 11174
- youth custody centres, closings 9556
- Crime and criminals
- crime prevention, government actions to address issue 11069
- crime rate in B.C. 11069
- gang crime prevention, task force 11528
- organized crime 8618-9, 11069, 11528
- Crown corporations, payment of property taxes 10444
- Crown land, government policy on consultation 10812
- Dadson, Anita, position on transfer of governance in community living sector 9809-10
- Dams, construction and ownership 10534-6
- Dental health, dental surgeries in hospitals and services for children 9335-7
- Developmental Disabilities Association
- funding and operation of group homes 9750-2, 9754-5, 9757, 9802
- position on transfer of governance in community living sector 9743
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living
- agencies, payment rate reductions 9823
- agencies, voluntary savings to government 9751-2, 9754-5, 9798-802
- individualized funding 11249-53
- interim authority 9716
- service authority, centralization 11415
- services for developmentally disabled persons, funding 9743, 9754-5, 9757-9
- transition steering committee, work 9742-3
- transition to community-based services 9661-3, 9742-4, 9799-803, 9806-13, 11229-30
- transition to community-based services, Boyd report 9653-4, 9657, 9661-2, 9718, 9744-5
- transition to community-based services, cost 11414
- transition to community-based services, public response 11412-3, 11415-6
- transition to community-based services, staffing 11446
- transition to community-based services, timeline for implementation 9651-2
- group homes 9748-54, 9755-8, 9803, 9813, 9917-9
- programs and services, funding, individualized funding model 9715-6, 9759
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, funding 11281
- Dr. Peter Centre, palliative and respite care services 9361-2
- Driscoll, David, work in community living sector 9715-6
- Drugs, prescription drugs, cost 9090
- Dumontet, Susan, comments on women's centres 9247-8, 9270
- Early Childhood Development minister of state, role and responsibilities 9984-7
- East Side Family Place, funding 9455
- Economy, B.C. economy
- balance between economic, environmental and first nations issues 10322-3
- competitiveness 8840
- current conditions 9541-2
- Education
- adult basic education, funding and accessibility 10543-8, 10774-5
- class size, legislated size 10108-9
- continuing education, funding and program completion 10099-100
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding and staffing levels 10098, 10109-10
- enrolment levels 10051, 10053, 10101, 10103
- funding
- independent schools, enrolment levels and funding 10050, 10090
- labour relations, collective agreement, legislated settlement 9540
- multicultural issues, family advancement program 9973
- school libraries
- school planning councils, teacher representation 10059
- social equity programs
- special education and special needs
- students
- student-teacher ratio 10108-9
- system
- choice 10103
- system in Ontario, report and recommendations 11150-1
- textbooks, funding 10177-8
- Education ministry
- Election Act, amendments 11279-80
- Elections
- registrars of voters, hiring 11279
- voter registration, process for shelter residents and homeless people 11280-2
- voters list, use of national register of electors for other purposes 11283-4
- Elections B.C., outreach program 11280-3
- Employment and assistance appeal tribunal, legislation 11244-5
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, changes 10991
- unemployment rate 10056
- Energy and Mines ministry, consultation with Indian groups 10809, 10811-3
- Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2004
- debate 9789-90
- provisions, regulation-making provisions 9790
- Environmental protection, government performance 10267
- Estaccio, Penelope, Medical Services Plan coverage case 9339
- Families
- costs for families with children 9525
- "spouse," definition in legislation 9709
- Family maintenance enforcement program, use of national register of electors 11283-4
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries, handling by NDP government 10261-2
- terminals, sale of items in ferry lineups 11715
- Film industry
- industry in B.C., competitiveness 10224
- movie and television production in B.C., tax incentives 10223
- rating system 11287-8
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004, debate 9705, 9707
- Finlayson, Jock, comments on B.C. position on Kyoto accord 10266
- First Call!!, organization's position on allocation of early childhood development funding 9520
- First Citizens Fund 10452-6
- First Nations Summit Chiefs Health Committee, comments on 2001 provincial health officer's report 9340-1
- First Nations Summit, position on treaty negotiations office budget reduction 10970, 10973, 10975, 10978
- Fisheries Act (federal), application to fish farms 9609
- Flood hazard management, guidelines 11285
- Food industry
- food inspection and safety, budget for food safety 8840
- slaughter facilities, inspection 9352-4
- Forests minister, salary holdback 9707-9
- Foster care
- availability for youth aged 15 and over 9924-6
- foster parents, exceptional payments 9919-20
- Fraser health authority, employee satisfaction survey 10369-70
- Furlong, John, comments on costs of 2010 Olympic Winter Games 9953, 10256, 10259
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, reports 11513-4
- expansion in B.C.
