Facing History and Ourselves
- Work of organization (Whittred) 4165-6
Fahlman, Neil
- Need for support after age 19, court case and government appeal (Dix) 5250
Fair Pharmacare See Pharmacare program
False Creek Surgical Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Communication with Health Ministry (Abbott) 5120 (Dix) 5119-20
- Funding from health authority (Bains) 5225
Families
- Family caregivers, payment policy (Krog) 4870-1 (Oppal) 4870-1
- Family learning centres (Bond) 3410-1
- Family maintenance and child support, enforcement program (Richmond) 3246
- Family maintenance and child support, impact on income assistance benefits See Benefits, deduction of child benefits and support payments under Income assistance
- Government support (Kwan) 2395 (Lali) 2541 (Simpson, S.) 4979-80
- Low-income families See Income
- Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children
- Spouses, definition of "spouse" in legislation See Eligibility under Income assistance; Employment and Income Assistance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- Spouses, definition of "spouse" in legislation, Ontario court challenge See Court case on definition of "spouse" in legislation under Ontario
- Strong Start B.C. committee (Reid) 2474
Family independence fund See Equipment and vehicle purchases
under Disabled and handicapped persons
Family justice visitation program See Corrections system
Family law See Justice system
Family maintenance enforcement program
Family Relations Act
- Repeal of section (Krog) 3998 (Oppal) 3998
Farm Industry Review Board
- Review of poultry industry See Supply management system under Poultry
- Role in enforcement of farm regulations (Austin) 3651 (Bell) 3651
Farmers, farming, farms, etc. See Agriculture
FASD See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
FAS/E Support Network of British Columbia
Fast ferries See Ferries and ferry services
Federal Court of Appeal
- Decision on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington) (Penner) 2296-7
Fedewa, William Lloyd
- Work in labour movement (Chouhan) 2549
Ferries and ferry services See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
- Fare increases (Coons) 2636, 4580-1, 4583, 5192 (Falcon) 2636, 4185-6, 4580-1, 4583-4 (Simons) 5227-8 (Trevena) 4185, 5146-7
- Fares and ticketing, petition tabled (Trevena) 2637
- Fast ferries project (Falcon) 3389, 4536, 4578-9, 4685 (Kwan) 2748, 2802 (Taylor) 2748-9, 2802
- Federal funding subsidy (Coons) 4588-9 (Falcon) 4588-9
- Ferry terminals, property assessment See Assessment of ferry terminals under British Columbia Assessment
- Ferry terminals Tsawwassen terminal, property assessment (Gentner) 3057-8 (Thorpe) 3057-8
- Fuel surcharges See Fare increases above under this main heading
- Information, availability of information on ferries (Chudnovsky) 3299, 3390 (Falcon) 3299 (Farnworth) 3236 (James) 3388-9
- Legislation See Coastal Ferry Act
- Operations and staff (Coons) 2630-1, 4576, 4589 (Falcon) 4576, 4589
- Protest by ferry users (Coons) 2636, 2831 (Falcon) 2636-7 (Trevena) 2637
- Reports on ferry services models (Coons) 3685-6, 4577, 4581-2 (Falcon) 3685-6, 4577, 4581-3
- Routes and services See also particular service locations
- Satisfaction surveys and results (Falcon) 4578
- Sinking of Queen of the North
- environmental impact (Coons) 4026, 5190
- "force majeure" argument (Coons) 4587-8 (Falcon) 4587-8
- government action on environmental issues from fuel and oil (Penner) 3691-3, 4186-7 (Simpson, S.) 3692-3, 4186
- impact on northern ferry services See Routes and services, service to northern communities above under this main heading
- impact on tourism in area, government action (Coons) 4134 (Ilich) 4133-5 (Simons) 4133-5
- investigation See Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- publication of investigation results (Falcon) 3130 (James) 3128, 3130
- replacement vessel See Vessels, new vessel for northern route below under this main heading
- safety of vessel (Falcon) 3234-5 (Trevena) 3234-5
- sinking (Falcon) 3130-1
- site visit by Environment Minister (Penner) 3693-4 (Simpson, S.) 3693-4
- work of crew and rescuers commended (Falcon) 4526 (James) 3128 (Simons) 3232
- Vessels
- construction contract for super-C ferries (Coons) 4579 (Falcon) 4584
- maintenance and safety (Coons) 4586-7 (Falcon) 4586-7
- maintenance, lifespan and replacement (Falcon) 3236 (Farnworth) 3236 (Ralston) 3235-6
- new vessel for northern route, naming (Coons) 5190
- passenger shelter on Quadra Island ferry (Falcon) 2637 (Trevena) 2637
- Queen of Prince Rupert, maintenance work (Falcon) 3131 (Trevena) 3131, 3235
- Queen of the North, sinking See Sinking of Queen of the North above under this main heading
- safety of northern fleet (Falcon) 3234-6 (Ralston) 3235-6 (Trevena) 3234-5
- safety of single-compartment vessels (Trevena) 3130-1
