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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 1: March - July 1998
Subject-Speaker INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Labour
- Collective bargaining See Trade unions
- Issues
(Throne speech) 6593
- Labour market development agreement
(Hansen) 8722-3
(Lovick) 8722-3
- Labour relations
- Legislation
- fairness
(Coell) 6877
- legislative environment in B.C.
(Gillespie) 9154-5
(Miller) 9039-40
(Neufeld) 10010
- Liberal Party position
(Conroy) 6882
- Organized labour See Trade unions
- Seasonal work, socioeconomic impact
(Miller) 7155-6
(Neufeld) 7155-6
- Workers
- disability management code of practice
(Hansen) 8022
(Janssen) 8021-2
- incidence of worksite injury and disease
(Lovick) 8623
- managerial functions, definition
(Hansen) 8131
(Lovick) 8131
- "regularly employed" workers
(Hansen) 8105-7
(Lovick) 8106-7
- skilled workforce for B.C.
(Hansen) 10109
(Lovick) 10108-9
- unionization rate of B.C. workforce
(Barisoff) 9026-7
(Nettleton) 9107
(Stephens) 9690-1
- workers' rights
(Abbott) 9934
(Bowbrick) 9152-4
(Janssen) 9034-5
(Kasper) 8676
(Lovick) 8676
(Streifel) 9041-3
(Symons) 9876
- Working environment, "poisoned workplace"
(Hansen) 8070
- Workplace safety
- accident-prevention initiatives
(Anderson) 7587
- hazard levels, classification criteria
(Hansen) 8098-107
(Lovick) 8098-101, 8104-7
- hazard levels, difference between acceptable and unacceptable risks
(Hansen) 8173-5, 8189-91
(Lovick) 8173-6, 8188-92
(Penner) 8175-6, 8191-2
- health and safety on the job See Occupational health and safety
- worker occupational safety and health centres proposal See Workers Compensation Board
- workers killed or injured on the job
(Chong) 7517
(Giesbrecht) 7498-9
(Gillespie) 7500
(Hansen) 7469-70
(Lovick) 7270, 7468
(Randall) 7548-9
(Reid, L.) 7515
(Robertson) 7505-7
(Sihota) 7512-3
- workers killed or injured on the job, economic costs
(Hansen) 8057
(Janssen) 7549-51
(Lovick) 8057
- workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning
(Hansen) 7273
(Lovick) 7273
(Wilson, G.) 7273
- worker's responsibility for a safe work environment
(Abbott) 7586
(Chong) 7543-4
(Krueger) 7478, 8237
(Lovick) 8237
(Neufeld) 7496, 7498, 7554
(Randall) 7547-8
(Reid, L.) 7516
(Wilson, G.) 7501
Labour market management agreement See Employment and unemployment
Labour, Ministry of
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 8601-9, 8622-31, 8666-94, 8713-23, 10665-6
- speakers
(Dalton) 8691-2
(Hansen) 8603-4, 8606-9, 8623-30, 8676-9, 8691-4, 8713-7, 8722-3, 10665-6
(Kasper) 8675-6
(Krueger) 8604-5, 8682-3, 8686-9
(Lovick) 8601-3, 8605-8, 8622-31, 8666-94, 8713-23, 10666
(Masi) 8720-2
(Reid, L.) 8630-1, 8666-75, 8677, 8679-86
(Weisbeck) 8717-9
(Wilson, J.) 8689-91
- Annual report, 1996-97, tabled
(Lovick) 7038
- Compensation advisory services branch
(Lovick) 8666-7
(Reid, L.) 8666-7
- Cooperation with Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
(Thorpe) 8333-4
(Waddell) 8333-4
- Employment standards branch
- 1-800 information line
(Krueger) 8605, 8689
(Lovick) 8605, 8689
- appointment of site investigator See Cronk, Laird
- complaints, volume and backlog
(Hansen) 8604, 8693-4
(Lovick) 8605, 8693-4
- current activities
(Lovick) 8602-3
- investigations staff, ministry recruitment and hiring policies
(Hansen) 8605-9
(Krueger) 8688-9
(Lovick) 8605-9, 8688-9
- variance advisory committee
(Hansen) 8691, 8713-4
(Lovick) 8689-91, 8713-4
(Wilson, J.) 8689-91
- Goals for 1998-99 fiscal year
(Lovick) 8601-2
- Minister's independence
(Hansen) 10665-6
(Lovick) 10666
- Minister's right to intervene in Workers Compensation Board decision
(Hansen) 8628-30
(Lovick) 8628-30
- Promotion of workplace health and safety
(Hansen) 7472
- Role of minister in designation of construction industry major projects
(Hansen) 10119-20, 10133
(Lovick) 10119-20, 10133
(Plant) 10120
Labour Party (Britain)
- Political ideology
(Clark, C.) 9679
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 1997, tabled
(Lovick) 7738
- Approval of Construction Labour Relations Association constitution
(Hansen) 10131-2
(Lovick) 10131-2
- Comments on building trades unions jurisdictional disputes
(Hansen) 9573-4
- Future of board
(Hansen) 10665
(Lovick) 10666
- Granting of union certification variances
(Hansen) 10106
(Lovick) 10106
- Neutrality of board
(Hansen) 8716-7
(Lovick) 8716-7
- Report on mutual accommodation labour relations
(Hansen) 9568-70
- Role
- construction project classifications
(Hansen) 10094-6
(Lovick) 10093-6
(Plant) 10092-3
- determining change of union representation in construction industry
(Hansen) 10110
(Lovick) 10110-1
(Plant) 10111
- regulation of occupational health and safety
(Hansen) 8195-7
(Lovick) 8195, 8197
- Single-member panels, incidence
(Hansen) 8717
(Lovick) 8717
- Work of board, recent decisions
(Reid, L.) 9822
Labour Relations Code
- Changes
- changes
(Anderson) 9955-7
(Barisoff) 9610-4
(Chong) 9617-20, 9748-50
(Coleman) 9741, 9889-90, 10023-4
(Dalton) 9785-7
(Farrell-Collins) 10013
(Hawkins) 9601-4
(Jarvis) 9623-5, 9816-7
(Neufeld) 9781-4
(Orcherton) 9764-5
(Sanders) 9614-5
(Stephens) 9761-4
(Symons) 9607-10, 9878-9, 9983
(Thorpe) 9621, 9992
(Whittred) 9927
(Wilson, G.) 6826-7
- evaluation criteria
(Hansen) 9571-3
(Hogg) 9122-3, 9560
(Stephens) 9689-90
- impact on economy
(Campbell) 8940
(de Jong) 8868
(Farnworth) 8866
(Farrell-Collins) 8868
(Hansen) 8867-8
(Lovick) 8867-8, 8940, 9013-4
(Zirnhelt) 8866-7
- letter re impact of changes
(Penner) 9451
- need
(Hansen) 6842
(Hogg) 9511-3
- persons and groups benefiting from proposed changes
(Hansen) 9565-7
- position of business community
(McKinnon) 9097
(Nettleton) 9109
(Penner) 9031
(van Dongen) 9044-5
(Weisbeck) 9110-1
- previous changes
(Hansen) 9575
(Neufeld) 9170-1
(Smallwood) 9082
- support
(Boone) 9024-5
(Campbell) 8949, 9985-6
(Clark, C.) 9680-1
(Hansen) 8948, 9572
(Hawkins) 9601-4
(Janssen) 9033-4
(Krueger) 9540-1
(Neufeld) 9172, 9543
(Pullinger) 9111-3
- timing
(Abbott) 8968
(Jarvis) 9160-1
(Masi) 9102-3, 9673-5
(Neufeld) 9544
(Stephens) 9115-7
(Stevenson) 9166
(Symons) 9075-6, 9079
(Weisgerber) 9083-4
(Whittred) 9156-7
- Definition of "trade union," use in workers compensation legislation
(Dalton) 7993
(Hansen) 7990-3, 8053-4
(Lovick) 7990-3, 8053-4
- Effectiveness
(Hansen) 8604
- History
(Hansen) 9570-1
- Impact on economy
(Campbell) 8866-7
- Provisions, continuity
(Hansen) 10136, 10143
(Lovick) 10136, 10143
- Purpose of legislation
(Hansen) 9568
(Lovick) 10030
(Plant) 10092
(Robertson) 9161
- Review of code
(Hansen) 8717
(Lovick) 8717
Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 26) (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Labour) 1R, 8865-6; 2R, 8919-30, 8942-71, 9016-47, 9073-85, 9096-127, 9152-82, 9218, 9535-47, 9559-81, 9601-47, 9670-92, 9730-65, 9781-92, 9805-27, 9847-94, 9911-32, 9933-85, 9987-10032;
- C, 10087-102, 10105-24, 10125-36, 10141-50; 3R, 10271; RA, 10806
- Amdts: 2R (Krueger) 9536, negatived 9748 (Chong) 9751, negatived 9893-4 (de Jong) 9914, negatived 10015; sec. 2, sec. 55.1 (Lovick) 10088, approved 10089; sec. 2, sec. 55.1 (Hansen) 10107, negatived 10107; sec. 2, sec. 55.14 (Hansen) 10116, negatived 10117,
- and 10118, approved 10141; sec. 2, sec. 55.16 (Hansen) 10120, negatived 10121, and 10121, negatived 10122 (Lovick) 10141, approved 10141; sec. 2, sec. 55.18 (Hansen) 10132, negatived 10133; sec. 2, sec. 55.22 (Hansen) 10143, ruled out of order 10143
- Divisions: introduction approved 8865; 1R approved 8866; motions to amend 2R negatived 9748, 9893-4, 10015; 2R approved 10032; amdt. to sec. 2 negatived 10117; 3R approved 10271; motions to adjourn debate negatived 9622, 9643, 9979, 10022, 10091
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 8965-9, 9734-7, 9817-20, 9931-5
(Anderson) 9118-21, 9604-7, 9882-5, 9954-7
(Barisoff) 9025-9, 9610-4, 9810-4, 9957-61
(Boone) 9024-5
(Bowbrick) 9152-4
(Calendino) 9173-7
(Campbell) 8948-52, 9685-8
(Chong) 9617-20, 9748-55, 9923-6
(Clark, C.) 9678-82, 9755-8, 9964-7, 10019-22
(Coell) 9035-8, 9625-9, 9791-2, 9805-7, 9938-41
(Coleman) 9740-3, 9888-91, 10006-9, 10022-6
(Conroy) 9177-80
(Dalton) 9643-6, 9784-8, 9967-70, 10016-9, 10115
(de Jong) 9744-6, 9891-3, 9911-9
(Doyle) 9016-7
(Farrell-Collins) 9730-4, 10012-5, 10026-9
(Giesbrecht) 8958-62, 9747
(Gillespie) 9154-5
(Hansen) 8922-30, 8942-8, 9562-75, 9850-63, 9941-54, 10087-91, 10094-102, 10105-10, 10112-4, 10116-27, 10129-36, 10141-50
(Hawkins) 9017-20, 9601-4, 9935-8
(Hogg) 9121-4, 9544-7, 9559-61, 9788-91, 9928-31
(Janssen) 9033-5
(Jarvis) 9158-61, 9623-5, 9814-7
(Krueger) 9180-2, 9218, 9535-42, 9987-90
(Lali) 9103-6
(Lovick) 8865-6, 8919-22, 9578-81, 10029-32, 10087-102, 10105-36, 10141-50
(McKinnon) 9096-100, 9676-8, 9847-50, 10000-3
(MacPhail) 9646-7
(Masi) 9100-3, 9673-6, 9824-7, 9997-10000
(Miller) 9038-41, 10090-1
(Nebbeling) 9670-3, 9869-72
(Nettleton) 9106-8, 9682-5, 9866-9, 10003-6
(Neufeld) 9170-3, 9542-4, 9781-4, 10009-12
(Orcherton) 8955-8, 9764-5
(Penner) 9029-33, 9629-33, 9885-8, 9919-22
(Plant) 8962-5, 9970-3, 10090, 10092-4, 10111-3, 10117-8, 10120-4, 10127-8
(Pullinger) 9111-5
(Randall) 8969-71
(Reid, L.) 9124-7, 9737-40, 9820-4, 9993-7
(Robertson) 9161-5
(Sanders) 9046-7, 9073-5, 9614-7, 9872-5, 9976-9
(Smallwood) 9082-3
(Stephens) 9115-8, 9688-91, 9761-4, 9979-82
(Stevenson) 9165-7
(Streifel) 9041-3
(Symons) 9075-9, 9607, 9875-9, 9982-5
(Thorpe) 9021-4, 9620-1, 9758-61, 9990-3
(van Dongen) 9043-6, 9575-8, 9807-10
(Walsh) 9079-82
(Weisbeck) 9108-11, 9633-6, 9879-82, 9961-4
(Weisgerber) 9083-5
(Whittred) 9156-8, 9640-3, 9926-8
(Wilson, G.) 8952-5, 9561-2, 10115
(Wilson, J.) 9167-70, 9636-40, 9863-6, 9973-6
- Collective bargaining provisions, transition issues
(Hansen) 10136, 10143, 10150
(Lovick) 10136, 10143, 10150
- Concerns, petitions tabled
(Chong) 8991
(Farrell-Collins) 8942
(McKinnon) 9152
(Nettleton) 9096
(Randall) 10679-80
- Consultation on bill
(Barisoff) 9810-4
(Chong) 9749-50
(Clark, C.) 10019-20
(Dalton) 9785-6
(Lovick) 8867-8, 8942
(Sanders) 9614-5
(Symons) 9875
(Weisbeck) 9882
(Whittred) 9641
(Wilson, J.) 9638, 9973-4
- Consultation on bill, public consultation
(Boone) 9024
(Hansen) 8923, 8947-8
(Hogg) 9560
(Krueger) 9536-7
(Lovick) 9579
(Stephens) 9690
(Wilson, J.) 9168
- Content
- Debate
- contribution of opposition MLAs
(Bowbrick) 9154
(Coleman) 10022-3
- duration
(Plant) 9971
- government MLAs' participation
(Clark, C.) 9474-5
- progress to date
(de Jong) 9911-2, 9914
- Definitions
- "bargaining council"
(Hansen) 10098-9
(Lovick) 10099
- "building trades employer"
(Hansen) 10102, 10105-6, 10144-5
(Lovick) 10102, 10105-6, 10144-5
- "construction industry"
(Anderson) 9884
(Hansen) 10099, 10106
(Lovick) 10099, 10106
- "contract administration fee" not included in definitions section
(Hansen) 10100-1, 10148
(Lovick) 10100-1, 10148
- "craft bargaining unit"
(Hansen) 10099-100
(Lovick) 10099-100
- "enabling" not included in definition section
(Hansen) 10098
(Lovick) 10098
- "ICI construction"
(Hansen) 10089-92, 10094-8, 10130-1, 10135-6
(Lovick) 10089-98, 10130-1, 10135-6
(Miller) 10090-1
(Plant) 10090, 10092-4
- "project collective agreement"
(Hansen) 10101, 10106-7
(Lovick) 10101, 10107
- "unionized construction employee"
(Hansen) 10105
(Lovick) 10105
- "unionized construction employer"
(Hansen) 10101-2
(Lovick) 10101-2
- Drafting of bill
(Hansen) 10088-9
(Lovick) 10089
- Evaluation criteria
(Hogg) 9790, 9930
(Symons) 9609-10
- Fact sheet, content
(Hansen) 9852-6
- Implementation process
(Masi) 9673-4
- Liberal Party position on bill
(Abbott) 9717
- Motion to reinstate bill on order paper See Reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50) under Motions
- Need for speedy passage
(Farrell-Collins) 10012
(Hansen) 9852
(Krueger) 9987-8
(Plant) 9473
(Wilson, J.) 9973-4
- Purposes section, comparison with 1997 Labour Statutes Amendment Act
(Hansen) 10107
(Lovick) 10107
- Referral to select standing committee See Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology
- Skills development purpose of bill
(Hansen) 10108-9
(Lovick) 10108-9
- Support for bill
(Dalton) 9644-6, 9786-7
(de Jong) 9747
(Farrell-Collins) 9731-4, 10012-3
(Hawkins) 9601
(Hogg) 9545-6
(Krueger) 9541-2
(Nettleton) 9106-7
(Weisbeck) 9634
(Whittred) 9642
- Support for bill, petition tabled
(Hawkins) 10125
- Timing of introduction and debate
(Chong) 9423
(de Jong) 9453-4
(Penner) 9449-50
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Content and purpose of bill
(Anderson) 9118-9, 9604-7
(Dalton) 9785, 10016-7
(Hansen) 8923, 8943-4, 9564-5, 9851-2, 9942
(Hogg) 9545, 9790
(Jarvis) 9817
(Krueger) 9342-3
(Lovick) 8920
(Masi) 9101
(Neufeld) 9171, 9544, 10010
(Plant) 8963
(Stephens) 9116, 9689, 9979-80
(Symons) 9077-8, 9878
(Wilson, G.) 8952-5
(Wilson, J.) 9863-4
- Definitions
- Purposes section, inclusion of term "industry stability"
(Hansen) 10107
(Lovick) 10107
Lady Minto (Gulf Islands) Hospital, Saltspring Island, B.C.
- Medical imaging equipment needs
(Hawkins) 10465
Laidlaw, Rick
- Commended for community service
(McGregor) 6967
Laing Bridge See Arthur Laing Bridge
Lake Country district municipality
- Disincorporation
(Kwan) 8600
(Reid, L.) 8600
- Disincorporation, petition tabled
(Weisbeck) 6796
- Municipal grant, adequacy
(Weisbeck) 6792
Lakemount Estates development See Sicamous, B.C.