- on-line gaming 11513
- Gaming Control Act, amendments 11636
- Georgia Straight, eligibility for sales tax exemption as newspaper 9710
- Globe and Mail, article on B.C. Film financing program 10223-4
- Goods and services tax, rebates for municipalities and school districts 10449-50
- Gordon, Robert, contract with government on adult guardianship 10978-9
- Government
- accountability
- accountability 10221
- financial control system for expenditures and payments 9707
- accounting, inclusion of schools, universities, colleges and hospitals 10221
- advertising and announcements
- federal-provincial relations, lobbying of federal government by provinces 10269
- interprovincial relations, Alberta-B.C. joint cabinet meeting 11211
- ministers
- exemption from ministerial accountability legislation 9707-9
- investigations 8998
- provision of information and research to opposition MLAs 10462
- salaries 10622-4
- operations and regulation, establishment of independent regulatory authorities 9789
- police investigation into alleged breach of trust 8942-3, 8998, 9430, 9900-1, 10532
- popularity 11720
- programs and services, shift to delivery through community-based programs 11446
- provincial-municipal relations
- federal government recoveries 9532-3
- grants from province 10446
- revenues 8841
- Grandview Elementary School, second-storey renovation project 10194-5
- Greenholtz, Joe, comments on community living funding 9799-800
- Greenwood Slag Ltd., slag removal operation application, approval process 10320
- Guardianship, adult guardianship
- Haibeck, John, contributions to B.C. Liberal Party 11296, 11300
- Haida Indian band
- consultation by government on oil and gas issues 10809, 10811-4
- involvement in treaty negotiations 10808-9
- Hansen, Colin, comments on interpretation of Canada Health Act 10961
- Harlan, William, position with Open Learning Agency, severance provisions 8848, 9786, 10769-70
- Haynes, Chris
- appointment as Deputy Minister of Children and Family Development 11255-6
- severance payments 11236, 11256-7
- Health authorities
- accountability 9085
- budgets and funding
- funding allocation 9035-8, 9081
- funding increase 9083
- project funding, decision-making process 9082-3
- savings to address wait-lists 9088
- responsibility of Health Services minister 9123, 9127
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care
- accessibility in seniors' home communities 10917-8
- complex care, definitions 8956
- consultation by government 9014-9, 9027-8
- intermediate and long-term care beds, base number 8939, 8954
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings 8965-8, 9001, 9022-3
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment 8928-39, 8950, 8953-4, 8959-60, 8963, 9008-9
- intermediate and long-term care beds, numbers and targets 8953, 8957-8, 9003, 9006-8, 9013-6, 9019, 9020
- intermediate and long-term care, definitions 8934-6, 8951
- January 2003 discussion paper 8965-8, 9001-7, 9009, 9011-20, 9022, 9027
- long-term planning by government 9002, 9009
- emergency services, service levels 11694
- facilities, closings and service changes 8921-2, 9022-3, 9028-32
- funding
- federal funding, allocation 9084-8
- use of generally accepted accounting practices 9081-2
- government policies, impact on patient care 10580
- health support workers, labour dispute
- health support workers, legislated collective agreement 10621-2, 10627, 10633, 10635, 10650, 10740
- health support workers, morale and value of work 10620-1, 10625, 10634
- home and community care planning council 9017-8
- information, B.C. Nurseline 8928
- patients' bill of rights 9354-5
- privatization
- access and cost issues 11317
- call for moratorium 10617-8
- facility fees at private clinics 10961, 11018-9
- impact on quality standards 10619
- privatization in health care system 10625
- services for Indians, government consultation with Indians 9340
- services, multicultural services 9119
- system
- impact of aging population on system 9009
- system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 10632-3
