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Province of British Columbia
First Session, 39th Parliament – 2009
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Maa-nulth First Nations
- Taxation powers and exemptions (de Jong) 1228
Mabel Lake Community Club
- 100-mile dinner (Foster) 190-1
McBride, B.C.
- Activities and opportunities (Bond) 376
- Olympic torch relay and event (Bond) 376
McCrory, Colleen
- Work with Valhalla Wilderness Society (Conroy) 1680
McDonald, Jessica
- Letter to ministries on civil service hiring and cost reduction (Karagianis) 2069-9
- Memo on government operations during election period (Routley, D.) 715-6 (Stewart) 716, 755
McDonald's Champion Kids
- Olympics-related children's program (Bond) 1859
McEachern, Bruce
McEachern family
- Operation of market business (Dalton) 1681
McEvoy, Michael
- Comments on full-day kindergarten (Thorne) 413
Mack, Bruce
- Comments on literacy funding (Austin) 876
Mackenzie, B.C.
Maclean's
- Article on Burnaby city government (Corrigan) 146-7
- Article on gang crime in B.C. (Ralston) 557
McLeod Lake, B.C.
- Heritage site restorations in area (Krueger) 1909
MacMinn, E. George
- Comments on hoist motions in Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia (Ralston) 2277-80
- Service to Legislature (Routley, D.) 54
McMorris, Don
- Comments on surgical services (Dix) 2119
McParland, Kelly
- Article on B.C. Liberal Party government financial management (Coons) 421
MacPhail, Joy
- Comments on budget legislation (Gentner) 683-4
Macular degeneration See Eye health
Madill Equipment Canada
- Operations (Routley, B.) 626
Madley, Al and Bev
- Accomplishments in ranching industry (Barnett) 205
Magna Carta
MAI See Multilateral agreement on investment
Maillardville, B.C. See also Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
- French heritage (Thorne) 411
Maitland, Alice
- Position as Hazelton mayor (Donaldson) 235
Mammotome services See Breast health
Manufactured Home Act
Manufactured homes
- Disposition in will and estates See Disposition of estates and property under Estates
- Manufactured home parks, displacement of residents, petition tabled (Macdonald) 2658
- Property tax exemptions (Abbott) 1368 (Krog) 1368
Maple Ridge, B.C. See also Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area; Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Dike system (Dalton) 159
- Kanaka ridge area (Dalton) 159
- Memorial Peace Park (Dalton) 160
- Seniors' access to shopping (Sather) 627, 1140
- Spirit Square project (Dalton) 160
- Strata property disputes, case (Sather) 834-5
Maple Ridge school district See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
- Description and issues (Dalton) 158-61
- First Nations population (Dalton) 160-1
- Health care services (Dalton) 160
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Community Services
- Seniors outreach programs (Sather) 43, 207
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Ambulance service (Sather) 1961
- Arts and culture groups, funding (Krueger) 1838-9 (Sather) 1837, 1839
- Caregiver support group (Sather) 2578
- Community service organizations, government funding (Sather) 43
- Forest industry (Sather) 1065-6
- Housing and homelessness issues (Sather) 2377
- Involvement in regional growth strategy (Bennett) 1947 (Sather) 1947
- Persons in need of economic assistance (Sather) 1816
- Seniors care facilities, impact of fee increases on families, case (Sather) 1718
- Seniors services (Sather) 2678-9
- Waste management (Sather) 1945-6
Marbled murrelet See Birds
under Wildlife
Marine Harvest Canada Inc.
- Response to court ruling on fish farms (Sather) 380
Marine parks See Parks
Markham, Ray
- Order of British Columbia recipient (Bond) 377
Marmot Recovery Foundation
Marmots See Wildlife
Martin Mars water bombers See Fires and firefighters – Forest fires
Massage therapists
- Registered therapists, professional standards and labour mobility (Sather) 1311-2 (Stilwell) 1311
Matthews, Sharon
- Comments on government involvement in UBC parking enforcement court case (Simpson, S.) 1373-4 (Stilwell) 1373
Mattice, Steve
- Adult literacy experiences and work (Donaldson) 881
MAX Resource Corp.
May, Erskine
- Comments on amendments to bills in Parliamentary Practice (Ralston) 2278, 2280
Mayne Island, B.C.
- Ambulance service (Karagianis) 1977-8
McDonald Cedar mill See Fort Langley, B.C.
Meadowbrook Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.
