Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 38th Parliament – 2006
MEMBERS INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford–Mount Lehman)

As subject
action on first nations sacred sites issue (Horgan) 5213-4
comments during fall sitting (Horgan) 5210, 5214
Adult Guardianship and Personal Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, withdrawal of bill 4636
Agricultural Land Commission, membership, appointment process 4329, 4426-7
Agriculture workers
employment standards 4998-9
health and safety 4999-5000
seasonal agricultural workers program 4999
wages 4998
Apology, legislation, position of NDP 3800
Apology Act (Bill 16)
debate 3800
delay in passage 3800
Auditor General, report on government corporate accounting system 2770
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, purpose of bill 3062, 3064
Bloy, Harry, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2232
B.C. Buildings Corporation
dissolution of corporation and transfer of powers to Labour and Citizens' Services Minister 2931-2, 3008-10, 5011
sale of properties, policy 5012-3
staff commended 2932
B.C. Forest Safety Council, safety ombudsman 2991-2
B.C. Liberal Party government, accountability and openness 5251
B.C. Lions, commended for Grey Cup win 5074
Calder, Frank, accomplishments 5115
Campbell, Gordon
commitment to first nations issues 5124
visits to Surrey 4127
Children, employment
injury and participation rates 5003
regulation 5002-4
role of parents 5004-5
Children and Youth Committee
establishment 3888
membership and powers 5064-5
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, investigation into release of government records on refugee information 2681
Civil service
supplementary estimates debate 2444
collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2984, 3061-2, 3064
Computer technology, database management and information transfer, privacy issue 4820
Crown Corporations Committee, powers and role 2343
De Patie, Grant, death at service station, compliance of station with worker safety recommendations 3989
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc., government contract for revenue services 4820-1
Education
class size and composition, government action 2554
class size and composition, teachers' consent and consultation 4651-2
funding, transfer of responsibility to school boards 5168-9
Education Committee, powers and role 2343
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4651-3
Emergencies, government contract for data recovery after disasters, data storage outside Canada 4819
Employment
compassionate care leave
applicability in collective agreements 3098
coverage for same-sex partnerships 3093
eligibility of non–family members 3093-4
impact on employee's absenteeism record 3098
legislation 2897, 3010-1
legislation, government communication 3096
length of leave 3011, 3094-5
length of leave for child illness 3095
employment standards, complaint system 5002
employment standards, mandatory posting in workplace 3096, 4997-8, 5001
Employment Standards Act
amendments 2897
exemption from employee self-help process 3097
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2006
debate 2897, 3010-1, 3093-8
implementation 3097
Finance and Government Services Committee
amendment of terms of reference to add Representative for Children and Youth 5065
powers and role 2342
First nations
Internet access for first nations communities 5011
Kelowna accord with federal and provincial governments
debate as standing order 35 motion 4430, 4438, 4458
document relating to transformative change accord tabled 4448
handling by new federal government, B.C. government action 4448-9
handling by new federal government, impact on honour of Crown 4447-8
Forest industry, worker safety 2992
coroner to review fatalities 3237, 5006-8
field inspector positions 2991
government inquiry 5005-6
impact of government policies 3237
Freedom of information
records, creation and retention by government staff 5017
requests for information
fees and response times 5015, 5018
handling of requests 5014
response times, extension 4811-2
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
application of provisions 5016
withdrawal of proposed amendment 4636, 4811
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Special Review Committee, recommendations, implementation 5014
Fuel, service stations, worker safety 3989, 4640-1, 4996-8, 5000-1
Government
accountability 3064, 5016
agencies, boards and commissions, member selection process 4329
computer system
corporate accounting system, security 2771
security breaches 2822-4, 2931
government records
ban on sale of computer equipment 2825
ban on sale of computer equipment by private contractors 2825-6
release of personal information 2769-70, 2824
release of personal information, investigation 2680-1
ministers, accountability 2984
Harris, Roger, appointment as B.C. Forest Safety Council safety ombudsman 2991
Hawkins, Sindi, appointment as Deputy Speaker 2232
Health Committee, powers and role 2344
Hunt, Christine, membership on Agricultural Land Commission 4426
Immigration, refugees, release of personal information in government records, investigation 2681
Information, access from outside Canada for equipment maintenance 4813, 4816, 4819-20
Information and Privacy Commissioner, investigation of release of personal information in government records 2680, 2770, 2823
Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 4996-5020
Citizens' Services budget 5010-2
employment standards branch, staffing 4998
