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

Penner, Hon. Barry (Chilliwack-Kent)

As subject
comments on Sumas Energy 2 project (Lali) 5080
Abbotsford, hazardous waste incident, investigation 3746-7
Air
air quality
impact on health 3759
monitoring 2297-8, 3432, 3665-6
monitoring, funding 3758
greenhouse gas emissions, reduction 3751, 3756-7
Airsheds, management 3663
Alaska, fisheries management 3668-9
Alberta, hazardous waste spill, compensation 3691
Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve, boundary changes 3445
Aquaculture, fish farms
application process 3667
impact on environment, studies 3667-8
impact on wild fish populations, scientific debate and studies 3668
waste control regulation 3667-8
Ashcroft, proposed landfill for area, requirements 3830
Automobiles
commercial vehicles, green fleet certification system 3750-1
emission reduction 3756-7
hybrid vehicles, taxation 2297-8, 3660, 3666, 3750
Bowser, alleged poaching incident involving bald eagles 3735, 3747
B.C., official symbols 3903-4
B.C. Conservation Data Centre, information on species at risk 3700-1, 3735
B.C. Hydro
alternative energy projects 3802
upgrades to dam on Coquitlam River and fish habitat protection 3832
B.C. Liberal Party government
goals 3665
priorities 2296
B.C. Stats, work for environmental assessment office 3836
B.C. Sustainable Energy Association, solar power initiative 3803
Burns Bog
management of area 3746
preservation of area 3660
California, action on climate change 3760
Canada Health Act, principles 2296
Cape Scott Provincial Park, north coast trail project, funding 3703
Cheakamus River
CN train derailment and sodium hydroxide spill, recovery of fish stocks 2988, 3687-91
environmental damages due to sodium hydroxide spill, compensation by CN Rail 3690-1
Chilliwack
affordable housing, petition tabled 3359
enrolment in education system and class size 2295
middle school construction project, use of geothermal heating 3751-2
planning for community growth 3752
Chilliwack General Hospital, new beds and services 2295
Climate change
forecasting 3758
government action 3756-61, 3865-6
government action during NDP administration 3866
Coastal land and resource management plans 3745-7, 4095
first nations involvement in process 4096
Columbia Lake Provincial Park, boundary change application 3742
Communities, environmentally sustainable communities 3660-1
initiatives 3748-50
Compliance Energy Corporation, coal-fired power plant in Princeton area 5080-1
Construction industry, building design, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards and government buildings 3751
Coquitlam River
fish habitat protection 3828
impact of gravel mining in area on river 3831-2
recovery of salmon stocks 3832
status as endangered river 3828
Cultus Lake, protection of sockeye stock 3689
Cummins Westport Inc., research facility 3757
E.C. Manning Provincial Park
lodge in park 4641
mountain pine beetle control 3745
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 2295-6
Education, class size and composition, class size review 2295
Employment, unemployment rate in B.C. 2294
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 3694-5
Energy
alternative energy sources 3802-4
energy-efficiency initiatives for buildings 3748-9
energy-efficient home heating devices, taxation 3660, 3756-7
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects 3802-5, 3825-7, 4102
independent power producers
NDP position on small power projects 5080-1
methane gas, use to generate electricity 3802
power supply
importing of power to B.C. 5080
supply during NDP administration 5079-80
supply of B.C. needs 3827-8
solar and tidal power 3803
wind power 3802-5
Environment
environmental assessment process 3661, 3834-7
environmental assessment process, review of transportation projects 3753-5
environmental protection
complaint reporting phone line 3669
compliance and enforcement 3661, 3663-4
government action 3661
penalties for violations 3736
legislation 3662-4
pest control and pesticide use, government inspection powers 3445
pollution, industrial pollution, availability of information 2989
pollution, industrial pollution, publication of non-compliance list 3838
stewardship 3661, 3664
sustainable environmental management 3659
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 3659-69, 3687-703, 3733-61, 3802-6, 3824-39
compliance and enforcement initiatives 2990, 3085
compliance and enforcement reporting 3085
environmental protection division, role in aquaculture regulation 3667-8
environmental protection division, staffing 3703
environmental stewardship division, budget 3739
goals and responsibilities 3659-62, 3665
information management system 2989-90, 3666
legislative initiatives 3662-4
ocean and marine fisheries division 3661
performance measurement 3665-6
relationship with local government 3662-3