- Fish farm project and letter to Environment Minister (Thorne) 414-5
Meat See Food industry; Livestock industry
Media
- Access to judicial proceedings See Justice system
- Digital media industry (Howard) 2636
- Digital media industry, tax credits (Black, I.) 2013 (Herbert) 1783-4, 2013
Medical Services Commission
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Coverage for immigrants (Chouhan) 2779 (Elmore) 529 (Falcon) 2779
- Premium assistance (Hansen) 198
- Premiums
- changes (Hayer) 445
- increase (Chouhan) 606 (Coell) 606 (Fleming) 403, 667 (Hansen) 198 (Herbert) 1777 (Karagianis) 449 (Krog) 301 (Lali) 680 (Thorne) 412
- increase, impact on employers (Ralston) 572-3
- increase, impact on government staffing costs (Farnworth) 2528 (Heed) 2528
- increase, impact on post-secondary institutions (Black, D.) 1493 (Stilwell) 1493
- reduction (Horne) 298
Medicare Protection Act
Medications See Pharmacare program; Prescription drugs
under Drugs
Meggs, Geoff
- Comments on graffiti bylaw enforcement in Vancouver (Bennett) 1394-5
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia See also Politics and politicians
Memorial Peace Park See Maple Ridge, B.C.
Mental health
- Beds, acute care beds (Dix) 2660-2 (Falcon) 2660-2
- Crisis line services See also particular locations
- Facilities See also particular facilities and hospitals
- Facilities for severely mentally ill and addicted (Coleman) 2353 (Horne) 2365 (Letnick) 2368
- Legislation See Mental Health Act
- Mental health of children and youth, services (Dix) 2425-6 (Falcon) 2425-7 (Sather) 2426-7
- Mental health of children and youth, services and ministry roles (Dix) 2594 (Falcon) 2595
- Mental health plan (Dix) 2772-4 (Falcon) 2772-4
- Mental illness and addiction
- facilities See Facilities above under this main heading
- government plan (Falcon) 2678
- integrated services (Coleman) 2354
- programs and services (Falcon) 503-4 (Herbert) 2366
- programs and services, funding and service delivery (Austin) 1303 (Dix) 1300-1, 2663-5 (Falcon) 1214-6, 1300-3, 2663-5 (Hammell) 1301-2 (Simons) 1301 (Simpson, S.) 474, 1302-3
- short-term urgent care centre (Coleman) 1758
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (Hammell) 2057
- Programs and services See also particular health authorities, facilities and locations
- early psychosis intervention program (Dix) 2661-2 (Falcon) 2661-2
- early psychosis intervention program, petition tabled (Dix) 2584
- funding (Dix) 1215-6 (Fleming) 1215 (James) 1214
- services during NDP administration (Falcon) 1214
- services for First Nations people (Falcon) 2118 (Fraser) 2117 (Simpson, B.) 2117-8
Mental Health Act
- Provisions on interventions with mentally ill (Coleman) 2433 (Herbert) 2366 (Simpson, S.) 2355, 2433
Merit Commissioner
- Annual report, 2008-09, tabled (Speaker) 125
- Staffing (de Jong) 2345
Merit Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a
- Appointment and powers (de Jong) 1305
Merritt, B.C.
