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Province of British Columbia
6th Session, 37th Parliament – 2005
INDEX (Subject, speaker and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Habitat conservation special fund account
Habitat conservation trust fund
Habitat protection See Wildlife
Hagen, Hon. Stan (Comox Valley)
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- accomplishments and goals 12217
- position on child safety 12398
- Budget debate 12217-8
- Budgets, 2005-06 budget, balanced budget 12217
- Child and youth officer, independence 12458-60
- Children
- child care funding 12217
- child protection services
- children's advocates, meeting with Children and Family Development minister 12397, 12399
- funding and service delivery 12218
- children in government care
- children in need, situation during NDP administration 11886
- special needs children, programs and services, funding 12218
- Children and Family Development ministry, minister's meetings with children's advocates 12397, 12399
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services, government funding 12217-8
- Morley, Jane, comments on issues
- Gove inquiry 12458
- independence of child and youth officer 12458-60
- Woodlands School, compensation for former residents of school 12206-7
Halsey-Brandt, Greg (Richmond Centre)
- As subject
- experience in politics 12096
- work as MLA
(Mayencourt) 11807
- B.C., role as gateway to Asia Pacific 12154-5
- Budget debate 12096-9
- Campbell, Gordon, leadership 12099
- Children, diagnostic screening services 12097
- Economy, B.C. economy during 1990s 12096
- Education
- English-as-a-second-language programs, training for immigrants 12284
- funding 12097
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation, public input 12096
- recommendations for 2005-06 budget 12096-8
- Fraser River, port 12155
- Government
- federal-provincial relations 12099
- government caucus committees, Asian economic development committee 12154
- relationship with other jurisdictions 12099
- Harbours and ports, expansion of B.C. ports 12155
- Immigration
- immigration to B.C. from Asia 12154
- program connecting skilled workers with employment 12097
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., comments on government fiscal policies and 2005-06 budget 12097
- Olympic Games, Spirit of 2010 initiatives 11948
- Peppard, Wayne, comments on B.C economy 12099
- Police and policing, allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 12098
- Post-secondary education, tuition fee increases 12097
- Prince Rupert, port expansion 12155
- Public debt, paydown of debt 12097
- Richmond Centre constituency and area, constituency office staff thanked 12099
- Richmond, economy 12098
- Spirit of B.C. Week 11948
- Tax reductions and changes 12097-8
- Tourism industry, attraction of tourists from Asia 12154-5
- Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative 12155
- Vancouver International Airport, expansion 12098
- Vancouver, port facilities 12155
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 12098
Hamilton, Arnie (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- As subject
- work as MLA
(Mayencourt) 11807
Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Extracurricular programs
(Sultan) 11834
Hansen, Hon. Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- As subject
- Agriculture industry, crop insurance program 12231
- Automobiles
- environmental levies on batteries and tires 12084
- hybrid vehicles, taxation 12083-4
- taxation, vehicle surtax threshold 11890, 12084
- Brascan Corp., purchase of mills and timber holdings from Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., impact on forest workers 12447
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments and goals 11889, 11895, 12082, 12286
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, funding 11891
- Budget debate 11888-95, 12278-9
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2005, debate 11897, 12231-2
- Budgets
- 2001-02 budget, debate and interim supply in election year 12405-6, 12414, 12417, 12426
- 2005-06 budget
- allocation to health care 12419, 12424-5, 12427
- allocations to new programs 12404, 12417
- assumptions and forecasts 11889
- balanced budget 11888-9
- content 11895, 12278-9
- debate 11903-4, 12417, 12420, 12439
- debate, line-by-line debate of estimates 12232, 12408, 12410-1, 12413, 12415-6, 12419-20
- debate on supplemental estimates 11902-3
- interim supply 12402-4, 12411-2
- non-designated funds in Small Business and Economic Development ministry 11902
- budget process
- interim supply, use 12319, 12361-2, 12413-5, 12417, 12454
- Business, small business
- corporate tax threshold 11890, 12075
- government initiatives to support small business 11890
- Children
- child care
- child protection services 12377-8
- diagnostic screening services 11894
- programs and services for children and families 12431-2, 12438
- special needs children, programs and services, funding 11894
- Children and Family Development ministry, budget 12431-4
