Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 39th Parliament – 2010
INDEX (Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Open Government Act, 2010

(Bill M211) (Routley, D.) 1R, 6114-5
Debate, speakers (Routley, D.) 6114-5
Oral questions by member

Austin, Robin (Skeena)
Annual facilities grants for school districts and carbon neutrality 4728
Central Okanagan school district costs and funding 4462-3
Costs of special adviser to Vancouver school district 5186
Education funding and school closings 3880
Funding for education 5185-6
Funding for Prince George school district 2906-7
Funding for school band programs 4811
Funding for Terrace Anti-Poverty Group Society 3342
School district costs and funding 3032-3, 3089-90, 3465, 4624
School district funding and staffing levels 4112-3
Special adviser to Vancouver school district 4563-4
Summer school spaces 5547
Treatment of teacher by Little Flower Academy 4975
Vancouver school district costs and funding 3790-1
Bains, Harry (Surrey-Newton)
Funding for crime prevention in Surrey 4034-5
Funding for Surrey school district 2907, 3466, 5188
School district costs and funding 3033-4
SeaBus services on Burrard Inlet 5712
Surrey school district portable use and carbon offset costs 4729-30
Black, Dawn (New Westminster)
B.C. Hydro advertising campaign 5771-2
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4383
Harmonized sales tax and initiative petition 5882
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 6225
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5320
Special prosecutor in investigation of former Solicitor General 5242-3
Wedding costs and implementation of harmonized sales tax 6119-20
Brar, Jagrup (Surrey-Fleetwood)
Availability of meat-processing licences 6121
Funding for Surrey school district 2907, 5188
Impact of harmonized sales tax on health care products 5627-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on smoking cessation products 5882-3
Surrey school district costs and funding 3881
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
Camping reservations phone service 3034-5
Community gaming grants for arts festivals 5774
Funding for arts and culture 3094
Government support for tourism industry 3174-5, 3407-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on arts and culture 4906
Impact of harmonized sales tax on liquor prices 5710-1
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant and tourism industries 3232
Impact of harmonized sales tax on used clothing costs 6119
Investigation into activities of T. Richard Turner 5107-8
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3231-2
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4109
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)
Coroner report recommendations on farmworker deaths 3173-4
Funding for farmworker safety programs 4112
Impact of harmonized sales tax on membership costs 4906
Minimum wage 4035
Registry of asbestos exposure risks 5478
Sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs 5389
Conroy, Katrine (Kootenay West)
Funding for retraining programs for forest workers 3550
Mental health services for children in Kootenays 4563
Surgical services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital 3109-10
Coons, Gary (North Coast)
Audit of B.C. Ferries data security system 4276-7
Conservation officer service in Bella Coola area 5545
Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 6227
Ferry fares 3945-6
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 3548
Fuel removal from Queen of the North 5106
Funding for Highway of Tears project 5390
Impact of harmonized sales tax on coastal communities and ferry services 5048
Impact of harmonized sales tax on summer camp fees 4975
Success By 6 program 3607
Corrigan, Kathy (Burnaby–Deer Lake)
Burnaby school district costs and funding 3090, 3551
Funding for community-based hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS programs 5773-4
Funding for school districts and class-size limits 5186-7
Government action on domestic violence 6059
Home care fees 3605
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General 5318
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5241
Success By 6 program 3708-9
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)
Acute care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital 4623-4
Comments on harmonized sales tax 3108
Conditions at Vancouver General Hospital 4562
Conditions at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 4562
Dental program for low-income children 3546
Emergency orthopedic services 3882
Funding for public health programs 4276
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4382
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5387-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on smoking cessation products 5883
Infection control and cleaning in hospitals 5475
