A Sound Start program See Early diagnosis of hearing problems in children
under Health – Public health
Abassi, Hadi
- Work with Nanaimo junior football team (Cantelon) 5075-6
Abbotsford, B.C.
- Agriculture industry (van Dongen) 2537
- Hazardous waste incident, investigation (Penner) 3746-7 (Simpson, S.) 3746
Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project
Abbotsford International Airport
- Services (van Dongen) 2537
Abbotsford-Clayburn constituency and area
Abbott, Colleen
- Access to private clinic for foot specialist services, case (Abbott) 5121 (Conroy) 5120
Abebooks Inc.
Aberfeldie Dam
- Redevelopment plan report tabled (Neufeld) 3239
Abernethy connector See Construction of connector
under Golden Ears Bridge
Abernethy, Robert
Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society
Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Funding (Simpson, S.) 3612
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
- Operations (Coleman) 4455
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of
Aboriginal Tourism British Columbia Association
- Funding for tourism initiatives (Ilich) 4137 (Simons) 4137
Abram, Jim
- Involvement in ferry users protest (Falcon) 2636-7
- Involvement in ferry users protest, letter to Premier (Coons) 2831
Accenture Business Services Ltd.
Access Health Abbotsford See Role of Access Health Abbotsford
under Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project
ACE-BC See Association for Community Education of British Columbia
ACE-IT program See Training programs, career technical training programs
under Skills training
Achieve B.C. See Communications
under Government
Acropolis Manor, Prince Rupert, B.C.
- Beds for seniors, petition tabled (Coons) 2827
- Future of facility (Abbott) 4770 (Coons) 4769-70
- Number of beds (Abbott) 2501 (Coons) 2501
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 2231-2
- Debate, speakers (Oppal) 2231-2
ActNow B.C. See Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
under Health – Public health
Addiction See Mental illness and addiction
under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Adelaide, Australia
Adult basic education See Education
Adult guardianship See Guardianship
Adult Guardianship and Personal Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 32) (Attorney General) 1R, 4091
- Debate, speakers (Oppal) 4091
- Withdrawal of bill (de Jong) 4636
Advanced education See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
Advanced Education, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Research and Technology
- Estimates
- debate 3941-54, 3967-79, 4005-21, 4061-9
- speakers (Brar) 4065-6 (Coell) 3941-53, 3967-79, 4005-21, 4061-9 (Fleming) 4067-9 (Kwan) 4063-5 (Ralston) 4066 (Robertson) 3943-54, 3968-79, 4005-21 (Simpson, B.) 4061-2 (Trevena) 4062-3 (Wyse) 4061, 4065, 4067-9
- Accomplishments (Coell) 3941
- Budget (Coell) 3942
- Budget, communications spending (Coell) 4010 (Robertson) 4010
- Central data warehouse (Coell) 4010 (Robertson) 4010
- Performance measurement (Robertson) 4020-1
Advanced Systems Institute See British Columbia Innovation Council
Advertising
Aerospace and Technology Campus See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia
- Work of organization (Oppal) 4938
Affleck, Peter
Africa
Aga Khan Development Network
- Work of organization (Nuraney) 4953
Agencies See Agencies, boards and commissions
under Government
Aging See Impact of aging population
under Health – Health care system; Population
under British Columbia; Seniors
Agricultural Land Commission
- Board resourcing office, performance (Karagianis) 4427
- Decisions
- decision on Sunriver Estates development in Sooke (Horgan) 3684
- decision on Sunriver Estates development in Sooke, document tabled (Bell) 3686
- documentation (Bell) 3671-2 (Ralston) 3671-2
- government role (Bell) 5105 (Evans) 5106
- process and time frame (Bell) 3643, 3672 (Ralston) 3642-3, 3671-2
- Dispute re road through organic blueberry farm See Formosa Nursery
- Government policy on commission (Bell) 3635
- Involvement in investigation into alleged breach of trust by government (Bell) 3670, 3683-4 (Horgan) 3684 (Ralston) 3670, 3683
- Membership
- appointment process (Bell) 3643-4, 3654-5, 3670, 4183-4, 4329-30 (de Jong) 4329, 4426-7 (Farnworth) 4329 (Fleming) 4184, 4328-9 (Karagianis) 4184, 4286 (Kwan) 4330 (Ralston) 3643-4, 3654-5, 3669-70, 4183, 4286, 4327-8
- appointments (Bell) 4957 (Karagianis) 4427 (Ralston) 4426-7, 4957
- code of conduct (Bell) 3671 (Ralston) 3670-1
- first nations members (Farnworth) 4427
- Operations (Bell) 4287
- Regional panel structure (Bell) 3655 (Ralston) 3655
- Staffing (Bell) 3673 (Ralston) 3672-3, 4427
Agricultural land reserve
Agricultural Safety Week See Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
Agriculture
- Chemical use (Robertson) 3653
- Committee on agriculture policy See Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture
- Extension services (Bell) 2513
- Farm animals See also Livestock industry; Meat products under Food industry; Poultry
- Farm animals, disease control See also particular diseases
- Farm workers See Workers below under this main heading
- Government plan (Bell) 2512-3, 3558 (Ralston) 3578 (Roddick) 2380-1
- Government plan, role of government caucus committee See Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture
- Government policy (Roddick) 5105-6
- Government support (Routley) 5168
- Government support for small businesses (Routley) 5184
- Industry in B.C.
