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

Penner, Hon. Barry (Chilliwack-Hope)

As subject
attendance at Olympic Games 5284 (Corrigan) 5283-4
comments on harmonized sales tax (Gentner) 4737-8
family fishing trip to Sasquatch Park 5566
personal intervention in case of yellow-bellied marmot (Fleming) 5545-6
Adams River, salmon spawning 5572
Agriculture, water use and management 5160
Air
air emissions permitting 3341-2
air quality monitoring 3340, 3408
Air, greenhouse gas emissions
cap-and-trade system 5218, 5280
emissions from oil and gas sector 5278
Airsheds, protection 5234
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., water licence at Kitimat smelter 6154-5
Aquaculture regulation, transfer of responsibility 5180-1
Bear Aware, funding and role 5226-7
Beaver Creek Provincial Park, expansion 5455
Bella Coola Valley, conservation officer services and protection of bears 5226-7
Big Pine Mountain, caribou herds in area 5285
Bowron Lake Provincial Park, visitor assistance 3093
Brandywine Falls Provincial Park
B.C. Hydro right-of-way and history of park name 5564
expansion and description 5455, 5563
impact of independent power projects in area 5565
B.C.
north coast, oil tankers in area waters 5107
northeast B.C., oil and gas industry 5278
B.C. Agriculture Council, comments on harmonized sales tax 4734
B.C. Hydro
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 5154
establishment, political debate 6153-4
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5157
Buccaneer Bay Provincial Park, expansion and description 5455, 5563
Burnaby, waste incineration facility 5234
Cache Creek, extension of landfill site operations 5231-6
Cape Scott Provincial Park, government purchase of private land holdings in park 5236
Carbon tax 5218
NDP position 4735-6
Cariboo River Provincial Park, boundary changes 5570
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, recommendations on parks and protected areas 5570
Carline, Johnny, letter from Environment Minister 5231-2
Cetus Research Society, contract with government 5268
Charbonneau, Art, comments on gasification plant proposal 3408-9
Chehalis River, stream restoration activities 5181
Chevron Canada Ltd., Burnaby refinery oil leak 5967
Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area, impact of harmonized sales tax on businesses 4734
Clean Energy Act, debate 6153-8
Clerk of the House, provision of legislative documents to members 5567, 5569
Climate change, government action and western climate initiative 5218
Commission of inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River, participation by B.C. government 5178-80
Conroy, Ed, kidney transplant 5274
Conroy, Katrine, kidney donation 5274
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4732-7
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4732-7
Cowichan Bay
estuary plan and foreshore lease proposal in area 5156
mooring of Hood Canal Bridge section in area 5155
Documents tabled
Environmental Appeal Board, 2008-09 annual report 4384
Dry Gulch Provincial Park, boundary changes for road right-of-way 5564
Ducks Unlimited, activities and role 5217
Dzawadi/Klinaklini Estuary Conservancy, proposed boundary changes 5270-2
Economy, conditions, government response 4732-3, 5151, 5226
Ellison Provincial Park, description and removal of lands 5567-8
EnCana Corp., Cabin gas plant project 5278-80
Energy
clean energy 5218, 5278-9, 5967, 6158
government policy 6153-4
hydroelectric power, microhydro projects during NDP administration 6154
independent power projects
environmental issues 5176
impact on land conservancies and protected areas 5269, 5272
NDP position 6156-7
infrastructure, government investment 6155-6
northwest transmission line 5565
delegation agreement 5219
route 5230
power project development 6155-6
Environment
environmental assessment process 5153-4
environmental protection, compliance and enforcement, regional management coordination project 5152-3
environmental protection, enforcement and resources 5152, 5286-7
habitat protection 5455-6, 5562, 5572
pesticide use, regulation of cosmetic use, public consultation and government action 6227-8
wetlands, protection 5217
Environment Canada, report on greenhouse gas emissions 5279
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 5150-60, 5175-82, 5216-36, 5268-76, 5278-80, 5284-7
budget and staffing 5151-3, 5287
compliance division 5152, 5287
emergency spill response capacity 5967
environmental protection division 5152
