Labour See also Employment and unemployment
- Child labour See Employment under Children
- Collective bargaining (Coell) 3643-4
- Industrial relations See Labour relations below under this main heading
- Issues, B.C. Liberal Party position (Ralston) 3112
- Labour conditions, past and current conditions (Coell) 2949
- Labour force participation, role of child care services See Accessibility, impact under Children – Child care
- Labour market agreement (Black, D.) 4948, 4951 (Stilwell) 4948, 4951, 4961-2
- Labour market conditions and development (Stilwell) 4943-7, 4953-4
- Labour market development agreement, federal funding and program transfer (Coleman) 4191-2, 4245-6 (Simpson, S.) 4191-2, 4244-5
- Labour market information, WorkBC website (Stilwell) 4946
- Labour mobility (Cadieux) 4102 (Les) 4096
- Labour relations at B.C. companies (Black, D.) 4960
- Labour relations, funding (Chouhan) 3647 (Coell) 3647
- Labour shortage See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training
- Programs, funding (Chouhan) 3644, 3647 (Coell) 3647
- Standards See Employment standards under Employment and unemployment
Labour Market Development, Ministry of See Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry of
Labour, Ministry of
Labour Relations Board
Laffer curve theory See Economy
Lake Country See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area
Land See also Farmland
under Agriculture; Crown land; Land use; Property; Rangeland
- Expropriation (Sather) 3900-1
- Restoration and remediation programs (Huntington) 4163-4 (Thomson) 3312, 4164
- Title and survey, electronic filing of documents (Krog) 4941, 5134-6 (Thomson) 5134-6
Land Act
Land Tax Deferment Act
Land Title Act
Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia
- Land title offices (Krog) 5135-6
- Operations and stakeholder consultation (Thomson) 5135-6
Land use See also Agricultural land reserve; Urbanization
- Bylaws See Government – Local government
- Development agreements, approvals, etc. See Government – Local government
- Development cost charges, changes (Bennett) 5164-5 (Fraser) 5164-5
- Development in communities and rural areas See Community and rural development under Communities
- Land and resource management plans See particular plans
- Land protection and land use planning during 1990s (Fleming) 5457
- Land protection, "public commons" concept (Macdonald) 3140, 3143
- Land use planning, local decision-making (Macdonald) 2920-1
- Land use planning, regional planning process (Horgan) 5808
Lands, Ministry of See Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
Laneclyn, Trudy
- Eligibility for sales tax relief grant (Chouhan) 4815
Lang, Michelle
- Work as journalist and death (Bond) 3816
Langer, Valerie
- Comments on zero net deforestation initiative (Yap) 3635
Langley, B.C.
- Community development and planning (Polak) 3037
- Commuter transportation issues and transit services (Polak) 3037
- Farmworkers, accident at mushroom farm See Accident at mushroom farm under Agriculture – Workers
- Government investments (Polak) 3348
- Infrastructure projects (Polak) 3003, 3036-7
- Olympic torch relay events in area (Polak) 3002-3
Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.
Langley Lodge, Langley, B.C.
Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.
- Pediatric surgical unit (Polak) 3036-7
Langley pilot project See Family violence
under Violence
Langley school district See School district 35 (Langley)
Language
- English-as-a-second-language programs See Education
- First Nations languages See Language preservation under First Nations
L'Arche Foundation of Greater Vancouver
- Art show and fundraiser (Bloy) 3337
Larson, Joan
- Artistic accomplishments (Fraser) 4900-1
Lawrence, Tracey
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Chouhan) 4815 (Karagianis) 4640
Lawyers See Justice system
Leacock, Stephen
- Comments on B.C. (Harper) 2971
Learning Roundtable See Education
Lee family
Lee, Leanne
- School table tennis championship (Lee) 4106
Lee, Mark
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Les) 4707 (Thorne) 4914
Lee, Theresa
- Development as artist (Bloy) 3337
Legal aid See Justice system
Legal Services Society
Legend Power Systems Inc.
