Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 38th Parliament – 2008
INDEX (Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Oral questions by subject

Agricultural land reserve
Agricultural land reserve regulations (Bell) 10965 (de Jong) 10889-90 (Krog) 10889, 10965
Agriculture
Employment standards for farmworkers (Bell) 10287-8 (Evans) 10287-8 (Ilich) 10287 (Puchmayr) 10287
Feed supply for hog farms (Bell) 11780-1 (Evans) 11780-1
Funding for Buy B.C. program (Bell) 12972 (Evans) 12972
Government action on farmworker safety (Chouhan) 10287 (Ilich) 10286-7 (James) 10286-7 (Oppal) 10287
Alcohol
Rural agency stores and government liquor retail policies (Austin) 13696 (Coleman) 13695-6 (Trevena) 13695 (Wyse) 13695
Aquaculture
Fallowing of salmon farms in Broughton Archipelago (Austin) 9795 (Bell) 9795, 10290-1 (Fraser) 10290
Bountiful
Bountiful and polygamy issue (Evans) 11447 (Oppal) 11447
Government support for women and children in Bountiful (Chong) 11212-3 (Christensen) 11213 (Krog) 11212 (Oppal) 11212 (Simons) 11213 (Thorne) 11212
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
B.C. Hydro and independent power producers (Horgan) 9734-5 (Neufeld) 9734-5
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
B.C. Lottery Corporation management of casino transactions (Farnworth) 12658 (Gentner) 12736 (James) 12657 (Krog) 12658, 12735-6 (Ralston) 12737 (van Dongen) 12657-8, 12735-7
B.C. Place Stadium
B.C. Place roof replacement (Farnworth) 10290, 11777 (Hagen) 10289-90, 11213, 11776-8, 11869 (Macdonald) 10289-90, 11213, 11776-7, 11869
Condition of B.C. Place roof (Bains) 12819 (Chudnovsky) 12819 (Hagen) 12818-20 (Karagianis) 12820 (Kwan) 12820 (Macdonald) 12818 (Simpson, S.) 12819
Release of report on B.C. Place roof (Hagen) 11617, 11710 (Macdonald) 11617, 11710
Budget and economy
Budget priorities (Austin) 9867-8 (de Jong) 9865-70 (Horgan) 9869 (James) 9865-7 (Ralston) 9867 (Simpson, S.) 9868-9
Public release of quarterly economic report (Hansen) 13562 (Ralston) 13562
Children and youth
Child care spaces in B.C. (Reid) 12603-4, 12739 (Trevena) 12603, 12739
Child death investigations by Representative for Children and Youth (Christensen) 11528 (Karagianis) 11527-8
Child in the Home of a Relative program (Christensen) 11945-8 (Dix) 11947 (James) 11945 (Karagianis) 11946-7 (Simons) 11946
Child poverty in B.C. (Brar) 12034 (Dix) 12034-5 (Kwan) 9811 (Ralston) 9810-1 (Richmond) 9810-2, 12034-5 (Simons) 9811
Child protection services (Christensen) 12032-4 (Fraser) 12033 (Karagianis) 12032-3 (Simons) 12031-2
Funding for child protection services (Christensen) 11443-5 (James) 11443-4 (Krog) 11444 (Simons) 11445
Funding for sexual abuse intervention program (Christensen) 9738 (Simons) 9738
Government action on child poverty (Coleman) 13183 (Dix) 13182-3
Implementation of child protection report recommendations (Christensen) 13317-9 (James) 13317-8 (McGinn) 13319
Independence of Representative for Children and Youth (Christensen) 11056-7 (Krog) 11057 (Simons) 11056-7
Regional aboriginal authorities (Christensen) 11866-9 (Dix) 11868 (Fraser) 11867 (Kwan) 11868-9 (Simons) 11866-7
Report recommendations for child protection services (Christensen) 11527 (Simons) 11527
Respite services for disabled children (Christensen) 10235-6, 11780, 12973 (Simons) 10235-6, 11780, 12972-3