- wait-lists and waiting times 8721-2
- Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, change of word "practicable" to "possible" 10533
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act
- Health Services ministry
- Hendren, Alanna
- handling of information on activities by Doug Walls 9716-7, 9809
- letter on transfer of governance in community living sector 9742-4
- Heritage sites, management, private sector involvement 10463-5
- Herron, Noel, comments on funding for inner-city school programs 9975-7
- Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development 9974, 10174-5
- Heyman, George, comments on Okanagan University College expansion 10757-8
- Hiller, Doug, letter to government re child care centre funding 9519-20
- Ho, Francis, work at Mount St. Joseph Hospital 9116
- Hogg, Gordon, resignation as Children and Family Development minister 8998, 9647
- Holland, Michael, relationship with Human Resources minister 8506
- Home care
- home support, need 8957
- live-in care workers, working visas for foreign nurses 9347-9
- Homeowner protection office, operations and responsibilities 10399
- Hospital Employees Union, women members and pay equity issue 10625-7
- Hospitals, impact of closed services on charitable donors 9125
- Housing
- affordable housing
- cooperative housing, projects and units 10364
- homelessness
- housing starts in B.C. 9541
- residential care and assisted living
- 24-hour nursing care 8936
- assessment 8951, 8954-7, 9002-6, 9009-12
- assisted living and home support as replacement for residential care 8965-8
- assisted living and supportive living, definitions 8936, 8957
- assisted-living model 8934
- cost to residents 9034
- housing for frail elderly and role of Health Services ministry 10393-5
- independent supportive housing 8960-1
- move of residents to other facilities or support arrangements 9013, 9022, 9029
- rent supplements 8958-9
- residential access policy of government 9009-10
- residential care 8952, 9003
- tenancy issues and health and safety 9033-5
- utilization rates 9012
- social and subsidized housing
- Human Rights Code
- Huras, Marina, situation as health care worker 10686
- Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 10533-5
- Immigration and Multicultural Services minister of state, elimination 10451
- Income
- percentage spent on housing 10397
- personal disposable income 8840
- Income assistance
- appeals process 11244-5
- disability benefits, reassessment of recipients' eligibility
- funding, reduction in temporary assistance category 8838
- system reforms, impact on children 9733, 9746, 9910
- Income tax, taxes for low- and middle-income families 11019
- Independent Living B.C., funding and operations 10393
- Indians
- economic development by Indians, economic measures fund and projects 10601-3
- land claims along B.C. Rail corridor 10817-8
- ministerial responsibility 10451
- position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10276
- programs and services
- aboriginal employment partnership initiative 10458
- funding 10452
- social and economic strategy 10456-7
- programs and services for children and families
- early childhood services 9987-8
- service delivery for special needs children 9815-6, 9818
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, principles on private property 10839-40
- relationship with provincial government
- treaty negotiations
- involvement of local government, memorandum of understanding 10807-8
- private property issue 10275-6
- process, funding 10971-3, 10975
- settlement lands in agricultural land reserve, land use issues 10814-7
- status 10976
- youth, secure care legislation 9967
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, role 10776
- Industry Training Authority, role and staffing 10776
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., comments on education funding 11392
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., labour disruption, driver's licence validity during disruption 11637
- Interim Authority for Community Living B.C.
