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

Habitat Acquisition Trust

Urban forest stewardship initiative (Horgan) 13030
Habitat for Humanity

Property transfer tax legislation (Ralston) 10728 (Taylor) 10728
Habitat protection See Wildlife
Haida Gwaii See Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
Haida Gwaii land and resource management plan

Establishment of conservancies (Penner) 12424
Haida Heritage Centre, Skidegate, B.C.

Opening of cultural centre and museum (Coons) 12967
Haida Nation

Relationship with government (Bell) 9955-6
Haig-Brown, Ann Elmore

Community work and legacy (Trevena) 11706
Haig-Brown, Roderick

Accomplishments and legacy (Trevena) 9805-6
Haig-Brown Institute

Work on conservation and watershed management issues (Trevena) 9805-6
Haisla First Nation

Chief See Wilson, Steve
Economic development, government role (Campbell) 10194 (Neufeld) 10140-1, 10193
Hereditary chiefs, letter re B.C. Utilities Commission hearing issue (Austin) 10234 (Horgan) 10235
Involvement in oil and gas pipeline projects (Horgan) 12557 (Neufeld) 12557-8
Halalt First Nation

Consultation on wells on Chemainus River aquifer (de Jong) 12467-8 (Routley) 12466, 12468
Hall, Emmett M.

Comments on public health care system (Cubberley) 11805
Hall, Robert

Death (James) 10432
Hamilton Marsh wetland See Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area
Hammond cedar mill See International Forest Products Inc.
Hansard

Use in interpretation of legislation (Ralston) 11726
Harbour View Child Care Inc., Vancouver, B.C.

Funding (Reid) 12336 (Trevena) 12336
Harbours See particular ports; Ports
Harmac mill See Pope and Talbot Inc.
Harper, Stephen

Approach to governing (Sather) 13624
Meetings with Premier Gordon Campbell (James) 12962
Harrison Lake

Hydroelectric power projects in area See Hydroelectric power projects under Cloudworks Energy Inc.
Hartley Bay, B.C.

Hydroelectric project proposal for area (Penner) 12731
Power supply (Penner) 9992-3
Hastings Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

100th anniversary (Simpson, S.) 11209
Hatlen, Kathie

Death (Reid) 13371
Hayden, Dana

Work as temporary chief executive officer of B.C. Lottery Corporation (Campbell) 12926-7 (James) 12926-7
Hazardous products

Hazardous spills See Emergencies
Hazardous waste See Waste management
Labelling for toxins in products (Penner) 10891 (Robertson) 10891, 12263
Reduction and control of toxic substances, legislation See Toxics Reduction Act, 2008
Registry of toxic substances and genetically engineered foods (Robertson) 12263
Toxins
biomonitoring of population (Penner) 12786 (Robertson) 12263, 12786
regulation (Penner) 10891, 12785-6 (Robertson) 12262-3, 12785-6
regulation, petition tabled (Robertson) 13122
Head and brain injuries See Accidents
Head shops See Retail sale of pipes and drug paraphernalia under Substance abuse and addiction
Health

Complementary medicine See particular therapies and professions
Continuing care See Health – Continuing and long-term care
Diseases See Disease; particular conditions
Facilities See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
Funding for health care See Health – Health care funding
Health authorities See Health – Health authorities
Health care system See Health – Health care system
Health literacy (Hogg) 10223
Health professionals See Health – Health care system; particular professions
Hospice care See Hospice and palliative care
Insurance See also Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
Insurance, cost (Bains) 11797
Insurance, private insurance (Lali) 11851 (Trevena) 11719 (Wyse) 11724
Legislation during current and past parliaments (Dix) 12008
Maternity and pregnancy, role of midwives See Midwives
Medical health officers See Public health officials under Health – Public health
Mental health services See Mental health
Personal responsibility (Dix) 12007
Preventive health care See also Preventive treatment under Health – Public health
(Hawes) 9745-6 (Simpson, S.) 11838
Preventive health care and health promotion See also Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness under Health – Public health; Role of social conditions and social policies under Health – Public health
(Abbott) 11115, 12003-4 (Throne speech) 9625-6
Preventive health care and health promotion, disease prevention (Cubberley) 9873
Research See also particular conditions, areas
(Taylor) 9800
Research, government funding (Abbott) 10002-4 (Christensen) 10095 (Dix) 10003-4
Social determinants (Dix) 12006-7, 12012 (Kwan) 12056-8 (Ralston) 12052-4 (Simpson, S.) 12049-50
Health – Continuing and long-term care

Acuity levels of patients (Abbott) 12853-4 (Gentner) 12853
Assessment of care needs (Abbott) 12850
Assisted living See Housing – Residential care facilities
Beds See also Residential and assisted-living units under Housing – Residential care facilities
alternative level of care See Beds, acute care beds, use by seniors under Health – Health care system
bed closings (Wyse) 10221
long-term care beds (Abbott) 13276 (Chouhan) 11872 (Chudnovsky) 11735 (Dix) 10161, 13276 (Gentner) 10068, 12844-5, 13275, 13616 (James) 13273-4 (Karagianis) 11781-2 (Lali) 9951, 11852 (Simpson, S.) 11808-9, 11838 (Wyse) 9942
new beds (Gentner) 12844-5
number of beds (Abbott) 12848, 13273-4, 13380 (Gentner) 9692-3, 12842-6, 12848 (Karagianis) 9767 (Lali) 13329
number of beds, inclusion of assisted-living beds (Conroy) 11844-5 (Simpson, S.) 11838 (Thorne) 11791
remediated beds (Abbott) 12847, 13276 (Gentner) 12847
Care spaces, government definition (Abbott) 12847 (Gentner) 12847
Facilities See also Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Housing – Residential care facilities; particular facilities and health authorities
beds or units in facilities See Beds above under this main heading
changes, NDP position (Abbott) 13275
inspection and investigation See regulation below under this subheading
investigation by independent officer See Issues, call for advocate under Seniors
private facilities, NDP position (Abbott) 10232
privatization (Kwan) 10083-4
privatization, impact (Dix) 12194
regulation (Abbott) 10192-3, 10232-4, 12852, 12855-6 (Gentner) 12852, 12855-6
remediation See Beds, remediated beds above under this main heading
risk assessments and rating system (Abbott) 9808-10, 12854-5 (Dix) 9809-10 (Gentner) 12854-5
standard of care (Abbott) 12850-3 (Gentner) 10193, 10232-3, 12850-3, 13614-6 (James) 9651, 10231-2 (Sather) 10192
standard of care during NDP administration (Abbott) 10232
standard of care, enforcement See regulation above under this subheading
Funding See Health – Health care funding
Government investment (Abbott) 12848-9
Government investment during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Krueger) 13686
Patient needs, level of care needed See Acuity levels of patients above under this main heading
Services, accessibility (Gentner) 9691-2
Services, physical and recreational therapy (Abbott) 12853 (Gentner) 12853
Health – Health authorities See also particular authorities

Accountability (Dix) 12990-2
Budgets See also Health – Health care funding
(Abbott) 9810, 12584-7 (Dix) 9810, 10161, 11646, 12584-5
Budgets during NDP administration (Abbott) 11951
Carbon neutrality See also Carbon-neutral initiatives, public sector initiative under Carbon
(Simpson, S.) 12776
Communications with government (Abbott) 12631
Government expectations (Abbott) 12591-2 (Dix) 12591
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction See Carbon neutrality above under this main heading
Health authority model (Dix) 11646 (Trevena) 11719
Involvement with Partnerships B.C. in capital projects (Gentner) 11912 (Taylor) 11912
Meetings, public access and court ruling (Dix) 12990
Provincial health officers, relationship with Agriculture Ministry See Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
Public outreach and staffing (Abbott) 13130-1 (Dix) 13130-1
Service plans (Abbott) 12583-4, 12591 (Dix) 12583-4, 12590-1
Service plans, public access (Dix) 12991
Health – Health care facilities and hospitals See also Facilities under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Housing – Residential care facilities

