CAAR
Cabinet meetings, ministers, etc. See Government
CAIS See Canadian agricultural income stabilization program
Calder, Frank
- Accomplishments (de Jong) 5115 (Farnworth) 5115
Caldwell, Heather
- Spelling bee achievements (Wyse) 3727-8
Calgary, Alberta
California
- Action on climate change (Penner) 3760 (Sather) 3760
- Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (Falcon) 4686-7
- Purchase of B.C. power (Neufeld) 3924
Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.
- Funding (Coell) 4067
- Licensed practical nursing program (Fleming) 4068
- Residential care worker programs (Coell) 4069 (Fleming) 4069
- Trades training programs, funding (Fleming) 2264, 4067
Campagnolo, Iona See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo
Campaign financing See Elections
Campbell River, B.C.
- Emergency shelters (Trevena) 5145
- Festivals (Trevena) 3428
- Hospital location (Trevena) 5146
- Poverty levels (Trevena) 5145
- Racism prevention activities (Trevena) 3592
Campbell River Children's Choir
- Activities (Trevena) 4805
Campbell River Indian band
- Economic development (Trevena) 3159
Canada
- Canada–U.S. relations See also Exports and imports
- Citizenship ceremonies (Krueger) 3819
- Contributions of African Canadians (Hayer) 2451 (Simpson, S.) 2498
Canada Health Act
- Call for addition of sustainability principle (Bloy) 2698 (Campbell) 4912 (Sather) 2559 (Thorpe) 2712 (Yap) 2353
- Call for addition of sustainability principle, NDP position (Bell) 2834-5
- Coverage of long-term care (Whittred) 2245
- Definition of "medically necessary" (Abbott) 4515
- Principles (Black) 2241 (Coons) 2576-7 (Cubberley) 2487, 2795 (Fleming) 2263 (Horning) 2304 (James) 2249 (Penner) 2296 (Polak) 2252 (Thorpe) 2711-2 (Throne speech) 2226 (Wyse) 2313 (Yap) 2657
- Principles, B.C. Liberal Party position (Cubberley) 4515
Canada Health Infoway Inc.
- Work on electronic health records system (Abbott) 4104, 4344
Canada line See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) – Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Devolution of housing stock to province (Coleman) 4455
- Responsibilities re cooperative housing (Coleman) 4468
Canada Village See 2006 Winter Games in Turin, B.C.-Canada Place
under Olympic Games
Canada West Ski Areas Association
- Comments on timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas (Ilich) 4042
Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
Canadian agricultural income stabilization program (CAIS)
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
Canadian Alliance for Aquaculture Reform
Canadian Cancer Society
- Advocacy on tobacco issues (Abbott) 3100 (Cubberley) 3100
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Comments in 2000 on poverty in B.C. (Krueger) 2419
- Comments on need for improvements to residential care facilities (Abbott) 2402
- Report on income assistance accessibility (Richmond) 3304-6 (Trevena) 3304-5
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
- Comments on insurance program for agriculture industry (Ralston) 3642
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Comments on insurance program for agriculture industry (Bell) 3641 (Ralston) 3641
- Position on regulatory reform by government (Karagianis) 2941 (Thorpe) 2941, 2943, 3039
- Role (Yap) 4281-2
Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Report on health care spending (Dix) 5248
Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)
- Communication with ranchers about cattle mortality on rail lines (Evans) 5205
- Fencing maintenance See Railways and rail services
- Responsibility for fencing along rail lines See Railways and rail services
- Safety record, federal government investigation (Chudnovsky) 5141
- Train derailment and toxic spill See CN train derailment and sodium hydroxide spill under Cheakamus River
Canadian Register of Historic Places
- Number of B.C. places in register (Ilich) 4142 (Simons) 4142
Canadian Women Voters Congress
Canadian Women's Curling Championship
- Kelowna winners commended (Horning) 2679
Canal Flats, B.C.
- School issues (Macdonald) 4722
Canary Foundation See Listwin, Don
Cancer
- Breast cancer awareness (Hawkins) 3983-4
- Colorectal cancer, prevention (Robertson) 4952
- Incidence in B.C. (Lee) 2373-4
- Ovarian cancer (Whittred) 3728
- Prevention (Whittred) 3728
- Research (Hawkins) 3575-7 (Krog) 3576 (Lee) 2374 (Les) 2413 (Wyse) 2313
- Treatment system in B.C. (Abbott) 4506-7 (Cubberley) 4509 (Les) 2413
Canpar Industries
Cape Mudge Indian band
- Economic development (Trevena) 3159
- Quinsam reserve, removal of berm near reserve (Falcon) 4556-7 (Trevena) 4556-7
Cape Scott Provincial Park
- North coast trail project, funding (Penner) 3703 (Trevena) 3703
Capital regional district
- Involvement in Sooke area governance issue See Shirley and Otter Point area under Vancouver Island
Cardiac health
- Heart and stroke awareness (Cubberley) 2383
Care facilities See Housing – Residential care facilities
Career training See Career technical centres
under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training
Caregivers
Cariboo area
- Ambulance service (Wyse) 5220
- Ambulance service, petition tabled (Wyse) 4810
- Coal licence tenures, petition tabled (Simpson, B.) 2588-9
- First nations issues in Cariboo South area (Wyse) 3150
- Health care services (Wyse) 2990, 5220-1
- Long-term care beds (Wyse) 2313
- Nurses, need (Wyse) 4068
- Ranching industry concerns in Cariboo area See also Fencing along rail lines under Railways and rail services
- Road improvements in Canoe Creek and Dog Creek, petition tabled (Wyse) 4187
- Roads and bridges, maintenance and repairs (Falcon) 4545, 4688 (Simpson, B.) 4545, 5232 (Wyse) 4688, 5221
- Seniors care (Wyse) 5219
- Small business in area (Simpson, B.) 3054
Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy
Cariboo Friendship Society
- Social services centre (Wyse) 5048
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan
Cariboo-Chilcotin school district See School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
Caribou See Caribou
and Mountain caribou
under Wildlife
Caring for First Nations Children Society
- Funding and work (Hagen) 3114 (Simons) 3114
Carlson, Mary
- Comments on lobbyists registry (Krog) 4868
Carson Camaro project See Traffic safety, street-racing prevention project
under Automobiles
Carter, Kim
- Appointment as ombudsman (Krog) 4032 (Rustad) 4032
Caruso, Carmen
- Family risk of homelessness (Karagianis) 5128
Cascade Aerospace Inc.
