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Province of British Columbia
First Session, 38th Parliament – 2005
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 116
- 100 Mile House Free Press, article on development in Birch Lake and Lac des Roches Resort area 975
- Abbotsford, removal of land from agricultural land reserve 1147
- Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 1346-7
- Agricultural Land Commission, issues and operations 748, 1141-4, 1147-9
- Agricultural land reserve
- future and importance of reserve 1697-8
- removal of land from reserve 747-8, 1146
- Agriculture
- financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers 1057
- government plan 1056
- government policy, risk management 1057
- industry in B.C. 747-8, 1698
- local government support 1056
- soil deposition and removal, fill placement 1141-4, 1147
- Agriculture and Lands Ministry
- Allerton Firth, Stacey, recommendations on labour negotiations 467-8, 470
- Amata Transition House, staff comments on funding for women's centres 861
- Bains, Baljit, death at hospital 2214
- Barnston Island
- agricultural activities 1699
- removal of land from agricultural land reserve 1148, 1699
- Bell, Pat, comments on apple farming industry 1054-5
- Belsey, Bill, work on land use planning process 977-80
- Birch Lake, sale of Crown land in area 975-6
- B.C. Court of Appeal, ruling on class size and composition 469
- B.C. Fruit Growers Association, comments on fruit industry 1054-5
- B.C. Institute Against Family Violence, funding 897
- B.C. Liberal Party government, MLAs, former Social Credit Party members 705
- B.C.–Yukon Transition House Society, consultation by government 861
- Budget debate 116-8
- Budgets, 2005-06 budget and update, priorities 117-8
- Canadian agricultural income stabilization program 1057-8
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business, comments on insurance program for agriculture industry 1057-8
- Central Coast land and resource management plan 981
- Charlie, Sherry, review of death, terms of reference 197
- Cities and towns, inner-city initiatives 813-8
- Civil Forfeiture Act
- Community Services Ministry
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 117
- Corporations, tax reduction 118
- Cowan, Gary, position with Fast-Track program 1015
- Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime
- legislation elsewhere 1305
- use of recovered funds 1339-40
- Crown land
- Dhillon, Peter, position with Agricultural Land Commission 1145-6, 1148
- Economy, B.C. economy, federal funding, western diversification fund 816, 818
- Education
- First nations, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 705
- Food industry
- apple farming industry 1054-6
- food production and security 1697-8
- locally produced food 1123
- meat products, inspection and processing regulations 1122-3, 1869-71
- slaughter facilities 1870-1
- impact of new inspection regulations on small producers 1122-3, 1869-71
- Food services industry, access to locally produced food 1123
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd., labour negotiation 467
- Forests and forest industry, forest land reserve 1141
- Fraser Valley, agricultural land issue 748
- Front Counter B.C., services 1000
- Government, policies, impact on women 835-7
- Hagen, Stan, knowledge of terms of reference in review of child death case 197
- Haida Gwaii land and resource management plan 982
- Health Ministry, estimates debate 1869-71, 2108
- Housing, temporary housing and shelters, types and funding 856-8
- Inheritance tax, NDP position 1704
- Jumbo Pass, ski resort development project 976
- Justice system, legal aid, accessibility to women 835-7
- Kwantlen University College, status 1346-7
- Labour
- collective bargaining in private sector 467-8
- labour relations, final-offer selection 470-1
- labour standards, government changes, impact on women 900
- Lac des Roches Resort, sale of Crown land in area 975-6
- Land and Water B.C. Inc.
