E&N Railway See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Eagleridge interchange See Sea to Sky Highway, upgrades
under Highway 99
Early childhood development See Children – Early childhood development
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.
Easter
Eating disorders
- Awareness, prevention and treatment (Robertson) 2286
E.C. Manning Provincial Park
- Lodge in park (Penner) 4641
- Mountain pine beetle control (Penner) 3745
Economic Development, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics
- Estimates
- debate 3909-23, 4268-77, 4306-24, 4364-81
- speakers (Bains) 3909-23, 4268-77, 4306-15 (Farnworth) 3909, 4315-24, 4364-9 (Gentner) 4309-10 (Hansen) 3909-23, 4268-77, 4306-24, 4364-81 (Robertson) 4369-81 (Sather) 4369 (Simpson, S.) 4311-2
- 2010 Commerce Centre, work (Bains) 4312 (Hansen) 3915-7, 4311-2
- Budget and service plan (Farnworth) 4315 (Hansen) 4315-6
- Live Sites program (Hansen) 3916, 4268-70, 4311
- Olympic secretariat, budget and operating expenses (Bains) 3918, 4268, 4270 (Hansen) 3918, 4268
- Olympic secretariat, role and work of secretariat (Bains) 3910, 3917-9 (Hansen) 2721, 3910, 3917-9
- Regional project managers, work (Hansen) 4367
- Responsibilities (Hansen) 3909
Economic Forecast Council
- Comments on B.C. economy (van Dongen) 2539
Economy
- Cross-border shopping
- Costco case and privacy issue (Karagianis) 2908-9, 3044 (Macdonald) 2908 (Thorpe) 2909
- Internet purchases by B.C. residents (Karagianis) 2909 (Thorpe) 2909
- issue (Macdonald) 2352 (Thorpe) 2909
- purchase of high-value goods in Alberta (Karagianis) 3043-4 (Thorpe) 3043-4
- sales tax payment, public education program (Karagianis) 3044-5 (Thorpe) 3044-5
- sales tax payment, self-assessment (Karagianis) 3043, 3045 (Thorpe) 3043
- Gross domestic product, use as performance measurement (Evans) 2846-50
- International economy, current conditions (Evans) 2846
- Knowledge-based economy, balance with resource-based economy (Robertson) 5150
- Relation of economic growth to levels of poverty (Dix) 3020
- Role of corporations and global capital (Evans) 2848
- Role of economy in funding for social services (Coleman) 2573, 2793 (Jarvis) 2531-2 (Thorpe) 2713
- Role of social factors (James) 2250
Economy – B.C. economy
Edmonds See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
Edroff, Jeneece
- Fundraising activities (Cubberley) 4593
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc.
Education See also Education – School boards and districts; Post-secondary education; Skills training
- Access to public education (Dix) 2618
- Adult basic education See also Literacy
- availability for income assistance recipients (Coell) 3971-2 (Robertson) 3971
- tuition fees (Coell) 4067-8 (Fleming) 2656, 4067 (Ralston) 2302
- Advertising by government See Advertising and announcements, education advertising under Government
- Class size and composition
- cases (Bond) 3379, 3416-7, 3424, 3467, 3482-3, 3492 (Horgan) 3379, 3482 (Routley) 3492 (Trevena) 3416-7, 3423-4
- challenges for rural schools (Bond) 3418-9, 3424, 4711-2, 4718 (Coons) 4716-8 (Trevena) 3416, 3418-9, 3423-4 (Wyse) 4711
- class size review (Penner) 2295
- compliance, appointment of special administrator (Bond) 4724 (Horgan) 4724
- consultation (Bond) 4722 (Macdonald) 4722
- consultation time lines (Bond) 4723 (Horgan) 4723
- decisions by professionals (Bond) 3420-1, 4654, 4711-2, 4721 (Chudnovsky) 3420-1, 4654
- determination process (Bains) 4659-61 (Bond) 4659-63 (Coons) 4661-2
- English-as-a-second-language students (Coons) 4717 (Kwan) 4718-21
- government action (Bond) 2636, 3334-41, 3414-6 (Chudnovsky) 2517-8 (de Jong) 2554 (Dix) 2618 (Horgan) 2554, 2636, 2718-9, 3327, 3330, 3333-41, 3414-6, 3821-2 (Robertson) 3822-3 (Thorne) 2534 (Wyse) 2313
