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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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Laboratory services See Health care
Labour
- Back-to-work legislation
(MacPhail) 10608
- Collective agreements
- legislated settlement, B.C. Liberal Party position
(Kwan) 9540
(MacPhail) 10380, 10382
- legislated settlement during NDP administration
(Bruce) 10380
- negotiation by government
(Bruce) 10578
(Kerr) 10642
- negotiation of public sector contracts
(Lekstrom) 10642-4
- negotiations, government mandate
(Throne speech) 8448
- Labour disputes See also particular disputes, e.g., Health support workers, labour dispute under Health care
- legislated settlements and wage and benefit reductions
(Bruce) 10648
(MacPhail) 10647-9
- use of cooling-off periods
(Kwan) 10618
(MacPhail) 10608, 10611
- Labour relations
- B.C. Liberal Party position
(MacPhail) 10280-1, 11321-3
- current and past conditions
(Bruce) 8653
(Campbell) 11205
(MacPhail) 10347
- government handling
(Bruce) 10647-8
(Campbell) 11322
(MacPhail) 10610-3, 10647
- relations during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(Bruce) 9772
- relations during NDP administration
(Abbott) 10628
(Bruce) 9772
- stability
(Bruce) 9536, 9539
- Strikes in B.C.
(Bruce) 9534, 10283, 10351
- Supply of skilled workers, shortage See particular industries, e.g., Workers under Construction industry; Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training
- Young workers See Workers
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 2002, tabled
(Bruce) 10278
- Applications and mediation services, fees
(Bruce) 9538-9, 9541, 9719
(Kwan) 9537-40, 9542
(MacPhail) 9719
- Authority re constitutional law issues
(Plant) 11195
- Mediators, number
(Bruce) 9539
(Kwan) 9539
- Role re teachers' collective bargaining
(Bruce) 10354, 10375, 10381
(MacPhail) 10354, 10374-5, 10381
Labour Relations Code
- Trespass provisions
(Plant) 11622
Ladner, B.C.
- Cruise industry
(Roddick) 10124
- Greenhouse proposal in South Delta See Delta, B.C.
Lakes District timber supply area
- Pine beetle infestation and annual allowable cut
(MacKay) 11341
Lakeview Youth Custody Centre, Campbell River, B.C.
Lali, Harry
- Comments on Lillooet land and resource management plan
(Abbott) 8945
Lancaster, Clay
- Experience as guide-outfitter in Kyrgyzstan
(MacKay) 10115-7
Land Act
Land and resource management plans See also particular plans, e.g., Lillooet land and resource management plan
Land and Water British Columbia Inc.
- Application of Financial Administration Act to agency
(Abbott) 10823-4
- Release of Crown land for economic development
(Abbott) 10720-1
(Manhas) 10720-1
- Responsibilities and role
Land Survey Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
Land surveyors
Land surveys and titles
Land Tax Deferment Act
Land Title Act
Land Title and Survey Authority
Land Title and Survey Authority Act
- (Bill 68) (Minister of Sustainable Resource Management) 1R, 11390; 2R, 11522-3; C, 11545, 11575-7; 3R, 11577; RA, 11671
- Amdts: sec. 40 and sec. 141.1 (Abbott) 11575, approved 11575; sec. 146.1 (Abbott) 11575, approved 11577
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 11390, 11575-7
(Bray) 11522-3
(Collins) 11522
- Purpose of bill
(Abbott) 11390
Land title offices See Land Title and Survey Authority; Land title branch under Sustainable Resource Management, Ministry of
Land use
- Development cost charges
(Coell) 9218
(Stewart, R.) 9217-8
- Expropriation of land, compensation
- Forest stewardship plans
(Abbott) 10713
(MacPhail) 10713
- Land and resource management planning
- Land and resource planning commission
- Land use issues in resource industries See particular industries, e.g., Mining industry
- Land use planning
- Private land donations, public land trust
(Abbott) 9278, 9434
- Special resource management zones
(Barisoff) 9690
(MacPhail) 9690
(Neufeld) 9148-9
- Sustainable forest resource management plans
(Abbott) 10712
(MacPhail) 10712
- Sustainable resource management plans
(Abbott) 10711-3
(MacPhail) 10711-3
- Working land base, balance between economic and environmental factors See Land use planning above under this main heading
Landfill gas projects See Energy; particular projects, e.g., Hartland Landfill
Landlord-tenant issues See Rental housing under Housing
Lane, David
- Letter to government re proposed riparian area regulation
(MacPhail) 9701-2
Langley, B.C.
