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

Falcon, Hon. Kevin (Surrey-Cloverdale)

As subject
comments in estimates debate on Port Mann Bridge design (Karagianis) 14133-4
comments on seniors care (Conroy) 14633
100 Mile House, road conditions in area, improvements 14122
Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area, funding for road improvements 14124-5
Burns Bog, management during B.C. Liberal and NDP administrations 14167
Business, public-private partnerships
benefits and projects in B.C. 14134-5
model 14161-2
process 14146
role of local construction companies and workers in projects 14145
value 14161
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, highway and road improvements 14114
Construction industry, construction costs in B.C. 14143
Economy, economic plan for province 14111
Ferries and ferry services, fare reduction 14115-6
Forests and forest industry, forest roads, government investment 14115, 14124
Gentner, Guy, comments on South Fraser perimeter road 14166-7
Government, capital projects, procurement practices 14136-7, 14146
Head Bay Road, Gold River–Tahsis section improvements 14115
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
expansion between Kamloops and Alberta border 14113
improvements, government investment 14113
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements, employment of local workers 14113
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements, Five Mile Bridge 14134
Highway 3, maintenance and improvements, government investment 14117-8, 14127
Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway, removal of tolls 14160
Highway 5A, truck traffic issues 14126-7
Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)
Harris Road interchange proposal 14116
issues and upgrades 14116-7
Highway 14
improvements, government investment 14123
repairs to section near Port Renfrew 14123
Highway 33, Big White–Joe Ridge section, conditions and improvements 14118
Highway 95, Golden section, bridge upgrade 14113-4
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades 14145
Highways and roads
information on road conditions, web camera program 14115, 14118-9
maintenance and rehabilitation
contractor vehicle safety and inspections 14128
contractors and funding 14119-22, 14128
funding 14110
priorities 14110-1, 14117
Infrastructure
Building Canada fund 14122
transportation infrastructure, government investment 14112, 14164-5
Kootenay Lake ferry service 14120
Langley aquifer, public concerns re gravel extraction proposal in area 14638-40
Legislature, estimates process, relevance of questions 14166, 14168
Macquarie Group Ltd.
government contract for services on Port Mann Bridge project 14097-8
performance and qualifications 14143
role in Port Mann Bridge project 14138-9, 14141-3
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, funding for road improvements 14123-4
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area, funding for road improvements 14117
NDP, position on issues
Olympic Games 14419-20
Port Mann Bridge project 14098
transportation infrastructure projects 14137, 14139, 14168-9
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
impact on businesses and workers 14419-21
NDP position 14419-20
transportation plan 14419, 14421
Pitt River Bridge construction 14137
Port Mann Bridge
maintenance and operations 14147-8
reconstruction project
benefits 14147
contractor labour practices and use of local workers 14147
costs and financing 14097-8, 14162-4
design and planning 14129-31, 14134-5, 14137-41
NDP position 14098
procurement process 14135-8, 14140, 14142-6, 14162
status 14163-4
tolling 14148, 14160
tolling, advisory services 14097-8
Resources and resource industries, resource roads, government investment 14111
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada line
public-private partnership 14135
use of foreign workers 14147
Tolls, application to infrastructure, government policy 14160
Transportation
comprehensive government plan 14169
Pacific gateway initiative and projects 14168-9
projects in B.C. 14110-2, 14121, 14124-5, 14127, 14139-40
NDP position 14137, 14139, 14168-9
public-private partnerships 14147-8, 14161
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14110-31, 14134-48, 14160-9
budget, additional funds 14128
supplementary estimates debate, relevance 14166-8
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008, purpose of bill 14128-9
Transportation Investment Corporation
establishment 14137
government investment 14128, 14165
purpose 14160
Vancouver Island
highway and road maintenance 14125
North Island, highways and roads 14115
Parksville-Qualicum area, highway access issue 14125
West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area, road conditions and truck traffic from Rossland to border 14118
Yale-Lillooet constituency and area, road maintenance and improvements, funding 14126
Zeballos, Forest Service road 14115
Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)

Attorney General Ministry, role of Attorney General 14538
Automobiles
traffic safety, street-racing penalties and prevention 14765
Automobiles, driver's licences
change-of-address requirements 14764
enhanced driver's licence 14764-5
fraud prevention 14648, 14761-4
licence cancellation and appeal process 14763-4
B.C., identification card for residents, fraud prevention 14761-3
B.C. Hydro, agreement with Accenture for provision of support services
legal status 14759
role of Premier's office 14813
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 14618-9
B.C. Rail
records, availability in legislative library 14376
sale, role of Premier's office 14698-9, 14813
Budget debate 14615-9
Budgets
2008-09 budget, additional funds for ministries 14350-1
2009-10 budget
content 13780
debate in Legislature 14271
interim supply 14271-5
priorities 14615-6
projections 14618
