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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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Obesity
Occupational health and safety
- Workers killed or injured on the job See also particular industries, e.g., Workers under Forest industry
- injury rate in B.C.
(Bruce) 10576
- injury rate in Canada
(MacPhail) 10577
- national day of mourning
(Bruce) 10576
(MacPhail) 10577
- Workplace safety
(Bruce) 9535
Ocean ranching See Aquaculture industry
OCOG See Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
O'Connor, Edward Patrick
- Death
(Halsey-Brandt) 11343
Offence Act
- Amendments
(Plant) 11346, 11429
- Provisions, reporting requirements for property seized as evidence
(Barisoff) 10067, 10142
Offshore drilling See Oil and gas industry
Offshore Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd.
- Tenure in Hecate Strait
(MacPhail) 9140
(Neufeld) 9140
Offshore oil and gas team See British Columbia offshore oil and gas team
Oil and Gas Commission
- Funding
(MacPhail) 9137-8
(Neufeld) 9138
- Responsibility for environmental monitoring and enforcement
(Barisoff) 9700
(MacPhail) 9700
Oil and gas industry
- Coalbed methane gas, development of industry in B.C.
- concerns re cross-border impact in Montana
(Campbell) 11312-3
(MacPhail) 11312-3
- development
(Belsey) 9478
(Hunter) 10132
(Neufeld) 8638, 9092
- drilling of wells and royalty regime
(MacPhail) 9136, 9141-2
(Neufeld) 9136, 9142
- public consultation
(MacPhail) 9142
(Neufeld) 9142
- resources
(Throne speech) 8446
- Drilling, environmental impact of directional drilling
(Barisoff) 9700
(MacPhail) 9700
- Employment in sector
(Bruce) 9543
(Hunter) 11496-7
- Industry in B.C.
- Industry roads See Resource roads under Resources and resource industries
- Offshore drilling
- Offshore drilling, development of offshore industry
- Royalties
(Belsey) 9477
- Royalties to government, collection See Revenues, collection of revenues by government under Government
- Use of oil and gas products in daily life
(Belsey) 10726
(Mayencourt) 10725
(Neufeld) 8635-6
Okanagan area See also Penticton-Okanagan Valley constituency and area
- Access to post-secondary education
(Abbott) 11397
(Barisoff) 11396
(Bray) 11399
(Mayencourt) 11405
(Stewart, K.) 11403
(Thorpe) 11395-6
- Establishment of national park in South Okanagan
(Barisoff) 8476
- Forest industry
(Thorpe) 8667
- Habitat conservation
(Barisoff) 8476
- Health care services
(Thorpe) 8673
- South Okanagan
- Transportation infrastructure
(Thorpe) 8666-7
Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.
Okanagan Lake Bridge
- Construction project
(Falcon) 10468
Okanagan Technology Symposium
- Activities
(Weisbeck) 11141
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
Okanagan University College Student Association
Okanagan-Similkameen regional district
- Request re conversion of protected areas to park status See South Okanagan, protected areas under Okanagan area
Okanagan-Skaha school district See School district 67 (Okanagan-Skaha)
Okanagan-Skaha Teachers Union
- Presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee
(Christensen) 10089-90
(Kwan) 10089
Olson, Stephen
- Comments on consultation on consumer protection legislation
(MacPhail) 9498
Olympia, Washington
- Legislative internship program
(Krueger) 10427-8
Olympic Games
- 2004 Games in Athens, inclusion of women's freestyle wrestling, Canadian women's wrestling team
(MacKay) 11016
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- advertising
(Campbell) 11217
(MacPhail) 11217
- benefits of hosting games
(Barisoff) 8475
(Bloy) 8487, 8782
(Coell) 8685-6
(Falcon) 8735
(Hagen) 8575
(Halsey-Brandt) 8819
(Hayer) 11330
(Johnston) 8527
(Krueger) 8907-8
(Lee) 8576
(Les) 8742-3, 8873
(Locke) 8679-80
(McMahon) 11332-3
(Masi) 8501
(Mayencourt) 8534
(Nuraney) 8522-3
(Roddick) 8597
(Sahota) 8735
(Stewart, K.) 8646, 8871
(Stewart, R.) 8861
(Suffredine) 8584
(Visser) 8855
(Wong) 10258
- bid win
(Coleman) 8630-1
(de Jong) 8516
(Johnston) 8527
(Les) 8742
(Mayencourt) 8534
(Murray) 8593
(Roddick) 8758
(Thorpe) 8592, 8665
(Throne speech) 8443
- broadcast centre proposal
(Halsey-Brandt) 8819
- chief executive officer See Furlong, John
- community initiatives
(Nijjar) 8916
- construction of venues, promotion of B.C. wood products and use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards building rating system
(de Jong) 10152, 10301-2
(MacPhail) 10301-2
(Sahota) 10152
- environmental sustainability practices
(Barisoff) 9672
- essay contest for B.C. youth
(Wong) 8772
- hydrogen highway proposal
(Bray) 9428, 10231-2
(Neufeld) 9100, 10232
(Sultan) 10229
- job creation
(Throne speech) 8447
- labour accord
(Campbell) 11320-1
(Kwan) 11320-1
- Olympic Games secretariat
(Coell) 9582
(Les) 10215
(MacPhail) 9582
- organizing committee See Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
- Paralympic Games
(Hagen) 8575
- preparation by athletes
(McMahon) 10274
- speed-skating oval, location
(Bloy) 10864-5
(Les) 10865
- 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, budget and costs
- Impact on young people
(Falcon) 8735
- Spirit of 2010 initiatives See also LegaciesNow
Ombudsman
- Budget reduction, impact on services
(MacPhail) 9257-8
- Report on experience of Sons of Freedom Doukhobor children in New Denver
(Plant) 11344
- Reports tabled
- 2003 annual report
(Speaker) 11327
