BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Member entries), Second Session, 38th Parliament

Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Vancouver–Point Grey)

As subject

accomplishments as Premier (Krueger) 2420-1

advocacy for federal post-secondary education funding (Coell) 3974 (Robertson) 3974

comments on issues

accessibility of government information (Dix) 3016 (James) 4916, 5090 (Simpson, S.) 3086

autonomy of local government (Macdonald) 4752, 4824

campaign statements on support for children (Dix) 4963, 4965 (Kwan) 4984 (Simpson, S.) 4978

comments while in opposition on support for children (Austin) 4970 (James) 4977 (Kwan) 4983

government accountability (James) 3389 (Kwan) 5179-80 (Simpson, S.) 5235

health care costs (Dix) 5248

spirit bear as Olympic mascot (Sather) 4002-3

commitment to first nations issues (de Jong) 5124 (Karagianis) 5052

family experience (Krueger) 3169

leadership (McIntyre) 2579

letter to B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association while in opposition (Lali) 5015

letter to Stephen Harper on softwood lumber agreement (Coleman) 4182-3, 4189, 4255 (Dix) 4188-9 (Farnworth) 4182 (Simpson, B.) 4182-3, 4255

performance as Premier (Coons) 2578

position on issues

Canada Health Act (Polak) 2251

Nisga'a treaty (Ralston) 4441

North American Free Trade Agreement 4927

privatization of health care system (Dix) 5249

recommendations of commission of inquiry into child protection services (James) 5126

softwood lumber agreement (Farnworth) 4182 (Simpson, B.) 4182

role in development of Vancouver's Punjabi Market (Hayer) 4422

role in Kelowna accord (Christensen) 4445

statements on B.C. Liberal Party government policies (Coons) 5189, 5192

visits to Surrey (de Jong) 4127 (Ralston) 4127

Air, greenhouse gas emission targets 4846, 4875

Airports, infrastructure investment 4934

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, opening to oil and gas development, B.C. position 4926

Auditor General, budget 4916

Border infrastructure program, federal funding 4933-4

B.C. Ferry Services Inc., application of freedom-of-information legislation to agency 4919

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, work of tribunal 3086

B.C. Liberal Party government

accomplishments 4831-3

goals 4833

goals, performance measurement 4836-7

work with federal government 2385

Canada Health Act, call for addition of sustainability principle 4912

Charlie, Sherry, inquest into death, coroner's jury recommendations 2335-6

Children

child death review process, changes 3884

child death review process, reviews 2335-6

child protection review, panel report, government action 3883-5

child protection review, panel to review 2335

child protection services, changes 2336

programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery 3883-4

Children, child care

child care system 2385

funding

federal agreement 4840-1

federal agreement, B.C. government action 4842-5

funding 4841-2

funding during NDP administration 4844

new spaces 4842, 4844

provincial child care council 4841

subsidy, eligibility threshold 4841, 4844-5

Children and Youth Committee, establishment 3884-5

Cities and towns, New Deal for Cities and Communities, federal-provincial funding agreement 4933

Civil service, collective agreements, completed agreements 4832

Climate change

government action 4845-6, 4875

national strategy 4876-7

Cline Mining Corp., Lodgepole Coal Mine proposal and B.C.–Montana relations 4923-4

Coastal land and resource management plans 4833

Costall, Robert, death 3725

Council of the Federation, news release on transportation investment 4932

Currency, harmonization with U.S. 4929-30

Dams, value 4935

Discrimination and racism, prevention of racial stereotyping, government action 3086-7

Dobell, Ken, position as special adviser to Premier 4834-5

Doney, Lee, position as special adviser to Premier 4834-6

du Toit, Lesley, positions with government 4834-5

Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 4927-9

Education, Learning Roundtable 4832

Edzerza, Allen, position as special adviser to Premier on first nations issues 4834

Elections

campaign financing, corporate and union donations 4922

campaign financing reform, Chief Electoral Officer recommendations 4921-3

referendum on electoral system for B.C. 4127-8, 4921

Elizabeth II, Queen, 80th birthday 3879

Energy

clean energy, government investment 4876

conservation, tax incentives 4877

energy plan 4875-7

Power Smart program (federal) 4877

power supply, importing of power to B.C. 4876

Exports and imports

trade and investment 4928

trade between B.C. and Asia 4929

First nations

agreements with government, agreements-in-principle 4843

capacity-building 4843

issues, coverage in 2006-07 federal budget 4424

Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments 4424-5

funding 4424

handling by new federal government, B.C. government action 4424-5, 4843

position of current federal government 4424-5

new relationship with government 4424, 4832

protection of cultural and sacred sites 5052

relationship between first nations and other Canadians 2763

Flathead River Basin, Dominion coal lands, federal government ownership and use 4925

Forests and forest industry

mountain pine beetle control, federal funding 4832, 4877-8

mountain pine beetle control, government action 4877-8

softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 4878-80, 4907

timber pricing, market pricing system 4879

Fraser Valley, health care facility for area 4886

Freedom of information

government initiatives 4916-7

requests for information, handling of requests 4920-1

Government

accountability 4916-9

accountability during NDP administration 4917-8

accountability targets, request for recommendations 4836-7

cross-ministry initiatives 4835

federal-provincial relations, fiscal imbalance 4831-2, 4842, 4845, 4887

initiatives and investments 4991-3

interprovincial relations, relationship with Alberta 4930

provincial-municipal relations, fiscal imbalance 4831-2, 4842

Governor General of Canada address, debate 2762-3

Health

continuing and long-term care, bed closings 4885

continuing and long-term care beds 4881

health authorities, accountability contracts 4915

public health, benefits of physical activity 4886

research funding 4833

Health care system

beds, number and distribution 4915

beds, number of acute care beds 4883-5, 4888-90

current conditions 4881, 4888

electronic health initiatives, federal funding 4884

emergency services, current conditions in emergency rooms 4889-90

government initiatives 4833

government initiatives and investments 4881-90

government initiatives and reforms 2237, 2238

health professionals, training 4126

impact of aging population 4886

legislation, B.C. legislation on principles 2236

planning 4886

private clinics during NDP administration 2237

public consultation by government 4884, 4887

reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2236, 2239, 4912

sustainability 4912

sustainability, study of systems in other countries 2239

system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 3987

system during NDP administration 4881-3, 4888-90, 4915

system in B.C., comparison with other provinces 4882, 4887, 4912

workers, shortage 4911

Henderson, Kim, position with Premier's Office 4836

Highways and roads, national highway system, federal funding for upgrades 4933-4

Hockey Canada, contributions of organization 3589

Home care, services and funding 4887

Homelessness, government action 4837-9

Housing

affordable housing, federal funding 4839-40

affordable housing, funding 4837-9

government strategy 4837-40

government strategy, performance measurement 4837

housing for people with mental illness 4839-40

temporary housing and shelters, availability 4838

Housing, residential care facilities

beds, additional beds 4881-6

closing of facilities and transfer of residents to other facilities 4885

facilities during NDP administration 4916

government investment in facilities 4886

Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, investment by federal government 4932-3

Interior Health Authority, issues 4911

Investment

B.C. investment in foreign countries 4927

investment in B.C. 4927-9

James, Carole, position on 2010 Olympic Winter Games 4596

James Bay Care Centre, construction of new rooms 4885

Jean, Michaëlle, role as Governor General 2763

Kamloops

health care facilities in area 4914

residential care beds in area 4914

Kelowna, health care funding 2239

Kelowna General Hospital, over-capacity conditions 4913

Legislature

committee system, appointment of select standing committees 2232

question period, length 4916

Lobbyists Registration Act, NDP position 3597

Mansell, Myles, death 3879

Mental illness and addiction, residential beds 4884

Ministerial statements

Kelowna accord 4424-5

Referendum on electoral reform 4127-8

Montana, relations with B.C. 4924

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, services 4913

NDP, position on lobbyists registration legislation 3597

North American Free Trade Agreement, impact on Canada 4927, 4930

Nurses

nurse practitioners, role 3987

nurse practitioners, training 4887

training, number of school spaces 4884, 4887, 4912

Oil and gas pipelines, proposal for gas pipeline from Alaska 4925-6

Olympic Games

2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, B.C. government funding 4596-8, 4840

2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, federal funding 4832

Canadian Olympic athletes commended 2333

Order of B.C., changes, council and membership 3659

Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation, funding 4833

Peace River area, power generation on river, Site C project, environmental impact 4935

Physicians, new training spaces 4883, 4887

Ponderosa Lodge, bed closings 4915

Ports, infrastructure development, federal–provincial–private sector partnerships 4832

Premier's Office

estimates debate 4831-46, 4875-90, 4911-35

budget 4834

special advisers 4834-6

staffing, organization chart 4836

Prince George

establishment as Pacific inland port 4932

proposal for refuelling point for air freight traffic to Asia 4934

Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3659

Railways, railway proposal from Alaska through Yukon and B.C. 4931-2

Representative for Children and Youth, appointment 3884-5

Science and technology

biotechnology industry, growth in B.C. 4928

government investment in technology industry 4927

Seniors, government assistance 4916

Skills training, government initiatives 2772

Statements

Sullivan mine accident 4951

Steenkamp, Philip, secondment to government of Ontario 4836

Sullivan, Sam, acceptance of Olympic flag as mayor of Vancouver 2763

Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics 4951

Transit services, government support, federal funding 4933

Transportation

national strategy 4933

Pacific gateway initiative and projects

benefits 4932-4

federal-provincial relationship 4832

initiatives and projects 4833

Tributes

Canadian Olympic athletes 2333

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 3879

Hockey Canada 3589

Myles Mansell 3879

Robert Costall 3725

Vancouver Giants 4633

U.S.

investment in Canada 4927

security perimeter 4929

Vancouver, Woodwards Building, social housing project 4838

Vancouver Giants, Western Hockey League championship win 4633

Vancouver Island, first nations sacred sites, protection, meeting of first nation representatives with government 5052

