Province of British Columbia
Third Session, 38th Parliament – 2007
HANSARD INDEX (Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Speech from the Throne

Throne speech address 5257-64
Moved (Cantelon) 5277-81; seconded (Yap) 5281-5
Divisions: motion approved 5875
Throne speech debate (Address in Reply)
debate 5277-98, 5299-315, 5327-46, 5372-95, 5397-411, 5751-82, 5809-25, 5844-75
speakers (Bains) 5758-62 (Bell) 5769-74 (Bennett) 5382-6 (Bloy) 5345-6, 5372-5 (Brar) 5405-8 (Cantelon) 5277-81 (Chong) 5813-7 (Chouhan) 5375-7 (Christensen) 5390-5 (Chudnovsky) 5299-303 (Coleman) 5762-6 (Coons) 5395, 5397-400 (de Jong) 5873-5 (Evans) 5782, 5809-13 (Falcon) 5303-5 (Fleming) 5817-21 (Hawes) 5865-9 (Hayer) 5408-11 (Hogg) 5821-5 (Horgan) 5313-5, 5327-31 (Ilich) 5755-8 (James) 5285-7 (Jarvis) 5296-8 (Karagianis) 5386-90 (Krog) 5292-6 (Kwan) 5766-9 (Lali) 5341-5 (Lekstrom) 5400-5 (Macdonald) 5379-82 (Mayencourt) 5849-53 (Neufeld) 5331-4 (Nuraney) 5377-9 (Oppal) 5857-61 (Penner) 5287-92 (Polak) 5308-13 (Ralston) 5869-73 (Robertson) 5334-7 (Routley) 5861-5 (Rustad) 5778-82 (Sather) 5751-5 (Simons) 5774-8 (Simpson, B.) 5844-9 (Simpson, S.) 5305-8 (Thorpe) 5337-41 (Trevena) 5853-7 (Yap) 5281-5
Statements

Barisoff, Hon. Bill (Penticton–Okanagan Valley)
Message of appreciation 9105
Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)
Sullivan mine accident 8145
Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Vancouver–Point Grey)
Battle of Vimy Ridge 6529
H.A.D. Oliver 9424 (James) 9424
Shooting at Virginia Tech 6695
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford–Mount Lehman)
Legislative precincts land claims agreement 6618
Maa-nulth First Nations treaty 8687
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
Apology for unparliamentary language 8180
Thorpe, Hon. Rick (Okanagan-Westside)
Thanks to members 5723
Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)
School fire in Cariboo 7218
Tanya Dumstrey-Soos 7907-8
Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

Austin, Robin (Skeena)
Child poverty 8579
City of Terrace Forestry Task Force 8888
Social inclusion in schools 8830-1
Tangle/tooth nets and responsible fishing practices 6838
Bains, Harry (Surrey-Newton)
100th anniversary of Indo-Canadian disenfranchisement 6379
Community safety 8933-4
Cost of homelessness 9260
Eid-ul-Adha festival 8578
Komagata Maru mural 7124
Newton Community Festival 7279
Project Comeback for Surrey homeless 5744
Recognition of foreign professional credentials 7431
Youth participation in Newton Remembrance Day ceremonies 6208
Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)
Autism spectrum disorder 8967
B.C. outdoor caucus 6208
Bud Caldwell 9259-60
Carbon dioxide emission reduction in B.C. 7433
Columbia River Treaty 8734
Constituency assistants 9596
Cranbrook amateur athletes meet B.C. Lions 9056
East Kootenay Regional Hospital 8544
Ecosystem restoration program 6381
Retail business people 7126
Black, Iain (Port Moody–Westwood)
Crossroads Hospice 9470
French immersion 9363
Music programs in schools 6380
Petro-Canada Ice Centre in Port Moody 6304-5
Random Acts of Kindness Club at Central Elementary School 5317
Riverview Hospital lands 8517-8
Turn It Off Day 7999
Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)
98th anniversary of Maillardville 8518
Adoption awareness 9147
Coast Mental Health Foundation Courage to Come Back Awards 5476
Coquitlam passport program 5744
Courage to Come Back award winners 7514
Diabetes awareness 9416
Dry grad 7998
Festival du Bois 5683
FIFA Junior World Cup 9517
Great Salmon Send-off at Stoney Creek 7834-5
Scouts Canada 5413
Simon Fraser University athletic complex 6066
Terry Fox Foundation fundraising events 8303
World Police and Fire Games 6532
Brar, Jagrup (Surrey–Panorama Ridge)
Eradication of poverty 8578
Violence against South Asian seniors 8734
