Labour See also Employment and unemployment
Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Budget (Cadieux) 6632-4, 6637 (Routley, D.) 6633-4, 6637
- Budget and staffing (Cadieux) 6798-9 (Chouhan) 6797-9, 6814
- Employment standards branch (Cadieux) 6799-803 (Chouhan) 6799-803
- Estimates process, debate timeline (Chouhan) 6814 (Routley, D.) 6796-7
- Information access operations (Cadieux) 6637 (Routley, D.) 6637
- Labour component (Cadieux) 6798 (Chouhan) 6797-8, 6814
- Open government component (Cadieux) 6634 (Routley, D.) 6634
- Role and responsibilities (Cadieux) 6521-2, 6632, 6634 (Routley, D.) 6633, 6634
- Shared Services B.C. See Shared Services B.C.
Labour Market Development, Ministry of See Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry of
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 2009, tabled (Black, I.) 6382
- Applications, number and processing timelines (Cadieux) 6809-10 (Chouhan) 6809-10
- Budget and staffing (Cadieux) 6809 (Chouhan) 6809
Lacerte, Paul
- Work on aboriginal issues (Hogg) 6742
Ladysmith school district See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
Land See also Farmland
under Agriculture; Crown land; Land claims
under First Nations; Property
- Public lands, stewardship and value (Macdonald) 6292
Land Title Act
Land use
Landfills See Waste management
Landlord-tenant issues See Housing – Rental housing
Lands, Ministry of See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of
Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.
- Student access to financial assistance (Elmore) 7287
Langley pilot project See Family violence
under Violence
Language
Lapointe, Lisa
- Role as chief coroner (Bond) 6867
Law and Equity Act
Lawyers See Justice system
Layton, Jack
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Penner) 6555
Learning disabilities
- Early intervention (Abbott) 7104
Learning Roundtable See Education
Ledger House, Victoria, B.C.
Lee family
Legal aid See Justice system
Legal Services Society
Legislation
- Estimates 7894
- Balance of government and public interests (Corrigan) 6786 (Simons) 7024-5
- Bills process See Legislature
- Business during legislative session See Legislative calendar and sitting schedule under Legislature
- Citizens' initiatives
- Drafting process (Farnworth) 7262 (Penner) 7264
- Drafting process, consultation with Legislature (Simpson, B.) 6565
- Impact on society (Krog) 7279 (Simons) 7278
- Relevance (Simons) 7031
- Supply bills (Hansen) 6355-6
- Use by government, NDP position (de Jong) 7248-9
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Budget and accountability (de Jong) 6374
Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act
Legislative Assembly Management Committee (Public Disclosure of MLA Expenses and Accountability) Amendment Act, 2011
- (Bill M202) (de Jong) 1R, 6374
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 6374
Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on
- Powers and role (Coleman) 7861
Legislature See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker
- Bills process See also Legislation
- second reading, debate to be relevant to bill under discussion (Deputy Speaker) 7450, 7452 (Rustad) 7450
- committee stage, scope of amendments (Chair) 7493
- closure of debate (Macdonald) 6290, 6440
- legislative process and debate (Simons) 7030 (Trevena) 7451
- private members' bills See Private members' bills below under this main heading
- time allocation for debate (Coleman) 7627 (Horgan) 7627-8 (Speaker) 7628 (Trevena) 7756-8
- Clerk See Clerk of the House
- Committee system See also particular committees
- appointment of select standing committees (Campbell) 6275
- terms of reference for special and select standing committees (Coleman) 7860-2
- Estimates process
- comments to be directed to vote being debated (Chair) 6831 (Corrigan) 6831
- debate (Penner) 7858
- legislation not to be debated during estimates debate (Chair) 7893
- matters involving legislation not to be debated during estimates debate (Bond) 6831 (Chair) 6827 (Corrigan) 6827
- process (Chair) 7496 (Krog) 6940
- questions relating to previous fiscal years (Chair) 7620
- relevance of debate (Chair) 7808
- relevance of questions (Chair) 6653, 6894-5, 7615, 7619-20, 7810 (Dix) 7810 (Krog) 7615-6, 7619 (Penner) 7616
- repetitive questions (Chair) 6583, 7646
- requirements (Falcon) 7761, 7764-5 (Ralston) 7761, 7764-5
- role of deputy ministers (Chair) 6649 (Routley, D.) 6649
- time allocation for debate (Chandra Herbert) 6664, 7435 (Coleman) 7627 (Corrigan) 6866 (Horgan) 7627-8 (Kwan) 6613-4 (Mungall) 6503 (Ralston) 7704-6 (Routley, D.) 6642, 6797 (Speaker) 7628
- use of electronic devices (Bond) 6826 (Chair) 6826 (Corrigan) 6826
- Financial management committee See Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Language used in House
- choice of language (Chair) 7803
- "crap" (Huntington) 6676
- "lie" (Deputy Speaker) 7567 (Sultan) 7567
- "mischaracterize" (Clark) 7803 (Horgan) 7803
- withdrawal of comments (Lali) 6479 (Routley, D.) 7589
- withdrawal of comments requested (Deputy Speaker) 6479, 7589
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- 2011 sitting schedule (Hansen) 6356 (Ralston) 6356
- calendar (Trevena) 6349
- change in sitting schedule (Coleman) 6275
- changes to House business schedule (Coleman) 7754 (Horgan) 7754-5 (Speaker) 7827
- changes to House business schedule, tabled (Coleman) 7627, 7754