relationship to economic forecasts 14617-8
votes, confidence issue 14615
Charles Lobb House, heritage site 14064
Children and Family Development Ministry, report on cost of services for children in care 13944
Commission of inquiry into the death of Frank Paul, implementation of recommendations 14479
Crime and criminals
fraud prevention, role of technology 14648
gang crime 14616-7
identity theft 14763
Criminal Code (federal), impaired-driving and street-racing provisions, relationship to B.C. legislation 14648, 14765
Economy, economic plan for province 14274, 14615
Education
funding 14617
schools, seismic upgrading 14619
Elections
2009 general election 14272
campaigns 14274
fixed election date 14272-3
Evans, Corky, comments on ministerial accountability legislation 14350
Finance and Government Services Committee, review of statutory officers 14645-6
Firefighters
government lobbying 14444
workers compensation for firefighters with cancer 14444
Government
ministers and deputy ministers, accountability for meeting budget estimates 14350-1
ministers' salaries, salary holdback based on meeting of budget targets 14350-1
Hammell, Sue, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 13740
Hastings Racecourse, employee layoff for Olympic Games 14319
Heritage sites
community heritage funding 14063-4
government funding and support 14063-4
registry 14063-4
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
authority and powers 14761, 14763-4
fraud prevention activities 14761-3
Jarvis, Daniel, absence for health reasons and colleagues' wishes for recovery 14251
Kinsella, Patrick
contract with B.C. Rail 14537-8
meetings with government ministers 14596
role in Accenture contract with B.C. Hydro 14759
role in sale of B.C. Rail 14376, 14422, 14698-9
Legislature
estimates process 14271-3
estimates process, use of supplementary estimates 14062-3, 14275
language used in House, "misleading" 14615
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, change in sitting schedule 13741
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, observance of fixed calendar, impact on legislative program 14798
Officers of the Legislature, appointment process 14645
opposition, role 14275, 14615
question period, government response to questions 14596, 14813
Speaker and Chair, appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 13740
special warrants, use 14274-5
Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2008-2009, debate 14350-1
Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, use of legislation by B.C. Liberal Party government 14350-1
Motions
legislative sitting hours, debate 13741
Motor Vehicle Act
amendments 14763-5
definitions, addition of Criminal Code offences 14760-1
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, impact on businesses and workers 14319
Oral questions
Access to ministry report by Representative for Children and Youth 13944
B.C. Rail contract with Patrick Kinsella 14537-8
Budget provisions for public safety 13780, 13832
Government relationship with Patrick Kinsella 14813
Layoff of Hastings Racecourse workers for Olympic Games 14319
Meetings between Patrick Kinsella and government ministers 14596
Redeployment of police and justice system resources 13985
Regional police services 13832
Release of interim report on Frank Paul inquiry 14098
Report recommendations from Frank Paul inquiry 14479
Role of Patrick Kinsella and Premier's office in B.C. Rail sale 14698-9
Role of Patrick Kinsella in Accenture contract 14759
Role of Patrick Kinsella in B.C. Rail sale 14376, 14422
Paul, Frank Joseph, public inquiry into circumstances of death
recommendations 14802
release of interim report 14098
Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14800-2
debate in Legislature and reintroduction of legislation 14801-2
scope of bill and recommendations for improvement 14800-2
time line for development of legislation 14800
Police (Police Complaint Commissioner) Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14645-6
support for bill and benefits of legislation 14645-6
Police and policing
amalgamation and integration of services 13832
integrated child exploitation and sexual predator observation teams 14616
police complaint process 14800-2
police complaint process review, implementation of recommendations 14801
police officers, number 13985
public confidence in system 14800-1
Police Complaint Commissioner
appointment process and terms 14645-6
independence 14645
Port Coquitlam, historic sites 14064-5
Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society, projects 14064-5
Premier's Office, budget 14618-9
Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14648, 14760-5
content and support 14648
scope 14765
Representative for Children and Youth, relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 13944
Safety, public safety system, government funding 13780, 13832, 13985, 14616-7
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 14619
Statements
Messages for Daniel Jarvis 14251
Strata property
disputes between strata corporations and owners 14798
strata corporations, rules of operation 14798
Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14798-9
consultation by government 14798
debate in Legislature and status at adjournment of spring sitting 14798
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009, debate 14271-5
Tourism, Culture and the Arts Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14062-5
U.S., citizens with landed-immigrant status in Canada 14764-5
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14444
Fleming, Rob (Victoria-Hillside)

Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry
2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13904-13
budget 14589
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, provisions on balanced budgets, two-year suspension to allow for deficit budgets 14588