- Civil service, severance payment limits 12071
- Corporation Capital Tax Act, amendments 12084
- Crime prevention, government action 11893
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living, funding for adult community living services 12433-6
- programs and services, government funding 11893
- Economy, B.C. economy 11889-90
- Education, funding and student performance 11894
- Elections, fixed election date 12415-6
- Employment, unemployment rate 11890
- Energy
- alternative energy sources 11891
- independent power producers, tax exemptions 12084
- tax incentives for energy conservation 12083-4
- Environment
- environmental protection regulations, reduction 12448, 12452
- sustainable management 11891
- Film industry, taxation 11891, 12075
- Finance and Government Services Committee, work of committee 11889
- Financial Administration Act, amendments 11897, 12231
- Forest industry
- beetle- and fire-damaged timber, use 11890
- current conditions in B.C. 11890
- forest practices, transition to results-based code 12442-3
- forest revitalization trust fund 11890
- forest stewardship, funding 12445
- forestry revitalization plan, funding for transition 12447
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction, compensation for workers 12447
- mountain pine beetle control, funding 12444
- revenues to government 12443
- silviculture, replanting of deforested areas 12445
- Forests ministry, budget and staffing 12442-6
- Fraser health authority
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, amendments 12232
- Fuel, taxation of coloured fuel 12083
- Geoscience, centre for geoscience in B.C. 11890
- Government
- 2005-06 and 2007-08 ministry and Crown agency service plans tabled 11897
- 2005-06 and 2007-08 strategic plan tabled 11908
- accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 12082
- ministers, accountability 12231, 12286
- spending authority 12423
- transfers of funding and programs between ministries 12432
- Habitat conservation special fund account, elimination 11897, 12231
- Habitat conservation trust fund, governance of fund 11897, 12231-2
- Health Authorities Act, amendments 12083
- Health authorities, funding allocation 12119-20, 12403, 12406, 12409-11, 12414, 12431
- Health care
- accessibility 12283-4
- beds, use of acute care beds for long-term care patients 11951
- continuing and long-term care
- facilities
- funding 11788, 11892
- system
- restructuring 11892
- severance payments for health officials during NDP administration 12071
- travel for treatment, transfer of emergency patients out of province 12284
- Health Services ministry, budget 11892
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 11891
- Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 12083
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 12083
- Hospitals, property tax exemptions 12083
- Housing, residential care and assisted living 12413-4
- Human Resources ministry, budget 11893
- Immigration, programs and services for immigrants to B.C. 11891-2, 12479-81
- Income assistance, disability benefits 11893, 12278-9
- Income tax
- calculation of medical expenses for dependent relatives 12075
- federal tax-exempt income threshold 12075
- interest on tax payable 12075
- tax reduction for low- and middle-income families 11893, 11897, 12074-5, 12083, 12279
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005, debate 11897, 12074-5, 12082-3, 12101
- Infrastructure
- investment in infrastructure 11889
- transportation infrastructure 11891, 12472
- Insurance
- requirements for insurance records 12083
- taxation of insurance premiums 12083
- Insurance for Crops Act, amendments 12232
- Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 12083
- International Financial Activity Act, amendments 12083
- Legal aid, accessibility for women 12477-8
- Legislation, interim supply legislation, scope of debate 12402-3, 12407-9, 12412, 12418, 12425, 12427-30, 12438-9
- Legislature, estimates process, legislation 12476
- Literacy, government promotion initiative 11894
- Local government, funding from federal government 11893
- Lower mainland
- Medical Services Plan premiums, changes, impact on individuals 11892-3, 12279, 12468-70
- Mining industry
- Ministerial Accountability Bases, 2004-2005, Amendment Act, 2005, debate 12257, 12285-6
- Motions, motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice), debate 12440
- Motor Fuel Act, amendments 12083
- NDP, use of interim supply and special warrants while in government 12475-6
- Nurses, supply and training 12120
- Oil and gas industry, development of industry in B.C. 11890
- Police and policing, funding for police services 11893
- Port Alice mill operations, restructuring proposal 12446
- Port Mann Bridge expansion, funding and studies 12472-3
- Post-secondary education, funding 11894-5
- Premier's Task Force on Homelessness 11893
- Production insurance account, establishment 11897, 12231-2
- Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 12083
- Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 11893, 12083
- Public debt, paydown of debt 11889, 12278
