Province of British Columbia
First Session, 38th Parliament – 2005
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Abbott, Hon. George (Shuswap)

As subject
experience in local government 201
experience with aging parents 1729-30, 1784, 1914
Abbotsford, new hospital and cancer centre 1865-6
AIDS, prevention and treatment 1873-4, 2105-6
Ambulance service
critical care transport 1861
funding for equipment and supplies 1861
paramedics, funding for training programs 1825
paramedics, remuneration of rural paramedics 69, 1824-5, 1861
Assisted living registrar, funding and role 1921-3
Bains, Baljit, death at hospital 2214
B.C., northern and rural B.C., health care services 1818-20
B.C. Cancer Agency, work of agency 204
B.C. Centre for Disease Control, handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases 1722
B.C. Health Coalition, request for information on St. Paul's Hospital 1868
B.C. Housing Management Commission, operations 202
B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 201-2
B.C. Medical Association
agreement on general practice services 1811-2, 1814
report on multidisciplinary care teams 1813
B.C. Nurses Union, exclusion of nurse practitioners from bargaining unit, government consultation 1443
Budget debate 201-4
Campbell, Gordon, comments on Surrey Memorial Hospital 1821-2
Campbell River and District General Hospital, need for upgrading 1823-4
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, criteria for diagnostic procedures 1732
Cancer
research 1717
treatment services 204
Capital regional district, call for audit of health care facility services 2102
College of Registered Nurses of B.C., establishment 1439
Compass Group Ltd., contracts with health care facilities 1917-8
Copeman, Don, health care centres, compliance with legislation 1229-31
Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C., links to other organizations 1333
Dementia, management and treatment, government strategy 1953-4
Diabetes, treatment of persons with diabetes and mental illness 2111-2
Drugs
common drug review 1728-9
overprescription 1960-1
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 202
Enderby, health care services 1810
First nations, water quality in communities 1397
Food industry
food quality and safety 1869-70
meat products, inspection and processing regulations 1869-71
Fraser Institute, report on wait-times for surgeries 1808-9
Health
government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 1717-8, 1720
preventative health care 1726
research 1717, 1722
Health, continuing and long-term care
beds
availability 1745, 1784-5
number 1878-9, 1913-5
upgrading of existing beds 99, 1719, 1878
definition of care levels 1916
facilities
capital projects, public-private partnerships 1879-82
closings 1879
food services 1917-8, 1922
regulation 1921-3
staff-patient ratio 1923
transfer of patients from public to private facilities, fees 1915-6
Health, health authorities
accountability 1816
board members, appointment 1816
medical equipment purchases 1731-2
meetings 1817
service delivery
mental health services 2109-10
performance measurement 1957-8
service delivery to rural communities 1818-9
service plans 2108
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects, public-private partnerships 1862-5
cleaning and food services 1917-8, 1922
cleanliness and food standards, audits 2102
privatization of cleaning services 2102-3
Health, health care funding 203, 1722-3
capital funding 1722, 1724-5, 1862
federal funding agreement, allocation of funds 1726-8, 1731, 1733-4
funding for primary care 1812-3
funding for seniors programs and services 1877-8
Health, health care system
accessibility of operating rooms 1739-42
beds, appropriate use of acute-care beds 1744-5, 1784-5, 1913-4
cardiac services, report recommendations 1919-20
chronic disease management, patients with chronic disease and mental illness 2111-2
governance model 1816
government strategy 203
impact of aging population and demographic changes 203-4, 1719-20, 1737
Infoway initiative 1725
medical equipment 1731-2
primary health care, projects 1812-3
primary health care, reforms 1727, 1810-5
private services, access fees in private clinics 1229-30
private services, use for public surgeries 1740
privatization, NDP position 1229-31
report on health care system 1733
service models, multidisciplinary care teams 1812-5
services 1722
services, government priorities 1726-7
services for seniors 1722, 1877-8
supply of health professionals 1742
surgery, provincial surgical services review 1736
travel for treatment and diagnostic services
assistance programs 1876
support for parents of relocated infants, cases 35-6
surgeries 1738
wait-lists and waiting times
central registry 1741
reductions 1719, 1726, 1733-5
surgery wait-lists 204, 1719-20, 1727-8, 1735-40, 1785, 1808-9, 1919-20
surgery wait-lists, elective surgery 1736
website 204, 1738
workers in system 1717
Health Canada, responsibilities for water systems in first nations communities 1397
Health Ministry
estimates debate 1716-20, 1722-45, 1784-5, 1808-25, 1861-82, 1913-23, 1952-61, 2104-15
budget 203, 1716-7, 1722-5
estimates process 2115
goals and responsibilities 1716-20, 1810, 1873-4
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005
debate 1326, 1438-41, 1443-4, 1778-83
definition of "prescribed body that is public in nature" 1780
Hepatitis, prevention and treatment of hepatitis C 1874-5, 2105
Herceptin, role in breast cancer treatment 1724
