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

Falcon, Hon. Kevin (Surrey-Cloverdale)

As subject
comments on issues
harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 4654 (Gentner) 4738-9
physical activity for children (Kwan) 3446-7
remarks by Adrian Dix (Dix) 5821
father's degenerative neurological disorder 5917-8
position on eye examinations and prescription regulation (Dix) 5937
visits to St. Paul's Hospital 5826
Accenture Business Services Ltd., contract with government 5927-8
Alberta, health care system 5823-4, 5929
Alzheimer's disease
First Link initiative 5922
study of medication 5872-3
Amson, Brad, bariatric surgery practice 5752-3
Aubin, Guy, home care fees 3604-5
Auditor General, reports and reviews
primary access regional information system 5195
reports on health authorities and government information management 5191-2, 5194
Bella Coola Valley, nurse practitioner program 5841
B.C.
northern and rural B.C., health care accommodation and travel costs 5841-5
rural B.C., ambulance service 3343-4, 5167-73
rural B.C., health care services 5167, 5169, 5171-2
B.C. Assessment, responsibilities 3713
B.C. Liberal Party government, economic policies 4649
B.C. Medical Association, agreements and negotiations with government 5916-7, 5926-7
Budgets, 2010-11 budget and deficit budgets 4651
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, facility and residents 5834
Canadian Institute for Health Information, report on surgery wait times 3605, 4807-8
Cancer services and outcomes 5694
Carbon tax, NDP position 4650-1
Children, vision testing program 5938
Chilliwack General Hospital, support services worker proposal 5828-9
Chimo Achievement Centre, closing of centre 5847
Coastal Contacts Inc., operations and court case 5931, 5935
Compass Group Canada Ltd., contract for hospital cleaning services 5820-1
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4649-54
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4649-54
Corporations, capital tax 4651
Cowichan Valley, residential care beds 5765
Credit rating, B.C. rating 4651
Cruz, Samonte, diagnostic services for hit-and-run injuries 5625
Disabled and handicapped persons, Broadway Connections social support program 5772-3
Dix, Adrian, position on hospital cleaning issues 5816-7
Documents tabled
Capital project plan for Interior heart and surgical centre in Kelowna 4277
Drugs, prescription drugs
coverage for hospital patients 5844-5
generic drug prices and cost management 5865-8
Lipitor 5868
Education, health promotion and prevention programs for youth health issues 5929-30
E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act, provisions and government compliance 5193-4, 5197-9
Emergency and Health Services Commission, funding and role 5170-2
Eye health, macular degeneration, access to treatment and specialists 5935
Food services industry, restaurant industry, public health inspections 5702-3
Fraser Health Authority
budget and priorities 5847
budget and services 4807-8, 5825
neonatal services 5699
sterilization services and staffing 4808, 5822
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, application to health information 5191-2
Gagatek, Norman, stroke recovery and rehabilitation services 5757
G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, ALS Centre services 5921
Government
ministers, regulation-making powers 5167
regulations and red tape 4651
Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation 5166-7
Haden, Mark, letter to editor on harm reduction issues 5756
Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury, treatment facility for Alberta and B.C. patients 5757
Harmonized sales tax 4649-54, 5703-4
Health
maternity and pregnancy, home visits for new mothers 5699
research, cross-jurisdictional initiatives 5918-20
research, government funding 5872
role of personal responsibility 5694
social determinants 5695
Health, continuing and long-term care
assessment of care needs 5742
beds 4623-4, 5764
role of health professionals 5167, 5169
Health, health authorities
administrative and corporate services, consolidation project and review 5927-9
budgets 4276, 4809
procurement practices and shared services 5693
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 4561-2, 5691-2, 5763
cleaning services, service standards and audits 5475-6, 5815-7, 5817, 5819-21
emergency departments, physician staffing agreement 5926-7
heart and surgical centres 5691
hospital district boards, provision of tax information 3713
infections and infection control 5474-6, 5815-7
support services, contract bidding process 5828-9
Health, health care funding 3296-7, 5626, 5773
funding levels, impact on services 5476
funding model changes, NDP position 5701
health innovation fund, pilot projects 5746-7
patient-centred funding 5693-4, 5751, 5823
public health programs 4276, 5696-703
residential care facilities 5741-4
Health, health care system
beds, patient assessment and transition to home units 4622
chronic disease, prevention 5694
costs 5692
diagnostic services 5746-8
e-health systems 5916-7
emergency services 5925
health information banks, designation 5193-5, 5197-8
health professionals, supply and training 5694
health professionals, supply in rural and remote areas 5874-5
information-sharing 5191-7, 5199
information-sharing agreements 5198
innovation and initiatives 5627, 5923-4
magnetic resonance imaging services 4807, 5626, 5746-50, 5925-6
obstetric services 5760-2