- International Labour Organization, comments on B.C. legislation re collective agreements 10634-5
- International Women's Day 9170
- Ironmonger, Wayne, hiring by Children and Family Development ministry 11254-5
- James, Carole
- comments and position on issues 9825
- work with aboriginal community 9819-20
- John, Ed, work on services for Indian children 9816-8
- John, Kayla, circumstances of death, investigation 11142-3, 11202-3
- Johnston, Ken, comments on privatization of liquor stores 11423-4
- Justice system
- administrative justice system
- commissions of inquiry, ministerial responsibility 10992-4
- jury selection, use of national register of electors 11283
- onus of proof 10955
- Kamloops Child Development Society, comments on supported child care and child care funding 9524, 9983-4
- Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society, funding 9275-6, 9308-9
- Kehler, John, comments on community living funding 9798-9
- Kelowna, bridge construction project 9279-80
- Kendall, Perry, 2001 report as provincial health officer 9339-40
- Kerin, Theresa, termination of employment with Children and Family Development ministry 11094-5, 11253-4, 11258
- Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, funding for St. David's Preschool 9463-4
- Kootenay Lake Hospital, services 10579
- Korbin, Linda, comments on foster care availability 9924-5
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on health support workers 10620-1
- Kwantlen University College, funding 10781
- Kyoto accord
- Labour
- collective agreements, legislated settlement, B.C. Liberal Party position 9540
- labour disputes, use of cooling-off periods 10618
- Labour Relations Board
- applications and mediation services, fees 9537-40, 9542
- mediators, number 9539
- Lakeview Youth Custody Centre, closing of facility 9555-6, 9967
- Land surveyors, trespass legislation 11670
- LEED standards, implementation, government action 10268
- Legal aid, funding reductions, impact on women 9272
- Legislation
- definitions in regulations 9709
- exposure bills 11352
- handling of legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration 11632
- progress of business in spring session of 37th parliament, quality of legislation 11067
- repeal of unproclaimed legislation 11284
- retroactivity 10537-9
- Legislature
- estimates process
- language used in House
- "conned" 10262
- "fraudulent" 9645
- "mistruth" 9645
- "slippery and slimy" 9918
- "trained seals" 9746
- unparliamentary language 9642
- members' conduct and debate
- attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 9833-4
- heckling, members to be in their own seats to heckle 9007, 11442-3
- members not to interrupt another member's line of questioning 9612
- use of individuals' names in House, privacy issue 9756
- police search of government staff offices in December 2003, summary of search warrants 8942-3
- quorum for estimates debate 9539
- Ley, Gary, registration as lobbyist for Stolt Sea Farm 9601-2
- L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire, comments on funding reductions for women's services 9241, 9247
- Libraries, audio books, funding during NDP administration 9246
- Literacy
- Local government
- accountability 10446
- budgets and financing
- funding for annual municipal reports 10444
- revenue generation 10443
- powers and responsibilities
- borrowing limits 10448-9
- meeting of needs of off-reserve and urban Indians 10450
- referendum on borrowing 10447
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 10403-4, 10442
- Local Government Act
- amendments 11285
- amendments, information to regional districts 10445
- Locke, Brenda, position on facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver 11560
- Lookout Emergency Aid Society, comments on social issues 11705
- Lord Strathcona Community Elementary School, student demographics, vulnerable students 10172
- Lowe, Alan, position on safe-streets legislation 11701, 11706, 11719
- Lower mainland, autism services 9829-30
- Lower Mainland Community Housing Registry, funding and services 10392-3
- Lower mainland treaty advisory committee, withdrawal by city of Delta from committee 10807-8
- McGillivray, Jim, comments on Okanagan University College expansion 10755
- Mariott, David and Monica, autism case of son 10833
- Maritime Museum of B.C., future of museum 10465-6
- Martlet (Victoria), articles on changes to student financial assistance 10552-3, 10686-8
- Mayencourt, Lorne
- Medical Services Plan
- applications, backlog 9112-3
- eligibility, waiving of wait-time 9339
