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

Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)

As subject
constituency assistants 3828
Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry, estimates debate 4964
AIDS, community-based health programs and funding 5774
Aubin, Guy, home care fees 3604-5
Barden, Brett, experience as Olympic photographer 3019
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on campaign statements 3378-9
budgets and economic plans 3377-9
budgets and throne speeches 3829
financial management 3376-8
position on harmonized sales tax 3829
public confidence 4476
B.C. Progress Board, report on economic conditions 3376
Budget debate 3376-80
Budgets
2009-10 budget 3378
deficit budgets 3378
Cancer, PSA screening test for prostate cancer, petition tabled 6060
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4475-9
Disabled and handicapped persons, rights of persons with disabilities 3941
Economy
conditions, government response 3376-8
economic plan for province 3377
Education
funding 3378-9
funding, CommunityLINK program 3379, 5466
school districts and boards of education, costs 2908
Education Ministry, estimates debate 5465-6
Elections, 2008 by-elections 3377
Food services industry, restaurant industry taxation 3380
Forests and forest industry, government forest policies, impacts 4477
France, value-added tax reduction for restaurant industry 3380
Fraser Health Authority
acute care beds and services 4442
staffing in sterilization units 4808
Golden Ears Bridge, tolling 4713
Government programs and services, funding 3378
Grewal, Gurdev Singh, life and accomplishments 3828
Harmonized sales tax
B.C. Liberal Party position 3829
impact on issues 3380, 3829-30, 4476-9
implementation, government handling 3379-80, 4475-9
reports and studies 4478
revenues 3380
Health care system
funding 3378
sterilization services 4808
system and long-term care beds 4442
wait-lists and waiting times for magnetic resonance imaging 5626
Hepatitis C, community-based health programs and funding 5774
Home care fees
regulation 3604-5
reimbursement of overpayment 3710
Koyczan, Shane, comments in poem We Are More 3019
Legislature, 2008 fall sitting 3377
MacDiarmid, Margaret, visit to Surrey school district 5465
McInnes, Craig, article on B.C. economy 3376
Montgomery, Jon, comments on performance at Olympic Games 3020
Motions
Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3019-20
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3019-20
Oral questions
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
Pattullo Bridge, tolling 4713
Petitions
funding for Surrey schools 3110
PSA test for prostate cancer screening 6060
Port Mann Bridge, tolling 4713
Poverty 3379
Private members' statements (response)
Putting patients first 4442
Rochette, Joannie, performance at Olympic Games 3020
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital construction and funding 5465-6
costs and funding 2907-8, 3378-9
costs and funding for carbon neutrality 5466
enrolment 3379, 5465
funding 3882
funding, petition tabled 3110
portables 3379, 5465-6
students, immigrant and special needs students 3379
visit by Education Minister 5465
Statements by members
Turban-tying competition in Surrey 4108
UN convention on rights of persons with disabilities 3941
Surrey
description 3828-9
post-secondary education, government support 4964
turban-tying competition 4108
Surrey Memorial Hospital, magnetic resonance imaging services 5626
Taves, Albert and Mae, deaths 3828
Taxation
B.C. tax rights 4477
sales taxes 3829
Throne speech debate 3828-30
Tolls, application to infrastructure, government policy 4713
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4713
UN convention on rights of persons with disabilities, ratification by Canada 3941
The Vancouver Sun, article on B.C. economy 3376
Wages, minimum wage 3379
Hansen, Hon. Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)

As subject
attendance at Olympic Games (Corrigan) 5530
attendance at public-private partnership conference 5534 (Ralston) 5534
comments on issues
economic conditions and 2009-10 budget (Ralston) 4013-5, 4018
government implementation of harmonized sales tax (James) 6085, 6092, 6101-2 (Ralston) 4380
harmonized sales tax (Krog) 3150
harmonized sales tax and agricultural producer prices (Popham) 4076 (Simpson, B.) 4160
taxes (Gentner) 4742
handling of information on harmonized sales tax 5516-8 (Campbell) 6086-7, 6092-3, 6096 (Coons) 4875 (Dix) 3108, 4597-8 (Donaldson) 4047 (Fleming) 4357 (James) 6086-7 (Krog) 4530 (Kwan) 4386-7 (Mungall) 4839 (Pimm) 4752 (Ralston) 4015-8, 5515-8 (Routley, D.) 4755 (Simpson, S.) 4469-70 (Yamamoto) 4628
letter on harmonized sales tax 5513-4 (Ralston) 5513-4
performance as Finance Minister (Sather) 4280
position on harmonized sales tax 5515 (Farnworth) 4465 (Ralston) 5515
relationship with Kevin Krueger (Krueger) 3317
work commended (Howard) 3135-6 (Les) 3128-9
Agriculture, farms, school tax credit 3101, 3472
Alberta, financial services industry, unaffiliated directors of institutions 3852-3
Alcohol, liquor pricing 5710-1
Assessment Act, amendments 3472, 3610-1
Auditor General, review of Partnerships B.C. project evaluation methodology 5535
Automobiles
insurance, private insurers, consultation by government 3573
insurance rates, basic and optional coverage 3172-3, 3471
insurance rates, role of B.C. Utilities Commission and ICBC 3572-3, 3576
taxation of high-priced vehicles 3407
taxation of private sales of used vehicles 3098, 3406-7
B.C., citizens, opportunities and quality of life 3095
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, position on harmonized sales tax 4005-6
B.C. Housing Management Commission, oversight of construction industry 3101, 3470
B.C. Hydro
relationship with government 3169-70
revenues to government 3170
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 6224
B.C. Liberal Party government
economic policies 6225
financial management 3094-5, 3097, 3170, 6056
priorities 3170, 3943
B.C. Progress Board, report on harmonized sales tax 5515, 5532
B.C. Rail, windup of organization and transfer to government 3470
British Columbia Railway Act, amendments 3101, 3470
B.C. Real Estate Association, response to government initiatives 4974
B.C. Securities Commission, oversight responsibilities 3796
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, windup of organization and transfer to government 3101, 3470
B.C. Utilities Commission, review of B.C. Hydro electricity rates 3170
Budget debate 3094-100
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2008, amendments 3611-2
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2010
debate 3101-2, 3470-3, 3522, 3553-62, 3569-77, 3610-24
amendments 5043, 5737, 5775-6
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 3101, 3470-1, 3553
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3094-6, 3098-100, 5511
2010-11 budget, interim supply 3438, 3469, 3521
balanced budgets 3097
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2010-11–2012-13, tabled 3102
budget documents from 2009, freedom-of-information request and public release 3549-50
budget process review and recommendations 3553
deficit budgets 3097
Business
public-private partnerships 5534-7
social enterprises 5530
taxation, training tax credit for businesses with apprentices 5737
taxation, training tax credit for businesses with apprentices, certification tax credit 5777-8
Business, small business tax reductions 5533
Campbell, Gordon, handling of information on harmonized sales tax 5516-8
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
collection activities and fraud prevention 5523-4
transfer of staff from provincial government and role re harmonized sales tax 4985-6, 5053
Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships, conference 5534
Carbon credit trading 3099
relationship to forest industry 5528-9
relationship to silviculture activities 5783
trading and certification industry 5779-82
Carbon tax
applicability to fuels 3472, 3613-5