environmental stewardship division 5153
Environmental Appeal Board, annual report, 2008-09, tabled 4384
Erie Creek watershed, establishment of conservancy 4900
Eskers Provincial Park, expansion and description 5455, 5568
Ferries and ferry services, sinking of Queen of the North 5106
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4736
Fish, habitat protection and rehabilitation 5181-2
Fitzsimmons Creek, run-of-the-river project and water licence 5160
Fossils, fossil formations, protection 5572
Francis Point Provincial Park, expansion 5455
Fraser River
gravel removal, relationship to flood protection measures 5219-20
sockeye salmon run 5178-80
Fred Antoine Park, establishment and description 5572
Fuel, natural gas as fuel 5278-9
Gambier Island, proposal for sinking of Annapolis warship in Halkett Bay waters 5222-5, 5286
Gambling, charities' access to gambling revenues 5156-7, 5226
Gilpin Grasslands Provincial Park, expansion 5274, 5455
The Globe and Mail, article on proposal for sinking of naval vessel 5222-5
Gold River, power plant proposal 5231-2
Golder Associates Ltd., study of chemicals in watershed 5269
Government procurement, contract bidding process and out-of-province bids 3093-4
Grand Forks, hunting of deer in area 5274-6
Great Bear rain forest
establishment 5269
Kimsquit area grizzly bear population 5228
Harmonized sales tax 4732-7
Heath, Dick, life and public service 4900
Highway 37, location relative to adjacent park 5564
Hillsborough Resources Ltd., Quinsam mine operations, impact of expansion on watershed 5268-9
Hunting
allocation policies and harvest levels 5229-30
regulations
bull elk and whitetail and mule deer hunting, petition tabled 6189
bull moose hunting 5276
whitetail deer hunting 5274-6
IMW Industries Ltd., operations 4734
Income, low-income families, government support 4735
James, Carole
comments on oil tankers in north coast waters 5107
leadership 6157
Johnstone Creek Provincial Park, boundary changes re road adjacent to park 5568-9
Juniper Beach Provincial Park, designation as schedule C park 5456
Kamloops, proposed gasification plant 3341, 3408-9, 5231-2, 5234
Kamloops land and resource management plan, establishment of parks 4900, 5454-5
Kesselman, Jonathan, comments on harmonized sales tax 4735
Kinder Morgan Inc., pipeline expansion project, environmental impact 5572-3
Kleana Power Corp., Klinaklini power project proposal 5270-2
Lali, Harry, position on landfill operations extension 5235
Legislation, drafting process, references to regulations 3712
Legislature, language used in House, "false information" 3093
Lillooet land and resource management plan, establishment of parks and protected areas 4900, 5454-5, 5572
Lil'wat First Nation, land use agreements with government 5454-5
Long Lake, presence of arsenic in silt 5269
Macdonald, Norm, position on independent power projects 6157
McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, death 4558
Marble Canyon Provincial Park, expansion and fossil formations 5572
Meridian Road (Vanderhoof) Ecological Reserve
establishment and description 5561-2
status 5456
Metro Vancouver, waste management
incineration and power generation 5231-3
management during Olympic Games period 5234
Mica Dam, expansion and upgrade 6155-6
Milligan, Kevin, comments on harmonized sales tax 4735
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3681-7, 3711-2
Mitchell, David J., book on B.C. political history 6153
Mkwal'ts Conservancy, establishment and description 5454-5
Morton, Alexandra, activism on wild salmon issues 5180
Mount Robson Provincial Park
expansion 5455, 5572-3
removal of lands for pipeline project 5572-3
Mungall, Michelle, comments in debate on clean energy legislation 6153
Myers, Jayson, comments on harmonized sales tax 4735
Negiy/Nekite Estuary Conservancy, removal of lands 5573
Nenikëkh/Nanika-Kidprice Park, name change 5456
NDP
energy policies 6156-7
position on issues 4736
carbon tax 4735
energy initiatives 5967
harmonized sales tax 4735-7
independent power projects 6156-7
power project development 6155-6
Site C power project 4466, 6156
Sumas Energy 2 power facility 3341
NDP of Canada, position on harmonized sales tax 4735-7
Nicola River, kokanee salmon stocks 5160
Nicola Valley, temporary suspension of water licence for area ranch 5159-60, 5176
Ningunsaw Provincial Park boundary changes, purpose and First Nations consultation 5564-5
North Alouette River, diversion of water, investigation 3682, 5175