- privatization of system
- Medicare Protection Act provisions, facility fees for medically necessary procedures 11018
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, proclamation 9343-5
- MLAs
- remuneration 10622-3
- use of technology, BlackBerry access during debate 9313
- Mental Health and Addiction Services minister of state, role 11513-4, 11560
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10533-9
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004, debate 11279-89, 11300-2
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2004, debate 11636-8
- Mix, Linda, comments on funding for social housing 11720
- Morfitt, George, comments on viability of St. Mary's Hospital 9358
- Morritt, Edward, death at hospital 10579
- Motion Picture Act
- Motions, negotiations with first nations on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement (Motion 114), debate 10737
- Mount Baldy Ski Resort Ltd., expansion project, approval process 10319-20
- Mount Currie Band Council, position on first nations benefits trust 10844
- Mount Mackenzie Resort Ltd., expansion project, approval process 10316-18, 10320
- Mount St. Joseph Hospital
- Multiculturalism
- multiculturalism in B.C., government support 8559, 8839
- task force on multiculturalism, report 10460
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, emergency services, physician staffing levels 8893
- Native Economic Development Advisory Board, funding and role 10453
- Nechako-Kitimat Development Fund Society 10218-19, 10221
- Nelson, affordable housing 10364
- NDP
- election readiness 8839
- platform 9988-9
- position on privatization of B.C. Rail 11603
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11603
- Northern development initiative trust, funding amount 11603
- Nurses
- employment, displacement of nurses 9345-6
- supply
- Oil and gas industry, offshore drilling, consultation with Indian groups 10809, 10811-4
- Okanagan College
- Okanagan University College
- Okanagan University College Student Association, consultation on college expansion 10754-6, 10758
- Okanagan-Skaha Teachers Union, presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee 10089
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- Ontario, safe-streets legislation, impact study 11709-10
- Open Learning Agency
- Owen, Philip, comments on social housing in Vancouver 11709
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on Simon Fraser University Surrey campus, cost of lease 10762
- Patriot Act (U.S.), provisions on access to personal information, applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 9351
- Paul, Frank Joseph, circumstances of death, call for public inquiry 9579, 10864, 10992-5, 11068
- Peace River, power generation on river, Site C project 10534-5
- Persons with AIDS Society of B.C., comments on funding for people with AIDS 9341-3
- Pharmacare program
- coverage
- reference-based pricing 9090
- Phillips, Casey, transfer to long-term care facility 10917-8
- Picasso Café, closing of youth training centre 10063, 11703
- Pickton, Robert, farm's pork products, possibility of contamination 9353
- Piper, Martha, involvement in recommendations for expansion of Okanagan University College 10752-3
- Piper, Terry, position with Open Learning Agency, severance provisions 8847-8, 9786, 10768-70
- Plant, Geoff, role re Frank Paul case 10992-5
- Point Ellice House (Museum), management 10465
- Police Act, provisions on orders of commissions of inquiry, transfer of responsibility from Attorney General to Solicitor General, order-in-council 10992-5
- Police and policing, funding for police services
- allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 10443-4
- funding 8618-9
- Police complaint commissioner, handling of information on Frank Paul case 10994-5
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility
- affordability 8837-8, 10508-9, 10550-2, 10692, 10699-701, 10704-5
- class sizes 10759
- distance education, on-line learning, new student spaces 10509-13, 10540
- education of Indians
- first nations education steering committee 10540-1
- programs, funding 10540-3
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding and student spaces 10774
- funding
- student financial assistance
- student spaces, new spaces 8837, 10505-9, 10550, 10704, 10774, 10780-1
- students
- tuition fees
- vocational programs, funding 10773
- Poverty among women 9266
- Premier's office
- Prince George Citizen, article on school district funding 10090
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter of privilege 8775