- 2004-05 to 2006-07 service plan
(Speaker) 11327
- report No. 44, An Investigation into the Administration and Collection of Traffic Camera Fines
(Speaker) 8757
- special report No. 25, Broken Glass, Broken Trust: A Report of the Investigation into the Complaint Against the City of Surrey
(Speaker) 11327
Omnitrax
- Concerns re fairness of B.C. Rail privatization process
(MacPhail) 10472-3
- Involvement in B.C. Rail privatization proposal
(MacPhail) 9060
- Role in bidding process for purchase of B.C. Rail
(Falcon) 10473
(MacPhail) 10473
Onley, Toni
- Death
(Campbell) 8941
(Stewart, K.) 8891
Ontario
- Penalties for impaired driving
(Coleman) 11640
(MacPhail) 11640-2
- Physicians, remuneration levels
(MacPhail) 11697
- Safe-streets legislation
- Taxation of small businesses
(Halsey-Brandt) 9771
Open Learning Agency
- Core review
(Bond) 10765-6
(Kwan) 10765-6
- Executives
- Knowledge Network component
- films on mental health of children and youth
(Locke) 11333-4
(Stewart, R.) 11333
- mandate and role
(Bond) 10763-4
(Kwan) 10763-4
- service delivery, private sector involvement
(Bond) 10762-6
(Kwan) 10762-6
- service delivery, private sector involvement, proposal process
(Bond) 10766-8
(Kwan) 10766-8
- Ministerial responsibility
(Kwan) 10769-70
Opticians and optometrists
Oral health See Dental health
Oral questions by member See also Oral questions by subject
- Anderson, Val (Vancouver-Langara)
- Handling of personal information by non-profit organizations 11426
- Income assistance and employment transition services 10580
- Belsey, Bill (North Coast)
- Community access to forest resources 11595
- Consultation with first nations on aquaculture policy 9955
- Offshore oil and gas development 8606
- Physician supply in northern B.C. 9486
- Safety of farmed salmon 8556
- Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)
- Electric power generation in B.C. 9624
- Kootenay Livestock Association proposal 11515
- Bhullar, Tony (Surrey-Newton)
- Safety improvements to Highway 10 8672
- Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)
- Site for Olympic speed-skating oval 10864-5
- Skilled labour shortage 10430
- Student grant program 8621
- Bray, Jeff (Victoria-Beacon Hill)
- Autism services in B.C. 11695
- Closing of Crystal Garden Conservation Centre 9173
- Funding for HIV/AIDS strategy 11203
- Hydrogen highway proposal for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 10231-2
- Impact of contracting-out of hospital services 8894
- Impact of government policies on B.C. economy 10918
- Impact of health support worker labour dispute on autism services 10532
- Labour dispute and cancelled surgeries and medical procedures 10742-3
- Medical Services Plan contract and access to personal information of B.C. residents 9787
- Privatization of automobile insurance 11515
- Release of alternative budget by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 8507
- Brenzinger, Elayne (Surrey-Whalley)
- Audit involving Doug Walls 10231
- B.C. Rail privatization process 11393, 11425
- Disciplinary matters involving Liberal MLAs 9485
- Financial implications of government caucus suspensions 9580
- Independence of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform 10277
- Mental health in the workplace 9108
- Review of constituent's case of children in government care 11694-5
- Skilled trades training 11237
- Skills training requirements in B.C. 11018
- Work of leaky-condo task force 10532
- Chutter, Dave (Yale-Lillooet)
- Lillooet LRMP review 8945
- Cobb, Walt (Cariboo South)
- Access to beetle-infested wood for salvage operations 11349
- Access to grazing lands 11050
- Closing of U.S. border to Canadian beef 10919
- Labour dispute at Gibraltar mine 9431
- Halsey-Brandt, Greg (Richmond Centre)
- Status of RAV line 11018
- Tendering of contracts for assisted-living units 8895
- Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge-Mission)
- Arbitration option in legislation on health support workers 10684, 11237
- Community living authority for developmentally disabled 9280
- Cost of new Abbotsford hospital 8848
- Flu vaccine supply 11515
- Gravel extraction from Fraser River 11349-50
- Gravel extraction from watercourses in Hatzic Prairie area 9109
- Impact of health support workers' collective agreement on health care funding 10918
- Regional planning issues and responsibilities of agricultural land commission 11019-20
- Release of alternative budget by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 8506-7
- Surgery wait-lists 9107-8
- Transfer of community living services 8620, 9787
- Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
- Addiction services in Surrey 11561
- Student performance in Surrey 11596
- Traffic congestion tax 9108
- Hunter, Mike (Nanaimo)
- Alternative budget 8606
- Arbitration option in legislation on health support workers 10918
- Audit services by PricewaterhouseCoopers 9580
- Auto theft and bait car program 11561
- Sale of fast ferries 8945
- Trades training in B.C. and Red Seal program 8457
- Tugboat and barge operators labour dispute 10277
- Johnston, Ken (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Telemarketing fraud 11514
- Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops-North Thompson)
- Economic growth in B.C. 11297-8
- New universities in interior B.C. 9485
- Release of report on B.C. forest fires 8556
- Religious education in home schooling 10370