- sale of Crown land 973-6
- transfer of funding and staff to ministries 972-4
- Land Title and Survey Authority, establishment and operations 983
- Land use
- integrated land management bureau, services 973, 982-3, 999-1001
- land and resource management plans, status 981-2
- land use planning, first nations involvement 982
- land use planning process 976-81
- Lillooet land and resource management plan 981
- Morice land and resource management plan 982
- Motions
- inheritance tax (Motion 28), debate 1704-5
- Murrie, Trevor, comments on soil deposition case 1141
- North Coast land and resource management plan 981
- Oral questions
- Acute care services at Surrey Memorial Hospital 2214-5
- Class size and composition in education system 870-1
- Government role in teachers labour dispute 768
- Hiring of Gary Cowan for Fast-Track program 1015
- Review of death of Sherry Charlie 196-7
- Parliament Buildings, history 116
- Paton, Ian, comments on Agricultural Land Commission board membership 1145-6
- Politics and politicians, democratic left in B.C. 116-7
- Post-secondary education, colleges and university colleges, designation and role 1347
- Private members' statements
- Agricultural land reserve 1697-9
- Prostitution, government assistance for women in sex trade 864
- Ready, Vince, appointment as industrial inquiry commissioner in teachers dispute 704-6
- Richmond
- loss of agricultural land 1697
- soil deposition case 1141, 1143
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- impact of government funding changes 470
- special needs students, number 870-1
- Sea to Sky land and resource management plan 982
- Seniors
- government assistance 118
- programs and services, impact of government policies 1704-5
- Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, enrolment 1346
- Skills training
- apprenticeship system 118
- shortage of skilled workers 118
- trades training for women 863-4, 897
- Soil Conservation Act, status 1142
- Statements by members
- Surrey Food Bank 1546
- Whalley Little League 94
- Stó:lô first nation, history 117
- Stone, Karen, comments on funding for women's centres 861
- Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on removal of provisions from teachers' collective agreement, government action 768
- Surrey
- agriculture industry 1056
- hospital acute care beds in area 2214
- post-secondary education system 1346-7
- Premier's visits 117-8
- transportation infrastructure needs 117
- urban development agreement and forum 813-9
- Surrey Food Bank, operations 1546
- Surrey Memorial Hospital
- funding 117-8
- report by health authority, release 2214-5
- work on facilities and services during 1990s 2215
- Surrey-Whalley constituency and area, issues and concerns 117-8
- Sustainable Resource Management Ministry, transfer of funding and staff to ministries 983
- Taylor, Carole, comments on advertising costs during teachers labour dispute 468
- Teachers
- collective agreement, removal of provisions on class size and composition 706, 768, 870
- collective bargaining process 468-70, 706
- government relationship with teachers 470, 706
- labour dispute in education system 468-9, 471, 705
- Teachers' Collective Agreement Act
- Transition houses
- availability of services 859-60
- funding 838, 856
- funding reapplication process 858-9
- services in other languages 860, 862
- United Nations, committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 835-6
- Vancouver agreement, funding and initiatives 819-20
- Victim assistance, counselling programs 861-2
- Violence, family violence, automatic prosecution 864
- Waste management, contaminated sites, remediation 983
- Weiler, Paul, comments on dispute settlement mechanisms 470-1
- Whalley Little League, achievements 94
- Wills, probate fees 1704
- Wine, B.C. wine authority, establishment 1054
- Women
- employment, re-entry programs 862-3
- pay equity, government action 897-8
- programs and services, impact of government funding and policy changes 900-1
- women's centres 860-1
- women's equality 828-32
- Zion Park Manor, funding 2108
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 105
- Autism, programs and services 1558, 1571
- Budget debate 105-9
- Budgets, 2005-06 budget and update, priorities 106, 108-9
- Childcare Minister of State
- Children
- child care
- capital funding 106, 108
- facilities with features for special needs children 1585-6
- funding, allocation of federal funding, consultation 1570-1, 1573-84, 1586-7
- funding, federal agreement 108
- licensed child care 1585
- opportunities and partnerships 107, 1584-5
- subsidies, threshold 106-8
- supported child care, funding 1572
- early childhood development
- programs and services for children and families 106-9
- Children and Family Development Ministry
- Education
- preschool education 1583, 1586
- schools, use of school buildings for child care 1571-2
- Elliot, Diana, work with first nations children 107
- Families, government support 106, 108
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, treatment and services 107, 1571
- First nations, early childhood development 107
- Gordon, Mary, work with children commended 108
- Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development 1583
- Kennedy, Theresa, fundraising for genetic research 1651
- Libraries, funding 108
- Literacy, government promotion 107-8
- Morley, Jane, report on early childhood development and child care 1587
- Provincial Child Care Council, role 1579
- Roots of Empathy program 108
- Science and technology
- life sciences industry, patents 109
- research and development in B.C. 109
- Seeds of Empathy program 108
- Tourism Richmond, activities 108
- Tributes
- Waddington, Ashley, autism case 1558
Richmond, Hon. Claude (Kamloops)
- Disabled and handicapped persons, employment programs 2040-1, 2052-3
- Education, adult basic education 2045