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, application of freedom-of-information legislation to agency 4919

Water

B.C. water plan 4935

B.C.–Alberta agreement on transboundary waters 4935

Waterton National Park, expansion 4925

Western Canada Wilderness Committee, freedom-of-information request, government handling 4920

Wildlife, kermode bear, naming as provincial animal, legislation 3659

Women

employment, government programs 4844

government programs and services for women and children 3088

support for women 2763

Youth, employment rate 4833

Yung, Philip, position as special adviser to Premier on multicultural issues 4834-5

Cantelon, Ron (Nanaimo-Parksville)

Abassi, Hadi, work with Nanaimo junior football team 5075-6

Agriculture products in B.C. 3592

Arrowsmith Lodge, expansion 2270

Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone 4953

B.C. Liberal Party government, goals 2267-70, 2611

Budget debate 2611-2, 2613-6

Central Island Independent School Society, facilities, early learning component 3275

Children

early learning programs, community involvement 3275-7

help phone line 4953

Detailed Design Drafting Services Ltd., staffing 2613-4

Disabled and handicapped persons, employment programs 2270

Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 2268, 2611

Education

Learning Roundtable 2269

system, visits to school districts by Premier and Education Minister 2268-9

Employment

BladeRunners program 2614

job creation in B.C. 2268

Forests and forest industry

coastal forest industry, current conditions 3535

coastal forest industry, government strategy 2666-7

investment in industry 2268

mills, need for modernization of sawmills 3535-6

Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture, committee on agriculture policy 3592-3

Haven Society, Willow WAI (Wrap Around Initiative) project 2270

Health

continuing and long-term care beds 2615-6

public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 2269

system, two-tiered system 2269

system reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2269

Hidden Heroes, concept of program 3275-6

Housing, government strategy 2270

Income assistance benefits, school startup allowance 2615

Lantzville, sewer system upgrade 2270-1

Medical Services Plan, bill payment, case 2582

MLAs, role 2582

Mining industry

employment and training of youth 2614

industry in B.C., current conditions 4804

investment in exploration 2268

Motions

mandatory retirement, debate 3286

Nanaimo

economic development in area 2611-2

hosting of sporting events 2269

opportunities from 2010 Olympic Winter Games 2611-2

property developments in downtown 2612

Nanaimo Airport, expansion 2268

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, services 2269-70

Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area, long-term care beds 2270, 2452, 2615-6

North Island–coast development initiative trust, trust fund 2268

Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce, citizen and business award recipients 2821

Private members' statements

Early childhood learning 3275-7

Public debt, debt management 2611

Retirement, mandatory retirement 3286

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), funding 2269

School district 69 (Qualicum)

Building Learning Together outreach program 2615, 3276

funding 2269

Science and technology, natural resources and engineering research 2614

Seniors, support system 2452

Skills training

government initiatives 2612

tax credit program for businesses involved in training 2613-4

Society of Services, work on crystal meth awareness 2615

Statements by members

Agriculture industry in B.C. 3592-3

Awards to Parksville citizens 2821

Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone 4953

Coastal sawmilling industry 3535-6

Hadi Abassi and Vancouver Island Raiders 5075-6

Margaret Strongitharm 3129

Mining in B.C. 4804

Role of MLAs in assisting constituents 2582

Seniors in the 21st century 2452

Strongitharm, Margaret, tribute 3129

Substance abuse and addiction, crystal meth, risks of use, public awareness 2614-5

Throne speech, theme of "transformative change" 2267

Throne speech debate 2267-71

Vancouver Island, mining industry 4804

Vancouver Island Raiders, accomplishments 5075-6

Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 2270

Youth, employment and training, funding and programs 2613-4

Chong, Hon. Ida (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject

comments on infrastructure in Sooke area (Horgan) 2715-6

Automobiles, commercial vehicle licences 3207

Basi, David, termination of position as ministerial assistant, severance payment 4233

Bountiful, services for women in community 4227-8

B.C. Coalition to End Abuse of Seniors, work of organization 4116

B.C. Liberal Party government, goals 2274-5, 2622-3

Budget debate 2619-24

Canada–B.C. Infrastructure Works program 2276

Children, child care accessibility, advocacy role of Community Services Ministry 4221

Cities and towns, New Deal for Cities and Communities, funding 2276, 4072

Civil service, equity hiring 4233-41

Communities

government support for small communities 2275, 4086-7, 4106-7, 4111-2

impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government 4071, 4087-9, 4107-10

Community Charter

amendments 3363

arbitration of disputes 4230

public complaints 4230

Community Services Ministry

estimates debate 4069-89, 4105-17, 4144-60, 4221-41

budget 4071, 4147-8

cross-ministry initiatives 4147

goals and responsibilities 2276

media relations budget 4072

response to emerging trends 4146-7

staffing 4147

work of ministry 4070

Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 2985, 3207-9, 3361-6

Construction industry, building design, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards 4083

Dementia, research 2277

Duncan, municipal boundaries 4081

Economy, B.C. economy

current conditions 2275, 2620-2

economic development initiative trusts 4111

economy during 1990s 2619-21

Education, per-student funding 2621

Elections, municipal elections

campaign financing 4084-5, 4231-3

review by Community Services Ministry 3541, 3731-2

Employment and unemployment

BladeRunners program 2623

job creation in B.C. 2274-5, 2623

unemployment rate in B.C. 2624

Energy, independent power producers, environmental standards 4758

Environment, sustainable environmental management 2623

Forests, mountain pine beetle infestation, mitigation of impact, government strategy 4088-9

Government

cross-ministry initiatives 4222

provincial-municipal relations

partnerships 4070

relations during B.C. Liberal Party administration 4757

relations during NDP administration 4757-8

Government, local government

authority to hold proceedings outside boundaries 3207, 3361-3

autonomy 3207, 4073-4, 4076, 4758

budgeting and funding sources 4073, 4085

governance 2276

infrastructure development, cost recovery time 3363-4

municipal taxation 4073-4

powers and responsibilities, transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 4106

requests for legislative changes 3207

revenue-sharing agreement from federal gasoline tax 2276

role 2275

Greater Vancouver regional district

application process and dispute resolution 4077-9

growth management and regional planning 4082

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, review of governance structure 4076, 4079

Harassment in the workplace 3133

Health

health care funding 2621

health care system, impact of aging population 2277

health care system during NDP administration 2620

Highway 16, missing women along highway, government action 4225

Homeowner grant, changes 2623

Housing, residential care facilities, campus-of-care model 2623

Income assistance

employment programs, bridging programs for women 4222

recipients, women 4222-3

Justice system, legal aid, accessibility to women 4227

Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society, funding 4226

Land use, development finance system, legislative amendments 3207

Legislature, committee system, verbal and written submissions 4114

Maple Ridge, agricultural land issue 4077-8

MLAs

role 2274

use of computer technology 2275

Merit Commissioner, appointment 4241

Metz-Murray, Carol, letter to government re funding for women's centres 4155

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006, debate 4757-8

Nash, Steve, selection as most valuable player in National Basketball Association 4489-90

Nurses

training, number of school spaces 2621

workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps, petition tabled 4875

Petitions

nurses, workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps 4875

Police and policing, funding for police services

allocation of traffic fine revenue to municipal police and crime prevention services 2276

funding for small communities 4105-7

Polygamy 4227

Port Alice

commercial taxation, agreement with mill 3207, 3364-5

current conditions 4108

mill reopening 3364

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues

operations 4113-4

role 2277, 4112-4

Premier's innovation and excellence awards 4070

Premier's Task Force on Community Opportunities, role 2276

Prince George, women's services 4159, 4223-4

Prince Rupert, government assistance 4110

Property

development rights 4231

expropriation by municipalities for rights-of-way 4230-2

Property tax, commercial taxation, local government authority 3365-6

Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report tabled 2503

Queen Charlotte Islands, government assistance 4089, 4110

Queen Charlotte Islands Women Society, wait-lists for Stopping the Violence programs 4226

Regional districts

bylaw approval process 3207

sustainability in regional planning 4082-3

Retirement, mandatory retirement 4112

Sandspit, government assistance 4111

Seniors

advocacy for seniors 4116

conference on housing and support services for seniors, postponement 4114, 4117

congress on aging 4115

definition of term "senior" 4116

housing 2277, 2622-3

issues and concerns 2277

mobility and transportation issues 4117

programs and services, government initiatives 4112-3

programs and services, work of community groups 4115-7

Significant Projects Streamlining Act, potential use of act 4075-6, 4083-4

Skills training

trades training for women 4159-60

training programs, HardHats program 4159-60

Substance abuse and addiction

crystal meth, government action on prevention and treatment 2276, 2623, 4086

supervised injection sites, government position 4229

Surrey, urban development agreement 4228

Throne speech debate 2274-8

Transition houses

funding and number of beds 4148-50

multi-year funding 4150-1

use of services 4148-50

Tributes

Steve Nash 4489-90

Union of B.C. Municipalities

funding for crystal meth programs 2276

funding for seniors housing 2277

government consultation on municipal election campaign financing 4231-3

work on seniors issues 4114

University Endowment Land Act, amendments 3207

Urbanization, urban development agreements 4071-2

Vancouver

bylaw authority 3207

municipal election spending 4084-5

urban development agreement 4071-2

Vancouver agreement, funding and status 4229

Vancouver Island, Shirley and Otter Point area, municipal governance issue 4080-1

