BC Legislature - Members Index, Third Session, 38th Parliament

de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford–Mount Lehman)

As subject

action on first nations sacred sites issue (Horgan) 8763

comments on issues

agricultural land reserve and treaty negotiations (Lali) 9071-2

former position on Nisga'a treaty (Austin) 8766

MLA remuneration and pension (Ralston) 8164

Nisga'a treaty (Gentner) 8571

position on Nisga'a treaty while in opposition 9431

visits to remote first nations communities 8262

Abbotsford, hospital and cancer centre project 5873-4

Aboriginal Affairs Committee

meetings during Nisga'a treaty process 8898

role in B.C. treaty process 8277, 8899

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry

estimates debate 8258-80, 8289-300, 8329-52

budgets 8258-9

communications and special events 8266-7

role and responsibilities 8259-60, 8269, 8351

staffing 8260, 8268

website 8346

Agricultural Land Commission, mandate 8553-4

Ahousat, transportation infrastructure and issues 8261-2

Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction initiatives, NDP position 5874

Alberni-Clayoquot regional district, relationship with Maa-nulth First Nations 9584

Assembly of First Nations, role in treaty negotiations 8552

Attorney General Ministry, role of Attorney General 8003

Auditor General

appointment of acting Auditor General 8451

report on B.C. treaty process 8265, 8342-5

Baird, Kim

address from the Bar of the House 8550

work on Tsawwassen treaty 8513, 8553

Bloy, Harry, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 5265

Bonaparte Indian band, consultation by government on proposed development in territory 8330

B.C. Treaty Commission

commissioners commended 8552-3

establishment and role 8552

role, expansion 8898

Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park, Maa-nulth First Nations wildlife harvest rights 9575

Bruce, Graham, compliance with government conflict-of-interest guidelines 8546-9, 8580-3

Burns Bog, Tsawwassen First Nation harvest rights in area 8988, 9003-4, 9015

Campbell, Gordon, website, photo of booster seat distribution 8783

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions, applicability to Maa-nulth First Nations 9431

Cariboo South constituency and area, government relationship with first nations in area 8332

Children and Youth Committee

membership 9091

powers and role 5722

Civil service, collective agreements, early-settlement incentive, funding 5750

Clayoquot Sound central region board, representation by Maa-nulth First Nations 9510

Comox-Strathcona regional district, relationship with Maa-nulth First Nations 9582, 9584

Conflict of interest, guidelines for former civil service employees 7373-5

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner, complaint against Graham Bruce 8633-4

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner Special Appointment Committee, appointment of committee 6931

Constitution, applicability to Maa-nulth First Nations 9431

Cootes, Charlie, leadership 9430

Cowichan Tribes, treaty commission, management of treaty funding 8546-9, 8580-2, 8633

Crown Corporations Committee, powers and role 6930

Delta

consultation by provincial government on treaty negotiations 8923-6

dikes and flood protection, pump station operations 8955

mayor's communications with Aboriginal Relations Ministry on Tsawwassen treaty 8340-1

relationship with Tsawwassen First Nation 9031-2, 9034

Dennis, Robert, Sr., leadership 9428-9

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, traceability program for caught fish 8959

Ditidaht First Nation, territorial claims, overlapping claims 9512

Dobell, Ken

civil service 7376

compliance with government conflict-of-interest guidelines 7373-5

potential conflict of interest in work for provincial government and city of Vancouver 7281-4, 7373

registration as lobbyist, review by Information and Privacy Commissioner 7002-3

work for provincial government and city of Vancouver 7280

Elections, electoral boundaries legislation 9557

Electoral Boundaries Commission

mandate 9557-8

preliminary report 9557

Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007

debate 9556-8

debate in Legislature 9556-8

Final Agreement Consequential Amendments Act, 2007, debate 8513-4, 8807, 9084-5

Finance and Government Services Committee, powers and role 6930

Fires and firefighters, forest fires

firefighting costs 5750, 5903-4

fires in 2006-07 season 5750

First nations

aboriginal rights, constitutional entrenchment 8552

aboriginal title 8552

agreements with government 8299-300

agreements with government, interim agreements 8342-5

capacity-building, management of consultation and negotiation processes 8294, 8298

