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

Evans, Corky (Nelson-Creston)

As subject
comments on sale of forest lands from tree farm licence 10138 (Coleman) 10138
decision on Six Mile Ranch land removal as cabinet minister (Bell) 11110
experience with health care systems in Canada and U.S. 11894-5
father's experience working in justice system 13115
promotion of tobacco use reduction programs as Health Minister (Farnworth) 12292-3
public consultation on agriculture 10168
Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve, call for discontinuation 12243-5
Agriculture
agriculture organizations, funding and government support 11153
farm status, property assessments 11110-1
farmland
cost 10168
protection 10166
valuation, impact of land speculation 12243
government plan 10166, 11156-7
government support 10165
industry in B.C. 12972
Mexican farmworker program 10287-8
promotion of B.C. products, consultation and report 11156-9
promotion of B.C. products, regional programs 11159
subsidies 10166-7
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 11085-95, 11097-100, 11103-4, 11109-11, 11151-3, 11155-9, 11172
corporate knowledge and staff succession 11152
Cranbrook office, staff commended 11155
funding as percentage of agriculture gross domestic product 10165-8
funding as percentage of provincial budget 10165-7
Nelson office, land use planning staff 11172
relationship with provincial health officers 11098-9
role 11089-90, 11109-11
staffing levels 10165
Arrow Lakes, ferry service 10691
Arts and culture, government support and role in society 11928-9
Attorney General Ministry, estimates debate 12228-30
Bountiful
issues 11774-5
issues and potential legal charges 11447
B.C. AgriTourism Alliance, funding and status 11153
B.C. Fruit Growers Association, motion to government re agriculture funding 10164-5
B.C. Hydro, role, changes 10816
B.C. Liberal Party government, philosophy and policies 13511
Budget debate 10164-8
Budgets, 2008-09 budget content 10167
Business, public-private partnerships, risk transfers 13512
Buy B.C. program 11156-9
reinstatement 10166, 12972
Canada Health Act, principles 11893
Certified Organic Associations of B.C., membership 10168
Coleman, Rich, performance as Forests and Range Minister 12505-6, 13121
Creston, truck stop in area, petition tabled 13121
Creston Valley, wildlife management area preservation and visit by Environment Minister 12809
Delta, greenhouse workers 10287-8
Democracy, parliamentary democracy 13115, 13684-5
Energy
energy plan 10816
export from and import into B.C., sales and purchases 10815
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects, call for moratorium on private projects, petition tabled 13278
independent power producers, long-term impact for B.C. 10814-7
independent power producers, promotion by B.C. Liberal Party government and impact on B.C. Hydro 10816
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 10815-6
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 12809
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13684-5
Food
food security, role of multinational corporations 12864-5
locally grown food, government support 10166, 11099, 11781
Food industry
egg sales, regulation 11094-5, 11098-9
meat-processing regulations 10167, 11085-94
slaughter facilities, capital costs 11097
Forests and forest industry
companies, large and small operators, issues 12888
conditions in industry, government action 12505-6
government forest policies, impact 12505-6
Forests and Range Ministry, minister, meetings with industry stakeholders 10138
Formosa Nursery Co. Ltd.
land expropriation for road through farm, impact on farm and compensation 11109-10
land expropriation for second road through farm, petition tabled 10488
Fortress Investment Group LLC, operations 13511-2
Fuel, biofuel production
impact of government policy on agriculture sector 12865
impact on grain supply 11780
Gabriola Island, egg sales issue 11098-9
Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture, submissions 10166-7
Health care system
sustainability principle in B.C. legislation 11893-5
system in Canada 11893
Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C., funding 11157
Kootenay area
hydroelectric power 10815
West Kootenays, arts and culture 11928-9
Kootenay Lake
ferry service 10691
ferry service, emissions-reduction initiative 10136
Legislation, role 11894
Legislature, estimates process, relevance of debate to ministry estimates 11159
Livestock industry, hog industry, supply of feed grain 11780
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008
debate 11893-5
debate on bill 11893-5
MLAs, language testing proposal 11103-4
Motor Vehicle (Banning Smoking When Children Present) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12295
Nelson-Creston constituency and area, slaughter facilities, establishment and waste disposal issue 11155-6
NDP, position on meat-processing regulations 11085
North Okanagan regional district, study of impact of meat-processing regulations on area producers 11090, 11093-4
O'Brien, Randy, comments on value-added sector 12888
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, athletes village 13510-3
Oral questions
Bountiful and polygamy issue 11447
Employment standards for farmworkers 10287-8
Feed supply for hog farms 11780-1
Forest industry jobs in B.C. 10138
Funding for Buy B.C. program 12972
Future of Elk Falls sawmill 11120
Government action on forest industry 12505-6, 12887-8
Government support for forest workers 13120-1
Paragon Wood Products, fibre supply 12887
Petitions
moratorium on independent power projects 13278
second road through Formosa blueberry farm 10488
slaughter facilities in Quesnel area, call for government assistance 13121
truck stop in Creston area 13121
water privatization 13278
Politicians, public perception 11895
Polygamy
issues in B.C., government action 12228-30
polygamous communities, societal response 11774-5
Pope and Talbot Inc.
bankruptcy proceedings, government action 10138
wages owed to workers 13120-1
Powell, Andrew, comments on Lumby mill operations 12887
Private members' statements
Agriculture 12243-5
Public debt, debt management 13684-5
Quesnel, slaughter facilities in area, government assistance, petition tabled 13121
Railways and rail services, land acquisition and subdivision projects, funding 10167
Resources and resource industries, privatization of public resources 10814-7
Rivers and streams, public ownership of resources 10814-7
Robertson, Gregor, election as Vancouver mayor 13510
Securities industry, hedge funds 13511
Statements by members
Bountiful and polygamy issue 11774-5
Kootenay Lake ferry initiative 10136
Parliamentary democracy 13115
TimberWest Forest Corp., Elk Falls mill, government support 11120
Tobacco
industry, promotion of tobacco use 12295
use, prevention, action by citizens 12295
use, prevention, government action during 1990s 12295
Tourism, agritourism 11152-3
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 10691
U.S., health care system 11894
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15), debate 10813-7
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009
debate 13510-3
debate in Legislature 13510
Vancouver Island Health Authority, policy on egg sales 11094-5, 11098-9
Veterinarians, professional regulation, English language requirements 11103-4, 11156
Warner, Brent, work on agriculture issues as civil servant and retirement 11151-2
Waste management, waste disposal at farms and slaughter facilities, specified-risk materials 11086, 11094, 11155-6
Water, privatization, petition tabled 13278
Wine, expansion of industry in B.C. and use of suitable grape varieties 11100

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