- Property rights, trespass
- canvassing 11587, 11620-3
- "colour of right" 11587-8
- compensation of property owner for offence 11668-9
- impact on homeless people 11589
- lawful authority 11587, 11619
- legislation, coverage by existing legislation 11584-6
- legislation, coverage of urban properties 11581
- legislation, impact on homeless people 11589
- legislation, potential for abuse and discrimination 11582-5, 11588, 11625-6, 11629-32
- notice of prohibited activity 11626-7
- offences, arrest without warrant 11633
- offences, penalties 11589
- offences, power to demand name and address 11628-9, 11632-3, 11669
- offences, use of word "activity" in legislation 11581-2
- private and public property 11579-80, 11583, 11621-2
- Providence Health Care
- actions re Mount St. Joseph Hospital 9115-8
- government funding for facilities 9128
- Province (Vancouver), article on school district funding 10091
- Public Accounts Committee, second report for fourth session of 37th parliament, Annual Review of Auditor General Reports, presented 11238
- Quebec, environmental protection legislation 9790
- Queen Alexandra Foundation, government funding 9831
- Queen Charlotte Islands, oil and gas industry in area 10809
- Quinsam Coal Corp. coalmine, transfer from regional district to city jurisdiction
- Railway Act, amendments 11301-2
- Railway Safety Act, debate 9789, 9871-83
- Railways and rail services
- freight service, corridor between Prince George and North Vancouver 11347-8
- passenger service, request for proposals and service to interior communities 8555-6
- safety regulation
- Regional districts, boundary changes 10402-3
- Registrar of railways
- appointment process and accountability 9874-5
- decisions of registrar, appeal process 9879
- establishment 9789
- Representation Agreement Act, repeal 10978, 10982-3
- Representation Agreement Resource Centre, position on representation agreements 10984
- Residential Tenancy Act, impact on social housing 10397
- Resources and resource industries, Indians' involvement in industries, government revenue-sharing 10807
- Retail Merchants Association of B.C., press release on sales tax reduction 11651
- Reynolds, Jimmy, death 9924-5
- Richmond, affordable housing units 10365-6
- Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre, physicians' comments on transfer of services from St. Mary's Hospital 9356-7
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71)
- debate 11527-9, 11698-706, 11708-17, 11719-20
- constitutionality 11704, 11713-4, 11720
- coverage of issues by other legislation 11699-702, 11706, 11712, 11715, 11719
- debate, closing comments 11719
- definitions, "solicit" 11698-9
- effectiveness 11527-9, 11701
- implementation 11704, 11716
- offences, penalties 11701, 11704
- public response, petition tabled 11596
- Safe Streets Act (Bill M202), debate 10951-2
- Safety system, Red Seal qualification for supervisors 10467
- St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing, transfer of services to other facilities 9355-9
- St. Paul's Hospital, palliative and respite care beds, changes 9360-3
- Sales tax, reduction from 7.5 to 7.0 percent, prior knowledge of reduction 11651
- Salmon Arm, courthouse and city hall project, referendum on municipal borrowing 10446-8
- School boards/districts
- auditing process 10098-9
- funding
- costs 8837, 9524-5
- funding formula 9563, 9972, 10032-3, 10051-9, 10088, 10090-3, 10100-1, 10172-3, 10175
- notional funding 10088-9
- operating grants 10053-4
- per-course funding model 10056-8, 10088
- per-student funding for 2004-05 fiscal year 10052-3, 10056
- seismic upgrades 10192-5
- teachers' salary increases 10033, 10049-53
- utility costs 10032
- student demographics, vulnerable students, chart 10171-2
- School district 19 (Revelstoke), funding 10101
- School district 36 (Surrey), funding 10173
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- funding
- meeting with Tom Christensen 10032
- revenue-generating activities 10095-6
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), funding 10092, 10173
- School district 57 (Prince George), funding 10173
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- funding 10172
- policy on discrimination and homophobia 10198
- School district 63 (Saanich), enrolment level 11391
- School district 67 (Okanagan-Skaha), funding 10089
- School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), funding 10172-3
- School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), funding 10088-9, 10172