- Impact of harmonized sales tax on operations (Bloy) 3425
Legg, Phillip
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Black, D.) 4394
Legislation
- Estimates 6251
- Amendment acts (Macdonald) 5338
- Bills See also Legislature
- closure of debate (Horgan) 3892
- legislative process and debate (Farnworth) 3909 (Horgan) 5795
- rules for public bills in the hands of private members (Speaker) 5161
- Business during spring 2008 session (Fleming) 3912
- Citizens' initiatives, legislation See Recall and Initiative Act
- Definitions and statutory interpretation (Ralston) 4976-7
- Drafting process (Simpson, B.) 4174, 6237-8
- Drafting process, consultation with Legislature (Simpson, B.) 5332-3
- Drafting process, references to regulations (Penner) 3712
- Implementation, ministerial powers and use of regulations (Krog) 4940-2, 5067-8 (Ralston) 5452
- Legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Dix) 6198 (Fraser) 5086
- Miscellaneous statutes bills (de Jong) 5119 (Dix) 5068-70 (Fraser) 5071 (Krog) 4940
- Public consultation (Simpson, B.) 6237-8
- Regulations (Krog) 5853
- Statutes, correction of errors (de Jong) 5136-7 (Krog) 5136
- Unintended consequences (Simpson, B.) 5128
- Use of language (Horgan) 3970
Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on
Legislature See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker
- Address by Prime Minister (Campbell) 2973 (Harper) 2971 (Speaker) 2975
- Bills See also Legislation
- Bills, first reading, no debate or amendment to motion for first reading (Speaker) 3875
- Bills, second reading
- debate to be relevant to amendment to bill under discussion (Deputy Speaker) 4529, 4535, 4537, 4541, 4575-6, 4642-3, 4696, 4703, 4752, 4754, 4756-7, 4881, 4911, 4913
- debate to be relevant to bill under discussion (Deputy Speaker) 3912, 4065, 4230-1, 4239, 5458, 5908-9, 6132, 6197 (Fleming) 5458
- every member to have opportunity to participate in debate (Deputy Speaker) 4056, 4133, 4744
- motion to refer bill to Committee of the Whole not subject to debate or division (Speaker) 4939
- Bills, committee stage
- amendments involving public expenditure (Chair) 5648
- debate (Macdonald) 2922
- debate to relate to section under discussion (Chair) 5294, 5641, 5643
- process (Bains) 5203 (Chair) 5203
- relevance of questions (Chair) 3951
- repetitive questions (Chair) 3528, 3951
- Clerk See Clerk of the House
- Committee system See also particular committees
- appointment of select standing committees (Campbell) 2901
- effectiveness (Macdonald) 2922-3
- membership of committees (de Jong) 2910-1
- proposal for committee on social-change issues (Huntington) 3389
- role (Horgan) 3814
- system (Coons) 4873 (Gentner) 4739-41 (Horgan) 4918 (Trevena) 4630, 4632
- Committee system, membership of committees (Coleman) 6269
- Debate (Farnworth) 3368, 3677 (Stilwell) 3678
- Debate, matters under police investigation not subject to debate (Speaker) 4204
- Estimates process
- comments to be directed to vote being debated (Chair) 3518, 3532, 3699, 3748, 3932, 3979, 3981, 4614, 5311, 6047
- communication between members and guests (Chair) 4943
- debate on matters before courts (Chair) 4343
- debate on matters under review or police investigation (Chair) 6040
- legislation not to be debated during estimates debate (Chair) 4167-8, 5311, 6048-9 (Lekstrom) 5617 (Thomson) 4166-8
- matters involving legislation not to be debated during estimates debate (Chair) 4077, 4672, 4679, 5159 (Horgan) 4077 (Popham) 4077
- minister may remain seated while answering questions (Chair) 6002 (Gentner) 6002
- move on to new line of questioning (Chair) 3832, 4150-1, 4776
- process (Coons) 4665
- questions on prior and forthcoming fiscal years (Black, I.) 3745-7 (Chair) 3747, 3749, 3753 (Chandra Herbert) 3932 (Corrigan) 3932-3 (Kwan) 3747, 3749, 3754
- reference to statements made in a court of law (Chair) 6104
- relevance of questions (Chair) 4150, 4153, 4668 (Yamamoto) 6007
- repetitive questions (Chair) 3745, 3759-60, 4675, 5614
- scope of debate (Chair) 6049
- scope of questions (Chair) 3747
- use of electronic devices (Chair) 3499, 3531, 3643, 3687, 4761, 4943, 5174, 5508
- Introduction of guests, protocol (Speaker) 5849
- Language used in House
- "absolutely clueless" (Lali) 4184
- apology and withdrawal of comments (Krog) 5114
- apology and withdrawal of comments requested (Deputy Speaker) 5114
- apology requested (Rustad) 4077
- "cheat" (Deputy Speaker) 6230
- "deceit" (Donaldson) 4381 (Macdonald) 3090
- "deceit" and "misleading" (Donaldson) 3125
- "false information" (Penner) 3093
- "guts" (Macdonald) 3342
- "lies" (Hansen) 4274
- members to choose words carefully (Deputy Speaker) 3125, 4135, 4356 (Speaker) 3090, 3093, 3171, 3342, 5047, 5709
- "mouth-off member" (Krueger) 3987
- "slimy words" (Kwan) 3840
- "slink and slither" (Gentner) 4739
