Province of British Columbia
Third Session, 38th Parliament – 2007
Members Index
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
comments in debate on electoral boundaries legislation (Lekstrom) 9165
constituency assistants thanked 5869
Abbotsford, hospital and cancer centre project 5439, 7554-6
Attorney General Ministry
estimates debate 7990-6
legal advice to cabinet ministers 7992
Auditor General
appointment, government action 5507-8
reports and reviews
recommendations for alternative service delivery contracts 7567
recommendations for public-private partnership reporting requirements 7567-9
report on government financial reporting practices 5439-40
reviews of public-private partnership reports 7560
Automobiles, tax on high-priced vehicles 7564-5
Baker, Jonathan, comments on TransLink governance 9135-6
Bateman, Jordan, comments on transit services in lower mainland 8509
Blain, Larry
employment contract terms 7547-9
expenditures as president of Partnerships B.C. 5588, 7547-8
B.C. Hydro, agreement with Accenture for provision of support services 7567
B.C. Liberal Party government
approach to governing 5507-8
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, government comment on issues 7517
budgets and throne speeches, relationship of 2007-08 budget to throne speech 5440
budgets, theme of 2007-08 budget 5424
policies, climate change and transportation policies 8509-10
staff involvement in partisan media activities, call for investigation into allegations 7517
staff involvement in partisan media activities, government position 7516-7
B.C. Lottery Corporation
internal investigation (fall 2006) 8358
internal investigation (fall 2006), government action and accountability 8306
B.C. Progress Board, recommendations on low-income earner tax policy 7510-1, 7543-4
B.C. Securities Commission
enforcement 7995, 8539-40
role re securities industry regulation 6600-1
Brodie, Malcolm, comments on TransLink 8845, 9134-5
Bruce, Graham, potential conflict of interest in work for Cowichan Tribes treaty committee 8582
Bruce, Ian, comments on transit services and greenhouse gas emissions 8846
Budget, 2006-07 supplementary estimates debate, other appropriations, contingencies and new programs 5632-4
Budget debate 5424-5, 5434-41
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2007, debate 5956-7, 6096-7
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, budget requirements, exceptions 5429-30
Budgets
2006-07 budget, additional funds, coverage of contract-signing bonuses for civil service employees 5632-3
2007-08 budget
compliance with legislative requirements 5434-5, 7434
content 5441
sign-off by health authorities 7434
budget process, forecasting 5434-5
Business
head offices, number in B.C. 7485-7
public-private partnerships 7550-6, 7559-62
regulations and red tape, reduction 6600-1
Business Corporations Act, definitions, drafting language 6602
Business Council of B.C., report on head offices in B.C. 7486-7
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority, ministerial responsibility 7543
Campbell, Gordon
call for comment on partisan activities by government 8063
comments on health care costs 5437-8
letter to Speaker on electoral boundaries legislation 9156
position on number of seats in Legislature 9160-1
Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. 6539
Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre, construction project 7551-2
Children
child care funding 5425, 7562-3
child care, user costs 5959
early learning and child care, bilateral agreement 7562-3
early learning and literacy, early intervention strategies in education system 6872
Civil service
collective agreements, budgeted funds, use of remaining funds for public debt paydown 5633-4
collective agreements in 2006, compensation packages 8165
Climate change, government action 5424-5, 5440
Coffey, John P., comments on securities industry regulation 8539
Commissions of inquiry
cabinet powers 6085-6
independence of commissioners 6087
participants 6161
pre-hearing conferences 6166
release of reports to Legislative Assembly, issues 6085-6, 6171-2, 6176-7, 6179
types of commission 6084
use 6084
Conflict of interest, guidelines for former civil service employees 7544-7
Consumers, taxes and user fees 5958-9
Corporations
numbered companies, incorporation numbers 6640
records, date-stamps 6640-1
tax reduction 7486
unlimited liability companies 6247, 6601-3, 6638-44
Cory, Peter, comments on commissions of inquiry 6084
Crime and criminals, repeat offenders 5872
David Suzuki Foundation, work with government on climate change 8845-6
de Jong, Michael, comments on MLA remuneration and pension 8164
Dehaas, Casey, comments on traffic safety on Pattullo Bridge 7483
Dinwoodie, Murray, comments on TransLink governance 9135
Disabled and handicapped persons
community care workers, contract-signing bonus 5632, 5634
housing for developmentally disabled adult children of aging parents 6097
Dobell, Ken
registration as lobbyist, review by Information and Privacy Commissioner 7003, 7209
role in Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 7500-5, 8891
Dziekanski, Robert, death 9262
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 8217
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc., contract for student debt collection 7507-8
Education
adult basic education, tuition fees 5958
Community LINK program 6871
community schools 5871, 6871
suspension policies 6873
Education Ministry, estimates debate 6871-3
Elections
electoral boundaries, legislation 9158
electoral boundaries, relationship to population levels 9157-8
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9157-9, 9161-2
right to vote and principle of effective representation 9159
voter parity principle 9158
Electoral Boundaries Commission
history and role 9155-60, 9162
report, preliminary report 9161
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007
debate 9155-62
amendments 9162
Energy
innovative clean energy fund, source of funding 5440, 5958
rates 5958
Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 6982-3
Falcon, Kevin
comments on transit services in lower mainland 8509
comments on transportation projects 9138
Ferries and ferry services, fare increases 5959
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for second session of 38th parliament, debate 5326
first report for second session of 38th parliament, recommendations 5326
first report for third session of 38th parliament, debate 9323
first report for third session of 38th parliament, recommendations 9323
prebudget consultation process 5326
second report for second session of 38th parliament, debate 5327
staff commended 9323
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 7485-8, 7499-511, 7543-56, 7559-69
deputy minister's letter re 2007-08 budget forecasts 5435
purchases on ministry credit cards 7559, 7561
Treasury Board Staff division, role and responsibilities 7499
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
debate 6247-8, 6600-3, 6638-48
definitions, drafting language 6602
First nations
agreements with government, interim agreements 8647
B.C. treaty process 8643-7
McKenna-McBride commission 8644
Forests and Range Ministry, role in administration of housing endowment fund 6096
Fraser Health Authority
budget process and fiscal management, role of Finance Ministry 7487-8
funding 5429
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling 6085-6
Fuel, gasoline
prices, consumer protection 8166
prices, consumer protection, petition tabled 8237
taxes, increase 5959
Government
allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments 6492
cabinet confidentiality 6177
capital projects, evaluation as public-private partnerships 7547, 7549-51
capital projects, funding 6386, 7504
financial reporting on service delivery and public-private partnership contracts 5438-40, 7505-10, 7567-9
ministers, indemnification for legal proceedings 7992-3
revenues, relationship to gross domestic product 5438
Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, involvement in screening of TransLink board 8844-5
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
board of directors, changes and powers 8843-5, 9136
commissioner, establishment 9136-7
governance structure, public comments 9134-7
mayors council 8843
planning process 9137-8
revenues, fare increases and taxes 8845-6
review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 8843, 9134-6
transit services, need for expansion and investment 5870
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43), debate 8843-6, 9134-8
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver line construction, impact on small businesses 8741
Hagen, Stan, accountability for Vancouver Convention Centre project, call for resignation 8891
Health care
budget certainty for health authorities 5434-6
funding 5425
system, cost projections 5435, 5437-8
Housing
government strategy 5326
housing endowment fund 5956-7, 6096-7
social and subsidized housing, government support 5441
social and subsidized housing, upgrades for seniors' needs 5425
temporary housing and shelters, number of shelter beds 5425
Hunt, Marvin, comments on TransLink governance 9134-5
Hyndman, Doug, remuneration as chair of B.C. Securities Commission 7996
Income assistance recipients, housing 9475
Income tax
rates for low-income earners, federal income tax benefit initiatives 7510-1, 7544
reductions, government policy 5958
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007, debate 5958-9
Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation, implementation of report recommendations 8164-6
Information and Privacy Commissioner, authority and powers in conflict-of-interest investigations 7208-9, 7283
Inquiries
past inquiries in Canada 6084
past legislation in B.C. 6084-5
Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C.
