Backpackers Inn, Vancouver, B.C.
Badh, Varinder
- Parents' deaths in street racing incident (Ralston) 14649
Bailey, Chuck
- Contributions to Little League baseball (Hogg) 14717-8
Baillie, Tim
- Education outreach work as firefighter (Bond) 14435
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act
Baltakis, Hilda
- Experience with seniors care facilities (Macdonald) 14557
Bamfield, B.C.
- Road to area (Fraser) 14124
Barefoot, Gordon
Barkerville, B.C.
BC150 cultural fund See Endowment fund
under Arts and culture
BCIT See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
BCTF See British Columbia Teachers Federation
Beauchesne, Arthur
- Comments on rules for interim supply (Herbert) 14288 (Ralston) 14241, 14248
- Comments on scrutiny of government (Horgan) 14268
Bedbugs See Health – Public health
Belcarra, B.C.
- Water system (Black) 14405
Bella Coola Valley
- Internet and cell phone access (Coons) 14023-4
Belmont Secondary School, Langford, B.C.
- Initiatives and programs (Horgan) 14475-6
- Need for new building (Horgan) 14476, 14573
Beta townhouses See Housing
under Burnaby, B.C.
Big White Ski Resort Ltd.
- Water licence application, petition tabled (Conroy) 14599
Bills by name See also Bills by number
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2009 (Bill 2)
- Consumer Protection in Ticket Sales Act, 2009 (Bill M202)
- First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009 (Bill M201)
- Forest Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 13)
- Government Integrity Act, 2009 (Bill M204)
- Labour Mobility Act (Bill 9)
- Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2008-2009 (Bill 4)
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 11)
- Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 6)
- Police (Police Complaint Commissioner) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 7)
- Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 10)
- Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2009 (Bill M203)
- Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 12)
- Supply Act, 2008-2009 (Supplementary estimates) (Bill 3)
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2009 (Bill 5)
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 8)
Bills by number
- (* denotes bill having received royal assent)
- 1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- 2.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2009
- 3.* Supply Act, 2008-2009 (Supplementary Estimates)
- 4.* Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2008-2009
- 5.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2009
- 6. Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009
- 7.* Police (Police Complaint Commissioner) Amendment Act, 2009
- 8.* Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009
- 9. Labour Mobility Act
- 10.* Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
- 11.* Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2009
- 12. Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009
- 13.* Forest Amendment Act, 2009
- M201. First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009
- M202. Consumer Protection in Ticket Sales Act, 2009
- M203. Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2009
- M204. Government Integrity Act, 2009
Bioenergy See Energy
Biofuel See Fuel
Birchwater, Sage
- Residence in Chilcotin area and contributions as journalist (Wyse) 14095
Black History Month
- Celebration and relevance (Chouhan) 13828
Blackstock, Cindy
- Advocacy work commended (Simons) 14529
Bloy, Robert
- Life and work (Bloy) 14035
Bonds See also Securities industry
- Government bonds for green infrastructure investment, NDP proposal (Les) 14304 (Rustad) 13744
Bonsor Seniors Society
- Programs and services (Nuraney) 14253
Book publishing See Publishing industry
Border crossings
- Canada-U.S. border processing See also Trade between Canada and U.S., impact of border security regulations under Exports and imports
- Passports See Passports
Boundary Bay Airport
- Fence and camera security project (Gentner) 13842 (Krueger) 13842
Bowland, Darin
- Comments on B.C. Ferries and sinking of Queen of the North (Coons) 14386-7
Bread of Life Centre, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Services and fundraising event (Fraser) 14533, 14551
Breast health
- Breast cancer pathology testing See Cancer testing system in B.C. under Cancer
- Mammography services in B.C. (Abbott) 14005-6
Brenner, Donald
- Comments on legal aid funding (McGinn) 13872
British Columbia
- 150th anniversary, Spirit Squares program (Chong) 14613-4 (Krueger) 13843-4 (Wyse) 13843-4
- Cost of living See Costs and user fees under Consumers
- Deaths of prominent citizens and public servants (Throne speech) 13731-2
- Economic and social indicators, ranking among provinces (Roddick) 14492
- Economy See Economy – B.C. economy
- Identification card for B.C. residents, fraud prevention (Farnworth) 14761-3 (van Dongen) 14416, 14646, 14761-3
- Identification card for B.C. residents, fraud prevention legislation See Motor Vehicle Act; Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
- Inclusiveness (Nuraney) 14725
- Interior B.C.
