Province of British Columbia
First Session, 39th Parliament – 2009
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Fair Health Care Funding for Cowichan Now

Coalition, letter to Premier on closing of Cowichan Lodge (Routley, B.) 86
Fairview See Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area
False Creek See Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area
Families

Cost of living See British Columbia; Costs and user fees under Consumers
Family law See Justice system
Family violence See Violence
Low-income families See Income
Nobody's Perfect parenting program (Simons) 139-40
Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children
Family Compensation Act

Provisions (Ralston) 783-5
Family Relations Act

Amendments (de Jong) 2476
Provisions on division of property (de Jong) 695-6 (Krog) 695
Family Services of Greater Vancouver

Domestic violence response team, funding (Black, D.) 723 (Dix) 724 (Farnworth) 724 (Heed) 724
Funding (Elmore) 803
Family violence See Violence
Famous Five

Activities for women's rights (James) 1212
Fantax International Holdings Ltd.

Operations (Routley, B.) 1054
Farmers, farms, farmworkers, etc. See Agriculture
Farrell-Collins, Gary See Collins, Gary
FAS See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Role in dam proposal and letter by Environment Minister (Penner) 2394-6
Federation of Oceanside Residents

Concerns, petition tabled (Cantelon) 2345
Ferguson, Alex

Position with Oil and Gas Commission (Horgan) 2570 (Lekstrom) 2570
Ferguson, C.

Comments on paramedic issues (Kwan) 2033
Ferguson, Violet

Residential care wait-list case (Krog) 1218
Ferries and ferry services See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.

Emissions, exemption from emission reduction legislation See British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
Fares (Bond) 1031, 1091 (Coons) 1031, 1091-2, 1218
Government investment and support (Bond) 1218
Management during NDP administration See Performance as government under New Democratic Party of British Columbia
Passenger numbers and vehicle traffic (Bond) 1035 (Coons) 1035
Routes and services
alternative service providers (Bond) 1092 (Coons) 1092 (Huntington) 1085
Departure Bay–Horseshoe Bay route (Bond) 1035 (Coons) 1035
Horseshoe Bay–Langdale route (Bond) 1084-6 (Simons) 1085-6
Langdale–Gambier and Keats Islands, dock access See Ferry services under Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area
minor routes, federal funding agreement (Bond) 1083-4 (Huntington) 1083-4
Safety, dangerous cargo (Bond) 1089 (Coons) 1089-90
Sinking of Queen of the North and investigation (Coons) 1089-90
System, reporting (Coons) 1031
Terminals, sewage infrastructure upgrades (Bond) 1090-1 (Coons) 1090-1
Ferry commissioner See British Columbia Ferry Commission
Le Festival du Bois

Event (Thorne) 411
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Awareness and response (Elmore) 655-6
Challenges of persons with FASD and interaction with justice system (Karagianis) 1812 (Krog) 1818
Prevention and support (Chong) 568 (McIntyre) 190
Filipino Canadians

Filipino community in B.C. (Elmore) 529-30
Representation in B.C. Legislature (Elmore) 529
Film industry

Digital animation or visual effects tax credit (Herbert) 1784 (Krueger) 1782-4
Movie and television production, government support (Herbert) 1779-84 (Krueger) 1779-82, 1785
Tax credits (Herbert) 1779, 1781-4 (Krueger) 1780-4
Tax incentives, petition tabled (Lee) 212
Video games See Video games
Filmon, Gary

Report on summer 2003 forest fires in interior See Summer 2003 forest fires in interior, Filmon report under Fires and firefighters – Forest fires
Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

First report for first session of 39th parliament, budget consultation, report presented (Les) and received 2802
Powers and role (de Jong) 349-50
Public hearings in northern B.C. (Simpson, B.) 548
Recommendations (Bell) 928 (Horgan) 135
Recommendations on harmonized sales tax (Campbell) 2807 (Hansen) 20, 70-1 (Hawes) 46 (Hayer) 166 (James) 2806 (Krueger) 151 (Ralston) 213 (Yap) 142
Recommendations on mineral flow-through share tax credit (Donaldson) 2520
Finance, Ministry of

Estimates
debate 2681-706, 2718-29
speakers (Donaldson) 2703-5 (Hansen) 2681-706, 2719-29 (Ralston) 2681-703, 2705-6, 2719-29
Budget (Hansen) 2703 (Ralston) 2703
Communications by ministry officials on budget projections (Hansen) 268-9 (James) 268-9
Estimates process (Campbell) 2742, 2750-2, 2759, 2808, 2810-3 (James) 2753
Estimates process, questions referred from other ministry estimates (Ralston) 2723, 2728
Estimates process, scope of debate (Chair) 2804
Government borrowings and loans for 2008-09, report tabled (Hansen) 1147
Guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, report tabled (Hansen) 397
Relationship with Premier's Office See Premier, Office of the
Staffing (Hansen) 2702-3 (Ralston) 2702-3
Work of ministry (Campbell) 2810-3
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009