Victim assistance, VictimLink program 4226

Victoria

unemployment rate 2624

urban development agreement 4072

Violence

family violence, programs and services for women and children 4151-2, 4156-7

family violence, services in other languages 4152

violence against women

counselling services 4151

funding for services for abusive men 4153-4

outreach and multicultural outreach services 4151-2

prevention, funding for services 4153-4

services for abused women and children, 211 number 4159, 4225

services for abused women and children, funding 2338, 4146

violence against first nations women, government services 4223-5

Water

community water improvement program 2276

community water projects 2276

drinking water, protection, cost to communities 4085

Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 2623

Whistler Resort Association, bylaw approval process 3207

Williams Lake, revenue sources 4087

Women

economic and employment opportunities 4221

employment, mentoring program 2623-4, 3088, 4159-60

government programs and services for women and children, best practices conference 4153

pay equity task force report, government action 4160

sponsorship by Asian women of immigrant husbands, abusive relationships and income assistance issue 4145-6

women's centres

closings 4145

funding 4145, 4155-9

funding, review 4158-9

funding for sexual assault centres 4226

women's equality, government action, performance measurement 4225-6

World Urban Forum, government funding 4071

Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)

Agriculture workers

employment standards 2280, 4998

health and safety 4999

human rights issue 4899

living and working conditions 3535

seasonal agricultural workers program 4999

status of guest workers 5195

wages 4998

Ambedkar, Bhimrao, work on human rights in India 4121

Apology Act (Bill 16)

debate 3796

consultation by government 3796

Asian Canadians, contributions of Sikh community to B.C. and Canada 2976

Attorney General Ministry

estimates debate 4895-9, 4936-46

funding and services for anti-racism and multiculturalism initiatives 4943-5

work on immigrant issues 4936

B.C. Housing Management Commission, operations 4411-2

B.C. Human Rights Coalition, funding 4896

B.C. Human Rights Commission

former mandate 3086

re-establishment 4281, 4945-6, 5194-5

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

caseload and waiting times 4898

direct access model, comparison with commission model 4897

direct access model, report 4896-7

B.C. Veterinary Medical Association, human rights case, waiting time 4898

Burnaby Hospital, emergency services 2278-9

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

cultural diversity 2233-4

homelessness 5194

housing issues, cases 4411-2, 5194

Chavez, Cesar, work for farmworkers' rights 3535

Civil service

supplementary estimates debate 2439

collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2439

collective agreements, early-settlement incentive, excluded staff 2439

Community Services Ministry, estimates debate 4144-6

Dhanda, Kewal Singh, death at Richmond Hospital 4496

Discrimination and racism

critical incident response 4944-5

incidence in B.C.'s past 3796

prevention 3083, 4166

prevention of racial stereotyping, government action 3086

Safe Harbour programs 4945

Education

curriculum, history, examination of events of discrimination and racism 4166

English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 4937, 4942-3

English-as-a-second-language programs, user fees 4943

Fedewa, William Lloyd, work in labour movement 2549

Fires and firefighters, harassment of women firefighters in the workplace 4898

Forests and Range Ministry, estimates debate 4411-2

Fraser Health Authority, services 4124

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, naming of 49th-and-Cambie station as Punjabi Market–Langara Station 4175-6

Health care system

current conditions, cases 2278-9

emergency services, current conditions in emergency rooms 4124

government initiatives and reforms 2278-9

private services and privatization, impact on patient care 2278-9

reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2278

workers, health support workers, legislated collective agreement 2278-9, 2439

Holocaust, remembrance 4166

Holocaust Memorial Day 3983

Housing, affordable housing, role of government 5194

Human rights

government services, funding 4895

public education 4898-9

Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4280-1

Immigration

credentialling of foreign-trained workers 2280, 4938, 4940

debts of sponsors' spouses 4939

immigrants to B.C., landing fee 4937

immigrants to B.C., socioeconomic benefits to B.C. 4938-9

programs and services for immigrants to B.C.

cost to immigrants 4937-8

interministerial work 4941

request-for-funding process for service organizations 4941, 4945

services outside lower mainland 4938, 4941

settlement services, federal funding 4936-8

settlement services, funding 2279

provincial nominee program 4940-1

refugees, rights 3680

sham marriages 4939

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 3083

Kingston College, reimbursement to students, admission to other institutions 5094

Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry

estimates debate 4998-9

employment standards branch, staffing 4998

Legislature

business left on order paper 5174

fall sitting, issues for debate 5174, 5193-5

question period, role 5174

Mental health, issues in B.C., government action 5193-4

Moore, Jeffrey, human rights case, waiting time 4898

Motions

Gateway transportation program, debate 3875-6

motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5193-5

motion that the House recess until 9:05 p.m., debate 5174

naming of 49th-and-Cambie SkyTrain station, debate 4175-6

Vaisakhi Festival and Panj Kakkaar, debate 2975-6

Multiculturalism, government support 2279

Multiculturalism in B.C. 2233-4

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, multiculturalism component 4941

Oral questions

Compensation for recipients of fraudulent degrees 5094

Death of Kewal Singh Dhanda at Richmond Hospital 4496

Emergency services in Fraser region 4124

Racial stereotyping 3086

Petitions

sale of crystal meth ingredients in pharmacies 5082

Port Mann Bridge expansion, tolls 2279

Private Career Training Institute Agency, role 5094

Punjabi Market, involvement of individuals 4176

Statements by members

Bhimrao Ambedkar 4121

Cesar Chavez 3535

Holocaust remembrance 3983

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 3083

Memorial for William Lloyd Fedewa 2549

Multiculturalism in B.C. 2233-4

Refugee Rights Day 3680

Substance abuse and addiction, crystal methamphetamine, sale of ingredients in pharmacies, petition tabled 5082

Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on refugee rights 3680

Throne speech debate 2278-80

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 2279

issues and concerns 3875-6

Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 4558

Trucking industry, dumptrucks, regulation 4558

Vaisakhi 2975-6

Vancouver Community College, King Edward campus, funding 4943

Women, sponsorship by Asian women of immigrant husbands, abusive relationships and income assistance issue 4145-6

Christensen, Hon. Tom (Okanagan-Vernon)

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry

estimates debate 3542-56, 3598-629

establishment and role of ministry 3543

role 3598, 3608

staffing and roles 3542-4, 3547

training for staff in other ministries 3543, 3554-6

Ahousat, issues, government action 3598-9

Aquaculture, first nations involvement in industry 3137

Association for Mineral Exploration, promotion of first nations employment 3606-7

B.C., first nations population 3628

B.C. Rail, first nations benefits trust

accountability and applicability of freedom-of-information legislation 3622

eligibility for funds 3622

Business Council of B.C., work on employment of first nations people 3607

Campbell, Gordon, role in Kelowna accord 4445

Children, child protection review, documents, NDP access 5091

Cowichan Tribes, housing issues 3619-20

First Citizens Forum 3615-6

First nations

agreements with government, agreements-in-principle 3139, 3542-3, 3546, 3551

agreements with government, signing ceremonies 3543

business training 3605

capacity-building 3136-7, 3211-2, 3215, 3545, 3604-5, 3609

capacity-building among urban population 3611-4

employment, discrimination issue 3606-7

employment in public service 3620-1

employment opportunities 3604-6

funding from provincial government, tracking 3623-4

government initiatives 4331-2

history and treatment in B.C. 3135

housing 3619

issues, budgeted items for line ministries 3626

issues, responsibility 3600

Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments 3138, 4444-5

accord tabled 4446

First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap, document tabled 4445

handling by new federal government, B.C. government action 3543, 4332

transformative change accord with B.C. and federal governments 4445-6

new relationship with government 3061, 3135-6, 3138

off-reserve urban population, government service delivery 3611-2

protection of cultural and sacred sites 5051-2

protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding 3602-3

relationship with government, government's use of litigation 3547-8

relationship with government, ministry responsibility 3614, 3626-8

repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural artifacts 3601-3

right to vote 3135

social services, policy development and service delivery 3137

socioeconomic status 3604

youth

issues 3544

issues, government programs 3608

opportunities 3605-6

suicides 3598-9

First nations, treaties

claims in interior B.C. 3603-4

Douglas treaties 3603

first nations not involved in treaty process 3625

funding 3603, 3624

governance issue 3615

incremental treaties 3615

negotiations 3545

consultation of industry associations 3610-1

costs, first nations debt and government funding 3544-5, 3620

impact of court cases 3549

taxation of participants' income 3624

timeliness 3546

revenue-sharing from resources outside treaty settlement lands 3547, 3549, 3551-2

status in B.C. 3139

First Nations Leadership Council

discussions with government 3138

membership 3061, 3135-6

position on B.C. government action on new federal government's handling of Kelowna accord 4445

Forests and forest industry

first nations involvement in industry 3136-8

forest and range agreements, head-count formula 3552

forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities template 3549-54, 3609-10

mountain pine beetle control, first nations involvement 3624, 3628

mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on first nations 3138-9

Government, ministers' meeting opportunities with organizations 3614

Haida Nation, treaty negotiations, information-gathering 3618

Heiltsuk Nation, proposal to government 3619

Highway 16, missing women along highway, Highway of Tears Symposium 3617

Huu-ay-aht First Nation, consultation by government on resource use 3548-9

Kuper Island, ferry service 3619

Land use planning, involvement of first nations 3137

Legislature, language used in House, unparliamentary language 5158

Livestock industry, ranching industry, input into first nations treaty process 3610

Métis, memorandum of understanding with government 3611

New Relationship Trust

accountability 3209-10, 3212-3, 3217-9

accountability and freedom-of-information access 3622-4

appointment of directors 3210, 3212-3

audits 3218

business planning 3213

dispute resolution mechanism 3214

establishment as corporation 3137

expenses of directors 3216-7

financial consultant 3214

fund 3061, 3136, 3139, 3170

allocation formula 3628-9

amount 3609

coverage of all first nations 3213

coverage of urban first nations people 3170, 3211

guiding principles 3215

management of fund 3136

remuneration of chief executive and chief financial officers 3215-6

role and board membership 3137-8

role of board 3612

role of youth 3214-5

New Relationship Trust Act

debate 3061, 3135-9, 3170, 3209-19

consultation by government 3215

development of legislation, staffing 3542

use of term "first nation" 3211

Nisga'a people, treaty negotiations 3546

Oil and gas, first nations involvement in industry, ministerial role in engagement strategy 3618-9