Ferry commissioner See Commissioner
under British Columbia Ferry Commission
Le Festival du Bois
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Film industry
- Movie and television production in B.C. (Ilich) 4131, 4247 (Simons) 4246-7
- Movie and television production in B.C., tax incentives (MacKay) 2400
- Regional film commissions, funding (Fleming) 3238 (Ilich) 3238, 4246-7
- Tax credit (Kwan) 3004, 3067-8 (Taylor) 3003, 3067-8
Filmon, Gary
- Report on summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior See Summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, Filmon report under Fires and firefighters
Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on
- Amendment of terms of reference to add Representative for Children and Youth (de Jong) 5065
- Powers and role (de Jong) 2342
- Prebudget consultation (Ralston) 5188-9
- Prebudget hearings and recommendations (Karagianis) 2905-6
- Prebudget hearings and recommendations, tuition fee issue (Lali) 5197
- Second report for first session of 38th parliament, funding for officers of the Legislature (Karagianis) 2340 (Kwan) 2341 (Lekstrom) 2340-1
- Second report for first session of 38th parliament, report presented (Lekstrom) 2340; debate (Karagianis) 2340 (Lekstrom) 2340-2 (Kwan) 2341; adopted 2342
- Work of committee (Mayencourt) 2607
Finance, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 2724-59, 2798-817, 2868-96, 2910-22, 2948-63
- speakers (Chudnovsky) 2742-5, 2877-81 (Cubberley) 2887-90 (Gentner) 2724-6, 2737-42, 2745, 2812-7, 2874-7 (Horgan) 2917-22, 2948-51 (Kwan) 2724, 2726-37, 2745-59, 2798-812, 2868-74, 2882-6, 2890-6, 2910-7, 2951-63 (Macdonald) 2922 (Robertson) 2881-2 (Sather) 2816-7 (Taylor) 2724-59, 2798-817, 2869-96, 2910-22, 2948-62
- Budget, additional expenditure See Collective agreements, early-settlement incentive under Civil service; Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2005-2006
- Government borrowings and loans for 2005-06, report tabled (Taylor) 5054
- Meetings with federal government (Kwan) 2952-4 (Taylor) 2952-4
- Police investigation into alleged breach of trust See Government
- Procurement governance office, operations (Kwan) 2894-5 (Taylor) 2894-5
- Procurement governance office, review of ministries' procurement practices (Kwan) 2910-4 (Taylor) 2910-4
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
Financial Institutions Act
Financial services industry
Fire Commissioner
Firearms
- Handguns, availability and possession of illegal handguns in B.C. (Les) 5038
Fires and firefighters
- Fire codes (Coleman) 4409
- Fire Commissioner See Fire Commissioner
- Forest fires
- firefighting responsibilities of forest industry operators (Coleman) 2993, 3437-8 (Lali) 2999 (Simpson, B.) 3437-8
- interface fire risks, management (Coleman) 4598 (Macdonald) 4087, 4598 (Simpson, B.) 2997, 4598
- management (Coleman) 4200, 4393-4 (Simpson, B.) 4200, 4393-4
- management, costs to local government (Coleman) 4394 (Simpson, B.) 4394
- summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, Filmon report recommendations, implementation (Brar) 4849 (Coleman) 4393-4, 4598 (Les) 4849 (Simpson, B.) 4394, 4598
- Harassment of women firefighters in the workplace (Chouhan) 4898 (Oppal) 4899 (Thorne) 3133
- Regional fire commissioners, relocation See also Reorganization of office under Fire Commissioner
- Workers compensation for firefighters with cancer, coverage for volunteer and part-time firefighters (Wyse) 2313
First Citizens Forum
First Dollar Alliance
- Activities (Roddick) 4805
First nations
- Aboriginal museum proposal See Museums
- Aboriginal tourism See Tourism
- Agreements with government, agreements-in-principle (Campbell) 4843 (Christensen) 3139, 3542-3, 3546, 3551 (Fraser) 3542, 3546
- Agreements with government, signing ceremonies (Christensen) 3543 (Fraser) 3543
- Business training (Christensen) 3605
- Capacity-building (Bell) 3162-3 (Campbell) 4843 (Christensen) 3136-7, 3211-2, 3215, 3545, 3604-5, 3609 (Fraser) 3139-40, 3212 (Karagianis) 3148 (Krueger) 3170 (Lali) 3608 (McIntyre) 3144 (Mayencourt) 3153 (Nuraney) 3149 (Polak) 3156, 3158 (Roddick) 3160 (Rustad) 3146-7 (Simons) 3146 (Wyse) 3150 (Yap) 3167
- Capacity-building among urban population (Christensen) 3611-4 (Simpson, S.) 3611-2
- Children
- child care (Reid) 2475
- child protection system (Simons) 2371
- early childhood development (Reid) 2474
- early childhood development, Building Blocks program (Reid) 2475
- foster care in first nations families (Simons) 4974-5
- foster care, kith-and-kin agreements See Foster care
- infant development program (Reid) 2474
- number in government care (Hagen) 3605
- opportunities (Lali) 3155
- participation in extracurricular activities (Lali) 3607
- poverty rate (Lali) 3605 (Simons) 5132
- services for children and families See also Programs and services for children and families under Children
