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

Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
comments on issues
changes to balanced-budget legislation (Chong) 13599
education system (Nuraney) 13593
softwood lumber agreement (Bell) 13212-3 (Bennett) 9725 (Wyse) 9729
Sullivan minesite deaths 12539 (Krueger) 12537-9
experience with health care systems elsewhere 11688-9
Acid rain, emissions trading system to address issue 11382
Africa, health care services 11688
Agriculture and Lands Ministry, estimates debate 11093
Air, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade system 11218-21, 11382-5
Alberta
2008 provincial election, voter participation 10231
power supply 10800
Ambulance service and paramedics 13205
Animals
exotic species, regulation 12578-9
servals, designation as controlled species 12578
Arts and culture
arts councils in B.C. 10786
endowment fund 9995-8
government investment 9998-10000, 10033
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13579, 13592
Bennett, Bill, e-mail communications with constituents 13564, 13589
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
health care for seniors 11589-90
health care funding and services 10628, 11713, 13592
health care funding and services, ambulance and paramedic services 13205
highways and roads 10035
issues, government action 10033, 10035-6
rural B.C. needs, government support 13237, 13239-40
services and government support 13466
B.C. Arts Council, distribution of arts funding 9996-8
B.C. Hydro
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 10036-7, 10801
privatization 10199-200
role, changes 10800-2
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 11123-4, 11218-9, 12951, 13465
actions since 2001 election 12196
approach to governing 12950
police investigation of alleged breach of trust, government response 10436
policies, impact on low-income earners and youth 12950
policies, relationship to public interest 10627-8
position on ferry fares 13239
position on privatization 12196-7
priorities 13237-40
public perception 11712-3
B.C. Pavilion Corporation
board, meetings with Tourism, Sport and the Arts Minister 11856, 11858-60
board, merger with board of Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project 11859-60
board, merger with board of Vancouver Convention Centre expansion project board, freedom-of-information request 10747
communications with government 11858
B.C. Place Stadium
heating control and costs, link to management bonus structure 11855
operational audit 11858-9
roof issues
implementation of roof deflation report recommendations 11855
roof assessments and maintenance, work by riggers 11859
roof status 12818, 12878
roof status, 2006 report 11617, 11776-7, 11853-4
roof replacement 10289-90, 11213, 11617, 11776-7, 11858, 11869
budget and time line 11855-6
information briefings to opposition 11854-5, 11858
procurement process 11857-8
report on options 11710, 11854
Budget, 2007-08 supplementary estimates debate, contingencies and new programs 9971-2
Budget debate 10033-7
Budgets
2007-08 budget, additional funds for ministries 10033
2008-09 budget
content 10033
government priorities 10034-5
Calvert, John, writing on private power production in Liquid Gold 10800-1
Campbell, Gordon
comments and position on health workers' collective agreements 12195-6
position on conduct of cabinet ministers 13564, 13589
trust issue 11712-3
Canada Health Act, principles 11687
Carbon tax
climate action dividend 10034
impact on northern and rural areas 10033-4, 11384
Children, child care
accessibility 9706, 13239
government action 10035
Climate change
climate action secretariat, meetings 10034, 11123
government action, public consultation and information 10034, 11219, 11384
Coe Newnes-McGehee Inc., employment and operations in Salmon Arm 12266-7
Coleman, Rich
handling of forest industry issues 12096
performance as Forests and Range Minister 12351, 12413-4
Collins, Gary, comments on budget accountability and transparency 10000
Columbia Lake Provincial Park, development in area 9705
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
housing, affordability and availability 10035
infrastructure needs 13238
issues and concerns 13239-40
Community Services Ministry, estimates debate 11832
Consumers, plastic shopping bags, use reduction 13209
Democracy, public participation in democracy 10231
Dobell, Ken
call for termination of role as chair of VANOC finance committee 10486
lobbyist activities with provincial government and public agencies, call for suspension 10345, 10436, 10485
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13236-40, 13402
Economy, economic plan for province 13236-9
Education
class size and composition 13240, 13320, 13581
