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

Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)

As subject
family experience with health care system 2245-6
Automobiles, street racing prevention project 4025
B.C., aging population 2244-6, 2248
Canada Health Act, coverage of long-term care 2245
Cancer
ovarian cancer 3728
prevention 3728
Children, child care action plan 4793-4
Education
curriculum, history, examination of events of discrimination and racism 4165-6
schools
capital construction, replacement of aging school buildings 2246-7
use of school buildings for preschool services 2246
use of surplus school land 2247
system, impact of demographic changes 2246
Facing History and Ourselves, work of organization 4165-6
Health care system
costs 2245
use of private services for publicly funded surgeries 2245
Holocaust, remembrance 4165-6
Immigration, credentialling of foreign-trained workers 4478-9
International Women's Day 2820
Lions Gate Hospital, emergency room expansion 2245, 2549
Listwin, Don, donation to cancer research 3728
Mental health, programs and services 2481-3
Motions
mandatory retirement, debate 3280
Nikkei Home, assisted-living facility 2247
NoRooz 2987
North Shore Crystal Meth Task Force, activities 2481
North Shore Task Force on Substance Abuse, activities and composition 2481
North Shore Youth Safe House, services 2482
North Vancouver
health care initiatives 2245
mental health and addiction services 2481-2
national maritime centre proposal 2247-8
role in Pacific gateway initiative 2247
North Vancouver Kiwanis Foundation, activities 3387
North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area
constituents commended 2244
drug addiction and treatment services in area 2247
Private members' statements
Mental health and addiction 2481-3
So we don't forget — teaching the Holocaust 4165-6
Retirement, mandatory retirement 3280
School district 44 (North Vancouver)
Early Learning Foundations program 2246
enrolment 2246
reading skills program 3083
student leadership council, conference 4593
Seniors, issues and concerns 2244-5
Statements by members
Carson Camaro project 4025
Expansion of Lions Gate Hospital 2549
International Women's Day 2820
New schools in North Vancouver 2284
NoRooz celebration 2987
North Vancouver Kiwanis 3387
North Vancouver student leadership council 4593
Ovarian cancer 3728
Reading 44 3083
Substance abuse and addiction, crystal meth, treatment services 2247, 2481-2
Sutherland Secondary School, construction project 2284
Throne speech, theme of "transformative change" 2244, 2248
Throne speech debate 2244-8
Westview Elementary School, construction project 2284
Women
achievements 2820
role in societal change 2248
Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)