Osoyoos Indian band, economic development 3604

Petitions

petition 5095

Points of order

request for withdrawal of comments re government motives 5158

Post-secondary education of first nations people, contributions of graduates 3137

Poverty, impact 3608

Standing order 35 adjournment motions

Kelowna accord, debate 4444-6

Tourism, aboriginal tourism 3604

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, position on forest and range agreements 3553

Vancouver Island, first nations sacred sites, protection, meeting of first nation representatives with government 5052

Chudnovsky, David (Vancouver-Kensington)

As subject

interaction with constituent 2519

Agriculture and Lands Ministry, minister's delegation of powers under lands legislation, consultation by government on change to legislation 3107

Agriculture and Lands Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3107

Auditor General, comments on public-private partnerships 2880

Automobiles, tax on high-priced vehicles 3072

Bailey, Michael, meetings with Transportation Ministry 4542

Basi, David, position as ministerial assistant, investigation 3682

B.C., northern and rural B.C., highways and roads in rural areas, improvements 5142

B.C. Ferry Services Inc.

application of freedom-of-information legislation to agency 3298-9, 3389-90

health and safety director, resignation 3390

B.C. Liberal Party, relationship with government contractors 4551

B.C. Rail

agreement with CN Rail, call for public inquiry 2489-91

agreement with CN Rail, current and past value of corporation 4620-1

privatization, impact 5142

Roberts Bank spur line, value 4620

Roberts Bank spur line sale, cancellation 2490, 4619

Budget debate 2516-9

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2006, debate 3072

Budgets, 2005-06 and 2006-07 budgets, content and titles 2516

Business, public-private partnerships

benefits 2878

cost comparison with public sector projects 2743-5, 4549-50

government position 2878

liability issue 2878

public release of value-for-money reports 4685

Canadian National Railway Company, safety record, federal government investigation 5141

Cariboo area, ranching industry concerns in Cariboo area 5141

Children, child care

child care system 2517

funding, federal agreement, B.C. government action 2517

Civil service

supplementary estimates debate 2438-41

collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2438-40

bonus per worker 2439

excluded staff 2438

collective bargaining, current negotiations 2440

collective bargaining, job-security issue 2439-40

morale 2438

Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, report and recommendations 2774

Education

class size and composition 3422-3, 4714-5

decisions by professionals 3420-1, 4654

government action 2517-8

government position 4435-6, 4438

legislation, implementation time-line 4436-7

limits, codification in legislation 4435-6

limits for lab and shop classes 4436

size limits in collective agreement 3415

special needs students 4715-6

teachers' consent and consultation 4436-7, 4654

foundation skills assessment 3503

Learning Roundtable, membership and work 3423

parental involvement in education system 3521-3

program reductions during B.C. Liberal Party administration 5112

school boards and districts, sale of teaching materials as fundraising method, government policy 3484-5

school- or student-centred leadership 3520-2

students, evaluation and testing of students 3503, 5112-3

system, past initiatives 3520

Education, funding 2517, 3520

funding for implementation of class size limits 4437, 4652-3, 4714-5, 5143

funding in past years 4436, 4438

special education and special needs 4437

Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4435-8, 4652-4, 4658, 4714-6

Education Ministry, estimates debate 3415, 3419-23, 3484-5, 3503, 3520-3

Falcon, Kevin

comments on Canadian National Railway safety record 5141

comments on Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority 4616

travel to and meetings in California 4686

Ferries and ferry services, availability of information on ferries 3299, 3390

Finance Ministry, estimates debate 2742-5, 2877-81

Fitzsimmons, Craig, meetings with Transportation Ministry 4541-2

Fraser Institute, ranking of schools 5112-3

Government

accountability 5141-2

police investigation into alleged breach of trust 3682

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

committee to review governance structure, membership and public release of information 3238

Evergreen rapid transit line 4616

funding 4615-6

parking site tax 4618

relationship with provincial government 4616

review of governance structure 4552-4, 4617-9

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line

costs, comparison of public sector and public-private partnership 4534-7, 4548-9

costs, performance payments 4530-1

costs, value-for-money report 4529-30, 4532-4

costs and funding 4531, 4682

naming of 49th-and-Cambie station as Punjabi Market–Langara Station 4176

project approval process 4618

ridership projections 4532

Health care system

beds, appropriate use of acute-care beds 2238, 2773-4

community health centres 2774

continuing and long-term care beds 2773-4

current conditions 2238

decision-making 2773

government initiatives and reforms 2238

health and safety of patients 2773

primary health care, reforms 2774

private services and privatization 2772-3

private services and privatization, impact on accountability and patient care 2518

reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2238

wait-lists and waiting times, public concerns, petition tabled 5082

Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades

Eagleridge interchange 4627, 4629-30

public-private partnership 4682-5

public-private partnership, risk transfers 2878-81

Hochstein, Philip, comments on Gateway projects 4626

Hospital Employees Union, collective bargaining with government 2440-1

InTransit B.C., consortium members 4541

John Oliver Secondary School, capital plans 3520

Kirk, Judy, contract with Transportation Ministry 4551-2, 4563

Labour, government handling of labour relations 2441

Legislature

estimates process, debate 4684

estimates process, response to questions 4550-1, 4619

fall sitting 5140-3

fall sitting, issues for debate 5141-2

members' conduct and debate, members must not challenge Chair's rulings 4658

members' conduct and debate, withdrawal of comments requested 4623

role 5143

Lower mainland, South Fraser perimeter road

environmental review 4682

funding 4626

impact on Burns Bog 4681-2

Motions

call for public inquiry into sale of B.C. Rail, debate 2489-91

foundation skills assessment test for B.C. students, debate 5112-3

Gateway transportation program, debate 2325-8

motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5140-3

naming of 49th-and-Cambie SkyTrain station, debate 4176

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, services to Chinese community 4953-4

North Vancouver, Upper Levels Highway, maintenance 4687

Oral questions

Access to B.C. Ferries information 3298-9, 3389-90

Changes to health care system 2238

Involvement of David Basi in government business 3682

TransLink governance review panel 3238

Partnerships B.C.

accountability, audits and reviews 2743

cost savings and risk transfer 2742-5

role 2742

Passover 3883

Pattullo Bridge, conditions 2775-6

Petitions

waiting times for health care services 5082

Port Mann Bridge, expansion

free alternative 2775-6

tolls 2775-6

Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 2518, 5143

Railways, fencing along rail lines, responsibility 5141

Simpson, Shane, comments on management of Transportation Ministry 4547-8

Statements by members

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital and Chinese community 4953-4

Passover 3883

Pauline Weinstein 2631-2

Teachers

non-enrolling teachers, need 4437

supply, additional teachers and full-time-equivalents 3419-20

Throne speech debate 2772-6

Tolls, government policy 2775-6

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects

benefits 2776

costs 2316, 2326, 2774-5

costs and funding 4625-6

environmental issues 2328

impact on agricultural land 2327-8

impact on traffic congestion 2327

land acquisition costs 4682

land use planning 2327, 2776

public consultation 4624

reports and studies 2326-7, 4621, 4623-4

tolls 2326, 2775-6

Transportation Ministry

estimates debate 4529-37, 4541-3, 4547-54, 4563, 4614-21, 4623-7, 4629-30, 4681-7

contracts 4550-2

meetings with lobbyists 4541-2

Tri-Cities area, rapid transit services 5142

Trucking industry, truck safety 4687

Weinstein, Pauline, achievements in education system 2632

Coell, Hon. Murray (Saanich North and the Islands)

Advanced Education Ministry

estimates debate 3941-53, 3967-79, 4005-21, 4061-9

accomplishments 3941

budget 3942

budget, communications spending 4010

central data warehouse 4010

Alzheimer's disease, research funding 3942

BCcampus, program 2686-7, 4011

B.C. Innovation Council, funding 4017

Camosun College

funding 4067

residential care worker programs 4069

Campbell, Gordon, advocacy for federal post-secondary education funding 3974

College of New Caledonia

fees for computer use 3972

funding 4061

future 4062

Computer technology

digital media centre, establishment 2686, 4008-9

digital media industry in B.C. 3941

Education, adult basic education

availability for income assistance recipients 3971-2

tuition fees 4067-8

Great Northern Way campus, funding partners 4008-9

Health

health professionals, training 3943

health professionals, training spaces 4014-5, 4017

medical research in B.C. 3941-2

research funding 4015-6

High-technology industry in B.C. 2685

IBT Education, location at Simon Fraser University 4009

IIG All Nations Institute

capital improvements 4743

funding 4007

mandate and operations 4006-7

Income assistance recipients, need for literacy training 3971-2

Industry Training Authority, ministerial responsibility 3978

Kingston College, reimbursement to students

admission to other institutions 5094

review of case 5093

Kwantlen University College

budget and enrolment 4066

university status 4065

Language, Asian languages, government initiatives 2686

Literacy, adult literacy 2688

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3450

Nurses, training, number of school spaces 2686, 3977, 4068

Open Learning Agency, facilities 4007

Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 2686

Post-secondary education

accessibility 2685-7, 3942-3, 3951

accessibility, minimum grade requirements 3943, 3944

affordability 2687, 3968, 4020-1

ancillary fees 3972

benefits 3952

credits and transfer system 2687

degree-granting powers 2688

education of first nations people 2687, 3943, 3978

government work with sector consortiums 3977

minister's advisory council, mandate and operations 4011-2

national strategy 3974-5

review of system 4065

student debt 3942

student financial assistance

assistance for immigrant students, government action 4910

assistance for students in private institutions 4013

cost to government 3948-9, 3968

freedom-of-information request by NDP 3967

funding 3942

interest-free period 3949-50

loan reduction programs 3950

number of loans 3948

number of scholarships and bursaries awarded 3972

occupation-specific loan remission programs 3968

participation by private institutions 3953, 3967

repayment 3970

scholarships and bursaries 2687, 3969-70

scholarships and bursaries for graduate students 3969-70

scholarships and bursaries for vocational training 3970

study of systems elsewhere 3949, 3969

tax receipt for interest paid, case 4067

student spaces

new graduate spaces 3976

new spaces 3942-3, 3945-6

new spaces, reallocations 3967-8, 3976

students

costs 3951, 3969

counting as full-time-equivalents 3943

debt 2687

debt load 3950-1

enrolment in institutions outside lower mainland 3945

international students, work off-campus, provincial-federal agreement 3947

job market's need for graduates 3947

new student spaces 2685

number in private institutions 3953

number of graduate students 3945-6

transfer system 3943, 3945

tuition fees 3942, 3973

fees for graduate students 3947

limit to inflation rate, legislation 3973

Post-secondary education, funding 4010, 4061-2

aboriginal special projects funding 3978-9

federal funding, allocation 3974-5

funding for rural colleges 4063

funding for smaller campuses 4062

fundraising by institutions 4018-9

government investment 2685

impact of collective agreement wage settlement 3975

targeted funding 3976-7

use of endowments and foundations 4008-9, 4016-7

Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes

advertising to attract students 4010-1

area population and full-time-equivalent numbers 4066

boards of governors, composition and student representation 3947-8

capital construction 3975, 4007-8

career technical centres, funding 4013-4

communications budgets 4010

faculty, accessibility and quality of teaching 4019-20

governance, citizenship requirements for board members 3450

participation in Advanced Education Ministry budget and accountability meetings 4005-6

