Labelle, Marc
- Work on fish stock recovery in Cheakamus River (Penner) 3687-90 (Simpson, S.) 3688, 3690
Laboratory services See Health – Health care system
Labour
Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 2004, tabled (de Jong) 3089
- Annual report, 2005, tabled (de Jong) 4744
Lac des Roches
- Development proposal in area, petition tabled (Wyse) 3541
Ladysmith, B.C. See Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area
Lake Country See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area
Land Act
Land agents See Oil and gas
Land and resource registry See Integrated land and resource registry
under Land use
Land and Water B.C.
- Operations and winding up of agency (Bell) 3106-7 (Ralston) 3106-7
Land Survey Act
Land Surveyors Act
Land surveys and titles
- Electronic deposit of survey plans (Oppal) 4747
Land Title Act
Land use See also Urbanization
- Coastal land use agreement (Penner) 3660, 3662
- Development finance system, legislative amendments (Chong) 3207
- Ecosystem-based management (Bell) 3648 (Penner) 3747 (Simons) 2370 (Simpson, B.) 3648 (Simpson, S.) 3747
- Expropriation of land for public utilities (Oppal) 3360
- Government actions (Simpson, S.) 4100-1
- Industrial development (Sather) 2692
- Integrated land and resource registry, accessibility (Evans) 5053-4
- Land and resource management plans See also particular plans
- funding (Penner) 3743 (Simpson, S.) 3743
- process during NDP administration (Simpson, S.) 4098
- Land use planning
- implementation of land use plans (Bell) 3646-8 (Simpson, B.) 3647-8
- involvement of first nations (Christensen) 3137 (Fraser) 3142 (Polak) 3157
- planning (Bell) 2514
- planning and timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas See Timber harvesting in controlled recreation areas under Resorts
- Local government authority (Karagianis) 4756 (Neufeld) 4828 (Wyse) 4827-8
- Mid- and north coast land and resource management plans See Coastal land and resource management plans
Langford, B.C.
- Removal of land from agricultural land reserve (Bell) 3635 (Horgan) 3634-5
Langley, B.C.
- Volunteerism (Polak) 3294
Langley Montessori School, Langley, B.C.
- Voom Credit Union project (Polak) 2678
Language
- Asian languages, government initiatives (Coell) 2686 (Throne speech) 2230
- Federal-provincial agreement on official languages See Federal-provincial relations under Government
- Francophone affairs program See Government
Lantzville, B.C.
- Sewer system upgrade (Cantelon) 2270-1
Larocque, Gloria
- Project on first nations women (Lee) 2822
Lascelle, Halaina Dawn
Law reform See Legislation
Laxgalts'ap, B.C.
- Ambulance service (Coons) 3617
Lax-Ka'gaas/Campania Conservancy
- Establishment (Penner) 4097
Layton, Jack
Lazare, Aaron
- Comments on apologies (Hammell) 2671
Leading-edge endowment fund See Research and development
Leaky-condos issue See Condominiums
under Strata property
Learning Roundtable See Education
Leasehold buildings See Housing
LeClair, Doris
- Transfer to care facility away from home community (Abbott) 2682 (Conroy) 2682
Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd.
