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

Taylor, Hon. Carole (Vancouver-Langara)

As subject
comments on federal budget (Fraser) 4331 (Thorne) 4428
comments on Sea-to-Sky Highway project, request to appear before Public Accounts Committee 2809-10 (Kwan) 2809-11
response to questions during estimates debate (Kwan) 2883, 2886
work on naming of 49th-and-Cambie Canada line station as Punjabi Market–Langara Station 4174
Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project
borrowing rate 2874
construction by private sector 2889
contract 2877
costs 2883-5
costs and ownership 2887-90
government funding 2886
operating standards 2889
risk valuation 2886
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, minister's delegation of powers under lands legislation 2396
Agriculture and Lands Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 2395-6
Auditor General
budget 2812
comments on public-private partnerships 2884
Automobiles, taxation 2393
tax on high-priced vehicles 3003, 3071-2
Bains, Parm, work for B.C. Liberal Party while government employee 2921-2, 2948
Blain, Larry
position as president of Partnerships B.C. 2928-9
remuneration as president of Partnerships B.C., performance bonuses 2957-9
B.C. Buildings Corporation, dissolution of corporation and transfer of powers to Labour and Citizens' Services Minister 2396
Budget debate 2390-4, 2658
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2006, debate 2395-6, 3003, 3065-72, 3090-1
Budgets
2006-07 budget, content 2390
2006-07 budget, interim supply 2820, 2946
Budget and Fiscal Plan, tabled 2396
Business
public-private partnerships
benefits 2802-3, 2809, 2813, 2869-70, 2889
cost comparison with public sector projects 2752, 2759, 2799
innovation 2816
profits 2876
project costs 2756-7
rate of return 2747
risk transfers 2754-8, 2805
subsidiaries and liability issue 2812-5
tax shields 2876
value-for-money reports 2872
reporting of international activity, formula 3068
taxation 2393-4, 3003
Business Corporations Act, amendments 3292, 3455, 3515-7
Children
child care, supported child care 2390
child care funding, federal agreement, B.C. government action 2952-3
child protection services, initiatives 2390-1
infant development program 2390
programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 2390-1
therapies, occupational, physical and speech language therapies 2390
Civil service
supplementary estimates debate 2431-46, 2457-66
collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2394, 2431-46, 2457-60
bonus per worker 2432, 2439, 2443, 2462-3
contract certainty requirement 2463-5
excluded staff 2431-2, 2439, 2442
incentive for contracts with later expiry dates 2457-60
collective bargaining
current negotiations 2432-3, 2459
forecast allowance 2444, 2457-60
job-security issue 2439
negotiating framework 2431-2, 2435, 2443
wage mandate 2431, 2441, 2443, 2459
work of employees on B.C. Liberal Party business 2948-9
Computer technology
digital media centre, establishment 2393
software services, provincial sales tax exemption 2393, 2395-6, 3003, 3070-1
Corporations
corporate share registries, access 3455, 3515-6
extraprovincial corporations, penalties for offences 3516-7
Disabled and handicapped persons
equipment and vehicle purchases, family independence fund 2390-1
purchase of modified homes 2393
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 2390-1, 2394
Education, funding 2391
Employment
BladeRunners program 2392
employment initiatives, government support 2392-3
job creation in B.C. 2391
Escheat Act, amendments 3455
Ferries, fast ferries project 2748-9, 2802
Film industry, tax credit 3003, 3067-8
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 2724-59, 2798-817, 2869-96, 2910-22, 2948-62
government borrowings and loans for 2005-06, report tabled 5054
meetings with federal government 2952-4