Infection control at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital 5474
Investigation into farmworker deaths in Langley 3174
Medical supplements for disability benefits recipients 3233-4
Royal Inland Hospital sterilization unit 3605-6, 4207-8
Social support program funding and government spending priorities 5773
Status of therapeutics initiative 4113-4
Surgical services in Fraser Health Authority 4807
Waiting times for MRI and diagnostic services 5625
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)
Comments by former Finance Minister on harmonized sales tax 4810-1
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 3549
First Nations consultation on harmonized sales tax 4465
Fuel removal from Queen of the North 5106
Government information on harmonized sales tax 4973
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4381-2
Impact of harmonized sales tax on economy 4973
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 5047, 5628
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
Child care spaces in Maple Ridge schools 3792
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5387
High school child care programs for student parents 4384, 6058-9
Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam)
B.C. Rail executive compensation 3708
Civilian oversight of police complaint process 4626
Correctional facilities in Okanagan area 5478
Election campaign materials 4204
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4464-5
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5388
Government use of ICBC revenues 6058
Harmonized sales tax 4381
Harmonized sales tax and initiative petition 5709
ICBC revenues to government 3172-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 4907
Impact of harmonized sales tax on funeral industry 4275-6
Impact of harmonized sales tax on membership costs 3550
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 5049-50, 5965, 6226
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General 5243-4, 5317-8
Liability insurance funding for search and rescue organizations 3793
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets 4727-8
Resignation and replacement of Solicitor General 4204
Tax on private sale of vehicles and boats 3407
Fleming, Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)
Air quality tests in Prince George 3173, 3340, 3408
Application of harmonized sales tax to green products 3879
B.C. Hydro advertising campaign 5772
B.C. Liberal Party fundraising with independent power producers 4111-2
Campsite and park fees 3945
Cosmetic use of pesticides 6227
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 3548-9
Gasification plant proposal and air quality in Kamloops 3408
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4383
Government response to oil leak at Chevron refinery in Burnaby 5884, 5966
Marmot recovery program and species-at-risk legislation 5545-6
Moratorium on offshore oil and gas activities 5104-5
Offshore oil drilling on B.C. coast 5478-9
Oversight of oil and gas industry 2978-9
Safety of oil pipeline and shipping from Port of Vancouver 5190
School district carbon offset costs and energy retrofit funding 4729
School district costs and funding 2908
Fraser, Scott (Alberni–Pacific Rim)
Acute care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital 4808-9, 6121
Impact of harmonized sales tax on sports organizations 4032
Moratorium on offshore oil and gas activities 5105-6
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax 6056
Supported child development program 3092, 3946
Gentner, Guy (Delta North)
Richmond school district costs and funding 4565
Safety of oil pipeline and shipping from Port of Vancouver 5189-90
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)
Funding for community-based hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS programs 5774
Funding for Surrey school district 2907-8
Home care fees 3604-5, 3710
Staffing of sterilization units in Fraser Health Authority 4808
Surrey school district costs and funding 3882
Waiting times for MRI and diagnostic services 5626
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)
B.C. Hydro advertising campaign 5771
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreement with Forrest Kerr project 6117-8
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreements with Finavera Renewables 3467-8
B.C. Hydro rates 3169-70, 3945
B.C. Liberal Party fundraising with independent power producers 4110-1
Comments by former Finance Minister on harmonized sales tax 4809-10
Government air travel for Site C power project announcement 4465-6
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4383
Moratorium on offshore oil and gas activities 5104, 5967
Olympic events attendance by Small Business Minister 3794
Oversight of oil and gas industry 2977-8
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5320
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets 4727
Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 127 rent subsidy 3404-5
UBC role in purchase of forest lands on Vancouver Island 3035
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)
Delta school district costs and funding 4564-5
Government action on closed-containment fish farming 6057
Regulation of sale of optical products 5189
Release of information on fish farm disease outbreaks 6057
South Fraser perimeter road project 6226
Taxpayer costs for sale of homes near Tsawwassen power line 3792-3
James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)
Acute care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital 4622-3
Air quality tests in Prince George 3339-40
B.C. Hydro advertising campaign 5770-1
B.C. Rail executive compensation 3706-7
Comments on harmonized sales tax 3106-7
Community gaming grants for school playgrounds 3292-3
Conditions at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 4561
Equipment and assistive technology initiative for people with disabilities 5543
Forests Ministry staff reduction and forest industry in B.C. 4204-5
Funding for education 2905-6
Government information on harmonized sales tax 4972
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5386
Harmonized sales tax and initiative petition 5708-9
Home care fees 3604
Impact of harmonized sales tax on economy 4971
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 3942-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business 5045-6
Impact of harmonized sales tax on tenants and condo owners 4272-3
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4903, 5963-4, 6055, 6223-4
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3229-30
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax 6055
Removal of sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances 3878-9
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets 4726
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4109
School district costs and funding 3031-2, 3464-5, 4461-2
Vancouver school district costs and funding 3789-90
Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt–Royal Roads)
Foreign workers and Esquimalt graving dock project 3946
Funding of programs for special needs children 3092-3
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5387
High school child care programs for student parents 4208, 4384, 6058
Services for children and families 2908-9, 2981
Success By 6 program 3606, 3709
Youth suicide awareness program 4626-7
Krog, Leonard (Nanaimo)
Appointment of judge in Cranbrook 5107
B.C. Rail executive compensation 3707-8
Court fees and access to justice system 4033
Funding for victim statement translation services 3343
Impact of harmonized sales tax on liquor prices 5710
LawLINE and access to legal aid 3406
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5240-1
Special prosecutor in investigation of former Solicitor General 5316-7
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
Comments on harmonized sales tax 3107-8
Community gaming grants for school playgrounds 3293
Funding for community social services worker pension plans 3547
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4383
Impact of harmonized sales tax on clothing costs for children 5388-9
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4904-5, 5049, 5629
Investigation into activities of T. Richard Turner 5108
Multicultural liaison workers in Vancouver school district 5188-9
Olympic events attendance by Small Business Minister 3793-4
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5242, 5319-20
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4110
Social support program funding and government spending priorities 5772-3
Lali, Harry (Fraser-Nicola)
Emergency services in Lytton 3343
Health care services in Logan Lake 3296-7
School district costs and funding 4626
Wedding costs and implementation of harmonized sales tax 6120
Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
Forests Ministry staff reduction and forest industry in B.C. 4206-7
Funding for Vernon and Central Okanagan school districts 3466
Gasification plant proposal and air quality in Kamloops 3341-2
Government action on forest fire preparedness 5886
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4033, 5048, 5965
Internet gaming and problem gamblers 3171
Investigation into activities of T. Richard Turner 5108
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General 5244-5
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3231
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax 6056-7
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5319
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4110
School district carbon offset costs and energy retrofit funding 4730
School district costs and funding 3090-1
Silviculture activities 5546
Success By 6 program 3607-8
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)
Call for inquiry re missing and murdered aboriginal women 2980