Capital projects
construction and upgrades (Bond) 9961
investment (Abbott) 10154-5 (Neufeld) 10148
public-private partnerships See also particular hospitals
(Ralston) 11914 (Taylor) 11914
Cleaning services
audits (Abbott) 9929-30, 10080-1
privatization and service standards (Bains) 12510-1 (Chouhan) 12198-9 (Chudnovsky) 11734 (Dix) 12193 (Karagianis) 12212 (Puchmayr) 12117, 12200 (Routley) 12522-3
privatization, impact (Karagianis) 9766
services (Dix) 9929-30, 10080-1 (James) 9928-9
workers See Health support workers under Health – Health care system
Cleanliness (Karagianis) 11781, 11783
Closings during NDP administration (Abbott) 11950-1, 13118
Comparison and evaluation of facilities (Coons) 11437
Current conditions (Chouhan) 11873, 12993-5
Food services
food quality and rethermalized food (Karagianis) 11781, 11783, 12211-2
privatization (Gentner) 11786
workers See Health support workers under Health – Health care system
Government investment (Abbott) 10887, 10964, 12062 (Thorpe) 13247-8
Health care auxiliaries (Conroy) 12185
Hospital closings (Lali) 9781
Infections and infection control
cost to health care system of hospital-acquired infections (Puchmayr) 12200
infection control (Dix) 9930
infection rate (Gentner) 11787 (Lali) 9951
infections (Lali) 11852
role of cleanliness (Dix) 12193 (Routley) 12523
Maintenance services (Abbott) 12629
Outpatient services (Abbott) 13067
Private facilities, cost (Sather) 11731-2
Support services (Dix) 12102
Workers See Health professionals; Health support workers; particular professions; Workers under Health – Health care system
Health – Health care funding

Allocation of health care costs recovered by government (Abbott) 12894-5 (Dix) 11954-5, 12894-5 (Ralston) 11955
Change from block funding to individual funding See Patient-centred funding below under this main heading
Comparison with funding in other provinces (Abbott) 11637
Federal funding (Cubberley) 11806 (Fleming) 11881-2
Funding (Abbott) 9809, 10156, 12587 (Bennett) 9944 (Bloy) 10047 (Cantelon) 10112 (Christensen) 10095 (Conroy) 10108 (Hansen) 9834 (Hayer) 10065 (Lee) 10163-4 (Lekstrom) 9860 (Nuraney) 10038 (Taylor) 9801 (Yap) 9820
Funding as percentage of gross domestic product (Abbott) 11639-40, 11951-2 (Brar) 11800 (Conroy) 11844 (Coons) 11842 (Cubberley) 11806 (Dix) 11641, 11645, 11675 (Fleming) 11879 (Horgan) 11737, 11739 (Karagianis) 9881 (Krog) 11877 (Lali) 11851 (Puchmayr) 11794 (Sather) 11731-2 (Simpson, B.) 11896 (Simpson, S.) 11809, 11837-8 (Thorne) 11789-91 (Wyse) 11724
Funding as percentage of total provincial budget (Abbott) 11634 (Dix) 11643-5, 11676, 11679 (Horgan) 11737, 11739 (Lali) 11851 (Macdonald) 11687 (Ralston) 11727-8 (Routley) 11887 (Rustad) 11714 (Sultan) 11720-1 (Thorne) 11789 (Trevena) 11717-8 (Wyse) 11723-4
Funding during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Coons) 11840 (McIntyre) 10629
Funding during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Hayer) 11591, 11593 (Ralston) 11592
Funding for continuing and long-term care (Abbott) 12854
Funding for health authorities See also Budgets under Health – Health authorities
(Abbott) 12585-6, 12588-9, 12592-3
Funding for intermediate care facilities and equipment (Simpson, B.) 11898
Funding models (Polak) 9656
Funding models, patient-centred model See Patient-centred funding below under this main heading
Health innovation fund (Abbott) 12636-7 (Dix) 12636
Health innovation fund, evaluation report (Dix) 12637
Impact on services (Dix) 10161
Increase (Sultan) 11721-3
NDP position (Hayer) 10065 (Rustad) 10626-7
Patient-centred funding (Austin) 9775 (Dix) 10622-4 (Gentner) 10625 (Hawes) 10621-2 (Polak) 10624-5 (Rustad) 10626-7 (Sather) 11732 (Throne speech) 9627 (Trevena) 9757 (van Dongen) 9703 (Yap) 10625-6
Private spending (Dix) 11645 (Sather) 11731
Sustainability See Sustainability under Health – Health care system
Taxpayers' ability to pay (Krog) 11877
Health – Health care system