- government position (Bond) 4443-4 (Chudnovsky) 4435-6, 4438 (Routley) 4433 (Sather) 4404 (Simpson, S.) 4431 (Thorne) 4434
- impact on education outcomes (Horgan) 4400-1 (Ralston) 4441
- issue (Bond) 2650, 3422-3 (Chudnovsky) 3422-3, 4714-5 (Horgan) 2240 (Throne speech) 2228
- issue in lower mainland See Lower mainland
- legislation (Black) 2242
- legislation, funding for implementation See Funding for implementation of class size limits under Education – Funding
- legislation, implementation time-line (Chudnovsky) 4436-7 (Ralston) 4441
- limits (Bond) 4120, 4397-8, 5121 (Horgan) 4663 (Simpson, S.) 4431
- limits, codification in legislation (Chudnovsky) 4435-6
- limits, excess students (Bond) 4664 (Horgan) 4664
- limits for lab and shop classes (Chudnovsky) 4436 (Coons) 4716 (Horgan) 4402, 4713 (Wyse) 4711
- limits, funding for implementation See Funding for implementation of class size limits under Education – Funding
- number of classrooms exceeding limits (Cubberley) 5121
- publication of data (Bond) 4663 (Horgan) 4663 (Thorpe) 2713-4
- school-level decisions (Bond) 3467
- size limits in collective agreement (Bond) 3415 (Chudnovsky) 3415
- special needs students (Bond) 4713, 4716 (Chudnovsky) 4715-6 (Horgan) 4712
- teachers' consent and consultation (Bains) 4443 (Bond) 4397-8, 4654-7 (Chudnovsky) 4436-7, 4654 (Coons) 4656 (de Jong) 4651-2 (Dix) 4657 (Horgan) 4402, 4712 (Macdonald) 4655-6 (Ralston) 4441 (Sather) 4407 (Wyse) 4711
- Community LINK program (Bond) 3494 (Kwan) 3488
- Community schools (Bond) 3494 (Ralston) 3494
- Counsellors, number (Horgan) 3336
- Curriculum
- French immersion and language programs (Dix) 4440
- fruit and veggie pilot program (Roddick) 3388
- history, examination of events of discrimination and racism (Chouhan) 4166 (Whittred) 4165-6
- improvements (Throne speech) 2228
- physical education (Coons) 2577
- Distance education and on-line learning
- Distributed learning See Distance education and on-line learning above under this main heading
- Early learning and literacy See Children – Early childhood development
- Education Advisory Council, meetings and work (Bond) 3340, 3348, 3407 (Horgan) 3340
- Education of first nations people
- attendance of off-reserve schools, funding See First nations per-student funding under Education – Funding
- Elders in the Classroom program (Bond) 3477 (Fraser) 3477
- enhancement agreements (Bond) 2651, 3376, 3475-7
- enhancement agreements, renewals (Routley) 3620
- funding for special education in on-reserve schools (MacKay) 3623
- graduation rate (Bond) 2651, 3376, 3475 (Fraser) 3475 (Rustad) 3146-7 (Simpson, S.) 3376
- school transportation issues (Bond) 3479 (Fraser) 3479
- student achievement (Lee) 2376
- English-as-a-second-language programs
- Enrolment levels (Bains) 5226 (Bond) 2650-1, 3414, 5121-2
- Enrolment levels and population shifts (Bond) 3374, 3527 (Simpson, S.) 3374
- Enrolment reductions, impact on number of teachers (Bond) 3420 (Horgan) 3414
- Enrolment reductions, impact on vulnerable students (Bond) 3375 (Simpson, S.) 3375
- Foundation skills assessment (Bloy) 4486 (Bond) 3326, 3504 (Chudnovsky) 3503 (Coons) 4486 (Cubberley) 5107-8 (Hayer) 4485 (Horgan) 4485 (Lee) 4484-5 (Macdonald) 3500, 4486-7 (MacKay) 4487 (Polak) 5108-10 (Rustad) 5113 (Wyse) 5110-1 (Yap) 5111-2
- Four-day school week (Austin) 3480 (Bond) 3480-1
- Funding See Education – Funding
- Gifted students See Special education and special needs below under this main heading
- Government commitments (Bond) 4397
- Graduation portfolios (Bond) 3377-80, 3382 (Horgan) 3376-80
- Graduation portfolios elsewhere (Bond) 3380 (Horgan) 3380
- Graduation rate (Bond) 2651
