Abbotsford, B.C.
ABC Developmental Learning Centres Pty Ltd.
- Child care operations (Conroy) 10337
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
- Mackenzie mill operations, future of mill (Coleman) 12023 (Simpson, B.) 12021, 12023
Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on
- Empowerment to address first nations issues (Fraser) 12456, 12461
Aboriginal enhancement agreements See Education of first nations people
under Education
Aboriginal Forest Industries Council
- Report on first nations employment levels in forest industry See First nations involvement in industry under Forests and forest industry
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of
Aboriginals See First nations
Accenture Business Services Ltd.
Accidents
- Head and brain injuries, government support for brain-injured persons (Abbott) 10003 (Dix) 10003
- Head and brain injuries, programs and services (Abbott) 13081 (Dix) 13081
- Traffic accidents See Accidents under Automobiles
Accountability Act, 2008
ACE-IT program See Training programs, career technical training programs
under Skills training
Acid rain
- Emissions trading system to address issue (Karagianis) 11232-3 (Macdonald) 11382 (Trevena) 11379
ACT high school CPR program See Training in schools
under Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 9629
- Debate, speakers (Oppal) 9629
Action Schools B.C. initiative See Education
ActNow B.C.
- ActNow B.C. health tour (Hogg) 10224-5
- ActNow leadership council, membership (Hogg) 10227
- Initiative (Black) 11706 (Hogg) 10224 (van Dongen) 9702-3
- Outreach to multicultural communities (Oppal) 12238
- Seniors parks project See Physical activity under Seniors
ActNow B.C., Minister of State for
Acure Health Corp.
- Insurance provision, compliance with medicare legislation (Abbott) 13078 (Dix) 13078
Adair, Doug
- Volunteer accomplishments and community work (Hawes) 12029-30
Adair, Robin
- Position with WCG International Consultants Ltd. (Brar) 11258
Adams Lake, B.C.
Adoption See also Foster care
- Adoptive families (Nuraney) 13181
Adult basic education See Education
Adult guardianship See Guardianship
Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
Advanced education See Post-secondary education
Advanced Education, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Research and Technology
- 2007-08 Supplementary estimates
- Estimates
- debate 10916-39, 10994-1020, 11035-47
- speakers (Bains) 10925-7 (Coell) 10916-7, 10919-39, 10994-1020, 11036-47 (Fleming) 10917-25, 10927-39, 10994-9, 11004-7, 11010-20, 11038-47 (Fraser) 11007-9 (Ralston) 11012-3, 11036-8 (Simpson, B.) 10999-1002 (Trevena) 11009-10 (Wyse) 11002-4
- Accomplishments (Coell) 11044
- Budget (Coell) 10998, 11019-20, 11038-40, 11042, 12601-2 (Fleming) 10994, 11018-20, 11039-40, 11042-3 (Lee) 10164
- Budget, additional funds for research and development (Coell) 10004-6 (Fleming) 10202-4 (Robertson) 10004-6
- Minister's accountability and action re funding issues (Coell) 11044 (Dix) 10724 (Fleming) 11043
- Performance measurement (Fleming) 11047
- Role, research and development initiatives (Coell) 10006 (Robertson) 10006
- Service plan (Coell) 11047
Advertising
Advocacy groups See Interest groups
under Lobbyists
Advocis See Financial Advisors Association of Canada
Africa
- Health care services (Macdonald) 11688
Aga Khan
- 50th anniversary as Islamic spiritual leader and visit to Vancouver (Nuraney) 13317
Aga Khan Foundation
- Fundraising event (Nuraney) 12883
Agencies See Agencies, boards and commissions
under Government
Aggregate industry See Mines and mining industry
Aging See Seniors
Agreement on internal trade See Canada
Agricultural Land Commission
- Decisions
- Investigation into land development agreement involving John Les See Les, Hon. John in Members Index
- Mandate, review (Bell) 11108 (Sather) 11108
Agricultural land reserve
- Government policies (Simpson, B.) 11228
- Regulations, compliance and enforcement (Bell) 10965 (Krog) 10889, 10965
- Regulations for Metro Vancouver lands See Green zone and agricultural land reserve areas under Metro Vancouver
- Removal of land from reserve, call for discontinuation (Evans) 12243-5
- Review (Bell) 11108 (Bennett) 12244 (Sather) 11108
- Use for biofuel production (Neufeld) 11501 (Robertson) 11500 (Sather) 11074
Agriculture See also Food; Food industry
- Agriculture organizations, funding and government support (Evans) 11153
- Committee on agriculture policy See Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture
- Crop insurance See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers below under this main heading