- Public health, government promotion of physical fitness 11892
- Real estate, taxation of licensees 12083
- Real property tax, school tax exemptions and refunds for alternative energy projects 12084
- Resorts, development of resort industry in B.C. 11891
- Royal Inland Hospital, emergency services 12283-4
- School Act, amendments 12084
- School boards/districts, funding for seismic upgrades 11894, 12481
- Seniors, housing options 11950
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers, strategy to address issue 11895
- Smith, Bob, termination as chief executive officer of Fraser health authority 12119-20
- Social Service Tax Act, amendments 12083
- South Moresby Implementation Account Act, amendments 11897, 12231
- South Moresby Park, establishment 11897, 12231
- Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 11897, 12231
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 2), debate 12016-7
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 3), debate 12025
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 4), debate 12031-2
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 5), debate 12058
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 6), debate 12060
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 7), debate 12064
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 8), debate 12067
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 10), debate 12248
- Supply Act, 2004-2005 (Supplementary Estimates No. 11), debate 12257
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2005
- Surrey, long-term care services in area 12073
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, capital funding for expansion plan 12118-9
- Taxation
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2005, debate 11897, 12083-4, 12088
- Tobacco, seizure of illegal products 12084
- Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 12084
- Tourism industry in B.C. 11891
- Transition houses, funding by government 11893, 12468-70
- Transportation
- Pacific gateway initiative 11891, 12472
- provincial transportation plan 11891
- Violence against women, services for abused women and children 11893, 12468-70, 12477
- Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, operations 11891, 12448-50, 12452
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 11892-3
- Wildlife
- conservation officers 12450
- endangered species protection 12453
- Wildlife Act, amendments 11897, 12231
Harbours and ports See also particular ports
- Expansion of B.C. ports
(Halsey-Brandt) 12155
(Masi) 11741
- Funding
(MacPhail) 12035-7
- Role of ports in B.C. economy
(Jarvis) 11758
(Les) 11870
HardHats program See Training programs under Skills training
Harris, Janice
- Election as North Vancouver mayor
(Whittred) 12088
Hastings Park
- Olympic Games venue See 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, Hastings Park venue under Olympic Games
Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge-Mission)
- Abbotsford hospital, new hospital and cancer centre, plans during NDP administration 11968
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- Budget debate 11967-72
- Budget process
- media lockup before budget address 11969
- public input 11969
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on health care system during NDP administration 11796
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, rights of criminals 12305
- Child care funding 11795
- Crime, criminals not to benefit from proceeds of crime 11798
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education funding 11795
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 11795
- Evans, Corky, comments on NDP government announcements 11968
- Fish, white sturgeon, management of resource 11836
- Fisheries, white sturgeon fishery 11836
- Gambling expansion, B.C. Liberal Party position 11971
- Health care
- beds, appropriate use of acute care beds 11796-7
- funding 11968
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment 11796-7
- preventative health care, role in health care system 11795
- system
- impact of aging population on system 11968
- system during NDP administration 11796-7
- workers, retirement allowances 11969
- Housing, residential care, assisted-living model 11797
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., comments on government fiscal policies and 2005-06 budget 11970
- Investment Dealers Association of Canada, comments on 2005-06 budget 11948, 11970-1
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on health care system 11796-7
- Maple Ridge, community work on methamphetamine issues 12299-301, 12304, 12311
- Marijuana grow operations, risk to police and emergency services personnel 12304
- Mental Health and Addiction Services minister of state, methamphetamine strategy 12304
- Motions, crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71), debate 12304-5, 12311
- NDP
- candidates in 2005 general election 11969
- fiscal management as government 11794, 11968-9
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits of hosting games 11971
- Police and policing
