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

MacDiarmid, Hon. Margaret (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
attendance at Olympic Games 5468-9 (Corrigan) 5468
colleagues, family, friends and staff thanked 3195-6
comments on school district costs and funding (Routley, D.) 5435-7 (Simpson, S.) 3204
illness 3196
meeting with Greater Victoria school district officials 5441 (Fleming) 5440-1
response to invitation to visit Burnaby schools (Corrigan) 3058
visit to Burnaby school district 5469 (Corrigan) 5468-9
visit to Kootenay area 3197-8
visit to Surrey school district 5465 (Hammell) 5465
Austin, Robin, comments on school closings 4626
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, position on harmonized sales tax 4467
B.C. College of Teachers, legislation, authority and responsibilities in disciplinary matters 3681
B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, statement on video surveillance in schools 6067
B.C. Liberal Party government, leadership on issues 4729-30
B.C. School Trustees Association, statement on video surveillance in schools 6067-8
Budget debate 3195-200
Budgets, 2010-11 budget 3196, 3464, 5303
Carbon tax, rebates for school districts 4729
Children, early childhood development
early learning
early learning and literacy 5360
government investment 3198-9, 5187
government investment and benefits 5304
government investment and role of families 5357-9
government investment 3090-1
programs and services for vulnerable children 5357-9
school readiness and child vulnerability 5357-9
StrongStart B.C. initiative 3199, 3791, 5357-60
Success By 6 program 5359
Civil service, workers commended 5305
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4466-9
Denesiuk, Connie, comments on video surveillance in schools 6067-8
Discrimination and racism, prevention in schools 5426-7, 5429-31
Donaldson, Doug, letter to Education Minister 5431
Economy, conditions 4466-7
Education
adult basic education 5360
class size and composition 3032-3, 5311, 5349-50, 5356, 5438
curriculum, diversity and multiculturalism 5426-7
curriculum, music programs 4811
English-as-a-second-language programs 5354-6, 5426-7
enrolment levels 2906-7, 3198, 3465-6, 3790-1, 3880-1, 4113, 4462-4, 4624-6, 5186, 5305-6, 5351-2, 5352-4, 5425, 5436, 5467-8
foundation skills assessment 5433-4
full-day kindergarten 2906, 3198-9, 3790-1, 5304, 5351
government initiatives and investment 3033, 3090-1
independent schools, curriculum and policies 5430-1
information management, BCeSIS system 5306-7
Learning Roundtable 5361
neighbourhood learning centres and use of school buildings 3199, 5304, 5428
preschool education 3199, 5358-9, 5363-4
principals and vice-principals, responsibility for multiple schools 5462-3
quality of education 3465
school planning councils 6066-70
special education and special needs 3033, 5309-10, 5349, 5356
special education and special needs, supply and training of assessment specialists 5350
students
diversity, government supports 5427
environmental awareness 5440
evaluation and testing of students, use of early development instrument 5357-8
report on graduation rate of immigrant students 5426-7
summer school, spaces 5547
system 3032, 3092, 3197-9, 4462, 5188
Education, funding 2905-8, 3031-3, 3089-92, 3198-200, 3464-5, 3466, 3467, 3551, 3790-1, 3880, 4461-2, 4564-5, 4624-6, 4811, 5185-7, 5303-5, 5306-7, 5353-4, 5433-4, 5438, 5439, 5442, 5478, 5547
annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades 4728, 4730, 5308, 5428
carbon neutrality initiatives 4728-30
CommunityLINK program 5350-1, 5357-8, 5467
CUPE trades adjustment 5305
distance education 5356-7
English-as-a-second-language programs 5354-5, 5426
full-day kindergarten program 5305-6, 5351-2
funding as percentage of total provincial budget 5467
funding for salary costs 3091-2, 5305-6, 5308
funding formula 5307-9
holdback for enrolment changes 5352-3
impact on school district budgets and operations 3091, 4113, 5307-8
independent schools 5430, 5468
neighbourhood learning centres 5428
NDP position 4811
per-student funding 5352-4
report 3089
rural schools 5425, 5431-2
school libraries 5359-60
services for immigrants and refugees 5426
special education and special needs 3033, 5309-10, 5468
Education, school districts and boards of education
achievement contracts and use of special advisers 5362
autonomy 3790
budget deficits and surpluses 5438-40
carbon neutrality 4728-30
carbon neutrality and costs 5438-9
codes of conduct 5429
costs 5305-6
costs and financial decisions 4565, 5359
energy efficiency 5439
innovation 5462-3
service delivery 4462-3
spending, administrative savings 5303-4, 5434
trustees, meetings with Education Minister 4811
Education, schools
capital plan 5443, 5464-5
capital projects, government investment 3199-200
closings 3465, 4626
closings in small communities 5425
energy retrofits of buildings 4729
video surveillance 6065-70
Education Ministry
estimates debate 5303-11, 5349-64, 5425-36, 5438-43, 5462-9
budget priorities 5303-5
consultation with teachers 5361
goals and accomplishments 5358-9
information on enrolment and school district funding 5353-4
minister, role and responsibilities 3197-8
performance measurement 5360
service plan 5357, 5361
technical review committee 5351, 5432, 5442
Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, impact and compliance 5310-1
Environment
government initiatives, NDP position 4729
government leadership 5439
Government spending, administrative savings 3090
Harmonized sales tax 4466-9
Health care system
impact of aging population 5467
workers commended 3196
Immigration, school-based settlement services and workers 5356, 5426