Metro Vancouver See also Lower Mainland
Meyer, Chris
Meyers, Stewart
- Experience as paramedic (Karagianis) 2268
Midwives See also Maternity and pregnancy
under Health
Mi'kmaq First Nation
Milligan, Kevin
- Comments in The Tyee on harmonized sales tax (Lake) 97
Milliken, Donald
- Comments on funding for mental health services (James) 1214
Mines and mining industry
- Aggregate industry See also particular areas
- Assayer certification program (Hawes) 2519 (Horgan) 2519
- Chief mines inspector, role (Hawes) 2521-3 (Sather) 2522
- Exploration activities (Lekstrom) 409
- Exploration activities, First Nations consultation (Donaldson) 2521
- Exploration activities, impact on environment and penalties for offences (Donaldson) 2521 (Hawes) 2521
- First Nations involvement in industry, revenue-sharing agreements (Donaldson) 2521-2, 2704 (Hansen) 2704 (Hawes) 2513, 2521-2
- Gravel extraction See Aggregate industry above under this main heading
- Industry
- climate action task force (Hawes) 2515 (Horgan) 2515
- companies (Sultan) 2652
- conditions (Hawes) 45
- government support (Hawes) 2513
- industry (Hawes) 245 (Lekstrom) 409 (Rustad) 262
- Mine project development (Donaldson) 2521-2 (Hawes) 2518-9 (Horgan) 2514, 2518
- Mine reclamation and mine closure plans (Donaldson) 2520 (Hawes) 2520-1
- Need for certainty on land base (Donaldson) 2521
- Permitting process (Hawes) 2565 (Horgan) 2565 (Sultan) 2652
- Taxation (Hawes) 2513
- Taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit (Donaldson) 2519-20, 2703-4 (Hansen) 203, 571, 917, 2703-4 (Hawes) 2520 (Ralston) 917
- Taxation, tax incentives for green mining (Donaldson) 236
Mines, Ministry of See Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of
Minimum wage See Wages and salaries
Mining, Minister of State for
Minister of State for Climate Action See Climate Action, Minister of State for
Minister of State for Mining See Mining, Minister of State for
Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow B.C. See Olympics and ActNow B.C., Minister of State for
Ministerial statements
- Campbell, Hon. Gordon (Premier)
- Olympic Torch Relay and hosting of Olympic Games in B.C. 1789-90 (James) 1790-1
Minister's Council on Mineral Exploration and Mining
Ministries See Government
Ministry of Environment Act
Mintz, Jack
Miscellaneous Productions
- Government funding for youth program, gaming grant (Kwan) 195-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
- (Bill 13) (Attorney General) 1R, 1038; 2R, 1227-40; C, 1367-97, 1427-35; 3R, 1435; RA, 1824
- Amdts: sec. 89 (Fleming) 1432, ruled out of order 1433
- Debate, speakers (Abbott) 1368 (Bennett) 1381-97, 1427-30 (de Jong) 1038, 1227-8, 1238-40, 1376-81 (Dix) 1434-5 (Falcon) 1435 (Farnworth) 1233-5 (Fleming) 1430-3 (Herbert) 1235-7 (Huntington) 1235, 1388-91 (Krog) 1228-33, 1368-72, 1374-81, 1383-8, 1391-7, 1427-30 (Penner) 1430-4 (Sather) 1434 (Simons) 1237-8 (Simpson, S.) 1373-4 (Stilwell) 1368-76
- Purpose of bill (de Jong) 1038, 1227-8
- Retroactive provisions (de Jong) 1381 (Krog) 1232, 1371, 1375-6, 1381 (Stilwell) 1370-1, 1375
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2009
- (Bill 20) (Attorney General) 1R, 1860; 2R, 2345-52; C, 2494-511; 3R, 2512; RA, 2891
- Debate, speakers (Bell) 2499-502 (Coleman) 2502-10 (de Jong) 1860, 2345-6, 2351-2, 2497, 2511 (Horgan) 2348-50, 2497-9 (Krog) 2346-8, 2494-7, 2508-11 (Lekstrom) 2497-9 (Macdonald) 2499-502 (Simpson, S.) 2350-1, 2502-8 (Thomson) 2494-7
- Committee stage debate (de Jong) 2351-2
- Purpose of bill (de Jong) 1860, 2345-6
- Transitional provisions (Horgan) 2498-9 (Lekstrom) 2498-9
Mission, B.C. See also Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area; Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
- Affordable housing (Dalton) 160
- Cedar Valley road, widening (Hawes) 45
- Description (Dalton) 159
- Transportation infrastructure (Dalton) 160 (Hawes) 45
- Water meters (Hawes) 45
- Westminster Abbey site (Dalton) 159
Mission Memorial Hospital, Mission, B.C.
Mission school district See School district 75 (Mission)
Mission Soapbox Derby
Mist Mountain coalbed methane project See BP Canada Energy Co.
Mitchell, Paul
- Community work (Thomson) 333
Mitchell, Terry
- Work as paramedic and comments on paramedic issues (Coons) 2229-30
Mitlenatch Island Nature Provincial Park
- Warden service (Simons) 1120
Moberly Lake Elementary School, Moberly Lake, B.C.
- Petition tabled (Lekstrom) 1219
Mobile homes See Manufactured homes
Mohan, Chris
- Death as victim of gang violence (Cadieux) 557 (Gentner) 555
Montana
- Environmental protection (Penner) 2397
- Government, relationship with B.C. government (Gentner) 2826-8 (Yamamoto) 2826-8
Montney, B.C.