procurement governance office, operations 2894-5
procurement governance office, review of ministries' procurement practices 2910-4
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3292, 3455, 3515-7
Financial Institutions Act, amendments 3292, 3455, 3517
First nations, computer technology initiative 2392
Foster parents, travel allowance 2390
Fuel
biodiesel, taxation 3069
coloured fuel, eligibility for use 3003, 3069
taxation 2393
Government
accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 2432-3, 2435
advertising and announcements, education advertising 2950
borrowing costs 2746-7, 2808, 2869
cabinet meetings, open cabinet meetings 2950
capital projects
construction request-for-proposal process 2890-1
requirement for agencies to consider public-private partnerships 2817
status 2951-2
communications
ministerial responsibility 2920
responsibility for government website 2921, 2949
role of directors of communications 2919, 2950
cross-ministry initiatives 2457
employees, qualifications 2919
hiring practices 2919
ministerial accountability after government reorganization 4811
procurement practices
audit staff and training 2915-6
monitoring and compliance 2895, 2910-6
service contracts 2895
vendor complaints 2914-5, 2917
service plans and strategic plan, 2006-07 and 2008-09, tabled 2396
transfer payments from federal government 2952-4
Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture, committee on agriculture policy 2921, 2949
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line
naming of 49th-and-Cambie station as Punjabi Market–Langara Station 4174-5
role of Partnerships B.C. 2741-2, 2754, 2955-6
Health care facilities, construction, financing 2887
High-technology industry, public-private partnerships for infrastructure 2893
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades
cost 2873
public-private partnership 2747-50, 2798-803, 2869-71, 2959-60
public-private partnership, risk transfers 2753, 2755, 2878-81
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 3065-7
Homeowner grant
changes 2393, 2395
eligibility 3065-7
Horgan, John, meeting with Information and Privacy Commissioner 2949
Housing, affordable housing, federal funding 2953
Immigration
connecting skilled workers with employment, Skills Connect for Immigrants program 2392
credentialling of foreign-trained workers 2392
Income assistance
benefits, school startup allowance 2391
disability benefits, earnings threshold 2392
employment programs 2392
recipients, community volunteer supplement 2392
Income tax
tax credits, medical expenses 3003, 3067
taxes for low- and middle-income families 2393, 3003
Income Tax Act, amendments 3067
Income Trust Liability Act, debate 3231-2, 3454, 3513-5
Income trusts, publicly traded income trusts, liability protection legislation 3231-2, 3454, 3513-4
Industry Training Authority, budget 2393
International Financial Activity Act, amendments 3068
InTransit B.C., role of Partnerships B.C. 2741
Loukidelis, David, position on corporate transparency legislation 3516
Media, advertising costs 2951
Mental health of children and youth, services 2390
Mineral Tax Act, amendments 3068-9
Mining industry
employment and training of youth 2392
exploration, tax credits 2393
job creation 2392
revenue formula for sales to related parties 3068-9
taxation, flow-through share tax credit 3003, 3067
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006, debate 4811
Motions
naming of 49th-and-Cambie SkyTrain station, debate 4174-5
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 3069
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Act, amendments 3292, 3455
Northern Lights College, trades and apprenticeship training programs 2393
Oil and gas, government revenues 2431, 2433
Pacific North Coast Native Cooperative Act, repeal 3292, 3455
Partnerships B.C.