- Crop production for biofuel industry See Biofuel production under Fuel; Use for biofuel production under Agricultural land reserve
- Direct marketing and farmers markets
- direct marketing and farmers markets (Bell) 11160-1 (Robertson) 11160-1
- farm-gate meat sales and new regulations See Meat-processing regulations under Food industry
- farm-gate sales of eggs See also Egg sales under Food industry
- farm-gate sales of eggs, petition tabled (Krog) 12973
- Emissions, reduction See Reduction under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Equipment, sales tax exemptions See Tax on all-terrain vehicles under Sales tax
- Extension services (Bell) 11102, 11111
- Fairs and festivals (Horgan) 11190
- Family farms (Bell) 9954-5
- Farm labour contractors See Workers below under this main heading
- Farm status
- farm assessment review panel See Farm status, property assessments, review panel below under this main heading
- fuel tax rates, legislation See Motor Fuel Tax Act
- impact of meat regulations See Meat-processing regulations under Food industry
- legislative definition (Ralston) 10702 (Taylor) 10702
- Farm status, property assessments See also Farm assessment practices under British Columbia Assessment
- Farmers, development and training (Bell) 11102 (Routley) 11102
- Farm-gate sales See Direct marketing and farmers markets above under this main heading
- Farmland
- appropriate use of land (Bell) 11203-4 (Simpson, B.) 11203-4
- cost (Evans) 10168
- dumping of waste and use as landfills See Landfills on farmland under Waste management
- protection See also Agricultural land reserve
- relationship to food security See Food security under Food
- split classification taxation issue See Farm status, property assessments above under this main heading
- valuation, impact of land speculation (Bell) 11107 (Bennett) 12244 (Evans) 12243 (Sather) 11108
- Farmworkers See Workers below under this main heading
- Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers See also AgriStability program
- meat transition assistance program See Meat-processing regulations, government assistance under Food industry
- wildlife mitigation and compensation program (Bell) 11172 (Bennett) 9946 (Lekstrom) 9862 (Simons) 11171-2
- First nations involvement in industry (Bell) 9955
- Food production See Food
- Government initiatives (Roddick) 10026
- Government plan (Bell) 9954-5, 11085, 11162-4 (Evans) 10166, 11156-7 (Lekstrom) 9862, 9871 (Robertson) 11163-4 (Roddick) 9789-90, 10025 (Rustad) 9847-8 (Throne speech) 9628
- Government plan, industry response in Cariboo area See Cariboo area
- Government support (Evans) 10165 (Simpson, B.) 9842
- Government support during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Bennett) 12244-5
- Greenhouse sector (Bell) 10288
- Hand-harvest sector, issues (Puchmayr) 10462, 10466, 10513, 10736, 10738-40
- Industry in B.C. (Bell) 11166-7 (Evans) 12972 (Lekstrom) 11059-60 (Wyse) 9941, 13267
- Labour See Workers below under this main heading
- Livestock See Livestock industry
- Promotion of B.C. products See also Buy B.C. program; Direct marketing and farmers markets above under this main heading; Locally grown food under Food
- Regulatory process (Bell) 11102 (Routley) 11102
- Subsidies (Evans) 10166-7
- Tourism See Agritourism under Tourism
- Urban agriculture, government support (Bell) 11162 (Robertson) 11161-2
- Wood-fired boilers, emissions reduction See Reduction, agriculture industry under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Wood-fired boilers, policy and legislation (Gentner) 11241-3, 11291-2
- Workers
- deaths (Chouhan) 10741-2
- employment standards and safety See Workers, employment standards and safety below under this main heading
- employment standards for guest workers See seasonal and guest workers below under this subheading
- foreign workers See seasonal and guest workers below under this subheading
- housing (Ilich) 10464 (Puchmayr) 10463-4
- labour contractors See Workers, farm labour contractors below under this main heading
- protection, legislation See Farm Workers Fairness Act, 2008; Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
- rights (Ilich) 10467 (Puchmayr) 10467
- rights, work of organizations (Bains) 10747-8 (Brar) 10743-4
- safety (Puchmayr) 10556-7 (Roddick) 10341
- seasonal and guest workers (Puchmayr) 9699-700
- seasonal and guest workers, housing (Bell) 11170-1 (Gentner) 11170-1
- seasonal and guest workers, Mexican farmworker program (Bell) 10288, 11102 (Chouhan) 10742 (Evans) 10287-8 (Ilich) 10464, 10466-7 (Puchmayr) 10463-4, 10466-7, 10738-9