- Casino relocation
(Coleman) 9884-5
Langley school district See School district 35 (Langley)
Language
Lannan forest
- Public release of details on land sale
(Abbott) 10891-2
(MacPhail) 10890-2
- Sale of Crown land in Lannan Road area
(Abbott) 10888-92
(MacPhail) 10887-92
Lawyers and legal services
Leading Edge British Columbia
- Government-industry partnership
(Lee) 8690
(Manhas) 8769
- Marketing activities
(Les) 10216, 10257
Leaky-condos issue See Condominiums under Strata property
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)
- As subject
- appointment to Finance Committee
(Penner) 11470
- Achieve B.C., purpose 8690-1
- Asian Heritage Month 10739-40
- Automobiles, traffic safety 9472
- B.C. Heritage Language Association, role 10427
- B.C. Institute of Technology, new student spaces 10958-9
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 8577
- Budget debate 8689-91
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8689
- Burnaby
- Burnaby North constituency and area, events and residents' accomplishments 11234
- Business, small businesses in B.C. 11650
- Children, early childhood development, funding 8690
- China, potential markets for B.C. products 8576
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11435
- Community Living B.C., board membership 11435
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8690
- Culture, arts sector, contributions of Asian community 10740
- eBay, call centre in Burnaby 8577
- Economy, B.C. economy 8575-6
- Education
- curriculum
- career and personal planning program 10200
- international languages, second-language programs 10427
- funding 8575, 8690-1
- graduation requirements 8690, 10200-1
- international students, impact on B.C. exports 8575
- parental involvement in education system 8690
- Education ministry, estimates debate 10200-2
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8578
- explorASIAN festival, festival 10740
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, relief effort, donations and fundraising 8576
- Fuel cell technology in B.C. 8689
- Government
- purchasing, tendering system, electronic bidding on road and bridge construction 8690
- regulations and red tape, reduction 11650
- Health care, funding 8576
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9372
- High-technology industry, government initiatives to support industry 8689-90
- Immigration, education system seminar for immigrant parents 9732
- Language, international language programs 10427
- Leading Edge B.C., government-industry partnership 8690
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., small-scale satellite project 8689
- Motions, support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 11136-7
- Ng, Jimmy, death in street-racing incident, father's work on youth driving safety education 9472
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits of hosting games 8576
- Organized Crime Agency of B.C., integration with Royal Canadian Mounted Police 9471
- Pharmacare program, coverage, exceptions in cases of allergy to covered drug 9372
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8575, 8690, 10958-9
- Premier's Technology Council, recommendations 8689
- Representation Agreement Act, reforms 11097
- St. John Ambulance, work of organization 11466
- School boards/districts, funding
- School district 41 (Burnaby), public information forums for parents 8575
- Schools, new schools 8690
- Science and technology, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 8690
- SkyTrain, security 9471
- Society, collective and individual responsibility 11136
- Surrey, crime 9471
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 8690
- Throne speech debate 8575-7
- Tri-University Meson Facility, work of organization 8689
- Universities, colleges and institutes, leading-edge endowment fund, regional innovation chairs 8690
- Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, heritage award recipients commended 10740
- Volunteers, work of volunteers and volunteer organizations 8576
- World Junior Hockey Championship, 2006 championship in B.C. 8576
- World Police and Fire Games, 2009 games in Burnaby, bid win 8576
LEED standards See also 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, construction of venues, promotion of B.C. wood products under Olympic Games
- Implementation, government action
(Kwan) 10268
(Les) 10268
LegaciesNow See also Spirit of 2010 initiatives under Olympic Games
Legal aid
Legal system See Justice system; Lawyers and legal services; Legal aid
Legislation
- Estimates 11279
- Budget legislation, process
(Collins) 8979, 8982
- Business during spring session of 37th parliament
- pace of progress, opportunity for debate
(Deputy Speaker) 11076-7
(MacPhail) 11076-7
(Roddick) 11079
- quality of legislation
(Kwan) 11067
- Debate on bills
- Definitions in regulations
(Collins) 9709
(Kwan) 9709
- Development process
(Collins) 8977-81
(MacPhail) 8977-81
- Enabling and validating legislation
(Plant) 11289-91, 11300
- Exposure bills
(Bray) 11355
(Hawes) 11370
(Kwan) 11352
- Handling of legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration
(Kwan) 11632
- Impact of Legislature debate on interpretation of legislation
