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

Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt-Metchosin)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 14703-4
work on constituency issues 14703-4
Arts and culture, government funding 13797
B.C. Liberal Party government
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, status 14705-6
policies, impact on British Columbians 13798-9, 14305-6
policies, impact on economy and British Columbians 14300-1
priorities 13795, 13797, 14704-7
privatization initiatives 14705-7
Budget debate 13794-9
Budgets
2008-09 budget, additional funds for ministries 14128
2009-10 budget
content 13794-6
debate in Legislature 14290-1, 14293, 14323
forecast allowance and contingency funding 13796
interim supply 14290-3, 14323
relationship to economic forecasts 13797
Business, public-private partnerships, value 13797
Children and Family Development Ministry
budget 13943
report on cost of services for children in care 13943
Children in government care, government funding and service levels 13943
Civil service, proposal for voluntary reduction of work week 14292-3, 14323
Colwood, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Community Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13890-2, 13903
Consumers, costs and user fees 14704-5
Craigflower Manor, fire at building and protection of heritage site 14704
Economy
conditions, government response 13798-9, 14292, 14305
economic plan for province, role of federal funding 13795
global economy, causes of conditions 14706
global economy, projected conditions 13796
Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre, services and official opening 14593
Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area
health care services and schools 14704-5
issues and concerns, government response 14704-7
Falcon, Kevin, comments in estimates debate on Port Mann Bridge design 14133-4
First nations
protection of cultural and sacred sites 14133
protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding and legislation 14704
First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009, debate 14133
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, petition tabled 14482
protection of old-growth forests, petition tabled 14482
Government
local government, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments for public safety initiatives 13891, 13903
local government, grants from provincial government 13890-2
policy-making, consideration of current and future generations 14305-6
priorities 14301
spending, review and reduction 13796
Health care
funding 13798
health care system, services for seniors during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14707
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation
contractor vehicle safety and inspections 14127-8
funding 14109-10
priorities 14110-1
Infrastructure funding 13890-2
Krueger, Kevin, debate on Community Development supplementary estimates 13891
Lampson Elementary School, closing 14704
Legislature, estimates process, debate 14291
Macquarie Group Ltd., role in Port Mann Bridge project 14136-8, 14140-3
Manufactured homes, redevelopment of manufactured home parks, compensation for relocation of homes 13983-4
Metchosin
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
policing, funding 13903
Motions
economy and fiscal restraint, debate 14305-6
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
impact on businesses and workers 14420-1
security costs 14320-1
transportation plan 14420-1
Oral questions
Budget provisions for children at risk 13943
Cost of Port Mann bridge project 14096-7
Impact of Olympic transportation plan on small business and workers 14420-1
Olympic Games security costs 14320-1
Pedder Bay Manufactured Home Park, eviction of residents 13983-4
Petitions
benefits and compensation for permanently injured workers 14814
export of raw logs and protection of old-growth forests 14482
Port Mann Bridge
maintenance and operations 14147-8
reconstruction project
costs and financing 13795-6, 14096-7, 14160, 14164-5
design and planning 14129-30, 14133-4, 14138, 14140
procurement process 14134-6, 14140, 14143, 14162
tolling 14148-9, 14160, 14162-4
Post-secondary education, affordability 14705, 14707
Public affairs bureau, staffing 14292-3, 14323
Public debt, current levels 13797
Resources and resource industries
privatization of public resources 14305-6, 14705-7
resource roads, government investment 14111
Safety, public safety system, government funding 13796-7
Statements by members
Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre 14593
Pedder Bay Manufactured Home Park 13983-4
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009, debate 14290-3, 14323
Throne speech content 14704-5
Throne speech debate 14703-7
Times Colonist (Victoria), editorial on provincial budget impact on local area 13797-8
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14109-12, 14127-31, 14133-8, 14140-3, 14147-9, 14160, 14162-5
supplementary estimates debate, minister's response to questions 14165
Transportation Investment (Port Mann Twinning) Amendment Act, 2008, title of bill 14128-9
Transportation Investment Corporation
government investment 14128, 14165
purpose 14136
Transportation projects in B.C. 14111-2, 14127
Vancouver Island, south Island
