Racism See Discrimination and racism
Rain forests See Forests and forest industry
Ranching industry See Livestock industry
Ranching industry task force See British Columbia Ranching Task Force
Range, Ministry of See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau
Rangeland
RCMP See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Reading See Literacy
Real Estate Council of British Columbia
- Work of organization (Ralston) 900 (Sather) 833
Real estate industry
- Housing market conditions (Coleman) 2505
- Housing market conditions, role of government policies (Fleming) 899
- Property disclosure statements, information on natural hazards (Sultan) 1191-3
- Property disclosure statements, requirements (Coleman) 2509
- Taxation See Property tax
The Record (New Westminster)
- Article on paramedic issues (Black, D.) 2048
Red Chris mine See Imperial Metals Corp.
Red-backed vole See Wildlife
Redstone, B.C.
- Forest fire protection activities (Bell) 795-6 (Macdonald) 795-6
Rees, Richard
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Yap) 142
Regina, Saskatchewan
- Food banks, food drive challenge (Fleming) 1213
Regional districts See also Government – Local government; particular districts
- Involvement in regional growth strategies (Bennett) 1947
Registered retirement savings plans
- Disposition in wills and estates See Disposition of estates and property, benefit plans under Estates
Regulations and red tape See Government
Reid, Bill
- Accomplishments (Hayer) 1455-6
Remembrance Day
- Observance (de Jong) 1239 (Krog) 1230 (Simpson, B.) 2017
- Observance and significance of red poppy (Foster) 2114
- Observance by MLAs (Horgan) 2248
- Observance by youth (Bains) 2487
Rental assistance program See Social and subsidized housing
under Housing
Rental housing See Housing – Rental housing
Representative for Children and Youth See also Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen
- Concerns re provincial budget projections (Ralston) 223
- Proposed meeting on child poverty issue (Campbell) 2820, 2824 (James) 2820-1, 2824 (Simpson, S.) 2736
- Recommendations, implementation by government (Karagianis) 2111-2, 2164-5 (Polak) 2112, 2165
- Relationship with Legislative Assembly (Campbell) 2820, 2824
- Relationship with ministries (de Jong) 2482-3 (Krog) 2482
- Reports
- family violence and child death case (James) 802 (Polak) 802-3
- family violence and child death case, government response (Heed) 804 (Polak) 803
- family violence and child death case, implementation of recommendations (James) 802 (Karagianis) 803 (Krog) 804
- First Nations child apprehension and critical injury case (Karagianis) 450-1, 1809-10, 1812-3 (Polak) 2171
- joint special report on justice system experiences of children and youth in care (Krog) 2481
- Reports tabled
- 2008-09 annual report (Speaker) 951
- Honouring Christian Lee — No Private Matter: Protecting Children Living with Domestic Violence (Speaker) 775
- Housing, Help and Hope: A Better Place for Struggling Families, July 2009 (Speaker) 14
- joint special report with the Ombudsperson, Hearing the Voices of Children and Youth: A Child-Centred Approach to Complaint Resolution, January 2010 (Speaker) 2893
- service plan, 2012-13 (Speaker) 2116
- Role (Austin) 433
Research and development
Residential care facilities See Housing – Residential care facilities
Resort municipality of Whistler See Whistler, B.C.
Resorts
- Resort development (Krueger) 1778
Resource management coordination project See Environmental protection, enforcement and resources
under Environment
Resources and resource industries See also particular industries
- Forest-dependent communities
- Permit processing See FrontCounter B.C.
- Public ownership (Simpson, B.) 373
- Resource roads, worker safety (Chouhan) 609 (Coell) 609
- Resource-based communities (Barnett) 339-40
- Sustainable resource management (Sather) 382
- Workers, transition programs (Krueger) 1909
Restaurants See Food services industry
Restorative justice See Corrections system
Retail Council of Canada
- Position on harmonized sales tax (Campbell) 2807
- President and chief executive officer See Brisebois, Diane
Return to work employability program See Training programs
under Skills training
Revelstoke, B.C. See also Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Richards, Brent
- Concerns re gravel operation expansion proposal (Sather) 2522
Richards, Dal
- Bandleader (Hammell) 2637
Richmond Addiction Services
Richmond, B.C. See also Richmond Centre constituency and area; Richmond-Steveston constituency and area
- City government, bylaw enforcement re graffiti and signs during Olympic Games See Bylaw enforcement under Government – Local government
- Economic opportunities from Olympic Games (Howard) 1851
- Geothermal energy project (Howard) 103
- Health care facilities and post-secondary institutions, funding (Howard) 104
- Hosting of events (Howard) 500
- Hosting of wheelchair basketball tournament See America Zone
- Impact of Canada line transit service (Howard) 67
- Infant development program in area (Reid) 1140
- Mental illness and addiction services, funding and service delivery (Falcon) 1302 (Hammell) 1301-2
- Role in Asia-Pacific trade (Howard) 104, 2635
Richmond Centre constituency and area
- Description and issues (Howard) 102-4
Richmond Chinatown Lions Club
- Activities and membership (Reid) 2115
Richmond Chinese Community Society
- Work of organization (Howard) 1039-40
Richmond, Claude
- Public service and retirement (Lake) 94
- Service as MLA (Coleman) 362
Richmond Hospital, Richmond, B.C.
