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

Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
experience as MLA and comments in budget debate 14820
Agriculture
government support 14560
industry in B.C., need for support 14821
Airports, security equipment and screening in small regional airports 14539-40
Ambulance service, paramedics, standby wages and training 14266, 14302-4
Arts and culture
government funding and support in rural B.C. 14559
role in B.C. economy 14821
Baltakis, Hilda, experience with seniors care facilities 14557
Barkerville heritage site 14065-6
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
ambulance and paramedic services 14302-4
issues, government and opposition action 14822
rural B.C., government support 14539-40, 14556
B.C. Liberal Party
New Era document, statements 14556
position on sale of B.C. Rail, campaign statements and position as government 14701
B.C. Liberal Party government, action on stated priorities 14556-8
B.C. Rail, sale, role of Premier's office 14701
Budget debate 14555-60
Budgets, 2009-10 budget
content 13987
debate in Legislature 14265-6, 14268
interim supply 14265-8
Carbon tax, rebates for school districts 13987
Children, child care
accessibility in rural B.C. 14558
need for improved system in B.C. 14820-1
Chudnovsky, David, work as Housing critic 14821
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
ambulance service 14302-3
government grants for infrastructure and other projects 13904
health care services and hospitals 14556
highways and roads, improvements 14114
housing issues 13924
independent power project proposals 14558-9
issues and concerns 13877, 14820-1
Community Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13822-6, 13835-6, 13904
Computer technology, high-speed Internet service for remote and rural communities, grant program 14030-1
Craigflower Manor heritage site 14065-6
Education
special education and special needs 14558
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14557-8
Education, funding 14266, 14643
funding for implementation of class size limits 14558
impact on school district budgets and operations 14760
Elections, voter turnout 13822-3
Energy, independent power projects
issues 14558-9
local government authority over projects 13836
Food industry, meat-processing regulations, impact 14559-60
Forest Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14675-6
Forests and forest industry
community forest program, agreements 14675
conditions in industry, government action 14821-2
tenure system reform 14676
tree farm licence No. 55, issues 14675-6
Fort Steele heritage site 14065-6
Glacier Power B.C. Ltd., Glacier-Howser power project 14559
Government
local government
grants from provincial government 13822-3, 13825-6, 13835-6
powers and responsibilities 13823
revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments 13823-4, 13826, 13835-6
ministers' salaries, salary holdback based on meeting of budget targets 13825
Health care
continuing and long-term care beds and facilities 14556-7
continuing and long-term care facilities, standard of care 14557
health authorities, public consultation 14556
system in B.C. 14557
Health Services Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14011-2
Heritage sites, government funding and support 14065-6
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
expansion between Kamloops and Alberta border 14112-3
improvements, government investment 14112-3
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements 14112
Highway 95, Golden section, bridge upgrade 14113
Home care, home support service levels 14556
Housing, affordable housing, government action 14821
Housing and Social Development Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 13924
Invermere and District Hospital, emergency services and redevelopment 14011-2
Jumbo Glacier resort
development approval process, environmental assessment 14201-2
local decision-making on development proposal 13836, 14201-2, 14559
Kinsella, Patrick
contract with B.C. Rail 14701
meetings with government ministers 14596-7
relationship with government 14812-3
role in government policy initiatives 14597
Labour and Citizens' Services Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14030-1
Land use planning, public consultation and local decision-making 14559
Legislature
estimates process
role 14266-7
time line for debate 14265, 14267-8
use of supplementary estimates 13823, 13825-6
opposition, role 14555
private members' statements (standing order 25A), debate 14301-2
question period, government response to questions 14596-7, 14812-3
Motions
free trade, debate 13877-8
NDP MLAs, rural caucus 14822
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, impact on air travel 14540
Oral questions
Budget provisions for carbon tax rebates to school districts 13987
Budget provisions for rural B.C. 13834
Education funding 14643, 14760
Government relationship with Patrick Kinsella 14812-3
Impact of Olympic security on air travel from rural B.C. 14539-40
Jumbo Glacier resort 14201-2
Meetings between Patrick Kinsella and government ministers 14596-7
Role of Patrick Kinsella and Premier's office in B.C. Rail sale 14701
Petitions
benefits and compensation for permanently injured workers 14814
Point Ellice House heritage site 14065
Post-secondary education, affordability 14821
Poverty, incidence in B.C. and government action 14821
Private members' statements
Expanding the vision 14301-4
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities, government support 13834
Revelstoke
ambulance station 14302
community forest 14675-6
housing issues 13924
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), funding 14643
Simpson, Bob, work as Forests critic 14821
Supply Act (No. 1), 2009, debate 14265-8
Throne speech content 14820-2
Throne speech debate 14820-2
Tourism, Culture and the Arts Ministry, 2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14065-6
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, debate in Legislature and public concerns 13877-8
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
2008-09 supplementary estimates debate 14112-4
staff commended 14112
Tributes
Aman Virk 14751
Virk, Aman, death 14751
Wages, minimum wage 14560
Workers compensation for permanently injured workers, petition tabled 14814
McGinn, Jenn (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 14502-3
debate on budget (McIntyre) 14506
experience as lender at VanCity credit union 14505
Auditor General report on government action on homelessness 14504
Brenner, Donald, comments on legal aid funding 13872
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 14505
Budget debate 14502-6
Budgets, 2009-10 budget content 14505-6
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions on legal rights of individuals 13871
Children
child care, accessibility and affordability 14503
government investment and support 14503-4
Community Living B.C., public relations contract and spending priorities 14099
Crime and criminals, gang crime, government action 14504
Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services, funding 14099
Economy, conditions, government response 14505
Education funding 14505
Family Law Clinic 13766, 14504
Firefighters, workers compensation for firefighters with cancer 14444-5
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, petition tabled 14482
protection of old-growth forests, petition tabled 14482
Health care system, public system, petition tabled 14599-600
Home care, home support service levels 14506
Homelessness, government action 14504
Justice system, legal aid funding and access to services 13870-2, 14504
Oral questions
Community Living B.C. public relations contract 14099
Education funding 14759-60
Vancouver Family Law Clinic 13766
Petitions
export of raw logs and protection of old-growth forests 14482
protection of public health care 14599-600
student transit passes 14814
Post-secondary education, tuition fees and student debt load 14505
Poverty, incidence in B.C. and government action 14503
Private members' statements
Women's rights 13870-2
St. Jude's Anglican Home, care levels at facility 14505-6
School district 39 (Vancouver), budget 14505, 14759-60
Social workers, contributions and role in society 14475
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada line, impact of construction on small businesses, compensation court case 14504
Statements by members
Social workers in B.C. 14475
Transit services, student passes, petition tabled 14814
United Nations, committee comments on women's access to legal aid in B.C. 13870-1
Vancouver
firefighters 14445
homelessness 14504
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area
contributions of social workers 14475
issues and concerns 14503-6
seniors care facilities 14505-6
Violence, family violence, programs and services for women and children 13870-2
Wages, minimum wage 14503
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14444-5
McIntyre, Hon. Joan (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)