involvement in screening of TransLink board 8844
review of B.C. economy 8844
Insurance Act, need for changes 6600-2
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
executive bonuses and salaries, public disclosure 7478
sponsorship agreement for Olympic Games 7477-8
Joe, Harry, work on treaty negotiations for Tsawwassen First Nation 8644
John, Edward, comments on treaty negotiation process 8646
John Laing Co., public-private projects 7555
Judicial Justices Compensation Commission, report recommendations, government response 8164
Justice system
community courts 5872
immunity agreements in writing 7992
sales tax on legal services 6601
sub judice rule, exceptions 8000-1
Ladner, Peter, comments on B.C. economy 8844
Langley Memorial Hospital, physicians' comments on services 7434
Legislation, business during spring session of third session, priorities 6600-2
Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8164-6
Legislature
bills, committee stage, no debate on amendments ruled out of order 9495
legislative sitting schedule, change 5507-8
number of seats 9156-7, 9160-1
Officers of the Legislature, funding 5327
sub judice rule, use 7990-1
Les, John
call for resignation as Solicitor General re B.C. Lottery Corporation issues 8358
performance as Solicitor General 9321
Lloyd, Selwyn, comments on use of sub judice rule in parliamentary debate 7990
Logan, Max, work for government and post-employment restrictions 7544-6
Louie, Clarence, work on first nations economic development 8645
Lower mainland, transit services, impact on transit and vehicle use 8509-10
Marasco, Mike, position with Partnerships B.C. and post-employment restrictions 7545
Maximus Inc., government contracts 7507-8
MLAs
participation in electoral boundaries review process 9155, 9160
remuneration and pension plan 8164-6
working conditions 8165
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6492
Motions
competitive tax system for B.C., debate 6687-8
debate in Legislature on trade and labour agreement with Alberta, debate 5741-2
legislative sitting hours, debate 5507-8
twinning of Port Mann Bridge, debate 8509-10
Mulvihill, Paul, comments on traffic safety on Pattullo Bridge 7483
Muzyka, Dan, comments on B.C. economy 8844
NDP, position on MLA remuneration and pension plan 8166
Nova Scotia, unlimited liability companies 6247
Oil and gas, natural gas rates 5958
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, costs and funding 5274
Ontario
minimum wage 7511, 7544, 8165
transportation agency 9136
Oppal, Wally, comments on issues
comments outside House on partisan activities by government 8063
response to questions re court cases 7376-7
role of Information and Privacy Commissioner 7283
Oral questions
Allegations of partisan media activities by Liberal staff 7090, 7127-8
Attorney General knowledge of Privacy Commissioner ability to investigate conflicts of interest 7283
Attorney General response to questions related to court proceedings 7376-7
Authority of Privacy Commissioner to investigate conflicts of interest 7208-9
Budget provisions for health care funding 5429-30
Call for investigation of media activities by Liberal staff 7516-7
Compensation for businesses affected by construction of Canada line 8741
Contracts for expansion of Vancouver Convention Centre 5533-4
Expenditures by Partnerships B.C. CEO Larry Blain 5588
Government response to death of Robert Dziekanski 9262
Government responsibility for lottery regulation 8305-6
Government role in partisan media activities 8063
Health care services in Langley and Surrey 7434
Housing standards for income assistance recipients 9475
KPMG access to e-mails 7839-40
Lobbying activities of Graham Bruce 8582
Management of Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 8891, 8938-9
Privacy Commissioner review of lobbying activities of Ken Dobell 7003
Public affairs bureau coverage of Basi-Virk court case 7911-2
Role of Liberal officials in RCMP investigation of government staff 8000-1
Security budget for 2010 Olympic Winter Games 5274
Solicitor General response to B.C. Lottery Corporation issues 8358
Solicitor General response to public safety issues 9321
Terms of reference for KPMG investigation into actions of former Finance Deputy Minister 6926
Vancouver Convention Centre expansion costs 5900, 9060
WorkSafe B.C. surplus 8150
Parks, user fees 5959
Partnerships B.C.
