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

Taylor, Hon. Carole (Vancouver-Langara)

As subject
comments on minimum wage (Ralston) 8165
statements on health care costs as Finance Minister (Ralston) 5437
Abbotsford, hospital and cancer centre project 7554-6
Adoption expense tax credit 5957
Auditor General, reports and reviews
recommendations for alternative service delivery contracts 7567
recommendations for public-private partnership reporting requirements 7568-9
reviews of public-private partnership reports 7560
Automobiles, taxation 7564-5
Blain, Larry
employment contract terms 7547-9
expenditures as president of Partnerships B.C. 5588, 7547-8
B.C.
challenges 5424
population, people moving to B.C. 5424
B.C. Liberal Party government, theme of 2007-08 budget 5420, 5718-20
B.C. Progress Board, recommendations on low-income earner tax policy 7510, 7544
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, removal of cap on borrowing 5955
Budget, 2006-07 supplementary estimates debate, other appropriations, contingencies and new programs 5632-4
Budget debate 5419-24, 5718-21
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2007, debate 5425-6, 5955-6, 6095-8
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, filing of service plans by government organizations, exemptions 5426
Budgets
2006-07 budget, additional funds, coverage of contract-signing bonuses for civil service employees 5632-4
2007-08 budget, allocation 5422-3
2007-08 budget, interim supply 5983, 6241
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2007-08–2009-10, tabled 5426
growth 5718-9
Business
attraction to B.C. 5719
head offices, number in B.C. 7485-7
public-private partnerships, process 7550-6, 7559-62
Business Corporations Act
amendments 6065, 6246, 6602
definitions, drafting language 6602
Business Council of B.C., task force on economy and jobs 7485
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority, ministerial responsibility 7543
Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. 6539
Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre, construction project 7551-2
Children
child care, federal funding 7563
early learning and child care, bilateral agreement 7562-3
Civil service, collective agreements in 2006, compensation packages and service improvements 5423-4
Climate change, government funding for initiatives 5423
Community plans, inclusion of supportive housing 5421
Conflict of interest
guidelines for former civil service employees 7544-7
guidelines for ministerial appointments 7518
Cooperative Association Act, amendments 6065, 6246
Coquitlam, housing development, real estate practices of developer 7691-2
Corporations
numbered companies, incorporation numbers 6640
records, date-stamps 6641
unlimited liability companies 6065, 6246, 6602-3, 6638-44
Disabled and handicapped persons
community care workers, contract-signing bonus 5632
housing for developmentally disabled adult children of aging parents 6096-7
Dobell, Ken, role in Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 7500-5
Economy, B.C. economy
current conditions 5419-20, 7486-7
economy during B.C. Liberal Party administration 6928-9
economy during NDP administration 7485-7
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc., contract for student debt collection 7508
Education, funding, increase 5423
Energy, innovative clean energy fund 5434
Environmental protection, government funding 5423
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 7485-8, 7499-511, 7543-69
government borrowings and loans for 2006-07, report tabled 8451
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, report tabled 8451
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, report tabled 9601
purchases on ministry credit cards 7559, 7561
summary of ministerial accountability for operating expenses for fiscal year ending March 31, 2006, revised Schedule 1, May 31, 2007, tabled 8451
Treasury Board Staff division, role and responsibilities 7499
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6065, 6246-7, 6601-3, 6638-48
Financial Institutions Act, amendments 5955
Forests and Range Ministry, role in administration of housing endowment fund 6096
Government
accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 5633-4
capital projects
evaluation as public-private partnerships 7549-51, 7559-60
funding 7504
risk transfer 8832
financial reporting on service delivery and public-private partnership contracts 7505-10, 7567-8
ministries, communications component 7556-8
regulations and red tape, reduction 5423, 7485-6
service plans and strategic plan, 2007-08 and 2009-10, tabled 5426
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver line
construction, impact on small businesses 8741
role of provincial government 8741
Health care
budget certainty for health authorities 5430
health care funding 5423
health care system, public consultation by government, Conversation on Health, impact on funding for health authorities 5430
Home ownership, support for buyers of homes built by Habitat for Humanity 5421
Homeowner grant
eligibility for lower-income seniors and others 5720, 5955, 7841
eligibility threshold 5421-2
Housing
affordable housing, government action 5718-9
government initiatives 5420-2, 5425, 5719-20, 6097
government strategy 5719
government strategy, funding 6097
housing endowment fund 5422, 5955-6, 6096-8
social and subsidized housing
rent subsidies, eligibility threshold 5421
rental assistance program 5719
upgrades for seniors' needs 5421, 5719
temporary housing and shelters, number of shelter beds 5420, 5719
Income assistance, benefits amount 5420, 5719
Income, dividend tax credit 5958
Income tax
rates for low-income earners, federal income tax benefit initiatives 7510-1, 7544
reductions 5422, 5426, 5957, 7566
sales tax credit and foreign tax credit 5958
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007
debate 5426, 5957-8, 6099
commencement date 6099
Infrastructure, funding, contingency fund 5423
Insurance Act, need for changes 6601-2
Justice system, sales tax on legal services 6601
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 5955
Legislature, estimates process, supplementary estimates 5635
Logan, Max, work for government and post-employment restrictions 7518, 7544-6
Marasco, Mike, position with Partnerships B.C. and post-employment restrictions 7518, 7545
Maximus Inc., government contracts 7507-8
Mines and mining industry, tax credit for exploration expenses in beetle-affected areas 5957
Morris, Linda, position with public affairs bureau 7556
Ontario, minimum wage 7544
Orr, Andy, position with public affairs bureau 7556-7
Partnerships B.C.