(Bill 5) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 371; 2R, 685-8; C, 920-4, 951-6; 3R, 956; RA, 1823
Debate, speakers (Hansen) 371, 685-6, 688, 921-4, 951-6 (Ralston) 686-7, 921-4, 951-6
Purpose of bill (Hansen) 371
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
(Hansen) 570
Financial Administration Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
(Coons) 631 (Hansen) 570-1 (Krueger) 819 (Ralston) 574
Financial Information Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
(Hansen) 571 (Ralston) 817
Financial Institutions Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
(Hansen) 685-6, 923-4, 951 (Ralston) 923-4, 951
Financial services industry See also Securities industry

International finance centre (Black, I.) 1989
Investor protection, legislation See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
(Hansen) 371, 686
Legislation, harmonization with TILMA (Hansen) 371, 685
Payday lending industry, regulation (Fleming) 1472
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre

Oversight of gaming industry transactions (Coleman) 1574-5 (Simpson, S.) 1574
Finlay-Podner, Macey

Response to house fire (Dalton) 2425
Finlayson, Jock

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Bond) 378 (Yamamoto) 384
FINTRAC See Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre
Fire and Police Services Collective Bargaining Act

Provisions (Dix) 2149-50
Firearms – Body armour

Legislation See also Body Armour Control Act
government consultation See also Information and Privacy Commissioner
(Farnworth) 1545-6 (Heed) 1545-6
relationship to federal legislation (Farnworth) 1437
scope (Heed) 1435-6
Regulation
certificate evidence (Farnworth) 1557 (Heed) 1557
costs (Farnworth) 1556 (Heed) 1557
destruction of body armour (Farnworth) 1546-7, 1550 (Heed) 1546, 1550
enforcement and penalties (Farnworth) 1437, 1546-7, 1558-9 (Heed) 1436, 1546, 1556-8 (Ralston) 1556
exemptions from permit requirement (Farnworth) 1544-7 (Heed) 1544-8
government advertising and communications (Farnworth) 1551-3 (Heed) 1551-3
guidelines See policies below under this subheading
hearings under act (Farnworth) 1549, 1553, 1555, 1558 (Heed) 1549-50, 1553-5, 1558 (Ralston) 1553-4, 1558
impact of regulation in other jurisdictions (Farnworth) 1549, 1551-2 (Heed) 1549, 1551-2
information and privacy issues (Farnworth) 1545, 1553, 1555-7 (Heed) 1545-6, 1553, 1555-6
licensing and permitting (Farnworth) 1548-50, 1555 (Heed) 1547, 1549-50, 1556-7 (Ralston) 1556
policies (Farnworth) 1548 (Heed) 1546, 1548, 1554 (Ralston) 1553-4
registrar See Registrar under Security services
registry (Farnworth) 1555-7 (Heed) 1555-7 (Ralston) 1556
regulation (Farnworth) 1436-8, 2538 (Hayer) 1438 (Heed) 1277, 1435-6
role of Canadian Border Services Agency See Canadian Border Services Agency
role of courier and postal services (Farnworth) 1552-3 (Heed) 1552-3
role of federal government (Farnworth) 1546 (Heed) 1546
role of police and law enforcement officials (Farnworth) 1437, 1545-7, 1550, 1556, 1558 (Heed) 1544-6, 1549-51, 1556, 1558 (Ralston) 1556
security service workers (Farnworth) 1437, 1544-5 (Heed) 1436, 1544-5
suppliers (Farnworth) 1545, 1551-2 (Heed) 1545, 1551-2
transition period See Transitional provisions under Body Armour Control Act
Sale on government auction websites (Farnworth) 1552
Use by gang members See Gangs
Fires and firefighters

Fire insurance See Coverage, fire coverage under Insurance
Firefighters
collective bargaining (Dix) 2149-50
commended (Stewart) 526
working conditions (Austin) 2059
Workers compensation for firefighters with cancer, legislation (Horgan) 2055
Fires and firefighters – Forest fires

Community protection plans and fuel management (Bell) 789-97, 965-8 (Macdonald) 789-97, 924, 949, 964-8
Firefighting camps, local food supply (Bell) 798 (Popham) 798
Firefighting costs and crews (Bell) 797-8 (Macdonald) 797-8
Firefighting funding (Bell) 968-70 (Lake) 477-8 (Macdonald) 465, 967-9 (Pimm) 453
History and use of Mars water bombers (Bell) 949 (Fraser) 66, 949
Interface fire risks, management (Bell) 932-4 (Routley, B.) 932-4, 938
Summer 2003 and 2009 forest fires in interior, response (Lake) 94-5
Summer 2003 forest fires in interior, implementation of Filmon report recommendations (Bell) 789-94, 933, 968-9 (Macdonald) 465, 788-95, 964-5, 967, 969 (Routley, B.) 933-4
Summer 2009 forest fires in interior (Krueger) 148-9 (Stewart) 526 (Throne speech) 6
Summer 2009 forest fires in interior, evacuation notices and communities at risk (Bell) 795-7 (Macdonald) 795-7
Summer 2009 forest fires in interior, response (Lake) 477-8 (Letnick) 15 (Stewart) 175-6
First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