- supply (Bell) 10288
- transportation regulations and vehicle inspections (Bains) 10748 (Chouhan) 10742 (Dix) 10750 (Ilich) 10286-7, 10511-3, 10554, 10734-5, 10755, 10911-4 (James) 10286-7 (Puchmayr) 10462, 10511-3, 10739, 10910-4
- transportation vehicles, 15-seat passenger vans (Ilich) 10512 (Puchmayr) 10512
- wages (Chouhan) 10468 (Dix) 10750 (Ilich) 10466, 10468, 10472-3 (Puchmayr) 10462-3, 10466, 10472-3, 13028
- western agricultural labour initiative (Ilich) 10464 (Puchmayr) 10464
- work (Bains) 10747-8 (Brar) 10743
- workers on income assistance See Recipients under Income assistance
- Workers, employment standards and safety See also Workers, transportation regulations and vehicle inspections above under this main heading
- Workers, farm labour contractors
- Workers, vehicle accident in 2003, government action on coroner's report and Workers Compensation Board recommendations (James) 10286
- Workers, vehicle accident near Sumas (Chouhan) 10287, 10468 (Ilich) 10286, 10468, 10734 (James) 10284-6 (Oppal) 10287
Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 11085-111, 11151-78, 11193-204
- speakers (Austin) 11172-8 (Bains) 11105-7 (Bell) 11085-111, 11151-78, 11193-204 (Brar) 11104-5 (Coons) 11090-1, 11199-200 (Evans) 11085-95, 11097-100, 11103-4, 11109-11, 11151-3, 11155-9, 11172 (Farnworth) 11170 (Fraser) 11154-5, 11197-99 (Gentner) 11170-1 (Macdonald) 11093 (Robertson) 11159-65 (Routley) 11101-2 (Sather) 11107-9, 11193-97 (Simons) 11095-8, 11171-2 (Simpson, B.) 11165-70, 11201-4 (Simpson, S.) 11201 (Wyse) 11088-9
- Accomplishments (Bell) 11085
- Corporate knowledge and staff succession (Bell) 11152 (Evans) 11152
- Cranbrook office, staff commended (Bell) 11155 (Evans) 11155
- Funding as percentage of agriculture gross domestic product (Evans) 10165-8
- Funding as percentage of provincial budget (Evans) 10165-7
- Integrated land management bureau See Integrated land management bureau
- Nelson office, land use planning staff (Evans) 11172
- Relationship with provincial health officers (Bell) 11099 (Evans) 11098-9
- Relationship with veterinary association See British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association
- Report, B.C.'s Food Self-Reliance See Food security, self-sufficiency issue under Food
- Role (Bell) 11111 (Evans) 11089-90, 11109-11
- Staffing levels (Evans) 10165
Agriculture Safety Awareness Week
- Awareness campaign (Roddick) 10341
AgriStability program
- Changes to farmer assistance program (Bell) 11102
Agritourism See Tourism
Ahousat, B.C.
- Access to services and supplies, impact of fuel costs (de Jong) 12465 (Fraser) 12465-6
- Conditions of on-reserve housing (Fraser) 12463-4
- Economic development and employment (Fraser) 12464
- Services for disabled child (Fraser) 12462
- Transportation infrastructure and issues (de Jong) 12464 (Fraser) 12464
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Global action (Krog) 12814-5
- Health information, privacy issues (Dix) 12157
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.
- Forest licence (Simpson, B.) 11992-3
Air
Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Cap-and-trade system
- allocation vs. auction of compliance units (Penner) 12995-3001 (Robertson) 12995-3001 (Simpson, S.) 11140, 12833
- appeals (Penner) 12625, 13058-9 (Simpson, S.) 13058-9
- caps (Penner) 12833 (Simpson, S.) 11139, 12833-4
- compliance units (Penner) 11137, 12626, 12830-2, 12835-7, 12841, 13001-4, 13049-57 (Robertson) 13001-4 (Simpson, S.) 12626, 12830-1, 12835-7, 12841, 13051-7
- compliance units tracking system (Penner) 13057 (Simpson, S.) 13057
- emissions monitoring and reporting See also Data collection below under this main heading
- emissions reduction projects (Penner) 12624-5, 13002-3, 13049-53 (Robertson) 13002 (Simpson, S.) 12624-5, 13049-53
- exemptions (Karagianis) 11353-4
- impact on industry (Austin) 11342 (Macdonald) 11382-3 (Puchmayr) 11297 (Ralston) 11349 (Routley) 11225, 11227 (Sather) 11215-6 (Simpson, B.) 11230-1 (Trevena) 11380
- implementation (Penner) 12624 (Simpson, S.) 12624
- inspectors (Penner) 12834-5, 12837-8 (Simpson, S.) 12834-5, 12837-8
- legislation See also Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act
- legislation and regulation (Penner) 12780 (Simpson, S.) 12779-80
- NDP position (Penner) 11385-6, 13001 (Simpson, S.) 11148, 12707
- offsets See compliance units; emissions reduction projects above under this subheading
- penalties and offences (Penner) 11137, 12625, 13058-60 (Simpson, S.) 11141, 12625, 13057-60