- services for children and families, need for aboriginal service agencies (Simpson, S.) 3112
- services for children and families, regionalization (James) 4977 (Throne speech) 2230
- services for children and families, transfer of responsibility to aboriginal organizations (Hagen) 3114, 4983 (Karagianis) 5130 (Simons) 2371
- services for children in government care (Austin) 4971
- services for disabled children on reserve (Fraser) 3600
- victims of violence against girls (Krog) 4949-50 (Oppal) 4950
- Computer technology initiative (Taylor) 2392
- Cultural sites See particular locations; Protection of cultural and sacred sites below under this main heading
- Disabled persons, services See Programs and services, services for first nations families under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Economic development (Lali) 2855
- Economic development, funding (Simpson, S.) 2569
- Economic partnerships with industry (McIntyre) 3144
- Education See also Education of first nations people under Education
- Education levels (Wyse) 3150-1
- Education, post-secondary education See Education of first nations people under Post-secondary education
- Employment
- discrimination issue (Christensen) 3606-7 (Lali) 3606
- employment (Lali) 3604-5
- employment in public service See also Equity hiring under Civil service
- opportunities (Christensen) 3604-6 (Lali) 3605-7
- unemployment rate (Lali) 5198
- Friendship centres (Fraser) 2471
- Funding from federal government, accountability (MacKay) 3623
- Funding from provincial government, tracking (Christensen) 3623-4 (MacKay) 3623
- Funding reductions for off-reserve services, impact on reserves (Routley) 5183
- Governance models (Fraser) 3543-4
- Government commitment (McIntyre) 3145 (Nuraney) 3149 (Polak) 3157
- Government initiatives (Christensen) 4331-2 (Coons) 2831
- Government support (Lali) 2541
- Health outcomes, national study (Fraser) 3625
- History and treatment in B.C. (Christensen) 3135 (Kwan) 3166 (Lali) 3153-5 (Mayencourt) 3151 (Nuraney) 3148-9 (Rustad) 3146-7 (Sather) 3160-1
- Housing
- emergency and temporary shelter (Coleman) 4455-6 (Routley) 4455-6
- funding (Coleman) 4455-6 (Routley) 4455-6
- housing (Christensen) 3619
- housing and homelessness (Coleman) 4411 (Routley) 4410
- Injury and death rates (Wyse) 3150
- Internet access for first nations communities (de Jong) 5011
- Involvement in aquaculture industry See First nations involvement in industry under Aquaculture
- Involvement in forest industry See First nations involvement in industry under Forests and forest industry
- Involvement in land use planning See Land use planning under Land use; particular plans
- Involvement in resource management See Resources and resource industries
- Issues
- B.C. Liberal Party position while in opposition (Horgan) 3168
- budgeted items for line ministries (Christensen) 3626 (Fraser) 3625-6
- coverage in 2006-07 federal budget (Campbell) 4424
- responsibility (Christensen) 3600
- work of former MLAs (Kwan) 3165-6
- Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments
- accord (Campbell) 4424-5 (Christensen) 3138, 4444-5 (Farnworth) 4425-6, 4444 (Simpson, S.) 4451
- accord tabled (Christensen) 4446
- debate as standing order 35 motion (de Jong) 4430, 4438, 4458
- document relating to transformative change accord tabled (de Jong) 4448
- First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap, document tabled (Christensen) 4445
- funding (Campbell) 4424
- handling by new federal government, B.C. government action (Campbell) 4424-5, 4843 (Christensen) 3543, 4332 (de Jong) 4448-9 (Evans) 4449-50 (Farnworth) 4425, 4444 (Fraser) 3141, 3143, 4331 (Horgan) 4446-7 (James) 4842-3 (Routley) 4449 (Simpson, S.) 4451
- handling by new federal government, impact on honour of Crown (de Jong) 4447-8 (Ralston) 4752-3 (Simpson, S.) 4451
- position of current federal government (Campbell) 4424-5
- role of first nations (Hogg) 4450-1
- transformative change accord with B.C. and federal governments (Christensen) 4445-6
- Land use planning See Land use
- Literacy rates (Nuraney) 3149
- Métis See Métis
- Mining by first nations people See First nations involvement in industry under Mines and mining industry
- Need for financial support (Trevena) 3159-60
- Need for first nations social services professionals (Hagen) 3112
- New Relationship Trust and fund See New Relationship Trust
- New relationship with government (Bennett) 3711 (Bond) 2651, 2866 (Campbell) 4424, 4832 (Christensen) 3061, 3135-6, 3138 (Coleman) 4302 (Coons) 2578 (Falcon) 4584-5 (Fraser) 2471, 2709-10, 3139-41, 3143, 3901-2, 4302-3 (Karagianis) 3147-8 (Krueger) 3169-70 (Kwan) 3166 (McIntyre) 3144 (Mayencourt) 2347, 3153 (Nuraney) 3149 (Rustad) 2780, 3146-7 (Sather) 3160 (Simons) 3710 (Throne speech) 2231 (Trevena) 3159-60 (van Dongen) 2844 (Wyse) 3150