Cantelon, Ron (Nanaimo-Parksville)
Ab Seriani 6151
Cadillac Van Isle 360 race 8356
Canadian National Institute for the Blind 5585
Dover Bay Dolphins basketball champions 6620-1
Economic goals of Nanaimo community leaders 8543-4
Journée de la Francophonie 6305
Maa-nulth first nations leaders 9362
Nanaimo RCMP 5682
Nanaimo Seniors Games 8830
Parksville park restoration 7750
Rights of persons with disabilities 7125
Sports in Nanaimo 7372
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)
Deepak Binning Foundation 9106-7
Eating disorders 5626-7
Farmworkers 6305-6
Mental illness 7750-1
Chudnovsky, David (Vancouver-Kensington)
Holocaust remembrance 6697
Homelessness 8516-7
Little Mountain Residential Care and Housing Society 5413
National Addictions Awareness Week 9259
Conroy, Katrine (West Kootenay–Boundary)
Fanny Albo 5367
Kootenay region United Nations Association 8777
Organ donations 6999
Seniors service organizations 8304
World Junior A Challenge 9148
Coons, Gary (North Coast)
Call for MLA action on climate change 7277-8
Freegro plant shelters 6151
Haida Gwaii volunteers 9363
HaidaLink wind power project 8060-1
Minerals North conference 7084-5
Nisga'a new year celebration 5744-5
North coast water quality and biotoxin program 6471
Port of Prince Rupert 9008
Cubberley, David (Saanich South)
Anaphylaxis prevention 7591
Benefits of exercise 7836
Health effects of salt 9317
Kidney Health Month 6305
School libraries 8689
Support for Huynh family 9516-7
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)
Armenian genocide 7085
Diabetes 8778
Homelessness solutions proposed by Windermere Secondary students 7000-1
Evans, Corky (Nelson-Creston)
Formosa Nursery 5897
Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
Elections in Ukraine 9550
May Day celebrations in Port Coquitlam 7372-3
Olympic torch relay in Tri-Cities 8887
Fleming, Rob (Victoria-Hillside)
Chloe Hegland 6151-2
Greater Victoria Business Awards 6698
Kate Forster 6621
Kiwanis Emergency Youth Shelter 7206
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month 8966
Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion 7908
Oaklands corners project 9361-2
Rob Wickson 8444
Seniors advocacy service at Blanshard Community Centre 7278-9
Single Parent Resource Centre in Victoria 5743
Victoria Honorary Citizens Awards 5584-5
Victoria tea festival for Camosun College child care services 5366
Wark Street Commons community garden 8888-9
Fraser, Scott (Alberni-Qualicum)
Alberni wrestling program 6620
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 5897
Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners in Burma 8445
Hospice societies 5682-3
Port Alberni tall ships festival 8934
Quality child care 5365-6
Rights of indigenous people 7432
Safety of road to Bamfield 9417
Tree farm licence forest management system 9596
Gentner, Guy (Delta North)
Cecylia Witkowski 8229-30
Comparison of private and universal health care 9418
Emma Peterson 8061
Falls prevention for seniors 9147
Land Commission legislation 6776-7
Salish sucker 8829-30
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)
Adult students 8445-6
B.C. Electric Railway 9106
Persons Case 8631-2
Peter Rolston 5625
Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge–Mission)
B.C. soccer champions at Special Olympics World Summer Games 8829
Bryce Schaufelberger 6838
Charles John McPherson 8355
Childhood fitness initiative in Mission 5428
CPR training in schools 9595
Flood preparedness 7836
Lori Wikdahl 8060
Orbitones reunion concert 7431-2
Royal Canadian Legion 5986-7
Zajac Foundation 5627
Hawkins, Sindi (Kelowna-Mission)
B.C. Special Olympics Winter Games 5270
Cancer Society Daffodil Month 7125
Friendship between seniors and students in Kelowna 6924-5
Texas and Kelowna police cancer fundraiser 8302
Tour of Courage cancer fundraiser 7751