climate action dividend 5775
exemption for process emissions 3613
relationship to harmonized sales tax 4998
revenue neutrality 3622-3
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 3472, 3613-5
Carney, Mark, comments on Canadian productivity 5532
Chalmers, Ben, comments on harmonized sales tax 4005
Children, child care subsidies 3096
China, market for B.C. wood building materials 4007
Civil service
carbon neutrality 5525-7
collective bargaining 3097
Clearing and Depository Services Inc., role re issuance of electronic securities 3795, 3851
Climate change, government action on climate change 3878
College and Institute Act, amendments 3101, 3471
Communities, community organizations, funding for employee pension costs 3467, 3546-8
Comptroller general, powers re government accounting practices 3101, 3471, 3560
Conference Board of Canada, reports and reports on value-added taxes 4972
Construction industry oversight, ministerial responsibility 3101, 3470
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 3875, 4003-8, 4977-5004, 5024-32, 5051-65
definitions
arrangement in statute 4977, 4984
"consideration" 4983
"director" 4978
"energy product" 4978, 4983
need for definition of input tax credit 4983
"pelletized fuel" 4980
"sales tax agreement" 4981
"supplies" 4994
"supply" 4982
"taxable supply" 4982
"wood, when used as a source of energy" 4978-9
regulations 5001
schedule for debate 3875, 5065
title 5064
Corporation Capital Tax Act, amendments 3101, 3472
Corporations
income tax 5777
tax incentives 3098-9
taxation of international companies in B.C. 5780-1
Credit rating, B.C. rating 3095, 5511-2
Crown corporations, financial reporting 3555-6, 3558, 3569
Cycling, sales tax exemption for bicycles 3109
Documents tabled
2010-11 to 2012-13 service plans and strategic plan 3102
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2010-11–2012-13 3102
Downie Timber Ltd., impact of harmonized sales tax on operations 3231
Economic Forecast Council, membership requirements 3101, 3471, 3553
Economy
conditions 5628-9
economic plan for province 3095, 3097-100
economic recovery 3094-5, 3097, 3099-100
Laffer curve theory 5781
productivity 5532
underground economy 5524
Education
full-day kindergarten 3096
funding and government initiatives 3096
neighbourhood learning centres and use of school buildings 3096
preschool education 3096
school districts and boards of education, carbon neutrality 5529
Employment and unemployment, employment opportunities 6119
Energy
clean energy 3099, 3879
electricity rates 3169-70
LiveSmart B.C. program 3099
Europe, value-added tax system 4003
Families
government support 3095-6, 3943-4
taxation 5389
Film industry
digital animation or visual effects tax credit 3472, 3620
tax credits 3101, 3472, 3618-20, 5737
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4380-1
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 5508-37
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2010
debate 3703, 3795-6, 3851-62, 3883-8
definitions, "financial services" and "unaffiliated director" 3852
regulation-making powers 3887
Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, debate 5043, 5736-7, 5775-87
Financial Administration Act, amendments 3101, 3471, 3560-2, 3703, 3795
Financial Institution Act, amendments 3703, 3795
Financial Institutions Commission, regulatory powers 3795, 3856-62, 3883, 3887
Financial services industry
credit unions, regulation 3861-2, 3883
credit-rating agencies, regulation 3796, 3886-7
directors of institutions, unaffiliated directors 3852-6
financial institutions convicted of offences in other jurisdictions 3795, 3861-2
financial services, definition 3852
international business activity program, expansion 5043, 5737, 5779-85
international finance centre 3098
international finance centre, steering committee report 5779-80
international financial reporting standards 3886-7
investigations, disclosure of evidence 3887
investigations, powers of investigators and superintendent 3860
regulation 3703, 3852
enforcement and penalties 3883-4
extraprovincial financial institutions 3859-60
sharing of information 3795, 3861-2, 3883
taxation, minimum tax 3101, 3472, 3611-2, 3615
taxation of international financial specialists 5737, 5783-5
Finlayson, Jock, and Ken Peacock, article on harmonized sales tax 4003
First Nations goods and services tax, relationship to harmonized sales tax 5052
Forests and forest industry
exports, expansion of market for products 3108
government initiatives 3098
Fort St. John, hospital and residential care facility project, public-private partnership model 5536
Fuel
natural gas as fuel, definition 3613-4, 3624
sales, requirements for sellers 3472
Gentner, Guy, comments on impact of harmonized sales tax 3879, 3945, 4008
The Globe and Mail, article on Canadian productivity 5532
Goods and services tax, implementation 4004
Government
accounting practices
accounting and reporting framework 3101, 3470
accounting for vote recoveries 3101, 3471, 3560-1
accounting policy advisory committee 3557
generally accepted accounting principles 3470-1
generally accepted accounting principles, changes 3553-8
financial management, borrowing costs 3173
financial management, warehouse borrowing 5511-2
financial reporting, inclusion of post-secondary sector 3522
financial reporting, unrealized gains 3554
integrated case management system 3096
ministry budget reductions and service delivery changes 3097
procurement practices and system, government policy 5530
revenues, projections 3097
service plans and strategic plan, 2010-11 to 2012-13, tabled 3102
spending, administrative savings 3096-7
transfer payments from federal government 5522
Harmonized sales tax
administration and collection
appeals 5059-60
assessment and penalties 5057-8
compliance and enforcement 5053-6, 5523-4
director 4978, 4986, 4999, 5004, 5063
exemptions and rebates 4994-5
information-sharing agreements, involvement of First Nations 5063-4
recovery of amounts owing 5060-2
administrative agreements and appropriations 5062-3
agreement between B.C. and Canada 4981
comprehensive integrated tax coordination agreement 5509-10
economic benefits 3106-8, 3229-32, 3550, 3875, 3878, 3880, 4033, 4381, 4811, 4906-7, 5048, 5513, 5515, 5628-9
information 4207
government information 4465, 4972-3
government mailout 4382-3, 5531
government website information 4464-5, 5518-9
NDP information 4273-5, 4382-4, 4464, 4973
public information 4274-5, 6121
initiative petition campaign 4383, 6226
input tax credits 4983, 4990, 4994-5, 5524, 5531
legislation, federal legislation 4003
legislation, relationship to federal legislation 4981-3
position on tax
accountants and businesses 4810
business and industry organizations 3230-1, 3943-4, 4003, 4005-6, 4274, 6225
industry and professional organizations 3880
NDP position 3106-8, 3230, 3942-3, 4032-3, 4273-4, 4809-10
rate 4004
reports and studies 4907, 5390
reports and studies, C.D. Howe Institute study 4005, 5521
reports and studies, Mintz report 3229-31, 3880, 4005
revenues 3107, 4006
revenues, allocation 3109
revenues, allocation to health care funding 5001, 5523
revenues from bicycle sales and repairs 4994
tax credits 3875, 4275, 4974-5, 5389, 5627-8, 6119
transactions taxable in B.C. 4984-5
Harmonized sales tax, exemptions and rebates 3109, 3875, 4008, 4031-2, 4464-5, 4972, 4975, 4989-91, 5053
books 4993
children's clothing 4992, 5519
churches, schools and home-based businesses 4997
deduction of payments 4996
diapers 4992
home heating and power 4978-80, 4983, 4997-5004, 5057
imported goods or goods brought into B.C. 4996
low-income earners 3097-8
medical equipment purchased by charities 4991
motor fuel 4992-3
Nisga'a Nation taxation agreement 5051
priorities 4992-3
treaty First Nations tax treatment agreements 5053
used vehicles, aircraft and boats 5024-32
Harmonized sales tax, impact
agriculture industry 4005
arts and culture sector 4906
bicycles and repairs 4990-1
bookstores 5046
business 4973
community social services sector 3944