accountability, audits and reviews 2730-6, 2811
applications 2817, 2874-5
audit committee 2735, 2737
code of ethics 2876
confidentiality and conflict-of-interest relationship disclosure 2738
consultants 2734, 2740-1
consultation by other jurisdictions 2739-40
cost savings and risk transfer 2742-5, 2746-59, 2754
director of communications, role 2955
governance 2877
issues notes, availability 2954
legal costs 2738
office locations 2728
operations 2725-6, 2733, 2739, 2757, 2817, 2874-5
procurement practices 2735-7
report on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project, review by Auditor General 2749-51, 2799, 2804, 2809, 2884, 2962
revenue from government 2726
role 2740, 2742-3, 2745-6, 2871, 2885, 2928-9
role in Northern Sports Centre 2881-2
role in Pitt River Bridge project 2816
role in Surrey Memorial Hospital project 2876
role in Whistler project 2875
staff 2727
staff appointments and secondments 2958
staff compensation 2728-31, 2733-4
staff compensation and performance measurement 2875, 2929, 2957-62
subsidiaries 2877
Physicians, collective bargaining process, early-settlement incentive 2444
Pitt River Bridge, replacement 2807, 2815-7
Post-secondary education, collective bargaining in sector, current negotiations 2458
Premier's Office, deputy ministers' secretariat 2457
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., role with Partnerships B.C. 2741
Public affairs bureau
budget for polling 2950
events promotion contractors 2950
organization and staffing 2918-9
seniors project 2920
staff compensation, performance bonuses 2951
staff qualifications 2949
Public Agency Accommodation Act, debate 2395-6
Public Sector Employers Act, amendments 3292, 3455
Real estate industry
commissions, requirements 3455
real estate compensation fund 3292, 3455
Real Estate Services Act, amendments 3292, 3455
Recycling, tire levy and industry stewardship program 3090-1
Revelstoke Dam, grant-in-lieu to city of Revelstoke 2922
St. Paul's Hospital, development project 2725
Science and technology, natural resources and engineering research 2393
Skills training
apprenticeship, number of apprenticeships 2393
government initiatives 2392-3
training programs, tax credit program for businesses involved in training 2392
SNC Lavalin Inc., role in William R. Bennett Bridge project 2742, 2745
Social Service Tax Act, amendments 3070-2, 3090-1
Society Act,, amendments 3455
Substance abuse and addiction, crystal meth
community forums 2391
government action on prevention and treatment 2391
Supply Act, 2005-2006 (Supplementary Estimates No. 1), debate 2466
Supply Act (No. 1), 2006, debate 2820, 2946
Supply Act, 2006-2007, debate 5066
Surrey Memorial Hospital, expansion 2876
Teachers, collective bargaining process
early-settlement incentive 2434, 2440, 2445-6
negotiations 2445-6
University of Northern B.C., Northern Sports Centre project 2881-3
Vancouver Island Health Authority, request for proposals for construction of residential care beds 2890-2
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, ministerial responsibility 2916-7
William R. Bennett Bridge
construction project 2742
construction project, public-private partnership and risk transfer 2750
Women, employment, mentoring program 2392
Workers, recruitment 2434
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
meeting with Coquitlam school district 5201
work on children's services in community 4980
Bountiful, services for women in community 4227
B.C. Housing Management Commission, mandate during B.C. Liberal Party administration 4981
B.C. Lacrosse Association, hosting of 2008 games 2535
B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association, conference 5076-7
Budget debate 2533-7
Burke Mountain Naturalists, activities 2535
Children
child protection, government funding and policies, impact on services 5132
child protection review, panel report, government action 4980-1
child-raising costs 4030
programs and services for children and families
reductions, impact of government policies 4980-1
service delivery, co-location 3183
service delivery, neighbourhood hub model 3179-81, 3194, 3198-9
Children, child care
accessibility, advocacy role of Community Services Ministry 4221
accessibility, impact on labour market 4221-1
child care action plan 3087, 4792-4
public consultation, role of Education Ministry 3409
publication of plan and public consultations 3087, 3177, 3179, 3183-5
child care system 4904
comprehensive system for B.C. 2307
wait-lists and waiting times 4909
federal child care allowance, impact on provincial subsidy eligibility 3195
funding
allocation of federal and provincial funding 3191-2
federal agreement 2385, 2772
federal agreement, B.C. government action 2536-7, 3176, 3185-8, 4030, 4427-8
federal agreement cancellation, public petitions 3195-6
funding to other ministries 3193, 3199-200
government action 3176-7, 3186-8
