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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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NAFTA See North American Free Trade Agreement
Nakusp, B.C.
- Music festival
(Suffredine) 10832
Nanaimo and South West Water Supply Act
- (Bill 31) (Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services) 1R, 10228; 2R, 10501-3; C, 10581-2; 3R, 10582; RA, 10666
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 10228, 10502-3, 10581-2
(Hunter) 10501-2, 10581-2
Nanaimo Bastion
- Designation as national historic site
(Hunter) 9327
Nanaimo, B.C. See also Nanaimo regional district
- Automobile theft, prevention
(Hunter) 11561
- Business development in area
(Hunter) 8923
- Convention centre project
(Hunter) 8677-8
- Cruise ship industry
(Hunter) 10122
- Economic development in area
(Hunter) 8676-9
(Reid, J.) 8659
- Number of income assistance recipients
(Hagen) 8704
(Hunter) 8703
- Social issues
(Hunter) 8923
- Volunteerism
(Hunter) 8703, 11338
- Water supply service
Nanaimo Hospital Foundation
- Fundraising activities
(Hunter) 11338
Nanaimo regional district
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Emergency services
- physician staffing issues and negotiation with government
(Hansen) 9193-4
(MacPhail) 9193-4, 10616
- physician staffing levels
(Hansen) 8893-4
(Kwan) 8893
- Expansion project
(Hunter) 11338
- Services
(Reid, J.) 8660
- Surgical suites
(Hunter) 8678
Nanaimo Youth Services Association
- Work of organization
(Hunter) 8703
Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
Nastoh, Hamed
- Death in school bullying case
(Mayencourt) 9428
National Crime Prevention Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
- Application on methamphetamine use prevention
(Brice) 9448
(Mayencourt) 9448
National Health Council
National Research Council
- Fuel cell technology centre
(Bray) 9428
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
- Comments on brownfield sites in Canada
(MacPhail) 10136
National Volunteer Week
Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia
Native courtworkers See Justice system
Native Economic Development Advisory Board
Naturopaths
- Scope of practice, petition tabled
(Thorpe) 9705
Naut'sa mawt tribal council
- Involvement in joint agreement on coalbed methane resource development See Coalbed methane resources under Vancouver Island
Neads, Dave
- Comments on government handling of mountain pine beetle infestation
(Harris) 11460-1
(MacPhail) 11460
Nebbeling, Ted (West Vancouver-Garibaldi)
- B.C. and Yukon Hotels Association, tourism tax proposal for marketing activities 10437-8
- Tourism Vancouver, collection of levy from Vancouver tourism industry for marketing and promotion activities 10436-8
- Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act
- Whistler, tourism industry, tax proposal for marketing activities 10436, 10438
Nechako basin
- Oil and gas exploration
(Cobb) 9479
(Neufeld) 9092
Nechako Lakes school district See School district 91 (Nechako Lakes)
Nechako-Kitimat Development Fund Society
Needles bridge
- Construction project
(Falcon) 11349
(Suffredine) 11349
- Improvements
(Suffredine) 8749
Nelson, B.C.