- sitting days in 2010-11 and debate of issues (Bains) 6336 (Corrigan) 7440, 7684 (Fraser) 6406-8 (Horgan) 7628 (Macdonald) 6290, 6292, 6440 (Popham) 6331 (Simons) 6457 (Simpson, S.) 6445-6 (Trevena) 7632
- sitting days in 2010-11 and passage of legislation (Corrigan) 6827
- Library See British Columbia Legislative Library
- Members See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Members' conduct and debate
- address Premier as "Premier" not "she" (Chair) 7798
- member will have opportunity to debate (Deputy Speaker) 6424
- members having separate conversations to have them quietly (Deputy Speaker) 6488
- members not to refer to absence or presence of other members (Speaker) 7328
- members to be careful in approach to arguments (Deputy Speaker) 6343
- members to choose words carefully (Speaker) 7377
- respectful debate (Throne speech) 6274
- use of electronic devices in chamber (Chair) 7798, 7890 (Coleman) 7890
- use of names (Deputy Speaker) 7585 (Speaker) 6382
- Officers of the Legislature See also particular statutory officers
- Opposition, role (Krog) 7758-9
- Points of order See Points of order
- Private members' bills, first reading, leave required if not on order paper (Speaker) 7827
- Private members' statements (standing order 25A) See also individual statements under Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
- debate (Deputy Speaker) 7001
- debate to be non-partisan (Speaker) 7004
- nature of business (Deputy Speaker) 7521
- Private members' time, intent of time and selection process for speakers (Simpson, B.) 6995 (Speaker) 7152-3
- Prorogation 7897
- Prorogation of 2010 session (Simpson, B.) 6360
- Question period See also Oral questions by member; Oral questions by subject
- Question period, question ruled out of order (Speaker) 6316
- Question period, rules (Clark) 7796
- Reforms (Macdonald) 6439-40
- Speaker and Chair
- appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker (Horgan) 6537 (Ralston) 6274
- appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Coleman) 6274, 6417
- appointment of Deputy Speaker (Coleman) 6274
- authority of Speaker between parliaments (Penner) 7756
- Speaker's rulings and statements See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Staff commended (Campbell) 6395
- Standing order 81.1, schedule for debate (Horgan) 7754-5 (Speaker) 7827
- Standing order 81.1, time allocation for debate on bills and estimates (Coleman) 7627 (Horgan) 7627-8 (Speaker) 7628
- Statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature above under this main heading
Leong, Brenda
- Compensation for work with securities commission (Falcon) 7508 (Ralston) 7507-8
Leyne, Les
- Article on B.C. budget (Lali) 6478-9
Liberal Party of British Columbia See British Columbia Liberal Party; British Columbia Liberal Party – Government
Libraries
Licences and permits See Government; particular subject areas
Licensed practical nurses See Nurses
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point
- Comments in prorogation address for second session of 39th parliament (Simpson, B.) 6360
- Prorogation address 7897
- Throne speech address 6271-4
Life expectancy See Population
under British Columbia
Lil'wat First Nation
- Relationship with local government (McIntyre) 6492
Limitation Act Amendment Act
- (Bill M214) (Sultan) 1R, 7828
- Debate, speakers (Sultan) 7828
Lions Bay, B.C.
- Infrastructure funding (McIntyre) 6494
Lions Gate Bridge
- Funding for improvements (Thornthwaite) 6506
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation
- Fundraising work (McIntyre) 6836
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Mental health and addictions facility (McIntyre) 6836
Liquor See Alcohol
Literacy
Little Ferns Early Learning Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Operations and visit by Children and Family Development Minister (McNeil) 6947
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project See Homelessness and housing
under Vancouver, B.C.
Livestock industry
Local government See Government – Local government
Local Government Awareness Week
Local Government Elections Task Force
- Report recommendations and government action (Chong) 7420-3 (Lali) 7420-3
LocalMotion program See Green community design and development
under Communities
Lockwood, Regina
- Travel for medical treatment (Donaldson) 7342
Lodge family
- Advocacy for motorcycle safety (Austin) 6869 (Bond) 6869-70
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
- London Stock Exchange, proposal for merger with Toronto Stock Exchange See TMX Group Inc.
Long-term care See Continuing and long-term care
under Health – Continuing and long-term care
Lord Kitchener Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Seismic upgrades (Hansen) 7468
Lord Strathcona Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Seismic upgrades (Abbott) 7179 (Kwan) 7179
Lougheed Highway See Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)
Loukidelis, David See also Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Statement on government coverage of Basi-Virk legal fees (Coleman) 6315
Lowe, Stan See Police Complaint Commissioner
Lower Mainland See also Metro Vancouver; particular cities, constituencies, etc.
LPNs See Licensed practical nurses
under Nurses
Lubbers, Dave
- Comments on post-secondary education funding (Conroy) 6465
Lyme disease
- Awareness and prevention (Gentner) 7456-7
- Research, testing and treatment services (de Jong) 7454-7 (Popham) 7454-6
Lyotier, Ken
Lytton, B.C.