Labour Relations Board, annual reports tabled
2004 report 3089
2005 report 4744
Legislation
business during spring session of second session, 38th parliament 4121
enactment provisions not to be introduced by private members 2489
Legislature
bills, committee stage, amendments cannot impose charge on Crown 4651-3
committee system, membership of select standing committees 2405
committee system, ratification of September 19, 2006, agreement on membership of select standing and special committees 5255
estimates process, Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 2554-5
estimates process, confining remarks to supplementary estimates 2444
legislative calendar and sitting schedule
adjournment of fall sitting 5135
fall sitting 5083-4, 5094, 5251-3
fixed budget date 3064
length of spring session 5251
opposition role 5251
schedule of business for second session, 38th parliament 4121, 4636
members' conduct and debate, questions on enactment of bills not in order 2635
motions, debate to be relevant 5168-9, 5171
question period, length 5016
amendment of standing order 47A 2233
reforms 2233
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker, amendment of standing order (14) 2233
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2232
appointment of Deputy Speaker 2232
standing order 35 adjournment motions, requirements 5083-4, 5094, 5124
statements by members, amendment of standing order 25B 2233
Lobbyists, legislation, changes 3596
Loukidelis, David, position on access to personal information from outside Canada 4813, 4816-7
MacMinn, E. George, honorary membership in legislative press gallery 5087
MacPhail, Joy, comments on purpose of fall sitting of Legislature 5252
Meissner, Dirk, firefighters media award win 5115
Merit Commissioner Special Committee, powers 2344-5
Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2005-2006, debate 2984, 3061-5
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3232
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006, debate 4811-22
Motions
amendment of terms of reference for Finance and Government Services Committee, debate 5065
amendments to standing orders, debate 2233
appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth, debate 5064
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections, debate 2554-5
establishment of committee on children and youth, debate 3888
membership and powers of Children and Youth Committee, debate 5064-5
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5250-3
powers and role of Aquaculture Committee, debate 2344
powers and role of Crown Corporations Committee, debate 2343
powers and role of Education Committee, debate 2343-4
powers and role of Finance and Government Services Committee, debate 2342
powers and role of Health Committee, debate 2344
powers and role of Public Accounts Committee, debate 2342-3
powers of Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner, debate 2344-5
powers of Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsman, debate 2345
ratification of membership of select standing and special committees, debate 5255
Vaisakhi Festival and Panj Kakkaar, debate 2978
NDP, performance as government, financial management 3064
Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job, number of deaths and injuries 5008
Ombudsman Special Committee, powers 2345
Physicians, signing of certificates for compassionate care leave applications 3097
Points of order
relevance of debate on motion that the House recess until 9:05 p.m. 5169
request for withdrawal of comments re Gordon Campbell's visits to Surrey 4127
Privacy, protection of personal information
disclosure agreements in writing 4812
information access from outside Canada 4812-3
information access from outside Canada, definition of "necessary" information 4813-5
information access from outside Canada, temporary access 4814, 4816-7, 4821
liability for breaches of security 4815, 4821
oversight by Information and Privacy Commissioner 4813
storage of information outside Canada 4813, 4818-9
Public Accounts Committee
powers and role 2342-3
referral of reports to committee 2342-3
Public Agency Accommodation Act, debate 2931-2, 3008-10
Public Inquiry Act, withdrawal of bill 4636
Representative for Children and Youth, appointment, establishment of appointment committee 5064
Representative for Children and Youth Act, time for debate of bill 4636
Representative for Children and Youth Special Appointment Committee, recommendation, ratification by Legislative Assembly 5084, 5251, 5253
Revenue Services of B.C., operations 5018-20
Selection Committee, first report for second session of 38th parliament presented 2405
Standing order 35 adjournment motions
access to clean drinking water, response 5094
income assistance shelter benefits, response 5083-4
Kelowna accord, debate 4447-9
softwood lumber agreement 4811, 4830
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, response 5124
Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee, powers and role 2344
Tributes
B.C. Lions – Grey Cup champions 5074
Dirk Meissner 5115
E. George MacMinn 5087
Frank Calder 5115
U.S. Patriot Act, provisions on access to personal information, applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 4816, 4819
Vaisakhi 2978
Violence, workplace violence, protection for employees working alone 2405
Workers, non-English-speaking workers, access to government services 5002
Workers compensation, compensation for injured workers, changes 3886-8, 5009-10
WorkSafe B.C.