- Graduation requirements and examinations (Bond) 3381-3, 3407 (Horgan) 3381-3
- Healthy food and lifestyle, promotion in schools (Horning) 2305
- Healthy food in schools (Bond) 3325-6 (Throne speech) 2227
- IEPs See Special education and special needs, assessment and individual education plans (IEPs) below under this main heading
- Independent schools
- Inner-city schools, issues (Bond) 3518 (Kwan) 3488
- Learning Roundtable (Campbell) 4832 (Cantelon) 2269 (Hayer) 2281 (Horgan) 2718-9 (Les) 2412 (Rustad) 2780 (Thorpe) 2713
- Learning Roundtable, membership and work (Bond) 3338-40, 3422-3, 4654-5, 4712-3 (Chudnovsky) 3423 (Horgan) 3338-40, 4712-3
- Libraries See School libraries below under this main heading
- Parental involvement in education system
- access to information (Throne speech) 2228-9
- involvement (Bond) 3326, 3331, 3501-2, 3521-3 (Chudnovsky) 3521-3 (Horgan) 3327, 3525 (Macdonald) 3502
- school planning councils See School planning councils below under this main heading
- Parent-teacher meetings (Yap) 5112
- Partnership between schools and businesses (Thorpe) 2565
- Principals' responsibility (Bond) 3501 (Macdonald) 3501-2
- Principals, workload (Bond) 4723 (Horgan) 4723
- Private schools, enrolment levels (Bond) 3336-7 (Horgan) 3336-7
- Private schools, marketing of small class sizes (Horgan) 3336-7
- Program reductions during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Chudnovsky) 5112
- Recognition of achievement of students with disabilities, petition tabled (Horgan) 2457
- Rural education See Education in rural B.C. under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.; Rural schools under Education – Funding
- Safety of students See also Bullying and violence at school under Violence
- safe schools legislation See also Safe Schools Act
- school safety initiative (Polak) 5108-9
- work of Safe Schools Task Force (Mayencourt) 3861-2
- School breakfast program (Trevena) 5049
- School buildings See Education – Schools
- School Community Connections program (Bond) 3494-6 (Ralston) 3494
- School libraries, funding (Bond) 3372-3 (Simons) 3372-3
- School library book purchase plan, B.C. authors (Bond) 3373 (Simons) 3373
- School- or student-centred leadership
- School planning councils
- School trustee voting age, petition tabled (Thorpe) 2613
- Sibling separation in different schools (Horgan) 3334
- Skills and trades training See Skills training
- Special education and special needs
- assessments and individual education plans (IEPs) (Horgan) 4401 (Simpson, S.) 4431-2
- assessments, waiting times (Sather) 4405-6 (Thorne) 4435
- definition of special-needs student (Horgan) 4402-3 (Sather) 4406
- funding See Education – Funding
- gifted students (Sather) 4407
- need for assistance (Ralston) 4441-2
- school completion certificates for special needs students (Bond) 2456 (Horgan) 2456
- school completion certificates for special needs students and publishing of criteria (Bond) 3350-2 (Horgan) 3350-2
- special needs students, number (Bond) 3326, 3475 (Hagen) 3015 (Polak) 2253 (Robertson) 3475
- special needs students, support in classroom (Bond) 3474-5 (Sather) 3349, 4405-7 (Simpson, S.) 4431
- wait times for psychoeducational assessments (Dix) 3081
- wait times for services (Dix) 3080-1 (Hagen) 3080-1
- waiting lists for classroom spaces, case (Bond) 3473-4 (Dix) 4440 (Robertson) 3473-4
- Students
- evaluation and testing of students See also Foundation skills assessment above under this main heading
- student performance (Bond) 2240
- student records, sharing among schools (Bond) 4642, 4644-5 (Coons) 4642 (Horgan) 4642, 4644-5
- System
- Teachers See Teachers
- Technology, distance education, virtual school initiative (Bell) 2835-6 (Bond) 2651, 3326