- public consultation and information (Austin) 11342-5 (Bains) 11308, 11310-1 (Coons) 11345-9 (Dix) 11316-9, 11341-2 (Fraser) 11304-8 (Gentner) 11241-2, 11291 (Horgan) 11236-40 (James) 11376, 11378-9 (Karagianis) 11233-5, 11353-5 (Krog) 11312-5 (Macdonald) 11218-21, 11382-5 (Penner) 12833 (Puchmayr) 11296-7 (Ralston) 11349-52 (Robertson) 11221-4 (Routley) 11225-7 (Sather) 11215-7 (Simons) 11240-1 (Simpson, B.) 11228-31 (Simpson, S.) 11138, 11146-8, 12832 (Thorne) 11298-300 (Trevena) 11301-4, 11379-82 (Wyse) 11293-5
- regulated operators (Penner) 12836-7 (Simpson, S.) 12836-7
- scope and thresholds (Simpson, S.) 11139-41
- system (Karagianis) 9765-6, 11231-3 (Penner) 10884, 11136-7, 12623, 12831-2 (Puchmayr) 9698 (Simpson, S.) 11139, 11141, 11144-5, 11150, 12623, 12711, 12831 (Throne speech) 9623
- system for emissions causing acid rain See Acid rain
- Data collection and modelling (Penner) 12777-8 (Simpson, S.) 12777-8
- Data collection, reports (Penner) 12668, 12841 (Simpson, S.) 12668
- Emissions from air travel (Simpson, S.) 12276
- Emissions from automobiles
- Emissions from bioenergy (Neufeld) 12495-6 (Simpson, B.) 12495-6
- Emissions from industry (Sather) 11215
- Emissions from landfills (Penner) 12271, 12664-6 (Simpson, S.) 12664
- Emissions from pulp and paper sector (Simpson, B.) 11230-1
- Emissions from run-of-the-river power projects (Horgan) 10796-7
- Emissions from transportation (Falcon) 10376, 11339
- Emissions from waste management facilities, regulation (Fleming) 11822
- Emissions levels in B.C. (Krog) 10060 (Taylor) 12705
- Emissions trading systems, cap-and-trade system See Cap-and-trade system above under this main heading
- Emissions trading systems, system for emissions causing acid rain See Acid rain
- Equivalence agreements with federal government on regulation of emissions (Penner) 11137, 12625-6
- Reduction
- agriculture industry (Bell) 9954 (Gentner) 11241-2
- automobiles (Chudnovsky) 12444-5 (Penner) 11704, 12432-3 (Simpson, S.) 9678, 12435, 12437-8 (Taylor) 9798
- carbon-neutral initiatives See Carbon; particular sectors
- coal-fired power plants (Horgan) 12279-80 (Penner) 12271, 12666-8 (Simpson, S.) 12272-3, 12277, 12666-9
- coal-fired power plants, legislation See Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
- electricity sector (Horgan) 12278-9, 12281-2 (Penner) 12271, 12285-7, 12667-70 (Simpson, S.) 12272-8, 12667-70
- electricity sector, legislation See Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
- fuel sector See Reduction, low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements below under this main heading
- government action (Robertson) 10143
- government initiatives (Bennett) 9944 (Black) 9884 (Chong) 9897-8 (Nuraney) 9695 (Penner) 12769-70 (Simpson, S.) 11139, 11149-50 (Taylor) 9798, 10168-70 (Throne speech) 9624
- government initiatives, impacts (Simpson, S.) 11150
- government initiatives, NDP position (Horgan) 11505 (Neufeld) 11134-5, 11495-8, 11503, 11532 (Penner) 12268-9, 12285-6, 12998-9, 13001 (Robertson) 11532
- government plan (Lali) 9782
- impact of carbon tax See Impact on greenhouse gas emissions under Carbon tax
- industries and sectors (Penner) 11521-2, 12270-1, 12777-8 (Simpson, S.) 12272-6, 12711, 12777-8 (Trevena) 11303-4, 12284
- industries and sectors, regulation system See Cap-and-trade system above under this main heading
- legislation See Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act; Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008; Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act; Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Vehicle Emissions Standards) Act
- local government initiatives See Green design and planning, requirements under Government – Local government
- low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements (Horgan) 11032-3, 11501-2, 11505-6, 11530, 11533-5 (Karagianis) 11061, 11132-3, 11503-5 (Neufeld) 10693, 11032, 11135, 11494-6, 11499-500, 11502-3, 11505-6, 11530, 11533-5 (Robertson) 11079, 11082, 11498-500, 11505, 11530, 11532 (Sather) 11072 (Simpson, B.) 11126-7 (Trevena) 11068
- low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements, legislation See Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act
- market-based regulation system See Cap-and-trade system above under this main heading
- NDP framework plan See Climate change
- oil and gas sector (Gentner) 10066 (Horgan) 11389-90, 11392, 12280, 12564-5 (Neufeld) 12564-5 (Penner) 9992, 9994 (Robertson) 11392-3, 12565 (Simpson, S.) 9994, 12275, 12277 (Trevena) 12284
- public consultation and debate (Simpson, S.) 12710, 12712
- pulp and paper industry (Penner) 9990