foundation skills assessment 12092
four-day school week 13591-2
funding formula, impact on rural school districts 10035, 13581, 13591-2
ranking of schools 12092
school closings 13581
school seismic upgrades 13581
special education and special needs funding 13580-1
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 13580-1, 13591-2
Election Amendment Act, 2008
debate 12950-1
content of bill 12951
debate in Legislature 12950
Elections
advertising, limits on third-party spending 12950-1
voter identification requirements, impact on homeless and transient population 12950
Energy
energy plan, role of private sector 10036-7, 10799-803, 11123, 11220-1, 11383
export from and import into B.C., sales and purchases 10800-1
hydroelectric power, dam system 10800-1
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects 10036, 10199-200
government policy 10294-5
government policy and public concerns 11938
impact on environment 10801-2
independent power producers
issues 10036
long-term impact for B.C. 9707
withdrawal of government motion on topic 10627
independent power projects, local government authority over projects 10801-2, 11938
independent power projects, potential sites 10801-2
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 10800
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 12537-9
Environmental (Species and Public Protection) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008
debate 12578-9
position of hunting organizations 12578
Erickson, Doug, death in mine accident 12537
Europe, cap-and-trade system for emissions reduction 11382
Ferries and ferry services, fares, B.C. Liberal Party position 13239
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13579-81, 13591-2
First nations, aboriginal right to fish and hunt 10328
Food industry, meat-processing regulations, implementation 11093
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry 9706
conditions in industry, government action 10034, 12096, 13236-7
employment, job loss 12266, 12351
government forest policies 11949, 12096, 12267, 12351
mills, fibre supply for pulp mills 11949
workers
government support 12413-4, 13696
transition programs, funding 13696
transition programs, information on government website 12414
Fraser Institute, ranking of schools 12092
Freedom of information
legislation, changes 10746-7
requests for information, government handling 10746-7, 11853-4, 11859-60
Fuel, biofuel production, reports and studies 11123-4
Glacier Power B.C. Ltd., Glacier-Howser power project 10802
Golden
independent power projects in area, petition tabled 12889
wildlife conservation officers in area 9704-5
Government
accountability 13470
advertising and announcements, cost 10034
cabinet, standard of conduct 13589
ministers and deputy ministers, accountability for meeting budget estimates 9999-10000, 10197-201
privatization, B.C. Liberal Party position 12196
public participation 9704-5
Great Britain, health care system 11688-9
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act
debate 11218-21, 11382-5
purpose of bill and regulations 11218
referral to Legislative Initiatives Committee 11218-20, 11382
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act
debate 11122-4
application of freedom-of-information legislation 11123
purpose of bill and regulations 11122-4
Hansen, Colin, comments on changes to balanced-budget legislation 13579
Health care
funding as percentage of total provincial budget 11687
system
accountability 10198-9
costs 11687-9, 11713-9
equity 11689
health support workers
2002 legislation 12195-7
relationship with government 12196
value of work 12196
sustainability principle in B.C. legislation 11687
sustainability principle in B.C. legislation, impact on Canada Health Act principles 11712
system in Canada 11712
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12857-8
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12195-7
Heritage sites related to trade and commerce 9790
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), expansion between Kamloops and Alberta border 13238
Housing
affordable housing, government action 10035
residential care facilities
conditions, government action 10292-3
inspections 9706, 11589
staffing levels, government accountability 10198-9
Hume, Mark, article on private power production in B.C. 10800
Hunting organizations, land stewardship 10328-9, 12578
Ilich, Olga, work on Sullivan minesite issue 10746
Income assistance, employment insurance (EI), extension of benefits 13696
Information and Privacy Commissioner, comments on issues
cap-and-trade legislation 11220
fuel legislation 11123
Infrastructure
government investment in rural and urban areas 10037
investment in projects, government action 13238
Interior Health Authority, residential care services 10079