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
100th anniversary of Indo-Canadian disenfranchisement 6379-80
Bombing of Air India flight 6208
Cloverdale Trades and Technology Centre 7001
Contributions of seniors 7515
Crime prevention in Surrey 5897
Employment of disabled persons 9550
Gang violence 8966-7
Multiculturalism 5318
New health care services in Surrey 7835
Recognition of Surrey police in crime reduction 8146-7
Surrey Business Excellence Awards 9105-6
Surrey firefighters 5625-6
Surrey Memorial Hospital emergency centre 9417
Tara Singh Hayer 9260
Tynehead Hall 8445, 8578
Vaisakhi 6697-8
Volunteers 8777
Horgan, John (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)
Barbara Kohne 9551
Carveth and Hammond hockey brothers 6924
Economic benefits of mining in B.C. 7999-8000
Mining industry in B.C. 5528
Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion fundraising events 8302-3
Horning, Al (Kelowna–Lake Country)
Calona Wines 7751-2
Kelly Scott and Kelowna curling team 5683-4
Kelowna athletes 5414
Kelowna women's curling team 6533
James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 8687-8
Capital City Volunteers 6837
Diwali 9202
Family caregivers 7750
Harry Pierre 5428
International Day of Older Persons 8543
International Women's Day 5985-6
Jannit Rabinovitch 5319
Jewish Canadian war veterans 7686
Mabel Jean Rawlins-Brannan 9549-50
Minimum wage 8965-6
National Day of Mourning 7205
New Vista Foundation 8776-7
Portraits for Our Place 8355
Sexual abuse of children 9316-7
Victoria homeless-needs survey 5414
Victoria Sketch Club 7371
Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
Bioheat 7125-6
Green energy incentives 8935
Green Ribbon of Hope campaign 8147-8
Historic Japanese garden in Esquimalt 9057
Lampson Street School 5429
Shipbuilding industry in Esquimalt 8830
Small Potatoes Urban Delivery 6208
Wild ARC 9517
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
B.C. Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Conference 6380
Chinese Canadians 6698-9
Chinese New Year 5317-8
Covenant House Vancouver 8632
Farmers' market nutrition and coupon pilot project 9470-1
Four Sisters Housing Co-operative 7909
Harriet Nahanee 5683
Healthy food options for low-income people 9595-6
Housing and homelessness 8517
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House 30th anniversary 7515-6
Vancouver downtown east side 5839-40
Vancouver downtown east side arts community 6532
Women's memorial march 5269-70
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)
Asian contributors to Canadian Cancer Society campaign 6067
Asian Heritage Month 8146
B.C. economy and retail sector 7279
B.C. seafood products 6471
Burnaby Festival of Volunteers 6923
Commonwealth awards for rescues 5839
Community input into Burnaby affordable housing development 7205
Film and television industry in B.C. 8934
Heights neighbourhood Hats Off Day celebration 8303-4
Lunar new year celebrations 5476
National Technology Week 9057-8
Prevention of identity theft and Internet fraud 9203
Public safety in B.C. 7591-2
Seniors service organizations in Burnaby 8735-6
SUCCESS non-profit society 5583
Traditional Chinese medicine 9362-3
Lekstrom, Blair (Peace River South)
Judy McGowan and Kiwanis Kids Choir 8230-1
Pouce Coupe 9148
Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
B.C. Games volunteers 9318
Coroner's inquest into Sullivan mine accident 8147
Fundraising efforts inspired by Stephen Lewis 8736
Revelstoke heritage buildings 5476
Search and rescue workers 9009-10
McIntyre, Joan (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)
Ashlu Creek green power project 7687
Battle of Vimy Ridge 6698
Early childhood services in Squamish 8579-80
Howe Sound Women's Centre programs 9317-8
Joni Ross 5745
Land use agreements in Sea to Sky area 8688
Memorial Cup champions Vancouver Giants 8230
National Day of Mourning 7205
