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

Bains, Harry (Surrey-Newton)

As subject
experience in labour movement (Routley) 12522
family's experience as farmworkers 10748
position on issues
government transportation initiatives (Hayer) 9719
health care services in Surrey (Hayer) 10064-5
Olympic Games (Hansen) 13694
transportation infrastructure in lower mainland (Hayer) 10064
Abbott, George, comments on impact of aging population on health care system 11797
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 10925-7
Agriculture
farmland protection 13030-1
workers
employment standards and safety, government action 10748-9
rights, work of organizations 10747-8
transportation regulations and vehicle inspections 10748
work 10747-8
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 11105-7
Air, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade system 11308, 11310-1
Barkel Business School Ltd., investigation of operations 10925-7, 12480-1
B.C. Federation of Labour, work on farmworker protection 10748
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, hearing process for veterinarians' case 11105-7
B.C. Hydro
facilities, security during Olympic Games 11664-5
sponsorship agreement for Olympic Games 11664
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 11309-10
legislation 11558
priorities 13299-303
B.C. Place Stadium, roof status 12819
B.C. Utilities Commission, investigation into Crown corporation sponsorship of Olympic Games 11668
B.C. Veterinary Medical Association, relationship with Agriculture Ministry 11106
Budget debate 9899-903
Business, public-private partnerships, government accountability 11559
Campbell, Gordon
comments and position on health workers' collective agreements 11796
role in government 11796-7
Carbon tax
impact on working people 9901-2
public response 13299, 13301
Climate change, government action 11308
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru
awareness 12793
B.C. government apology 12792-3
call for government apology and establishment of memorial 12255
Economic Development Ministry
estimates debate 11648-70
estimates debate, issues for discussion 11648-9
Olympic secretariat, access to meeting information 11665-6
Olympic secretariat, budget 11668
relationship with Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit 11661
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13299-303
Economy, economic plan for province 13299, 13301-2
Education, Community LINK program 11419
Education Ministry, estimates debate 11418-22
Employment and unemployment, employment standards, complaint system 10748
Enver Creek Secondary School, band trip to China 11052-3
Evans, Darrell, comments on cap-and-trade legislation 11310
Financial services industry, tax reduction 9902
Forests and forest industry
companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue 11925, 11927
conditions in industry, government action 13301-2
employment, job loss 9903
government forest policies, impact 11925-7
industry in B.C., investment 11926-7
Fraser Health Authority
acute care beds 11797
report on supply of health professionals 12109
Fraser Valley, mill closings and job loss 11925
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling 12511
Golden Ears Bridge, construction, use of foreign workers 13300
Government, spending on advertising 13302
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act
debate 11308-11
application of freedom-of-information legislation 11309
referral to Legislative Initiatives Committee 11308, 11310-1
Hagen, Stan, knowledge of B.C. Place roof deflation alert 12819
Hansen, Colin
comments on Crown corporation sponsorship of Olympic Games 11664
comments on security costs of Olympic Games 11663
meetings with B.C. representatives on Olympic Games security committee 11657
withdrawal from meetings in 2005 re grants for 2010 Legacies Now 11669-70
Health, health care facilities and hospitals, cleaning services, privatization and service standards 12510-1
Health, health care system
cost projections 11797
health professionals
credentialling and scope of practice 12106-9
supply 12107-9
training spaces 12107-8
health professions review board 12108
health support workers, 2002 legislation 12107, 12509-12
NDP position 11796
privatization 11796
privatization, non-clinical services 12512
sustainability principle in B.C. legislation 11796
system in B.C., current conditions 11795
workers, trade unions 12509
Health insurance, cost 11797
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12860
Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12106-9
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 12508-12
purpose of bill, amendments to legislation affecting health workers 12508, 12510
Homelessness, government action 13302
Housing, symposium, attendance by Housing Minister 13303
Hume, Stephen, article on cap-and-trade legislation 11310
Ilich, Olga, work on farmworker protection legislation 10747
Income, income disparity in B.C. 12511
Information and Privacy Commissioner, comments on cap-and-trade legislation 11308-10
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure projects, management 11558
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles 10721, 10889
investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles, public disclosure of internal investigation results 10788, 10965-6
sponsorship agreement for Olympic Games 11668
International Olympic Committee, decision on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games 9903, 9932
Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10747-9
Legislature, fall sitting 13300
Lower mainland
mill closings, job loss 11925
transit services, affordability 13299
MacKenzie Sawmill Ltd., MacKenzie sawmill in Surrey, timber supply 11870, 13302
MacPhail, Joy, comments during debate in 2002 on health workers legislation 12512
Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11774
Manufactured homes, redevelopment of manufactured home parks
compensation for relocation of homes 9902, 13302
protection for homeowners, legislation 11774
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11795-9
Mercer, Bud, comments on security costs of Olympic Games 11660
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2008, debate 12479-81
Morley, Tim, legal action against Fraser Health Authority 11799
Motions
benefits of 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, debate 12874-5
Komagata Maru (Motion 55), debate 12255
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12792-3
Newton Regency Care Home, future of facility 12860
Oil and gas, industry in B.C., subsidies 9902
Olympic Games, 2008 games in Beijing, delegations from B.C. 11668-9
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 Legacies Now, funding 11669-70
athletes village 13300-1, 13424-5
costs and funding 12874-5, 13426-7, 13590-1
accountability and scrutiny 13423-7, 13694
funding from Crown corporations 11664
review by Auditor General 13425
liquor licensing for facilities and events 11462-4
Olympic secretariat, access to meeting information 11528
security
agreement between B.C. and federal governments 11649-64
costs 11649-65, 13561, 13590, 13632-3, 13694
role of federal agencies 11654-6
role of private sector 11662
role of security committee 11649, 11651-3, 11655-8, 11661-2
role of Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit 11658-62
security coverage areas 11651-2, 11654, 11658
security of infrastructure of Crown corporations and other public entities 11664-5
tickets, purchase by Crown corporations 13694
Ontario, credentialling of foreign-trained professionals, legislation 12106, 12108-9
Oral questions
Access to information on Olympic secretariat and VANOC meetings 11528-9
Accountability for Olympic Games costs 13694
B.C. Hydro and ICBC purchase of Olympic Games tickets 13694
Condition of B.C. Place roof 12819
Government action on forest industry 11870
Investigation into ICBC vehicle sales 10721, 10788, 10889, 10965-6
Olympic Games costs 13590-1
Olympic Games security costs 13561, 13590, 13632-3
Women's ski jumping at 2010 Olympics 9932
Pattullo Bridge
conditions and government responsibility 10770-1
replacement 9902
traffic safety initiatives 10772
Physicians, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians 9902, 12106-9
Police and policing
funding for police services 9901