International Labour Organization, comments on B.C. legislation on workers' rights 12196-7
Invermere
paramedic services 9793-4
population and health care services 12857-8, 13238
Joseph Creek Village, staffing levels 9930
Jumbo Creek Conservation Society, Jumbo Wild campaign 10231
Jumbo Glacier Resort
issues, ministerial responsibility 11832
local decision-making on development proposal 9705, 10142
local decision-making on development proposal, role of first nations 11860
resort development, petition tabled 13215-6
Kicking Horse Culture, activities 10786
Kimberley, health care services 11713
Kootenay area
East Kootenays
coalmining and coalbed gas exploration in area 10618
habitat and wildlife conservation 10328-9
hunting and fishing activities and habitat conservation 12578
land use, balance between environment and industry needs 10618
public meetings on government energy plan 11938
Kozek, Joe, burning permit for Revelstoke mill 9705
Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 10746-7
Land use planning, local decision-making 10618
Legislature
Committee of Supply, proposal for committee to sit in two sections 10291-5
estimates process 11862
language used in House, "moron" 13500
language used in House, "spewing" 13170
members' conduct and debate, appropriate conduct 13502
schedule for completion of debate on bills 12950, 13239
Lekstrom, Blair, appointment as cabinet minister 13464-5
Les, John
police investigation, public disclosure 10637-8
resignation as Solicitor General 10637-8
McDonald, Jessica, review of activities of Ken Dobell 10436
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11686-9, 11712-3
Mines and mining industry, worker safety, enforcement and penalty provisions 11121, 12537-8
Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2007-2008, debate 10197-201
Motions
ambulance service in B.C., debate 13205
benefits of 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, debate 12877-8
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections, debate 10291-5
patient-centred health care funding, debate 10627-8
support for run-of-the-river power projects, debate 11938
Mount Cartier Court, staffing levels 10079-80, 10198
Museums, small community museums 9790-1
NDP
policies 11220-1
vision for sustainable B.C. 11221, 11384
Nicholson Elementary School, student project on plastic bag use reduction 13209
Oil and gas industry in B.C., subsidies 10034
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
athletes village 13465-9
broadcast services 11860, 13468
costs and funding 13465-7, 13470
impact on government support for rural B.C. 12878, 13466-8
Oral questions
B.C. Place roof replacement 10289-90, 11213, 11776-7, 11869
Call for seniors representative 9931
Class size and composition in education system 13320
Condition of B.C. Place roof 12818
Government action on forest industry 11949, 12096, 12189, 12266-7, 12351, 12413-4
Government relationship with Ken Dobell 10345, 10436
Government response to actions of Ken Dobell 10485-6
Government support for forest workers 13696
Heli-skiing in Purcell Wilderness Conservancy 10024
Paramedic services in Invermere 9793-4
Penalty provisions for mining industry 11121
Police investigation of former Solicitor General 10637-8
Private resort in Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park 10141-2
Recommendation from Sullivan mine accident inquest 10725
Release of report on B.C. Place roof 11617, 11710
Staffing at Joseph Creek residential care facility 9930
Staffing levels at Mount Cartier Court 10079
Tourism Minister communications with constituents 13564, 13589
Tree farm licence land removals in Revelstoke area 13120
Paragon Wood Products, fibre supply 11949, 12189
Petitions
independent power projects in Golden area 12889
Jumbo Glacier Resort development 13215-6
use of Karelian bear dog teams for bear shepherding 13187
Podmore, David, position as board chair for B.C. Pavilion Corporation 11859
Points of order
comments by Kevin Krueger 13500
comments by Richard Neufeld 13287
conduct of minister 13502
Politicians, public perception 10198
Pope and Talbot Inc.. application for removal of land from tree farm licence 13120
Poverty, government action 10035
Private members' statements
Seniors care in rural British Columbia 11589-91
Property tax
assessment of property, changes for 2009 taxation year, valuation of property, applicability to ski hills 13402
industrial property tax credit for school property tax reduction 13238
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park, proposed heli-ski tenure 10024, 10141-2
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities, government support 10034, 13236-7
Revelstoke
ambulance station 9705, 12857