relationship with other ministries 3667
service plan content 3662
staff thanked 3659
staffing levels 3085-6, 3666-7, 3687
sustainable communities component 3748-50
water stewardship division, budget 3697, 3802
work on climate change 3757-8
work on Olympic Games preparations 3666
Environmental assessment office
budget and operations 3834-7
role and responsibilities 3661
Environmental Management Act
amendments 3442-4, 3663
definitions, "conservation officer" 3442
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, weed control along railway 2502, 4287
Federal Court of Appeal, decision on proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington) 2296-7
Ferries, sinking of Queen of the North
government action on environmental issues from fuel and oil 3691-3, 4186-7
site visit by Environment Minister 3693-4
Fish
fish stock recovery methods 3687, 3689-90
habitat protection for freshwater fish 3831-2
steelhead life cycle 3688-90
Forest and Range Practices Act, provisions on species at risk 3700, 3702
Forest stewardship plans, impact on species at risk 3702
Fraser River, gravel removal, impact on fish 3696-7
Fraser Valley, air quality 2297
Fuel, biodiesel, issues 2298, 3750, 3803
Gitga'at Nation, concerns re environmental impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry 4186
Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm/Kitkatla Conservancy, establishment 4097
Gladys Lake Ecological Reserve, boundary changes 3445
Golden, wildlife conservation officers in area 3834
Government, interministerial committees 3667
Great Bear rain forest, establishment of protected area 3903
Greater Vancouver regional district, landfill relocation proposal 3830-1
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line
impact on air quality in area 3666, 3750
impact on traffic flow 3754
G.W. Graham Secondary School, construction 2295
Hartley Bay
environmental impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry in area 4186-7
involvement in Environment Minister's visit to site of ferry sinking 3693-4
power sources for community 4096-7
Health care system
legislation, B.C. legislation on principles 2296
system in B.C., comparison with other provinces 2294
Highland Valley copper mine, proposed landfill for area, requirements 3830
Hunting by commercial and resident hunters, policy on allocation of wildlife resources 3698-9
Hunwadi/Ahnuhati-Bald Conservancy, establishment 4097
Indian Arm Park, boundary changes 3447
Integrated land management bureau, species-at-risk coordination office 3700, 3734, 3737-8
Integrated Pest Management Act, amendments 3445
Jade, role in B.C. 3904
Kakwa Provincial Park, snowmobiling activities in park, impact and draft management plan 3695
Kitasoo Spirit Bear Conservancy, establishment 4097
Kledo Creek Park, status 3446
Kokanee Glacier Park, lodge in park 4641
Labelle, Marc, work on fish stock recovery in Cheakamus River 3687-90
Land use
coastal land use agreement 3660, 3662
ecosystem-based management 3747
land and resource management plans, funding 3743
Lax-Ka'gaas/Campania Conservancy, establishment 4097
Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd., run-of-the-river application for Ashlu Creek 3805-6, 3825-7, 5080
McCrory, Wayne, study of impact of snowmobiling on wildlife 3695
MacMillan Provincial Park, Cathedral Grove, traffic calming measures 3734
Mahpahkum-Ahkwuná/Deserters-Walker Conservancy, establishment 4097
Main Lake Provincial Park, purchase of property to join park area 3703
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, contaminated sites, regulation 3733-4
Mamquam River, hydroelectric power project 3825, 3827
Manitoba, health care system 2294
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3442-7
Mount Robson Provincial Park, mountain pine beetle control 3745
NDP, performance as government 2296
North Island constituency and area, environmental protection services 3703
Oceans, management, government role 3661
Oil and gas, emission reduction 3756-7
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, "sustainability Olympics" concept 3666
Ouranos Consortium, work on climate change 3758-9
Pacific Salmon Forum 3668
Pacific Salmon Foundation, contribution by CN Rail 3691
Park Act, amendments 3861, 4095-6
Park (Conservancy Enabling) Amendment Act, 2006
debate 3861, 4095-7, 4101-3, 4344-58
definitions, "conservancy" 4344-5
definitions, "designated wildland area" 4347
Parks
boundary changes, policy 3742-3
conservancies
biological diversity 4355-7
establishment 3745-6, 3861, 4097
establishment, compensation for resource tenures 4352, 4358
establishment, consultation 4102
establishment, first nations involvement in process 4098
funding 4353
future areas, requirement for legislative amendment 4345-6
government agreements with first nations 4347-50
