P3s See Capital projects, public-private partnerships
under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Facilities, capital projects
under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Projects, public-private partnerships
under Transportation
Pace Group Communications Inc.
Pacific Blue Cross
- Coverage of fees in private care facilities (Abbott) 1916 (Conroy) 1914-5
Pacific centre for social innovation
- Establishment and priorities (Throne speech) 5-6
Pacific gateway initiative See Transportation
Pacific Marine Circle Route See Ferries and ferry services
Pacific Place mine
Pacific region See Asia-Pacific region
under Asia
Pacific Salmon Forum See Fishing industry
Pakistan
- Earthquake See Earthquake in South Asia under Asia
Palliative care See Hospice and palliative care
Pandemics See Health – Public health
Paramedics See Ambulance service
Parent advisory councils See Education
Parents See Families
Park rangers See Parks
Parker, Christopher
- Comments on teacher workload (Fleming) 427
Parks
- Access, passes for disabled persons (Penner) 1906 (Wyse) 1906
- Boundary change process (Penner) 1469
- Campgrounds, fees (Penner) 1906-7 (Wyse) 1906
- Changes to existing parks and protected areas (Krog) 1469 (Oppal) 1418 (Penner) 1469
- Expansion of park system (Penner) 1675, 1884
- Forest recreation sites, ministerial responsibility (Coleman) 1094, 1096-7 (Ilich) 1640, 1642 (Simons) 1642 (Simpson, B.) 1094, 1096-7
- Funding (Simpson, S.) 111
- Infrastructure and services (Penner) 1892
- Lodges in parks (Penner) 1900-1 (Simpson, S.) 1900-1
- Marine protected areas, invasive species (Penner) 1887 (Simpson, S.) 1887
- Marine protected areas, issues (Penner) 1884-7 (Simpson, S.) 1884-7
- Mining in parks (Krog) 1469 (Penner) 1450, 1469-70
- Park rangers, number and responsibilities (Penner) 1894-6 (Simpson, S.) 1894-6
- Planning process (Penner) 1900-1 (Simpson, S.) 1900-1
- Privatization and development in parks, petition tabled (Simpson, S.) 2216
- Satisfaction survey of park users (Penner) 1892
- Staffing levels (Penner) 1893-6 (Simpson, S.) 111, 1893-6
- User fees (Fraser) 1910 (Penner) 1910
Parks, Rosa
Parksville, B.C. See also Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area
- Seniors' issues (Cantelon) 17-8
- Sporting events in area (Cantelon) 17
Parksville Golden Oldies Sports Association
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
- Douglas Fir Room, televising of proceedings (Chair) 362
- History (Ralston) 116
Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Select Standing Committee on
- First report of first session of 38th parliament tabled (Horning) 1334
- Membership (de Jong) 149
Partnership Act
Partnerships See Business; particular entities or groups
Partnerships B.C.
- Involvement with health care capital projects (Abbott) 1863-5 (Cubberley) 1863 (Gentner) 1865-7, 1969-72 (Taylor) 1969-72
- Involvement with inland ferry services (Coons) 1209 (Falcon) 1209
- Involvement with Site C project (Gentner) 2192 (Kwan) 2173 (Taylor) 2173
- Operations (Gentner) 1972 (Taylor) 1972
Passing the Fire initiative See Volunteers and volunteer sector
Patents
- Commercialization and patents in biotechnology and life sciences industry See Life sciences industry under Science and technology
Paths and Pathfinders
- Women's organization (Hawes) 1328
Paton, Ian
- Comments on Agricultural Land Commission board membership (Bell) 1145 (Ralston) 1145-6
Pattullo Bridge
Pay equity See Women
Peace River area
- Issues re proximity to Alberta (Lekstrom) 165
- Power generation on river, Site C project (Gentner) 2192-3 (Kwan) 2173 (Neufeld) 2192-3 (Simpson, S.) 758 (Taylor) 2173
- Road infrastructure (Lekstrom) 163
Pearse, Peter
- Report on coastal forest industry in B.C. See Coastal forest industry, need for restructuring, Pearse report under Forest industry
Pemberton, B.C.