- Safety of Trans-Canada Highway between Pritchard and Chase 10064
- VictimLink crisis line 9173-4
- Working forest initiative 10580-1
- Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant)
- Autism services in B.C. 10833
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail and first nations consultation 10275-6
- B.C. Rail port subdivision line privatization process 9429
- B.C. Rail privatization process 10531
- B.C. Rail privatization process and police investigation 8942-3, 8998, 10532
- Call for public inquiry into case of Frank Paul 9579, 10864
- Canada Health Act and surgery on Liberal MLA 10961
- Cancellation of court decision on Whistler hotel development 11296
- Children in government care 9733
- Construction of new bridge in Kelowna 9279-80
- Cost of 2010 Olympic Winter Games and role of auditor general 9953
- Costs of B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and payment of property transfer tax 10862-3
- Disability benefits eligibility review and auditor general's report 8772-3, 8804-5
- Disciplinary matters involving Liberal MLAs 9622-3
- Education funding 11391-2
- Emergency health care service levels 11694
- Emergency physician staffing levels at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital 8893
- Employee satisfaction survey by Fraser health authority 10369-70
- Expansion of gambling 11594-5
- Facility fees for private surgeries 11018-9
- Facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver 11560-1
- Freedom-of-information request and audit involving Doug Walls 9484
- Freight service between Prince George and Vancouver and B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 11347-8
- Funding for B.C. women's centres 9172-3
- Funding for Picasso Café 10063
- Government contracts with Doug Walls 11094-5
- Government severance payments and ministry contract spending 11236
- Government tax revenues 8605
- Health care wait-lists 8721-2
- Impact of government policies on health care 10579-80
- Impact of legislation on health support workers 10685-6, 10832-3
- Internet gaming 11513-4
- Investigation of child abuse complaints and death of Kayla John 11142-3, 11202-3
- Legislation on health support workers 10740-1
- Long-term care beds in Comox Valley 8506
- Open Learning Agency severance payments 8847-8, 9786, 11235-6
- Organized crime and funding of police services 8618-9
- Passenger rail service to B.C. interior communities 8555-6
- Police investigation and role of Bruce Clark 9107
- Police investigation and suspension of Bob Virk 9900-1
- Police investigation of government officials 9430
- Policy for volunteers at Mount St. Joseph Hospital 9333
- Private liquor stores 11423-4
- Relationship of Michael Holland with Human Resources minister and B.C. Liberal Party 8506
- Release of audit involving Doug Walls 11048-9
- Retail Merchants Association's knowledge of sales tax reduction 11651
- Studio program for at-risk youth 10429-30
- Suspension of Liberal MLAs and membership in government caucus committees 9332
- Taxation authority 8457
- Taxation levels 8670-1
- Taxation of tobacco products 8455-6
- Terms of B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 10133-4, 10230
- Transfer of senior for long-term care 10917-8
- Ward system referendum in Vancouver 11468
- Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)
- Reforms to legislation on representation agreements 11097
- Lekstrom, Blair (Peace River South)
- Tendering process for roadwork contracts 8672
- Locke, Brenda (Surrey-Green Timbers)
- Auto theft prevention 8850
- Immigrants' access to income assistance 10371
- SFU campus in Surrey 9281
- Skilled trades training in high school 10919
- Long, Harold (Powell River-Sunshine Coast)
- Addiction services in Powell River 8620
- MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley-Stikine)
- Development of mining industry in B.C. 9485-6
- Report on offshore oil and gas industry 11144
- Status of Bulkley Valley District Hospital 9580-1
- Status of Huckleberry Mines 11425
- McMahon, Wendy (Columbia River-Revelstoke)
- Health care services in Kimberley 11394
- High-speed Internet access in Kootenays 10685
- Political activities by teachers 11097
- Promotion of avalanche safety 8998
- Transfer of senior for long-term care 10961
- MacPhail, Joy K. (Vancouver-Hastings)
- Accessibility of personal information of B.C. residents 9734-5
- Audit involving Doug Walls 9578, 10834
- Autism services in B.C. 10833-4
- B.C. economy and employment 8604-5
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 9899-900
- B.C. Rail privatization process 9430-1, 10529-31
- B.C. Rail privatization process and police investigation 9171-2
- B.C. Rail spending on maintenance and operations 11201
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and property transfer tax 10916-7
- Call for public inquiry into case of Frank Paul 9785-6
- Canada Health Act and surgery on Liberal MLA 10960, 11016-7
- Chartered accountants' report on B.C. economy 11467-8
- Child protection services in Zeballos 11143-4
- Cost of 2010 Olympic Winter Games and role of auditor general 9954-5
- Costs of B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and payment of property transfer tax 10863-4
- Disability benefits eligibility review and auditor general's report 8773-4
- Disciplinary action against Bob Virk and David Basi 10276