LEED standards See Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards
under Construction industry
Lefkos, Patti
- Work in education system (Mayencourt) 2346
Legacies Now See 2010 Legacies Now
under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
Legal aid See Justice system – Legal aid; Legal Services Society
Legal Services Society
Legislation
- Estimates 5065
- Bills left on order paper See Orders of the day, business left on order paper under Legislature
- Business during spring session of second session, 38th parliament (de Jong) 4121
- Enactment provisions not to be introduced by private members (de Jong) 2489 (Farnworth) 2489
- Government consultation (Simpson, B.) 2993-4
- Government consultation with first nations (Fraser) 3141
- Law reform (Krog) 4865 (Oppal) 4863, 4865
- Miscellaneous statutes bills (Evans) 4761-2 (Karagianis) 4755 (Krog) 4747
- Private members' bills, bills on order paper (Farnworth) 5136-7
- Private members' bills cannot concern prerogatives of the Crown (Speaker) 2489
- Regulations after bill enactment (Coleman) 4680 (Oppal) 3995
- Repeal and re-enactment of provisions from 1996 statutory supplements See also Supplements Repeal Act
- Statutes, correction of minor errors (Krog) 3452, 3512 (Oppal) 3451, 3513
Legislative Assembly
Legislature
- Accomplishments during 2005-06 period (Routley) 4953
- Bills
- advancement of supply bill through all stages in one sitting (Speaker) 2466
- committee stage, amendment to delete section (Chair) 4821
- committee stage, amendments cannot impose charge on Crown (Bond) 4714 (Chair) 4652-4 (de Jong) 4651-3
- committee stage, debate to be relevant to section under discussion (Chair) 3066, 4038, 4719-20, 4818
- debate not to involve future plans or future policy (Chair) 4345
- second reading, debate to be relevant to bill under discussion (Deputy Speaker) 3463-4, 4442
- Calendar See Legislative calendar and sitting schedule below under this main heading
- Closure, use (Dix) 5245
- Committee system
- appointment of select standing committees (Campbell) 2232
- membership of select standing committees (de Jong) 2405
- ratification of September 19, 2006, agreement on membership of select standing and special committees (de Jong) 5255
- verbal and written submissions (Chong) 4114
- Decisions by MLAs (Bains) 2358-9
- Estimates process
- comments to be relevant to vote being debated (Chair) 2460, 2951, 4870, 4930
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (de Jong) 2554-5
- confining remarks to budget year under debate (Chair) 3415, 4918
- confining remarks to supplementary estimates (Chair) 2461-2 (de Jong) 2444
- debate (Chudnovsky) 4684 (Falcon) 4688
- hypothetical questions not permitted during estimates debate (Chair) 3413
- legislation not to be debated during estimates debate (Chair) 2461, 4075, 4868, 4917
- members to direct comments to minister not deputy minister (Bond) 3497
- members to temper comments (Chair) 5037
- minister's response to questions (Wyse) 5036-7
- questions must be directed through the Chair (Chair) 3302
- response to questions (Chudnovsky) 4550-1, 4619 (Falcon) 4550-1
- returning to matter after break in debate (Chair) 2727
- time limits on debate (Brar) 5072 (Evans) 5071
- Government House Leader, role (Dix) 5166
- Government's use of majority status (Kwan) 5181 (Simpson, S.) 5175
- Hansard report of debates See Hansard
- Language used in House
- "asinine" (Speaker) 4744
- "caveman mentality" (Routley) 2421
- "Christian psychobabble" (Hawes) 2258 (Krueger) 2421
- "damn" (Puchmayr) 4766
- "fraidy cat" (Horgan) 5210, 5213
- members to be careful in words used in House (Speaker) 2585
- members to use temperate language (Chair) 3040 (Deputy Speaker) 4762
- "mislead" (Lali) 4237
- "not consistent with the fact pattern" (Horgan) 2529 (Speaker) 2529
- parliamentary language (Chair) 3333, 3498 (Deputy Speaker) 2709
- parliamentary tone (Chair) 2755
- "psychosis" (Chair) 4623
- "right-wing conspiracy" (Hawes) 2258-9
- "sneaky, despicable, awful" (Speaker) 3797
- "steal" (Evans) 4764
- unparliamentary language (Christensen) 5158 (Deputy Speaker) 2595, 5158 (Mayencourt) 2647
- withdrawal of remarks requested (Chair) 3397, 4652 (Speaker) 3822
- "you are not honourable members" (Speaker) 3797
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- adjournment of fall sitting (Bains) 5223 (Brar) 5156 (de Jong) 5135 (Farnworth) 5135-6 (Hammell) 5222 (Horgan) 5211-2 (Krog) 5153-4 (Kwan) 5215-6
- daily schedule and sitting hours (Dix) 5165-7 (Farnworth) 5164-5 (Lali) 5176-7 (Ralston) 5169-70 (Routley) 5167, 5169 (Simpson, B.) 5172 (Simpson, S.) 5174-5
- fall sitting See also Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2006