- Operations (van Dongen) 2538
Cascade Canyon
- Power project in Christina Lake area See Proposal for independent power project under Christina Lake, B.C.
Cascadia Forest Products Ltd.
Castlegar, B.C.
Cathedral Grove See MacMillan Provincial Park
Caves
CCOF (Child care operating funds) See Funding, child care centres
below under this main heading
Cell phones
- Role in automobile accidents See Accidents under Automobiles
Central City Community Volunteer Patrol
- Work of group (Hammell) 4422
Central coast land and resource management plan See Coastal land and resource management plans
Central Island Independent School Society
- Facilities, early learning component (Cantelon) 3275
The Centre for Child Development, Surrey, B.C.
- Facilities and services (Hammell) 4122
C.H. Anderson and Associates Ltd.
- Pellet plant operations proposal (Coleman) 4389-91 (Simpson, B.) 4390
Chaoulli, Jacques
- Comments on private health care system (Sather) 2560
Charles Dickens Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Heritage value (Kwan) 3490
- Size limitations for replacement school (Bond) 3489-91 (Kwan) 3489-91
Charles E. London Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.
Charlie, Harvey and Rose
- Advocacy re child protection system (Dix) 4966 (Karagianis) 4972
Charlie, Sherry
Chatwin-Davies, Aiden
- Youth award recipient (Fleming) 2986-7
Chavez, Cesar
- Work for farmworkers' rights (Chouhan) 3535
Cheakamus River
- CN train derailment and sodium hydroxide spill, recovery of fish stocks (Austin) 2988 (Penner) 2988, 3687-91 (Simpson, S.) 3687-91
- Environmental damages due to sodium hydroxide spill, compensation by CN Rail (Penner) 3690-1 (Simpson, S.) 3691
- Steelhead recovery (Simpson, S.) 5238
Cheema, Jas
- Position at Surrey Memorial Hospital (Hayer) 2290
Chelsea Place Apartments, New Westminster, B.C.
- Eviction of tenants (Puchmayr) 5209
Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Nuclear incident (Conroy) 4025
Chief electoral officer See also Elections
- Comments on election campaign financing (James) 4921
- Report on general election and referendum on electoral reform on May 17, 2005, tabled (Speaker) 2340
- Report, Recommendations for Legislative Change, March 2006, tabled (Speaker) 3541
Chilcotin area
Child and youth mental health plan See Mental health of children and youth
under Mental health
Child and youth officer
- Recommendations on issue of first nations youth in custody (Krog) 4871 (Oppal) 4871-2
- Review of death of Sherry Charlie (Hagen) 2336 (Karagianis) 5241
Child and Youth Representative See Representative for Children and Youth
Child in the Home of a Relative program See Foster care
Child protection workers See Children
Children See also Youth
- Centre for dialogue and learning, proposal (Dix) 3115
- Child care See Children – Child care
- Child death reviews
- incomplete reviews (Dix) 3884-5, 4807, 4964-5 (James) 4806 (Karagianis) 5128, 5130 (Les) 3885, 4806-7 (Simpson, S.) 4979
- incomplete reviews, call for investigation by all-party committee (James) 3884
- public reporting (Les) 5085
- review process (Farnworth) 5078 (Les) 5078, 5085
- review process, changes (Campbell) 3884
- review process, panel to review See Child protection review below under this main heading
- reviews (Campbell) 2335-6 (James) 2335
- secondary reviews (Dix) 4965
- Child deaths (Reid) 4968
- Child deaths, investigation (James) 4976 (Oppal) 5063 (Simons) 5063-4
- Child protection
- audits (Dix) 3204 (Hagen) 3204
- funding (Kwan) 2406
- funding, impact on services (James) 2249
- government funding and policies, impact on services (Dix) 3429 (Fleming) 2653 (James) 5126-7 (Karagianis) 5127-8 (Krog) 2645 (Simons) 5131-2 (Thorne) 5132
- government policies, impact on system (Gentner) 5157
- government power to remove child (Dix) 4962
- guardianship agreements (Dix) 4965
- human rights (Trevena) 5075
- information privacy (Hagen) 4981
- investigations, status (Dix) 2553, 3022, 3025 (Hagen) 3022, 3025, 3072-3
- section 54.1 agreements (Dix) 2987, 3117-9, 3204 (Hagen) 3118-9, 3204 (Krog) 2987-8
- services, changes (Austin) 2287-8 (Campbell) 2336 (Dix) 2336-7 (Hagen) 2288, 2337 (Robertson) 2608
- services, initiatives (Hagen) 2287 (Taylor) 2390-1
- system (Simons) 2371-3
- system, handling by B.C. Liberal Party government (James) 5125-6
- voluntary care agreements (Hagen) 4982 (Simons) 4974-5
- work of child protection workers (Simons) 4975
- work of resource child protection workers (Austin) 4970
- Child protection review
- Child support See Family maintenance under Families
- Child-raising costs (Thorne) 4030
- Children and youth representative See Representative for Children and Youth
- Children at risk, government action (Dix) 2616-7