housing issues 9706-7
Rivers and streams, public ownership of resources 10802
Robertson, Gregor, election as Vancouver mayor 13464
Seniors, issues
call for advocate 9706, 9931
call for independent representative 10199, 11589-91
Statements by members
Foundation skills assessment 12092
Jumbo Wild initiative 10231
Kicking Horse Culture 10786
Student actions for plastic bag use reduction 13209
Sullivan mine accident 12410
Trade and commerce heritage sites 9790-1
Teachers, management of workforce during B.C. Liberal Party administration 13592
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics
implementation of inquest recommendations 9707, 10725, 11121, 12537-9
response 12410
Throne speech, nature of throne speeches 9704
Throne speech debate 9703-7
Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry
2007-08 supplementary estimates debate 9995-10000
estimates debate 11853-60, 11862
budget, additional funds for arts initiatives 9995-10000
budget and expenditures, 2007-08 and 2008-09 fiscal years 9999
estimates process 9995, 11853
role in arts funding distribution 9996-8
United Nations, committee's comments on B.C. government policies impacting women 12197
U.S., health care system 11689
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15), debate 10799-803
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009
debate 13464-70
debate in Legislature 13466-8, 13470
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
bookings, conferences 11856
expansion project
board 10293-4
costs 10201, 10292-3, 11123, 11856-8, 12878, 13466
disclosure of information 10294, 11854
KPMG report 11857
management 13468
rationale for project initiation 11857
Vancouver East Cultural Centre, government investment 9998-9
Wildlife, bears, management with Karelian bear dog teams 12578-9
petition tabled 13187
Willcocks, Paul, comments on health care and Medicare Protection Amendment Act (2008) 11687-8
Workers, shortage, relationship to housing affordability 10035
McGinn, Jenn (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
conversation with constituents 13479
election and introduction to House (James) 13159
experience of first speech in Legislature 13334-5
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 13479-80
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, report on Canada line construction 13194-5
Children, special needs children
program and service delivery 13319
wait-lists for services 13319
Civil service employees, executive salaries 13182
Doyle, John, letter to Speaker re audit of Olympic Games expenditures 13479
Economic Incentive and Stabilization Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, debate 13334-6
Economy, economic plan for province, response by Carole James 13335-6
Families, government support for working parents 13336
Gregory, Michael, experience with community living services 13182
Heyes, Susan, experience as Cambie Street small business owner 13194
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 13478-80
Oral questions
Implementation of child protection report recommendations 13319
Services and wait-lists for special needs children 13319
Services for disabled persons and salaries for government executives 13182
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, debt load 13336
Poverty, child poverty in B.C., government action 13335
Prince Edward Island, B.C. politicians with connections to province 13334-5
Private members' statements
Advocating for small business 13194-6
Social workers, community social services workers 13690-1
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada line
impact of construction on small businesses 13194-6, 13335-6
litigation by small businesses 13194
Statements by members
Community social services workers 13690-1
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13478-80
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, accountability 13478-9
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area, constituents' concerns re cost of Olympic Games 13479-80
McIntyre, Hon. Joan (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)

Arts and culture, government investment 10053-4
Automobiles, child health and safety initiatives 9648
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13604-7
Barnett, Kathy, death 9732-3
Bowen Island, arts and culture events 11864-5
B.C. Hydro, assets and initiatives 10952
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments and goals 9645, 9650, 10052
financial management 13605
philosophy and policies 10052-5
position on independent power producers 10951-3, 11937-8
regional initiatives with other jurisdictions 9647
Budget debate 10052-5
Budgets, 2008-09 budget, NDP position 10053
Business, public-private partnerships, NDP position 13606