- Technology, virtual school initiative (Bond) 4649-50 (Horgan) 4649-50
- Testing See Foundation skills assessment above under this main heading
Education – Funding
- Capital funding (Hayer) 2467-8 (van Dongen) 2540
- First nations per-student funding (Bond) 3478
- First nations per-student funding in off-reserve schools (Bond) 3478 (Fraser) 3478
- Funding (Austin) 2485 (Black) 2242 (Bloy) 2599 (Bond) 2650-1, 3325, 3379, 3414, 3422, 3475, 3485, 3491-4, 3528, 3822, 4657-8, 5121-2 (Chudnovsky) 2517, 3520 (Coleman) 2573 (Coons) 2577 (Farnworth) 2416 (Hayer) 2429, 2468 (Kwan) 2410 (Les) 2412 (McIntyre) 2579 (Neufeld) 2642-3 (Nuraney) 2627 (Routley) 3491-4, 3527-8 (Taylor) 2391 (Thorpe) 2565 (van Dongen) 2539-40 (Yap) 2657, 5111
- Funding for implementation of class size limits (Bond) 4657-8, 4663 (Chudnovsky) 4437, 4652-3, 4714-5, 5143 (Cubberley) 5121 (Dix) 4657-9 (Horgan) 4401, 4653, 4658 (Routley) 4433-4 (Simpson, S.) 4432 (Thorne) 4434-5 (Wyse) 5121, 5219
- Funding for inner-city schools (Bond) 3499
- Funding for private and public schools (Bond) 3336-8 (Horgan) 3336-8, 3352
- Funding in past years (Chudnovsky) 4436, 4438
- Impact on curriculum (Macdonald) 3868-9
- Independent schools (Bond) 4646
- Per-student funding (Bond) 3325, 3334, 3337, 4398-9 (Chong) 2621 (Horgan) 4400 (Mayencourt) 2486 (Yap) 2355
- Review of school transportation funding (Bond) 3341-2
- Rural schools (Bond) 3527, 4712, 4718, 5122 (Coons) 4717-8 (Horgan) 3527 (Lekstrom) 4168 (Macdonald) 4031 (Simpson, B.) 5122 (Wyse) 4712
- Special education and special needs (Bond) 3325-6, 3348-50, 3474 (Chudnovsky) 4437 (Dix) 4440 (Robertson) 3474 (Sather) 4405-7 (Thorne) 4434-5
- Special needs students in independent schools (Bond) 3338 (Horgan) 3338
- Targeted funding (Bond) 3530 (Horgan) 3530
- Transfer of responsibility to school boards (Bains) 4443 (de Jong) 5168-9 (Dix) 4440
Education – School boards and districts
- Accountability See also Students, evaluation and testing of students under Education
- Accountability contracts (Bond) 3331-3 (Horgan) 3331-3
- Autonomy in funding allocation (Bond) 3372-3, 3376, 3379 (Horgan) 3379
- Choice schools model, competition for students (Bond) 3502-3, 3526-7 (Horgan) 3502-3, 3526
- Data collection (Bond) 3501 (Macdonald) 3500, 3504
- Fuel costs (Bond) 3341-2 (Evans) 3341-2
- Funding See Education – Funding
- Motions of non-confidence in Education Ministry (Routley) 3493
- Operating costs (Bond) 3491-2 (Routley) 3491-2
- Position on education funding (Bond) 3493
- Review of class size in districts See Class size and composition, class size review under Education
- Sale of teaching materials as fundraising method, government policy (Bond) 3483-5 (Chudnovsky) 3484-5 (Horgan) 3483
- Supply of administrators (Bond) 3355 (Horgan) 3354-5
- Support staff and teachers, numbers (Routley) 3492
- Trustees, local election (Coons) 2833
Education – Schools
- Capital construction
- costs (Bond) 3487
- qualification for funding (Bond) 3374 (Simpson, S.) 3374
- replacement of aging school buildings (Whittred) 2246-7
- Catchment areas and open boundaries policy (Bond) 3526
- Laboratories and shops, safety (Bond) 3414 (Horgan) 3414
- Older buildings on valuable land (Horgan) 3487
- Safety of students See Bullying and violence at school under Violence; Education
- Seismic upgrades
- funding (Bond) 3374-5 (Simpson, S.) 3374-5
- impact of construction costs (Bond) 3518-9 (Farnworth) 3518-9
- impact on school facilities (Bains) 5226
- student capacity requirement (Bond) 3519 (Farnworth) 3519 (Horgan) 3519
- upgrades (Farnworth) 2418
- Size and standards for school buildings (Bond) 3489-91
- Standards for building replacement (Kwan) 3488-90
- Use of school buildings
- child care centres (Austin) 2307
