Labour
Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of
LaCombe, Charlene
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities, health and welfare 28:1240-1245
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, eye examinations 28:1245
- Pharmacare program, coverage 28:1245
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution 28:1245
Lambert, Susan
- Education
- class size and composition, cases 32:1855
- English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 32:1900
- special education and special needs, special needs services and students 32:1845-1900
- students, student information system 32:1900
- Education, funding 32:1845-1900
- Education, funding, funding for implementation of class size limits 32:1845-1900
- Poverty, child poverty, government action 32:1900
- Teachers, specialist teachers 32:1845-1850, 32:1900
Lamb-Yorski, Monica
- Arts and culture
- B.C. Arts Council, budget and funding, distribution of funds 34:1730, 34:1740
- Prince Rupert
- Prince Rupert Community Arts Council, funding 34:1730
- Volunteers, need for volunteers by arts organizations 34:1735
Land surveys and titles
- Land titles, transfer of responsibility from B.C. Assets and Land Corp. (Ralston) 31:0920 (Saugstad, E.) 31:0910, 31:0920
Land use
- Development cost charges on residential housing (Edge, C.) 36:1550
- Ecosystem-based management (Angus, S.) 25:1030 (Keeling, P.) 25:1510
- Land use planning, regional growth strategies See Growth management
Lane, Nathan
- Education, adult basic education, tuition fees 28:1150
- Post-secondary education, tuition fees 28:1150
- Thompson Rivers University, courses and programs 28:1150
- Thompson Rivers University, enrolment 28:1150
Langley, B.C.
- Residential care facilities, housekeeping and staffing (Keenan, K.) 30:1115-1120
Langlois, Brent
- Education, education of first nations people, graduation rate 36:1440
- First nations, capacity-building 36:1445
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, first nations students 36:1440-1445
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, funding and programs 36:1445
- Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, grants 36:1445
Lau, Rick
- Fraser Valley, physiotherapy services in area 30:1625, 30:1635
- Health, health care system
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, complementary therapies 30:1625
Lauson, Pat
- Pharmacists, role in immunization programs 34:1655
Law Society of British Columbia
Lawyers See also Justice system
Lax Kw'alaams band
- Proposal for community health project (Hayes, G.) 34:1620
Leahy, Jean
- Fort St. John
- Health, health care funding, funding for long-term care beds 31:1100
- Housing, affordable housing, government strategies 31:1100-1105
- Housing, affordable housing, role of developers and local government 31:1105
- Save Our Northern Seniors, activities 31:1055
Leaky-condos issue See Condominiums, leaky-condos issue
under Strata property
Learning bonds See Student financial assistance, family savings plans
under Post-secondary education
Learning disabilities, assessment and intervention in education system See Special education and special needs
under Education
Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd.
- Run-of-the-river application for Ashlu Creek, provincial government role (Startin, D.) 36:1135
Lee, Marc
- Budgets, forecasting, methods for forecasting government revenues 30:0945-0950
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, recommendations to Finance and Government Services Committee, costing 30:0945
- Finance and Government Services Committee, work of committee, recommendations, budget forecasting 30:0945
- Poverty, reduction, role of government 30:0945-0950
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)
- Air
- pollution, government and industry action 32:1840
- Alberta–British Columbia Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement
- Arts and culture
- cultural programs, sister-city initiatives 25:1630
- Autism
- treatment, behavioral intervention 30:1440
- B.C.
- residents, B.C. identification card, permanent disability information 33:1120
- B.C. , northern and rural B.C.
- economy in northwestern B.C. 34:1635
- B.C. Arts Council
- budget and funding 23:1125
- school programs, Artists in Education program 26:1135
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- B.C. Paraplegic Foundation, relationship with B.C. Paraplegic Association 25:1050
- Budgets
- 2007-08 budget
- priorities, science and technology 25:0945
- 2007-08 budget priorities
- management of budget deficits and surpluses 21:0940, 22:1340
- Business
- Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
- Children, child care
- early learning and child care agreement, subsidy to low-income earners 25:1245
- funding, federal agreement 25:1245
- College of the Rockies
- adult basic education programs 28:1150
- Community Living B.C.
- budget and funding 27:1850
- programs and services, individualized funding program 25:1225
- programs and services, wait-lists 27:1850
- Crime and criminals
- relationship with substance abuse 35:1335
- Economy, B.C. economy, economic development, impact of trade agreements 28:0940-0945
- Education
- adult basic education, tuition fees 28:1150
- English-as-a-second-language programs 25:1500
- extracurricular activities in schools, tax credits 26:1135
- special education and special needs, special needs students, assessment and intervention 33:1025
- Elections B.C.
- Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
- Employment and unemployment
- Energy
- power generation, distribution issues 32:1750
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- advertising by committee 21:0940
- prebudget consultation, questionnaire 21:0940
- prebudget consultation, questionnaire translation 19:0850, 21:0940
- public hearings, location and schedule 20:1225
- report 42:1015
- work of committee, recommendations, adoption by government 22:1340
- Financial services industry
- Forests and forest industry
- Fort St. John
- long-term care beds and facilities 31:1110
- Freedom of information
- requests for information, decisions and appeals 43:0910
- requests for information from public bodies 43:0905-0910
- Gambling
- charities' access to gambling revenues 25:0920
- Geoscience B.C. Society
- Government
- accounting practices
- audits, costs and scope in B.C. and elsewhere 44:1130
- regulations and red tape 25:1630
- revenues, strategies to increase government revenues 27:1820, 30:1055
- Greater Vancouver regional district
- livable region strategic plan 30:1620
- Haven Society
- Health, health care funding
- funding for long-term care beds 31:1110
- Health, health care system
- public-private partnerships, B.C. and elsewhere 30:1630
- services in remote and rural areas 31:0940
- Health, public health
- health promotion and disease prevention, cost benefits 35:1250
- Housing
- affordable housing, intergovernmental relations 25:1630
- affordable housing, vulnerable populations 24:1950
- social and subsidized housing, rent subsidies 24:1950
- Income assistance, disability benefits
- Information and privacy commissioner
- jurisdictional comparisons, B.C. and elsewhere 43:0910
- Infrastructure
- investment in infrastructure, job creation 34:1755
- Insurance
- insurance industry, underwriting profits and losses 25:1125
- Kamloops
- Kitimat
- Labour, labour force mobility, mobility between jurisdictions 28:0945
- Mental health
- mental illness, involuntary treatment and human rights of mentally ill 28:1015
- Mines and mining industry
- claims information, Mineral Titles Online resource 30:1500
- revenue-sharing with first nations 32:1615
- Pacific north coast integrated management area
- Peace River area
- labour force, retention of workers in communities 31:1120
- Police complaint commissioner
- public outreach and multicultural services 43:1015
- Post-secondary education
- courses and programs, university transfer 24:1850-1855
- courses and programs, wait-lists 26:1230-1235
- graduate students, employment as research and teaching assistants 27:2010
- graduate students, financial assistance in B.C. and elsewhere 30:1230
- Post-secondary education, funding
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- colleges, English-as-a-second-language programs 32:1705
- community colleges, loss of students to universities and other jurisdictions 26:1235
- degrees, transferability of applied degrees 24:1855
- Poverty
- incidence in B.C. and elsewhere 25:1425
- reduction, role of government 25:1425
- Prince George
- air pollution, community action 32:1840
- outdoor ice oval proposal 32:1935
- Property tax
- Property transfer tax
- Public debt
- Sales tax
- exemptions, resource industries 25:1035
- Science and technology
- research and development, business involvement, tax incentives 28:1045
- Selkirk College
- Seniors
- programs and services, accessibility and public awareness 28:1240
- Skills training
- student grant programs and tax credits to business 23:1145
- training programs, public-private partnerships 36:1145
- training programs, secondary school programs 33:0920
- training programs, wait-lists 26:1040, 26:1235
- Substance abuse and addiction
- Teachers
- Thompson Rivers University
- Tourism
- Vancouver Women's Health Collective
- Wages and salaries
Legal aid See Justice system – Legal aid
Legislation
- Drafting of bills, consultation with Information and Privacy Commissioner (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0815
- Law reform, harmonization of legislation and regulations with other provinces (Tenisci, R.) 28:1040
Legislature
Leitch, Peter
Lekstrom, Blair (Peace River South)
- As subject
- election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 19:0840 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 19:0840 (Yap) 19:0840
- presentation of petition regarding permanent disability identification card 33:1110
- Aboriginal Mother Centre Society
- Alberta–British Columbia Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement
- Arts and culture
- funding, government funding 34:1740
- Auditor General
- audit of office, report to Finance and Government Services Committee 21:1045
- relationship with select standing committees 44:1055
- work commended 44:1150
- Automobiles
- taxation, high-priced vehicles 27:2035
- B.C. Medical Association
- report on economic impact of health care wait-lists 30:1010
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- B.C. Securities Commission
- Budgets
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget
- prebudget consultation paper, public distribution 29:1700
- Children, child care
- child care system, role of government 26:1105
- funding, federal agreement 26:1140
- funding, provincial funding 30:1600
- Conflict-of-interest Commissioner
- Cranberry connector
- Dawson, Jessica
- assistance from local MLA 24:2005-2010
- experiences with disability and affordable housing issues 24:2005
- Education, funding
- Education, schools
- use of school buildings after-hours 30:1215
- Elections B.C.