expenditures for liquor and travel, review 7547-9
mandate to review capital projects in B.C. 7550, 7552-3, 7559-60
role, Greater Victoria sewage treatment project 7553
role, Surrey outpatient health facility capital project 7560-2
Pattullo Bridge, traffic safety 7483-4
Penikett, Tony, book on recommendations for treaty negotiations in B.C. 8646-7
Personal Property Security Act, amendments 6547
Petitions
consumer protection re gasoline prices 8237
minimum wage 8973
Pharmacare program, user fees 5958
Pilothouse Public Affairs Group Inc., government lobbying 6926
Pitt River Bridge, construction, design-build contract 7551-2
Podmore, David, position as board chair for Vancouver Conference Centre 7501, 7504-5
Police and policing, community involvement and community safety officers 5871
Post-secondary education
trust fund for children 5956-7
tuition fees 5326, 5425, 5957-8
Premier's Office
political activities of staff, action by Gordon Campbell 7127-8
work of communications staff 7090
Property transfer tax, use of revenues 7566
Public affairs bureau, coverage of Basi-Virk court case 7911-2
Public Inquiry Act
debate 6084-7, 6161, 6164-6, 6171-2, 6176-7, 6179
call for withdrawal 6087
privative clause 6164-5
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 7477-8, 7483-4
Purchase, Keith, comments on funding for Fraser Health Authority 7434
Real estate industry
pre-sale agreements, requirements for deposits 6247-8, 6646
real estate compensation fund 6647-8
Reichert, Kelly, meetings with Gordon Campbell and police re investigation into alleged breach of trust by B.C. Liberal Party staff 8000-1
Representative for Children and Youth, budget 5327
Restakis, John, position on non-profit cooperative legislation 6247
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment, public-private partnership model 7554
Sales tax review 7566-7
Saskatchewan, electoral boundaries, court case 9159
School district 36 (Surrey), community schools initiative 5871, 6871-2
Securities Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8539-40
Securities industry
conflict of laws in different jurisdictions 6545-6
discount on Canadian equities 7994-5, 8539-40
electronic form of security certificates 6539-40
endorsements 6546-7
harmonization of securities transfer legislation with other provinces and countries 6245-6, 6540-1
indirect holding of securities 6246
legislation, need for modernization 6600-1
legislation, task force to modernize securities legislation 6245, 6540, 6600
limited and unlimited liability companies 6542
mutual funds 6542
national securities regulator 6542, 7995, 8539-40
notice of adverse claims 6543
obligation of good faith 6541
purchaser's control of securities 6543-5
regulation and enforcement 8539-40
review of B.C. industry 7995
warranties on holdings 6545
Securities Transfer Act
debate 6245-6, 6539-47
commencement date 6547
consequential amendments 6547
definitions 6539-40, 6545
SkyTrain, public safety in SkyTrain facilities 5870
Smith, Patrick, comments on TransLink governance 9135
Smyth, Michael, commentary on government action re electoral boundaries 9161
Statements by members
Tzu Chi 7835
Strata property management, trust account requirements 6248, 6647
Substance abuse and addiction
grow ops and meth labs, access to electricity consumption information by local authorities 5872
prevention and treatment services, unregulated residential services 5869-70
Supply Act (No. 1), 2007, debate 6241, 6386
Surrey
crime reduction strategy 5869-72
crime reduction strategy, recommendations re youth intervention and parenting programs 6871-3
health care facilities, outpatient facility major capital project, public-private partnership model 7560-2
public safety issues 5870
transit services 5870, 5872-3
Surrey-Whalley constituency and area, neighbourhood development 5869-70
Tamminen, Terry, book on oil industry 7564, 7566
Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada, report 7994-5
Taxation
tax reductions, impact on economy 6687-8
tax-shifting re climate change issues 7563-7
Taylor, Carole
comments on minimum wage 8165
statements on health care costs as Finance Minister 5437
Taylor, Paul, actions re lobbyists while Deputy Finance Minister, review 6926, 7839-40
Teachers, employment and misconduct registry 7392-4
Teaching Profession (Teacher Registration) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7392-4
Throne speech debate 5869-73
Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry, role in Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 7503
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, debate in Legislature 5741-2
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
finality of agreement 8907
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8645-6
treaty negotiation process 8644-5
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8643-7, 8907
Tzu Chi, Buddhist community service and humanitarian relief movement 7835
U.S., securities industry regulation and enforcement 8539
Vancouver Board of Trade, involvement in screening of TransLink board 8844
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, budget, funding and services 5429, 7487-8
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project
contingency funding 7504
costs 5533-4, 5900
costs and financial management 5436, 7488, 7500-5, 8891, 8938-9, 9060
Vancouver International Airport, arrivals at airport 9262
Victoria, sewage treatment project 7553
Wages
average wages in B.C. 8165
minimum wage 8165-6
minimum wage, increases 7510-1, 7544, 8217
minimum wage, petition tabled 8973
Welfare, community service and non-profit cooperatives 6247, 6644-6
Workers compensation, benefits and pensions 8150
WorkSafe B.C., budget surplus 8150
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East)

As subject
actions as Child Care Minister of State (Coons) 5416 (Macdonald) 5418 (Sather) 5416-7
challenge of responsibility for children's issues 5707-8
visits to child care centres as Child Care Minister of State 8406-7 (Trevena) 8406-7
Autism, intervention services 8394
Automobiles, booster seats, government distribution 8741-2, 8778-81, 8835-6
Baird, Kim, work on Tsawwassen treaty 8594
B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, funding and services 8597
B.C. Association of Family Resource Programs, comments on booster seat campaign 8741
B.C. Council for Families, funding and work of organization 6469-70, 8396-7
Budget debate 5707-11
Child Care Subsidy Act, amendments 6443-5
Children
programs and services for children and families, service delivery, neighbourhood hub model 8394-5
special needs children, programs and services 8410
Children, child care
before- and after-school care centres 5417-8
child care in workplace, WorkLife B.C. 8395, 8407-8
child care providers 9555-6
child care resource and referral programs 5416
centre closings 8405-6
changes 5901-2
funding 5272-3, 5747-8, 5903, 8404
programs 5324
service hours 8404, 8406
staffing 8406
child care workers, wages 8400
employer-based child care 9555-6
funding 5273, 6929-30, 7755
allocation 8394, 8398-9
allocation by region 8405
allocation to service organizations 8398-400
announcements 8399-400
capital funding 8401-2, 8407
federal agreement, B.C. government action 5271
federal agreement cancellation 5273, 5708-9, 5747
federal funding 5273, 5324, 8397, 8401, 8406
federal plan 8402-3
one-time funding for child care operators 8396-9
operating funds 5708-9, 8402-3, 8405
supported child development 5710
government action 5324, 5418-9, 5747, 8152
government action during NDP administration 5708-9
options 5708-10
spaces
allocation 5709
availability 5272-3, 5418, 9266
new spaces 5707, 5709
number 5417
subsidy eligibility
application form 8403
cost of computer system 8403-4, 8406
threshold 5271, 5416-8, 5708, 5902, 8401
verification of information, third-party reporting 6443-5
supported care for special needs children 5708
user costs 8402
Children, early childhood development
early childhood educators, financial assistance for advanced education 7755
human early learning partnership (HELP) program 8597
programs and services, Success by 6 program 5710-1
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 8394-410
Education, special education and special needs, infant development program 5710
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
prevention and services, funding 5711, 8395
research, cross-jurisdictional work 5711
First nations
children, child care 5710
children, services for children and families, early childhood development programs and services 8595-7
early childhood education, first nations educators 8596
language programs 8597
urban aboriginal literacy strategy 8597
Gordon, Mary, involvement with Seeds of Empathy program 5710
Hearing impairment, newborn hearing screening program 5710
Lali, Harry, actions as Transportation Minister 5707
Malaspina University College, early childhood development training program 8596
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6443-5
Motions
referral of report on Legislature artwork depicting first nations people, debate 7098-100
Parliament Buildings, artwork depicting first nations, report by Speaker's advisory panel, implementation of recommendations 7098-100
Port Alberni, child care funding in area 5417
Richmond, agriculture industry in area 5707
Richmond East constituency and area, description 5707
Splats'in First Nation, early childhood educators 8596
Thompson Rivers University, early childhood development training program 8596
Tributes
B.C. Council for Families 6469-70
Nancy Wooldridge 8495
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement 8594-5