- (Chudnovsky) 5140-3 (Cubberley) 5238-40 (de Jong) 5083-4, 5094, 5251-3 (Evans) 5202-4 (Farnworth) 5094, 5135 (Gentner) 5156-7 (Hammell) 5222 (Horgan) 5210-1 (James) 5115-6 (Krog) 5152 (Kwan) 5084 (Lali) 5157, 5195 (Macdonald) 5140 (Puchmayr) 5206-7 (Robertson) 5147, 5151 (Sather) 5162 (Simons) 5227-8 (Simpson, B.) 5172-3, 5230-1, 5233-4 (Simpson, S.) 5234-6 (Thorne) 5199-200 (Trevena) 5143-4, 5147
- fall sitting, issues for debate (Austin) 5160-2 (Bains) 5223-6 (Brar) 5155-6 (Chouhan) 5174, 5193-5 (Chudnovsky) 5141-2 (Conroy) 5243-5 (Coons) 5171-2, 5189-93 (Cubberley) 5239-40 (Dix) 5165-6, 5246-7 (Evans) 5204-6 (Farnworth) 5137 (Gentner) 5157-60 (Hammell) 5223 (Horgan) 5211-5 (Karagianis) 5240-3 (Krog) 5152-4 (Kwan) 5215-19 (Lali) 5176-8 (Macdonald) 5140 (Puchmayr) 5207-10 (Ralston) 5170 (Robertson) 5147-51 (Routley) 5167-9, 5182-4 (Simons) 5227-30 (Simpson, B.) 5172, 5231-4 (Simpson, S.) 5234-8 (Trevena) 5144-7 (Wyse) 5220-2
- fixed budget date (de Jong) 3064
- fixed calendar (Dix) 5245 (Farnworth) 4637, 5136 (Horgan) 5210 (Krog) 5152 (Kwan) 5179 (Neufeld) 4765 (Ralston) 5171
- length of spring session (de Jong) 5251
- number of sitting days (Horgan) 5210 (Robertson) 5149
- opposition role in setting calendar (de Jong) 5251
- reconvening of House (Lali) 5177
- schedule of business for second session, 38th parliament (de Jong) 4121, 4636 (Farnworth) 4637
- sitting schedule (Kwan) 5179
- spring sitting (Lali) 5157-8 (Simpson, B.) 5172
- weeks for constituency work (Lali) 5177
- Members See also Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Members' conduct and debate
- attendance of others members in House not to be commented on (Deputy Speaker) 2714, 5146
- comments to be directed through the Chair (Kwan) 2463
- conduct (Lekstrom) 4798
- members must be careful with their comments (Speaker) 3683
- members must not challenge Chair's rulings (Chair) 4658 (Chudnovsky) 4658
- members must not debate Chair's rulings (Chair) 4714
- members not allowed to walk behind the Chair (Chair) 4067
- members not to allege impropriety on another member's part (Deputy Speaker) 2998
- members not to cast aspersions or make allegations of casting aspersions (Chair) 4551
- members not to comment on another member's demeanour (Chair) 4822
- members not to comment on another member's expression or attitude (Deputy Speaker) 5177 (Farnworth) 5177
- members not to direct remarks at other members (Speaker) 2427
- members not to discuss cabinet matters (Chair) 4828
- members not to impugn or make personal attacks on other members (Deputy Speaker) 2423
- members not to impugn other members (Chair) 4720 (Deputy Speaker) 2604
- members not to impute motives to another member (Chair) 3498
- members not to make comments when not in their own seats (Chair) 2436 (Deputy Speaker) 2350, 2644, 2648, 2653, 2863, 3464, 5176
- members not to make personal attacks (Chair) 3853
- members not to make personal observations of members (Deputy Speaker) 2595, 4763
- members not to mention matters for which apology to House has been given (Deputy Speaker) 2421 (Simpson, B.) 2421
- members not to read from computers or BlackBerrys (Chair) 3419
- members not to use electronic devices while they have the floor (Chair) 2747, 4055 (MacKay) 2746, 2953
- members not to use "you" to refer to other members (Chair) 3176
- members to allow designated member to speak (Deputy Speaker) 2311
- members to recognize and address questions to the Chair (Chair) 3494
- members to speak only when they have the floor (Chair) 3523
- parliamentary conduct and debate (Deputy Speaker) 2604
- questions on enactment of bills not in order (de Jong) 2635
- references to members by name not permitted (Chair) 3176, 4146, 4876, 5015 (Deputy Speaker) 2252, 4434 (Speaker) 2488, 5127
- repetitious debate (Chair) 2755 (Speaker) 5178
- tedious and repetitious debate (Chair) 2457, 2459
- use of electronic devices while in House (Chair) 2895, 2953 (Kwan) 2746-7, 2895 (Speaker) 5251
- use of props not permitted (Chair) 4897
- use of third person (Ralston) 3494
- withdrawal of comments requested (Chair) 4623 (Chudnovsky) 4623 (Routley) 2421 (Speaker) 3797-8
- Members from immigrant and minority communities (Jean) 2762
- Motions, debate on motion to recess (Dix) 5169 (Kwan) 5181 (Lali) 5178 (Routley) 5169 (Simpson, S.) 5175
- Motions, debate to be relevant (de Jong) 5168-9, 5171 (Deputy Speaker) 5174-6, 5180 (Speaker) 5169-72, 5178
- Nature of debate (Lekstrom) 2508
- Officers of the Legislature