Access to personal medical records See Personal health information, patient access below under this main heading
Accessibility of primary care (Horgan) 11739 (Thorne) 11788
Accessibility of services in small communities (Lali) 9781
Accessibility of services, "reasonable access" (Chouhan) 11872-3 (Coons) 11843-4 (Karagianis) 9766 (Lali) 11850
Accountability (Conroy) 11848 (Krog) 11875-6 (Macdonald) 10198-9
Accountability and transparency (Abbott) 12988-9 (Dix) 12989
Beds
acute care beds (Gentner) 11784
acute care beds, use by seniors in need of long-term care (Abbott) 12628-31, 12636, 12638, 13275 (Dix) 12636 (Gentner) 13275
alternative-level-of-care (ALC) beds See acute care beds, use by seniors in need of long-term care above under this subheading
bed-to-patient ratio (Lali) 11851
Challenges (Abbott) 11952 (Farnworth) 11899 (Simpson, B.) 11896
Chronic disease, impact on health care system (Rustad) 11714
Chronic disease management (Abbott) 10155-6, 12063
Colleges See Health professions, colleges below under this main heading
Community health clinics (Simpson, S.) 11838
Cost projections (Bains) 11797 (Coons) 11841 (Cubberley) 11805 (Dix) 11643-4 (Horgan) 11737, 11739 (Krog) 11877 (Puchmayr) 11794 (Simons) 11883 (Simpson, S.) 11837 (Sultan) 11720 (Throne speech) 9625
Costs See also Health – Health care funding
costs (Abbott) 11634 (Bennett) 9944 (Dix) 10624, 11641, 11644-5, 11675 (Macdonald) 11687-9, 11713-9 (Ralston) 11727
costs as percentage of gross domestic product (Cubberley) 12514
costs to individuals (Coons) 11840 (Lali) 11851 (Simpson, S.) 11809 (Wyse) 11724
impact of changing demographics See Impact of aging population on system below under this main heading
recovery by government in cases of third-party wrongdoing (Abbott) 11050-1, 11953, 11956, 12894-7 (Dix) 11953-5, 12894-7 (Ralston) 11955
recovery by government in cases of third-party wrongdoing, legislation See Health Care Costs Recovery Act
CT scan services (Abbott) 13034
Data stewardship committee See Health information banks below under this main heading
Diagnostic services See also Magnetic resonance imaging services below under this main heading
(Dix) 12102 (Polak) 11686
E-health systems See also Health information banks; Personal health information below under this main heading
contracts (Abbott) 13079-80 (Dix) 13079-80
impact on primary care (Dix) 12154-6
projects (Abbott) 12154 (Dix) 12155-6
Emergency room strategy (Polak) 11685
Emergency services (Chudnovsky) 11734-5 (Polak) 9657 (Puchmayr) 11792-3
Equity (Macdonald) 11689
Government initiatives and reforms
health innovation fund See Health – Health care funding
incentives for system improvements (Polak) 10624
information-sharing (Abbott) 12637
initiatives and reforms (Abbott) 12588 (Bloy) 9776-7 (Cantelon) 9643 (Hawes) 9746 (Hogg) 10223-5 (James) 9652 (Krog) 9662 (Lekstrom) 9860 (McIntyre) 9647 (Nuraney) 9695, 10038 (Polak) 9656-8 (Roddick) 10015 (Rustad) 9848 (Throne speech) 9625-7 (van Dongen) 9700-3
primary care initiatives (Abbott) 12635-6
quality council and patient safety council (Abbott) 12638 (Dix) 12638
Government investment (Abbott) 12062
Health information banks See also Personal health information below under this main heading
access by health researchers (Abbott) 11179, 12153-4 (Dix) 12162
contracts for information management, U.S. companies (Dix) 12159-65
data stewardship committee (Abbott) 11179, 12153 (Dix) 12162
disclosure directives (Abbott) 12153, 13135-40 (Dix) 12159-62, 12167
legislation See E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act
Health profession advisory panels (Abbott) 11206, 12064, 12909-10 (Dix) 12099, 12909
Health professionals See also Health support workers; Workers below under this main heading; particular professions
accessibility (Abbott) 11634
credentialling and scope of practice See also Supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians under Physicians
(Abbott) 10157, 11206, 12063-4, 12123-4 (Bains) 12106-9 (Brar) 12110-2 (Dix) 12065, 12099-102, 12104 (Karagianis) 12119-22 (Lali) 12114 (McIntyre) 9647 (Polak) 9657, 11683-4 (Puchmayr) 12115-8 (Roddick) 10025 (Throne speech) 9626 (van Dongen) 9703 (Wyse) 10222
credentialling and scope of practice, legislation See Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008
misconduct See Health professions, colleges, disciplinary actions against members below under this main heading
numbers (Abbott) 10154
numbers in 1990s (Abbott) 11635-7
recruitment, Health Match initiative (Abbott) 12124
recruitment in rural and northern B.C. See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
supply (Abbott) 12124 (Bains) 12107-9 (Brar) 12110-1 (Dix) 12065-7, 12099, 12102-3 (Karagianis) 12119, 12121 (Lali) 12114 (Puchmayr) 12116-7
supply, reports (Dix) 12065-6
teams (Abbott) 11635
titles, use (Abbott) 12910-1, 12984 (Dix) 12910-1, 12984
training spaces (Bains) 12107-8
working conditions (Karagianis) 12121 (Puchmayr) 12115-6
Health professions, colleges
bylaw approval process (Abbott) 12064
changes (Abbott) 12063-4 (Dix) 12065, 12099
changes, consultation (Abbott) 12906-7 (Dix) 12906-8
disciplinary actions against members, appeals (Abbott) 12981
disciplinary actions against members, disclosure (Abbott) 11206, 12064, 12907-9, 12977-80 (Dix) 12104-5, 12907-9, 12978-80
funding for services for victims of misconduct (Abbott) 12981 (Dix) 12981
health human resources information (Abbott) 12064
interjurisdictional agreements (Abbott) 12976 (Dix) 12975-6
meeting schedule (Abbott) 12975 (Dix) 12975
members with physical, physiological or mental health issues (Abbott) 12906-9, 12980
powers (Abbott) 12974 (Dix) 12974
Health professions review board (Abbott) 11206, 12064, 12909, 12982-3 (Bains) 12108 (Brar) 12110-1 (Dix) 12099, 12982 (van Dongen) 9701
Health support workers See also Workers below under this main heading
collective agreement provisions (Abbott) 13124-5 (Dix) 12126, 12191, 12194, 13124-5
collective agreements (Chouhan) 12198
collective agreements, legislated changes See Health support workers, 2002 legislation below under this main heading
health status (Dix) 12006
relationship with government (Cubberley) 12513-4 (Macdonald) 12196 (Puchmayr) 12201
value of work (Chouhan) 12198 (Dix) 12103, 12129, 12192 (Macdonald) 12196 (Routley) 12524
wage reductions (Dix) 12127 (Puchmayr) 12199
wages (Lali) 12213
workers (Kwan) 12518
Health support workers, 2002 legislation See also Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act
amendments See also Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
amendments, implementation of court ruling and negotiated settlement (Abbott) 12987-8, 13124-6 (Dix) 12191, 12194, 13124-6 (Gentner) 12526
court ruling See Supreme Court of Canada
debate and process (Bains) 12511-2 (Dix) 12191-2 (Horgan) 12217-9 (Kwan) 12518 (Lali) 12214-5 (Ralston) 12206-7 (Simpson, S.) 12530
impact (Cubberley) 12514 (Horgan) 11738 (Kwan) 12518 (Routley) 12521, 12524
impact on collective agreement provisions and bargaining (Gentner) 12526-8 (Karagianis) 12210 (Lali) 12214-5
impact on employment in health care system (Bains) 12107 (Dix) 12066-7, 12103-4 (Karagianis) 12119
impact on quality of health care support services See also particular support services under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
(Dix) 12193-4 (Karagianis) 12211-2 (Routley) 12522-3
impact on seniors care (Wyse) 12512-3
impact on workers and families (Bains) 12509-10 (Brar) 12533 (Chouhan) 11874, 12198-9 (Chudnovsky) 12204-5 (Dix) 12127-8, 12192 (Horgan) 12219-20 (Karagianis) 12210-3 (Kwan) 12519-20 (Lali) 12215-6 (Macdonald) 12196-7 (Puchmayr) 12117, 12199-200, 12364 (Ralston) 12208 (Routley) 12522 (Simpson, S.) 12530-1
legislation (Bains) 12509-10 (Brar) 12532-3 (Chudnovsky) 12202-3, 12205 (Dix) 12126-7 (Farnworth) 12535 (Gentner) 12525-6 (Horgan) 12217-9 (Karagianis) 12209-10 (Macdonald) 12195 (Puchmayr) 12199-200 (Ralston) 12207 (Routley) 12524-5 (Simons) 12534-5 (Simpson, S.) 12528-9 (Wyse) 12512
repeal of provisions See Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
Human resources planning (Abbott) 12064 (Dix) 12065-7, 12102-3
Impact of aging population (Abbott) 10155-6, 12063-4, 12124 (Gentner) 11787 (Simpson, B.) 11897-8 (Thorne) 11788-90 (van Dongen) 9701
Individual choice (Conroy) 11848 (Sather) 11730 (Simpson, B.) 11897
Information See also E-health systems; Health information banks; Personal health information under this main heading
B.C. NurseLine service (Polak) 9657
disclosure to law enforcement agencies (Abbott) 13126-7
provincial laboratory information solution, contract (Dix) 12164-5 (Ilich) 10595 (Ralston) 11919-20 (Taylor) 11919-20
Innovation See also Government initiatives and reforms above under this main heading
(Conroy) 11848 (Krog) 11875
Innovation and reform (Bennett) 10628-9 (Hawes) 10622
Innovation and sustainability (Yap) 10625-6
Issues (Robertson) 10145
Magnetic resonance imaging services (Abbott) 10156, 12125, 13118
Magnetic resonance imaging services, wait times (Abbott) 13032-4 (Dix) 13033-4 (James) 13032-3
Magnetic resonance imaging services, wait-list case (Farnworth) 12849
Mammograms See Mammography services under Breast health
Medicare system (Cubberley) 12514-5
MRI services See Magnetic resonance imaging services above under this main heading
NDP position (Abbott) 11635-8, 12986 (Bains) 11796 (Dix) 11682 (Polak) 11682, 11685
Patient care quality offices See Patient complaint process below under this main heading
Patient care quality review boards (Abbott) 11772, 12988-9, 13132-3 (Dix) 12989-90, 13132-3 (Hawes) 9746 (van Dongen) 9701-2
Patient care quality review boards, legislation See Patient Care Quality Review Board Act
Patient complaint process
process (Abbott) 11772, 12988-9, 13130-1 (Chouhan) 12995 (Dix) 12989-92, 13130-1
reporting (Abbott) 13131 (Dix) 13131
role of contracting agencies (Abbott) 13131-2 (Dix) 13131-2
role of Health Minister (Abbott) 13133 (Dix) 13133
Patient safety, government initiatives (Throne speech) 9626
Patients, access to personal medical records See Personal health information, patient access below under this main heading
Personal health information
collection, use and disclosure, privacy issues (Abbott) 11179, 12153-4, 12989, 13135-40 (Dix) 12154-62, 12165-7
electronic databases See Health information banks above under this main heading
legislation See E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act
patient access (Abbott) 12153 (MacKay) 9760
Primary care, accessibility (Dix) 12105
Principles See Canada Health Act
Private clinics (Abbott) 11951, 12986 (Cubberley) 12515-6 (Karagianis) 11782-3
Private clinics, nationalization proposal by NDP (Abbott) 11951-2
Private corporations (Chudnovsky) 11736
Private insurance See Insurance under Health
Private services See also Private facilities under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
(Trevena) 11718-9
Private system, cost (Fleming) 11880 (Puchmayr) 11793
Privatization
contracts (Ilich) 10594-5
impact on accountability (Dix) 12991-2
non-clinical services (Bains) 12512
privatization (Bains) 11796 (Bennett) 10628-9 (Chudnovsky) 11735-6 (Fleming) 11880 (Karagianis) 9766 (Puchmayr) 12118, 12200-1 (Sather) 10626 (Simpson, S.) 12529-30
Professional colleges See Health professions, colleges above under this main heading
Provincial laboratory information solution See Information above under this main heading
Public concerns re systemic issues (Dix) 12992-3
Public consultation by government (Dix) 12065
Public consultation by government, Conversation on Health (Abbott) 10156, 11634, 12003, 12063, 12988 (Bloy) 10046-7 (Chouhan) 11871 (Chudnovsky) 11732-3 (Conroy) 11847-8 (Coons) 11839 (Dix) 12992-3 (Gentner) 11784 (Horgan) 11737, 11739 (Kwan) 11890 (Lali) 11849 (Lee) 10163 (McIntyre) 9647 (Polak) 9656-8, 11683 (Routley) 11886, 11888 (Sather) 11718 (Simpson, B.) 11896, 11898 (Simpson, S.) 11146-7 (Thorne) 11789 (Throne speech) 9625 (Trevena) 11716
Public consultation by government, Conversation on Health, NDP position (Polak) 11685
Public surgical clinics (Gentner) 11786
Public system See also System in Canada below under this main heading
(Brar) 12110 (Dix) 12105-6 (Karagianis) 11741 (Trevena) 11719
Public system, public support (Chouhan) 11871 (Chudnovsky) 11732-3, 11735 (Cubberley) 11803-4 (Horgan) 11738, 11740 (Simpson, B.) 11898 (Simpson, S.) 11809
Reforms See Government initiatives and reforms above under this main heading
Service quality See Patient care quality review boards above under this main heading
Services
impact of B.C. Liberal Party policies See Policies, impact on health care system under British Columbia Liberal Party – Government
location and municipal zoning issues (Abbott) 12904 (Dix) 12904 (Fleming) 12046-7 (Gentner) 12056 (Simpson, S.) 12052 (Wyse) 12016
regionalization (Lali) 12113
service delivery (Cantelon) 9642-3
services in remote and rural areas See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
Services for seniors
accountability (James) 11598
government reporting, petition tabled (Fleming) 12190
services (Coons) 10012 (Dix) 9809-10 (Fleming) 9830-1 (Lali) 13657 (Routley) 9671 (Simpson, B.) 11897-8 (Simpson, S.) 11838
services during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Gentner) 13614-6
services during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Mayencourt) 11605
services for seniors in care (Coons) 11840, 11843
Surgery
cardiac ablation (Abbott) 12634 (Dix) 12634
number of surgeries in B.C. (Polak) 11685
post-bariatric surgery (Abbott) 13081 (Dix) 13081
public clinics See Public surgical clinics above under this main heading
sex reassignment surgeries (Abbott) 12632-4 (Dix) 12632-3
wait times See Wait-lists and waiting times below under this main heading
Sustainability (Abbott) 11050, 11641, 11952 (Bennett) 9945 (Brar) 9957, 11799-801 (Chouhan) 11873 (Christensen) 9751 (Chudnovsky) 11733-5 (Conroy) 11847-8 (Coons) 11840-3 (Gentner) 11784 (Hawes) 9745 (Horgan) 11736 (Karagianis) 11742 (Krog) 11875 (Kwan) 11890-3 (Lali) 11849-50 (Polak) 11684-6 (Puchmayr) 11792, 11794 (Routley) 11886-7 (Rustad) 11713-4 (Simpson, S.) 11807-8, 11837-9 (Sultan) 11720 (Thorne) 11788-9, 11791 (Trevena) 11720 (Wyse) 11723-4
Sustainability and privatization (Abbott) 11638 (Karagianis) 11782-3 (Sather) 11728 (Trevena) 11716-9
Sustainability principle during NDP administration (Rustad) 11715
Sustainability principle in B.C. legislation (Abbott) 11050, 11634, 11899, 11950 (Austin) 9775 (Bains) 11796 (Cantelon) 9643 (Chouhan) 11871, 11873 (Coons) 11839-41 (Cubberley) 11804-6 (Dix) 11642-4, 11646, 11674-7 (Evans) 11893-5 (Farnworth) 11899 (Fleming) 11880-1, 12045-6 (Hawes) 9745 (Horgan) 11737-8 (Karagianis) 9766, 9881 (Krog) 11876, 11878 (Kwan) 11889 (Macdonald) 11687 (MacKay) 9759-60 (Polak) 11683-4 (Puchmayr) 11791-5, 12118 (Ralston) 11724-8 (Routley) 11888-9 (Rustad) 11713-5 (Simons) 11882-6 (Simpson, B.) 11896-8 (Simpson, S.) 11807-8, 11837 (Trevena) 9757, 11716-7
Sustainability principle in B.C. legislation, impact on Canada Health Act principles (Dix) 11642, 11644, 11646, 11674-6, 11679 (Fleming) 11879, 11882 (Macdonald) 11712 (Routley) 11888 (Simons) 11885 (Simpson, B.) 11897-8
System in B.C.
administration and government culture See Policies, impact on health care system under British Columbia Liberal Party – Government
centralization (Dix) 12101
current conditions (Bains) 11795 (Herbert) 13261
efficiency issues and improvement (Abbott) 12986-7
standards (Gentner) 12054
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Brar) 9957, 11799 (Dix) 11678-9 (Farnworth) 10090 (Fleming) 11881 (Gentner) 11784-7 (Karagianis) 11781-3 (Lali) 11849-52 (Routley) 13681-3 (Simpson, S.) 11808
system during NDP administration (Abbott) 13117-8 (Dix) 11682 (Gentner) 11786 (Puchmayr) 11792 (Sultan) 11721
system during NDP and B.C. Liberal Party administration (Abbott) 12124-5
System in Canada (Cubberley) 11802-5 (Evans) 11893 (Fleming) 11878-80 (Krog) 11875 (Macdonald) 11712 (Puchmayr) 11791 (Simons) 11882 (Thorne) 11788
Technology (Horgan) 11740
Telehealth (Dix) 12155
User fees and extra billings (Abbott) 13128 (Cubberley) 12514-8 (Dix) 13128 (Sather) 11731-2 (Trevena) 11719
User fees and extra billings, investigation of complaints See Medical Services Commission
Values (Abbott) 11050, 11634-5 (Polak) 11683
Wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait times (Polak) 11685
Workers
impact of government policies (Dix) 10160
morale (Chudnovsky) 12205 (Lali) 12216
retention and working conditions (Puchmayr) 12200, 12202
support workers See Health support workers above under this main heading
trade unions (Bains) 12509
wage reduction (Chudnovsky) 12205
women workers, layoffs (Dix) 12127
work environment (Simpson, B.) 11898
Health – Public health