- Disciplinary matters involving Liberal MLAs 9623-5
- Education funding 11392-3
- Employment transition services for sex trade workers 10428-9
- Expansion of gambling 11593-4, 11596
- Freedom-of-information request and audit involving Doug Walls 9483-4
- Funding for RAV line 8554-5
- Government severance payments and ministry contract spending 11236-7
- Government spending on health care advertising 10062-3
- Health care system surveys 11693
- Health care wait-lists 8720-2
- Hiring of Doug Walls and release of Children and Family Development ministry audit 8806
- Hiring of Doug Walls by Children and Family Development ministry 8805-6
- Impact of government policies on health care 10578-9
- Impact of legislation on health support workers 10741-2
- Internet gaming 11514
- Legislation on disposition of human remains and rights of same-sex couples 10962
- Lobbying in B.C. Rail privatization process 8999
- Organized crime and funding of police services 8619
- Police access to Legislature for search of Finance ministry office 8894
- Police investigation of government officials 8943-4, 8997-8, 9106-7
- Private liquor stores 11424-5
- Privatization of automobile insurance 11297
- Problem gambling and role of Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services 11559-60
- Public forum on organized crime 8620
- Recommendations from audit involving Doug Walls 11095-6
- Relationship of Michael Holland with Human Resources minister and B.C. Liberal Party 8504-5
- Release of audit involving Doug Walls 11047-8
- Retroactivity clause in legislation on health support workers 10683-4
- Role of Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services 11515
- Surgery wait-lists 10368-9
- Suspension of Liberal MLAs and caucus stipends 9279
- Suspension of Liberal MLAs and membership in government caucus committees 9331-2
- Taxation levels 8671
- Terms of B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 10132-3, 10231-2
- Tracking of deaths due to problem gambling 11650-1
- Young Liberals 8849
- Manhas, Karn (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
- Literacy in B.C. 8850
- National public health agency 8457-8
- Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- Use of B.C. Teachers Federation funds 9901
- Nettleton, Paul (Prince George-Omineca)
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 9901
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail and first nations consultation 10134, 10277, 10962
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10864
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust 11298
- B.C. Rail-first nations benefits trust 10430
- Changes to B.C. College of Teachers 11049
- Crown prosecutors' salaries 8807
- Federal government aid for B.C. cattle industry 9624
- Funding for forest fire prevention and preparedness programs 9108
- Funding for native courtworkers 8999
- Government aid for B.C. cattle industry 8457, 9280
- Government response to questions on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement 10370-1
- Legal aid funding 11560, 11652
- Mining activities in parks 10064
- Mining task force report 8895
- Remuneration of Crown prosecutors 8848
- Sight testing by opticians 11237
- Nijjar, Rob (Vancouver-Kingsway)
- Access to post-secondary education 11426
- Alternative budget 8556
- Funding for social housing 9625
- Services for aboriginal youth in Vancouver 9333
- Wage reductions for Hospital Employees Union members 10864
- Orr, Sheila (Victoria-Hillside)
- Financial assistance for post-secondary students 10685
- Interjurisdictional family maintenance agreements 9000
- Management of Point Ellice House 9333
- Penner, Barry (Chilliwack-Kent)
- Avian flu outbreak in Fraser Valley 9901
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power 11469
- Environmental assessments 11596
- Sumas Energy 2 project 9173
- Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)
- Preservation of Burns Bog 9625
- Transportation infrastructure in lower mainland 11469
- U.S. tariff on hog exports 11695
- Sahota, Patty (Burnaby-Edmonds)
- Avian flu and compensation for poultry industry 10835
- Stephens, Lynn (Langley)
- Ditch maintenance by Langley farmers 11595
- Stewart, Ken (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
- Eligibility for farm status 10232
- Provincial nominee program and recruitment of physicians 11652
- Stewart, Richard (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- Blood donation 8999
- French immersion 11203
- Marijuana grow operations in rental housing 10431
- Suffredine, Blair F. (Nelson-Creston)
- Inland ferry services 9431
- Needles bridge construction 11349
- Protection of mountain caribou 11652
- Review of surgical services by interior health authority 8671
- Softwood lumber exports to U.S. and trade tribunal ruling 10835
- Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver-Capilano)
- Alternative budget 9281
- Economic growth in B.C. 10580
- Funding for women's centres and services 8672
- Trumper, Gillian (Alberni-Qualicum)
- Agreements between government and first nations 11298
- Policy for west coast fish processing plants 9902
- Visser, Rod (North Island)
- Offshore oil and gas development 9787
- Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Government aid for B.C. cattle industry 11468
- Management of Forests ministry recreation sites 8722
