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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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Maa-Nulth first nations
- Relationship with regional district
(Trumper) 11847
McBride, B.C.
McCallum, Dulcie
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley-Stikine)
- Ambulance service, funding 12109
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C.
- health care services in northwestern B.C., petition tabled 12361
- mining industry in northwestern B.C. 12110
- sport facilities in northern B.C. 11993-4
- population
- government planning for aging population 12349
- people moving to B.C. 12347
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 12107-8
- Budget debate 12107-11
- Burns Lake, funding for library 12348
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2005-06 alternative budget, content 12107
- Children, diagnostic screening services 12348
- Civil service, wages 12347
- Climate change, federal government action 12109
- College of New Caledonia, Burns Lake campus, work on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 12302-3
- Dickinson, Christine, work as principal commended 11999-2000
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 12108, 12110
- role of economy in funding for social services 12348
- Education funding 12000, 12108, 12348
- Elections, referendum on electoral system for B.C. 12347
- Employment and unemployment
- Environmental protection, comments and studies by environmental community, "junk science" issue 11982
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, prevention 12302-3, 12348
- Forest industry, mountain pine beetle infestation, reforestation needs 12109
- The Fraser Institute, report on mining industry 12380
- Geoscience, establishment of centre for geoscience in B.C. 12110
- Health care
- funding 12108-9
- health professionals, training expansion 12349
- Highway 37
- improvements 12206
- need for power lines along corridor 12206
- Housing starts in B.C. 12110
- Iskut River, power project 12111
- Kennedy, Robert, position on mining industry in B.C. 11982
- Kyoto accord, position of federal government 12109
- Labour, collective agreements, settlements during B.C. Liberal Party administration 12347
- Marijuana, penalties for possession 12311
- Medical Services Plan, premiums, changes 12110, 12349
- MLAs, salary reduction 12347
- Mining industry
- electricity needs 12111
- exploration, investment 12110
- government support 12380
- Motions
- crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71), debate 12311
- financial assistance for Olympic athletes (Motion 2), debate 11993-4
- NovaGold Resources Inc., Galore Creek mine, potential 12110-1
- Pharmacare program 12109, 12349
- Physicians, training
- expansion of medical school program 12109
- student loans, reduction for service in rural and remote areas 12109
- Public debt
- paydown of debt 12108
- percentage of taxpayer-supported debt 12110
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project, environmental impact 11982-3
- Safety, community safety 12348
- School district 54 (Bulkley Valley), aboriginal student performance 11999
- Smithers Airport, staffed services 12074
- Smithers Exploration Group, workshop on mining issues 12110
- Sports
- dogsled racing 11993-4
- funding for developing and high-performance athletes 11994
- ski training, Nancy Greene Ski League 11994
- Substance abuse/addiction, methamphetamine use and prevention 12311, 12348-9
- Taku River Tlingit Indian band, position on Tulsequah Chief mine 11982-3
- Tan, Yana, position on Tulsequah Chief mine 11983
- Teck Cominco Ltd., Red Chris mine, electricity needs 12206
- Throne speech debate 12346-9
- University of Northern B.C., medical program 12109
Mackenzie and District Hospital, Mackenzie, B.C.