- reduction (Hayer) 10062
- reduction during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Horgan) 11501
- reduction during NDP administration (Penner) 10813
- reporting (Simpson, S.) 12276-7, 12667-8
- role of government transit strategy (Fleming) 9833
- role of local government and regional districts (Gentner) 11241-2, 11291-3
- shipping and trucking industries (Taylor) 9798 (Thorpe) 9904
- targets (Penner) 11704, 12775 (Throne speech) 9623
- tax incentives (Taylor) 10172
- tax initiative See Carbon tax
- vessel emissions while in port (Coons) 10011-2
- waste management sector (Penner) 12271, 12664-6 (Simpson, S.) 12277, 12664-6
- waste management sector, legislation See Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
- Registry, emissions reporting (Penner) 12839 (Robertson) 12839
- Registry, participation (Penner) 12776, 13057
Air India bombing See Terrorism
Airports
- Airport authorities, ownership (Ralston) 12613
Alberni Valley
- Forest industry in area
- forest practices (Fraser) 12185-6
- impact of forest practices on drinking water supply (Fraser) 9749
- removal of private lands from tree farm licences (Fraser) 12076, 13641
- report recommendations and implementation (Coleman) 12077 (Fraser) 12076-7
- workers (Fraser) 12078-9
- Visit by Forests Minister (Coleman) 12076 (Fraser) 12076
Alberni Valley Visitor Centre, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Replacement project (Fraser) 9982
Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area
- Caves in area, protection (Fraser) 12720
- Communities in area, impact of carbon tax and participation in climate action charter (Chong) 11835 (Fraser) 11835
- Forest industry in area See Alberni Valley
- Hamilton Marsh wetland protection (Fraser) 12722-4 (Penner) 12722-3, 12726
- Hamilton Marsh wetland protection, petition tabled (Fraser) 9870
- Health and mental health care facilities (Fraser) 13283, 13641-2
- Health care issues (Fraser) 9748
- Highways and roads, alternative route to Port Alberni See Qualicum–Port Alberni section under Highway 4
- Qualicum Beach–Parksville area See Oceanside area under Vancouver Island
Alberta
- 2008 provincial election, voter participation (Krog) 10258 (Macdonald) 10231
- Apprenticeship system (Puchmayr) 10474
- Economy (Krueger) 13686
- Labour mobility agreement with B.C. See Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement
- Oil and gas emissions reduction (Neufeld) 12565
- Participation in emissions reduction initiatives (Karagianis) 11234
- Power supply (Macdonald) 10800 (Penner) 10813
- Work with B.C. on consumer protection issues re insurance (Taylor) 11772
Albo, Al and Fanny
- Couple's separation in health care facilities (Conroy) 11845
Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.)
Alcohol
Alert Bay Elementary School, Alert Bay, B.C.
Alliance for Arts
- Comments on government funding for arts (Black) 9886-7
Allison Harbour Marine Park
- Establishment (Penner) 12425
Alouette Home Start Society
Altus Group Ltd.
- Position on property assessment changes for 2009 taxation year (Ralston) 13392
Aluminum industry
- Exemption from carbon tax See Exemption for aluminum industry under Carbon tax
Amazay Lake See Duncan Lake (Amazay Lake)
Ambulance service
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Report on cap-and-trade system to address emissions causing acid rain (Karagianis) 11232-3
American Journal of Public Health
- Report on nurse practitioners (Dix) 12100
American Sign Language See Hearing impairment
Anderson, David
- Position on oil tankers in coastal waters (Dix) 11395
Animals See also Wildlife
- Alien species See Exotic species below under this main heading
- Animals causing human death or injury, cases (Penner) 12481-2
- Death from ingestion of ethylene glycol antifreeze See also Ban on ethylene glycol antifreeze under Safety
- Exotic species, regulation (Horgan) 12581-2 (Macdonald) 12578-9 (Penner) 12481-2 (Simpson, S.) 12576 (Wyse) 12577
- Importance of animals and pets (Krog) 10357-8
- Livestock See Livestock industry
- Native wildlife See Wildlife
- Prevention of cruelty to animals
- Protection regulations
- Servals, designation as controlled species (Macdonald) 12578
Anthony, Susan
- Experience as cancer patient needing surgery (Abbott) 12635 (Chouhan) 12635
Anti SLAPP Act, 2008
- (Bill M212) (Krog) 1R, 12501
- Debate, speakers (Krog) 12501
Antifreeze
- Ban See Ban on ethylene glycol antifreeze under Safety
Antoine, Leonard
Antoniak, Annette
- Role in Olympic secretariat and on VANOC finance committee (Simpson, S.) 13437
The Anvil condominium development See New Westminster, B.C.
