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

Oak Bay Lodge, Victoria, B.C.

Redevelopment (Falcon) 5756
Sale of hospital property (Fleming) 5755
Sale of hospital property, petition tabled (Fleming) 5245
Oak Bay Marine Group

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Trevena) 4147-8
Director of corporate development See Barcham, Susan
Obesity

Childhood obesity (Falcon) 5696, 5699
Gastric bypass treatment See Surgical services, bariatric surgery under Health – Health care system
Prevention (Falcon) 5751-2
Occupational health and safety

Awareness (Chouhan) 5185
Workers compensation See Workers compensation
Workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning (Chouhan) 4787-9 (Howard) 4969 (James) 4969 (van Dongen) 4788
Workplace safety See also particular occupations and sectors
(Coell) 3644
Workplace safety, worker rights and government and employer action (Chouhan) 4787-9 (van Dongen) 4788
Workplace wellness initiatives (Letnick) 3214-5
Oceanside area See Vancouver Island
Offence Act

Provisions, application to other legislation (Krog) 5114
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Work on guidelines for capital adequacy measures (Hansen) 3571-3 (Ralston) 3569-73
Officers of the Legislature See Legislature
Official community plans See Government – Local government
Offsetters Clean Technology Inc.

Contract with government (Fleming) 5528 (Hansen) 5528
Offshore drilling See Oil and gas
Ohkubo, Masayoshi

Investment in B.C. (Krueger) 4301
OICs See Orders-in-council under Government
Oil and gas

Activities on Crown and private land (Horgan) 3969, 5264 (Lekstrom) 3969, 5264
Cleanup of inactive and orphan wells (Donaldson) 3896 (Fleming) 3913 (Horgan) 3892 (Lekstrom) 3913 (Sather) 3899-900
Cleanup of inactive and orphan wells, government funding (Lekstrom) 2979-80 (Ralston) 2979
Cleanup of inactive and orphan wells, orphan site reclamation fund (Cantelon) 3902, 3905 (Horgan) 5252-3 (Lake) 3911 (Lekstrom) 5252-3 (Pimm) 3894
Development (Horgan) 5576
Development and investment (Barnett) 3897
Drilling and drilling practices
easements (Cantelon) 3903
hydraulic fracturing (Horgan) 5578 (Lekstrom) 5578
offshore drilling See Offshore drilling below under this main heading
summer drilling program (Barnett) 3897
Emissions See also Safety issues below under this main heading
greenhouse gases See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
sour gas emissions (Sather) 3900
sour gas leak incident See EnCana Corp.
Exports, role of B.C. and other western provinces (Gentner) 6005-6
Expropriation of private land for industry activities (Horgan) 5250-1 (Huntington) 5249 (Lekstrom) 5249-51
Flaring, reduction (Lekstrom) 5577-8
Fracking See Drilling and drilling practices, hydraulic fracturing above under this main heading
Government initiatives (Hansen) 3098 (Lekstrom) 5574-5
Industry
competition and investment (Cantelon) 3902
expansion and local employment (Pimm) 2962
impact on agriculture and farmland (Horgan) 3891-2
industry (Lake) 3910-1 (Lekstrom) 3888-9, 3913-4
investment (Rustad) 3906, 3908-9
reporting (Horgan) 5252 (Lekstrom) 5252
role in economy (Barnett) 3896-7 (Cantelon) 3901-2 (Farnworth) 3909 (Lekstrom) 5580-1 (Rustad) 3905-6
subsidies and incentives (Barnett) 3897 (Fleming) 3479-80 (Pimm) 3893
water use (Horgan) 5578 (Lekstrom) 5578
Industry and landowners (Horgan) 3954, 3968, 5264, 5266-7 (Lekstrom) 3968-9, 5266-7
Industry and landowners, dispute resolution process (Barnett) 3898 (Cantelon) 3903-4 (Farnworth) 3910 (Fleming) 3913 (Horgan) 5322-3 (Lake) 3911 (Lekstrom) 3889, 5322-3 (Rustad) 3906-8 (Sather) 3900
Issues, government action (Lekstrom) 5577-8
Legislation See Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010; Oil and Gas Activities Act; Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
Mediation and arbitration board See Resources and resource industries
Natural gas (Yap) 5812
Natural gas as fuel See Fuel
Natural gas development (Lekstrom) 3913
Natural gas development, electrification (Lekstrom) 5580
Offshore drilling
B.C. Liberal Party position (Fleming) 5478-9 (Horgan) 5104 (Lekstrom) 5478-9 (Sather) 5981-2
moratorium (Fleming) 5104-5, 5478-9 (Fraser) 5105-6 (Horgan) 5104, 5967 (Lekstrom) 5104-6, 5478-9, 5967-8 (Simpson, S.) 5105
moratorium and regulation (Horgan) 5582-3 (Lekstrom) 5582-3
Oil production levels See also Peak oil below under this main heading
(Lekstrom) 5582
Oil sands See Bitumen deposits under Alberta
Oil spills (Gentner) 5103 (Sather) 5398
Oil spills from tankers See Tanker safety under Shipping industry
Orphan wells See Cleanup of inactive and orphan wells above under this main heading; Contaminated sites under Waste management
Oversight and regulation of industry
compliance rates (Horgan) 5576-7 (Lekstrom) 5577
development of regulations (Horgan) 3966, 5324 (Lekstrom) 3966-7, 5324
environmental measures and objectives (Horgan) 3962-4, 5251-2, 5257-8 (Huntington) 3964, 5258 (Lekstrom) 3962-4, 3968, 5251-2, 5257-8 (Sather) 3968
government action (Fleming) 2978-9 (Horgan) 2977-8 (Lekstrom) 2977-9 (Ralston) 2979
oversight and regulation (Barnett) 3897-8 (Donaldson) 3888, 3895-6 (Farnworth) 3909-10 (Fleming) 3912-3 (Horgan) 5253-62, 5574-5 (Lekstrom) 3787, 3888-9, 5254-62, 5574-5 (Pimm) 3894 (Rustad) 3907 (Sather) 3901
oversight during NDP administration (Lekstrom) 2977, 2979-80
resources for enforcement (Cantelon) 3903 (Donaldson) 3895
Peak oil issue, government action (Horgan) 5582 (Lekstrom) 5582
Pipelines
land expropriation See Expropriation above under this main heading
permits for road and railway crossings (Barnett) 3898 (Cantelon) 3903 (Horgan) 3973-4 (Lekstrom) 3973-4 (Pimm) 3894
pipeline from Alberta to Lower Mainland (Gentner) 5189
pipelines (Horgan) 3967 (Lekstrom) 3967, 5250 (Rustad) 3908
proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat See Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Policies, relationship to government action on climate change See Policies, climate change and energy policies under British Columbia Liberal Party – Government
Revenues (Hansen) 3098 (Pimm) 3893
Revenues, royalty rates (Farnworth) 3909 (Fleming) 3912 (Rustad) 3906
Safety issues
guidelines and practices (Horgan) 5575-6 (Lekstrom) 5575-6
issues (Horgan) 5260-2 (Lekstrom) 5261-2 (Sather) 3900
sour gas leak See Gas leak under EnCana Corp.
workers (Sather) 3901
Shale gas development (Sather) 3080-1, 3899, 5980-1
Surface leases (Horgan) 5252, 5264, 5323 (Lekstrom) 5252, 5264, 5323-4
Surface rights See Resources and resource industries
Tanker safety See Shipping industry
Oil and Gas Activities Act