(MacPhail) 10659
- Ministerial responsibility for expenditure legislation
(MacPhail) 8981
- Penalty provisions
(Plant) 11702
- Repeal of unproclaimed legislation
(Kwan) 11284
(Plant) 11284
- Retroactivity
(Kwan) 10537-9
(Plant) 10069, 10537-9
(Speaker) 9551
- Revision and updating of legislation
(Collins) 10847
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Annual report, 2002-03, tabled
(Speaker) 11020
Legislative internship program See Legislature
Legislative Library See British Columbia Legislative Library
Legislature See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Bills
- advancement of supply bill through all stages in one sitting
(Collins) 9587
(Speaker) 9587
- deletion of sections
(Chair) 11284
- Bills, committee stage
- debate to be relevant to bill under discussion
(Chair) 11632, 11712
- debate to be relevant to section under discussion
(Bruce) 10378
(Chair) 8896, 8898, 8904, 10346, 10352, 10534-6, 10646, 10651, 11625, 11703, 11706, 11716
(Collins) 8896, 8898
(MacPhail) 10378
- keep debate between minister and opposition member
(Chair) 11703, 11705
- latitude granted during section 1 debate
(Chair) 10648
- tedious line of questioning
(Chair) 11713, 11717
- Bills, second reading
- confining remarks to amendment motion
(Speaker) 10624
- debate to be relevant to bill under discussion
(Deputy Speaker) 11084
(MacPhail) 11079
(Speaker) 9591
- scope of debate
(Deputy Speaker) 11080
- Bills, third reading, limited debate
(Speaker) 11719
- Committee system
- need for Attorney General-Solicitor General joint committee
(MacPhail) 8451
- oversight role of select standing committees
(Collins) 10943
(Stewart, K.) 10942
- Estimates process
- answers by cabinet ministers
(Kwan) 9736-7, 10255-6, 10268, 10838
(MacPhail) 11272
- changes to order of estimates called, impact on opposition MLAs
(Bruce) 9537-8
(Kwan) 9537-8
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections
(Collins) 8851-2
- confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister
(Chair) 9007, 10499, 10557
- confining remarks to supplementary estimates
(Chair) 11052
- debate on legislation not permitted
(Chair) 10254-5, 10814-5, 10983
(Kwan) 10254
(Les) 10254-5
- debate on past budgets
(Kwan) 9607, 9629-30
- issues canvassed in other ministry estimates
(Chair) 11246
(MacPhail) 11246
- members must not reference former ministers
(Chair) 9647, 9804
- minister's response to questions
(MacPhail) 9072-3
- move on to new subject
(Chair) 9736, 9740, 9915, 9961-2, 10752
- obligation for ministers to answer questions
(Collins) 9059
- purpose of estimates debate is to ask questions regarding minister
(Chair) 9634
- questions on hypothetical cases not permitted
(Chair) 11269
- questions to be directed to appropriate ministry and topics
(Thorpe) 9072
- repetitious questioning
(Chair) 9230, 9235, 9797, 9801, 9909, 10568, 11258, 11262
- response by ministers to opposition's questions
(MacPhail) 9413
- rules for debate
(Kwan) 9542
- supplementary estimates
(Chong) 8778
(Collins) 8899, 9587-8
- time should not be set aside for research
(Chair) 9561
- work of opposition MLAs
(Kwan) 9666
- Free votes
(Harris) 8692
(Hayer) 8823
(Kerr) 10641-2
- Government House Leader, role
(Collins) 8977-9
(MacPhail) 8977-9
- Introductions by members, time limit
(Chair) 10686
- Language used in House
- "absolute fool"
(Chair) 10002
- "bully boy"
(Chair) 11206
- "conned"
(Kwan) 10262
- "deliberate misstatements"
(Clark) 9960
- "deliberately misleads"
(Falcon) 10678
- "fraudulent"
(Kwan) 9645
- "frothing"
(Speaker) 11297
- "God Almighty"
(Chair) 9423
- "hypocrite"
(Speaker) 10637
- "illegal"
(Chair) 10538
- "lie"
(Chair) 10557
(Falcon) 10557
- "mistruth"
(Kwan) 9645
- parliamentary language
(Chair) 9040
(Speaker) 8555
- "peanut gallery"
(Chair) 11206
- "puts to the lie"
(MacPhail) 8989
- "shove" and "butt"
(Chair) 9094
- "slippery and slimy"
(Kwan) 9918
- "trained seals"
(Kwan) 9746
- unparliamentary language
(Chair) 9642, 9812, 10486, 10679, 11708
(Collins) 9040
(Kwan) 9642
(MacPhail) 9041
(Speaker) 10578
- Legislative internship program
(Krueger) 10427-8
- Members See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Politics and politicians
- Members' conduct and debate
- attendance of other members for votes in House not to be commented on
(Chair) 10345
(MacPhail) 10345
- attendance of other members in House not to be commented on
(Chair) 9833-4
(Clark) 9833-4
(Deputy Speaker) 11079
(Kwan) 9833-4
(Speaker) 8834
- challenging the chair
(Chair) 10751, 11207
- debate to be respectful
(Chair) 10486, 10679, 11713
- decorum
(Speaker) 11237
- heckling
(MacPhail) 11206, 11208, 11217
- heckling, members to be in their own seats to heckle
(Chair) 9007, 11443
(Kwan) 9007, 11442-3
- implying that a member is not telling the truth
(Bruce) 10374
(Chair) 10374-5
(MacPhail) 10374-5
- must hold private conversations outside the chamber
(Chair) 10648
- must leave the chamber if cannot come to order
(Speaker) 10635-6
- must not comment on conduct of another member in House
(Deputy Speaker) 10633
- must not comment on facial gestures of others in House
(Chair) 11712
- must not interrupt another member's line of questioning
(Kwan) 9612