out-of-province care within Canada 5844-5
personal health information, definition in legislation 5195
personal health information, privacy issues and legislation 5191-9
primary care services 5836-7
services for seniors 5694
sterilization services 4808
stewardship, government role and definition in legislation 5191-9
surgical services
bariatric surgery 5751-3
elective surgeries 5822-5
reduction 4807
services for non–B.C. residents 5923-4
sustainability and link to economy 5695
system 3605-6, 5475-6, 5692-5, 5772-3, 5823-4, 5924, 5938-9
technology standards 5916
travel assistance programs 5842-5
wait-lists and waiting times
magnetic resonance imaging 5625-6, 5745-8
performance 5625
surgery wait-lists and waiting times 3109-10, 3605, 4807-8, 5823-4
Health, public health programs, efficiency and effectiveness 5696-7, 5700
Health Contact Centre, closing 5837-40
Health Services Ministry
estimates debate 5691-704, 5740-65, 5814-45, 5847, 5865-75, 5916-39
accountability 5192, 5197, 5199
budget 4649, 5192, 5692, 5872
estimates process 5938
handling of MLA concerns 5477
minister, role and responsibilities 5167-8
staff 5691, 5938
work with Healthy Living and Sport Ministry 5700-1
Healthcare Benefit Trust, management and role 5744-5
Home care
fees, regulation 3604-5
fees, reimbursement of overpayment 3710
system 3604-5, 3710
Hospital District Act, amendments 3713
Housing, residential care facilities
facilities 5764
fees 5740-1, 5759-60
information on care standards and rates, public release 5742-4
Income tax reductions 4650
Information and Privacy Commissioner
relationship with Health Services Ministry 5191-3
rulings on health information practices 5191-2, 5194-5, 5197, 5199
Interior Health Authority
audits, recommendations 4207-8
capital projects 5691
emergency orthopedic services 3882-3
funding and services 3296-7
magnetic resonance imaging services 5748-9, 5814
Kelowna General Hospital, Interior heart and surgical centre project, capital project plan tabled 4277
Kesselman, Jonathan, comments on harmonized sales tax 4653
Kirby, Michael, work on mental health issues 5832-3
Kootenay area, ambulance service 5172-3
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, surgical services, reduction and wait times 3109-10
Logan Lake, health care services 3296-7
Mental health
beds 5835
early intervention services for children and youth 4563
mental health plan 5832-5
mental illness, prevention 5833-4
mental illness and addiction services 5832
Meyer, Brendon, emergency health services for son 5765
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, role in research on multiple sclerosis treatment 5919-20
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3713
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, debate 5166-74, 5191-9
Morfitt, George, work on prescription drug issues 5869-70
Mount Tolmie Extended Care Hospital, redevelopment 5756
Multiple sclerosis, experimental treatment 5917-21
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
cases of C. difficile infection 5814-6
infection control and cleaning services 5474-6, 5814-21
NDP, position on issues
carbon tax 4650-1
harmonized sales tax 4650-4
health care funding changes 5701
health care system 5772-3
taxation 4650-1
Nurses, nurse practitioners 5836-7, 5840-1, 5874-5
Oak Bay Lodge, redevelopment 5756
Obesity
childhood obesity 5696, 5699
prevention 5751-2
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 5824
Opticians and optometrists, eye examinations 5189, 5930-7
Oral questions (response)
Acute care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital 4622-4, 4809, 6121
Conditions at Vancouver General Hospital 4563
Conditions at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 4561-2
Emergency orthopedic services 3882-3
Emergency services in Lytton 3343-4
Funding for public health programs 4276
Health care services in Logan Lake 3296-7
Home care fees 3604-5, 3710
Infection control and cleaning in hospitals 5475-6
Infection control at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital 5474-5
Kaslo primary health care clinic 5476-7
Mental health services for children in Kootenays 4563
Regulation of sale of optical products 5189
Royal Inland Hospital sterilization unit 3605-6, 4207-8
Social support program funding and government spending priorities 5772-3
Staffing of sterilization units in Fraser Health Authority 4808
Status of therapeutics initiative 4113-4
Surgical services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital 3109-10
Surgical services in Fraser Health Authority 4807-8
Waiting times for MRI and diagnostic services 5625-7
Paramedics
legislation and regulations 5167-8, 5171-4
professional college 5169
retention and role 5167-73
Pharmacare program
budget, percentage for generic drug coverage 5868
coverage of macular degeneration medication 5871-2
drug approval process 4113-4, 5870, 5873
participation agreement and information disclosure 5867
therapeutics initiative 5870-1
Pharmaceutical industry 5869
Pharmaceutical Task Force, membership and recommendations 4113, 5869-70
Pharmacists, generic drug rebate issue 5865-7
Physicians
enhanced family practice program 5837
medical on-call availability program 3882-3
records, physician technology program 5916-7
Population Data B.C., funding and work 5872
Prince Rupert, health care services, medical stay units and alternative accommodation 5841-2
Privacy, personal information, definition in legislation 5195