Costs for child care facilities in schools 5187
Funding for Highway of Tears project 5390
Funding for Salmo Community Resource Society 3342-3
Government action on domestic violence 6059
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4906
Kaslo primary health care clinic 5476-7
Surgical services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital 3110
Popham, Lana (Saanich South)
Buy B.C. program 2982
Harmonized sales tax on bicycles 3109, 5966
Importation of bees and beekeeping equipment to Vancouver Island 5885
School district costs and funding 4625
Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
Application of harmonized sales tax to green products 3879-80
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreement with Forrest Kerr project 6118
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreements with Finavera Renewables 3468
B.C. Rail executive compensation 3707
Comments on harmonized sales tax 3107
Equipment and assistive technology initiative for people with disabilities 5544
Government information on harmonized sales tax 4972-3
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4464
Harmonized sales tax 4380
Harmonized sales tax and initiative petition 5709, 5881-2
ICBC revenues to government 3172
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 3943-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on landlords and tenants 4207
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business 5046-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on sports organizations 4031-2
Impact of harmonized sales tax on tenants and condo owners 4274
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4904, 5628, 5964, 6224-5
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3230
Oversight of oil and gas industry 2979
Public release of budget documents 3549-50
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4109-10
Sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs 5390
Tax on private sale of vehicles and boats 3406-7
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)
Forests Ministry staff reduction and forest industry in B.C. 4205-6
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)
Call for inquiry re missing and murdered aboriginal women 2980
Government handling of personal information privacy breach 2909
Halalt First Nation consultation on water project 3035, 3295-6
Infection control and cleaning in hospitals 5475-6
Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 127 rent subsidy 3404
School district costs and funding 3091-2, 4625
Waiting times for MRI and diagnostic services 5626-7
Sather, Michael (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Child care spaces in Maple Ridge schools 3791-2
Impact of harmonized sales tax on sports organizations 4032
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
Appointment of judge for Sunshine Coast area 5107
Child in the Home of a Relative program and extended family program 3468-9
Community gaming grants for arts festivals 5775
Community social services for children and families 3295
Dental program for low-income children 3608
Funding for community social services worker pension plans 3547
Impact of harmonized sales tax on summer camp fees 4974-5
Medical supplements for disability benefits recipients 3233
Overpayments to income assistance recipients 5711-2
School jazz band program on Sunshine Coast 5478
Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)
Call for inquiry re missing and murdered aboriginal women 2980-1
Camping reservations phone service 3034
Camping reservations phone service and local booking for Bowron Lake 3093-4
Closing of rural schools in Prince George school district 3881
Forest fire planning for First Nations communities 5886
Funding for Highway of Tears project 5391
Halalt First Nation consultation on water project 3296
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4905-6
Silviculture activities 5546-7
Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)
Addiction services for problem gamblers 4034
Community gaming grants and supports for vulnerable persons 3294
Elections B.C. ruling on harmonized sales tax mailout 5049
Equipment and assistive technology initiative for people with disabilities 5544
Funding for community social services worker pension plans 3467, 3546-7
Funding for supports to disabled and low-income people 3232-3
Gasification plant proposal and air quality in Kamloops 3340-1
Government handling of personal information privacy breach 2909
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4382-3
Government response to oil leak at Chevron refinery in Burnaby 5884-5, 5967
Home care fees 3710
Impact of harmonized sales tax on community social services sector 3944
Impact of harmonized sales tax on funeral industry 4275
Impact of harmonized sales tax on real estate costs 4973-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on tenants and condo owners 4274-5