- health care services (Lali) 13806
- issues (Wyse) 14496
- planning for agriculture and resource industries (Wyse) 14075
- Issues, government awareness (Coons) 14385
- Northern B.C. See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
- Opportunities and strengths (Hogg) 14718, 14720-1
- Population health See Health status of B.C. residents under Health – Public health
- Population, people moving to B.C. (Hogg) 14718
- Population, standard of living (Ralston) 13792 (Thorne) 14606
- Public ownership (Evans) 14465
- Role as gateway to Asia Pacific (Hansen) 13770 (Hayer) 14824-5
British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
- Communities and driving distances (MacKay) 14195-6
- Economic development and diversification (Bond) 14603-4 (Rustad) 14754-5
- Economic summit See Northern Economic Summit
- Energy supply, infrastructure See Electrification under Highway 37; Northern energy corridor under Energy; Northwest transmission line under Energy
- Forest industry, potential in northwest B.C. (Austin) 13759
- Government investment (Bond) 14602-3 (Hansen) 13833 (Krog) 14264 (Richmond) 14461
- Government support (Austin) 13833-4
- Health care services, ambulance and paramedic services (Macdonald) 14302-4
- Health care services, government initiatives and northern cancer strategy (Rustad) 13744
- Infrastructure, government investment (Rustad) 13741-2, 13744
- Issues, government and opposition action (Macdonald) 14822
- Issues, NDP position (Hansen) 13834
- North coast
- moratorium on oil tankers in area waters (Coons) 14592-3
- recreational facilities (Coons) 14384
- transportation infrastructure (Coons) 14384
- Northern caucus See British Columbia northern caucus
- Resource industries in northwest B.C. (Austin) 14078-80
- Rural B.C.
- government investment and support (Simpson, B.) 14542
- government services and workers (Evans) 14465
- government support (Conroy) 14634 (Hansen) 14539-40 (Macdonald) 14539-40, 14556
- rural B.C. secretariat (Bond) 14603
British Columbia Arts Council
British Columbia Association for Community Living
- Comments on funding for community living services (Coleman) 14099
British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Cancer research and treatment (Hawes) 14295-7
British Columbia Central Credit Union
- Analysis of 2009-10 provincial budget (James) 13884 (Ralston) 13885
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
- Dividend to government (Horgan) 13782
- Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers See also particular companies
- Investment in dam system expansion (Penner) 14733-4
- Privatization, petition tabled (Hawkins) 13783
- Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
- Return on equity (Horgan) 13986
- Revenues (Horgan) 13782 (Lekstrom) 13782 (Ralston) 13791
B.C. identification card See Identification card
under British Columbia
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
British Columbia Investment Management Corp.