- Natural gas resources in area (Pimm) 184
Moose See Wildlife
Mortgage Brokers Act
Mortgages
- Mortgage lending conditions, changes (Coleman) 2505
- Penalties for non-compliant mortgage brokers (Hansen) 371, 686, 951-2 (Ralston) 951-2
Morton, Alexandra
- Research on wild salmon (Sather) 380-1
Motions
- Government motions
- Appointment of Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 350; approved 350
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 895; approved 895
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion without notice)
- Legislative calendar (Motion 1)
- Moved (de Jong) 49; approved 49
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 49 (Farnworth) 49
- Legislative calendar (Motion without notice)
- Legislative sitting hours (Motion 2)
- Moved (de Jong) 49-50; approved 51
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 49-51 (Farnworth) 50-1
- Legislative sitting hours (Motion without notice)
- Position of Joy Illington in Office of Merit Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee (Motion without notice)
- Powers and role of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice)
- Referral of reports to committees and powers of Public Accounts Committee (Motion without notice)
- Private members' motions
- Creation of independent budget officer (Motion 6)
- Moved (Ralston) 315; ruled out of order 315
- Early learning opportunities in B.C. (Motion 4)
- Economic opportunities of Olympic and Paralympic Games (Motion 16)
- Economic stimulus plan and Olympic and Paralympic Games (Motion 18)
- Employment standards for young workers (Motion 15)
- Government action on gang violence (Motion 8)
- Green jobs and low-carbon economy for B.C. (Motion 17)
- Independent budget officer (Motion 7)
- New markets for B.C. wood products (Motion 5)
- Role of libraries (Motion 12)
- Other motions
- Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker Moved (Farnworth) 10; approved 10
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Moved (de Jong) 10; approved 10
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker Moved (de Jong) 10; approved 10
- Motion that the House at its rising do stand adjourned until Friday, November 6
- Motion that the House recess
- Moved (de Jong) 2220; debate 2220; approved 2220
- Divisions: motion approved 2220
- Debate, speakers (Farnworth) 2220
- Printing of Votes and Proceedings Moved (de Jong) 10; approved 10
Motor Dealer Act
Motor fuel See Fuel
Motor Fuel Tax Act
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2009
- (Bill 15) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 1359-60; 2R, 1468-88; C, 1537-44; 3R, 1544; RA, 1824
- Debate, speakers (Barnett) 1480 (Cantelon) 1471-2 (Chong) 1483-4 (Farnworth) 1469-71, 1537-44 (Fleming) 1472-5 (Heed) 1359-60, 1468-9, 1488, 1537-43 (Horgan) 1480-3 (Howard) 1475-6 (Krog) 1538 (Krueger) 1485-7 (Macdonald) 1484-5, 1538 (Routley, B.) 1476-7 (Routley, D.) 1479-80 (Simpson, S.) 1487-8 (Sultan) 1477-9
- Definitions, "electronic device" (Farnworth) 1537 (Heed) 1468
- Definitions, "use" (Farnworth) 1538 (Heed) 1538 (Krog) 1538
- Provisions, application to new technology (Farnworth) 1537-8 (Heed) 1537-8
- Purpose of bill (Heed) 1360
Motor Vehicle Sales Authority
- Collection of fees (de Jong) 2511 (Krog) 2511
Mount Crescent Elementary School, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Potential closing (Sather) 2837
Mount Pleasant See Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Emergency services (Falcon) 1616-8
Mount Seymour Provincial Park
Mount Waddington area crisis line services See Mental health services
under Port Hardy, B.C.
Mount Washington
- Ski hill, use for Olympic Games training (McRae) 90-1, 2017
Mount Washington Alpine Food Festival
Mountain caribou See Wildlife
Movember
- Fundraising event for prostate cancer research (Slater) 2875
Mowat, Doug
- Work for people with disabilities (Cadieux) 24
Muir, Cameron
- Report on harmonized sales tax (Hansen) 2690
Muir Creek area See Vancouver Island
Multiculturalism
Multilateral agreement on investment
- Review by NDP government (Corrigan) 1150-1
Multilateral Agreement on Investment, Special Committee on the
- Work of committee (Corrigan) 1150
Municipalities See Government – Local government
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3)
Muqin-Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park
Museums
- Aboriginal museum proposal (Krueger) 1908
- Asia-Pacific museum of trade and culture proposal (Herbert) 1907 (Krueger) 1907-8
- Women's history museum proposal (Krueger) 1908
My Space
- Consulting contracts (Kwan) 2844-5
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