Provincial Infection Control Network, organization 5820
Public debt in B.C. and other jurisdictions 5695
Revelstoke, ambulance service 5172
Riverview Hospital
Cypress Lodge facility 5834
transfer of patients to other facilities 5830-2
Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency services 5924-6
Royal Inland Hospital, sterilization unit issues 3606, 4207-8, 4808, 5757-8, 5825-6
Royal Jubilee Hospital, patient care centre construction project 5692
St. Bartholomew's Health Centre, staffing 3343
St. Joseph's General Hospital, acute care beds 4622-4, 4809, 5762, 6121
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment proposal 5826-7
St. Vincent's Hospital, changes to Langara care facility 5830-2
Sales tax, embedded sales tax 4652-3
Saskatchewan, health care patients, proposal for surgery in B.C. facilities 5923
Seniors, programs and services, information portal 5743
Shaw, Calyn, article on harmonized sales tax 4653
Smith, Patrick, role in mental health plan consultation process 5833
Substance abuse and addiction
harm reduction services 5755-6
supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility 5833
Surrey, health care facilities, outpatient facility 5691
Surrey Memorial Hospital, expansion project 5626, 5691-2
Taxation
government policies 5704
NDP position 4650-1
tax reductions 4650-1
Times Colonist, letter to editor on harm reduction services 5756
Tofino General Hospital, obstetric services 5760-1
Trail critical care team pilot project 5171, 5938
Tri-Cities area, crisis line services 5847
Vancouver, Downtown Eastside, health care services 5837-40
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
primary access regional information system 5195, 5197
spending priorities 5840
Vancouver Esperanza Society property taxes, government coverage 5836
Vancouver General Hospital, conditions 4563
Vancouver Island
health care services, magnetic resonance imaging 5748, 5814
Oceanside area, proposal for primary health care facility 5761
Vancouver Island Health Authority
capital projects, new hospitals in Campbell River and Comox 5763
residential care facilities and lands 5756
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, government investment 4561-2
Victoria, harm reduction services and needle exchange 5754-5
Victoria General Hospital, multiple sclerosis treatment 5921
Visual impairment
eyeglasses and contact lenses, regulation of sales 5189, 5930-7
vision-testing technology 5930-1, 5935
Wave Consulting Ltd., contract with government 5833, 5835
Woodward, Kip, work in health care system 5749
Youville Residence, changes to care facility 5830-2
Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam)

As subject
role during NDP administration (Krueger) 3321
Armoured Vehicle and After-Market Compartment Control Act
debate 5121-3
timing of legislation 5121
Automobiles
armoured vehicles and after-market compartments, regulation 5121-3
driver's licences, assessment of medical fitness to drive 5635
illegal vehicles, seizure and disposition 5122
insurance rates, basic and optional coverage 3172
seatbelt use, change to exemption for medical conditions 5422, 5634
taxation, sales tax on private sales 3407
vehicle weight, role in collisions 5122
Black, Iain, attendance at Olympic and Paralympic events 3807-8
Boats, taxation of private sales 3407
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign materials, investigation by special prosecutor 4204, 5243-4, 5317-8
campaign statements 5965
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 3807-8
budgets 3370
deregulation initiatives 4496
MLAs, response to harmonized sales tax 4498
priorities 3806
B.C. Rail, management and executive severance payments 3708
Budget debate 3368-72
Budgets
2009-10 budget 4492
2010-11 budget 3369
Bush, Linda, death of son in police shooting 4626
Canadian-Independent Group of Funeral Homes, comments on harmonized sales tax 4275
Consumers, costs and user fees 3804-5, 3807
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4491-500, 5065
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4495-500
schedule for debate 5065
Corrections system 6262-5
Crime and criminals
civil forfeiture program 5122
gang crime, government action 5110-2, 5368-9
gang violence 5215
money laundering, audit proposal 5111
victims' rights 5368-9
violent crime prevention 5367-9
Criminal Code (federal), impaired-driving provisions 5419-20
Criminal injury compensation program, eligibility for benefits 6267
Cycling, sales tax exemption for bicycles 3805
Economy, economic plan for province 3369, 4492
Education
school districts and boards of education, costs 3807
schools, capital construction 3371
Elections, electronic voting 3677
Emergencies, search and rescue organizations, funding and liability issues 3793
Energy
export and import of power 4798-9
power supply and demand 4799
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010
debate 3909-10
debate in Legislature 3909
Engineers and Geoscientists Act, amendments 3677
Fox, Terry, Marathon of Hope fundraiser 4378-9
Gangs, use and alteration of vehicles 5121-3
Government, deregulation initiatives 3910
Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure Act
debate 5110-2, 5211-3, 5215-6
definitions, "emergency medical assistant" and "health care facility" 5211
definitions, "stab wound" and "prescribed wound" 5211-2, 5215
implementation, use of regulations 5212-3, 5215
scope of bill 5215
timing of bill 5110, 5112