Addiction and mental health issues See Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Ban on trans fat in food See Food
Bedbug infestations (Abbott) 12696-7 (Chudnovsky) 12693, 12696-7 (Kwan) 12059
Emergencies See Response to public health emergencies and risks below under this main heading
Government initiatives (Abbott) 12003-4 (Chudnovsky) 12012 (McIntyre) 9647 (Rustad) 9848, 11714
Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
ActNow B.C. initiative See ActNow B.C.
initiatives (Cantelon) 11931 (McIntyre) 9647
promotion (Polak) 11684
promotion of healthy eating and physical activity for children (Bond) 9964 (Coons) 10278 (Jarvis) 9689 (MacKay) 9760 (Throne speech) 9626
Health hazards
court orders for removal of persons (Abbott) 12901 (Dix) 12900-1
investigation and public complaints (Abbott) 12902-4 (Dix) 12009-10, 12902 (Fleming) 12048-9 (Horgan) 12060 (Kwan) 12060 (Sather) 12040-1 (Simons) 12042-3, 12903-4 (Simpson, S.) 12049, 12052 (Wyse) 12016
notification of land title office (Abbott) 12900 (Dix) 12900
role of local government See investigation and public complaints under this subheading
Health status of B.C. residents (Hogg) 10223
Health status of B.C. residents, study (Dix) 12005
Health status of children and youth (Simpson, B.) 11898
Health status, role of social conditions and social policies See also Social determinants under Health
(Dix) 12005-7, 12011-2 (Kwan) 12059-60 (Simpson, S.) 12051-2
Health surveillance system (Ilich) 10594-5
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness of children and youth, organized and unorganized activities (Cantelon) 11931
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness of children and youth, role of physical activity and play See also Learning through play under Children – Early childhood development
(Cubberley) 11930
Impact of poverty See Poverty
Issues (Abbott) 12003
Legislation See Public Health Act
Lifestyle and behavioural change (Hogg) 10223-6
Nurses in schools See Public health nurses in schools under Education
Preventive treatment, allowance for objection (Dix) 12899
Public health education (Dix) 12005
Public health officials See also Provincial health officer
delegation of powers (Abbott) 12902
emergency powers See Response to public health emergencies and risks below under this main heading
officials (Abbott) 12004
standards of practice for environmental health officers (Abbott) 12902 (Dix) 12901-2
Public health plans (Abbott) 12898-9 (Chudnovsky) 12012-3 (Dix) 12009, 12898 (Gentner) 12056 (Horgan) 12060-1 (Kwan) 12060 (Ralston) 12052-3, 12898-9 (Simpson, S.) 12051-2
Response to public health emergencies and risks
emergency powers (Abbott) 12901 (Dix) 12901
impact of social inequality (Dix) 12006-7
response (Abbott) 11115
temporary quarantine facilities (Abbott) 12900 (Dix) 12900
Role and responsibilities of local and provincial governments (Abbott) 12898-9 (Dix) 12898 (Fleming) 12046-7 (Gentner) 12054-5 (Ralston) 12898-9 (Sather) 12039 (Wyse) 12015-7
Role of food and nutrition in public health, report by provincial health officer (Thorne) 12866
Role of personal responsibility (Conroy) 11848 (Dix) 11678 (Krog) 11875 (Ralston) 11727 (Sather) 11730 (Simpson, B.) 11897
Role of sanitation (Kwan) 10229-30
Role of substance addiction, mental health and poverty (Simpson, B.) 11898 (Simpson, S.) 11838-9
Health Act