responsibilities of urban police forces during Olympic Games 11652-6
Port Mann Bridge, expansion 11558
Post-secondary education
private institutions, consumer protection, government assistance for impacted students 9902-3, 10926-7, 12480-1
tuition fees 13303
Price, Dave, comments on cap-and-trade legislation 11310
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., role in investigation into Insurance Corporation of B.C. vehicle sale issue 10966
Private members' statements
Job losses in Fraser Valley 11925-7
Public Safety and Solicitor General (Gift Card Certainty) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11462-4
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, relationship with Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit 11661
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, security operations with Olympic Games 11650-1, 11655-62
School district 36 (Surrey)
funding 11421-2
funding for Community LINK program 11419-22
Shepherd, Len, community work and position as MLA 11442
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, security plan for infrastructure during Olympic Games 11665
Statements by members
Enver Creek Secondary School band 11052-3
Len Shepherd 11442
Zaklan farm 13030-1
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on B.C. legislation on health workers collective bargaining 12509
Surrey
crime and prevention 9901
demographics 11420
health care services 9900-1, 11797-8, 12107, 12109
issues and concerns 9718-9
transit services 9719, 10767-9, 11558
Surrey Memorial Hospital
construction of new facilities 9900-1, 11797-8, 13302
emergency services 12511
issues 11798
Sydney, Australia, public-private partnership for cross-city traffic tunnel 11559
Toronto, Ontario, public-private partnership for 407 express toll route 11559
Transit services, fares 9901
Transportation Investment Corporation, purpose of corporation 11558-9
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008
debate 11558-9
content of bill 11558
debate in Legislature 11558
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 10767-72
Vancouver, policing by city during Olympic Games 11653-4, 11656
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009
debate 13423-7
scope of debate 13424
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, report on supply of health professionals 12108-9
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project, costs 13302
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
access to meeting information 11528, 11665-7
accountability 13423-6
funding agreement with provincial government 13425
role and responsibilities 11651, 11662
Veterinarians, professional regulation, English language requirements 11106
Watson, John, report on post-secondary education in B.C., recommendations for private institutions 12480-1
Workers compensation, advisers, status as civil service employees 10748-9
Zaklan family, farm protection 13030-1
Barisoff, Hon. Bill (Penticton–Okanagan Valley) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker and Speaker and Deputy Speaker in Subject index
Bell, Hon. Pat (Prince George North)

As subject
comments in debate on electoral districts legislation (Krog) 10536
comments on Auditor General review of removal of land from tree farm licence (Horgan) 13234
comments on forest industry (Simpson, B.) 13696-7
Agricultural Land Commission
decisions, delegation agreements with local government 10965
decisions, independence 11110
mandate, review 11108
Agricultural land reserve
regulations, compliance and enforcement 10965
review 11108
Agriculture
direct marketing and farmers markets 11160-1
extension services 11102, 11111
family farms 9954-5
farm assessment review panel 11091
farm status, property assessments 11111
farmers, development and training 11102
farmland
appropriate use of land 11203-4
protection 11107
valuation, impact of land speculation 11107
financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers, wildlife mitigation and compensation program 11172
first nations involvement in industry 9955
government plan 9954-5, 11085, 11162-4
greenhouse sector 10288
industry in B.C. 11166-7
promotion of B.C. products, consultation and report 11157-9
promotion of B.C. products, regional programs 11159
regulatory process 11102
urban agriculture, government support 11162
workers
seasonal and guest workers, housing 11170-1
seasonal and guest workers, Mexican farmworker program 10288, 11102
supply 10288
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 11085-111, 11151-78, 11193-204
accomplishments 11085
corporate knowledge and staff succession 11152
Cranbrook office, staff commended 11155
relationship with provincial health officers 11099
role 11111
AgriStability program, changes to farmer assistance program 11102
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, agriculture industry 9954
Animals, protection regulations
abandoned animals 10574
costs 10571
penalties 10356-7, 10575-6
recovery of animals left in vehicles 10570-1, 10575
warrants for seizure of animals 10575
Aquaculture
fish farms, issues 11173, 11175-8
government consultation and planning 9795, 10290-1, 10890, 11174, 11178
industry in B.C., management and monitoring 11174-5
B.C. Agriculture Council, development of wine and culinary centre 11153
B.C. AgriTourism Alliance, funding and status 11153
B.C. Cattlemen's Association, relationship with government and stakeholders 11167
B.C. Food Processors Association, role in licensing of meat producers 11092
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, hearing process for veterinarians' case 11104-7
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
enforcement activities, role of justice system and police forces 10575-6
financial reporting requirements 10574
funding 10575-7
position on ethylene glycol antifreeze ban 10571
powers and role 10356, 10570-1, 10574-5
relationship with government 10570, 10576
B.C. Veterinary Medical Association, relationship with Agriculture Ministry 11105-6
Broughton Archipelago, salmon farms, fallowing and new licences 11176-7
Budget debate 9952-6
Buy B.C. program 11157-8
Carbon tax
NDP position 9953
revenue neutrality 9953
Cariboo area, agriculture and livestock industries, issues 11167
Chilcotin area, slaughter facilities 11089
China, B.C. trade mission 13213
Chutter, Myke, comments on spotted owl protection 11195
Civil service, succession planning 11152
Coastal land and resource management plans, funding initiatives 11199
Crown land, compensation for tenure holders 12472
de Grace, Robert, death 10884
Delta, bylaw re farmworkers and housing 11171
Downie Timber Ltd., Revelstoke sawmill 13213
Elections
redistribution of electoral boundaries, NDP position 10535
redistribution of electoral boundaries, northern and rural constituencies 10535-6
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 10535
Emergencies, food supply during emergencies 11162
Energy
bioenergy strategy 9953-4
wood waste, use to generate electricity 9953
Evans, Corky, decision on Six Mile Ranch land removal as cabinet minister 11110
Fisheries Act (federal), amendments, impact on provincial government 11172
Fishing industry
commercial salmon fishery, government policy 10890
licensing, potential U.S. bids for quota 11172
Food, locally grown food
100-mile diet 9954, 11160
consumer information 9954
government promotion and support 11099, 11101-2, 11157-8, 11160-1
Food industry
egg sales, regulation 11095, 11098-9
meat-processing regulations
development and purpose 11086-7
government assistance with regulatory transition 11093, 11095-7
impact on farm status qualification 11092
impact on local and small producers, cases 11101
implementation 11154
inspections 11154
ministry responsible 11087-9
regulations 11097, 11155
regulations in other jurisdictions 11090
slaughter facilities, capacity and number in B.C. 11086-8
slaughter facilities, mobile abattoirs 11098
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry, government action 13212
government initiatives 13696
issues, NDP position 13212-3
mills, status 13212
pulp and paper sector 13697
removal of private lands from tree farm licences, compensation to communities and forest workers 13213
softwood lumber agreement with U.S., impact on B.C. forest industry 13212-3
spruce beetle infestation 9952
workers, government support 13696
Formosa Nursery Co. Ltd.