2005 annual report and 2006-08 service plan tabled 4129
budget and operations 3886-7, 5009-10
court ruling on case of board's interpretation of pension benefits 4742-3
inspections and investigations 5000
public education initiatives 5001
role in examination of forest worker safety 5008
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
advice to NDP government on private medical clinic (Abbott) 5119-20
Abbott, George, awareness and action on private health care facilities 5119-20
Apology Act (Bill 16)
debate 3799-800
consultation by government 3799-800
delay in passage 3799
Armenian genocide, commemoration and remembrance 3581-2
Autism, eligibility for support services of autistic children and adults 3227
Berglund, Brian, position as chief information officer of Community Living B.C. 2826, 3259-60
Berland, Jeremy, position with Children and Family Development Ministry 2286, 3075-7
B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disabilities Society, funding 3079, 3125
B.C. Association for Community Living, comments on funding for adults with developmental disabilities 3221
B.C. Coroners Service, comments on child death reviews 4807
B.C. Liberal Party government, accountability 5245, 5248
Budget debate 2616-9
Budgets, 2005-06 and 2006-07 budgets, content and themes 2618
Campbell, Gordon
campaign statements on support for children 4963, 4965
comments on accessibility of government information 3016
comments on health care costs 5248
letter to Stephen Harper on softwood lumber agreement 4188-9
position on privatization of health care system 5249
Canadian Institute for Health Information, report on health care spending 5248
Charlie, Harvey and Rose, advocacy re child protection system 4966
Charlie, Sherry, inquest into death, coroner's jury recommendations 2336-7
Children
centre for dialogue and learning, proposal 3115
child care, government and opposition positions 3192-3
child care funding, federal agreement, B.C. government action 2862, 3193
child deaths, incomplete reviews 3884-5, 4807, 4964-5
child deaths, secondary reviews 4965
child protection
audits 3204
government funding and policies, impact on services 3429
government power to remove child 4962
guardianship agreements 4965
investigations, status 2553, 3022, 3025
review, panel report, government action 3884-5, 4965
section 54.1 agreements 2987, 3117-9, 3204
services, changes 2336-7
children at risk, government action 2616-7
programs and services for children and families
funding and government support 2861, 2864
funding reductions during ministry reorganization 3016
reductions, impact of government policies 4963-4
service agencies, accreditation 3027
service agencies, government contracts and funding 3079-80
special needs children, programs and service delivery 3257
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 3016-28, 3073-81, 3109-10, 3115-26, 3175, 3192-3, 3200, 3204-5, 3220-9, 3257-70
budget 3016
budget reduction 2617
handling of freedom-of-information requests 3016-9, 3025
performance measurement 3019
plans 3077
staffing changes 2286-7, 3023-5, 3074-7
Children's Commissioner
elimination of office 4964
need for independent commissioner 5134
private member's bill by NDP 4962
Civil service
supplementary estimates debate 2431-8, 2460
collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2436
bonus per worker 2434
excluded staff 2431-2
collective bargaining, current negotiations 2432-3
recruitment 2438
supplementary estimates debate 2460
Climate change, government action 2862-3
Collingwood Neighbourhood House, services 3193
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, report and recommendations 2619
Community Living B.C.