Amendments (Barnett) 3897-8 (Donaldson) 3888, 3895 (Horgan) 3893, 3968-75, 5248-63 (Lekstrom) 3787, 3888-9, 3968-75, 5248-63 (Rustad) 3907 (Sather) 3898-9
Amendments to definitions (Horgan) 3962-8 (Lekstrom) 3962-8
Application to other legislation (Horgan) 3972-4 (Lekstrom) 3972-4
Content (Horgan) 3891 (Lekstrom) 3951
Debate and passage in Legislature in 2008 (Farnworth) 3909 (Fleming) 3912 (Horgan) 2977, 3889-90, 3892, 3950 (Rustad) 3907 (Sather) 3898
Definitions
"environmental measure" (Horgan) 3962 (Lekstrom) 3962, 3967 (Sather) 3967
"flow line" (Donaldson) 3964-5 (Horgan) 3965 (Lekstrom) 3964-5
"government's environmental objectives" (Horgan) 3962-3 (Huntington) 3964 (Lekstrom) 3962-4, 3968 (Sather) 3968
"land owner" (Donaldson) 3965 (Lekstrom) 3965
"oil and gas activity" (Horgan) 3965-6 (Lekstrom) 3965-6
"pipeline" (Horgan) 3967 (Lekstrom) 3967
Public consultation (Horgan) 3950
Regulations (Lekstrom) 2977, 2979
Oil and Gas Commission

Establishment (Horgan) 3890 (Lekstrom) 2977, 2979
Fees (Barnett) 3898 (Cantelon) 3902 (Horgan) 5575 (Lekstrom) 5575
Fees and deposits required from oil and gas operators (Ralston) 2979
Fees and funding (Donaldson) 3896 (Lekstrom) 3913 (Rustad) 3908
Funding (Horgan) 2977-8
Mandate, health and safety issues (Horgan) 5576 (Lekstrom) 5576
Operations and role (Horgan) 5574-5 (Lekstrom) 5574-5
Permitting process and regulations (Horgan) 3971 (Huntington) 3971-2 (Lekstrom) 3970-2 (Sather) 3971
Powers (Fleming) 2979 (Horgan) 2977-8 (Lekstrom) 2977, 2979
Report on gas leak in northeast B.C. (Fleming) 2978 (Lekstrom) 2978, 5575-6
Role and responsibilities (Barnett) 3897-8 (Cantelon) 3902, 3904-5 (Donaldson) 3895-6 (Horgan) 5255 (Lake) 3911 (Lekstrom) 5255 (Pimm) 3894
Role in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Horgan) 5577-8 (Lekstrom) 5577-8
Role in regulation of offshore drilling (Horgan) 5582-3 (Lekstrom) 5583
Service plan, goals (Horgan) 5577
Staffing (Horgan) 5575 (Lekstrom) 5575
Okanagan area See also Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area; Kelowna-Mission constituency and area; Vernon-Monashee constituency and area