- Surgical services, hip and knee replacements (Abbott) 76
Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, B.C.
Richmond Peace Labyrinth
- Labyrinth and activities at St. Alban's Anglican Church (Reid) 2578
Richmond-Steveston constituency and area
- Description and issues (Yap) 140, 143
Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Expansion (Dalton) 160 (Falcon) 2427
Ridge Meadows Seniors Society
- Programs and services (Dalton) 2796
Rimmer, Wilf
- Comments on extreme-weather shelter legislation (Coons) 2377
Riondel, B.C.
- Residents' access to H1N1 vaccination (Mungall) 1796
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (Canada) Ltd.
- Operations (Chouhan) 2424
Rivers and streams
- Public ownership of resources (Lekstrom) 410 (Macdonald) 62, 64
Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
- Future of facility and grounds (Thorne) 412
- Mental health facilities (Horne) 2365
Rix, Don
- Proposals to government re diabetes programs (Dix) 2718
RMTs See Massage therapists
Road safety See Traffic safety
under Automobiles
Roberts Bank
Roberts Creek, B.C.
- Road intersection light, petition tabled (Simons) 196
Robertson, Dave
- Comments on paramedic issues (Routley, D.) 2199
Robson Valley
- Community events in area (Bond) 376
Rocky Mountain school district See School district 6 (Rocky Mountain)
Roddick, Val
- Service as MLA (Huntington) 251
Roline, Susan
- Concerns re drinking water protection (Lali) 394
Rookes, Tanya
- Experience as paramedic (Karagianis) 2268
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Comment on government (Coons) 175
Roots of Empathy program See Bullying and violence at school, prevention
under Violence
Ross, Bill
Ross, David
Rotary Club of Colwood
Rotary Hospice House, Richmond, B.C.
Rotary Manor, Dawson Creek, B.C.
Royal Bank of Canada
- Economic forecasts for B.C. (James) 2751, 2755
Royal Canadian Mounted Police See also Police and policing
Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.
- Government investment (Lake) 98
Royal Roads See Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area
Royal Roads University Act
Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.
- Campus parking and traffic regulation (de Jong) 1228
RRSPs See Registered retirement savings plans
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Body Armour Control Act, amendments to bill 1547-8, 1550
- Budgets, independent budget officer, NDP motion on topic, revision of wording 315-6
- Finance Ministry, estimates process, scope of debate 2804
- Legislation, private members' bills cannot require expenditure of public funds 263
- Legislature
- bills, second reading
- debate to be relevant to amendment to bill under discussion 2192, 2197-8, 2209, 2211, 2214, 2218, 2222, 2224, 2227-8, 2230-1, 2249, 2253, 2255-7, 2259, 2275-6, 2281, 2284, 2288
- debate to be relevant to bill under discussion 1643-5, 1716, 2092
- every member has opportunity to speak on hoist motion 2235
- members not to revisit second reading debate during debate on amendment 2234-5, 2238, 2270, 2280, 2291
- members to be debating bill 584, 588, 635, 666, 675, 678, 683, 1113, 1775
- members to have opportunity to speak on bill 579, 1063, 1767
- bills, committee stage
- amendments cannot impose financial burden on Crown 1433
- amendments proposed by private members cannot involve expenditure of public dollars 1325
- debate on definitions 2300
- debate to relate to section under discussion 911, 1282
- repetitive questions 821, 1888
- estimates process
- broadcast and information 601
- comments to be directed to vote being debated 1019-21, 1023, 1034, 1180, 1184, 1990-2, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2689, 2700, 2702, 2806, 2808, 2811-2, 2815
- documents cannot be tabled in committee 2726
- hypothetical questions 1034
- legislation not to be debated during estimates debate 709, 1252, 1335, 1754, 2682, 2748
- members not to canvass details associated with other ministries 2808, 2821, 2826-7
- move on to new line of questioning 841, 947-8, 1178, 1498, 1836, 2524
- question has been answered and is out of order 1179
- questions on harmonized sales tax deferred to Finance Ministry 1030, 2555