- Children in government care See also Foster care
- first nations children See Children under First nations
- guardianship workers, caseloads (Austin) 4971
- Committee on children and youth See Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on
- Cost to raise child (Hagen) 3026
- Early childhood development See Children – Early childhood development
- Early diagnosis of hearing, sight and dental problems See Health – Public health
- Early learning and child care See Early learning and child care under Children – Child care
- Employment
- injury and participation rates (de Jong) 5003 (Puchmayr) 5003
- issues (Puchmayr) 3012
- regulation (de Jong) 5002-4 (Puchmayr) 5002-5
- role of parents (de Jong) 5004-5
- Family learning centres See Families
- Government support (Bond) 3325 (Puchmayr) 2841
- Guardianship legislation See Family Relations Act
- Help phone line (Cantelon) 4953
- Infant development program (Reid) 2473 (Taylor) 2390
- Need for government support (Reid) 4966-9
- Physical punishment (Simpson, S.) 5047
- Poverty See Child poverty under Poverty
- Programs and services for children and families
- funding and government support (Bloy) 2597 (Dix) 2861, 2864 (Hagen) 3116 (Hayer) 2429 (Lekstrom) 2506 (Les) 2412 (Mayencourt) 2607 (Neufeld) 2642 (Richmond) 2556-7, 3242 (Robertson) 2608 (Taylor) 2390-1 (Thorpe) 2563 (van Dongen) 2541
- funding reductions during ministry reorganization (Dix) 3016
- government performance (Krog) 2256
- government priorities (Throne speech) 2230
- mental health services See Mental health of children and youth, services under Mental health
- reductions (James) 4977
- reductions, impact of government policies (Austin) 4970 (Dix) 4963-4 (Karagianis) 4972 (Kwan) 4983-5 (Oppal) 4985 (Simpson, S.) 4978-9 (Thorne) 4980-1
- reorganization of service delivery (Campbell) 3883-4 (James) 3883-4, 4977
- service agencies, accreditation (Dix) 3027 (Hagen) 3027
- service agencies, government contracts and funding (Dix) 3079-80 (Hagen) 3079-80
- service delivery, co-location (Reid) 3180, 3183, 3199 (Thorne) 3183
- service delivery models (Reid) 2472-4
- service delivery, neighbourhood hub model (Reid) 2857-8, 3180-1, 3199 (Thorne) 3179-81, 3194, 3198-9
- services for children with substance addictions See Prevention and treatment services under Substance abuse and addiction
- services in rural communities (Austin) 4970
- Programs and services for first nations children and families See Children under First nations; Programs and services, services for first nations families under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Removal from crystal meth–involved parents, government protocol See Crystal methamphetamine, cross-ministry protocol for removal of children from meth-involved parents under Substance abuse and addiction
- Safety in vehicles, use of booster seats See Booster seats under Automobiles
- Shaken-baby syndrome (Reid) 4969
- Smoking See Tobacco
- Society support (James) 2763 (Jean) 2762
- Special needs children, program and service delivery (Dix) 3257 (Hagen) 3257
- Special needs children, programs and services, funding (Hagen) 3115
- Therapies, occupational, physical and speech language therapies (Taylor) 2390
- Therapy services, case (Hagen) 3115 (Macdonald) 3115
Children – Child care
- Accessibility
- accessibility (Conroy) 2625 (James) 2249
- advocacy role of Community Services Ministry (Chong) 4221 (Thorne) 4221
- impact on labour market (Thorne) 4221-1
- impact on small business (Robertson) 5150
- Child care action plan
- Child care for first nations children See Children under First nations
- Child care operating funds (CCOF) See Funding, child care centres below under this main heading
- Child care providers, role (Reid) 4803-4
- Child care system
- comprehensive system for B.C. (Karagianis) 2307-8 (Thorne) 2307
- system (Austin) 2307 (Campbell) 2385 (Chudnovsky) 2517 (Thorne) 4904
- wait-lists and waiting times (Thorne) 4909
- Early learning and child care (Reid) 2472-3, 2475
- Early learning and child care agreement See Funding, federal agreement below under this main heading
- Federal child care allowance, impact on provincial subsidy eligibility (Thorne) 3195
- Funding
- allocation of federal and provincial funding (Reid) 3192 (Thorne) 3191-2
- child care centres (Conroy) 5245 (Simons) 5229 (Trevena) 5145
- direct federal funding to parents, impact on income assistance recipients See Benefits, deduction of child benefits and support payments under Income assistance
- federal agreement See also Federal funding under Children – Early childhood development
- federal agreement, B.C. government action (Austin) 3191 (Campbell) 4842-5 (Chudnovsky) 2517 (Dix) 2862, 3193 (Fleming) 2653 (James) 2249, 4841-4 (Kwan) 2407, 2952, 2954 (Lali) 2542 (Reid) 3185-6, 3191, 4030-1, 4428 (Robertson) 2608 (Taylor) 2952-3 (Thorne) 2536-7, 3176, 3185-8, 4030, 4427-8