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture
- Aquaculture plan See Government consultation and planning below under this main heading
- Certification of products (Penner) 12781, 12783 (Simpson, S.) 12781
- Fish farms
- closed-containment systems (Austin) 11175-6 (Bell) 11175-6
- government policy (Fraser) 10890
- impact on wild salmon stocks (Austin) 9795 (Coons) 10013
- licences on north and central coasts (Austin) 11172-3 (Bell) 11173
- management and carrying capacity of sites (Austin) 11177-8 (Bell) 11177-8
- use of SLICE pesticide for sea lice infestations (Fraser) 10290
- Government consultation and planning (Austin) 11178 (Bell) 9795, 10290-1, 10890, 11174, 11178
- Industry in B.C., management and monitoring (Austin) 11174-5 (Bell) 11174-5
- Public consultation, government action See Recommendations, implementation under Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on
- Shellfish aquaculture, scallop farm in Georgia Strait See Island Scallops Ltd.
A.R. Lord Elementary See Dr. A.R. Lord Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
Aramark Corp.
- Cleaning services contract (Abbott) 10081
Arbour Day
- Events in B.C. (Polak) 11707
Architects
Architects Act
Armed forces See also War
Arrow Lakes
Arthritis
Arts and culture See also Heritage sites
- Arts councils in B.C. (Macdonald) 10786
- Benefits and government support (Mayencourt) 11927-9
- Endowment fund (Hagen) 9995-8 (Horgan) 10181, 10652 (Macdonald) 9995-8 (Ralston) 10650-3, 10730 (Robertson) 10184 (Taylor) 9803, 10172, 10651-3, 10730-1
- Government investment (Black) 9886-7, 11188-9 (Bloy) 10045 (de Jong) 9869 (Falcon) 10219-20 (Hagen) 9998-10000 (Lee) 10163 (Lekstrom) 9862 (Macdonald) 9998-10000, 10033 (McIntyre) 10053-4 (Nuraney) 10040 (Simpson, B.) 9838-9 (Taylor) 9801-2 (Throne speech) 9628 (Yap) 9820
- Government support and role in society (Evans) 11928-9 (Horgan) 10181, 10652 (Ralston) 10173
- Literature, Canadian poetry (Krog) 10718-9
- Museums See Museums
Arts Council See British Columbia Arts Council
Arts Council Act
Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Work of centre (Sather) 12349
Asbestos
Ashcroft, B.C.
- Physician services in area, petitions tabled (Wyse) 13215
Ashlu Creek
Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd.
- Potential transfer of forest tenure (Coleman) 12020 (Simpson, B.) 12020-1
Asian Canadians
- Celebration of lunar new year and history in B.C. (Lee) 13584-5
- Filipinos, violence against Filipino women in Canada (Chouhan) 13208-9
- South Asians, contributions of Indo-Canadian community to Cariboo area (Wyse) 12797
Asian Heritage Month
Asia-Pacific gateway strategy See Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation; Role as gateway to Asia Pacific
under British Columbia
Asia-Pacific initiative See Trade between B.C. and Asia
under Exports and imports
Asia-Pacific region
- B.C. role as gateway to Asia Pacific See Role as gateway to Asia Pacific under British Columbia
- Cultural and economic links with B.C., government support (Hayer) 10063 (Nuraney) 10038
- Economic links with B.C. (Lee) 13271
- Trade with B.C. See Trade between B.C. and Asia under Exports and imports
ASPECT See Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training
Assessment Act
Assessment Authority of British Columbia See British Columbia Assessment
Assisted-living facilities, services, etc. See Facilities
under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Housing – Residential care facilities
Association of International Medical Doctors
- Comments on health care initiatives in B.C. (Bloy) 9776-7
Association of Professional Biologists of British Columbia
- Comments on species-at-risk legislation (Simpson, S.) 12571
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
- Ability to make specialist designations See also Architects; Engineers
- Sea to Sky branch, engineering competition awards (Sultan) 10285-6
Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training See also British Columbia Career and Workforce Development Alliance
- Employment training (Brar) 11325
- Meetings with Employment and Income Assistance Ministry (Richmond) 11325
Atchison, Jennifer
- Environmental conservation work (Bloy) 10634
Atlin, B.C.