Report on child poverty See Child poverty, report under Poverty
First Nations

Aboriginal internship program See Employees under Civil service
Aboriginal museum proposal See Museums
Agreements with government (Abbott) 1252-3, 1260, 1273-4 (Huntington) 1273-5 (Throne speech) 6
Agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreements (Abbott) 1270-1 (Simpson, B.) 1270-1
Children
child apprehension case (Karagianis) 2170-1
child apprehension case, report See Reports under Representative for Children and Youth
child protection funding (Abbott) 1261 (Simons) 1261
child protection services (Karagianis) 2169 (Polak) 2169-70
children in government care (Karagianis) 2168-9
interim authorities and delegated aboriginal agencies (Karagianis) 2166-8 (Polak) 2166-8
policy principle See Housing and homelessness below under this main heading
policy principle re services and federal-provincial jurisdictional issues (Abbott) 1255
role of government ministries (Abbott) 1260 (Simons) 1260
services for children and families (Coons) 2104 (Polak) 2103
Communities, fire protection (Macdonald) 795
Communities, mountain pine beetle mitigation and fire protection projects (Bell) 789, 795
Concerns re aquaculture and fisheries management (Simpson, B.) 1288-9
Conditions for First Nations (Abbott) 290
Consultation by government and industry on land and resources (Donaldson) 1259-60 (Simpson, B.) 1268-9
Culture, medicine wheel concept (Hammell) 2637
Economic development (Rustad) 260
Education See Education of First Nations people under Education; Post-secondary education
Employment (Abbott) 1262-3 (Coons) 1262-3
Families, government support (Karagianis) 1810
Governance, reconstitution proposal (Abbott) 1251-2
Health, HIV/AIDS strategy (Simpson, B.) 2677
Health, tripartite health plan (Campbell) 2821-2
Housing and homelessness
application of Jordan's principle (Trevena) 1255
conditions of on-reserve housing and health issues (Fraser) 1258
government action on issues (Abbott) 1254-6, 1258-9, 1264 (Coons) 1264 (Throne speech) 6 (Trevena) 1254-5
issues for aboriginal homeless people (Kwan) 2360-2
Internet access See High-speed Internet service for First Nations communities under Computer technology
Involvement in agriculture See First Nations involvement in industry under Agriculture
Involvement in provision of health care services See Role of First Nations under Health – Health care system
Issues, diversity of positions within First Nations communities (Simpson, B.) 1251
Issues, government action (Routley, D.) 576 (Simons) 136-7
Mental health services for First Nations people See Programs and services under Mental health
New relationship with government See also Recognition and reconciliation below under this main heading
(Abbott) 1254, 1267-9 (Campbell) 2740, 2821-2, 2889 (Coons) 173-4 (Fraser) 2602 (James) 2821 (Lali) 1076-7 (McIntyre) 279 (Simpson, B.) 108, 1253, 1267-8, 1272
Population growth (Abbott) 1262 (Simpson, B.) 1495 (Stilwell) 1495
Protection of cultural and sacred sites (Karagianis) 1761, 2797
Protection of cultural and sacred sites, legislation See First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009
Recognition and reconciliation, government action (Hansen) 200-1 (Throne speech) 6
Recognition and reconciliation, legislation (Abbott) 1251-2, 1254 (Simpson, B.) 1251-3
Relationship with government See also New relationship with government above under this main heading
(Abbott) 77-8, 290 (McRae) 89
Residential schools, impact (Kwan) 1805
Treaty First Nations See First Nations – Treaties
Urban communities (Abbott) 1264
Urban population, government support (Abbott) 1263-4
Urban population, issues (Abbott) 1273 (Coons) 1263 (Simpson, B.) 1273
Women, missing women along Highway 16 See Highway 16
Women, violence against aboriginal women See Violence against women under Violence
Youth, involvement in criminal justice system, prevention (de Jong) 2482-3 (Krog) 2482
Youth programs and services, aboriginal youth internship program and participants (McIntyre) 2651
First Nations – Treaties

Funding and status (Simpson, B.) 1273
Negotiations, common-table approach and issues (Abbott) 1256 (Donaldson) 1256
Negotiations, government staff continuity (Donaldson) 1257
Settlement (Pimm) 185
Settlement, role of federal lands (Horgan) 2886-7
Treaty First Nations, taxation powers and exemptions (Abbott) 1368 (de Jong) 1228 (Krog) 1368
Wills and estates administration of treaty First Nation members See First Nations wills and cultural property under Estates
First Nations Agricultural Association

Involvement in ranching industry task force (Popham) 1187 (Thomson) 1187
First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009

(Bill M203) (Karagianis) 1R, 1761; ruled out of order, 1988
Debate, speakers (Karagianis) 1761
Purpose of bill (Karagianis) 1761
First Nations Leadership Council

Consultation process with First Nations on proposed reconciliation legislation (Abbott) 1251-2
Representation at legal challenge to Frank Paul inquiry See Public inquiry into circumstances of death under Paul, Frank Joseph
First United Church, Vancouver, B.C.