Lali, Hon. Harry Singh (Yale-Lillooet)
- Adams Lake, bridge and road access 8110
- AirCare program, powers 7613
- Auditor general, statements in audit of Vancouver Island Highway Project 7902
- Automobiles
- impoundment of vehicles 7771, 8151-2
- insurance, kilometre-based insurance 7903
- roadside safety and emissions testing of heavy-duty commercial vehicles 7613
- traffic fines, revenues 8152
- traffic safety, roadside safety testing, cost 8152
- Bridges
- bridge rehabilitation in province 7910
- Fort Fraser, Houston and Telkwa areas 7905-6
- maintenance, provincial and municipal responsibility 7950-1
- replacement project in Chilliwack 7953
- seismic upgrading 7911-2
- B.C., northern B.C. highways and roads
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- 1996-97 annual report tabled 7610
- accounting systems, year 2000 compliance 7835
- budget
- debt cap 7901
- expenditures 7801
- highway rehabilitation budget 7772, 10675
- revenue and debt and debt-servicing costs 7771-2
- investment in Ballard Power Systems 7902-3
- mandate 7771
- performance measurement 7900-1
- projects, financing 7771-3, 7904, 8150
- properties held by corporation 7903
- purpose 7772-3
- staff, number 7904
- transportation capital plan 7805-6
- transportation initiatives 7770-1, 7806
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6814-7
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6814-5
- Bulkley-Nechako regional district, letter from district re Highway 16 issues 7904-6
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, projects 7953
- Chilliwack Lake road, maintenance responsibility 7952-3
- Chong, Ida, comments on union collective agreements 9104
- Construction industry, master collective agreements for major projects 9103
- Cycling as form of transportation 8259
- Delta
- Ferry terminals
- Duke Point terminal, access road construction project 7902
- Langdale terminal, traffic lineups 8111
- Fisheries, fish habitat, Courtenay area creeks 7865
- Forest industry, annual allowable cut levels, impact on employment 6816
- Fuel, taxation of motor fuel 7772
- Gambier Island, boat access ramp 8114
- George Massey Tunnel, expansion 8116
- Gibsons, bypass 8110-1
- Greater Vancouver regional district, responsibility for maintenance of area roads and bridges 7949-50
- Highway 1
- 88th Avenue and 200th Street interchange 7831-2
- corridor management plan 7832-3
- high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, construction budget 7903
- Kamloops to Alberta border section 7832-3, 7835-6, 7911-2
- No. 1 Road crossing and Barrowtown bridge 7833
- No. 3 road overpass 7954
- Port Mann Bridge to Hope section, highway mileage signs, mileage indications 8117
- Highway 3
- Hope to Christina Lake section 7830-1
- Midway to Grand Forks section 7831
- Midway to Greenwood section 8115
- Highway 5
- Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes 7866-7
- maintenance in winter months 7940
- Highway 10, 120th Street to Cloverdale section 7804
- Highway 11
- Abbotsford to Mission section 7833
- corridor management plan and traffic accidents data 8146
- Highway 16
- New Hazelton to Fraser Lake section, rehabilitation projects 7904-6
- Smithers corridor project 7912
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project
- aboriginal roadbuilding project 7899
- Campbell river section 7900
- cycling lanes 7802
- design-build concept 7773, 7801
- Goldstream Park section 7902, 8149-50
- impact on fish habitat 7865
- Parksville to Campbell River section 7865
- planning and design standards 7902
- project 7770, 7773, 10676
- project monitoring and accountability 7801-2
- project performance measurement 7900-1
- properties acquired for highway use, disposition of surplus lands 7801
- south Courtenay connector 7866
- stream damage, monitoring 7865
- work still to be completed 7902
- Highway 24, Little Fort bypass 7867
- Highway 27, upgrading 7871-2
- Highway 33
- Highway 37, rehabilitation plans and bridge replacement 7868-72
- Highway 91, Hamilton interchange project, noise and vibration issues for Bridgeview Court residents 7836
- Highway 97
- Alaska Highway, turning lanes at Farmington Fairways 9231, 10197
- Glenrosa intersection project 7816
- highway extension, west side of Okanagan Lake 7873
- Oliver to United States border section 7831
- Vaseux Lake area 7830, 8114
- Highway 99
- Culliton Creek to Cheakamus Canyon section 7862
- high-occupancy-vehicle lanes 8116
- improvement plans 7862-4
- Sea to Sky Highway 7862-4, 7944-5
- Highway 101, projects 8111-2
- Highway Constructors Ltd.
- employee pensions, contributions and benefits 7904
- role in hiring of workers for highway construction projects 7899-900
- Highways and roads
- capital rehabilitation program for newly incorporated municipalities 7911
- construction projects, funding 7909
- highway safety improvement program 8119
- maintenance and rehabilitation
- moving farm equipment on roads 8147
- national highways system, federal funding 6816, 7770, 10675
- northern roads strategy 6815
- planning and design standards 7902, 8149-50
- provincial highway plan 7901
- provincial roads
- condition 7910-1
- rehabilitation and maintenance 7867
- sani-dump stations
- dumping of illegal substances at stations 8117
- operation 8146-7
- traffic-light system, year 2000 compliance 7770-1, 7835
- Hochstein, Phil, relationship with Liberal Party 9105-6
- Impaired driving, penalties and deterrents 7771, 8152
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., position on labour code changes 9105-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C. rates, penalties for bad drivers 8151
- Iron Workers Memorial (Second Narrows) Bridge, expansion to north end 7811-2
- Kamloops, Dunn Lake Road, road conditions 7866, 7939
- Keith-Wilson Road Bridge, replacement 7953
- Kelowna
- Bernard Avenue bridge project 7816
- McCulloch Road, maintenance responsibility 8147
- Kitamaat Village Road, paved section, shoulder extensions 7871
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on workplace management 9105
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, debate 9103-6
- Langley, 202nd Street rail overpass 7831
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on organized labour 9103-6
- Lions Gate Bridge
- Lower mainland
- highway traffic congestion 7770
- traffic management plan 7903
- transportation strategy 7804-5
- Lund, breakwater expansion project and congestion in area, safety concerns 8113
- McAlpine Bridge, status 7830, 7834
- MacDonald Creek, flooding and area drinking-water hazard 8115
- Merritt timber supply area, annual allowable cut, impact on employment 6816
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7613
- Motor Carrier Commission, licensing function, deregulation activities 8152-4
- Motor vehicle branch
- superintendent of motor vehicles, responsibilities 8150
- transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 8149
- Motorcycles, use of high-occupancy-vehicle lanes by motorcyclists 8116
- Mount Washington Ski Resort Ltd., road to facility 8150
- Municipalities, responsibility for maintenance of area roads 7861-2, 7913-4, 7941-3, 7945-53, 8118, 8147
- Nicola Valley Affordable Housing Society, Three Eagles complex, funding 6816
- Nisga'a Highway, upgrading of road 7838-9
- Northwest Corridor Development Corporation, transportation corridor study and B.C. involvement 7904
- Okanagan area, transportation system, projects and funding 7817-8, 7868
- Okanagan Lake Bridge project, status 7814-6
- Peachland, Princeton Avenue, maintenance responsibility 7941-3
- Pender Harbour
- Transportation and Highways ministry works yard 8112
- wildlife fencing on golf course road 8112
- Prince George, Old Cariboo Highway, maintenance responsibility 7913, 7948
- Princeton-Coalmont road, repairs 8116
- Saanich, responsibility for maintenance of area roads 8118
- Savary Island, road rights-of-way and road-standard issues 8113-4
- Sechelt Indian band, shopping centre development project 8111
- Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road 7770, 7837-8
- Signs on highways for services and attractions
- erection of signs by Transportation and Highways ministry 8115
- government policy 7944
- oversized signs 8118-9
- Six Mile Ranch development project, financing of road project 7834
- Sorrento, bypass 7833
- South Fraser perimeter road 7804
- Squamish, responsibility for maintenance of area roads 7861-2, 7945-8
- Task Force on Commercial Vehicle Safety, implementation of recommendations 8151
- Throne speech, content 6814
- Trade unions, Liberal Party position on organized labour 9103-6
- Transportation
- corridors
- corridor management plans 10676
- corridor protection 7907
- current and future issues 8258-9
- transportation planning, provincial multimodal strategy 7805
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7769-74, 7801-18, 7830-9, 7861-73, 7899-914, 7939-55, 8109-20, 8146-54, 10675-6
- 1996-97 annual report tabled 7610
- accomplishments and goals 7769-71, 10675-6
- administration and project delivery costs 8148
- budget 6815
- contracting-out work, costs 7907
- contractors, confidentiality issues re contractors hired by ministry 8117-8
- "Greater Vancouver Highway Improvement Outlook" report 7770
- highway capital construction, costs 7908
- highway rehabilitation, costs 7908
- hiring policy, local hiring for highway construction 7899-900
- liabilities 7907
- minister's responsibility for setting funding priorities 7906-7
- net capital debt 7907
- performance measures 8148-9
- performance-based budgeting 8148
- projects, prioritization 8147
- properties held by ministry 7908
- vehicles
- colour and visibility 8117
- emissions reduction issue 8119
- Trucking industry
- truck drivers, issues 8150-1
- vehicles, out-of-province trucks, permitting process 8153
- weigh scales, Osoyoos weigh scale 8115
- University College of the Cariboo, joint campus with Nicola Valley Institute of Technology 6817
- Vancouver
- Stanley Park causeway, widening of existing road 10545
- third crossing of Burrard Inlet 7810
- Vanderhoof, responsibility for maintenance of area roads and bridge 7913-4
- Westside Road, reconstruction project 7867-8
- Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
- capital improvements 6816
- road conditions 6816
- Year 2000, compliance of government and traffic-light computer systems 7770-1, 7835
- YMC Management Corp., role in aboriginal roadbuilding project 7899
Laloge, Ken
- Letter re B.C. economy
(Weisbeck) 9880
Lampert, Jerry
Land Act
Land use
- Accessibility of land for mining exploration
(Jarvis) 8015-6
(Miller) 8015-6
- Development cost charges, waiving by local government
(Kwan) 10781-2
(Reid, L.) 10781-2
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry involvement
(Kasper) 6941
- Land and resource development
(Plant) 6831-2
- Land set aside, definition of protected area versus park
(Weisgerber) 8267-8
- Land use planning See also particular plans, e.g., Vancouver Island land use plan
- Land use planning and resource development, corporate resource inventory initiative
(Dalton) 9589
(McGregor) 9589
- Private property used for non-commercial activities, owner's liability
- Protected areas and special management zones
- joint Environment and Forests ministry report and action plan
(Dalton) 9590
(McGregor) 9590
- potential as parks, impact on resource extraction
(Miller) 7160-1
(Weisgerber) 7160-1
- Special management zones, impact on mining industry
(Goodacre) 7292
Land Use Coordination Office
- Operations
(Dalton) 9589
(McGregor) 9589
LandData B.C. See Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
Landmark Entertainment Group
- Involvement in PNE relocation
(Thorpe) 8360-1
(Waddell) 8360-1
Langley, B.C.