- Energy
- electricity rates, low-cost rates for domestic consumers 28:0945
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- election of Chair and Deputy Chair 19:0840
- election of Deputy Chair 26:1255
- in-camera proceedings, attendance by research staff 38:0915
- mandate 28:1105-1110, 28:1120, 28:1135, 30:1145, 44:0830
- meeting schedule 19:0845, 21:1045
- meeting schedule, notice to members 21:0955
- membership 26:1255
- prebudget consultation
- prebudget consultation, process 19:0850, 20:1250, 21:1005-1010, 21:1020
- prebudget consultation, questionnaire translation 19:0850
- presentation by Finance Minister 20:1245
- public hearing process, participation of Children and Family Development Minister 25:1245
- public hearings
- public hearings, translation during meetings 25:0910, 25:1445, 30:1705
- public hearings, Vancouver hearing, witness overflow 30:1200
- relationship with auditor general 19:0845
- relationship with Finance Minister 21:1020, 28:1105-1110
- relationship with statutory officers 19:0850-0855
- report 42:1020
- report for first session of 38th parliament, use of recommendations in budget 19:0840-0845
- requests for information from ministries 42:0810
- review of statutory officers 21:1015, 21:1045, 43:1115, 45:1320, 45:1340, 45:1555
- review of statutory officers, committee schedule 22:1335
- subcommittee on agenda and procedure, election 19:0840
- submissions to committee, verbal submissions 20:1230
- witnesses, scope of questions to witnesses 43:0840
- witnesses, selection of underrepresented groups 20:1230
- witnesses, testimony on personal experiences 24:2010
- work of committee 19:0840, 21:1005-1010
- work of committee, recommendations, adoption by government 27:1705
- work of committee, recommendations, budget priorities 25:1105
- First nations
- issues, submissions to Finance and Government Services Committee 20:1240
- programs and services, off-reserve population, government funding 25:1140
- Forests and forest industry
- exports, raw log exports 28:1135
- mills, appurtenancy requirements 28:1135
- Freedom of information
- requests for information, frivolous and vexatious requests 43:0850
- requests for information, handling of requests 43:0925
- routine disclosure 43:0930
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Special Review Committee
- Government
- hiring policies and practices 44:0840
- public participation, youth outreach and education 29:1940
- revenues
- impact of levels of taxes and user fees 22:1325
- revenues, consolidation of revenues 30:1245
- revenues, three-year fiscal plan 30:1245
- Hagen, Stan
- Health Committee
- public hearings, locations and venues 29:1940
- Health, health care funding
- Health, health care system
- Housing, residential care facilities
- assisted-living model, funding levels 24:1930
- Income assistance
- employment insurance, qualification for seasonal workers 34:1725
- Income assistance, disability benefits
- Information and privacy commissioner
- Justice system, legal aid
- Kamloops Women's Resource Centre
- Karagianis, Maurine, election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 19:0840
- Legislature
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- impact on release of Finance and Government Services Committee report 22:1350
- Medical Services Plan
- Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
- Merit Commissioner
- Northern Health Authority
- continuing and long-term care beds and facilities 33:1140
- Nurses
- Oil and gas
- Oliver, H.A.D.
- work as Conflict-of-interest Commissioner commended 43:1050
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- funding by B.C. government, monitoring by auditor general 21:1010-1015
- Peace River area
- Plant, Geoff
- participation in government decision on legal aid funding 25:1630
- Police and policing
- police complaint process, review 43:1025
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 26:1245
- courses and programs, wait-lists 26:1245
- student spaces 32:1725
- tuition fees 26:1250
- tuition fees, relationship to cost of living 28:1150
- Post-secondary education, funding
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- Representative for Children and Youth
- Saskatchewan
- sales tax exemption for non-residents 27:1715
- School district 59
- Seniors
- programs and services, accessibility and public awareness 28:1235
- Skills training
- apprenticeship system 33:1020
- training programs, programs within post-secondary education system, funding 24:1855
- training programs, wait-lists 26:1045, 32:1825-1830
- Substance abuse and addiction
- prevention and treatment services, mandatory treatment for addicts with FASD or brain injury 28:1015
- Terrace View Lodge
- facility expansion and upgrade 33:1140
- Waldie, Margie
- forwarding of presentation to Education Committee 33:1000
- Williams Lake Secondary School
- use as venue for Health Committee public hearing 29:1940
- Women
- Youth
- participation in politics and government 29:1940
Lewis, Conrad
- Fishing industry, employment, seasonal shoreworkers 34:1715
- Income assistance, employment insurance, qualification for seasonal workers 34:1715
Lewis, Peter
- Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation, activities 36:0950
- Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, use of family savings, government incentives and programs 36:0945-0955