Amendments See Public Health Act
Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act

Amendments See Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
Impact (Karagianis) 11781
Impact on workers (Chouhan) 11872-4 (Chudnovsky) 11734-5 (Fleming) 11881 (Puchmayr) 11793 (Simons) 11883
NDP position (Abbott) 11638-9 (Dix) 11677-8
Provisions on worker's rights (Abbott) 13126 (Dix) 13125-6
Health Care Costs Recovery Act

(Bill 22) (Minister of Health) 1R, 11050-1; 2R, 11952-6; C, 12893-7; 3R, 12897; RA, 13148
Debate, speakers (Abbott) 11050-1, 11953, 11956, 12894-7 (Dix) 11953-5, 12893-7 (Ralston) 11955
Commencement and regulations (Abbott) 12897 (Dix) 12897
Definitions, "health care services" (Abbott) 12894 (Dix) 12894
Impact of legislation on insurance industry (Ralston) 11955
Proposed amendment re allocation of recovered funds (Dix) 11954, 12894-5
Purpose of bill (Abbott) 11050-1, 11953, 12897
Scope (Abbott) 11953
Health Match B.C. See Health professionals, recruitment under Health – Health care system
Health, Ministry of

2007-08 Supplementary estimates
debate 10000-4
speakers (Abbott) 10000-4 (Dix) 10000-4
Estimates
debate 12583-94, 12626-52, 12682-704, 12842-61, 13062-82
speakers (Abbott) 12583-94, 12627-52, 12682-704, 12842-61, 13062-82 (Bains) 12860 (Brar) 12651, 12682-5, 12860-1 (Chouhan) 12635-6 (Chudnovsky) 12693-703 (Conroy) 12650-1, 13071 (Cubberley) 13075-7 (Dix) 12583-94, 12626-38, 12687-93, 13078-82 (Farnworth) 12849 (Fraser) 12641-4, 12856 (Gentner) 12842-56, 13071-4 (Lali) 12645-7 (Macdonald) 12857-8 (Puchmayr) 12648 (Ralston) 12651, 13065-6 (Routley) 12685-7, 12858-9 (Sather) 12861, 13062-4 (Simpson, B.) 12648-50 (Thorne) 12704 (Trevena) 12638-41, 13064-5 (Wyse) 13066-71
Budget, additional funds for ministry operations (Abbott) 10000-4 (Dix) 10000-4
Estimates debate (Abbott) 13082 (Chudnovsky) 10305-6 (Dix) 13078-9 (Farnworth) 10244 (Wyse) 10302
Estimates debate, supplementary estimates (Abbott) 10000-1 (Dix) 10000-2
Letters to minister from public (Conroy) 11846-7
Staffing, full-time-equivalents (Dix) 12638
Staffing, opportunities for staff with chronic illnesses (Dix) 13080
Health Professions Act

Amendments (Abbott) 12063-4
Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008

(Bill 25) (Minister of Health) 1R, 11206; 2R, 12063-7, 12099-125; C, 12906-11, 12974-85; 3R, 12985; RA, 13148
Amdts: sec. 7, 16 (Abbott) 12910-1, approved 12911; sec. 17, 18 (Abbott) 12974, approved 12974; 3 amdts. to sec. 19 (Abbott) 12974-5, approved 12975; sec. 20, 22, 23 (Abbott) 12975-6, approved 12975-6; sec. 35, 37, 38 (Abbott) 12976, approved 12976
sec. 40 (Abbott) 12977, approved 12977; sec. 41 (Abbott) 12977-8, approved 12981; sec. 42, 4 amdts. to sec. 48 (Abbott) 12981-2, approved 12982; sec. 59.1, 60, 61.1 (Abbott) 12982-3, approved 12983; sec. 67, 71, 72 (Abbott) 12983-4, approved 12984
Debate, speakers (Abbott) 11206, 12063-4, 12122-5, 12906-11, 12974-85 (Bains) 12106-9 (Brar) 12109-13 (Dix) 12064-7, 12099-106, 12906-11, 12974-6, 12978-85 (Karagianis) 12118-22 (Lali) 12113-4 (Puchmayr) 12114-8
Definitions, addition of "unethical conduct" (Abbott) 12976 (Dix) 12976
Purpose of bill (Abbott) 11206
Purpose of bill and regulations (Abbott) 12910 (Dix) 12910
Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act