expenditures for liquor and travel, review 7547-9, 7552
mandate to review capital projects in B.C. 7549-50, 7552-3, 7559-60
reports, Abbotsford hospital and cancer centre project, review by Auditor General 7560
role
Greater Victoria sewage treatment project 7553
Surrey outpatient health facility capital project 7561-2
Personal Property Security Act, amendments 6547
Pitt River Bridge, construction, design-build contract 7551-2
Podmore, David, position as board chair for Vancouver Conference Centre 7501, 7504-5, 8831-4
Post-secondary education, funding, trust fund for children 5423, 5955-6, 6098
Property tax, deferral by seniors, age eligibility 5422, 5720
Property transfer tax
exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 5421, 5720
use of revenues 7566
Public affairs bureau
coverage of Basi-Virk court case 7911, 7914
role and staffing 7556-9
Public debt management 5634
Public Service Benefit Plan Act, amendments 5955
Publishing industry, book publishing tax credit 5957
Real Estate Development Marketing Act, amendments 6065, 6246
Real estate industry
pre-sale agreements, requirements for deposits 6246, 6646-7
real estate compensation fund 6246-7, 6647-8
Real Estate Services Act, amendments 6065, 6246-7
Resources and resource industries, royalty and deemed income rebate, elimination 5958
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment, public-private partnership model 7554
Sales tax
refund on medical equipment purchases by charitable organizations 5955
refund on multi-glazed windows 6095-6, 6098
review 5423, 5955, 7566-7
Science and technology, research and development, tax credit 5958
Securities industry
conflict of laws in different jurisdictions 6545-6
electronic form of security certificates 6540
endorsements 6546-7
harmonization of securities transfer legislation with other provinces and countries 5983, 6245, 6539-41
indirect holding of securities 6245
legislation, need for modernization 6601-2
legislation, task force to modernize securities legislation 6540-1
limited and unlimited liability companies 6542-3
mutual funds 6542
notice of adverse claims 6543
obligation of good faith 6541-2
purchaser's control of securities 6543-5
warranties on holdings 6545
Securities Transfer Act
debate 5983, 6245, 6539-47
commencement date 6547
definitions 6539-40, 6545
Seniors, housing
changing needs 5420-1
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 5421
Skills training
shortage of skilled workers, B.C. Is Calling initiative 7559
tax credit program for businesses involved in training 5719, 5957-8
Social Service Tax Act, amendments 5955
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 5955-6
Strata property, strata management, trust account requirements 6247, 6647
Superintendent of real estate 7691
Supply Act, 2006-2007 (Supplementary Estimates No. 1), debate 5635
Supply Act (No. 1), 2007, debate 5983, 6241, 6245, 6386
Supply Act, 2007-2008, debate 8476
Surrey, health care facilities, outpatient facility major capital project, public-private partnership model 7560-2
Surrey Memorial Hospital, funding 5720
Taxation
tax reduction initiatives 5426
tax reductions, impact on economy 7486-7
tax-shifting re climate change issues 7563-6
Taylor, Paul
actions, investigations into actions 9367
actions re lobbyists while Deputy Finance Minister
internal investigation 6925
review 6839-40, 6925-7, 7839-40
review, public release of report 9367
Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry, role in Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 7503
Transition houses, funding 5420
Transportation Act, amendments 5955
Utilities, surcharge on public utilities 5434
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project
contingency funding 7504
costs and financial management 7500-5, 8831-4
review by Auditor General 8833
Victoria, sewage treatment project 7553
Wages, minimum wage 7510-1, 7544
Welfare
community service and non-profit cooperatives 6065, 6246, 6644-6
social programs and services, funding 5720
Workers, shortage 5719
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
work on housing issues 5556, 5558
Abbott, George, position on cabinet responsibility for protection-of-privacy issues 6174
Agricultural land reserve, importance 8759
Auditor General, report on B.C. treaty process 8761
Austin Heights Business Improvement Association, proposal for association 9056
B.C. Housing Management Commission, budget and service plan 8133-4, 8136-40
B.C. Liberal Party government, position on treaty negotiation process 8760
B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty while in opposition 8759-60
B.C. Real Estate Association, position on allocation of property transfer tax revenues 8202-3
Budget debate 5556-60
Burke Mountain Naturalists, concerns re run-of-the-river hydro project 7406
Burnaby, supportive housing 8140-2
Business, small business tax reductions 6692-3