- must stand and be recognized by Chair before speaking
(Chair) 10262
- not appropriate to discuss individual cases in House
(Chair) 9924-6
(Clark) 9924-5
- not appropriate to reflect on actions of another member in House
(Chair) 9632, 9970
- relevance
(Chair) 10680
- repetitious debate
(Chair) 9607, 9614, 9617
- use of individuals' names in House, privacy issue
(Clark) 9756-7
(Kwan) 9756
- use of members' names not permitted
(Speaker) 10628
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair
(Chair) 9094, 9645, 9671, 9746, 9904, 9918, 9960, 10002, 10769
- Officers of the Legislature
- estimates 11279
- coverage by privacy-protection legislation
(Murray) 11516
- Opposition
- Parliamentary sovereignty
(Plant) 11291
- Police search of government staff offices in December 2003
- connection to government business
(Collins) 9043
(MacPhail) 9043-4
- investigation See Police investigation into alleged breach of trust under Government
- media reporting
(Collins) 9045
- police access to precincts, parliamentary privilege issue
(MacPhail) 8894
(Plant) 8894
- police search
(MacPhail) 8451, 10475
(Nettleton) 8473-4
- release of search warrants
(Campbell) 11266
(MacPhail) 8990, 11266
- summary of search warrants
(Coleman) 8943
(Collins) 8943-4
(Kwan) 8942-3
(MacPhail) 8944, 10481, 10491-2, 11265-7
- Private members' time, deferral of divisions
(Deputy Speaker) 10126
- Privilege See also individual matters under Privilege
- matters of contempt and privilege
(Speaker) 9552-3
- notice of matters of privilege
(Speaker) 9551
- requirement to raise matter of privilege at earliest convenience
(Collins) 9000
(Hogg) 9432
- Prorogation 11723
- Public written questions, process for having questions asked in House
(Collins) 8775
(MacPhail) 8775
(Speaker) 8775
- Question period See also Oral questions by subject
- extension due to disruptions
(Speaker) 10371
- order in the chamber
(Speaker) 8507, 8945, 9486, 9579
- questions about caucus not in order
(Collins) 9279, 9580, 9623
(Speaker) 9485, 9580, 9623
- questions that do not fall within ministerial responsibility not in order
(Speaker) 8849
- rules for questions
(Deputy Speaker) 9329-30
(Speaker) 9732-3, 10835-6
- termination of question period as no member of executive council present to take questions
(Speaker) 9735
- Quorum called 9539, 9614
- Quorum for estimates debate
(Kwan) 9539
(MacPhail) 9382
- Reforms
(Clark) 8764
(Falcon) 8731
(Harris) 8692
- Sessions and sittings, fixed calendar See also Elections
(Harris) 8692
(Stewart, K.) 10943
- Speaker
- determination of misleading of House
(Speaker) 9552
- rulings on out-of-order questions
(Speaker) 9623
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions See also particular motions under Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- Standing order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, qualification for advancement through all stages in one day
(Speaker) 10606
Lekstrom, Blair (Peace River South)
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10875-7
- Agricultural Land Commission, applications by Indian bands 10875-7
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry, estimates debate 9405-6
- Agriculture industry
- insurance programs, discontinuance of whole farm insurance program 9405
- role in economy 10368
- Automobile dealers and recreational vehicle dealers, regulation 10441-2
- Bear Mountain, wind power generation potential in area 8919
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C., highways and roads in northeastern B.C., investment 8642
- population, people moving to B.C. 8641
- B.C. College of Teachers, council membership changes 11152-3
- B.C. Hydro
- accountability, reports to Legislature 10537
- outsourcing and privatization, ability of authority to obtain information from independent power producers 10536
- B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since election 8639
- Budget debate 8638-43
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget 8638-40
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, debate 9489-90
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget, tax increases 8639, 8641
- Coal Act, debate 10435
- Coal industry
- development opportunities 8919
- land use issues, two-zone policy 10435
- regulations, reduction 10435
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 8641-2
- Dawson Creek, hosting of beef barbecue for ranching industry 11679
- Education, funding 8640
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8917
- Energy, alternative energy sources 8919
- Environmental groups, promotion of boycott of B.C. wood products 8917-8
- Food industry, meat products, import and tariff rate quotas 9405-6
- Forest industry in B.C., sustainability 8917
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee
- recommendations 11238-9
- report for fifth session of 37th parliament, Enhancing the Province's Public Sector Access and Privacy Law, presented 11238-9
- Fuel, taxation of coloured fuel 9079
- Funeral industry, cremation, interment and burial services, prepayment of cemetery or funeral services contracts, protection from creditors 9489-90
- Government
- programs and services, service delivery 8639-40