North Shore, bear rehabilitation centre proposal 5225
Nova Scotia, harmonized sales tax implementation 4735-7
Oral questions (response)
Air quality tests in Prince George 3339-40, 3408
Camping reservations phone service and local booking for Bowron Lake 3093-4
Conservation officer service in Bella Coola area 5545
Cosmetic use of pesticides 6227-8
Fuel removal from Queen of the North 5106
Gasification plant proposal and air quality in Kamloops 3341-2, 3408-9
Government air travel for Site C power project announcement 4465-6
Government response to oil leak at Chevron refinery in Burnaby 5967
Marmot recovery program and species-at-risk legislation 5545-6
Oregana Creek Park, establishment and description 5454-5, 5572
Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, funding and services 5157
Osoyoos River, de-channelization of river project 5181
Otter Lake Provincial Park, boundary changes 5569-70
Painted Rock Estate Winery Ltd., description and easement for park access 5455-6
Parks
boundaries 5456, 5561
campgrounds, reservation service 3093-4
conservancies 5269
ecological reserves 5456, 5561-2
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies 4900, 5454-6
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies, government purchase of lands 5236
funding 5461
government information on park expansions and changes 5566
maps 5567, 5569
marine protected areas 5563
park rangers 5152
protected areas, boundary changes 5269-70
protection of cultural, natural and recreational values 5455-6
public use and experience 5461
user fees 5461
Peace River area, Site C power project 4465-6, 5278-9, 5284-5, 6156
Petitions
hunting regulations for bull elk and deer 6189
Pitt River, Upper Pitt River, power project proposal 5270
Points of order
comments by Harry Lali 3732
Prince George, air quality testing 3339-40
Prince George, air quality testing and reporting 3408
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act
amendments 5454-6
parks designated under schedules C and D 5456
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010
debate 4900, 5454-6, 5461, 5561-73
maps, availability 5567, 5569
Public affairs bureau, budget 5461
Quadra Island, expansion of parks in area 5236
Recreation, mud-bogging by recreational vehicles 5286-7
Remote Structures Inc., power projects for Cedar Creek and David Thompson Falls 6157
Renewable Power Corp., Tyson Creek power project 5220-2
Revelstoke Dam, expansion and upgrade 6155-6
Rivers and streams
impact of climate change 5176
living rivers trust fund 5181
remediation 5175
riparian area protection 5175-6
Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve, barge sinking in area and diesel truck recovery contract 5268
Sasquatch Provincial Park, boundary description 5456, 5566
Sea to Sky land and resource management plan, establishment of conservancy 5454
Shared Services B.C., budget 5151-3
Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park
expansion and wildlife 5455, 5570-1
pictograph 5455-6
recreation and land acquisition partnerships 5455, 5570-1
Skihist Provincial Park, expansion and visitor information 5566
Soo River, run-of-the-river project and water licence 5160
South Chilcotin Mountains Park, establishment 5454
Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, hunting allocations for wildlife 5229
Spectra Energy Corp., plant in Fort Nelson area and carbon reduction initiatives 5280
Spruce Lake protected area, establishment of mining and tourism zones 5454, 5571-2
Stoyoma Creek Ecological Reserve
establishment and description 5562
status under parks legislation 5456
Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington
government action 5234
NDP position 3341
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on provincial role in aquaculture industry regulation 5180
Tahltan Indian band, government consultation on parks in traditional territories 5565
Thailand
political protests 4733-4
value-added tax implementation 4733
Trees, Engelmann spruce 5562
Trevena, Claire, position on power plant proposal 5231
Tributes
Dick Heath 4900
Ian McTaggart-Cowan 4558
Tyhee Lake Provincial Park, expansion 5455
United Church of Canada, position on proposal for sinking of naval vessel 5224, 5286
Upper Lillooet Provincial Park, boundary changes for resource activities adjacent to park 5569
Valhalla Provincial Park expansion 5455-6, 5567
Vancouver Island, waste incineration facility proposal 5234
Waste management