- Wong, Patrick (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Employment transition services for sex trade workers 10278
Oral questions by subject See also Oral questions by member
- Adult guardianship
- Reforms to legislation on representation agreements
(Lee) 11097
(Plant) 11097
- Agriculture
- Ditch maintenance by Langley farmers
(Stephens) 11595
(van Dongen) 11595-6
- Eligibility for farm status
(Abbott) 10232
(Stewart, K.) 10232
- Regional planning issues and responsibilities of agricultural land commission
(Abbott) 11020
(Hawes) 11019-20
- AIDS
- Funding for HIV/AIDS strategy
(Bray) 11203
(Hansen) 11203
- Alcohol
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Management of Point Ellice House
(Coell) 9333
(Orr) 9333
- Autism
- Automobiles
- Auto theft and bait car program
(Coleman) 11561-2
(Hunter) 11561
- Auto theft prevention
(Locke) 8850
(Plant) 8850
- Privatization of automobile insurance
(Bray) 11515
(Coleman) 11297, 11515
(MacPhail) 11297
- Traffic congestion tax
(Falcon) 9108
(Hayer) 9108
- Avalanches
- Promotion of avalanche safety
(Coleman) 8998-9
(McMahon) 8998
- Avian influenza
- Avian flu and compensation for poultry industry
(Sahota) 10835
(van Dongen) 10835
- Avian flu outbreak in Fraser Valley
(Penner) 9901
(van Dongen) 9901
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power
- B.C. Citizens for Public Power
(Neufeld) 11469
(Penner) 11469
- B.C. Rail
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail
(Campbell) 9901-2
(Falcon) 9899-900
(MacPhail) 9899-900
(Nettleton) 9901
- B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail and first nations consultation
(Falcon) 10134, 10276-7, 10962
(Kwan) 10275-6
(Nettleton) 10134, 10277, 10962
(Plant) 10275-6
- B.C. Rail port subdivision line privatization process
(Falcon) 9429-30
(Kwan) 9429
- B.C. Rail privatization process
(Brenzinger) 11393, 11425
(Falcon) 9430-1, 10530-2, 11393-4, 11425-6
(Kwan) 10531
(MacPhail) 9430-1, 10529-31
- B.C. Rail privatization process and police investigation
(Coleman) 8943
(Collins) 8943, 8998
(Falcon) 9171-2, 10532
(Kwan) 8942-3, 8998, 10532
(MacPhail) 9171-2
- B.C. Rail spending on maintenance and operations
(Campbell) 11201
(MacPhail) 11201
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(Falcon) 10864
(Nettleton) 10864
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and first nations benefits trust
(Nettleton) 11298
(Plant) 11298
- B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and property transfer tax
(MacPhail) 10916-7
(Thorpe) 10917
- B.C. Rail-first nations benefits trust
(Nettleton) 10430
(Plant) 10430-1
- Costs of B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement and payment of property transfer tax
(Falcon) 10862-4
(Kwan) 10862-3
(MacPhail) 10863-4
- Freight service between Prince George and Vancouver and B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(Falcon) 11347-9
(Kwan) 11347-8
- Government response to questions on B.C. Rail-CN Rail agreement
(Falcon) 10371
(Nettleton) 10370-1
- Lobbying in B.C. Rail privatization process
(Collins) 8999-9000
(MacPhail) 8999
- Terms of B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail
(Falcon) 10132-4, 10230-2
(Kwan) 10133-4, 10230
(MacPhail) 10132-3, 10231-2
- Budgets and economy
- Alternative budget
(Collins) 8556, 9281
(Hunter) 8606
(Les) 8606
(Nijjar) 8556
(Sultan) 9281
- B.C. economy and employment
(Campbell) 8605
(Collins) 8604
(MacPhail) 8604-5
- Chartered accountants' report on B.C. economy
(Campbell) 11467-8
(MacPhail) 11467-8
- Economic growth in B.C.
(Campbell) 11298
(Collins) 10580
(Krueger) 11297-8
(Sultan) 10580
- Impact of government policies on B.C. economy
(Bray) 10918
(Thorpe) 10918
- Release of alternative budget by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(Bray) 8507
(Collins) 8507
(Hawes) 8506-7
- Burns Bog
- Preservation of Burns Bog
(Barisoff) 9625
(Roddick) 9625
- Children and youth
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
- Independence of Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
(Brenzinger) 10277
(Campbell) 10277
- Crime and crime prevention
- Public forum on organized crime
(Coleman) 8620
(MacPhail) 8620
- VictimLink crisis line
(Coleman) 9174
(Krueger) 9173-4
- Crystal Garden Conservation Centre
- Closing of Crystal Garden Conservation Centre
(Bray) 9173
(Coell) 9173
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- Community living authority for developmentally disabled
(Clark) 9280-1
(Hawes) 9280
- Transfer of community living services
(Clark) 8620-1, 9787-8
(Hawes) 8620, 9787
- Education and schools
- Access to post-secondary education
(Bond) 11426
(Nijjar) 11426
- Education funding
(Campbell) 11393
(Christensen) 11391-3
(Kwan) 11391-2
(MacPhail) 11392-3
- Financial assistance for post-secondary students
(Bond) 10685
(Orr) 10685
- French immersion
(Christensen) 11203
(Stewart, R.) 11203
- Literacy in B.C.
(Christensen) 8850
(Manhas) 8850
- New universities in interior B.C.
(Bond) 9485
(Krueger) 9485
- Religious education in home schooling
(Christensen) 10370
(Krueger) 10370
- SFU campus in Surrey
(Bond) 9281
(Locke) 9281
- Student grant program
(Bloy) 8621
(Bond) 8621
- Student performance in Surrey
(Christensen) 11596
(Hayer) 11596
- Trades training in B.C. and Red Seal program
(Bond) 8457
(Hunter) 8457
- Elections
- Ward system referendum in Vancouver
(Campbell) 11468
(Kwan) 11468
- Electric power and energy
- Electric power generation in B.C.