- ability to address marijuana grow operations and methamphetamine labs 12167
- information management, PRIME-BC system 11798
- Safety, safe-streets legislation 11797-8
- Seniors, housing options 11797
- Substance abuse/addiction
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington), government position 11795
- Tax reductions and changes, impact on economy 11971
- Throne speech debate 11794-8
- Water, drinking water quality protection 11795
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 11795
- Wildlife, endangered species, potential listing of white sturgeon by federal government 11836
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
- Abbotsford hospital, new hospital and cancer centre, plans during NDP administration 12269
- Asia Pacific region
- Asian Economic Development Committee, role 12271
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 12269
- Budget debate 12269-72
- Business, corporate tax threshold 12271
- Child care funding 11856
- Crime prevention, government action 12270
- Czorny Alzheimer Centre, facility 12040
- Economy, B.C. economy 11855, 12271
- Education funding 11856, 12396
- Exports and imports
- trade between B.C. and Asia 11948
- trade mission to China and Japan 11857
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations for 2005-06 budget 12270
- Fraser health authority, funding 12269
- Health care funding 12269
- Immigration, program connecting skilled workers with employment 12271
- Income assistance, disability benefits 11856
- Income tax, reduction for low-income families 12271
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 11856-7
- Medical Services Plan premiums, changes, impact on individuals 12271
- Motions
- crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71), debate 12310-1
- financial assistance for Olympic athletes (Motion 2), debate 11995
- Nurses, number of training spaces 12270
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 12270
- Police and policing, allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 11856, 12270
- Port Mann Bridge, expansion 12270
- Post-secondary education, accessibility 11855-6, 12271
- Premier's council on aging and seniors issues 11856
- Public debt, paydown of debt 12271
- School district 36 (Surrey), student performance 12396
- Sports, funding for developing and high-performance athletes 11995
- Stewart, Chick and Marilyn, Alzheimer's disease fundraising activity 12040
- Substance abuse/addiction
- methamphetamine use 12310-1
- prevention and treatment services 12310
- Surrey, description and issues 11855-6, 12270, 12310
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, services 11856, 12269-70
- Throne speech debate 11855-7
- Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative 12270
- Violence, family violence, programs and services for women and children 11856
Health authorities See also particular health authorities
Health Authorities Act
- Amendments
(Hansen) 12083
Health care See also Public health
- Accessibility
(Brar) 12283
(Hansen) 12283-4
(MacPhail) 12284
- Accountability in system
(Stewart, K.) 12133
- Alternative therapies
(Brenzinger) 12331
(Murray) 12195-6
(Stewart, K.) 12369
- Ambulance service See Ambulance service
- Beds
- acute care beds, appropriate use
(Hawes) 11796-7
- acute care beds, use for long-term care patients
(Brar) 11950
(Hansen) 11951
(MacPhail) 12429-30
- long-term care beds See Continuing and long-term care, intermediate and long-term care beds below under this main heading
- long-term care fees for acute care hospital beds
(MacPhail) 12430
- Chronic disease management
(Bond) 11820
- Continuing and long-term care
- beds built by private sector
(MacPhail) 12408, 12428
- complex care, definition
(Hansen) 12413
(MacPhail) 12413
- current conditions
(Krueger) 11901
- handling by B.C. Liberal Party government
(MacPhail) 12427
- intermediate and long-term care beds, bed closings
(Brar) 11787
(MacPhail) 11750, 12409-10
- intermediate and long-term care beds, cost per bed
(Kwan) 12418
(MacPhail) 12424
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds
(Kwan) 12418
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment to new beds
(Bond) 11738-9, 11787-9, 11837-8, 11849, 11886, 11888, 12169
(Brar) 11787, 11837-8
(Hansen) 11788, 11949-50, 12283
(Hawes) 11796-7
(Jarvis) 11762
(Kerr) 11973
(Krueger) 12191
(Kwan) 11738-9, 11788, 11837, 11950, 12238-9
(MacPhail) 11737-8, 11748-9, 11788, 11838, 11886, 11888, 11896, 11949, 12169, 12412, 12420-1
- intermediate and long-term care beds, new beds, funding
(Brar) 12330
(Hansen) 11839
(Kwan) 11839, 12415
(MacPhail) 12406
- intermediate and long-term care beds, number by care level
(MacPhail) 12411
- levels of care, terminology
(Hansen) 12414
- residential care facilities See Residential care and assisted living under Housing
- revenue to government from long-term care fees
(Hansen) 12428-9
(MacPhail) 12428-9
- wait-times for facility beds
(Hansen) 11951
(Krueger) 12191-2
(MacPhail) 12406-7
- Costs
- cost pressures
(Throne speech) 11730
- impact of demographic changes
(Bennett) 11746
