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

Gentner, Guy (Delta North)

As subject
comments in debate on oil and gas legislation (Neufeld) 11398-9
letter to Health Minister for information on seniors care beds 12842 (Abbott) 12842
Abbott, George, comments on impact of aging population on health care system 11785
Agriculture
wood-fired boilers, policy and legislation 11241-3, 11291-2
workers, seasonal and guest workers, housing 11170-1
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 11170-1
Air, greenhouse gas emissions
cap-and-trade system 11241-2, 11291
reduction
agriculture industry 11241-2
oil and gas sector 10066
role of local government and regional districts 11241-2, 11291-3
Avison, Don, position on pharmaceutical task force 10068-9
Badger, Chris, work for port authority and position on transportation infrastructure options 11338
Bakker, Bruce, comments on wood-fired boiler policy and emissions 11243
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13613, 13617
Beacon Hill Villa, conditions for residents 12855, 13074, 13615
Britain, health care system 10625
B.C., world records in B.C. 12503-4
B.C. Hydro
agreement with Alcan on power purchase, B.C. Utilities Commission decision 10859-60
role, changes 10856-7, 10859-60
B.C. Legislative Library 11180
B.C. Liberal Party, donations from industry 10069
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments and goals 9693
deregulation initiatives 13255
financial management 13613, 13616-7
policies, deregulation initiatives 10858-60
policies, drafting of policies 13258
position on public-private partnerships 10065
priorities 13254-6
privatization initiatives 13509, 13614-5, 13617
B.C. Lottery Corporation, management of casinos, handling and reporting of financial transactions 12736, 13107, 13150
B.C. Medical Association, position on home care funding and residential care beds 12845-6
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, relationship with Partnerships B.C. re B.C. Place Stadium 11911
B.C. Place Stadium, roof replacement costs 13255-6, 13617
B.C. Rail, land acquisition for new rail yard 10067
B.C. Transmission Corporation, decision on power line project in Tsawwassen area 12550-1
B.C. Utilities Commission, role, changes 10857-60
Broadfoot, Maureen, comments on power line project in Tsawwassen area 12550
Budget debate 10065-9
Budgets, 2008-09 budget, green content 10066-7
Burma/Myanmar, public health issues 12054
Burns Bog
impact of transportation project in area 10066-7
protection 9690-1
Business, public-private partnerships
B.C. Liberal Party position 10065
costs and value 11552
government accountability 11551-3
issues, media coverage 13508
projects in B.C. 13509
risk transfers and liability issues 11553-4
Campbell, Gordon
comments on economic conditions and deficit budgets 13613-4, 13616
potential conflict of interest re donations to B.C. Liberal Party 10069
potential conflict of interest re Terra Energy shares and order-in-council 12968
response to Peace River residents' concerns re sour gas well 11397
Carbon tax, exemption for industries 10066
Community Services Ministry
estimates debate 11764-9
role, seniors issues 11764-9
Consumers
costs and user fees 10066
gift cards and certificates, requirements 11448-52
Cowichan Lodge, status 13614
Crown corporations, government policy 10857-8
Delta
air quality 11242
bylaw re farmworkers and housing 11170-1
demographics 11572-3
water supply 12054
Delta North constituency and area, proposal for constituency name change to North Delta 11184
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru, B.C. government apology 12798
Dobell, Ken, role in Olympic Games athletes village 13509
Dover House, conditions for facility residents 12851-2
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13253-8
Economy
current and past conditions, government response 13613
current and projected conditions, impact on high-income earners 13257
Education
choice programs, impact on other school districts 11572-3
distance education and on-line learning, completion rates for on-line courses 11575
enrolment declines, impact on costs 11574
parent advisory councils 11575-6
Education, funding
fundraising by schools 11576
generally accepted accounting principles 11574
inner-city schools 11576
summer learning 11575
Education Ministry
estimates debate 11571-6
credit card use by staff 11571-2
Elections
campaign financing, anonymous donations 10460
municipal elections
anonymous donations 10460
campaign financing, disclosure 10364
legislative amendments, consultation 10460
Electoral Districts Act, debate 11180, 11184
Energy, independent power producers
promotion by B.C. Liberal Party government and impact on B.C. Hydro 10856-7, 10859-60
regulation 10858-9
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 12550-1
Enron Corporation, purchase and sale of power 10860
Environment, precautionary principle in decision-making 10857
Environment Canada, position on South Fraser perimeter road proposal 9690-1
Finance Ministry, estimates 11911-2
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13613-7
Financial services industry, tax reduction 10069