- for-profit day cares (Thorne) 3413
- policies (Bond) 3413 (Thorne) 3413
- preschool services (Whittred) 2246
- School Community Connections project (Bond) 3411-3 (Thorne) 3411-2
- Use of surplus school land (Whittred) 2247
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 33) (Minister of Education) 1R, 4120-1; 2R, 4396-407, 4431-44; C, 4641-64, 4711-25; 3R, 4725; RA, 5066
- Amdts: sec. 11 (Bond) 4650-1, approved 4651; sec. 11 (5 amdts) (Horgan) 4651-3, 4714, ruled out of order 4652-4, 4714
- Divisions: 2R approved 4444, sec. 11 as amended approved 4721, 3R approved 4725
- Debate, speakers (Bains) 4442-3, 4659-61 (Bond) 4120, 4396-9, 4443-4, 4642-51, 4654-64, 4711-4, 4716, 4718-24 (Chudnovsky) 4435-8, 4652-4, 4658, 4714-6 (Coons) 4642-3, 4645, 4647-8, 4656, 4661-2, 4716-8 (de Jong) 4651-3 (Dix) 4438-41, 4657-9 (Horgan) 4399-404, 4641-53, 4658, 4663-4, 4712-4, 4721-2, 4723-4 (Kwan) 4718-21 (Macdonald) 4655-6, 4722-3 (Ralston) 4441-2 (Routley) 4433-4 (Sather) 4404-7 (Simpson, S.) 4407, 4431-3 (Thorne) 4434-5 (Wyse) 4711-2
- One-year review (Bond) 4723 (Horgan) 4403
Education, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy
- Estimates
- debate 3324-58, 3371-83, 3407-24, 3467-504, 3518-31
- speakers (Austin) 3479-81 (Bond) 3324-58, 3371-83, 3407-24, 3467-504, 3518-31 (Chudnovsky) 3415, 3419-23, 3484-5, 3503, 3520-3 (Evans) 3341-4 (Farnworth) 3518-9 (Fraser) 3475-9 (Horgan) 3327-41, 3344-8, 3350-8, 3371-2, 3376-83, 3407, 3413-7, 3424, 3467, 3481-3, 3485-8, 3491, 3496-8, 3502-3, 3519-20, 3523-7, 3529-31 (Kwan) 3488-91 (Macdonald) 3498-502, 3504 (Ralston) 3494-5 (Robertson) 3467-75 (Routley) 3491-4, 3527-8 (Sather) 3348-9 (Simons) 3372-3 (Simpson, S.) 3373-6 (Thorne) 3408-13 (Trevena) 3416-9, 3423-4, 3469 (Wyse) 3528
- Accomplishments and goals (Bond) 3325-6
- Action on New Relationship commitments for first nations education (Bond) 3475-7 (Fraser) 3475-7
- Budget, allocation (Bond) 3352-4 (Horgan) 3352-4
- Budget for legal costs (Bond) 3347-8 (Horgan) 3347-8
- Citizen-centred service delivery (Bond) 3412 (Thorne) 3411
- Communications budget and function See also Public affairs bureau
- Communications spending during Fall 2005 labour dispute (Horgan) 3344, 3347
- Consultation (Bond) 3524
- Education reports (Bond) 3488 (Horgan) 3487-8
- Information to opposition members (Bond) 3488, 3518 (Kwan) 3488
- Performance measurement (Bond) 3330 (Horgan) 3330
- Staffing, first nations staff (Bond) 3477 (Fraser) 3477
- Work with Aboriginal Relations Ministry (Bond) 3478 (Fraser) 3478
Education, Select Standing Committee on
- Powers and role (de Jong) 2343
- Work of committee (Lee) 2375
Edzerza, Allen
- Position as special adviser to Premier on first nations issues (Campbell) 4834 (James) 4835
EHR See Technology, electronic health records
under Health – Health care system
EI See Employment insurance
under Income assistance
Eight Below
- Filming in B.C. (MacKay) 2400
Eisenhower, Dwight
- Comments on consumption of natural resources (Simpson, B.) 3864-5
El Cid, Vancouver, B.C.
- Leasehold building, residents' concerns (Mayencourt) 2549
Elections See also Chief electoral officer
- Campaign financing See also Municipal elections below under this main heading
- Electoral boundaries, commission See Electoral Boundaries Commission
- Electoral reform, referendum on single transferable vote system and current system See Referendum on electoral system for B.C. below under this main heading
- Fixed election date (Lekstrom) 4797 (Rustad) 4796
- General election, May 17, 2005, results (Krog) 2644
- Municipal elections
- Referendum on electoral system for B.C. (Campbell) 4127-8, 4921 (Krog) 4128-9
- Voter turnout (Lekstrom) 4798 (Rustad) 4796
- Youth participation See Youth
Elections B.C.