land expropriation for road through farm, impact on farm and compensation 11108-9
organic certification 11108
second road through farm, impact on agricultural land in area and government response 11109
Fraser River, floods 9952
Fuel, biofuel production
agriculture and food security issues 11164-5
government policy 11165
NDP position 11781
Gabriola Island, egg sales issue 11100
Geoscience B.C., government funding 9953
Government, licensing and tendering processes for new products and innovations 11197
Great Bear rain forest
ecosystem-based management and potential for aquaculture 11173
ecosystem-based management working group, funding 11201
establishment of protected areas 11200
funding agreement 11200
independent power project proposals 11200-1
management 9955
regional planning process 11201
Haida Nation, relationship with government 9955-6
Housing, pets in rental housing 10574
Income tax, reductions 9953
Integrated land management bureau, restructuring and staffing 11201-2
Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C., funding 11157
Island Scallops Ltd., scallop farm in Georgia Strait, licensing and public consultation 11198
Land use
conversions of farmland and forest land 11203-4
ecosystem-based management, application to marine environments 11173-4
land and resource management plans 9955
land use planning 11085
land use planning, involvement of first nations 11201-2
Law and Equity Act, amendments, withdrawal 12471-2
Legislation, proposed legislation, cabinet confidentiality 11200
Legislature
bills, second reading, debate to be relevant to bill under discussion 13468
legislation not to be debated during estimates debate 11200
relevance of debate to ministry estimates 11088, 11090, 11159
Les, John, investigation by Agricultural Land Commission 10965
Livestock industry
hog industry, supply of feed grain 11780-1
industry in B.C., current conditions 11165-7
ranching industry, compensation for wildlife damage 9955
ranching industry, financial assistance for ranchers 11168
Macdonald, Norm, comments on softwood lumber agreement 13212-3
Mackinnon, James, The 100-Mile Diet book 9954
Mines and mining industry, investment in exploration 9953
Motions
electoral boundaries for B.C., debate 10535-6
Nechako River, flood conditions 9952
Nelson-Creston constituency and area, slaughter facilities, establishment and waste disposal issue 11155-6
NDP
performance as government, financial management 10359
position on issues
biofuel production 11781
carbon tax 9953
electoral boundaries redistribution 10535
forest industry issues 13212-3
North Okanagan regional district, study of impact of meat-processing regulations on area producers 11094
Okanagan area, slaughter facilities 11090
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, funding 10577
Points of order
relevance of comments by Norm Macdonald to bill under debate 13466, 13467
Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area, meat producers, access to transition assistance programs and slaughter facilities 11095-8
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, amendments 10356-7
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2008
debate 10267, 10356-7, 10359, 10570-1, 10573-7
application to general public 10571
definitions, "cruelty" 10573
definitions, "distress" 10570, 10573
provisions on ethylene glycol antifreeze ban 10573
time line for development of legislation 10570
Prince George, impact of mountain pine beetle infestation on area 9952
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of privilege 13095
Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
land use agreement 9955-6
land use agreement, consideration of bear hunting issue 11199
Safety, ban on ethylene glycol antifreeze 10573
Simpson, Bob, comments on pulp industry 13212, 13697
Smith, Alisa, The 100-Mile Diet book 9954
Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee, recommendations, implementation 11176
Swannell, Lorne, 100th birthday and contributions to B.C. Forest Service 13357
Tourism, agritourism 11153
Tributes
Robert de Grace 10884
University of Northern B.C., forestry program, scholarships and bursaries 13357
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009, scope of debate 13466-9
Vancouver Island, agriculture industry, marketing initiative 11102-3
Vanderhoof, land use in area, agricultural and forest lands 11203
Veterinarians, professional regulation, English language requirements 11103, 11105
Warner, Brent, work on agriculture issues as civil servant and retirement 11151-2
Waste management
landfills on farmland 11170
waste disposal at farms and slaughter facilities, specified-risk materials 11094, 11155-6
Western Forest Products Inc., lumber exports to China 13213
Wildlife
birds, spotted owl 11193-5
mountain caribou, habitat protection and recovery strategy 9956, 11085, 11196-7
Wine, expansion of industry in B.C. and use of suitable grape varieties 11100
Bennett, Hon. Bill (East Kootenay)

As subject
comments on softwood lumber agreement (Simpson, B.) 9724
e-mail communications with constituents 13564, 13589 (Macdonald) 13564, 13589
issues supported as MLA 10367
work as MLA 13565
Agricultural land reserve, review 12244
Agriculture
farmland, valuation, impact of land speculation 12244
financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers, wildlife mitigation and compensation program 9946
government support during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 12244-5
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government initiatives 9944
Attalla, Paul, participation in Atlantic Rowing Race 9789
Bountiful, issues and potential legal charges, government support for women and children 12183
B.C., rural B.C., government assistance 9945
B.C. Games Society, hosting of 2008 winter games in Kimberley-Cranbrook area 9927-8
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 10280
budgets and throne speeches, balanced budgets 9943
financial management 9943
Budget debate 9943-7
Business, small business tax rate reduction 9946
Canadian Rockies International Airport, expansion 11051
Carbon tax
impact on rural areas 9943-4
revenue neutrality 9944
Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 9947
Chynoweth, Ed, contributions to hockey in Canada 11705-6
Coal, coalmining industry in B.C. 10136, 10366-7
Corporations, capital tax and income tax reduction 9946
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, facility improvement 9944
Education
funding 9947
schools, use of buildings and land for child care 9947
Elk Valley
avalanche in area, response 13411
land use issues 10617, 10619
tax-sharing agreement in area 10366-7
Elk Valley Coal Corporation, Fording River coalmine 10136
Ellis, Tammy Lee, death 13031-2
Fernie, seniors care facilities 11590
Film industry, tax credits 9946
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for fourth session of 38th parliament, Information and Privacy Commissioner funding, report presented 10562