Hansen, Colin, position on harmonized sales tax 4465
Harmonized sales tax
exemptions and rebates 3805
government information 4464-5, 4493-5, 4497-9
government mailout and website information 4464-5
impact on issues 3370-1, 3550, 3804-5, 4275-6, 4493-4, 4496-7, 4499-500, 4907
implementation, government handling 3368-70, 3804, 3806, 4381, 4491-500, 5049-50, 5965
initiative petition campaign 5709, 6226
NDP position 3804
reports and studies 3370, 4493
revenues, allocation to health care funding 3370
studies by government ministries 3804
Health care
health care facilities and hospitals, reporting requirements for gunshot and stab wounds 5111-2, 5211-3, 5215-6
public health, physical fitness, activity opportunities and costs 3805
Heed, Kash
reappointment as Solicitor General 5244
resignation as Solicitor General 4204
Impaired driving
drug impairment 5603-6
penalties
changes 5419-20, 5599-601, 5607-9, 5629-32
reduction of prohibition period for participation in programs 5636
regulations 5603
vehicle impoundment 5637-8
prevention, CounterAttack program 5606
prevention, societal attitudes and education programs 5420-1, 5606
roadside screening devices 5608-9
Information and Privacy Commissioner, government consultation on violent-injury reporting legislation 5212
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
board 3172
surplus funds, transfer to government 3172-3, 6058
Justice system
criminal justice system, penalties and victim information 5367-9
sentencing, impact of federal legislation on B.C. corrections system 6264
sentencing, public opinion 6265
Kiniski, Gene, death 4377
Legislation, bills, legislative process and debate 3909
Legislature
debate 3368, 3677
Speaker and Chair, appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 2900
Lower Mainland
police services 6260
population growth 3371
transit services 3371-2, 3806
MLAs, role and responsibilities 3368
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3677
Motions
Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 2900
Site C power project, debate 4798-9
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5419-22, 5597-609, 5629-38
Motorcycles
accidents, deaths and injuries 5421
helmet and seating requirements 5421-2, 5597-9
limits on vehicle power for new riders 5421
NDP, position on harmonized sales tax 3804
North Fraser Pretrial Correctional Centre, capacity issues 6262
Oil and gas
industry and landowners, dispute resolution process 3910
oversight and regulation of industry 3909-10
revenues, royalty rates 3909
Oil and Gas Activities Act, debate and passage in Legislature 3909
Oil and gas industry 3909-10
Okanagan area, construction of new correctional facility 5478
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3807-8, 4727-8
Ontario, harmonized sales tax implementation 3370
Oral questions
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
Passports, use by criminals 5111
Peace River area, Site C power project 4798-9
Police and policing
accountability and oversight 6258-60
amalgamation and integration of services 6259-61
police complaint process, civilian-based model 4626, 6258-9
use of body armour and special vehicles 5122-3
Port Coquitlam constituency and area
issues and concerns 3371-2, 5367
May Day Parade and events 5313-4
Private members' statements
Crime and punishment 5367-9
Professions, governance of professional associations 3677
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5561
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 6258-65, 6267
minister, replacement 4204
Representative for Children and Youth, access to government documents, court case 5388
Resources and resource industries, surface rights 3910
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, government contract for police services 6258-62
Rustad, John, comments in debate on oil and gas legislation 3909
Safety, public safety, government action 5367-9
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Evergreen line 3371-2, 3806
ridership and services during Olympic Games 3372
Statements by members
May Day Parade in Port Coquitlam 5313-4
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope 4378-9
Sultan, Ralph, comments on engineers and geoscientists legislation 3677
Throne speech content 3804
Throne speech debate 3803-8
Transit services, government action 3371-2
Trevena, Claire, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 2900
Tributes
Gene Kiniski 4377
Victoria, Royal Canadian Legion branch 127, premises and rent subsidy 3805-6
Violence, report and recommendations by domestic violence death review panel 6265
West Coast Express, commuter rail service 3372, 3806
Fleming, Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)

Air, greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from oil and gas sector 5277-8
reduction
building sector 5282-3
low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements 5863-4, 6070-2
targets 5277-8, 5281, 5287
Air quality
monitoring, funding 3340
standards, government responsibility 3173, 3408
Aquaculture
fish farms 5952-3
regulation, transfer of responsibility 5180-1
Arts and culture, government funding and support 3396
Australia, environmental initiatives in education system 5440
Bear Creek Provincial Park, camping fees and reservation service 5458
Belkorp Industries Inc., contract for landfill 5235
B.C., north coast, oil tankers in area waters 3549
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
