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

Lali, Harry (Yale-Lillooet)

As subject
comments on Utilities Commission legislation (Neufeld) 10894
Abbott, George, debate on Medicare Protection Amendment Act (2008) 11849, 11851
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government plan 9782
Ambulance service in rural areas 12647
Automobiles
insurance rates, increases 9737-8, 9950
safety technology, electronic stability control 13151-3
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13655-6
Bennett, W.A.C., establishment of B.C. Hydro and dams 10861-3
Bridge River Valley, air ambulance service and economic development in area 11774, 12800
Bridge River Valley Flying Association, restoration as society 11774, 12800
Bridge River Valley Flying Association (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2008, debate 11774, 12800
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
government support 10862-3, 13656-7
health care professionals, recruitment and supply 12113-4
health care services 12113, 13657-8
health care services, ambulance and paramedic services 11852, 12647
needs, government support 9783-4
rural B.C. needs, government support 9950, 13327-8, 13331
transportation infrastructure needs 9783, 11278
B.C., southern interior, petition tabled 12190
B.C. Hydro, role, changes 10860-3
B.C. Liberal Party, donations from industry 13379-80
B.C. Liberal Party government
MLAs, debate, priorities 12216
MLAs' conduct in House 11850, 11852
policies, impact on British Columbians 13656
policies, impact on services and workers 12215
position on issues, deficit budgets 13656, 13659
priorities 13327-31
B.C. Lottery Corporation
management of casinos, handling and reporting of financial transactions 13098-107
ministerial responsibility, conflict-of-interest issue 13113
role in handling of freedom-of-information requests 13103
Budget debate 9947-52
Budgets
2008-09 budget, impact on low- and middle-income earners 9948-9
deficit budgets, B.C. Liberal Party position 13656, 13659
deficit budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration 13656, 13659-60
Campbell, Gordon
comments and position on health workers' collective agreements 12213-4
comments on economic conditions 13659
response to current issues in B.C. 13658
Canadian Institute for Health Information, report on health care funding 11851
Carbon tax 9951
impact 9950, 13328
revenue neutrality 9782-3
Children, child care funding 9949
Cities and towns, silviculture initiatives, Trees for Tomorrow program 9783
Clarke family, death of children 11115
government support for mother and community 11117-8
handling of family violence case prior to deaths 11287-8
investigation and public information 11287
Consumers, costs and user fees 9948-9
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru
B.C. government apology 12793-4
call for government apology and establishment of memorial 12254
Drugs, prescription drugs, cost 9949
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13327-32
Economy
current and past conditions, government response 13658-9
current and projected conditions 13327-8
economic plan for province 13328-32
government role 9951
Education
school closings 9784, 9949
system, government support 13658
Energy
electricity rates 9948
independent power producers, impact on electricity rates 10862
independent power producers, promotion by B.C. Liberal Party government and impact on B.C. Hydro 10861-3
Ferries and ferry services, fare increases 9949-50
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13655-60
Financial services industry, tax reduction 9948, 9951
First nations
employment, unemployment rate 9782
issues, government action 9781-2
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry, government action 13329-30, 13658
employment, job loss 9784
industry in B.C. during B.C. Liberal Party administration 9726-7
silviculture, reforestation backlog 9783
softwood lumber agreement with U.S., impact and government role 9726-7
Forests Ministry, staff reductions 13658
Fraser Health Authority, acute care beds 11851-2
Gambling, gaming industry in B.C., contributions to political parties 13379-80
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13113
Government, advertising and announcements, re-announcements 9780, 9783, 11852
The Guardian, interview with Gordon Campbell prior to 2001 election 12213-4
Hansen, Colin, comments on budget and economy 13659
Health, continuing and long-term care
long-term care beds 9951, 11852
number of beds 13329
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
hospital closings 9781
infection rate 9951
infections 11852
Health, health care funding
funding as percentage of gross domestic product 11851
funding as percentage of total provincial budget 11851
Health, health care system
accessibility of services, "reasonable access" 11850
accessibility of services in small communities 9781
bed-to-patient ratio 11851
costs to individuals 11851