Preparations for 2010 Olympic Games 5428-9
Recovery of fish stocks in Cheakamus River 7909-10
Sea to Sky Community Services Society 5626
Squamish Nation Sculpture Symposium 6531-2
West Vancouver spirit square 9106
Whistler Arts Council 9551
Whistler Blackcomb gondola construction project 9009
Women in business in Whistler area 5897-8
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
B.C. wines 8934-5
Central Mountain Air 6777-8
Chelsie Mitchell 6208
Child care in B.C. 8231
Galore Creek mine project 8632
Mineral exploration worker training in northwest B.C. 5477
Mining industry in B.C. 5528, 7909
Victim services 6621
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada 6150
Influenza vaccination 8933
Rogers Santa Claus Parade 9516
Safe schools 5838-9
San Patrignano addiction treatment model 7432
Stanley Park restoration 5413-4
Terry Fox Research Institute 8889
Vancouver Canucks event in support of Canadian Armed Forces 9202-3
Nuraney, John (Burnaby-Willingdon)
Aga Khan 9515-6
B.C. Council for Families 7206
Monia Mazigh 9317
Norooz celebration 6304
Proposed place of worship at legislative buildings 5744
Ramadan 8543
Settlement workers in schools 9008
World Partnership Walk 8356
Polak, Mary (Langley)
Bowl for Kids Sake event in Langley 6837
Bras for a Cause fundraiser in Langley 5986
Douglas Day 9261
Fraser Valley Wine Tasting Festival 9057
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 9469-70
Langley Regional Airport 5584
Small Business Month and Langley business awards 8689
Tuning Into Our Teens conference 8578-9
Volunteer support for RCMP services 7085
Puchmayr, Chuck (New Westminster)
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame 9203
May Day Hyack Festival 7998
Vimy Ridge poem 7125
Worker safety 7687-8
Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
Tzu Chi 7835
Robertson, Gregor (Vancouver-Fairview)
Canada line construction on Cambie Street 5527-8
Earth Day celebrations 7000
Government support for small business 8735
Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)
4-H Club 9008
B.C. Agriculture Day 7085-6
Canadian troops in Afghanistan 8734-5
Celebrating Women and the Spirit of the Cranes 7590
Healthy eating programs for children 9107
Jay Drew 6699
Land development in Delta 5269
Memoir of nurse Gertrude Ladner 7515
Support of B.C. farms 8147
Tsawwassen treaty 8517
U.S. water-tasting awards 6472
Routley, Doug (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
2008 North American Indigenous Games in Cowichan 9056-7
B.C. Mixed Curling Championship 6472
Cowichan sweater 9107
Cowichan Valley community kitchen services 5626
Cowichan Valley Hospice Society 5476-7
Ladysmith Maritime Society 8967
Ladysmith Resources Centre 7687
North American Indigenous Games 5896
Pacific Northwest Raptors centre 6066
Small-scale farming on Vancouver Island 9516
Rustad, John (Prince George–Omineca)
Agritourism and work of Bill and Dagmar Norton 6839
Arts and culture awards in Prince George 7000
Battle of Vimy Ridge 6620
Cancer care in northern B.C. 5896-7
Celebration of family and friends 7908
Endako Mines 9417
Endako Mines and B.C. mining industry 7591
Flood prevention volunteers 8632-3
Give the Gift of Sight foundation 6065-6
Harry Pierre 5429
Health care volunteers 8444-5
Mining industry in Fort St. James 9594-5
Nechako white sturgeon 8830
Nechako white sturgeon release program 5269
Operation Remembrance in Prince George 9202
Port of Prince Rupert 8966
Project Agriculture 5528
Relay for Life cancer fundraiser 7278
Thunder on Ice competition in Fort St. James 5366-7
Sather, Michael (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Alouette Home Start Society 5839
Ann Meraw 5987
Caring Place programs in Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows 6923-4
Carling Muir 7590-1
Child care resource and referral program 5269
George Mussallem 6778