board, union representation 5863
exemption from carbon neutrality requirements 5440
exemption from low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements 5864
B.C. Hydro
advertising campaign in spring 2010 5772
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 5154
B.C. Liberal Party, fundraising 4111-2
B.C. Liberal Party government
court appeals 5952
position on harmonized sales tax 3478
priorities 3479-80
public confidence 4356
B.C. Utilities Commission, role 5864
Budget debate 3392-7
Budgets
2009-10 budget 3479
2010-11 budget 3392-3, 3479-81
Burnaby, waste incineration facility 5233-4
Cache Creek, extension of landfill site operations 5232-5
California, low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements 5863-4, 6070-2
Campbell, Gordon, position on offshore oil development and tanker traffic 5966
Carbon
carbon credit trading, relationship to forest industry 5528-9
carbon offsets, company rankings 5528
Carbon tax, exemption for process emissions 5280-1
Carline, Johnny, letter from Environment Minister 5231-2
Chevron Canada Ltd., Burnaby refinery oil leak 5884, 5966
Children, early childhood development programs and services
funding 3396
Success By 6 program 3088
Civil service, carbon neutrality 5525-7
Climate change
climate action team, report recommendations 5281-2
government action on climate change 3394, 5282
government action on climate change, relationship to government policies 3449, 5150, 5277, 5281-3
western climate initiative 5527
Commission of inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River, participation by B.C. government 5178-80
Communities, community organizations, gaming grants 3393, 3396
Construction industry, green building design 5283
renovations and retrofits 3394
Consumers, costs and user fees 4358
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4354-9
Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act, 2010, debate 4723
Della Falls, park trail to falls 5460
Disabled and handicapped persons, funding for programs and services, petition tabled 3175
Earth Day 4723-4
E.C. Manning Provincial Park, visitor centre closing 5459-60
Economy
conditions, government response 3477
economic stimulus programs, green projects 3480
green economy 3394, 3479-80
Education
funding 3393
carbon neutrality initiatives 4729
impact on school district budgets and operations 2908
parent advisory councils 3396
programs for vulnerable students 5441
parent advisory councils 3396
school districts and boards of education, carbon neutrality and costs 2908, 4729, 5438-40
schools, energy retrofits of buildings 4729
Education Ministry, estimates debate 5438-41
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 3548-9
EnCana Corp.
Cabin gas plant project 3449, 5277-80
gas leak at well site 2978-9
Energy
alternative energy sources, transition from fossil fuels 3912
independent power producers, donations to B.C. Liberal Party 4111-2
LiveSmart B.C. program 3394, 3480, 5281-3
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010
debate 3912-3
debate in Legislature 3912
Environment
biodiversity protection 5960-1
environmental assessment process 3448-9, 5150, 5153-4
environmental protection 3449
environmental protection, enforcement and resources 5152
pesticide use, ban on cosmetic use 4723, 6227
Environment Canada, report on greenhouse gas emissions 5276-7
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 5150-4, 5158-9, 5178-81, 5222-4, 5230-6, 5274-83, 5287-8
budget and staffing 5150-3
capacity issues 5150
compliance division 5152
environmental stewardship division 5153
performance measurement 5150
Ferries and ferry services workers, labour relations 5863
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4354-5
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 5525-9
Financial services industry
banks, corporate taxation 3395-6
taxation 3479
Fish habitat protection and rehabilitation 5181, 5952
Fishing industry, management of fisheries, transfer of responsibility 5178-80, 5952
Forests and forest industry, forests as carbon sinks 5529
Fraser River, sockeye salmon run 5179-80
Fuel, biofuel production, agriculture and food security issues 5864
Gambier Island, proposal for sinking of Annapolis warship in Halkett Bay waters 5222-4
Gambling, government use of gambling revenues, social contract 3393
Garibaldi Provincial Park, maintenance and staffing 5460
George Jay Elementary School, 100th anniversary and history 5541
Gold River, power plant proposal 5233
Gorge Waterway Discovery Centre, environmental education activities 4108
Grand Forks, hunting of deer in area 5274-5
Great Bear rain forest, potential impact of oil tanker traffic in area 3548
Great Britain, Carbon Trust 5440
Greater Victoria Citizens Counselling Centre, work of staff commended 2976-7
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act, amendments 5863, 6070-2
Hansen, Colin, handling of information on harmonized sales tax 4357
Harmonized sales tax
B.C. Liberal Party position 3478
exemptions and rebates 3480, 4358
government mailout 4383
impact on issues 3394, 3396-7, 3478, 3879, 3945, 4355, 4357-9, 5150, 5525
implementation, federal funding and government handling 3478-9
implementation, government handling 3396, 4355-9, 4357
reports and studies, C.D. Howe Institute study 4357
reports and studies, Mintz report 4357-8
Hayer, Dave, comments on harmonized sales tax 4354-5
Hazardous products, impact of toxins on human health 4723