landfills, diversion of organic waste 5230
waste energy incineration facilities 5231-2
waste working group, report recommendations 5230
Water
conservation and supply, Living Water Smart program 5217
management and stewardship 5158-60, 5175, 5217
management and stewardship, role of local government 5177-8
policy review 3685
transfer of water rights and water market 5178
water licences 6154-5, 6157
applications and assessment 5177
changes to requirements 3685-6
hydroelectric power projects 3684
instream flow requirements 5159-60, 5176
notification requirements 3684-5
processing timelines and workload issues 3682-4
temporary water permits 3682-5, 5177
water metering 5178
wells, water sampling requirements 3686-7, 3711-2
Water Act
amendments 3682, 3685-7, 3711-2
amendments, public consultation 5158-60, 5217-8, 5236
definitions, "regional manager" and "regional water manager" 3685
provisions on water licences 3683
Wildlife
bears
black bears 5229
grizzly bears 5228-9
grizzly bears, trophy hunting report 5228
human-bear conflict 5226-7, 5229, 5545
orphan cub rehabilitation 5225-6
rehabilitation centres 5225-6
conservation officers 5152-3, 5545
conservation officers, communications with MLAs 5274
habitat protection 5455, 5546, 5563
management, government priorities 5157
marmots, funding for recovery plan 5545-6
rattlesnakes 5571
red-legged frog 5563
rehabilitation centres 5156-7
species at risk, government task force 5157-8
ungulates
bighorn sheep 5570
caribou habitat protection 5285
radio collar study project 5285
whitetail deer population 5274-6
Windermere Loop Road area, elk fence issue 5272-3
Yalakom Park, establishment and description 5455
Pimm, Pat (Peace River North)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax (Routley, B.) 4702
comments on unionized workers and power projects (Dix) 6204 (Ralston) 6190
communications with constituents on harmonized sales tax 4750-3
family, staff and supporters thanked 2960-1
role as MLA 2962
B.C., rural B.C., power supply 6139-40
Budgets, 2009-10 budget 4752
Canadian Senior AAA Hockey Championships, 2010 Allan Cup event in Fort St. John 5103
Clean Energy Act
debate 6137-40
introduction 5088
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4050-4, 4750-3
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4750-3
Economy, conditions, government response 2961-2
Energy
clean energy 5088-90, 6137-40
electricity rates 6139
infrastructure, government investment 6138-40
northwest transmission line 6139-40
power supply, self-sufficiency issue 2963
power supply and demand 5089-90, 6138
smart metering and infrastructure program 6138, 6140
transmission system, investment in infrastructure 2962
wind power 2962
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3893-4
Environment, environmental assessment process 2962
Exports and imports, trade partnership between B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan 4103
First Nations, relationship with government and industry 2962
Forrest, Ina, athletic accomplishments 3706
Hansen, Colin, handling of information on harmonized sales tax 4752
Harmonized sales tax 2963-4, 4050-4, 4751-3
Income, low-income families, government support 4053
Income tax reductions 4052-3
Kelly, Michelle, Olympic athlete 2961
MacLean, Ross, participation in Olympic torch relay 2961
Motions
Trade partnership with Alberta and Saskatchewan, debate 4103
NDP, energy policies 5090
Northeast Energy and Mines Advisory Committee, consultation by government 3894
Oil and Gas Commission, role and responsibilities 3894
Oil and gas industry 2962, 3893-4
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
benefits and opportunities 2961
hosting by B.C. 3030-1
organizers and participating communities 2961
Paralympic Games and athletes 3706
torch relay 2961
Peace River area
energy infrastructure and resource industries 2962-3
oil and gas industry 3893
Olympic athletes, legacy projects and torch relay 2961
Site C power project 2962-3, 4559, 5088-90, 6140
Pharmacare program coverage, low-income earners 4053
Private members' statements
Clean energy initiatives 5088-90
Resources and resource industries, mediation and arbitration board 3893-4
Routley, Bill, comments in debate on clean energy legislation 6138
Sales tax, embedded sales tax 4050-1
Statements by members
Hosting of Allan Cup in Fort St. John 5103
Olympic and Paralympic Games 3030-1
Paralympic athletes and accomplishments of Ina Forrest 3706
Site C power project 4559
Taxation
competitive tax system 4103