Services and wait-lists for special needs children (Christensen) 13319-20 (McGinn) 13319 (Simons) 13319-20
Services for children and youth (Christensen) 9984-5 (James) 9984 (Simons) 9984-5
Staffing of integrated child protection teams (Farnworth) 13633-4
Community Living British Columbia
Community Living B.C. eligibility criteria (Christensen) 9985-7 (Dix) 9985-6 (Routley) 9987 (Simons) 9985
Corrections system
Protection of information in CORNET database (Krog) 10790 (van Dongen) 10790
Retention and recruitment of corrections officers (Farnworth) 12815-6 (Puchmayr) 12816 (van Dongen) 12815-6
Crime and violence
Coroner's inquest into Oak Bay deaths (Farnworth) 12188 (Kwan) 12189 (Oppal) 12188-9
Deaths of children in Merritt (Campbell) 11118 (Lali) 11117-8, 11287-8 (Oppal) 11288 (van Dongen) 11287
Government action on domestic violence (Farnworth) 11524-5 (Krog) 11526 (Oppal) 11525-6 (Sather) 11526-7 (Thorne) 11525-6 (van Dongen) 11524-7
Government action on gang violence (Campbell) 13586-8 (Farnworth) 13588 (James) 13585-6 (Krog) 13587
Government action on gun violence (Farnworth) 13563 (Krog) 13562-3 (van Dongen) 13562-4
Handling of domestic violence cases in justice system (Farnworth) 11288-9, 11446-7 (James) 11286-7 (Oppal) 11286-9, 11447
Investigation into death in Maple Ridge (Farnworth) 12737 (Sather) 12820 (van Dongen) 12737, 12820
Public release of report on gun violence (Fleming) 13635 (van Dongen) 13635
Victim services (Simons) 11288 (van Dongen) 11288
Victim services in domestic violence cases (Oppal) 11446 (Thorne) 11446 (Trevena) 11445-6 (van Dongen) 11445-6
Disabled and handicapped persons
Services for disabled persons and salaries for government executives (Coleman) 13182 (McGinn) 13182 (Simons) 13182
Education and schools
Class size and composition in education system (Bond) 13320-1 (Herbert) 13321 (Macdonald) 13320
Cowichan Valley schools and child care spaces (Bond) 12603 (Horgan) 12603 (Routley) 12603
Education funding (Bond) 12737-9 (Coons) 12737-8 (Cubberley) 12738-9 (Wyse) 12738
Education funding and closing of B.C. schools (Bond) 9791-2 (James) 9791
Funding for cultural curriculum in B.C. schools (Bond) 12973 (Kwan) 12973
Funding for school playgrounds (Bond) 10190-2, 11613-7 (Coons) 11615 (Cubberley) 10191, 11614 (Farnworth) 11617 (James) 10190, 11613-4 (Krog) 11615 (Kwan) 10191-2, 11616 (Simpson, S.) 11616
Funding for special needs students (Bond) 9932 (Cubberley) 9931-2
Koksilah Elementary School closing (Bond) 9792-3, 10020-2 (Campbell) 10021 (Dix) 10022 (Farnworth) 10021-2 (Fraser) 10021 (Horgan) 9792, 10020-1 (Routley) 9792, 10019-20
Safety of 15-seat vans (Bond) 9793 (Cubberley) 9793
Sale of school lands (Bond) 10966-7 (Brar) 10966 (Cubberley) 10966 (Routley) 10966-7
Seismic upgrades for schools (Bond) 12354, 12507 (Cubberley) 12353-4, 12506-7 (Farnworth) 12507
Special education funding (Bond) 9986-7 (Cubberley) 9986
Energy
Independent power project proposals (Horgan) 11376 (Neufeld) 11376 (Penner) 11375-6 (Simpson, S.) 11375-6
Proposed power project for Cascade Falls (Conroy) 10891 (Penner) 10891-2
Proposed power project for Klinaklini River (Penner) 13119-20 (Simpson, S.) 13119-20
Environment
Carbon offset projects (Penner) 12268-9 (Sather) 12268