- Off-reserve urban population (Fraser) 3141 (Karagianis) 3148 (Kwan) 3167 (Polak) 3158
- Off-reserve urban population, government service delivery (Christensen) 3611-2 (Simpson, S.) 3611-3
- Oil and gas industry activities by first nations people See First nations involvement in industry under Oil and gas
- Opportunities (Thorpe) 2714
- Participation in multisport games (Routley) 3819
- Position on United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (James) 5123
- Preservation of culture and language (Mayencourt) 3152
- Protection of cultural and sacred sites See also particular locations
- Protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding (Christensen) 3602-3 (Fraser) 3603
- Recognition as first nation by government (Fraser) 3142
- Reconciliation (Mayencourt) 3462
- Referendum on principles for treaty negotiations (Krueger) 3169-70 (Kwan) 3166
- Relationship between first nations and other Canadians (Campbell) 2763
- Relationship between first nations people and their elected officials (MacKay) 3622
- Relationship between youth and elders (Mayencourt) 3153
- Relationship with environment (Mayencourt) 3152 (Sather) 3161
- Relationship with government
- government's use of litigation (Christensen) 3547-8 (Fraser) 3142, 3547-8
- ministry responsibility (Christensen) 3614, 3626-8 (Fraser) 3626-7
- new relationship See New relationship with government above under this main heading
- relationship (Lali) 2853
- Repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural artifacts (Christensen) 3601-3
- Residential schools
- awareness of issue (Fraser) 3427
- compensation to residents (Fraser) 3143
- impact on residents (Kwan) 3166 (MacKay) 2669
- system (Lali) 3155
- Right to vote (Christensen) 3135
- Schools on reserves, funding for non-first nations students (Bond) 3478-9 (Fraser) 3478-9
- Seniors residential facility proposal (Bell) 3164
- Skills development among youth (Polak) 3156
- Social services
- crime victim assistance services (Brar) 5043 (Les) 5043-4
- emergency social services (Coons) 4026
- policy development and service delivery (Christensen) 3137
- Socioeconomic conditions and health status (Lali) 3154-5
- Socioeconomic status (Christensen) 3604 (Lali) 3607
- Transformative change accord with B.C. and federal governments See Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments above under this main heading
- Treaties See First nations – Treaties
- Urban population See Off-reserve urban population above under this main heading
- Women
- issues, awareness project (Lee) 2822
- missing women along Highway 16 See Highway 16
- violence against women See Violence against women under Violence
- Youth
- issues (Christensen) 3544 (Fraser) 3544
- issues, government programs (Christensen) 3608 (Lali) 3607-8
- number in custody (Krog) 4871 (Oppal) 4871
- opportunities (Christensen) 3605-6
- suicides (Christensen) 3598-9 (Fraser) 3598 (Karagianis) 5130
First nations – Treaties
- Claims in interior B.C. (Christensen) 3603-4 (Fraser) 3603
- Douglas treaties (Christensen) 3603 (Fraser) 3603 (Horgan) 3168
- First nations not involved in treaty process (Christensen) 3625 (Fraser) 3624-5
- Funding (Christensen) 3603, 3624 (Fraser) 3603 (MacKay) 3624
- Governance issue (Christensen) 3615 (Simons) 3615
- Incremental treaties (Christensen) 3615 (Simons) 3614
- Negotiations
- consultation of industry associations (Christensen) 3610-1 (Wyse) 3610
- costs, first nations debt and government funding (Christensen) 3544-5, 3620 (Fraser) 3544, 3547 (Routley) 3620
- impact of court cases (Christensen) 3549 (Fraser) 3549
- negotiations (Christensen) 3545
- negotiators' mandates (Fraser) 3545-6
- taxation of participants' income (Christensen) 3624 (MacKay) 3624
- timeliness (Christensen) 3546 (Fraser) 3546-7
- Revenue-sharing from resources outside treaty settlement lands (Christensen) 3547, 3549, 3551-2 (Fraser) 3547, 3549
- Settlement in B.C. (Evans) 3105
- Status in B.C. (Christensen) 3139 (Fraser) 3141-2
First nations benefits trust See British Columbia Rail
First Nations Emergency Social Services See Social services, emergency social services
under First nations
First Nations Leadership Council
- Discussions with government (Christensen) 3138
- Membership (Christensen) 3061, 3135-6
- Position on B.C. government action on new federal government's handling of Kelowna accord (Christensen) 4445
First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council
- Funding for protection of cultural sites See Protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding under First nations
First-available-bed policy See Wait times
under Housing – Residential care facilities
Fish
Fishing industry
Fitzsimmons, Craig
- Meetings with Transportation Ministry (Chudnovsky) 4541-2 (Falcon) 4541-2
Flathead River Basin
- Coalmine proposal for area See Lodgepole Coal Mine under Cline Mining Corp.