consultation by government on land and resources 7519, 8289-95, 8332

employment in public service 8260-1

friendship centres 8349

health plan 8331

infrastructure development 8262-3

issues

government action, business community position 7437, 8270-1

government initiatives 7519-20

government initiatives, NDP position 7438

role of federal and provincial governments 8261-3, 8295, 8349-50

Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments, transformative change accord with B.C. and federal governments 8262

land claims, overlapping claims, legal challenges by first nations 8278-9, 8897-900, 8905, 9511-2

new relationship with government 5873, 6385-6, 8550, 8555

acceptance by first nations 8332

costs and funding 8269

implementation 8270-1

reconciliation concept 8805

off-reserve urban population 8334, 8348-50

programs and services, government funding and ministerial responsibility 8268-9

protection of cultural and sacred sites 8352, 9016-7, 9584-5

protection of cultural and sacred sites, legislation 8335-6

relationship with business 8271

relationship with government, history 8550

remote communities, costs and funding 8263

youth, public service recruitment program 8260-1

First nations, treaties

B.C. treaty process 8267

1990 task force recommendations 8552

government strategy 8265-8

history 8550-6

land claims issues 8905-6

mandate 8899

reconciliation concept 9450

role of government and opposition 8275-8

transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8912-7, 9068

work of first nations delegations 8552

comments by NDP MLAs 8276

final agreements

consequential amendments legislation 8807

real property tax coordination agreement legislation 8808

tax treatment agreements 9086

funding 8259, 8264, 8268

implementation and settlement costs 8259

negotiations, information 8344-6

negotiations, role of federal government 8264-5

NDP position on particular treaties 8275-6

ratification process 8272-4

First Nations Education Act, application to treaty first nations 9583-4

First Nations Leadership Council

comments on new relationship with government 8299

establishment 8266

role in sacred site protection issues 8335

First Nations Summit, role in treaty negotiations 8552

Fishing industry

commercial fishery, impact of first nation treaty settlements 8978-80

management 8979, 8982

Pearse-McRae report 8980, 8982-3

Fleming, Rob, contract work for government during NDP administration 7912

Flores Island, provincial park on island, comanagement by first nations 8264

Forests and forest industry

first nations involvement in industry, forest and range agreements 8332, 8343

private lands, removal from tree farm licences, government consultation with first nations 8290-3

Forests and Range Ministry, budget allocation for firefighting 5681

Frank, Cosmos Richard, death 9357

Fraser River

estuary management, role of Tsawwassen First Nation 9004-5

first nations in commercial fishery 8962, 8976-8, 9567-70

Gentner, Guy, comments and position on Tsawwassen treaty 8338-41

Government

local government revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments 7376

ministers, accountability for meeting budget estimates 5904-5

provincial-municipal relations 7376

Greater Vancouver regional district, relationship with Tsawwassen First Nation 9033-4, 9062-3

Happynook, Tom, comments on Maa-nulth treaty 9431

Harcourt, Michael (Mike)

work on treaty negotiation process 8553

work on treaty negotiation process and position on transfer of agricultural reserve lands 8806

Hawkins, Sindi, appointment as Deputy Speaker 5265

Heritage Conservation Act, provisions on first nations sites, revision 9585

Housing, government initiatives 5874

Huu-ay-aht First Nation

leaders 9429

members and economic development 9426

Income tax, provincial rate 5874

Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation

establishment 8126-7

implementation of report recommendations 8059, 8127-31

submissions from MLAs 8127-8

survey on MLA working conditions 8128

Indian Act (federal), provisions

applicability to Maa-nulth First Nations 9431

applicability to Tsawwassen First Nation 8909

impact on first nations 8555, 9429

Information and Privacy Commissioner, powers as lobbyists registrar 7375

Islands Trust, representation by Maa-nulth First Nations 9584

James, Carole

comments on House proceedings 8736-7

comments on photograph on Premier's website 8783

position on MLA remuneration and pension 8126-7, 8131

Joe, Harry, work on treaty negotiations for Tsawwassen First Nation 8551, 8556

Justice system, government non-interference 8003-4

Katzie First Nation, impact of Tsawwassen treaty wildlife provisions 8995

Ka:'yu:'k't'h'-Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation

leaders 9429

members and economic development 9426

Kwakiutl First Nation, consultation by government on removal of lands from Vancouver Island tree farm licences 8291-3