(Bennett) 9624
(Neufeld) 9624
- Sumas Energy 2 project
(Campbell) 9173
(Penner) 9173
- Environment
- Environmental assessments
(Abbott) 11596
(Penner) 11596
- Families
- Interjurisdictional family maintenance agreements
(Orr) 9000
(Plant) 9000
- Ferry services
- Inland ferry services
(Falcon) 9431
(Suffredine) 9431
- Sale of fast ferries
(Falcon) 8945
(Hunter) 8945
- Fires and firefighters
- Funding for forest fire prevention and preparedness programs
(Collins) 9108
(Nettleton) 9108
- Release of report on B.C. forest fires
(Campbell) 8556
(Krueger) 8556
- Fisheries and fish farming
- Consultation with first nations on aquaculture policy
(Belsey) 9955
(van Dongen) 9955
- Policy for west coast fish processing plants
(Trumper) 9902
(van Dongen) 9902
- Safety of farmed salmon
(Belsey) 8556
(van Dongen) 8556-7
- Forest industry
- Access to beetle-infested wood for salvage operations
(Cobb) 11349
(Harris) 11349
- Community access to forest resources
(Belsey) 11595
(Harris) 11595
- Softwood lumber exports to U.S. and trade tribunal ruling
(de Jong) 10835
(Suffredine) 10835
- Working forest initiative
(Abbott) 10581
(Krueger) 10580-1
- Funeral industry
- Legislation on disposition of human remains and rights of same-sex couples
(Collins) 10962
(MacPhail) 10962
- Gambling
- Government and Legislature
- Audit services by PricewaterhouseCoopers
(Collins) 9580
(Hunter) 9580
- Disciplinary matters involving Liberal MLAs
(Brenzinger) 9485
(Collins) 9623-4
(Kwan) 9622-3
(MacPhail) 9623-5
- Financial implications of government caucus suspensions
(Brenzinger) 9580
- Government severance payments and ministry contract spending
(Clark) 11237
(Collins) 11236
(Kwan) 11236
(MacPhail) 11236-7
(Plant) 11236
- Government spending on health care advertising
(Hansen) 10062-3
(MacPhail) 10062-3
- Police access to Legislature for search of Finance ministry office
(MacPhail) 8894
(Plant) 8894
- Police investigation and role of Bruce Clark
(Collins) 9107
(Kwan) 9107
- Police investigation of government officials
(Collins) 8944, 8997-8, 9107
(Falcon) 9106-7
(MacPhail) 8943-4, 8997-8, 9106-7
- Role of Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services
(Locke) 11515
(MacPhail) 11515
- Suspension of Liberal MLAs and caucus stipends
(Collins) 9279
(MacPhail) 9279
- Suspension of Liberal MLAs and membership in government caucus committees
(Clark) 9331-3
(Kwan) 9332
(MacPhail) 9331-2
- Young Liberals
(Collins) 8849
(MacPhail) 8849
- Health care facilities
- Cost of new Abbotsford hospital
(Hansen) 8849-50
(Hawes) 8849
- Emergency physician staffing levels at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
(Hansen) 8893-4
(Kwan) 8893
- Facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver
(Kwan) 11560-1
(Locke) 11560-1
- Impact of contracting-out of hospital services
(Bray) 8894
(Hansen) 8894-5
- Policy for volunteers at Mount St. Joseph Hospital
(Clark) 9333-4
(Kwan) 9333
- Status of Bulkley Valley District Hospital
(Hansen) 9581
(MacKay) 9580-1
- Health care services
- Arbitration option in legislation on health support workers
(Bruce) 10685, 10918, 11237
(Hawes) 10684, 11237
(Hunter) 10918
- Blood donation
(Hansen) 8999
(Stewart, R.) 8999
- Canada Health Act and surgery on Liberal MLA
(Hansen) 10960-1, 11017
(Kwan) 10961
(MacPhail) 10960, 11016-7
- Emergency health care service levels
(Hansen) 11694
(Kwan) 11694
- Employee satisfaction survey by Fraser health authority
(Collins) 10370
(Kwan) 10369-70
- Facility fees for private surgeries
(Hansen) 11018-9
(Kwan) 11018-9
- Flu vaccine supply
(Hansen) 11515
(Hawes) 11515
- Health care services in Kimberley
(Hansen) 11394
(McMahon) 11394
- Health care system surveys
(Hansen) 11693-4
(MacPhail) 11693
- Health care wait-lists
(Hansen) 8720-2
(Kwan) 8721-22
(MacPhail) 8720-2
- Impact of government policies on health care
(Bruce) 10578
(Campbell) 10579-80
(Hansen) 10579
(Kwan) 10579-80
(MacPhail) 10578-9
- Impact of health support worker labour dispute on autism services
(Bray) 10532
(Hansen) 10532
- Impact of health support workers' collective agreement on health care funding
(Hansen) 10919
(Hawes) 10918
- Impact of legislation on health support workers
(Bruce) 10833
(Campbell) 10742
(Hansen) 10686
(Kwan) 10685-6, 10832-3
(MacPhail) 10741-2
- Labour dispute and cancelled surgeries and medical procedures
(Bray) 10742-3
(Hansen) 10743
- Legislation on health support workers
(Bruce) 10740-1
(Kwan) 10740-1
- Long-term care beds in Comox Valley
(Clark) 8506
(Kwan) 8506
- National public health agency
(Hansen) 8458
(Manhas) 8457-8
- Physician supply in northern B.C.