Homeless shelter (Kwan) 2362
Fish See also Aquaculture; Aquaculture – Fish farms; Fishing industry

Habitat protection See Wildlife
Habitat restoration (Sultan) 2115-6
Salmon See Salmon
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fisheries and aquaculture management in B.C. (Sather) 380-1
Responsibilities and resources (Simpson, B.) 1289
Fishing industry

Fisheries (Gentner) 487
Management See also Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(Austin) 433
Management, provincial government role (Coons) 172
Management, transfer of responsibilities from provincial to federal government (Fleming) 1534-5 (Popham) 1287-8 (Simpson, B.) 1289, 1535 (Thomson) 1288-90, 1534-5
Salmon farming See Aquaculture – Fish farms
Salmon fishery management (Sather) 379-81
Flathead Valley

Concerns (Gentner) 488
Environmental protection, B.C.–Montana action and coordination (Gentner) 2827-8 (Yamamoto) 2827-8
Mining activities in area (Gentner) 2566 (Hawes) 2566 (Yamamoto) 2826-8
Mining exploration permit in area See MAX Resource Corp.
Recreation activities and wildlife in area (Penner) 2396-7
Research visit by U.N. delegation (Fleming) 442, 805 (Gentner) 2396, 2826-8 (Lekstrom) 442-3 (Penner) 2396-7 (Yamamoto) 2827
Research visit by U.N. delegation, presentation by government (Gentner) 2525-6 (Hawes) 2525-6
Resource industry activities in area (Gentner) 1118, 2396, 2526, 2565-6, 2826-8 (Hawes) 2526, 2566
Fleetwood Community Association

Work of organization (Hayer) 392
Fleetwood Festival

Event (Brar) 326 (Hayer) 392
Floata Seafood Restaurant, Vancouver, B.C.

Position on harmonized sales tax (Kwan) 2003
Floods and floodplains

Flood protection, funding (Bennett) 1919-20, 1939 (Fraser) 1939-40
Flood protection, government action (Huntington) 2430, 2491 (Penner) 2430, 2491
Food

Farm-gate sales See Direct marketing and farmers' markets under Agriculture
Farm-gate sales, regulation of meat sales See Meat-processing regulations under Food industry
Food security (Popham) 229
Food security, role of government (Simons) 867-8
Fruits and vegetables, snack program in schools See Fruit and vegetable program under Education
Locally grown food
100-mile diet (Foster) 190-1
agriculture industry support (Popham) 189
government support (Popham) 838
local food production (Cantelon) 1361 (McRae) 799-800 (Popham) 229-30 (Simons) 867-8
locally grown food (Popham) 2329-30
Processed food See Food industry
Food banks

Donations and demand for services (Horgan) 1455
Usage, report (Elmore) 2429 (Karagianis) 2429 (Polak) 2429
Food Banks Canada

Report on food bank usage See Usage under Food banks
Food industry

Abattoirs See Slaughter facilities below under this main heading
Berry farming (Thomson) 335
Food safety branch See Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
Industry (van Dongen) 1791
Meat products, local production and sales (Simons) 2732
Meat-processing regulations See also Slaughter facilities below under this main heading
government assistance with regulatory transition (Chong) 1344-6
issues (Donaldson) 1344-6 (Simons) 1346-7
licences (Chong) 1345 (Donaldson) 1345
ministry responsible (Popham) 1179-80 (Thomson) 1179-80
purpose and need (Chong) 1344, 1346 (Donaldson) 1346 (Simons) 1346-7
regulations (Chong) 1346-7
Processed-food industry, impact on health (Popham) 229
Slaughter facilities, capacity and number (Chong) 1344-5
Slaughter facilities, pilot projects (Chong) 1345-7 (Donaldson) 1345 (Simons) 1346-7
Food Safety Amendment (Farm Gate Sales) Act, 2009

(Bill M205) (Simons) 1R, 2732
Debate, speakers (Simons) 2732
Food services industry

Restaurant industry
impact of goods and services tax on industry (Kwan) 294
impact of harmonized sales tax See Impact on issues under Harmonized sales tax
potential impact of NDP policy proposals (Hansen) 71
role (Ralston) 222
Forest Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2009
(Bell) 2499, 2501 (de Jong) 2346 (Macdonald) 2499, 2501
Forest Appeals Commission

Annual report, 2008, tabled (Bell) 1147
Forest fires See Fires and firefighters – Forest fires
Forest investment account See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau
Forest Practices Board

Audits (Bell) 774, 787 (Macdonald) 787
Review of assessment of wood waste (Bell) 945
Forest Practices Code

Changes (Sather) 1066-7
Forest Service See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau
Forestry Revitalization Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2009
(Bell) 2501 (de Jong) 2346 (Macdonald) 2501-2
Forestry round table See Working Roundtable on Forestry
Forests and forest industry

