BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Business entries), Second Session, 38th Parliament

Speech from the Throne

Throne speech address 2225-31

Moved (Black) 2240-4; seconded (Whittred) 2244-8; approved 2868

Divisions: motion approved 2868

Throne speech debate (Address in Reply)

debate 2240-65, 2267-82, 2290-314, 2345-68, 2369-82, 2684-724, 2772-98, 2827-68

speakers (Austin) 2306-8 (Bains) 2356-9 (Bell) 2834-9 (Bennett) 2308-11 (Black) 2240-4 (Bloy) 2695-9 (Bond) 2864-7 (Brar) 2362-5 (Cantelon) 2267-71 (Chong) 2274-8 (Chouhan) 2278-80 (Chudnovsky) 2772-6 (Coell) 2684-8 (Coleman) 2789-93 (Coons) 2830-4 (Cubberley) 2793-8 (Dix) 2860-4 (Evans) 2846-50 (Fleming) 2262-5 (Fraser) 2707-10 (Gentner) 2376-80 (Hammell) 2688-92 (Hansen) 2719-24 (Hawes) 2258-62 (Hawkins) 2785-9 (Hayer) 2280-2, 2290-1 (Hogg) 2850-2 (Horgan) 2714-9 (Horning) 2302-6 (Ilich) 2827-30 (James) 2248-50 (Jarvis) 2365-8, 2369-70 (Karagianis) 2699-702 (Krog) 2254-8 (Krueger) 2702-7 (Lali) 2852-6 (Lee) 2373-6 (Macdonald) 2350-2 (MacKay) 2359-62 (Mayencourt) 2345-50 (Penner) 2293-8 (Polak) 2250-4 (Puchmayr) 2839-43 (Ralston) 2298-302 (Reid) 2856-60 (Roddick) 2380-2 (Routley) 2271-3 (Rustad) 2776-81 (Sather) 2692-5 (Simons) 2370-3 (Simpson, S.) 2781-5 (Thorpe) 2710-4 (Trevena) 2291-3 (van Dongen) 2843-6 (Whittred) 2244-8 (Wyse) 2312-4 (Yap) 2352-6

Standing order 35 adjournment motions

Access to clean drinking water

Moved (Robertson) 5094; response (de Jong) 5094 (Farnworth) 5094; ruling 5097

Income assistance shelter benefits

Moved (Kwan) 5083-4; response (de Jong) 5083-4; ruling 5085

Kelowna accord

Moved (Farnworth) 4430; response (de Jong) 4430, 4438, 4458; ruling 4444; debate 4444-51

Debate, speakers (Christensen) 4444-6 (de Jong) 4447-9 (Evans) 4449-50 (Farnworth) 4444 (Hogg) 4450-1 (Horgan) 4446-7 (Routley) 4449 (Simpson, S.) 4451

Softwood lumber agreement

Moved (Simpson, B.) 4810-1; response (de Jong) 4811, 4830 (Farnworth) 4830; ruling 4830-1

United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

Moved (James) 5123-5; response (de Jong) 5124; ruling 5173-4

Statements

Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Vancouver–Point Grey)

Sullivan mine accident 4951 (James) 4951 (Macdonald) 5047

Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

Austin, Robin (Skeena)

Highway of tears 3387

Williams Creek rescue 2548

Bains, Harry (Surrey-Newton)

Emergency first-aid response by Stormy Foreman 3882

Homelessness in Surrey 5088

South Asian immigrants to Canada 3680

Strawberry Hill Public Library 2679-80

The Valley of the Fraser 2497

Black, Iain (Port Moody–Westwood)

Climb for Community Living at Mount Kilimanjaro 2384

Crossroads Hospice Society 4593-4

Day of Mourning for workers 4121-2

Dorothy Fleming 4423

Douglas College 5088

Motorcyclists' fundraiser for literacy 4804-5

Port Moody Festival of the Arts 3592

Provincial nominee program 4025-6

Tri-Cities Business Excellence Awards 2234-5

Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)

2009 World Police and Fire Games 3388

Coquitlam passport program 3819

Guide-Scout Week 2383

Innovative Burnaby businesses 3680

Korean Heritage Festival 4636

Vancouver Japanese Language School 4325-6

Volunteers in Burnaby and Coquitlam 4905

Whistler Water Company 3882-3

World Police and Fire Games 5089

Cantelon, Ron (Nanaimo-Parksville)

Agriculture industry in B.C. 3592-3

Awards to Parksville citizens 2821

Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone 4953

Coastal sawmilling industry 3535-6

Hadi Abassi and Vancouver Island Raiders 5075-6

Margaret Strongitharm 3129

Mining in B.C. 4804

Role of MLAs in assisting constituents 2582

Seniors in the 21st century 2452

Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)

Bhimrao Ambedkar 4121

Cesar Chavez 3535

Holocaust remembrance 3983

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 3083

Memorial for William Lloyd Fedewa 2549

Multiculturalism in B.C. 2233-4

Refugee Rights Day 3680

Chudnovsky, David (Vancouver-Kensington)