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8594-7
Vancouver Island, government distribution of booster seats 8780
Violence, bullying and violence at school, Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy programs 5710, 8597
Visual impairment, vision testing of children 5710
Welfare
social programs and services, delivery, regionalization 8409
support system for vulnerable persons 5903
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, funding 8408-9
Wooldridge, Nancy, death 8495
Richmond, Hon. Claude (Kamloops)

As subject
position on income assistance benefit levels 6121 (Brar) 6121
Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training, meeting with Employment and Income Assistance Minister 6255-6
Budget debate 5579-80, 5592-5
Children, child care
funding, federal agreement cancellation 6253
subsidy eligibility, threshold 6253
Community Living B.C., work with Employment and Income Assistance Ministry 6115
Disabled and handicapped persons
employment of disabled workers, government initiative 6116
programs and services 6115-6
Education funding, per-student funding 5594
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, change to use of term "prescribed professional" 6480-2
Employment and Income Assistance Ministry
estimates debate 6114-21, 6137-48, 6184-205, 6248-62
accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 6114-7
equity hiring, disabled persons, 10 by 10 Challenge 6116
Victoria office renovations, impact on income assistance recipients 6260-1
Employment and unemployment, job creation and unemployment rate in B.C. 5593
Family maintenance enforcement program, participants, obligations re former spouses 6259
Food banks, usage in B.C. 6249
Health care system
funding 5595
public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 5595
Housing
government initiatives 5595
rental housing, rent increases 6117-8
social and subsidized housing, rent subsidies, eligibility threshold 5595
social and subsidized housing, rental assistance program 6253
Immigration, social assistance debts of sponsors' spouses in abuse cases 5989, 6188-9
Income assistance
accessibility 6250-1
advocacy and outreach programs 6116
appeal tribunal panels, number of members 6453-5, 6478-9
benefits
benefit amount for shelter 6114, 6118-20, 6137-9, 6253
benefit amount increases 5593-4, 6114, 6120-1, 6138, 9471
earnings exemption 6260
electronic deposit 6116
emergency assistance, case 6625
emergency assistance, needs assessment 6205, 6625
emergency assistance, policy 6252
level, review 6120
community assistance program for persons with persistent multiple barriers 6115, 6258-9
eligibility
appeal process 6116, 6255, 6455, 6478-80
homeless persons 6116
three-week waiting period 6250-1
two-year financial independence test 6251
employment programs
federal programs, Community Futures program 6192-3
funding 5594, 6115, 6203
number of job placements 6195-6, 6201-3, 6248, 6250
service provider contracts, audits and reviews 6140-6
service provider contracts, modification and payment 6146-8, 6184-7, 6189-93, 6196, 6198-9, 6256
transition to new program 6186
transition to new program, service providers and contracts 6193-204
programs and services, smoking cessation program 5594, 6116-7
recipients
access to education programs 6261-2
access to healthy diet 6249
access to healthy diet, supplements 6121
community volunteer supplement 6254
first nations recipients 6254-5
housing 9475
landlord issues 6117-9, 6138-40
landlord issues, housing integrated task team 6116, 6139
number 5580
persons with persistent multiple barriers 6256-8
pregnant women, supplements 6255
seniors 6256
single parent employment obligations and child care needs 6253-4
transition to employment 5593, 6115, 6120, 6201-3, 9472-5
transition to employment, post-employment return of clients to income assistance 6186-7, 6194-7
service delivery, shared service caseload model 6254
temporary assistance caseload 6120, 6252
Income assistance, disability benefits
benefits 6384
diabetic diet supplement 6115
guide animal supplement 6115
integration with federal benefits 6116
standardized payments 5594, 6115
designation as persons-with-disabilities time line 6115
earnings threshold 6260
eligibility 6255
employment of people with disabilities, target 5594
employment programs and services 6116
government strategy 5594
programs and services, community volunteer program 6384
recipients
access to education programs 6204-5
first nations recipients 6116
number 6115
Income, low-income families
federal child benefit 6116, 6253
government support 6116-7, 6253-4, 9471-5
Income taxes for low- and middle-income families 6253
Kamloops
economy and development projects 5580, 5592-3
employment 5592-3
smoking area in legion branch 52, petition tabled 9556
Kamloops Airport, runway extension and new air service, role in tourism 5593
Kopar Administration Ltd., contract with Employment and Income Assistance Ministry 6190-1
Legislature, transfer of powers to cabinet 6481-2
Mines and mining industry, role in B.C. economy 5593
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6453-5, 6478-82
NRI Distribution, WorkLife B.C. award recipient 5592
Petitions
smoking area in Kamloops legion branch 52 9556
Post-secondary education, new student spaces 5595
Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues, recommendations, implementation 5595
Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 5595
Retirement, mandatory retirement, elimination 5595
Rick Hansen Foundation, work on spinal cord injury research, government funding 6115
Royal Inland Hospital, opening of mental health facilities 5595
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), funding 5594
Seniors, income support programs 6256
Thompson Rivers University
pine beetle research 5593
student accommodation 5580
student spaces 5594
Vancouver, downtown east side, Sheway program for women on income assistance 6255
Vancouver Foundation, disability supports for unemployment fund 6115
Victoria, youth shelter program, funding 6261
Robertson, Gregor (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
family's experience as settlers in B.C. 8784
position on coal-fired plants (Thorpe) 5337-8, 5340-1
position on rapid transit line (Falcon) 8308
Abbotsford, hospital and cancer centre project, carbon neutrality 9496-7
Agricultural land reserve, importance 8786-7
Agriculture
chemical use 6031
direct marketing and farmers markets 6028-30
farmland, farm status and property assessments 7925
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 6025-31, 6040-3, 6104-5, 6110-3
agriculture planning 6026
Air, greenhouse gas emissions
cap on emissions 9487-8
emissions from industries based on fossil fuel consumption 7925
emissions in B.C. 9489
reduction, legislative committee proposal 9495
reduction, reporting 9493-5
reduction targets 9392
baseline 9482-3, 9492
international standards 9482
public consultation 9495
time line 5335-7
Alaska, oil and gas industry activities 7078-80
Alberta, oil and gas royalty structure review 7325
Aquaculture
fish farms, fish feed, potential contamination 7754
geoduck aquaculture
government promotion 6113
impact on environment 5478
impact on environmental 6111
licence approval process and first nations consultation 5478, 6040-3, 6112
licences 6111
pre-seeding harvest of wild stocks 6042-3, 6110
use of plastics, impact on marine environment 6112-3
Assessment Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
debate 7923-6, 8023-5
definitions, "farm" 7925
definitions, "strata accommodation property" 8023
Auditor General, report on B.C. treaty process 8785
Automobiles, tax on high-priced vehicles 5831
B.C., northern and rural B.C., federal moratorium on oil tankers in north coast waters 7324-5, 7460
B.C. Assessment
contract with TransLink 5835
governance structure, changes 7923, 7925-6
staffing levels 5835
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., exclusion from carbon neutrality requirement 9496
B.C. Liberal Party government
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, government comment on issues 7593
fiscal responsibility 5337
goals 8213-6
initiatives and plans, relationship to climate change policy 9389-90
policies, climate change and energy policies 9389-90
policies, climate change and transportation policies 9390
position on issues
climate change 9389
local government powers 8855
offshore drilling 5688
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2007, debate 6096, 6098
Business, small business
government support 7260, 8235, 8735
growth since 2001 5792
regulations and red tape, reduction 5796-8, 6717
Small Business B.C. program, funding 5790
small business round table 5788-91, 5793, 5796
small-business lens 5792-4, 5799
Cambie Village Business Association, potential court case against government for RAV line construction impact 9522
Chase, Stuart, work as public affairs officer and assignment to Basi-Virk court case 7914
Climate change
action on climate change, need for action 9391-3
action on climate change, role of oil and gas industry 7331
B.C. Liberal Party position 9389
causes 5334
climate action plan 5797
climate action secretariat 5336
government action 5334-5
action during B.C. Liberal and NDP administrations 9389
funding and staffing 6030-1
public consultation and information 9390, 9495
regulations 9391-2
Coleman, Rich, comments on issues in Basi-Virk court case 7593
Comox First Nation, interest in geoduck aquaculture 6113
Corporations, subsidies from government 8735
Crown land, public access to inventory list 6104-5
Earth Day 7000
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc.