James, Carole, comments on school closings 3465
Jeffery, Rick, comments on harmonized sales tax 4467
Kootenay area schools, student projects and visit by Education Minister 3197-8
Libraries, funding and role 5361
Literacy
adult literacy, government strategy 5360
programs and services, funding 5433
Little Flower Academy, staff issue 5429, 5431
MLAs, relationship between government and opposition MLAs 3196
Milligan, Kevin, comments on harmonized sales tax 4468
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3681
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, debate 6065-70
Mount Sentinel Secondary School, student visit to Haiti 3197
New Car Dealers Association of B.C., position on harmonized sales tax 4467
NDP, position on issues 4468
education funding 4811
environmental initiatives 4729
harmonized sales tax 4468-9
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3200, 5468-9
Oral questions (response)
Annual facilities grants for school districts and carbon neutrality 4728-9
Burnaby school district costs and funding 3090, 3551
Central Okanagan school district costs and funding 4462-3
Closing of rural schools in Prince George school district 3881
Costs for child care facilities in schools 5187
Costs of special adviser to Vancouver school district 5186
Delta school district costs and funding 4564-5
Education funding and school closings 3880-1
Funding for education 2905-6, 5185-6
Funding for Prince George school district 2906-7
Funding for school band programs 4811
Funding for school districts and class-size limits 5186-7
Funding for Surrey school district 2907-8, 3466, 5188
Funding for Vernon and Central Okanagan school districts 3466-7
Meeting between school trustees and Education Minister 4811
Multicultural liaison workers in Vancouver school district 5188-9
Richmond school district costs and funding 4565
School district costs and funding 2908, 3031-4, 3089-92, 3464-6, 4461-2, 4624-6
School district funding and staffing levels 4112-3
School jazz band program on Sunshine Coast 5478
Special adviser to Vancouver school district 4463-4, 4563-4
Summer school spaces 5547
Surrey school district costs and funding 3881-2
Surrey school district portable use and carbon offset costs 4729-30
Vancouver school district costs and funding 3790-1
Ramsey, Paul, comments on education funding 4113, 4462
Robson Community School, StrongStart B.C. centre 3197, 3199
Sales tax, embedded sales tax 4468-9
School district 8 (Kootenay Lake), enrolment and funding 5187, 5428
School district 22 (Vernon), enrolment and funding 3466
School district 23 (Central Okanagan), enrolment and funding 3467
School district 33 (Chilliwack), principal and vice-principal responsibility for schools 5462-3
School district 35 (Langley), budget deficit 5362-3
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital construction and funding 5465-7
enrolment 2907, 5465
enrolment and funding 3465-6, 3881-2
funding 2907-8, 3033-4, 4729-30, 5188
portables 3466, 5465
visit by Education Minister 5465
School district 37 (Delta), enrolment, funding and special interest academies 4564-5
School district 38 (Richmond), funding 4565, 4625
School district 39 (Vancouver)
administrative costs 5188
enrolment and funding 4113, 4463-4, 4563-4, 5427
funding 3790-1, 5189
multicultural liaison workers 5427
special adviser 4463-4, 4564, 5186, 5188
School district 41 (Burnaby)
costs and funding 3551, 5187
enrolment and funding 3090
proposed visit from Education Minister 5469
School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), foundation skills assessment testing 5433
School district 44 (North Vancouver), costs and funding 3032
School district 57 (Prince George), enrolment and funding 2906-7, 3880-1
School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
budget management and program funding 5441-2
enrolment and funding 5441-2
funding 2908
meeting with Education Minister 5441
School district 62 (Sooke), enrolment and capital funding 5464-5
School district 63 (Saanich), funding 4625
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), capital funding 5438
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), enrolment and funding 3465
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
aboriginal education programs and budget management 5435
capital planning and funding 5443
enrolment and funding 4625-6, 5435
meetings with Education Ministry 5435
School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
enrolment and funding 5431-2
special needs education 5310
Shaw, Calyn, article on harmonized sales tax 4467-8
South Hazelton Elementary School, proposed study on school success 5432
Teachers
specialist teachers 5440
staffing levels 5305, 5436, 5440
teacher-librarians 5359-60
teachers with special-needs education training 5309
Vancouver
description and health care facilities 3196-7
Olympic Games curling venue and events 3196-7
Vancouver General Hospital, Robert H.N. Ho research centre project 3196-7
Workers, human rights protection 5429, 5431
Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
comments on issues
comments in debate (Deputy Speaker) 3131
debate on clean energy legislation (Howard) 6001
debate on zero net deforestation legislation (Foster) 3728 (Yap) 3634
government forest policy (Bell) 4205-7
harmonized sales tax (Howard) 4566
experience as mayor 4888
meeting in Invermere 4539
personal housing (Krueger) 6195
position on independent power projects (Penner) 6157
Agriculture, farmers market nutrition and coupon project 3144
Auditor General, role re zero net deforestation initiative 5327
Axor Group Inc., power project proposal for Glacier and Howser creeks 2921
B.C.