- regulations and red tape, reduction 8918
- Health authorities, remuneration of executives 9197
- Health care
- accessibility, equal access 8919-20
- beds, appropriate use of acute care beds 9198
- funding
- funding 8640
- gaming revenue and health special account 9197
- health support workers
- legislated collective agreement, wages and benefits reduction 10659
- wages and benefits 10644
- rural health travel assistance plan 8920, 9196-8
- system, current conditions 10643-4
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act, debate 10642-5, 10659
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 9196-8
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway, international forum on highway issues 11123-5
- Highways and roads, tendering process for construction contracts, timeliness 8672
- Income tax, personal income tax, payment by out-of-province workers 9079
- Indians, treaty negotiations, settlement lands in agricultural land reserve, land use issues 10875-7
- Infrastructure, investment in transportation infrastructure 8642
- Labour, collective agreements, negotiation of public sector contracts 10642-4
- Livestock industry
- cattle industry, impact of BSE 11679
- government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE 8641, 9405, 11679
- ranching industry, current conditions 11379-80
- MLAs, motivation 8917
- Mining industry in B.C. 8918-9
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10536-7
- Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10441-2
- Oil and gas industry, development 8642, 8918
- Parliamentary Reform Committee, reports for fifth session of 37th parliament presented 10232-3
- Peace River area, economy 8920
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8919
- Provincial Revenue ministry
- estimates debate 9077-9
- audit, collection and enforcement activities 9077-9
- Public debt, paydown of debt 8641-2
- Range Act
- Rangeland
- access for resource industry purposes 11458
- grazing leases, licences and permits, changes 11380, 11457-9
- Skills training, role of trades sector 8919
- Taxation
- administration and collection of taxes by provincial government, collection of taxes from out-of-province businesses 9077-8
- tax reductions 8641
- Teachers, political activities in schools 11153
- Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11152-3
- Throne speech debate 8917-20
- Tumbler Ridge
- coal industry in area 10435
- economic diversification 8918-9
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11163, 11165-6
- Wildlife, endangered species protection 11163, 11165-6
Lenoury, Rick
- Letter of concern re greenhouse proposal in South Delta
(MacPhail) 9701
Les, Hon. John (Chilliwack-Sumas)
- As subject
- support for small business as mayor of Chilliwack
(Hayer) 8702
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., funding for northern development fund 10217, 10221
- Auditor general, involvement in monitoring costs of 2010 Olympic Winter Games 10259-60
- Automobiles dealers
- B.C.
- economic development in northern B.C. 11473-4
- northern development initiative 10221-2
- population, people leaving B.C. in 1990s 8741
- B.C. Film
- core funding 10222-3
- feature film production financing program 10222-3
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 11472
- BSE, testing proposal 11473-4
- Budget debate 8740-4
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget
- Business
- business climate in B.C. 8702, 8741-2
- business costs in Canada, KPMG study 8873
- business number, single number for use with all levels of government 8742-3, 10215
- disclosure by public companies, impact on investment in B.C. 10899
- retention of records 11011
- small business
- definition 10257
- government initiatives to support small business 10215, 10256
- number of small businesses in B.C. 8742
- role in economy 8701-2, 8742
- venture capital funds, competition 8743
- Call centres, establishment in B.C. 10216
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, projects 10216
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget, public bank proposal 8606
- Chilliwack, Vedder Road interchange construction 8873
- Chilliwack-Sumas constituency and area, school system 8873
- Climate change
- Corporations, taxation, elimination of capital tax 10256
- Economy, B.C. economy 8741-2, 10216
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 8741
- Energy, alternative energy sources 10265
- Exports and imports
- development of export industry, government initiatives 8744
- trade missions 10216, 10257-8
- Ferries, fast ferries, handling by NDP government 10261
- Film industry, movie and television production in B.C.
- Finlayson, Jock, comments on B.C. position on Kyoto accord 10266
- Government
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 10261
- interprovincial relations, joint initiatives between Alberta and B.C. 8743-4
- regulations and red tape, reduction 8743, 10215-6
- Greenwood Slag Ltd., slag removal operation application, approval process 10320
- Harbours and ports, ports competitiveness initiative 10216
- Health care, system reforms 8873
- Income, family income in B.C. 8742
- Income tax, personal income tax 8742
- Investment in B.C.