Great Bear conservancy and Nascall River power project (Coons) 10790-1 (Penner) 10790-1
Ferry services
B.C. Ferries board appointment and remuneration (Falcon) 11373-5 (Fleming) 11375 (Krog) 11373-4 (Ralston) 11374
B.C. Ferries board remuneration (Coons) 12599-600 (Falcon) 12599-601 (Karagianis) 12600-1
Customer rewards program for ferry fares (Coons) 12658-9 (Falcon) 12659-61 (Simons) 12659-60 (Trevena) 12660
Ferry fares (Coons) 9736-7, 11372 (Falcon) 9736-7, 11372-3 (Trevena) 9737, 11372-3
Ferry safety (Coons) 11118
First nations
Haisla First Nation and B.C. Utilities Commission decision-making process (Austin) 10140, 10193-4, 10234 (Campbell) 10194 (Farnworth) 10194 (Fraser) 10140-1 (Horgan) 10141, 10234-5 (Neufeld) 10140-1, 10193-4, 10234-5
Jordan's principle and first nations housing (Christensen) 13278, 13590 (Trevena) 13278, 13589-90
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (de Jong) 13119 (Fraser) 13119
Fisheries
Pacific salmon treaty (Fraser) 12888 (Penner) 12888-9
Wild salmon fishery (Bell) 10890 (Fraser) 10890
Forest industry
Community consultations with Roundtable on Forestry (Coleman) 11711-2 (Simpson, B.) 11712 (Trevena) 11711
Compensation for tree farm licence land removals on Vancouver Island (Bell) 13213 (Horgan) 13213
Federal community stability funding (Hansen) 9987-8 (Simpson, B.) 9987-8
Forest industry jobs in B.C. (Coleman) 10137-9 (Evans) 10138 (James) 10137
Forest land sales in Kamloops area (Coleman) 10139 (Conroy) 10139
Future of Elk Falls sawmill (Coleman) 11120-1 (Evans) 11120 (Simpson, B.) 11120-1
Government action on forest industry (Bains) 11870 (Bell) 13212 (Campbell) 12413, 12415 (Coleman) 11778-9, 11870-1, 11948-50, 12036, 12095-7, 12189-90, 12267-8, 12350-2, 12412-5, 12505-6, 12884-8 (Evans) 12505-6, 12887-8 (Hansen) 12265-7, 13210-1 (James) 12349-50, 12412-3, 12884-5, 13210-1 (Krog) 11778-9, 12036 (Macdonald) 11949, 12096, 12189, 12266-7, 12351, 12413-4 (Puchmayr) 12035-6, 12095-6 (Routley) 11778, 11870, 11948, 12095, 12267-8, 12415, 12505, 12887 (Simpson, B.) 11779, 11948-9, 12265-6, 12352, 12414-5, 12885-6, 13211-2 (Trevena) 11778, 12189
Government action on forest worker safety (Ilich) 9688 (Trevena) 9688
Government action on Vancouver Island forest industry (Bell) 13212-3 (Horgan) 13213 (Routley) 13212
Government response to tree farm licence land removals (Chong) 11289-90 (Coleman) 13035-6 (de Jong) 11290 (Fraser) 13035 (Horgan) 11289, 13035-6 (Simpson, B.) 11290
Government support for forest workers (Austin) 12506 (Bell) 13696-7 (Coleman) 10139-40, 13036-7, 13121 (Conroy) 12970-1 (Evans) 13120-1 (Fleming) 12886 (Hansen) 12506, 12886-7, 12970-2 (Macdonald) 13696 (Simpson, B.) 10139-40, 12971-2, 13696-7 (Trevena) 12970, 13036
Investigation into tree farm licence land removals (Coleman) 11209-11 (Farnworth) 11211 (Fleming) 11211 (Horgan) 11210 (Oppal) 11211-2 (Ralston) 11209-10 (Simpson, B.) 11210 (Simpson, S.) 11211
Protection of forest industry jobs (Coleman) 9637-8 (Fraser) 9637 (Routley) 9637 (Simpson, B.) 9637-8
Softwood lumber agreement (Coleman) 12504-5 (Simpson, B.) 12504
TimberWest logging operations (Coleman) 9636-7 (Trevena) 9636
Tree farm licence land removals in Interior B.C. (Coleman) 13035 (Simpson, B.) 13034-5
Tree farm licence land removals in Revelstoke area (Coleman) 13120 (Macdonald) 13120