- Registered Education Savings Plan Dealers Association, activities 36:0945, 36:0955
Lidster, Natalie
- Government, programs and services, access and coordination 28:1100
- Housing, affordable housing 28:1100
- Prostitution, link to abusive relationships 28:1100
- Prostitution, programs and services for sex trade workers 28:1100
- Violence, family violence, barriers to leaving abusive relationships 28:1100
- Violence, violence against women 28:1100
- Women, programs and services for low-income women 28:1100
Light rail service See Transit services
Literacy
- Adult literacy, developmental programs See Developmental programs under Post-secondary education
- Government promotion of literacy (McConnell, B.) 24:1845
- Literacy levels of children See Reading skills of young children under Education
- Role in labour market (Sethen, S.) 32:1620-1625
Livable region plan, strategy, etc. See Greater Vancouver regional district
Lobbyists
- Activities (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0815-0820
- Registry, operations and staffing (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0915 (Ralston) 43:0915
- Registry, transfer of responsibility from Attorney General (Hawes) 43:0915-0920 (Hubbard, L.) 43:0855, 43:0920 (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0820-0825, 43:0855, 43:0920
- Unregistered lobbyists, investigation (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0915 (Ralston) 43:0915
Lobbyists Registration Act
- Compliance and enforcement See Unregistered lobbyists under Lobbyists
- Purpose (Loukidelis, D.) 43:0810
Locher, John
- Immigration, credentialling of foreign-trained professionals 31:0935
Locke, Brenda
- Health, public health, health promotion and disease prevention, cost benefits 35:1250
- Health, public health, personal responsibility 35:1240
- Massage Therapist Association of B.C., recommendations to Finance and Government Services Committee 35:1245
- Massage therapists
- Medical Services Plan, coverage, number of visits by low-income seniors to supplementary health care providers 35:1240-1250
- Thompson Rivers University, massage therapy program 35:1235
Logging See Forests and forest industry
London, England
- Arts and culture, funding (Richards, V.) 30:1105-1115
- Queen's Golden Jubilee, Commonwealth parade (Richards, V.) 30:1105
Long-term care See Continuing and long-term care
under Health – Continuing and long-term care
Lotteries
Loukidelis, David
- APEC seminar on cross-border privacy law and trade issues 43:0825
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, purpose 43:0810
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Special Review Committee, recommendations to Legislature, implementation 43:0835, 43:0910
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- budget 43:0820-0835, 43:0845, 43:0900-0905, 43:0930
- caseload 43:0815-0820, 43:0835-0840, 43:0855, 43:0930
- communications, media relations 43:0855
- investigation of release of personal information in government records 43:0815
- jurisdictional comparisons, B.C. and elsewhere 43:0830, 43:0910
- oversight and enforcement services, priorities 43:0845-0850
- public education and outreach activities, website 43:0815, 43:0855
- relationship with statutory officers, shared services 43:0825, 43:0900
- role and responsibilities 43:0810
- staffing 43:0825-0830, 43:0840-0845, 43:0900, 43:0930
- Legislation, drafting of bills, consultation with Information and Privacy Commissioner 43:0815
- Lobbyists
- Lobbyists Registration Act, purpose 43:0810
- Personal Information Protection Act, purpose 43:0810
- Privacy, protection of personal information, access by local governments 43:0815
Lovaas therapy See Treatment, behavioral intervention
under Autism
Lower mainland
Lubbers, David
- As subject
- experience in skilled trades and post-secondary education system 27:1825-1830
- Education, adult basic education, tuition fees 27:1825, 27:1835
- Okanagan College, courses and programs 27:1835
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 27:1820-1830
- student financial assistance, grant and loan reduction programs 27:1825-1830
- tuition fees 27:1820-1825
- universities, colleges and institutes, entrance requirements 27:1830
- Skills training
Lucas, Glen
Lucier, Wayne
- B.C. population, mobility of vulnerable and at-risk people 29:1755
- Income assistance benefits, benefit amount, relationship with housing availability and homelessness 29:1745
- Wages and salaries, entry-level wages 29:1755
- Williams Lake, poverty and homelessness 29:1745-1755
- Williams Lake, social and subsidized housing, wait-lists 29:1745-1750
- Youth, employment and training, relationship with K-12 education system 29:1755
- Youth, youth at risk, housing and shelters 29:1750
Lyons, Phil
- B.C. Health Coalition, information, home support services, submission to Finance and Government Services Committee 36:1005
- Health, health care system
- costs, cost projections 36:1010
- costs, strategies to reduce costs 36:1005
- services for seniors, availability and funding 36:0955-1000
- services for seniors, role of volunteers 36:1010
- Home care, home support services 36:0955-1010
- Housing, residential care facilities, assisted-living model, relationship to home support and long-term care services 36:0955-1005
- Pharmacare program, coverage, proprietary drugs 36:1005