computer repairs 5520
condominium owners 4272-4
consumers 3230, 4007-8, 5627-8, 6055-6
cross-border shopping 5524
exports 4007
families 5389
ferry fares and coastal communities 5048-9
film industry 4006
First Nations 4465, 5052
forest industry 3231, 4005-6, 4905, 5047-8
funeral industry 4275
health care products 5883
household appliance repairs 5520
housing 4974, 5520-1
industry 4975
investment 4003-4, 5515
investment and productivity 5532
jobs 4031, 4276, 4971-3
landlords and tenants 4207, 4272-3
liquor prices 5710-1
mining industry 4005
mitigation 5883
parking fees 5786
prices 5521
real estate prices 4906
restaurant and tourism industries 3232
retail industry 4006
small business 4904, 5045-7
smoking cessation products 5883
tourism industry 3174
university sector 6055-6
used clothing costs 5519-20
Harmonized sales tax, implementation
federal funding 4004-5
federal funding and timeline 5509-12
federal implementation 4004
government consultation with First Nations 4465
government handling 4004-5, 4380-2, 5514-8, 5628
implementation and benefits 3097-8, 4003-8
implementation date and transition period 4903-6
implementation in Atlantic provinces 4004
Harmsworth, Buzz, position on harmonized sales tax 4033
Health care system
costs and federal funding 5522-3
financial reporting legislation 3097
funding and government revenues 3096-7, 3109
innovation and initiatives 3096-7
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, public-private partnership and value-for-money report 5534-5
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 3101, 3472, 3703, 3795
Homeowner grant
applications by disabled persons, appeals process 3885
northern and rural area homeowner benefit 3095, 3101, 3472, 3615-6, 5043, 5737, 5776
program forms, approvals 3703, 3795, 3885
Homeowner Protection Act, amendments 3101, 3470
Homeowner Protection Office, dissolution and transfer of responsibilities 3470, 3558, 3576
Horgan, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 3106-7, 4809-10
Hotels and travel accommodation
hotel room tax 3174, 3875
short-term commercial accommodations, property assessments 3472, 3624
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 3095-6
Housing and Social Development Ministry, liquor distribution branch, liquor pricing 5710-1
Income tax
basic personal tax credit 3098
legislation, relationship to federal legislation 5776-7
reductions 3095, 4275, 6056
Income Tax Act, amendments 3101, 3472, 3616-20, 5043, 5737, 5776-7
Industry
property tax joint task force 3623
school tax, reduction 3101, 3472, 3622-3
Infrastructure
accelerated capital projects and funding 3095
government investment 3097
Insurance
actuaries and actuarial requirements 3795, 3853-4, 3856-9
companies, minimum capital test guidelines 3570-6
companies, reporting requirements 3859-60
regulation, reinsurance of contract liabilities 3854
Insurance Corporation Act, amendments 3101, 3471
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
accounting, impact of international financial reporting standards 3576
board 3172
operations and regulation 3101, 3471
operations and regulation, application of minimum capital test guidelines 3570-6
surplus funds, transfer to government 3172-3, 3471
International Business Activity Act, amendments 5043, 5737
International Financial Activity Act, amendments 3098-9
Investment climate 3097-9, 5532
Investment Prince George Development Corp., position on harmonized sales tax 4006
James, Carole, leadership 4273
Jeffery, Rick, comments on harmonized sales tax 4005
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 3101, 3471, 3621-2, 5043, 5737, 5785-6
Land Title Act, amendments 3576
Legislature, language used in House
"lies" 4274
withdrawal of comments 4274
Logging Tax Act, amendments 5737, 5786
Lower Mainland, South Fraser perimeter road 5537
Media, digital media industry
development of distribution industry 5779, 5783
interactive digital media tax credits 3472, 5043, 5737, 5775, 5777-9
taxation 3098
Medical Services Plan premiums, changes 3096
MLAs, compensation, two-year freeze 3101, 3470, 3577
Members' Remuneration and Pensions Act, amendments 3101, 3470
Mines and mining industry
exploration activities 3616-7
taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit 3098, 3101, 3472, 3616-7
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 3472
NDP
campaign statements 6224
economic policies 6225
MLAs, comments on harmonized sales tax 3108
MLAs, involvement in harmonized sales tax initiative petition campaign 4383
position on harmonized sales tax 3106-8, 3230, 3942-3, 4032-3, 4273-4, 4809-10
website information on harmonized sales tax 4274-5, 4464
Nova Scotia, harmonized sales tax implementation 5513
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, work on guidelines for capital adequacy measures 3571-3
Offsetters Clean Technology Inc., contract with government 5528
Oil and gas, government initiatives and revenues to government 3098
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 sports and arts legacy fund 3096
benefits and opportunities 3094, 3174-5
hosting by B.C. 3099
security costs 5522-3
Ontario
film industry tax credits 3618-20
harmonized sales tax implementation 4003-5, 5518-9
Oral questions (response)
Application of harmonized sales tax to green products 3879-80
B.C. Hydro rates 3169-70
Campsite and park fees 3945
Comments by former Finance Minister on harmonized sales tax 4809-11
Comments on harmonized sales tax 3106-9
First Nations consultation on harmonized sales tax 4465
Funding for community social services worker pension plans 3467, 3546-8
Government information on harmonized sales tax 4972-3
Government mailout information on harmonized sales tax 4382-4, 4464-5
Government support for tourism industry 3174-5
Harmonized sales tax 4380-1
Harmonized sales tax on bicycles 3109
ICBC revenues to government 3172-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on arts and culture 4906
Impact of harmonized sales tax on clothing costs for children 5389
Impact of harmonized sales tax on coastal communities and ferry services 5048-9
Impact of harmonized sales tax on community social services sector 3944
Impact of harmonized sales tax on economy 4971-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 3942-4, 4907
Impact of harmonized sales tax on funeral industry 4275-6
Impact of harmonized sales tax on health care products 5627-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on landlords and tenants 4207
Impact of harmonized sales tax on liquor prices 5710-1
Impact of harmonized sales tax on membership costs 3550, 4906-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on real estate costs 4974
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant and tourism industries 3232
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business 5045-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on smoking cessation products 5883-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on sports organizations 4031-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on summer camp fees 4974-5
Impact of harmonized sales tax on tenants and condo owners 4272-5
Impact of harmonized sales tax on used clothing costs 6119
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4033, 4903-6, 5047-8, 5628-9, 6055-6, 6224-6
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3229-32
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax 6055-7
Public release of budget documents 3549-50
Removal of sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances 3878-9
Sales tax exemption for leaky-condo repairs 5390
Tax on private sale of vehicles and boats 3406-7
Wedding costs and implementation of harmonized sales tax 6119-21
Pacific Carbon Trust
allocation of carbon offsets for school districts and private companies 5529
funding and activities 5525-9
offset suppliers 5528
purchase of offsets, assessment and validation 5527
role 5779, 5782
Parking tax, administration and enforcement 5043, 5786-7
Parks, user fees 3945
Partnerships B.C.