(Belsey) 9486
(Hansen) 9486
- Provincial nominee program and recruitment of physicians
(Stewart, K.) 11652
(Wong) 11652
- Retroactivity clause in legislation on health support workers
(Bruce) 10683-4
(Hansen) 10683
(MacPhail) 10683-4
- Review of surgical services by interior health authority
(Hansen) 8671-2
(Suffredine) 8671
- Surgery wait-lists
(Collins) 10368-9
(Hansen) 9108
(Hawes) 9107-8
(MacPhail) 10368-9
- Transfer of senior for long-term care
(Hansen) 10917-8, 10961-2
(Kwan) 10917-8
(McMahon) 10961
- Wage reductions for Hospital Employees Union members
(Bruce) 10864
(Nijjar) 10864
- Highways and roads
- Construction of new bridge in Kelowna
(Falcon) 9279-80
(Kwan) 9279-80
- Needles bridge construction
(Falcon) 11349
(Suffredine) 11349
- Safety improvements to Highway 10
(Bhullar) 8672
(Falcon) 8672
- Safety of Trans-Canada Highway between Pritchard and Chase
(Falcon) 10064-5
(Krueger) 10064
- Tendering process for roadwork contracts
(Falcon) 8672
(Lekstrom) 8672
- Transportation infrastructure in lower mainland
(Falcon) 11469
(Roddick) 11469
- Housing
- Funding for social housing
(Coell) 9625-6
(Nijjar) 9625
- Tendering of contracts for assisted-living units
(Coell) 8895
(Halsey-Brandt) 8895
- Work of leaky-condo task force
(Brenzinger) 10532
(Campbell) 10532
- Income assistance
- Disability benefits eligibility review and auditor general's report
(Hagen) 8772-4, 8804-5
(Kwan) 8772-3, 8804-5
(MacPhail) 8773-4
- Immigrants' access to income assistance
(Hagen) 10371
(Locke) 10371
- Income assistance and employment transition services
(Anderson) 10580
(Hagen) 10580
- Indians
- Agreements between government and first nations
(Plant) 11298
(Trumper) 11298
- Funding for native courtworkers
(Coleman) 8999
(Nettleton) 8999
- Services for aboriginal youth in Vancouver
(Clark) 9333
(Nijjar) 9333
- Internet
- High-speed Internet access in Kootenays
(McMahon) 10685
(Murray) 10685
- Justice system
- Land use
- Lillooet LRMP review
(Abbott) 8945
(Chutter) 8945
- Livestock industry
- Access to grazing lands
(Cobb) 11050
(de Jong) 11050
- Closing of U.S. border to Canadian beef
(Cobb) 10919
(van Dongen) 10919
- Federal government aid for B.C. cattle industry
(Nettleton) 9624
(van Dongen) 9624-5
- Government aid for B.C. cattle industry
(Nettleton) 8457, 9280
(van Dongen) 8457, 9280, 11468-9
(Wilson) 11468
- Kootenay Livestock Association proposal
(Bennett) 11515
(van Dongen) 11515-6
- U.S. tariff on hog exports
(Roddick) 11695
(van Dongen) 11695
- Marijuana
- Marijuana grow operations in rental housing
(Coleman) 10431
(Stewart, R.) 10431
- Mental health
- Mental health in the workplace
(Brenzinger) 9108
(Brice) 9108-9
- Mining
- Development of mining industry in B.C.
(Bell) 9486
(MacKay) 9485-6
- Labour dispute at Gibraltar mine
(Bruce) 9431-2
(Cobb) 9431
- Mining activities in parks
(Nettleton) 10064
(Neufeld) 10064
- Mining task force report
(Bell) 8895
(Nettleton) 8895
- Status of Huckleberry Mines
(MacKay) 11425
(Thorpe) 11425
- Oil and gas
- Offshore oil and gas development
(Belsey) 8606
(Neufeld) 8606, 9787
(Visser) 9787
- Report on offshore oil and gas industry
(MacKay) 11144
(Neufeld) 11144
- Olympic Games - 2010 Winter Games
- Cost of 2010 Olympic Winter Games and role of auditor general
(Clark) 9953-5
(Kwan) 9953-4
(MacPhail) 9954-5
- Hydrogen highway proposal for 2010 Olympic Winter Games
(Bray) 10231-2
(Neufeld) 10232
- Site for Olympic speed-skating oval
(Bloy) 10864-5
(Les) 10865
- Open Learning Agency
- Opticians and optometrists
- Sight testing by opticians
(Hansen) 11237
(Nettleton) 11237
- Parks
- Management of Forests ministry recreation sites
(de Jong) 8722
(Wilson) 8722
- People
- Basi, David
- Disciplinary action against Bob Virk and David Basi
(Falcon) 10276
(MacPhail) 10276
- Holland, Michael
- Relationship of Michael Holland with Human Resources minister and B.C. Liberal Party
(Hagen) 8504-6
(Kwan) 8506
(MacPhail) 8504-5
- Paul, Frank
- Virk, Bob
- Disciplinary action against Bob Virk and David Basi
(Falcon) 10276
(MacPhail) 10276
- Police investigation and suspension of Bob Virk
(Falcon) 9900-1
(Kwan) 9900-1
- Walls, Doug
- Audit involving Doug Walls
(Brenzinger) 10231
(Clark) 9578-9
(Coleman) 9578
(Collins) 10231, 10834-5
(MacPhail) 9578, 10834
- Freedom-of-information request and audit involving Doug Walls
(Clark) 9483-5
(Kwan) 9484
(MacPhail) 9483-4
- Government contracts with Doug Walls
(Clark) 11094-5
(Kwan) 11094-5
- Hiring of Doug Walls and release of Children and Family Development ministry audit
(Clark) 8806
(MacPhail) 8806
- Hiring of Doug Walls by Children and Family Development ministry
(Hagen) 8806
(MacPhail) 8805-6