Food, food safety guidelines, impact on community food-sharing and food preparation 12056
Fraser Health Authority
acute care beds 11785
beds in long-term care facilities 12661
funding and services 11784-5
residential care facilities, staffing levels 12850, 13072
Fraser River, short sea shipping proposal 11338-9
Fraser Valley, air quality 11241-3, 11291
Fraser Valley regional district, air quality, regulatory authority 11292
Gailbraith, John Kenneth, comments on recessions 13257
Gaye, Mary-Margaret, comments on wood-fired boiler policy and emissions 11242
Government, local government
financing process, borrowing powers 13506-7
powers and responsibilities, transparency 10364
Greater Vancouver regional district, air quality, regulatory authority 10066
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, debate 11241-4, 11291-3
Guichon, Kelly, letter from Delta school board to government 11573
Health, continuing and long-term care
acuity levels of patients 12853
beds
long-term care beds 10068, 12844-5, 13275, 13616
new beds 12844-5
number of beds 9692-3, 12842-6, 12848
remediated beds 12847
care spaces, government definition 12847
facilities
regulation 12852, 12855-6
risk assessments and rating system 12854-5
standard of care 10193, 10232-3, 12850-3, 13614-6
services, accessibility 9691-2
services, physical and recreational therapy 12853
Health, health authorities, involvement with Partnerships B.C. in capital projects 11912
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
food services, privatization 11786
infection rate 11787
Health, health care funding, patient-centred funding 10625
Health, health care system
beds, acute care beds 11784
beds, acute care beds, use by seniors in need of long-term care 13275
health support workers, 2002 legislation 12525-8
impact of aging population 11787
public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 11784
public surgical clinics 11786
services, location and municipal zoning issues 12056
services for seniors during B.C. Liberal Party administration 13614-6
sustainability 11784
system in B.C.
standards 12054
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 11784-7
system during NDP administration 11786
Health, public health
public health plans 12056
role and responsibilities of local and provincial governments 12054-5
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12842-56, 13071-4
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12525-8
Highway 19 (Island Highway), Cumberland section, removal of Ginger Goodwin Way designation 12525-6
Highway 91, waste management issues 11337
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, tolling operation 11554
Home care, funding 12845-6
Homelessness in areas outside major cities 11054
Housing
residential care facilities
development, public-private partnerships 11912
food services 12852-3
residential and assisted-living units 12847
staffing levels 12849, 12854
supportive housing for seniors 12848
Houweling Nurseries Ltd., wood-fired boiler operations 11291-2
Income tax, reductions 13257
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure
public projects in B.C. 11554-5
public-private partnerships 11553-4
inSite Housing, Hospitality and Health Services Inc., contracts with health authorities 13073-4
Insurance Corporation of B.C., investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles, terms of reference for external review 10789
James, Carole, comments on Olympic Games projects 13506
Labour
collective agreements, seniority rights 12528
government handling of labour relations 12525-6
history of labour relations in B.C. 12528
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 11405, 12844
number of seats, accommodation 11180
question period, government response to questions 12503-4
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10363-4, 10460
Lower mainland
air quality 11292
health care services, acute care beds 11785
South Fraser perimeter road 9690-1, 11337-9, 13256, 13508-9
Meals on Wheels program, volunteer drivers, impact of fuel prices 10068
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11784-8
Metro Vancouver, air quality, regulatory authority 11241-2, 11291-2
Motions
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12798
patient-centred health care funding, debate 10625
seniors representative for B.C., debate 11605
Neufeld, Richard, appointment to Canadian Senate 13506
NDP, position on Port Mann Bridge expansion 11552, 11555
Newton Regency Care Home, future of facility 13615-6
Nurses, staffing levels 10067
Oil and Gas Activities Act, debate 11396-7
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 13506-10
Olympic Games, purpose 13507-8
Oral questions
Availability of long-term care beds 13275
Beds in Fraser Health Authority long-term care facilities 12661
B.C. Lottery Corporation management of casino transactions 12736
Call for a seniors representative 10232-3
Homelessness 11054
Investigation into ICBC vehicle sales 10789
Long-term care beds at Zion Park Manor 13274, 13380
Premier's compliance with conflict-of-interest guidelines 12968
Services at Retirement Concepts seniors facilities 10193
Status of seniors care facilities 9808-9
Parks, campgrounds, fees 10066
Partnerships B.C.