100 Mile House
community organizations, access to gambling revenues 5071
emergency health services 5220
100 Mile House Lions Club, work of group 4026-7
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 3610
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 4061, 4065, 4067-9
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 3645
Animals, working dogs 4119
Ashcroft, proposed landfill for area, requirements 3830
Ashcroft and District General Hospital, acute-care beds 2682
Ashcroft Manor, funding 4244
Asian Canadians, contributions of Sikh community to B.C. and Canada 2978
Boxer, Ina, comments on closing of health care facilities 3089
B.C., northern and rural B.C., mental health services 2479-81
B.C. Liberal Party government, actions since 2001 election 2312-4
B.C. Winter Games, 2006 games in 100 Mile House 2678
Caldwell, Heather, spelling bee achievements 3727-8
Canada Health Act, principles 2313
Cancer research 2313
Cariboo area
ambulance service 5220
ambulance service, petition tabled 4810
first nations issues in Cariboo South area 3150
health care services 2990, 5220-1
long-term care beds 2313
nurses, need 4068
ranching industry concerns in Cariboo South area 3610
road improvements in Canoe Creek and Dog Creek, petition tabled 4187
roads and bridges, maintenance and repairs 4688, 5221
seniors care 5219
Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy, funding 3529
Cariboo Friendship Society, social services centre 5048
Chilcotin area, ambulance service 5087, 5220
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 3200-3
Children's and Women's Health Centre of B.C., mental health facility and services 4730
Clinton, health care services 5221
Community Services Ministry, estimates debate 4086
Cooper, Eleanor, work as paramedic 5087
Daniels, Stanley, participation in leadership project 2334
Dementia, research 2313
Economy, B.C. economy, impact of commodity prices and other factors 2312
Education
class size and composition
challenges for rural schools 4711
government action 2313
limits for lab and shop classes 4711
teachers' consent and consultation 4711
foundation skills assessment 5110-1
funding for implementation of class size limits 5121, 5219
funding for rural schools 4712
students, evaluation and testing of students 5110-1
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4711-2
Education Ministry, estimates debate 3528
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 3830-1
Fires and firefighters, workers compensation for firefighters with cancer, coverage for volunteer and part-time firefighters 2313
First nations
capacity-building 3150
education levels 3150-1
injury and death rates 3150
new relationship with government 3150
treaty negotiations, consultation of industry associations 3610
Food industry, slaughter facilities in B.C. 3645
Forests and forest industry
issues 5221
mountain pine beetle control, government action 2313
Fort St. John, environmental concerns in area 4827
Fraser Institute, ranking of schools 5110
Government, provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement with Union of B.C. Municipalities on independent power projects 4827
Greater Vancouver regional district, landfill relocation proposal 3830-1
Hall, Elmer, transfer to care facility away from home community 2500
Hampton Court, closing of facility 4705
Health
continuing and long-term care
beds 2313
review of seniors care in health facilities, expanded review 2682
transfer of seniors away from home communities, cases 2500
health authorities, spending on child and youth mental health 3200
health care system
beds, reduction in number, impact on system 3089, 4639
private services and privatization 2313
private services and privatization, payment for private services 5220-1
research, spinal cord research 2313
Health Ministry, estimates debate 4689-707, 4729-34
Highland Valley copper mine, proposed landfill for area, requirements 3830
Housing
government strategy 2313
housing for people with mental illness 2312-3, 2479, 4703, 4705
rental housing, rent supplements 2313
residential care facilities, facility closings 3089
residential care facilities, wait times, first-available-bed policy 2500
social and subsidized housing, waiting times 5053
Interior Health Authority
beds in area facilities 2682
beds in area facilities, over-capacity operation 3089
services, call for review 2990
Justice system
mentally ill youth in court system, government handling 3202-3
youth support 3201-2
Kamloops Airport, runway extension 2987
Lac des Roches, development proposal in area, petition tabled 3541
Land use, local government authority 4827-8
Legislature, estimates process, minister's response to questions 5036-7
Literacy, funding for regional groups 3529
Livestock industry, ranching industry, input into first nations treaty process 3610
Lone Butte, protection of area butte by provincial government 3645
Lowe, Deanna, experience in health care system 2990
MacNeil, Cheryl, role as caregiver for terminally ill person 2682
Mental health
advocacy and advisory organizations 4702-3
community mental health offices, funding 4700-1
deaths of people with mental illness 4731-2
facilities, seclusion rooms, washrooms 2388, 2479
funding 4692-5
government responsibility 2481
mental health of children and youth
child and youth mental health plan 4731
child and youth mental health plan, funding 3200
government support for transition from youth to adult 3203
ministerial responsibility 4731
service agency contracts and caseloads 3200-1
services 2479, 4706-7
mental health plan 2482, 4689-92
mental illness
awareness and incidence 4281
incidence 4689, 4695, 4697
serious mental illness, incidence and treatment 4701-2
mental illness and addiction
funding for treatment services 4694
incidence 4697
mental illness and homelessness 4703-5
programs and services
availability, regional differences 4699
community mental health teams 4701
community support and early intervention programs 4696-7
delivery 2479-81, 4697-9
government action on services and housing for mentally ill 5052-3
Senate Committee report 4689, 4804, 5052-3
workers 2481
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006, debate 4827-8
Motions
foundation skills assessment test for B.C. students, debate 5110-1
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5219-22
Vaisakhi Festival and Panj Kakkaar, debate 2978
New Relationship Trust
dispute resolution mechanism 3151
fund 3151
New Relationship Trust Act, debate 3150-1
Northern development initiative trust, governance, involvement of first nations 2313
Nurses, contributions of nurses 4491
Oral questions
Acute care beds at Royal Inland Hospital 4639-40
Availability of beds at Ashcroft hospital 2682
Availability of beds in health care facilities 3089
Availability of seniors care beds in Williams Lake 2550-1
Emergency services at Royal Inland Hospital 2587
Emergency services at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 4494-5
Mental health services 5052-3
Potential school closings in Cariboo area 5121
Review of health care services in Cariboo region 2990
Review of seniors care in health facilities 2500, 2682
Seclusion room washrooms in mental health facilities 2388
Penticton, housing for persons with mental illness 2312
Petitions
ambulance service in Cariboo area 4810
development proposal in Lac des Roches–Birch Lake area 3541
road improvements in Canoe Creek and Dog Creek 4187
WorkSafe B.C., workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps 4810
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, tax receipt for interest paid, case 4067
Prince George Regional Hospital, seclusion rooms, washrooms 2388
Private members' statements
Mental health services — northern B.C. 2479-81
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 5036-7, 5071
Railways, fencing along rail lines, responsibility 4562, 5221
Resources and resource industries, resource management, first nations involvement 3150
Riverview Hospital
discharge and transfer of patients, impact on patients 4704
funding 4693
transfer of patients and services to other facilities 4732-4
Royal Inland Hospital
beds 4639
emergency room beds 2587
Royal Roads University, Gemini Project participants 2334
Schizophrenia, management and treatment guidelines 4707
School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
school closings 5121, 5219
trustee distribution 5219
Skene, Peter, participation in leadership project 2334
Skills training programs, standardization 4068
Statements by members
100 Mile House Lions Club 4026-7
Ambulance services in Chilcotin area 5087
B.C. Winter Games 2678
Cariboo Friendship Centre 5048
Contributions of B.C. nurses 4491
Fire at Sikh temple in Williams Lake 4181
Kamloops Airport runway extension 2987
Mental illness 4281, 4804
On-line observatory in Tatla Lake 3387
Spelling bee achievement by Heather Caldwell 3727-8
Stanley Daniels 2334
Substance abuse and addiction, detox and rehabilitation beds 4729-30
Tatla Lake Elementary–Junior Secondary School, on-line observatory 3387
Thompson Rivers University
apprenticeship program 4068
Williams Lake campus, licensed practical nursing program 4068
Throne speech
content 2312-3
theme of "transformative change" 2312
Throne speech debate 2312-4
Tolko Industries Ltd., forest stewardship plan 5222
Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry, estimates debate 4244
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 4562, 4688
Tributes
Working dogs in B.C. 4119
University of B.C., physiotherapy program, accreditation 4061, 4065
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, emergency services 4494-5
Welfare, social programs and services, funding and government support 2312-3
Williams Lake
fire at Sikh temple 4181
health care services, concerns of city council 2990
mental health services 4086
policing costs 4086
residential care beds in area 2550-1, 5219-20
WorkSafe B.C., workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps, petition tabled 4810

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