Campbell, Gordon, position on Nisga'a treaty 8760
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, devolution of housing stock to province 8193
Cashore, John, work as Aboriginal Affairs Minister and advocate for first nations 8759-60
Children, child care
before- and after-school care centres 5417
child care resource and referral programs, centre closings 5559
spaces, availability 5418
College of Pharmacists of B.C., position on tobacco sales in pharmacies 6233
Commissions of inquiry
public access to results of public inquiries 6182
release of reports to Legislative Assembly, issues 6174, 6182
Construction industry
building permit process in B.C. 8373-4
licensing of companies and individuals 8370-2
regulation, modernization strategy 7970-1
residential construction industry, building requirements and modernization strategy 7970-1, 8196, 8198
residential construction industry, building requirements for owner-builders and others 7970-1, 8369, 8371-4
Coquitlam
affordable housing strategy 5556, 5558
child care resource and referral office, closing 5559
housing development, real estate practices of developer 7596, 7691
housing development, real estate practices of developer, government investigation 8151
Coquitlam River
impact of gravel mining in area on river 7256, 7456
impact of new crossings on area 7455
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
economic development 8231
issues and concerns 5558-60
public meeting on health care 5560
Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services, wait-list for services 6066
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 7256-7
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 7453-6
First nations
agreements with government, interim agreements 8761
B.C. treaty process, history 8759-60
conditions for first nations in B.C. 8760
new relationship with government, impact on treaty process 8761
Flaunt your Frenchness Week 5428
Forests and Range Ministry
estimates debate 8133-4, 8136-43, 8180-9, 8191-6, 8198-200, 8202-7
housing component 8134
residential tenancy branch, waiting times for dispute resolution process 8186-9, 8195-6, 8198
residential tenancy branch, wait-times for services 9421-2
Fraser Health Authority, funding 5560
Greater Vancouver regional district
affordable housing proposal, Housing Minister's action 5558, 8207
livable region strategic plan 9220
senior officials, comments on TransLink governance 8862
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
board of directors, changes and powers 8861-2
Evergreen rapid transit line 6047, 8861, 9219-20
governance structure, history of actions by board 9217-20
governance structure, NDP position 9220-1
planning process 8861
review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 8859-63, 9218-9
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Richmond-Airport-Vancouver line
history 6047
role of provincial government 8859-61, 9218-20
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43), debate 8859-63, 9217-21
Highways and roads, concrete roads 7256
Hollyburn Properties Ltd., operations in Vancouver 8188-9
Home Inspection Act, 2007, debate 8301-2
Home ownership
consumer protection 7969-71
home warranty insurance, issues 7970-1, 8181-3, 8372-3
home warranty insurance, satisfaction survey 8180-1
Homelessness
government action 5556-7, 8204-6
report on homelessness, recommendations 8204
Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007
debate 7969-71, 8369-74
definitions 8369
regulations 7970, 8371
Homeowner protection office
authorization of owner-builders 7970-1
Raising the Bar project 7970, 8196
registrar, powers 8370, 8374
responsibilities and powers 7969-71, 8180-2, 8374
Homes B.C. program, elimination 5556-7
Housing
affordable housing, federal funding 8193
affordable housing, role of local government 8191-4
cooperative housing 8199
family housing 7574
government strategy 5511-3, 5531-2, 8133-4
housing endowment fund 8203-4
rental housing, landlord-tenant issues, evictions for renovations and dispute resolution process 8186-9
residential care facilities, regulation of assisted-living residences 8195-6
social and subsidized housing
advertising and marketing 8136
mixed housing 8136-7
rent supplements 8134, 8183-5
rental assistance program 7574-5, 8183-4
waiting list 5557
supportive housing
conversion from social and seniors housing facilities 8140-3, 8195-6
housing for mentally ill 9457
regulation 8195
Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation, implementation of report recommendations 8451-2
Indian Arm Provincial Park, size of park 7406
Kwikwetlem First Nation, description and issues 8758-9
Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
debate 8451-3
free vote 8452
Limitation Act, amendments 7971, 8181
Maillardville, French heritage 5428, 6304
Manufactured homes
ownership, conversion to strata ownership 8201-2
redevelopment of manufactured home parks, compensation for relocation of homes 5557