economic and resource issues 2920
rural B.C., ambulance service 3140, 5172-3
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign materials, investigation by special prosecutor 5244, 5319
campaign statements 5965
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on campaign and throne speech statements 2919-20
action on campaign statements 3091, 3141-3
performance and priorities 3140-4
philosophy and policies 2920-1, 5893
policies, economic policies 3144
priorities 3631-2, 4056-8
public confidence 2923, 4055, 4538
Budget debate 3140-4
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3140-2, 3171, 4845
budget process 3140
Campbell, Gordon, involvement in reappointment of Solicitor General 5319
Carbon credit trading, relationship to silviculture activities 5297, 5300
Children
children in government care 2920
early childhood development, Success By 6 program 3607-8
services for children and families, funding and service reductions 3142
China, market for B.C. wood building materials 4441, 4867-9
Civil service, code of conduct 4110
Clean Energy Act, debate 5889-93
Columbia Basin Trust, establishment 4800
Columbia House long-term care facility, staffing 3142
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
heritage designation proposal for Athabasca trail and upper Wood River lands 4378
hydroelectric power facilities 5890
independent power project proposals, public consultation and public response 5891-3
position of constituents and businesses on harmonized sales tax 4540
Revelstoke, ambulance service 5172
Consumers, costs and user fees 3142
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4054-9, 4538-42
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4538-42
Corporations, taxation 3142
Crown land, tenure requirements and public information 4762-4, 4844-5
Cuming, Ron, work on forest worker payment protection legislation 5682-3
David Thompson Secondary School, health promotion group and substance abuse prevention worker 5929
Davidson, Robert, comments on harmonized sales tax 4059
de Jong, Michael, involvement in reappointment of Solicitor General 5319
Democracy and due process 3142-3
Downie Timber Ltd., impact of harmonized sales tax 3231
Dry Gulch Provincial Park, boundary changes for road right-of-way 5564
Education
carbon neutrality initiatives 4730
funding 2922, 3091, 3141
government initiatives 2922
role in economy and society 3140-1
school districts and boards of education, carbon neutrality and costs 4730
school districts and boards of education, costs 3091, 3141
schools, closings in small communities 5425
schools, energy retrofits of buildings 4730
system 3141
Education Ministry, estimates debate 5425
Elkford Secondary School, funding for furnace replacement 4730
Energy
bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 4863-4
clean energy 5889-90
electricity rates, increases 5892
hydroelectric power 5890-1
independent power producers and projects 2920-1, 3144, 5891-2
power project development 5890-1, 5893
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 5892
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 5272-4
Forest fires
community protection plans and fuel management 4889-92
firefighting funding 4887-9
human-caused fires, penalties 5503
implementation of Filmon report recommendations 4889-91, 5886
interface fire risks, management 4889
prevention and preparedness 5886
timeline for investigations 5503
Forest Practices Board
comments on interface fire risks 4889
role re zero net deforestation initiative 5326
Forestry Service Providers Protection Act
debate 5480-1, 5677, 5681-90, 5713-7
definitions
"account debtor" 5682
"chargeholder" 5681-3
"contractor" 5683
"forest products" 5683
"services" 5683
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut, partitioning of cut 5484-94
conditions in industry 3629-30, 4439-40
legislative committee consultation proposal 2923, 4441, 5340-1
need for forestry committee 3633
deforestation definitions 5291-7
employment 4439
exports, Dream Home China project 4869
exports, expansion of market for products 4867-9
First Nations involvement in industry, forest and range agreements and opportunities 5413-4
First Nations woodland licences 5413-4
forest community business loans program 6064-5
forest health 3630, 4898, 5339-40
forest lands, definition 5290-2
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 4854, 4857
innovative forest practices agreements 5338, 5485
powers of Forests Minister 5495-7, 5500-1
forests, government report on status 3631
government forest policies, impacts 3143-4, 3632, 4057, 4206-7, 5338-40, 5413, 5481, 5965
government initiatives 2921
harvest levels 4846-8
industry innovation 5340
mountain pine beetle infestation 5491
harvesting of timber in infested areas 5486, 5488-90
infestation and impact on timber supply, report 4847
silviculture, Forests for Tomorrow program 4898
silviculture, government action 3630, 4439-40, 4897-8, 5340, 5546
stumpage system, calculation of rates 5501-2
tenure system 5340, 5414
timber cruising 5488-90, 5492
timber scaling and valuation 5488-91, 5495, 5497-501
timber supply reviews 5486
value-added sector 5340
workers
contractors, closings of operations 5480
liens 5480, 5677, 5681-2, 5684-9
payment protection and compensation fund 5480-1, 5690, 5713-7
silviculture contractors, payment protection 5481, 5677, 5682-3
zero net deforestation initiative 3629-33, 5297-8, 5327
accountability and performance measurement 5326-7
application to lands 5289-97
regulations 5302-3, 5325-7