Home care services, funding 1722, 1728-30
Homelessness, government action 2113
Hospice and palliative care, services 1722
Housing
funding for social and subsidized housing 202
residential care facilities, assisted-living model 202
funding 1879
wait-times 1719
social and subsidized housing, housing for people with mental illness 2112-3
Independent Living B.C., housing program 202, 1718-9
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, responsibilities for water systems in first nations communities 1397
Information and privacy commissioner, role in information-sharing agreements 1780
Interior Health Authority, services 1819-20
Justice system, mentally ill youth in court system 2111
Kootenay area, long-term care beds 1913-5
Legislature, estimates process 1716
Livestock industry, impact of BSE on cattle industry 1869
Lytton, health care services 1818, 1820-1
Manufactured homes, applicability of Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 202
Maximus Inc., government contracts, performance 1332-3, 1872, 2216
Medical Services Plan
funding 1723
service to clients during 1990s 2215-6
Mental health
facilities 1718
funding for services 1718, 1955
government publications 1955, 2109
mental health of children and youth, availability of services, case 34-5
mental health of children and youth, services 1957, 2110-1
mental health plan 2109
mental illness and addiction 1718
accessibility of treatment services 1957-8, 2114
dual diagnosis 1957
funding for treatment services 1954-5
programs and services, delivery 1718, 2109-10
Merritt, health care services 1819-20
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 1722
Mount St. Joseph Hospital, status 459
NDP, position on privatization in health care system 1229-31
Nicola Valley Health Care Centre, services 1819
Nurses
nurse practitioners
collective bargaining 1326, 1438, 1440, 1778
regulation and training 1439-40
role 1439, 1443, 1814
scheduling 1743
supply, number of school spaces 203
supply, recruitment and retention 1718, 1742
training, number of school spaces 1718, 1742
working conditions 1742-3
Omineca Lodge. facility 1880-1
Pacific Blue Cross. coverage of fees in private care facilities 1916
Partnerships B.C., involvement with health care capital projects 1863-5
Pharmacare program
coverage
Alzheimer's disease medication 1953
Botox for dystonia as a result of anti-psychotic drugs 1952
catastrophic drugs 1728-9
Herceptin 1724
Strattera 1952
funding 1723-4
investigation of overprescription of medication 1960-1
Pharmaceutical industry, promotion of prescription drugs 1960-1
Physicians
collaborative practices 1813-5
fee-for-service model 1810-2
supply, number of school spaces 203
supply, recruitment and retention 1718
training, expansion of medical school program 1718
Pickup, Carol, comments on Vancouver Island Health Authority 1816
Privilege
reserving right to respond to point of privilege by John Horgan 1155
Providence Health Care, involvement in planning for future of St. Paul's Hospital 1867-8
Provincial Health Services Authority, role in provision of cardiac services 1919-20
Queen's Park Care Centre, closing of care beds and subacute rehabilitation program 1921
Richmond General Hospital, operating room services 1736, 1738-40
Riverview Hospital
redevelopment project, funding 1723
transfer of patients to other facilities 1958-9
Saanich Peninsula Hospital, service contracts 1918
St. Joseph's General Hospital, need for upgrading 1823-4
St. Paul's Hospital, future of hospital 1867-9
Salmon Arm, seniors facilities 1913-4
Salvation Army, operation of care facilities 1916-8
Seniors
government assistance 569
housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 202, 1730
programs and services, "aging in place" concept 1729-30
Simon Fraser University, health research database 1326, 1441
Substance abuse and addiction
crystal meth, government action on prevention and treatment 2107-8
detox beds 1955-6
funding for treatment services 1955
supervised injection sites, Vancouver project 2104-7
Sunset Lodge, service contracts 1916-8
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on surgery wait-times 1736-7
Surrey, health care services in area 1821-2
Surrey Memorial Hospital
funding and services 1821, 2214-5
report by health authority, release 1821-3, 1865, 2214-5
Tofino General Hospital, status 1877
Vancouver
academic ambulatory care centre 1867
downtown east side, detoxification facilities, referrals 2106-7
downtown east side, illegal drug use and infectious disease 2105-6
mental health care services 2114
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
addiction treatment services 1956
involvement in planning for future of St. Paul's Hospital 1867
Vancouver Esperanza Society, purchase of property 1868
Vancouver Island, health care services on North Island 1811, 1823-4
Vancouver Island Health Authority
accountability 1816-7
budget 1875
cleaning and food services 1917-8
cleaning services 2102
Wheels for Wellness initiative 1876
Victoria General Hospital, rodent issue 2102
Vital statistics
security of data 1725
users of data 1779
Vital Statistics Agency
information-sharing agreements with public bodies 1326, 1440-1, 1443-4, 1779-83
service delivery 1725
theft from offices 1725
Water, protection of water supply, government action 1397
West Coast General Hospital, funding and services 1875-6
Woodlands, site redevelopment 1921
Yale-Lillooet constituency and area, health care services 1819-21
Zion Park Manor, funding 2108
Austin, Robin (Skeena)