As subject
motivation as MLA 14509
Automobiles, driver's licences, enhanced driver's licence 14647-8
Border crossings, Canada-U.S. border processing 14647-8
B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 14509
B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund, annual burn camp for children 14436
Budget debate 14506-11
Budgets, 2009-10 budget deficit 14507
CanSpell National Spelling Bee, regional champion 14635
Climate change, government action 14509
Economy
economic plan for province 14508
global economy, conditions 14507
Education funding 14508
Energy, independent power projects, NDP position 14509
Firefighters
families of firefighters 14436
work commended 14435-6
workers compensation for firefighters with cancer 14435-6
First nations, new relationship with government 14509
Government, financial management during NDP and B.C. Liberal Party administrations 14507
Health care funding 14508
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades 14509
Homelessness, government action 14506-7
Income, low-income earners, government support 14506
Infrastructure, investment in projects, government action 14508
Lions Bay volunteer fire department 14436
McDaniel, Rachael, championship at Canspell regional spelling bee 14635-6
McGinn, Jenn, debate on budget 14506
NDP
fiscal policies 14506
position on independent power projects 14509
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
hosting and legacy of games 14510-1
impact on cross-border traffic 14647
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, work of organization 14647
Passports and other travel documents, requirements for travel to and from U.S. 14647
Pemberton residents, power consumption during Earth Hour 14751-2
Post-secondary education funding 14508
Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
debate 14647-8
content and support 14647-8
Sea to Sky land and resource management plan 14510
Taxation, tax reductions during B.C. Liberal Party administration 14508
Tributes
Canwest Canspell champion Rachael McDaniel 14635-6
Energy conservation in Pemberton 14751-2
Wages, minimum wage 14506
Welfare, social programs and services, funding 14507
West Vancouver fire department 14436
West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area, accomplishments and government investment 14509-10
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14435-6
MacKay, Dennis (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)

As subject
comments on residential schools during Children and Youth Committee meeting 14547
constituents, staff and family thanked 14545-7
experience as MLA and retirement 14546-7
experience of community spirit in northern B.C. 14195-6
experience with police conduct investigations as RCMP officer 14802
mother's experience with cancer 14437
participation in ranching activities near Alexis Creek 14519-20
Alcan, building of Kitimat smelter in 1950s 14079
Austin, Robin, comments on business profits 14079
B.C., northern and rural B.C., communities and driving distances 14195-6
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments 14547-8
election 14545
MLAs, free votes 14545
position on aboriginal rights 14547
Budget debate 14545-9
Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club, fundraising dinner 14036
Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area, government investment 14548
Cancer, lung cancer in smokers, postmortem examinations 14437
Dease Lake, funding for arena construction 14593-4
Duncan Lake (Amazay Lake), proposal for mine tailing disposal in lake 14080
Economy, B.C. economy during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 14547-8
Firefighters
volunteer firefighters in small communities 14437
workers compensation for firefighters with cancer 14437
First nations
aboriginal rights, B.C. Liberal Party position 14547
issues, government handling 14547
residential schools 14547
Forests and forest industry, export of raw logs 14079
Highway 37, electrification 14548
Konst, Jos, role in development of Smithers ski hill 13776
Legislature
debate 14545
members' conduct and debate, behaviour in chamber 14546-7
Livestock industry, ranchers, working conditions 14519-20
Mining industry in B.C. during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 14080
NDP, performance as government during 1990s 14547
Northgate Minerals Corp., Kemess mine expansion proposal, panel decision 14548-9
Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14802
Police and policing, code of conduct and legislation 14802
Smithers ski hill 13776
Sports, B.C. participation in Hockeyville contest 13882
Statements by members
Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club 14036
Community spirit in northern B.C. 14195-6
Dease Lake arena 14593-4
Hockeyville competition 13882
Jon Konst and Smithers ski hill 13776
Times Colonist (Victoria), editorial on members' conduct in Legislature 14546
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009, debate 14437

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