McKnight, John
- Work in community development
(Hogg) 12150
McMahon, Hon. Wendy (Columbia River-Revelstoke)
- Breast health, mammography services 12219
- B.C., government planning for aging population 12219
- B.C.'s Women's Hospital and Health Centre, services 12219
- Budget debate 12218-20
- Business, women in small businesses in B.C. 12218
- Cancer prevention 12219
- Child care funding 12218-9
- Health care services 12219-20
- Income assistance, recipients, transition to employment, bridging programs for women 12219
- Premier's council on aging and seniors issues 12219-20
- Seniors
- issues and concerns, government action 12219-20
- services for abused women, funding 12220
- Transition houses, funding by government 12219
- Violence against women
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 12218
- Women
MacPhail, Joy K. (Vancouver-Hastings)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- budget debate
(Plant) 11961-2
- health care system
(Hawes) 11797
- long-term care beds
(Hawes) 11796
- throne speech
(Belsey) 11775
- debate on 2005-06 budget
(Bray) 11976, 12091
(Manhas) 11923
- experience in politics 11753
- thanked
(Kwan) 12461-2
- work as MLA
(Mayencourt) 11807
- work as politician commended
(Bruce) 12461
(Clark) 12325
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- supplementary estimates debate 12017-24
- budget, industry competitiveness component 12018-9
- Agriculture industry
- Association of B.C. Forest Professionals, comments on forest research, inventory and health 11958, 12444-5
- Avian influenza, outbreak in Fraser Valley, government action 12020-1
- Beauchesne, Arthur, comments on interim supply 12381
- Benson, Maxine, long-term care case 12429
- Brascan Corp., purchase of mills and timber holdings from Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., impact on forest workers 12446-7
- B.C.
- heartlands, use of term 11749
- interior B.C., long-term care beds 11838, 12169
- B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines, comments on need for geological mapping 12027
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association, comments on issues 12240, 12442-4
- B.C. Crown Counsel Association, status 12292
- B.C. Hydro, responsibility for remediation of contaminated site 12255
- B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation, funding and reporting requirement 12020
- B.C. Liberal Party
- 2001 election campaign statements 11750-2, 11886, 12207, 12227
- government
- government, policies and position on issues
- interaction of MLAs with constituents 12363
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, lease 11910, 12001, 12033
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, operations 12032-3
- Bruce, Graham, comments on Crown counsel workweek 12260-1
- Budget debate 11895-7, 11909-13
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2005, debate 12232
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, provisions on estimates process 12474-5
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Amendment Act, 2001, provisions on interim supply 12383
- Budgets
- 2001-02 budget, debate and interim supply in election year 12406
- 2005-06 budget
- allocations to new programs 12404, 12417
- content 11895, 12439
- debate 12420, 12422
- debate, line-by-line debate of estimates 11896-7, 11903, 11909-12, 12004, 12022, 12044, 12075-6, 12172, 12175, 12232, 12362-3, 12383, 12403, 12405, 12413, 12415-6, 12439
- debate, time period for budget debate 12121, 12320
- interim supply 12402-4, 12442
- legislative changes without passage of budget 12075-6
- non-designated funds in Small Business and Economic Development ministry 12176
- public consultation process 12363
- budget process
- interim supply
- Business, public-private partnerships, taxpayer liability 12181
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on investigation of child deaths 12457-8
- Canadian agricultural income stabilization program 12018, 12021-2, 12024
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, role in handling of avian influenza outbreak 12020-1
- Child and youth officer, role 12378, 12458
- Child, youth and family advocate, elimination 12378
- Children
- child protection services
- children's advocates, role of independent advocates 12458
- comments by children's advocates, government response 12377-8
- children in government care, deaths and injuries 12397
- children in need, government support 11886
- programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery 11886
- Children's Commission, elimination 12378
- Civil service, merit principle, B.C. Liberal Party position 11750-1
- Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission), recommendations, implementation 12457-8
- Community Living B.C., establishment 11752