Campbell, Gordon, leadership 9647
Canadian Cancer Society, work of organization 10884-5
Cancer, government initiatives for prevention, research and treatment 10884-5
Capilano College, designation as university 11944
Carbon tax 10052-3
Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 9647-8
Climate change
action on climate change, economic and research opportunities 10053
government action 9648
Cline, Aleisha, ski cross achievements 13556
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru, B.C. government apology 12796-7
Economy
current and past conditions, government response 13604-5
economic plan for province 13604-5
Education, government commitment 9649
Energy
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects, call for moratorium on private projects 10952
independent power producers
B.C. Liberal Party position 10951-3, 11937-8
issues 10054
NDP position 10951-3, 11937-8
public perception 10951-3
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 10054
Environmental protection, relationship to economy 10053
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13604-7
First nations
new relationship with government 9648
services for children and families, government initiatives 9649-50
Furlong, John, comments on management of Olympic Games 9646
Government, revenues, decrease 13605
Health care
funding during B.C. Liberal Party administration 10629
public health, government initiatives 9647
system
government initiatives 9647
health professionals, credentialling and scope of practice 9647
public consultation by government, Conversation on Health 9647
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades 9646-7
Homelessness, government action 9648
Horgan, John, comments in House 10052
Housing
government initiatives 9648
social and subsidized housing, rental assistance program 9648
Infrastructure, investment in projects, government action 13605-6
International Olympic Committee, decision on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games 9646
Literacy, government support 9649
Mason, Gary, article on government climate change initiatives 10053
Motions
benefits of 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, debate 12872-4
coroner's reports on domestic violence deaths, debate 12258
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12796-7
moratorium on private run-of-the-river power projects, debate 10951-3
patient-centred health care funding, debate 10629
support for run-of-the-river power projects, debate 11937-8
transit plan, debate 11280
NDP
position on issues
2008-09 budget 10053
independent power producers 10951-3, 11937-8
Olympic Games 12874
public-private partnerships 13606
transit initiatives 11280
priorities 13606-7
Olympic Games, 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City, impact 9646
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 9645-6, 12872-4
NDP position 12874
test events at snow venues, performance by Canadian ski cross team 13556
venues 9646
venues, completion 10230
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, 2008 conference in Vancouver 12734
Pearl's Place Transition House, funding and services 12258
Pemberton Valley, music festival in area 11865
Post-secondary education, government commitment 9649
Public Accounts Committee
third report for third session of 38th parliament, debate 10438
work of committee 10438
Public debt, requirement for surplus consolidated revenue funds to address direct operating debt 13605
Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise, fundraising activities 10554-5
Sea to Sky land and resource management plan, status, consultation with first nations 11524
Skills training, government initiatives 9649
Squamish, post-secondary education facilities 9649
Squamish Elementary School, StrongStart B.C. centre 9648
Squamish Reads, literacy initiative 9981-2
Statements by members
Bowen Island and Pemberton Valley arts and music events 11864-5
Cancer awareness 10884-5
Kathy Barnett 9732-3
Olympic venues 10230
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region conference in Vancouver 12734
Rotary Club of West Vancouver 10554-5
Sea to Sky land and resource management plan 11524
Squamish Reads 9981-2
University designation for Capilano College 11944
West Vancouver Youth Band 13030
Wild at Art Festival 11116-7
Taxation, tax reductions 10054
Throne speech debate 9645-50
Transit services
initiatives, NDP position 11280
transit plan and government investment 11280
Transportation, projects in B.C. 13606
Trevena, Claire, debate on budget 10052
Tributes
Canadian ski cross team 13556
Violence, family violence
programs and services for women and children 12258
risk assessment training for police and justice agencies, pilot project 12258