Ladner, Brunswick Point lands 8925-6

Legislation, business during spring session of third session, 38th parliament 7277

Legislative Assembly Management Committee, role re MLA compensation and pension buyback option 8128-30

Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

debate 8059, 8126-31

free vote 8130-1

Legislature

committee system, membership of committees 5721

debate on budget and throne speech 5873

issues for debate 7283

language used in House, "honesty" 8341

legislative calendar and sitting schedule

change in sitting schedule 5483-5, 5535-6

daily schedule and sitting hours 5325

night sittings 5483-4

schedule for completion of debate on bills 8368, 9477

schedule of business for third session, 38th parliament 7277

opposition, procedural tactics 9556-7

proceedings, role of government and Speaker 8736-7

question period, questions taken on notice 8972

Speaker and Chair, appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 5265

Speaker and Chair, appointment of Deputy Speaker 5265

standing order 35 adjournment motions, requirements 8940

Lheidli T'enneh band

territorial claims, legal challenges by other first nations 8276-9, 8898, 9511

treaty process and ratification vote 8272-4, 8279-80

Lobbyists, legislation, applicability re first nations representatives 8633-4

Lower mainland, air quality 9018

Lower mainland treaty advisory committee, involvement in Tsawwassen treaty negotiations 9034

Maa-nulth First Nations

hereditary chiefs 9428

leaders 9357, 9428-30, 9580

negotiating partnership between first nations groups, history 9507-8

relationship with local government and regional districts 9581-2, 9584

treaty negotiation process, participants commended 9430-1

Maa-nulth First Nations, treaty, final agreement

access to government programs and services, access to trusts 9584

benefits 9357, 9426, 9430-1

court decisions provisions 9509

culture and heritage provisions, heritage sites 9584-5

educational provisions 9583-4

educational provisions, post-secondary education 9583

financial provisions, capital transfer and revenue payments 9430

fisheries provisions

allocation for food and ceremonial purposes, ability to designate individuals to harvest 9574-5

allocations 9561-7

allocations and interests of other first nations 9567-70

aquaculture 9513, 9562-5

aquaculture and contamination issues 9570

joint fisheries committee 9571-5

legal challenges 9575

forest resources provisions 9535-47

forest resources provisions, wildfire suppression 9545

governance provisions 9579-82, 9584

governance provisions, non–first nations 9581

gravel extraction activities 9532

harvest agreement 9565-6

harvest, tax treatment, and real property tax coordination agreements tabled 9357-8

hydroelectric power activities 9533-4

land provisions 9430

access to lands 9534-5

overlapping land claims 9510-2

recognition of traditional territories 9427

submerged lands and potential explosive devices 9512-4

valuation of lands 9508

legal challenges by first nations and non-first nations 9509

offshore oil development activities 9514

provisions 9430-1

ratification process 8687, 8806, 9357, 9510

roads, maintenance and safety 9535

subsurface resources provisions 9431, 9533

subsurface resources provisions, tenures 9530-1

taxation provisions 9431

treaty 9431-2, 9449-50

water licences 9533

wildlife provisions

access to lands by guide-outfitters 9576

migratory birds 9576-7, 9579

wildlife harvest 9575-6

Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act

debate 9357, 9425-32, 9449-50, 9507-14, 9530-47, 9561-77, 9579-85

committee stage debate 9508

definitions, "Minister" 9579

second reading debate 9449-50

Mack, Bert

comments on Maa-nulth treaty 9450

leadership 9429-30

MLAs

remuneration and pension plan 8059, 8126-7, 8129-30

working conditions 8127-8

Métis Nation B.C.

accord with provincial government 8347-8

annual general meeting 8346-7

identification and registry of Métis people 8347

Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2006-2007, debate 5681, 5750, 5903-5

Motions

adoption of government business schedule (Standing order 81 motion) 8368

appointment of acting Auditor General, debate 8451

appointment of Deputy Speaker, debate 9091

appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner, debate 6931

appointment of Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act, debate 6931

Committee of Supply to sit in two sections, debate 5689-90

extension of appointment of Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner, debate 8940

legislative sitting hours, debate 5483-5, 5535-6

membership and powers of Sustainable Aquaculture Committee, debate 5325

membership of Children and Youth Committee, debate 9091

motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again, debate 9035

permission for Maa-nulth chiefs to address the House, debate 9358

powers and role of Crown Corporations Committee, debate 6930

powers and role of Finance and Government Services Committee, debate 6930

powers and role of Public Accounts Committee, debate 5722-3

powers and role of Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth, debate 5722

referral of report on Legislature artwork depicting first nations people, debate 7091-3, 7119-20