Tree farm licence land removals on Vancouver Island (Coleman) 11711, 12185 (de Jong) 12186-7 (Fleming) 12187 (Fraser) 12185-6 (Horgan) 12186-7 (Routley) 11710-1 (Taylor) 12186-7
Government and Legislature
Comments by Liberal MLA in Children and Youth Committee (de Jong) 10724-5 (Fraser) 10724-5
Gaming industry contributions to Liberal Party (de Jong) 13378-80 (Krog) 13378 (Lali) 13379-80 (Simpson, S.) 13378-9
Government spending on advertising (Campbell) 13186-7 (Farnworth) 13186, 13382 (Fleming) 13184-5, 13214 (Hansen) 13184-6, 13213-5, 13382-3 (Horgan) 13185 (Ralston) 13184, 13213-4 (Simpson, S.) 13215
Police investigation of former Solicitor General (Farnworth) 10636 (James) 10635-6 (Karagianis) 10638-9 (Kwan) 10637 (Macdonald) 10637-8 (Oppal) 10635-40 (Simpson, S.) 10639 (Thorne) 10639
Premier's compliance with conflict-of-interest guidelines (de Jong) 12968-70 (Gentner) 12968 (Horgan) 12969-70 (Krog) 12968-9
Salaries for government executives (Coell) 13181-2 (James) 13181-2
Health care facilities
Availability of beds at Royal Columbian Hospital (Abbott) 9687-8, 12507-8 (Dix) 12508 (Puchmayr) 9687-8, 12507
Availability of beds at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (Abbott) 12602-3 (Dix) 12602
Availability of long-term care beds (Abbott) 13275 (Gentner) 13275
Availability of long-term care beds in Interior Health Authority (Abbott) 13381-2 (Conroy) 13381-2
Beds in Fraser Health Authority long-term care facilities (Abbott) 12661 (Gentner) 12661
Cleaning services at health care facilities (Abbott) 9929-30, 10080-1 (Dix) 9929-30, 10080-1 (James) 9928-9
Closing of Cowichan Lodge (Abbott) 13275-6 (Routley) 13275-6
Emergency services at Royal Columbian Hospital (Abbott) 13116-9 (Dix) 13118 (James) 13116-7 (Puchmayr) 13117-8
Funding for Royal Columbian Hospital (Abbott) 10887-8, 10962-4 (Dix) 10887 (James) 10962-3 (Puchmayr) 10887-8, 10963-4
Long-term care beds at Zion Park Manor (Abbott) 13273-4, 13276-7, 13380 (Dix) 13276-7 (Gentner) 13274, 13380 (James) 13273-4
Services at Retirement Concepts seniors facilities (Abbott) 10192-3, 10232 (Gentner) 10193 (James) 10231-2 (Sather) 10192
Staffing at Joseph Creek residential care facility (Abbott) 9930 (Macdonald) 9930
Staffing levels at Mount Cartier Court (Abbott) 10079-80 (Macdonald) 10079
Status of seniors care facilities (Abbott) 9808-10 (Dix) 9809-10 (Gentner) 9808-9 (James) 9807-8
Status of Sunshine Lodge (Abbott) 10080 (Trevena) 10080
Surgical services at Kelowna General Hospital (Abbott) 10964-5 (Dix) 10964-5
Health care services
Ambulance services in rural B.C. (Abbott) 9794-5 (Conroy) 9794-5
Health care on northern Vancouver Island (Abbott) 12417 (Trevena) 12416
Health care services in Princeton (Abbott) 9931 (Lali) 9931
Mammography services (Abbott) 13034 (Thorne) 13034
MRI waiting times in Interior Health Authority (Abbott) 13032-4 (Dix) 13033-4 (James) 13032-3
Paramedic services in Invermere (Abbott) 9793-4 (Macdonald) 9793-4
Highways and roads
Safety of Bamfield road (Falcon) 9688 (Fraser) 9688
Homelessness
Deaths of homeless people (Chudnovsky) 11528 (van Dongen) 11528
Homelessness (Brar) 11055 (Chudnovsky) 11055-6, 12739-40 (Coleman) 11053-6 (de Jong) 12740 (Gentner) 11054 (James) 11053 (Thorne) 11054-5
Housing