Penner, Wally
- Work with Kootenay regional advisory committee (Evans) 853
Pensions
- System, history (Hammell) 304-5
- System, impact of aging population (Sultan) 304
Personal statements by members
- Oppal, Hon. Wally (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Monitoring of sex offender in Merritt area 896
PET scan services See Health – Health care system
Petitions
- Alcohol, government liquor stores in Kamloops (Lali) 100
- Aquaculture, open-net fish farm moratorium (Coons) 1946-7
- Cheakamus River, environmental protection of watershed (McIntyre) 2217
- Child care, playground equipment policy for licensed child care (Cantelon) 2216
- Drugs, inclusion of Alzheimer drugs on provincial drug formulary (Yap) 2216
- Education
- support for teachers and repeal of legislation (Thorne) 1232
- teachers dispute and public education (Coons) 872
- Energy, Vancouver Island transmission reinforcement project (Coell) 1399
- Ferry services, Mill Bay service privatization (Coons) 1946
- Fishing industry, employment insurance for fishers (Coons) 2216
- Fuel, gasoline prices (McIntyre) 2217
- Land use, land and resource management plan process in Maurice Creek area (MacKay) 198
- Parks
- changes to Columbia Lake Park (Macdonald) 198
- privatization and development in parks (Simpson, S.) 2216
- Taxation, elimination of marriage licence tax (Polak) 1399
- Telus Corporation, labour dispute (Puchmayr) 1232
- Terasen Gas, sale to Kinder Morgan (Simpson, B.) 872
- Transportation infrastructure, twinning of Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion (Chudnovsky) 1947
- Water utilities, sale of Breakwater Enterprises operation to EPCOR North Island Water Inc. (Fraser) 322
- Women, funding for women's centres (Sultan) 2216
Petter, Andrew
Pharmacare program
- Coverage
- Alzheimer's disease medication (Abbott) 1953 (Wyse) 1953
- Botox for dystonia as a result of anti-psychotic drugs (Abbott) 1952 (Wyse) 1952
- catastrophic drugs (Abbott) 1728-9 (Cubberley) 1727-9
- Herceptin (Abbott) 1724 (Cubberley) 1723
- Strattera (Abbott) 1952 (Wyse) 1952
- Funding (Abbott) 1723-4 (Cubberley) 1723
- Investigation of overprescription of medication (Abbott) 1960-1 (Wyse) 1960
Pharmaceutical industry See also Prescription drugs
under Drugs
- Promotion of prescription drugs (Abbott) 1960-1 (Cubberley) 1960
Physical fitness See Health – Public health
Physicians
- Collaborative practices (Abbott) 1813-5 (Cubberley) 1813-5
- Fee-for-service model (Abbott) 1810-2 (Cubberley) 1810-1
- General practitioners, availability (Cubberley) 1376 (Mayencourt) 1375-6
- General practitioners, role (Cubberley) 1811
- Supply
- number of school spaces (Abbott) 203 (Bennett) 211 (Coell) 267
- recruitment and retention (Abbott) 1718 (Bond) 250-1 (MacKay) 1061 (Mayencourt) 1375
- recruitment of foreign-trained physicians (Cubberley) 1376 (Farnworth) 395-6 (Hansen) 395-6 (Mayencourt) 1375-7
- Training, expansion of medical school program (Abbott) 1718 (Coell) 1458 (Robertson) 1457-8
Pickup, Carol
- Comments on Vancouver Island Health Authority (Abbott) 1816 (Cubberley) 1815
- Work in politics (Karagianis) 1709
Pine beetle See Mountain pine beetle
under Forests and forest industry
Pinecone Lake Provincial Park
- Access to park (Thorne) 255
Pipelines See Gas and oil pipelines
under Oil and gas
Pirani, Shafique
- Work with Ugandan children (Nuraney) 1079
Pitt Meadows, B.C. See Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
Pitt River Bridge
Placer mining See Mines and mining industry
Planes, Frank
- Military service (Horgan) 1070-1
Plant, Geoff
- Work as Attorney General (Krog) 1594 (Oppal) 1592
Plants
Poets Cove Resort and Spa, Pender Island, B.C.
