BC Legislature - Hansard Interim Index (Business entries), First Session, 38th Parliament

Oral questions by subject

Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.

Alcan power production in Kitimat (Austin) 1013 (Evans) 1014 (Neufeld) 1013-4

Power sales from Alcan smelter in Kitimat (Austin) 321 (Hansen) 321-2

Aquaculture

Aquaculture on north coast (Bell) 232 (Coons) 232

B.C. Coroners Service

Annual reporting by B.C. Coroners Service (James) 2141-2 (Les) 2141-2

Effectiveness of Coroners Service (Krog) 2213 (Les) 2213

Impact of government funding on B.C. Coroners Service (Austin) 2143 (Dix) 2142 (Les) 2142-3

Budget and economy

Budget priorities and corporate tax reduction (Campbell) 96-7 (James) 95-6 (Kwan) 97 (Taylor) 96-7

Impact of government policies on Kamloops economy (Lali) 68 (Richmond) 68

Children and youth

Attorney General handling of review of death of Sherry Charlie (Dix) 273 (Krog) 273 (Oppal) 273

Call for independent review of children's deaths (Austin) 1803 (Campbell) 1802 (Dix) 1802-3 (Farnworth) 1803 (James) 1802 (Kwan) 1804 (Les) 1802-4

Call for reinstatement of children's commissioner (Campbell) 317-8 (Dix) 317-8 (Hagen) 317-20 (James) 316-7 (Karagianis) 318-9 (Kwan) 319-20 (Thorne) 318

Call for reinstatement of independent children's commissioner (Campbell) 1852 (Farnworth) 1851-2 (Hagen) 1082 (Krog) 1851, 2143 (Kwan) 1850-1 (Les) 1851, 2143-4 (Thorne) 1082

Child death reviews and report of child and youth officer (Dix) 2212 (Hagen) 2212 (Oppal) 2212

Child poverty rate in B.C. (Richmond) 2212-3 (Sather) 2212-3

Communication with families in child death review process (Farnworth) 2101 (Hagen) 2101 (Kwan) 2101

Coroner's inquest into death of Savannah Hall (Dix) 1397, 1548, 2099-100 (Hagen) 1397, 1548 (James) 1547-8 (Les) 1548-9, 2100

Funding for child protection (Dix) 97-8 (Hagen) 98

Government policy for child death reviews (Dix) 1081 (Farnworth) 1228 (Hagen) 1187, 1227-9 (Krog) 1227-8 (Kwan) 1228-9 (Thorne) 1081, 1228

Government policy on investigation of child deaths (Farnworth) 319 (Hagen) 319

Handling of child death review of Austin Martel (Austin) 1943 (Krog) 1943 (Les) 1943

Handling of child death review of Brandon James Seymour (Austin) 1994, 2099 (Dix) 1994 (Hagen) 2099 (James) 2099 (Les) 1994, 2099

Handling of child death review of Cody Fontaine (Krog) 2143 (Les) 2146

Handling of child death reviews (Austin) 2213 (Gentner) 2100 (Les) 2100, 2213-4

Handling of child welfare case after death of sibling (Hagen) 1711-2 (James) 1711

Independence of child and youth officer (Farnworth) 231-2 (Oppal) 231-2 (Thorne) 231

Independence of child protection officer (Dix) 272 (Farnworth) 273-4 (Hagen) 271-2, 274 (James) 271-2 (Kwan) 274 (Oppal) 272-4

Kith-and-kin agreement guidelines (Farnworth) 147 (Hagen) 146-8 (Karagianis) 147 (Robertson) 146

Public release of child death reviews (James) 1993 (Krog) 2213 (Les) 1993-4, 2213

Responsibility for outstanding child death reviews (Dix) 1850, 1942-3 (Hagen) 2098 (James) 1849-50, 1942, 2098-9 (Karagianis) 1995 (Krog) 1943 (Kwan) 1943-4, 1995-6 (Les) 1849-50, 1942-4, 1995-6, 2099