Amendments See Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
Repeal of provisions on non-clinical services (Abbott) 13126 (Dix) 13125-6
Health, Select Standing Committee on

Empowerment to address e-health systems (Dix) 12165-6
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008

(Bill 26) (Minister of Health) 1R, 11283-4; 2R, 12125-9, 12190-220, 12508-36, 12985-8; C, 13122-30; 3R, 13130; RA, 13148
Amdts: sec. 11 (Abbott) 13126-7, approved 13127
Debate, speakers (Abbott) 11283-4, 12125-6, 12535-6, 12985-8, 13123-30 (Bains) 12508-12 (Brar) 12532-4 (Chouhan) 12197-9 (Chudnovsky) 12202-5 (Cubberley) 12513-8 (Dix) 12126-9, 12190-5, 13122-30 (Farnworth) 12535 (Gentner) 12525-8 (Horgan) 12217-20 (Karagianis) 12209-13 (Kwan) 12518-21 (Lali) 12213-7 (Macdonald) 12195-7 (Puchmayr) 12199-202 (Ralston) 12205-9 (Routley) 12521-5 (Simons) 12534-5 (Simpson, S.) 12528-32 (Wyse) 12512-3
Debate in Legislature by NDP MLAs (Abbott) 12535-6
Debate in Legislature, debate by B.C. Liberal Party MLAs (Dix) 12128-9 (Kwan) 12520-1 (Lali) 12216 (Routley) 12523-4 (Simpson, S.) 12530-1
Need for inclusion of apology in bill (Simpson, S.) 12532
Provisions on disclosure of health-related information (Abbott) 13126-7 (Dix) 13126-7
Purpose of bill (Abbott) 11283-4, 12125-6 (Karagianis) 12209
Purpose of bill, amendments to legislation affecting health workers See also Health support workers, 2002 legislation under Health – Health care system
(Bains) 12508, 12510 (Farnworth) 12535 (Karagianis) 12212-3 (Kwan) 12518 (Lali) 12213-4 (Ralston) 12209 (Wyse) 12513
Healthy Living Alliance

Programs (Hogg) 10224, 10227
Hearing impairment

American Sign Language services, training for interpreters (Fleming) 12353
Awareness of hearing and speech disorders (Rustad) 11776
Hedley Elementary School, Hedley, B.C.

Closing (Lali) 9949
Heed, Kash

Comments on policing of gang crime (Farnworth) 13588
Heinberg, Richard

Comments on wisdom in Peak Everything (Simpson, B.) 11126
Helliwell, John

Comments on study of TILMA agreement (Ralston) 13092-3
Herbicides See Pesticide use under Environment
Heritage sites See also Arts and culture

Sites related to trade and commerce (Macdonald) 9790
Heyes, Susan

Experience as Cambie Street small business owner (McGinn) 13194
Highland Valley copper mine

Operations (Krueger) 12544
High-technology industry

Industry in B.C. (Ralston) 9814-5 (Yap) 9819
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Expansion between Kamloops and Alberta border (Macdonald) 13238
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements
cost comparisons and value-for-money report (Falcon) 10600-1 (Karagianis) 10600
federal funding (Falcon) 10598, 10604 (Karagianis) 10598, 10604
future phases (Falcon) 10597-8, 10602-4, 10607-8 (Karagianis) 10597, 10602-4, 10607-8
government performance (Falcon) 10603-4
mitigation of environmental impacts (Falcon) 10605-6 (Karagianis) 10605-6
Park Bridge (Falcon) 10759
public-private partnerships (Falcon) 10597-603 (Karagianis) 10597-603, 10606
safety issues (Falcon) 10605
Lower mainland section, improvements (Falcon) 11464-5 (Thorpe) 11539
Malahat Drive section (Falcon) 10778-9 (Horgan) 10778-9, 11191
Highway 4

Port Alberni–Tofino section, safety issues and improvements (Falcon) 10710-1 (Fraser) 10710
Qualicum–Port Alberni section, alternative route proposal (Falcon) 10709 (Fraser) 10709
Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)

Condition of Golden Ears interchange section (Sather) 10836
Highway 14

West Coast Road, improvements (Falcon) 10782 (Horgan) 10782
Highway 18

Rest stop at Hill 60 (Routley) 10843
Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Cumberland section, removal of Ginger Goodwin Way designation (Gentner) 12525-6
Cumberland section, renaming as Ginger Goodwin Way (Routley) 10844
Highway 20

Roadside markers (Falcon) 10712 (Wyse) 10712
Highway 24

East Lake Sheridan Road, conditions (Falcon) 10713 (Wyse) 10712-3
Highway 37

Electrification See also Northwest energy corridor under Energy
issue (Horgan) 10697
role of B.C. Utilities Commission See British Columbia Utilities Commission
role of mining industry (Horgan) 12552-4 (Neufeld) 12552-3, 12555-6
Highway 91

72nd Avenue and Highway 91 border infrastructure project See Transportation infrastructure under Delta, B.C.
Waste management issues (Gentner) 11337
Highway 97

20 Mile section, improvements (Falcon) 10713-4 (Wyse) 10713
Cargyle Corner section realignment, petition tabled (Wyse) 13215
Highway 99

George Massey Tunnel, tolling operation (Gentner) 11554
Sea to Sky Highway, traffic management issues related to Olympic Games (Falcon) 12764-7, 12820-4 (Karagianis) 12764-7, 12820-3
Sea to Sky Highway upgrades
budget and costs (Falcon) 10685-6 (Karagianis) 10685-6
improvements and innovations (Falcon) 10677
mitigation of construction impact on traffic (Falcon) 10840
public-private partnership (Falcon) 10682
public-private partnership, report See Reports, Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project under Partnerships British Columbia
role of Olympic Games (Austin) 13516
status (Falcon) 10684 (Karagianis) 10684
upgrades (McIntyre) 9646-7
Highway 407 (Ontario)

Express toll route See Toronto, Ontario
Highways and roads

Designation for events, permits and traffic management issues (Falcon) 12764-7, 12820-3 (Karagianis) 12764-7, 12820-3
Engineered standards (Puchmayr) 11792
Forest roads See Forests and forest industry
Highway system during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Simpson, S.) 11144
Impact of logging truck traffic in beetle-damaged areas, mitigation funding See Maintenance and rehabilitation, funding in beetle-damaged areas below under this main heading
Maintenance and operation (Falcon) 10599 (Karagianis) 10599
Maintenance and rehabilitation
climate change initiatives (Karagianis) 10708-9
funding in beetle-damaged areas (Bond) 9961-2 (Falcon) 10690 (Simpson, B.) 10690
maintenance contract guidelines (Conroy) 10109-10
maintenance contracts (Falcon) 10686-8, 10706-8 (Karagianis) 10706-8 (Simpson, B.) 10686-8
Potholes (Falcon) 10843
Public-private partnerships See also particular highways
(Falcon) 10676
Rest stops (Falcon) 10843
Rural roads See Highways and roads under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
Tolling See Tolls
Traffic volume, role of truck traffic and rail service (Simpson, B.) 9839
Upgrades, federal funding (Falcon) 10713-4
Hillcrest Middle School, Coquitlam, B.C.