government and opposition positions 3193
need for affordable child care 2536-7
public consultations, additional consultations 3183-4
public protest at Legislature 4909
spaces
government work with cities 3196
new spaces 3182
number 3193-4
spaces in school classrooms 3194, 3198-9
subsidy system 3194-5
Children, early childhood development
early learning and literacy
early learning centres 3413
federal funding 3408-10
funding and full-time-equivalents 3408-9
Ready, Set, Learn program 3199-200
human early learning partnership program, use in measurement of ministry performance 3197
learning through play 3411
programs and services
community involvement 3276
coordination with communities 3411
funding 3410
Success by 6 program 3196-7
school readiness, use of early development indicator 3197-8, 3410
Strong Start B.C. initiative 3412
terminology 3179-80
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 3176-89, 3191-200
performance measurement 3197
Children's Commissioner, need for independent commissioner 5132
Christmas Manor, anniversary 2535
Colony Farm Regional Park, open house event 4635
Community Services Ministry
estimates debate 4144, 4146-60, 4221-7
budget 4147-8
cross-ministry initiatives 4147
response to emerging trends 4146
staffing 4147
Como Watershed Group, conservation activities 2535
Coquitlam
community table on children's services 4980
crystal meth task force 2534
environment, stream protection 5201
grow ops in area 4340
leaky housing in area 5201
power surge damages, compensation 4810
Coquitlam River
fish habitat protection 3828-9
impact of gravel mining in area on river 3712-4, 3828
status as endangered river 3828
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area, issues and concerns 2535, 5200-2
Education
class size and composition, government action 2534
class size and composition, government position 4434
distance education and on-line learning, private courses in public system 4435
funding, special education and special needs 4434-5
funding for implementation of class size limits 4434-5
special education and special needs, assessments, waiting times 4435
Education, schools, use of school buildings
for-profit day cares 3413
policies 3413
School Community Connections project 3411-2
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4434-5
Education Ministry
estimates debate 3408-13
citizen-centred service delivery 3411
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 3712-4
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 3828-9
Le Festival du Bois 2631
Fires and firefighters, harassment of women firefighters in the workplace 3133
Flaunt Your Frenchness Week 2450
Fraser Health Authority, services 4124-5
Harassment in the workplace 3133
Harris, Bev, retirement 2533
Health
continuing and long-term care, review of seniors care in health facilities, expanded review 2586
continuing and long-term care, transfer of seniors away from home communities, cases 2586
health care system, surgery wait-lists 2533
Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development 3178, 3198
Highway 16, missing women along highway, government action 2338, 4225
Home care services 5200
Homelessness in B.C. 5133, 5201
Housing
government strategy 2534
non-profit housing, need 5077
Johnston, J. Crosby, death 2533
Justice system, legal aid, accessibility to women 4227
Kelowna, child care system 2537
Legislature, fall sitting 5199-200
Les, John, comments on consumer protection for homebuyers 5092
McCormack, Heather, comments on child care 2536-7
Maillardville, French heritage 2450
Manufactured homes
redevelopment of manufactured home parks, protection for home owners 4172
role of municipalities in manufactured home parks 4172
Metz-Murray, Carol, letter to government re funding for women's centres 4154-5
Morley, Jane, report on early childhood development and child care 3276-7
Motions
adoption of report of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth, debate 5132-3
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5199-202
responsibilities of manufactured home park landlords, debate 4172
Nastoh, Hamed, death 2924-5
North Shore Women's Centre, funding 4157-8
Northrup, Heather, comments on child care agreement 2536
Oral questions
Certification of home inspectors 5092
Child care action plan 3087, 4427-8
Child care funding 2772
Compensation for electrical power surge damage 4810
Emergency services in Fraser region 4124-5
Federal funding for child care 2385
Federal-provincial child care agreements 4030
Funding for women's centres 2338
Review of seniors care in health facilities 2586
Sexual harassment in B.C. fire services 3132-3
Waiting lists for child care 4909
Petitions
sale of cigarettes in pharmacies 5095
Physicians, comments and concerns on health care system 4124-5
PoCoMo Youth Services Society, activities and funding 2534
Polygamy 4227
Poverty
child poverty in B.C. 4981, 5133