second report for third session of 38th parliament, review of Officers of the Legislature, report presented 9713
First nations, economic development 9634
Flathead River Basin, park proposal and land use issues 10617-9
Forests and forest industry
softwood lumber agreement with U.S., impact on B.C. forest industry 9724-6
softwood lumber agreement with U.S., NDP position 9725-6
Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C., Discover Fishing B.C. campaign 11285
Health care system
costs, funding and sustainability 9944-5
innovation and reform 10628-9
privatization 10628-9
Information and Privacy Commissioner, budget and funding 10562
Joseph Creek Village, residential care facility accomplishments 10432-3
Kootenay area
East Kootenays
911 emergency service 13031-2
911 emergency service, petition tabled 13037
assisted-living units 9947
coalmining 10136
coalmining and coalbed gas exploration in area 10619
government initiatives 13564-5
health care services 9944
health care services during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 11603-4
seniors care facilities and housing 11590
economy 9947
land use, balance between environment and industry needs 10617-9
tourism industry 11051
Legislature
Committee of Supply, proposal for committee to sit in two sections 10279-81
estimates process in other jurisdictions 10279-80
opposition, procedural tactics 10280
Livestock industry, ranching industry issues 9947
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10366-7
Macdonald, Norm, comments on softwood lumber agreement 9725
Michalsky, Don, petition on 911 service 13031-2
Montana, relationship with B.C. 10617
Motions
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections, debate 10279-81
patient-centred health care funding, debate 10628-9
seniors representative for B.C., debate 11603-4
softwood lumber agreement, debate 9724-6
Neve, James, position as patient advocate 11604
NDP
performance as government during 1990s 9945
position on softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 9725-6
Peck, Richard, report on Bountiful and polygamy issue 12183
Petitions
911 emergency service in East Kootenay 13037
Polygamy, practice, constitutionality 12183
Private members' statements
Managing the Flathead Valley 10617-9
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of privilege 9724
Resources and resource industries
forest-dependent communities, current conditions 9945
taxation, school tax reduction 9945
Sales tax, exemptions 9946
Segarty, Terry, work on tax-sharing agreement 10367
Seniors, issues, call for independent representative 11603
Southern Rocky Mountain management plan 10618-9
Statements
Response to avalanche in east Kootenays 13411
Statements by members
911 service in East Kootenays 13031-2
Bountiful and polygamy issue 12183
B.C. Winter Games in East Kootenays 9927-8
Canadian Rockies International Airport expansion 11051
Coalmining in East Kootenays 10136
Discover Fishing B.C. campaign 11285
Ed Chynoweth 11705-6
First nations economic development report 9634
Joseph Creek residential care facility 10432-3
Paul Attalla 9789
Tourism industry in B.C., government support 13565, 13589
Black, Hon. Iain (Port Moody–Westwood)

ActNow B.C. 11706
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government initiatives 9884
Alliance for Arts, comments on government funding for arts 9886-7
Arts and culture, government investment 9886-7, 11188-9
B.C.
150th anniversary 11185
150th anniversary, history poster contest 12348
B.C. Arts Council, funding 11188
B.C. Children's Hospital, expansion and upgrades 9885
B.C. Liberal Party government
philosophy and policies 11189
relationship with federal government 10125
Budget debate 9884-9
Budgets, 2008-09 budget content 9884
Carbon, carbon-neutral initiatives, government commitment 11185-6
Carbon tax 11187
climate action dividend and tax credits for low-income earners 9884
impact on families 9884
Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C., new early learning centres 9885
Children, sexual exploitation of children and youth 10342
Climate change, government action 11186-7
Communities, green community design and development 11186
Coquitlam Kin Accessible Playground, project 12966-7
Crime and criminals, crime prevention and reduction 9886, 10124-5
Criminal Code (federal), amendments on sexual and violent offences 10124
Cycling infrastructure investment 11188
Day, Brian, comments on health care funding 9885
Eagle Ridge Hospital, diagnostic equipment 9885
Education
dry graduation celebrations 12502
funding 9885
Energy
electricity consumption, Power Smart meters 11185-6
electricity consumption, reduction 11187
electricity rate structure 11185
Environment, government initiatives 11185-8
Fires and firefighters, workers compensation coverage for firefighters with cancer 13277-8
First nations, new relationship with government 11185
Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle, impact on flood risk 11186
Government buildings, use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards 11186
Holocaust, remembrance 11943
Hope for Freedom Society, work on homelessness issue 9888
Infrastructure, investment in projects 9888
McNary, Bob, accomplishments and community work 12093-4
Motions
provincial support for federal crime bill, debate 10124-5
NDP, position on government initiatives on crime reduction 10125
Police and policing
funding for police services, allocation of traffic fine revenues to municipal police and crime prevention services 9886
police officers, funding for additional officers 9886
Port Mann Bridge, expansion and transit services 11188
Port Moody, arts and culture 11188
Port Moody Arts Centre Society
Festival of the Arts 11441-2
work of group 9887
Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area
infrastructure projects 9888
issues and concerns 9885-7
policing services 9886
Riverview Hospital, future of facility and grounds 9888
Safety, public safety system, government funding 9885-6
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 9887-8, 11188
federal funding 9887-8
relation to Riverview lands 9888
Statements by members
Accessible playground in Coquitlam 12966-7
ActNow B.C. 11706
Bob McNary 12093-4
B.C. history poster contest 12348
Holocaust Memorial Day 11943
Port Moody Festival of the Arts 11441-2
Safe graduation celebrations 12502
Sexual exploitation of children and youth 10342
Switzer, Aspen, comments on arts funding 11189
Throne speech, content 11185-8
Throne speech debate 11184-9
Toohey, Sharon, retirement 9885
Transit services, government investment 9887, 11187-8
Tri-Cities area, crime rate 9886
Vaisey, Ariana and Saskia, participation in B.C. history poster contest 12348
Water, consumption 11187
Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (de Jong) 9629
debate on budget (Trevena) 10048
experience with diabetes 13629
visits to kindergarten classes 11923