- federal agreement cancellation, public petitions (Reid) 3196 (Thorne) 3195-6
- federal funding, spending in B.C. (Reid) 3179
- funding (Campbell) 4841-2 (James) 4844
- funding during NDP administration (Campbell) 4844
- funding to other ministries (Reid) 3193, 3199-200 (Thorne) 3193, 3199-200
- Government action (Reid) 3177-8, 3185, 3188, 4909 (Thorne) 3176-7, 3186-8
- Government and opposition positions (Dix) 3192-3 (Reid) 3193 (Thorne) 3193
- Government vision (Reid) 2772, 3187
- Need for affordable child care (Karagianis) 2307-8 (Thorne) 2536-7
- Provincial child care council (Campbell) 4841 (James) 4841
- Public consultation, additional consultations (Reid) 3184 (Thorne) 3183-4
- Public consultation, publication of results See Child care action plan, publication of plan and public consultations above under this main heading
- Public protest at Legislature (Thorne) 4909
- Services, co-location See Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, co-location under Children; Spaces, spaces in school classrooms below under this main heading
- Services, hub delivery See Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, neighbourhood hub model under Children
- Spaces
- Subsidy, eligibility threshold (Campbell) 4841, 4844-5 (Reid) 2475
- Subsidy system (Reid) 3194-5 (Thorne) 3194-5
- Supported child care (Taylor) 2390
Children – Early childhood development
- Atlas of child development in B.C. (Reid) 2476, 3199
- Early childhood development agreement See Funding, federal agreement under Children – Child care
- Early childhood educators, availability and training (Austin) 3190-1 (Reid) 3190-1
- Early learning and literacy
- early learning centres (Thorne) 3413
- federal funding (Bond) 3408-10 (Thorne) 3408-10
- funding and full-time-equivalents (Bond) 3408-9 (Thorne) 3408-9
- programs See also particular community programs
- programs, community involvement (Cantelon) 3275-7 (Thorne) 3276
- Ready, Set, Learn program (Reid) 3200 (Thorne) 3199-200
- "repurposing" (Bond) 3496 (Horgan) 3496
- Early learning centres See Programs and services for children and families, service delivery, neighbourhood hub model under Children
- Government support (Reid) 2473
- Human early learning partnership (HELP) program (McIntyre) 4180-1 (Reid) 2473-5 (Sultan) 4491
- Human early learning partnership (HELP) program, use in measurement of ministry performance (Thorne) 3197
- Learning through play (Bond) 3411 (Thorne) 3411
- Programs and services
- coordination with communities (Bond) 3411 (Thorne) 3411
- funding (Bond) 3410 (Thorne) 3410
- programs (Bond) 3410-1
- service delivery (Reid) 2857-8
- Success by 6 program (Reid) 2474 (Robertson) 3467-8, 3473
- Success by 6 program, funding and ministry role (Hagen) 3109 (Sather) 3109
- Success by 6 program, partnership (Reid) 3196-7 (Thorne) 3196-7
- School readiness, use of early development indicator (Bond) 3410 (Reid) 3197-8 (Thorne) 3197-8, 3410
- Strong Start B.C. initiative (Bond) 3412 (Thorne) 3412
- Terminology (Reid) 3179-80 (Thorne) 3179-80
Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3014-28, 3072-81, 3109-26, 3173-205, 3220-9, 3257-70
- speakers (Austin) 3189-91 (Bains) 3114-5, 3173-5 (Dix) 3016-28, 3073-81, 3109-10, 3115-26, 3175, 3192-3, 3200, 3204-5, 3220-9, 3257-70 (Fraser) 3266-7 (Hagen) 3014-28, 3072-81, 3109-25, 3200-5, 3220-9, 3257-70 (Macdonald) 3115 (Reid) 3173-200 (Sather) 3109 (Simons) 3114 (Simpson, S.) 3073, 3110-4 (Thorne) 3176-89, 3191-200 (Wyse) 3200-3
- Budget (Dix) 3016 (Farnworth) 2415-6 (Hagen) 3015 (Jarvis) 2532 (Lekstrom) 2505-6
- Budget reduction (Dix) 2617 (Hagen) 4982
- Cross-ministry work (Austin) 3191 (Reid) 3189-91
- Deregulation (Simons) 5131
- Handling of freedom-of-information requests (Dix) 3016-9, 3025 (Hagen) 3017-8
- Information management system (Hagen) 3015
- Performance measurement (Dix) 3019 (Reid) 3197 (Thorne) 3197
- Plans (Dix) 3077 (Hagen) 3077-8
- Priority communities for services for young children (Austin) 3189-90 (Reid) 3189-90
- Review by Lesley du Toit See du Toit, Lesley
- Stability See Staffing changes below under this main heading
- Staffing See also Social workers
- Staffing changes (Dix) 2286-7, 3023-5, 3074-7 (Farnworth) 2288 (Hagen) 2286-8, 3015, 3023-5, 3074-5 (Kwan) 2287
- Staffing, new workers (Hagen) 4981-2
Children and Youth Representative See Representative for Children and Youth
Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on
Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
- Mental health facility and services (Abbott) 4730-1 (Wyse) 4730
Children's Commissioner
Chilliwack, B.C.