- Affordable housing
(Kwan) 10364
- Contaminated sites in area
(Suffredine) 9792
- Film production
(Suffredine) 11114
- High-speed Internet access in area
(Suffredine) 8748
Nelson District Community Resources Society
Nettleton, Paul (Prince George-Omineca)
- As subject
- comments on 2004 throne speech
(Bell) 8479
- experience as member of B.C. Liberal Party 10640
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- estimates debate 9375-8
- supplementary estimates debate 8812
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 10966-7
- Backhouse, John, position as northern commissioner 11471
- B.C. College of Teachers, democratic governance 11049
- B.C. Hydro, infrastructure maintenance 9102
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- actions since election 8474, 8625-6
- availability of legislation for review by members 10640
- performance on aboriginal issues 10738
- position on mining in parks 10064
- B.C. Rail
- agreement with CN Rail
- budget and finances, dividends to general revenue during NDP administration 11471
- call for halt to sale of B.C. Rail 9901
- first nations benefits trust
- privatization, B.C. Liberal Party's campaign statements and position 11472
- B.C. Rail Benefits (First Nations) Trust Act, debate 11604-5
- BSE, detection and prevention 8875-7
- Budget debate 8625-6
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8626
- Campbell, Gordon, conviction for impaired driving 8473
- Canadian agricultural income stabilization program 9377-8
- Carrier-Sekani tribal council
- consultation on impact of B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 10134, 10277
- position on accommodation agreements between Indian bands and government 10203-6
- position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 11605
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., position on sight testing by opticians 11237
- Economy, B.C. economy 8626
- Energy
- electricity rates in B.C. 9101-2
- transmission system, integration with U.S. system 9101-2
- Energy and Mines ministry, estimates debate 9101-2
- Falcon, Kevin, comments on B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail in Transportation ministry estimates debate 10738
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, implementation of Filmon report recommendations 9108
- Forest industry, Indians' involvement in industry, accommodation and forestry agreements 10203, 10206
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 10203-8
- press release on forestry agreements between Indian bands and government, preparation process 10203-4
- Health care, government strategy 10640
- Health Sector (Facilities Subsector) Collective Agreement Act, debate 10627-8, 10639-40
- Hewlick, Robert, comments on health care system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 10640
- Joseph, Allan, comments on Yekooche Indian band accommodation agreement with government 10203
- Justice system
- Crown prosecutors
- remuneration 8848
- remuneration, report, Geoff Plant's response as Attorney General 8807
- native community law offices, closings 9893
- native courtworkers, role in system 8999, 9893
- Legal aid, funding 11560, 11652
- Legislature, police search of government staff offices in December 2003 8473-4
- Livestock industry
- animal feed 8875
- cattle industry, impact of BSE 9378
- government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE
- Louie, Martin, comments on accommodation agreements between Indian bands and government 10203-4
- Mansour, Yakout, comments on transmission system in B.C. 9101
- Mining industry
- mining in parks, B.C. Liberal Party government policy 10064
- mining task force report recommendations 8895
- Motions, negotiations with first nations on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement (Motion 114), debate 10737-8
- Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of B.C., funding 8999, 9893-4
- Northern commissioner, work of office during NDP administration 11471
- Northern development initiative trust
- funding from B.C. Rail-CN Rail partnership 11472
- regional advisory committees 11471
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11471-2
- Opticians, sight testing 11237
- Parks, provincial parks development policy proposal 10064
- Paulson, Dave, comments on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10962
- Phillip, Stewart, position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 11604-5
- Physicians, northern and rural physicians dispute, public response 10639
- Pierre, Harry, position on issues
- accommodation agreements between Indian bands and government 10203-6
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 11605
- government handling of Indians' issues 10738
- letter to federal competition bureau on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10134, 10277
- Plant, Geoff, advocacy in cabinet for Crown prosecutors 8807
- Poverty, rights of the needy 11529
- Property rights, trespass legislation 11529
- Public debt, current levels 8626
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 9893-4
- Regional Transmission Organization West, alignment with B.C. Hydro, cost 9101-2
- Robertson, Sharon, government assistance for impact of BSE 9378
- Safe Streets Act (Bill 71), debate 11529-30
- Saik'uz first nation, ceremony at Stoney Creek on signing of forestry agreements 10203-4
- Tausendfrende, Deborah, comments on social services funding reductions 10627-8
- Throne speech
- Throne speech debate 8473-4
- Tl'atz'en nation, letter to Attorney General on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10430
- Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, position on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 10966, 11604-5
- van Dongen, John, work as minister commended 9375