reporting requirements 5299-300, 5302
Forests and Range Ministry
estimates debate 4762-4, 4773-4, 4844-54, 4857, 4862-9, 4886-92, 4897-8
budget 4843, 4845-8
capacity issues 5413
compliance and enforcement branch 4857
forest investment account 5297
office closings 4853-4
parliamentary secretaries 4853
performance measurement 4862-3
reorganization and priorities 4847-8, 4862, 4886-7
staff, planning and Road Ahead initiative 4849
staff, reduction 4206-7, 4774, 4845-54, 4862, 4887
wildfire management branch, budget 4887-9
Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2010
debate 5338-41, 5484-6, 5488-503
implementation 5503
regulation-making powers 5494
Forests and Range (First Nations Woodland Licence) Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5413-4
Freedom of information system 3143
Gagatek, Norman
health care services, petition tabled 2912, 3551
stroke recovery and rehabilitation services 2903-4, 5756-7
Gambling 3171
Government
cabinet, size 3466
decision-making 2922-3
financial reporting, public-private partnership contracts 3143
public consultation 2919
Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association, correspondence from B.C. Liberal Party on harmonized sales tax 5965
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, amendments 5502
Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury, treatment facility 5756
Harmonized sales tax
government mailout 4539, 4541
impact on issues 4057-8, 4540
implementation 6056-7
implementation, government handling 2923, 3142-4, 3231, 4054-9, 4538-42, 5048, 5965
initiative petition campaign 4539-40
Mintz report 3231
NDP position 4056
petition tabled 4114
public opinion 4033
Harmsworth, Buzz, position on harmonized sales tax 4033
Health care system 3141
continuing and long-term care beds 3631
Health Services Ministry, estimates debate 5756-7, 5929
Heed, Kash, reappointment as Solicitor General 5319
Heidi's Restaurant, concerns re harmonized sales tax 4058
Helping Hands Food Bank, services 3290
Housing, residential care facilities, fees, rate changes for seniors in residential care 3141-2
Industry, power consumption and electricity rates 5892
Integrated land management bureau, role re tenure permit process 4762-4, 4844-5
Ipsos-Reid Corp., poll on harmonized sales tax 4538-9
Japan, market for B.C. wood building materials 4867-8
Jumbo Creek, tenure licence in area 4764, 4773-4, 4844-5
Jumbo Glacier resort
local decision-making on development proposal 2920-1
status and investors 3872
Kamloops, proposed gasification plant 3341-2
Kimberley, residents' concerns re harmonized sales tax 4059
Kitimat, impact of forest industry conditions, government support 4898
Kootenay area
ambulance service 5172-3
hydroelectric power development 4800-1, 5893
politicians 4805
Kootenay Youth Parliament, 2010 event in Invermere 4805
Land use
land protection, "public commons" concept 3140, 3143
land use planning, local decision-making 2920-1
Legislation, amendment acts 5338
Legislature
bills, committee stage debate 2922
committee system 2922-3
language used in House
"deceit" 3090
"guts" 3342
withdrawal of comments 5245
withdrawal of comments requested 2915
Mackenzie, impact of forest industry conditions, government support 4898
Malakwa Elementary School, closing 5425
Mandela, Nelson, comments on issues 2919
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, debate 5172-4
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, debate 6064-5
Motions
Site C power project, debate 4800-1
NDP
philosophy 2919
position on harmonized sales tax 4056
priorities 4056
Oral questions
Forests Ministry staff reduction and forest industry in B.C. 4206-7
Funding for Vernon and Central Okanagan school districts 3466
Government action on forest fire preparedness 5886
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4033, 5048, 5965
Internet gaming and problem gamblers 3171
Investigation into activities of T. Richard Turner 5108
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General 5244-5
Mintz report on harmonized sales tax 3231
Pacific Coast University construction costs and harmonized sales tax 6056-7
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5319
Role of T. Richard Turner in B.C. Place roof project 4110
School district carbon offset costs and energy retrofit funding 4730
School district costs and funding 3090-1
Silviculture activities 5546
Success By 6 program 3607-8
Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets for school districts and private companies 4730
Paramedics
legislation and regulations 5173-4
public support 3140
retention and role 5172-3
Parfitt, Ben, comments on volume of wood waste 4862
Peace River area, Site C power project 4800-1
Petitions
Gagatek, Norman, health care services 2912, 3551
harmonized sales tax 4114
Points of order
comments by John Rustad 4062
Port Alberni, Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences construction project 6056-7
Post-secondary education system 3142
tuition fees 2922
Poverty
child poverty, government action 2919-20
government action 3140
Private members' statements
The state of forestry in B.C. 4439-41
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010, debate 5564
Public affairs bureau, budget 3143
Public debt management 3143
Resources and resource industries
privatization of public resources 2920-1, 5890-1
resource roads 2921
Revelstoke Dam, operations 5892
Revelstoke Times Review, article on impact of harmonized sales tax 3231
Sales tax exemptions, production machinery and equipment 3231