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital and Chinese community 4953-4

Passover 3883

Pauline Weinstein 2631-2

Conroy, Katrine (West Kootenay–Boundary)

Hazards of atomic energy industry 4025

Hockey in Trail 3534-5

Coons, Gary (North Coast)

All-Native Basketball Tournament 2234

Impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry 4026

Marine transportation system 2630-1

Nisga'a treaty 4737-8

Cubberley, David (Saanich South)

Heart and Stroke Awareness Month 2383

Jeneece Edroff 4593

World Kidney Day 2926

Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

50th anniversary of Sir Wilfred Grenfell School 4492

Windermere Community Secondary School and Reach for the Top 4422

Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)

May Day celebrations in Port Coquitlam 4739

Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club 4423

Fleming, Rob (Victoria-Hillside)

2007 World Cup soccer in Canada 4122

Abebooks 3426-7

Aiden Chatwin-Davies 2986-7

Greater Victoria Police Victim Services 4326

International Development Week 2235

Saanich multicultural festival 4594

Selkirk Montessori School 2766

Sikh community in Victoria 3727

Victoria school principal Janine Roy 2582-3

Fraser, Scott (Alberni-Qualicum)

Karst caves 4282-3

Martha Joseph 3427

Water protection 3726

Youth representation in B.C. 4805-6

Gentner, Guy (Delta North)

Arne Knudsen 4904-5

Heritage Day 2334-5

Protection of provincial parks 2582

Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)

Central City Community Volunteer Patrol 4422

Centre for Child Development in Surrey 4122

Declaration on the elimination of violence against women 5088-9

Status of oolichan stocks 3818

Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge–Mission)

Gravel extraction from Fraser River 5075

Gravel industry in B.C. 2767

Homelessness relief programs in Mission 3681

Mart Kenney 2235

Participation by Brad Lennea on Paralympic ski team 2548

Hawkins, Sindi (Kelowna-Mission)

Accomplishments of Interior Health Authority 5048

Breast cancer and mammography services 3983-4

Contributions of B.C. nurses 4491-2

Thanks Mom marrow donor drive 4423-4

Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)

Appeal for blood donors 2631

Community awards to Surrey RCMP 4738-9

Contributions of African Canadians 2450-1

Easter and Vaisakhi 3818

Etibako family deaths in Vancouver fire 5047-8

Indo-Canadian community in B.C. 4422

Mandatory minimum sentences in justice system 4122-3

Multiculturalism in B.C. 2234

Skilled labour recruitment and training 2925

Surrey business awards for cultural diversity 3232-3

Value of older workers 3535

Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

Unmarked gravesites of veterans 3128

Horgan, John (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)

B.C. School Trustees Association 4180

Education system in B.C. 3293

Junior Achievement 2384

Horning, Al (Kelowna–Lake Country)

Kelowna women's curling team 2679

James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

International Women's Day 2820-1

Sinking of B.C. ferry 3128

Jarvis, Daniel (North Vancouver–Seymour)

Val Anderson 3234

Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt-Metchosin)

B.C. Sierra Club environmental education program 3388

C. Joe Richards 2985-6

Hepatitis Awareness Month 4636

Kamloops BusinessCARE program 3233

New convention centre for Victoria 3591-2

Parks and trails in Metchosin 2765-6

WestShore Centre for Learning and Training 2496-7

Krog, Leonard (Nanaimo)

David Stupich 2335

Nanaimo Child Development Centre 2548

Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)

Citizenship ceremonies 3818-9

Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation 4592-3

Japanese Community Volunteers Association 3984

Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)

Asian Heritage Month 4181

Burnaby volunteer festival 4326

Down Syndrome Research Foundation 2497

Head tax on Chinese immigrants 4738

IIG All Nations Institute project in support of aboriginal women 2822

International trade and B.C. economy 3727

Life-saving awards 3233

Mudslide in the Philippines 2333-4

Lekstrom, Blair (Peace River South)

Dawson Creek Fall Fair and Exhibition 5117

Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

Ellen Zimmerman 3536

Investigation into Sullivan mine accident 5117-8

Name change for Golden to Hockey, B.C. 2451-2

McIntyre, Joan (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)

Canadian Olympic athletes 2496

Cypress Mountain Olympic venue 5118

David Dolphin 3536

Elected leaders forum in Squamish-Lillooet area 2678-9

Human early learning partnership 4180-1

Komagata Maru 5049

Preparations for 2010 Olympics 2335

MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)

B.C. film industry 2400

Hockey in Smithers 3427-8

Seniors health services in Atlin 2632

Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)

B.C. arts renaissance fund 2583

Dining Out for Life 3426

Emergency preparedness 2398-9, 4490-1

Leasehold buildings and housing policy 2549

San Patrignano community for addiction treatment 4180

SEDI HomeSave project 2766

Vancouver homeless outreach project 3127-8

Youth addiction services 3882

Nuraney, John (Burnaby-Willingdon)