Government policy on damage deposits (Chudnovsky) 10288 (Kwan) 10288-9 (Richmond) 10288-9
Little Mountain development project and social housing (Chudnovsky) 13322-3 (Coleman) 13321-3 (Kwan) 13321-2
Tenancy dispute resolution process (Coleman) 12098 (Thorne) 12098
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Call for independent investigation into ICBC vehicle sales (Farnworth) 10078 (James) 10076-7 (Lali) 10077-8 (Les) 10076-8 (Simpson, S.) 10078
ICBC performance bonuses to Paul Taylor (Farnworth) 10790 (Lali) 10888-9 (van Dongen) 10790, 10888-9
ICBC rate structure (Lali) 9737-8 (Les) 9737-8
Investigation into ICBC vehicle sales (Bains) 10721, 10889, 10965-6 (Farnworth) 10721-2 (Fleming) 10789-90 (Gentner) 10789 (James) 10720-1, 10787-8 (Ralston) 10789 (van Dongen) 10720-2, 10787-90, 10889, 10966
Justice system
Call for bail process review (Campbell) 13589 (Farnworth) 13588
Redeployment of police and justice system resources (de Jong) 13635-6 (Farnworth) 13634 (Kwan) 13635-6 (Oppal) 13634 (Simpson, S.) 13634 (van Dongen) 13634
Retention and recruitment of sheriffs (Dix) 12817-8 (Krog) 12817 (Oppal) 12817-8
L'Arche Foundation
Funding for L'Arche Foundation in Burnaby (Chouhan) 13119 (Christensen) 13119
Lobbyists
Lobbyists registration legislation (James) 13377-8 (Karagianis) 10484 (Oppal) 10484, 13377-8
Mental health
Closing of psychiatric ward in Port Alberni hospital (Abbott) 12270 (Fraser) 12269-70
Funding for B.C. Schizophrenia Society (Abbott) 13381 (Kwan) 13380-1
Government action on mental health beds (Abbott) 9683-4 (Chudnovsky) 9683
Report on decommissioning of Riverview Hospital (Abbott) 9684 (Chudnovsky) 9684
Mines
Penalty provisions for mining industry (Krueger) 11121 (Macdonald) 11121
Recommendation from Sullivan mine accident inquest (Krueger) 10725 (Macdonald) 10725
Safety inspections of mines (Krueger) 11121-2 (Puchmayr) 11121-2
Olympic Games
Access to information on Olympic secretariat and VANOC meetings (Bains) 11528-9 (Hansen) 11528-9
Accessibility of Olympic Games tickets (Farnworth) 13694-5 (Hansen) 13695
Accountability for Olympic Games costs (Bains) 13694 (Hansen) 13694
B.C. Hydro and ICBC purchase of Olympic Games tickets (Bains) 13694 (Hansen) 13694
Impact of Olympic security costs on utility and transit rates (Hansen) 13692-4 (Horgan) 13693-4 (James) 13692-3
Olympic Games contract with Fortress Investment Group (Dix) 13632 (Hansen) 13631-2 (James) 13631-2
Olympic Games costs (Bains) 13590-1 (Hansen) 13591
Olympic Games security costs (Bains) 13561, 13590, 13632-3 (Hansen) 13560-2, 13590, 13632-3 (Horgan) 13633 (James) 13560-1
Women's ski jumping at 2010 Olympics (Bains) 9932 (Hansen) 9932-3
Parks
Heli-skiing in Purcell Wilderness Conservancy (Hagen) 10024 (Macdonald) 10024
Private resort in Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park (Hagen) 10142 (Macdonald) 10141-2
People
Bennett, Bill
Tourism Minister communications with constituents (Bennett) 13564-5, 13589 (Macdonald) 13564, 13589
Dobell, Ken
Government relationship with Ken Dobell (Chudnovsky) 10345 (de Jong) 10436 (Farnworth) 10344 (Fleming) 10346-7, 10435 (James) 10343, 10433-4 (Karagianis) 10343-4, 10435 (Krog) 10347 (Kwan) 10344, 10434 (Macdonald) 10345, 10436 (Oppal) 10343-7, 10433-6 (Simpson, B.) 10346 (Simpson, S.) 10344-5, 10434-5 (Thorne) 10435-6