Langley constituency
- Letters from constituents on labour code changes
(Stephens) 9762
Language
- American Sign Language educational video, "See You in Court"
(Dosanjh) 9123
(Penner) 9123-4
Lanyon, Stan
- Construction industry review panel report See Review panel (Kelleher-Lanyon) report under Construction industry
Larmour, Peter
Larson, Ryan
- Experience with Youth Works program
(Penner) 10361
Lavalle, Ed
- Comments on post-secondary education
(Petter) 7786
(Weisbeck) 7247, 7785
Law Society of British Columbia
- Benchers, lay benchers
(Dosanjh) 7491, 7677, 7719-20
(Plant) 7678, 7719-20
- Complaints process, effectiveness
(Dosanjh) 7721-3
(Plant) 7721-3
(van Dongen) 7722
- Decisions, review by outside body
(Dosanjh) 7722-3
(van Dongen) 7722-3
- Investigation of phone call to member of judiciary by government counsel
(Dosanjh) 7296-7
(Plant) 7296-7
- Powers
- Responsibility to protect the public interest
(Dosanjh) 7719
(van Dongen) 7719
Lawrence, Ken
- Forests ministry summer job request
(Clark, C.) 7673
Lawyers and legal services
Laxton, John
- Role in B.C. Hydro–Pakistan power project
(Farnworth) 9137-8
(Farrell-Collins) 9136-8
Lea, Graham
- Comments on current stumpage rates
(Clark, C.) 10086
(Zirnhelt) 10086
Leadership and Management Development Council of British Columbia
Leatherdale, Doug
- Letter re farm classification
(Abbott) 8593
Lee, Paul
- Work on youth employment advisory committee
(Campbell) 10332-3
Leech, Heather
- Letter re special needs day care funding
(McKinnon) 8367
Legal aid See Lawyers and legal services
Legal Profession Act
- (Bill 15) (Attorney General) 1R, 7491; 2R, 7677-81; C, 7719-23; 3R, 7723; RA, 7779
- Debate, speakers
(Dosanjh) 7491, 7677, 7680-1, 7719-23
(Plant) 7677-9, 7719-23
(van Dongen) 7719, 7722-3
(Wilson, G.) 7679-80
Legal Services Society of British Columbia
- Financial eligibility criteria for funding of persons involved in public interest court cases
(Dosanjh) 7237
(Plant) 7237
(Weisgerber) 7236-7
- Funding
(Hammell) 7463
- Funding and debt levels
(Dosanjh) 7197-201
(Plant) 7197-201
- Head office costs
(Dosanjh) 7201
(Plant) 7201
- Responsibilities
(Dosanjh) 7202-4
(Plant) 7202-3
(Wilson, G.) 7203-4
Legislation
- Bills
- Consultation process
(Dalton) 9785
- Correction of 1996 revision of statutes
(Dosanjh) 7841, 7988
(Plant) 8052
- Need for legal certainty in laws
(Hansen) 10096
(Lovick) 10093, 10096
(Plant) 10092-3
- Relevancy criteria
(Wilson, J.) 9167-8
- Replacement of legislative lawmaking with regulatory authority
(Dalton) 10620
(Hawkins) 10731-2
(Priddy) 10732
(Wilson, G.) 10654-5
- Retroactive legislation, use
(Dalton) 10619-22
(Dosanjh) 8389, 10243-4, 10604
(Farrell-Collins) 8389
(Plant) 8270, 10243-4, 10608
- Review of all extant legislation
(Farrell-Collins) 10432
(Wilson, J.) 10432
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Legislature See also Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Adjournment motions
- Adjournment of the House for special purposes
(Sanders) 8519
- Adjournment of the House for special purposes, impact on legislative workload
(Farrell-Collins) 8176-7
(Lovick) 8177
- Bills
- Bills, committee stage
- amendments that put a financial obligation on the Crown not in order
(Chair) 10769-70
- confining discussion to definitions section
(Chair) 10793-4, 10796
- confining remarks to section under discussion
(Chair) 10588, 10753, 10802, 10804
- debate must be relevant
(Chair) 9244
- debate must be specific to wording of the bill
(Chair) 10587
- Bills, second reading, confining remarks to subject of legislation
(Speaker) 10697
- Chair
- cannot compel an answer
(Chair) 8075
- cannot rule when Chair did not hear offending remarks
(Chair) 8577-8
- power to request that member not be present for the remainder of sitting
(Speaker) 7920
- Closure of debate, use
(Farrell-Collins) 9728-9
(Speaker) 9729-30
- Committee A, substitution of voting members
(Chair) 9298, 9332, 9665
- Committee of Supply
- rules for bills and estimates
(Chair) 7019-20
- rules for sections A and B
(MacPhail) 6892
- Committee system
- appointment of committees
(Clark, G.) 6595-6
- public participation
(Campbell) 6595-6
(MacPhail) 6596
- size of membership and workload of committees
(Clark, G.) 10323-24
(Farrell-Collins) 10323-4
- use
(Abbott) 9718-9
(Anderson) 9883
(Campbell) 10313-4
(Chong) 6852-3, 9385, 9751-4
(Clark, C.) 8521, 9390, 9755-7
(Clark, G.) 10314, 10319-21
(Coleman) 8511-2, 9890-1
(Dalton) 9644-5
(de Jong) 8506-7
(Farrell-Collins) 10319, 10321
(Gingell) 6748, 10315-6
(Hansen) 8525-7
(Hawkins) 8518-9
(Krueger) 6807
(Nettleton) 9396
(Penner) 7589, 9885
(Ramsey) 7645
(Reid, L.) 10320
(Sanders) 7645-6, 9872-4
(Stephens) 9761-4
(Symons) 8514, 9419
(Thorpe) 6886, 9758-60
(van Dongen) 9807
(Weisbeck) 9879-80
(Whittred) 9927
- Conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner
(Abbott) 9298-9, 9713, 9720
(Campbell) 10313-4
(Chong) 9384-7, 9423-4
(Clark, C.) 9389-90
(Clark, G.) 10314-17, 10319-21, 10324
(de Jong) 9726-7
(Farrell-Collins) 10317-9, 10321-4
(Giesbrecht) 9720-1
(Gingell) 10314-17
(Hogg) 9397-401
(Reid, L.) 10320-1
(Symons) 9418-9
(Wilson, G.) 9727-8
- Cooperation between government and opposition
(Abbott) 9713-4, 9716-8, 9720
(Sanders) 9721-2
- Debate
- confining remarks to motion on the floor
(Speaker) 8519
- determination of whether a matter is out of order is at the Chair's discretion
(Chair) 8597
- discussing individual members not allowed
(Speaker) 6917, 6922
- inclusion of debatable points
(Speaker) 6924
- interruption of debate as a result of an unexpected adjournment motion precludes Committee A report to House
(Dalton) 9646
- nature of debate
(Lovick) 6753
- raising of points of order during debate
(Farrell-Collins) 9345, 9716
(Speaker) 9716
- relevancy and repetition
(Chair) 9245-6
- repetition
(Chair) 10598
- repetitious and tedious debate
(Chair) 8530, 9250
- requirements for resumption of debate on an order of the day dropped as a result of an unexpected adjournment motion
(Farrell-Collins) 9232-3
(Speaker) 9232-3
- use of personal pronouns
(Speaker) 6917
- use of props not allowed during debate
(Farnworth) 9426
(Speaker) 7918, 9426
- words across the floor are not part of normal debate
(Speaker) 8506
- Estimates process
- Chair cannot direct minister to respond
(Chair) 8597
- confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister
(Chair) 7391, 7407, 7986-7, 8649
- confining remarks to estimates debate
(Chair) 7811
- debate not limited to opposition members
(Hansen) 8676
- discussion of issues subject to examination by House or select standing committees not in order
(Chair) 8638, 8641, 8649, 8652
- discussion of legislation not in order
(Chair) 8402
- Forests ministry estimates debate, appropriateness of questions
(Chair) 8652
- minister not required to give opinions
(Chair) 7391
- opportunity to examine government's priorities
(Clark, C.) 8786
- scope of debate
(Chair) 7983
- time needed to complete all ministries
(Chong) 9421-2
- timeliness of provision of information
(Reid, L.) 8544
- Free votes
(Abbott) 9719
- Government House Leader, responsibilities
(de Jong) 9725
- Government's management of 1998 legislative agenda See Government under New Democratic Party
- Hoist motions
(Lovick) 9578-9
(Whittred) 9641
- Introductions, leave must be requested
(Speaker) 6603
- Language used in House
- abusive and insulting language
(Chair) 8891
- "bloody"
(Chair) 9253
- "damn"
(Speaker) 7919
- "fascist government"
(Krueger) 10642
(Speaker) 10642
- "fraud"
(Speaker) 9446
- good temper and moderation as characteristics of parliamentary language
(Chair) 10061
- "hell"
(Speaker) 6868
- misrepresenting another's language
(Pullinger) 6924
- parliamentary language
(Chair) 10265
- reference to member as having "a little bit of mental disability"
(Boone) 8881
(Clark, C.) 8881
- "stand up or shut up"
(Speaker) 8509
- "steal"
(Speaker) 8510
- unparliamentary language
(Chair) 7632
(Speaker) 7144, 8867
- Lawmaking role
(Hansen) 10096
(Lovick) 10096
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
(Abbott) 9718-9
(Chong) 9421-2, 9456
(Clark, G.) 10314, 10324
(Coell) 9407-8
(Dalton) 9405-6
(de Jong) 8507, 9724-5
(Farrell-Collins) 10318-9, 10324
(Gingell) 10314
(Jarvis) 9410-2
(Krueger) 9447
(Nettleton) 9395-6
(Neufeld) 9413-5
(Penner) 6708-9, 7507-8, 9355-6, 9451
(Sanders) 9393, 9722-4
(Stephens) 9417
(Symons) 8513
(Thorpe) 9427
(Whittred) 9402
- Legislative reform
- Liberal Party position
(Farrell-Collins) 10318-9, 10321
- MLAs, need for opportunities to raise concerns in the House