evaluation of projects 5534
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 5530
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5530-1
Personal Property Security Act, amendments 3703, 3795, 5737
Points of order
comments by Kathy Corrigan 4231
Police Act, amendments 3472
Port Alberni, Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences construction project 6055-7
Ports, land assessment and taxation 3610-1, 3622
Ports Property Tax Act, amendments 3472
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes, financial planning and solvency requirements 3101, 3471, 3522, 3559-60
Presentation of estimates, estimates of sums required for the service of the province 3094
Property
compulsory lien discharge process 3886
personal property registry, removal of false or inaccurate registrations 3795
personal property security interests, harmonization of legislation in Canada and U.S. 3703, 3795, 3885
Property tax
deferment programs, ability to add spouse to title 5043, 5737, 5785-6
financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3095, 3101, 3471, 3621-2
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 3472, 3622
Property transfer tax exemptions 3472, 3622
The Province, letter on harmonized sales tax 5513-4
Public debt management 3097
Quebec, value-added tax system 4004
Recall and Initiative Act, legislation 6226
Resources and resource industries, role in economy and government support 3098
Revelstoke, neighbourhood learning centre 3096
Sales tax
administration and collection
audits 5056
audits and appeals 5064
audits and transition period 4985-8
commissions 5046-7
elimination 3875, 4003, 4008, 4974
embedded sales tax 4006-8
exemptions 4989-90
children's clothing 4992
energy-efficient products 3878-9, 4993
medical equipment purchased by charities 4991
transition period 4987-8
School Act, amendments 3101, 3472, 3622-3
Science and technology, renewable energy technology development 5779
Securities Act, amendments 3703, 3796
Securities industry
development of disclosure rules 3886
financial performance, definitions 3886-7
mutual funds, regulation 3796
regulation, changes 3703, 3886-7
uncertified securities and issuance of electronic securities 3703, 3795, 3851-2
Sempa Power Systems Ltd., contract with government 5528
Shapray v. B.C. Securities Commission, decision 3887
Social Service Tax Act, amendments 5043, 5786
Social workers, community social services workers, collective agreement and pension benefits 3467, 3546-8
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Evergreen line 3098
responsibilities re parking tax 5043, 5737, 5786-7
ridership during Olympic Games 3098
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act, amendments 3472, 5043, 5737
Sports, hockey, government funding 4032-3
Strata property, interest-free loan program for leaky condos 3101, 3470
Supply Act (No. 1), 2010, debate 3438, 3469, 3521
Supply Act, 2010-2011, debate 6252
Taxation
government initiatives 3471-3
government initiatives, interprovincial communications 3619-20
government policies 4905, 6119-20, 6224-5
relationship to government services 5523
tax reductions 3095, 3942-3, 5627
taxation of private sales of used vehicles, aircraft and boats 5024-32, 5051, 5053-6
value-added tax system 4003-4, 4007
Taylor, Carole, comments on harmonized sales tax 5513
Throne speech content 3094, 3098-9
Tobacco
cigars, definition 3703, 3796, 3888
cigars, taxation 3101, 3472, 3623-4
sale of tobacco products, annual fee and registry of sellers 3101, 3472
smoking cessation products, affordability 5884
taxation of tobacco products 5883
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 3101, 3472, 3623-4, 3703, 3796
Tostenson, Ian, comments on harmonized sales tax 5514-5
Tourism, government support and marketing funding 3174-5
Tourist Accommodation (Assessment Relief) Act, amendments 3472, 3624
Transit services, transit plan and government investment 3098
Transportation, government investment 3098
Treasury Board, responsibilities re government accounting and reporting 3101, 3470-1, 3556-8, 3569
University Act, amendments 3101, 3471
University Endowment Land Act, amendments 3472-3
Vander Zalm, Bill, comments on issues
harmonized sales tax 4382-4
taxation 4810
Zimmerman, Wolfgang, accomplishments 6057
Hawes, Hon. Randy (Abbotsford-Mission)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Corrigan) 4880 (Mungall) 4840 (Sather) 4823
experience as mayor 4135
Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area, Olympic torch relay 3051
B.C., mine development in northwest B.C. 3414-6, 5895-6
B.C. Liberal Party government
economic policies 3416
financial management 4131-2
B.C. Utilities Commission, role and regulation and review of electricity rates 5894
Budget debate 3413-8
Burrard Thermal power station, phase-out of station 5895
Business climate 4133
China, power supply, use of fossil fuels 6240
Clean Energy Act
debate 5893-8, 6240-2
debate in Legislature 6241-2
Coal, export to China 6240
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4131-6
Corporations, NDP position 3414-7
Corradini, Deedee, advocacy for women's ski jumping 3414
Economy, conditions and development, role of business 3054-5
Energy
electricity rates 5894
independent power producers 5897
independent power projects, environmental assessment 5898
power supply, private sector involvement 6241
power supply and demand 5894
Environment, environmental assessment process 3052-4, 3416, 5897
Exports and imports, trade agreements, NDP position 5897
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4132
First Nations, consultation by government on land and resources 3415
Government, local government fees and regulations, impact 3055
Grand Street Lodge, conversion to supportive housing 3052
Gratton, Pierre, comments on harmonized sales tax 4136
Green Energy Advisory Task Force, membership and work 5894
Harmonized sales tax 3054-5, 3416-7, 4132-6
Highway 37, electrification 3414-6, 5895-7
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades 3051
Horgan, John, comments on mining industry 3052
Housing
costs 3055
supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill 3052
Imperial Metals Corp., Red Chris mine 3415, 5896
Industry, government support and role in economy 3418
International Olympic Committee, position on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games 3414
Mineral Tenure Act, amendments 6075-6
Mines and mining industry
companies, corporate citizenship 3417
development 3415, 5895
development, approval process 3052-4
First Nations involvement in industry 3415
industry 5896-7
industry, NDP position 3415-7
international investment in B.C. 3415-7
mine complaints, federal private member's bill 3417
mineral reserves, ranking 6075
mines 3052
mining leases 6075-6
NDP position 4134
revenues to government and role in economy 3414-8
Mining Association of B.C., consultation on mining legislation changes 6075-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, debate 6075-6
NDP
MLAs, use of term "big corporations" 5896
performance as government 5894-5
policies 3052
economic policies 3055, 3416-8
First Nations consultation 3415
position on issues 3414-8
position on mining industry 4134
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3051-2, 3413
Peace River area, Site C power project 5897-8
Poole, Jack, remembrance 3051
Resources and resource industries, First Nations involvement in industries 5897-8
Sales tax, embedded sales tax 4134
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, ridership and services during Olympic Games 3051
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project 3053
Taxation, government policies, impact on investment 3416
Teck Resources Ltd., corporate citizenship 3417
Throne speech debate 3051-5
Winter, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 4136
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Fleming) 4354-5
constituents, staff and volunteers thanked 3069
meetings with Surrey school district teachers and officials 3208
Agreement on internal trade, labour mobility component 4098
Aquaculture, sustainable aquaculture 5950-1
Asia-Pacific gateway, role 5365
Bell, Pat, comments on harmonized sales tax 4351
B.C. Cancer Agency, Fraser Valley Centre 3365
B.C. Liberal Party government, initiatives 3070-2
Budget debate 3364-8
Business, small business, role in economy 3366
Carbon tax 3208
Children
child care funding 3367
early childhood development, government initiatives 3071-2
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4350-4
Crime and criminals, victims' rights and services 4725-6
DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society, business awards 4379
Economy
conditions, government response 3364
role in funding government services 3367
Education
full-day kindergarten 3365
funding 3208-9, 3365-6
preschool education 3365
school districts and boards of education, tax exemptions and rebates 3366
Energy, clean energy and power supply 4797-8
Environment, environmental protection, funding 3368
Exports and imports
trade missions to Asia 5365
trade partnership between B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan 3071, 4097-8
Families, government support 3366-7
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4354
Flathead Valley, environmental protection, B.C.–Montana action and coordination 3071
Grewal, Gurdev Singh, life and accomplishments 3543
Harmonized sales tax 3208, 3365-7, 4350-4
Health care funding 3364-5
Holly Elementary School, new school playground 3403
Housing, affordable and supportive housing 3366-7
Income tax reductions 4352
Indo-Canadian Business Association, membership and student achievement awards 5880
Infrastructure projects, accelerated capital projects and funding 3367-8
International Trade Dinner and Surrey Export Awards 5542
Investment process review 3071
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, government investment 3366
Lower Mainland
South Fraser perimeter road 3368, 5366-7
transportation infrastructure improvements 5365-7
Motions
Site C power project, debate 4797-8
Sustainable wild salmon stock and aquaculture, debate 5950-1
Trade partnership with Alberta and Saskatchewan, debate 4097-8
Munday, Jean Audrey, life and accomplishments 3851
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 sports and arts legacy fund 3367
benefits and opportunities 3069, 3364
Canadian athletes and hosting by B.C. 3069-70
legacy infrastructure projects 3367
multicultural events and participation 3705
Pacific Coast Collaborative, initiative between B.C., California, Oregon and Washington 3071
Peace River area, Site C power project 4797-8
Port Mann Bridge, reconstruction project 3367-8, 5365, 5367
Portuguese Heritage Month, recognition 6228
Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 4725-6
Private members' statements