Arts and culture, government investment 10045
Association of International Medical Doctors, comments on health care initiatives in B.C. 9776-7
Atchison, Jennifer, environmental conservation work 10634
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13652-5
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, work of organization 11116
B.C., twinning of B.C. and foreign cities 11265-6
B.C. Liberal Party government
performance 13655
position on child care 10335-6
position on deficit budgets 13654
B.C. Teachers Federation, advertising 13652
Budget debate 10044-8
Budgets
2007-08 budget, additional funds, NDP position 10044
2008-09 budget, green content 10044
deficit budgets, B.C. Liberal Party position 13654
Burnaby
Burnaby Mountain gondola transit proposal 13558
business community 13209
health care services 9777-8
infrastructure, government investment 13653
schools, new school for Burnaby Mountain area 10962
transportation infrastructure 13196-8
Burnaby Board of Trade Business Excellence Awards, recipients 13209
Burquitlam constituency and area, StrongStart B.C. centres 11923
Canadian Diabetes Association, work of organization 13629
Carbon tax 10046, 13654
Child Care Month 12184
Children, child care
B.C. Liberal Party position 10335-6
child care providers 10335-6
government funding and support 11924
NDP position 10335-6
role 12184
Children, early childhood development
Books for B.C. Babies initiative 11923
early learning and literacy, government funding and initiatives 11923-4
early learning and literacy, school programs for three- and four-year-olds 9779
StrongStart B.C. initiative 10047, 11923
Chudnovsky, David, role and work as opposition critic for homelessness and mental health issues 10044
Climate change, government action 9778, 10046
Coquitlam College, programs 11286
Diabetes, programs and services, insulin pump coverage 13629
Education
kindergarten, full-day kindergarten 11923
system, government support 13652, 13654
Elections, 2009 general election 13655
Employment and unemployment, employment rate 9779-80
Energy
conservation initiatives, LiveSmart program 9778
independent power producers, NDP position 9776
Exports and imports
government promotion of trade and investment 10044-5
trade between B.C. and Asia, government promotion 11265-7
trade between B.C. and Asia, issues with manufactured goods 11266
Le Festival du Bois 10135-6
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13652-5
Fires and firefighters, role and responsibilities of firefighters as first responders 13205
First nations, B.C. treaty process 9776
Forests and forest industry, softwood lumber agreement with U.S., NDP position 13655
Fuel, biodiesel industry 11612-3
Government, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments for public safety initiatives 9778
Health care system
funding 10047
government initiatives 9776-7
public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 10046-7
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, temporary workers 11266-7
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment and strategy 10045
Ireland, economy and post-secondary education 10322
Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce, March 2008 job fair at University of Victoria 10018-9
Justice system, sentencing, review of sentencing practices 9778
Korean War, Canadian involvement and veterans 12813-4
Legislature, withdrawal of comments 10336
Lower mainland
infrastructure, government investment 13653
traffic congestion 13196-7
transportation infrastructure initiatives, benefits 13196-8, 13653
Motions
ambulance service in B.C., debate 13205
commercialization of child care, debate 10335-6
New Canadian Clinic, health care services for immigrants 9777
NDP, position on issues
2007-08 budget additional funds 10044
child care 10335-6
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13655
Nurses, supply and training 9777
Pacific Vocational College Ltd., trades training 11286
Physicians, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians 9777, 10047
Post-secondary education
emergency communications systems in facilities 10120-1
funding 10045
funding during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 10322
student spaces 10047-8
universities, colleges and institutes, accessibility and entrance requirements 13653-4
Private members' statements
Changing lives for the better 11923-5
Connections 13196-8
Crisis communications 10119-21
It takes two 11265-7
School district 82 (Coast Mountains), school week 9776
Scouts Canada, work of organization 9807
Segal, Joe and Rosalie, accomplishments and community work 12656
Seniors, issues, government initiatives 9778
Skills training, government initiatives 10047
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Evergreen line, benefits 13196, 13198
Millennium line, construction during NDP administration 13198
Statements by members
Big Brothers and Big Sisters 11116
Biodiesel businesses 11612-3
Burnaby Mountain gondola 13558
Businesses in Burnaby 13209
Child Care Month 12184
Coquitlam College and Pacific Vocational College 11286
Diabetes 13629
Festival du Bois 10135-6
Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce career fair at UVic 10018-9
Jennifer Atchison 10634
Joe and Rosalie Segal 12656
Korean War 12813-4
Proposed elementary school in Burnaby 10962
Scouts Canada 9807
Stoney Creek, preservation 10634
Strohmaier, John, work as paramedic and promotion of CPR training 13205
Substance abuse and addiction, crystal methamphetamine, government action on prevention and treatment 9778
Taxation, tax reductions 10046
Throne speech debate 9776-80
Transit services, transit plan and government investment 9778-9
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects, benefits 9779, 13196-7
Violence, shootings at post-secondary institutions 10119-21
Welfare, social programs and services, funding 10045, 10048
World Police and Fire Games, 2009 games in Burnaby 9779, 13653
Bond, Hon. Shirley (Prince George–Mount Robson)

As subject
29th wedding anniversary (Coleman) 10405
Auditor General, report on literacy in B.C. and government initiatives 11586-7
Bountiful, school issues 11466-8
B.C., air quality in northern B.C. 9962
B.C. College of Teachers, authority to address teacher competence 12824-5
B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, role in distribution of school playground funding 10190-1, 11562
Budget debate 9959-64
Carbon tax
climate action dividend 9962
revenue neutrality 9962
Charles Dickens Elementary School, future of heritage building 11517, 11519
Children
child care system, standards in B.C. 11431
diagnostic screening 11471
Children, early childhood development
early childhood educators, supply 11431
early learning agency 11426-7, 11431, 11433
early learning and literacy, school programs for three- and four-year-olds 9963, 11428-33
early learning framework 11427-8, 11431
learning through play 11428-9
StrongStart B.C.