School district 22 (Vernon), costs and funding 3466
School district 23 (Central Okanagan)
costs and funding for carbon neutrality 4730
enrolment and funding 3466
Small Business, Technology and Economic Development Ministry
estimates debate 3872
project inventory 3872
Society
social equity, role of government 3140-2
social equity and inequality 2922
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, accountability and governance 3143
Statements by members
David Thompson Heritage Lands 4378
Helping Hands Food Bank in Kimberley 3290
Kootenay Youth Parliament 4805
Norman Gagatek 2903-4
Taft, Gerry, comments on harmonized sales tax 4033
Taxation
government policies 4057-8, 4540-1
tax reductions, impact on government revenues 2919
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics 5383
Thompson, David, journey on Athabasca trail in 1800s 4378
Throne speech content 2919-20
Throne speech debate 2919-23
Tributes
Anniversary of Sullivan minesite deaths 5383
Turner, T. Richard, potential conflict of interest as chair of ICBC 4110, 5108
Vander Zalm, Bill, work on initiative campaign 4539
Victoria harbour, mega-yacht marina proposal 4844
Wages, minimum wage 3142
Welfare, social programs and services 2922
Wildfire Act, amendments 5502-3
Wildlife, conservation officers, communications with MLAs 5273-4
Windermere Loop Road area, elk fence issue 5272-3
Wood waste
expansion of use of fibre 4864, 4866
volume of waste 4439, 4862-6, 5339-40, 5500
Woodworker Lien Act, repeal and replacement 5481, 5677
Zero Net Deforestation Act
debate 3629-33, 5289-300, 5302-3, 5325-8
definitions 3630-1, 5289-97
regulation-making powers 3631, 5302-3, 5325-7
Zimmerman, Wolfgang, accomplishments 6057
McIntyre, Joan (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky)

Agreement on internal trade 4100
Arts and culture, government funding and support 3384
Asia-Pacific gateway, role 4099
Australia, Queensland memorandum of cooperation with B.C. 5098
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, position on harmonized sales tax 4118
B.C. Film Commission, work of organization 4785-6
B.C. Medical Association, comments on health care funding and services 3381
Budget debate 3380-1, 3383-7
Budgets, 2010-11 budget 3380, 3383
Business climate 3384, 4910
Capilano University, school of motion picture arts 4786, 5098
Child Care Awards of Excellence, 2010 award winners 5101-2
Children
child care, government support 5374
child care system 5101-2
programs and services for children and families, funding 3383, 3776
Children and Youth Committee
report for second session of 39th parliament presented 6269
work of committee 6270
work on child poverty issue 3775
Climate change, Western climate initiative 4100
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4115-9, 4883-6, 4908-10
debate by NDP MLAs 4908-9
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4883-6, 4908-10
Corrigan, Kathy, comments on harmonized sales tax 4883-5, 4908
Cypress Mountain, Olympic Games venue and events 3087
Documents tabled
Children and Youth Committee, report for second session of 39th parliament 6269
Earth Hour 4724
Economy
conditions 3380
economic plan for province 3384
green economy 5097-8
Employment and unemployment, job creation, government action 5373
Energy, clean energy and LiveSmart B.C. program 3384
Exports and imports, trade partnership between B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan 4099-100
Families, government support 3383
Film industry, competitiveness and tax incentives 4785-7
Finance and Government Services Committee
2008 recommendations 4884
recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4883-4, 4909
Finlayson, Jock, comments on harmonized sales tax 4118
The Globe and Mail, editorial on Olympic Games 3014-5
Godfrey, Jim, work on Olympic Games 4724
Harmonized sales tax 3384, 4115-9, 4787, 4883, 4885-6, 4908-10
Health care system, funding, innovation and initiatives 3381
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, benefits 3384-5
Horgan, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 4884, 4909
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 3383
Income, low-income earners, government support 3775-6
Income tax reductions 4909
Independent Power Producers Association of B.C., comments on government support for clean energy development 3384
Intellectual property, commercialization 5098
Investment Industry Association of Canada, comments on business taxation in B.C. 3384
Johnson, Chester, life and accomplishments 4035-6
Joseph, Tewanee, comments on Olympic Games 3386-7
Kesselman, Jonathan, comments on harmonized sales tax 4884-5
Kindree, LaVerne, death 3385
Leyne, Les, article on harmonized sales tax 4118
Lil'wat First Nation, role as host nation for Olympic Games 3386
Lions Gate Hospital, expansion and services 3381
Lower Mainland, digital media and film industries 4785-7
Martin, Gerry, article on harmonized sales tax 4119
Media, digital media industry, competitiveness and tax incentives 4785-7
Mental health, mental illness and addiction services 3381
Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C., activities 4786-7
Motions
Government action on poverty reduction, debate 3775-6
Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3014-6
Post-secondary education for green economy, debate 5097-8
Trade partnership with Alberta and Saskatchewan, debate 4099-100
NDP
position on harmonized sales tax 4117
position on sales tax 4884-5, 4908-9
priorities 4115-7
