Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 38th Parliament – 2006
MEMBERS INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

As subject
comments on class size in education system (Bond) 3416-7
experience with foster children 4978
position on 2010 Olympic Winter Games (Campbell) 4596 (Hansen) 4595
Abbott, George
awareness and action on private health care facilities 5118-9
participation in tour of European health care facilities 2498
Air, greenhouse gas emission targets 4846, 4875
Albo, Al and Fanny, couple's separation in health care facilities 2400-1
Basi, David, position as ministerial assistant, investigation 3681-2
B.C., northern and rural B.C., heartlands, use of term 2249
B.C. Coroners Service
authority to review child deaths 5082-3
comments on child death reviews 4806
request for legislative amendments 5082
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
accountability 3130
application of freedom-of-information legislation to agency 3389, 4919
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on throne speech statements 2249-50
performance 2250
statements on health care system 2584
transparency 4795
B.C. Rail, Roberts Bank spur line sale, cancellation 3681-2
Campbell, Gordon
comments on issues
accessibility of government information 4916, 5090
government accountability 3389
support for children 4977
position on recommendations of commission of inquiry into child protection services 5126
Canada Health Act, principles 2249
Charlie, Sherry
death 5126
inquest into death, coroner's jury recommendations 2335-6
Chief electoral officer, comments on election campaign financing 4921
Children
child death reviews
incomplete reviews 4806
incomplete reviews, call for investigation by all-party committee 3884
review process, reviews 2335
child deaths, investigation 4976
child protection
funding, impact on services 2249
government funding and policies, impact on services 5126-7
system, handling by B.C. Liberal Party government 5125-6
child protection review, panel report, government action 3883-4
child protection review, recommendations 5126-7
programs and services for children and families, reductions 4977
programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery 3883-4, 4977
society support 2763
Children, child care
accessibility 2249
funding
federal agreement 4840-1
federal agreement, B.C. government action 2249, 4841-4
funding 4844
provincial child care council 4841
Children's Commissioner
elimination of office 4976-7, 5126
need for independent commissioner 2335-6
Climate change
government action 4845
national strategy 4876-7
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services Ministry, implementation of recommendations 5126
Copeman, Don, health care centres, compliance with legislation, investigation 3295
Dobell, Ken, position as special adviser to Premier 4834-5
du Toit, Lesley, positions with government 4835
Economy, role of social factors 2250
Education system, visits to school districts by Premier and Education Minister 2249
Edzerza, Allen, position as special adviser to Premier on first nations issues 4835
Elections, campaign financing
corporate and union donations 4922
reform 4794-6
reform, Chief Electoral Officer recommendations 4921-3
Energy
energy plan 4875-6
Power Smart program (federal) 4877
Falcon, Kevin, comments on B.C. Rail spur line agreement cancellation 3682
Ferries and ferry services
information, availability of information on ferries 3388-9
sinking of Queen of the North, publication of investigation results 3128, 3130
sinking of Queen of the North, work of crew and rescuers commended 3128
First nations
Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments, handling by new federal government, B.C. government action 4842-3
position on United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples 5123
services for children and families, regionalization 4977
Forests and forest industry
mountain pine beetle control, federal funding 4877-8
softwood lumber agreement with U.S.
B.C. concerns 4878-80
call for public discussion on agreement 4907
impact on value-added sector 4907
timber pricing, market pricing system 4879
Foster care, kith-and-kin agreements
government release of requested information 3428-9
program implementation date 3428-9
Freedom of information
government initiatives 4917-21
requests for information 3389
requests for information, handling of requests 4919-21, 5090
Government
accountability 4915
accountability targets, request for recommendations 4836
computer system, security breaches 2822-3
federal-provincial relations 4840, 4842
government records, release of personal information 2680
police investigation into alleged breach of trust 3593
Governor General of Canada address, debate 2763
Health, continuing and long-term care
beds 2249, 4881-2
bed closings 4885
bed closings, impact on patients 4915
review of seniors care in health facilities 2498-9
expanded review 2632-3
participation of health authority officials 2632-3
Health care system
accountability 4915-6
beds
appropriate use of acute-care beds 2401
number of acute care beds 4881-9
reduction in number, impact on system 4283, 4914
current conditions 2401, 4880-1
emergency services, current conditions in emergency rooms 4283, 4889
impact of government initiatives 4913-4
issues raised by opposition 4913
patient satisfaction 3820, 4882
planning 4887
private services and privatization 2248-9
reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2235-6, 4913
regional health care, review 2551-2
user fees 2236, 5119
Henderson, Kim, position with Premier's Office 4836
Homelessness, government action 4837-9
Housing
affordable housing, federal funding 4839
government strategy, performance measurement 4837-8
temporary shelters 4839
Housing, residential care facilities
closing of facilities and transfer of residents to other facilities 4885
wait times, first-available-bed policy 2633
Information and Privacy Commissioner
investigation of release of personal information in government records 2823
Information and Privacy Commissioner, budget reduction 4917-8
Interior Health Authority
beds in area facilities 4637, 4911
staff comments on conditions in health care system 2401
International Women's Day 2820-1
Kamloops, residential care beds in area 4914
Kelowna General Hospital, over-capacity conditions 4637, 4913
Legislature
fall sitting 5115-6
officers of the Legislature, funding 4916