impact assessment for run-of-the-river hydroelectricity projects 4357
management 4096, 4346-7
management agreements and plans, collaboration 4102, 4349-51
management agreements and plans, funding 4351-2
permitted uses 4096-7, 4102-3, 4344-6, 4354, 4356-8
permitted uses by first nations 4350-1
purpose 4350, 4354
roads through areas 4097
expansion of park system 3660, 3663
funding and revenues 3739-40
funding and staffing 4103
lodges and resorts in parks, government policy 2502, 3743-4, 4641
management agreements 4348-50
mountain pine beetle control 3744-5
park facility operators, revenues 3739-41
park use permits 4356-7
plans 3740-1, 3743
protected areas in B.C. 3861, 4101-2
Petitions
affordable housing in Chilliwack 3359
Poaching, penalties and prevention 3735, 3747
Port Mann Bridge, expansion 3753-5
Prince George, air quality monitoring 2298
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, amendments 3445-7, 3861, 4095, 4097
Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2006, debate 3903-5
Queen Charlotte Islands, Nai Kun offshore wind farm project 3804
Railways, train derailments, compensation for environmental damages caused by derailments 3691
Recycling
codes of practice 3664
product stewardship programs 3662, 3664
Rivers and streams
habitat protection and remediation 3831-2
living rivers trust fund 3660, 3687, 3828
riparian area regulations, assessment methodology 3829, 3833
Sea to Sky land and resource management plan 3804-5
Shackleton, Ernest, Antarctic expedition 2294
Shannon Falls Park, boundary changes 3446-7
Shipping industry, tanker safety, impact of marine traffic on environment 3694
Sierra Legal Defence Fund, freedom-of-information request for information on industrial pollution 2989, 3086
Smart Development Partnerships program 3749
Soil enhancement using wastes, code of practice 3837-8
Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park, boundary changes 3445
Species at Risk Act (federal), provisions on species at risk 3700-1, 3736-7
Squamish-Lillooet regional district, applications to district for run-of-the-river projects, decisions 3806
Stothert Power Corp., Holberg wind project 3802
Strathcona Provincial Park, boundary changes 3447
Sudeten Park, name and management 3445-6
Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas (Washington)
history and status 2296-7, 3759
NDP position 5080
Throne speech, theme of "transformative change" 2293-4
Throne speech debate 2293-8
Transportation
environmentally sustainable transportation, initiatives 3750
environmentally sustainable transportation, role of Environment Ministry 3754
Pacific gateway initiative and projects 3753-6
Trees
Pacific dogwood 3903-4
western red cedar 3904
Union of B.C. Municipalities, environment committee 3662-3
Urban sprawl 3752-3
Vancouver Island, South Island, ecosystem protection 3839
Vancouver Sun, article on environmental impact of ferry sinking on shellfish industry in Hartley Bay area 4186
Victoria, Dockside Green development project 3753
Waste management, contaminated sites, regulation 3733-4
Water
groundwater, regulation 3660
hydrometric water monitoring system, funding 2386, 3838-9
licensing application process, consultation with first nations 3805
management and stewardship 3660-1, 3663, 3665
management and stewardship, funding 3697
Wild, Jim, comments on fish kills in Fraser River 3696
Wildlife
bears
grizzly bears, future of orphaned cubs case 3738-9
grizzly bears, rehabilitation 3738-9
kermode bear, naming as provincial animal, legislation 3903-5
public awareness, government action 3660
birds, Steller's jay 3903-4
conservation corps 3660
conservation officers
authority to delegate powers 3442-3
hiring of new officers 3660-1, 3669, 3687
investigations staffing 3085
search-and-seizure powers 3443-4
endangered species protection, ministerial responsibility 3699
habitat protection 3660
impact of motorized recreational vehicles 3695
mountain caribou, protection 3696
species at risk 3666, 3699-702, 3734-7
Wildlife Act
amendments 3699
updating of act 3662
Woodley, Steven, comments on grizzly bear rehabilitation 3738
Polak, Mary (Langley)

As subject
experience on Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee 3156
Apology, apologies by government 3466
Apology Act (Bill 16), debate 3466
Asia, tsunami in South Asia, relief efforts 3680-1
Asian Canadians, contributions of Sikh community to B.C. and Canada 2976
B.C., history 5088
Campbell, Gordon, position on Canada Health Act 2251
Canada Health Act, principles 2252
Douglas Day 5087-8
Education
evaluation and testing of students 5108-10
foundation skills assessment 5108-10
school safety initiative 5108-9
special needs students, number 2253
system, government initiatives and reforms 2252-3
Elections, campaign financing, reform 4800
First nations
capacity-building 3156, 3158
government commitment 3157
off-reserve urban population 3158