- Hunting in area (MacKay) 10329
Attalla, Paul
- Participation in Atlantic Rowing Race (Bennett) 9789
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism
- Estimates
- Business plan, multiculturalism initiatives (Chouhan) 12237 (Oppal) 12237-8
- Cross-ministry initiatives, programs for immigrant children and families (Chouhan) 12309 (Christensen) 12309
- Deputy Attorney General, letter to Leonard Krog on document disclosure in Basi-Virk court case (Oppal) 10437
- Role of Attorney General (Oppal) 12094 (Ralston) 11969, 12094-5
Auditor General
- Consultation on public debt reporting requirements (Farnworth) 13727 (Hansen) 13727 (Ralston) 13727
- Letter on review of ICBC research and training facility tabled (van Dongen) 12889
- Oversight of government fiscal practices (Ralston) 9968 (Taylor) 9968
- Oversight of Olympic Games See Reports and reviews, report on Olympic Games cost estimates below under this main heading; Costs and funding, review by Auditor General under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- Reports and reviews
- recommendations on government financial reporting practices (Ralston) 11921, 13571 (Taylor) 11921
- report and recommendations on alternative service delivery contracts (Ilich) 10588, 10592 (Ralston) 10588, 10592, 11919-21 (Taylor) 11919-21
- report and recommendations on alternative service delivery contracts and e-health systems (Dix) 12164-5
- report on aboriginal child protection services (Christensen) 12032-3 (Fraser) 12033 (Karagianis) 12032-3 (Simons) 12031-2
- report on B.C. treaty process (de Jong) 10541 (Fraser) 10491, 10541, 12459-60
- report on casinos (Krog) 12658, 12736 (van Dongen) 12736-7, 13100, 13105, 13107
- report on casinos, implementation of recommendations (Farnworth) 12658
- report on ferry system restructuring (Coons) 10847-8, 10850 (Falcon) 10848-9
- report on forest worker safety (Coleman) 12077 (Fraser) 9720-1, 12077
- report on literacy in B.C. and government initiatives (Bond) 11586-7 (Cubberley) 9874-5, 9909 (Fleming) 11586-7 (Krog) 9661 (Polak) 9908
- report on Olympic Games cost estimates (2006) (Coons) 13520 (Hansen) 13428 (Ralston) 13420 (Simpson, S.) 13439-40
- review of industrial emissions reporting (Penner) 12838 (Simpson, S.) 12837-8
- review of joint solutions procurement process (Ilich) 10590 (Ralston) 10590-1
- review of Partnerships B.C.'s report on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project See Report on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project, review by Auditor General under Partnerships British Columbia
- review of Western Forest Products private land release See Western Forest Products Inc.
- Reports tabled
- 2007-08 annual report (Speaker) 13159
- 2007-08 report No. 7, Improving Financial Reporting for British Columbians: Report on the 2006/07 Public Accounts (Speaker) 10613
- 2007-08 report No. 8, Managing Access to the Corrections Case Management System (Speaker) 10613
- 2008-09 report No. 1, An Audit of Joint Solution Procurement and the Revenue Management Project (Speaker) 11609
- 2008-09 report No. 2, Strengthening Accountability in British Columbia (Speaker) 11774
- 2008-09 report No. 3, Management of Aboriginal Child Protection Services (Speaker) 12003
- 2008-09 report No. 4, Managing Government's Payment Processing (Speaker) 12153
- 2008-09 report No. 5, Removing Private Land from Tree Farm Licences 6, 19 & 25: Protecting the Public Interest? (Speaker) 13159
- 2008-09 report No. 6, Interior Health Authority: Working to Improve Access to Surgical Services (Speaker) 13159
- 2008-09 report No. 7, Home and Community Care Services: Meeting Needs and Preparing for the Future (Speaker) 13159
- 2008-09 report No. 8, Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports (Speaker) 13159
- 2008-09 report No. 9, Observations on Financial Reporting: Audit Findings Report on 2007-08 Summary Financial Statements (Speaker) 13159
- 2008-09 report No. 10, A Major Renovation: Trades Training in British Columbia (Speaker) 13329
- 2008-09 report No. 11, Public Participation: Principles and Best Practices for British Columbia (Speaker) 13357
- 2008-09 report No. 12, Planning for School Seismic Safety (Speaker) 13557