incidence among women 4222-3
Prince George, women's services 4159, 4223
Private members' statements
Early childhood educators 4792-4
Property inspection
consumer protection 5092
regulation of home inspectors 5092
Queen Charlotte Islands Women Society, wait-lists for Stopping the Violence programs 4226
Representative for Children and Youth, appointment 5132-3
Representative for Children and Youth Act, debate 4980-1
Richmond fire department, harassment allegations 3133
Rivers and streams, riparian area regulations, assessment methodology 3829
Riverview Horticultural Centre Society, activities 2535
Riverview Hospital, future of hospital lands 5201
Safety Standards Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4339-40
St. Mary's Hospital, closing, impact on Coquitlam area 5200
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
English-as-a-second-language and special needs students 2543
funding per student 4434
SHARE Family and Community Services Society, services 4327
Shenton, Ruby, husband's move to care facility 2586
Skills training, apprenticeship system 2534
Statements by members
Child care system 4904
Colony Farm Regional Park 4635
Flaunt your Frenchness campaign 2450
Maillardville Festival du Bois 2631
Non-profit housing conference 5076-7
School bullying 2924-5
SHARE Family and Community Services Society 4327
Substance abuse and addiction
crystal meth, government action on prevention and treatment 2534
grow ops and meth labs, access to electricity consumption information by local authorities 4339
grow ops and meth labs, public safety issue 4340
Taylor, Carole, comments on federal budget 4428
Tobacco, sale of tobacco products in pharmacies, petition tabled 5095
Transition houses
funding and number of beds 4148-50
multi-year funding 4150-1
use of services 4148-50
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 2534-5
Tri-Cities area
housing and homelessness 5200-1
rapid transit services 5201-2
transportation infrastructure needs 2535
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, award recipients 2535-6
Tri-City Women's Resource Society 2535, 4154
Victim assistance, VictimLink program 4226
Violence
bullying and violence at school 2924-5
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 4152
prevention, funding for services 4152-4
violence against first nations women, government services 4223-5
Women
employment, mentoring program 4159-60
pay equity task force report, government action 4160
women's centres, funding 2338, 2535, 4144, 4155-9
funding for sexual assault centres 4226
review 4158-9
women's equality, government action, performance measurement 4225-6
Youth at risk, programs and services 2534
YWCA, report on child care 3087
Thorpe, Hon. Rick (Okanagan-Westside)

As subject
school visits 2562
Alcohol, liquor licensing, regulation 3035-6
Alzheimer's disease, research funding 2564
Assessment Act, amendments 3366, 3438-9
Automobiles, tax on high-priced vehicles 2564-5, 2906
B.C.
150th anniversary 2710-1
aging population 2711
B.C. Assessment
alternative service delivery 3059
assessment of ferry terminals 3055-8
customer service 2898
Internet access to information 3059
sale of property information 3058
service partnerships 3058-9
B.C. Hydro, public ownership 2712
B.C. Liberal Party government, goals 2710
B.C. Transmission Corporation, public ownership 2712
Budget debate 2562-6
Budgets, 2006-07 budget, theme 2562-3
Business
current conditions in B.C. 2898
government audits 2944
Business, small business
government strategy 2906
growth since 2001 year 3053-4
Small Business B.C. program, funding 3060
small business round table 2713, 2899, 2902-6, 3031-3, 3054-5
taxation 2713
venture capital tax credit 2565
Business Corporations Act, amendments 3035, 3037
Canada Health Act
call for addition of sustainability principle 2712
principles 2711-2
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, position on regulatory reform by government 2941, 2943, 3039
Children, programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 2563
Civil service
collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2565
collective bargaining, negotiating framework 2565
Coal as energy source 2712
Computer technology, software services, provincial sales tax exemption 2906
Corporations, capital tax 2901-2
Dawson Creek, economic opportunities 2909
Dementia, research 2711
Dental health, taxation of oral health care products 2944-5
Douglas, Tommy, comments on individual responsibility in health care system 2712
Economy
B.C. economy, current conditions 2898
cross-border shopping 2909
Costco case and privacy issue 2909
Internet purchases by B.C. residents 2909
purchase of high-value goods in Alberta 3043-4
sales tax payment, public education program 3044-5
sales tax payment, self-assessment 3043
role of economy in funding for social services 2713
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc.