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
2010 sports and arts legacy fund 3383-4
benefits and opportunities 3015, 3385-7
Canadian athletes and hosting by B.C. 3014-6
First Nations economic development 3386-7
First Nations participation 3015-6, 3386
legacy infrastructure projects 3383-6
recognition as "greenest games" 4724
torch relay 2975-6
Ontario, harmonized sales tax implementation 4909
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, activities 4100
Pixar Animation Studios, opening of Vancouver studio 4785-6, 5098
Post-secondary education system, expansion 5098
Poverty measurement and reduction 3775-6
Private members' statements
Motion picture industry 4785-7
Private members' statements (response)
Pay equity 5373-4
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3383
Rees, Richard, comments on harmonized sales tax 4118
Rotary Club of Squamish, initiative during Olympic Games 3016
Routley, Bill, comments on economics 4908
Sales tax
embedded sales tax 4910
NDP position 4884-5, 4908-9
Schier, Caroline, award for child development work 5101
Schroeder, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 4119
Science and technology, biotechnology industry, government investment and support 5098
Shaw, Calyn, article on harmonized sales tax 4118
Skills training, government investment and support 5097, 5374
Sports, government funding 3383
Squamish First Nation, role as host nation for Olympic Games 3386
Squamish-Lil'wat Cultural Centre 3386
Statements by members
Cypress Mountain Olympic venues and events 3087
Environmental initiatives in West Vancouver–Sea to Sky area 4724
Olympic Torch Relay in West Vancouver–Sea to Sky area 2975-6
Quality child care and recipients of Child Care Awards of Excellence 5101-2
Taxation, tax reductions 4885-6
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, benefits 4100
Tributes
Chester Johnson 4035-6
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, accomplishments 3015
The Vancouver Sun, articles on issues
harmonized sales tax 4119, 4884-5
health care system 3381
Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 3776
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area
clean energy initiatives 3384
environmental achievements of citizens 4724
government funding for services 3385
Olympic Games infrastructure and transportation projects 3016, 3383-6
Olympic torch relay events 2975
tourism opportunities 3385-6
transit ridership and services 3385
Whistler Film Festival 4786
Winter, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 4118
Women, employment and pay equity 5373-4
McNeil, Hon. Mary (Vancouver–False Creek)

As subject
attendance at Olympic Games (Corrigan) 4549
constituents, family and staff thanked 3808
hosting of U.S. delegation at Olympic Games event 4549
ActNow B.C. initiative 3809-10, 4524, 4549
Civil service employees
Olympics-related work duties 4548-9
secondment and volunteering for Olympic Games 4547-8, 4550
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4218-9
Families, economic opportunities 3808
Harmonized sales tax 4218-9
Health, public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 3810
Healthy Living and Sport Ministry, estimates debate 4523-6, 4543-53
Income tax reductions 4218
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 3809-10
benefits and opportunities, tourism industry 4552
costs and funding 4546-7
economic impact study 4552-3
First Nations participation 3810
government purchase of tickets 4543-5, 4550, 4726-8
hosting and ticketing program 4524-6, 4543-5
hosting by B.C. 3808-10, 4524
media coverage and media centre 3809, 4524
Paralympic Games, torch relay 3809
security responsibility and infrastructure issue 4551-2
viewers, numbers 3808-9
Olympics and ActNow B.C. Minister of State
Olympic Games hosting and staff expenses 4550
staff 4523-4
Oral questions (response)
Reporting on government and Crown corporation Olympic Games tickets 4726-8
Taxation, tax reductions 4218
Throne speech debate 3808-10
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
budget and funding from International Olympic Committee 4551
financial reporting 4550
McRae, Don (Comox Valley)

As subject
comments in debate on food security (Simons) 4455
comments on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 4655-6 (Horgan) 4401 (Lali) 4184-5 (Mungall) 4290 (Popham) 4570-1
family and staff thanked 3281
life 2923
Agriculture, government support 4454-5
Airline industry, open skies agreements 2926
Alcohol, artisan distilleries 3876
B.C.
advantages 2923
independent power projects in rural B.C. 5992
mine development in northwest B.C. 5993
population growth 5990
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 2928, 3283
tax policies 3285
Bruce, Sherry, life and accomplishments 4560
Budget debate 3281-6
Budgets
2010-11 budget 3447
priorities 4444-5
Business, small business, government support 4181-2
Children
early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 4445
programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 3777-8
China, designation of Canada as approved destination for tourism 2926
Clean Energy Act, debate 5990-4
Climate change, impact on B.C. 2923
Comox Valley
agriculture industry and local food production 4453-4
airport, military and civilian terminals 2926
businesses 4560
coalmine proposal 2926
exhibition hockey game between Chinese and Swedish women's teams 2925
First Nations in area 2925
hospitals in area, replacement 4180-1
multi-sport relay event 4970-1
Olympic Games training in area 2924-5, 2977