Review of children's deaths by chief coroner's office (Fleming) 1082 (Krog) 1082 (Les) 1082-3

Review of children's deaths by coroner (Austin) 1712 (Dix) 1712 (Farnworth) 1713 (Gentner) 1712-3 (Hagen) 1712 (Kwan) 1713 (Les) 1712-4

Review of death of Sherry Charlie (Cubberley) 197-8 (Dix) 146, 194 (Farnworth) 195-6 (Fleming) 195, 229 (Hagen) 145-6, 194-8, 230-1 (Horgan) 197, 228-9 (James) 145-6, 194-5 (Karagianis) 229 (Krog) 196, 229-30 (Kwan) 195, 230 (Oppal) 196, 228-30 (Ralston) 196-7 (Robertson) 196 (Simpson, B.) 197 (Trevena) 198

Services for gang-involved youth (Brar) 1231-2 (Oppal) 1231-2

Terms of reference for child death review (Dix) 1184 (Farnworth) 1184 (Oppal) 1184

Communities

Government assistance to communities in transition (Chong) 1549-50 (Macdonald) 1549 (Simpson, B.) 1549-50

Conservation officers

Conservation officer for Golden (Macdonald) 68-9 (Penner) 68-9

Education and schools

Class size and composition in education system (Bond) 870-1 (de Jong) 869-70 (Ralston) 870-1 (Robertson) 869-70

Fees for school materials and programs (Bond) 65-6 (Farnworth) 65-6 (Horgan) 65

Government advertising on education (Bond) 409-11 (de Jong) 411 (Farnworth) 411-2 (Fleming) 410 (Horgan) 409 (James) 408 (Karagianis) 410 (Kwan) 408-9 (Puchmayr) 409-10 (Robertson) 412 (Simpson, B.) 411 (Taylor) 408-12

Government response to teachers labour dispute (de Jong) 867-9, 871 (Horgan) 868-9 (James) 867-8 (Routley) 869 (Sather) 871

Government role in teachers labour dispute (Bond) 564-5, 567, 768-70 (Campbell) 766-7 (de Jong) 565-6, 767-8, 770 (Horgan) 566, 767 (James) 564-5, 766-7 (Karagianis) 769-70 (Krog) 767-8 (Kwan) 567, 769 (Ralston) 768 (Thorne) 565-6

Impact of government policies on education system (Bond) 918-9 (Routley) 918-9 (Thorne) 918

Implementation of recommendations to resolve teachers labour dispute (Bond) 1080 (James) 1080

Potential changes to school boards' mandate (Bond) 1398, 1997 (Farnworth) 1997 (Fleming) 1398 (Horgan) 1398, 1997

Role of facilitators in teachers labour dispute (de Jong) 915-8 (Horgan) 916-7 (James) 915-6 (Karagianis) 918 (Krog) 917 (Kwan) 917-8

Terms of reference for industrial inquiry commissioner in teachers labour dispute (de Jong) 1081 (Horgan) 1081 (Kwan) 1081

Emergencies

Assistance for victims of Quesnel landslide (Chong) 67 (Simpson, B.) 67

Emergency preparedness and maintenance of Fraser River dikes (Gentner) 66 (Les) 66

Funding for emergency preparedness (Brar) 66-7 (Les) 66-7

Government assistance to victims of earthquake in South Asia (Bains) 871 (Les) 871-2

Energy

B.C. Hydro power sales to U.S. (Evans) 1014 (Neufeld) 1014-5

Fires and firefighting

Relocation of regional fire commissioners (Les) 1715 (Macdonald) 1715

First nations

Funding for aboriginal child protection on Vancouver Island (Fraser) 228 (Hagen) 228

Funding of aboriginal planning committees for child and family services (Hagen) 227-8 (James) 227-8