commuter rail and transit services 14704
government investment 13798
Victoria, Esquimalt, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13890-1, 13903
Workers compensation for permanently injured workers, petition tabled 14814
Krog, Leonard (Nanaimo)

As subject
comments on interference in judicial process (de Jong) 14699-700
debate on interim supply legislation (de Jong) 14325
B.C., northern and rural B.C., government investment 14264
B.C. Liberal Party, fundraising activities, use of government staff 14095-6
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability 14749-50
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, release of government documents 13946, 14809
financial management 14262-4, 14749-50
position on balanced budgets 14749
priorities 14262-4
B.C. Rail
records, availability in legislative library 14375
sale
fairness report, government role 14154-5
government comment on issues 14700, 14758
proponent concerns re bidding process 14154
role of Premier's office 14700, 14758, 14809
Budgets
2009-10 budget, debate in Legislature 14262-3
2009-10 budget, interim supply 14261-5
balanced budgets, B.C. Liberal Party and NDP positions 14749
Business, small business in B.C. 14076-7
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society, services 14517
Civil service, prohibition on partisan activity 14095-6
Crime and criminals, gang crime, government action 13763
Doman, Herb, employment of immigrant workers 14517
First nations
children, services for children and families, policy principle re federal-provincial jurisdictional issues 14527-8
relationship with early European explorers 14517
reserve system, use as model elsewhere 14527
Food industry, meat-processing regulations, impact on local and small producers 14077
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry, government action 14038
mills, environmental liability issues 14259
Hansen, Colin, debate on interim supply legislation 14261-2
Highway 19 (Island Highway), section south of Nanaimo, call for improvements, petitions tabled 14101
Immigration
programs and services for immigrants to B.C., funding and support 14517
role in development of B.C. and Canada 14517
Kinsella, Patrick
contract with B.C. Rail 14477, 14537, 14700
contract with B.C. Rail, investigation 14536-7
meetings with government ministers 14595
relationship with government 14809
role in sale of B.C. Rail 14375, 14421, 14809
Legislature
estimates process, time line for debate 14262
question period, government response to questions 14595
role 14527
Mair, Rafe, comments on Committee of Supply 14262
Manitoba, budget and economy 14750
Motions
balanced budgets, debate 14749-50
Jordan's principle, debate 14527-8
Nanaimo, immigrants and immigrant services 14516-7
Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd., Harmac mill operations, government support 14259
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, dialysis ward, petition tabled 14599
NDP, position on balanced budgets 14749
NDP of Canada, position on federal crime legislation 13762
Oral questions
B.C. Rail contract with Patrick Kinsella 14536-7
Budget provisions for public safety 13830
Disclosure of documents in B.C. Rail court case 13946
Fairness report on B.C. Rail sale 14154-5
Future of Harmac mill 14259
Government action on gang violence 13762-3
Government relationship with Patrick Kinsella 14809
Government support for Vancouver Island forest workers 14037-8
Meetings between Patrick Kinsella and government ministers 14595
Role of Patrick Kinsella and Premier's office in B.C. Rail sale 14700, 14758
Role of Patrick Kinsella in B.C. Rail sale 14375, 14421, 14477
Use of government staff for B.C. Liberal Party fundraising 14095-6
Petitions
dialysis ward at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital 14599
Highway 19, road conditions on section south of Nanaimo 14101
Poverty, incidence in B.C. 14749
Public debt, structural deficit 14750
Safety, public safety system, government funding 13830
Social Credit Party, investment in small communities while government 14264
South Africa, apartheid system 14527
Sultan, Ralph, debate in Legislature 14749
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009, debate 14261-5
Throne speech content 13763
Van Loan, Peter, comments on federal crime legislation 13762
Vancouver Island
food industry 14077
forest industry, government support for workers 14037-8
Zirnhelt, David, comments on government 14527
Krueger, Hon. Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)

As subject
debate on Community Development supplementary estimates 13891-2, 13894-7, 13899 (Bains) 13896-7 (Evans) 13898-9 (Karagianis) 13891 (Ralston) 13895 (Simpson, B.) 13893 (Wyse) 13890
Alert Bay, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Boundary Bay Airport, fence and camera security project 13842
B.C., 150th anniversary, Spirit Squares program 13843-4
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 14388
Budget debate 14387-92
Budgets during NDP administration 13826
Business, small business round table 14391
Campbell River, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851-2
Capital regional district
cycling infrastructure projects 13902
infrastructure project applications 13900
Carbon tax, rebates for municipalities 13818, 13820-3, 13837-9, 13892, 13899, 14390