- Affordable housing, petition tabled (Penner) 3359
- Enrolment in education system and class size (Penner) 2295
- Middle school construction project, use of geothermal heating (Penner) 3751-2
- Planning for community growth (Penner) 3752
Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
- New beds and services (Penner) 2295
China See also Asia; Asia-Pacific region
- B.C. trade opportunities (Rustad) 5097
- Development of relations with B.C. (Les) 2414
Chinese Benevolent Association
- Work of organization (Yap) 5076
Chinese Canadians
- Artists (Simons) 3084
- Participation in society (Yap) 5076
Chinese head tax See Immigration
Chinese New Year
CHN (Council of the Haida Nation) See Haida Nation
Christ for the Nations Bible College Act
Christ for the Nations Bible College, Surrey, B.C.
Christina Lake, B.C.
Christmas Manor, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Anniversary (Thorne) 2535
CIBC World Markets
Cigarettes See Tobacco
CIRM See Critical incident response
under Discrimination and racism
Cities and towns See also Communities
- Cost of living in urban centres (Karagianis) 3894-5
- New Deal for Cities and Communities, federal-provincial funding agreement (Campbell) 4933 (Chong) 2276 (Sather) 4933
- New Deal for Cities and Communities, funding (Chong) 4072 (Macdonald) 4072
Citizens Responsible for Organizing Winning Education
- Public support, petition tabled (Conroy) 4127
Citizens' Services Ministry See Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Investigation into release of refugee information in government records (Brar) 2681 (de Jong) 2681
Civil service
- Supplementary estimates
- Collective agreements, budgeted funds (Bloy) 2598 (Coleman) 2573 (Lekstrom) 2510 (Mayencourt) 2607 (Yap) 2657-8
- Collective agreements, completed agreements (Campbell) 4832
- Collective agreements, early-settlement incentive
- Collective bargaining
- Equity hiring
- Hiring See also Hiring practices under Government
- hiring panels (Lali) 4237
- merit principle (Lali) 4239
- Morale (Chudnovsky) 2438 (Puchmayr) 2442
- Premier's awards See Premier's innovation and excellence awards
- Recruitment (Dix) 2438
- Signing bonus See Collective agreements, early-settlement incentive above under this main heading
- Supplementary estimates debate (Dix) 2460
- Wages (Krueger) 2419
- Work across ministries (Hagen) 3203
- Work of employees on B.C. Liberal Party business (Horgan) 2948-9 (Taylor) 2948-9
Clayburn See Abbotsford-Clayburn constituency and area
Clearwater, B.C.
- Hospital construction (Krueger) 2703-4
- Long-term care and health facilities in area (Krueger) 2423
Climate change
- Carbon credits See Kyoto accord
- Economic impacts panel report recommendations (Simpson, S.) 3751-2, 3756
- Federal government action (Simpson, S.) 5100
- Forecasting (Penner) 3758
- Government action (Campbell) 4845-6, 4875 (Dix) 2862-3 (Evans) 2847 (Gentner) 5158 (Horgan) 5214 (James) 4845 (Karagianis) 5241 (Krueger) 5101 (Penner) 3756-61, 3865-6 (Robertson) 2609-10, 5147-8 (Rustad) 4786-7 (Sather) 2694-5, 3758-60 (Simpson, B.) 2424-6, 3864-7, 4785-7 (Simpson, S.) 2569, 3756-7, 5100-1
- Government action during NDP administration (Penner) 3866
- Government action plan, targets (Simpson, S.) 5237
- Greenhouse gas emissions See Air
- Impacts
- impact on ecosystems (Simons) 5230 (Simpson, B.) 2424-5, 3865
- impact on ecosystems and economy (Evans) 2849
- impact on industries in B.C. (Simpson, B.) 2425-6
- impact on roads (Simpson, B.) 5232
- impacts (Gentner) 5157 (Krueger) 5101 (Simpson, S.) 5099-100
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change See Kyoto accord
- National strategy (Campbell) 4876-7 (James) 4876-7
- Relationship with emergency preparedness See Emergency preparedness under Emergencies
- Research See Ouranos Consortium
Cline Mining Corp.
- Lodgepole Coal Mine proposal and B.C.–Montana relations (Campbell) 4923-4 (Sather) 4923-4
- Open-pit mine closings (Sather) 4924
Clinton, B.C.