government contract for revenue services 3046-50
management of money deposits 3052
privacy protection 3049
role in revenue collection 3051-2
Education
class size and composition, publication of data 2713-4
funding 2565
Learning Roundtable 2713
partnership between schools and businesses 2565
school trustee voting age, petition tabled 2613
system, visits to school districts by Premier and Education Minister 2713
Energy, resources 2712
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, belt tax 2934
Ferries and ferry services, Tsawwassen terminal, property assessment 3057-8
First nations, opportunities 2714
Float homes
assessment of damages, legislation 3438
eligibility for homeowner grant 2945
Forests and forest industry
forest roads, regulation of construction 3037
value-added sector, small business growth 3053-4
Forests and Range Ministry, revenues to government, invoicing 3051
Genome B.C., funding 2564
Government
regulations and red tape
business regulation, legislation 3366
citizen-centred regulatory reform 2940, 2943-4, 3041-2
reduction, impact and reinstatement of regulations 2940-1
reduction criteria 2942
regulatory reform 2713, 2900-1, 2939-42, 3034-42
regulatory reform, database of ministry regulation changes 3037-8
reports on cross-government regulatory requirements 2940
revenue collection 2899-900
revenue streams 2901, 2910, 2933-9, 3048
HarbourLynx Holidays Ltd., taxation status and government orders-in-council 3239
Health
health care funding 2565
health care system
information, B.C. Nurseline service 2712
mixed public-private system 2711
public consultation by government 2711
sustainability 2565
system in B.C., comparison with other provinces 2711
Homeowner grant
changes 2564
eligibility 2936, 2945
grant for home renovations for disabled persons 2936, 2940, 3041-2
Income Tax Act, amendments 3366
International Financial Activity Act, amendments 3366
Karagianis, Maurine, advocacy for tax reductions 2907
Layton, Jack, use of private health care clinic 2712
Manufactured homes, assessment of damages, legislation 3438
Mental health, child and youth mental health plan, funding 2563
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, funding 2564
Nurses, training 2712
Oil and gas
government meetings with industry 2938-9
industry in B.C., northeast oil and gas strategy for sales tax compliance 2900
industry in B.C., regulatory burden 2900
Okanagan area
post-secondary education opportunities 2563-4
work of area MLAs 2710
Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation, funding 2564
Petitions
school trustee voting age 2613
Physicians, new training spaces 2711-2
Post-secondary education, government investment 2564
Privacy, protection of personal information 2908
Property tax
appeals of property assessments 2898
assessment of property, impact on local governments 3056
Property transfer tax, assessment period, waiver 3366, 3439
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 3366, 3439
Sales tax
assessment and appeals process 2944-5
exemptions 2564
exemptions and reductions 2906, 2935
payment obligations 2944-5
review, public consultation 2899, 2907
Science and technology, natural resources and engineering research 2563
Skills training, training programs, tax credit program for businesses involved in training 2562-3, 2713
Small Business and Revenue Ministry
estimates debate 2897-910, 2933-46, 3029-60
appeals division, response time 2898, 2945
budget 2901-2, 2943-4, 3029
centre of excellence for tax administration and revenue management 2899, 3045-8, 3051
customer service 3029-30, 3050, 3052, 3059
customer surveys and feedback 2907-8
forest revenue branch 3051
mandate and goals 2897-901
privacy protection 2900
public seminars 2899-900
regulation reduction in ministry 3038-9
revenue management system 2900, 2935, 3046-9
revenue management system, reporting for each revenue stream 3053
revenue programs advisory committee 2907
storefront office 2899, 3029-30
Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3231, 3366-7, 3438-40
Summerland Asset Development Initiative, government funding for youth work 2563
Taxation
B.C.–Canada service management framework 2900
consistency of policies and procedures 2899
electronic communication of tax-related documents 3366, 3439-40
exemptions and reductions 2906
legislative amendments 2939
policy and administration, ministerial responsibility 2935-6
taxpayer fairness and service code 2898, 2944, 3059
Taxation (Rural Area) Act, amendments 3366, 3439-40