- Organic farming
- national organic regulatory program (Roddick) 5106
- organic industry in B.C. (Bell) 3651-2 (Evans) 5104 (Robertson) 3651-2 (Roddick) 5106
- Products in B.C. (Bell) 2513 (Cantelon) 3592
- Promotion of B.C. products (Roddick) 2285
- Promotion of B.C. products in schools (Horning) 2305
- Public awareness (Bell) 2513, 3557 (Roddick) 3577-9
- Seasonal workers See Workers below under this main heading
- Soil conservation (Bell) 3653-4 (Robertson) 3653-4
- Sustainable agriculture and environmental farm plans (Bell) 3653 (Robertson) 3653
- Terminator seed technology (Ralston) 3593
- Tree fruit industry See Food industry
- Veterinarians See Veterinarians
- Weather damage to crops, compensation for farmers (Brar) 4849-50 (Les) 4849-50
- Workers
- attraction of Mexican workers (Puchmayr) 2841-2
- employment standards (Chouhan) 2280, 4998 (de Jong) 4998-9 (Puchmayr) 3012
- health and safety (Chouhan) 4999 (de Jong) 4999-5000
- human rights issue (Chouhan) 4899 (Oppal) 4899
- living and working conditions (Chouhan) 3535
- safety on farms (Roddick) 2926
- seasonal agricultural workers program (Bell) 3675 (Brar) 3675 (Chouhan) 4999 (de Jong) 4999
- status of guest workers (Chouhan) 5195
- supply (Bell) 3675 (Brar) 3675
- wages (Chouhan) 4998 (de Jong) 4998
Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3557-71, 3629-57, 3669-77
- speakers (Austin) 3648-51 (Bell) 3557-67, 3569-71, 3630-57, 3670-7 (Brar) 3675 (Coons) 3636-8 (Evans) 3638-40 (Gentner) 3676 (Horgan) 3634-6 (Karagianis) 3565-71 (Ralston) 3558-61, 3640-4, 3654-7, 3669-75 (Robertson) 3651-4 (Sather) 3561-5, 3675-6 (Simons) 3636, 3676-7 (Simpson, B.) 3646-8 (Simpson, S.) 3630-4 (Wyse) 3645
- Initiatives and priorities (Bell) 3557-8
- Integrated land and resource registry See Land use
- Integrated land management bureau See Integrated land management bureau
- Minister's delegation of powers to other executive council member (Bell) 3102-5 (Evans) 3103, 3107 (Ralston) 3102-3, 3105
- Minister's delegation of powers under lands legislation (Bell) 2932-3 (Ralston) 2933 (Taylor) 2396
- Minister's delegation of powers under lands legislation, consultation by government on change to legislation (Bell) 3105-8 (Chudnovsky) 3107 (Evans) 3105-6, 3108
- Relationship with ranching sector (Coleman) 3436 (Simpson, B.) 3436
- Species-at-risk coordination office See Integrated land management bureau
Agriculture and Lands Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
Agrodome, Vancouver, B.C.
- Use of facility (Hansen) 4312 (Simpson, S.) 4311-2
AHCC See Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project
Ahousat, B.C.
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Organizations, funding (Abbott) 4810 (Simpson, S.) 4809-10
- Work of service organizations (Mayencourt) 3426
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.