- Opposition, role (Bains) 5223-4, 5226 (Black) 2243-4 (Coleman) 2790 (Cubberley) 5239 (Evans) 3706, 5202-3, 5205-6 (Fraser) 2707-8 (Horgan) 2525-6, 3498 (Karagianis) 2699 (Lekstrom) 2506 (Ralston) 3559 (Routley) 5182, 5185 (Simons) 5227, 5230 (Simpson, B.) 5230-1
- Orders of the day, business left on order paper (Chouhan) 5174 (Dix) 5166 (Farnworth) 5136 (Horgan) 5210-3 (Kwan) 5215-6 (Ralston) 5170
- Petitions, presentation (Speaker) 5082
- Police search of government staff offices in December 2003, connection to government business (James) 3593
- Police search of government staff offices in December 2003, investigation See Police investigation into alleged breach of trust under Government
- Powers, cannot pass legislation relating to criminal law (Oppal) 4000
- Private members' statements See also individual statements under Private members' statements; individual statements under Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
- Private members' statements, members to confine remarks to statement's topic (Deputy Speaker) 3869
- Privilege, dispute between members not prima facie case of breach of privilege (Speaker) 5089
- Privilege, evidence requirement (Les) 5085
- Prorogation 5256
- Question period
- length (Campbell) 4916 (de Jong) 5016 (James) 4917 (Lali) 5016 (Ralston) 5170-1
- length, amendment of standing order 47A (de Jong) 2233
- nature of debate (Abbott) 4511
- number of question periods (Dix) 5246
- role (Chouhan) 5174 (Dix) 5166 (Kwan) 5179-80 (Lali) 5178 (Ralston) 5170 (Routley) 5184 (Simpson, B.) 5172, 5231-2
- Speaker's rulings not during question period (Farnworth) 2635
- Reforms (de Jong) 2233 (Yap) 2352-3
- Reforms, government action (Dix) 2863
- Role (Chudnovsky) 5143 (Gentner) 5160 (Hammell) 5222-3 (Krog) 5153-4 (Macdonald) 5138 (Robertson) 5147-8 (Simpson, S.) 5238
- Select standing committees See Committee system above under this main heading
- Speaker and Chair
- appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 2232
- appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker, amendment of standing order 14 (de Jong) 2233
- appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (de Jong) 2232
- appointment of Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 2232
- Staff commended (Karagianis) 5240 (Simpson, B.) 5231 (Simpson, S.) 5234
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions See also particular motions under Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- Standing order 35 adjournment motions, requirements (de Jong) 5083-4, 5094, 5124 (Speaker) 5085, 5097, 5174
- Statements by members, amendment of standing order 25B (de Jong) 2233
- Statements by members, time limit (Speaker) 5075
- Statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature above under this main heading
- Written questions on notice, government response (Simons) 5230
Lennea, Brad
- Participation on Paralympic ski team (Hawes) 2548
Leonard, Stan
- Death (Throne speech) 2225
Lesy, Maurice
- Transfer to care facility away from home community (Conroy) 2626
Leyne, Les
- Comments on government members' references to 1990s during debate (Abbott) 4611
Lheidli-Tenneh band
- Agreement-in-principle (Rustad) 3147
- Economic development (Bell) 3164-5
Liberal Party
Libraries
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo
Lifesaving Society of Canada, British Columbia and Yukon Branch
- Life-saving award recipients commended (Lee) 3233
Light rail service See Transit services
Lillooet, B.C. See Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
Lingwood, Bob
- Comments on safety of northern ferry fleet (Ralston) 3235 (Trevena) 3235
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Emergency room expansion (Whittred) 2245, 2549
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
Liquor, liquor stores, etc. See Alcohol
Listwin, Don
- Donation to cancer research (Whittred) 3728
Literacy
- Adult literacy (Coell) 2688
- Funding for regional groups (Bond) 3529 (Wyse) 3529
- Literacy levels (Bond) 3325
- Skills needed by income assistance recipients See Recipients, need for literacy training under Income assistance
Little India See Punjabi Market
Livable region strategy See Greater Vancouver regional district
Live Sites program See Economic Development, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics
Livestock industry
- Cattle industry, impact of BSE (Bell) 3557
- Meat packing plants See Slaughter facilities under Food industry
- Ranching industry
- government role (Coleman) 3436-7 (Simpson, B.) 3436-7
- input into first nations treaty process (Christensen) 3610 (Wyse) 3610
- relationship with mining industry See Coalmining industry under Coal
Living rivers trust fund See Rivers and streams
Lo, Michael See also Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.