Internet gaming and problem gamblers 3170-1
Loan program and sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs 5477
Moratorium on offshore oil and gas activities 5105
Overpayments to income assistance recipients 5711
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets 4728
Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 127 rent subsidy 3405
Self-exclusion program for problem gamblers 5627
Special adviser to Vancouver school district 4463
Special prosecutor in investigation of former Solicitor General 5243, 5317
Vancouver school district costs and funding 3791
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
Meeting between school trustees and Education Minister 4811
School district costs and funding 3033, 4625
Special adviser to Vancouver school district 4564
Oral questions by subject

Agriculture
Buy B.C. program (Popham) 2982 (Thomson) 2982
Coroner report recommendations on farmworker deaths (Chouhan) 3173-4 (Coell) 3173-4
Funding for farmworker safety programs (Chouhan) 4112 (Coell) 4112
Importation of bees and beekeeping equipment to Vancouver Island (Popham) 5885 (Thomson) 5885
Investigation into farmworker deaths in Langley (Coell) 3174 (Dix) 3174
Air
Air quality tests in Prince George (Fleming) 3173, 3340, 3408 (James) 3339-40 (Penner) 3339-40, 3408 (Yap) 3173
Gasification plant proposal and air quality in Kamloops (Fleming) 3408 (Penner) 3341-2, 3408-9 (Simpson, S.) 3340-1
Aquaculture
Government action on closed-containment fish farming (Huntington) 6057 (Thomson) 6057
Release of information on fish farm disease outbreaks (Huntington) 6057 (Thomson) 6057
Arts and culture
Community gaming grants for arts festivals (Chandra Herbert) 5774 (Coleman) 5774-5 (Simons) 5775
Funding for arts and culture (Chandra Herbert) 3094 (Krueger) 3094
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
B.C. Hydro advertising campaign (Black, D.) 5771-2 (Fleming) 5772 (Horgan) 5771 (James) 5770-1 (Lekstrom) 5770-2
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreement with Forrest Kerr project (Horgan) 6117-8 (Lekstrom) 6117-9 (Ralston) 6118
B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreements with Finavera Renewables (Horgan) 3467-8 (Lekstrom) 3467-8 (Ralston) 3468
B.C. Hydro rates (Hansen) 3169-70 (Horgan) 3169-70, 3945 (Lekstrom) 3945
B.C. Place Stadium
Investigation into activities of T. Richard Turner (Chandra Herbert) 5107-8 (de Jong) 5107-8 (Kwan) 5108 (Macdonald) 5108
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project (Campbell) 4109 (Chandra Herbert) 4109 (James) 4109 (Krueger) 4109-10 (Kwan) 4110 (Macdonald) 4110 (Ralston) 4109-10
British Columbia Rail
B.C. Rail executive compensation (Bond) 3706-8 (Farnworth) 3708 (James) 3706-7 (Krog) 3707-8 (Ralston) 3707
Budget
Public release of budget documents (Hansen) 3549-50 (Ralston) 3549-50
Children and youth
Child care spaces in Maple Ridge schools (Elmore) 3792 (Polak) 3791-2 (Sather) 3791-2
Child in the Home of a Relative program and extended family program (Polak) 3468-9 (Simons) 3468-9
Community social services for children and families (Polak) 3295 (Simons) 3295
Costs for child care facilities in schools (MacDiarmid) 5187 (Mungall) 5187
Dental program for low-income children (Coleman) 3608 (de Jong) 3546 (Dix) 3546 (Simons) 3608
Funding of programs for special needs children (Karagianis) 3092-3 (Polak) 3093
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth (Dix) 5387-8 (Elmore) 5387 (Farnworth) 5388 (James) 5386 (Karagianis) 5387 (Polak) 5386-8
High school child care programs for student parents (Elmore) 4384, 6058-9 (Karagianis) 4208, 4384, 6058 (Polak) 4208, 4384, 6058-9
Services for children and families (Karagianis) 2908-9, 2981 (Polak) 2908-9, 2981-2
Success By 6 program (Coons) 3607 (Corrigan) 3708-9 (Karagianis) 3606, 3709 (Macdonald) 3607-8 (Polak) 3606-8, 3708-9
Supported child development program (Fraser) 3092, 3946 (Polak) 3092, 3946
Youth suicide awareness program (Karagianis) 4626-7 (Polak) 4627
Community gaming grants
Community gaming grants and supports for vulnerable persons (Coleman) 3294-5 (Simpson, S.) 3294
Corrections system
Correctional facilities in Okanagan area (de Jong) 5478 (Farnworth) 5478
Crime and violence
Call for inquiry re missing and murdered aboriginal women (Abbott) 2981 (de Jong) 2980 (Mungall) 2980 (Routley, D.) 2980 (Simpson, B.) 2980-1
Funding for crime prevention in Surrey (Bains) 4034-5 (Coleman) 4034-5
Funding for Highway of Tears project (Coons) 5390 (de Jong) 5390-1 (Mungall) 5390 (Simpson, B.) 5391
Funding for victim statement translation services (Krog) 3343
Government action on domestic violence (Corrigan) 6059 (de Jong) 6059 (Mungall) 6059
Disabled and handicapped persons
Equipment and assistive technology initiative for people with disabilities (Coleman) 5543-5 (James) 5543 (Ralston) 5544 (Simpson, S.) 5544
Education and schools