Throne speech debate 2710-4
Tobacco
contraband and cross-border issues 2937
sale of tobacco products, legislation 3366
tax-exempt sales for first nations 2937-8
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 3366
Tourism, funding for tourism initiatives 2565
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 4062-3
Barnett, Ruth, death 2679
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
ambulance service in rural areas 5146
education in rural B.C., issues and concerns 4166-9
Budgets, 2006-07 budget priorities 3254
Campbell River
emergency shelters 5145
festivals 3428
hospital location 5146
poverty levels 5145
racism prevention activities 3592
Campbell River Children's Choir, activities 4805
Campbell River Indian band, economic development 3159
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, report on income assistance accessibility 3304-5
Cape Mudge Indian band
economic development 3159
Quinsam reserve, removal of berm near reserve 4556-7
Cape Scott Provincial Park, north coast trail project, funding 3703
Children
child care funding, child care centres 5145
child protection, human rights 5075
Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3364-5
Dietitians of B.C., comments on cost of eating 2293
Dietitians of Canada, report on accessibility of healthy diet 3251
Disabled and handicapped persons, comforts allowance for developmentally disabled persons 3317-8
Discovery Passage Elementary School, class composition case 3416, 3469
Discrimination and racism, prevention 3592
Education
class size and composition, cases 3416-7, 3423-4
class size and composition, challenges for rural schools 3416, 3418-9, 3423-4
distance education and on-line learning, role of teachers 3419
school breakfast program 5049
Education Ministry, estimates debate 3416-9, 3423-4, 3469
Employment and Income Assistance Ministry
estimates debate 3242-56, 3300-24
budget 3302
minister, meetings on issues 3323-4
staff concerns 4958
staff incentives 2338-9, 4958
work of ministry staff 3242-3
Employment and Income Assistance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
debate 3892-4, 4046-7, 4049-51, 4053-60, 4092-4
definitions, "dependent," "spouse" and "spousal relationship" 3892-3, 4046-7, 4049-51, 4053-7
Encounters with Canada program 4181
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 3703
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 4185, 5146-7
fares and ticketing, petition tabled 2637
protest by ferry users 2637
service to northern communities 3131, 4185
sinking of Queen of the North, safety of vessel 3234-5
vessels
passenger shelter on Quadra Island ferry 2637
Queen of Prince Rupert, maintenance work 3131, 3235
safety of northern fleet 3234-5
safety of single-compartment vessels 3130-1
First nations
need for financial support 3159-60
new relationship with government 3159-60
Food banks, usage in B.C. 2292, 2968-9, 3243-4, 3250-1
Forests and forest industry
coastal forest industry, issues 5146
forest management plans, preparation and approval 3537
government forest policy changes 3001-2
Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3001-2
Freedom of expression, value in society 2400
Government, accountability 5144
Hards, Phyllis, death 4179
Health
government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 2292
health care system, two-tiered system 2291
Highway 19, impact of logging truck traffic 4557
Highway 30, repairs 4557
Income, low-income families
federal child benefit 3244-5
government support 2293
Income assistance
accessibility 3321-2
advocacy and outreach programs 3320-1
benefits
benefit amount 2293, 3244-5, 3249-53
benefit amount for shelter 3248-9, 5145
crisis grants and emergency assistance 2338-9
crisis grants and emergency assistance, eligibility 2404
deduction of child benefits and support payments 3244-6
earnings exemption 3254-6
electronic deposit
cost savings 3301-2
payment of bank charges 2239
promotion 3300-1
review of benefit amount 3253-4
budget 3322
eligibility
definition of "spouse," case 4047
definition of "spouse," determination by government staff, onus of proof 4055-6
three-week waiting period 3306-8
three-week waiting period, funding for employment expenses 3322
two-year financial independence test 3306-7
employment programs
costs and funding 3302, 3309-10
programs 3312-3
review 3303-4, 3318
service providers 3308-12
information-sharing and research, privacy issue and legislative protection 3893, 4059-60, 4092-4
recipients