- Management of funds and plans
British Columbia Legislative Library
British Columbia Liberal Party
- Donations from industry (Horgan) 14096
- Fundraising activities, use of government staff (Horgan) 14096 (Krog) 14095-6
- New Era document, statements (Macdonald) 14556
- Position on health workers collective agreement, campaign statements and position as government (Chouhan) 14564
- Position on sale of B.C. Rail, campaign statements and position as government (Macdonald) 14701
British Columbia Liberal Party – Government See also Government
- Accomplishments (Black) 14408-9, 14830-2 (McIntyre) 14509 (MacKay) 14547-8 (Nuraney) 14397, 14724-5 (Roddick) 14491-2 (Thorpe) 14485
- Accountability and openness (Bains) 14085-6, 14276-8 (Brar) 14327 (Coons) 14367 (Dix) 14332-3 (Herbert) 14355-7, 14410 (Krog) 14749-50 (Sather) 14081-2 (Trevena) 14284
- Action on stated priorities (Coons) 14308-9 (Fraser) 14550, 14815-7 (Lali) 13802 (Macdonald) 14556-8 (Polak) 13801 (Ralston) 13772 (Routley) 14713-6
- Actions since 2001 election (Ralston) 13772-3
- Approach to governing (Simpson, S.) 14625-6
- Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust See also Court proceedings under Supreme Court of British Columbia; Sale under British Columbia Rail
- Budgets and throne speeches (Simpson, B.) 14541-2
- Budgets and throne speeches, 2002 throne speech (Coons) 14308
- Budgets and throne speeches, 2008 budget and throne speech (Simpson, S.) 13750
- Concern for public interest (Fraser) 14815 (Karagianis) 14704-7 (Simpson, S.) 14746-7
- Economic plan for province See Economy – B.C. economy
- Election (MacKay) 14545
- Financial management (Bennett) 14052, 14055-6 (Coons) 14308, 14368 (Dix) 14330-1, 14827-9 (Hansen) 13767, 13771-2 (Hawes) 14228 (Hayer) 14501-2 (Horgan) 14271 (Jarvis) 13793-4 (Krog) 14262-4, 14749-50 (Krueger) 14388 (Lali) 14363-4 (Ralston) 14745 (Routley) 14579 (Simpson, S.) 14746-7 (Thorpe) 14748-9 (Wyse) 14353-4 (Yap) 14218
- Financial management and priorities (Les) 14304-5 (Ralston) 14242, 14246 (Routley) 14377-8
- Ideology (Chudnovsky) 13811-2 (Evans) 14464-5 (Routley) 14579
- Legislation, handling (Wyse) 14786
- MLAs
- comments on issues (Horgan) 14572-3
- free votes (MacKay) 14545
- steelhead caucus (Sultan) 14534-5
- use of word "unprecedented" (Herbert) 14409
- Performance (Bloy) 13870 (Brar) 14513, 14739-40 (Chouhan) 13869 (Fraser) 14552-3 (Jarvis) 13793-4 (Les) 13745-50, 14566-7 (Polak) 13801 (Routley) 14582
- Performance, comparison with NDP administration (Rustad) 13741-5
- Policies
- Position on issues
- aboriginal rights (MacKay) 14547
- balanced budgets (Krog) 14749
- collective agreements (Chudnovsky) 13815
- collective agreements in public sector (Fraser) 14815
- deficit budgets (Black) 14404 (Brar) 14488-9 (Lali) 13802-3
- minimum wage (Lali) 13804
- Priorities (Chouhan) 14565 (Coons) 14383-4 (Farnworth) 14618-9 (Herbert) 14411-2 (Horgan) 14835 (Karagianis) 13795, 13797, 14704-7 (Krog) 14262-4 (Lali) 13805-6 (McGinn) 14505 (Ralston) 13773 (Simons) 14403 (Simpson, B.) 14036 (Trevena) 14453
- Privatization initiatives (Karagianis) 14705-7 (Simpson, S.) 14625
- Public perception (Simpson, S.) 13750
- Relationship with federal and local governments (Chong) 14843
- Relationship with governments in other jurisdictions (Les) 13745
- Slogans (Simons) 14399-400
- Trust issue (Herbert) 14410, 14412 (Lali) 13803
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
British Columbia Medical Association
- Report on home and community care system (Gentner) 13975
British Columbia northern caucus
- Issues and priorities (Rustad) 13743
B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
- Roof replacement (Hansen) 14039-40 (Routley) 14579
- Roof replacement, NDP position (Bell) 14039