- Crime and criminals
- crime prevention, government action 12226
- organized crime, government actions to address issue 11911
- Crime Victim Assistance Act, amendments 11956-7
- Crown Counsel Agreement Continuation Act
- Disabled and handicapped persons, transition to community-based services 11910
- Education, social equity programs 11911
- Elections
- 2005 general election, government statements on future spending 12404
- fixed election date 12362
- Energy and Mines ministry
- supplementary estimates debate 12027-9
- geological survey branch, funding and staffing 12027-8
- Expropriation Amendment Act, 2004, amendments 11957
- Expropriation Compensation Board, elimination, transfer of jurisdiction to courts 11957
- Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations for 2005-06 budget 12363
- Food industry
- food safety and quality 12024
- tree fruit industry, orchard replant program 12019
- Forest and Range Practices Act, timeline for implementation 11957-9, 12240, 12442, 12444
- Forest industry
- forest practices, transition to results-based code 11957-9, 12442, 12444, 12447
- forest revitalization trust fund 12005-7, 12014-5
- forest stewardship 12441-2, 12445
- forest technicians, workload 12447-8
- forestry revitalization plan, funding for transition 12447
- harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction
- labour relations during B.C. Liberal Party administration 12290-1
- mountain pine beetle control, government action 11959
- revenues to government 12443-4
- silviculture 12015-6, 12445
- sustainability 12445
- timber-pricing system, market-based system in B.C. 12011-2
- Forestry Revitalization Act, goals 12005
- Forests ministry
- Fraser health authority
- Gambling expansion, B.C. Liberal Party position 11751, 11886, 11910, 12207
- Geoscience
- Government
- accounting, public liability for capital leases 12044
- advertising and announcements, costs 11752, 11912
- communications, staffing 11750
- electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project 11911
- federal-provincial relations, federal funding for infrastructure projects 12047-8
- information, accessibility 11752
- ministers
- exemptions from ministerial accountability legislation 12285-6
- role 12381
- salary holdback based on meeting of budget targets 12285
- programs and services, reductions 11750-1
- provincial-municipal relations, provincial government authority over local government 11752
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- millennium line, construction during NDP administration 12052, 12055
- Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line project 11911, 12033-6, 12054-5
- Hansen, Colin
- comments on long-term care beds 11888
- response to questions during debate on interim supply legislation 12410-2, 12420-2, 12428
- Harbours and ports, funding 12035-7
- Health authorities, funding allocation 12403, 12411
- Health care
- accessibility 12284
- beds
- long-term care fees for acute care hospital beds 12430
- use of acute care beds for long-term care patients 12429-30
- continuing and long-term care
- bed closings 11750, 12409-10
- beds built by private sector 12408, 12428
- beds, cost per bed 12424
- beds, number by care level 12411
- complex care, definition 12413
- handling by B.C. Liberal Party government 12427
- new beds, B.C. Liberal Party commitment 11737-8, 11748-9, 11788, 11838, 11886, 11888, 11896, 11949, 12169, 12412, 12420-1
- new beds, funding 12406
- revenue to government from long-term care fees 12428-9
- wait-times for facility beds 12406-7
- emergency services, levels 12168
- system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 11749-50
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), improvements, expansion 12045
- Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway, improvements 12037-8, 12044, 12184
- Housing, residential care and assisted living 12407-8, 12413-4
- Human Resources ministry, supplementary estimates debate 12251
- Immigration, programs and services for immigrants to B.C. 11911
- Income assistance, disability benefits, reassessment of recipients' eligibility 11911
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005, debate 12075-6
- Infrastructure, investment in infrastructure during 1990s 12054
- Interior health authority, long-term care beds 12283
- IWA Council, comments on purchase of mills and timber holdings by Brascan Corp., impact on forest workers 12446-7
- Jacobsen, Virginia, organic chicken farmer case 12023
- Jones, David, recommendations on Crown counsel compensation 12227-8, 12258-60, 12262
- Justice system, Crown counsel
- Kelowna, homelessness, senior case 11838
- Krueger, Kevin, heckling 12004-5
- Labour, collective agreements
- Legislation
- interim supply legislation, scope of debate 12428