- Recommendations from audit involving Doug Walls
(Clark) 11096-7
(MacPhail) 11095-6
- Release of audit involving Doug Walls
(Clark) 11048-9
(Collins) 11047-8
(Kwan) 11048-9
(MacPhail) 11047-8
- Police services
- Organized crime and funding of police services
(Coleman) 8618-9
(Kwan) 8618-9
(MacPhail) 8619
- Police investigation of government officials
(Coleman) 9430
(Kwan) 9430
- Privacy
- Accessibility of personal information of B.C. residents
(Hansen) 9734
(MacPhail) 9734-5
- Handling of personal information by non-profit organizations
(Anderson) 11426
(Murray) 11426
- Medical Services Plan contract and access to personal information of B.C. residents
(Bray) 9787
(Hansen) 9787
- Prostitution
- Rail services
- Passenger rail service to B.C. interior communities
(Falcon) 8555-6
(Kwan) 8555-6
- Rivers and streams
- Gravel extraction from Fraser River
(Abbott) 11350
(Hawes) 11349-50
- Gravel extraction from watercourses in Hatzic Prairie area
(Abbott) 9109
(Hawes) 9109
- Skills training
- Skilled labour shortage
(Bloy) 10430
(Bond) 10430
- Skilled trades training
(Bond) 11238
(Brenzinger) 11237
- Skilled trades training in high school
(Christensen) 10919
(Locke) 10919
- Skills training requirements in B.C.
(Bond) 11018
(Brenzinger) 11018
- Substance abuse
- Addiction services in Powell River
(Brice) 8620
(Long) 8620
- Addiction services in Surrey
(Hayer) 11561
(Locke) 11561
- Taxation
- Government tax revenues
(Collins) 8605-6
(Kwan) 8605
- Retail Merchants Association's knowledge of sales tax reduction
(Collins) 11651-2
(Kwan) 11651
- Taxation authority
(Kwan) 8457
(Plant) 8457
- Taxation levels
(Kwan) 8670-1
(MacPhail) 8671
(Thorpe) 8670-1
- Taxation of tobacco products
(Collins) 8455-7
(Kwan) 8455-6
(MacPhail) 8456
- Teachers
- Changes to B.C. College of Teachers
(Christensen) 11049-50
(Nettleton) 11049
- Political activities by teachers
(Christensen) 11097
(McMahon) 11097
- Use of B.C. Teachers Federation funds
(Christensen) 9901
(Masi) 9901
- Telemarketing
- Transit services
- Tugboat and barge operators
- Tugboat and barge operators labour dispute
(Campbell) 10277
(Hunter) 10277
- Whistler
- Cancellation of court decision on Whistler hotel development
(Abbott) 11296-7
(Kwan) 11296
- Wildlife
- Protection of mountain caribou
(Barisoff) 11652
(Suffredine) 11652
- Women
- Funding for B.C. women's centres
(Chong) 9172-3
(Kwan) 9172-3
- Funding for women's centres and services
(Chong) 8672
(Sultan) 8672
Organized crime See Crime and criminals
Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
- Administration and funding
(Collins) 9585-7
(MacPhail) 9585-6
Orr, Sheila (Victoria-Hillside)
- The Body Shop Canada, work on awareness of violence against women 9105
- Breast health, mammography services 11327
- B.C., population, people moving to B.C. 11141
- Budget Car and Truck Rental Inc., truck rentals moving people from Alberta to B.C. 11141
- Budget debate 8646-7
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8646-7
- Business, government initiatives to support small business 8647
- Cancer, breast cancer awareness 11327-8
- CIBC Run for the Cure 11327
- Cruise ship industry in B.C. 10123
- Emergency Preparedness Week 10739
- Emergency volunteers, award recipients commended 10739
- Family maintenance, interjurisdictional support orders 9000
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 8647
- Illuminations Lighting Solutions Ltd., operations 8554
- International Women's Day 9105-6
- Motions, cruise industry (Motion 73), debate 10123
- Point Ellice House (Museum), management 9333
- Polio, post-polio syndrome 9732
- Post-Polio Awareness and Support Society 9732
- Post-secondary education, student grant program, elimination 10685
- Privacy, protection of personal information, name of father on birth certificates and name changes for children 11157
- Prostitution, sexual exploitation of children and youth, prevention 9278
- Provincial emergency program, work of program staff and role in summer 2003 forest fire evacuations 10739
- Ramsey, Paul, comments as Finance minister on 2001 budget 8646
- Sobering and Assessment Centre, facility 8892
- Victoria, cruise ship industry 10123
- Victoria-Hillside constituency and area, impact of 2004-05 budget on area 8647
- Violence against women 9105
- Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11157
- Workers Compensation Board, review of organization 8647
Osoyoos Indian band
- Economic development
(Barisoff) 8474
Owen, Philip
- Comments on social housing in Vancouver
(Kwan) 11709
Owen, Stephen
- Appointment as commissioner on resources and environment
(Abbott) 9998-9
(MacPhail) 9997
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