Moving ahead with Gateway 5365-7
Private members' statements (response)
Education 3208-9
Property tax
financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3367
municipal property tax reform 3071
Rotary Club of Surrey, fundraiser 4969-70
Sales tax 4350
Salish Sea, designation for Georgia Basin–Puget Sound ecosystem 3071
Salmon, wild salmon stocks, protection 5951
School district 36 (Surrey), funding 3208-9
Seniors, housing, government initiatives 3366-7
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus expansion and funding 3366
Statements
Portuguese Heritage Month 6228
Statements by members
Bombing of Air India flight 6222
Business awards for cultural diversity 4379
Holly Elementary School playground 3403
Indo-Canadian Business Association student achievement awards 5880
Multicultural participation in 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games 3705
Rotary Club of Surrey Wine and Food Celebration fundraiser 4969-70
Support for crime victims and violence prevention 4725-6
Trade Export Awards and international trade dinner in Surrey 5542
Vaisakhi 3941-2
Youth baseball in Surrey 5239
Surrey
affordable housing 3367
education and post-secondary education, government investment 3366
educational and health care facilities 3071
health care services, government investment 3364-5
Olympic torch relay and live site 3070
position of business organizations on harmonized sales tax 4351
transit services 3368
transportation infrastructure projects 3070-1, 3367-8
youth baseball 5239
Surrey Canadian Baseball Association, work of organization 5239
Surrey Memorial Hospital, expansion project 3364-5
Taxation
marginal effective tax rate 4353-4
tax reductions 3366, 4352
Terrorism, bombing of Air India flight 6222
Throne speech content 3070
Throne speech debate 3069-72
Tolko Industries Ltd., purchase agreement with China National Building Material 5365
Transit services, government initiatives 3071
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 5365-7
Tributes
Gurdev Singh Grewal 3543
Jean Audrey Munday 3851
Tynehead Regional Park, fish hatchery 5951
Vaisakhi 3941-2
Victims of Crime Awareness Week 4725-6
Heed, Hon. Kash (Vancouver-Fraserview)

As subject
reappointment as Solicitor General (Black, D.) 5320 (Campbell) 6040-7 (Corrigan) 5241 (de Jong) 5240-2, 5319-20 (Farnworth) 5244 (Horgan) 5320 (James) 6039-47, 6110 (Krog) 5240-1 (Kwan) 5242, 5319-20 (Macdonald) 5319
resignation as Solicitor General (Campbell) 6041-6 (Farnworth) 4204
Coroners Act, amendments 3713-6
Emergencies, search and rescue organizations, funding and liability issues 3793
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3713-6
Oral questions (response)
Liability insurance funding for search and rescue organizations 3793
Police Act, amendments 3714
Police and policing, deaths of individuals in police custody, investigation and reporting 3713-6
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

As subject
experiences during 2010 Olympic Winter Games 3059
Asper, David, comments on business and social meetings 3060
Business
role of social relationships 3060
social enterprises 3217-8
Canadian Cancer Society, daffodil campaign 4029-30
Cancer awareness and treatment 4029-30
Children
child protection system, role of media coverage 3218
play 3061
Education
curriculum, arts programs and kinesthetic learning 3061-2
system reforms 3061
Environment, environmental assessment process 3062
First Nations children in government care 3218
Hawke, Ferg, experience as Olympic torchbearer 3060
Hazlett, Debbie, multiple sclerosis case 5708
Health, public health promotion and disease prevention 3063
Healthy Living Alliance, activities 3063
Hunter, Sarah, accomplishments 3060-1
Legislature, wheelchair rally for MLAs and media 3336
Lynne, Gillian, experience in education system and development as dancer 3061-2
Mines and mining industry, products, use in new technology 3062
Motions
Social workers and community social services, debate 3217-8
Multiple sclerosis, awareness 5708
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3059-61
Pensions, reforms 3766
Politics and politicians, role of reason and perception 3063-4
Private members' statements (response)
Respecting seniors 3766-7
Right to Play, work of organization 3061
Seniors, study and government action on issues 3766-7
Sigalet, Jordan, multiple sclerosis case 5707-8
Social workers, contributions and role 3218, 3228
Society, innovation and choices 3062-4
Sports, children's sports, KidSport B.C. program 3061
Statements
Rattenbury Rally 3336
Statements by members
Bullying 4202
Cancer awareness and treatment in B.C. 4029-30
Multiple sclerosis awareness 5707-8
Social workers 3228
Surrey–White Rock constituency and area, Olympic Games celebrations 3059-60
Throne speech debate 3059-64
Vancouver Foundation, operations 5024, 6022-3
Vancouver Foundation Act, provisions, updating 5024, 6022
Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5024, 6122-3
Violence, bullying prevention 4202
Welfare, community social services sector 3217-8
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)

As subject
comments on issues
debate on clean energy legislation (Howard) 6000 (Yap) 5812, 5889
government financial policies (Hansen) 3170
harmonized sales tax 4921 (Abbott) 4841 (Hansen) 3106-7, 4809-10 (McIntyre) 4884, 4909
independent power projects (Abbott) 5975 (Howard) 5998
mining industry (Hawes) 3052
natural gas (Yap) 5812
New Westminster Salmonbellies (Black, D.) 6116
offshore oil development (Lekstrom) 5104
power self-sufficiency issue (Cantelon) 6145
experience in accident caused by impaired driver 5422-3
family thanked 3811
letter to Energy Minister re briefing on legislation 3953 (Lekstrom) 3953
position on run-of-the-river power projects, government reaction 5810
staff thanked 3259
wife's small business 4810
Abbott, George, comments on Site C power project 4795
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 6020-1
Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendment 3948-9
Agriculture, farmland protection 4794
Air, greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from oil and gas sector 3891
reduction
low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements 6071, 6073-4, 6076, 6131
oil and gas sector 5578-82
power generation facilities 5792-3
AltaGas Income Trust, energy purchase agreement for Forrest Kerr run-of-the-river project 6117-8
Assembly of First Nations, statement on B.C. clean energy legislation 5806-7
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., consultation on mining legislation changes 6075
Auditor General, report on oil and gas industry 2977-8
Australia, impaired driving prevention 5422-3
Autism treatment services, funding 3815
Automobiles, traffic safety 5423
Bear Mountain Wind Park facility 3443
Bell, Pat, comments on harmonized sales tax 4402
Belmont Secondary School, need for replacement 2976, 5463-4
Black, Iain, attendance at Olympic and Paralympic events 3794
B.C.
mine development in northwest B.C. 5797
mine development in rural B.C. 3006-7
population mobility 3811
B.C. Hydro
advertising campaign in spring 2010 5771, 5798, 5802
board members, disclosure forms 5589
code of conduct for directors and employees 5589
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 3441-2, 3468, 5585-92, 5615, 6117-8
integrated resource plan 5808, 6244
long-term acquisition plan 5808
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 4727
revenues to government 3169-70, 3263-4, 3441-2
role 3441, 5800-1, 5809-10
sale of electricity, domestic long-term sales contracts 5811
sale of electricity to California 5805-6
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements 4401-2
fundraising 4110-1
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 3260
budgets and throne speeches 3810-1
financial management and priorities 3169-70
Government House Leader, performance 3947-8
MLAs, response to harmonized sales tax 4917
policies, climate change and energy policies 3263, 3890-1
policies, energy policies 6246
position on B.C. Utilities Commission role 5793, 5795-7
position on offshore oil development 5104
priorities 3815
public confidence 3262-4, 4405, 6244
B.C. Place Stadium, retractable roof construction project 3815
B.C. Transmission Corporation
establishment 5618
lease and liabilities 5805-6
purpose 5618, 5804
reintegration with B.C. Hydro 5618, 5804-6
B.C. Utilities Commission
commissioners, appointment 5799
decision on B.C. Hydro power acquisition plan 5808
regulation and review of electricity rates 3169, 5809-10
review of B.C. Hydro contracts with independent power producers 5801
review of power projects, exemptions 5796-7
review of smart meter program 5593, 5798, 6242-3
role 5803, 6246-7, 6249
role, B.C. Liberal Party position 5793, 5795-7
Budget debate 3258-64
Budgets
2009-10 budget 4402
2010-11 budget 3259-60, 3260, 3263
budget process 3259
budgets during election year 3259
deficit budgets 4920
California, clean energy standards 5801-2
Campbell, Gordon, comments on issues
committee system 4918
cooperation 3812-4
economic recovery plan 3260
government accountability 6243-4
review of energy projects and role of B.C. Utilities Commission 5795-7
role of legislative committees 6242
Carbon sequestration 5579-81
Children, child care system 3260-1
Clean Energy Act
debate 5792-812, 6242-9
debate in Legislature 5795
media coverage 5802
position of environmental organizations 5807-8
position of First Nations 5806-7
referral to Crown Corporations Committee 6242-9
Cloudworks Energy Inc., energy purchase agreements with B.C. Hydro 5589-90
Coal Act, amendments 3956-8
Coal industry, surface and subsurface rights 3956
Columbia Basin Trust, establishment, funding and purpose 5613
Columbia Power Corporation
management team 5612-3
role in Waneta Dam expansion project 5610, 5611-5
Columbia River Treaty
downstream benefits entitlement agreement and use of power 5803-4
impact on Columbia Basin region 5794-5
Community Charter, relationship to Oil and Gas Activities Act 3972-3
Consumers, costs and user fees 4404
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4400-5, 4917-22
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4917-22
schedule for debate 4917
title 4401
Crown Corporations Committee
activities 3812
membership 6243
Deloitte and Touche Inc., role in B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreement process 5586-8, 5590-1
Democracy, parliamentary democracy 6244-5
Drance, Jonathan, potential conflict of interest as B.C. Hydro board member 5589-90
Ebbels, Jack, death 3025
Economy, economic plan for province 4400-1
Education Ministry, estimates debate 5463-5
Education of First Nations people, aboriginal education enhancement agreements 2976
Elections, 2009 general election results in constituencies with independent power project issues 5800
EnCana Corp.