- Oriented strand board plant proposal (Coleman) 4389-90
Air
- Air quality See also particular locations
- Airsheds See Airsheds
- Greenhouse gas emissions
Airports
- Infrastructure investment (Campbell) 4934
Airsheds
Alaska
- Fisheries management (Austin) 3668 (Penner) 3668-9
- Natural gas pipeline proposal along Alaska Highway route See Pipelines, proposal for gas pipeline from Alaska under Oil and gas
- Railway proposal through Canada See Railways and rail services
Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area
- Forest industry in area (Fraser) 2709
- Health care services for seniors (Fraser) 2470
- Physician supply (Fraser) 2708
- Protection for Hamilton Marsh and surrounding habitat, petition tabled (Fraser) 4744
- Protection of water supply (Fraser) 3726
Alberta
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Alberta–British Columbia Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement
Albo, Al and Fanny
- Couple's separation in health care facilities (Abbott) 2400-2, 2586 (Conroy) 2402 (Cubberley) 2683 (James) 2400-1
- Couple's separation in health care facilities, review of case by Health Deputy Minister (Abbott) 2683 (Farnworth) 2403, 2553
Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.)
Alcohol
- Abuse and addiction See Substance abuse and addiction
- Liquor licence inspections by police officers (Les) 4359
- Liquor licensing, regulation (Karagianis) 3036 (Thorpe) 3035-6
- Liquor licensing, regulation of hiring at licensed establishments (Krog) 5153
- Liquor stores (Brar) 4360-1
Aldeguer, Ray
- Position with board of B.C. Hydro (Gentner) 3933
Aldergrove, B.C. See Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area
Alexis Creek, B.C.
ALGIS Corporation
Allman, Jim
All-Native Basketball Tournament
Alternative-fuel vehicles See Automobiles
Alzheimer's disease See also Dementia
Amazay See Duncan Lake
Ambedkar, Bhimrao
- Work on human rights in India (Chouhan) 4121
Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve
Ambulance service
AMEC Dynamic Structures Ltd.
- Work of company (Black) 2235
Amiskwaciy Academy, Edmonton, Alberta
- Educational model (Rustad) 3146
AMSSA See Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia
Anderson, Keith
- Position with Fraser Health Authority (Abbott) 2683
Anderson, Val
- Death (Farnworth) 3533 (Reid) 3533
- Experience in youth parliament (Reid) 2859
- Work as MLA (Jarvis) 3234
Animal Health Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.
Animals
- Cruelty to animals, enforcement of animal protection regulations (Les) 5068-9 (Ralston) 5068
- Working dogs (Nuraney) 4122 (Wyse) 4119
Apology
Apology Act
- (Bill 16) (Attorney General) 1R, 3359; 2R, 3456-67, 3795-802; C, 3999-4001; 3R, 4001; RA, 5066
- Amdts: 2R (Krog) 3795-6, negatived 3801; sec. 2 (Oppal) 4000, approved 4001
- Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 3801, 2R approved 3801
- Debate, speakers (Black) 3465-6 (Brar) 3796 (Chouhan) 3796 (de Jong) 3800 (Dix) 3799-800 (Farnworth) 3464-5, 3801 (Hawes) 3463-4 (Krog) 3795-6, 3999-4001 (Lali) 3796-7 (McIntyre) 3462 (Mayencourt) 3458-62, 3797-8 (Oppal) 3359, 3456-8, 3800-1, 3999-4001 (Polak) 3466 (Simons) 3466, 4000
- Consultation by government (Brar) 3796 (Chouhan) 3796 (Dix) 3799-800 (Krog) 3795-6 (Lali) 3797 (Mayencourt) 3797-8
- Definitions, "apology" (Krog) 3999 (Oppal) 3999
- Delay in passage (de Jong) 3800 (Dix) 3799 (Farnworth) 3801 (Krog) 3796 (Lali) 3797 (Mayencourt) 3797-8 (Oppal) 3801
Apology Act (private member's bill)
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture
Aquaculture – Fish farms
- Application process (Penner) 3667
- Application process, consultation with first nations (Austin) 3667
- Approval of fish farm licences during special legislative committee term (Simpson, S.) 3731
- Approval of new fish farm licences (Austin) 3649-50 (Bell) 3649-50
- Impact on environment, studies (Austin) 3667-8 (Penner) 3667-8
- Impact on wild fish populations, scientific debate and studies (Austin) 3668 (Penner) 3668
- Sablefish aquaculture (Austin) 3649 (Bell) 3649
- Waste control regulation (Austin) 3667 (Penner) 3667-8
Archaeological sites See Heritage sites
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Opening to oil and gas development, B.C. position (Campbell) 4926 (Sather) 4926
Armenian genocide
Arrow Lakes
Arrow Lakes power project See Keenleyside Dam
Arrowsmith Lodge, Parksville, B.C.