health professionals, credentialling and scope of practice 12114
health professionals, supply 12114
health support workers, 2002 legislation 12214-6
health support workers, wages 12213
public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 11849
services, regionalization 12113
services for seniors 13657
sustainability 11849-50
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 11849-52
workers, morale 12216
Health care, insurance, private insurance 11851
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12645-7
Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12113-4
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 12213-7
debate in Legislature, debate by B.C. Liberal Party MLAs 12216
purpose of bill, amendments to legislation affecting health workers 12213-4
Hedley Elementary School, closing 9949
Homelessness in B.C. 9780, 9949
Income assistance, benefit amounts 9780
Infrastructure, investment in projects, government action 13330-1
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles 10077-8
position on electronic stability control in vehicles 13152-3
work with agencies on automobile safety technology 13153-4
Interior Health Authority, services 13328
Justice system, bail hearings, tele-bail hearings 11287-8
Kamloops, health care services, beds 11852
Kelowna, health care services, beds 11852
Land use, land set aside for protection 9782
Legislature
fall sitting 13329-30
language used in House, "lie" 11841, 11849-50
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 13106, 13331
opposition role 12113
Livestock industry, ranching industry issues 13585
Lytton, health care centre project 12645
Medical Services Plan, premiums 11851
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11848-53
Mental health, programs and services, government action 9949
Merritt
demand for emergency services 12645-6
health care beds 11852, 12645-6
Motions
Komagata Maru (Motion 55), debate 12254
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12793-4
softwood lumber agreement, debate 9726-7
transit plan, debate 11278
Neufeld, Richard, Social Credit background 10860-1
Oil and gas industry in B.C., subsidies 9948, 9951
Oral questions
Call for independent investigation into ICBC vehicle sales 10077-8
Deaths of children in Merritt 11117-8, 11287-8
Gaming industry contributions to Liberal Party 13379-80
Health care services in Princeton 9931
ICBC performance bonuses to Paul Taylor 10888-9
ICBC rate structure 9737-8
Petitions
B.C., southern interior area, petition 12190
Princeton General Hospital emergency and surgical services 12098
Points of order
comments by John Rustad 11849-50
comments by Richard Neufeld 11841
Post-secondary education, tuition fees 9949-50
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 9780, 9949
Premier's Office, role, awareness of illegal activities in casinos 13102, 13104
Princeton, physician supply 9784, 12113-4, 12646
Princeton General Hospital
potential closing of emergency room 9784
services 9931
services, petition tabled 12098
Public affairs bureau, role, awareness of alleged illegal activities in casinos 13102
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 13098-107, 13151-4
freedom-of-information requests 13098-101, 13103-7
gaming policy and enforcement branch, ministerial responsibility, conflict-of-interest issue 13113
Royal Columbian Hospital, conditions 11852
Similkameen Spotlight, article on Penticton Hospital services 9931
Statements
Deaths of children in Merritt 11115
Statements by members
Ranching industry in B.C. 13585
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on B.C. legislation on health workers collective bargaining 12215-7
Taxation, tax reductions, impact on government services 12215
Taylor, Carol, comments on economic conditions 13658-9
Taylor, Paul
performance bonuses as chief executive officer of Insurance Corporation of B.C. 10888
role in Insurance Corporation of B.C. vehicle sale issue and investigation 10888-9
Throne speech, content 9780-1
Throne speech debate 9780-4
Transit services
fares 9950
government investment 9783-4
transit plan and government investment 11278
Transport Canada, regulation of automobile safety technology 13151-2
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15), debate 10860-3
van Dongen, John, action on safety technology in vehicles 13153
Vander Zalm, Bill, position on role of B.C. Hydro 10862
Workers, right to collective bargaining 12215, 12217
Yale-Lillooet constituency and area
health care services 12645-7
hospital services 13657
transportation infrastructure needs, government funding 9783
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)

As subject
family's activities 10161
Advanced Education Ministry, budget 10164
Arts and culture, government investment 10163
Asian Canadians, celebration of lunar new year and history in B.C. 13584-5
Asian Heritage Month 12411-2
Asia-Pacific region, economic links with B.C. 13271
B.C.
