Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 38th Parliament – 2008
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Ilich, Hon. Olga (Richmond Centre)

As subject
work on farmworker protection legislation (Bains) 10747
work on freedom-of-information legislation (Farnworth) 10754-5
work on Sullivan minesite issue (Macdonald) 10746
Agriculture, workers
employment standards and safety
complaints 10467-8
employment standards in B.C. 10287, 10472-3
enforcement and inspections 10464-5, 10468
government action 10286-7, 10554, 10734-5
input from stakeholders 10511
inspection of farmsites 10513
interagency compliance committee 10511-2, 10735
farm labour contractors 10910
fees 10911-4
licences 10554, 10735
monitoring 10735
housing 10464
rights 10467
seasonal and guest workers, Mexican farmworker program 10464, 10466-7
transportation regulations and vehicle inspections 10286-7, 10511-3, 10554, 10734-5, 10755, 10911-4
transportation vehicles, 15-seat passenger vans 10512
vehicle accident near Sumas 10286, 10468, 10734-5
wages 10466, 10468, 10472-3
western agricultural labour initiative 10464
Asbestos, ban on use 10478-9
Auditor General
review of alternative service delivery contracts 10588, 10592
review of joint solutions procurement process 10590
Bethel, John, position with alternative service delivery secretariat 10548
B.C. Agriculture Council, role in farmworker protection legislation 10735
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., application of freedom-of-information legislation 10544
B.C. Forest Safety Council, role 10514, 10517
B.C. Liberal Party government, budgets and throne speeches, balanced budgets 9877
Budget debate 9877-9
Cabinet's Committee for Climate Action, application of freedom-of-information legislation 10544
Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships, 2008 championship in Winnipeg, participation by B.C. athletes 11521
Carbon tax 9878
Children, employment, regulations and safety issues 10465-6
Children and Family Development Ministry, freedom-of-information requests 10545
Civil service, employees, travel, environmental impact 9870
Climate change, government action 9878
Construction industry, worker safety 10515-6
Cowburn, William, workers compensation case 10476
De Patie, Grant, death at service station 10518
Economy, current and past conditions 9877-8
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc., government contract for revenue services 10594
Education
school capital projects, retrofits of buildings 10527
school districts and boards of education, disclosure of personal information for archival or historical purposes 10735
students, common student information system 10594-5
Employment and unemployment
employment standards
changes 10473
complaint system 10463, 10471
complaints by foreign workers 10467-8
inspections 10471-2
inspectors 10464, 10910
public information 10463
youth education 10471
full-time and part-time employment 10472
job creation and unemployment rate in B.C. 9877-8
unemployment rate in B.C. 10474-5
Employment Standards Act, amendments 10470, 10554, 10734-5
Environment, environmental assessment initiative 10595
Environment Ministry, freedom-of-information requests 10529
Forests and forest industry, workers safety
regulations 10516-7
reports, implementation of recommendations 10514-5
safety component in contractor bids 10515
Forests and Range Ministry
freedom-of-information request 10546
residential tenancy branch, telecommunications system 10594
Freedom of information
legislation, report recommendations 10544, 10735, 10915
legislation changes 10554
requests for information
fees 10528
government handling 10528-9, 10545-7
government handling during NDP administration 10755
requests by environmental organizations 10529
response times 10546
transfer of requests 10735, 10915
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, amendments 10554, 10735
Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc., contract with government 10594-5
Government
buildings, green design principles 9878
buildings, use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards 9878
capital planning secretariat 10524-7, 10595-6
carbon neutrality 10595
computer systems, workplace technology services 10549-50, 10591-3
computer systems, workplace technology services, data centre 10593
human resource management system 10549-52
office space, leasing costs 10594
procurement practices
construction procurement 10596
environmental sustainability 9878-9
green procurement initiatives 10595
joint solution procurement process 10550, 10590
programs and services
alternative service delivery 10548-9
alternative service delivery, contracts 10549-52, 10588-95
alternative service delivery secretariat 10523-4, 10526-7, 10548-9, 10551, 10592-4
information, 211 service 10522-3
revenue services 10594
telecommunications system, NetWork B.C., contract 10549, 10589, 10593-4
Government agents
lease costs 10523
services 9879
Gramlich, Ted, death in forest industry accident, coroner's inquest recommendations 10514
Health care
public health surveillance system 10594-5
system, information, provincial laboratory information solution, contract 10595
system, privatization, contracts 10594-5
IBM Global Services, contract with government 10549, 10591-4
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, Philippine workers agreement 10467
Information and Privacy Commissioner
budget and funding 10528
comments on freedom-of-information legislation 10547, 10554, 10735
inquiry and review processes 10735
powers 10735
review of freedom-of-information requests by environmental organizations 10529
Kines, Lindsay, freedom-of-information request 10545
Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 10462-79, 10511-29, 10544-52, 10588-96
budget, corporate services component 10523-4
project management centre of excellence, establishment 10527
staffing, freedom-of-information staff 10527
Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10554, 10734-6, 10755, 10909-16, 10968-70
Labour climate in B.C. 9878
Labour Relations Board
annual report, 2007, tabled 13037
decisions, time line 10554, 10735-6
Labour Relations Code, amendments 10554, 10735-6
Legislature, bills, committee stage, amendments must not be outside scope of bill 10968
Maximus Inc., government contracts 10594
Mills-Diment, Eulala, comments on alternative service delivery contracts 10551
Mines and mining industry, worker safety, responsibility for mine inspections 10520-1
Murrin Construction Ltd., worker death, investigation and report content 10520
Occupational health and safety
exposure of workers to asbestos
compensation for related diseases 10476-9
education and information 10477-9
responsibilities of employers 10477, 10479
workers killed or injured on the job
government action on inquest recommendations 10287
number of deaths and injuries 10476
public information 10518-9
workplace safety regulation 10515
Parliament Buildings, replacement of outside light bulbs 9879
Pensions, legislation, changes 10475
Points of order
proposed amendment outside scope of bill 10968
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes, retrofits of buildings 10527
Privacy
disclosure of information by public agencies on contracts and third parties 10969-70
protection of personal information, disclosure 10968
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society, services 10463
Richmond Olympic Oval facility 13691
Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C., recommendations for workers compensation 10474
Service B.C.
contract 10549, 10592-3
funding 10522-3
Shared Services B.C., role and responsibilities 10592
Sinclair, Frank, death as faller in forest industry 9688
Statements by members
Richmond Olympic Oval 13691
Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, government contracts 10594-5
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics, fines 10520
Telus Corp., contract with government 10549-52, 10588-600, 10594
Tributes
B.C. wheelchair curling team 11521
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, application of freedom-of-information legislation 10544
Wages in B.C. 10469-71
Workers compensation
advisers, status as civil service employees 10476, 10554, 10736
appeals system 10476
claims 10476
compensation for injured workers
changes 10474-6
report 10474
workers aged 65 or older 10475-6, 10514
Workers Compensation Act, amendments 10554, 10736
WorkSafe B.C., 2007 annual report and 2008-10 service plan, tabled 11291
WorkSafe B.C.
fines levied against organizations 10520-1
inspectors, number 10473, 10511, 10910
promotion of workplace safety in agriculture 10473
promotion of workplace safety in construction industry 10515-6
promotion of youth workplace safety 10466
public information on worker injuries and deaths 10518-9
Youth, employment and training issues 10470-1

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