planning, multi-year and service plans 4005

private institutions, consumer protection 5081, 5093-4

private institutions, role 2687-8

Private Career Training Institute Agency, role 5081, 5094

Public affairs bureau, communications budget 4010

Research and development, leading-edge endowment fund 4018-9

Science and technology

applied sciences and technology in B.C., commercialization and competitiveness 2685

research and development

government investments 2685-6, 3941

impact on economy 3941

natural resources and applied science endowment 4016

Simon Fraser University

Surrey campus, enrolment 4066

Woodwards Building project 4063-4

Skills training

government initiatives 2686

national plan 2686, 3974-5

need for skilled workers 2685-6

shortage of skilled workers, government action 3943

training programs

accreditation 2688

career technical training programs 4014

standardization 4064, 4068-9

tax credit program for businesses involved in training 4012

Thompson Rivers University, Williams Lake campus, licensed practical nursing program 4068

Throne speech debate 2684-8

University Act, amendments 3450

University of B.C.

accessibility, minimum grade requirements 3944

budget 4010

physiotherapy program, accreditation 4061, 4065

University of Victoria

degree completion rate 4067

new spaces and funding 4067

World Trade University, establishment 2686

Coleman, Hon. Rich (Fort Langley–Aldergrove)

As subject

comments as Solicitor General on marijuana and gun trade 4341 (Simons) 4337

conflict-of-interest issue involving forest company employee (Simpson, B.) 3391-2

correspondence with Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner re issue involving forest company employee 3392 (Simpson, B.) 3392

family experience in armed forces 2789

letter from Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner tabled 3394

memo to Deputy Minister of Forests regarding conflict of interest, dated November 14, 2005, tabled 3394

withdrawal of comments requested 3397

Aboriginal Housing Management Association, operations 4455

Agriculture and Lands Ministry, relationship with ranching sector 3436

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., oriented strand board plant proposal 4389-90

B.C.

150th anniversary 2790

aging population 2791

B.C. Competition Council

recommendations for forest industry 2768, 4264, 4265-7, 4288, 4290-1

recommendations for review of timber sales program 4216-7

B.C. Forest Safety Council

examination of forest industry safety, scope 4389

response to forest safety report 4388

B.C. Housing Management Commission

operations 4410-2

role and responsibilities 4410

B.C. Hydro, cutting of timber by power lines 3369-71, 3395

B.C. Lumber Trade Council, position on softwood lumber negotiations 4256-8

B.C. Real Estate Association, comments on electricity consumption accessibility legislation 4499-500

B.C. timber sales program

certification standards 4219-20

cutblock location decision process 4220

operations, review 4216-9

role 4187-8

staffing 4197-8

staffing and operations 3367-8

worker safety issues, SAFE Companies initiative 4388-9

Budget debate 2570-4

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area, housing issues, cases 4412

Campbell, Gordon, letter to Stephen Harper on softwood lumber agreement 4182-3, 4189, 4255

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

devolution of housing stock to province 4455

responsibilities re cooperative housing 4468

Cascadia Forest Products Ltd.

communications with Forests and Range Minister 3392

compensation dispute with contractor 4301, 4384-5

C.H. Anderson and Associates Ltd., pellet plant operations proposal 4389-91

CIBC World Markets, comments on forest industry 2768

Civil service, collective agreements

budgeted funds 2573

early-settlement incentive 2573

Construction industry

building codes 4409

home warranty providers, issues 4451-5

residential construction industry, building requirements 4409

Disabled and handicapped persons, funding for developmentally disabled persons 2572

Dobell, Ken, role in softwood lumber negotiations 4261

Duncan, homelessness and temporary shelters 4465

Economy, role of economy in funding for social services 2573, 2793

Education

funding 2573

system, impact of demographic changes 2792

Energy

electricity consumption, monitoring of commercial properties 4497-9

power lines, cutting of timber by power lines 3369, 3394-5

Fires and firefighters

fire codes 4409

forest fires

firefighting responsibilities of forest industry operators 2993, 3437-8

interface fire risks, management 4598

management 4200, 4393-4

management, costs to local government 4394

summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, Filmon report recommendations, implementation 4393-4, 4598

First nations

housing, emergency and temporary shelter 4455-6

housing, funding 4455-6

housing and homelessness 4411

new relationship with government 4302

Forest Act, amendments 2820, 2993

Forest and Range Practices Act, amendments 2820, 2993

Forest Appeals Commission, 2005 annual report tabled 4599

Forest Practices Board

budget 4213-4

relationship with government 4213, 4215

report on forest roads 4215-6

report on forest stewardship plans 4204, 4207, 4209-11

reporting requirements 4202

Forestry Revitalization Act, amendments 2820, 2993

Forests and forest industry

activities on private land, federal regulations 2826-7

annual allowable cut, cut control requirements, changes 3399-401

biodiversity, reporting 4201

B.C. forestry revitalization trust 4188, 4301

coastal forest industry

coast recovery group 4292-4

government strategy 2768, 4188

issues 2574, 4294-300

companies, industrial taxes 4290-1

conditions in industry 2792-3

employment and jobs 4197

export of raw logs 2826-7

exports

Dream Home China project 2793

export of raw logs 4299-300, 4382, 4385-6

export of raw logs from private lands 4955-6

export to U.S., lumber prices 4193

first nations involvement in industry 4386-8

first nations involvement in industry, forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities 4188, 4302-5, 4387

forest management by government, costs 4194-6

forest management plans, first nations consultation 3537-8

forest management plans, preparation and approval 3536-7

forest practices

compliance and enforcement 4187, 4200-1

impact on rangeland 4392

results-based code implementation 2993, 4201-5

waste management 4298, 4391

forest resource evaluation program 4201-3, 4214

forest roads, legislation 4214-6

forest stewardship plans 4188, 4202-4, 4206-12

forest stewardship plans, professional reliance work 4206-7

forests as public resource, consultation and public input 4288-9

harvesting, removal and sale of timber 3398-9

harvesting, waste on cutblocks 3369-70

harvesting rights for timber licences

reduction, compensation for licence holders and eligible workers 3435, 4188

reduction and timber takeback, reallocation 2993, 4188, 4217-8

reduction and timber takeback, reallocation, consultation with first nations 3434-6, 4388

issues, public consultation by Forests Minister 2930-1

licences

forest licences 3433-4

master licences, requirements 2993, 3369-71, 3394-8

occupant licences 3369-70

volume of timber harvested 3401

log grade system 4390-1

market development 2793

mill closings, closings during NDP administration 3002

mountain pine beetle control, first nations involvement 4188

mountain pine beetle control, government action 2573-4, 4188

mountain pine beetle infestation, mitigation of impact, government strategy 4392-3

oriented strand board plants 4389-90

pulp and paper sector, current conditions 2574

removal of private lands from tree farm licences 4298-9, 4383-4, 5050

revenues to government 4191-7

silviculture, reforestation management 2993

softwood lumber

exports to U.S., collection of border tax 4265

exports to U.S., collection of duties 4262-4, 4267

exports to U.S., costs 4261

negotiations, Canadian representatives 4261

softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 4182-3, 4188-9

extraordinary challenge committee appeal 4254-5, 4261, 4264

framework for agreement 4253-64, 4267

impact on coastal forest industry 4292-3

impact on forest policy 4807-8

impact on value-added sector 4906-8

lumber pricing 4193-4

U.S. powers re B.C. forest policy changes 4954-5

stumpage system

bingo, review 4194

forest revenue audit program 2820, 2993, 3402-6

rates and waterbedding 4194

symposia 4289

timber pricing 4193

timber pricing, market pricing system 4194, 4808

tree farm licence No. 44, issues 3131, 4299, 4382-3

value-added sector, strategy 4295

workers

eligibility for compensation under forestry revitalization trust 4188, 4301-2

safety, initiatives 3002

safety, report 4388

Forests and Range Ministry

estimates debate 4187-9, 4191-20, 4253-67, 4288-305, 4382-94, 4408-20, 4451-69

accessibility of minister and conflict-of-interest issue 3131-2

budget, expenses and revenues 4191-2, 4194-7

goals and responsibilities 4187-8

housing component 4408-9

ministry name change 2820, 2993

relationship with ranching sector 3436

staffing and contracted staff 4197-200

Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

debate 2819-20, 2993, 3002-3, 3367-71, 3394-406, 3433-8

definitions, "revenue minister" 3368

definitions, "timber sales manager" 3367

Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area, description and issues 2570-1