- Dominion coal lands, federal government ownership and use (Campbell) 4925 (Sather) 4924-5
- Environmental management and B.C.–Montana relations (van Dongen) 2845-6
Flaunt Your Frenchness Week
Fleming, Dorothy
- Community work in Coquitlam (Black) 4423
Float homes
- Assessment of damages, legislation (Karagianis) 3438 (Thorpe) 3438
- Eligibility for homeowner grant (Karagianis) 2935-6, 2945 (Thorpe) 2945
Flood, Colleen
- Study on health care systems (Ralston) 2640
FNESS See Social services, emergency social services
under First nations
Follows, Robert
- Billing practices for medical services (Abbott) 4521-2 (Cubberley) 4520-2
Fomenoff, Fred
- Transfer to care facility away from home community (Conroy) 2626
Food banks
Food industry
- Food production and security of supply (Bell) 3652 (Robertson) 3652-3 (Sather) 5162
- Meat products, inspection and processing regulations (Evans) 3638-9, 5205 (Horgan) 3634 (Simons) 3636
- Meat-processing regulations, petition tabled (Horgan) 3597-8 (Routley) 3597
- Slaughter facilities
- facilities in B.C. (Bell) 3569, 3645-6 (Karagianis) 3569-70 (Wyse) 3645
- impact of new inspection regulations on small producers (Horgan) 2528-9
- impact of new inspection regulations on small producers, government action (Bell) 3674-5 (Ralston) 3674-5
- Specialty production in B.C. (Bell) 3570
- Tree fruit industry (Evans) 5205
- Tree fruit industry, strategy (Bell) 3558
Foreman, Stormy
- Emergency first-aid actions for friend (Bains) 3882
Forest Act
Forest and Range Practices Act
Forest Appeals Commission
- Annual report, 2005, tabled (Coleman) 4599
Forest management plans See Forests and forest industry
Forest Practices Board
- Budget (Coleman) 4213-4 (Simpson, B.) 4213-4
- Relationship with government (Coleman) 4213, 4215 (Simpson, B.) 4213, 4215
- Reports
- report on ecosystem protection in south Vancouver Island (Simpson, S.) 3839
- report on forest roads (Coleman) 4215-6 (Simpson, B.) 4214-5
- report on forest stewardship plans (Coleman) 4204, 4207, 4209-11 (Simpson, B.) 4204-8, 4210
- reporting requirements (Coleman) 4202 (Simpson, B.) 4202
Forest Practices Code
Forest recreation sites See Parks
Forest roads See Forests and forest industry
Forestry Revitalization Act
Forests and forest industry
- Activities on private land, federal regulations (Coleman) 2826-7 (Fraser) 2826 (Simpson, B.) 2827
- Annual allowable cut (Simpson, B.) 3367
- Annual allowable cut, cut control requirements, changes (Bains) 3000 (Coleman) 3399-401 (Simpson, B.) 2994-7, 3399-401
- Biodiversity, reporting (Coleman) 4201 (Simpson, B.) 4201
- B.C. forestry revitalization trust See also Workers, eligibility for compensation under forestry revitalization trust below under this main heading
- Coastal forest industry
- coast recovery group (Coleman) 4292-4 (Simpson, B.) 4292-4
- current conditions (Cantelon) 3535
- government strategy (Cantelon) 2666-7 (Coleman) 2768, 4188 (Simpson, B.) 2427, 2666-7, 2767-8
- impact of log exports (Fraser) 4955
- impact of softwood lumber agreement on industry See Softwood lumber, agreement with U.S. below under this main heading
- issues (Coleman) 2574, 4294-300 (Coons) 5189 (Evans) 4956-7 (Simpson, B.) 2665-7, 2994, 4189-90, 4294-300 (Trevena) 5146
- Community transition program See Impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government under Communities
- Companies
- industrial taxes (Coleman) 4290-1 (Simpson, B.) 4290-1
- ownership (Lali) 5199
- small companies, relationship with government (Lali) 2998-9
- Conditions in industry (Bains) 2358 (Coleman) 2792-3 (Fraser) 2471 (Kwan) 2395 (Puchmayr) 2840
- Conditions in industry and strategy for future (Simpson, B.) 2426-7
- Employment and jobs (Coleman) 4197 (Simpson, B.) 4197
- Exports
- First nations involvement in industry
- forest and range agreements (Fraser) 3142
- forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities (Christensen) 3609-10 (Coleman) 4188, 4302-5, 4387 (Fraser) 4302-5, 4386-7 (Lali) 2999, 3609 (Simpson, B.) 2995-6
- forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities template (Christensen) 3549-54 (Fraser) 3549-53
- forest and range agreements, head-count formula (Christensen) 3552 (Fraser) 3552-3, 3628
- involvement (Christensen) 3136-8 (Coleman) 4386-8
- Forest fires See Fires and firefighters
- Forest management by government, costs (Coleman) 4194-6 (Simpson, B.) 4194-6
- Forest management plans, first nations consultation (Coleman) 3537-8 (Simpson, B.) 3537-8
- Forest management plans, preparation and approval (Coleman) 3536-7 (Simpson, B.) 3536-7 (Trevena) 3537
- Forest practices
- compliance and enforcement (Coleman) 4187, 4200-1 (Simpson, B.) 2995, 4200-1
- impact on rangeland (Coleman) 4392 (Simpson, B.) 4392
- monitoring See also Forest Practices Board
- plans See Forest stewardship plans below under this main heading
- results-based code implementation (Coleman) 2993, 4201-5 (Simpson, B.) 2994, 4200-3, 4205, 4208-10, 4212, 4214
- waste management (Coleman) 4298, 4391 (Simpson, B.) 4298, 4391