Cabin gas plant project 3263, 5578-81, 5792-3
gas leak at well site 5575-6
Energy
clean energy 3441, 5089, 5807
coal-fired power plants 5089
consumption levels 5798-9
electricity rates 3169-70, 3263-4, 3441-2, 3945, 5587
increases 5800, 5809, 5811-2
time-of-use tariffs 5594-5, 5799
export and import of power 4795, 5619-20
export and import of power, export policy 5801
government policy 4795, 5803
hydroelectric power, development and history 5793-4
hydroelectric power, impact of projects 5794-5, 5810
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects
impact on environment 5810
qualification as clean energy 5802
independent power producers, access to stored hydro power 5811
independent power producers, donations to B.C. Liberal Party 4110-1
independent power projects
compliance with forest practices legislation 4782
issues 5800-1
jobs 3443, 5616
infrastructure, government investment during 1990s 5809
infrastructure, government priorities 5611
northwest transmission line 5797
power project development 5808-10, 6246-8
power supply
power supply and demand 5619
private sector involvement and self-sufficiency issue 6249
production cost 5802
self-sufficiency issue 4795, 5803-4
smart metering and infrastructure program 5593-5, 5798-9, 6242-3
transmission system 3443
investment in infrastructure 3443
proposal for northeast transmission line 5619
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
estimates debate 5573-83, 5585-95, 5609-16, 5618-20
budget and operations 5573-4
carbon neutrality and climate action initiatives, purchase of bicycles for staff 3263
estimates process 5615, 5620
public consultation, provincial forum meetings 5583
staff reductions 5574
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010
debate 3889-93, 3947-74, 5248-67, 5322-4
commencement 5324
debate in Legislature 3890, 3947-8, 3953-4, 5248-9
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, potential use of line for rapid transit 3815, 4714
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4403
Finavera Renewables Inc., corporate status and purchase agreements for wind farm projects 3467-8, 5804-5
First Nations, consultation by government on land and resources 5806
Forests and forest industry, tree farm licence No. 23, issues 4783
Forests and Range Ministry
estimates debate 4781-3
staff reduction 4782-3
Fortis Inc., potential role in Waneta Dam expansion project 5610-1, 5614
Freedom of information, requests for information, handling by B.C. and Washington State governments 6246
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, amendment 3958
Geothermal Resources Act, amendments 3958
The Globe and Mail, article on harmonized sales tax 4917
Government
accountability 6246
accounting practices, generally accepted accounting principles 3811-2
cabinet, open cabinet meetings 3814
cabinet, powers and role 6246-7
ministers, ethical conduct 4110-1
performance, stages 3812, 3814
revenue sources 3170
Green Energy Advisory Task Force, recommendations 5806-7
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act, amendments 6071, 6073-4, 6076, 6131
Happy Valley Elementary School, replacement of school building 5464
Harmonized sales tax
government mailout 4383
impact on issues 3262-3, 4402-5, 4921-2
implementation, government handling 3262-3, 4400-3, 4405, 4809-10, 4917-21
initiative petition campaign 4383, 4401, 4403, 4405, 4919
Mintz report 4403
Heed, Kash, reappointment as Solicitor General 5320
Highway 14, need for improvements 3813
Highway 37, electrification 3006-7
Highways and roads, industrial roads, definition 3961-2
Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society
restoration to corporate registry 5023-4, 6122
work of society 5024
Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2010, debate 5023-4, 6122
Housing, affordable housing, relationship to service demand 3261
Impaired driving penalties, changes 5423-4
Industrial Roads Act, amendment 3958
Industry, power consumption and electricity rates 5811
Juan de Fuca constituency and area
First Nations treaty issues 3814
issues and concerns 3260, 3812-3
sports and recreation 4620-1
Knox, Jack, article on harmonized sales tax 4918-9
Land use planning, regional planning process 5808
Legislation
bills, closure of debate 3892
bills, legislative process and debate 5795
use of language 3970
Legislature
committee system 3814, 4918
estimates process, matters involving legislation not to be debated during estimates debate 4077
fixed legislative calendar, impact on debate in Legislature 6247-8
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 4077
opposition, role 3813, 6244
Lekstrom, Blair
comments on review of smart metering program 5593
experience as MLA and cabinet minister 6245
payment for hotel accommodation 5595
Lewis, Brian, comments on clean energy legislation 5802-3
Lytton, microhydro power project in area 5810
McRae, Don, comments on harmonized sales tax 4401
MLAs
cooperation and collaboration 3812-4
role and responsibilities 5794
Mica Dam, expansion and upgrade 5796
Mineral Tenure Act, amendments 3958-9, 6074-6
Mines and mining industry
development, approval process 3007
First Nations involvement in industry 3006-7
industry, government consultation on legislation 3958-9
industry, metal prices 3006
mineral reserves, ranking 6075
mining leases 6075-6
Mining Association of B.C., consultation on mining legislation changes 6075-6
Mining Right of Way Act, amendments 3959-60
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, debate 6071, 6073-6, 6131
Motions
Site C power project, debate 4794-6
Motor Vehicle Act, amendment 3960-2
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5422-4
Ney, Philip, work and proposal for private bill 5023, 6122
Northeast Energy and Mines Advisory Committee
consultation by government 3949, 3951
membership 3954-5
membership and role 3892
operations and government support 5574
Oil and gas
activities on Crown and private land 3969, 5264
cleanup of inactive and orphan wells 3892, 5252-3
development 5576
drilling practices, hydraulic fracturing 5578
expropriation of private land for industry activities 5250-1
industry
impact on agriculture and farmland 3891-2
reporting 5252
water use 5578
industry and landowners 3954, 3968, 5264, 5266-7
industry and landowners, dispute resolution process 5322-3
offshore drilling
B.C. Liberal Party position 5104
moratorium 5104, 5967
moratorium and regulation 5582-3
oversight and regulation of industry
compliance rates 5576-7
development of regulations 3966, 5324
environmental measures and objectives 3962-4, 5251-2, 5257-8
government action 2977-8
oversight and regulation 5253-62, 5574-5
peak oil issue, government action 5582
pipelines 3967
pipelines, permits for road and railway crossings 3973-4
safety issues 5260-2, 5575-6
surface leases 5252, 5264, 5323
Oil and Gas Activities Act
amendments 3893, 3968-75, 5248-63
amendments to definitions 3962-8
application to other legislation 3972-4
content 3891
debate and passage in Legislature in 2008 2977, 3889-90, 3892, 3950
definitions
"environmental measure" and "government's environmental objectives" 3962-3
"flow line" 3965
"oil and gas activity" 3965-6
"pipeline" 3967
public consultation 3950
Oil and Gas Commission
establishment 3890
fees 5575
mandate, health and safety issues 5576
operations and role 5574-5
permitting process and regulations 3971
powers and funding 2977-8
role and responsibilities 5255
role in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 5577-8
role in regulation of offshore drilling 5582-3
service plan, goals 5577
staffing 5575
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3813, 4727
Oral questions
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
Peace River area
oil and gas industry 3891-2
Site C power project 4465-6, 4794-6, 5089, 5610, 5794, 5802-3
Pensions, reforms 3260
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
amendments 5263-7, 5322-4
definitions 5263
Plutonic Power Corp., Dokie wind farm project 3468, 5615-6
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes, financial reporting, removal from government reporting entity 3811-2
Private members' statements
Rising electricity costs 3441-3
Private members' statements (response)
Clean energy initiatives 5088-9
Mining: a new future for rural B.C. 3006-7
The Province, articles on issues
clean energy legislation 5802-3
harmonized sales tax legislation 4917
Railway Safety Act, relationship to Oil and Gas Activities Act 3973-4
Recall and Initiative Act, purpose 4919-20
Resources and resource industries
mediation and arbitration board 3948-56, 3974, 5265-7, 5322-3
mediation and arbitration board, mining development cases 3959