(Farrell-Collins) 10317-8
- reform
(Coell) 9408-10
(Whittred) 10652
(Wilson, G.) 10655-6
- Members
- allegations that a member has misled the House
(Speaker) 7467
- behaviour in Legislature
(Campbell) 10344
(Dosanjh) 10730
- comment on another member's absence from House
(Farnworth) 9630
(Speaker) 10726
- comments made from their seat
(Speaker) 8309
- conduct of a member cannot be canvassed during debate, charges of a personal nature not permitted
(Chair) 10344
- discussion of other members' conduct not allowed
(Speaker) 8309
- must be in their seat to speak
(Chair) 7187
(Speaker) 6949
- references to members by name not permitted
(Chair) 7807-8
- references to members' personal situations not part of debate
(Speaker) 10642
- should address remarks through the Chair
(Chair) 7191
(Speaker) 7010
- speakers to be recognized by the Chair before proceeding
(Chair) 8462
- truthfulness called into question
(Miller) 10644
(Neufeld) 10644
(Speaker) 10644
- Motions
- decision to allow motion that the question now be put
(Speaker) 9729
- leave to debate required when not in Orders of the Day
(Speaker) 7878
- scope of debate permitted on motion to reinstate Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998)
(Speaker) 9336, 9344, 9346
- Officers of the Legislature, accountability and independence
(Dosanjh) 7722
(Plant) 7092
- Opposition, role
(Chong) 9884
(de Jong) 9351
(Hogg) 9510
(McKinnon) 10000
(Miller) 10643
(Nettleton) 10003-5
(Plant) 9472-3
(Sanders) 9976
(Whittred) 9401, 9641-2, 9926-8
- Oral questions
- discussion of pending legislation
(Speaker) 10195
- guidelines for conduct of question period
(Speaker) 7494-5
- length of preambles to supplementary questions
(Speaker) 7843, 7918
- members may not ask questions of members other than the executive council
(Speaker) 7843
- questions about activities in cabinet meetings not in order
(Speaker) 7141
- Orders of the day, dropped orders
(Abbott) 9484-7
(Coleman) 9478-9
(de Jong) 9350-1
(Farrell-Collins) 9233, 9337-41
(Hansen) 9357-9
(Hawkins) 9507-10
(Krueger) 9341-2, 9344-8
(MacPhail) 9336-7
(Penner) 9352-4
(Plant) 9359-50, 9472
(Sanders) 9514
(Speaker) 9336
(Symons) 9520
(Whittred) 9517-8
- Parliamentary practice based on precedent
(Wilson, G.) 10656
- Personal statements by members, guidelines for making statements
(Farrell-Collins) 6644
(Speaker) 6716
- Private members' statements
- partisan remarks
(Speaker) 7420-1, 9902-3
- reference to legislation currently on the order paper not permitted
(Speaker) 7181
- use to rebut another private member's statement not permitted
(Speaker) 7652-3
- Privilege
- argument and debating not in order
(Speaker) 7141
- matters suitable for raising as point of privilege
(Speaker) 7294-5
- words not captured in Hansard cannot be matters of privilege
(Lovick) 7146
- Quorum called 7988, 8505, 8506, 8930, 8998, 9270, 9301, 9317, 9327, 9626, 9740, 9754, 9787, 9854, 9878, 10022
- Quorum calls
- bells rung at the discretion of the Chair
(Chair) 9301, 9327
- members must be in their seats to be counted
(Abbott) 9301
(Coell) 9301
- Recognition of speakers at Chair's discretion
(Chair) 8475
- Reconsideration of 1995 Judicial Compensation Committee report ordered by Court of Appeal of B.C.
(Dosanjh) 8343
- Relevancy
(Whittred) 9926
- Reports from agencies, publication
(Gingell) 10770
- Right to sit and act without leave of the Crown
(Coell) 10660
- Role in finalization of all government-negotiated agreements involving legislation
(Farrell-Collins) 7048
(Miller) 7048
- Rules for conducting of House business, purpose
(Chong) 9481-3
(Clark, C.) 9474-5
(de Jong) 9349-50, 9351-2
(Hansen) 9356-7
(Hawkins) 9507-8
(Sanders) 9514-5
(Wilson, G.) 9348-9
- Rulings of the Chair
- rulings are not debatable
(Chair) 8578, 9301
- rulings may not be challenged
(Chair) 10587
- Select standing committees See Committee system above
- Sittings
- Speaker position
(Lovick) 6753-4
- Standing orders
- order 2, daily sittings, time for ordinary meeting of House
(de Jong) 9724
- order 9, Speaker's duties, Speaker's decision not subject to appeal
(de Jong) 9346
(Farrell-Collins) 9345
- order 17, decorum in the House, raising of points of order
(Farrell-Collins) 9716
- order 34, adjournment of House or debate, use to supersede another question
(Hansen) 9358
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance
(Farrell-Collins) 7208
(MacPhail) 7207
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, guidelines on presentation
(Speaker) 8279-80
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, matter does not qualify if normal parliamentary opportunity for debate is available
(Speaker) 8279
- order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, motions See Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- order 37, precedence when two members rise to speak, member who moves unsuccessful adjournment motion precluded from speaking again
(Speaker) 9622
- order 40, disrespectful or offensive language forbidden, imputation of false motives alleged
(de Jong) 9481
(Pullinger) 9481
(Speaker) 9481
- order 45, debatable motions, debate on adjournment motions limited to arguments on sitting time and date
(Farrell-Collins) 9403, 9405
(Kasper) 9399
(MacPhail) 9401-5
(Sanders) 9391
(Speaker) 9381, 9401
- order 45A, time limit on speeches
(Speaker) 7595
- order 46, closure of debate, considerations in calling of vote
(Farrell-Collins) 9728
- order 47A, oral questions, guidelines
(Speaker) 7494-5
- order 67, all bills, etc., appropriating public revenue to originate by Message, funding of compensation for hepatitis C victims
(Speaker) 7432
- order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of interim supply bill through all stages in one day
(MacPhail) 9421
(Speaker) 9421
- "Statutory Officers of the British Columbia Legislature: Fundamental Operating Principles and Related Legislation," report tabled
(Speaker) 7542
- Withdrawal of remarks ordered
- comments by Gary Farrell-Collins
(Speaker) 7920
- unconditional withdrawal
(Speaker) 6608
Lewis, Brian
- Comments on labour code changes
(Masi) 9103
Leyne, Les
- Comments on labour code changes
(Barisoff) 9611
(Nettleton) 10005
Liability of the Crown See Hogg, Peter
Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party
- action plan and policies
(Thorpe) 6887
- comments on budget allocation
(Pullinger) 6922-3
- economic recovery plan
(McKinnon) 6729-30
(Thorpe) 6778
- effectiveness of opposition to labour code changes
(Lovick) 9579-80, 10031-2
(Nettleton) 10005
(Wilson, G.) 9561
- MLAs' offer to work with government on funding for Children and Families ministry
(Campbell) 6653-4
(Clark, C.) 6623-6
(Coell) 6627
(Hawkins) 6651
(Sanders) 6631-2
(van Dongen) 6650
- proposal on northern and rural physicians dispute
(Hawkins) 7367
- recommendations for B.C. forest industry
(Coleman) 8430-1
- responsibility for state of B.C. economy
(Abbott) 8965-8, 9932
(Krueger) 9535
(Lovick) 10030, 10032
(Miller) 9040
- social welfare policy
(Pullinger) 7103
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- abortion
(Stephens) 7420
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
(Ramsey) 10303
- B.C. Ferry Corporation's fast ferries
(Miller) 8086, 8088
- cancellation of Kemano completion project
(Giesbrecht) 6991-2
(Miller) 6990-1
(Ramsey) 6993
- "cede, release and surrender" concept in Indian treaties
(de Jong) 9664
(Lovick) 9664
- closing of Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(Miller) 8708
- collective bargaining with teachers
(Ramsey) 10523
- community charters
(Anderson) 10299
(Reid, L.) 10298
- compensation for hepatitis C victims
(Hawkins) 7435
- corporation capital tax
(Abbott) 6980
(Farrell-Collins) 7023-4
- education funding
(Petter) 7246-7
(Ramsey) 7484
- fair-wage policy
(Conroy) 9178-9
- Forest Practices Code
(Campbell) 10342
(Clark, G.) 10342
- Forest Renewal B.C. 8423-4
- funding allocations in agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
(Ramsey) 7705-6
(Sanders) 7705-6
- government assistance to businesses
(Miller) 6933-4
- government intervention in financial situation of Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(Miller) 8011-2
- Homeowner Protection Act 10388-9
(Krueger) 10389-90
- labour legislation
(Conroy) 6882
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
(Abbott) 9717
- minimum wage level
(Bowbrick) 7253-4
(Giesbrecht) 7256
- mining in parks
(Jarvis) 7622
(Miller) 7622
- need for legislative reform
(Farrell-Collins) 10318-9, 10321
- Nisga'a treaty
(Petter) 10722
- northern B.C.