- School district 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap), funding 10172
- Schools
- closings 8921, 10102-4
- safety of students
- funding and programs 10199
- safe schools task force, report recommendations on discrimination and homophobia 10197-9
- seismic upgrades, assessment tool 10192-5
- Seniors
- Seton Lake Indian band, position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10841
- Sexual orientation
- gender clinic 9340-1
- transgender surgery, waiting times 9340
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, project selection process under act 10324-6
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, cost of lease 10761-2
- Skills Development and Labour ministry
- estimates debate 9537-45
- human resource planning, consultation by government 9542-4
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- shortage of skilled workers 9542-4
- training programs
- new model 10776-8
- Red Seal certification program, adjustment of examination results 10779
- Small Business and Economic Development ministry
- Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 2004
- Social workers
- Sodexho, safety and service record 10619-20
- Solicitation
- Sorensen, Erik, comments on B.C. Liberal Party government 10623
- Special Needs Adoptive Parents, funding 9821-2
- Statistics Canada, study on student debt 10747
- Steele, Dawn, comments on Developmental Disabilities Association funding 9756-8
- Stephens, Lynn, position on gambling expansion 11595
- Stewart, Richard, alleged caucus discipline for inappropriate behaviour 9622-3
- Stolt Sea Farm Inc.
- escapes of Atlantic salmon from fish farm 9602-3
- telephone calls and meetings with John van Dongen 9602, 9606
- Stopping the Violence program 9309, 9314, 9318
- Strata property, leaky-condos issue, government assistance for homeowners 10399-400
- Studio program, funding 10429-30
- Sultan, Ralph, comments on social equity funding for Vancouver school district 9970-1
- Supreme Court of Canada, rulings on contaminated site remediation 9790
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, correspondence with John Haibeck 11296
- Taxation
- Teachers
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11149-51
- Teck Cominco Ltd., Red Chris mine, approval process 10321-2
- Television, educational television 10764-6
- Tennant, Paul, work on legislative internship program 11015
- Thomas, Linda, comments on housing for mentally ill 11720
- Throne speech debate 8920-2
- Times Colonist (Victoria), article on school district funding 10054-5, 10090
- Title and Rights Alliance, press release on position of Indian bands on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10844
- Tobacco
- government's court case against tobacco companies 9090-1
- prevention of use, government strategy 9090-1
- taxation
- increase, government authority 8456, 8834
- increase in December 2003, legislative retroactivity 10537-8
- increase in December 2003, revenues 8455
- Tourism Vancouver
- collection of levy from Vancouver tourism industry for marketing and promotion activities
- funding contribution to Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion 10254-5
- Transition houses, services 9311-3, 9315
- Transportation ministry, role in consultation with Indian groups on B.C. Rail agreement 10836-7, 10839
- Treaty 8 Indian bands, negotiations with government on oil and gas issues 10811
- Trespass Amendment Act, 2004
- Trespass to Property Act, debate 10955-6
- Tsawwassen Indian band, involvement in treaty negotiations 10807
- Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 10967-9
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, position on issues
- funding for women's centres 9241-2
- safe-streets legislation 11701
- United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1518, UFCW v. K Mart Canada Ltd., ruling on leafleting case 11620-3
- United Nations, committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 9223
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- budget letters from government 10505, 10549-50
- English-language schools, regulation 10770-3
- libraries, accessibility 10510
- partnerships with aboriginal organizations 10541-3
- private institutions
- consumer protection issues for students 10771-3
- regulation 10770
- professors, supply 9543
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus 10752, 10755-60
- Urban Native Youth Association
- contract with government 9965
- funding and services 9927-8
- van Dongen, John
- accessibility as Agriculture, Food and Fisheries minister 9602, 9604-5, 9610, 9612-4, 9616, 9618