150th anniversary, government funding 10164
role as gateway to Asia Pacific 10162
B.C. Children's Hospital, expansion and upgrades 10164
Budget debate 10161-4
Budgets, 2008-09 budget content 10162-4
Burnaby, volunteerism and volunteer festival 11864
Burnaby Board of Trade, Pacific gateway committee 13271
Burnaby North constituency and area, Scandinavian cultural events 10285
Carbon tax 10162-3
climate action dividend and tax credits for low-income earners 10163
Children
child care funding, petition tabled 10640
early childhood development, StrongStart B.C., new early learning centres 10164
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru
B.C. government apology 12797
role of government leadership and policies 12797
Down Syndrome Research Foundation, work of organization 12814
Education, per-student funding 10164
Exports and imports, Asia-Pacific initiative 10162
Financial services industry, tax reduction 10162
Finnish Canadians, settlements in B.C., exhibit 10285
Health care
funding 10163-4
system, public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 10163
Homelessness, government action 10164
Homeowner grant, eligibility threshold 10164
Housing
cost of housing 10164
social and subsidized housing, rent supplements 10164
Immigration
foreign and immigrant workers, Skills Connect for Immigrants program 10162
provincial nominee program 10162
Infrastructure
investment in projects 10163
transportation infrastructure, government investment and strategy 10162-3
Lifesaving Society of Canada, B.C. and Yukon Branch, life-saving award recipients commended 10961-2
Motions
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12797
Multiculturalism, lunar new year celebrations in British Columbia and Canada 9633
Petitions
child care funding 10640
Post-secondary education, students
alumni ambassador program 10163
international students in B.C. institutions 10162
Property transfer tax, exemption threshold for first-time homebuyers 10164
Shum, Lydia, death 9927
Special Olympics Canada National Winter Games, 2008 games in Quebec City, participation by B.C. athletes 10432
Statements by members
Asian Heritage Month 12411-2
Burnaby Board of Trade and Asia-Pacific initiatives 13271
Burnaby Festival of Volunteers 11864
Down Syndrome Research Foundation 12814
Lunar new year celebrations 9633, 13584-5
Lydia Shum 9927
Scandinavian cultural events 10285
Tai chi 11443
Team B.C. at Special Olympics 10432
Tri-University Meson Facility 9864
Water rescue awards 10961-2
Tai chi, practice and benefits 11443
Taxation, tax reductions 10163
Tri-University Meson Facility, research work at facility 9864
Vancouver, Chinese New Year celebrations 13584
Welfare, social programs and services 10164
Lekstrom, Hon. Blair (Peace River South)

As subject
appointment as cabinet minister (Macdonald) 13464-5
comments on agriculture and biofuel (Sather) 11073
debate on Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009 13534 (Fleming) 13528-9
experience as mayor of Dawson Creek 13088-9
position on health care support worker legislation (Dix) 12066-7
role in amendments to Vancouver Charter 13535-6 (Ralston) 13535-6
work on freedom-of-information legislation 10752-3 (Dix) 10750-1
Agriculture
financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers, wildlife mitigation and compensation program 9862
government plan 9862, 9871
industry in B.C. 11059-60
workers, employment standards and safety 10752
Arts and culture, government investment 9862
Bennett, W.A.C., establishment of B.C. Hydro and dams 10892
Budget debate 9860-2, 9871-2
Canada, agreement on internal trade, debate in Legislature during NDP administration 13088, 13090
Carbon tax
climate action dividend 9871
impact on northern and rural areas 9871-2
revenue neutrality 9871
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, training in schools, ACT high school CPR program 10075
Dawson Creek, 50th anniversary 12882-3
Education funding 9860-1, 10123
Energy
bioenergy strategy 9862
electricity rates, rebalancing 10893
energy plan, goals 10869, 10892, 10894
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 10893
Freedom of information, legislation, report recommendations 10752-4
Fuel
biodiesel, government initiatives 9862
biodiesel, industry 11060
biofuel production
agriculture and food security issues 11059-61, 12863-5
benefits to B.C. agriculture sector 11059-61, 12863-5
impact on environment 11059-60
Government programs and services, investment in rural and urban areas 10123
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act
debate 11059-61
referral to Legislative Initiatives Committee 11059-60
Health care
funding 9860
system, government initiatives 9860
Income tax, reductions 9861-2, 9871
Information and Privacy Commissioner, role 10753
Infrastructure, government investment in rural and urban areas 10123
Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10751-4
Legislature
bills, committee stage, amendments 10753
Committee of Supply, proposal for committee to sit in two sections 10274-5
language used in House
withdrawal of comments 10274
withdrawal of comments requested 13439
"won't tell the truth" 13439
Mines and mining industry in B.C. 12263-4
Motions
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections, debate 10274-5
Motorcycles, transferable licence plates, petition tabled 11871
NDP, position on trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 13089
Oil and gas
industry in B.C. 9871-2, 13088
revenues to government 9872
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
athletes village 13538-9, 13548-9
athletes village, financing of project 13412, 13416-7, 13533-4, 13536-7, 13539-40, 13542-7, 13550-2
costs and funding 13533-4
Pakistan, power facility, NDP role 10893
Peace River area
agriculture industry 11059-60
health services 9860
transportation infrastructure 9862
Petitions
transferable plates for motorcycles 11871
Points of order
comments by Shane Simpson 13439
Private members' statements
Fuelling our agricultural economy 12863-5
Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 9862
Rivers and streams, public ownership of resources 10893