Mundy, Violet, leadership 9430

Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council, Kingcome Inlet community, transportation access 8297-8

Musqueam Indian band, treaty negotiations 8637, 8783

Nanwakolas Council, establishment of first nations negotiating group 8294

Nass Valley, road access and emergency routes 8296-7

NDP

MLAs, comments on issues 8972

MLAs, debate in Legislature 7283

position on issues

first nations treaties 8275-6

government initiatives on first nations issues 7438

greenhouse gas reduction initiatives 5874

press release on House proceedings 8736-7

New Relationship Trust

board members, remuneration 8330

fund 8291, 8298, 8300, 8555

operations 8296

Nisga'a people

fishery 8981

political status of villages 8296-7

visit by Maa-nulth and Tsawwassen treaty ratification groups 9431

Nisga'a treaty 8297

educational provisions 9583

financial provisions, role of federal and provincial governments 8329

outcomes of treaty 8556

treaty process 8275

North American Indigenous Games, 2008 games in Cowichan 8546-7, 8581-3

Nuu-chah-nulth first nations, cultural traditions and history 9427-8

Office for Children and Youth, annual report, 2005-06, tabled 6650

Parks, comanagement agreements with first nations 8264

Parliament Buildings

artwork depicting first nations 5873

artwork depicting first nations, report by Speaker's advisory panel, implementation of recommendations 7091-3, 7119-20

land claim agreement 6618

Personal Information Protection Act Special Review Committee, appointment 6931

Port of Prince Rupert, expansion and container port project 8295

Porter, David, work on first nations issues and in public sector 8260-1

Privilege

withdrawal of unparliamentary language and apology to House and Leader of the Opposition 8475

Public Accounts Committee, powers and role 5722-3

School district 37 (Delta), relationship with Tsawwassen First Nation 9028-9

Selection Committee, first report for third session of 38th parliament presented 5721-2

Simons, Nicholas, debate in Aboriginal Relations estimates 8299-300

Sliammon First Nation, consultation on geoduck aquaculture licences 8297

Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6302

Smith, Therese, leadership 9429

Southwell, George, B.C. Legislature artwork depicting first nations 7092

Speaker and Deputy Speaker, appointment of Deputy Speaker 9091

Standing order 35 adjournment motions

audit of private forest land releases 8940

Statements

Legislative precincts land claims agreement 6618

Maa-nulth First Nations treaty 8687

Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on aboriginal land title in Nemiah Valley area 9509

Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee, membership and powers 5325

Taylor, Paul, actions re lobbyists while Deputy Finance Minister, internal investigation 7375

Throne speech debate 5873-5

Toquaht First Nation, members and economic development 9426-7

Treaty First Nation Taxation Act, debate 8514, 8808, 9086

Tributes

Cosmos Richard Frank 9357

Tsawwassen, wild bird habitat conservation 9001-2

Tsawwassen First Nation

cultural traditions and history 8551

relationship with local government and regional districts 8554-5, 9030-1, 9034, 9062-3

traditional lands, inclusion of Gulf Islands area 8902-3

treaty negotiation process 8551-3, 8555

treaty negotiation process, consultation with area municipalities 8339-41

treaty negotiation process, participants commended 8556

Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement

aboriginal healers 9025

access to government programs and services, access to trusts 8949

access to government programs and services, funding and participation 8903-4, 8906

agreements between B.C. and other jurisdictions, consultation with Tsawwassen First Nation 8908

agreements, other agreements 8906-7

benefits 8341, 8513

cave and karst protection 9016-7

constitutional validity, challenges 8902

Crown corridors 8951-4

culture and heritage provisions 9015-7

culture and heritage provisions, fund 9016

Deltaport Way corridor 8930-1, 8941, 8953

Deltaport Way corridor, transmission lines 8956

dike maintenance and flood protection 8950, 8956

educational services, K-12 9028-9

eligibility and enrolment provisions 9066

environmental management provisions 9017-22, 9024

federal government role 8897

finality of agreement 8900-1, 8907

fisheries provisions 8896-7

allocation for food and ceremonial purposes, ability to designate individuals to harvest 8975-6