- role in government investigation into fish farm 9600-8, 9615-9
- role in government investigation into fish farm, release of special prosecutor's report 9606
- Vancouver
- downtown east side
- economic revitalization plan 10462-3
- missing women, call for public inquiry 11704
- nature of community 11527, 11709
- Woodwards Building subsidized housing, status of project 10364
- East Vancouver, preschool programs, funding 9983
- elections, ward system, local referendum and provincial government approval 11468
- housing
- legislation 11638
- social services
- facility for former addicts and mentally ill 11560-1
- funding 9642
- services for Indian youth 9964-6
- services for youth, emergency shelter beds 9926-8
- use of Vancouver Charter or Community Charter 10450
- Vancouver agreement
- funding
- budget and trust fund 10460-2
- federal funding re 2010 Olympic Winter Games 10462
- funding for affordable housing 10397-9
- initiatives and programs 10461-3
- Vancouver Community College, funding levels, impact on programs and services 10774-5, 10780
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion project, costs and funding 10251-4
- Vancouver Foundation, government funding 9796
- Vancouver Native Health Society
- comments on surplus funding for early childhood development program 9987-91
- federal funding 9989
- Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act, debate 10438-41
- Victoria Foundation, government funding 9628, 9632, 9794, 9796, 9831
- Video Games Act, proclamation 11285-7, 11302
- Video games, rating system 11285-8
- Violence
- prevention of bullying and violence at school, standards for codes of conduct 10195-8
- spousal assault support services, ministerial responsibility 9530
- violence against women
- Virk, Bob
- involvement in alleged breach of trust re privatization of B.C. Rail 8942-3
- suspension of position as ministerial assistant 9900-1
- Wages and salaries
- Walls, Doug
- government contracts 11094-5, 11257-8, 11261-2
- involvement with Children and Family Development ministry 9647, 9655-6, 9662, 9715-8, 9735, 9807, 9809, 9960-1, 11352
- position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C. 9707, 11225
- position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C., independent audit 9484, 11226-30, 11246-9, 11252-3, 11258-62
- position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C., independent audit, public release 8834, 9653, 9667-71, 9718, 9736, 11048-9
- position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C., qualifications 9667-8, 9670, 9718
- role in establishment of CareNet Technology Society, freedom-of-information request by opposition 9484
- Wanamaker, Lori, work with government 9456
- Ward Street Place, affordable housing project, funding 10364, 10392
- Waste management, contaminated sites, regulation and remediation 9790
- Water, drinking water quality protection 9349-51
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, role re climate change programs 10270-2, 10312-5
- Welfare
- social programs and services, core funding for non-profit organizations 9270
- social services sector, collective agreement and payments made under Munroe agreement, savings to government 9555-6
- Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, services 9462
- Whistler, hotel development proposal, municipal approval and Supreme Court ruling, legislation to cancel court ruling 11296
- Whistler Rail Tours Ltd., contributions to B.C. Liberal Party 11296
- Whittred, Katherine, statements during 2003 estimates debate as minister of state 8928-32, 8934, 8937-9, 9020, 9034
- Willcocks, Paul, comments on audit of Children and Family Development ministry 11352
- Women
- Women's and Seniors' Services minister of state, budget 9223, 9244, 9246-7
- Wong, Patrick, position on facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver 11560
- Workers Compensation Board, review board, legislation 11245
- Wurmann, Heidi, comments on funding for women's services 9251
- Xtra West (Vancouver), comments on standards for codes of conduct in schools 10197-8
- Yaffe, Barbara, comments on Hospital Employees Union labour dispute 10621-3
- Youth
- housing
- job training services 10063
- safe houses, number of beds 9926-9
- youth at risk
- drop-in centres, funding 10429-30
- emergency shelter, assessment 9929
- secure care legislation 9966-7
Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.
- Cloverdale trades and technology campus
(Falcon) 8571
- Funding
(Kwan) 10781
Kyoto accord
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