- Forest recreation sites See Parks
- Forest resource evaluation program (Coleman) 4201-3, 4214 (Simpson, B.) 4201-3
- Forest revenue audit program See Stumpage system below under this main heading
- Forest roads
- Forest stewardship plans
- Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries
- Forestry revitalization plan See also Government forest policy changes below under this main heading
- Forests as public resource, consultation and public input (Coleman) 4288-9 (Simpson, B.) 4190-1, 4288-90
- Government forest policy changes (Bains) 3000-1 (Lali) 2998-9, 5198-9 (Macdonald) 3001 (Puchmayr) 5207-8 (Routley) 2271, 5167 (Simpson, B.) 2994-7, 4190-1, 4954-5 (Trevena) 3001-2
- Government forest policy changes, call for independent review (Simpson, B.) 3130
- Harvesting
- Harvesting rights for timber licences
- reduction and timber takeback, reallocation (Coleman) 2993, 4188, 4217-8 (Simpson, B.) 4217-8
- reduction and timber takeback, reallocation, consultation with first nations (Coleman) 3434-6, 4388 (Simpson, B.) 2995, 2997, 3434-6, 4388
- reduction, compensation for licence holders and eligible workers (Bains) 3000 (Coleman) 3435, 4188 (Simpson, B.) 2994-6, 3435
- Industry in B.C., coastal industry See Coastal forest industry above under this main heading
- Investment in industry (Cantelon) 2268
- Issues (Macdonald) 2352 (Wyse) 5221
- Issues, public consultation by Forests Minister (Coleman) 2930-1 (Fraser) 2930-1
- Licences
- forest licences (Coleman) 3433-4 (Simpson, B.) 3433-4
- master licences, requirements (Coleman) 2993, 3369-71, 3394-8 (Lali) 2999 (Simpson, B.) 2997, 3368-70, 3394-8
- occupant licences (Coleman) 3369-70 (Simpson, B.) 3369
- timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas See also Timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas under Resorts
- transfers (Lali) 2998 (Simpson, B.) 2994
- tree farm licences See Tree farm licences below under this main heading
- volume of timber harvested (Coleman) 3401 (Simpson, B.) 3401
- Log grade system (Coleman) 4390-1 (Simpson, B.) 4390
- Logging roads See Forest roads above under this main heading
- Logging truck drivers and equipment operators, overtime payment, petition tabled (Simpson, B.) 5082
- Market development (Coleman) 2793
- Market pricing system See Timber pricing below under this main heading
- Mills
- appurtenancy requirements, elimination (Lali) 2998 (Macdonald) 3001 (Simpson, B.) 2994
- mill closings (Bains) 3001
- mill closings, closings during NDP administration (Coleman) 3002
- need for modernization of sawmills (Cantelon) 3535-6
- Mountain pine beetle control
- Mountain pine beetle infestation
- government assistance to impacted communities See Impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government under Communities
- impact on first nations (Christensen) 3138-9
- impact on rural communities (Rustad) 4905-6
- mitigation of impact, government strategy (Chong) 4088-9 (Coleman) 4392-3 (Kwan) 2408 (Simpson, B.) 4089, 4392-3
- Oriented strand board plants (Coleman) 4389-90 (Simpson, B.) 4389-90
- Pulp and paper sector, current conditions (Coleman) 2574
- Pulp mill waste, use for soil enhancement See Soil enhancement using wastes under Soil
- Reforestation See Silviculture below under this main heading
- Remanufacturing industry See Value-added sector below under this main heading
- Removal of private lands from tree farm licences (Coleman) 4298-9, 4383-4, 5050 (Simpson, B.) 4298-9, 4382-4, 5050
- Resource roads See Forest roads above under this main heading
- Revenues to government (Coleman) 4191-7 (Simpson, B.) 4191-7
- Safety of workers See Worker safety below under this main heading
- Salvage logging, small-scale operations, access to fibre (Lali) 5199
- Secondary manufacturing See Value-added sector below under this main heading
- Silviculture, reforestation management (Coleman) 2993 (Lali) 2999 (Simpson, B.) 2997
- Small business forest enterprise program See Small business forest enterprise program
- Social contract between companies and province (Bains) 2358, 3000 (Simpson, B.) 2995
- Softwood lumber agreement with U.S.
- agreement (Campbell) 4907 (Coleman) 4182-3, 4188-9 (Dix) 4188-9 (Farnworth) 4182 (Simpson, B.) 4182-3
- B.C. concerns (Campbell) 4878-80 (James) 4878-80
- call for public discussion on agreement (Farnworth) 4907 (James) 4907
- extraordinary challenge committee appeal (Coleman) 4254-5, 4261, 4264 (Simpson, B.) 4254-5, 4261
- framework for agreement (Coleman) 4253-64, 4267 (Simpson, B.) 4253-7, 4259-64
- impact on coastal forest industry (Coleman) 4292-3 (Simpson, B.) 4292-3
- impact on forest policy (Coleman) 4807-8 (Farnworth) 4807 (Simpson, B.) 4807-8
- impact on value-added sector (Coleman) 4906-8 (James) 4907 (Robertson) 5150 (Simpson, B.) 4906
- lumber pricing (Coleman) 4193-4 (Simpson, B.) 4193-4
- negotiations, Canadian representatives (Coleman) 4261 (Simpson, B.) 4261
- U.S. powers re B.C. forest policy changes (Coleman) 4954-5 (Simpson, B.) 4954-5
- Softwood lumber exports to U.S.