applications 11912
expenditures for dinners and liquor 11553
mandate to review capital projects in B.C. 11911
role, B.C. Place Stadium 11911-2
Peace River area, residents' concerns re sour gas well, government action 11397
Penner, Barry, work on Sumas 2 proposed power facility 11242
Pensions, issues 10068
Petitions
Zion Park Manor 13565
Pharmaceutical industry, donations to B.C. Liberal Party 10069
Pharmaceutical Task Force, membership 10068-9
Physicians, decision-making 11787
Plutonic Power Corporation, investment in company by General Electric 10065
Politics and politicians, commitment requirement for elected local government candidates 10364
Ponderosa Place, facility 13615
Port Mann Bridge
expansion 11552-5
tolls, impact on traffic volume on other routes 11553
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, debt load 10067
Property, property rights on private and Crown leased land re resource exploration 11396-7
Property tax, assessment of property, changes for 2009 taxation year 13258
Public Health Act
debate 12054-6
debate in Legislature 12054
definitions, "health impediment" 12055
Public Safety and Solicitor General (Gift Card Certainty) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11448-52
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 13107, 13150
gaming policy and enforcement branch, role in handling of financial transactions in casinos 13150
Resources and resource industries, privatization of public resources 10065-6
Retirement Concepts Seniors Services Ltd.
involvement with Partnerships B.C. in health care capital projects 11912
operations in B.C. 10193, 10232-3, 13074
Riverside Funeral Home and Crematorium, services 11285-6
School district 37 (Delta)
funding 11572-4, 11576
initiatives 11572-3
school planning council 11575-6
summer learning programs, funding 11575
Seniors
advisory council 11765
advocate 11766
housing, accessible secondary suites 11769
housing, need for universal system 10068
independence 12842
independent living savings account 9693-4, 10068, 13072-3
issues 11764
issues, call for advocate 10233
issues, call for independent representative 11605
physical activity, seniors activity parks 11768
programs and services, seniors help line 11765
Shaw, George Bernard, comments on physician decisions in The Doctor's Dilemma 11787
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, operating funding 10067
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada line, public-private partnership 11551
Statements by members
Riverside Funeral Home 11285-6
World records in B.C. 12503-4
Substance abuse and addiction
prevention and treatment services, methadone clinics 12056
retail sale of pipes and drug paraphernalia 12055
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on B.C. legislation on health workers collective bargaining 12526-7
Surrey Memorial Hospital
capacity 11784-5
construction of new facilities, public-private partnership 11785
emergency services 11785-6
Telecommunications, prepaid phone cards 11448
Terra Energy Corp.
operations in Peace River area 11397
potential tax reduction, government order-in-council 12968
Throne speech debate 9689-94
Transit services, passenger ferry services in urban transit systems 11555
Transportation Investment Corporation, establishment 11553-5
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11551-5
Transportation Ministry, estimates debate 11337-9
Tsawwassen, power line project in area, route 10857, 12550-1
Tsawwassen Residents Against Higher Voltage Overhead Lines, concerns re transmission reinforcement project 12550-1
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15), debate 10856-60
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill M211), debate 12501
Valley Haven Guest Home, double-bunking of care home residents 12661
Vancouver
city government, borrowing powers 13507
homelessness and poverty 13254
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13506-10
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project
costs 13255
potential for public-private partnership 11911-2
Vancouver Island Health Authority, seniors care facilities, assessment reports and risk ratings 9808-9
The Vancouver Sun, article on homelessness and poverty 13254
Violence, family violence prevention 11764
Water, drinking water, protection 12054
Zion Park Manor
bed closings 13274, 13380, 13614
funding and status, petition tabled 13565

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