Health care system, surgery wait-lists and waiting times 3393
Health Services Ministry, estimates debate 5753-5
Housing
affordable housing, government action 3477-8
residential care facilities, fees, rate changes for seniors in residential care 3394
social and subsidized housing, rental assistance program 3478
Hunting regulations, bull moose and whitetail deer hunting 5274-6
Income assistance, disability benefits, health care benefit reductions 3395
Income disparity 4358
Jaccard, Mark, work on greenhouse gas emissions reduction initiatives 5281
Kamloops, proposed gasification plant 3408, 5231-3
Land use, land protection and land use planning during 1990s 5457
Legislation, business during spring 2008 session 3912
Legislature
bills, second reading, debate to be relevant to bill under discussion 5458
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 4355
Officers of the Legislature 5862
Lil'wat First Nation, land use agreements with government 5457
MacDiarmid, Margaret, meeting with Greater Victoria school district officials 5440-1
Mental health, mental illness and addiction services 3394
Metro Vancouver, waste management
incineration and power generation 5231-4
management during Olympic Games period 5234
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010
debate 5862-4, 6070-2
withdrawal of section re Representative for Children and Youth 5862
Morton, Alexandra, activism on wild salmon issues 5180
Motions
Federal-provincial environmental assessment process, debate 3448-9
Site C power project, debate 4796-7
Sustainable wild salmon stock and aquaculture, debate 5951-3
Mount Tolmie Extended Care Hospital, sale of hospital property 5755
petition tabled 5245
National Environmental Education Week 4107-8
Nova Scotia, diversion of organic waste from landfills 5230-1
Oak Bay Lodge, sale of hospital property 5755
petition tabled 5245
Offsetters Clean Technology Inc., contract with government 5528
Oil and gas
cleanup of inactive and orphan wells 3913
industry, subsidies 3479-80
industry and landowners, dispute resolution process 3913
offshore drilling, B.C. Liberal Party position 5478-9
offshore drilling, moratorium 5104-5, 5478-9
oversight and regulation of industry 3912-3
oversight and regulation of industry, government action 2978-9
revenues, royalty rates 3912
Oil and Gas Activities Act, debate and passage in Legislature 3912
Oil and Gas Commission
powers 2979
report on gas leak in northeast B.C. 2978
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3393
Oral questions
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
Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C., comments on parks funding 5459-60
Pacific Carbon Trust
allocation of carbon offsets for public sector organizations and private companies 5438-40
allocation of carbon offsets for school districts and private companies 4729, 5529
funding and activities 5525-9
offset suppliers 5528
purchase of offsets, assessment and validation 5527-8
purchase of offsets by government 5287
Park Act, 2004 amendments 5457
Parks
campgrounds, fees 3945
campgrounds, reservation service 5458, 5460
economic benefits and marketing 5459
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies 5456-7
funding impacts and funding in other jurisdictions 5457-61
land removals from parks 5457
park rangers 5152
public use and experience 5457-8, 5460
rules, compliance 5460
system, changes 5456-61
user fees 3945, 5458
Peace River area, Site C power project 4796-7
Penner, Barry, personal intervention in case of yellow-bellied marmot 5545-6
Petitions
disabled and handicapped persons, funding for programs 3175
sale of Oak Bay Lodge and Mount Tolmie hospital properties 5245
Politics, political parties, donations and fundraising 4112
Port of Vancouver, crude oil shipments 5190
Post-secondary education, trust fund for children and additional savings 3478
Poverty, government action 3395
Prince George, air quality testing and reporting 3173, 3340, 3408
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3478
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5456-61
Public affairs bureau, budget 5458
Resorts, carbon offsets 5439
Rivers and streams, living rivers trust fund 5181
Sales tax exemptions 4355
energy-efficient products 3480, 3879, 4357-8
Salmon, wild salmon stocks, protection 3395, 5951-3
School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
budget management and program funding 5440-1
funding 2908
meeting with Education Minister 5440-1
Sempa Power Systems Ltd., contract with government 5528
Shelbourne Community Celebration 3940
Shipping industry, tanker safety
concerns of coastal communities and First Nations 3549
government preparedness for oil spill 5190
Smith, Lorne, camping experience 5458
Species at Risk Protection Act, 2010, debate 5960-1
Spectra Energy Corp., plant in Fort Nelson area and carbon reduction initiatives 5280
Statements by members
100th anniversary of George Jay Elementary School 5541
Earth Day 4723-4
Greater Victoria Citizens Counselling Centre 2976-7
National Environmental Education Week 4107-8
Shelbourne Community Celebration 3940
Success By 6 program and awards on south Vancouver Island 3087-8
Youth in Philanthropy 6054
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on provincial role in aquaculture industry regulation 5178, 5180-1
Surrey Board of Trade, survey on harmonized sales tax 4355
Teachers, professional development 5441
Thorpe, Rick, comments on harmonized sales tax 4355-6