- Expansion (Cantelon) 2270
Arthritis
- Programs and services, osteoarthritis service integration system (Abbott) 4566-8
Arts and culture
Arts Ministry See Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of
Ashcroft and District General Hospital, Ashcroft, B.C.
- Acute-care beds (Wyse) 2682
Ashcroft, B.C.
- Proposed landfill for area, requirements (Penner) 3830 (Wyse) 3830
Ashcroft Manor, Ashcroft, B.C.
Ashlu Creek
Asia See also Asia-Pacific region; Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation; Role as gateway to Asia Pacific
under British Columbia
- Asia-Pacific region, museum proposal See Museums
- Denial of Asians' entry to Canada (Bains) 2675
- Tsunami in South Asia, relief efforts (Polak) 3680-1
Asian Canadians
- B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru See Discrimination and racism
- Contributions of Sikh community to B.C. and Canada (Bains) 2977 (Brar) 2974 (Chouhan) 2976 (Hayer) 2974-5 (Krog) 2979-80 (Lee) 2979 (Macdonald) 2975 (McIntyre) 2980-1 (Nuraney) 2975 (Polak) 2976 (Puchmayr) 2976 (Wyse) 2978 (Yap) 2977
- Gang activity among Indo-Canadians, action of community organizations See also particular community organizations
- Gang activity among Indo-Canadians, government action (Brar) 2661-3, 5037 (Hayer) 2662 (Les) 5037
- Gang activity among South Asian community (Brar) 2364
- Heritage, celebration (Lee) 4181
- South Asian immigrants to Canada (Bains) 3680
Asia-Pacific gateway strategy See Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation; Role as gateway to Asia Pacific
under British Columbia
Asia-Pacific region
Asia-Pacific Trade Council
Assessment Act
Assessment Authority of British Columbia See British Columbia Assessment
Assessment Link B.C. See Internet access to information
under British Columbia Assessment
Assessment of property See British Columbia Assessment; Property tax
Assisted-living facilities, services, etc. See Facilities
under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Housing – Residential care facilities
Assisted-living registrar
Association for Community Education of British Columbia
- Reports on community schools (Bond) 3495 (Ralston) 3495
Association for Community Living See British Columbia Association for Community Living
Association for Mineral Exploration
- Promotion of first nations employment (Christensen) 3606-7
Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals
- Concerns re forest industry (Simpson, B.) 2399
Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities
- Comments on compensation for manufactured home park residents (Fraser) 4673-4
Asthma
- Incidence in children (Robertson) 2609-10
Atlin, B.C.
- Seniors health services (MacKay) 2632
Atomic energy See Energy
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism
- Estimates
- Administrative justice office (Krog) 4948-9 (Oppal) 4949
- Budget (Krog) 4866 (Oppal) 4862
- Criminal justice branch, work (Oppal) 4862
- Funding and services for anti-racism and multiculturalism initiatives (Chouhan) 4943-5 (Oppal) 4943-5
- Legislation pending (Farnworth) 5135-7
- Responsibilities (Oppal) 4862-3
- Service plan (Krog) 4865
- Staff commended for work on law reform (Mayencourt) 3458
- Training for staff re victims of violence, poverty and racism (Krog) 4950 (Oppal) 4950
- Work on immigrant issues (Chouhan) 4936 (Oppal) 4936-7
Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
Audiology services
Auditor General
- Budget (Campbell) 4916 (Karagianis) 2340 (Kwan) 2341, 2811-2 (Lekstrom) 2341 (Taylor) 2812
- Call for monitoring of 2010 Olympic Games funding See Call for Auditor General to monitor finances under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- Comments on public-private partnerships See also particular projects; Partnerships British Columbia
- Comments on RAV line report See Costs, value-for-money report under Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) – Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line
- Oversight of capital projects (Falcon) 4536
- Reports and reviews
- report on fast ferries, recommendations (Falcon) 3298-9
- report on government corporate accounting system (de Jong) 2770 (Fleming) 2770 (Fraser) 3217-8
- report on Pharmacare program (Cubberley) 4567
- review of Partnerships B.C.'s report, Achieving Value for Money: Abbotsford Regional Hospital Cancer Centre Project See Report on Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project, review by auditor general under Partnerships British Columbia