- Yaffe, Barbara, comments on Hospital Employees Union labour dispute 10639
- Yekooche Indian band
- accommodation agreement with government 10203
- need for economic development 10207-8
Neufeld, Hon. Richard (Peace River North)
- As subject
- meetings with Pat Broe
(MacPhail) 9097
- Air, greenhouse gas, emission reduction 9100
- Anderson, David, comments on offshore oil drilling 9140
- Bowser basin, oil and gas exploration 9092
- Brilliant Dam, power plant expansion project 9092
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- highways and roads in northeastern B.C., investment 8637
- northern development initiative, public response 11599-600
- oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. 9781
- B.C. Aboriginal Fisheries Commission, government grant 9141
- B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines, input on land use issues in South Chilcotin Mountains area 9143
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power, links to organized labour 11469
- B.C. Hydro
- accountability, reports to Legislature 10537
- agreement with Accenture for provision of support services, cost savings for B.C. Hydro, review by B.C. Utilities Commission 9096
- alternative energy projects 9092, 9098-9
- estimates debate 9096
- executive 9092-5
- infrastructure maintenance 9102
- outsourcing and privatization
- ability of authority to obtain information from independent power producers 10536-7
- privatization of core assets and services 10535
- rates 8638
- regulation 9101-2
- B.C. Liberal Party government, position on mining in parks 10064
- B.C. offshore oil and gas team 9136-9
- B.C. Seafood Alliance, government grant 9141
- B.C. Task Force on Mining, report 9144-7
- B.C. Transmission Corporation
- establishment 9098
- executive 9093-5
- project plan for system control modernization project tabled 11597
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- recommendations on energy plan goals 9098
- requirements for access to transmission system 9098
- role in B.C. Hydro operations 9095-6
- Budget debate 8634-8
- The Canadian Centre for Energy Information, government grant 9141
- Climate change, action plan 9100
- David Suzuki Foundation, position on hydrogen highway proposal for 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 10232
- Dease Lake, hydroelectricity generation in area 9131
- Ebbels, Jack, position with offshore oil and gas team 9137
- Energy
- alternative energy sources 9098-100
- electricity rates
- rates in B.C. 9102
- setting of rates, heritage contract 9095
- setting of rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission 9095-6
- energy plan, alternative and green energy component 9099
- hydrogen energy 8637, 9100, 10232
- independent power producers
- access to transmission system 9098
- contracts with B.C. Hydro, determination of rates 9131-5
- projects 9136
- role in power generation in B.C. 9098-9, 9103
- power supply
- consumption 9100
- importing of power to B.C. 9102, 9136, 9624
- needs in B.C. 9099
- supply of B.C. needs, government action 9624
- transmission system
- access, B.C. Hydro requirements 9098
- access by mining operations 9103, 9133-5
- integration with U.S. system 9102
- system in northern B.C. 9131-2
- Energy and Mines ministry
- estimates debate 9091-103, 9131-49
- accomplishments and responsibilities 9091-2
- budget, allocation of funds 9138-9, 9141
- meetings of minister and staff re B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 9097
- mineral titles branch, role 9142
- promotion of mining industry 9135-6
- revenues from lease sales and royalties 9092
- Fernie, coalbed methane gas exploration in area 9142
- Government caucus committees, land use planning committee, activities 9144, 9149
- Gunton, Tom, comments in study on offshore oil and gas economic development 11144
- Haida Resources Ltd., tenure near Denman Island 9140
- Huu-ay-aht Indian band, government grants for cultural and heritage studies 9141
- Iskut River, power project 9131-5
- Jarvis, Fred, comments on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 11599
- Kyoto accord 9100
- Land use, special resource management zones 9148-9
- Mediation and Arbitration Board, rulings on disputes between mineral owners and surface owners 9148
- Mineral Tenure Act, provisions, rights of private property owners 9147-8
- Mineral Tenure Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10274, 10387-90
- Mining Association of B.C., input on land use issues in South Chilcotin Mountains area 9143
- Mining industry
- exploration investment in B.C. 10389
- government initiatives to assist industry 10388
- impact on environment 10389
- industry in B.C.
- land use issues, two-zone policy 10388
- mineral claims registration system, establishment of electronic system 10274, 10387-90
- mining in parks, B.C. Liberal Party government policy 10064
- need for trained employees 9136
- regulations, reduction 10274
- rights of mineral owners and surface owners 9147-8
- use of mining products in daily life 10388
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 10534-7
- Motions, expansion of oil and gas industry (Motion 1), debate 9780-1
- Nechako basin, oil and gas exploration 9092
- NDP, performance as government, promotion of economy in northern B.C. 11599-600
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11598-600
- Northern development initiative trust, funding, disbursement by northerners 11599-100
- Northern Lights College, training programs for oil and gas industry workers 9136
- NovaGold Resources Inc., Galore Creek mine, electricity needs 9134
- Offshore Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd., tenure in Hecate Strait 9140
- Oil and Gas Commission, funding 9138
- Oil and gas industry
- coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C. 8638, 9092, 9136, 9142
- industry in B.C.