Access to fibre (Bell) 845-7, 849-50 (Donaldson) 1063 (Hawes) 249 (Simpson, B.) 845-6, 849
Allowable annual cut (Bell) 2499 (Macdonald) 2499 (Simpson, B.) 853
Allowable annual cut, area-based trial program (Macdonald) 2501
Appurtenancy issues See also Companies, relationship with communities below under this main heading
Appurtenancy issues, point of appraisal system (Bell) 845-6, 849 (Simpson, B.) 846, 849
Bankruptcies, government assistance for workers and impact on safety (Coell) 626 (Routley, B.) 625-6
Climate action initiatives (Bell) 945-6 (Macdonald) 945
Coastal Douglas fir ecosystems, protection (Penner) 1284 (Sather) 1283
Coastal forest industry, coastal forest action plan, implementation (Bell) 972-3 (Macdonald) 971-2
Commercial forest reserve initiative, pilot projects (Bell) 850-2 (Simpson, B.) 850-2
Community forest agreements (McIntyre) 1298
Companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue (Lali) 1077 (Macdonald) 1049 (Routley, B.) 1052 (Sather) 1066
Companies, taxation issues re local government (Bennett) 1910-9 (Donaldson) 1063 (Fraser) 1071, 1910-9
Conditions in industry (Bell) 766-7 (Bennett) 1915 (Hawes) 249 (Macdonald) 769 (Routley, B.) 769-70
Conditions in industry, government action (Barnett) 312 (Bell) 1864 (Routley, B.) 311-3 (Simpson, B.) 1057, 1060 (Trevena) 1068-9
Employment
job creation (Bell) 927 (Macdonald) 925-30
job loss (Lali) 1078-9 (Macdonald) 63, 464 (Mungall) 1074
job opportunities program (Bell) 858, 932 (Macdonald) 858
job protection commissioner, role (Lali) 1077
levels (Bell) 862-3 (Routley, B.) 862-3
Export of raw logs
export (Barnett) 1208 (Bell) 972 (Fraser) 1070 (Hawes) 249 (Lali) 1079 (Macdonald) 465, 971 (Mungall) 1073-4 (Routley, B.) 1054
logs from private lands (Bell) 864 (Routley, B.) 863-4
logs from private lands, timber exporter advisory committee (Bell) 947, 972-3 (Macdonald) 973
surplus test (Bell) 864-5 (Routley, B.) 864-5
Exports See also particular countries
expansion of market for products (Barnett) 1208 (Bell) 470, 1864 (Cantelon) 1204-5 (Gentner) 1203-4 (Hayer) 1206 (Krueger) 151 (Lake) 483 (Letnick) 1202-3 (Routley, B.) 1205-6 (Routley, D.) 1206-7 (Rustad) 1200-1 (Stewart) 177
orders-in-council (Bell) 2501 (Macdonald) 2501
products (Bell) 1083, 1243
First Nations involvement in industry, consultation by government (Bell) 844 (Simpson, B.) 844
First Nations involvement in industry, government initiatives (Bell) 850-2 (Simpson, B.) 852
Forest fires See Fires and firefighters – Forest fires
Forest health (Bell) 770-1, 932, 935-6, 965 (Macdonald) 1051 (Routley, B.) 932-7, 965, 1054-6 (Simpson, B.) 372
Forest inventory (Bell) 855-7, 937-8, 2499 (Donaldson) 1064 (Macdonald) 2499 (Routley, B.) 937-8, 1055 (Simpson, B.) 855-7, 1060-1
Forest investment account See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau
Forest licences, transfer issues (Bell) 842, 844-5, 848 (Simpson, B.) 842, 844-5, 847-8
Forest management and practices
area-based management (Bell) 851-2 (Simpson, B.) 851
compliance and enforcement (Bell) 768
fish passage initiatives (Bell) 932
innovative forest practices agreements (Lali) 1077
management (Simpson, B.) 852
practices (Routley, B.) 770
value of forest stands (Bell) 2500
visual quality objectives and riparian zone management (Simpson, B.) 851
Forest roads (Donaldson) 1294
Forest roads and bridges, maintenance (Bell) 963-4 (Donaldson) 963
Forest roads, worker safety See Resource roads under Resources and resource industries
Forest science program, contract (Bell) 858-9 (Macdonald) 857-9
Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries
Forestry committee proposal (Simpson, B.) 1060
Forestry contractors, payment protection legislation (Throne speech) 6
Forestry round table See Working Roundtable on Forestry
Government forest policies
impact on communities and industry (Austin) 1794-5 (Bains) 112-3, 399, 642, 1242 (Conroy) 495 (Fraser) 100-1, 1069-71, 1914 (Gentner) 1072-3 (Horgan) 283, 1080-2 (James) 1793-4, 1864 (Lali) 353-4, 1075-9 (Macdonald) 314, 464, 769, 1047-52, 1240-1, 1794, 1865 (Mungall) 1073-5 (Routley, B.) 87-8, 1052-6 (Routley, D.) 1207 (Sather) 1065-8 (Simpson, B.) 1058-9
impact on habitat protection initiatives (Sather) 2388
impact on job creation (Bains) 1170 (Macdonald) 929
impacts (Routley, B.) 312-3
policies (Bell) 850 (Lake) 95 (Macdonald) 1201-2 (Simpson, B.) 848-9, 852
policies during NDP administration (Barnett) 312
wood-first initiative See Wood-first initiative below under this main heading
Government initiatives and support (Bell) 469-70, 767, 770-1 (Coell) 626 (Lake) 1062-3 (Rustad) 1057
Government support (Macdonald) 464-5
Harvesting rights for timber licences, timber takeback (Bell) 2501-2 (Lali) 1076 (Macdonald) 2501-2 (Routley, B.) 1055
Helicopter logging (Routley, B.) 623-4
Industry
competitiveness and market share (Bell) 926-30