Laity pumpkin patch in Maple Ridge 8146
Maple Ridge Secondary School girls basketball team 6621-2
Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce programs 7908-9
West Coast Express 7205-6
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
2007 B.C. Disability Games in Powell River 5477
Medical use of marijuana 7515
Mountain biking on Sunshine Coast 6777
People with developmental disabilities 8544-5
Students with disabilities in public schools 6208
Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)
200th anniversary of abolition of slavery 6380-1
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada 6150
B.C. Cancer Foundation Tour of Courage 8518
Economic diversification in Quesnel 6838
Importance of small communities 8356
Quesnel Community Powwow 6531
Women in business 5583-4
Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)
Anaphylaxis 6470-1
B.C. members of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 8633
Protection of drinking water supply 7835-6
Waste Reduction Week 8688
Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver–Capilano)
Avalanche safety 5367
Steelhead 8778
Steelhead protection on Capilano River 7279-80
West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation Society 8061-2
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
Economic development in Coquitlam 8231
Flaunt your Frenchness week in Maillardville 5428
Maillardville 6304
Millside Elementary 100th anniversary 7514
Proposed Austin Heights Business Improvement Association 9056
Riverview Hospital lands 9469
Simon Fraser Society for Community Living 6066-7
Trevena, Claire (North Island)
Ann Elmore Transition House 9595
Campbell River Hospital 9146-7
Child care in B.C. 7372
Child Care Provider Appreciation Day 7999
Coalition of Child Care Advocates 5414
Gold River–Tahsis Great Walk 8230
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 9470
International Women's Day 5986
Issues for working women 6925
Miners Memorial Day 8355-6
Red Cross RespectED program 5268
Safety for women on Highway 16 5585
Shelagh Germyn 8544
Sointula Winter Fest 9260-1
Spare Time Fun Centre 6532-3
Tidemark Theatre 9008-9
Violence against women awareness project in Campbell River 7086
Wei Wai Kum cruise ship terminal 7590
West Shore Centre 9362
Woodlots 8060
World Press Freedom Day 7432-3
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
100th anniversary of city of North Vancouver 7371-2
Active North Shore 6470
Army, navy and air force veterans in North Vancouver 8888
Burrard Yacht Club 6150-1
Environmental leadership in North Vancouver 8777-8
Flicka Gymnastics Club 7084
Healthy choices in school vending machines 7998-9
Immigrant women in B.C. 8631
International Women's Day 5985
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation 7686-7
North Shore Credit Union legacy fund 6777
North Shore Festival of Volunteers 5529
Prevention of violence against women 6999-7000
Vancouver's North Shore 9316
Wyse, Charlie (Cariboo South)
100 Mile House Junior Secondary pledge against global poverty 9203-4
Carey Price 5529
Cariboo student participation in national science fair 7751
Clinton Annual Ball 8303
Contributions of Williams Lake citizens group 5318
Fred Thomas 5838
Mitch Gillis 5684
St. John Ambulance life-saving award recipients 6065
Tsilhqot'in history 9416
Yap, John (Richmond-Steveston)
Anniversary of Chinese Immigration Act repeal 7371
BC150 Years Rivermania event 9147-8
Captain George Vancouver Week 8688-9
Chinese Canadian Military Museum 6924
Chinese New Year 5366
Contributions of immigrants 5838
Heritage Week 5319
Richmond Kigoos Swim Club 7686
Richmond Society for Community Living 8887-8
Sharon Huang 8444
Steveston Community Centre 9471
Steveston water park 8061
Vandalism at Beth Tikvah Synagogue 6776
White ribbon campaign 9550-1

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