Government response to actions of Ken Dobell (de Jong) 10486, 10557-61 (Farnworth) 10558 (James) 10557-8 (Karagianis) 10484-5, 10560 (Kwan) 10560-1 (Macdonald) 10485-6 (Oppal) 10485-6, 10557 (Ralston) 10559 (Thorne) 10485
Status of Ken Dobell with Law Society of B.C. (de Jong) 10436-7 (Ralston) 10436-7
Dobell, Ken and McDonald, Jessica
Government response to actions of Ken Dobell and Jessica McDonald (de Jong) 10486-8, 10559-60 (Fleming) 10486, 10559 (James) 10483-4 (Kwan) 10487 (Oppal) 10483-4
Paul, Frank
Frank Paul public inquiry (Farnworth) 11119 (Krog) 11119 (Kwan) 11119 (Oppal) 11119 (van Dongen) 11119
Pesticides and toxic substances
Labelling for products containing toxic substances (Penner) 10891 (Robertson) 10891
Non-essential pesticide use (Penner) 10890-1 (Robertson) 10890
Police services
Funding for integrated sexual predator observation team (Farnworth) 9870 (Les) 9870
Taser use by transit police (Ralston) 11528 (van Dongen) 11528
Post-secondary education
Funding for adult students with special needs (Coell) 11708-9 (James) 11708 (Puchmayr) 11708 (Thorne) 11709
Funding for forestry programs at College of New Caledonia (Coell) 11120 (Fleming) 11119-20
Funding for post-secondary education (Coell) 10722-4, 11707-10, 12353, 12601-2, 12889 (Conroy) 10724 (Dix) 10723-4 (Fleming) 10722-3, 11709, 12353, 12601 (James) 11707 (Kwan) 11710, 12353 (Puchmayr) 12889 (Simpson, B.) 10723, 12601-2
Post-secondary education funding (Coell) 11291 (Fleming) 11290
Railways
CN Rail service in Cariboo (Falcon) 9988 (Wyse) 9988
Disclosure of documents in B.C. Rail court case (Farnworth) 9635, 12416 (James) 9634-5 (Krog) 9635, 9795, 10024, 12094, 12187-8, 12269, 12415-6 (Kwan) 11213-4 (Oppal) 9634-6, 9795, 11214, 12094-5, 12188, 12269, 12415-6 (Ralston) 12094-5, 12188, 12269, 12416 (Simpson, S.) 9636
Disclosure of documents in B.C. Rail–CN Rail investigation (Farnworth) 10437
Disclosure of documents in B.C.Rail–CN Rail investigation (Oppal) 10437-8
Real estate industry
Regulation of new home pre-sale agreements (Kwan) 10079 (Taylor) 9933, 10078-9, 12740 (Thorne) 9933, 10078, 12740
Seniors
Call for a seniors representative (Abbott) 10232-4 (Dix) 10233-4 (Gentner) 10232-3 (James) 10232
Call for seniors representative (Abbott) 9931 (Macdonald) 9931
Taxation
Definition of revenue-neutral (James) 9733-4 (Ralston) 9734 (Taylor) 9733-4 (Thorpe) 9734
Taxi industry
Impact of fuel tax on taxi industry (Falcon) 9870 (Karagianis) 9870
Transit services
Funding for Evergreen line (Chudnovsky) 10023 (Falcon) 10023-4 (Karagianis) 10022-3
Passenger safety on SkyTrain (Dix) 12097-8 (Falcon) 12098 (Farnworth) 12097 (van Dongen) 12097
Proposed TransLink routes in Coquitlam (Falcon) 9684-5 (Farnworth) 9685-6 (Thorne) 9684-5
TransLink board remuneration (Falcon) 9686-7 (Karagianis) 9686-7
TransLink board remuneration and transit rates (Falcon) 9736 (Karagianis) 9736
Waste management
Call for review of sewage regulations (Abbott) 11780 (Wyse) 11780
Woodlands School
Compensation for former Woodlands School residents (Oppal) 10289 (Simons) 10289
Workers
Worker death inquests (Ilich) 10287 (Puchmayr) 10287
Workers Compensation Board coverage for esophageal cancer (Black) 13277-8 (Puchmayr) 13277

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