- Employment and Income Assistance Ministry
- estimates debate 2040-65
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 2040-1
- Employment and unemployment
- Forests and forest industry, current conditions 851-2
- Health, public health, bedbug infestations 2057
- Homelessness
- causes of homelessness 2058
- government initiatives 2058-9
- Housing, social and subsidized housing, provincial housing strategy 2057-8
- Income
- low-income families, programs 2041, 2056
- low-income rate in B.C. 2054
- Income assistance
- accessibility for homeless persons 2051-2
- benefits
- budget 2041
- eligibility, number of ineligible applicants 2060
- eligibility, two-year financial independence test 2049
- employment programs 2042-6
- recipients
- designation as person with persistent multiple barriers 2060-1
- number 2041, 2046
- transition to employment 2045-6
- service delivery 2064-5
- Income assistance, disability benefits
- administrators' rulings and physicians' orders 2062-3
- application process 2061-2
- benefit amount 2040, 2055
- eligibility 2061
- employment programs and services 2040, 2052-3
- evaluation of requests for assistance 567
- medical benefits 2063-4
- volunteer supplement 2056
- Kamloops, economy 68
- Kamloops Rube Band, activities 1071-2
- Motions
- B.C.'s military veterans (Motion 34), debate 1071-2
- North Island constituency and area, employment issues 2050
- Poverty
- child poverty in B.C. 2212
- reduction 2213
- Seniors
- housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 2041
- income supplement 2041
- Southern interior development initiative trust 851-2
- Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 851-2
- Vancouver, downtown east side, social services initiatives in area 2041
- War, contributions of B.C. veterans 1071-2
Robertson, Gregor (Vancouver-Fairview)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 238
- vision for B.C. 239
- Advanced Education Ministry
- Agricultural land reserve, activities on reserve lands, oil and gas activities 2127-8
- Agriculture, family farms 358
- Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 1052-4
- Annan, Kofi, comments on World Trade University 1420
- Arts and culture, government support 241
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., economic development in north and central coast, government initiative 399, 1053-4
- BCcampus
- B.C. Innovation Council, operations 1458-9
- B.C. Liberal Party, donations from business sector 238
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- actions since 2001 election 300
- allocation of federal funding 240
- priorities 240
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, negotiations for collective agreement 599-600
- Broughton Archipelago Park, area 1450
- Budget debate 238-41
- Budgets, 2005-06 budget and update
- Business, small business
- government assistance 357-8
- incentives 240
- Campaign Finance Reform Act, debate 1985-7
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions on political speech 1986
- Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, funding of student financial assistance programs 1427-8
- Central Coast land and resource management plan 1052-3
- Charlie, Sherry
- kith-and-kin agreement 146
- review of death, terms of reference 196
- Children
- child care, toxic substances in facilities 2097
- exposure to toxic substances 2097
- Climate change, government action 238-9
- Corporations, tax reduction 238, 240, 357
- Economic Development Ministry, estimates debate 399, 437-8, 441
- Economy
- B.C. economy, challenges 357
- B.C. economy, sustainable economy 300
- restorative economy 239-41, 357
- Education
- adult basic education 1456-7
- class size and composition 598-600, 869
- funding 599
- government policies 600
- schools, toxic substances in schools 2097
- special needs students, number 870
- Elections
- campaign financing, reform 241, 1985-7
- May 2005 general election, results 238
- Energy
- alternative energy sources 2132-3
- conservation and efficiency 2133
- Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 2125, 2127-8, 2132-3
- Environment
- human impact 239
- pollution standards 241
- Finance Ministry, estimates debate 1972-3
- First nations, economic development, funding 1053-4
- Foster care, kith-and-kin agreement guidelines 146
- Government, cost of education advertising 412
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line
- costs 1282-4
- impact on Cambie area 866
- public consultation by government 241
- Hagen, Stan, knowledge of terms of reference in review of child death case 196
- Health, healthy lifestyles 241
- High-technology industry in B.C., development and growth 1696
- Housing, affordable housing 240
- Industry, sustainability 240
- Institute of Indigenous Government, facilities 1452
- Labour, collective bargaining in B.C. 599
- Land use, ecosystem-based management 1052-3
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2005, debate 1450
- NDP, performance as government, support for high-technology industry 1696
- Oil and gas, offshore drilling, government action, offshore oil and gas team 2132
- Oil and Gas Commission, role in land use decisions on agricultural land 2127-8
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, construction projects, environmental sustainability 866
- Oral questions
- Class size and composition in education system 869-70
- Government action on shortage of skilled workers 1805
- Government advertising on education 412
- Kith-and-kin agreement guidelines 146
- Review of death of Sherry Charlie 196
- Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 1457-8
- Post-secondary education
- affordability 357-8
- distance learning, on-line learning 1431-4
- education of first nations people, funding and programs 1452
- enrolment levels 1430
- international students 1451
- role in economy 240
- scholarships and bursaries 1425-6, 1429-30