Annual facilities grants for school districts and carbon neutrality (Austin) 4728 (MacDiarmid) 4728-9
Burnaby school district costs and funding (Corrigan) 3090, 3551 (MacDiarmid) 3090, 3551
Central Okanagan school district costs and funding (Austin) 4462-3 (MacDiarmid) 4462-3
Closing of rural schools in Prince George school district (MacDiarmid) 3881 (Simpson, B.) 3881
Community gaming grants for school playgrounds (Coleman) 3292-4 (James) 3292-3 (Kwan) 3293
Costs of special adviser to Vancouver school district (Austin) 5186 (MacDiarmid) 5186
Delta school district costs and funding (Huntington) 4564-5 (MacDiarmid) 4564-5
Education funding and school closings (Austin) 3880 (MacDiarmid) 3880-1
Funding for education (Austin) 5185-6 (James) 2905-6 (MacDiarmid) 2905-6, 5185-6
Funding for Prince George school district (Austin) 2906-7 (MacDiarmid) 2906-7
Funding for school band programs (Austin) 4811 (MacDiarmid) 4811
Funding for school districts and class-size limits (Corrigan) 5186-7 (MacDiarmid) 5186-7
Funding for Surrey school district (Bains) 2907, 3466, 5188 (Brar) 2907, 5188 (Hammell) 2907-8 (MacDiarmid) 2907-8, 3466, 5188
Funding for Vernon and Central Okanagan school districts (MacDiarmid) 3466-7 (Macdonald) 3466
Meeting between school trustees and Education Minister (MacDiarmid) 4811 (Thorne) 4811
Multicultural liaison workers in Vancouver school district (Kwan) 5188-9 (MacDiarmid) 5188-9
Richmond school district costs and funding (Gentner) 4565 (MacDiarmid) 4565
School district carbon offset costs and energy retrofit funding (Fleming) 4729 (MacDiarmid) 4729-30 (Macdonald) 4730
School district costs and funding (Austin) 3032-3, 3089-90, 3465, 4624 (Bains) 3033-4 (Fleming) 2908 (James) 3031-2, 3464-5, 4461-2 (Lali) 4626 (MacDiarmid) 2908, 3031-4, 3089-92, 3464-6, 4461-2, 4624-6 (Macdonald) 3090-1 (Popham) 4625 (Routley, D.) 3091-2, 4625 (Thorne) 3033, 4625
School district funding and staffing levels (Austin) 4112-3 (MacDiarmid) 4112-3
School jazz band program on Sunshine Coast (MacDiarmid) 5478 (Simons) 5478
Special adviser to Vancouver school district (Austin) 4563-4 (MacDiarmid) 4463-4, 4563-4 (Simpson, S.) 4463 (Thorne) 4564
Summer school spaces (Austin) 5547 (MacDiarmid) 5547
Surrey school district costs and funding (Brar) 3881 (Hammell) 3882 (MacDiarmid) 3881-2
Surrey school district portable use and carbon offset costs (Bains) 4729-30 (MacDiarmid) 4729-30
Treatment of teacher by Little Flower Academy (Austin) 4975
Vancouver school district costs and funding (Austin) 3790-1 (James) 3789-90 (MacDiarmid) 3790-1 (Simpson, S.) 3791
Emergencies
Liability insurance funding for search and rescue organizations (Farnworth) 3793 (Heed) 3793
Energy
B.C. Liberal Party fundraising with independent power producers (Fleming) 4111-2 (Horgan) 4110-1 (Lekstrom) 4111-2
Government air travel for Site C power project announcement (Horgan) 4465-6 (Penner) 4465-6
Taxpayer costs for sale of homes near Tsawwassen power line (Huntington) 3792-3 (Lekstrom) 3792-3
Environment
Conservation officer service in Bella Coola area (Coons) 5545 (Penner) 5545
Marmot recovery program and species-at-risk legislation (Fleming) 5545-6 (Penner) 5545-6
Esquimalt graving dock
Foreign workers and Esquimalt graving dock project (Karagianis) 3946 (Stilwell) 3946
Ferry services
Audit of B.C. Ferries data security system (Bond) 4277 (Coons) 4276-7
Ferry fares (Bond) 3946 (Coons) 3945-6
Fuel removal from Queen of the North (Coons) 5106 (Donaldson) 5106 (Penner) 5106
Fires and firefighting
Forest fire planning for First Nations communities (Bell) 5886 (Simpson, B.) 5886
Government action on forest fire preparedness (Bell) 5886 (Macdonald) 5886
First Nations
Halalt First Nation consultation on water project (Abbott) 3035, 3295-6 (Routley, D.) 3035, 3295-6 (Simpson, B.) 3296
Food industry
Availability of meat-processing licences (Brar) 6121 (Chong) 6121
Forest industry
Forests Ministry staff reduction and forest industry in B.C. (Bell) 4205-7 (James) 4204-5 (Macdonald) 4206-7 (Routley, B.) 4205-6
Funding for retraining programs for forest workers (Coell) 3550-1 (Conroy) 3550
Silviculture activities (Bell) 5546-7 (Macdonald) 5546 (Simpson, B.) 5546-7
Gambling
Addiction services for problem gamblers (Coleman) 4034 (Simpson, S.) 4034
Internet gaming and problem gamblers (Coleman) 3171-2 (Macdonald) 3171 (Simpson, S.) 3170-1
Self-exclusion program for problem gamblers (Simpson, S.) 5627
Government and Legislature
Election campaign materials (Farnworth) 4204
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General (Corrigan) 5318 (de Jong) 5244-6, 5317-9 (Farnworth) 5243-4, 5317-8 (Macdonald) 5244-5
Reappointment of Solicitor General (Black, D.) 5320 (Corrigan) 5241 (de Jong) 5240-2, 5319-20 (Horgan) 5320 (Krog) 5240-1 (Kwan) 5242, 5319-20 (Macdonald) 5319
Resignation and replacement of Solicitor General (Campbell) 4204 (Farnworth) 4204