- Health care services (Wyse) 5221
CN Rail
Coaches See Sports
Coal
- Claims (Bennett) 3718 (Evans) 3718
- Coal as energy source
- coal as energy source (Thorpe) 2712
- coal-fired power plants (Bennett) 3720-1 (Coons) 5193 (Evans) 3720-1 (Simpson, S.) 5101
- emission regulations on coal-fired plants (Lali) 5080
- environmental impact (Simpson, S.) 5100-2
- government support (Horgan) 5079 (Krueger) 5100-1 (Lali) 5081 (Neufeld) 5079 (Simpson, S.) 5079-80, 5100-2
- importing of coal-fired electricity from Alberta (Krueger) 5101
- Coalbed methane gas See Oil and gas
- Coalmines in B.C. (Bennett) 3705, 3721
- Coalmining industry
- government plan (Bennett) 3704
- industry in B.C. (Evans) 3716
- land use issues (Bennett) 3716-8 (Evans) 3718
- relationship with ranching industry (Bennett) 3717 (Evans) 3716-7
- Industry donations to B.C. Liberal Party (Lali) 5080
- Sale of thermal coal and Kyoto accord compliance (Bennett) 3721 (Evans) 3721
- Subsurface and surface rights, information for property owners (Bennett) 3717-8 (Evans) 3718-9
Coast Forest Products Association
- Consultation on timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas (Ilich) 4040 (Simpson, B.) 4040
Coast Mountains school district See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
Coast Salish people
Coast Sustainability Trust
Coastal Ferry Act
- Need for revision (Simons) 5227
- Provisions and need for amendment (Coons) 5192
Coastal forest industry See Forests and forest industry
Coastal land and resource management plans
- Collaboration (Bell) 2837 (Throne speech) 2230
- Conservation of wildlife habitat (Simpson, S.) 3905-6
- Contents and process (Bell) 2514
- First nations involvement in process (Penner) 4096
- Funding initiatives and investment funds (Coons) 3636-7
- Government promotion of plans (Bell) 3636
- Great Bear rain forest See Great Bear rain forest
- Plans (Bell) 2930 (Campbell) 4833 (Coons) 2577 (Penner) 3745-7, 4095 (Simpson, S.) 3746-7, 3900-1
- Work on plans (Simpson, S.) 2569
Coleman, Charlie
- Education award win (Bond) 3679
Collective agreements, bargaining See agreements under particular groups; Labour
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
- Regulation of physician fees for uninsured services (Abbott) 4521
Collingwood Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.
Colony Farm Regional Park
- Open house event (Thorne) 4635
Columbia Basin Trust
- Amalgamation with Columbia Power Corporation (Evans) 3855-6 (Neufeld) 3856
Columbia Lake Provincial Park
- Boundary change (Macdonald) 2352
- Boundary change application (Macdonald) 3741-2 (Penner) 3742
- Resort development in area (Macdonald) 3898-9
Columbia Power Corporation
Columbia River
Commerce Centre See Economic Development, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics
Commercial Arbitration Act
- Repeal of section (Krog) 3998 (Oppal) 3998
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services Ministry (Gove commission)
- Implementation of recommendations (James) 5126 (Karagianis) 5127-8
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission)
- Report and recommendations (Chudnovsky) 2774 (Cubberley) 2794 (Dix) 2619 (Horgan) 2526 (Karagianis) 2510
- Report and recommendations, B.C. government action (Ralston) 2638, 2640
- Work of commission (Cubberley) 4515
Commissions
- Commissions of inquiry, legislation See also Public Inquiry Act
- Government commissions See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government; particular commissions
Committees See Committee system
under Legislature; particular committees
Communities See also Cities and towns; Government – Local government
- Community organizations, government funding See Social programs and services, government funding for non-profit organizations under Welfare
- Economic development See Economic development, community economic development under Economy – B.C. economy
- Environmentally sustainable communities (Penner) 3660-1
- Environmentally sustainable communities, initiatives (Penner) 3748-50 (Simpson, S.) 3747-50
- Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries
- Government investment (Karagianis) 2511-2
- Government support (Chong) 2275
- Government support for small communities (Chong) 4086-7, 4106-7, 4111-2 (Coons) 4111
- Impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government (Chong) 4071, 4087-9, 4107-10 (Macdonald) 4071, 4107-9 (Simpson, B.) 4087-8
- Intentional communities (Mayencourt) 2347
- Opportunities, task force See Premier's Task Force on Community Opportunities
- Relationship with local resources (Macdonald) 2351-2
- Successful communities (Simpson, S.) 2781-2
- Water projects See Community water projects under Water
- Work of community organizations (Brar) 2364
Community Care and Assisted Living Act
- Application to private care facilities (Abbott) 4604
Community care workers See Disabled and handicapped persons
Community Charter
- Amendments (Chong) 3363 (Macdonald) 3208, 3363
- Arbitration of disputes (Chong) 4230 (Farnworth) 4230
- Effectiveness (Gentner) 4767
- Principles (Macdonald) 3208
- Public complaints (Chong) 4230 (Farnworth) 4230
Community Charter Council Act
Community economic development See Economic development
under Economy – B.C. economy
Community living See Disabled and handicapped persons