Student initiative against racism (Thorne) 12348
Hip health See Musculoskeletal disease and hip health under Disease
HIV/AIDS See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Hockey See Sports
Holi Festival

Celebration (Nuraney) 10482
Holmes, Robert

Disability benefits case (Brar) 11326-7
Holocaust

Remembrance (Black) 11943 (Campbell) 11941
Holodomor

Commemoration of starvation of Ukrainians in 1930s (Ralston) 13375
Home care

Funding (Abbott) 12846 (Gentner) 12845-6
Funding and government policies (Puchmayr) 12201
Private services (Puchmayr) 12201
Home Inspection Act, 2008

(Bill M222) (Thorne) 1R, 13029-30; ruled out of order, 13112
Debate, speakers (Thorne) 13029-30
Home inspectors See Property inspection
Home Owner Grant Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2008
(Karagianis) 10182 (Oppal) 12470 (Ralston) 10175, 10663-5
Home ownership

Cooperative housing See Housing
Government support (Coleman) 12174-5 (Thorne) 12174-5
Home warranty insurance, issues (Coleman) 12181 (Thorne) 12180-1
Homelessness See also particular locations; Poverty

Causes (Chudnovsky) 10042, 11056, 11974 (Simpson, B.) 9840
Causes and incidence (Chudnovsky) 12247-8
Community response (James) 9632
Cost of homelessness (Puchmayr) 9965
Count See Number of homeless in B.C. below under this main heading
Deaths of homeless people (Chudnovsky) 11528
Definitions (Chudnovsky) 12132-3 (Coleman) 12132-3
Emergency shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Government action
action (Bains) 13302 (Brar) 10907-8 (Christensen) 10095 (Chudnovsky) 10304-5, 12139, 12248-9, 12739-40, 13338-9 (Coleman) 11054-6, 12139, 13306 (Coons) 13297 (Hansen) 11671, 11744-5 (Herbert) 13258-60 (James) 11053 (Krog) 9661 (Kwan) 10084, 11671-2, 13708-9 (Lee) 10164 (McIntyre) 9648 (Mayencourt) 9910-2, 10087, 12248-9 (Nuraney) 10039-40 (Richmond) 13190 (Robertson) 10144, 10907 (Sather) 13307-9 (Thorne) 11054-5 (Thorpe) 10901-2, 10905-7
funding (Chudnovsky) 10040-1, 12134-5 (Coleman) 12134-6
funding, endowment fund See Housing endowment fund under Housing
NDP position (Robertson) 10907
role of local government (Thorpe) 10901-2
shelter-based approach (Fleming) 9832
Government strategy (Chudnovsky) 10042-4 (James) 13374
Government strategy, consultation report from forums (Chudnovsky) 12149 (Coleman) 12149
Government strategy, legislation See Elimination of Homelessness Crisis Act, 2008
Health of homeless persons (Dix) 12009
Homeless persons, cases (Chudnovsky) 11972-4
Homelessness in areas outside major cities (Gentner) 11054 (Lali) 9949
Homelessness in B.C. See also particular locations
(Brar) 9958, 10906-8, 13292 (Chudnovsky) 9911, 11055, 11944 (Farnworth) 10091-2 (Fleming) 9832 (Krog) 9659, 11966-7 (Kwan) 12058-9 (Lali) 9780 (Trevena) 13263 (Wyse) 13268
Homelessness in B.C. during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Chudnovsky) 11972-3 (Kwan) 11745
Impact on communities (Fleming) 9831
Mentally ill homeless persons See Mental illness and homelessness under Mental health
Number of homeless in B.C. (Chudnovsky) 10041, 10481-2, 11056, 12130-4 (Coleman) 11053, 11055-6, 12130-3 (James) 11053
Outreach programs (Chudnovsky) 10043
Public consultation on issue, NDP initiative (James) 13374
Public perception of issue (Chudnovsky) 10043
Shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Voting rights of homeless and identification issue See Voter identification requirements, impact on homeless and transient population under Elections
Homeowner grant

Appeal process (Oppal) 12470
Eligibility
extended absence from principal residence (Ralston) 10664-5 (Taylor) 10665
float homes (Ralston) 10664 (Taylor) 10664
fractional interests (Ralston) 10664 (Taylor) 10664
people on fixed incomes (Karagianis) 10182
seniors (Karagianis) 9882-3
spouses (Ralston) 10665 (Taylor) 10665
threshold (Cantelon) 10112 (Lee) 10164
Legislation See Home Owner Grant Act
Legislative definitions (Ralston) 10663-4 (Taylor) 10663-4
Homeowner protection office

Responsibilities (Thorne) 12180
Homes B.C. program

Elimination and projects (Chudnovsky) 12139 (Coleman) 12139
Homophobia See Discrimination and racism
Honeymoon Bay Elementary School, Lake Cowichan, B.C.

Closing (Routley) 11512
Hope for Freedom Society

Work on homelessness issue (Black) 9888
Horizon Air

Air service between Prince George and Seattle (Rustad) 11208
Horn River

Basin area, natural gas resources (Neufeld) 12565
Hospice and palliative care

Funding (Fraser) 9749
Funding and government support (Abbott) 12643-4 (Fraser) 12643-4
Models (Abbott) 12643-4
Hospital Employees Union

Membership (Chouhan) 12198
Newspaper See The Guardian (Hospital Employees Union)
Hospitals See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
Hotel Room Tax Act

Amendments See also Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
(Ralston) 10175 (Thorpe) 10732
Hotels and travel accommodation See also Tourism

Hotel room tax, revenue-sharing (Ralston) 10175
Housing

Accessible housing for disabled persons (Coleman) 12177-8 (Thorne) 12177
Affordable housing
availability (Chudnovsky) 10042 (Hammell) 10152 (Thorne) 9855-6
government action (Coleman) 12146-7 (Fleming) 9831 (Herbert) 13190-1 (Macdonald) 10035 (Robertson) 10145 (Sather) 12146 (Simpson, S.) 9675-6, 13229
government initiatives (Richmond) 13190-1 (Throne speech) 9627
relationship to health (Simpson, S.) 12050-1
relationship to worker supply See Shortage, relationship to housing affordability under Workers
small-unit housing (Wyse) 12297
small-unit housing incentives (Chong) 12296, 12742-3, 12747
Cooperative housing (Coleman) 12150, 12176, 12181 (Thorne) 12175-6
Cost of housing (Lee) 10164
Equity projects (Coleman) 12175
Float homes See Float homes
Government initiatives (Coleman) 9828-9, 12134-5 (McIntyre) 9648 (Taylor) 9801
Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels (Chudnovsky) 10042, 12136-9 (Coleman) 12136-9, 13306 (Farnworth) 10091 (Mayencourt) 10087
Green building design See Construction industry
Home warranty insurance See Home ownership
Housing endowment fund (Cantelon) 10112 (Fleming) 9831
Housing endowment fund, application process (Chudnovsky) 12151 (Coleman) 12151
Housing endowment fund, projects (Chudnovsky) 12149-51 (Coleman) 12149-51, 12178 (Thorne) 12177
Housing for first nations See First nations
Housing for people with mental illness See also Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill below under this main heading
Housing for people with mental illness, institutional care (Mayencourt) 10089-90
Innovation (Coleman) 12174-5, 12178 (Thorne) 12174-5
Ministry responsible See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
Mobile homes See Manufactured homes
Rent subsidies, rental assistance program, etc. See Social and subsidized housing below under this main heading
Rental housing See Housing – Rental housing
Residential housing market See Real estate industry
Residential tenancy branch See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
Seniors housing See Housing – Residential care facilities; Housing under Seniors
Single-room occupancies, government purchase See Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels above under this main heading
Social and subsidized housing
amount of housing (Fleming) 9831-2 (Mayencourt) 9786
child care spaces in social housing developments See Spaces in schools and social housing developments under Children – Child care
displacement of low-income tenants from single-room-occupancy units, rent protection See also Residential Tenancy Act Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill M221)
(Kwan) 13029
government initiatives (Coleman) 11053, 13321-3 (Nuraney) 10039-40
government investment (Chudnovsky) 13322
government policy (James) 11053
government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels See Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels above under this main heading
government support (Farnworth) 10091 (Hammell) 10152 (Krog) 10061 (Kwan) 13708-9 (Mayencourt) 10087 (Thorne) 9856, 9858
home starter kits program (Richmond) 9853
housing during NDP administration (Routley) 10088
leakage and water damage problems in buildings (Thorne) 9858
rent subsidies (Chudnovsky) 10042-3
rent supplements (Lee) 10164
rental assistance program (Christensen) 10094-5 (Coleman) 9828, 12146, 12169-70 (Fleming) 9832 (McIntyre) 9648 (Mayencourt) 10088-9 (Richmond) 9855 (Thorne) 12169-70
rental assistance program, cases (Coleman) 13305-7
Supportive housing See also Assisted living and supportive housing under Housing – Residential care facilities
designation of properties as supportive housing See also government responsibility for zoning designation under this subheading
(Brar) 10733, 10899-906, 10908 (Robertson) 10904-5, 10907 (Thorpe) 10732, 10899-908 (Wyse) 10733-4
designation of properties as supportive housing, cabinet role (Brar) 10733, 10899, 10901-4 (Robertson) 10904-5 (Thorpe) 10899, 10901-4 (Wyse) 10733
eligibility for property tax changes See Assessment of property, changes for 2009 taxation year, valuation of property under Property tax
funding and new units (Chudnovsky) 12135-6, 12138-9 (Coleman) 12134-6, 12138-9
government initiatives (Coleman) 11053 (Hansen) 11745
government responsibility for zoning designation (Brar) 10733, 10901-4, 10906 (Chong) 11813 (Robertson) 10904-5, 10907 (Thorpe) 10902-6 (Wyse) 10733-4, 11812-3
projects (Chudnovsky) 12139 (Coleman) 12139
supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill See Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill below under this main heading
supportive housing for seniors (Abbott) 12845-8, 13068 (Gentner) 12848
Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill
designation of properties See Supportive housing above under this main heading
government initiatives (Coleman) 9828, 13305-6 (Mayencourt) 10211 (Thorpe) 9905-6
need and costs (Chudnovsky) 12015
Symposium, attendance by Housing Minister (Bains) 13303
Temporary housing and shelters
24-hour access (Christensen) 10095
government funding (Coleman) 9828, 13306
number of shelter beds (Mayencourt) 10089
shelters (Chudnovsky) 10043, 12014, 12135, 12139 (Coleman) 12134
Housing – Rental housing