Special prosecutor in investigation of former Solicitor General (Black, D.) 5242-3 (de Jong) 5242-3, 5316-7 (Krog) 5316-7 (Simpson, S.) 5243, 5317
Health care facilities
Acute care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital (Dix) 4623-4 (Falcon) 4622-4, 4809, 6121 (Fraser) 4808-9, 6121 (James) 4622-3
Conditions at Vancouver General Hospital (Dix) 4562 (Falcon) 4563
Conditions at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (Dix) 4562 (Falcon) 4561-2 (James) 4561
Infection control at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Dix) 5474 (Falcon) 5474-5
Kaslo primary health care clinic (Falcon) 5476-7 (Mungall) 5476-7
Royal Inland Hospital sterilization unit (Dix) 3605-6, 4207-8 (Falcon) 3605-6, 4207-8
Surgical services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (Conroy) 3109-10 (Falcon) 3109-10 (Mungall) 3110
Health care services
Emergency orthopedic services (Dix) 3882 (Falcon) 3882-3
Emergency services in Lytton (Falcon) 3343-4 (Lali) 3343
Funding for community-based hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS programs (Chong) 5773-4 (Corrigan) 5773-4 (Hammell) 5774
Funding for public health programs (Dix) 4276 (Falcon) 4276
Health care services in Logan Lake (Falcon) 3296-7 (Lali) 3296-7
Home care fees (Corrigan) 3605 (Falcon) 3604-5, 3710 (Hammell) 3604-5, 3710 (James) 3604 (Simpson, S.) 3710
Infection control and cleaning in hospitals (Dix) 5475 (Falcon) 5475-6 (Routley, D.) 5475-6
Social support program funding and government spending priorities (Dix) 5773 (Falcon) 5772-3 (Kwan) 5772-3
Staffing of sterilization units in Fraser Health Authority (Falcon) 4808 (Hammell) 4808
Status of therapeutics initiative (Dix) 4113-4 (Falcon) 4113-4
Surgical services in Fraser Health Authority (Dix) 4807 (Falcon) 4807-8
Waiting times for MRI and diagnostic services (Dix) 5625 (Falcon) 5625-7 (Hammell) 5626 (Routley, D.) 5626-7
Housing
Loan program and sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs (Coleman) 5477-8 (Simpson, S.) 5477
Income assistance
Funding for supports to disabled and low-income people (Coleman) 3232-3 (Simpson, S.) 3232-3
Medical supplements for disability benefits recipients (Coleman) 3233-4 (Dix) 3233-4 (Simons) 3233
Overpayments to income assistance recipients (Coleman) 5711-2 (Simons) 5711-2 (Simpson, S.) 5711
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Government use of ICBC revenues (de Jong) 6058 (Farnworth) 6058
ICBC revenues to government (Farnworth) 3172-3 (Hansen) 3172-3 (Ralston) 3172
Justice system
Appointment of judge for Sunshine Coast area (de Jong) 5107 (Simons) 5107
Appointment of judge in Cranbrook (de Jong) 5107 (Krog) 5107
Court fees and access to justice system (de Jong) 4033-4 (Krog) 4033
LawLINE and access to legal aid (de Jong) 3406 (Krog) 3406
Mental health
Mental health services for children in Kootenays (Conroy) 4563 (Falcon) 4563
Oil and gas
Enbridge oil pipeline proposal (Coons) 6227 (Lekstrom) 6227
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal (Abbott) 3548 (Campbell) 3548-9 (Coons) 3548 (Donaldson) 3549 (Fleming) 3548-9
Government response to oil leak at Chevron refinery in Burnaby (Campbell) 5966-7 (de Jong) 5884-5 (Fleming) 5884, 5966 (Penner) 5967 (Simpson, S.) 5884-5, 5967
Moratorium on offshore oil and gas activities (Fleming) 5104-5 (Fraser) 5105-6 (Horgan) 5104, 5967 (Lekstrom) 5104-6, 5967-8 (Simpson, S.) 5105
Offshore oil drilling on B.C. coast (Fleming) 5478-9 (Lekstrom) 5479
Oversight of oil and gas industry (Fleming) 2978-9 (Horgan) 2977-8 (Lekstrom) 2977-80 (Ralston) 2979
Safety of oil pipeline and shipping from Port of Vancouver (Fleming) 5190 (Gentner) 5189-90 (Lekstrom) 5190
Olympic Games
Olympic events attendance by Small Business Minister (Black, I.) 3794 (Horgan) 3794 (Kwan) 3793-4
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets (Farnworth) 4727-8 (Horgan) 4727 (James) 4726 (McNeil) 4726-8 (Simpson, S.) 4728
Optical products
Regulation of sale of optical products (Falcon) 5189 (Huntington) 5189
Parks
Camping reservations phone service (Chandra Herbert) 3034-5 (Krueger) 3034-5 (Simpson, B.) 3034
Camping reservations phone service and local booking for Bowron Lake (Penner) 3093-4 (Simpson, B.) 3093-4
Campsite and park fees (Fleming) 3945 (Hansen) 3945
Pesticides
Cosmetic use of pesticides (Fleming) 6227 (Penner) 6227-8
Police services
Civilian oversight of police complaint process (de Jong) 4626 (Farnworth) 4626
Privacy
Government handling of personal information privacy breach (Routley, D.) 2909 (Simpson, S.) 2909 (Stewart) 2909-10
Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 127 rent subsidy (Horgan) 3404-5 (Routley, D.) 3404 (Simpson, S.) 3405 (Stewart) 3404-6
Social workers
Funding for community social services worker pension plans (Hansen) 3467, 3546-8 (Kwan) 3547 (Simons) 3547 (Simpson, S.) 3467, 3546-7
Taxation
Application of harmonized sales tax to green products (Fleming) 3879 (Hansen) 3879-80 (Ralston) 3879-80