access to healthy diet 3251-2
accuracy and completeness of reporting, penalties for fraud 3893, 4058-9
home checks by government staff 4051
number 3304
reduction in number, causes 3304-5
seniors 3247-8
Income assistance, disability benefits
application process 3318-9
benefit amount 3316-7
disability savings plan proposal 3323
earnings threshold 3254-5
employment programs and services 3313-6
nutritional supplements, case 2553-4
recipients, employment 3254
International Women's Day 2821-2
Kamloops Food Bank/Action Centre, activities 2968
Kohlhofer, Lin, services to children in Campbell River community 5049
Legislature
fall sitting 5143-4, 5147
fall sitting, issues for debate 5144-7
Lingwood, Bob, comments on safety of northern ferry fleet 3235
Loukidelis, David, position on information-sharing of income assistance data 4059-60, 4092-3
MacDonald, Cairine, meetings on issues as Deputy Minister of Employment and Income Assistance 3312, 3323
Main Lake Provincial Park, purchase of property to join park area 3703
Manufactured homes, legislative changes, residents' concerns 5146
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3447
Motions
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5143-7
National Child Day 5075
New Relationship Trust Act, debate 3159-60
North Island College, funding and status 4063
North Island constituency and area, environmental protection services 3703
Oral questions
Coverage of bank account charges for income assistance recipients 2239
Emergency crisis grants for income assistance recipients 2404
Ferry service to northern communities 3131
Ferry service to northern communities and fare increase 4185
Forest management plans 3537
Incentives for staff at Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance 2338-9
Medical supplements for disability benefits recipients 2553-4
Quadra Island ferry passenger shelter 2637
Safety of northern ferries 3234-5
Sinking of B.C. ferry 3130
Staff concerns at Employment and Income Assistance Ministry 4958
Painters at Painter's festival 3428
Parks, lodges and resorts in parks 5147
Petitions
ferry fares and ticketing 2637
Port Alice
commercial taxation, agreement with mill 3364-5
mill reopening 3364
Post-secondary education, funding
alternative funding models 4062-3
funding for rural colleges 4063
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 3243-4, 5075, 5145
impact of government policies 2292-3
Private members' statements
Community outreach 3273-5
Rural education 4166-9
Property tax, commercial taxation, local government authority 3365
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, amendments 3447
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 5070
Quadra Island, Green Road, repairs 4557
Richmond, Claude, meetings as Minister of Employment and Income Assistance on ministry-related issues 3323-4
Sanford, Pete, death 2679
School district 84 (Vancouver Island West), blended classes 3417-8
School district 85 (Vancouver Island North), quality of education 3418-9
Seniors, programs and services
impact of government policies 2292
income support programs 3247-8
Showcase Theatre Festival 3428
Statements by members
Campbell River Children's Choir 4805
Campbell River festivals 3428
Campbell River school meal program 5048-9
Encounters with Canada program 4181
Freedom of expression 2400
International Women's Day 2821-2
National Child Day 5075
Pete Sanford and Ruth Barnett 2679
Walk against racism in Campbell River 3592
White Cane Week 2284
Strathcona Provincial Park, boundary changes 3447
Throne speech, theme of "transformative change" 2291
Throne speech debate 2291-3
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 4556-7
Tributes
Phyllis Hards 4179
Vancouver
downtown east side, visits by Employment and Income Assistance Minister 3324
homeless outreach project 3273
Vancouver Island, North Island
community policing costs 5070
highways and roads, maintenance and repairs 4557
Visual impairment, opportunities for visually impaired 2284
Wages and salaries, minimum wage 2292
Welfare, social programs and service delivery 3273-5
West Coast Group International Consultants, contracts with government for employment programs 3310, 3312, 3316
White Cane Week, activities 2284
Women
issues, government support 5144
recognition in Europe 2821-2
Words on the Water Festival 3428
Woss Lake Elementary School, conditions 4167
Zeballos Elementary-Secondary School, conditions 4167

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