- offshore drilling
- offshore drilling, development of offshore industry
- use of oil and gas products in daily life 8635-6
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, hydrogen highway proposal 9100, 10232
- Pacific Offshore Energy Association, government grant 9141
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on mining task force report 9144
- Peace River area, oil and gas industry 8637
- Peace River, power generation on river, Site C project 10534
- Powerex Corporation, revenues 9098
- Regional Transmission Organization West, alignment with B.C. Hydro, cost 9102
- South Chilcotin Mountains, mineral potential in area 9143-4
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), National Energy Board ruling on application 9101
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, role in land use planning 9143-4
- Tahltan Nation Development Corporation, hydroelectricity generation in Dease Lake area 9131
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Gibraltar mine reopening, job creation potential 9092
- Teck Cominco Ltd., Red Chris mine, electricity needs 9134-5
- Turning Point Initiative Society, government grant 9141
- University of Northern B.C., government grant 9141
- University of Victoria, government grants 9141
- Vancouver Island, energy supply
- natural gas pipeline, Duke Point generating plant project 9100-1
- power generation projects on Island, call for tenders 9100-1
- Vancouver Island Gas Co., contract with government 9138
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Alternative budget See 2004-05 alternative budget under Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Comments and position on issues
- health care policies
(Bennett) 11501
- impact of B.C. Liberal Party government actions
(Bloy) 8780
- post-secondary education system
(Bray) 11398-9
- privatization of B.C. Rail
(Kwan) 11603
(MacPhail) 11482
- resource industries
(Belsey) 11487-8
- Election campaign statements
(Bloy) 8780
- Election readiness
(Kwan) 8839
(MacPhail) 8912
- MLAs' comments on B.C. Liberal Party actions and policies
(Belsey) 8788-9
- Performance as government
- Platform
(Clark) 9988-9
(Kwan) 9988-9
New Democratic Party of Canada
- Comments by election candidate on rail service in northern B.C.
(MacKay) 11474
New Denver, B.C.
New Era See Government, New Era document under British Columbia Liberal Party
New Life Society
- Provision of addiction services
(Brice) 8620
(Long) 8620
New Skeena Forest Products Inc.
- Mill operation and cutting rights
(MacPhail) 11277
- Viability, impact on northern B.C. communities
(MacKay) 8785
New Westminster, B.C.
- Festival of Volunteers
(Murray) 8594
- Spirit of 2010 committee
(Murray) 8593
- Subsidized housing
(Murray) 8593
New Westminster school district See School district 40 (New Westminster)
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Offshore oil and gas industry
(MacKay) 9778
Newspapers See Media
Ng, Jimmy
- Death in street-racing incident, father's work on youth driving safety education
(Lee) 9472
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merritt, B.C.
Nijjar, Rob (Vancouver-Kingsway)
- Breast health, mammography services 9952-3
- B.C.