Welfare, social programs and services, funding 10054
West Vancouver Youth Band, fundraising event 13030
West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area
child care facilities 9648
festivals in area 9645
first nations in area, economic development 9650
independent power projects 10951, 10953
Wild at Art Festival 11116-7
Winter, John, comments on run-of-the-river power projects 11937
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)

As subject
comments during Children and Youth Committee meeting (de Jong) 10724-5 (Fraser) 10724-5
comments on B.C. forest industry (Simpson, B.) 9717
experience with family violence cases as coroner and police officer 12256-7
healthy lifestyle changes 9790
personal experience with ambulance service 13202
Ambulance service and paramedics 9760-1, 13202-3
Armed forces, public support 9760
Atlin, hunting in area 10329
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 13611-3
B.C. Ambulance Service, funding and government support 13203
B.C. Coroners Service, review of family violence deaths 12257
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13611-2
Bulkley Valley District Hospital, dialysis services, petition tabled 10347
Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area
boundary changes and reconstitution as new constituency 10537
description 9759
Carbon tax, petition tabled 10725
Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 9761
Coroner, inquests and judgments of inquiry 12257
Economy, current and past conditions, government response 13612
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries, northern and rural constituencies 10536-7
Electoral Boundaries Commission, review of electoral boundaries 10536-7
Energy, independent power producers, link between southeast Alaska and northwest B.C. grid 9762
Exercise, benefits 9790
Finance Statutes (Deficit Authorization and Debt Elimination) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 13610-3
First nations, aboriginal right to fish and hunt 10328-9
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry 9716-7
softwood lumber agreement with U.S., impact and government role 9716-7
George, Frederick James, work on first nations war veterans' rights 10074
Government
federal-provincial relations during NDP administration 10131
revenues, decrease 13612
The Grassy Plains Community Hall Association (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2008, debate 11773, 12470
Health care
public health, government promotion of healthy eating and physical activity for children 9760
system, personal health information, patient access 9760
system, sustainability principle in B.C. legislation 9759-60
Houston
ambulance service and acute care beds 13202
environmental initiatives 9762-3
health care services 9760-1
Hunting
hunting in B.C. 10327
regulation, hunt limitations and closings 10327-9
Justice system
review of sentencing practices 9761
rights of individual and society 9761
Khutzeymateen Inlet Conservancy, designation as schedule E conservancy 12828
Khutzeymateen Inlet West Conservancy, designation as schedule F conservancy 12828
Legislature, behaviour of members in the chamber 12598-9
Lower mainland, gang crime 9761
Medical Services Plan, benefit access for armed forces members and families 9760
Minerals North, 2008 conference in Smithers 10231
Mines and mining industry
first nations involvement in industry, exploration training 9762
industry in B.C. 12347-8
industry in B.C., 2008 events 10231
investment in exploration 9762
Motions
ambulance service in B.C., debate 13202-3
coroner's reports on domestic violence deaths, debate 12256-7
electoral boundaries for B.C., debate 10536-7
provincial support for federal crime bill, debate 10130-1
National Wildlife Week 11052
NDP, priorities 13612
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes 12825-6
Northwest Community College, School of Exploration and Mining 9762
NovaGold Resources Inc., Galore Creek mine project 9762
Nurses, training and scope of practice 9760
Oil and gas, coalbed methane gas, development of resource 11272-3
Olympic Games, 2008 games in Beijing, B.C. and Canadian athletes 11208-9
Petitions
carbon tax 10725
dialysis services for Bulkley Valley 10347
Pharmacists, scope of practice 9760
Port of Prince Rupert, development 9762
Post-secondary education funding, trust fund for children 9761
Private members' statements
Hunting 10327-9
Protected Areas of British Columbia (Conservancies and Parks) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 12825-6, 12828
Public debt, management during NDP administration 13610-2
Statements by members
Behaviour of MLAs in the chamber 12598-9
Benefits of exercise 9790
B.C. athletes at 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing 11208-9