Catalyst Paper Corporation, North Cowichan mill operations and property taxes 13859
Central Coast regional district, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13904
Chemainus, skate park project 13855
Cities and towns, silviculture initiatives, Trees for Tomorrow program 13818, 13844, 13849, 13862, 13892, 13894-5, 13900, 14390-1
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13904
Colwood, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Communities
green community design and development, LocalMotion fund 13840-2, 13844-5, 13849, 13851-2, 13854-5, 13859, 13902
green community design and development, Towns for Tomorrow program 13818, 13839, 13841-2, 13844-7, 13849-52, 13854, 13859-60
infrastructure program for small communities 14389-90
Community Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13818-26, 13835-62, 13890-7, 13899-904
Comox-Strathcona regional district, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13852
Computer technology, high-speed Internet service for remote and rural communities, grant program 13890
Cowichan Valley regional district, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853
Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853
Delta
archives project 13842
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13841-3
Duncan, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853
Economy
conditions, government response 13856
economy during NDP administration 14388
public confidence 14388
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, cycling path project parallel to railway 13902
Floods and floodplains, flood prevention 13840
Forests and forest industry
industry in B.C., investment 14392
mountain pine beetle infestation, government action 14158
pulp and paper sector 14036-7
workers, government support 14036, 14480
workers, transition programs 14037-8, 14389, 14480-1
Government
federal-provincial relations 14388-9
local government
grants from provincial government 13818-26, 13835-7, 13840-9, 13851-6, 13858-62, 13890, 13903, 14390
grants from provincial government, applications 13840-1, 13900
infrastructure grants 13818-9, 13821
revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments 13823, 13835-6
revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments for public safety initiatives 13842-3, 13848, 13901-3
Health care system, health professionals, training 14388
Highland Valley copper mine, operations 14392
Highlands, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13900
Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway), Golden Ears interchange section project 13849
Homelessness, government action 13839
Income, low-income earners, government support 14391
Industry, taxation 14037
Infrastructure
funding 13840-3, 13845-55, 13858-60, 13862
announcements 13850-1, 13856-7, 13890-1, 13895-6
federal government role 14390
first nations involvement 13892, 13894, 13900
programs, Building Canada fund 13841-2, 13849
public-private partnership projects 13841
investment in projects, government action 14389-91
Kinsol Trestle restoration project 13902
Ladysmith, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853
Lake Cowichan, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853
Langford, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13900
Legislature
estimates process, debate 13858
language used in House
"barking away" 13846
withdrawal of comments 13846, 14391
withdrawal of comments requested 13895
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13900
Maple Ridge, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13848
Masset, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Metchosin, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13900
Mining industry in B.C. 14392
Mount Waddington regional district, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
NDP
MLAs, approach to issues 14391
performance as government during 1990s 14388
policies 14037
Nisga'a people, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13893
North Cowichan
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13853-5
municipal hall expansion 13855
Somenos sports field project 13854
North Island constituency and area, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851-2
North Thompson Valley, forest-dependent communities, government support 14038
Palmer, Vaughn, article on grants to local governments during NDP administration 13862
Pitt Meadows, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13849
Port Alice, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Port Clements, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Port Edward, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Port Hardy, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Port McNeill, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Prince Rupert, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 14037
Queen Charlotte City, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Regional districts, infrastructure project applications 13900
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities
community development trust 14037, 14158, 14388-9
government support 14389
Saanich, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901
Safety, public safety, block and neighbourhood watch programs 13901