As subject
experience as teacher's aide in education system 537-8, 540
family and supporters thanked 181
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 1349-51
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 1132-40
goals and responsibilities 1132
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Kitimat smelter, sale of power 321, 1013
operations 182
Aluminum smelting industry, opportunities in B.C. 182
Aquaculture
applications 1904
industry in B.C. 184
issues 1132-5, 1137-40
regulation 1903-4
salmon aquaculture, proximity with black cod and sable fish aquaculture 1904
site inspections 1903-4
sustainable aquaculture 1903-4
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
economy in northwestern B.C. 181-3
post-secondary education 1349-50
B.C. Coroners Service
coroner's inquests, timeliness 2143
government funding, impact 2143
B.C. Teachers Federation, concerns re education system and funding 1828
Budget debate 180-5
Children
child death review process 1994
child death reviews, incomplete reviews 1712, 1803, 1943, 2099
child protection workers 1589-90
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 1588-90
Children's commissioner, elimination of office, transfer of child death reviews to coroner 1712
Civil Forfeiture Act
debate 1034-5
infringement on civil liberties 1034
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services Ministry, implementation of recommendations 1590
Corporations
responsibilities of corporations 182-3
tax reduction 539
Crime and criminals
forfeiture of proceeds of crime 1035
forfeiture of proceeds of crime, standard of proof, balance of probabilities 1034
white-collar crime 1034-5
Douglas, Vesta, support for community organizations 1226
Education
class size and composition 538, 670-4, 1828-9
education of first nations people, high school completion rate 1991
enrolment levels 671
four-day school week 1828-9
funding 539, 672-3
government policies 537, 539-40, 671-2
learning conditions in classrooms 537-9
learning round table, issues 1828
school libraries 540
special needs students, support in classroom 673, 1828-9
system, privatization 539
Education Ministry, estimates debate 1828-9
Elections
electoral boundaries, size of rural constituencies 1408-9
electoral reform, public debate 183
electoral reform, rural-urban issues 1409
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2005, debate 1408-9
Energy, private power sales in B.C. 321
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 1901-4
ocean component 1902
First nations
experiences in residential schools 539-40
new relationship with government, fund 184-5
Fisheries Renewal B.C., elimination of agency, allocation of funding 1903
Fishing industry
B.C. fisheries strategy 1901-2
fish processing 1902
hake industry 1902
management, ministerial responsibility 1901
Pacific Salmon Forum 1133, 1138
Foster care
foster parents, recruitment 1588-9
guardianship workers 1590
resource workers 1588-9
Gitwangak Indian band, mill operations 184
Harris, Roger, work as MLA 181
Heritage Park Museum, funding 1226
Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development 1828
Humphrey, Dayna, death of son 2099
Jones, Valerie, comments on learning conditions in schools 674
Legislature
number of seats 1408
reforms 183
Literacy, government promotion 539-40, 1350
Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure 183
MacKay, Dennis, comments on rehabilitation of criminals 1035
Martel, Austin, child death case 1943
'Na aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre, education programs 1991
Nelms, Kyle, comments on role of teachers 670-1
Neufeld, Mark, actions during teachers dispute 670-1
Norway, aquaculture conference 1135-7
Oral questions
Alcan power production in Kitimat 1013
Call for independent review of children's deaths 1803
Handling of child death review of Austin Martel 1943
Handling of child death review of Brandon James Seymour 1994, 2099
Handling of child death reviews 2213
Impact of government funding on B.C. Coroners Service 2142
Power sales from Alcan smelter in Kitimat 321
Review of children's deaths by coroner 1712
Oting, Kelsey, comments on learning conditions in schools 674
Post-secondary education
enrolment levels 1349-50
support services for students 1350-1
Resources and resource industries, local processing, social contract concept 182
Rivers and streams, habitat protection and remediation 1903
School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
four-day school week 1828
learning conditions in schools, teachers' comments 537-8, 540, 671-4
special needs students, support in classroom 1828-9
trustee recruitment 673
Seymour, Brandon James, child death case 1994, 2099, 2213
Skeena Cellulose Inc., terms of sale 182
Skeena constituency and area, issues and concerns 181-3
Skeena River, aquaculture sites at mouth of river 1139
Smith, Terry, comments on child death reviews 1712
Society for the Positive Awareness of Aquaculture, funding 1133
Statements by members
'Na aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre 1991
Vesta Douglas 1226
Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee
establishment 184
work of committee 1139-40
Teachers
collective bargaining process, history 671
role 537-8, 540
teacher-librarians 540
wage levels 672
Teachers' Collective Agreement Act, debate 536-40, 670-4
Terrace Child Development Centre, funding 1226
Water, use in hydroelectricity generation 1140

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