skills development among youth 3156
Fraser Health Authority, operations 2320-2
Fraser Institute, ranking of schools 5109-10
Garber, Kevin and Susan, tsunami relief efforts in South Asia 3681
Grinnell, Marlene, retirement 2384
Health care system
challenges 2251
government initiatives and reforms 2252
impact of aging population 2253
sustainability, study of systems in other countries 2252
technology, picture archiving and communication system (PACS) 3084-5
Land use planning, involvement of first nations 3157
Langley, volunteerism 3294
Langley Montessori School, Voom Credit Union project 2678
Lower mainland, health care services 2320-2
MacDonald, Cliff, retirement 2384
Mayencourt, Lorne, commended for work on apology legislation 3466
Motions
committee to examine political donations and campaign spending, debate 4799-800
foundation skills assessment test for B.C. students, debate 5108-10
Vaisakhi Festival and Panj Kakkaar, debate 2976
NDP
MLAs' debate and statements on B.C. Liberal Party government performance 2251-4
position on campaign financing 4799
New Relationship Trust
business planning 3158
development of performance measures 3159
New Relationship Trust Act
debate 3156-9
consultation by government 3157
Panj Kakkaar 2976
Patricia Community Club, restoration as society 2985, 4745
Patricia Community Club (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2006, debate 2985, 4745
Politics, political process, public participation 4800
Preston, George, death 2384
Private members' statements
Fraser Health Authority: real progress 2320-2
Resources and resource industries, resource management, first nations involvement 3157-8
Statements by members
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
Surrey Memorial Hospital, expansion 2320
Throne speech debate 2250-4
Violence against women, prevention, government action 3881
Volunteers, work of volunteers and volunteer organizations 3294
Puchmayr, Chuck (New Westminster)

As subject
personal experience in hospital 2442
Agriculture workers
attraction of Mexican workers 2841-2
employment standards 3012
Asian Canadians, contributions of Sikh community to B.C. and Canada 2976
B.C. Forest Safety Council, safety ombudsman, appointment 2990-1
B.C. Liberal Party government
goals 2841
position on seniors assistance 2839
Bruce, Graham, comments on issues
comments as Labour Minister on compassionate care leave 3013
impact of government policies on forest worker safety 3237
Budget debate 2476-8, 2503-5
Budgets, 2006-07 budget, theme 2839
Chelsea Place Apartments, eviction of tenants 5209
Children
employment
injury and participation rates 5003
issues 3012
regulation 5002-5
government support 2841
Civil service
supplementary estimates debate 2441-4
collective agreements, early-settlement incentive 2443-4
bonus per worker 2443
excluded staff 2441-4
morale 2442
Corporations, tax reduction 2840-1
Economy, B.C. economy, impact of 1998-99 Asian market conditions 2840
Education, system during NDP administration 2505
Employment
compassionate care leave
coverage for same-sex partnerships 3094
eligibility of non–family members 3093
legislation 3011
legislation, government communication 3095-6
length of leave 3094
length of leave for child illness 3013, 3095
eligibility for statutory holidays 3012
employment standards
complaint system 5001-2
mandatory posting in workplace 3095-6, 4640, 4997, 5001
self-help process 3012-3, 3096-7
minimum shifts 3012
Employment Standards Act, changes to provisions 3011-3
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2006
debate 3011-3, 3092-7
enforcement 3012, 3097
implementation 3097
Energy
alternative energy sources 2841
export from B.C. 4766
independent power producers, local government authority over projects on Crown land 4766-7
power supply, importing of power to B.C. 4766
Food banks, usage in B.C. 2503
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry 2840
forest roads 4995-6
government forest policy changes 5207-8
workers
employment standards 3012
fallers, issues 2842
injuries and deaths 5118
safety, impact of government policies 3236-7, 4995-6, 5008-9, 5208-9
safety, initiatives 2842
workers compensation 2842-3
Fraser Health Authority, decisions 2388, 2477-8
Fuel, service stations, worker safety 4995-7, 5000-1
government action 4640
Glazer, Sheldon, comments on emergency services at Royal Columbian Hospital 3985
Government, programs and service levels 2476-7
Governor General of Canada, Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean, address, content 2841
Gramlich, Ted, death in forest industry accident 5208
Hainsworth, Gavin, and Katherine Freund-Hainsworth, book on New Westminster history 2583
Harris, Roger, appointment as B.C. Forest Safety Council safety ombudsman 2990-1
Health
continuing and long-term care, review of seniors care in health facilities, expanded review 2586-7