opportunities from Olympic Games 3282-3
Paralympic torch relay 3338
post-secondary institutions 2927
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, debate 4178-84
Corporations, tax reductions 4182
Courtois, Bernard, comments on harmonized sales tax 4183
Crime and criminals, grow ops, energy theft and electrical hazards 5992
Deep Bay, shellfish research station 2927
Drummond, Don, comments on harmonized sales tax 4183
Economy
conditions 3281, 3283-4, 3447, 4184
role in funding government services 4180-1
Education
full-day kindergarten 3286
funding 3286, 4444
funding, annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades 3447
parent advisory councils, funding 3447
playgrounds, funding 3447
schools, seismic upgrades 4445
students, international students 2927
system, government initiatives 4445
Energy
clean energy 2928, 5991-2, 5994
conservation initiatives 5993-4
consumption levels 5990-1
electricity rates 5991
independent power projects, impact on economy 5992
infrastructure, government investment 5993
northwest transmission line 5993
power supply and demand 4796, 5990-1
smart metering and infrastructure program 5992
Environment, environmental assessment process 2926
Expo 86, legacy 2924, 3283
Exports and imports, trade between B.C., Asia and U.S. 3284-5
Families, grandparents raising grandchildren 5384
Ferries and ferry services, routes and services 2926
First Nations, agreements with government 2925
Forests and forest industry, exports, expansion of market for products 2926-7
Gambling, charities' access to gambling revenues, petition tabled 2982
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School
annual Terry Fox run 3338
improvisational theatre team 4107
Government, spending relative to revenues 3286
Grant, Martin, comments on harmonized sales tax 4183
Harder, Bent, volunteer work during Olympic Games 3283
Harmonized sales tax 2928, 3284, 4179-80, 4182-4, 4730
Health care funding 3285-6
Income, low-income earners, government support 3777-8
Income tax reductions 4181
Island Spirits Distillery, operations 3876
Krutzmann, Tim, teaching and cancer fundraising activities 3338
Martin, Roger, comments on harmonized sales tax 4183
Milina, Jim, athletic accomplishments and work on spinal cord injury issues 3338
Millar, Jack, comments on harmonized sales tax 4183
Motions
Food security and production plan for B.C., debate 4453-5
Government action on poverty reduction, debate 3777-8
Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3018-9
Site C power project, debate 4796
Mount Washington, sports facilities 2925
Netherlands, liberation during World War II and role of Canadian soldiers 5238
Netherlands Centennial Carillon, history 5238
NDP, position on issues 3283-6
harmonized sales tax 2928
Nkrumah-Acheampong, Kwame, support as Olympic skier 2925, 2977
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 2923-4, 3281-3
B.C. Street exhibition 3283
Canadian athletes and hosting by B.C. 3018-9
cultural performances and legacy 2924
legacy infrastructure projects and live sites program 2924
media coverage 3282-3
Paralympic Games and athletes 3019
Ontario, harmonized sales tax implementation 3284, 4182-4
Parks, establishment 6222-3
Peace River area, Site C power project 4796, 5992-3
Pemberton Distillery Inc., operations 3876
Petitions
harmonized sales tax 4730
reinstatement of charitable gaming grants 2982
St. Joseph's Hospital beds and services 6121
Ports, expansion in northwest B.C. 5993
Post-secondary education system 2927
Poverty reduction, government strategy 3777
Private members' statements (response)
Educational priorities 4444-5
School playgrounds 3447
Property tax, financial hardship deferment program for homeowners 3285
Resources and resource industries, competitiveness and export market expansion 3284-5
St. Joseph's General Hospital, acute care beds, petition tabled 6121
Sales tax, embedded sales tax 2928, 4179-80
Science and technology
clean technology, compact fluorescent and LED light bulbs 5993-4
electronic technology, impact on power consumption 5991
Shelter Point Distillery, operations 3876
Statements by members
Artisan distilleries in B.C. 3876
G.P. Vanier Secondary School improve theatre championship win 4107
Grandparents raising grandchildren 5384
History of Strathcona Provincial Park 6222-3
Multi-sport relay in Comox Valley 4970-1
Olympic training in Comox Valley and support for Ghanaian athlete 2977
Paralympic Games torchbearers in Comox Valley 3338
Role of Canadian soldiers in liberation of the Netherlands 5238
Sherry Bruce 4560-1
Strathcona Provincial Park, centennial and commemorative expedition 6222-3
Taxation
government policies 3285, 4182
tax reductions 4182
Throne speech debate 2923-8
Trevena, Claire, comments on harmonized sales tax 4179
U.S., market for Canadian exports 3284
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, expansion project 2927
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)

As subject
comments in debate on clean energy legislation (Cantelon) 6144-5 (Penner) 6153
constituents thanked 3251
dating experiences 6142-4
response to throne speech 3486
training of election candidates in Cambodia 3251
work on poverty issues 3783
Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry
estimates debate 4950-3, 4956-8
carbon neutrality and climate action initiatives 4952
performance measurement 4957
Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve 4451
Agriculture, government support 4451
Arts and culture, government support 3486
Axor Group Inc.