British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Association
British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund
- Annual burn camp for children (McIntyre) 14436
- Government funding (Nuraney) 14431
- Programs and government support (Bloy) 14428-9
British Columbia Public Service Agency
- Long-term disability plan for employees See Employees under Civil service
British Columbia Rail See also Railways and rail services
- Mandate and relationship with government (Horgan) 14536
- Payment to Patrick Kinsella See Contract with B.C. Rail under Kinsella, Patrick
- Records, availability in legislative library (Farnworth) 14376 (Fleming) 14375 (Krog) 14375 (Oppal) 14375
- Sale
British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association
B.C. Scene initiative See Arts and culture
British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Advertising (Nuraney) 14397
- Communications on B.C. education system (Bloy) 13868-9
British Columbia timber sales program
British Columbia Wildlife Federation
- Activities (Routley) 14034
British Columbia Women's Institute
- Accomplishments (Roddick) 14697
Budget See also 2009-10 budget
under Budgets
- Budget address (Hansen) 13766-72
- Divisions: budget approved 14634
- Debate 13766-73, 13783-815, 14217-33, 14235-40, 14383-413, 14446-57, 14460-72, 14484-511, 14540-74, 14575-90, 14600-34
- Debate, speakers (Bains) 14392-6 (Bell) 14235-40 (Bennett) 13806-11 (Black) 14403-9 (Bloy) 14447-50 (Bond) 14601-6 (Brar) 14488-91 (Cantelon) 14626-30 (Chong) 14610-5 (Chouhan) 14563-6 (Christensen) 14583-7 (Chudnovsky) 13811-5 (Coell) 14553-5 (Conroy) 14630-4 (Coons) 14383-7 (Evans) 14462-6 (Farnworth) 14615-9 (Fleming) 14587-90, 14600-1 (Fraser) 14549-53 (Gentner) 14228-33 (Hansen) 13766-72 (Hawes) 14224-8 (Hayer) 14498-502 (Herbert) 14409-13, 14446-7 (Horgan) 14569-74, 14575 (Jarvis) 13792-4 (Karagianis) 13794-9 (Krueger) 14387-92 (Lali) 13802-6 (Lee) 14455-7, 14470-2 (Les) 14566-9 (Macdonald) 14555-60 (McGinn) 14502-6 (McIntyre) 14506-11 (MacKay) 14545-9 (Nuraney) 14396-9 (Oppal) 14619-22 (Polak) 13799-802 (Ralston) 13772-3, 13783-92 (Reid) 14560-3 (Richmond) 14460-2 (Roddick) 14491-4 (Routley) 14578-82 (Sather) 14220-4 (Simons) 14399-403 (Simpson, B.) 14540-5 (Simpson, S.) 14622-6 (Thorne) 14606-10 (Thorpe) 14484-8 (Trevena) 14450-5 (van Dongen) 14575-8 (Whittred) 14467-70 (Wyse) 14494-8 (Yap) 14217-20
- Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 1), 2009
- Supplementary estimates 2008-09 See also particular ministries
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2009
- (Bill 2) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 13773-4; 2R, 14212-6; C, 14335-49; 3R, 14349; RA, 14511
- Debate, speakers (Hansen) 13773-4, 14212-4, 14335-49 (Ralston) 14214-6, 14335-43, 14347-8 (Simpson, S.) 14340-1, 14343-7
- Purpose of bill (Hansen) 13773-4
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
Budgets
- 2008-09 budget
- additional funds, allocation of contingency funds (Evans) 14202-4 (Gentner) 14205-6 (Hansen) 14188-91, 14206-10 (Herbert) 14206-7 (Horgan) 14207-9 (Ralston) 14188-91, 14202, 14206-7 (Sather) 14209-10
- additional funds for ministries (Coons) 14367 (de Jong) 14212, 14349-50, 14379 (Farnworth) 14350-1 (Karagianis) 14128 (Routley) 14378
- additional funds, legislation See Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2008-2009; Supply Act, 2008-2009 (Supplementary Estimates)
- potential deficit (Ralston) 13785
- supplementary estimates See Budget; Estimates process under Legislature
- use of surplus funds (Hansen) 14188-9, 14210
- year-end forecast (Hansen) 14189-90 (Ralston) 14189
- 2009-10 budget See also Budget