accountability 3262
accreditation as agency 3227
community consultation 3264-5
community councils 3267
complaints and appeals 3268
eligibility for services based on IQ test 3227-8
establishment, cost 3267-8
funding 3220-3
funding, individualized funding model 3228-9, 3262, 3268-9
funding and service delivery 3257
group home review 3225
information technology 3258
objectives 3263
performance measurement 3226, 3263
provincial advisory committee 3267
replacement of chief information officer 3258-60
risk assessment of agency 3257-8
safety 3226
service delivery contracts 3226
service delivery model 3260-1
wait-list for services 3222, 3257
Community Social Services Employers' Association, rollback of workers' wages 2435
Compass Group Ltd., hospital contracts, working conditions and wages 5246-7
Corrections system, policy on shackling prisoners during sweat lodge ceremonies 3078
Crime and criminals, criminal-record checks, government policy 3205
Day, Brian, presentation at Conversation on Health meeting 5249
Disabled and handicapped persons
community care workers, wages 2863
community living services, funding 3269
community living services, recruitment and retention of workers 2434-5
housing, alternatives to group homes 3224-6
housing, person-centred model 3226
housing choices 3262-4, 3269-70
programs and services, budget expenditure 3205
du Toit, Lesley
position as director of Child and Youth Care Agency 3027-8, 3074
review of Children and Family Development Ministry 3028
Economy, relation of economic growth to levels of poverty 3020
Education
access to public education 2618
class size and composition, government action 2618
class size and composition, teachers' consent and consultation 4657
curriculum, French immersion and language programs 4440
English-as-a-second-language programs, funding 4440
special education and special needs
wait times for psychoeducational assessments 3081
wait times for services 3080-1
waiting lists for classroom spaces, case 4440
Education, funding
funding for implementation of class size limits 4657-9
special education and special needs 4440
transfer of responsibility to school boards 4440
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 4438-41, 4657-9
Fahlman, Neil, need for support after age 19, court case and government appeal 5250
False Creek Surgical Centre, Vancouver, communication with Health Ministry 5119-20
FAS/E Support Network of B.C., status 3175
Forest industry, softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 4188-9
Forests and Range Ministry, estimates debate 4188-9
Foster care
bed-specific and child-specific contracts 3124
Child in the Home of a Relative program 5058
Child in the Home of a Relative program, responsibility for program 5134
foster parents, compensation 3026-7
foster parents, work 4962
funding for milestone events and discretionary expenses 3122-5
kith-and-kin agreements
funding 3116
guidelines 2337
number 3110, 3115-6
program implementation 2617
program implementation date 3429
system, issues and concerns 3120-4
Gosling, Barbara, surgery case 5091
Government, ministers and deputy ministers, remuneration 2437
Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture, committee on agriculture policy 2863
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, naming of 49th-and-Cambie station as Punjabi Market–Langara Station 4175
Group homes
closings 3224-5
definition 3225
number of spaces in use 3224
wait-lists 3224
Health
health authorities, accountability 5247-8
health care funding, government per-capita spending 5248
Health care system
impact on economy, comparison to U.S. system 2618-9
labour shortage, impact on system 2863-4
private services and privatization
government position 2619
patient spending levels 5248
payment for private services 5091-2, 5249
privatization 2861-2
reforms, visits to other countries by Premier 2618-9
studies on private and public systems 2619
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 5248-9
universality 5247
workers
health support workers, legislated collective agreement 2431-2, 2434, 2436
health support workers, wages 2437
wages 2863
Hughes, Ted
comments on role of Representative for Children and Youth 5059
comments on statements by Gordon Campbell on child services 4965