B.C. Investment Management Corp., management of government employee long-term disability plan 13904, 13906-7, 13909-12
B.C. Rail
records, availability in legislative library 14375
sale
fairness report, government role 14155-6
proponent concerns re bidding process 14155
role of Premier's office 14700
Budget debate 14587-90, 14600-1
Budgets
2009-10 budget
content 13781-2, 14587-8
forecast allowance and contingency funding 14589
revenue projections 13885-6, 13945, 14588-9
balanced budget legislation 14588
Capital regional district, cycling infrastructure projects 13902
Christensen, Tom, final address to House 14587
Civil service employees, long-term disability plan 13904-13
Climate change research, government support 14590
Community Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13901-2
Economy
conditions 13781-2, 13885
economic stimulus programs 14588-9
global economy, conditions, government response 14600
need for diversification 14590
Education
funding, petition tabled 14482
support for public system, petition tabled 14482
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, cycling path project parallel to railway 13902
Finance and Government Services Committee, review of statutory officers 14644
Financial services industry, regulation of payday lending industry 14811
Firefighters
work commended 14441
workers compensation for firefighters with cancer 14441
Government
financial reporting by federal government 14089
local government revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments for public safety initiatives 13901-2
local government revenues, impact of changes to property assessments 13902
ministers, accountability for budget deficits 14588
Hornfeldt, Hans, life and accomplishments 14154
Income assistance, employment insurance (EI) claims in B.C. 13945
Information and Privacy Commissioner, reappointment 14644
Inland Lake Provincial Park, accessible recreational trail 14807
Kinsella, Patrick
contract with B.C. Rail 14700
lobbyist activities, payday lending industry 14811
meetings with former Solicitor General 14811
meetings with government ministers 14595-6
relationship with government 14811
role in sale of B.C. Rail 14375, 14422-3, 14700
Kinsol Trestle restoration project 13902
Labour
labour mobility in Canada 14780-2
professions, certification 14782
Labour Mobility Act
debate 14780-3
impact and purpose of bill 14783
public consultation on bill 14780-1
Langley aquifer, public concerns re gravel extraction proposal in area 14640
Legislation, consultation by government 14781
Legislature, language used in House, withdrawal of comments 14422
Lobbyists, relationship with government 14595
Motions
disclosure and audit of Olympic costs, debate 14089-90
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
costs and funding, public disclosure and review by Auditor General 14089-90
impact on businesses and workers 14320
security plan 14320
Olympic Games, cost accounting models elsewhere 14089
Ontario
economic planning 14590
occupational certification standards 14781-2
Oral questions
Budget revenue projections 13885-6, 13945
Economic forecasts and budget process 13781-2
Fairness report on B.C. Rail sale 14155-6
Government relationship with Patrick Kinsella 14811
Gravel extraction proposal and Hopington aquifer 14640
Layoff of Vancouver workers for Olympic Games 14320
Meetings between Patrick Kinsella and government ministers 14595-6
Role of Patrick Kinsella and Premier's office in B.C. Rail sale 14700
Role of Patrick Kinsella in B.C. Rail sale 14375, 14422-3
Parks, access for disabled persons 14807
Petitions
education funding and support for public system 14482
post-secondary education funding 14482
Points of order
comments by Murray Coell 13911
Police (Police Complaint Commissioner) Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14643-5, 14691-3
definitions, "committee" 14691
development of legislation 14692-3
support for bill and benefits of legislation 14643-5
Police Complaint Commissioner
appointment process and terms 14644-5, 14692-3
independence 14644-5
suspension process 14693
Police Complaint Commissioner appointment special committee, governance and terms of reference 14692-3
Post-secondary education
funding 14589
funding, petition tabled 14482
student financial assistance, reduction 14600
Public Accounts Committee, second report for fourth session of 38th parliament presented 14814
Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14760
definitions, "vehicle indebtedness" 14760
Research and development
government support in B.C. and elsewhere 14589-90
role in environmentally sustainable economic development 14590
Saanich, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901-2
Skills training
trades training and certification 14780-3
training programs, Red Seal certification 14780-1, 14783
Statements by members
Hans Hornfeldt 14154
Inland Lake Park 14807
Swan Lake–Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary 13883-4
Washington State ferry service to southern Vancouver Island 14755
Swan Lake–Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary 13883-4
Taxation, revenues to government 13781-2
Taylor, Carole, comments on 2008-09 government budget as Finance Minister 14589
Tourism industry in B.C., current conditions and government support 14601
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, administration in B.C., outsourcing and public oversight 14781
Victoria
fire department, commemorative monument 14440-1
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901-2
Oak Bay, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901-2
Victoria High School, artificial field revitalization project 13902
Washington State Ferries, Sidney-Anacortes route 14755
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14440-1
Fraser, Scott (Alberni-Qualicum)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 14549