- 2008-09 report No. 13, Public Sector Governance: A Guide to the Principles of Good Practice and How Are We Doing? The Public Reporting of Performance Measures in British Columbia (Speaker) 13557
- Grant Administration of the B.C. Arts Council; 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games (Speaker) 13557
- service plan, 2010-2011 (Speaker) 13159
Australia
- Child care system (Trevena) 10330
Autism
Automobiles
- Accidents (Rustad) 9806, 9914-7 (van Dongen) 13151-2
- Accidents, reporting requirements for drivers (Oppal) 12471
- Animals left in vehicles See Protection regulations under Animals
- Antifreeze, safety See Ban on ethylene glycol antifreeze under Safety
- Automobile industry, diesel mechanics apprenticeships (Hansen) 11695
- Booster seats, government distribution (Reid) 12342-3 (Trevena) 12342-3
- Car share cooperatives, taxation (Horgan) 10180 (Ralston) 10178, 10729, 10731 (Robertson) 10396-7 (Taylor) 10729, 10731
- Commercial passenger vehicles, requirements (Oppal) 12372
- Commercial vehicles, permits (van Dongen) 11401
- Commercial vehicles, taxation on vehicles with cross-jurisdictional use (Brar) 10908-9 (Thorpe) 10908-9
- Drivers, cell phone use (Rustad) 9806
- Driver's licences, enhancement and security (Krog) 12476 (Oppal) 12470
- Driver's licences, name-change notification requirements (Karagianis) 11460 (van Dongen) 11402, 11460
- Electric vehicles See also Hybrid vehicles below under this main heading
- Electronic stability control See Safety technology below under this main heading
- Emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Emissions, low-emission vehicles See Electric vehicles; Hybrid vehicles; Vehicle efficiency under this main heading
- Fuel efficiency See Vehicle efficiency below under this main heading
- Hybrid vehicles See also Electric vehicles above under this main heading
- Insurance on low-horsepower vehicle, Campbell River case (Horgan) 10180-1
- Insurance rates (Les) 9738
- Insurance rates, increases (Lali) 9737-8, 9950
- Insurance rates, increases, government action re impact on seniors (Farnworth) 13151 (van Dongen) 13151
- Licensing, changes (van Dongen) 11401-2
- Motorcycles See Motorcycles
- Number and use in B.C. (Simpson, S.) 12437
- Passenger vans, use by agriculture sector See Workers, transportation vehicles under Agriculture
- Passenger vans, use by schools See Transportation under Education – Schools
- Photo radar, B.C. Liberal Party position (Falcon) 10772
- Safety, child health and safety initiatives (McIntyre) 9648
- Safety technology, electronic stability control (Farnworth) 13151 (Karagianis) 9915-6 (Lali) 13151-3 (Rustad) 9915-7, 10019
- Smoking in vehicles, ban in vehicles carrying children See Smoking ban in vehicles carrying children under Tobacco
- Taxation
- application to fuel-efficient and high-priced vehicles (Robertson) 10391-2 (Thorpe) 10391-2
- exemption for all-terrain vehicles for farm use (Lekstrom) 9861 (Thorpe) 9904
- exemption for fuel-efficient vehicles (Horgan) 10180
- passenger vehicle rental tax (Ralston) 10178, 10729
- taxation of car share cooperatives See Car share cooperatives above under this main heading
- taxation of commercial vehicles See Commercial vehicles above under this main heading
- vehicles brought into B.C. (Ralston) 10729 (Taylor) 10729
- Towing dollies, registration number plate requirements (Karagianis) 11459-60 (van Dongen) 11459-60
- Traffic fines, return of revenues to local governments See Funding of police services under Police and policing; Revenues under Government – Local government
- Traffic safety, street racing, forfeiture of vehicles See Forfeiture of proceeds of crime, vehicles under Crime and criminals
- Trailers, licences and permits (de Jong) 11207 (Karagianis) 11458-9 (van Dongen) 11401, 11458-9
- Trailers, licences and permits, legislation See Public Safety and Solicitor General (Gift Card Certainty) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
- Vehicle efficiency, government incentives (Penner) 11385 (Taylor) 9798, 10170 (Throne speech) 9624
- Vehicle efficiency, Scrap-It program (Penner) 9974, 9994-5, 11385 (Simpson, S.) 9994
Avison, Don
- Position on pharmaceutical task force (Gentner) 10068-9
Ayre Manor Lodge, Sooke, B.C.
- Opening of facility (Horgan) 13316-7
Aziz, Ahmed Tariq
- Physician credentialling and immigration issues (Abbott) 12648-9 (Simpson, B.) 12648-9