- progress of business in spring session of 37th parliament, government business schedule 12320
- Legislature
- committee system, activity during B.C. Liberal Party administration 12383
- communication between government and opposition 12121
- estimates process 12382, 12474-5
- language used in House, "stranger to the truth" 12435-6
- members' conduct and debate, attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 11752, 12051
- members' handbook, comments on interim supply 12382
- opposition, role 11912-3, 12186
- sessions and sittings
- Speaker
- treatment of opposition 12437
- unparliamentary for Chair to enter debate 12436-7
- Lekstrom, Blair, comments on B.C. Rail agreement with CN Rail 12001
- Les, John, response to questions during estimates debate 12172, 12175-6, 12180, 12186
- Livestock industry
- Lobbyists registry 11752
- McCallum, Dulcie, comments on child protection services 12377-8
- Medical Services Plan, premiums, changes, impact on individuals 11912
- MLAs, constituency offices, accessibility 12363
- Mental health, programs and services 11912
- Ministerial Accountability Bases, 2004-2005, Amendment Act, 2005, debate 12285-6
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005, debate 11956-9
- Morton, Cynthia, comments on child protection services 12377-8
- Motions, adoption of government business schedule for March 7 to March 10, 2005 (Standing order 81 motion), debate 12320
- NDP, policies 11752-3
- Oil and gas industry, development of offshore industry 11751
- Oleksiuk, Keith, death 12069
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- athletes village, funding 12174
- benefits to agrifood sector, industry opportunities fund 12019-20
- budget 12171-9
- Hastings Park venue, funding 12176
- Own the Podium program, funding 12178-80
- speed skating oval in Richmond 12180-4, 12186
- taxpayer liability 12182-3
- Pest control, codling moth, sterile insect release program 12024
- Plant, Geoff, comments on Crown counsel compensation 12258, 12262
- Plants, noxious weed control, funding 12024
- Port Alice, mill operations, restructuring proposal 12446
- Port Mann Bridge
- Post-secondary education, tuition fee increases, limit to inflation rate 11749
- Poultry industry, government assistance to farmers impacted by avian influenza issue 12017-23
- Preston, Joyce, comments on child protection services 12377-8
- Prince Rupert, port expansion 12036-7
- Rainier-Pope, Nick, comments on emergency services in interior B.C. 12282-3
- Rangeland, access to Crown land by ranching industry 12240-1, 12442-3
- Rivard, Norm, comments on issues
- purchase of mills and timber holdings by Brascan Corp., impact on forest workers 12446-7
- relationship of government with forest industry 12290-1
- Royal Inland Hospital, emergency services 12282-4, 12430
- School boards/districts, funding for seismic upgrades 12362
- Seniors, number over age 85 in B.C. 12413
- Sierra Club, report on forest services employment during B.C. Liberal Party administration 11958, 12442-3, 12445
- Significant Projects Streamlining Act, applicability 11911
- Simon Fraser University, proposal for Olympic speed skating oval 12182, 12184
- Small Business and Economic Development ministry, supplementary estimates debate 12171-86
- Smith, Bob, termination as chief executive officer of Fraser health authority 12041-3, 12071, 12168-9
- Social Credit Party, use of interim supply while in government 12474
- Sommer, Rick, comments on forest research, inventory and health 11958-9, 12445
- Sports, speed skating facilities in B.C. 12181
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2005
- Surrey, long-term care services in area 12424
- Surrey Memorial Hospital
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, supplementary estimates debate 12254-6
- Taylor, Colin, recommendations on Crown counsel compensation 12226-7, 12258-62, 12287-8, 12290
- Teal-Jones Group, compensation for timber takeback 12011
- Throne speech debate 11748-53
- Transition houses, funding by government 11910
- Transportation
- Pacific gateway initiative 11912, 12045, 12047-51, 12056
- provincial transportation plan, funding and projects 12032-4
- relationship between congestion and vehicle capacity 12053-7
- traffic pattern modelling 12050
- Transportation ministry, supplementary estimates debate 12032-8, 12044-5, 12047-57
- van Dongen, John
- van Klaveren, Michael, comments on Crown counsel workweek 12260
- van Soren, Eric, work on compensation for forest tenure takebacks 12006-7
- Vancouver Island health authority
- pediatric contingency plan for overcrowded emergency rooms 12318
- smile team initiative 12318
- Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
- application of freedom-of-information legislation 12176, 12184
- interest on funding 12180