- Links with B.C. Liberal Party government (Fleming) 5081, 5093
Lobbyists
Lobbyists Registration Act
- Call for all-party review of legislation (Farnworth) 3594, 3685, 3824 (Horgan) 3596-7 (Krog) 3594, 3684, 3730 (Kwan) 3594, 3824 (Simpson, B.) 3597
- Exclusion of government staff (Karagianis) 3730
- Government application of act (Kwan) 3730
- Need for amendments (Karagianis) 3730
- NDP position (Campbell) 3597
- Purpose of bill (Oppal) 3594, 3685
Local government See Communities; Government – Local government; Regional districts
Lodgepole Coal Mine See Cline Mining Corp.
Log houses
Logging See Forests and forest industry
Lois Fish Palliative Society
- Hospice and palliative care information website (Abbott) 4776-7 (Cubberley) 4776
Lone Butte, B.C.
- Protection of area butte by provincial government (Bell) 3645 (Wyse) 3645
Long-term care See Health – Continuing and long-term care
Lonsdale See North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area
Lookout Emergency Aid Society
- Funding and operations (Coleman) 4457 (Routley) 4457
Los Angeles, California
Lotteries See also Gambling
- SportsFunder initiative (Ilich) 4143 (Simons) 4143
Loukidelis, David
- Position on issues
- access to electricity consumption information (Coleman) 4499 (Krog) 4333, 4499 (Simons) 4338
- access to personal information from outside Canada (de Jong) 4813, 4816-7 (Krog) 4812 (Lali) 4817-8
- amendments to Securities Act (Kwan) 3997 (Oppal) 3997
- corporate transparency legislation (Kwan) 3516 (Taylor) 3516
- information-sharing of income assistance data (Richmond) 4059-60, 4092 (Trevena) 4059-60, 4092-3
Lowe, Deanna
- Experience in health care system (Wyse) 2990
Lower mainland See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.
- Border infrastructure program See Border infrastructure program
- Gasoline tax revenues for Vancouver transit services (Coleman) 2571
- Gateway projects See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation
- Health care services (Gentner) 2321 (Polak) 2320-2
- North Fraser perimeter road (Falcon) 4554-5
- Police services, helicopter acquisition (Les) 5040
- School class composition (Bond) 3530 (Horgan) 3529-30
- South Fraser perimeter road
- consultation (Gentner) 2377-80
- environmental review (Chudnovsky) 4682 (Falcon) 4682
- funding (Chudnovsky) 4626 (Falcon) 4626
- impact on agricultural land (Evans) 5205-6
- impact on agricultural land and heritage sites (Gentner) 5159
- impact on archaeological and heritage sites (Gentner) 2378, 4251 (Ilich) 4251
- impact on Burns Bog (Chudnovsky) 4681-2 (Falcon) 4681-2
- Transportation infrastructure See also Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation
LRMPs See Land use; particular land and resource management plans
Lu'ma Native Housing Society
Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles
under Automobiles
Lyme disease
- Diagnosis and treatment (Abbott) 4784 (Cubberley) 4783-4
Lyotier, Ken
- Comments on homelessness in Vancouver (Kwan) 5217