- "steal" (Gentner) 3323
- use parliamentary language (Deputy Speaker) 3323, 4739
- "weasel words" (Kwan) 3840
- withdrawal of comments (Chandra Herbert) 3108 (Donaldson) 4381 (Fleming) 4355 (Fraser) 4749 (Hansen) 4274 (Horgan) 4077 (Karagianis) 4637 (Krueger) 3987, 6195 (Kwan) 3840-1 (Lali) 3697, 4184 (Macdonald) 5245 (Routley, B.) 4065 (Routley, D.) 6151 (Simons) 3771, 4137 (Simpson, S.) 4473
- withdrawal of comments requested (Chair) 3697, 3840-1, 3987, 4077 (Deputy Speaker) 3771, 4065, 4184, 4355, 4637, 4749, 6151 (Macdonald) 2915 (Simons) 4008 (Speaker) 3108, 4274, 4381, 5244-5, 5709
- "yakking" (Krueger) 4301
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- 2008 fall sitting (Hammell) 3377
- change in sitting schedule (de Jong) 2910
- fall sitting (Dix) 6230
- fixed calendar, impact on debate in Legislature (Horgan) 6247-8
- Members' conduct and debate
- apology requested (Deputy Speaker) 6195 (Speaker) 5849
- Chair to be able to hear the member who has the floor (Deputy Speaker) 4885, 6151
- courtesy (Deputy Speaker) 3053, 3451, 3778
- decorum (Deputy Speaker) 5946, 6196, 6245
- imputing improper motives to members (Deputy Speaker) 4137
- involvement of Chair in debate (Deputy Speaker) 5953
- member must join debate from own seat (Deputy Speaker) 3495, 4133, 4598
- members having private conversations to take them outside the chamber (Chair) 3883 (Deputy Speaker) 4311 (Speaker) 3398
- members having separate conversations to have them quietly (Deputy Speaker) 4489, 4742
- members may make reference to members who have participated in debate (Deputy Speaker) 4179
- members not to make personal attacks (Deputy Speaker) 4184, 6151, 6157, 6197
- members not to refer to absence or presence of other members (Deputy Speaker) 5803
- members not to refer to members by name (Deputy Speaker) 4128, 4229, 4410, 4883 (Speaker) 5884
- members not to say indirectly what they are not to say directly (Deputy Speaker) 4637, 4749, 4757
- member's remarks inappropriate and not relevant to debate (Deputy Speaker) 6195
- members to allow member who has the floor to speak (Chair) 3979, 3983 (Deputy Speaker) 3194, 3378, 3483, 4301, 4476-7, 5402, 5947
- members to allow minister to make remarks (Chair) 3928 (Deputy Speaker) 4224, 5895
- members to allow other members to continue with remarks (Deputy Speaker) 3323, 4181
- members to allow speaker on the floor to have the floor (Deputy Speaker) 3771
- members to engage in debate through Chair and when they have the floor (Deputy Speaker) 4235, 6155
- members to keep conversations quiet (Deputy Speaker) 2993, 3189, 5084, 6137
- members to oppose without individualizing commentary (Chair) 6036
- members to refrain from making remarks and allow member who has the floor to speak (Deputy Speaker) 3131
- members to show respect to member who has the floor (Deputy Speaker) 3433
- members to tone down remarks and speak through the Chair (Chair) 5817-8
- members' tone is important (Chair) 3597
- members with other duties to attend to them quietly (Speaker) 5067
- ministers to allow member to finish remarks and respond later (Deputy Speaker) 3419
- unparliamentary practice (Deputy Speaker) 2915
- use of electronic devices, apology to House (Bennett) 5849
- use of electronic devices, members not to read from electronic equipment during debate (Deputy Speaker) 4229
- use of electronic devices, members to turn off audio (Chair) 3982 (Deputy Speaker) 4443
- use of names (Deputy Speaker) 5114, 5943
- use of "you" is not appropriate (Chair) 6076
- Officers of the Legislature See also particular statutory officers
- estimates 6251-2
- access to government documents (Campbell) 6048
- government action (Fleming) 5862
- relationship with government (Campbell) 6105 (James) 6105, 6111
- Opposition, role (Horgan) 3813, 6244
- Private members' statements (standing order 25A)
- debate (Deputy Speaker) 5947
- description (Simons) 5942
- guidelines (Abbott) 5086-7 (Deputy Speaker) 5086-8 (Fraser) 5086
- members not to bicker (Deputy Speaker) 3771
- members to discuss issues relevant to private members (Deputy Speaker) 3770
- no discussion of legislation currently before House (Deputy Speaker) 5088, 5945-6
- Prorogation 6270
- Public gallery
- messages (Chair) 4600, 5651
- messages must be sent through Sergeant-at-Arms (Chair) 5175
- use of electronic devices (Chair) 3499, 3531, 3643
- use of electronic devices and messages (Chair) 3914, 4665
- Question period
- members not to banter back and forth (Speaker) 3171
- members not to discuss legislation currently before House (Speaker) 5771
- members to listen to questions and answers with respect (Speaker) 4973
- members to show respect when questions being asked and answered (Speaker) 4728
- members to take a minute to reflect (Speaker) 5243
- questions not to be directed to specific person (Speaker) 5965