relocation agreements 5557
MLAs, remuneration and pension plan 8452-3
Millside Elementary School, history and 100th anniversary 7514
Motions
competitive tax system for B.C., debate 6692-3
Olympic Winter Games impact on single-room accommodation, debate 5358-9
Mount Robson Provincial Park, removal of land from park for pipeline project 7406-7
NDP, position on TransLink governance structure 9220-1
Nisga'a treaty, B.C. Liberal Party position 8759-60
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
costs and funding, review by Auditor General, call for monitoring of single-room accommodation loss 5358-9
impact on low-income housing supply 5512-3, 5556-7, 8200
Oral questions
Budget for housing strategy 5531-2
Call for investigation into real estate practices 7691
Child care funding 5417-8
Real estate practices of Coquitlam developer 7596
Regulation of new home pre-sale agreements 8151
Residential tenancy branch services 9421-2
Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7406-7
Parks, deletion of land from parks 7406
Petitions
Riverview Hospital lands 9476
Pitt Lake, mine proposal for area 7256
Pitt River, run-of-the-river project proposal, impact on park in area 7406-7, 7453-4
Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area, rock quarry proposal for Burke Mountain area 7455
Poverty, incidence in B.C. 8452
Private members' statements
Housing initiatives 5511-3
Housing strategies 9455-7
Property inspection, regulation of property inspectors 5558, 8301-2
Property transfer tax, use of revenues for affordable housing 5558, 8202-3
Public Inquiry Act, debate 6174, 6182
Purchase, Keith, comments on funding for Fraser Health Authority 5560
Real estate industry
developer practices, buyers' losses 7691
pre-sale agreements, regulation 8151
Riverview Hospital
discharge of patients, housing availability 5558
future of facility and grounds 9455-7, 9469
lands, petition tabled 9476
Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency services 5559
School district 43 (Coquitlam), school closings 5558-9
Seniors housing, evictions 5558
Simon Fraser Society for Community Living, work of organization 6066-7
Statements by members
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
Strata property, leaky-condos issue, government action 5558
Surrey, homelessness and shelter beds in area 5557
Tobacco
sale of tobacco products 6233
smoking in public places, ban on school grounds 6233
use, prevention, B.C. Liberal Party position 6233
Tobacco Sales (Banning Tobacco and Smoking in Public Places and Schools) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6233
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, consultation by B.C. government 5560
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 6520
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 7455
Tri-Cities area
child care spaces 5559
housing and homelessness 5556, 9457
rapid transit needs 6520
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8759
treaty 8758
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8758-61
U.S., housing first strategy 8204-6
Vancouver
downtown east side, low-income housing, single-room accommodation 8206
housing, affordable housing 8200, 8207
housing, supportive housing 8143
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 8199
Thorpe, Hon. Rick (Okanagan-Westside)

As subject
position on parking tax in Vancouver area 5835 (Robertson) 5835-6
Assessment Act, amendments 7923
Assessment Authority Act, amendments 7923
Assessment Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
debate 7084, 7922-3, 8023-31
definitions, "eligible port land" 8025
definitions, "farm" 7923
Automobiles, tax on high-priced vehicles 5831
B.C. Assessment
2006 annual report tabled 8236
contract with TransLink 5835
customer service 5785
governance structure, changes 7923, 8027-30
Internet access to information 5784-5
replacement tax notices due to change of residence 6716
staffing levels 5835
Business, licensing and permit information, BizPaL pilot project 5787-8, 5796
Business, small business
business climate 5339, 5782-3, 5802
confidence levels in B.C. and elsewhere 5798
government initiatives 5785, 5787-8
government support 5832
growth since 2001 5793
regulations and red tape, reduction 5796-8
Small Business B.C. program, funding 5788, 5790-1
small business round table 5785-91, 5793, 5802-4
small-business lens 5786, 5793-4, 5799
taxation 5785
Children, early childhood development
early learning programs 7057
school readiness 7056
StrongStart B.C. initiative 7057
Climate change
climate action plan 5797, 5805
government action, comments by environmentalists and climatologists 5340
government action during NDP administration 5338
Compliance Energy Corporation, coal-fired power plant in Princeton area 5338-9
Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 5783
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc.
