Executive Council of the Legislative Assembly

2000
4th Session
36th Parliament

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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Oral questions by subject area
introduced during 4^th Session, 36^th Parliament
(For speakers on these questions, see the index under Oral questions)

Budgets and economy

1996-97 budget projection credibility 14871-2
Balanced-budget legislation 15867-9, 16973-5
B.C.'s credit rating 16107
Budget 2000 advertising campaign 16253-4
Comparison of B.C. and Ontario budgets 15327-8

Burns Bog

Burns Bog theme park loan 15869
Protection of Burns Bog 14792

Campbell Valley Women's Centre

Closure of Campbell Valley Women's Centre 15435

Children and families

Addiction prevention and treatment services for children 16563 15601, 15827
Child, youth and family advocate report recommendations 14768
Children and Families ministry and child protection 15558-9
Children and Families ministry and delivery of services to children 14767-8
Children and Families ministry's actions in Amanda Simpson case 14843
Drug and alcohol rehabilitation services for youth 16562
Early support and problem prevention for children 16562
Funding for Lovaas treatment for autistic children 14939-40
Government child care initiative 16378
Need for child protection workers in Children and Families ministry 15958
Safety concerns about day care centre balloons and pins 15731-2
Secure care for at-risk children and youth 15600-1

Clark, Glen

Cost of legal proceedings involving former Premier 14869-70, 14910-1
Ex-Premier slander case and policy on legal expenses for government members 16706-8
Government policy on payment of legal fees for former Premier 14909-10

Dosanjh, Ujjal

Condition of property owned by Premier 15825-6

Draayers family

BCTV story on Draayers foster care case 16297-8
Director of child protection and Draayers foster care case 16561-2
Draayers foster care case (Brewin) 14725-6, 16153-4, 16252-3, 16422, 16492-3

Education and schools

Financial impact of labour dispute on families 14665-6
Funding for independent schools 15128-9, 15216-7, 15260-2
Labour dispute impact on education and families 14535-7, 14561-3
Labour dispute negotiations and appointment of industrial inquiry commissioners 14587-9
Labour dispute negotiations and interim accord agreement 14589, 14666-7
Potential closure of Cariboo area schools 15049-50
Potential closure of law faculty 17257
Use of money saved by government during labour strike 14726

Environment

Diesel fuel spill in Burnaby 15826-7
Proposed Sumas power plant and Fraser Valley air quality concerns 15663-4
Protection of groundwater from MTBE contamination 14589
Upper Pitt River gravel pit project and protection of fish 14938-9

Ferries and ferry services

B.C. Ferries service 15326, 15601
Cost of using CFI marketing arm to sell fast ferries 16423
Fast ferries mechanical problems 15732
Fast ferry engine problem 14793
Fast ferry program cost overruns 14511-3
Fast ferry project information 15158
Future of third fast ferry 15732-3
Hiring of consultant to sell fast ferries 16155
Launch of third fast ferry 15158-9
Management of B.C. Ferry Corporation 15433-4, 15559-60
Passenger injuries on fast ferries 15732
Reservation system for B.C. Ferries 15157-8
Review of the condition of B.C. Ferries vessels 15959
Sale of fast ferries 15011-2, 15958-9, 16105-6
Shooting of birds at Swartz Bay ferry terminal 15010
Sustainability of B.C. Ferry Corporation 15733

Fisheries

Interior sport fishing industry 16664

Forestry

AOX emissions from pulp mills 17154
Association of B.C. Professional Foresters 15368-9
Coastal forest industry strike 17009-10
Cost of forest landscape unit planning study 17154
Forest worker transition program tax issue 15075
Forest workers and federal back taxes 14667
Kootenay-Boundary forest management plan 17153-4
Results of jobs and timber accord 16663-4
Stumpage calculation error 16378
Tree farm licence 46 and review of Youbou mill 16663
Wouters report on B.C. forest industry 14791

Glacier View Lodge

Glacier View Lodge and expropriation legislation 16877
Operation of Glacier View Lodge 14791-2

Government and civil service

Community Development and Cooperatives ministry's cooperative advantage program 15327
Decentralization of power to local government 15129-30
Employment standards branch complaints backlog 16422-3
Government handling of whistle-blower issues 15601-2, 15828
Government policy on disclosure of legal costs for elected officials 14984-6
Government's B.C. Max procurement strategy 16378
Government's management of capital projects 15010-1
Now Communications contracts 16298-9
Payment of legal fees in budget trial 14845
Possible sale of Crown corporations 17256-7
Report on cost of public sector wages 14792-3, 14843-5
Use of alias e-mail addresses by ministers and senior staff 17085-6

Gun registry

Province's role in implementation of federal gun registry system 15050-1

Gunton, Tom

Tom Gunton secondment 14870-1, 14984
Tom Gunton's report 17152-3

Health and safety

B.C.'s health care system 16377
Government provision of lubricants and condoms at needle exchange centres 15959-60, 16007
Health care in Prince George 16376-7
Health region budgets 16663
Long-term health care strategy for northern and rural areas 16662
Nursing shortage in province 16006-7, 17256
Nursing shortage in Quesnel 15959
100 Mile House health care facility 15051
Optometrist user fee 14727
Out-of-province medical insurance coverage 15483-4
Pediatric intensive care unit at Victoria General Hospital 15074-5
Physician and nurse shortage in northern and rural areas 16154-5
Physician shortages in northern and rural areas 15435-6
Provincial health care funding 17255-6
Quesnel spinal cord injury case and B.C.'s health care system 16806-8
Restaurant health regulations 16106
WCB report on safety standards in Victoria area hospitals 16875-7

Indians

Ongoing treaty negotiations process 14986
Provincial contribution to treaty settlement offers 16006
Sechelt band and treaty negotiating process 16005-6

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

ICBC letter to autobody shop owner 17007-9
ICBC rules for small autobody repair shops 16494-5

Jericho lands

Future use of Jericho lands 15662

Local government

Fair Share program and revenue to northeast communities 16493-4
Management of improvement districts' sinking funds 15662-3

Maple Ridge�Mission by-election funding 14845
Mental health

Mental health plan funding 14726-7
Mental health plan implementation (Farnworth) 15159, 15217-8, 16562
Provincial forensic psychiatric services 15482-3
Report of mental health advocate 15218

Orcherton, Steve

Removal of MLA from BCBC board of directors 15369

Pacific Racing Association 15434-5
Parks

Bijoux Falls Park 15217

Police

Disarming of auxiliary police 14768-9

Sheehan, John

B.C. Hydro legal costs in CEO dismissal suit 15435
Former B.C. Hydro CEO compensation 15367-8

Taxation

Potential tax increases for TV and radio stations 15733-4
Provincial tobacco taxation 17154
Taxation review for non-profit community rebroadcasting services 16106-7, 16563-4

Tourism and recreation

Helicopter tourism licence applications 16423-4
Regulations concerning startup of ecotourism company 16107
Royal Hudson steam locomotive 16563
User fee for kayak businesses 15129
User fee increase for kayak businesses 15827-8

Vancouver International Airport

Shooting of birds at Vancouver International Airport 15010

Wilson, Gordon

Charter flights for Employment and Investment minister 15073-4
Employment and Investment minister and government charter flight policy 15127-8

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