input tax credit system 2963-4
tax reductions 2963, 4052, 4753
Throne speech content 2962, 2964
Throne speech debate 2960-4
Polak, Hon. Mary (Langley)

As subject
attendance at Olympic Games 5075 (Corrigan) 5075
daughter's commuting experience 3037
family and staff thanked 3002
personal experience attending Olympic medal ceremony with father 3036
role as Children and Family Development Minister 3348-9
Alberni Valley, supported child development program 5077
Artemis Options Society, funding and child care spaces 4208, 4384, 5034, 5036, 6058-9
Brick, Niles, support services for special needs 5077
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4291
Budget debate 3346-51
Budgets, 2010-11 budget 3346, 3350
Burnaby
Early Childhood Development Roundtable, comments on early childhood development funding 5074
transition houses, funding 5075
Burnaby Board of Trade, resolution on early childhood development 5074
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on harmonized sales tax 4292
Carbon tax, NDP position 4819
Cari's Infant and Toddler Centre, concerns re child care affordability and subsidies 5147
Champlain Heights Community Centre, issues and concerns 5147
Children
child protection review, recommendations 5011, 5020-1
child protection system 3038, 5387
child protection workers, number and workload 5148
children in government care, caseload 3038
infant development program 5039
programs and services for children and families
funding 3347, 3349-51
funding and government support 3709, 5020-1, 5034-8
funding and service reductions 2908-9, 2981-2
funding for community social services 3295
new practice framework 5005-16, 5019, 5034-6, 5073
service agencies, government contracts and funding 3350
special needs children, funding for programs and services 3092-3, 5077, 5079
supported child development program 3092-3, 3946, 5076-7, 5140-1
Children, child care
accessibility, impact on labour market 5081
advocacy, assistant deputy minister representation 5079
child care providers, access to gaming grants 5147-8
child care providers, corporations 5146
child care resource and referral programs, funding 5077, 5140
facilities, capital grants for upgrades and maintenance 5077
funding 5077-9, 5081-2, 5140-2, 5144, 6058
funding and government support 5081
Provincial Child Care Council 5146
spaces 3791-2, 5077, 5081-2, 5141, 5143-4
spaces, private spaces 5081-2, 5143-4, 5146
spaces, wait-lists 5144
subsidies 5077-8, 5081, 5140, 5147
Children, early childhood development
Children First initiative 5074
early childhood educators, wages 5147
early learning, government investment 5078-9
early learning agency, report 5145
government initiatives and investment 3607-9, 3792, 5074-5, 5078, 5080, 5082, 5142-5
government investment and plan 5079, 5081, 5141-3
report by human early learning partnership 5074-5
StrongStart B.C. initiative 3348, 5075, 5144
Success By 6 program 3606-7, 3709, 5036-7, 5039, 5074
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 5005-22, 5033-9, 5073-82, 5140-9
budget 2982, 3295, 3469, 5035
budget, training budget 5018-9
budget and services 3349-51
changes in structure and operations, staff response 3349
contracts 5018-20
goals and planning, Strong, Safe and Supported report 3039, 5010, 5019, 5073
leadership team 5015-8
responsibilities 5005
staff, housing allowances 5016
staff thanked 3037
Community Living B.C., employees, collective agreement and pension benefits 5149
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4291-6, 4819-21
debate by NDP MLAs 4819
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4819-21
Cook, Philip, government contract 5018
Cowichan Tribes, early childhood education programs 5074
Cowichan Valley, early childhood education programs 5074
du Toit, Lesley, experience in child welfare issues 5021
Economy, conditions, government response 3346-8
Education
class size and composition 3347
full-day kindergarten 5075, 5142-6
funding 3346-7
schools, capital construction and seismic upgrading 3347-8
system 3346-7
Families, government support 3037
Federation of Community Social Services of B.C., relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 3350, 5005
First Nations children 3038
interim authorities and delegated aboriginal agencies 5021-2, 5033
services for children and families 3039, 3349-51, 5005, 5021-2, 5029, 5033, 5035
Foster care
Child in the Home of a Relative program 3469, 5039, 5073
child maintenance agreements 3680-1