Community Living British Columbia
- Accountability (Dix) 3262
- Accreditation as agency (Dix) 3227 (Hagen) 3227
- Chief information officer See Berglund, Brian
- Community consultation (Dix) 3264-5 (Hagen) 3264-5
- Community councils (Dix) 3267 (Hagen) 3267
- Complaints and appeals (Dix) 3268 (Hagen) 3268
- Eligibility for services based on IQ test (Dix) 3227-8 (Hagen) 3227-8
- Establishment, cost (Dix) 3267-8 (Hagen) 3267-8
- Funding (Dix) 3220-3 (Hagen) 3220-3
- Funding and service delivery (Dix) 3257 (Hagen) 3257 (Karagianis) 5129, 5241-2
- Funding, individualized funding model (Dix) 3228-9, 3262, 3268-9 (Hagen) 3228-9, 3262-3, 3268-9
- Group home review (Dix) 3225 (Hagen) 3224-5
- Information technology (Dix) 3258 (Hagen) 3257-9
- Objectives (Dix) 3263 (Hagen) 3263
- Performance measurement (Dix) 3226, 3263 (Hagen) 3263
- Provincial advisory committee (Dix) 3267 (Hagen) 3267
- Replacement of chief information officer (Dix) 3258-60
- Risk assessment of agency (Dix) 3257-8
- Safety (Dix) 3226 (Hagen) 3227
- Service delivery contracts (Dix) 3226
- Service delivery model (Dix) 3260-1 (Hagen) 3260-1
- Wait-list for services (Dix) 3222, 3257 (Hagen) 3222, 3257
- Work of agency (Hagen) 3220-3
- Work with Employment and Income Assistance Ministry (Richmond) 3318
Community Living Services Authority
Community policing centres See Police and policing
Community Services, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues
- Estimates
- debate 4069-89, 4105-17, 4144-60, 4221-41
- speakers (Chong) 4069-89, 4105-17, 4144-60, 4221-41 (Chouhan) 4144-6 (Conroy) 4112-6 (Coons) 4110-1 (Farnworth) 4230-2 (Horgan) 4079-81, 4241 (Kwan) 4228-30 (Lali) 4233-40 (Macdonald) 4070-6, 4079, 4085-6, 4105-9 (Ralston) 4228 (Sather) 4076-9 (Simpson, B.) 4087-9 (Simpson, S.) 4081-4 (Thorne) 4144, 4146-60, 4221-7 (Wyse) 4086
- Budget (Chong) 4071, 4147-8 (Macdonald) 4070-1 (Thorne) 4147-8
- Cross-ministry initiatives (Chong) 4147 (Thorne) 4147
- Goals and responsibilities (Chong) 2276
- Media relations budget (Chong) 4072 (Macdonald) 4072
- Response to emerging trends (Chong) 4146-7 (Thorne) 4146
- Staffing (Chong) 4147 (Thorne) 4147
- Work of ministry (Chong) 4070
Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 10) (Minister of Community Services) 1R, 2984-5; 2R, 3207-9; C, 3361-6; 3R, 3366; RA, 3407
- Debate, speakers (Chong) 2985, 3207-9, 3361-6 (Horgan) 3361-3 (Macdonald) 3208-9, 3361, 3363-5 (Trevena) 3364-5
- Purpose of bill (Chong) 2985
Community Social Services Employers' Association
- Rollback of workers' wages (Dix) 2435
Community transition program See Impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government
under Communities
Como Watershed Group
- Conservation activities (Thorne) 2535
Compass Group Ltd.
- Hospital contracts, working conditions and wages (Dix) 5246-7
Compassionate care leave See Employment and unemployment
Competition Council See British Columbia Competition Council
Compliance Energy Corporation
- Coal extraction lease (Gentner) 4826-7
- Coal-fired power plant in Princeton area (Lali) 5080-1 (Penner) 5080-1
Computer technology
- Computer software services, provincial sales tax exemption (Kwan) 3070-1 (Ralston) 3071 (Taylor) 2395-6, 3003, 3070-1 (Thorpe) 2906
- Computer technology initiative for first nations people See First nations
- Database management and information transfer See also Access from outside Canada for equipment maintenance under Information
- Database management and information transfer, privacy issue (de Jong) 4820 (Farnworth) 4754-5 (Krog) 4819-21 (Lali) 4760, 4816 (Ralston) 4753-4
- Digital media centre, establishment (Coell) 2686, 4008-9 (Ilich) 2828 (Robertson) 4008-9 (Simons) 2370 (Taylor) 2393 (Throne speech) 2229
- Digital media industry in B.C. (Coell) 3941
- Internet
- government portal project See Electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project under Government
- high-speed service for B.C. communities (Hansen) 2523 (Throne speech) 2228
- high-speed service for first nations communities See First nations
- Software services, provincial sales tax exemption (Taylor) 2393
- Use of BlackBerrys (Krog) 3890
Condominiums See Strata property
Conference Board of Canada
Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner
- Correspondence with Rich Coleman re issue involving forest company employee (Coleman) 3392 (Simpson, B.) 3392
- Reports tabled
- 2005-06 annual report (Speaker) 5255
- opinion on matter raised by John Horgan re alleged contraventions of conflict-of-interest legislation by Gordon Campbell (Speaker) 5255
- report on matter concerning Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Speaker) 4744
Congolese Canadians
- Contributions (Hayer) 5048
Conservancies See Parks
Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers, etc. See Wildlife
Conservation officers See Wildlife
Construction industry
- Building codes (Coleman) 4409
- Building design, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards (Chong) 4083
- Building design, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards and government buildings (Penner) 3751 (Simpson, S.) 3751
- Home warranty providers, issues (Coleman) 4451-5 (Karagianis) 4451-4
- Jobs (Hayer) 2925
- Residential construction industry, building requirements (Coleman) 4409