Landlord-tenant issues
damage deposits for income assistance clients See Benefits, government policy on damage deposits under Income assistance
dispute resolution process (Coleman) 12098, 12172-3, 12178 (Sather) 12148 (Thorne) 12098, 12171-3, 12178-80
evictions for renovations (Thorne) 9857
evictions for renovations and dispute resolution process (Coleman) 12173-4 (Thorne) 12170-1, 12173-4
penalties for landlords (Coleman) 10581 (Simpson, S.) 10580-1
tenancy agreements (Coleman) 12148
tenant protection (Thorne) 11705
tenant protection for tenants with mental challenges (Abbott) 12904-5 (Dix) 12904
tenant protection from eviction and rent increases (Herbert) 13189-91
Legislation See Long Term Renters Protection Act, 2008; Residential Tenancy Act Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill M205); Residential Tenancy Act Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill M221)
Long-term renters, rent control (Herbert) 13374-5
Pets in rental housing (Bell) 10574 (Fraser) 10574
Rent subsidies or supplements, rental assistance program, etc. See Social and subsidized housing under Housing
Residential tenancy branch See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
Secondary suites, accessibility for seniors See Housing under Seniors
Single-room occupancies, government purchase See Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels under Housing
Supply (Fleming) 9832 (Thorne) 9856, 12169
Supply, incentives for construction of rental housing (Coleman) 12147, 12169-72
Housing – Residential care facilities See also Health – Continuing and long-term care

Assisted living and residential care, NDP position (Abbott) 11637
Assisted living and supportive housing See also Supportive housing under Housing
(Nuraney) 10040
Assisted living and supportive housing, legislation (Coleman) 12176-7 (Thorne) 12176-7
Assisted-living beds See also Residential and assisted-living units below under this main heading
(Farnworth) 10090
Assisted-living model and continuum of care (Abbott) 12846, 13068
Assisted-living residences, upgrades (Chudnovsky) 12135-6 (Coleman) 12134-6
Beds (Kwan) 11891-2
Beds, ratio to number of seniors (Conroy) 11845
Conditions (Cantelon) 10295 (James) 11598
Conditions, complaint process (Cantelon) 11599-600
Conditions, government action (Macdonald) 10292-3
Development, public-private partnerships (Gentner) 11912 (Taylor) 11912
Food services (Abbott) 12852-3, 12859 (Gentner) 12852-3 (Routley) 12859
Government investment (Abbott) 9808, 10233
Inspections (Macdonald) 9706, 11589
Moves of residents to other facilities (Conroy) 11846
"Overbedded" communities (Conroy) 11845
Projects, request-for-proposal process (Abbott) 13074
Residential and assisted-living units (Abbott) 10155, 11637, 12843-5, 12847-9, 13067-8 (Gentner) 12847
Staffing levels (Abbott) 12849-50 (Gentner) 12849, 12854
Staffing levels, government accountability (Macdonald) 10198-9
Wait-lists (Conroy) 11845-6
Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2008

(Bill 10) (Minister of Forests and Range) 1R, 10340; 2R, 10403-5; C, 10577-84; 3R, 10584; RA, 10665
Debate, speakers (Coleman) 10340, 10403-5, 10578-84 (Simpson, S.) 10580-1, 10583-4 (Thorne) 10403-4, 10578-82, 10584
Purpose of bill (Coleman) 10340
Houston, B.C.

Ambulance service and acute care beds (MacKay) 13202
Environmental initiatives (MacKay) 9762-3
Health care services (MacKay) 9760-1
Houweling Nurseries Ltd.

Wood-fired boiler operations (Gentner) 11291-2
Hudson's Hope, B.C.

Economic development and coalbed methane drilling in area (Horgan) 12563 (Neufeld) 12562-3
Hughes, Ted

Report on child protection and child death review process See Child protection review under Children
Hugo Dummett Award for Excellence in Diamond Exploration

Award recipients (Sultan) 9863-4
Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group

Involvement in treaty negotiations (de Jong) 12454 (Fraser) 12454
Human rights

Commission See British Columbia Human Rights Commission
Government support (Chouhan) 9850
Human Rights Clinic (Oppal) 12241
Tribunal See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Hume, Mark

Article on private power production in B.C. (Macdonald) 10800
Hume, Stephen

Article on cap-and-trade legislation (Bains) 11310 (Coons) 11348
Humphreys, Anthony

Death (Penner) 12801 (Speaker) 12789
Service to Legislature as Sergeant-at-Arms (de Jong) 12789 (Farnworth) 12789 (Horgan) 12789 (Simpson, S.) 12802
Surgery (Speaker) 12091
Hunting

Government strategy to increase hunter numbers (Simpson, S.) 12576
Guides See Guide-outfitters
Hunting in B.C. (MacKay) 10327
Hunting in parks (Penner) 12728 (Trevena) 12728
Hunting of wolves (Penner) 12727-8 (Trevena) 12727-8
Hunting organizations, land stewardship (Macdonald) 10328-9, 12578
Hunting rights for first nations See Aboriginal rights under First nations
Legislation See Environmental (Species and Public Protection) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
Regulation (Penner) 12482 (Simpson, S.) 12576
Regulation, hunt limitations and closings (MacKay) 10327-9
Trapping in B.C. (Cantelon) 10885
Hupacasath First Nation

Consultation by government on removal of lands from tree farm licences (Fraser) 12185-6, 12452-3
Hutchings, Travis

Accomplishments in tae kwon do (Coons) 13372
Hutchinson, Ralph

Death (Krog) 10718
Huu-ay-aht First Nation

Road to Bamfield area See Bamfield, B.C.
Hyack Festival

Events (Puchmayr) 12411
Hybrid vehicles See Automobiles
Hydro and Power Authority Act

Amendments (Ralston) 10175 (Taylor) 10172
Hydroelectricity See Energy
Hydrogen fuel See Fuel
Hydrometric water monitoring system See Water

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