- student debt 1428-9
- student financial assistance 1424-8, 1428-31
- student spaces, graduate student spaces 1457
- student spaces, new spaces 1423-5
- tuition fees 240, 1344-5
- Post-secondary education, funding
- federal funding, allocation 1422
- operating grants, additional funding 1422-3
- priorities 1456
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- boards of governors, international student participation 1451
- colleges and university colleges, designation and role 1453
- faculty, collective bargaining process 1455-6, 1972-3
- faculty, recruitment and retention 1456
- Pritchard, Natalie, comments on recruitment of teachers 601
- Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2005, debate 357-8
- Robertson, Patrick, comments on teacher morale 601
- School district 39 (Vancouver), media release on collective agreement legislation 600-1
- Science and technology
- environmental technologies, development of industry in B.C. 441
- research and development, investment in B.C. 1458-9
- Secwepemc Cultural Education Society, funding 1452
- Skills training
- access to trades training, student spaces and wait-lists 437-8
- apprenticeship, completion rate 358, 438, 1805
- funding for short-term programs 1428
- shortage of skilled workers 357, 1805
- training programs, certification, Red Seal 438
- Statements by members
- Environmental sustainability of 2010 Olympic Winter Games construction projects 866
- Exposure of children to toxic substances 2097
- Taxation, targeted tax reductions 240, 358
- Teachers
- collective bargaining process 598-600
- labour dispute in education system, government handling 869-70
- morale 601
- role 598
- special education teachers 870
- supply and recruitment 601
- teacher-librarians 600
- Teachers' Collective Agreement Act, debate 598-601
- Terasen Gas Inc., sale to Kinder Morgan 241
- Thompson Rivers University
- Transit services, funding for public transit 241
- Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 1282-4
- United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, recommendations for World Trade University 1420
- Vancouver
- city council work on urban environment 241
- homelessness 240
- Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area, description and issues 240-1
- Wong, Alan, media release on collective agreement legislation 600-1
- World Trade University, establishment 1420, 1627-30
- World Trade University Canada Establishment Act, debate 1420, 1627-30
Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)
- As subject
- work on agriculture plan (Bell) 971, 1056
- Agriculture
- government plan 748
- industry in B.C., development 747-9
- industry in B.C., impact of anti-dumping orders 764
- small business in agriculture 747
- B.C., pioneers, philanthropy 1226
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments and goals 294-5, 322
- Budget debate 294-5, 322
- Budgets, 2005-06 budget and update
- Business, small business round table 747
- Children, programs and services for children and families, funding 64
- Delta Hospital, services 295
- Delta South constituency and area, issues 322
- Education, government strategy 294
- Emergency preparedness and management system 310
- Employment, job creation in B.C. 295
- Environment, sustainable environmental management 295
- Fires and firefighters, health and safety risks to firefighters 1487
- Food industry, promotion of locally grown food 764-5
- Fraser Valley, flood risk 310
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, parking site tax 793-4
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2005, debate 793-4
- Hurricane Katrina, Canadian assistance in aftermath of hurricane 309-10
- MacMillan family, philanthropy 1226
- Motions
- Canadian assistance in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Motion 5), debate 309-10
- Private members' statements
- Agriculture business 747-9
- Statements by members
- Government services for children 64
- MacMillan family philanthropy 1226
- Trade issues for B.C. agriculture 764-5
- Violence against women 2211
- Violence against women, prevention 2211
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 295
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2005, debate 1487
Routley, Doug (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 45
- family experience in education system 533, 535-6, 697, 700
- role as MLA 46-7
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, sale of properties 1379
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, devolution of housing stock to province 1267
- Coleman, Rich, comments on social housing 1380
- The Economist, article on homelessness in Vancouver 1380
- Education
- funding 533-5, 1840-1
- funding, reductions for special needs students 698-9
- government policies 46, 533-6, 698-700, 919, 1840-2
- learning conditions in classrooms 533, 535
- parental involvement in education system 1842
- school boards and districts, costs 533-4, 699, 919
- school closings 1842
- school planning councils 1842
- Education Ministry, estimates debate 1840-2
- Elections, May 2005 general election, results 699-700
- Ferries and ferry services, Pacific Marine Circle Route, funding for initiative 851
- First nations, friendship centres, funding and role 2211
- Forests and forest industry, mill closings, government announcements and actions 1329-30
- Forests and Range Ministry
- Government
- impact of government policies 45-7
- privatization of public services 47
- Group homes
- Homelessness
- Homes B.C. program 1261
- Housing
- rental housing, affordable rental housing 1380
- rental housing, rent supplements 1257, 1259-61, 1265, 1380
- residential care facilities, assisted-living model, funding 1251
- residential care facilities, assisted-living units 1267
- social and subsidized housing 131-3
- temporary housing and shelters, funding 1248, 1265
- Independent Living B.C.