Throne speech, comparison to 2010-11 budget 3393-4, 3396, 3477, 3480-1
Throne speech debate 3476-81
Tourism industry, government support 3396
United Church of Canada, position on proposal for sinking of naval vessel 5222, 5224
U.S., offshore oil well accident and leak in Gulf of Mexico 5104-5
Vancouver Island
south Island, Success By 6 program and awards 3088
south Island, tourism industry 3478
waste incineration facility proposal 5232
Vancouver Island Health Authority, residential care facilities and lands 5755
Victoria
economy, role of arts and tourism sectors 3396
harm reduction services and needle exchange 5753-5
homelessness and mental health issues 3394
impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant and tourism industries 3394
impact of Olympic Games 3393
issues and concerns 3393-7
Victoria Foundation, Youth in Philanthropy program 6054
Wages, minimum wage 3395
Waste management 5230-2
Water Act, amendments, public consultation 5158-9
Water management and stewardship 5158-9
Welfare, social programs and services, funding 3395
Wildlife
conservation officers 5152-3
marmots, funding for recovery plan 5545
species at risk 5546, 5960-1
whitetail deer population 5274-5
World Health Organization, 1,000 cities, 1,000 lives campaign for healthy communities 3940
Foster, Eric Bailey (Vernon-Monashee)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Mungall) 4839-40
family, staff and campaign workers thanked 3077
B.C. Liberal Party government, accountability and openness 3013-4
Children, early childhood development, government initiatives 3079
China, market for B.C. wood building materials 4440
Construction industry, building design and construction, accommodation of people with mobility issues 3877
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4641-4
debate by NDP MLAs 4643
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4641-4
Dueck, Josh, performance at Paralympic Games 4203
Education system reforms 3079
Energy
bioenergy, use of wood waste and beetle-killed wood 3079
clean energy 3079
Environment, environmental assessment process 3079
Forestry Service Providers Protection Act, debate 5483-4
Forests and forest industry
conditions in industry 3727, 4440
exports, markets 4440
industry, impact of taxation initiatives 4440
industry, promotion 3078
mountain pine beetle infestation, government action 3727-8
silviculture, government action 3727-8
workers, payment protection and compensation fund 5483-4
zero net deforestation initiative 3727-8
Forrest, Ina, performance at Paralympic Games 4203-4
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling 3013-4
Gaudet, Sonja
participation as Paralympic athlete 3078
performance at Paralympic Games 4203-4
Harmonized sales tax 3078-9, 4440, 4641-4
Health care system 3079
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 3079
Kesselman, Jonathan, comments on harmonized sales tax 4643
Macdonald, Norm, comments in debate on zero net deforestation legislation 3728
NDP, position on harmonized sales tax 4641
Nova Scotia, harmonized sales tax implementation 4641
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3078
Private members' statements (response)
Open government 3013-4
The state of forestry in B.C. 4440
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3079
SAFERhome Standards Society, work on housing for people with mobility issues 3877
Sparkling Hill Resort and Wellness Hotel, facilities 5184-5
Statements by members
Achievements of Vernon athletes 4203-4
Seniors mobility issues and SAFERhome Standards Society 3877
Sparkling Hill Resort in Vernon 5184-5
Vernon Vipers Junior A hockey championship 5385
Vernon Winter Carnival 3168-9
Throne speech content 3080
Throne speech debate 3077-80
Tolko Industries Ltd., operations 3077-8
Vernon
achievements of athletes 4203-4
businesses and industries in area 3077-8
winter carnival and Olympic torch relay 3168-9
Vernon Vipers, junior A hockey team championship 5385
Zero Net Deforestation Act
debate 3727-8
debate by NDP MLAs 3727-8
Fraser, Scott (Alberni–Pacific Rim)

As subject
meetings with Vancouver Island municipal officials 5087
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 6158-63
Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry, estimates debate 4949-50
Agriculture, government support 3135
Ahousaht First Nation
addiction treatment program 6160-1
Ahp-cii-uk aboriginal leadership initiative 6159
Ahousat
floatplane accident and deaths 6158-9
mental health services 6159-60
Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area
coastal territories 5105-6
impact of government forest policies on area 3730-1
issues and concerns 3132-5
supported child development program 5076
Alcohol taxation 4307-8
Barlow, Maude, activism on water issues 6117
Black, Iain, comments on harmonized sales tax 4746-7
Bramham, Daphne, article on municipal election issues 5662
Brick, Niles, support services for special needs 3946, 5076
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 4306
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on campaign statements 3132-4
deregulation initiatives 5071
performance 3132-5
policies, economic policies 4748
policies, impact on local governments 5085-7
public confidence 4305-8, 4746-7
Budget debate 3132-5
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3132-3, 3135
deficit budgets 3132
Cantelon, Ron, initiative petition signatures in riding 4748
Catalyst Paper Corp.