- population, people leaving B.C. in 1990s 8913
- quality of life in B.C. 11558
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 8696-8
- Budget debate 8695-8
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget 8696, 8698, 8913
- Business, government subsidies 8696
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8695-7
- Cancer, breast cancer awareness 9952-3
- Charities, charitable donations in B.C. 8914, 9168
- Children
- child care, universal child care program 8697
- children in government care, number 8914
- programs and services for children and families, parenting skills development 8914
- Coalition of Progressive Electors, comments on supply of social housing 9625
- Communities, issues and concerns, community solutions 8915-6
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services, community model 8915
- Employment
- job creation in B.C. 8913
- workers moving to B.C. for job opportunities 9278-9
- Government, work with social service organizations 8914
- Health care, health support workers, legislated collective agreement 10864
- Housing, social and subsidized housing, funding 9625
- Immigration, immigrants to B.C. 8913-4
- Indians, services for abused youth 9333
- Investment climate in B.C. 8913
- James, Carole, position on 2004-05 alternative budget 8556
- McMichael, Bill, community work 8914
- Motions, support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9168
- NDP, performance as government 8696-7
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, community initiatives 8916
- Passenger Transportation Act, debate 10385-6
- Post-secondary education, accessibility 11426
- Public debt during NDP administration 8696-7
- Steele, Dawn, comments on Developmental Disabilities Association funding 9758
- Taxi industry, regulation 10385-6
- Throne speech debate 8912-6
- Vancouver
- Kingsway Road area, business revitalization 8915-6
- services for Indian youth, emergency shelter beds 9333
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, number of volunteers in B.C. 8914-5, 9168, 9577-8
- Wage levels, increase 8696
Nisga'a final agreement
- B.C. Liberal Party position
(Plant) 10597
- Nisga'a land surveys, surveyor general's powers
(Abbott) 10278-9
- Public response
(MacKay) 10595
Nisga'a people
- Internet access for Nisga'a communities
(Belsey) 8713
(Murray) 8710
(Trumper) 8715
Nita Lake
NoRooz
NorskeCanada
- Investment in Powell River pulp mill
(Long) 8804
North American Free Trade Agreement
- Ruling on Canadian softwood lumber exports to U.S.
(de Jong) 10835
(Suffredine) 10835
North Coast constituency and area
- Economy and employment
(Belsey) 8482-3
North Delta, B.C.
- Community health centre, need
(Masi) 8499
North Island See Vancouver Island
North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.
- Programs for aboriginal students
(Trumper) 11337
- Use of computer technology for course delivery
(Trumper) 8714
North Island constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Visser) 8552-3
North Korea
North Okanagan-Shuswap school district See School district 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)
North Shore See Vancouver, B.C.
North Shore Rescue Team
- Work of volunteers
(Sultan) 8669
North Thompson Valley
- Community forestry
(de Jong) 9160
(Krueger) 9159
- Forest industry in area, opportunities
(Krueger) 8907, 8911
- Restoration following forest fires
(de Jong) 9160
(Krueger) 9158-9
- Snowmobiling trail
(Krueger) 8911
North Vancouver, B.C.
- Development of former Burrard drydock area
(Whittred) 8800, 10124
- Film industry
(Whittred) 11113
- Involvement in cruise ship industry
(Whittred) 10123-4
North Vancouver Rotary Club
- Maintenance of traffic circle in area
(Sultan) 9331
North Vancouver school district See School district 44 (North Vancouver)
Northern British Columbia Winter Games
- Opening by Gordon Campbell
(Harris) 8599
Northern caucus See Government caucus committees under Government
Northern commissioner
Northern Development Commission
Northern development fund See Small Business and Economic Development, Ministry of
Northern development initiative See Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
Northern development initiative trust See also Northern and rural B.C., northern development initiative under British Columbia
Northern Development Initiative Trust Act
- (Bill 59) (Minister of Transportation) 1R, 11422; 2R, 11470-90, 11597-604; C, 11662-5; 3R, 11665; RA, 11671
- Amdts: to add sec. 5.1 (MacPhail) 11663, negatived 11663
- Divisions: 2R approved 11604, amdt. to sec. 5 negatived 11663, title approved 11665
- Debate, speakers
(Bell) 11600-1
(Belsey) 11486-9
(Bray) 11483-5
(Campbell) 11597-8
(Cobb) 11472
(Falcon) 11422, 11470-1, 11603-4, 11663-5
(Harris) 11601-3
(Kwan) 11603
(Les) 11472-4
(MacKay) 11474-7
(MacPhail) 11477-83, 11663-5
(Nettleton) 11471-2
(Neufeld) 11598-600
(Penner) 11489-90
(Thorpe) 11477
(Visser) 11485-6
(Wilson) 11601
- Application of freedom-of-information and protection-of-privacy legislation
(Falcon) 11663
(MacPhail) 11663
- Ministerial accountability for grants budget
(Falcon) 11664
(MacPhail) 11664
- Powers to amend definition of Cariboo-Chilcotin-Lillooet region
(Falcon) 11665
(MacPhail) 11665
Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.