allocation for food and ceremonial purposes, sale 8959

allocation of salmon 8958-9, 8974, 8976, 8982-3, 8985

allocation of shellfish 8959-60

allocation of shellfish, oyster leases 8984-5

aquaculture applications 8960

commercial fishery 8960-1, 8975-7, 8983-4

consultation and negotiations 8982

fisheries management 8974

interests of other first nations 8958, 8961-2

forest resources 8956-8

governance provisions 8554, 8901-2, 9023-7

gravel extraction activities 8922, 8929

harvest agreement, allocations 8958, 8961, 8974, 8980

harvest, tax treatment, and real property tax coordination agreements tabled 8549

Highway 17 corridor 8929-31, 8941-4

Highway 17 corridor, transmission lines 8956

intergovernmental relations and services provisions 9030-2

international legal obligations 8908, 8926

land provisions

addition and removal of lands 8923, 8927

Boundary Bay parcel 8948

expropriation of lands 8945-7, 8949

Fraser River parcel 8947-8

heritage sites on lands 8927-8

land title 8948-9

overlapping land claims 8903

overlapping land claims, legal challenges by first nations 8896-8, 8905, 8995-6

transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8337-8, 8553-4, 8806, 8909-17, 8925, 8945-7, 9067-83

valuation of lands 8910-2, 9068, 9070

legal challenges by first nations and non–first nations 8904-5

liquor manufacture and sales provisions 9026

negotiation loan repayment 9065

parks provisions 8985-8, 9002-5

police services 9027-8

provisions 8553-5

provisions on rights in wildlife management areas 8337

ratification process 8337, 8805, 8897

representation provisions for non–first nations living on Tsawwassen land 8554

roads, access and maintenance 8950-1, 8954-5

subsurface rights 8917-20, 8921-2, 8926-7, 8929-30

taxation provisions 8554, 9065-6

real property tax coordination agreement 8514, 8808

tax treatment agreement 9084-5

transitional provisions 8909

treaty 8276, 8807

water and sewage services, compensation issue 9034, 9062-5

water lots 8941-2

waterfront leases 8948

wildlife management areas 9015

wildlife provisions 8927

barn owls 9022-3

bartering and trading of wildlife parts 8998-9

firearms discharge 9000

habitat management 8988

migratory birds 8926, 9001-2

wildlife harvest 8986-93, 8997-8

wildlife harvest and interests of other first nations 8993, 8995-7

wildlife harvest, enforcement 8998

wildlife harvest, sale 8999-9000

Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act

debate 8513, 8549-56, 8805-7, 8895-920, 8921-31, 8941-62, 8974-93, 8995-9005, 9015-35, 9062-84, 9091

applicability of official language legislation 8906

committee stage debate 8895, 8901

consequential amendments 8513, 8807

debate in Legislature 8805-6

definitions 8896

definitions, "full and final settlement" 8900-1

free votes 9034-5

preamble 8895

Tsawwassen Tribal Council, consultation with non–first nations residents 9029

Tseshaht First Nation, legal challenge to overlapping land claim 9510-1

Tseycum First Nation, concerns about protection of burial sites during construction work 8352

Uchucklesaht First Nation

leaders 9430

members and economic development 9427

Ucluelet First Nation

leaders 9430

members and economic development 9427

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, role in treaty negotiations 8552

United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, B.C. support 8902, 9023-4

Vancouver, east Vancouver, native youth centre project 8333-4

Vancouver Island

first nations, economic development and history 9426-8

first nations sacred sites, protection 8335-6

Vancouver Port Authority, memorandum of understanding with Tsawwassen First Nation 8941-2

Watts, George, leadership 9431

Weisgerber, Jack, work as commissioner with B.C. Treaty Commission 8552

Whittred, Katherine, appointment as Deputy Speaker 9091

Yale First Nation, agreement-in-principle 8977

Yale-Lillooet constituency and area, first nations fisheries 8962

Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject

position on Fair Pharmacare program (Abbott) 7777-9

Abbott, George, comments on role of cabinet in protection-of-privacy issues 6173

Agricultural land reserve, importance 8773

Agriculture, workers

employment standards and safety, agricultural compliance team 5935-6

employment standards and vehicle inspections, government action 5899

employment standards, government policy 6071, 6155-6

wages 6155

Ambulance Paramedics of B.C., concerns about ambulance service 7846-7

Ambulance service

government review and service changes 7814, 7816, 7845-9

paramedics 7813-4, 7847-8

response times 7814-5, 7848

service and vehicles 7813, 7816-7, 7845

Anderson, Keith, comments on funding for Fraser Health Authority, government release of letter 7433