(Ramsey) 6838
- Northern Development Act
(Miller) 8316
- organized labour
(Calendino) 9173-4
(Conroy) 9177-8
(Doyle) 9016-7
(Giesbrecht) 8958-62
(Gillespie) 9154-5
(Janssen) 9033-5
(Jarvis) 9158
(Krueger) 9988
(Lali) 9103-6
(Neufeld) 9170
(Orcherton) 8957-8
(Pullinger) 9113-4
(Randall) 7549, 8969
(Robertson) 9162-4
(Sanders) 9046
(Smallwood) 9082
(Stephens) 9165-7
(Stevenson) 9165-7
(Streifel) 9041-3
(Walsh) 9081
(Wilson, G.) 8952-3, 8955
- policies
(Robertson) 7280
- post-secondary education funding
(Giesbrecht) 7256
(Petter) 7283-4
- post-secondary tuition freeze
(Bowbrick) 7254
(Weisbeck) 7785
- public education
(Krueger) 10516
(Sanders) 10306
- reduction in red tape
(Thorpe) 8029-30
- Repap restructuring
(Giesbrecht) 6734-5
- sale of B.C. Rail Ltd.
(Neufeld) 7971
- same-sex relationships
(Farnworth) 10723
(Petter) 10722
(Sihota) 10726-7
(Stevenson) 10724-6
- social welfare system
(Clark, G.) 10361-3
(Penner) 10362
- teacher levels in B.C. public schools
(Ramsey) 7484
- youth employment
(Masi) 7647
(Ramsey) 7633
- Liberal Party of Canada See also Federal government under Government
- decision to close Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack
(Clark, G.) 10365
(Penner) 10364-5
Libraries
Life Dynamics
- Involvement in anti-abortion activities
(Smallwood) 7420-1
Lighthouses
- Destaffing decision
(Streifel) 6783
Lillooet forest district
Lillooet River Watershed Society
- Union membership of forest workers
(Abbott) 8706-7
(Zirnhelt) 8707
- Watershed restoration projects, hiring and Forest Renewal B.C. funding
(Abbott) 7981
(Clark, C.) 7981
(Zirnhelt) 7981
Lilydale Cooperative Ltd.
- Vancouver Island plant closing, status
(Barisoff) 7003-4
(Evans) 7003-4
Lindstrom family
- Impact of traffic from neighbouring grow operation
(Coleman) 7069
Lions Gate Bridge
Lipsey, Richard
- Report on gambling
(Hansen) 10659
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
Liquor control and licensing branch See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration
Liquor distribution branch See Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
Literacy
Livent Inc.
- Mortgage agreement with B.C. government
(Thorpe) 8225-6
(Waddell) 8225-6
Livestock industry
- Beef industry concerns re Forest Practices Code
(Wilson, J.) 7004
- Cow-calf operations and crop insurance
(Evans) 7058-61
(Wilson, J.) 7058-61
- Impact of Forest Practices Code on beef producers
(McGregor) 9499
(Wilson, J.) 9499
Living Landscapes program
Livingstone, Gary
- Letter re reports in Victoria Times Colonist
(Randall) 7320-1
Lloyd George Elementary School, Kamloops, B.C.
- Construction project
(McGregor) 6800
- Replacement
(Krueger) 6807
- Seismic upgrading
(Krueger) 7698
LMDA See Labour market management agreement under Employment and unemployment
Local government
- Accountability, autonomy and powers
- accountability measures
(Kwan) 10303
- agreements with other authorities
(Kwan) 10779, 10781
(Reid, L.) 10779, 10781
- autonomy
(Abbott) 10531
- bylaw amendment or repeal
(Reid, L.) 10778
- checks and balances
(Wilson, G.) 10301-2
- community services
(Kwan) 10781
(Reid, L.) 10781
- corporate powers
(Kwan) 10778
(Reid, L.) 10778
- delegation of authority
(Kwan) 10779
(Reid, L.) 10779
- disposition of land and assets
(Kwan) 10779
(Reid, L.) 10779
- enshrining of powers in legislation
(Kwan) 8366, 10297-8
- financial powers and stability
(Kwan) 8038-9
- inspector's powers re incorporations
(Kwan) 10779-80
(Reid, L.) 10779-80
- liabilities beyond the current year
(Kwan) 10781
(Reid, L.) 10781
- loan authorization bylaws
(Kwan) 10778
(Wilson, G.) 10778
- powers and accountability
(Anderson) 10299-300
- powers and autonomy
(Kwan) 10780
(Reid, L.) 10780
- publication of intention to provide assistance
(Kwan) 10779
(Reid, L.) 10779
- report by Simon Fraser University staff
(Kwan) 10777
- Financing See Municipal finance under Municipalities
- Protocol agreement with Municipal Affairs ministry, three-year review, changes to agreement
(Reid, L.) 10298
- Raising of funds for school construction
(Wilson, G.) 10528
Local Government Grants Act
- Changes, impact on municipalities
(Abbott) 10611-2
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 31) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 8366; 2R, 10297-303; C, 10776-83; 3R, 10783; RA, 10806
- Amdts: sec. 289 ((Kwan) 10782, approved 10782; sec. 293 deleted 10782; sec. 327, 328, 331 (Kwan) 10782, approved 10782
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 10299-300
(Kwan) 8366, 10297-8, 10302-3, 10776-82
(Reid, L.) 10298-9, 10776-82
(Wilson, G.) 10300-2, 10778
- Definitions
- "manage," impact on Indian treaty negotiations
(Kwan) 10776
(Reid, L.) 10776
- "partnering agreement"
(Kwan) 10776
(Reid, L.) 10776
- Impact of bill
(Wilson, G.) 10300-1
Lockstead, Don
- Tribute
(Clark, G.) 6861
(Wilson, G.) 6861
Long, Phillip
- Comments on services for mentally ill persons
(Hawkins) 9264
Lotteries advisory committee
- Annual report, 1997-98, tabled
(Farnworth) 7610
Lottery Act
Louis, Roderick
- Letter re extended-leave release of persons with mental disorders
(Hawkins) 10690
Lovick, Hon. Dale (Nanaimo)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 9654-64, 9692-711, 9765-80, 9793-802, 9827-45, 9894-9, 10666
- 1996-97 annual report tabled 10249
- accomplishments and goals 9658
- advertising budget for Nisga'a final agreement 9659
- budget 9658
- multicultural initiatives 9833-4
- programs and initiatives 9655-6
- responsibilities of ministry 9654, 9656, 9776, 9778, 9833, 9840
- Actors, child actors
- earning, withholding requirement 8714-5
- government regulation 8602
- Agriculture industry, farm workers, employment standards 8602-3
- Anaham Indian band, road blockade 9769-70
- Auditor general, review of Workers Compensation Board, recommendations 8622, 8667-8, 8678-9
- Bargaining Council of B.C. Building Trades Unions
- administration of jurisdiction assignment plans 10122-3
- role as bargaining agent 8921, 10129-30
- Brewin, Gretchen, election as Speaker 6753
- Bridge construction projects, classification issue 10095-8
- B.C. Labour Relations Board, 1997 annual report tabled 7738
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- 1998 annual report and financial statements tabled 9152
- chief commissioner, replacement 9702-3
- mandate and role 7979-80, 9844-5
- Builders Lien Act, provision on owner's legal immunity 8072
- Business
- business in B.C.
