Province of British Columbia
Fifth Session, 38th Parliament – 2009
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford–Mount Lehman)

As subject
comments on application of Jordan's principle in first nations housing issues (Trevena) 14524
debate on interim supply legislation (Brar) 14326-7 (Dix) 14329-30 (Hansen) 14334
Abbotsford Hawks, bantam triple-A hockey championship win 14751
Arrowsmith Water Service, participation in watershed planning 14019-20
Bloy, Harry, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 13740
B.C. Liberal Party government, Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, government comment on issues 14699
Budgets
2008-09 budget, additional funds for ministries 14212, 14349-50, 14379
2009-10 budget, interim supply 14324-6
2009-10 budget deficit 14379-80
budget process 14324-5
budgets during NDP administration 14325
Burnaby, Willingdon pretrial facility proposal, NDP position 13832
Cantelon, Ron, comments during question period and correction 14019-20
Crime and criminals, gang crime, government action 13832
Elections
2009 general election 14380
2009 general election, party platforms 14813
fixed election date 14324
Englishman River, logging in watershed area 14020
Fires and firefighters, forest fire fighting, funding 14212, 14349, 14379, 14425
Forests and Range Ministry, budget, additional funds for forest fire fighting 14212, 14349, 14379, 14425
Government
ministers and deputy ministers, accountability for meeting budget estimates 14212, 14349-50, 14379, 14424-6
ministers' salaries, salary holdback based on meeting of budget targets 14424-6
Hawkins, Sindi, appointment as Deputy Speaker 13739
Illington, Joy, appointment as acting Merit Commissioner 13817
Jarvis, Daniel, absence for health reasons and colleagues' wishes for recovery 14251
Justice system, government non-interference 14699-702
Kinsella, Patrick
lobbyist activities, NDP comment 14813
role in sale of B.C. Rail, government comment on issues 14698-9
Krog, Leonard
comments on interference in judicial process 14699-700
debate on interim supply legislation 14325
Legislature
committee system, membership of committees 13947, 14042
estimates process, government proposal 14326
estimates process, use of supplementary estimates 14324-5, 14349
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, change in sitting schedule 13741
privilege matters, requirements 14019
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 13740
appointment of Deputy Speakers 13739-40
Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2008-2009
debate 14212, 14349-50, 14379-80, 14424-6
debate by NDP MLAs 14379-80
Motions
appointment of acting Merit Commissioner, debate 13817
legislative sitting hours, debate 13741
membership of select standing and special committees, debate 13947, 14042
NDP
performance as government, financial management 14379
position on issues, correctional facilities 13832
Provincial emergency program funding 14212, 14350
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, budget, additional funds for storm and flood response 14212, 14349-50, 14379
Singh, Kanwaljit, death 14752
Statements
Messages for Daniel Jarvis 14251
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009
debate 14324-6
debate by NDP MLAs 14324-6
Supreme Court of B.C., court proceedings, government comment on issues 14700
Times Colonist (Victoria), article on Parksville-Qualicum watershed issue 14019-20
Tributes
Abbotsford Hawks bantam triple-A hockey champions 14751
Kanwaljit Singh 14752
Whittred, Katherine, appointment as Deputy Speaker 13739-40
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
work as MLA 14826-7
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, number of beds 13997-8
Barefoot, Gordon, comments on hospital funding 13998
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 14332-3
financial management 14330-1, 14827-9
Budgets, 2009-10 budget
content 14330
debate in Legislature 14330-3
interim supply 14329-32
priorities 14331-3
Campbell, Gordon, comments on minimum wage 14827-8
Children and Family Development Ministry, report on cost of services for children in care 13943-4
de Jong, Michael, debate on interim supply legislation 14329-30
Economy
conditions, government response 14827-9
economy during B.C. Liberal Party, NDP and Social Credit administrations 14827
Education system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14828
Fraser Health Authority
budget and services 13960
emergency services 13999
funding 13998-9
service demand 14004
Ganeshan, Vishy, community contributions and vandalism of Vancouver business 14826
Government
change in government, need 14829
priorities during economic recessions 14829
Health, health authorities
budget process and deficits 13958-63
performance 13969
public information and websites 14014
service plans 13958-9, 13964-8
Health, health care funding 13979, 14003-4
funding as percentage of provincial budget 13958
funding for diagnostic services 14014
home and community care funding 14017-8
supplementary funding for health authorities 13956-9, 13968-70, 13979-80, 13991-2, 14002-3
Health, health care system
emergency services
demand and funding 13992-3, 13996-7
overcapacity protocol 13999-4002
use by mentally ill persons 13993-5
wait-lists and waiting times, diagnostic services 13969, 14012-4
Health Services Ministry
2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13956-70, 13979-80, 13991-4004, 14012-8
estimates debate 14004
supplementary estimates debate 14014, 14018
Interior Health Authority
handling of concerns re laboratory services 14756
magnetic resonance imaging services 14012
Langley Memorial Hospital, emergency services and service demand 14014-6
Legislature
estimates process
prohibition of supplementary estimates 14330
relevance of debate 13963
scope of debate 13991, 14001-3
legislative calendar and sitting schedule
fall sitting 14332
number of sitting days 14330, 14332-3
schedule for completion of government business 14330
Mental health
mental health plan 13997
programs and services, funding 13994-5
Northern Health Authority
funding and services 14016-7
service plan 13966-7
Okanagan area, health services, medical laboratories 14756-7
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, costs and funding 14331
Oral questions
Access to ministry report by Representative for Children and Youth 13943
Government action on care standards for addiction recovery homes 14157
Medical laboratory services in Okanagan area 14756-7
Regulation of septic systems 14258-9
Poverty, incidence in B.C. and government action 14828
Property tax, assessment of property, valuation for 2009 taxation year 14829
Providence Health Care, funding 13992
Ready, Kirk, concerns re laboratory services in Okanagan area 14756-7
Representative for Children and Youth, relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 13943-4
Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency facilities 14016
Sir Guy Carleton Community Elementary School, fire damage, government action 14826-7
SkyTrain, public safety issues, advocates 14826
Substance abuse and addiction
government task force 14157
regulation of residential treatment services 14157
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009, debate 14329-33
Throne speech
content and proposed amendment 14826-9
debate 14330
Throne speech debate 14826-9
Vancouver, public safety and property crime 14826
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
budget process and deficit 13958, 13960, 13963-4
emergency services 13992-5
funding 13992
mental health services 13995
Vancouver police department, report on police calls involving mentally ill persons 13995
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area, issues and concerns 14826-9
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, expansion 14001
Waste management, sewage and septic systems, regulation 14258-9
Water, drinking water protection 14258-9
Welfare, social welfare system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14827-9

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