- Archaeological site (Ilich) 1646 (Simons) 1646
Points of order
- de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford–Mount Lehman)
- Member not to accuse Labour Minister of misleading the House 1085
- Members not to mention presence or absence of another member in House 276
- Notice to House of continuation of sitting 589
- Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- Members not to use BlackBerrys during question period 1468
- Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- Member moved adjournment of debate 1386
- Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
- Apology for misattributed quote 642
- Members not to accuse opposition of misleading the House 303
- Unparliamentary language used in House 776
- Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)
- Members not to misquote other members 887
Police and policing See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Amalgamation and integration of services
- integrated force for organized crime (Coleman) 1030-1
- integrated homicide unit (Coleman) 1031 (Les) 21
- integrated sexual predator operations team (Coleman) 1031 (Les) 21
- integrated traffic unit (Les) 1631
- integrated units (Brar) 1636 (Les) 1636
- Attendance at court proceedings (Krog) 1610 (Oppal) 1610
- Funding for police services
- allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services (Brar) 951, 1634-6 (Chong) 48 (Coleman) 1032 (Hayer) 115 (Les) 21, 1634-6
- funding (Coleman) 56, 1030-3 (Hayer) 115 (Les) 1632 (Whittred) 1089
- funding for small communities (Chong) 726 (Les) 1637 (Macdonald) 726, 1637-8
- services in interior B.C. (Conroy) 340
- Information management, PRIME-BC system (Les) 21, 1637
- Initiatives and tools (Black) 1037 (Coleman) 1030-3 (Farnworth) 1037-40 (Karagianis) 1087 (Les) 1631-2 (Sultan) 999 (Whittred) 1090
- National gang task force (Coleman) 1031
- Street racing prevention activities (Yap) 1065
- Use of Tasers (Brar) 1637 (Les) 1637
- Work of police officers (Coleman) 1033-4
Police complaint commissioner
- Annual report, 2004, tabled (Speaker) 28
Politics and politicians
- Advertising by government See Advertising and announcements under Government
- Campaign financing See Elections
- Democratic left in B.C. (Ralston) 116-7
- Politics in B.C. (Fleming) 1372 (McIntyre) 1371-3
- Polling, government polling of public (Horgan) 1936 (Taylor) 1936
Polling See Elections; Politics and politicians
Pope and Talbot Inc.
Port Alberni, B.C.
Port Alice, B.C.
Port Alice Specialty Cellulose Inc. See Future of pulp mill
under Port Alice, B.C.
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
- Crime rate (Farnworth) 1037
- Population growth (Farnworth) 1415
Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
- Description and electoral boundaries (Farnworth) 1415
- Property expropriation in Burke Mountain area (Chong) 827 (Farnworth) 826-7
Port Hardy Secondary School, Port Hardy, B.C.
Port Mann Bridge
Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area
- Description and history (Black) 257-9
- Issues and concerns (Black) 259
- Police services (Black) 1035
- Transportation infrastructure needs (Black) 259
Port Theatre, Nanaimo, B.C.