audit 5828-9
facilities 5807
government contract for revenue services 5806-8, 5825-30
staff 5807
Energy
clean energy, definition 8367
innovative clean energy fund, investments 8367-8
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
estimates debate 7075-80, 7151-3, 7324-31
budget allocation for offshore drilling issues 7151-2
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 7459-60
Europe, government action on climate change 5336
Evergreen, work of organization 7000
Fast-Track program 5830-1
Finance Statutes (Innovative Clean Energy Fund) Amendment Act, 2007
debate 8367-8
definitions, "clean energy" 8367
First nations
aboriginal rights, recognition of aboriginal rights and title 8785
agreements with government, interim agreements 8786
B.C. treaty process 8784, 8787
conditions for first nations in B.C. 8784
consultation by government on land and resources 5793-4
history of treatment by non–first nations 8784
new relationship with government 8785
taxation initiatives, government grants 5831-2
Food
food security in B.C. 6026-7, 6029, 8786
local food policy work, funding 6027
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, NDP position 6537
value-added sector, impact of log exports 6537
value-added sector, issues 5804
Forests and Range Ministry, estimates debate 8189-90
Government
local government powers, B.C. Liberal Party position 8855
operations, carbon neutrality 9392, 9496-9
programs and services, alternative service delivery, application of carbon-neutral standards 9498-9
regulations and red tape
regulatory reform and climate change issues 5794
regulatory reform and environmental or social issues 5799
regulatory reform, goals 5795-8
revenues
international fuel tax agreement 5825, 6718, 7017
revenue management system 5807-8
revenue streams 5806
sale of assets and resources 5336-7
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
board of directors, changes and powers 8856-7
funding 5835-6, 8857-8
parking site tax 5835-6, 8858
priorities 8858-9
revenues, fare increases and taxes 8857-9
review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 8855-7
review of governance structure, submissions 8856-7
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver line
construction, impacts
Cambie Street businesses 6459-61, 8229, 8234-5, 8308
Cambie Street neighbourhood 5527-8
neighbourhoods 6456
small businesses 6460-1, 8450, 8740-1, 9206-7, 9522
small businesses, call for compensation, petition tabled 8451, 8742
construction, Yaletown-Waterfront section 6461-2
costs and funding 6456-7
role of provincial government 6461-2, 8741, 8858
status of project 6457
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43), debate 8855-9
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act
debate 9389-93, 9482-3, 9487-9, 9492-9
content of bill 9391-2
Habitat for Humanity, acquisition of Crown land for affordable housing 6104-5
Health authorities, operations, carbon neutrality 9496
Housing
housing endowment fund 6098
rental housing, investment, impact of tax policies 8189-90
Independent Lumber Remanufacturers Association of B.C., comments on impact of government policies on remanufacturing industry 6537
Insurance Corporation of B.C., executive bonuses and salaries, public disclosure 7004
Jarvis, Guy, letter from Energy Minister on moratorium on oil tankers in northern B.C. waters 7324
Junior Achievement program, integration into school districts 5792
Leadership B.C. program, funding 5792
Neufeld, Richard, position on moratorium on oil tankers in northern B.C. waters 7324
NDP, position on export of raw logs 6537
Oil and gas
companies, incentives and subsidies 7329-30
industry in B.C., roads 7330
industry in B.C., subsidies, royalties and tax credit programs 7325-31
natural gas, resources in B.C. 7330-1
natural gas, royalty structure 7325-8, 7330
offshore drilling, B.C. Liberal Party position 5688
offshore drilling, development of industry 7075-80, 7151-3
oil, royalty structure 7326
petroleum registry 5832-3
pipelines, monitoring 7459-60
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
carbon neutrality and sustainability plan 9499
venues, construction contracts 7690-1
Oral questions
Approval process for geoduck farm licences 5478
Business compensation for Canada line construction 9206-7, 9522
Canada line construction on Cambie Street 8234-5
Compensation for businesses affected by construction of Canada line 8740-1
Disclosure of ICBC executive bonuses 7004
Fish feed contamination 7754
Funding for Vancouver social housing 5532
Impact of Canada line construction on Cambie Street businesses 8308
Impact of Canada Line construction on small businesses 8450
Liquified natural gas plant proposal for Texada Island 8834-5
Offshore oil and gas industry 5688
Olympic venue construction contracts 7690-1
Public affairs bureau coverage of Basi-Virk court case 7914
Raw log exports and value-added forest sector 6537
Role of Liberal officials in RCMP investigation of government staff 8002
Role of Solicitor General in RCMP investigation of B.C. Rail sale 7593
TILMA agreement and availability of affordable rental housing 6310
Petitions
compensation for Cambie small business owners 8742
compensation for small businesses affected by RAV line construction 8451
Ports, assessment of property 7924-5
Post-secondary education system, conditions 5336
Private members' statements
Navigation 8213-6
Property Assessment Appeal Board, compensation for board members 5835
Property, legislation, streamlining of information-sharing provisions, privacy issues 6717, 7010-2
Property tax, assessment of property, impact of changes on municipalities 7924-5, 8023-4
Public affairs bureau, coverage of Basi-Virk court case 7914
Reichert, Kelly, meetings with Gordon Campbell and police re investigation into alleged breach of trust by B.C. Liberal Party staff 8002
Resorts, ski resort property assessment 7924-5, 8024-5
Resources and resource industries, development, government action 7260
Right to Know Act, 2007, debate 9316
Rundell, Doug, position with B.C. Assessment, remuneration 5834-5
Sales tax
exemptions 5799-800, 5804, 5825
exemptions for environmental products 5805
impact on window and door manufacturers 5800, 5804
refund on multi-glazed windows 6096
review 5799
Savary Island, community consultation on geoduck farming 6041-2, 6112
Shipping industry, tanker safety
government action on potential spills 7324, 7459-60
public poll results 8834-5
Skills training, impact of skilled worker shortage on small business, government action 5791-2
Sliammon First Nation, consultation on geoduck aquaculture licences 6041-2
Small Business and Revenue Ministry
estimates debate 5787-801, 5804-8, 5825-36
accessibility and accountability 5831
audits of programs and services 5830
contracted services 5834
small business component, staff and workload 5787-8
staff, meetings with lobbyists 5833-4
travel budget 5831
work on climate change issues 5797, 5804-5
Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6717-8, 7010-7
Small Business Fairness and Protection Act, 2007, debate 8229
Statements by members
Canada line construction on Cambie Street 5527-8
Earth Day celebrations 7000
Government support for small business 8735
Strata property, short-term rental properties, property assessment 7923-5, 8023-4
Tamminen, Terry, book on oil industry 7331
Taxation
advance tax explanations and rulings 6717, 7013-7
system in B.C., administration and definitions 6717
Thorpe, Rick, position on parking tax in Vancouver area 5835-6
Throne speech, content 5336-7
Throne speech debate 5334-7
Tobacco
sale of tobacco products in pharmacies 6227
smoking, health risks 6227-8
smoking in public places, ban in social housing facilities 6227-8, 6634-6
Tobacco Sales (Banning Tobacco and Smoking in Public Places and Schools) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6227-8, 6634-6