member's statement in 2005 on status of first nations women 14093-4
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, empowerment to address first nations issues 14552
Ahousat, services for disabled child 14525
Alberni Valley, forest industry in area 14668-9
Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area
hospital and obstetric services 14551
road improvements, funding 14124-5
Amnesty International, report on status of aboriginal women in Canada 14093-4
Arrowsmith Water Service, participation in watershed planning 13947
Arrowsmith Watersheds Coalition Society, participation in watershed planning 13946
Auditor General, reports and reviews
government response 14549-50
reports on government performance 14815-6
Bamfield, road to area 14124
Bread of Life Centre, services and fundraising event 14533, 14551
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated priorities 14550, 14815-7
concern for public interest 14815
performance 14552-3
position on collective agreements in public sector 14815
Budget debate 14549-53
Budgets
2009-10 budget, content 14549-50
2009-10 budget, relationship to economic forecasts 14551-2
budgets during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 14549
Campbell, Gordon, comments on first nations issues in throne speech debate 14816
Cantelon, Ron, comments during question period 13888-9, 13946-7
Children, government investment and support 14550
Clayoquot Sound central region board
interim measures extension agreement 14816-7
role in land use decisions and interim measures extension agreement 14316-7
Crown corporations, privatization 14815
Englishman River, logging in watershed area 13832-3, 13888-9, 13946-7
Environmental assessment process, consultation with first nations 14817
First nations
aboriginal rights, litigation 14816-7
children, services for children and families, federal-provincial jurisdictional issues and policy principle 14525-7
health issues in on-reserve population 14526
housing, conditions of on-reserve housing 14526
new relationship with government 14552
implementation 14816-7
principles 14317
recognition and reconciliation legislation 14552
women 14093-4
First Nations Leadership Council, comments on application of Jordan's principle to services for first nations children 14526
Forest Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14667-70
Forest and Marine Investments Ltd., financial status 14640-1
Forests and forest industry
community forest program agreements 14667-70
employment, job loss 14670
export of raw logs, petitions tabled 14482
forest health 14670
forest practices, sustainable forest practices 14668, 14670
forest practices on private lands 14669
government forest policies, impact on communities and industry 14550, 14668-70, 14815-6
old-growth forests, protection, petitions tabled 14482
removal of private lands from tree farm licences 14550, 14668-9
tenure system, corporate concentration and diversity 14670
tree farm licence No. 44, issues 14668-9
woodlot program 14667-70
workers, government support 14640-1
Forests and Range Ministry, role of minister 14670
Greenmax Resources, operations 14667-8
Health care system, health support workers, impact of 2002 legislation 14815
Homelessness in B.C. during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14550
Hospice and palliative care, funding and government support 13940, 14551
K.D. Air Corp., flights to Vancouver, security issues during Olympics 14538
Labour, collective agreements in public sector, B.C. Liberal Party position 14815
Legislature, language used in House, parliamentary language 14815
Motions
Jordan's principle, debate 14525-7
New Brunswick, hospice services 13940
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, impact on air travel 14538
Oral questions
Comments by Agriculture Minister on Parksville watershed 13888-9
Government support for logging contractors 14640-1
Impact of Olympic security on air travel from rural B.C. 14538
Protection of Parksville watershed 13832-3
Parksville, city council resolution on watershed logging 13832-3
Petitions
export of raw logs and protection of old-growth forests 14482
safe antifreeze legislation 13989
Port Alberni
community forest proposal 14669
seniors care facilities 14552
Post-secondary education, government investment 14552
Poverty, child poverty in B.C. 14550
Private Managed Forest Land Act, consultation by government 14669
Privilege
comments by Ron Cantelon on logging in Englishman River area 13946-7
reserving right to raise point of privilege 13876
Safety, safe antifreeze legislation, petition tabled 13989
Skills training system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14552
Sloan, Gordon, report on forest industry 14668
Statements by members
Bread of Life Centre 14533
Clayoquot Sound central region board 14316-7
Government support for hospice care 13940
Women's Memorial March and status of aboriginal women 14093-4
Terrane Metals Corp., Mount Milligan mine project 14817
Throne speech, content and nature of throne speeches 14815-6
Throne speech debate 14815-7
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14124-6
Tseycum First Nation, relationship with B.C. government 14816
Ty Watson Hospice House, operations and funding 13940, 14550-1
Ucluelet, community forest proposal 14669
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, debate in B.C. Legislature 14816
Vancouver Island
forest industry, tenure issues 14668
highway and road maintenance 14125
Parksville-Qualicum area, highway access issue 14125-6
Vancouver Island Health Authority, hospice and palliative care services 13940
West Coast General Hospital, psychiatric ward closing 14551
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence 14668
Women's Memorial March, event in Victoria 14093

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