- Vaudreuil, Matthew, death 12457
- Victim assistance for persons criminally injured during course of employment 11956-7
- Victoria General Hospital emergency room, plan for sick children in event of overcrowded emergency room 12318
- Vinning, Prem, position in Premier's office 11750, 11910-1
- Walls, Doug, position with government 11751-2
- Waste management, remediation of contaminated sites 12254-6
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., compensation for timber takeback 12014
- Wilkinson, Andrew, appointment as Intergovernmental Relations deputy minister 11910
- Williams, Elizabeth, employment in Forest service 12447-8
- Women
- pay equity, government action 11910
- programs and services, funding reductions and program elimination 11750-1
Mad cow disease
- Impact on cattle industry See Government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE under Livestock industry
MADD See Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Madill Equipment Canada
- Forestry equipment manufacturing facility
(Hunter) 11966
Maillardville, B.C. See also Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
- Francophone community volunteers
(Stewart, R.) 12352
Malahat highway See Malahat corridor under Highway 19 (Island Highway)
Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C.
Management Services, Ministry of
Mandatory retirement See Retirement
Manhas, Karn (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
- As subject
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- Budget debate 11923-7
- Budgets, 2005-06 balanced budget 11924
- Child care funding 11926
- Coquitlam, rapid transit 12341
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 11925-6
- Economy, B.C. economy during 1990s 12343-4
- Evans, Corky, comments on NDP government announcements 12342
- Farnworth, Michael, candidacy in 2005 election 12342-3
- Government
- caucus committees, work of Tri-Cities caucus 12342
- challenges 12344
- fiscal management 11926
- Housing, independent supportive housing 11925
- Income assistance, disability benefits 11925
- Infrastructure, investment in infrastructure 11924-5
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 12341
- MacPhail, Joy, debate on 2005-06 budget 11923
- NDP
- candidates in 2005 general election 12342
- election campaign statements 12342
- Pitt River Bridge, improvements 11923
- Police and policing, funding for police services 11925
- Port Coquitlam, arts village 12341
- Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain constituency and area
- new schools 12342
- police services 11925
- transportation infrastructure 11923
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 11926
- Public debt, paydown of debt 11924-5
- Tax reductions and changes, impact on low- and middle-income earners 11924
- Throne speech debate 12340-4
- Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative 11923
- Tri-Cities area, issues 11923, 12342
- Youth development initiative 11926, 12341
- Youth Matters! initiative 11926, 12341
Maple Cottage Detoxification Centre, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Services, transition to Surrey
(Locke) 12214
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Maple Ridge school district See School district 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Arts and culture
(Stewart, K.) 11832-3
- Demographic changes
(Stewart, K.) 12132-3
- Health care services
- Long-term care facilities
(Stewart, K.) 11821
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district See School district 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
Marbled murrelets See Birds
Marijuana
- Grow operations
- public safety issue
(Stewart, R.) 12308-9
- risk to police and emergency services personnel
(Hawes) 12304
- Penalties for possession
(MacKay) 12311
Marketing See Exports and imports
Marriage
- Same-sex marriage, government support
(Mayencourt) 11808
Mary Manning Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- As subject
- work as MLA
(Mayencourt) 11807
- Asia Pacific region, trade with B.C. 11741
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 11739
- China, potential market for B.C. products 11740
- Communities, issues and concerns 11741-2
- Delta, port expansion 11741
- Economy, B.C. economy 11739-41
- Education system 11740, 11742
- Electoral reform, citizens' assembly concept 11743
- Forest industry, role in economy 11740
- Government, challenges 11739
- Harbours and ports, expansion of B.C. ports 11741
- Health care funding 11743
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 11741
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits of hosting games 11741
- Post-secondary education, accessibility 11742-3
- Public health, government promotion of physical fitness 11742
- Science and technology, biotechnology industry in B.C. 11741