Government support for aboriginal women (Chong) 412 (Fraser) 412

Water quality in first nations communities (Abbott) 1397 (Wyse) 1397

Forest industry

Assistance to forest industry workers from Forestry Revitalization Trust (Bains) 1396 (Coleman) 1396

Closing of Midway sawmill (Chong) 1395-6, 1466-7 (Coleman) 1394-5, 1466-7, 1549 (Conroy) 1394-5, 1466-7, 1549 (Farnworth) 1467 (James) 1394 (Kwan) 1395-6 (Macdonald) 1395, 1466

Compensation for sawmill workers (Coleman) 462-3 (Simpson, B.) 462-3

Federal funding for mountain pine beetle strategy (Coleman) 34 (Lali) 34

Future of Port Alice pulp mill (de Jong) 1017 (Hansen) 67-8, 148 (Trevena) 67-8, 148, 1017

Government action on mountain pine beetle infestation (Coleman) 1463-6 (James) 1463-4 (Kwan) 1465 (Simpson, B.) 1464-5

Government support for forest industry (Coleman) 1016-7 (Simpson, B.) 1016

Impact of government policies on forest worker safety (de Jong) 274-6 (Puchmayr) 274-5 (Simpson, B.) 275

Manufacturing jobs in coastal forest industry (Coleman) 1804-5 (Evans) 1805 (Fleming) 1804 (Simpson, B.) 1804

Mountain pine beetle strategy (Coleman) 33-4 (Simpson, B.) 33

Potential closing of mills in B.C. (Coleman) 1328-32 (Conroy) 1330 (Evans) 1328-9 (James) 1331 (Routley) 1329-30 (Trevena) 1331

Potential reopening of Port Alice mill (Coleman) 1551 (Evans) 1551 (Hansen) 1550-1 (Trevena) 1550

Softwood lumber negotiations (Coleman) 462 (Farnworth) 461-2

Status of coastal forest industry (Coleman) 1186 (Simpson, B.) 1186

Worker deaths and safety issues in forest industry (Coleman) 1997 (de Jong) 1714-5, 1996 (Puchmayr) 1714, 1996 (Simpson, B.) 1714, 1996-7

Worker safety in forest industry (de Jong) 1187 (Puchmayr) 1186-7

Government and Legislature

Attendance of Environment Minister at meeting on Cathedral Grove park (Fraser) 1945-6 (Penner) 1945-6 (Simpson, S.) 1946

Hiring of Gary Cowan for Fast-Track program (de Jong) 1015 (Hansen) 919-20 (Lali) 919-20, 1015 (Ralston) 1015

Reinstatement of standing committee on forestry (Coleman) 1396-7 (Simpson, B.) 1396

Health care facilities

Acute care services at Surrey Memorial Hospital (Abbott) 2214-5 (Brar) 2214 (Ralston) 2214-5

Cleanliness standards in Victoria health care facilities (Abbott) 2102-3 (Cubberley) 2101-2 (Karagianis) 2102-3

Compliance of Copeman clinic with federal and provincial legislation (Abbott) 1229-30 (Conroy) 1229-30 (Cubberley) 1229 (Simpson, S.) 1230

Legacy project and Mount St. Joseph Hospital (Abbott) 459 (Kwan) 459

Health care services

Funding for long-term care beds (Abbott) 99 (Conroy) 99

Provincial health care legislation (Abbott) 1231 (James) 1230-1

Remuneration for rural paramedics (Abbott) 69 (Wyse) 69

Support for parents of infants relocated for health care services (Abbott) 35-6 (Brar) 35-6 (Cubberley) 35

Housing

Future of Victoria residential tenancy office (Coleman) 1552 (Karagianis) 1552

Government support for social housing (Coleman) 568 (Routley) 567-8

Immigration

Federal funding for immigrant settlement services (Chouhan) 1854 (Oppal) 1854

Income assistance

Access to nutritional supplements for income assistance recipients (Richmond) 567 (Trevena) 567

Justice system

Monitoring of sex offender in Merritt area (Lali) 872 (Oppal) 872

Maximus Inc.