electricity rates (Bell) 928-9 (Macdonald) 928
future (Simpson, B.) 373
impact of taxation initiatives (Macdonald) 924-31
industry (Krueger) 520
innovation (Fleming) 310 (Fraser) 949
innovation and government support (Bell) 1957 (Routley, D.) 1956-7 (Rustad) 309-11
investment (Bell) 925-6
revitalization (Routley, B.) 515
Issues, NDP position (James) 30-1
Land base investment (Simpson, B.) 1060-1
Land base investment program (Bell) 932
Logging truck drivers, hours of work and safety (Coell) 625-6 (Routley, B.) 624-6
Mill closings (Bell) 850, 863 (James) 1793 (Lali) 1077-9 (Routley, B.) 1052-3 (Simpson, B.) 850, 852, 863
Mills, investment (Routley, B.) 312
Mills, wood supply See Access to fibre above under this main heading
Monopolies (Lali) 1078 (Routley, B.) 1054 (Simpson, B.) 845, 1059
Mountain pine beetle infestation See also Forest health above under this main heading
beetle-damaged wood, use in production of electricity See Bioenergy under Energy
federal program (Bell) 858 (Macdonald) 857-8, 861
government action (Lali) 1078 (Macdonald) 1051
infestation and impact on timber supply (Bell) 850, 852-5 (Sather) 1067 (Simpson, B.) 850, 852-6
infestation and rehabilitation (Bell) 935-8 (Routley, B.) 935-7
valuation of impacted forests (Bell) 2500-1 (Macdonald) 2500-1
Old-growth forests, protection (Penner) 2413
Old-growth forests, strategy (Simpson, B.) 1061
Pellet industry, plants, etc. See Biofuel production under Fuel; Wood pellet industry below under this main heading
Point of appraisal system See Appurtenancy issues above under this main heading
Private lands, removal from tree farm licences See Removal of private lands from tree farm licences below under this main heading
Pulp and paper sector, federal program (Bell) 931 (Macdonald) 931
Pulp and paper sector, legal action against municipalities, government role (Bell) 931-2 (Macdonald) 931-2
Rain forests, protection (Coons) 1299 (Sather) 1681
Remanufacturing industry See Value-added sector below under this main heading
Removal of private lands from tree farm licences (Macdonald) 1050
Revenues to government (Gentner) 485 (Macdonald) 769
Safety of workers See Safety under Forests and forest industry – Workers
Salvage logging, small-scale operations (Bell) 935, 967 (Lali) 1077-8
Silviculture
advanced silviculture (Bell) 945-6
Forests for Tomorrow program (Bell) 768, 773, 857-61, 932 (Macdonald) 857-61
funding (Bell) 768
government policy (Bell) 469-70, 767, 770-1
requirements (Bell) 937 (Routley, B.) 937
safety issues (Donaldson) 1063
silviculture during NDP administration (Lali) 1079
standards (Bell) 855
Small business forest enterprise program See Small business forest enterprise program
Softwood lumber agreement with U.S., reimbursement of duties to B.C. companies (Lali) 1076 (Routley, B.) 312-3 (Sather) 1067
Softwood lumber agreement with U.S., tariff (Bell) 864 (Routley, B.) 864
Softwood lumber exports to U.S. (Bell) 927
Stumpage system (Bell) 847, 2500 (Macdonald) 2500 (Simpson, B.) 847
Sustainability and use of wood waste See also Wood waste
(Macdonald) 2332
Tenure system
issues (Simpson, B.) 839
reforms (Simpson, B.) 1061-2
takeback of tenure See Harvesting rights for timber licences above under this main heading
Timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
Timber supply See Access to fibre above under this main heading
Timber supply areas, amalgamation (Bell) 849 (Simpson, B.) 849
Timber supply reviews (Bell) 2499
Tree farm licence No. 23, issues (Bell) 848 (Simpson, B.) 848
Tree farm licence system, role (Fraser) 1070
Utilization of waste fibre See Wood waste
Value-added sector (Bell) 972 (Donaldson) 1208-9 (Lali) 1078-9 (Macdonald) 1047, 1051 (Routley, B.) 1055
Wood pellet industry (Bell) 939, 945 (Donaldson) 1209 (Letnick) 1202-3 (Rustad) 309-10, 1057, 1200-1
Wood products and uses
cross-laminated timber (Bell) 1246
research and development (Routley, D.) 1614
use of wood as primary building material for public buildings See Wood-first initiative below under this main heading
wood as building material (Bell) 1047
Wood waste See Wood waste
Wood-first initiative
initiative (Bell) 470, 629, 767, 771, 1046-7 (Donaldson) 1063-5 (Fraser) 1069-71 (Gentner) 155, 1071-3, 2826 (Horgan) 1080-2 (Lake) 1062-3 (Lali) 1075-6 (Macdonald) 1047-52 (McRae) 89 (Mungall) 1073-5 (Routley, B.) 1052-5 (Rustad) 1056-7, 1200 (Sather) 1065, 1067 (Simpson, B.) 1058-60 (Throne speech) 6 (Trevena) 1068-9 (Yamamoto) 2826
legislation See Wood First Act
NDP position (Bell) 1082-3
potential for other jurisdictions (Bell) 1047
projects (Bell) 1046-7
requirements (Bell) 1244-9 (Macdonald) 1244-9
use of B.C. wood (Bains) 1242-3 (Bell) 1243 (Farnworth) 1241 (Macdonald) 1240-1, 1243
Woodlot licence program (Slater) 189
Working forest initiative See Commercial forest reserve initiative above under this main heading
Forests and forest industry – Workers