- Legislature, role 46-7
- Manufactured homes
- applicability of Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 1259
- use by seniors 131-2
- Motions
- conversion of public buildings to social housing (Motion 70), debate 1379-81
- North island–coast development initiative trust, tax exemptions 930
- North Island–Coast Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 927, 930
- Oral questions
- Government response to teachers labour dispute 869
- Government support for social housing 567-8
- Impact of government policies on education system 918-9
- Potential closing of mills in B.C. 1329-30
- Private members' statements
- School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
- funding for special needs students 534
- letter to Gordon Campbell on teachers' collective bargaining 536
- Seniors
- housing 131-3
- housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 1248, 1257-8
- Southern interior development initiative trust 850-1
- Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 850-1
- Sports, footsala 1225-6
- Statements by members
- First nations footsala team 1225-6
- Friendship centres 2211
- Youth homelessness 1463
- Teachers
- collective bargaining process, history 533-6
- collective bargaining process, review 698
- government relationship with teachers 697, 700
- labour dispute in education system, government handling 869
- number in education system 698
- Teachers' Collective Agreement Act, debate 533-6, 697-700
- Throne speech debate 45-7
- Vancouver, homelessness 1379-80
- Vancouver Island, funding for economic development initiatives 851
- Welfare
- social programs and services, government funding for non-profit organizations 46
- support system for vulnerable persons 45-6
Rustad, John (Prince George–Omineca)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 42
- Agriculture, Project Agriculture school program 43
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., health care services
- cancer care in northern B.C. 2097
- magnetic resonance imaging services for central interior 915
- Cancer, treatment services 2097
- Communities, participation of citizens 1975
- Democracy
- fight for freedom and democracy 1327
- renewal of democracy 1975-6
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and past conditions 42
- Education
- funding 43
- parental involvement in education system 44
- schools, use of closed school buildings 1381-2
- Elections
- electoral boundaries, size of rural constituencies 1407
- electoral reform
- citizens' assembly 1975-7
- citizens' assembly, work of assembly 1406-7
- motivation for reform 1975
- public debate 45, 1406-8
- electoral systems
- first-past-the-post system 1975
- single transferable vote system 1406-7
- referendum on electoral system for B.C. 1406
- voter participation 45, 1327, 1406-7, 1975-7
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2005, debate 1406-8
- Endako Mines Ltd., operations 42
- Environment, sustainable environmental management 44
- Fires and firefighters, workers compensation for firefighters with cancer, coverage for volunteer and part-time firefighters 1859
- Forests and forest industry
- high-technology equipment 1546
- mountain pine beetle control 808-9
- Fort St. James, economy 42
- Fraser Lake, economy 42-3
- Government, minority governments 1407
- Health
- continuing and long-term care beds 1072
- government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 44
- Housing
- government strategy 1381
- social and subsidized housing 1381-2
- temporary housing and shelters, funding 1381
- Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine reopening 142-3
- Information and Privacy Commissioner Special Selection Committee, report presented 2218
- Inheritance tax 1702
- Jago, Charles, work 44
- John A. Brink Trades and Technology Centre, opening 1546
- Literacy, government promotion 44
- Loukidelis, David, reappointment as information and privacy commissioner 2218
- Mines and mining industry, government support 42-3
- Motions
- conversion of public buildings to social housing (Motion 70), debate 1381-2
- inheritance tax (Motion 28), debate 1701-2
- Nechako River, cold water release project 44
- Northern development initiative trust
- accountability 808
- local decision-making 809
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2005, debate 808-9
- Omineca Lodge, opening 45
- Prince George, economy in area 42-3
- Prince George Regional Hospital, magnetic resonance imaging services 915
- Private members' statements
- School district 57 (Prince George)
- closed schools, use of buildings 1381-2
- funding and services 43-4
- Science and technology, applied sciences and technology in B.C. 1546
- Seniors
- Simpson, Bob, comments on Mount Polley mine reopening 142
- Sports centre in northern B.C. 44
- Statements by members
- Cancer care in northern B.C. 2097
- Democracy 1327
- Mount Polley mine 142-3
- MRI scanning services in central interior B.C. 915
- Science and technology in B.C. 1546
- Throne speech debate 41-5
- University of Northern B.C., programs 44
- Vanderhoof, economy 43
- Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 45
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2005, debate 1859
- Yekooche Indian band, agreement-in-principle with government 45
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