Sayward, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Skeena Cellulose Inc., government support during NDP administration 14392
Skeena–Queen Charlotte regional district, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13904
Sooke, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13900
Stewart, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
Sungod Recreation Centre, expansion project 13842
Surrey, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13899-900, 13902-3
Tahsis, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Vancouver, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13840
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion project, economic benefits 14392
Victoria
Esquimalt, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13903
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901
Oak Bay, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13901
Wages, minimum wage 14391
Whistler, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13840-1
Zeballos, government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13851
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

As subject
comments during question period (Speaker) 14349
Auditor General, report on government action on homelessness 14255-6
Aunt Leah's Independent Life Skills Society, project in Burnaby 13933
Barkerville heritage site 14059
B.C. Liberal Party government, Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, inclusion of matters involving Patrick Kinsella 14812
B.C. Rail sale, role of Premier's office 14702
Canadians for Reconciliation heritage site project 14057
Chinese Canadians, history and contributions in B.C. 14057-9
Chinese Freemasons of Vancouver, heritage preservation activities 14059
Chu, Bill, work on heritage site 14057-8
Commission of inquiry into the death of Frank Paul
report 14478-9
work of commission, impact of government court case 14478-9
Community Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13860
Cordova Residence, purchase by government 13917
First nations
housing for addicted and mentally ill 13932-3
housing options for homeless persons 13953-4
Fraser Canyon, Chinese Canadian heritage site in area, protection 14057-9
Government, local government, grants from provincial government 13860
Grand Street Lodge, purchase by government 13928-9
Hansen, Colin, comments on Olympic Games security costs 14321-2
Health, public health, bedbug infestations 13931-2
Heritage sites
community heritage funding 14058
government funding and support 14058-9
Homelessness
government action 14255-6
homelessness in B.C. during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14256
Housing
government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels 13914, 13916-7, 13927-8
non-profit operators 13930, 13932
relocation and renovation plans 13930-1, 13952
status of projects 13933-7
social and subsidized housing
bedbug control 13931-2
housing during NDP administration 13935
rent supplements 13953
rental assistance program 13952-3
supportive housing, government initiatives 13929
Housing and Social Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13914-7, 13927-37, 13951-6
Infrastructure, funding announcements 13860
Japanese Canadians, history in B.C. 14418
Kinsella, Patrick
relationship with government 14811-2
role in sale of B.C. Rail 14702
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 14321
language used in House, withdrawal of comments requested 13846
question period, government response to questions 14812
New Westminster
Chinese heritage and development of Chinese cemetery site 14535
social housing project 13955-6
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
athletes village, financing of project 13955
athletes village, use for social housing 13954-5
security costs, urban domain 14231-2
Oral questions
Government action on homelessness 14255-6
Government legal proceedings in Frank Paul inquiry 14478-9
Government relationship with Patrick Kinsella 14811-2
Olympic Games security costs 14321-2
Role of Patrick Kinsella and Premier's office in B.C. Rail sale 14702
Paul, Frank Joseph, public inquiry into circumstances of death, recommendations 14802
Points of order
comments by Kevin Krueger 13846
Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14802-3
Police and policing
civilian oversight 14803
police complaint process 14802-3
police handling of marginalized persons 14802-3
public confidence in system 14802-3
Provincial Rental Housing Corporation, role in purchase of properties for social housing 13916
Stand Up for Mental Health comedy performance program for mentally ill 14152-3
Statements by members
Chinese heritage in New Westminster 14535
Japantown multicultural celebrations in Vancouver 14418
Stand Up for Mental Health comedy performance program 14152-3
Women's Memorial March 13941
Tourism, Culture and the Arts Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14057-9
Transition houses, second-stage housing 13929
Vancouver
government purchase of single-room-occupancy housing 13917, 13928, 13933-7, 13952
homelessness 13953-4
Japantown, multicultural celebrations 14418
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 13951
Willingdon House, post-treatment housing for patients 13929
Women's Memorial March 13941

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