- government initiatives to attract investment 10216
- investment climate 8743
- Kyoto accord
- implementation 10263-7
- meetings with federal government re accord 10269
- position of B.C. government 10266, 10314
- Leading Edge B.C., marketing activities 10216, 10257
- LEED standards, implementation 10268
- LegaciesNow, funding for initiatives 10215
- Legislature, estimates process, debate on legislation not permitted 10254-5
- Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2004, debate 9898, 10344, 10441-2
- Motor Dealer Council of B.C., role and powers 9898, 10344
- Mount Baldy Ski Resort Ltd., expansion project, approval process 10319-20
- Mount Mackenzie Resort Ltd., expansion project, approval process 10316-8, 10320
- Nechako-Kitimat Development Fund Society, board and staff 10218-19, 10221
- Northern commissioner, work of office during NDP administration 11473
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11472-4
- Northern development initiative trust, funding, disbursement by northerners 11473-4
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- Prince Rupert
- cruise ship industry 11473
- port expansion, impact on economy 11473
- Quatsino first nation, development proposal in Port Hardy area 10322
- Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association of B.C., input on motor dealer legislation 10441
- Resorts, development of resort industry in B.C. 8743
- Science and technology
- investment in research and development 10257
- investment in technology industry in B.C. 8744
- Securities Act
- Securities industry
- disclosure requirements for issuer bids 11010
- enforcement and penalties
- administrative penalty and removal of benefits 11013
- reprimands 11011
- insider reporting 11009-10
- investigations
- evidence not to be disclosed 11012
- power to compel evidence, compensation for witnesses 11012
- uncooperative witnesses 11012
- market participant conduct 11009-11
- protection for investors 10899
- Small Business and Economic Development ministry
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), government action 10267
- Taxation, tax reductions and changes 8741, 8873
- Teck Cominco Ltd., Red Chris mine, approval process 10321-2
- Throne speech debate 8872-4
- Tourism industry
- government initiatives 10216
- industry in B.C. 10255
- Tourism Vancouver
- collection of levy from Vancouver tourism industry for marketing and promotion activities 9897-8, 10343, 10436-41
- funding contribution to Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion 10255
- University College of the Fraser Valley, role 8873
- Vancouver, businesses, average costs 8743
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project 10251-3
- Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, role re climate change programs 10270-2, 10312
Ley, Gary
Leyne, Les
- Comments on northern commissioner's office
(MacPhail) 11478
Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band
L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire
- Comments on funding reductions for women's services
(Kwan) 9241, 9247
Libel and Slander Act
Liberal Party (B.C. Liberal Party) See British Columbia Liberal Party
Libraries
- Audio books, funding during NDP administration
(Kwan) 9246
- Protection from defamation suits
(Bennett) 11450
(Plant) 11429, 11450-1
- School libraries See Education
Licensed practical nurses See Nurses
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo
- As subject
- work commended
(de Jong) 8515
- Prorogation address 11723
- Throne speech address 8443-9
Lillooet, B.C. See Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
Lillooet land and resource management plan
Limited liability partnerships See Business
Lions Gate Bridge
- Traffic circle at north end of bridge, maintenance
(Sultan) 9330-1
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
- Operations in B.C.
(Whittred) 11113
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor distribution branch See Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of
Literacy
- Definition
(Christensen) 10175-6
(Kwan) 10173, 10175-6
- Funding
- Goals in education system
(Christensen) 8850
(Manhas) 8850
- Promotion initiative in B.C.
(Bloy) 8771
(Bond) 8832, 10544, 10548
(Bray) 8461
(Brice) 8583
(Christensen) 8512, 10014, 10174, 10176-82
(Halsey-Brandt) 8519
(Johnston) 8528
(Kwan) 10176-81, 10186, 10544, 10548-9
(McMahon) 8465
(Stewart, K.) 8869-70
(Thorpe) 8591
(Throne speech) 8447
(Trumper) 8587-8
- Rate in B.C.
(Christensen) 8850
(Manhas) 8850
(Throne speech) 8447
- Youth literacy
(Nuraney) 8715
Literature
Littering
- Offences and penalties, enforcement
(Penner) 9069
Live-in care workers See Home care
Livestock industry
- Animal feed
(Nettleton) 8875
- Cattle industry See also Ranching industry below under this main heading
- challenges
(Cobb) 11130
(MacKay) 9161
(Wilson) 9162-3
- impact of BSE
(Cobb) 11677-8
(Lekstrom) 11679
(Nettleton) 9378
(Nuraney) 8522
(van Dongen) 8876, 9167
- impact of BSE and drought
(MacPhail) 9380-1
- import and tariff rate quotas for meat products See Meat products under Food industry
- industry in B.C.