Armenian genocide, remembrance 7085

Barefoot, Gordon, comments on funding for Fraser Health Authority 7608-9

Beck, Lynanne, letter to Health Ministry and termination of employment 8782

Berger, Thomas, comments on referendum on treaty negotiations 8772

B.C. Liberal Party government

approach to governing 9287

policies, impact on child protection services 6132-3

policies, impact on employment standards 5661

position on tobacco control 6217-9

B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty while in opposition 8771-2

Bruce, Graham, comments on ban of smoking in workplace 6217-8

Budget debate 5660-4

Burns, Jonathan, contract with Health Ministry 9151

Cameron, Ron, comments on nurse staffing decisions by Interior Health Authority 7696-7

Campbell, Gordon

comments on issues, health care worker contracts 7694-5

position on farmworker employment standards 6071

role in electoral boundaries redistribution 9524-5

Canada

nature of society 5662

population, life expectancy 7600-1

Cancer, colorectal cancer screening programs 7623-4

Caregivers, care aides, wages 7860

Child and Youth Statutes (Representation Improvement) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6132-4

Children

child protection, investigations, time line 8892-3

child protection review, implementation of recommendations 9520-1

child protection, services for children in the home of a relative 6133

Children and Family Development Ministry, head office renovation 9013, 9205-6

Chinatown, theme of film 9284-5

College of Pharmacists of B.C., position on tobacco sales in pharmacies 6219

Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services Ministry

implementation of recommendations 6093

Commissions of inquiry

cabinet powers 6093-4

independence of public inquiry process 6182-3

release of reports to Legislative Assembly, issues 6173, 6183

Community Living B.C., eligibility for services, claims cases 8158

Copeman, Don, health care centres, compliance with legislation, investigation 7700-1, 7707-9, 9579, 9599-600

Dentistry, certified dental assistants, professional status and regulation 7697-700