- questions to be directed to vote being debated 714, 840, 940, 1085, 1088, 1177, 1335-6, 1424, 1785, 1826, 1835-6, 1940, 2106, 2180, 2465, 2612
- questions to be relevant to motion before committee 2528
- refer questions to appropriate minister 1492
- relevance of questions 844, 1289, 2753, 2760, 2803-6, 2808, 2811
- repetitive questions 1353, 1996, 2760, 2762, 2803, 2809
- use of electronic devices 614, 1185-6, 2527, 2566, 2829, 2865
- language used in House
- apology requested 1685, 2583
- members to be careful in how language is framed 87
- members to choose words carefully 123, 192, 1534, 2656
- members to watch wording and show respect 352
- minister to be careful in language used 807, 2039, 2092, 2236
- "not telling the truth" 489
- temperate language 2713
- unparliamentary language 31, 2298
- use parliamentary language 398, 1607, 1962, 1983, 2454
- watch language 909
- withdrawal of comments requested 20, 131-2, 209, 212, 250, 261, 324, 398-9, 575, 639, 1079, 1686, 1925, 2232, 2248, 2418
- "you" 87
- members' conduct and debate
- attendance of other members in House not to be commented on 639, 1972, 2053-4, 2056
- comments to be directed through the Chair 458, 713, 1450
- comments to be directed through the Chair and respect for House to be shown 520
- inappropriate inferences when referring to other members 2232
- member must remain in seat 948
- members having separate conversations to keep their voices quiet 1164, 2854
- members must make comments from their own seats 286, 2261, 2297
- members not to comment while another has the floor or directly to a minister 1019
- members not to make personal attacks 1173
- members not to name people in gallery unless introduced 2204
- members not to refer to members by name 85, 550, 675, 1199, 2133
- members to allow debate to be heard 46-7, 441, 2632
- members to allow recognized member to be heard 150-1, 354
- members to allow speaker on the floor to have the floor 2399
- members to be careful in how they address the government benches 546
- members to listen to speaker's remarks and respond during own debate 248, 2712
- members to refer to members by constituency name 27, 144, 165, 174, 1853
- members to show respect for member speaking 485, 518
- members to turn off audio on electronic devices in the chamber 37, 462, 996
- repetitious debate 1370, 2260
- rulings of Chair not to be challenged 1179
- use of electronic devices in chamber 1908
- use of electronic devices in chamber and gallery 2566, 2718-9, 2829
- use of props and exhibits 2060, 2345
- motions and resolutions, the House will not receive resolutions for expenditure of public moneys unless recommended by Crown 315
- motions, debate must be relevant to motion 2156, 2159, 2161-2
- private members' statements
- question period, members to listen to questions and answers 69
- question period, members to wait until minister finishes answering question before standing 73
- standing order 61, debate in Committee of Supply 2753, 2806, 2808, 2821
- standing order 66, motions recommending expenditure of public money 315
- standing order 67, bill amendments proposed by private members 1433
- statements by members
- guidelines 247
- members commended 1457
- statements to be non-partisan 801
- throne speech debate, each member has opportunity to speak 84
- Premier's Office, estimates process, scope of debate 2753, 2760, 2803, 2805-6, 2811
- Speaker's statements
- Rules for motions recommending expenditure of public money 315
- Rules for private members' statements 247, 1107
- Rules for public bills in the hands of private members 263, 1988
- Use of exhibits in debates 2060
- Visit by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall 2185
- Supply Act (No. 2), 2009, scope of debate 135
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
- estimates debate, scope 1023
- estimates process 1085
Run for the Cure
- Fundraiser for breast cancer research (Stilwell) 885
Run-of-the-river projects See Hydroelectric power
under Energy
Rupert, Gary
- Comments on full-day kindergarten (McRae) 116
Rural British Columbia See British Columbia – Rural B.C.
Rural Development, Ministry of See Community and Rural Development, Ministry of
Russia
- Forest product exports (Gentner) 1204 (Routley, D.) 1207