- Role and functions (Krog) 5068 (Simpson, B.) 3077
- Speaker and Chair
- appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 2900
- appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (de Jong) 2900
- appointment of Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 2900
- Special warrants, use (Chong) 3276
- Standing divisions (Speaker) 4938, 4976
- Standing order 67, bill amendments proposed by private members (Chair) 5648
- Standing order 81.1, schedule for debate on Bill 9 (de Jong) 4731, 4843
- Standing order 81.1, schedule for debate on Bill 17 (de Jong) 6121-2
- Statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature above under this main heading
- Wheelchair rally for MLAs and media (Conroy) 3336 (Hogg) 3336
- Work of Legislature, collaborative approach (Chandra Herbert) 5335-6
LePage, David
- Comments on government procurement policy (Donaldson) 5530
Leroy, Ted
- Experience as forest industry contractor (Routley, B.) 5482
Lessons in Harmony: What Experience in the Atlantic Provinces Shows About the Benefits of a Harmonized Sales Tax See Reports and studies, C.D. Howe Institute study
under Harmonized sales tax
Lewarne, Steve
- Achievements as disabled person (Bloy) 3423
Lewis, Brian
- Comments on clean energy legislation (Horgan) 5802-3
Leyne, Les
- Article on harmonized sales tax (McIntyre) 4118
Libraries
- Funding (Black, D.) 3316
- Funding and role (MacDiarmid) 5361 (Thorne) 5361
- Funding for libraries and reading rooms (Thorne) 3159-60
Licences and permits See Government; particular subject areas
LICO See Measurement, low-income cutoff
under Poverty
Liden, Carl
- Death and public service (Gentner) 3458
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point
Life Bible College Act
Life sciences industry See Biotechnology industry
under Science and technology
Light, Peter
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Huntington) 4819
Light pollution See Pollution
under Environment
Lillooet land and resource management plan
- Establishment of parks and protected areas (Penner) 4900, 5454-5, 5572
Lil'wat Cultural Centre See Squamish-Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, B.C.
Lil'wat First Nation
- Land use agreements with government (Fleming) 5457 (Penner) 5454-5
- Role as host nation for Olympic Games (McIntyre) 3386
Lions Gate Bridge
- Role and status as historic site (Thornthwaite) 5706
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Expansion and services (McIntyre) 3381
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
Liquor distribution branch See Housing and Social Development, Ministry of
Lise, Cindy
- Work on early childhood education programs (Routley, B.) 5073-4
Literacy See also Early learning and literacy
under Children – Early childhood development
Little Flower Academy, Vancouver, B.C.
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project See Housing
under Vancouver, B.C.
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks Ltd., Parksville, B.C.
- Cheese and wine production (Cantelon) 4452
LiveSmart B.C. program See Energy
Livestock industry
Living rivers trust fund See Rivers and streams
Living Water Smart program See Conservation and supply
under Water
Lobbyists
Local government See Government – Local government
Local Government Act
Local Government Elections Task Force See Municipal elections
under Elections
LocalMotion program See Green community design and development
under Communities
Locke, Brenda
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (James) 6101
Logan Lake, B.C.
Logan, Max
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (van Dongen) 4633
Logging Tax Act
Long Lake
- Presence of arsenic in silt (Penner) 5269
Long Term Tenants Protection Act, 2010
- (Bill M209) (Chandra Herbert) 1R, 6052
- Debate, speakers (Chandra Herbert) 6052
Loon Lake Road
Lord Roberts Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Funding (Chandra Herbert) 3247
Lou Gehrig's disease See ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Lougheed See Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area
Loukidelis, David See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Lower Mainland See also Metro Vancouver; particular cities, constituencies, etc.
Lower Mainland Local Government Association
Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families
- Stride with Purpose program (Black, D.) 3314
Lunar new year See also Chinese New Year
- Celebration of year of the golden tiger (Lee) 2904-5
Lutz, John
- Comments in Makuk (Abbott) 2942-3
Lyme disease
- Awareness and prevention (Popham) 5541-2
Lynch, Kevin
- Comments on Canadian business innovation (Ralston) 3115-7, 3121
Lynne, Gillian
- Experience in education system and development as dancer (Hogg) 3061-2
Lytton, B.C.
- Emergency health care services (Lali) 3343
- Microhydro power project in area (Horgan) 5810