Diabetes, incidence and management 7855-6, 8778

Disabled and handicapped persons

community living services, availability 8158

housing options 6213

Drugs, thalidomide, availability and cost 7625, 7781

Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries 9524-7

Electoral Boundaries Commission

mandate 9523-4

review of electoral boundaries 9354, 9524, 9526-7

Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007

debate 9354-5, 9523-7

debate in Legislature 9525-7

Emergency and Health Services Commission

transfer of responsibilities to commission 7658

transfer of responsibilities to commission, employee issues 7812

Energy

independent power producers 7238-9

rates 7238

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 7238-9

Evans, Corky

comments on TransLink governance 9285-6

letter to government re closing of smoking rooms in bars 6633

Falcon, Kevin, comments on issues, TransLink governance 9282-3, 9286

False Creek Surgical Centre

billing practices, compliance with legislation 7701

operations, audits 7709-10

First nations

aboriginal rights, public debate 8772-3

aboriginal title in B.C., abrogation by colonial government 8770

B.C. treaty process 8773

history of treatment by non–first nations 8770-1

McKenna-McBride commission 8771

population in B.C. 8770

referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 8772

self-government 8772

Foster care, Child in the Home of a Relative program 6133

Fraser Health Authority

acute care capacity report 7606-7

beds, unfunded beds 7608-9

budget and services 7602-6, 8235-6

chief executive officer position 7603

funding 5662-4, 5685, 7433-4

hospitals, budget deficits 7605-6

Fuel, gasoline prices

consumer protection 7583

consumer protection, petition tabled 8237

Government, cabinet, role in protection-of-privacy issues 6173

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43), debate 9281-90

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 9281-90

Group homes

accessibility 6213

closings 6213

Haynes, Sheryl, comments on professional regulation of dental assistants 7698-9

Health, continuing and long-term care facilities

employment practices and staff layoffs 9366

Health Minister's response to issues 9366

use of restraints on residents 7811

Health, health authorities

budgets 7601-2, 7614

letters from management to government, release 7602-3, 7614

revenues 7607-9, 7718

Health, health care facilities and hospitals

capital projects, public-private partnerships, release of information 7696

employees, concerns and whistle-blower protection 8782

private facilities, labour practices 8449

security services 7857-9

Health, health care funding

funding share of gross domestic product or percentage of budget 5663

health innovation fund 7859

Health, health care system

chronic disease management 7855-7

diagnostic specialists and technicians 7860-2

emergency services, current conditions in emergency rooms 7867

health professionals, supply 7860-2

magnetic resonance imaging services 5661, 9552-3

magnetic resonance imaging services, private services 7711

private clinics 7782-3

public consultation by government, Conversation on Health, advertising and report 7867

sustainability, B.C. Liberal Party government position 5662-3

system in B.C., comparison with other provinces 7606

user fees 9599-600

workers

health support workers, legislated collective agreement 8159-60

impact of government policies 5661, 7694-5, 7838, 8449

safety, assault case 7858-9

supply 7697

wages 5661

Health, public health, immunization

federal funding 7780

human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine 7779-80

rates 7781

Health Committee, role in chronic disease prevention and primary care initiatives 7856-7

Health Ministry

estimates debate 7600-15, 7623-5, 7693-704, 7707-11, 7718, 7776-83, 7813-7, 7845-50, 7853-62, 7867

correspondence with Don Copeman on business practices in health care centres 7700-1, 7707-8

estimates process 7615, 7867

knowledge management and technology division, audit 8634-5, 8939

meetings with certified dental assistants on application for professional college 7699-700

office budget 5431-2

responsibility for health authorities 7606

staff responsible for mental health issues 7853-4

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7658, 7811-3

Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007

debate 8369

definitions 8369

Housing, residential care facilities, use of restraints on residents 7811

Hunt, Marvin, comments on TransLink governance 9283

Income tax, reductions 5662-3

Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation, implementation of report recommendations 8158-9

Information and Privacy Commissioner, recommendations for PharmaNet database 7812

Inquiries, past inquiries in B.C. and Canada 6093

Interior Health Authority

hospitals, expansion and privatization of services 7693-6

layoff and reassignment of nurses 7696-7

James, Carole

experience as foster parent 5662

position on MLA remuneration and pension 8160

Joe, Harry, comments to McKenna-McBride royal commission 8771

Johnstone, Trevor, role as chair of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority board and termination of position 7611, 7613

Kelowna General Hospital, over-capacity conditions 5321, 5663

Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry, estimates debate 5935-6

Lali, Harry, debate on electoral boundaries legislation 9354

Langley Memorial Hospital, physicians' comments on services 7434

Legislation, regulations at time of bill enactment 6632

Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8157-62

Legislature

committee system, decision-making process for terms of reference 7857

legislative sitting schedule, change 5487-90

legislative sitting schedule, night sittings 5488-9

number of seats 9354, 9526

reforms, agreement by government and opposition 5487, 5489-90

Lower mainland

ambulance services 7813-6

transit services 9285-9

Mary Manning Centre, services and government funding 9013

May, Erskine, comments on scope of estimates debate in Parliamentary Practice 8313