- business climate 8867
- NDP government action to improve business climate 9015, 10031-2
- costs, impact of changes to Workers Compensation Act on small and medium-sized business 7592, 7594, 8057-8, 8100-1, 8141-4, 8172, 8243
- impact of labour code changes 8942
- management-worker cooperation 7593
- small business, issues and concerns 8061
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on issues
- housing starts 10031
- radio comments about Dale Lovick 9664
- Canada Day, Indians' involvement in Nanaimo celebrations 9835
- Charlottetown accord, rejection by Indians, application to B.C. treaty negotiations 9837
- Citizenship, legal meaning of "citizen" 8054-5
- Clark, Glen, personal commitment to Nisga'a treaty 9659-60, 9694-5
- Comments on issues
- 1987 debate on Industrial Relations Reform Act
(Anderson) 9956
(Chong) 9923-4
(Hansen) 9356
(McKinnon) 10001
(Reid, L.) 9993
(Weisbeck) 9961
- B.C. economy
(Whittred) 9642
- labour code changes
(Dalton) 9969
(Hansen) 8947-8
(Wilson, J.) 9638
- role of opposition
(Anderson) 9883-4
(Whittred) 9926
- workers' rights
(McKinnon) 10003
- Construction industry
- collective bargaining
- definition of construction work 10106
- impact of proposed labour code changes 8941
- industrial, commercial and institutional sector
- bargaining councils for craft bargaining units 10129-50
- certification requirement for evidence of fresh support 10147-8
- collective agreements, length of term 10149-50
- collective agreements, validity 10143-4
- ICI and non-ICI mixed projects 10142-3
- ICI project classification, basis for designation 10089-98
- master collective agreements for major projects 8865-6, 8921-2, 9580-1
- strikes and lockouts 10149
- unionization of existing project 10145-7
- workers' right to ratify collective agreements 10133
- labour relations
- collective agreements, duration 10113-6
- collective agreements, ratification requirements 10115-8, 10141
- collective agreements, special arrangements to enable employer bidding 10125-9
- collective agreements to include project owners 10101, 10107
- general legislative provisions for unionized industry 8920-1
- jurisdictional disputes 10141
- jurisdictional disputes, mandatory jurisdictional assignment plans 10120-4
- jurisdictional disputes, trade union different from union 10124
- master collective agreements for major projects 10115-6, 10118-20
- "orderly collective bargaining" 10107
- raiding period 10110-3
- union applying for certification, requirement to show evidence of fresh support 10114
- union certifications, transfers 10105-6
- unionization 10031
- projects
- residential housing sector, building permits 9015
- review panels, findings and recommendations 8865-6, 8919, 10109
- skills development opportunities 10108-9
- Construction Labour Relations Association
- Cronk, Laird, labour history and appointment to employment standards branch 8550-1, 8606-8, 8688-9
- Crown land activities, impact of unresolved Indian land claims 9838
- Deederly, Jason, worker killed on the job 7273
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions
- B.C. position 9657
- infringement on Indian lands 9776
- interpretation, layperson's guide 9094, 9843-5
- response, government mandate 6892
- ruling on third-party compensation 9794
- Domestic workers, employment standards 8602-3
- Earthquakes, hazardous workplaces and employee's right to refuse unsafe work 8174
- Ebbels, Jack, work on Nisga'a treaty negotiations 9655
- Economy, B.C. economy, impact of labour code changes 9579-81
- Education
- budgets, impact of changes to workers compensation legislation 8137-9, 8200-1
- co-op education, links with apprenticeship programs 8719
- Electric power, construction projects, classification issue 10096-7
- Empire Valley Ranch, land acquisition by government, use of purchased land 9773
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards
- compliance, recent initiatives 8602-3
- education of employers and employees on their rights 8693
- minimum daily hours provisions 8686-7, 8713-4
- system, workability 8691-3
- variances for log haulers 8689-91
- Williams Lake case 8692
- workers leaving or not coming to B.C. 9015
- Employment Standards Act
- Employment Standards Tribunal, public hearing process 8714
- Environment
- hazardous substances in workplace, regulation 8204
- youth environment program, comments by Gordon Campbell 6755
- First Citizens Fund, budget allocation 9832-3
- First Nations Summit, working group members 9658
- Forest industry
- culturally modified trees, impact on forest companies' operations 9839
- workers, employment standards regulations 8689-91
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act provisions, powers to override 8202-4, 8242
- Gambling by Indians, Aboriginal Affairs ministry role in cautioning re social impact 9840
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 9841-2
- Government, commissions of inquiry, public access to findings and other information 8669
- Health care
- access, equality issue 8726-7
- system, two-tier system 8670-1
- workers, collective bargaining, single-person certifications 10088
- Highways and roads
- construction projects, classification issue 10095-8
- highway maintenance projects, applicability of industrial construction classification 10099
- Housing starts, B.C. situation 10030-1
- Human Rights Code
- definition of union 7990-1
- provisions on employers' hiring decisions 8608
- Impaired driving, mandatory assessment for impaired drivers, petition tabled 9445
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, contributions to Liberal Party 10031
- Indian Arm Provincial Park, management plan 9768
- Indians
- apology from government for past treatment 9796-7
- blockades of roads and bridges, government handling 9769-70
- economic development, role of business 9656-7
- employment and unemployment, forest industry opportunities 9657
- fiduciary duty of government 9778
- government obligation to consult with Indians 9660-3
- issues
- handling by government ministries 9776
- interministerial responsibility 9833
- land claims
- comments by Glen Clark 6755
- compensation for lands wrongly sold to private citizens 9095-6
- compensation potential for land claimed 9661-3
- impact of unresolved claims on investment in B.C. 9656, 9838
- negotiations, variable-interest model 9768-9
- overlapping claims 9769, 9842
- private property, exclusion from negotiations 9094, 9661-3, 9795
- resolution of outstanding claims 10102-3
- settlements, impact on municipal tax base and use of land by others 9701-2
- third-party interests, compensation 9794-5
- lands, trailer parks on Indian land, rights of non-Indian residents 9766
- logging by Indians, enforcement of Forest Practices Code on reserve lands 9802
- management of land and resources, federal initiative 9656
- self-government
- self-government 9898
- self-government agreements, free vote in Legislature prior to signing 9335
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Indian land 9334
- status retention and acquisition 9777
- treaties
- amending formula 9896
- "cede, release and surrender" concept 9710, 9895
- "cede, release and surrender" concept, Liberal Party position 9664
- costs 9706
- process, public involvement 9708-9
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 9711, 9777
- treaty negotiations
- cost and pace of negotiations 9704-6
- fisheries allocation 9894
- incentive to settle treaties 9796
- inclusion of Residential Tenancy Act provisions 9766
- mandate of negotiators 9708
- negotiators' expenses, inclusion of costs in treaty settlements 9838
- process 9654-5
- process, public education and information 9658
- provincial approach 9657-8
- tripartite process 9657, 9697, 9705
- treaty settlements
- consistency of benefits among Indian subgroups 9779-80
- cost, formula for measuring cash and land values 9794
- cost of agreements after Nisga'a treaty 10140-1
- ensuring the sharing of treaty benefits 9835-7
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- designation of new trades and occupations 8720-1, 10100
- future of commission 8723
- members, appointment process 8722
- ministry responsibility 8720-1
- report for November 28, 1997, to March 31, 1998, tabled 10473
- role and responsibilities 8717-9, 8722-3, 10109
- special account, operation 8721-2
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 9581
- Iron Workers Memorial (Second Narrows) Bridge, anniversary of 1958 construction accident 8865
- Iron Workers Union, number of apprenticeships 10108
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on workplace management 7506, 7595
- Kyah Forest Products Ltd., jobs 9657
- Labour
- labour market development agreement 8722-3
- labour relations climate 8602-3
- workers
- definition of managerial functions 8131
- incidence of worksite injury and disease 8623
- "regularly employed" workers 8106-7
- skilled workforce for B.C. 10108-9
- workers' rights 8676
- workplace safety
- hazard levels, classification criteria 8098-101, 8104-7
- hazard levels, difference between acceptable and unacceptable risks 8173-6, 8188-92
- workers killed or injured on the job 7270, 7273, 7468, 8057
- workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 7273
- worker's responsibility for a safe work environment 8237
- Labour ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8601-3, 8605-8, 8622-31, 8666-94, 8713-23, 10666
- 1996-97 annual report tabled 7038
- compensation advisory services branch 8666-7
- employment standards branch
- goals for 1998-99 fiscal year 8601-2
- minister's independence 10666
- minister's right to intervene in Workers Compensation Board decision 8628-30
- role of minister in designation of construction industry major projects 10119-20, 10133
- Labour Relations Board
- approval of Construction Labour Relations Association constitution 10131-2
- future of board 10666
- granting of union certification variances 10106
- neutrality of board 8716-7
- role in construction project classifications 10093-6
- role in determining change of union representation in construction industry 10110-1
- role in regulation of occupational health and safety 8195, 8197
- single-member panels, incidence 8717
- Labour Relations Code
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 8865-6, 8919-22, 9578-81, 10029-32, 10087-102, 10105-36, 10141-50
- collective bargaining provisions, transition issues 10136, 10143, 10150
- consultation on bill 9579
- consultation with business 8867-8
- recommendations of Coalition of B.C. Businesses 8942
- content, balancing of interests 8919-20
- definitions
- drafting of bill 10089
- purposes section, comparison with 1997 Labour Statutes Amendment Act 10107
- skills development purpose of bill 10108-9
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- content and purpose of bill 8920
- definitions
- purposes section, inclusion of term "industry stability" 10107
- Legislation
- Legislature
- adjournment of the House for special purposes, impact on legislative workload 8177
- bills
- debate, nature of debate 6753
- lawmaking role 10096
- privilege, words not captured in Hansard cannot be matters of privilege 7146
- Speaker position 6753-4
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- opposition to labour code changes, effectiveness 9579-80, 10031-2
- position on "cede, release and surrender" concept in Indian treaties 9664
- responsibility for state of B.C. economy 10030, 10032
- McArthur, Doug, involvement in Nisga'a treaty negotiations 9695
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- agreement-in-principle
- application of Forest Practices Code to lands 9802
- cash component, compensation and past claims 9829-30
- certainty language 9831