audit 5828-9
facilities and staff 5807
government contract for revenue services 5806-8, 5825-30
Education
class size and compositionl, student-teacher ratio 5340
graduation rate 7056
school boards and districts
accountability, responsibility for student achievement 7056-7
district literacy plans, requirement 7057
early learning programs 7057
system, achievement superintendents 7056
system changes, legislation 5339-40
Environmental protection, government action 5337
Evans, Kevin, role in small business round table 5789, 5791
Fast-Track program 5830-1
Finnerty, Merle, work in Penticton 5365
First nations, taxation initiatives, government grants 5831-2
Forests and forest industry
cutting permit process 5796
industry in B.C., e-filing, issues 5801-2
Fraser River, port land along river 8025-6
Fuel, gasoline prices 7840
Government
regulations and red tape
citizen-centred regulatory reform 5784, 5795-6
regulatory reform and environmental or social issues 5794, 5799
regulatory reform, goals 5795-9
revenues
international fuel tax agreement 5825, 7017
revenue collection 5783-4, 5786-7, 6716
revenue management system 5807-8
revenue streams 5806-7
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, parking site tax 5835
Health care funding 5339
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 6716
Hotel Room Tax Act, amendments 6716
Housing, government initiatives 5339
Income Tax Act, amendments 6716
Income tax, adminstration, harmonization with federal income tax system 6716
Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation, implementation of report recommendations 8471-2
Insurance Corporation of B.C., non-expiring licence decal initiative 5796
Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 6717
James, Carole, position on MLA remuneration and pension 8471-3
Jamieson, Pennie, death 6997
Junior Achievement program, integration into school districts 5791
Kingshott, Tom, homeowner grant appeal case 5806
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 6716
Leadership B.C. program, funding 5792
Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8471-4
Legislature, members' conduct and debate, members not to access electronic devices when they have the floor 5799
Literacy levels in B.C. 7057
MLAs, remuneration and pension plan 8471-4
Mineral Land Tax Act, amendments 6717
MLAs, members thanked for assistance and support 5723
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 6716
NDP
business experience of MLAs 5338
position on issues
MLA remuneration and pension plan 8472-4
MLA remuneration and pension plan, 2005 package 8471
oil and gas exploration 7841
Pacific gateway initiative and projects 5340
Oil and gas
exploration, NDP position 7841
petroleum registry 5832-3
Okanagan-Westside constituency and area, work of local elected officials 5338
Ports
assessment of property 7923, 8030-1
assessment of property, applicability to eligible port land 8025-7
Property Assessment Appeal Board
2005 annual report tabled 5434
2006 annual report tabled 7757
compensation for board members 5835
Property, legislation, streamlining of information-sharing provisions, privacy issues 6716, 7010-3
Property tax
appeals of property assessments 5784-5, 7923, 8031
assessment of property 7084
assessment of property, impact of changes on municipalities 8030-1
exemption for small-unit supportive housing 5339
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 6716
Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 6716
Quarton, Harry, Legion of Honour award from France 6529-30
Resorts, ski resort property assessment 7923, 8024-5
Richards, Kristi, athletic accomplishments 6063
Robertson, Gregor, position on coal-fired plants 5337-8, 5340-1
Rundell, Doug, position with B.C. Assessment, remuneration 5834-5
Sales, retailers, registration certificate requirements 6716
Sales tax
exemptions and reductions 5799-801
public seminars 5786
review 5785, 5799
valuation of goods and services for taxation purposes 6716
School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7056-7
Similkameen Valley, environmental conditions 5339
Sinclair, Jim, position on MLA remuneration and pension plan 8472-3
Skills training, shortage of skilled workers, impact on small business, government action 5791-2
Small Business and Revenue Ministry
estimates debate 5782-808, 5825-36
accessibility and accountability 5831
accomplishments, goals and responsibilities 5782-7
audits of programs and services 5830
centre of excellence for tax administration and revenue management 5786, 5807, 5828
contracted services 5834
customer service 5783-4, 5786, 5830-1
regulatory reform component 5787
small business component, staff and workload 5787-8
staff commended 5783
staff, meetings with lobbyists 5833-4
travel budget 5831
work on climate change issues 5804-5
Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6716-8, 7010-7
Social Service Tax Act, amendments 6716
Statements
Thanks to members 5723
Strata property, short-term rental property assessment 7923, 8023-4
Taxation
advance tax explanations and rulings 7013-7
B.C.–Canada service management framework 5787
system in B.C., administration and definitions 6716-7