court cases against local governments 5669
Powell River mill operations, liquid waste management plant proposal 5674
Cave Protection Act, 2010, debate 5879
Caves, protection 5879
Children
special needs children, funding for programs and services 3092
supported child development program 3092, 3946, 5076
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 5076
Communities
community and rural development, legislation and role of local government 5071
green community design and development, Towns for Tomorrow program 5653-4
Community and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 5651-4, 5659-67, 5674-5
budget 5651-2
rural B.C. secretariat 5651
Community Charter, relationship to Vancouver Charter 5166
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4305-8, 4746-50
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4746-50
Coulson Group, operation of Martin Mars water bombers 4870
Creekside Studio, activities 4901
Echo Village, care facility fees and investment 5758-9
Education, government investment 3135
Elections, municipal elections
electoral terms 5669
task force on legislative reforms 5662-70
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 5225-6
Fir Park Village, care facility fees and investment 5758-9
First Nations
history of treatment by non–First Nations 6163
programs and services, Jordan's principle 6160-1
substance abuse and suicide incidence 6159-61
Forest fires, Martin Mars water bombers 4870
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs and old-growth logging, petition tabled 4566
forest lands, protection 3730-1
government forest policies, impacts 3133-5, 3729-31, 4307-8
job protection, petition tabled 4566
zero net deforestation initiative 3728-31
Forests and Range Ministry
estimates debate 4870
budget and oversight of forest industry 3134-5
Garrett-Goronge, Glen and Janice, access to supported child development program for child 5076
Government, local government
development approvals 5163-6
land use and zoning bylaws 5139, 5162, 5165
legislation, consultation with local governments 5071
legislation, consultation with Union of B.C. Municipalities 5139-40
official community plans 5164
phased development agreements between local government and developers 5139-40, 5161-2
powers and responsibilities 5085-7
provincial-municipal relations 5085
regional growth strategies 5138-9, 5162
revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments 5654
revenues, sources 5085, 5654
transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 5654
Harmonized sales tax
government information 4307
impact on issues 3132-4, 4032, 4307-8, 4746-9, 6056
implementation 5087-8
implementation, government handling 3132-4, 4305-8, 4746-50
Mintz report 4748
petitions tabled 3175, 5320
revenues 4750
revenues, allocation to health care funding 3134, 4308
Health care system
funding 3135
public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 4032
services for First Nations people, government responsibility 6159-61
Health Services Ministry, estimates debate 5758-61, 5935
Hesquiaht First Nation, execution of member by colonial government, reconciliation initiative 6162-3
Highway 19, access to highway for Corcan-Meadowood residents, petition tabled 3344
Huntington, Vicki, participation in task forces 5669
Income disparity and redistribution of wealth 3132-3
Industry, property tax joint task force 5669-72, 5674-5
Infrastructure
Building Canada fund 5652
funding model and local government role 5653, 5674
projects, accelerated capital projects and funding 5652-4
Land use, development cost charges 5164-5
Larson, Joan, artistic accomplishments 4900-1
Legislation
legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration 5086
miscellaneous statutes bills 5071
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 4749
private members' statements, guidelines 5086
Local Government Act, amendments 5138-9, 5162
Magnussen, Angel
access to supported child development program 3092, 5076
fundraising cookbook 3788-9
Media, newspapers, definition in legislation 5166
Metro Vancouver, land use planning responsibilities 6036
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, debate 5070-1, 5138-40, 5161-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, debate 6036
North Island College
capital funding 4949-50
Port Alberni campus 4949
North Shore, bear rehabilitation centre proposal 5225-6
Oil and gas, offshore drilling, moratorium 5105-6
Opticians and optometrists, medical referrals 5935
Oral questions
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
Pacific Rim Whale Festival 3169
Parksville–Qualicum Beach News, letters on impact of harmonized sales tax 4749
Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area, health care facility proposal 3135
Petitions
export of raw logs, job protection and old-growth logging 4566
harmonized sales tax 3175, 5320
Highway 19 access for Corcan-Meadowood residents 3344
safe antifreeze legislation 4209, 6228
Port Alberni, Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences construction project 6056
Post-secondary education system 3132, 3135
Private members' statements
Respecting and supporting local government 5085-8
Reid, Shamus, comments on post-secondary education funding 3135
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities, community development trust 5651, 5655-7
Rollier, Bill, comments on harmonized sales tax 4749
Round, Duane, comments on harmonized sales tax 4749
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Musical Ride depiction in paintings 4901
Safety, safe antifreeze legislation, petition tabled 4209, 6228
St. Joseph's General Hospital, acute care beds 4808-9, 6121
Stark, Cynthia, access to supported child development program for son 5076
Statements by members
Angel Magnussen and cookbook for children's charities 3788-9
Creekside Studio and RCMP Musical Ride artwork 4900-1
Pacific Rim Whale Festival 3169
Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition conference 6117
Sun Peaks Resort, incorporation as municipality 5659-62
Taxation, tax reductions 4748
Tofino General Hospital, obstetric services 5760-1
Twain, Mark, comments in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4306
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, comments on harmonized sales tax 4748
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on harmonized sales tax 5085, 5088
University of B.C., land use planning responsibilities for area 5661, 6036
Vancouver
city government, bylaws and legal notices 5166
waste removal services 5166
Vancouver Charter, amendments 5166
Vancouver Island
forest industry and health care services 3134-5
Oceanside area, proposal for primary health care facility 5761
Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition, organization and Nanaimo conference 6117
Visual impairment, eyeglasses and contact lenses, regulation of sales 5935
Voith Paper Corp., use of technology in B.C. 4870
von Schellwitz, Mark, comments on harmonized sales tax 3134
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence 3730-1
Wildlife, bear rehabilitation 5225-6
Zero Net Deforestation Act
debate 3728-31
drafting 3729

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