Safety
government action (Coell) 623-6 (Routley, B.) 623-6 (Sather) 1067
initiatives (Bell) 767
regulations (Coell) 623-4
reports (Macdonald) 1049-50
reviews (Coell) 625
Workers
contractors, government support (Routley, B.) 932-3
contractors, worker safety planning (Coell) 623-4 (Routley, B.) 623-4
eligibility for transition programs (Conroy) 494-5
eligibility for transition programs, cases (Bennett) 1943-4 (Fraser) 1943-4
government initiatives and support (Bell) 932-5 (Routley, B.) 932-3, 938
government support (Conroy) 494-5 (Coons) 175 (Macdonald) 1048 (Sather) 1066
transition programs See also Forest-dependent communities, community development trust under Resources and resource industries
(Bennett) 232 (Macdonald) 62, 464 (Routley, B.) 934 (Trevena) 258
transition programs, ministerial responsibility (Bell) 934-5, 938
Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau

Estimates
debate 766-74, 786-98, 838-65, 924-49, 962-73
speakers (Bell) 766-8, 770-4, 786-98, 838-65, 925-49, 963-73 (Donaldson) 963, 970-1 (Fraser) 948-9 (Horgan) 946-8 (Macdonald) 768-74, 786-98, 857-62, 924-32, 938-46, 949, 964-69, 971-3 (Popham) 798, 838, 970 (Routley, B.) 769-70, 862-5, 932-8 (Sather) 964 (Simons) 838 (Simpson, B.) 838-57
Audits (Bell) 774, 787 (Macdonald) 774, 786-7
Budget (Bell) 767-8, 770-3 (Chouhan) 361 (Macdonald) 770-3
Budget, additional funds for forest fire fighting (Bell) 968-70 (Macdonald) 967-9
Budget, allocation for Medical Services Plan premiums (Bell) 773-4 (Macdonald) 773-4
Compliance and enforcement branch, budget (Bell) 768, 771
Contracted services See PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Forest investment account, contract (Bell) 858, 860-2 (Macdonald) 858, 860-1
Forest investment account, funding (Bell) 768, 771, 773, 786
Integrated land management bureau See Integrated land management bureau
Kalamalka research station, activities (Bell) 770
Meetings with lobbyists and industry representatives (Bell) 787-8 (Macdonald) 787-8
Priorities (Bell) 767, 770-1
Staff
forest firefighting work (Bell) 771, 798
staffing (Bell) 768, 772-3 (Macdonald) 772-3
travel and use of video-conferencing (Bell) 771-2 (Macdonald) 771-2
use of electronic devices (Bell) 771-2 (Macdonald) 772
Vehicle fleet (Bell) 771
Wildfire management branch, staffing and activities (Bell) 797-8, 965 (Macdonald) 797-8, 965
Work with Environment Ministry (Penner) 2383
Forests for Tomorrow program See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry
Fort Langley, B.C.

McDonald Cedar mill operations (Bains) 642
Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area

Description (Coleman) 363
Schools and enrolment levels (Coleman) 365
Social housing project (Coleman) 362
Fort Nelson, B.C.

Health care services (Pimm) 452
Plywood mill operations See Canadian Forest Products
Fort St. James, B.C.

Community development trust funding (Bennett) 1944-5 (Fraser) 1944
Fort St. John, B.C.

Grain elevator in area (Pimm) 185
Health and recreation facilities (Coleman) 365
Hospital and residential care facility project (Hansen) 2723-6 (Pimm) 453, 547-8 (Ralston) 2723-6
Fort St. John Hospital and Health Centre, Fort. St. John, B.C.

Replacement See Hospital and residential care facility project under Fort St. John, B.C.
Fort St. John Petroleum Association

50th anniversary events (Pimm) 437
Fort Steele, B.C.

Heritage site renovations (Krueger) 1909
Fortis Inc.