Comments by former Finance Minister on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 4810-1 (Hansen) 4809-11 (Horgan) 4809-10
Comments on harmonized sales tax (Dix) 3108 (Hansen) 3106-9 (James) 3106-7 (Kwan) 3107-8 (Ralston) 3107
Elections B.C. ruling on harmonized sales tax mailout (de Jong) 5049 (Simpson, S.) 5049
First Nations consultation on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 4465 (Hansen) 4465
Government information on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 4973 (Hansen) 4972-3 (James) 4972 (Ralston) 4972-3
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax (Black, D.) 4383 (Dix) 4382 (Donaldson) 4381-2 (Farnworth) 4464-5 (Fleming) 4383 (Hansen) 4382-4, 4464-5 (Horgan) 4383 (Kwan) 4383 (Ralston) 4464 (Simpson, S.) 4382-3
Harmonized sales tax (Farnworth) 4381 (Hansen) 4380-1 (Ralston) 4380
Harmonized sales tax and initiative petition (Black, D.) 5882 (Campbell) 5708-9, 5881-2 (Farnworth) 5709 (James) 5708-9 (Ralston) 5709, 5881-2
Harmonized sales tax on bicycles (Campbell) 5966 (Hansen) 3109 (Popham) 3109, 5966
Impact of harmonized sales tax on arts and culture (Chandra Herbert) 4906 (Hansen) 4906
Impact of harmonized sales tax on clothing costs for children (Hansen) 5389 (Kwan) 5388-9
Impact of harmonized sales tax on coastal communities and ferry services (Coons) 5048 (Hansen) 5048-9
Impact of harmonized sales tax on community social services sector (Hansen) 3944 (Simpson, S.) 3944
Impact of harmonized sales tax on economy (Donaldson) 4973 (Hansen) 4971-3 (James) 4971
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families (Farnworth) 4907 (Hansen) 3942-4, 4907 (James) 3942-3 (Ralston) 3943-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on funeral industry (Farnworth) 4275-6 (Hansen) 4275-6 (Simpson, S.) 4275
Impact of harmonized sales tax on health care products (Brar) 5627-8 (Hansen) 5627-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on landlords and tenants (Hansen) 4207 (Ralston) 4207
Impact of harmonized sales tax on liquor prices (Chandra Herbert) 5710-1 (Hansen) 5710-1 (Krog) 5710
Impact of harmonized sales tax on membership costs (Chouhan) 4906 (Farnworth) 3550 (Hansen) 3550, 4906-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on real estate costs (Hansen) 4974 (Simpson, S.) 4973-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant and tourism industries (Chandra Herbert) 3232 (Hansen) 3232
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business (Hansen) 5045-7 (James) 5045-6 (Ralston) 5046-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on smoking cessation products (Brar) 5882-3 (Dix) 5883 (Hansen) 5883-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on sports organizations (Fraser) 4032 (Hansen) 4031-3 (Ralston) 4031-2 (Sather) 4032
Impact of harmonized sales tax on summer camp fees (Coons) 4975 (Hansen) 4974-5 (Simons) 4974-5
Impact of harmonized sales tax on tenants and condo owners (Hansen) 4272-5 (James) 4272-3 (Ralston) 4274 (Simpson, S.) 4274-5
Impact of harmonized sales tax on used clothing costs (Chandra Herbert) 6119 (Hansen) 6119
Implementation of harmonized sales tax (Black, D.) 6225 (Campbell) 5963-6 (de Jong) 5050 (Donaldson) 5047, 5628 (Farnworth) 5049-50, 5965, 6226 (Hansen) 4033, 4903-6, 5047-8, 5628-9, 6055-6, 6224-6 (James) 4903, 5963-4, 6055, 6223-4 (Kwan) 4904-5, 5049, 5629 (Macdonald) 4033, 5048, 5965 (Mungall) 4906 (Ralston) 4904, 5628, 5964, 6224-5 (Simpson, B.) 4905-6
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax (Chandra Herbert) 3231-2 (Hansen) 3229-32 (James) 3229-30 (Macdonald) 3231 (Ralston) 3230
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax (Fraser) 6056 (Hansen) 6055-7 (James) 6055 (Macdonald) 6056-7
Removal of sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances (Hansen) 3878-9 (James) 3878-9
Sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs (Chouhan) 5389 (Coleman) 5389-90 (Hansen) 5390 (Ralston) 5390
Tax on private sale of vehicles and boats (Farnworth) 3407 (Hansen) 3406-7 (Ralston) 3406-7
Wedding costs and implementation of harmonized sales tax (Black, D.) 6119-20 (Hansen) 6119-21 (Lali) 6120
Tourism
Government support for tourism industry (Chandra Herbert) 3174-5, 3407-8 (Hansen) 3174-5 (Krueger) 3407-8
Transit services
SeaBus services on Burrard Inlet (Bains) 5712 (Bond) 5712-3
Transportation
South Fraser perimeter road project (Bond) 6226-7 (Huntington) 6226
Vancouver Island
UBC role in purchase of forest lands on Vancouver Island (Bennett) 3035-6 (Horgan) 3035
Wages and salaries
Minimum wage (Chouhan) 4035 (Coell) 4035
Welfare
Funding for Salmo Community Resource Society (Coleman) 3342-3 (Mungall) 3342-3
Funding for Terrace Anti-Poverty Group Society (Austin) 3342 (Coleman) 3342
Workers
Registry of asbestos exposure risks (Chouhan) 5478 (Coell) 5478

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