- Skills training, access to trades training 11743
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, emergency services 11743
- Teachers, collective bargaining process, government review 12319
- Throne speech debate 11739-43
- Tourism industry in B.C. 11741
- Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative 11741
- Wright, Don, review of collective bargaining process for teachers 12319
Maskeen, Giani Sant Singh
Maternity See Maternity and pregnancy under Health care
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
- As subject
- representation of constituents' issues
(Kwan) 12389-90
- work with MLAs 11807
- Anderson, Val, work as MLA 11808
- Automobiles, hybrid vehicles, taxation 12087
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments and goals 11806, 11808-10
- B.C. Teachers Federation, advertising on education funding 12208
- British Columbia Wharf Operators' Association (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2005, debate 12315, 12401
- Chutter, Dave, work as MLA 11807
- Clark, Christy, work as MLA 11808
- Culture, government commitment to arts and culture 11834
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services, government funding 11809
- Economy, B.C. economy 12087
- Education
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 11809
- Energy, geothermal energy in residential and public buildings 12087
- Environmental management, sustainable management 11809
- Film industry, tax credit 12079
- Halsey-Brandt, Greg, work as MLA 11807
- Hamilton, Arnie, work as MLA 11807
- Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 12087
- Igali, Daniel, candidacy in 2005 election 11808
- Income assistance, disability benefits 11809
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005, debate 12078-9
- Income tax, reduction for low- and middle-income families 12078-9
- Kerr, Brian, work as MLA 11807
- Legislature
- corrections to comments made in House 12361
- standing order 42, no member to speak twice to a question, correction on name of school district 12361
- Literacy, importance 11808
- Long, Harold, work as MLA 11807
- MacPhail, Joy, work as MLA 11807
- Manhas, Karn, work as MLA 11807
- Marriage, same-sex marriage, government support 11808
- Masi, Reni, work as MLA 11807
- Mining industry in B.C. 12079
- Motions
- crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71), debate 12306-8
- role of arts in B.C. (Motion 1), debate 11834
- Nebbeling, Ted, work as MLA 11807-8
- New Brunswick, teachers, conduct policy 12151-2
- Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 12087
- Public health, government promotion of physical fitness 11808-9
- Reid, Judith, work as MLA 11807
- Resources and resource industries, role in economy 12079
- Safety, public safety
- community safety 11810
- safer community initiative 12307
- safe-streets legislation 11810
- School boards/districts, use of alternative energy 12087
- Schools, safe schools 11810, 11835-6, 12000
- Seniors, housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 11809
- Stephens, Lynn, work as MLA 11807
- Substance abuse/addiction, methamphetamine
- addiction and health effects 12307
- availability of ingredients 12306-7
- government strategy on prevention 12306
- Meth Watch program 12307
- prevention of use, public education 12306-7
- use 12306
- Taxation
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2005, debate 12087-8
- Teachers
- Throne speech debate 11806-10
- Vancouver
- Violence, prevention of bullying and violence at school 11810, 11835-6, 12000
- Water, groundwater stabilization program 11809
- Weisbeck, John, work as MLA 11808
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 11809
- Wilson, John, work as MLA 11808
Mayerthorpe, Alberta
Mearns, Monty
- Comments on export of raw logs
(Hunter) 12158
Meat products See Food industry
Medical research See Research under Health care
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Constituency offices, accessibility
(MacPhail) 12363
- Remuneration, salary reduction
(Bruce) 12225
(MacKay) 12347
- Retiring MLAs commended
(Bruce) 12460-1
- Work of MLAs
(Nuraney) 12350
Mental disorders
- Mental illness, social impact
(Stewart, R.) 12238
Mental health
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Minister of State for
- Methamphetamine strategy
(Hawes) 12304
Methamphetamine See Methamphetamine under Substance abuse/addiction
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Millennium line See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
Mining industry
- Coal industry See Coal industry
- Electricity needs
(MacKay) 12111
- Exploration
- expenditures during 1990s
(Sultan) 12030
- investment
(MacKay) 12110
- tax credit See Taxation below under this main heading
- Industry in B.C.