(Falcon) 12328
- Emergency services, service levels
(MacPhail) 12168
- Facilities See also Hospitals; particular facilities
- capital and operating funding
(Hansen) 12119
- capital funding
(Hansen) 12482
(Kwan) 12482
- expansion, funding
(Brar) 12169-70
(Kwan) 12170
- networks of care
(Hansen) 12074
- Funding
- Geriatric day hospital, concept
(Bond) 11851
- Health accord See Funding, federal funding above under this main heading
- Health professionals See also Nurses; Paramedics under Ambulance service; Physicians; Workers below under this main heading
- foreign-trained professionals See Recognition of credentials of foreign-trained professionals under Immigration
- training expansion
(MacKay) 12349
(Thorpe) 11762
- Information, B.C. Nurseline, pharmacist services
(Bond) 12455
- Maternity and pregnancy, programs and services
(McMahon) 12219
- Medical technology
(Trumper) 11845
- Planning
- impact of demographic changes
(Stewart, K.) 11821
- planning during NDP administration
(Bell) 11772
(Bond) 12170-1
- Preventative health care, role in health care system See also Public health
(Bennett) 11747
(Hawes) 11795
- Research, medical research in B.C.
(Hunter) 11884
(Jarvis) 11759
(Throne speech) 11730
- Services for seniors
(Johnston) 12221
(McMahon) 12220
- Services for women
(McMahon) 12219
- System
- Technicians, transition to private sector employment
(Bruce) 12318
(Nettleton) 12318
- Travel assistance program See Travel for treatment below under this main heading
- Travel for treatment
- coverage for income assistance recipients
(Brice) 12121
(Cobb) 12121
- transfer of emergency patients out of province
(Brar) 12284
(Hansen) 12284
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- elimination for life-threatening conditions
(Krueger) 12192-3
- wait-lists and waiting times
(Lekstrom) 11921
- Workers, retirement allowances
(Hawes) 11969
Health, Select Standing Committee on
- Report for fifth session of 37th parliament
Health Services, Ministry of
Heartlands
- Heartlands as area of B.C. See Heartlands and Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia
Hendren, Liz
- Volunteer work
(Whittred) 12377
Hertzman, Clyde
- Work on early childhood development
(Reid, L.) 11823
Highland Valley Copper Corp.
High-speed Internet See Internet under Computer technology
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Congestion
(Falcon) 12053
- Improvements See also Pacific gateway initiative under Transportation
- expansion
(MacPhail) 12045
- interchanges
(Falcon) 12045
- section in Bridal Falls area
(Penner) 12273
Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Malahat corridor, safety improvements
(Kerr) 11803-4
Highway 37
- Improvements
(MacKay) 12206
- Need for power lines along corridor
(MacKay) 12206
- Upgrade of section in Mackenzie area
(Bell) 11773
Highway 97A
- Safe access at Swan Lake interchange
(Abbott) 11854
Highway 99
Highways and roads
- Maintenance and rehabilitation
(Hansen) 11891
- Maintenance and safety standards
(Cobb) 11839
(Falcon) 11839
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey-White Rock)
- B.C. Liberal Party government, goals and vision 12126, 12344-6
- Budget debate 12126-8
- Children, programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery 12150-1
- Children's Foundation, work of organization 12150
- China, potential market for B.C. products 12345
- Corrections system, youth corrections, service delivery 12150
- Culture, arts funding 12127
- Economy, B.C. economy during 1990s 12126
- Elections
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 12126, 12345-6
- Environment
- environmental protection, government initiatives 12127-8
- sustainable management 12346
- Health care funding 12126-7
- McKnight, John, work in community development 12150
- Motions, crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71), debate 12309-10
- Premier's council on aging and seniors issues 12346
- Putman, Robert, comments on politics and social organizations 12150, 12345
- School district 36 (Surrey), funding 12127
- Seniors, issues and concerns, government study 12127
- Substance abuse/addiction 12309-10
- Surrey-White Rock constituency and area, description and issues 12127-8, 12310
- Throne speech debate 12344-6
- Violence against women, services for abused women and children 12128
- Welfare
- social programs and service delivery, community capacity development 12150-1
- support system for vulnerable persons 12128, 12346
Home Owner Grant Act
- Amendments
(Hansen) 12083
Homelessness See Housing; particular locations
Homeowner grant
Hospitals See also Facilities under Health care; particular hospitals or locations
- Property tax exemptions
(Hansen) 12083
Housing
- Affordable housing, need
(Brenzinger) 12334
- Assisted-living facilities See Residential care and assisted living below under this main heading
- Geothermal energy in housing See Energy
- Homebuyers, first-time homebuyer's property transfer exemption threshold See Property transfer tax
- Homelessness See Premier's Task Force on Homelessness; particular locations
- Housing starts in B.C.