- 2005-06 annual report and 2006-07–2008-09 service plan tabled (Speaker) 5082
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Electric power See Energy
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
- 80th birthday (Campbell) 3879
ELSA program See English Language Services for Adults program (ELSA)
Elsie Roy Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Enrolment (Mayencourt) 2346
Elton, Bob
- Position with board of B.C. Hydro (Gentner) 3933, 3935
Emergencies
Employee Investment Act
Employment and Income Assistance, Ministry of
Employment and Income Assistance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 21) (Minister of Employment and Income Assistance) 1R, 3590; 2R, 3891-6; C, 4046-60, 4091-4; 3R, 4094-5; RA, 5066
- Divisions: sec. 2 approved 4057-8, 3R approved 4095
- Debate, speakers (Karagianis) 3894-5 (Krog) 3895 (Kwan) 4048-9, 4051-5 (Richmond) 3590, 3891-2, 3896, 4046-60, 4092-4 (Sather) 3894, 4055-6 (Simons) 4055 (Trevena) 3892-4, 4046-7, 4049-51, 4053-60, 4092-4
- Definitions, "dependent," "spouse" and "spousal relationship" (Karagianis) 3894-5 (Kwan) 4048, 4051-3 (Richmond) 3590, 3891-2, 4046-57 (Sather) 3894 (Trevena) 3892-3, 4046-7, 4049-51, 4053-7
- Interpretation, staff training (Richmond) 4059
- Proclamation (Richmond) 4059
Employment and unemployment
- BladeRunners program (Cantelon) 2614 (Chong) 2623 (Hansen) 2523 (Horgan) 2525 (Taylor) 2392
- Compassionate care leave
- applicability in collective agreements (Bains) 3098 (de Jong) 3098
- coverage for same-sex partnerships (de Jong) 3093 (Mayencourt) 3093 (Puchmayr) 3094
- eligibility of non–family members (de Jong) 3093-4 (Puchmayr) 3093
- impact on employee's absenteeism record (Bains) 3098 (de Jong) 3098
- legislation (Bennett) 3013-4 (de Jong) 2897, 3010-1 (Puchmayr) 3011
- legislation, government communication (de Jong) 3096 (Puchmayr) 3095-6
- length of leave (de Jong) 3011, 3094-5 (Puchmayr) 3094
- length of leave for child illness (de Jong) 3095 (Puchmayr) 3013, 3095
- Eligibility for statutory holidays (Puchmayr) 3012
- Employment and assistance program See Income assistance
- Employment initiatives, government support (Taylor) 2392-3
- Employment opportunities (Krueger) 2707
- Employment standards
- Employment standards branch See Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of
- Income See Wages and salaries
- Job creation in B.C. (Bloy) 2696 (Cantelon) 2268 (Chong) 2274-5, 2623 (Hansen) 2519 (Hayer) 2468 (Les) 2411 (Taylor) 2391
- Job creation in B.C., type of jobs (Kwan) 2947-8
- Job protection for employees on leave to care for dying family member See Compassionate care leave above under this main heading
- Minimum shifts (Puchmayr) 3012
- Unemployment rate in B.C. (Chong) 2624 (Falcon) 4540 (Hansen) 2519-20 (Penner) 2294 (Richmond) 2558-9
- Unemployment rate in B.C., relationship to number of income assistance recipients See Recipients, reduction in number under Income assistance
- Youth employment See Youth
Employment insurance (EI) See Income assistance
Employment Standards Act
- Amendments (de Jong) 2897
- Changes to provisions (Puchmayr) 3011-3
- Exemption from employee self-help process (de Jong) 3097
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 8) (Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services) 1R, 2897; 2R, 3010-4; C, 3092-8; 3R, 3098; RA, 3407
- Amdts: sec. 2 (Puchmayr) 3094-5, negatived 3097
- Debate, speakers (Bains) 3098 (Bennett) 3013-4 (de Jong) 2897, 3010-1, 3093-8 (Mayencourt) 3093 (Puchmayr) 3011-3, 3092-7
- Enforcement (Puchmayr) 3012, 3097
- Implementation (de Jong) 3097 (Puchmayr) 3097
Empowered to Work See Employment, mentoring program
under Women
Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
- Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat (Coons) 3793 (Neufeld) 3793 (Penner) 3694-5
- Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, impact of oil tanker traffic on Kitimat area (Simpson, S.) 3694
EnCana Corp.