- content (Bloy) 14449-50 (Cantelon) 14629 (Chong) 14611-2, 14614-5 (Chouhan) 14565-6 (Chudnovsky) 13815 (Conroy) 14631 (Coons) 14383-4 (Dix) 14330 (Farnworth) 13780 (Fleming) 13781-2, 14587-8 (Fraser) 14549-50 (Gentner) 14229 (Hayer) 14498, 14501-2 (Herbert) 14409-10, 14412, 14446-7 (Horgan) 13782 (James) 13778-9 (Karagianis) 13794-6 (Lali) 13801-3 (Lee) 14455, 14457, 14470-1 (Macdonald) 13987 (McGinn) 14505-6 (Polak) 13800-1 (Ralston) 13788-9 (Richmond) 14461-2 (Routley) 14582 (Simons) 14399 (Simpson, B.) 14542-5 (Simpson, S.) 13753, 14279, 14281-2, 14622 (Thorpe) 14484, 14487-8 (Throne speech) 13732 (Trevena) 14284-5, 14451 (van Dongen) 14575-6 (Wyse) 14495-8
- debate in Legislature (Dix) 14330-3 (Farnworth) 14271 (Karagianis) 14290-1, 14293, 14323 (Krog) 14262-3 (Macdonald) 14265-6, 14268 (Ralston) 14241-6, 14248, 14260-1 (Trevena) 14283-6
- deficit (Bennett) 13807 (Black) 14404 (Bloy) 14450 (de Jong) 14379-80 (Hawes) 14225-6 (Jarvis) 13793 (McIntyre) 14507 (Richmond) 14460 (Simpson, S.) 14623
- forecast allowance and contingency funding (Fleming) 14589 (Karagianis) 13796 (Ralston) 13784-5, 13787
- impact on youth (Simpson, B.) 14544
- interim supply (Bains) 14275-8 (Brar) 14326-7 (de Jong) 14324-6 (Dix) 14329-32 (Farnworth) 14271-5 (Hansen) 14212, 14240, 14334-5, 14380-3 (Herbert) 14286-90 (Horgan) 14268-71 (Karagianis) 14290-3, 14323 (Krog) 14261-5 (Macdonald) 14265-8 (Ralston) 14240-9, 14260-1, 14380-3 (Simpson, S.) 14279-83 (Trevena) 14283-6
- legislation See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2009
- NDP position (Christensen) 14583 (Simons) 14401
- priorities (Bennett) 13807-8 (Brar) 14489 (Dix) 14331-3 (Farnworth) 14615-6 (Hansen) 13771 (Hayer) 14825 (Herbert) 14411-2 (Lee) 14817 (Les) 13749, 14567-8 (Nuraney) 14398 (Polak) 13799-801 (Ralston) 14242-3 (Thorne) 14606
- projections (Farnworth) 14618 (Horgan) 14573 (James) 13884 (Simpson, S.) 13831, 14626
- relationship to economic forecasts (Farnworth) 14617-8 (Fraser) 14551-2 (Hansen) 13781, 13945 (Karagianis) 13797 (Ralston) 13781 (Simpson, B.) 14543-4 (Simpson, S.) 14626
- relationship to economic forecasts and government expenditures (Ralston) 13787
- revenue projections (Fleming) 13885-6, 13945, 14588-9 (Hansen) 13782, 13884-6 (James) 13884-5 (Ralston) 13790-1, 13885, 14243
- Balanced budgets
- Budget and Fiscal Plan 2009-10–2011-12, content (Ralston) 13786-8
- Budget and Fiscal Plan 2009-10–2011-12, tabled (Hansen) 13774
- Budget process
- forecast allowances (Ralston) 13784-5
- forecasting (Ralston) 13784
- forecasting and risk factors (Ralston) 13786
- process (de Jong) 14324-5 (Hansen) 13884 (Simpson, S.) 14279-81
- role and responsibilities of Deputy Finance Minister (Ralston) 13786-7
- Budgets during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Fraser) 14549 (Hansen) 13884 (Hawes) 14750 (Yap) 14220
- Budgets during NDP administration (de Jong) 14325 (Hansen) 13782 (Krueger) 13826
- Debate in Legislature (Christensen) 14583
- Deficit budgets
- Interim supply, use during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Herbert) 14286-9 (Ralston) 14248
- Interim supply, use during NDP administration (Hansen) 14334-5
- Special warrants See Legislature
- Supplementary estimates See Budget; Estimates process under Legislature
- Votes, confidence issue (Farnworth) 14615
- Year-end financial reporting See Financial reporting under Government
Building Canada fund See Funding
under Infrastructure
Building design, inspections, standards, etc. See Construction industry
Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club
- Fundraising dinner (MacKay) 14036
Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area
- Government investment (MacKay) 14548
Bullying See Violence
Burnaby, B.C. See also Burnaby North constituency and area; Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area; Burquitlam constituency and area