- Residential construction industry, skills shortage See also Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training
- Training, HardHats program See Training programs under Skills training
Consumers
Containerization See particular port locations; Transportation
Contaminated sites See Waste management
Controlled recreation areas See Crown land
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
Conway, Theresa
- Position with board of B.C. Hydro (Gentner) 3933
Cook, George
- Death at Nanaimo hospital (Abbott) 3988 (Krog) 3988
Cooper, Eleanor
- Work as paramedic (Wyse) 5087
Copeman, Don
- Health care centres, compliance with legislation
Coquitlam, B.C. See also Burquitlam constituency and area; Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area; Tri-Cities area
- Community table on children's services (Thorne) 4980
- Crystal meth task force (Thorne) 2534
- Environment, stream protection (Thorne) 5201
- Festivals and tourism passport program (Bloy) 3819
- Grow ops in area (Thorne) 4340
- Leaky housing in area (Thorne) 5201
- Power surge damages, compensation (Neufeld) 4810 (Thorne) 4810
- Volunteerism (Bloy) 4905
Coquitlam Dam
- Seismic improvement plan report tabled (Neufeld) 3239
Coquitlam First
- Election campaign financing (Farnworth) 3541
Coquitlam River
- Fish habitat protection (Penner) 3828 (Thorne) 3828-9
- Impact of gravel mining in area on river (Bennett) 3712-4 (Penner) 3831-2 (Thorne) 3712-4, 3828
- Recovery of salmon stocks (Farnworth) 3831-2 (Penner) 3832
- Status as endangered river (Penner) 3828 (Thorne) 3828
Coquitlam school district See School district 43 (Coquitlam)
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
Coroners Act
Coroners Service See British Columbia Coroners Service
Corporations
- Capital tax (Karagianis) 2901-2 (Thorpe) 2901-2
- Corporate sector, current conditions (Evans) 2848
- Corporate share registries, access (Kwan) 3515-6 (Taylor) 3455, 3515-6
- Extraprovincial corporations, penalties for offences (Kwan) 3516-7 (Taylor) 3516-7
- Tax reduction (Puchmayr) 2840-1
- Transparency, legislation (Kwan) 3456, 3515-7
Corrections system
- Facilities See particular facilities and locations
- Family justice visitation program (Krog) 4947-8 (Oppal) 4947-8
- Policy on shackling prisoners during sweat lodge ceremonies (Dix) 3078 (Fraser) 2710, 3141 (Hagen) 3078
- Treatment programs for offenders with addictions See Prevention and treatment under Substance abuse and addiction
Cortes Island
- Brew Bay sablefish farm, licence application (Austin) 3649 (Bell) 3649
Costall, Robert
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
- Customer investigation on cross-border shopping issue See Cross-border shopping under Economy
Costuros, Wanda
- Position with board of B.C. Hydro (Gentner) 3934
Cote family
- Therapy services for child (Hagen) 3115 (Macdonald) 3115
Council of Forest Industries
- Consultation on timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas (Ilich) 4040 (Simpson, B.) 4040
- Position on softwood lumber negotiations (Simpson, B.) 4255-7
Council of the Federation
- News release on transportation investment (Campbell) 4932 (Sather) 4932-3
Council of the Haida Nation See Haida Nation
Courts See Justice system; particular courts
Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan, B.C.
- Emergency services (Routley) 5184
- Emergency services, nurse staffing levels (Routley) 4782
Cowichan Lake Community Forest Cooperative
- Skills training and work of group (Routley) 4635-6
Cowichan River
- Fish stock depletion (Routley) 5184
Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, B.C.
Cowichan Tribes
Cowichan Valley school district See School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area
Cranbrook, B.C.
CRB Consulting Ltd. See Berglund, Brian
Credit rating
Creston, B.C. See also Nelson-Creston constituency and area
Crime and criminals See also Corrections system; Justice system; Police and policing
Criminal justice branch See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism
Criminal-record checks See Crime and criminals
Cross-border shopping See Economy
Crossroads Hospice Society
Crown corporations
- Payment of municipal taxes (Evans) 3940 (Neufeld) 3940
Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on
- Powers and role (de Jong) 2343
Crown land
- Cabinet responsibility for land decisions (Evans) 3103-5, 3108
- Controlled recreation areas, establishment (Ilich) 4005, 4032-4, 4036, 4043-4 (Simons) 3897-8, 4004-5, 4032-6, 4043-4
- Controlled recreation areas, timber harvesting See Timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas under Resorts
- Disposition of land, Lands Minister's delegation of powers See Minister's delegation of powers under Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
- Tenures, recreational tenure applications (Ilich) 4133, 4135 (Simons) 4133
Crystal meth See Crystal methamphetamine
under Substance abuse and addiction
Crystal Meth Prevention Act, 2006
- (Bill M207) (Brar) 1R, 4634
- Debate, speakers (Brar) 4634
CSSEA See Community Social Services Employers' Association
Cultus Lake
- Protection of sockeye stock (Penner) 3689
Cummins Westport Inc.
- Research facility (Penner) 3757
Currency
- Harmonization with U.S. (Campbell) 4929-30 (Sather) 4929
Custodians of the Peace
- Position on gas well setbacks (Gentner) 3788-9 (Neufeld) 3789
Cypress Mountain