Frederick James George 10074
Mining industry events 10231
Mining industry in B.C. 12347-8
National Wildlife Week 11052
Throne speech debate 9759-63
Wildlife conservation and protection 11052
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)

As subject
apology for remarks to Chair 10118
position on Insite supervised injection facility (Kwan) 12872
removal from select standing committees (de Jong) 13279
Arts and culture, benefits and government support 11927-9
Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Centre, therapeutic community 9910, 10188, 10211-2
Budget debate 10087-90
Business, public-private partnerships, benefits 11556-7
Carbon tax
climate action dividend 10087
NDP position 10089
Children, early learning and child care, government funding and initiatives 10332-3
Climate change, government action
initiatives, NDP position 11557
proposal for all-party legislative committee 11557
Consumers, costs and user fees 10087, 10089
Crime and criminals, victims of crime, assistance 11269-71
Crime Victim Assistance Act, provisions 11269-70
Criminal Code (federal), amendments on sexual and violent offences 10127
Discrimination and racism, B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru
awareness 12798
B.C. government apology 12798
call for government apology and establishment of memorial 12254
Education
funding formula 10118-9
safety of students, government action 10616
schools, transportation, 15-seat passenger vans 10616
schools, transportation safety, regulation 10616
First nations, relationship with government 10089
Health care system, services for seniors during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 11605
Homelessness, government action 9910-2, 10087, 12248-9
Housing
government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels 10087
housing for people with mental illness, institutional care 10089-90
social and subsidized housing
amount of housing 9786
government support 10087
rental assistance program 10088-9
supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill, government initiatives 10211
temporary housing and shelters, number of shelter beds 10089
Income tax, reductions 10087
Justice system, criminal justice system, role in crime reduction 10126-7
Legislature, unparliamentary language 10088
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven Point, commended 9785
Lower mainland, traffic congestion, impact on greenhouse gas emissions 11555
Mohan, Chris, death as victim of gang violence, public rally 10127
Motions
commercialization of child care, debate 10332-3
Komagata Maru (Motion 55), debate 12254
Komagata Maru (Motion 62), debate 12798
provincial support for federal crime bill, debate 10126-8
seniors representative for B.C., debate 11605
Nanaimo Correctional Centre, Guthrie House addiction treatment program 10212, 10719
NDP
MLAs, performance 11557
position on issues
carbon tax 10089
climate change initiatives 11557
Port Mann Bridge expansion 11556
transportation infrastructure projects 11556
Occupational health and safety, work-life balance and WorkLife B.C. awards 11051-2
Park, Ji-Won, attack victim 11269-70
Petermann, Lilo, community achievement award recipient 11207
Port Mann Bridge, expansion and transit access 11556-8
Portland Housing Society, housing units in Woodward's building 10087
Private members' statements
The fight against homelessness 9910-2
A shot in the arm 11927-9
Supporting victims of crime 11269-71
Workplace bullying 10613-5
Riverview Hospital, mental health housing 9786, 10089-90, 10211
School district 39 (Vancouver), school buildings, location and use 10118-9
Seniors housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 9786-7, 10089
Statements by members
Baldy Hughes 10188
Bullying 10018
Guthrie House 10719
Lilo Petermann 11207
Work-life balance 11051-2
Stehiyaq Healing and Wellness Village, therapeutic community 9785
Substance abuse and addiction
prevention and treatment services, therapeutic communities 9785-6, 10211-2
supervised injection sites, impact on public health and order 12871
supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility 10212, 12871-2
Throne speech debate 9784-7, 10210-2
Transportation, projects in B.C., NDP position 11556
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008, debate 11555-8
Vancouver
arts and culture 11928-9
social housing 9786
West End, rental housing stock 12248
Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area, need for new schools 10118
Violence
bullying and violence at school, legislation and prevention 10018
bullying at work 10613-5
Welfare, social programs and services 10088-9
WorkLife B.C. Awards, award recipients 11052

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