Toxics Use Reduction Act, 2007, debate 9316
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impacts 5832, 6310
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 6455-7, 6459-62
Transportation projects in B.C., funding 8857-8
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
impact on other treaty negotiations 8785-6
overlapping land claims 8785
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8786-7
treaty 8783-5
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8783-7
Underwater Harvesters Association, involvement in geoduck aquaculture applications 6110
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, B.C. support 8785
U.S., Patriot Act, applicability to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 6717
Vancouver
homelessness 5336
housing, protection of rental housing 6310, 8189-90
housing, social housing 5336, 5532
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, operations, carbon neutrality 9497-8
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, conditions 5336
Warner, Brent, work on farm marketing 6030
WestPac LNG Corporation, Texada Island liquified natural gas plant proposal 8834-5
Wine
independent producers, access to liquor distribution system 5833, 6025-6
quality standards 6025-6
Roddick, Valerie (Delta South)

As subject
work on agriculture planning See Agriculture planning under Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
4-H Club, activities 9008
Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve 5600, 9048
Agriculture
farmland availability 5269
farmland protection 6685-6
importance 7085-6
industry in B.C. 8147
promotion of B.C. products 9452-3
workers, employment standards and safety 6989
Agriculture Day 7085-6
Armed forces, Afghanistan mission, support services 8734-5
Baird, Kim, work on Tsawwassen treaty 8560
B.C. Liberal Party government
budgets and throne speeches, themes 5602
Pacific leadership agenda 5601
Budget debate 5599-602
Burns Bog Conservation Society, Celebrating Women and the Spirit of the Cranes annual event 7590
Business, small business taxation, government initiatives 5602
Climate change
action on climate change, Pacific coast collaborative 5601
government action 5349-51
NDP position 5350
Delta
agricultural land in area 5269, 5601, 8561
bird habitat 8561
concerns re South Fraser perimeter road and Tsawwassen power lines, petition tabled 5276
health care, local liaison with health authority 5599
relationship with provincial government 5601
relationship with Tsawwassen First Nation 8560-1
traffic levels 5600
Delta Port, local liaison committee 5600
Delta South constituency and area, description 5599
Drew, Jay, work as engineer on inventions for disabled persons 6699
Education
fruit and vegetable program 9107
system, government initiatives 5602
Environment, stewardship 5349
First nations
B.C. treaty process, transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 9047-8
new relationship with government, implementation 8561
Floods and floodplains, flood prevention, action by B.C. and federal governments 7273
Food industry
food quality and safety 8676-7
meat-processing regulations, government assistance with transition to new regulations 8676-7
Fraser River, flood risk and dike conditions 7273
Fraser Valley, land use and bird habitat 5600-1
Health, public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 5599-600
Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 5602
Housing, supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill, local government responsibility 5601
Ladner, Gertrude Richards, accomplishments as nurse, book 7515
Lower mainland, South Fraser perimeter road construction 5600
Motions
agricultural land reserve and treaty negotiations, debate 9047-8
employment standards for farmworkers, debate 6989
federal government involvement in flood prevention in B.C., debate 7273
NDP, position on climate change 5350
Nurses, history in B.C. 7515
Petitions
smoking rooms in legions 9208
South Fraser perimeter road and Tsawwassen power lines 5276
Ports, merging of Fraser and Vancouver ports 5600
Private members' statements
Managing the environment 5349-51
Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 5602
Royal Canadian Legion, smoking rooms in legions, petition tabled 9208
Sales tax
collection and remittance by home-based craftpersons and not-for-profit organizations, threshold 5602
refund on medical equipment purchases by charitable organizations 5602
roadside tire service, elimination of tax 5602
Southam, Jean, death 8887
Soux, Susan Isabel, work on human rights and peace issues 7590
Statements by members
4-H Club 9008
B.C. Agriculture Day 7085-6
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
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects
benefits 5601
impact on agricultural land 5269
Tributes
Jean Southam 8887
Tsawwassen First Nation
relationship with local government and regional districts 8560-1
treaty, final agreement 5600, 8517, 8560-1
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8560-1
Urbanization, urban sprawl 5601
Water, drinking water, awards to B.C. municipalities 6472
Wildlife, bird habitat and Pacific flyway 5600-1
Routley, Doug (Cowichan-Ladysmith)

As subject
comments on issues
education and employment (Rustad) 5779
Lodge on 4th seniors care facility (Abbott) 9365, 9423 (Speaker) 9523
road maintenance (Falcon) 6352
TransLink governance (Falcon) 9606-7
consultation with constituents on Tsawwassen treaty 8704
position on Tsawwassen treaty (Christensen) 8708
wife's experience as teacher 5698
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 5927
Agriculture, role of small farms 9516
Auditor General, report on B.C. treaty process 8706
Automobiles, driver's licences, fees 5696
B.C.,
northern and rural B.C., forest industry and social services 9167-8
people leaving B.C. during 1990s 5695
people moving to B.C. 5695-6
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., governance, role of provincial government 6299, 8875-7
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated priorities 5864
actions since 2001 election 8177-80, 8423
approach to governing 5498-9, 5861, 9097-9, 9138-41
budgets and throne speeches, relationship of 2007-08 budget to throne speech 5696
budgets and throne speeches, themes 5696-7, 5861-2
policies
impact on public education system 7304, 7306
impact on rural communities 9167-8
impact on seniors 8388-9
impact on social services 5695, 5699
position on first nations issues 8705-7
B.C. Mixed Curling Championship, 2007 championship in Duncan 6472
Bruce, Graham, potential conflict of interest in work for Cowichan Tribes treaty committee 8547
Budget debate 5694-9
Campbell, Gordon
position on first nations issues 8705-7
position on number of seats in Legislature 9166
role in electoral boundaries redistribution 9165-9
Children
child care, government action 5862
child care resource and referral programs, petition tabled 8451
child care resource and referral programs, petitions tabled 9476
children at risk, government action 5862
Clark, Christy, comments on B.C.–Alberta trade agreement and removal of junk food from school vending machines 5696
Climate change, impact on road conditions and maintenance 6351-3
Construction industry, green building code 5862
Consumers, taxes and user fees 5696
Cowichan District Hospital, services and staffing 7864
Cowichan Tribes, treaty commission, management of treaty funding 8547
Cowichan Valley
community kitchens 5626
Cowichan sweater 9107
Cowichan Valley Hospice Society, funding and services 5476-7
Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area
bridges, impact of logging debris 6354
ferry services 8875-7
forest industry in area 5697, 5699
home support service levels 7862
mental health outreach services in Ladysmith 7862