(Bray) 12085
(MacKay) 12110
- Residential care and assisted living
- assisted living, definition
(Hansen) 12413
(MacPhail) 12413
- assisted-living model
(Hawes) 11797
- funding
(MacPhail) 12414
- independent supportive housing
(Manhas) 11925
- numbers of beds See Continuing and long-term care facilities, intermediate and long-term care beds under Health care
- residential facilities, current situation
(MacPhail) 12407-8
- residential facilities, demand
(Hansen) 12414
(MacPhail) 12413-4
- residential facilities, government review
(Hunter) 11964
- waiting times See Continuing and long-term care, wait-times for facility beds under Health care
- Seniors housing See Housing under Seniors
- Social and subsidized housing
- housing for vulnerable persons
(Coell) 11867, 12217
(Throne speech) 11729
- proposal for funding from property transfer tax revenue
(Brenzinger) 11789
- rent subsidies, portability
(Bray) 12282
- Subsidized housing See Social and subsidized housing above under this main heading
- Temporary housing and shelters
(Brice) 11812
(Trumper) 11846
- Transition houses See Transition houses
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Human Resources, Ministry of
- Supplementary estimates
- Budget
(Hansen) 11893
- Goals and responsibilities
(Brice) 11813
- Letter by assistant deputy minister on service delivery changes in McBride
(Brar) 12317
- Letter by assistant deputy minister on service delivery changes in McBride tabled
(Brar) 12319
Hunter, Mike (Nanaimo)
- Brascan Corp., purchase of mills and timber holdings from Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. 12156-7
- B.C., demographic changes 11884, 11967
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 11964
- Budget debate 11963-7
- Budgets
- 2005-06 budget, public consultation process 11965-6
- balanced budgets 11966
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on community and continuing care during NDP administration 11964
- Culture and arts, benefits 11830
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- education of Indians, graduation rate 11883
- funding 11884, 11965
- system, need to challenge students 11883
- Exports and imports, trade with Europe and U.S. 11967
- Forest industry
- coastal forest industry, need for restructuring 12156-8
- export of raw logs 12156-8
- Health care
- Housing, residential care facilities, government review 11964
- Income assistance, disability benefits 11965
- Income tax, reduction for low-income families 11964
- Literacy, government promotion initiative 11883
- Madill Equipment Canada, forestry equipment manufacturing facility 11966
- Malaspina University College, new facilities 11884, 11965
- Mearns, Monty, comments on export of raw logs 12158
- Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 11964-5
- Motions
- health care system (Motion 3), debate 11995-7
- role of arts in B.C. (Motion 1), debate 11828-30
- Nanaimo, description and issues 11829, 11884, 11966
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, surgical suites 11884
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, arts and culture components 11830
- Public debt 11965
- Public health, government promotion of physical fitness 11884
- Schools, community use of school facilities 11883
- Securities industry, commodity prices 11967
- Seniors, issues and concerns 11884
- Teachers, work commended 11883
- Throne speech debate 11883-4
- Transition houses, funding by government 11965
- Vancouver Island
- arts and culture 11829
- investment in seniors care in mid-Island area 11997
- Violence against women, services for abused women and children 11965
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 11884
Hunting
- Role of hunting in wildlife population management See Management under Wildlife
Husky Energy Inc.
- Oil refinery operations
(Bell) 11770-1
Hybrid vehicles See Automobiles; Automobiles, use of hybrid vehicles under Government
Hydroelectricity See Energy
Hydrogen energy See Energy
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