(van Dongen) 9382
- response to cases of BSE
(Hunter) 9164
- Government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE See also Canadian agricultural income stabilization program; Farms and farming, insurance programs under Agriculture industry
- amount
(MacPhail) 9570-1
(van Dongen) 9570-1
- assistance
(Cobb) 11678, 11680
(Lekstrom) 8641, 11679
(MacPhail) 8808-9, 9379-81
(Nettleton) 8457, 8812, 9280, 9375-6
(Stewart, K.) 8872
(Throne speech) 8444
(van Dongen) 8457, 8807-11, 8821-2, 9280, 9374-6, 11468-9
(Wilson) 8745, 9163, 11468
- comparison to meat-packers' revenues
(MacPhail) 9381-2
(van Dongen) 9381-3
- cost
(MacPhail) 8899
- federal government funding
(Nettleton) 9624
(van Dongen) 9624-5
- funding of negative margins
(MacPhail) 9570
(Nettleton) 9377
(van Dongen) 9376-7, 9570
- provincial funding
(Lekstrom) 9405
(van Dongen) 9405
- Grazing land See Rangeland
- Meat products See Food industry
- Ranching industry See also Cattle industry above under this main heading
- access to grazing land See Grazing land under Rangeland
- current conditions
(Bennett) 11380-1
(Cobb) 11377
(de Jong) 11382
(Lekstrom) 11379-80
(Wilson) 11378-9
- government initiatives to assist industry See Government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE above under this main heading
- Indians' involvement in industry
(de Jong) 11376
- proposals, federal funding
(Bennett) 11515
(van Dongen) 11515-6
- role
(de Jong) 11375
- work with government
(Visser) 11382
- Slaughter of animals for food industry See Slaughter facilities under Food industry
- U.S. border closing to Canadian beef
(Cobb) 10919
(MacPhail) 8810-1, 9378-9
(van Dongen) 8810-2, 8876, 9166-7, 9378-9, 10919
(Wilson) 9162, 10915-6
Lobbyists
Local government
- Accountability
(Coell) 10446
(Kwan) 10446
- Agreements with Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) See Agreements with local governments under Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- Budgets and financing
- changes to development finance system
(Coell) 11020
- funding for annual municipal reports
(Coell) 10444-5
(Kwan) 10444
- grants from provincial government See Provincial-municipal relations, provincial funding under Government
- revenue generation
(Coell) 10443
(Kwan) 10443
- Bylaws
- enforcement collection
(Coell) 9215
(Hawes) 9214-5
- responsibility of landlords for marijuana grow operations in rental housing
(Coleman) 10431
(Stewart, R.) 10431
- Emergency planning See Emergency planning by regional districts under Emergencies
- Legislation See Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- Municipal pension plan, 2003 annual report tabled
(Collins) 11394
- Powers and responsibilities
- borrowing limits
(Coell) 10448-9
(Kwan) 10448-9
- meeting of needs of off-reserve and urban Indians
(Kwan) 10450
- referendum on borrowing
(Coell) 10447
(Kwan) 10447
- regulation of hours of operation for bars and cabarets
(Coleman) 9848, 9850
(MacPhail) 9849-50
- regulation of noise
(Masi) 9386
(van Dongen) 9386
- transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government
(Coell) 10403
(Kwan) 10403-4, 10442
- Referenda, provincial grants for holding referenda
(Hunter) 9215
Local Government Act
Locke, Hon. Brenda (Surrey-Green Timbers)
- As subject
- family experience with adoption 10959-60
- position on facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver
(Kwan) 11560
- removal from Finance Committee
(Penner) 11470
- Adoption, number of adoptions in B.C. 10959
- Asian Canadians, violence among South Asian Canadians 11126
- Automobiles, prevention of street racing 10945
- Budget debate 8679-81
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8680
- Children, role models for children 9784-5
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry, estimates debate 9150
- Crime and criminals
- automobile theft, prevention 8850, 10945
- gang crime, work on issue 11126
- street-racing crimes, prevention 10945
- Education
- curriculum, trades training 10919
- education of Indians
- enhancement agreements between school districts and Indian groups 8883
- graduation rate 8883
- funding 8681
- Exports and imports, trade mission to India 8680
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- first report for fifth session of 37th parliament presented 11299
- recommendations 8679, 9064
- Finance ministry, estimates debate 9064
- Fires and firefighters, workers compensation issues, cancer cases 9537
- Gambling, addiction and problem gambling, ministerial responsibility 11515
- Health care, issues 8946-9
- Health Services ministry, estimates debate 8946-50
- Housing, squatters 10955
- Hyland House, shelter housing 9465
- Immigration and Multicultural Services minister of state, role 8680
- Immigration, income assistance and sponsors' responsibilities 10371
- International Women's Day 9171
- James, Carole, position on facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver 11561
- Marijuana grow operations, link with criminal activity 11126
- Medical Services Plan, service to clients 8948
- Mental disorders, awareness and treatment 11334
- Mental Health and Addiction Services minister of state, role 11515, 11559-60
- Mental health of children and youth
- child and youth mental health plan 11334
- Friends program 11334
- Mental Illness Awareness Week 11334
- Motions