Cross, Bill, experience at seniors care facility 8583-4
Curl B.C., activities 6472
Dosdall, Emery, work as Education Deputy Minister 7306
Economic Development Ministry, estimates debate 8046-55
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 5695, 5697-8
Education
class size and composition, special needs students 5698
English-as-a-second-language programs, scope 5864
fees for special academies and programs 5863
funding for implementation of class size limits 5864
funding formula changes 9167-8
school closings 5864
school closings, rural schools 9167
school planning councils 7305
schools, public use of underutilized and closed buildings 5862, 5864
special education and special needs, government support 7305-6
students, achievement levels, measurement 7304-5
students, evaluation and testing of students 5863
system
achievement superintendents 7305
changes 7304-6
current conditions 5695
equity and universality 5863
government handling 5863-4
Education Committee
mandate 5591
minority report on adult literacy tabled 5592
recommendations on adult literacy strategy 5590-2
report for second session of 38th parliament, debate 5590-2
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries 9166-9
Electoral Boundaries Commission
history of previous commissions 9168
review of electoral boundaries 9165-6
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007, debate 9165-9
Employment and unemployment
employment conditions and standards 5697
job creation in B.C., type of jobs 5695, 5697
job vacancies, impact of demographic changes 5695
Energy plan 5862, 5864-5
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 7452-3
Environmental protection, government action 5697
Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 5862
Ferries and ferry services
privatization 6299
routes and services, service to ferry-dependent communities 6299-300
First nations
B.C. treaty process, transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 9051
conditions for first nations in B.C. 5698, 8706
issues, B.C. Liberal Party position 8705-7
issues, government action 7115-6
treaties, funding, requirements for loans 8547
treaties, joint chief negotiators table, call for establishment, petition tabled 7131
treaty negotiations, history 8704-6
Food industry
meat-processing regulations, impact on small producers 5699, 8637
slaughter facilities, inspectors 5927
value-added industry 5699
Forests and forest industry
current conditions 5697
export of raw logs 6474, 6679-82, 7436-7
export of raw logs, call for moratorium 7437
forest practices on private lands 6680
Government, public consultation 9097-8
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
ability to set tolls 9099
board of directors, changes and powers 9099
review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 9096-9, 9138-41
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
debate 9096-100, 9138-41
delay for six months 9138
Haarala, Karen, mother's treatment in Ladysmith care home 9365, 9476-7
Health
health care system in B.C. 5695
public health, fitness levels in B.C. 5695
Health Ministry, estimates debate 7862-4
Highway 18, resurfacing and seal-coating 5687, 6353-4
Highways and roads, maintenance contracts, performance 6351-3
Homelessness
government action 5347-9
homelessness among seniors 5347
homelessness in B.C. 5347-8, 5695-6
Honeymoon Bay, flooding due to logging practices
government assistance 7452-3
government assistance, petition tabled 8451
Housing
affordable housing, government action 7575-7
social and subsidized housing, conversion of public buildings to social housing, private member's motion 5862, 5864
social and subsidized housing, rent supplements 5697
Human Rights Code (Mandatory Retirement Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007
debate 8388-90
debate, time limits 8388-9
Iannidinardo, Lori, work on community kitchens 5626
Immigration
provincial nominee program, expansion 5862, 8054
recruitment of immigrants for areas of skills shortages 5862, 8054
refugees, housing 8151
Income tax, reductions 5696
Industry Training Authority, budget and role 8046-50
Joe, Norman, Sr., death 8687
Kuper Island, ferry service 5699, 6299-300
Ladysmith Maritime Society, work of organization 8967
Ladysmith Resources Centre, programs and services 7687
Lake Cowichan, child care services, petition tabled 9323
Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8177-80, 8423-4
Legislature, members' conduct and debate, withdrawal of comments 9169
Literacy
government funding and support 5697, 5863-4
impact of government funding and policies 5591-2
impact on economy and society 5591
Lodge on 4th, conditions for residents 9365, 9476-7
Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure 9139
Manufactured homes, redevelopment of manufactured home parks, protection for homeowners, petition tabled 9475
MLAs
participation in electoral boundaries review process 9166
remuneration, public response 8178-80, 8423-4
Morales, Robert, comments on treaty negotiation process 8704-5
Motions
agricultural land reserve and treaty negotiations, debate 9051
legislative sitting hours, debate 5498-9
referral of report on Legislature artwork depicting first nations people, debate 7115-6
trade and labour mobility and TILMA agreement, debate 8882-3
NDP, position on Tsawwassen treaty 8704
North American Indigenous Games, 2008 games in Cowichan 5896, 9056-7
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, legacy 5698
Oral questions
Call for moratorium on raw log exports 7436-7
Home support services for Heather Vaughan 5989-90
Housing for refugees 8151
Lobbying activities of Graham Bruce 8547
Meat industry regulations 8637
Raw log exports 6474
Seal-coating of Highway 18 5687
Staffing at seniors facilities 9365
Treatment of seniors in health care facilities 8583-4
Pacific Northwest Raptors Ltd., centre for birds of prey 6066
Parliament Buildings, artwork depicting first nations, report by Speaker's advisory panel, implementation of recommendations 7115-6
Petitions
child care resource and referral centres 8451, 9476
establishment of joint chief negotiators table 7131
government assistance for Honeymoon Bay re flooding caused by logging practices 8451
Lake Cowichan child care services 9323
manufactured homes, protection 9475
minimum wage 8973
Post-secondary education, new student spaces 5861
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 5695-6, 8177-8
Private members' statements
Affordable housing 7575-7
Coastal connections 8875-7
Homelessness and poverty 5347-9
Rural economic development 6679-82
Public debt level in B.C. 5696
Quebec, child care system and women in skilled trades 5698, 5862
Retirement, mandatory retirement, elimination 8388-9
Saywell Creek Bridge, logjam and flooding event 6354
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley), impact of government initiatives in education system 5862-3, 7306
School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7304-6
Seniors, housing, evictions 5696
Skills training
apprenticeship system 5861, 8048-50, 8052
industry training organizations 8050, 8055
promotion of skills training to youth 8050
shortage of skilled workers
B.C. Is Calling initiative 8053-5
government action 5695, 5697-8, 5861-2, 8049-50, 8052-4
need for adult literacy programs 5591
shortage and unemployment levels 8053-5
training programs
aboriginal student internship program 8047
career technical training programs, ACE-IT program 8046-8, 8052
entry-level trades training 8046-7
first nations involvement 8047, 8049
Red Seal certification 8050
Smyth, Michael, commentary on government action re electoral boundaries 9166
Statements by members
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
The Steeples, conditions for residents, case 8583-4
Teachers, time spent with students 5695, 5698
Throne speech debate 5861-5