- Tidal power project (Neufeld) 3851
Encounters with Canada program
Endangered species See Wildlife
End-of-life care See Hospice and palliative care
Energy
- Alternative energy sources
- Atomic energy, hazards (Conroy) 4025
- Clean energy, government investment (Campbell) 4876
- Clean energy in B.C. (Neufeld) 3134
- Coal as energy source See Coal
- Conservation (Neufeld) 3848
- Conservation, tax incentives (Campbell) 4877
- Consumption in B.C. (Evans) 3134
- Electricity consumption, monitoring of commercial properties (Coleman) 4497-9 (Krog) 4497-9
- Electricity, integrated electricity plan See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Electricity rates, increase (Neufeld) 3927
- Electricity theft by grow ops See Grow ops and meth labs under Substance abuse and addiction
- Energy plan (Campbell) 4875-7 (Coons) 3812-3 (James) 4875-6 (Neufeld) 2642, 3812, 3853 (Robertson) 3849-50, 3852-3
- Energy plan, public consultation (Neufeld) 3843-5 (Robertson) 3843-5, 5148
- Energy-efficiency initiatives for buildings (Penner) 3748-9
- Energy-efficient home heating devices, taxation (Neufeld) 3778 (Penner) 3660, 3756-7
- Export from B.C. (Puchmayr) 4766
- Government goals (Throne speech) 2229
- Green energy sources See Alternative energy sources above under this main heading
- Hydroelectric power
- Independent power producers
- access to transmission system See Transmission system below under this main heading
- contracts with British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- environmental standards (Chong) 4758
- local government authority over projects on Crown land (Evans) 4763, 4828-9 (Farnworth) 4755 (Gentner) 4767, 4827 (Karagianis) 4756 (Krog) 4748-9, 4823 (Macdonald) 4751-2, 4824 (Neufeld) 4823, 4827-8 (Oppal) 4747 (Puchmayr) 4766-7 (Ralston) 4753 (Robertson) 4823 (Simpson, S.) 4749-50, 4825
- NDP position on small power projects (Penner) 5080-1
- project approval process, decision-making (Macdonald) 4824 (Neufeld) 4764, 4824-5, 4827, 4829
- project proposals, local input (Neufeld) 4828-9
- projects, impact on environment See Environmental assessment process, review of power projects under Environment
- role (Gentner) 3930 (Neufeld) 3930-1
- run-of-the-river projects See Hydroelectric power above under this main heading
- types of energy (Gentner) 4826-7 (Neufeld) 4826-7
- Methane gas, use to generate electricity (Penner) 3802
- Natural gas–fired plant in India (Neufeld) 4765
- Net metering (Neufeld) 3779, 3853 (Robertson) 3852-3
- Nuclear energy, petition tabled (Krueger) 5081
- Power generation, Site C project See Power generation on river under Peace River area
- Power lines
- Power Smart program (federal) (Campbell) 4877 (James) 4877
- Power supply
- importing of power to B.C. (Campbell) 4876 (Neufeld) 4824, 5079 (Penner) 5080 (Puchmayr) 4766
- supply during NDP administration (Penner) 5079-80
- supply of B.C. needs (Jarvis) 2367 (Penner) 3827-8
- Resources (Thorpe) 2712
- Solar and tidal power (Neufeld) 3779, 3851 (Penner) 3803 (Robertson) 3851 (Simpson, S.) 3802-3
- Transmission system See also British Columbia Transmission Corporation
- access by independent power producers (Gentner) 3938 (Neufeld) 3938
- electromagnetic fields from transmission lines (Gentner) 5160
- Use by Canadians (Robertson) 2610
- Wind power (Coons) 3812, 3814 (Neufeld) 3778-9, 3812-4, 3848, 3851-2 (Penner) 3802-5 (Robertson) 3851 (Simpson, S.) 3804-5
- Wood waste, use to generate electricity (Rustad) 2399 (Simpson, B.) 2425
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3704-23, 3761-94, 3806-16, 3840-59, 3923-40
- speakers (Bennett) 3704-23 (Coons) 3791-4, 3812-4 (Evans) 3705-9, 3711-2, 3714-22, 3761-7, 3773-4, 3780-6, 3790-1, 3806-11, 3816, 3840-3, 3852, 3855-9, 3923, 3926-9, 3931-3, 3935-7, 3940 (Gentner) 3767-9, 3780, 3787-90, 3806-7, 3809, 3811-2, 3815, 3923-6, 3929-31, 3933-5, 3937-40 (Horgan) 3719-20 (Karagianis) 3845-7 (Lali) 3853-5 (Neufeld) 3704, 3761-94, 3806-16, 3840-59, 3923-40 (Robertson) 3769-79, 3843-5, 3847-53 (Simons) 3709-11 (Thorne) 3712-4
- Accomplishments (Neufeld) 3704
- Budget, allocation for alternative energy (Coons) 3813 (Neufeld) 3813
- Budget, allocation for consultation (Bennett) 3710 (Simons) 3710
- Minister, role and responsibilities (Bennett) 3706-7 (Evans) 3706-7
- Staffing, allocation to offshore drilling issues (Coons) 3794 (Neufeld) 3794
Engineers
- Work of professional engineers (Sultan) 3727
England
- Great Britain See Great Britain
- Political history See Development and history of parliamentary system under Democracy