- Training programs for oil and gas industry workers
(Neufeld) 9136
Northern Rockies Alaska Highway Tourism Association
- Alaska Highway forum See Alaska Highway under Highway 97
Northern spotted owls See Spotted owls under Birds
Northgate Exploration Ltd.
- Kemess mine
- job creation potential
(Jarvis) 8687-8
- potential
(MacKay) 10413
- temporary bridges for construction of power line, environmental issue
(de Jong) 10244
(MacPhail) 10244
Northwest Corridor Development Corp.
- Work of organization
(Belsey) 11466
Norway
NovaGold Resources Inc.
- Galore Creek mine
- electricity needs
(MacKay) 9133
(Neufeld) 9134
- potential
(MacKay) 10413
Nuraney, John (Burnaby-Willingdon)
- As subject
- alleged caucus suspension for financial improprieties
(MacPhail) 9331, 9623-4
- alleged caucus suspension for financial improprieties, financial implications
(Collins) 9624
- appointment to Public Accounts Committee
(Penner) 11696
- experience of family with health care system 11692
- Adoption, international adoption process, timeliness 9921
- Aga Khan Foundation 11295
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8522
- Budget debate 8782-4
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8782
- Burnaby
- Burnaby Hospital, services 9153
- Business climate in B.C. 8783
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8782
- Cascade Heights Elementary School, work of staff 9951-2
- Children
- early childhood development, funding 8522
- programs and services for children and families, governance changes 8522
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 9921
- public consultation on services for developmentally disabled 11360
- Chronic fatigue syndrome 11046-7
- Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services ministry
- estimates debate 9213-4
- budget
- capital expenditures 9213
- impact of reduction for aboriginal, multicultural and immigration services 9213
- Community Living Authority Act, debate 11360
- Corporations, tax reductions 8783
- Disease control, establishment of national centre for disease control, B.C. as potential site 8523
- Economy, B.C. economy 8782-3
- Education
- education of Indians, student achievement 8716
- funding 8523
- importance in life 8715
- social equity programs, funding 9921
- system reforms 8521
- Elections, electoral reform, work of citizens' assembly 8523
- Exports and imports, need for transportation infrastructure 8784
- Fibromyalgia 11046-7
- Food banks, need 11346
- Forest industry in B.C. 8522
- Fraser health authority, picture archiving and communications system (PACS) 9153
- Government, fiscal planning and policies, current situation 11635
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank, operations 11346
- Health care system, issues 8521, 9153-4, 11692
- Highways and roads, strategic highway infrastructure program 8784
- Immigration, recognition of credentials of foreign-trained professionals 9214
- Investment climate in B.C. 8783
- Literacy, youth literacy 8715
- Livestock industry, cattle industry, impact of BSE 8522
- MJA Studio, Burnaby facility 8784
- Motions
- high school and post-secondary education of aboriginal youth (Motion 67), debate 8715-6
- role of team sports in child development (Motion 83), debate 8546
- Multiculturalism in B.C., government support 9214
- Olympic Games
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits of hosting games 8522-3
- Spirit of 2010 initiatives, tourism strategy 8523
- Picture B.C., initiative 8523
- Police and policing, funding for police services, allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 11680
- Post-secondary education, government initiatives and new student spaces 8521-3
- Public health, computer use by children, impact on health and fitness 8546
- Sales tax, reduction from 7.5 to 7.0 percent 11635
- SARS, handling of potential outbreak in B.C. 8522
- School district 41 (Burnaby), funding for social equity programs 9921
- Seniors
- housing spaces, increase 8523
- issues and concerns 11680-1
- Social Service Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 2004, debate 11635-6
- Society, handling of disabled people 11360
- Sports, benefits of team sports 8546
- Strata property, commercial property taxation 9770
- Tax reductions, impact on economy 8783
- Throne speech debate 8521-3
- World Partnership Walk 11295
Nurseline See Information, B.C. Nurseline under Health care
Nurses See also Health professionals under Health care
Nuu-chah-nulth people
- Involvement in joint agreement on coalbed methane resource development See Coalbed methane resources under Vancouver Island
NVIT See Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merritt, B.C.
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