- Arts and culture (Lee) 13759
- Benefits of government investments (Lee) 14735, 14817-20
- Community infrastructure investment (Lee) 14471
- Development (Lee) 14456
- Discovery Place Research Park project (Lee) 14456
- Education and housing (Lee) 14818
- Environmental award nominations and recipients (Bloy) 14418
- Environmental technology companies (Lee) 13882-3, 14455-6, 14819
- Firefighters (Bloy) 14429 (Chouhan) 14435 (Lee) 14440 (Nuraney) 14431
- Health care services (Lee) 14456
- Hosting of 2009 World Police and Fire Games See World Police and Fire Games
- Housing See also Education and housing above under this main heading
- affordable housing (Lee) 14456
- affordable housing project for seniors (Nuraney) 14638
- initiatives (Bloy) 14711
- purchase of Alpha and Beta townhouses by government (Coleman) 13928, 13948
- Immigrant services (Chouhan) 14736 (Lee) 14736
- Immigrant services and cultural diversity (Bloy) 14515-6, 14518
- Programs and services, government funding and support (Chouhan) 14736
- Schools, construction and seismic upgrading (Lee) 14472, 14735
- Schools, government investment (Lee) 14456
- Seniors services, Burnaby Partners in Seniors Wellness program (Abbott) 13994 (Chouhan) 13993-4, 14253, 14565
- South Burnaby, Royal Canadian Legion branch 83 (Nuraney) 14638
- Willingdon pretrial facility proposal
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, Burnaby, B.C.
Burnaby Family Life Institute
- Mentoring program for women (Bloy) 14447
- Work of organization (Bloy) 14709
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
- Fundraising campaign for new magnetic resonance imaging equipment (Bloy) 14534, 14710
- Support for Burnaby Hospital (Bloy) 14449
Burnaby North constituency and area
- Constituent meetings with MLA (Lee) 14753
Burnaby school district See School district 41 (Burnaby)
Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
- Community organizations (Chouhan) 14566
- Description (Chouhan) 14563
- Homeless shelter (Chouhan) 14565
Burns Bog
- Management during B.C. Liberal and NDP administrations (Falcon) 14167 (Gentner) 14167
- Sandhill crane population (Roddick) 14315
Burns Bog Conservation Society
- Celebrating Women and the Spirit of the Cranes annual event (Roddick) 14315-6
Burquitlam constituency and area
- Community social services (Bloy) 14447-8
- Issues and concerns (Bloy) 14708-12
- Schools, after-school programs (Bloy) 14448
- Schools, capital construction and seismic upgrading (Bloy) 14711
- Seniors (Bloy) 14316
- Small businesses (Thorpe) 14075-6
Business See also Corporations
- Business education programs for immigrants to B.C. See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C. under Immigration
- Entrepreneurs and private investors, NDP position (Penner) 14729-30
- International business, investment in B.C. See Investment
- Public-private partnerships
- benefits and projects in B.C. (Falcon) 14134-5 (Hansen) 14197-9 (Throne speech) 13738
- financing issues (Sather) 14221
- impact on government flexibility (Ralston) 13791-2
- impact on public debt (Austin) 14311
- model (Falcon) 14161-2
- process (Falcon) 14146
- role of local construction companies and workers in projects (Falcon) 14145, 14147 (Ralston) 14144
- value (Falcon) 14161 (Hawes) 14224-5 (Karagianis) 13797
- Tax reductions (Hansen) 13767
Business – Small business
- Employee benefits (Ralston) 14651
- Employee benefits and worker recruitment (Hansen) 14652-3
- Government support (Black) 14832 (Chong) 14843 (Thorpe) 14488
- Small business in B.C. (Chong) 14612 (Krog) 14076-7 (Thorpe) 14075-8
- Small business round table (Chong) 14612 (Krueger) 14391
- Taxation, corporate income tax (Hansen) 13774, 14213
Bute Inlet