- review of Partnerships B.C.'s report on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project See Report on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project, review by Auditor General under Partnerships British Columbia
- Reports tabled
- 2005-06 annual report (Speaker) 5082
- 2005-06 report No. 7, Follow-Up of 2003/2004 Report 4: Alternative Payments to Physicians, A Program in Need of Change (Speaker) 2992
- 2005-06 report No. 8, Managing Pharmacare: Slow Progress Toward Cost-Effective Drug Use and a Sustainable Program (Speaker) 3061
- 2005-06 report No. 9, Leading the Way — Adopting Best Practices in Government Financial Reporting 2004-2005 (Speaker) 3134
- 2005-06 report No. 10, Building Better Reports: Our Assessment of the 2004/2005 Annual Service Plan Reports of Government (Speaker) 3505
- 2006-07 report No. 1, Strengthening Public Accountability: A Journey on a Road that Never Ends (Speaker) 4221
- 2006-07 report No. 2, The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: A Review of Estimates Related to the Province's Commitments (Speaker) 5082
- 2006-07 report No. 3, Audit of Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of British Columbia's Management and Administrative Processes (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 4, Province of British Columbia Audit Committees: Doing the Right Things (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 5, Audit of Government's Corporate Accounting System: Part 2 (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 6, Monitoring Government's Finance (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 7, Government's Post-Secondary Expansion – 25,000 Seats by 2010 (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 8, Changing Course – A New Direction for British Columbia's Coastal Ferry System: A Review of the Transformation of BC Ferries (Speaker) 5255
- 2006-07 report No. 9, Seeking Best Practices in Financial Reporting: Report on the Province's 2005-06 Public Accounts (Speaker) 5255
- service plan, 2006-07–2008-09 (Speaker) 2554
Austin Harris residence, Richmond, B.C.
- Construction of assisted-living residence (Yap) 2354
Australia
Australian Creek
Autism
- Awareness (Reid) 2476
- Eligibility for support services of autistic children and adults (Dix) 3227
Automobiles
- Accidents, role of cell phones (Brar) 4496 (Les) 4496
- Alternative-fuel vehicles See also Hybrid vehicles below under this main heading
- Alternative-fuel vehicles, government promotion (Karagianis) 4473-5
- Booster seats
- availability for children of income assistance recipients (Routley) 4789
- private member's bill (Farnworth) 5136
- regulation of use (Black) 4787-90
- Clearance between vehicles and road surface (Falcon) 3445 (Krog) 3445 (Oppal) 3360
- Commercial vehicle licences (Chong) 3207
- Commercial vehicles, green fleet certification system (Penner) 3750-1
- Emission reduction (Penner) 3756-7 (Simpson, S.) 3756
- Emissions testing (Les) 4359
- Hybrid vehicles, taxation (Penner) 2297-8, 3660, 3666, 3750
- Hydrogen vehicles (Neufeld) 3845, 3847
- Insurance See also Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- competition in provision of optional coverage (Les) 4359, 4364
- compulsory insurance (Gentner) 4361-2 (Les) 4364
- private and public insurance elsewhere (Gentner) 4362
- rates (Gentner) 4362-3
- rates, B.C. Utilities Commission approval (Gentner) 4362-3
- Recreational vehicles, impact on wildlife See Impact of motorized recreational vehicles under Wildlife
- Recreational vehicles, legislation (Simpson, B.) 5234
- Safety technology, body structure (Krueger) 4474
- Taxation (Taylor) 2393
- Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles (Chudnovsky) 3072 (Kwan) 3004, 3071-2 (Lekstrom) 2507-8 (Taylor) 3003, 3071-2 (Thorpe) 2564-5, 2906
- Tire burning, impact on environment (Simpson, S.) 3006-7
- Tire recycling See Tire levy and industry stewardship program under Recycling
- Traffic safety
- enforcement initiatives (Les) 4847
- street racing, prevention and penalties (Yap) 2356
- street racing prevention project (Whittred) 4025
- Use of private automobiles, impact on transportation system (Cubberley) 2603-4
Avian influenza
- 2004 outbreak in Fraser Valley, government action (van Dongen) 2540-1