Medical Services Commission

investigation of health care centre operations 7701, 7708-10, 9579

investigation of health care centre operations, decision 9599-600

membership 7708

Medicare Protection Public Access Act, 2007, debate 9579

MLAs

participation in electoral boundaries review process 9524, 9526

remuneration, public response 8157-62

Motions

legislative sitting hours, debate 5487-90

Nanaimo Seniors Village, employment practices 7838

NDP, performance as government, management of health care system 7606

Nisga'a treaty

B.C. Liberal Party position 8771-2

debate in Legislature 8770-2

Nurses, workplace safety 7857

Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion, funding 8520-1

Oil and gas, company profits 7583

Oppal, Wally, sponsorship of Public Inquiry Act 6092-3

Oral questions

Audit of medical on-call availability program 5628-9

Availability of beds at Kelowna General Hospital 5321

Child protection investigations 8892-3

Children and Family Development Ministry renovations 9205-6

Closing of group homes 6213

Emergency services at Royal Columbian Hospital 5368-9

Employment practices at Nanaimo Seniors Village 7838

Employment practices at Retirement Concepts seniors facilities 8782

Employment standards for farmworkers 5899, 6071, 6155-6

Fraser Health Authority service plan 8235-6

Funding for Fraser Health Authority 5685, 7433-4

Funding of seniors health care facilities in Victoria area 8520-1

Health Minister office budget 5431-2

Health Ministry audit 8634-5, 8939

Health Ministry contract with Jonathan Burns 9151

Impact of legislation on health care workers 8449

Implementation of Hughes report recommendations on child protection 9520-1

Medical Services Commission decision on Copeman clinic 9599-600

Minimum wage 9473-4

Ministry of Children and Family Development renovation costs 9013

Staffing at seniors facilities 9366-7

Utilization of MRI machine at St. Paul's Hospital 9552-3

Petitions

consumer protection re gasoline prices 8237

Pharmacare program

budget and expenditures 7778-9

Fair Pharmacare program, issues 7776-9

ovarian cancer medication coverage 7624-5

PharmaNet database, changes 7658, 7812-3

Physicians

billing

audit report 5628-9

audit report, severed sections under freedom-of-information legislation 5628-9

billing practices, monitoring and investigation by government 7702-4

federal penalties for extra billings in B.C. 7710

referral of patients to private facilities 7783

specialists, appointment practices 7710-1

Physiotherapists, accreditation and supply in B.C. 7860

Poverty

child poverty in B.C. 5660-1

child poverty in B.C., report 9473-4

working poor 5661

Public Inquiry Act, debate 6092-4, 6173, 6182-3

Purchase, Keith

comments on issues

Fraser Health Authority budget process 7601-2

funding for Fraser Health Authority 5663, 7433

funding for Fraser Health Authority, release of letter by government 6093, 6173

termination of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority board chair Trevor Johnstone 7613

letter of resignation as chair of Fraser Health Authority, release and severing 7602

Representative for Children and Youth, role and functions 6132-4

Retail Petroleum Consumer Protection Act, 2007, debate 7583

Riverview Hospital, future of facility and grounds 7854

Royal Columbian Hospital

emergency services 5368-9

surgical services, cancellations 5685, 8236

St. Mary's Hospital, closing 5369

Seniors, issues, call for independent representative 9366-7

SkyTrain

Joyce Street station, gardens 9286-7

public safety in SkyTrain facilities and station areas 9286-7

Society, role of investment in social services 5660-1

Statements by members

Armenian genocide 7085

Diabetes 8778

Homelessness solutions proposed by Windermere Secondary students 7000-1

Times Colonist (Victoria)

editorial on electoral boundaries legislation 9525

Tobacco

legislation, enforcement 6630

NDP government's court case against tobacco companies, B.C. Liberal Party position 6217

revenues and costs to government 6219

sale of tobacco products

ban in certain public buildings 6629

limits on promotion and sale 6634

sale in pharmacies 6219, 6627-9

smoking cessation programs, access by low-income people 6217

smoking, health risks and secondhand smoke 6216-7

smoking in public places, ban 6217

smoking in public places, ban on school grounds 6629-30

smoking rooms 6216-7, 6631-2

use in B.C. 6219

use, prevention, B.C. Liberal Party position 6217-9

Tobacco Sales (Banning Tobacco and Smoking in Public Places and Schools) Amendment Act, 2007

debate 6216-9, 6627-34, 6636-7

implementation date 6631-4, 6636-7

regulations 6632

Transit services, need for expansion and investment 9288

Trutch, Joseph, comments on aboriginal rights and title 8770

Tsawwassen First Nation

traditional lands 8771

treaty, final agreement 8773-4

treaty, final agreement, land provisions 8772-3

treaty negotiation process 8771

Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act

debate 8770-4

debate in Legislature 8751

Vancouver Board of Trade, involvement in screening of TransLink board 9284

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, budget, funding and services 5663, 7609-14

Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, surgery cancellations 5663

Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

constituents, wages and working conditions, cases 8157-8, 8161

services for youth at risk 5661-2

transit services 9281, 9286-7

Wages

minimum wage 8161

minimum wage, increases 9473-4

Welfare, social programs and services, funding during B.C. Liberal Party administration 5661

Windermere Community Secondary School, homelessness solution proposals 7000-1

WorkSafe B.C., regulation of smoking in workplace, B.C. Liberal Party action 6217-9, 6632, 6637

Youth at risk, support services and youth agreements 5662

Zuberi, Dan, book on working poor 5661