processing of resources within B.C. 5579
resource roads 3967
revenues from forestry and oil and gas sectors 3890
surface rights 3890, 3949, 3952, 5249-50, 5266
Revelstoke Dam, expansion and upgrade 5796
Rutherford Creek Bridge, blowout of bridge and independent power project in area, freedom-of-information request 4781-2
R.W. Beck Inc., role in B.C. Hydro energy purchase agreement process 5586, 5588
Sales tax exemptions
energy-efficient products 4404
production machinery and equipment 4402
School district 62 (Sooke)
aboriginal education program 2976
all-day kindergarten and funding for high school construction 3260-1
enrolment and capital funding 5463-5
Scia'new First Nation, treaty negotiations 6020-1
Science and technology, wireless technology, public concerns 5594
Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road, status 5583
Singleton, John
donation to B.C. Liberal Party 5586
work with B.C. Hydro 5585-6, 5590
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 3261
Spectra Energy Corp., plant in Fort Nelson area and carbon reduction initiatives 5581
Statements by members
Aboriginal education program in Sooke school district 2976
CRD purchase of southern Vancouver Island lands 3338-9
Maywell Wickheim 5314-5
Sports and recreation in Juan de Fuca area 4620-1
Tahltan Indian band, involvement in mining industry 3006
Taxation, B.C. tax rights 4402, 4404, 4921
Taylor, Carole, comments on harmonized sales tax 4809-10, 4917, 4919-21
Teck Cominco Ltd., operations 3007
Throne speech content 3811
Throne speech debate 3810-6
Times Colonist (Victoria), articles and letters on impact of harmonized sales tax 4918-9
Tourism, marketing of B.C., "Best place on earth" and "Super, natural B.C." slogans 3259
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4714
Treaty 8 First Nations, position on Site C power project 4795
Tributes
Jack Ebbels 3025
T'Souke First Nation
development of solar energy systems 5089
treaty negotiations 6020-1
U.S., offshore oil well accident and leak in Gulf of Mexico 5104
University of B.C., potential purchase of former tree farm licence lands on south Vancouver Island 3035, 3811-2
Vancouver Island, south Island
land and treaty issues 6020-1
transportation infrastructure 3261, 3263, 3814-5
The Vancouver Sun
article on harmonized sales tax 4917
publishing of comments by Gordon Campbell on B.C. Utilities Commission 5797
Victoria, Royal Canadian Legion branch 127, premises and rent subsidy 3404-5
Waneta Dam, expansion project 5610-5
West Coast Environmental Law Association, concerns re clean energy legislation 5808
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence
park acquisition and provincial funding 3264
potential use of lands in treaty resolution 3814, 6020-1
protection of lands 3338-9
purchase of lands by capital regional district 3338-9
sale of lands 3035, 3811-2
Wickheim, Maywell, life and accomplishments 5314-5
Horne, Douglas (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Bains) 4829
communications with constituents on harmonized sales tax 4825-6
experience as Olympic volunteer 3188
family's Olympic volunteer activities 3767, 3769
relationship with Sochi Olympic organizing committee 3168
Alberta, business competitiveness 4125-6
Asia-Pacific gateway, role 5943
B.C., aging population 3767-8
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 2914
Budget debate 3187-92
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3187
budget process 3191
Business
business climate in B.C. 3188
small business, government support 3190-1
taxation, NDP position 3191
Communities, supports, role of corporations, government and volunteers 3767-9
Comox Valley, opportunities from Olympic Games 2913-4
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4124-8, 4824-8
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4824-8
schedule for debate 4827
Corporations, taxation, impact on pension funds 3191
Corrigan, Kathy, comments on Olympic Games sponsors and tickets 2913
Douglas College Lions, performance in wheelchair basketball 4203
Economy
conditions 2915, 3188, 3190
western economic partnership agreement 5943-4
Education, funding and government initiatives 2914
Exports and imports
barriers to interprovincial trade 4095
trade agreements and partnerships 4094-5, 5942-3
trade between B.C. and Asia 2913
trade between western provinces and Asia 5943-4
trade partnership between B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan 4094-5
Food industry, apple production in B.C. and Washington State 4094, 4455-6
Food security 4455-6
Fox, Terry, legacy 4106-7
Harmonized sales tax 3188-90, 4124-8, 4825-8, 5944
Health care system
funding 2914
health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 2914
health professionals, training spaces 2914
Income tax reductions 3190, 4127-8
James, Carole, comments and position on Olympic Games 2915, 3190
Kwikkwetlem First Nation, canoe project 3788
MLAs, role and responsibilities 3191
Motions
Food security and production plan for B.C., debate 4455-6
Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3020-1
Trade partnership with Alberta and Saskatchewan, debate 4094-5
NDP, position on issues
business taxation 3191
harmonized sales tax 3188-90, 4127
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 2913-6, 3020-1, 3188
hosting by B.C. 3020-1, 3767-9
hosting by B.C. and torch relay 2912-3
suppliers 3167-8
Olympic Games, 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia 2913, 3168
Pensions, pension funds as corporate shareholders 3191
Private members' statements
Strengthening communities through volunteerism 3767-9
Working together towards a stronger economy 5942-5
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of privilege 4730
Sales tax
elimination 4825, 4827
embedded sales tax 4124
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 3187-8
Statements by members
Kwikwetlem First Nation canoe project 3788
Suppliers to Olympic Games in Vancouver and Sochi 3167-8
Terry Fox 4106-7
Wheelchair basketball tournament 4203
Taxation
relationship to government services 4827
tax reductions 2914
Throne speech content 2915
Throne speech debate 2912-6
Transit services, rapid transit system use during Olympic Games 3188
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, accomplishments 2915
Vander Zalm, Bill
relationship with NDP 4124-5, 4825
work on initiative campaign 4828
Volunteers and volunteer sector 3767-9
Wages and salaries 5944-5
Wheelchair Basketball Canada, 2010 tournament 4203
Howard, Rob (Richmond Centre)

Airline industry, open skies policies, report 3138
Asia-Pacific gateway, role 3017, 3137-8
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
accountability and governance 5946
review by comptroller general and implementation of recommendations 5946
B.C. Hydro, public ownership 5999
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 3136, 3138
vision 4568-9
Budget debate 3135-40
Business
partnerships, role in economy 3136-8
public-private partnerships 3137, 5377-8
Canada, Parliament, throne speech 3138
Clean Energy Act
debate 5998-6001
debate in Legislature 5998
Climate change, government action on climate change, NDP position 5100
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4542-3, 4566-9
debate by NDP MLAs 4566-7
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4542-3, 4566-9
Corporations, capital tax, introduction 4567
Credit rating, B.C. rating 3136, 4567-8, 5378
Disabled and handicapped persons, access to schools and transit services 4560
Doors Open Richmond event 5473-4
Economy
conditions, impact on funding of government services 4792
green economy 5100
Energy
clean energy 5998-6001
conservation 5999
export and import of power 6000
independent power projects 5998-9
infrastructure, government investment 5999
northwest transmission line 5999
power supply and demand 5998
smart metering and infrastructure program 5999-6000
Environment, environmental assessment process 3449-50
Ferries and ferry services, system, investment 5946
Government regulations and red tape 3449-50
Hansen, Colin, work commended 3135-6
Hansen, Rick, role model for disabled people 3462
Harmonized sales tax 3138-9, 4542-3, 4566-9
Horgan, John
comments on independent power projects 5998
debate on clean energy legislation 6000
Income, low-income families, government support 3221-2
Infrastructure projects 3137
impact on economy 5378
Investment, investor confidence 3136
Justice system and court services 4791-2
Legal Services Society, funding and services 4792
Lower Mainland, planning and sustainability issues 5769
Lower Mainland Local Government Association, activities 5768-9