English Language Services for Adults program (ELSA)
- Child care services for summer students (Kwan) 4939-40 (Oppal) 4940
- Program (Oppal) 4943
English-as-a-second-language programs, students, etc. See Education
Environment
- Ecosystem-based management See Land use
- Environmental assessment process
- Environmental protection
- complaint reporting phone line (Penner) 3669
- compliance and enforcement (Penner) 3661, 3663-4 (Simpson, S.) 2783
- government action (Coons) 2578, 2834 (Penner) 3661 (Robertson) 2609-10 (Simpson, S.) 2568-9
- government monitoring (Oppal) 3360 (Simpson, S.) 3006
- penalties for violations (Penner) 3736
- Global warming See Climate change
- Legislation (Penner) 3662-4 (Simpson, S.) 3662-3
- Pest control and pesticide use, government inspection powers (Krog) 3444-5 (Penner) 3445
- Pest control and pesticide use, impact of pesticides on human health (Sather) 4738
- Pollution, industrial pollution See also Compliance and enforcement under Environment, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities
- availability of information (Farnworth) 2989 (Penner) 2989 (Simpson, S.) 2988-9
- publication of non-compliance list (Austin) 3085 (Lali) 5015 (Penner) 3838 (Simpson, S.) 3838
- Public education (Simpson, S.) 2783
- Stewardship (Penner) 3661, 3664 (Simpson, S.) 3664
- Sustainable communities See Communities
- Sustainable environmental management (Chong) 2623 (Fraser) 2471 (Penner) 3659 (Sather) 2695
- Sustainable transportation See Transportation
Environment, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities
- Estimates
- debate 3659-69, 3686-704, 3733-61, 3802-6, 3824-39
- speakers (Austin) 3667-9 (Farnworth) 3831-2 (Horgan) 3733-4 (Macdonald) 3741-2, 3833-4 (Penner) 3659-69, 3687-703, 3733-61, 3802-6, 3824-39 (Sather) 3695-7, 3758-60 (Simpson, S.) 3661-7, 3687-95, 3697-702, 3734-41, 3743-57, 3802-6, 3824-7, 3834-9 (Thorne) 3828-9 (Trevena) 3703 (Wyse) 3830-1
- Accountability (Simpson, S.) 3086
- Compliance and enforcement initiatives (Penner) 2990, 3085 (Simpson, S.) 3085
- Compliance and enforcement reporting (Penner) 3085
- Environmental protection division, role in aquaculture regulation (Penner) 3667-8
- Environmental protection division, staffing (Penner) 3703
- Environmental stewardship division, budget (Penner) 3739
- Funding levels, impact on air quality monitoring (Conroy) 5244
- Goals and responsibilities (Penner) 3659-62, 3665 (Simpson, S.) 3661-2, 3664-5
- Information management system (Penner) 2989-90, 3666 (Simpson, S.) 3666
- Legislative initiatives (Penner) 3662-4 (Simpson, S.) 3662-3
- Ocean and marine fisheries division (Penner) 3661
- Performance measurement (Penner) 3665-6 (Simpson, S.) 3665
- Re-establishment as ministry (Simpson, S.) 2568
- Relationship with local government (Penner) 3662-3 (Simpson, S.) 3662
- Relationship with other ministries (Penner) 3667 (Simpson, S.) 3666-7
- Service plan content (Penner) 3662 (Simpson, S.) 3661-4
- Staff thanked (Penner) 3659
- Staffing levels (Austin) 3085 (Penner) 3085-6, 3666-7, 3687 (Simpson, S.) 3086, 3666-7
- Sustainable communities component (Penner) 3748-50 (Simpson, S.) 3747-50
- Water stewardship division, budget (Penner) 3697, 3802 (Simpson, S.) 3697
- Work on climate change (Penner) 3757-8 (Simpson, S.) 3757
- Work on Olympic Games preparations (Penner) 3666 (Simpson, S.) 3666
Environmental assessment office
- Budget and operations (Penner) 3834-7 (Simpson, S.) 3834-7
- Role and responsibilities (Penner) 3661
Environmental Management Act
Envision Credit Union
E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd.
- Research and development work (Sather) 3083-4
Escheat Act
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area
- First nations in area (Karagianis) 3147-8
- Issues and concerns (Karagianis) 2510-1
- Poverty in area (Karagianis) 3894
- Transportation infrastructure (Karagianis) 2701
Estate Administration Act
Estates
Estimates of expenditures
- Estimates of ministries' expenditures See particular ministries
- Estimates process See Legislature
Ethanol See Fuel
Ethel Tibbits Awards See Citizen and business awards
under Richmond, B.C.
Etibako family
- Deaths in Vancouver house fire (Hayer) 5047-8
Europe
- Multiculturalism issues (Oppal) 4862
European Union
- B.C. marketing representatives (Farnworth) 4319 (Hansen) 4319
- Energy issues and alternative power sources (Neufeld) 3850 (Robertson) 3851
Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.
Exports and imports