Gorge Road Hospital, residential care project 4465

Government, long-term planning 2791, 2793

Grasslands, protection 2993

Greater Vancouver regional district, livable region strategic plan 2571

Haida Nation

consultation on forest stewardship plans 4205

treaty negotiations, status 2769

Hampton Court, closing 4467

Haven Society, Willow WAI (Wrap Around Initiative) project 4457

Health

health care funding 2572-3, 2791-2

health care system

current conditions 2572

impact of aging population 2791

system in B.C. 2790-2

Homelessness

government action 3686, 3732, 4459-62

government initiatives 2574, 3540, 4408, 4416

homeless outreach program 4457-8

homelessness in B.C. 4455

task force 4466

Homeowner grant, changes 2572

Homeowner Protection Act, provisions on home warranties 4453

Homeowner protection office, responsibilities 4453-4

Housing

affordable housing 4412-3

building and safety policy 4408

government policy 4408

government strategy 2574, 4408-9, 4413-4, 4416-20

government strategy, modernization strategy 4409

housing for people with mental illness 2456

housing for vulnerable persons 4409-10

role of local government, consultation 4415-6

social and subsidized housing

ending of tenancy after failure to qualify 5029-30

funding 4408

funding, federal-provincial agreements 4414

integrated housing 2455-6

units 4410-1, 4416-8, 4466

wait-lists 4411-2, 4469

supporting communities partnership initiatives 4457

temporary housing and shelters

availability 4460

funding 3686, 3732

mentally handicapped clients 4458

review 4456

spaces for women 4460-1

Housing, rental housing

arbitrators, hiring as government staff 4664, 4986-94

availability 4414-5

dispute resolution

application of administrative tribunals legislation to director 5025-6

confidentiality 5026

director's qualifications 5031

director's responsibilities 5026-7

process 4988, 4992

replacement of arbitration hearings 5025

staff 5055

ending of tenancy without hearing 5024-5

rent increases 5021-4

rent supplements 4412-3, 4416-8

rental assistance programs 2455

residential tenancy legislation during NDP administration 4680

residential tenancy offices, services 4408, 4664-5

subletting 5021

tenancy legislation, penalties for violations 4664

tenant's ability to pursue minor landlord in court 5025

tenant's right of access 5021, 5027

vacancy rates 4414

Housing, residential care facilities, assisted-living residences

ending of tenancy 5030-1

ending of tenancy, landlord's incentive to provide services 5032

service and tenancy agreements 5033-4

service and tenancy agreements, protection for tenants 5027-9

tenancy legislation 4664

Huu-ay-aht First Nation, interim measures agreement 4386

Income assistance, benefit amount for shelter 4467

Industry, taxes 4290-1

Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, impact on economy 2793

Insurance Council of B.C., work on home warranty issues 4452-5

Kasper, Rick, work on manufactured home park legislation 4680

Lali, Harry, comments on forest industry 3002

Land Act, provisions on occupant licences 3369

Legislation, regulations after bill enactment 4680

Legislature, opposition, role 2790

Livestock industry, ranching industry, government role 3436-7

Lookout Emergency Aid Society, funding and operations 4457

Loukidelis, David, position on access to electricity consumption information 4499

Lower mainland

gasoline tax revenues for Vancouver transit services 2571

transportation infrastructure 2571

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Franklin River division crew, compensation claim 4383

Manufactured homes

bylaws, standard bylaws 5023

government consultant to examine issues 4680, 5022-3

redevelopment of manufactured home parks, local government role 4680

redevelopment of manufactured home parks, relocation of residents 5024

Mental illness and addiction 4341

Miller, Dan, comments on forest industry in B.C. 5050-1

NDP, performance as government 2572-4

Paloma Housing Co-operative, leaky-condo issues 4468

Police and policing, funding for police services 4341

Port Alberni

forest industry concerns, government action 4908, 4955-6

removal of tree farm licence lands in area 5049-51

Port Alice, mill reopening 3002

Port Mann Bridge, current conditions 2571

Preston, George, community work 2790

Prince George Friendship Centre, funding and operations 4456

Property transfer tax, revenues to government, allocation 4467

Public guardian and trustee, comments on tenancy legislation for assisted-living facilities 5031

Queen Charlotte Islands, impact of treaty negotiations in area on communities 2769

Quesnel, oriented strand board plant 4389

Rangeland, regulation 4187

Residential Warranty Co. of Canada Inc., provision of home warranties 4452

Resorts

development strategy 4410

resort communities, housing issues 4416

Safety, government investment in public safety 2573

Safety Standards Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4332-3, 4341-2, 4497-501

Seniors

assessment of service needs, role of health authorities 5054-6

housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 2572, 4411, 4413, 4418

Stamp's Place Residents Association, letter to B.C. Housing 4463

Strata property, leaky-condos issue

cooperative housing 4468

government assistance for homeowners 4464-5

Strongitharm, Sheryl, work as constituency assistant 2570

Substance abuse and addiction

grow ops and meth labs

access to electricity consumption information by local authorities 4332-3, 4342, 4501

access to electricity consumption information by local authorities, privacy issues 4333

electricity theft 4333

link with organized crime 4332-3

number in B.C. 4332-3

public safety issue 4332-3, 4342, 4498

marijuana, addition of crystal meth 4332-3

Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on Huu-ay-aht case, government appeal 4305, 4386-7

Surrey, homelessness 3540

Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

debate 4664-5, 4680-1, 4986-94, 5021-34, 5054-6

consultation by government 5031, 5036, 5056

Throne speech debate 2789-93

Transition houses, availability of services 4457

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects

benefits 2571

initiatives and projects 2793

Truck Loggers Association, comments at meeting by Forests Minister 4297

Vancouver

city council position on Gateway project 2571-2

downtown east side, social housing projects 2456

Woodwards Building, social housing project 2455

Victoria

Blanshard Court, redevelopment 4466

downtown, above-store suites and existing buildings project 4466

residential care and assisted-living projects 4465-6

Selkirk waterfront, housing project 4465-6

Western Forest Products Inc., takeover of Cascadia Forest Products Ltd. 4295-7

Wildfire Act, amendments 2820, 2993

Williams Lake, forest industry, city council resolution 4390

Conroy, Katrine (West Kootenay–Boundary)

Abbott, Colleen, access to private clinic for foot specialist services, case 5120

Abbott, George, awareness and action on private health care facilities 5120

Albo, Al and Fanny, couple's separation in health care facilities 2402

Assisted-living registrar, operations 4603-4

Ballem, Penny, work as Deputy Minister of Health 4599

B.C., northern and rural B.C., seniors services 5243

B.C. Coalition to End Abuse of Seniors, work of organization 4116

B.C. Transplant Society

living donor liver program 3870

registration for organ donation 3870-1

services 3869

Budget debate 2624-7

Canpar Industries, products 2625

Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear incident 4025

Children, child care

accessibility 2625

funding, child care centres 5245

spaces, waiting lists 5244

Citizens Responsible for Organizing Winning Education, public support, petition tabled 4127

Community Services Ministry, estimates debate 4112-6

Consumers, taxes and user fees 2624

Desert Valley Care Centre, closing 2237

Energy, atomic energy, hazards 4025

Environment Ministry, funding levels, impact on air quality monitoring 5244

Fomenoff, Fred, transfer to care facility away from home community 2626

Fort St. John, seniors issues 5243

Grand Forks, air quality issue 5244

Guesford, Winifred, transfer to care facility away from home community 2550

Health

health care facilities, closings 2402

health care funding, additional funding 4286

Health, continuing and long-term care

alternative level of care 4601, 4603

beds 2237, 2625, 2627, 4573-4

facilities

conditions and closings 4574

private facilities 4605

staffing issues 4605-6

transfer of private facilities to public system 2237

review of seniors care in health facilities 2499, 2550

review of seniors care in health facilities, expanded review 2681-2

review of seniors care in health facilities, participation of health authority officials 4601-2

transfer of seniors away from home communities, cases 2499, 2550, 2585, 2625-6, 2682, 4602

Health care system

current conditions 2625, 3432

regulations for injury prevention from medical sharps, petition tabled 5082

surgery

cancellations 2927

user fees 5120

workers, communications policy 2633

Health Ministry, estimates debate 4570-4, 4599-614

Home care services

availability and funding 4609-11, 5243

housekeeping services 4611

Homelessness in B.C. 2625

Homeowner grant, changes 2624

Hospice and palliative care, funding 4612-4

Housing, rental housing

dispute resolution, call centres 5055

dispute resolution, director's qualifications 5031

landlord subsidy program 2625

Housing, residential care facilities

assisted-living residences

ending of tenancy 5031

service and tenancy agreements 4667, 5033-4

service and tenancy agreements, protection for tenants 5027-8

beds, number 5244

campus-of-care model 4574

government contracts, bidding process 4608-9

government contracts, public access 4612

inspections and investigations 4603-4

legislation 5056

regulation 4604-5

regulation, regulation of staffing levels 4611-2

wait times, first-available-bed policy 2499, 2626, 4599-602

Human Tissue Gift Act, provisions on organ donation and transplantation 3871

Interior Health Authority

beds in area facilities 2585, 2927, 4029, 4127

beds in area facilities, over-capacity operation 4638

communications, staff communications and management response 4607-8

concerns, petition tabled 3598

corporate management style 2626

inquiry into state of communications between staff and management, petitions tabled 3393, 3598

services, call for review 3393, 3432-3, 4607-8

services, public input 2626-7

Kelowna General Hospital

over-capacity conditions 4638

over-capacity conditions, physicians' comments 4740

staff morale 4740

Kiro Manor, closing 2402

Kootenay area

health care services, additional funding 4286

home care services 4610

residential care and assisted-living facilities 2402, 4600-1

uranium mining 4025

West Kootenays, health care services for seniors 3393

Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, inquiry into concerns of health team, petition tabled 3393, 3598