Sales tax, exemption on all-terrain vehicles for farm use 9861
South Peace Secondary School, curling teams 10483
Spectra Energy, tax revenues to government 9872
Sports, curling competitions in B.C. 10483
Statements by members
50th anniversary of Dawson Creek 12882-3
50th anniversary of Taylor 11284-5
ACT Foundation high school CPR program 10075
Mining industry in B.C. 12263-4
Northern B.C. Winter Games in Dawson Creek 9865
South Peace Secondary curling teams 10483
Taxation, tax reductions 9861-2
Taylor, 50th anniversary 11284-5
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 13088-90
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Act, debate 13088-91
Union of B.C. Municipalities, consultation by NDP government on agreement on internal trade 13090
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15)
debate 10869, 10892-4
definitions, "government's energy objectives" 10869
Vancouver
city council, decision-making authority and referenda 13535-6
city council request for Vancouver Charter amendments 13416
city government
audits 13552
borrowing powers 13416-7, 13535, 13540-2, 13545, 13550
relationship with Municipal Finance Authority 13543
Southeast False Creek area, development 13417, 13538
Vancouver Charter
amendments 13412, 13534-5
provision on borrowing and referendum exemption for southwest False Creek 13542
use of term "debt" 13536
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009
debate 13411-2, 13416-7, 13533-4, 13534-53
debate in Legislature, scope of debate 13438-9, 13501
debate in Legislature by NDP MLAs 13533-4
definitions, "development area" 13538-9
explanatory note 13538
provisions, liability limits 13545
provisions on securities 13550-1
purpose of bill 13412
retroactivity 13535
scope of bill 13417
use of term "personal property" 13551
Water licences 10893
Welfare, social programs and services, funding 9861
Les, Hon. John (Chilliwack-Sumas)

As subject
activities as Solicitor General (James) 10636
investigation by Agricultural Land Commission (Bell) 10965 (Krog) 10965
performance as Solicitor General (James) 10077
police investigation, public disclosure (Farnworth) 10636 (James) 10635-6 (Karagianis) 10638-9 (Kwan) 10637 (Macdonald) 10637-8 (Oppal) 10635-6, 10638-9 (Thorne) 10639
resignation as Solicitor General (Macdonald) 10637-8 (Oppal) 10638
Automobiles, insurance rates 9738
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13660-2
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 13660-1, 13663
position on deficit budgets 13660
priorities 13332
Budget debate 10102-6
Budgets
balanced budget legislation during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 13660
deficit budgets, B.C. Liberal Party position 13660
Business
commission for collection of sales tax and hotel room tax 13334
small business income tax rate reduction 13334
Canada Education Park, educational facilities 13630
Canadian Border Services Agency, establishment of learning centre at education park 13630
Chilliwack, schools, government investment 13663
Corporations
capital tax, elimination 10103
income tax reduction 10103
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13662
Crime and criminals
break-and-enter offences, reduction 10105
forfeiture of proceeds of crime, use of funds 10105-6
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 13332-4
debate by NDP MLAs 13332
Economy
current and past conditions 10102-3, 13662
current and projected conditions 13332-3
economic plan for province 13332-4
global economy, current conditions 13661
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13660-4
Financial services industry
credit union deposits, unlimited insurance protection 13333
tax reduction 10103
Floods and floodplains, flood prevention 10104
Forests and forest industry, conditions in industry 13661
Fraser Valley, flooding in winter 2008-09, response 13557-8
The Globe and Mail, ranking of Canadian universities 13208
Government, local government, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments for public safety initiatives 10104-5
Income tax
rates for low-income earners 10103
reductions 10103, 13333
Industry, school tax reduction 10103
Infrastructure, funding, federal government role 13662
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles 10076-8
operations 9737
Justice Institute of British Columbia, purchase of land in education park 13630
Minter, Brian, accomplishments 13208
NDP, performance as government, financial management 13662
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, benefits and opportunities 13663-4
Pensions, private sector pension opportunities 13333
Points of order
relevance of comments by Harry Bains 13300-1
Police and policing
funding for police services during NDP administration 10105
helicopter service in lower mainland 10106
information management, PRIME system 10106
integrated services 10106
integrated sexual predator observation team 9870
police officers, funding for additional officers 10104
Port Mann Bridge, expansion and replacement 13662-3
Property, equity 10104
Property tax, industrial property tax credit for school property tax reduction 13333-4
Public debt, management and debt-to-GDP ratio 13662
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, accomplishments 10077
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
training facility 10104
training facility in Chilliwack 13630
Safety, government action on public safety issues 10104-5
Sales tax, exemptions on appliances 10104
Statements by members
Canada Education Park 13630
Response to floods in Fraser Valley 13557-8
University College of the Fraser Valley 11865-6
University of the Fraser Valley 13208
Substance abuse and addiction, grow ops and meth labs, access to electricity consumption information by local authorities 10105
Taxation
government policies 13661
tax reductions 10103-4, 13333-4
U.S. economy 13661
University College of the Fraser Valley
Chilliwack campus, technical and trades training facility 10104
operations and university designation 11865-6
University of the Fraser Valley
Chilliwack campus, trades training facility 13630
ranking 13208

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