- land in severalty 9827-9
- position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 9798
- treaty 9658, 9798-801
- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Harmac mill, safety initiatives 8058, 8100
- Maloney, Maureen, work with Aboriginal Affairs ministry 9695-6
- Marine construction projects, classification issue 10097
- Motions
- motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 8177
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper, scope of debate permitted on motion 9341, 9344
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 7540-1
- Nanaimo constituency and area, economy 6754
- Nanaimo Travellers Lodge, care facility 6754
- National Aboriginal Day 8940
- National Institute of Disability Management and Research, relationship with Workers Compensation Board 8624-6
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle
- fisheries model, fish allocation 9894
- self-government principles 9334
- treaty, final agreement
- announcement 9668
- approval process, debate and free vote in Legislature 9655, 9659, 9895
- approval process, public referendum 9709
- conclusion of negotiations 10102-3
- cost 10139-41
- debate in B.C. Legislature 10666
- government advertising budget 9692
- negotiations 9655
- public involvement 10309-10
- public opinion polling, results 9707
- sections not yet settled 9694
- treaty negotiation process, Premier's Office involvement 9694-6
- Occupational health and safety
- educational initiatives 8055
- employer representatives 8131
- employer's obligations
- payment of laid-off workers in event of safety shutdown 8232
- posting of information 8067, 8169, 8208
- responsibility to provide a safe workplace 8232-3, 8236
- support of joint committees and worker representatives 8145
- employer's right to appeal unsafe workplace decision 8235-6
- first aid personnel 8204
- general duties
- information, confidentiality requirement 8202-4, 8242
- joint committees and worker representatives
- assistance in resolving disagreements within committee 8134-5
- committee reports and information 8168
- duties and functions of joint committees 8132-3
- educational leave 8140-5
- requirement for employer to respond to committee recommendations 8135-6
- role 7592-3
- time off from work for meetings and other functions 8136-9
- training courses 8140-5
- variations in committee requirements 8108
- worker representatives 8170-3
- medical monitoring programs 8205
- offences 8236-7
- penalties 8056, 8232-4
- requirement for health and safety representation
- responsibilities
- cooperation and consultation 8069-70
- extent of obligation, due diligence versus "as far as is reasonably practicable" 8124-6
- liability of joint committee members and worker representatives 8132-3
- multiple-employer worksites 8071
- sharing between workers and employers 8056
- safety culture, promotion 8058
- statutory requirements 7270, 7467-9, 7592-5
- unsafe work
- worker occupational safety and health centres, funding 8626-7
- workplace accidents, investigation 8205
- workplace information summaries 8201-2
- workplace inspections 8206-7, 8209
- workplace inspections in private residences 8207-8
- Office of the public trustee, administration of earnings of child actors 8714-5
- Oil and gas industry
- consultation with Indians, Aboriginal Affairs ministry involvement 9771-2
- workers, employment standards flexibility 8602
- Ontario, regulation of construction industry 10149
- Osoyoos Indian band
- Haynes land claim 9658
- land settlement agreement, impact 9701
- Penikett, Tony, work in government 9694-6
- Pension Standards Advisory Council, retirement income planning education program 8716
- Penticton Indian band, trailer park on Indian land, sewage treatment case 9765-6
- Performance as Labour minister
(Krueger) 7591
- Physicians, orthopedic surgeons, salary dispute 8670-2
- Plant, Geoff, letter re labour code changes 10031
- Plecas, Bob, role in Indian treaty negotiations 9694-5
- Politicians
- media coverage as gauge of effectiveness 6753
- nature of position 6754
- Privacy, investigator's right to access private residence used as workplace 8207-8
- Public debt, measurement of debt 6755
- Public Service Commission, role in hiring of ministries' staff 8688
- Rangeland, grazing rights on Crown land, impact of Indian land claims 9795-6
- Response to debate by opposition MLAs
(Krueger) 9345, 9347
- Restaurant and food services industry workers, employment standards regulations 8605, 8686-7, 8713-4
- Robertson, Alec, departure from position as chief commissioner of B.C. Treaty Commission 7979-80, 9697-700
- Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (Dunton-Laurendeau commission), report, inclusion of Indians' issues 9835
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C. (Gill commission)
- cost to date 8679
- interim report recommendations
- board mandate 8061-2
- educational leave for health and safety joint committees and worker representatives 8140
- recommendations 7270, 7467-8, 7592-4, 8666
- selection of health and safety worker representatives 8129
- when a worker may not refuse work 8190
- workplace hazard classifications 8098-101
- report, availability 8622-3, 8630-1, 8669
- St. John Ambulance, relationship with Workers Compensation Board 8679
- Saskatchewan, legislation governing worker's right to refuse unsafe work 8190
- Schools, staff fatalities on the job 8200-1
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, applicability of provincial regulations to workers 7999-800
- Sechelt Indian band
- land claim settlement, cost 9093-4
- self-government model 9898
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs report
- government response tabled 7845
- implementation of recommendations 9656
- Skills training
- apprenticeship
- government responsibility 8722-3
- high-technology sector, number of spaces 8722
- industry's need for trained employees 8718
- trades training in high school 8720-1
- SkyTrain expansion, consultation with Indian groups 9660-1
- Societies, not-for-profit organizations, directors' liability regarding health and safety requirements 8127-8
- Squamish Indian band, trailer park on Indian land at Lions Gate Bridge, rent issue 9767
- Stó:lo nation land claim 9774-5
- Throne speech debate 6753-6
- Trade unions
- certification votes, secret ballot 10116-7
- collective agreements and free market forces 10127
- collective bargaining, single-person bargaining units 10088
- craft unions 10100
- funding to develop proposal for worker occupational safety and health centres 8626-7
- Trades, women in non-traditional trades 8721
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, preview of Nisga'a final agreement before signing ceremony 9668, 9693
- Tsilhqot'in national government, letter to Forests ministry re forest planning system and consultation with Indians 9771
- Twigg, Alan, comments on NDP government performance 6755
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, authority to bargain for wall-to-wall certifications 10132-3
- Wages and salaries
- fair-wage legislation 8602, 10127
- minimum wage, level 6755-6
- statutory holiday pay entitlements for part-time workers 8686-7
- wage differential for young workers 8686
- Walker, Jill, position as director of employment standards branch 8687-8, 8713
- Westbank Indian band, treaty negotiations 9896-8
- Westray mine, cave-in, liability of company's executive officers 8128
- Women in non-traditional trades 8721
- Workers compensation
- claimants
- claims
- disputed claims 8676
- legal recourse for dissatisfied applicants 8235
- school board subclass, 1997 claims 8200-1
- coverage
- benefit eligibility issues 8682-3
- exemptions 7995-6
- out-of-province personal injury case, jurisdictional issue 8673
- effectiveness of current system 8622-3, 8675, 8680-1
- rates, employer premiums 7592, 8100-1
- Workers Compensation Act
- definitions, "worker" 8682-3
- provisions on penalties for safety violations 8067
- Workers Compensation Board
- accident fund, use of moneys for education 8236-7
- accountability 8628-9
- administrators
- appeals process, issues and concerns 8680-1
- assessment system, assessment rates 8675
- budget, future needs 8678
- cooperation agreements on workplace health and safety 8065
- disability management model 8676
- documentation, plain language requirement 8674-5
- ergonomics guidelines and regulations 8673-4
- fraud case involving staff member and supplier 8669
- immunity from judicial review 8063-4
- investigations
- unsafe workplace complaints 8194-5
- worker discrimination complaints 8199
- jurisdiction and mandate 8061-4
- health and safety appeal tribunals 8235-6
- orders respecting unsafe worksites 8231-3
- regulation of first aid attendants and instructors 8204
- regulation of health and safety training courses 8143-4
- resolution of occupational health and safety joint committee disagreements 8134-5
- selection of workplace health and safety worker representatives 8130
- workplace health and safety 7468-9, 7592, 8055
- medical review panel, qualifications 8681-2
- ombudsman's office 8675
- pensions, widows' pensions, age as basis for benefit 8668
- policies and practices
- granting of exemption orders 7995-6
- out-of-province orthopedic surgery 8669-70, 8672
- severance for senior managers 8680
- powers
- prevention information line service, penalty issue re callers 8684-5
- problems, proposed solutions 8622-3, 8667-8
- programs
- first aid training, contracted services 8679
- rehabilitation programs 8672
- safety training provided or authorized by board 8677-8
- rates for benefits and compensation 8679
- record of disputed claims 8676
- red tape 8676
- regulation review committee 8680
- regulations governing the workplace
- implementation 8057
- public consultation and review 8238-41
- reports tabled
- 1997 annual report 6851
- 1998 annual report 11768
- 1998 annual report, appeal division 12867
- research and evaluation section, activities 8685
- staff, role 8622
- Student Work Safe initiative 8200
- worker occupational safety and health centres, role of board 8625-31
- worker-worker rule, accident victim's spouse deemed ineligible to receive survivor benefits 8682-3
- worksafe campaign to prevent on-the-job injury and disease 8623
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7270, 7467-9, 7473, 7591-5, 7988-8000, 8052-73, 8097-101, 8104-9, 8124-45, 8168-76, 8188-209, 8231-43
- committee debate, sequencing of sections 7988-90
- consultation on bill 7592-4
- definitions
- implementation 8237-8
- implementation costs 8678
- penalties for workers who violate safety regulations, inclusion in bill 8056
- provisions
- purpose of bill 8054-8
- review by business-labour reference panel 7594
- Youth employment and unemployment, entry jobs for young people 8686
- Zimmermann, Wolfgang, membership on Workers Compensation Board 8624-5
Lower mainland
- Air quality
- greenhouse gas levels
(McGregor) 9467
- vehicle emissions in area
(Dosanjh) 7358
- Highway traffic congestion
(Lali) 7770
- Transportation
- traffic management plan
(Lali) 7903
(Symons) 7903
- transportation strategy
(Lali) 7804-5
(Symons) 7804-5
Lowther, J.
- Comments on parliamentary dropped orders
(Abbott) 9485-6
Lumby, B.C.
- Health care services
(Sanders) 6762
- X-ray facility, petition tabled
(Sanders) 7542
Lund, B.C.
- Breakwater expansion project and congestion in area, safety concerns
(Lali) 8113
(Wilson, G.) 8113
Lund, Birgit
- Work as occupational health and safety advocate
(van Dongen) 7510-1
Lusztig, Peter
- Layperson's guide to Delgamuukw decisions See Decisions, interpretation, layperson's guide under Delgamuukw cases
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