Ports
Positive Awareness of Aquaculture See Society for the Positive Awareness of Aquaculture
Post-secondary education See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training
- Affordability (Fleming) 1693 (Robertson) 357-8
- Credits and transfer system (Coell) 267, 1343
- Distance learning, on-line learning (Coell) 1342, 1348, 1431-4 (Robertson) 1431-4 (Trevena) 1348
- Education of first nations people, funding and programs (Coell) 267, 1343, 1350, 1425, 1452-3 (Robertson) 1452
- Enrolment levels (Austin) 1349-50 (Coell) 1350, 1430 (Robertson) 1430
- Funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
- Government strategy (Bloy) 301 (Coell) 265-8, 1341-3 (Les) 20-1 (Macdonald) 122-3 (Thorpe) 100
- Graduates, employment opportunities (Coell) 267
- History and development in B.C. (Coell) 1340
- International education (Coell) 267, 1343
- International students See Students, international students below under this main heading
- Need (Lali) 475
- Research funding (Karagianis) 1074
- Role in economy (Robertson) 240
- Student debt (Coell) 1428 (Robertson) 1428-9
- Student financial assistance
- Student spaces, graduate student spaces (Coell) 1457 (Robertson) 1457
- Student spaces, new spaces (Coell) 266-7, 1342, 1346, 1423-5 (Robertson) 1423-5
- Students, international students (Coell) 1451 (Robertson) 1451 (Yap) 1941
- Tuition fees (Brar) 236-7 (Campbell) 2038-9 (Coell) 266, 1341, 1344-5, 1349 (James) 2037-9 (Kwan) 235, 346 (Macdonald) 1349 (Robertson) 240, 1344-5 (Trevena) 1349 (Yap) 155-6
Post-secondary education – Funding
Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Boards of governors, international student participation (Coell) 1451 (Robertson) 1451
- Colleges and university colleges, designation and role (Bains) 1454-5 (Coell) 1347, 1435, 1453-5 (Ralston) 1347 (Robertson) 1453 (Simpson, B.) 1435
- Faculty, collective bargaining process (Coell) 1455-6 (Robertson) 1455-6, 1972-3 (Taylor) 1973
- Faculty, recruitment and retention (Coell) 1456 (Robertson) 1456
- Hazing prevention policies (Simons) 1060
- New facilities and student spaces (Bloy) 242
- Private institutions (Coell) 267
- Private institutions, contribution to student training completion fund (de Jong) 1470 (Oppal) 1418
- Support services for students (Austin) 1350-1 (Coell) 1350-1
Poverty
- Child poverty, impact of government policies (Chouhan) 765 (Dix) 2212 (Sather) 2213
- Child poverty in B.C. (Richmond) 2212 (Sather) 2212
- Incidence in B.C., government action (Simpson, S.) 110-1
- Reduction (Richmond) 2213
Poverty and Human Rights Centre
- Report on child care funding (Thorne) 1573
Powell River Farmers Institute
- Comments on meat inspection regulations (Bell) 1128
Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area
- Description (Simons) 156-7
- Issues and concerns (Simons) 157-8
- Land use plan for area (Bell) 1129 (Simons) 1129
- Mining application in area (Simons) 2136-7
- Need for land and resource management plan for Sunshine Coast area (Simons) 157
- Role of ferry system (Simons) 158, 1295
- Slaughter facilities, impact of new inspection regulations on small producers (Bell) 1128-9 (Simons) 1127-9
- Watershed management agreement See Sechelt Indian Nation
Power See Energy
Premier, Office of the
Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues
Premier's Task Force on Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addictions
Preschool education See Education
Pressy Lake road See Transportation infrastructure
under Cariboo area
Price, Carey
- Achievements in hockey (Wyse) 142
Prince George, B.C.
- Air quality monitoring (Penner) 1883
- Economy and economic development in area (Bell) 84 (Rustad) 42-3
- Forest industry, value-added operations (Coleman) 1199
- Forest licences in area, consultation with first nations (Coleman) 1195-6 (Simpson, B.) 1195
- Housing, social housing (Coleman) 1265
- Seniors centre (Bond) 251
Prince George Regional Hospital, Prince George, B.C.
- Magnetic resonance imaging services (Rustad) 915
Prince George school district See School district 57 (Prince George)
Prince George–Mount Robson constituency and area
- Description (Bond) 248
- Government funding for victims of domestic violence (Bond) 251
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Prince Rupert Secondary School, Prince Rupert, B.C.
- Learning conditions in school, teachers' comments (Coons) 646-7
Princeton, B.C.