- collection of border tax (Coleman) 4265 (Simpson, B.) 4265
- collection of duties (Coleman) 4262-4, 4267 (Simpson, B.) 4261-4
- costs (Coleman) 4261 (Simpson, B.) 4261
- Stumpage system
- Sustainable forests (Simpson, S.) 3900-1
- Sustainable resource management plans in Cariboo-Chilcotin area, adherence by Tolko Industries Ltd. See Forest stewardship plan under Tolko Industries Ltd.
- Symposia (Coleman) 4289
- Tenure system, corporate concentration and diversity (Lali) 2998 (Simpson, B.) 2994, 2996, 4190, 4212, 4295-6
- Tenure system, takeback of tenure See Harvesting rights for timber licences above under this main heading
- Timber pricing (Coleman) 4193 (Simpson, B.) 4193
- Timber pricing, market pricing system (Campbell) 4879 (Coleman) 4194, 4808 (James) 4879 (Simpson, B.) 2996-7, 4194, 4808
- Timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
- Timber supply areas, staffing (Lali) 2998
- Tree farm licence No. 44, issues (Coleman) 3131, 4299, 4382-3 (Fraser) 3131 (Simpson, B.) 4299, 4382-3
- Tree farm licences (Simpson, B.) 5050
- Tree farm licences, removal of private lands See Removal of private lands from tree farm licences above under this main heading
- Use of beetle-damaged wood (Rustad) 2399
- Value-added sector
- current conditions (Lali) 2998 (Simpson, B.) 2997
- fibre supply (Simpson, B.) 5117
- impact of softwood lumber dispute (Simpson, B.) 3054-5
- small business growth (Simpson, B.) 3053-4 (Thorpe) 3053-4
- strategy (Coleman) 4295 (Simpson, B.) 4295
- Worker safety See also British Columbia Forest Safety Council; WorkSafe B.C.
- coroner to review fatalities (de Jong) 3237, 5006-8 (Simpson, B.) 5006-7
- deaths and disabilities, petition tabled (Fraser) 3134
- field inspector positions (de Jong) 2991 (Routley) 2991
- government inquiry (de Jong) 5005-6 (Simpson, B.) 5005-6
- impact of government policies (de Jong) 3237 (Puchmayr) 3236-7, 4995-6, 5008-9, 5208-9 (Simpson, B.) 2995
- initiatives (Coleman) 3002 (Puchmayr) 2842
- injuries and deaths (Puchmayr) 5118
- injuries and deaths, prevention, government initiatives (Black) 4121
- injuries and deaths, role of fatigue (Simpson, B.) 5008
- regulation and responsibility See impact of government policies above under this subheading
- report (Coleman) 4388 (Simpson, B.) 4388
- safety (Bains) 2358 (de Jong) 2992 (Routley) 5183 (Simpson, B.) 2992, 3129-30
- safety ombudsman See British Columbia Forest Safety Council
- Workers
- eligibility for compensation under forestry revitalization trust (Bains) 3000 (Coleman) 4188, 4301-2 (Simpson, B.) 2827, 4301-2
- employment standards (Puchmayr) 3012
- fallers, issues (Puchmayr) 2842
- issues and concerns (Bains) 3000-1
- mandate of professional foresters (Simpson, B.) 2399
- workers compensation (Puchmayr) 2842-3
Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
- Estimates
- debate 4187-221, 4253-67, 4288-306, 4382-94, 4408-20, 4451-69
- speakers (Chouhan) 4411-2 (Coleman) 4187-9, 4191-20, 4253-67, 4288-305, 4382-94, 4408-20, 4451-69 (Dix) 4188-9 (Evans) 4420 (Fleming) 4465-7 (Fraser) 4302-5, 4386-7 (Karagianis) 4451-4 (Konkin) 4384 (Kwan) 4462-4, 4467-9 (Routley) 4409-19, 4455-62, 4464-5 (Simpson, B.) 4189-221, 4253-7, 4259-66, 4288-302, 4304, 4382-5, 4388-94
- Accessibility of minister and conflict-of-interest issue (Coleman) 3131-2 (Fraser) 3131 (Simpson, B.) 3132
- Budget, expenses and revenues (Coleman) 4191-2, 4194-7 (Simpson, B.) 4191-7
- Consultation with first nations (Fraser) 3555
- Forest recreation sites See Parks
- Goals and responsibilities (Coleman) 4187-8
- Goals re tenancy population and housing (Routley) 4993
- Housing component (Coleman) 4408-9
- Ministry name change (Coleman) 2820, 2993
- Relationship with ranching sector (Coleman) 3436 (Simpson, B.) 3436
- Revenues to government, invoicing (Simpson, B.) 3050-2 (Thorpe) 3051
- Staffing and contracted staff (Coleman) 4197-200 (Simpson, B.) 4197-200
- Transfer of responsibilities to Tourism, Sport and the Arts Minister See Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of
Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2006
- (Bill 9) (Minister of Forests and Range) 1R, 2819-20; 2R, 2993-3003; C, 3367-71, 3394-406, 3433-8; 3R, 3438; RA, 3556
- Debate, speakers (Bains) 3000-1 (Coleman) 2819-20, 2993, 3002-3, 3367-71, 3394-406, 3433-8 (Evans) 3398 (Lali) 2997-3000 (Macdonald) 3001 (Simpson, B.) 2993-7, 3367-70, 3394-406, 3433-8 (Trevena) 3001-2
- Definitions, "revenue minister" (Coleman) 3368 (Simpson, B.) 3368
- Definitions, "timber sales manager" (Coleman) 3367 (Simpson, B.) 3367
- Purpose of bill (Coleman) 2820
Forests, Select Standing Committee on
- Work of committee (Evans) 3640
Formosa Nursery
- Dispute re road through organic blueberry farm, government action (Evans) 5104-6, 5205-6 (Roddick) 5106 (Sather) 5163-4, 5181-2
- Dispute re road through organic blueberry farm, petition tabled (Sather) 5123
Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area
- Description and issues (Coleman) 2570-1
Fort St. James, B.C.