- high school and post-secondary education of aboriginal youth (Motion 67), debate 8883
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8545-6, 11130
- support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9476
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 8679-80
- Open Learning Agency, Knowledge Network component, films on mental health of children and youth 11333-4
- Physicians
- remuneration, difference between clinic and general practitioners 8947
- supply of anaesthetists 8950
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8681
- Retirement, mandatory retirement 9536
- Safety, public safety issue 11125
- School boards/districts, funding
- funding for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles 9064
- local decisions 8883
- Securities Act, debate 10936
- Securities industry, code of conduct for advisers and dealers 10936
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, cost of project 9281
- Skills Development and Labour ministry, estimates debate 9536-7
- Skills training, promotion of trades training 10919
- Sports
- attraction of tournaments to B.C. 8680
- benefits of team sports 8545, 11130
- parental role in children's participation 8545
- Substance abuse/addiction, programs and services
- range of services 11560-1
- services for persons with mental health and substance abuse issues 9465-7
- Surrey
- addiction services, detox facility 11561
- crime, automobile theft prevention 8850, 10945
- economic development in area 8680-1
- growth 8680-1, 8946
- health care issues 8946-9
- homelessness and housing needs 9150
- multiculturalism initiatives 8669-70
- social services 9465-6
- Surrey Community Services Society, work of organization 9476
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, services
- Surrey-Green Timbers constituency and area, squatters 10955
- Trespass to Property Act, debate 10955
- Vancouver
- crime rate 10945
- social services, facility for former addicts and mentally ill 11560-1
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in society 9476
- Wages, first-job entry-level wage 9536-7
- Welfare, social programs and services, role in communities 8680-1
- Workers Compensation Board policies, cancers caused by firefighting 9537
- World Junior Hockey Championship, 2006 championship in B.C. 8680
Logan Lake, B.C.
- Fire protection activities
(de Jong) 10287
Logging See Forest industry
Logging Tax Act
Long, Frederick James Alexander (Fred)
Long, Harold (Powell River-Sunshine Coast)
- As subject
- appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
(Collins) 8450
- comments on slot machines in Powell River
(MacPhail) 8622
- Belshaw, Adrian, comments on marijuana grow operations 8863-4
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget, tax increases 8863
- Forest industry, mountain pine beetle control 8863
- Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 8861
- LegaciesNow, funding for initiatives 8863
- New Life Society, provision of addiction services 8620
- NorskeCanada, investment in Powell River pulp mill 8804
- Powell River
- addiction services 8620
- potential for mill operation in area 8862
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency and area
- ferry service 8862
- investment climate 8804
- situation during NDP administration 8862
- School district 47 (Powell River), school closing 8863
- Sechelt Indian band, involvement in treaty negotiations 8862
- Sliammon Indian band, involvement in treaty negotiations 8861-2
- Substance abuse/addiction, services for persons with mental health and substance abuse issues 8706-7
- Taxation, tax reductions 8862
- Throne speech debate 8861-4
- Triton Logging Company Inc., harvesting of underwater timber 8504
Longmuir, Randy
- Comments on economic development in Parksville
(Reid, J.) 8659
Long-term care See Continuing and long-term care under Health care
Lonsdale
Lookout Emergency Aid Society
Lord Strathcona Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Student demographics, vulnerable students
(Kwan) 10172
Lotteries
- Lottery tickets, changes
(Coleman) 9885
- Video lottery terminals See Gambling
Louie, Martin
- Comments on accommodation agreements between Indian bands and government
(Nettleton) 10203-4
Loukidelis, David
- Comments on issues
- consumer protection legislation
(Coleman) 9487
- letter to government re proposed information-privacy legislation
(MacPhail) 11546-7, 11550-3
(Murray) 11547, 11550-1
Lowe, Alan
Lower mainland
- Autism services
(Clark) 9829-30
(Kwan) 9829-30
- Gang activities
(Bhullar) 11129
- Gateway program, infrastructure projects
(Falcon) 11469
- Health care services
- emergency services
(Masi) 8499
- residential care beds
(Hansen) 8948
- Northeast sector See Tri-Cities area
- Transportation infrastructure
Lower Mainland Community Housing Registry
Lower Mainland Steel (1998) Ltd.
- Hiring of U.S. ironworkers
(Bruce) 9729-30
(MacPhail) 9729
Lower mainland treaty advisory committee
Lower Post, B.C.
LRMPs See Land and resource management plans under Land use; particular plans, e.g., Lillooet land and resource management plan
Luscar Ltd.
- Mining operations
(MacKay) 10415
Lustenberger, Christina
- Accomplishments in alpine skiing
(McMahon) 10274
Lyme disease
- Diagnosis and incidence
(Kerr) 10682
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