- Mineral claims registration system, establishment of electronic system
(Neufeld) 12122
- Taxation, exploration tax credit
(Bray) 12077
(Hansen) 11890, 12075
Ministerial Accountability Bases, 2004-2005, Amendment Act, 2005
Ministerial statements
- Bruce, Hon. Graham P. (Minister of Skills Development and Labour)
- Closing of thirty-seventh parliament and retirement of MLAs 12460-1
(Kwan) 12461-2
Ministers, ministries of government See Government
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005
MLAs See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Mobilio, Domenic
Moilliet family
- Lamb farming operations
(Krueger) 12162
Montana
- Position on coalmining operations in B.C.
(Bell) 12161
(Neufeld) 12159-61
Montgomery Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Closing
(Stewart, R.) 12354
Morley, Jane See also Child and youth officer
- Comments on issues
- Gove inquiry
(Hagen) 12458
- independence of child and youth officer
(Hagen) 12458-60
Morton, Cynthia
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Comments on government measures to prevent and punish impaired drivers
(Brenzinger) 12209
Motions
- Adoption of government business schedule for March 7 to March 10, 2005 (Standing order 81 motion)
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of select standing committees (Motion without notice)
- B.C. Judges Compensation Commission recommendations (Motion 74)
- Crystal methamphetamine (Motion 71)
- Financial assistance for Olympic athletes (Motion 2)
- Health care system (Motion 3)
- Judicial Justices Compensation Commission recommendations (Motion 75)
- Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again (Motion without notice)
- Printing of Votes and Proceedings (Motion without notice)
- Role of arts in B.C. (Motion 1)
- Role of rural regions in B.C. economy (Motion 22)
- Sessional order on public written questions (Motion 70)
Motor Fuel Act
- Amendments
(Hansen) 12083
Motor Vehicle Act
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2004
Mount Milligan
Mount Robson area See Prince George-Mount Robson constituency and area
Mountain pine beetle
Mountain View Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.
- After-school program, funding
(Bloy) 12278
Movie industry See Film industry
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
MSP See Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
Mudslides in North Vancouver See Landslides in January 2005 under North Vancouver, B.C.
Multiculturalism
- Issues, petition tabled
(Reid, L.) 11739
- Multiculturalism in B.C.
Multiple sclerosis
Municipalities See Local government
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3)
Murray, Hon. Joyce (New Westminster)
- Autism, programs and services, funding 12196
- The Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, naturopath training 12195
- B.C. Liberal Party
- 2001 election campaign statements 12197
- government, goals 12194
- Budget debate 12194-8
- Burns Bog, preservation of area 12197
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 12197
- Economy, B.C. economy 12197
- Education funding 12194
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 12197
- Environmental management, government initiatives 12196-7
- Forest industry in B.C. 12196-7
- Fraser health authority, emergency services 12196
- Health care
- Income tax, reduction for low- and middle-income families 12196
- James, Carole, comments on B.C. Liberal Party actions 12194
- Justice Institute of B.C., critical incident simulation centre 12197
- Management Services ministry, programs 12197
- Medical Services Plan, premiums, reduction 12196
- New Westminster, description and issues 12195-8
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 12194-5
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, 2004 annual report tabled 12209
- Royal Columbian Hospital, services 12196
- Violence against women, services for abused women and children 12196
- Waste management, fees for waste discharges 12197
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 12196
Mutter, Ken
- Work in education system
(Stewart, R.) 12351-2
Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park
- Restoration of Myra Canyon railway trestles
(Barisoff) 11766
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