Government contracts with Maximus (Abbott) 1332-3, 2215-6 (Cubberley) 1332-3, 2215-6 (Gentner) 2216 (Lali) 1333

Mental health

Availability of mental health services for youth (Abbott) 34-5 (Wyse) 34

Olympic Games

Conflict-of-interest guidelines for 2010 Olympic Games (Hansen) 458 (James) 458

Funding for 2010 Olympic Games and role of auditor general (Bains) 458 (Hansen) 458-9

Railways

B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement and cost of rail crossing upgrades 32 (Chudnovsky) 32, 1654-5 (Falcon) 31-3, 1654-7 (Farnworth) 1657 (James) 31-2, 1655 (Kwan) 33 (Macdonald) 32 (Wyse) 1656

Closing of private rail crossings (Chudnovsky) 1017-8 (Falcon) 1017-8

CN Rail commitments on safety, maintenance and environmental protection (Chudnovsky) 1806 (Falcon) 1806-7

CN Rail response to concerns of Cariboo regional district (Falcon) 2146 (Macdonald) 2146 (Simpson, S.) 2146

CN Rail response to public concerns on proposed Lac La Hache log sort (Chudnovsky) 2144-5 (Falcon) 2144-6 (Simpson, B.) 2145-6

CN Rail train derailments (Chudnovsky) 1183-4 (Falcon) 1183-4

Derailment investigation and CN Rail safety practices (Falcon) 1657-9 (Fleming) 1658-9 (Kwan) 1659 (Lali) 1658 (Simpson, S.) 1657-8

Federal transportation standards for rail crossing upgrades (Falcon) 1656-7 (Simpson, B.) 1656

Impact of B.C. Rail–CN Rail agreement on ranchers (Falcon) 2144 (Wyse) 2144

Investigation of CN train derailment and damages to environment (Penner) 36 (Simpson, S.) 36

Responsibilities of property owners for private railway crossings (Chudnovsky) 1083, 1852 (Falcon) 1083-4, 1852-3, 1944-5 (Simpson, B.) 1853, 1945 (Simpson, S.) 1084 (Wyse) 1083-4, 1853, 1944

Weed control on E&N rail line (Bell) 1398 (Fraser) 1397-8

Seniors

Government support for low-income seniors (Abbott) 568-9 (Chouhan) 568-9 (Fleming) 144 (Kwan) 144-5 (Taylor) 144-5

Government support for seniors (Farnworth) 98-9 (Taylor) 98-9

Shipping industry

Ownership of shipping terminal on Ridley Island (Coons) 1015-6, 1184-5, 1551-2 (Falcon) 1015-6, 1184-5, 1551-2

Skills training

Government action on shortage of skilled workers (Hansen) 1805 (Robertson) 1805

Supply of skilled workers to rural communities (Hansen) 1805-6 (Simons) 1805-6

Substance abuse

Government action on crystal meth (Conroy) 99 (Les) 99-100

Terasen Gas

Link of sale of Terasen Gas to softwood lumber dispute (Coleman) 1467-8 (Evans) 1467-8 (Simpson, S.) 1468

Role of B.C. Utilities Commission in sale of Terasen Gas (Evans) 1551, 1715-6 (Neufeld) 1551, 1715-6

Terms of sale of Terasen Gas to Kinder Morgan (Coleman) 320, 1185-6 (Evans) 320, 459-60, 1185 (Hansen) 320 (Macdonald) 461 (Neufeld) 459-61 (Penner) 321 (Simpson, S.) 320-1, 460-1

Waste management

Toxic materials on Canada Petroleum Corporation site in Abbotsford (James) 1182-3 (Penner) 1182-3 (Simpson, S.) 1183

Wildlife

Protection of mountain caribou (Farnworth) 1332 (Penner) 1332 (Simpson, S.) 1332