centres in schools, inclusion of children in school capacity numbers 11424-6
funding 11423-4
initiative 11356, 11423, 11428, 11431
new early learning centres 9963
number of participants 11426
tracking of participants 11471
transportation support 11423-4, 11578
China, earthquake in Sichuan province 12595
Cowichan Valley, child care spaces 12603
D.P. Todd Secondary School, leadership class, work of students 9960
Ecole Marigold Elementary, reading initiative 11471
Education
choice programs, impact on other school districts 11572-3
class size and composition 13320-1
Community LINK program 11419-21
distance education and on-line learning, completion rates for on-line courses 11575, 11580
education of first nations people
achievement levels 9963-4, 11414-5, 11434
enhancement agreements 11566
governance and jurisdiction 9963
government support 9792, 10020, 10022
graduation rate 11565
models 10022
enrolment declines, impact on costs 11574
enrolment levels 10020, 10967, 11356, 11366-7
enrolment levels in other provinces 11510
foundation skills assessment 11436-7
participation rate 11490-1, 11559-60
results 11470-1
technical issues with 2008 test 11488-90
use of results 11569
four-day school week 11564
gender-based teaching 11469-70
government support 13321
healthy food in schools 11576-7
kindergarten, full-day kindergarten 9963, 11428-9
kindergarten, transition from pre-school to kindergarten 11424-6, 11432
parental involvement in education system, role 11576
private schools 11613, 11617
private schools, program certification 11468
psychologists in schools 11435-6, 11477-8, 11566
public health nurses in schools 11579
ranking of schools 11436-7
safety of students 11513
school meals program 11585
school planning councils 11575-6
special education and special needs
classroom situation and monitoring 11567-8
Langley report 11567
learning disabilities, early intervention 11472-4, 11478
number of students 11412, 11567
provincial schools concept 11478-9
waiting times for assessments 11411-4, 11477-8, 11566
students
achievement levels 9963
evaluation and testing of students 11436
evaluation and testing of students, use of early development instrument 11471-2
outcomes 11511, 11516
system
accomplishments 9963-4
superintendents of achievement 11471, 11475, 11566, 11568-9
visits to school districts by Education Minister 11561
visits to school districts by Premier and Education Minister 9962
Education, funding 9791, 9932, 9963, 10966, 11356, 11358, 11421-2, 11510-1, 11516, 11586, 12737-9
additional funding 11414
capital funding 11358-9
capital funding by school districts 11509
first nations students 11414-5
funding for remote and rural schools 11434, 11563
funding formula
change to per-course formula 11408-10
changes 11585
impact of changes 11487
impact of climate change initiatives 11586
fundraising by schools 11576-7
generally accepted accounting principles 11412, 11574-5
innovation grants 11471
monitoring and reporting 11415
per-student funding 11563-4
private schools 11364
private schools enrolment, comparison with public schools 11364
small school supplement 11435
special education and special needs 9986, 11410-4, 11567
accountability 11565-6
additional funding for districts with first nations students 11565
additional funding for learning disabled children 11477-8
student-specific funding 11571
targeted categories 11564, 11571
summer learning 11575
technical review committee 11416
transportation funding 11513-5
Education, school districts and boards of education
amalgamation of smaller districts 11435
carbon neutrality, analysis of carbon footprint 11415-8
district literacy plans 11587
land ownership 11363-4
role and responsibilities 9793, 10022
sale of school lands and assets, role in capital funding 11581-4
shared services among smaller districts 11435
special advisers, appointment process 11569-70
trustees, role in funding decisions 11414
Education, schools
carbon footprint, energy needs 11511
closings 9791-2, 11578, 11580
closed schools as surplus property 11584
impact on child care spaces 11432-3
impact on communities 11365-6
role of early development instrument results in decisions 11436
role of student transportation 11578
small schools 11508-9
construction, green building design 11416-8
hub centres and co-location with pre-school programs 11424, 11430, 11517
playgrounds, funding distribution 10190-2, 11562, 11613-7
school buses, environmentally friendly buses 11416
seismic upgrades 11358-9, 11519, 12354, 12507
seismic upgrades, engineering report 11560
size policy for elementary schools 11509
transportation, 15-seat passenger vans 9793, 11513-4
transportation, Walking School Bus 11416
use of buildings and land
community use, inclusion in capacity numbers 11577
determination as surplus 11583-4
process after school closing 11486, 11491
public involvement in planning process 11359-64
sale proceeds to capital funding 11581-4
use by non-profit organizations 11432
use for child care, funding 11577-8
use of excess space 11423, 11510-2
valuation of surplus property 11580-2
Education Ministry
estimates debate 11356, 11358-67, 11408-37, 11466-91, 11507-17, 11519, 11559-87
credit card use by staff 11572, 11580
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries, northern and rural constituencies 10538-9
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 10539
Energy
bioenergy strategy, location of network centre 9961
wood waste, use to generate electricity 9962
Film industry, tax credits 9961
Fleetwood Elementary School, closing 11482-7, 11560
Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle, beetle-damaged wood, use 9962
Garibaldi Elementary School, potential closing and four-year proposal 11479-81
Gateway Retirement Community, residential care facility, government funding 9961
Government
buildings, use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards 11416-8
carbon neutrality 11416
Green Timbers Elementary School
capacity 11482, 11484
seismic upgrades 11481-2
Guichon, Kelly, letter from Delta school board to government 11573
Health
health care facilities and hospitals, construction and upgrades 9961
public health, government promotion of healthy eating and physical activity for children 9964
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation, funding in beetle-damaged areas 9961-2
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 9962
Insurance Corporation of B.C., Safer School program and school transportation analysis 11418