Relationship with Columbia Power Corporation (Horgan) 2859-60 (Lekstrom) 2859-60
Foster care

Child in the Home of a Relative program (Karagianis) 2073 (Polak) 2073
Foster parents
recruitment and retention (Karagianis) 2083 (Polak) 2083
role and document on rights (Bloy) 1792
screening process (Polak) 2085
Funding (Karagianis) 2106 (Polak) 2106
Handling of sexual orientation issues by foster families (Herbert) 2085-6 (Polak) 2085-6
Kith-and-kin agreements (Karagianis) 2073, 2168 (Polak) 2073, 2168-70
Foulkes, R.G.

1973 report on emergency medical services See Ambulance service
FPInnovations

Forintek division, research and development activities (Routley, D.) 1614
Operations and government funding (Bell) 948-9, 1956-7 (Fraser) 949 (Routley, D.) 1207, 1956-7
Fraser Health Authority

Budget (Dix) 2556, 2596-9 (Falcon) 2556, 2597
Budget and services (Bains) 162-4 (Black, D.) 342 (Chouhan) 360 (Dix) 2596, 2599-600 (Falcon) 2592, 2597 (Hawes) 47 (Thorne) 412
Emergency services (Falcon) 1616-8, 2589-91 (Hammell) 1617
Hospice and palliative care services (Falcon) 2784
Magnetic resonance imaging services (Dix) 2588-9 (Falcon) 2588-9
Maternity and pediatric services (Dix) 2591-2
Mental health and addiction services (Dix) 2595 (Falcon) 2594-6
Mental health services (Dix) 2425-6 (Falcon) 2425-7 (Sather) 2427
Physician shortage (Black, D.) 1493
Spiritual care and social work services (Black, D.) 2784-5 (Chouhan) 2779-80 (Dix) 2780-1 (Falcon) 2779-81
Surgical services (Dix) 2561-4, 2584-6, 2659 (Falcon) 2561-4, 2584-6
Fraser River

Dredging activities (Huntington) 2491 (Penner) 2491
Environment and heritage (Gentner) 487
Estuary protection (Gentner) 1117
Gravel removal
impact on fish habitat and stocks (Sather) 2523-4
impact on flood risk and salmon stocks (Les) 2733
relationship with flood protection measures (Hawes) 2524 (Huntington) 2430, 2491 (Penner) 2430, 2491
Inquiry into collapse of sockeye salmon runs on river (Huntington) 2491
Salmon stocks (Horgan) 2885
Sockeye salmon run (Sather) 379-81, 1113
Fraser Valley See also Lower Mainland

Mental health services for youth (Dix) 2425-6, 2592 (Falcon) 2425-7, 2592-4 (Sather) 2427
South Fraser communities See Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey, B.C.

Services (Cadieux) 22 (Hayer) 445
Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society

Activities (Cadieux) 24
Fraser Valley regional district

Aggregate pilot project (Hawes) 45, 2525 (Sather) 2524
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area

Forest industry (Lali) 1077-8
Riding prior to 2009 See Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
Freedom of information

Importance (Routley, D.) 800
Information access office See Citizens' Services, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and the Public Affairs Bureau
Legislation
application to electronic communications (Routley, D.) 707-8
application to public bodies (Coons) 631 (Stewart) 708
review special committee See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the
Requests for information
fees (Kwan) 2878 (Stewart) 2878
government funding (Routley, D.) 702 (Stewart) 702-3
government handling (Routley, D.) 645-6
ministerial responsibility (Routley, D.) 647 (Stewart) 647
response times (Routley, D.) 699-703 (Stewart) 644-5, 699-704
service delivery changes (Routley, D.) 697-703 (Stewart) 697-704, 754
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
(Hansen) 571 (Krueger) 819
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the

Powers and membership (de Jong) 895
Work of committee (Routley, D.) 708 (Stewart) 708
Freil Lake

Independent power project proposal for area (Simons) 838
French immersion See Education
Fresh Groove Productions

Dance accomplishments (Elmore) 128
Freud, Sigmund

Theories on psychoanalysis (Gentner) 2261-3
Friends in Need Food Bank

Funding and services (Sather) 43
FrontCounter B.C.

Operations re permits (Bell) 471
Fuel See also Oil and gas

Aviation fuel, taxation (Hansen) 572, 915-7 (Horgan) 915-7
Biodiesel and ethanol, taxation (Hansen) 203, 571
Biofuel production (Rustad) 311 (Throne speech) 7
Biofuel production, pellet plants (Rustad) 262
Coloured fuel (Hansen) 572, 918 (Horgan) 918
Hydrogen fuel cell technology, government support (Horgan) 2567 (Lekstrom) 2567
Hydrogen fuelling stations, hydrogen highway (Fleming) 1422
Motor fuel tax (Hansen) 918-20 (Horgan) 918-20
Motor fuel, tax exemptions See Exemptions and rebates under Harmonized sales tax
Renewable fuel requirement for gas and diesel-class fuels, taxation See Carbon tax
Taxation (Macdonald) 597
Taxation, carbon tax See Carbon tax
Furlong, John

Comments on role of sports programs (Corrigan) 891

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