extended family program 3469, 5039, 5073
Fraser Valley, transit services 3037
Gambling, charities' access to gambling revenues 5147-8
Gateway of Hope, facility and services for homeless and at-risk persons 3036
Government programs and services, integrated case management system 5005, 5033-4
Harmonized sales tax 4291-6, 4819-20
Hughes, Ted, letter to Premier on government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5386-8
Income, low-income families, government support 3038-9
Income tax reductions 4292
Langley
community development and planning 3037
commuter transportation issues and transit services 3037
government investments 3348
infrastructure projects 3003, 3036-7
Olympic torch relay events in area 3002-3
Langley Events Centre, facility 3036
Langley Lodge, expansion project 3037, 3348
Langley Memorial Hospital, pediatric surgical unit 3036-7
Magnussen, Angel, access to supported child development program 3092, 5077
Maple Ridge
child care provider issues 5148
school closings and child care spaces 3791-2
Mental health, crisis line services 5037
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, debate 3680-1
NDP
performance as government 3346-8
position on issues
carbon tax 4819
harmonized sales tax 4294
Port Mann Bridge 4819
sales tax 4291, 4293, 4820
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3002-3
Ontario, early learning initiatives 5144-5
Oral questions (response)
Child care spaces in Maple Ridge schools 3791-2
Child in the Home of a Relative program and extended family program 3468-9
Community social services for children and families 3295
Funding of programs for special needs children 3093
Government relationship with Representative for Children and Youth 5386-8
High school child care programs for student parents 4208, 4384, 6058-9
Services for children and families 2908-9, 2981-2
Success By 6 program 3606-8, 3708-9
Supported child development program 3092, 3946
Youth suicide awareness program 4627
Parfitt, Brent, government contract 5018
Port Mann Bridge
NDP position 4819
reconstruction project and transit access 3348
Poverty, child poverty 3038
Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C., funding 5020-1
Representative for Children and Youth
access to government documents, court case 5386-8
funding 5020-1
relationship with government 5387
Sales tax
elimination 4293-4, 4820
embedded sales tax 4293
NDP position 4291, 4293, 4820
Social workers, community social services workers, collective agreement and pension benefits 5149
Stewart and Associates, comments on harmonized sales tax 4294
Teachers, collective agreements 3347
Throne speech debate 3002-3, 3036-9
Toronto-Dominion Bank, report on harmonized sales tax and provincial sales tax 4294
Transition houses, programs and services, funding 5075
U.S., health care reform debate 4292, 4295-6
Vancouver Island, south Island, mental health services for children 4627
Victoria High School, child care program, funding and spaces 4208, 4384, 5035-6, 5147
Walker, Doreen, experience as Olympic torchbearer 3003
Youth, suicide prevention programs and services
Friends for Life program 5038
Project Alive program 5037-8
service delivery changes 4627, 5037-8
Popham, Lana (Saanich South)

As subject
comments on agriculture and harmonized sales tax (Krueger) 4575-6
comments on government support for agriculture (Thomson) 4534
experience as Agriculture critic 4075
response to budget 3183-4
work on cycling promotion (Ralston) 4988
Agricultural land reserve 3187
Agriculture
crop pollination 5880
direct marketing and farmers markets 4158
fairs, funding 4158
government plan, implementation and resources 4155-8
government policies and support 3186-7, 4078
government role 4152
hemp industry 4790
industry, relationship with restaurant industry 4078
organic agriculture, extension program and government support 4170
programs and services 4153
promotion of B.C. products 4155-6
promotion of B.C. products, government funding 4080-1
small farms, economic viability 4076, 4078-9
Agriculture and Fisheries Committee, reinstatement 4075
Agriculture and Lands Ministry
estimates debate 4075-81, 4151-3, 4155-8, 4164-5, 4169-70
budget 4075, 4151-3
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, food purchases 4156-7
Aquaculture
fish farms 5950
industry, impact on wild stocks 5950
sustainable aquaculture 5950
Autism, early intervention program and treatment services, funding 3186
Bees, population health 5880
Bike to Work Week 5962, 5966
B.C.