police search of government staff offices in December 2003, connection to government business 3593
question period, length 4917
Les, John, comments on B.C. Coroners Service authority to review child deaths 5082-3
Lobbyists, legislation, changes 3593
Mansell, Myles, death 3879
Medical Services Commission, investigation of health care centre operations, decision 3295
MLAs, role 4977-8
Motions
adoption of report of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth, debate 5125-7
committee to examine political donations and campaign spending, debate 4794-6
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
emergency services, physician staffing levels 4284, 4911
services 4913
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 Legacies Now, funding 4493
call for Auditor General to monitor finances 4596
funding, B.C. government funding 4840
funding, cost overrun 4595-6
Oral questions
Access to B.C. Ferries information 3388-9
Acute care beds at Kelowna General Hospital 4637-8
Auditor General oversight of Olympic Games costs 4595-6
Child death reviews 4806
Child protection services 3883-4
Consideration of user fees in health care system 2235-6
Copeman clinic investigation 3295
Emergency services at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital 4283-4
Emergency services at Vancouver General Hospital 3819-20
Expansion of review of health authorities 2632-3
Government computer system security and role of Information and Privacy Commissioner 2822-3
Government handling of Port Alberni forest lands 5049-50
Government policies on assignment of seniors care beds 2583-4
Government response to allegations against B.C. lobbyists 3593
Government role in freedom-of-information request process 5089-90
Health Minister action on private health care services 5118-9
Implementation of kith-and-kin program 3428-9
Investigation into release of government records on personal information 2680
Involvement of David Basi in government business 3681-2
Legacies Now funding 4493
Reinstatement of Children's Commission 2335-6
Review of health care system 2551-2
Review of seniors care in health facilities 2498-9
Sinking of B.C. ferry 3130
Softwood lumber agreement 4907
Solicitor General Ministry communications to Coroners Service 5077
Treatment of seniors in health care facilities 2400-1
Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2006, debate 5115-6
Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Committee, examination of campaign finance reform 4794-5
Petitions
float home owners, eligibility for homeowner grant 3686
Pilothouse Public Affairs Group Inc., relationship with government 3593
Ponderosa Lodge, bed closings 4915
Port Alberni, removal of tree farm licence lands in area 5049-50
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 2250, 4978
Premier's Office
estimates debate 4833-46, 4875-89, 4911-23
budget 4833-4
special advisers 4834-5
staffing, organization chart 4836
Privilege
comments by John Les on Coroners Service authority to conduct child death reviews 5082-3
reserving right to raise matter of privilege 5074
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, communication to B.C. Coroners Service on freedom-of-information request 5077, 5089-90
Representative for Children and Youth
appointment 5125, 5127
independence 4976, 5125-6
Representative for Children and Youth Act, debate 4976-8
Richmond, Claude, comments on health care system 2251-2
Royal Inland Hospital, issues 4915
St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing 4888
Seniors, separation of senior couples in health care facilities 2583-4
Skills training, apprenticeship system 2250
Standing order 35 adjournment motions
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples 5123-5
Statements by members
International Women's Day 2820-1
Sinking of B.C. ferry 3128
Steenkamp, Philip, secondment to government of Ontario 4836
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics 4951
Throne speech
content 2250
theme of "transformative change" 2248
Throne speech debate 2248-50
Tributes
Myles Mansell 3879
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, qualifications as advocate for youth 5125
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples 5123-5
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, funding for private clinics 2249
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, emergency services, letter from physicians 3819-20
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, application of freedom-of-information legislation to agency 4919
Vaudreuil, Matthew, death 5126
Victoria, Fisherman's Wharf, float home owners, eligibility for homeowner grant, petition tabled 3686
Western Canada Wilderness Committee, freedom-of-information request, government handling 4920
Wildlife, kermode bear, naming as provincial animal 2248
Women
challenges 2821
employment, government programs 4844
Yung, Philip, position as special adviser to Premier on multicultural issues 4835
Jarvis, Daniel (North Vancouver–Seymour)

Anderson, Val, work as MLA 3234
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions since 2001 election 2366
goals 2531
Budget debate 2529, 2531-3
Budgets, 2006-07 budget, content 2529, 2532
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 2532
Economy
B.C. economy, current conditions 2366
role of economy in funding for social services 2531-2
Energy, power supply, supply of B.C. needs 2367
Exports and imports, role of exports in B.C. economy 2367
Government, capital projects, funding 2532
Health
health care funding 2532
joint replacements, government funding and strategy 2532
Homeowner grant, changes 2532-3
MLAs, role 2365-6
Mining industry
electricity needs 2367
investment in exploration 2367
New Relationship Trust
accountability 3212
appointment of directors 3212
New Relationship Trust Act, debate 3212
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area, transportation infrastructure needs and projects 2369, 2533
Physicians, training, expansion of medical school program 2366-7
Public debt 2366
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, budget 2532
SeaBus, expansion of system 2369
Seniors housing 2369-70
Skills training, need 2366
Statements by members
Val Anderson 3234
Throne speech debate 2365-8, 2369-70
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 2367, 2369

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