LeClair, Doris, transfer to care facility away from home community 2682

Legislature, fall sitting, issues for debate 5243-5

Lesy, Maurice, transfer to care facility away from home community 2626

Midway, mill closing, government assistance for community 2625

Motions

motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5243-5

Mount St. Mary Hospital, residential care operations 4605

Nelson, residential care facilities, contract for new facility 4609

Nurses, working conditions 4606-7

Oral questions

Acute care beds at Kelowna General Hospital 4638, 4740

Availability of beds in Interior Health Authority facilities 2927

Care beds for seniors in Kootenay area 2402, 2585-6

Communications policy for health care workers 2633

Funding for Kootenay hospitals 4286

Health care services in Fraser region 4127

Health care services in Kootenay area 4029-30

Health Minister action on private health care services 5120

Long-term care facilities 2237

Review of health care services in interior B.C. 3393, 3432-3

Review of seniors care in health facilities 2499, 2550, 2681-2

Treatment of seniors in health care facilities 2401

Petitions

Interior Health Authority, concerns 3598

Interior Health Authority, inquiry into state of communications between staff and management 3393, 3598

Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, inquiry into concerns of health team 3393, 3598

moratorium on uranium mining and exploration 4744

public long-term care facilities 5082

regulations for prevention of medical sharps injuries 5082

Selkirk College, costs to students 3989

support for Citizens Responsible for Organizing Winning Education 4127

transportation infrastructure needs in West Kootenay–Boundary area 2772

Pharmacare program

coverage, Alzheimer's disease medication 4570-2

Fair Pharmacare program, studies 4572

Plested, Freda, transfer to care facility away from home community 2499

Ponderosa Lodge, long-term care facilities 4574

Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 2625

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues, operations 4113-4

Premier's Office

budget increase 2624

involvement in ministries 2624

Private members' statements

Organ donations 3869-71

Residential Tenancy Act, definitions, "supported living" and "supportive housing" 5026

Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities, government support 2625

Rotary Hospice House, funding and services 4613

Save Our Northern Seniors Society, work of group 5243

Selkirk College, costs to students, petition tabled 3989

Seniors

advocacy for seniors 4115-6

assessment of service needs, role of health authorities 5054-5

conference on housing and support services for seniors, postponement 4114

congress on aging 4114-5

definition of term "senior" 4116

housing, change of assistive housing needs 4667

issues and concerns, government handling 5243

programs and services, government initiatives 4112

separation of senior couples in health care facilities 2401-2, 2625-7

Seniors Information Referral and Resources Society, work of organization 4115

Skills training

apprenticeship system 2625

shortage of skilled workers 2625

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Seniors, report 5243-4

Statements by members

Hazards of atomic energy industry 4025

Hockey in Trail 3534-5

Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

debate 4666-7, 5026-8, 5031, 5033-4, 5054-6

consultation by government 4667, 5031, 5033, 5036, 5056

time for debate of bill 4667

Trail, Hockeyville status 3534-5

Transplantation of organs, organ donation 3869-71

Uranium

moratorium on uranium mining and exploration, petition tabled 4744

public concerns re uranium mining 4025

Vancouver Island Health Authority, residential care facilities, bidding process 4608

West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

health watch groups 2626

transportation infrastructure needs, petition tabled 2772

Coons, Gary (North Coast)

As subject

comments in response to throne speech (Bell) 2834, 2837

position on offshore oil and gas exploration (Bell) 2836

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 3616-9

Abram, Jim, involvement in ferry users protest, letter to Premier 2831

Acropolis Manor

beds for seniors, petition tabled 2827

future of facility 4769-70

number of beds 2501

Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 3636-8

All-Native Basketball Tournament 2234

B.C., northern and rural B.C.

ambulance services 5191

economic development 2577-8

health care services in northern B.C., cases 2576

health care services in northwestern B.C. 5191-2

health care services in northwestern B.C., physician travel assistance program 5191

north coast fishery workers, campaign for economic assistance 5190

B.C. Assessment, assessment of ferry terminals 3055-7

B.C. Ferry Services Inc.

accountability 4576-8

governance 4579, 4581-3

governance, role of provincial government 4579-80

planning and reporting requirements 3685

role of Transportation Minister 2636-7

B.C. Liberal Party government

actions since 2001 election 2831-3

performance 2575

position on issues

seniors assistance 2831-2

taxation 5192

teachers collective bargaining 2833

trust issue 2575, 2578

Budget debate 2574-8

Campbell, Gordon

performance as Premier 2578

statements on B.C. Liberal Party government policies 5189, 5192

Canada Health Act, principles 2576-7

Coal as energy source, coal-fired power plants 5193

Coastal Ferry Act, provisions and need for amendment 5192

Coastal land and resource management plans 2577

funding initiatives and investment funds 3636-7

Communities, government support for small communities 4111

Community Services Ministry, estimates debate 4110-1

Douglas Channel, tanker traffic in area and first nations concerns 3792-3, 3814

Economy, B.C. economy, economic development initiative trusts 4110-1

Education

class size and composition

challenges for rural schools 4716-8

determination process 4661-2

English-as-a-second-language students 4717

limits for lab and shop classes 4716

teachers' consent and consultation 4656

curriculum, physical education 2577

distance education and on-line learning

class size 4643

definition of teacher supervision 4647-8

funding 4642

program approval by Education minister 4645

virtual schools, standards 4645

foundation skills assessment 4486

funding 2577

funding for rural schools 4717-8

school trustees, local election 2833

student records, sharing among schools 4642

system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 2833

Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4642-3, 4645, 4647-8, 4656, 4661-2, 4716-8

Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 3793

Energy

alternative energy sources 5193

alternative energy sources, development of industry 3813

energy plan 3812-3

wind power 3812, 3814

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry

estimates debate 3791-4, 3812-4

budget allocation for alternative energy 3813

staffing, allocation to offshore drilling issues 3794

Environmental protection, government action 2578, 2834

Ferries and ferry services

fare increases 2636, 4580-1, 4583, 5192

federal funding subsidy 4588-9

operations and staff 2630-1, 4576, 4589

protest by ferry users 2636, 2831

reports on ferry services models 3685-6, 4577, 4581-2

routes and services

discontinuance 4576-7

integrated marine transportation plan 4582-3

service to central coast 5192

service to ferry-dependent communities, committee proposal 3686

service to northern communities 3885-6, 4585-6

sinking of Queen of the North

environmental impact 4026, 5190

"force majeure" argument 4587-8

impact on tourism in area, government action 4134

vessels

construction contract for super-C ferries 4579

maintenance and safety 4586-7

new vessel for northern route, naming 5190

First nations

emergency social services 4026

government initiatives 2831

new relationship with government 2578

Forest industry, coastal forest industry issues 5189

Fung, David, comments on B.C.'s port strategy 5099

Great Bear rain forest, establishment of protected area, memorandum of agreement 5189-90

Hahn, David, correspondence with Transportation Minister 4579

Haida Nation

culture and language programs, funding 5189

treaty negotiations, information-gathering 3618

treaty negotiations, status 2769

Haldane, Leon, travel for health care services 2389

Hartley Bay

assistance from community for victims of ferry sinking, heroic achievement award 4026

assistance from community for victims of ferry sinking, impact on community 3618

environmental impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry in area 3792

Health

continuing and long-term care beds 2501

health authorities, need for north coast authority 2576

public health, early diagnosis of hearing problems in children 2699, 4770

Health care system

health support workers, collective agreement, handling by B.C. Liberal Party government 2575

reforms, visits to other countries by Premier 2575

services for seniors 2831-2

system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 2831-2

travel for treatment and diagnostic services, case 2389

travel for treatment and diagnostic services, travel for northern residents 4770-1

Health Ministry, estimates debate 4769-71

Heiltsuk Nation, re-signing of accord with government 3617

Highway 16, missing women along highway

government action 2577, 2832, 5190-1

Highway of Tears Symposium 3617

Hobiyee celebration 2578

Income assistance

benefit amount 5190

benefit amount, petition tabled 5081

Integrated land management bureau, presentation on oil and gas exploration risks 2834

International Women's Day 2830

Islands Trust, concerns about ferry services 5192

Kitimat, liquified natural gas pipeline 3793

Kitimat-Stikine regional district, funding 4717

Kuper Island, ferry service 4584

Labour, government handling of labour relations 2575

Laxgalts'ap, ambulance service 3617

Legislature, fall sitting, issues for debate 5171-2, 5189-93

McKay family, experience with health care system 5191

Motions

foundation skills assessment test for B.C. students, debate 4486

motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5189-93

motion that the House recess until 9:05 p.m., debate 5171-2

Naziel, Florence, awareness work for missing women along highway 16 2832

Nisga'a people, treaty 4737-8

North Coast Health Improvement Society, audiology clinic initiative 4770

Northern Health Authority

bus service for northern residents' travel for health services 4770-1

home care services 5191

services 2576

Oil and gas

first nations involvement in industry 3792

first nations involvement in industry, ministerial role in engagement strategy 3618

offshore drilling

development of industry, seismic exploration 3794

environmental concerns of coastal first nations 3619

first nations involvement in industry 3791-2

government action 3791, 5192-3

moratorium 2833-4

moratorium, first nations issues 3793

sunken vessels and fuel leaks 3794

Oral questions

Acropolis Manor 2501

Availability of health care services in rural and northern B.C. 2389

Ferry service to northern communities 3885-6

Government response to concerns of B.C. Ferries users 2636-7

Government response to concerns of Sandspit residents 2769

Role of government in B.C. Ferries planning and reporting 3685-6

Petitions

Acropolis Manor beds for seniors 2827

income assistance and minimum wage rates 5081

Port of Prince Rupert, expansion, capacity 5098-9

Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 5190

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues, membership 2831

Prince Rupert

audiology services 2576

government assistance 4110

wind farms in area 3814

Property tax, assessment of property, impact on local governments 3055-6

Queen Charlotte Islands

forest ecosystem restoration, carbon forest pilot project 5193

government assistance 4110-1

hunting of black bears 5190

Sandspit

government assistance 4111

impact on community of treaty negotiations in area 2769

School district 52 (Prince Rupert), issues and concerns 4716-7

Seniors, government assistance, B.C. Liberal Party position 2831-2

Shipping industry

tanker safety, coastal first nations' concerns 3619

tanker safety, impact of marine traffic on environment 3792

vessel emission reduction 5099

Skills training, shortage of skilled workers, government action 2577

Small Business and Revenue Ministry, estimates debate 3055-7

Stalk, George, comments on B.C.'s port strategy 5098

Statements by members

All-Native Basketball Tournament 2234

Impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry 4026

Marine transportation system 2630-1

Nisga'a treaty 4737-8

Taxation, B.C. Liberal Party position 5192

Teachers

collective agreement, removal of provisions on class size and composition 2577

collective bargaining process, B.C. Liberal Party position 2833

Throne speech debate 2830-4

Tofino–Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, position on offshore oil and gas moratorium 2833

Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry, estimates debate 4134

Transportation, containerization, opportunities for B.C. 5098-9

Transportation Ministry

estimates debate 4576-89

funding of Legacies Now 4589

Violence against first nations women 3617

Wages and salaries, minimum wage, petition tabled 5081

Wildlife, kermode bear, naming as provincial animal 2578

Cubberley, David (Saanich South)

Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project

costs and ownership 2887-90

operating standards 2889

ownership 2795

role of Access Health Abbotsford 2888

Alberta, health care services, joint replacements 2601

Albo, Al and Fanny, couple's separation in health care facilities 2683

Auditor General, report on Pharmacare program 4567

Automobiles, use of private automobiles, impact on transportation system 2603-4

Blaylock Surgical Centre Inc., operations, compliance with legislation 3596

B.C. Liberal Party government

accountability and openness 5238-9

position on Canada Health Act principles 4515

trust issue 2795

Budget debate 2599-604

Budgets, 2006-07 budget, content 2599-600

Canada Health Act, principles 2487, 2795

B.C. Liberal Party position 4515

Canadian Cancer Society, advocacy on tobacco issues 3100

Cancer, treatment system in B.C. 4509

Cardiac health, heart and stroke awareness 2383

Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

report and recommendations 2794

work of commission 4515

Conference Board of Canada, comments on patient satisfaction 4125, 4510

Copeman, Don, health care centres, compliance with legislation

compliance 2236-7, 2288-9, 2386-7, 2487-8, 2796

investigation 3296, 3392, 3596

Disease, screening services 4520

Drugs, prescription drugs

impact of user fees 3431

independent assessment 4569

Edroff, Jeneece, fundraising activities 4593

Education

class size and composition, number of classrooms exceeding limits 5121

foundation skills assessment 5107-8

funding for implementation of class size limits 5121

Finance Ministry, estimates debate 2887-90

Follows, Robert, billing practices for medical services 4520-2

Fraser Institute, ranking of schools 5107

Golbey, Michael, comments on patient access to health records 4502

Hansen, Colin, comments on Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003 2398, 2488

Health, continuing and long-term care

beds 2795

review of seniors care in health facilities 2500, 2552

review of seniors care in health facilities, expanded review 2683

transfer of seniors away from home communities, cases 2499-500

Health, public health

healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 2604

physical fitness, physical activity and fitness levels in B.C. 4510

Health Act, definitions, "health care body" 4503

Health care facilities and hospitals

capital projects 4513-4

capital projects, public-private partnerships 4728-9

construction, financing 2887

over-capacity operation 3088

private facilities 2795-7

workload formula 4330

Health care funding 4511

federal funding 2600-1, 4508-9

funding for capital projects 4514

funding for wage increases 4511

Health care system

beds, over-capacity protocol 3821

beds, reduction in number, impact on system 2587, 2602, 2683, 3088, 3987-8, 4125-6, 4284, 4510, 4639

call for independent inquiry into system 2588

chronic disease management 4518

emergency services 3987-8

current conditions in emergency rooms 4638-9

staff morale 4028-9

fees for access to family physicians 2237

impact of aging population 2794

patient satisfaction 2634, 3821, 4125

personal health information

collection, use and disclosure of information 4343, 4504

designation of health information banks, exemption by cabinet 4503

information-sharing agreements 4343, 4505

patient access 4502-3

privacy, complaints 4343, 4504-5

primary health care, funding 4517

primary health care, reforms 2794

private services and privatization, study 4729

public consultation by government 2795, 2797

reforms

government initiatives and reforms 2600, 2795, 2797

public consultation 4514-7

visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2403, 2552

surgery, joint replacements

cost 4565

government funding and strategy 2600-2

government strategy 4524-5

number 4565

post-surgery services 4566-7

surgery, post-surgery physiotherapy 4525, 4565-6

sustainability 2794, 4515-6

study of systems in other countries 4516

system during NDP administration 4508-9

system in B.C., comparison with other provinces 3821, 4509-10

system in Canada, comparison with other jurisdictions 4516

technology, electronic health records 4343, 4501-2

technology, impact on health care costs 4516

two-tiered system 2796-7

user fees 2634, 2796-7, 3296, 3596

user fees, prevention in federal legislation 2488

wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists, joint replacements 4523-4

workers, concerns of front-line workers 2683

workers, working conditions 4510

Health Ministry

estimates debate 4508-25, 4565-70, 4725-9, 4734-5, 4769, 4775-8, 4783-4

estimates process 4784

funding of Legacies Now 4514

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4342-3, 4501-5

Homelessness, accommodation for street people 5239-40

Hospice and palliative care

funding 4777-8

information 4775-6

management and protocols 4734-5, 4769

support programs for family caregivers 4776-7

Housing, residential care facilities, wait times, first-available-bed policy 2499-500

Hugi, Maria, comments on funding for emergency services at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital 4330-1

Interior Health Authority

beds in area facilities 2928, 4495

beds in area facilities, over-capacity operation 3088

report on overcrowding in Kamloops facilities 2587-8

staff comments on conditions in health care system 2928

Kelowna General Hospital

over-capacity conditions, physicians' comments 4741

staff morale 4741

Kidney disease, incidence and public awareness 2926

Legislature

fall sitting 5238-40

fall sitting, issues for debate 5239-40

opposition, role 5239

Lois Fish Palliative Society, hospice and palliative care information website 4776

Lyme disease, diagnosis and treatment 4783-4

Marleau, Diane, comments on fees in private health care facilities 2796-7

Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, rehabilitation services for joint replacement patients 4567

Medical Services Commission

investigation of health care centre operations, decision 3296, 3596

investigation of health care centre operations, public input 3296, 3392

role in investigation and regulation of medical billing practices 4521-2

Medical Services Plan, budget and funding 4512

Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003

proclamation 2398, 2487, 2795-7

purpose of bill 2488

Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2006, debate 2398, 2487-8

Motions

foundation skills assessment test for B.C. students, debate 5107-8

motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5238-40

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, emergency services

funding 4330-1, 4954

physician staffing levels 4284

Nurses, workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps, petitions tabled 4810, 4910

Oral questions

Availability of beds in health care facilities 3088, 3987-8, 4125-6

Availability of beds in Interior Health Authority facilities 2928

Billing practices of surgical clinic in Abbotsford 3596

Compliance of Copeman clinic with federal and provincial legislation 2236-7, 2288-9, 2386-7

Copeman clinic investigation 3392, 3596

Emergency services at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital 4284, 4330-1

Emergency services at Vancouver General Hospital 3821

Emergency services at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 4493-4

Emergency services in health care system 4638-9

Evaluation of Pharmacare 3430-1

Funding for limits to class size and composition 5121

Investigation of medical billing practices 3728-9

Participation of Les Vertesi in health care research tour 2403, 2454-5

Public access to Medical Services Commission 3296

Review of health care system 2552-3, 2587-8

Review of seniors care in health facilities 2499-500, 2683

Staff morale at Kelowna General Hospital 4741

Staff morale in emergency rooms 4028-9

User fees for health services 2634

Partnerships B.C.

mandate 4727

role in redevelopment of St. Paul's Hospital 4725, 4727-8

Petitions

nurses, workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps 4810, 4910

Pharmacare program

budget 4512

Fair Pharmacare program, review of effectiveness 3430-1

initiatives 4509

management 4567-9

PharmaNet computer system, access to information 4502-3

PharmaNet database 4569-70

Physicians

billing practices 4520-2

billing for medically necessary services 2398

extra billings for insured services 2487, 3728-9

federal fine for extra billings in B.C., government action 3728-9

comments and concerns on health care system 4028, 4125

computer and Internet use 4569-70

general practitioners, recruitment and supply 4518-20

general practitioners, remuneration and working conditions 4518-9

Private members' statements

Restoring B.C.'s leadership on tobacco control 3573-5

Rotary Hospice House, funding and services 4769

Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency services 4029

Royal Inland Hospital, services 2552

St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment

public consultation process 4725-8

public-private partnership model 4728-9

Schneider, Ferdinand, transfer to care facility away from home community 2499-500

Statements by members

Heart and Stroke Awareness Month 2383

Jeneece Edroff 4593

World Kidney Day 2926

Sweden, health care for seniors 2552

Throne speech

content 2793-5

relationship with budget 2600

Throne speech debate 2793-8

Tobacco

government initiatives for tobacco use reduction 3100-01, 4509, 5239

government's court case against tobacco companies 3100

sale of tobacco products in pharmacies 3386, 3573-5

smoking, rate in B.C. 3386

tobacco control, government strategy 3573-5

Tobacco Sales (Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco) Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3100-1

Tobacco Statutes (Prohibiting Tobacco Sales From Pharmacies) Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3386

Transit services, buses and bus service, funding and service levels 2603

Transportation, sustainability 2602-3

Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, emergency services, letter from physicians 3821

Vernon Jubilee Hospital, emergency services 4493-4

Vertesi, Les

comments on user fees in health care system 2797

travel with Premier and Health Minister to study health care systems in other countries 2403, 2454-5

Warner, Norman, comments on health care system reform 2797-8

World Kidney Day 2926