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impacts 5863, 8882-3
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 6299-300, 6351-4
Tributes
Norman Joe Sr. 8687
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8705
treaty 8669, 8704-7
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act
debate 8669, 8704-7
debate in Legislature by NDP MLAs 8704
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project costs 5696-8
Vancouver Island
agriculture industry 9516
food industry, impact of meat-processing regulations on small producers 8637
health services, joint-replacement surgeries 7863-4
Vaughan, Heather, home support case 5989-90
Wages
average wages in B.C. 8423
minimum wage, petition tabled 8973
Welfare, social programs and services, competitive advantage to B.C. and Canada 5863
Willcocks, Paul, commentary on government action re electoral boundaries 9169
Rustad, John (Prince George–Omineca)

As subject
constituency and legislative staff thanked 5615-6
throne speech debate (Evans) 5782
Agriculture
history 6682
workers, employment standards and safety 6991-2
Air, greenhouse gas emissions
emissions during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 9405
reduction initiatives 5726, 5780-1
reduction targets 9404-5
Armed forces, overseas troops commended 5615
Baird, Kim, work on Tsawwassen treaty 8569-70
B.C.,
cancer treatment services in northern B.C. 5896-7
growth 9184
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions since 2001 election 5616
policies, climate change and transportation 9405
Budget debate 5615-9
Business, current conditions in B.C. 5616
Canadian Cancer Society, Relay for Life fundraising events 7278
Civil service
collective agreements in 2006 5617
demographic shift, government planning 5617
Climate change
action on climate change
role of agriculture and food industries 9458-60
role of personal responsibility 9405-6
role of silviculture 9406
carbon offsets 7572
government action 5781, 9404
impact, issues in B.C. 9404
issues, comments by NDP MLAs 5780
Conroy, Katrine, constituency office, presence of federal NDP materials 5781
Cycling infrastructure investment 9405
Economy
B.C. economy, current conditions 5778
price controls 7586
Education funding, per-student funding 5617
Elections
constituencies, rural and urban constituencies 9183
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9181-4
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007, debate 9181-4
Electoral Boundaries Commission, mandate and preliminary report 9182-3
Employment and unemployment, current conditions in job market 5616
Endako Mines, current and past operations 7591
Energy
alternative energy sources, development, role of private sector 5780
independent power producers, investment by private sector 6055
independent power producers, NDP position 5780
power supply in B.C. 9405-6
wood waste, use to generate electricity 9463-4
Environment, government initiatives, NDP position 5780
First nations
B.C. treaty process, transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve, NDP position 9051
history of treatment by non–first nations 8569
new relationship with government 5779
Food, locally grown food
100-mile diet 9458-9
consumption in B.C. 6682-4
promotion, role of consumers and government 9457-60
Forests and forest industry
government forest policies during NDP administration 9463
industry in B.C.
changes in industry, government action 7572, 8503
current conditions and strategy for future 9462-4
economic cycles and opportunities 9039-42
mountain pine beetle action coalitions 9462
Fort St. James
mining industry 9594-5
Thunder on Ice snowmobile competition 5366-7
Fraser River, flood risk and dike conditions 8632-3
Fuel
alternative sources 7586
gasoline prices, impact of supply and demand 7585-6
gasoline prices, regulation 7586
Give the Gift of Sight Foundation, work of organization 6065-6
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act
debate 9404-6
debate in Legislature by NDP MLAs 9404
Health care facilities and hospitals, auxiliary volunteers 8444-5
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 6369-70
Housing, government initiatives 5619
Income tax, reductions 5616-8
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment, link to environmental goals 9405
Insurance premium tax, use of revenues 6365
Legislature
members' conduct and debate, withdrawal of comments requested 7592
number of seats 9181-2
Mines and mining industry
exploration, tax credit incentives 5619
industry in B.C. 5517-8, 7591
Motions
agricultural land reserve and treaty negotiations, debate 9051-2
competitive tax system for B.C., debate 6690-1
debate in Legislature on trade and labour agreement with Alberta, debate 5739-40
employment standards for farmworkers, debate 6991-2
independent power producers, debate 6055
mining industry in B.C., debate 5517-8
referral of report on Legislature artwork depicting first nations people, debate 7110-1
road maintenance, debate 6369-70
summit on future of forest industry, debate 9462-4
trade and labour mobility and TILMA agreement, debate 8881-2
Nechako River
flood risk and dike conditions 8633
white sturgeon release program 5269, 5782, 8830
NDP
position on issues
electoral boundaries redistribution 9181-2
first nations treaties process, transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 9051
government initiatives on environment 5780
independent power producers 5780
taxation 6365
trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 5739-40, 8881-2
relationship with federal party 5781
NDP of Canada, policies, manifesto by party members 5780-1
North Central Municipal Association, position on Electoral Boundaries Commission preliminary report 9181
Norton, Bill and Dagmar, agritourism initiative 6839
Parliament Buildings, artwork depicting first nations, report by Speaker's advisory panel, implementation of recommendations 7110-1
Pierre, Harry, death 5429
Points of order
request for withdrawal of comments by Nicholas Simons 7592
Port of Prince Rupert, container port project 8966
Post-secondary education, funding and tuition fees 5617
Prince George
arts and culture awards 7000
Operation Remembrance for unmarked graves of war veterans 9292
Relay for Life event 7278
Prince George–Omineca constituency and area
description 5615
development of facilities and infrastructure 5778
size of constituency 9182
Private members' statements
100-mile diet 9457-60
Food matters 6682-4
Opportunities for renewal 9039-42
Retail Petroleum Consumer Protection Act, 2007, debate 7585-6
Routley, Doug, comments on education and employment 5779
School district 91 (Nechako Lakes), Project Agriculture program 5528
Simpson, Bob, comments on economy 5778-9
Skills training programs, number of students 5617
Society, family and friendship networks, importance 7908
Statements by members
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
Taxation
NDP position 6365
tax reductions, impact on economy 6690-1
Terrane Metals Corp., Mount Milligan mine project 9594
Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Endako Mines operations 7591, 9417
Throne speech, content 5778, 5781-2
Throne speech debate 5778-82
Tourism, agritourism 6839
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement
impact on B.C. economy 8881-2
NDP position 5739-40, 8881-2
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
culture and language provisions, right to practice culture 8570
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8570
treaty 8570-1
treaty negotiation process 8569-70
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8569-71
Tweedsmuir Park, pine beetle infestation, handling in 1960s 5618-9
University of Northern B.C., medical research 5896-7
Vanderhoof, flood prevention activities 8633
Vimy Ridge, battle 6620

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