James, Carole, comments on school closings 9792, 10020
Koksilah Elementary School
closing 10020-2
first nations culture and language programs 11579
Laverdure, Del, death 11205
Learning disabilities, dyslexia
incidence and screening of children 11472-4
treatment program 11474
Legislature, members' conduct and debate, use of electronic devices during debate 11489
Libraries, funding 11560
Literacy
government initiatives 9964, 11586-7
literacy levels in B.C. 11587
Mill Bay Elementary School, French immersion program and potential school closing 11579-80
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12824-5
Motions
electoral boundaries for B.C., debate 10538-9
Mumbai, India, terrorist attacks in November 2008 13371
Nechako River, winter 2007-08 ice jam, emergency workers commended 9960
Perrault, Raymond, death 13207
Pineridge Elementary School, funding for park and playground 11615
Plato, Doug, use of beetle-damaged wood 9962
Prince George
air quality task force 9962
cancer centre, government funding 9961
employment 9961
transportation hub 9961-2
volunteerism 9961
Provincial health officer, comments on health in education system 11579
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital projects 11482-3
funding 11421-2, 11487
funding for Community LINK program 11419-22
School district 37 (Delta)
funding 11573-4
initiatives 11572
School district 39 (Vancouver)
school buildings, location and use 11361
seismic upgrades 11519, 11560-1
School district 43 (Coquitlam), funding 11585
School district 49 (Central Coast), carving and cultural programs 9964
School district 52 (Prince Rupert), issues 11436
School district 57 (Prince George), hub centre 11359-60, 11367, 11424-5, 11512, 11577-8
School district 62 (Sooke), capital plans 11579-80
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
appointment of special adviser 11507-8, 11512-3, 11516, 11579-80
class size 11516
enrolment and funding 9793, 10020, 11508-10, 11515-6
potential school closings, report by special adviser 12603
private school enrolment 11510
School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
enrolment levels and funding 11563
need for special adviser 11569-70
School district 85 (Vancouver Island North), potential school closings 11434
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Secondary School, carving and cultural programs 9964
Smith, Izaak, participation in dance competition 13313
Statements
Mourning for earthquake victims in China 12595
Mourning for victims of Mumbai terrorist attacks 13371
Stave Falls Elementary School, closing 11366
Surrey, schools 10966
Taxation, tax reductions 9961
Teachers
competence, incidents outside scope of employment 12824-5
misconduct registry 11466
number with special-needs education training 11567
training 11475-7
Tributes
Del Laverdure 11205
Izaak Smith 13313
Raymond Perrault 13207
University of Northern B.C.
fine arts program 9961
medical school, graduates 9961
Valemount, promotion of healthy living 9961
West, Wally, legacy 9960
Brar, Jagrup (Surrey–Panorama Ridge)

As subject
family experience with health care system 11801-2
position on Port Mann Bridge expansion 11622
staff thanked 10378
Adair, Robin, position with WCG International Consultants Ltd. 11258
Agriculture, workers
employment standards and safety, government action 10744
rights, work of organizations 10743-4
work 10743
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 11104-5
Assessment Act, amendments 10733
Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training, employment training 11325
Automobiles, commercial vehicles, taxation on vehicles with cross-jurisdictional use 10908-9
Border infrastructure program, projects 10782-3, 11620
B.C. Career and Workforce Development Alliance, recommendations on labour market agreements 11325
B.C. Human Rights Commission, decision on foreign-trained physician case 12110
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, hearing process for veterinarians' case 11104-5
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements on health care 11799
donations from industry 11258
B.C. Liberal Party government
budgets and throne speeches, themes 9956
policies, impact on poverty levels 9917-8
priorities 13291-3, 13501-2
program names and slogans 9957
Budget, 2007-08 supplementary estimates debate, contingencies and new programs 9969-70
Budget debate 9956-9
Budgets, 2008-09 budget, green content 9957
Business, public-private partnerships, government accountability 11620
Business, small business
growth since 2001, comparison with growth during 1990s 10381-2, 10425
opportunities with Olympic Games 10380-1
small business in B.C. 10379
small business round table 10427
taxation
comparison of B.C. with other provinces 10380
tax reductions, comparison with tax reductions for larger corporations 10425
tax reductions, income tax rate reduction 13292-3
tax reductions since 2001 10379-80
taxation 10380
taxation during NDP administration 10425
Campbell, Gordon
comments and position on health workers' collective agreements 11799
knowledge of Olympic athletes village financing issues 13501
role in government 11799-800
statements during 2001 election and subsequent actions 12532-3
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, report and recommendations on employment for people with disabilities 11320-2
Carbon tax 9957-9
administration 10396
climate action dividend
administration costs 9970
dividend for income assistance recipients 9970
residency requirements and homeless outreach 9969-70
impact 10390, 10426
revenue neutrality 9959
Civil service, employees, executive salaries 13294
Clark, Christy, comments on changes to property assessments 13293-4, 13395-6
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission)
report 11800-1
report and recommendations 12110
Consumers, costs and user fees 9958-9
Delta, transportation infrastructure, 72nd Avenue and Highway 91 border infrastructure project 10783, 11620-1
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru
awareness 12792
B.C. government apology 12791-2
call for government apology and establishment of memorial 12252-3
Doyle, John, letter to Speaker re audit of Olympic Games expenditures 13499
Economic Development Ministry, estimates debate 11757-8
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 13290-5, 13395-6, 13399-400, 13403
regulations 13403
Economy
current and projected conditions 13291
economic plan for province 13291-3
EDS Advanced Solutions Inc.