Pritchard, Natalie
- Comments on recruitment of teachers (Robertson) 601
Privacy
Private Career Training Institutions Act
Private members' statements
- Black, Iain (Port Moody–Westwood)
- The importance of the high-tech industry 1695-7 (Robertson) 1696
- Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)
- The power of a strong economy 299-301 (Robertson) 300
- Brar, Jagrup (Surrey–Panorama Ridge)
- Chudnovsky, David (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Authentic assessment of students 1977-9 (Lee) 1978
- Cubberley, David (Saanich South)
- Fleming, Rob (Victoria-Hillside)
- Gentner, Guy (Delta North)
- Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge–Mission)
- Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)
- Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- Lali, Harry (Yale-Lillooet)
- McIntyre, Joan (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)
- Balanced approach to politics in B.C. 1371-3 (Fleming) 1372
- MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
- International medical graduates 1375-7 (Cubberley) 1376
- Polak, Mary (Langley)
- Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
- Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)
- Routley, Doug (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
- Rustad, John (Prince George–Omineca)
- Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)
- Mountain pine beetle and forest health 297-9 (MacKay) 298
- Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)
- Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)
- Yap, John (Richmond-Steveston)
Privatization See Government; particular entities and services
Privilege
- Abbott, Hon. George (Shuswap)
- Reserving right to respond to point of privilege by John Horgan 1155
- Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)
- Reserving right to raise matter respecting comments by Stan Hagen and Wally Oppal 253
- Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- Reserving right to raise matter of privilege 1398
- Fleming, Rob (Victoria-Hillside)
- Comments by Daniel Jarvis on inheritance tax 1705-6
- Horgan, John (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)
- Comments by Michael de Jong on role of Vince Ready in teachers labour dispute, debate (Horgan) 1155 (de Jong) 1187-8; ruling 1232-3
- Reserving right to raise matter respecting comments by Michael de Jong 1085
- Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)
- Reserving right to raise matter respecting statements made in question period 1675
Probate fees See Wills
Project Remember initiative See Royal Canadian Legion
Property
- Expropriation by municipalities for rights-of-way (Chong) 827 (Farnworth) 826-7
- Private property, oil and gas activities on private property (Neufeld) 2128-30 (Simpson, S.) 2128-30
- Property crime See Crime and criminals; particular locations
Property Assessment Appeal Board
- Annual report, 2004, tabled (Thorpe) 232
Property tax
- Assessments and appeals (Thorpe) 506
Prorogation address 2223
Prostitution
- Government assistance for women in sex trade (Chong) 864 (Ralston) 864
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act
Providence Health Care
- Involvement in planning for future of St. Paul's Hospital (Abbott) 1867-8 (Gentner) 1868
- Legacy project (Kwan) 459
Provincial Capital Commission
- Financial reporting (Fleming) 1649 (Ilich) 1649
Provincial Child Care Council
Provincial Health Services Authority
- Role in provision of cardiac services (Abbott) 1919-20 (Hawkins) 1918-9
Provincial Rental Housing Corporation
Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on
- Membership (de Jong) 149
- Powers (de Jong) 412-3
- Referral of reports to committee (de Jong) 412-3
Public affairs bureau
Public debt
- Debt management (Bell) 83 (Hayer) 115 (Taylor) 1925
- Debt repayment levels, impact on funding for social services (Lekstrom) 163, 166
- Paydown of debt (Krueger) 289 (Mayencourt) 173
Public guardian and trustee
- Annual report, 2004-05, tabled (Oppal) 872
Public health See Health – Public health
Public safety See Safety
Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities (Les) 1631-3
- Budget (Brar) 1633 (Les) 1633
- Gaming policy and enforcement branch (Brar) 1672 (Les) 1632-3, 1672
- Liquor control and licensing branch (Les) 1632
Public sector/public service See Civil service
Public Service Act
Public Service Agency See British Columbia Public Service Agency; Civil service
Public transit See Transit services
Public-private partnerships See Capital projects
under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Facilities, capital projects
under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Partnerships
under Business; Projects
under Transportation
Publishing industry
- Book publishing, tax credit program (Ilich) 1647
Pulp and paper industry See Pulp and paper sector
under Forests and forest industry
Punjabi Canadian Roots Club
Punjabi language education See Language education
under Education
Putman, Robert
- Comments on community participation (Dix) 130
- Comments on social capital (Hogg) 129-31