Burnaby Express junior hockey team 4327

Darfur 4594

Francophone community in B.C. 2986

Freedom of expression and multicultural understanding 2497-8

Global Centre for Pluralism 5116

Working dogs in B.C. 4122

World Partnership Walk and Aga Khan Foundation 4953

Polak, Mary (Langley)

Contributions of Langley citizens 2383-4

Douglas Day 5087-8

Medical imaging system 3084-5

Tsunami relief work of Kevin and Susan Garber 3680-1

Violence against women 3881

Volunteerism in Langley 3294

Voom Credit Union 2678

Puchmayr, Chuck (New Westminster)

Day of Mourning for workers 3983

Paralympic athletes 3233-4

Publications on history of New Westminster 2583

Workplace deaths and injuries 5118

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

Terminator seed technology 3593

Robertson, Gregor (Vancouver-Fairview)

Eating disorders 2286

Trudy Rumbucher 4952-3

Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)

Agriculture and health education 3388

Contributions of Savage family 4739

First Dollar Alliance 4805

Pacific Agriculture Show and B.C. agriculture industry 2285

Safety in agriculture industry 2926

Scleroderma Association of B.C. 4026

Routley, Doug (Cowichan-Ladysmith)

2008 North American Indigenous Games in Cowichan 3819

B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 2383

Cowichan Lake Community Forest Cooperative 4635-6

Healthy democracy 4953

Homelessness 5076

Homelessness in B.C. 4282

Rustad, John (Prince George–Omineca)

Bioenergy 2399

B.C. Rail investment partnership 4282

Danielle Walker 2631

Holocaust remembrance 3983

Immigration to northern B.C. 3084

Industry Training Authority 4635

Mining industry in interior B.C. 4905-6

Nechako cold water release facility 3427

Skills training in B.C. 2766-7

Sather, Michael (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)

Aboriginal enhancement agreement in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows 2451

E-One Moli Energy 3083-4

Hammond Cedar mill 2925

Pesticide reduction campaign in Maple Ridge 4738

Ridge Meadows seniors health clinic 3681

Ridge Meadows Women's Centre 4905

World Health Day 3817-8

Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)

B.C. Winter Games 2399-400

Chinese Canadian artists 3084

Emergency response in Powell River 3294-5

Hartley Bay 3232

National Volunteer Week 3881-2

Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)

Emergency preparedness and climate change 4491

Forest professionals 2399

Forest worker safety 3129-30

Funding for post-secondary education in rural B.C. 2285

Role of women in society 2822

Value-added and remanufacturing sectors in forest industry 5116-7

Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)

Black History Month 2498

National Drinking Water Week 4326-7

Nature Trust of B.C. 3294

Physical punishment of children and youth 5047

Vancouver District Science Fair 2767

World Water Day 3129

Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver–Capilano)

Future of steelhead stocks 4283

Human early learning partnership 4491

Investment in mineral exploration 2334

MLA's experience in health care system 3293

Professional engineers 3726-7

Provincial sales tax review 4904

Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

Child care system 4904

Colony Farm Regional Park 4635

Flaunt your Frenchness campaign 2450

Maillardville Festival du Bois 2631

Non-profit housing conference 5076-7

School bullying 2924-5

SHARE Family and Community Services Society 4327

Trevena, Claire (North Island)

Campbell River Children's Choir 4805

Campbell River festivals 3428

Campbell River school meal program 5048-9

Encounters with Canada program 4181

Freedom of expression 2400

International Women's Day 2821-2

National Child Day 5075

Pete Sanford and Ruth Barnett 2679

Walk against racism in Campbell River 3592

White Cane Week 2284

Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)

Carson Camaro project 4025

Expansion of Lions Gate Hospital 2549

International Women's Day 2820

New schools in North Vancouver 2284

NoRooz celebration 2987

North Vancouver Kiwanis 3387

North Vancouver student leadership council 4593

Ovarian cancer 3728

Reading 44 3083

Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)

100 Mile House Lions Club 4026-7

Ambulance services in Chilcotin area 5087

B.C. Winter Games 2678

Cariboo Friendship Centre 5048

Contributions of B.C. nurses 4491

Fire at Sikh temple in Williams Lake 4181

Kamloops Airport runway extension 2987

Mental illness 4281, 4804

On-line observatory in Tatla Lake 3387

Spelling bee achievement by Heather Caldwell 3727-8

Stanley Daniels 2334

Yap, John (Richmond-Steveston)

Canadian Federation of Independent Business 4281-2

Chinese Benevolent Association 5076

Chinese New Year 2285

Ethel Tibbits Awards 2925-6

Gil Blair 2581-2

Joint-replacement surgery pilot project 3293-4

Richmond Addiction Services 2451

Richmond emergency services awards 4634-5

Richmond Hospital Auxiliary 3984-5

Rosewood Manor 3591

Schools in Richmond area 4952

Steveston-London Secondary School 2985