taxpayer fairness and service code 5784, 5786, 6718
Taxation (Rural Areas) Act, amendments 6716
Throne speech, content 5340-1
Throne speech debate 5337-41
Tobacco, legislation, enforcement 6716
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 6716
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects, NDP position 5340
Tributes
Harry Quarton 6529-30
Kristi Richards 6063
Merle Finnerty 5365
Pennie Jamieson 6997
Wine, independent producers, access to liquor distribution system 5833
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

As subject
consultation with women in B.C. 5856
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 8289-94
Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8628, 8695, 8699-700
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 6968-71
Albeluhn, Elmer, financial obligations re former spouse 6259
Alert Bay
first nations facilities 8600-1
smoking areas in legion, petition tabled 9266
Ambulance service, paramedics 7844
Ann Elmore Transition House
Project Clothesline event 7086
services 9595
Atira Women's Resource Society, funding 7629
Auditor General, role in government spending 8151
Australia, child care system 9042-3
Autism, intervention services 8394
Automobiles, booster seats, government distribution 8741-2, 8779-80, 8835
Bakken, Tom, homesteader's eviction from Crown lands, petitions tabled 5590, 5750, 6477, 6704
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
education in rural areas 5472, 8011-2
transit services 5855-6
B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, position on government education policy changes 7288
B.C. Council for Families, funding 8396-7
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 9301
approach to governing 9199, 9212-3
MLAs, comments on 1990s and NDP government performance 5854
Budget debate 5470-3
Campbell, Gordon, position on issues
climate change 9407
Nisga'a treaty 8598
number of seats in Legislature 9200
Campbell River
cruise ship terminal 7590
cruise ship terminal and port electrification 6273
forest industry issues 6622
Campbell River Environmental Council, concerns re impact of mining industry discharges on area waters 7445
Campbell River Hospital, history and status 9146-7
Canadian Red Cross, RespectED program for prevention of abuse in relationships 5268
Child Care Month 7372
Child Care Subsidy Act, amendments 6443-5
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 8393-410
Children, child care
accessibility, impact on economy 5471-2, 6307, 6925
child care in workplace, WorkLife B.C. 8395, 8407-8
child care providers, corporations 9042-4
child care providers, resources in government booklet 9555
child care resource and referral programs
centre closings 5416, 5901-2, 6367, 8405
funding 5747, 6929, 8404, 8409
government consultation 5415
service hours 8406
staffing 8406
child care workers
public appreciation 7999
wages 5471, 5857, 7755, 8400, 9266
funding 5471
allocation 8394, 8398-400, 8404-5
announcements 8399-400
capital funding 8401-2, 8407
federal agreement, B.C. government action 6307
federal funding and plan 8401-2
government funding of private operators 9042-4
one-time funding for child care operators 6307, 8151-2, 8395-9
operating funds 8402-3
petitions tabled 5276, 5590, 5632, 5750, 5844, 6071, 6214, 6477, 7131, 8152, 8309, 8361
government action 8544
licensing of child care centres, link to child safety 6367
need for affordable child care 5856-7
spaces, availability 5271, 5857, 9266
spaces, waiting lists 5271
subsidy eligibility
application form 8403
cost of computer system 8403-4
number of eligible families 6126, 8401
verification of information, third-party reporting 6126, 6443-5
system 5471, 5729-31
system, comparison with other countries 6532-3
system, conditions in B.C. 5856-7, 7372, 9042, 9044
user costs 8402
Children, early childhood development
school readiness 6808
StrongStart B.C. initiative 6807-8, 7288, 7356, 7378
Climate change
action on climate change, need for fundamental change 5854
climate action team 9407
government action, scope 9407-8
government funding for initiatives 5470
Coalition of Child Care Advocates, work of group 5414
Commissions of inquiry, release of reports to Legislative Assembly, time requirement 6182
Community Services Ministry
estimates debate 7628-37
minister's meetings with women's centres 7633
Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
debate 6404-5, 6493-4
definitions, "resort area" 6493-4
Comox-Strathcona regional district, restructuring by provincial government 9300
Cortes Island, health clinic 7714
Cumberland, mining history 8355-6
Democracy
public confidence in democracy 9300
role of government accountability 9212
Education
class size and composition, special needs students 7288
fees for equipment and materials, hardship provisions 7286-8
fees for special academies and programs 5472, 7287-8
funding structure 5472
school boards and districts
accountability, responsibility for student achievement 7286
achievement contracts 7288-9
early learning programs 7355-6, 7378
trustees, powers and role 7286
schools, use of school buildings for out-of-school care 6808-9
students, credit and reimbursement for accredited lessons taken outside school 8011-2