power project proposal for Glacier and Howser creeks 5706, 6143
power project proposals for Kootenay creeks 3488-9
Barnett, Donna, comments on harmonized sales tax 4288
B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, comments on harmonized sales tax 4951
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 6144
B.C. Liberal Party government
MLAs, response to harmonized sales tax 4838-9
public confidence 3489, 4288-9
B.C. Utilities Commission, role 6144
Budget debate 3250-4
Budgets, 2010-11 budget 3251-2, 3254
Buy B.C. program 4451
Camosun College, funding for First Nations education programs 4957
Clark, Christy, comments on harmonized sales tax 4288
Clean Energy Act
debate 6140-4
debate in Legislature 6140
Communities, community organizations, gaming grants 3342-3
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4287-91, 4837-41
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4837-41
Creston Education Centre, potential closing 5427-8
Creston Valley Blossom Festival 5622-3
Education
neighbourhood learning centres and use of school buildings 5427-8
schools, child care facilities, rental fees 5187
students, aspirations for sustainable world 6140-1
Education Ministry, estimates debate 5427-8
Energy
clean energy 3488-9, 6141-4
electricity rates, increases 6144
hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects, impact on environment 6143
independent power producers, donations to B.C. Liberal Party 3489
independent power projects 3488-9
power project development 6142-3
Environment, environmental assessment process 3489
Eye health, macular degeneration, access to treatment and specialists 5934-5
Finance and Government Services Committee, work of committee and public hearings 4837-8
Finlayson, Jock, comments on post-secondary education 5094
Food security and locally grown food 4451
Food services industry, restaurant industry, No Meal Tax initiative and website 4290
Foster, Eric Bailey, comments on harmonized sales tax 4839-40
Government programs and services, funding 3251-2
Haiti, earthquake in January 2010, relief efforts by Nelson residents 3877
Hansen, Colin, handling of information on harmonized sales tax 4839
Harmonized sales tax
administration and collection, compliance and enforcement 4951
exemptions and rebates 4950
impact on issues 3252-4, 3487, 4289-91, 4839-40, 4906, 4950-1
implementation, government handling 3252-4, 4287-91, 4838-41
implementation date and transition period 4906
petition tabled 4976
public opinion 3487
reports and studies 4289
C.D. Howe Institute study 4291, 4951
Mintz report 4291
studies by government ministries 4950-1
revenues, allocation to health care funding 3253
Hawes, Randy, comments on harmonized sales tax 4840
Health care system, health professionals, supply in rural and remote areas 4953
Health Services Ministry, estimates debate 5934-5
Highway 16, missing women along highway, funding for assistance and awareness program 5390
Homelessness 3486-8
Housing, social and subsidized housing, supply 3488
International Women's Day 3250-1
Kamloops, petition drive on harmonized sales tax 3487
Kaslo, primary health care centre 5476-7
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, surgical services, reduction and wait times 3110
Kootenay Lake Hospital
diagnostic services and fundraising for CT scanner 3104-5
surgeon staffing and critical care beds, petition tabled 4036
Krueger, Kevin, comments on opposition MLAs and performance as MLA 3486-7
Lekstrom, Blair, comments in debate on clean energy legislation 6142-3
McNamara, Ross, comments on harmonized sales tax 4289-90
McRae, Don, comments on harmonized sales tax 4290
Manitoba, government decision on harmonized sales tax 4289, 4839
MLAs, women members 3250-1
Motions
Food security and production plan for B.C., debate 4451
Government action on poverty reduction, debate 3782-3
Post-secondary education for green economy, debate 5094
Naqvi, Am, comments on harmonized sales tax 4840
Nelson Community Services Centre, activities 4460
Nelson-Creston constituency and area
child care facilities 5187
constituents' concerns re harmonized sales tax 4289-90
health care services, macular degeneration treatment 5934-5
poverty 3782
roller derby activities 5240
social housing project for homeless seniors 3488
NDP, position on issues
government initiatives 3486
Olympic Games 3251-2
North Island College, funding for aboriginal coordinator position 4957
Nurses, supply and training 4953
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3251-2, 3486
Oral questions
Call for inquiry re missing and murdered aboriginal women 2980
Costs for child care facilities in schools 5187
Funding for Highway of Tears project 5390
Funding for Salmo Community Resource Society 3342-3
Government action on domestic violence 6059
Implementation of harmonized sales tax 4906
Kaslo primary health care clinic 5476-7
Surgical services at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital 3110
Peace River area, Site C power project 6142-3
Petitions
harmonized sales tax 4976
Kootenay Lake Hospital, surgeon staffing and critical care beds 4036
Salmo Children's Centre 5245
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 5094
education of First Nations people 4956-8
enrolment levels 4956-7
funding 3254
role in economy 5094
role in economy, studies 3254
student financial assistance programs for health professionals in rural areas 4953
universities, colleges and institutes, aboriginal gathering places 4958
Poverty reduction, government strategy 3783
Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 4460
Public affairs bureau, budget 3252
Resources and resource industries, sustainable management 6141
Ricker, Maëlle, performance at Olympic Games 3251
Rivers and streams, public ownership of resources 6141
Salmo Children's Centre, petition tabled 5245
Salmo Community Resource Society, child care program, funding 3342-3
School district 8 (Kootenay Lake), funding and services 5427-8
Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 5094
Sports, roller derby 5240
Statements by members
Creston Valley Blossom Festival 5622-3
Fundraising for CT scanner services in Nelson 3104-5
Glacier-Howser independent power project for Kootenays 5706
Haiti earthquake relief work by Nelson residents 3877
Prevention of violence against women 4460
Roller derby 5240
Stewart, Richard, comments on harmonized sales tax 4288
Stone, Curtis, work as chef on television program 4451
Taxation, tax-shifting 3252-3
Throne speech debate 3486-9
Tourism industry, government support 3486
Transit services, student passes 4715
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4715
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, comments on harmonized sales tax 4290
University of Victoria, aboriginal gathering place funding 4958
Violence
family violence, Langley pilot project 6059
family violence, report and recommendations by domestic violence death review panel 6059
violence against aboriginal women, missing and murdered women 2980
violence against women, awareness and prevention 4460
Water privatization, role of trade agreements 6141
Whyte, Garth, comments on harmonized sales tax 4290

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