accountability 10386
government contract for revenue services 10398-400, 10421-2
operations within and outside B.C., performance issues and allegations 10383-5
privacy protection, audits of data management practices 10385-7
privacy protection, security breaches, government action 10382-3
Education
school districts and boards of education, sale of school lands 10966
schools, closings 9958-9
special education and special needs, adult special education 11321
Education Ministry, estimates debate 11481-7
Elections, by-elections and announcements by Premier 13291
Employment and Income Assistance Ministry
estimates debate 11245-63, 11319-28, 11334
internal audit 11262
procurement process 11258
Financial services industry, tax reduction 9957-9
Fleetwood Elementary School
closing 9958-9, 10966, 11482-6
use of property after closing 11486-7
Forests and Range Ministry, role in supportive housing designation 10900
Foster care, Child in the Home of a Relative program 11328
Fraser Health Authority, recommendations on needs in Surrey 9957
Government
advertising and announcements, spending on advertising 13294
ministries, service standards 10424
regulations and red tape, regulatory reform 10398
regulations and red tape, regulatory reform and climate action plan 10398
revenue collection 10393-5, 10422-3
revenues, incremental revenue and role of EDS Advanced Solutions 10395-6
Green Timbers Elementary School, capacity and seismic upgrades 11481-2
Health care system
funding as percentage of gross domestic product 11800
health professionals, credentialling and scope of practice 12110-2
health professionals, supply 12110-1
health professions review board 12110-1
health support workers, 2002 legislation 12532-3
public system 12110
sustainability 9957, 11799-801
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 9957, 11799
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12651, 12682-5, 12860-1
Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12109-13
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12532-4
Holmes, Robert, disability benefits case 11326-7
Homelessness
government action 10907-8
homelessness in B.C. 9958, 10906-8, 13292
Housing, supportive housing
designation of properties as supportive housing 10733, 10899-906, 10908
government responsibility for zoning designation 10733, 10901-4, 10906
Income assistance
benefits, transportation allowance and bus passes 11321
benefits, travel expenses and mileage rate 11326-7
caseload for employable singles 11263
employment programs 11245-7, 11258
contract bidding process, process and change of company ownership 11255
contract bidding process, reference checks 11260
fees 11262-3
option to terminate contracts 11253-4
performance measurement 11320
placement rates 11320-1
protection of client information 11261-2
subcontractors 11251-2, 11255, 11260
outreach program 11327-8
return to assistance program after temporary work 11323
Income assistance, disability benefits
benefits reduction, case 11327
earnings exemption 11320-1
employment programs, programs and services 11250, 11253, 11258, 11320
employment programs, social enterprises employing people with disabilities 11322
Income tax, reductions 13292
Income Tax Act, amendments 10908
Infrastructure
investment in projects, government action 13293
transportation infrastructure, government investment and strategy 10619-21
Labour, labour market agreement and labour market development agreement, program transfer from federal government 11323-5, 11757-8
Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10743-4
Legislature, members' conduct and debate
attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 13294, 13328
reference to members who are not in House 10064
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11799-802
MLAs, remuneration, mileage rate 11327
Motions
elimination of child poverty, debate 9917-8
Komagata Maru (Motion 55), debate 12252-3
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12791-2
Newton Regency Care Home, future of facility 12860-1
Nurses, working conditions 12112
Oil and gas industry in B.C.
subsidies 9957-9, 10381
tax reductions 10425-6
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 Legacies Now, grant for employment and volunteer opportunities 11322-3
athletes village 13498-501, 13501-2
costs and funding 13497, 13499, 13501
employment of disabled workers 11322
Oral questions
Child poverty in B.C. 12034
Homelessness 11055
Sale of school lands 10966
Pattullo Bridge, conditions 11621
Physicians, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians 12110-2
Port Mann Bridge, expansion and tolls 11621-2
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 9917-8, 9958, 12034, 13292
Privacy, protection of personal information, government action 10387
Private members' statements
Transportation 10619-21
Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation, efforts to raise awareness of Komagata Maru incident 12252-3
Property tax, assessment of property, changes for 2009 taxation year 13293-4, 13395-6, 13399-401, 13403
Providence Service Corp., experience with employment program delivery 11251, 11259
Rae, James, position with WCG International Consultants Ltd. 11258
Sales tax
harmonization with goods and services tax 10426
review 10424-5
School district 36 (Surrey)
board meetings, April 2004 minutes re Fleetwood school 11483
funding 10966
funding, impact of funding changes 11487
funding for Community LINK program 11481
public consultation and information 11484, 11486-7
Small Business and Revenue Ministry
estimates debate 10378-87, 10390, 10392-6, 10398-400, 10421-7
budgets 10378-9
centre of excellence for revenue management 10392-3, 10423
customer service, government consultation on service improvement 10733
response to public correspondence 10424
service standards 10424
staff thanked 10378
staffing 10379
work on climate change issues 10381
Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 10733, 10898-909
definitions 10898-901
Surrey
growth 11482
health care services 11802
homelessness and poverty 9917
housing and homelessness 11055
housing and homelessness, designation by city of supportive housing properties 10902
school closings 13295
schools 10966
social services, outreach 11328
transit services 10619-21, 11620-1
Surrey Memorial Hospital
capacity 9957, 12111-2
construction of new facilities 9957, 11802, 12651, 12682-5, 13294-5
construction of new facilities, public-private partnership 11621
emergency services 12683-4
issues 11801
Surrey–Panorama Ridge constituency and area, by-election in 2004 and issues in area 11619-20
Taxation
government policies, ministerial responsibility 10426
tax reductions 10425-6
Transit services, fares 9959, 10620-1
Transportation Investment Corporation, purpose of corporation 11620-2
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11619-22
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 10782-3
Union of B.C. Municipalities
position on property assessment changes for 2009 taxation year 13293-4
resolution on supportive housing funding and zoning 10733
Vancouver, tax revenues, impact of provincial government designation of supportive housing properties 10906
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009
debate 13497-502
debate in Legislature 13498
Vertesi, Les, position on privatization of health care system 11800
Veterinarians, professional regulation, English language requirements 11104
Wages, minimum wage 9958
WCG International Consultants Ltd.
audit 11262
contract, protection of client information 11261-2
contract to deliver employment programs 11245-7, 11249-56, 11259-62
donations to B.C. Liberal Party 11258
executives' backgrounds 11258
hiring of subcontractors 11251-2
sale to Providence Service Corp. 11247-60
Welfare, social programs and services, outreach programs 11327-8

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