system changes 7286-8
Education Ministry, estimates debate 6807-9
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 8011-2
Elections
constituencies, rural and urban constituencies 9299
electoral systems, proportional representation 9301
public confidence in electoral system 9199-200, 9299-300
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9199-200, 9299-300
referendum on electoral system for B.C., proposed electoral boundaries 9301
Electoral Boundaries Commission
mandate 9199
work of commission, time line 9301
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007, debate 9199-200, 9299-301
Employment and Income Assistance Ministry, estimates debate 6259-60
Energy
alternative energy sources 5855
bioenergy 5855
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 7200-1, 7257-8
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 7444-6
Evans, Corky, throne speech debate 5854
Falcon, Kevin, comments on infrastructure projects in China 9087
Family maintenance enforcement program, participants, obligations re former spouses 6259
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 6297-8
fuel costs and consumption 6298
service to ferry-dependent communities 5855, 6297-9, 9087
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, prevention and services, funding 8394
First nations
B.C. treaty process 8598-600
capacity-building, management of consultation and negotiation processes 8291, 8294
conditions for first nations in B.C. 8598
consultation by government on land and resources 5470-1, 8289-94, 8600
relocation of first nations to reserves 8600
Forests and forest industry
call for summit on future of B.C. industry 9464-5
coastal forest industry, log supply 6622
companies, government assistance 9464-5
export of raw logs 6622
private lands, removal from tree farm licences, government consultation with first nations 5470-1, 6385, 6847, 7519, 8289-93
silviculture 5855
tree farm licence No. 6, issues 6847-8
woodlots 8060
Forests and Range Ministry, estimates debate 6847-8
Freedom of the press, role in democracy 7432
Germyn, Shelagh, run for child care awareness 8544
Goodwin, Ginger, activism for miners' rights 8355-6
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
board of directors, changes and powers 9087
revenues, fare increases and taxes 9213
review of governance structure, proposed changes and legislation 9086-8, 9211-4
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43), debate 9086-8, 9211-4
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act
debate 9406-8
content of bill 9406-8
debate in Legislature 9407
Guardianship, adult guardianship
advanced care directives and representation agreements 8699-700
court-ordered and statutory guardianships 8628, 8695
duties of guardians 8628, 8695
Hamatla Treaty Group, work on treaty negotiation principles 8599
Health Ministry, estimates debate 7711-4, 7843-5
Highway 16, missing women along highway
government action 5585, 7484, 7634-5
Highway of Tears Symposium 5585
Highway 19
Beaver Cove–Port Hardy section, resurfacing and road condition 6350-1
Fair Harbour road conditions, petition tabled 8361
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 6372-3
Housing
social and subsidized housing, need 5472
temporary housing and shelters, number of shelter beds 5472
Hupacasath First Nation, consultation by government on removal of lands from tree farm licences 6848
Immigration, social assistance debts of sponsors' spouses in abuse cases 5989
Income assistance
appeal tribunal panels, number of members 6479
benefits, earnings exemption 6259-60
International Women's Day 5986
Johnston, Alan, kidnapping victim 7432
Journalists, call for release of kidnapped journalists 7432-3
Jumbo Glacier Resort, impact of resort designation legislation on development proposal, public response 6404
Justice system, Crown counsel, prosecution policy in spousal abuse cases 5856
Ka:'yu:'k't'h'-Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation, concerns re electricy rates from private power line 7200-1
Kwakiutl First Nation
concerns about removal of lands from tree farm licences on Vancouver Island 7519
consultation by government on removal of lands from Vancouver Island tree farm licences 6847-8, 8289-93, 8600
Kyuquot
living conditions 9439-41
Nuu-chah-nulth student graduation celebration 9440
Legislature
number of seats 9200, 9299
opposition, role 5854
Lehigh Northwest Cement Ltd., Sayward aggregate mine proposal 7257
Lower mainland, transit services 9086-7
Maa-nulth First Nations, treaty, final agreement 9439-41
Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act, debate 9439-41
Manufactured homes, redevelopment of manufactured home parks, compensation for evicted homeowners, petition tabled 7284
Miners Memorial Day 8355-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 6126, 6443-5, 6479
Morales, Robert, comments on treaty negotiation process 8599
Motions
referral of report on Legislature artwork depicting first nations people, debate 7119
road maintenance, debate 6372-3
summit on future of forest industry, debate 9464-5
North Island College, funding and services 6968-71
North Island constituency and area