aging population 3765-6
community and environmental issues 3452
B.C. Agriculture Council, comments on harmonized sales tax 4572
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 3184-7
public confidence 4569
B.C. Veterinary Medical Association, dispute with Indo-Canadian veterinarians 5447-8
Budget debate 3183-7
Business Corporations Act, application to B.C. veterinary college 5639
Buy B.C. program 2982, 3187, 4156
California, agriculture industry 3186
Climate change, impact on agriculture and food supply 4448
College of Veterinarians of B.C.
bylaws 5647-8
council 5448, 5647
relationship with Agriculture Ministry 5647-8
Comox Valley, economy 4570-1
Comox Valley Echo, article on harmonized sales tax 4570
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
debate 4569-73, 4990-1
debate by B.C. Liberal Party MLAs 4569-70
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4569-73
Cordova Bay Elementary School, students and teachers 3184
Cycling, commuter cycling 5962
Economy, knowledge-based economy 3186
Education
funding 4625
system 3184
Employment and unemployment, job creation, government action 3186
Environment
environmental assessment process 3452-3
environmental protection and sustainability, government action 3185-6
Fires and firefighters, role of firefighters 3291
Food
food prices 4076, 4078
food security and locally grown food 4448-9
Food industry
eggs and egg sales, specialty cage-free eggs and quota system 4164-5
tree fruit industry, apple producers 4169
Food services industry, Eat B.C. program 4157
Forests and forest industry, job protection, petition tabled 4566
Girl Guides of Canada, organization and activities 3788
Hansen, Colin, comments on harmonized sales tax and agricultural producer prices 4076
Harmonized sales tax
government information 4572
impact on issues 3184-5, 4076-9, 4570-3, 4573, 4990-1, 5966
implementation, government handling 4569, 4572-3
petition tabled 5050
Health, public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 3184
Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway), improvements, government investment 3185
Infrastructure, government investment in sustainable transportation infrastructure 3185-6
Legislature, matters involving legislation not to be debated during estimates debate 4077
Literacy programs and services, funding 3184
Lyme disease, awareness and prevention 5541-2
McRae, Don, comments on harmonized sales tax 4570-1
Motions
Federal-provincial environmental assessment process, debate 3452-3
Food security and production plan for B.C., debate 4448-9
Sustainable wild salmon stock and aquaculture, debate 5950
NDP, vision for sustainable B.C. 3452-3
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 3184, 4080-1
Oral questions
Buy B.C. program 2982
Harmonized sales tax on bicycles 3109, 5966
Importation of bees and beekeeping equipment to Vancouver Island 5885
School district costs and funding 4625
Pensions, pension income and gender disparity 3765
Petitions
harmonized sales tax 5050
harmonized sales tax on bicycles 3110
protection of B.C. jobs and old-growth forests on Vancouver Island 4566
Poverty among senior women 3765-7
Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues, report 3765-7
Private members' statements
Respecting seniors 3765-7
Private members' statements (response)
Industrial hemp 4790
Saanich area
cycling trail system 3185
issues and concerns 3185-6
Saanich fire department, services and fundraising 3291
Sales tax, exemption for bicycles 3109, 3185, 4571, 4990-1
petition tabled 3110
Salmon, wild salmon stocks, protection 5950
School district 63 (Saanich), funding 4625
Seniors, government action on issues 3765-7
Social Credit Party, policies 3185
Statements by members
Bike to Work Week 5962
Firefighters 3291
Girl Guides of Canada 3788
Lyme disease awareness 5541-2
Role of honeybees in agriculture 5880
Velox Rugby Club 4970
Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee, recommendations, implementation by government 5950
Vancouver Island
beekeeping, regulation of imported bees and equipment 5880, 5885
protection of old-growth forests, petition tabled 4566
south Island, economy and transportation infrastructure 3185-6
Vancouver Island Technology Park, role 3186
Velox Rugby Club, history and activities 4970
Veterinarians
court challenges against regulatory body, financial responsibility 5448
legislation 5447-8
regulation 5647-8
Veterinarians Act, updating of act 5447
Veterinarians Act (Bill 10), debate 5447-8, 5639, 5647-8
Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 3186
Women, economic status 3765-6

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