Income, difference in income levels, impact on society 5246-7
Income assistance, eligibility, three-week waiting period 2864
John Norquay Elementary School, teacher-librarians 2618
Krikorian, Arpine, death 3582
Labour, government handling of labour relations 2436, 2438, 2863-4
Legislature
business left on order paper 5166
closure, use 5245
Government House Leader, role 5166
legislative calendar and sitting schedule
daily schedule and sitting hours 5165-7
fall sitting, issues for debate 5165-6, 5246-7
fixed calendar 5245
motions, debate on motion to recess 5169
question period, number of question periods 5246
question period, role 5166
reforms, government action 2863
Les, John, comments on child death reviews 4807
Motions
adoption of report of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth, debate 5133-4
Armenian genocide remembrance, debate 3581-2
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5245-50
motion that the House recess until 9:05 p.m., debate 5165-7
naming of 49th-and-Cambie SkyTrain station, debate 4175
NDP, equality principle 5250
Oil and gas, government revenues 2433
Oral questions
Access to health care services 5091-2
Appointment of Brian Berglund as chief information officer for Community Living B.C. 2826
Child death reviews 3884-5, 4807
Child protection investigations 2553
Crystal meth protocol 4430
Health Minister action on private health care services 5119-20
Implementation of kith-and-kin program 3429
Organizational changes in Children and Family Development Ministry 2286-7
Reinstatement of Children's Commission 2336-7
Section 54.1 child protection agreements 2987
Pharmacare program, coverage 2862
Phillips, Trevor, comments on social integration in Britain 5246
Pollock, Allan, position with Community Living B.C. 3258-9
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 2617-8, 2864
government action 3016, 3019-20
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of privilege re comments by John Les 4785
Representative for Children and Youth
appointment 4961, 4965, 5133-4
authority and funding 5133-4
independence 5133-4
right to information 5062
role and functions 4962-3, 5057-60
staff, first nations representation 5061-2
Representative for Children and Youth Act
debate 4961-6, 5057-62, 5064
commencement by regulation 5064
definitions, "designated services" 5057-60
influence of NDP's private member's bill 4962
St. Paul's Hospital, use of magnetic resonance imaging equipment by private firm 5091, 5249
Seaton, Peter, comments on role of health care in society 5247-8
Shabanian, Kerop, death 3582
Sir Wilfred Grenfell Community School, 50th anniversary 4492
Skills training, shortage of skilled workers, government action 2864
Social workers
number 3117
role and work 3261-2, 4962
training in government programs 3119-20
workloads 2617, 3022-5, 3117, 4962
Society
ethnic and social integration 5246
role of investment in social services 5247
Statements by members
50th anniversary of Sir Wilfred Grenfell School 4492
Windermere Community Secondary School and Reach for the Top 4422
Stó:lô Nation, Xyolhemeylh program, delegation agreement with government 3078-9
Substance abuse and addiction, crystal meth, cross-ministry protocol for removal of children from meth-involved parents 4430
Teachers
collective bargaining process, early-settlement incentive 2434
labour dispute in education system, government handling 4438
non-enrolling teachers, need 4440
Throne speech, content 2861
Throne speech debate 2860-4
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, qualifications as advocate for youth 5131
U.S., health care system 2861
van Iersel, Arn, comments on review of Children and Family Development Ministry by Lesley du Toit 3028, 3073-4
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
description and political representation 2616
schools in area 2618
Windermere Community Secondary School
performance in Reach for the Top competition 4422, 4439
work of students 4439
Woodlands School
compensation for former residents of school, government action 3109-10
site redevelopment, protection of cemetery site 3110
Youth at risk, youth agreements 3020-1

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