- First nations in area (Rustad) 3146-7
- Future of area (Rustad) 2777
Fort St. John, B.C.
- Environmental concerns in area (Neufeld) 4828 (Wyse) 4827
- Seniors issues (Conroy) 5243
Fortis Inc.
- Alternative energy projects (Neufeld) 3813
Fossil fuels See Fuel
Foster care
- Bed-specific and child-specific contracts (Dix) 3124 (Hagen) 3124
- Child in the Home of a Relative program
- funding for foster parents (Karagianis) 5241
- program (Dix) 5058
- responsibility for program (Dix) 5134 (Karagianis) 5130
- Foster parents
- Funding for milestone events and discretionary expenses (Dix) 3122-5 (Hagen) 3123-5
- Kith-and-kin agreements
- Mileage rate See Foster parents, travel allowance above under this main heading
- Need for foster homes (Austin) 4970-1
- Number of children in care (Hagen) 3122
- System, issues and concerns (Dix) 3120-4 (Hagen) 3120-4
Foundation skills assessment See Education
Frances Kelsey Secondary School, Mill Bay, B.C.
- Enrolment (Horgan) 3487
- Individually paced program (Routley) 3528
Francophone affairs program See Government
Franklin River division crew See MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
FRAs and FROs See First nations involvement in industry, forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities
under Forests and forest industry
Fraser Health Authority See also particular health care facilities
Fraser Institute
Fraser Port
- Container traffic (Gentner) 2379
Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Prisoners, number of prisoners and discharge policy (Les) 5067-8 (Sather) 5067-8
Fraser River
Fraser Valley
- Aggregate pilot project (Bennett) 3719 (Horgan) 3719
- Air quality (Penner) 2297
- Correctional facilities in area (Les) 5067-8 (Sather) 5067-8
- Health care facility for area (Campbell) 4886
Fraser-Surrey docks See Fraser Port
Freedom of expression
- Relationship with multicultural understanding (Nuraney) 2497-8
- Value in society (Trevena) 2400
Freedom of information See also Information and Privacy Commissioner; Loukidelis, David
- Government initiatives (Campbell) 4916-7 (James) 4917-21
- Government initiatives during NDP administration (Lali) 5195-6
- Legislation, application to agencies See also particular agencies and entities
- Records, creation and retention by government staff (de Jong) 5017 (Lali) 5017
- Requests for information See also particular ministries
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the
- Recommendations, implementation (de Jong) 5014 (Lali) 5014
French immersion See Curriculum, French immersion and language programs
under Education
FREP See Forest resource evaluation program
under Forests and forest industry
Front Counter B.C.
Frost, Tammy Karen
- Death in automobile accident (Brar) 4496
Fuel See also Oil and gas
- Biodiesel
- Coloured fuel, eligibility for use (Kwan) 3069-70 (Taylor) 3003, 3069
- Ethanol, development of industry in B.C. (Karagianis) 3845-7 (Neufeld) 3845-7
- Fossil fuels (Neufeld) 3814, 3849
- Gasoline prices, tax revenues to public transit (Fleming) 2655
- Hydrogen fuel cell technology (Neufeld) 3847-9 (Robertson) 3847-9
- Service stations, worker safety (de Jong) 3989, 4640-1, 4996-8, 5000-1 (Puchmayr) 4995-7, 5000-1 (Sather) 3989
- Service stations, worker safety, government action (Puchmayr) 4640 (Sather) 4640
- Sunken vessels and fuel leaks See Oil and gas
- Taxation (Taylor) 2393
Fuel cell technology See Hydrogen fuel cell technology
under Fuel
Fung, David
- Comments on B.C.'s port strategy (Coons) 5099