Macdonald, Norm, comments on issues
debate on clean energy legislation 6001
harmonized sales tax 4566
Motions
Federal-provincial environmental assessment process, debate 3449-50
Investment in capital projects, debate 5377-8
Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3017-8
Post-secondary education for green economy, debate 5099-100
Social workers and community social services, debate 3221-2
NDP
position on climate change initiatives 5100
position on taxation 3138, 4566
vision for B.C. 4542
Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 4969
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 3017-8, 3139-40
government promotion of B.C. businesses at games 3136, 3138
hosting by B.C. 3017-8
Paralympic Games and athletes 3462
Partnerships B.C., work of organization 3137
Peace River area, Site C power project 5999
Post-secondary education, government investment and support 5099-100
Private members' statements (response)
Ferries 5946
Legal aid 4791-2
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3221
Public debt management 3136
Representative for Children and Youth, appointment and mandate 3221
Resources and resource industries, investment 3450
Richmond
community social services organizations 3222
Olympic Games infrastructure and legacy 3029-30
Paralympic athletes 3462
Richmond Centre for Disability, advocacy for accessibility 4560
Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair 5474
Richmond Olympic Oval, venue 3017, 3030
Social workers, community social services workers 3221
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada Line 3137, 5378, 6116-7
Statements by members
Canada Line 6116-7
Cultural and heritage sites and events in Richmond 5473-4
Day of Mourning for workers 4969
Lower Mainland Local Government Association 5768-9
Olympic Games events and legacy in Richmond 3029-30
Paralympic Games and athletes 3462
Richmond Centre for Disability 4560
Taxation
NDP position 3138, 4566
tax reductions, impact on economy 3137-8
Transit services, rapid transit system, use during Olympic Games 6116
Transportation, intermodal systems 3137
University of B.C., bioenergy project 5100
Welfare, community social services sector 3221-2
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Corrigan) 4883
participation in task forces (Fraser) 5669
Accenture Business Services Ltd., contract with government 5927-8
Agriculture
greenhouse industry, use of lights 4162-3
programs and services 4163
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 4162-4
role and responsibilities 4163
Air, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade system 5218
Alcohol
licensees not to give or accept gifts 6081
liquor licensing 5860, 6080-1
Aquaculture industry 6057
B.C., aging population, impacts 3387
B.C. Ferry Commission, role and responsibilities 5861
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
competitiveness 5860-1
review by comptroller general, implementation of recommendations 6128
B.C. Hydro
purchase of properties along transmission lines 3792-3, 5616-7
relationship with government 6136
B.C. Liberal Party government, public confidence 4817-8
B.C. Lottery Corporation, expense policy 4425
B.C. Rail, rail yard project, purchase of properties 4716-7
B.C. Utilities Commission, review of transmission line projects 5617
Budget debate 3387-9
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3388-9
partisan debate 3387
Clean Energy Act, debate 6136-7
Coastal Ferry Act, amendments 5860
Commission of inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River 5219
Communities, community organizations, gaming grants 4426-7
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4817-9, 4992, 5056
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4817-9
Corporations, priorities, impact on government policy-making 3388
Delta
constituents' response to harmonized sales tax 4817-8
light pollution from greenhouses 4162-3
municipal governance, provincial order-in-council 4163
Delta Farmers Institute, concerns 4163
Delta Hospice Society, work of organization 3031
Delta Hospital, emergency services 5926-7
Dewey, John, comments on liberalism and government 4817
Diamond, Jared, comments on leadership in Guns, Germs, and Steel 4818
Ducks Unlimited, activities and role 5217
Economy, conditions, impact of demographic shift 3388
Energy
clean energy 6136-7
conservation initiatives 6137
northwest transmission line, delegation agreement 5219
power project development 6136-7
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 5616-8
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3964, 3971-2, 5249, 5258
Environment
environmental assessment process 6137
wetlands, protection 5216-7
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 5156-8, 5216-20
service plan 5156-7
Ferries and ferry services
fares, rate change for overlength vehicles 4675-6
reservation system fees 5861
routes and services, drop-trailer services 6128
Fraser River
gravel removal, relationship to flood protection measures 5219-20
sediment management 4716
Government
decisions and policies, protection of social values 3388-9
programs and services, funding and impact of demographic shift 3387-8
public expectations and participation 3388-9
Green Energy Advisory Task Force
recommendations 6136
submission by environmental organizations 6137
Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure Act
debate 5117
definitions, "office of a medical practitioner" 5117
Harmonized sales tax 3036, 4817-9, 4992, 5548
Hawksworth, George, death 3786
Health care system
emergency departments, physician staffing agreement 5926
health authorities, administrative and corporate services, consolidation project and review 5927-8
health care facilities and hospitals, reporting requirements for gunshot and stab wounds 5117
Health Services Ministry, estimates debate 5926-8
Homelessness, homeless persons, case 4365
Housing, temporary housing and shelters 4365-6
Housing and Social Development Ministry
estimates debate 4365-6, 4425-7
gaming policy and enforcement branch, statistical information 4425
Impaired driving penalties, civil liberties issues 5446
Infrastructure, replacement of aging infrastructure 3387
Irene Thomas Hospice, opening of facility 3031
Land restoration and remediation programs 4163-4
Legislature, committee system, proposal for committee on social-change issues 3389
Light, Peter, comments on harmonized sales tax 4819
Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendments 5860, 6080-1
Lower Mainland, South Fraser perimeter road 4716-7, 6226
Media, U.S. entertainment media 5117
Middelaer, Alexa, death in impaired driving case 5446
Mines and mining industry, gravel extraction from rivers and relationship to flood protection 5219-20
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010
debate 5860-1, 6080-1, 6128
withdrawal of section re Representative for Children and Youth 5860-1
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5446
Oil and gas
expropriation of private land for industry activities 5249
oversight and regulation of industry, environmental measures and objectives 3964, 5258
Oil and Gas Activities Act, definitions, "government's environmental objectives" 3964
Oil and Gas Commission, permitting process and regulations 3971-2
Opticians and optometrists, medical referrals 5189
Oral questions
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
Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, funding and services 4426-7, 5156-7
Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, report on relationship between gravel extraction from rivers and flood protection 5220
Petitions
harmonized sales tax 3036, 5548
Sales tax
administration and collection, audits 5056
exemptions, children's clothing 4992
School district 37 (Delta)
costs and funding 4564-5
special interest academies, guidelines 4565
Society, quality of life, role of economy and government 3388-9
Statements by members
Hospice care in Delta 3031
Tour de Delta bicycle races 6053
Tour de Delta, annual bicycle races 6053
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4675-6, 4716-7
Tributes
George Hawksworth 3786
Tsawwassen, power line project in area, government handling 3792-3, 5617-8
The Vancouver Sun, letter on harmonized sales tax 4819
Visual impairment, eyeglasses and contact lenses, regulation of sales 5189
Water
conservation and supply, Living Water Smart program 5216
management and stewardship 5216-7
Water Act, amendments, public consultation 5216-8
Wildlife
protection activities by non-governmental organizations, funding 4426-7
species at risk, government task force 5157-8

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