description of islands in area 7265-6
distribution of booster seats in area 8779-80
electoral boundaries 9200, 9301
ferry services 5855, 7265-8
first nations issues 8600-1
forest industry concerns 5470
mill closings 9464-5
woodlots in area 8060
North Island Post-Secondary Education Committee, funding for study 6970
Octopus Islands Provincial Park, expansion 7444-6
Oil and gas
coalbed methane gas, issues and concerns 5854
offshore drilling, environmental concerns 5855
Oil and Gas Commission, child care centre for workers' children in Fort St. John 7755
Oral questions
Child care funding 5271, 6307
Distribution of booster seats to low-income families 8741-2, 8779-80, 8835
Forests Ministry consultation with first nations on release of private lands 6385
Funding for child care centres 8151-2
Funding for child care in Vancouver 6929
Funding for child care resource and referral centres 5415-6, 5747, 5901-2
Government child care booklet 9555
Government consultation with first nations on release of private lands 7519
Immigrant sponsorship debts in family violence situations 5989
Raw log exports 6622
Wages for child care workers 7755, 9266
Orca Sand and Gravel Ltd., Port McNeill operations expansion proposal 7258
Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7405-6
Parks, conservancies, permitted uses 7406
Parliament Buildings, artwork depicting first nations, report by Speaker's advisory panel, implementation of recommendations 7119
Petitions
Alert Bay, smoking areas in legion 9266
child care funding 5276, 5590, 5632, 5750, 5844, 6071, 6214, 6477, 7131, 8152, 8309, 8361
compensation for homeowners evicted by redevelopment 7284
eviction of homesteader Tom Bakken from Crown lands 5590, 5750, 6477, 6704
Highway 19–Fair Harbour road conditions 8361
hospital services in Comox Valley and north Island 9153
Ports, electrification 5855, 6273
Post-secondary education, first nations enrolment levels 6969-70
Private members' statements
Child care 5729-31, 9042-4
Island living 7265-8
Public Inquiry Act, debate 6182
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 7484
Quadra Island, expansion of parks in area 7406, 7444-5
Quinsam Coal Corp., mine operations
discharges in area waters 7445-6
expansion and exploration activities 7446
Reid, Linda, visits to child care centres as Child Care Minister of State 8406-7
Resorts
designation of resort region 6404, 6493-4
development, involvement of local government in decision-making processes 6404-5
Robron Centre, use of former school 6809
School district 72 (Campbell River)
fees for band instruments, elimination 5472
issues 7286
School district 84 (Vancouver Island West), issues 7286
School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)
issues 7286
StrongStart program 6807
School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007, debate 7286-9, 7355-6, 7378
Skills training
mobile trades-training centres 6969
trades training for women 7637
trades training in rural areas 6969, 6971
Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park, expansion 7444-5
Smith, Therese, comments on Maa-nulth treaty 9440
Sointula Winter Fest, activities 9260-1
Spare Time Fun Centre, services 6533
Statements by members
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
Stern, Nicholas, comments on climate change 9408
Substance abuse and addiction, detox beds 7630
Tahsis, mill operations 9465
Taxation without representation 9213
Teachers, misconduct registry 6367
Throne speech, content, environmental focus 5854
Throne speech debate 5853-7
Tidemark Theatre, funding for upgrade project 9008-9
TimberWest Forest Corp., log supply 6622
Transition houses
funding, government contracts 7628-9
second-stage housing 7629-30
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 6273, 6297-9, 6349-51
Tsawwassen First Nation, treaty, final agreement
transfer of lands from agricultural land reserve 8598
treaty 8597-8, 8600
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 8597-601
Ukraine, democracy 9299
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, B.C. support 8601
Vancouver Island, north Island
ambulance service 7843-5
Great Walk from Gold River to Tahsis 8230
highways and roads 6350-1
hospitals, location and services 7711-4
hospitals, petition tabled 9153
Victim assistance
programs and services, counselling programs, women on wait-lists 7630-1
victim of crime surcharge fund 7484
Violence against women
government action 5856
incidence 5268, 7086, 9470
prevention 7631-5
Welfare, social programs and services, delivery, regionalization 8409
West Shore Child, Youth and Family Centre, facilities and programs 9362
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, funding 8408-9
Western Forest Products Inc.
access to Crown lands 5470
removal of land from tree farm licence 6847
Vancouver Island operations 9464-5
Women
achievements and challenges 5986
issues, government support 5856-7
issues, ministerial responsibility 7628-30, 7634, 7636-7
pay equity 5857
women in business 6925
women's centres, funding 7632-4
women's centres, funding for literacy programs 7635-7
World Press Freedom Day 7432-3

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