continuing and long-term care, transfer of seniors away from home communities, cases 2586-7
health care facilities and hospitals, cleaning and food services, privatization 2442
Health care system
emergency services, current conditions in emergency rooms 4027, 4123
private services and privatization 2477
reforms, visits to other countries by Premier and Health Minister 2477
services for seniors 2839
system in B.C. during 1990s 2503
Homelessness
costs to society 5207
homelessness in B.C. 5207
Housing, residential care facilities, privatization, costs 2478
Income assistance, accessibility 2503-4
Labour, government handling of labour relations 2442
Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry, estimates debate 4995-7, 5000-5, 5008-10
Legislature
fall sitting 5206-7
fall sitting, issues for debate 5207-10
language used in House, "damn" 4766
Mental health
mental illness and addiction 2503-4
mental illness and homelessness 5207
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006, debate 4766-7
Motions
Gateway transportation program, debate 3873-4
motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned, debate 5206-10
Vaisakhi Festival and Panj Kakkaar, debate 2976
Municipal Act, replacement 4766
NDP, performance as government 2505, 2840
New Westminster
mill closing 5207
publications on history of area 2583
student debt, petition tabled 3686
Nurses, workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps, petition tabled 4599
Occupational health and safety
impact of government deregulation initiatives 4995
workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 3983
workers killed or injured on the job, number of deaths and injuries 4995, 5118
Oil and gas industry in B.C., taxes to government 2841
Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Canadian athletes commended 3233-4
Oral questions
Appointment of Roger Harris as safety ombudsman for Forest Safety Council 2990-1
Closing of residential care beds at Queen's Park Care Centre in New Westminster 2387-8
Closing of St. Mary's Hospital 4027
Emergency services at Royal Columbian Hospital 3985
Emergency services in health care system 4123
Forest worker safety 3236-7
Government action on workplace violence 2404-5
Review of seniors care in health facilities 2586-7
Worker safety at service stations 4640
Workers compensation appeals process 4742
WorkSafe B.C. changes to workers compensation benefits 3886
Petitions
nurses, workplace safety, changes to regulation of medical sharps 4599
post-secondary education affordability 5082
student debt 3686
Physicians
comments and concerns on health care system 4123
signing of certificates for compassionate care leave applications 3013
Post-secondary education
affordability, petition tabled 5082
system during NDP administration 2505
tuition fees 2841
Poverty
child poverty in B.C. 2841
incidence in B.C. 2503-4
Privacy, protection of personal information, information access from outside Canada 4766
Queen's Park Care Centre, closing of care beds and transfer of patients 2388, 2477, 2586, 2839
Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency services 3985, 4027
St. Mary's Hospital (New Westminster), closing 3985, 4027
Seniors, government assistance, B.C. Liberal Party position 2839
Skills training
apprenticeship system 2504, 2841-2
shortage of skilled workers, government action 2504
Statements by members
Day of Mourning for workers 3983
Paralympic athletes 3233-4
Publications on history of New Westminster 2583
Workplace deaths and injuries 5118
Substance abuse and addiction, crystal meth, government action on prevention and treatment 2504
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics, causes and mine inspector's report 5209
Throne speech debate 2839-43
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects
impact on agricultural land 3873
impact on air quality 3873
public consultation 3873-4
sustainability 3873-4
U.S. Patriot Act, provisions on access to personal information, applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 4766
Vertesi, Les, travel with Premier and Health Minister to study health care systems in other countries 2477
Violence, workplace violence, protection for employees working alone 2404-5
Wages and salaries, training wage 3012
Wolf, Jim, book on New Westminster history 2583
Workers, non-English-speaking workers, access to government services 5002
Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, decisions and appeals 2843
Workers compensation for injured workers, changes 3886, 4995, 5009-10
WorkSafe B.C.
budget and operations 3886, 4995, 5009-10
call for independent review of appeals process 4742
court ruling on case of board's interpretation of pension benefits 4742
inspections and investigations 5000

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