Construction of new correctional facility (Farnworth) 5478
Economic development and technology sector (Thomson) 3801-2
Government investment (Thomson) 4537
Government investments (Letnick) 3156-7 (Thomson) 3312
High-technology industry (Letnick) 5881
Impact of harmonized sales tax on businesses and industry (Letnick) 4925-6
Opportunities from Olympic Games (Thomson) 3803
Transportation infrastructure (Thomson) 3802
Water conservation (Thomson) 3802
Water supply project (Slater) 3463
Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Programs and services (Thomson) 3800
Okanagan Mission Secondary School, Kelowna, B.C.

Participation in Olympic torch relay (Thomson) 3803
Old-growth forests See Forests and forest industry
Olive Devaud Residence, Powell River, B.C.

Conditions and need for replacement (Simons) 2930
Oliver, Cindy

Comments on post-secondary education funding (Black, D.) 3315
Oliver Twist

Characters (Gentner) 3322
Olympic Games

1976 Summer Games in Montreal (Gentner) 2987
1988 Winter Games in Calgary (James) 2974-5
2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia (Horne) 2913, 3168 (Lee) 3010
Funding and sponsorships (Gentner) 2985
Impact on host communities and public debt (Karagianis) 2965
Skills training opportunities in host countries (Black, D.) 5092 (Routley, D.) 5096
Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

2010 Legacies Now (Slater) 2983
2010 sports and arts legacy fund (Brar) 4502-5 (Chandra Herbert) 3986 (Chong) 4502-5 (Hansen) 3096 (Hayer) 3367 (Krueger) 3986-7 (Letnick) 3156 (McIntyre) 3383-4 (Stewart) 3266 (Thornthwaite) 3165 (van Dongen) 3391 (Yap) 3397-8
Athletes See also Recognition of participants below under this main heading; particular athletes
athletes (Corrigan) 2905 (James) 3028 (Kwan) 3011 (Lee) 3010 (Routley, D.) 2990
Canadian athletes (Bond) 3816 (Brar) 3021 (Campbell) 2974, 3025-7, 3460 (Chandra Herbert) 3018 (Chong) 2998, 3275-6 (Corrigan) 3009, 3016 (Hammell) 3019-20 (Harper) 2972 (Hayer) 3069 (Krueger) 3317 (Lake) 3009 (McIntyre) 3014-5 (McRae) 3019 (Mungall) 3251, 3486 (Popham) 3184
Canadian athletes and families (James) 2974-5
training in B.C. (Slater) 2983
Athletes village in Whistler, reuse of housing (Coleman) 2935, 4320 (Corrigan) 4551
Attendance by government MLAs and officials, access to tickets See Government purchase of tickets, distribution of tickets below under this main heading
Attendance by visiting dignitaries and VIPs, ticketing protocol See Hosting and ticketing program below under this main heading
Benefits and opportunities
benefits and opportunities (Barnett) 3497 (Black, I.) 3688, 3761 (Bond) 3816-7 (Chong) 2995 (Coell) 2950-1 (Coleman) 2934-5 (Hayer) 3069 (Horne) 3188 (Krueger) 3485 (Les) 3130 (MacDiarmid) 5468-9 (McIntyre) 3385-7 (Pimm) 2961 (Stewart) 3267
business opportunities (Bell) 3046 (Howard) 3017-8 (Kwan) 3011-2 (Lee) 3010-1 (McIntyre) 3015 (Throne speech) 2897
business-hosting program See Business-hosting program below under this main heading
economic benefits (Bloy) 3423-4 (Cadieux) 3180-1 (Cantelon) 3085 (Chong) 3276 (Dalton) 3256 (Hansen) 3094 (Hayer) 3364 (Howard) 3139-40 (Krueger) 3320-1, 3925-7 (Letnick) 3155 (McRae) 2923-4, 3281-3 (Rustad) 3326 (Yamamoto) 3826
economic benefits and business opportunities (Horne) 2913-6, 3020-1 (McNeil) 3809-10 (Routley, D.) 3502-3 (Stewart) 3501-3
First Nations economic development (McIntyre) 3386-7
job creation (Coell) 3645
promotion of B.C. businesses (Black, I.) 3431-2 (Bond) 3304-5 (Howard) 3136, 3138
promotion of B.C. food products (Corrigan) 4149-51, 4154 (Popham) 4080-1 (Slater) 4451 (Thomson) 4080-3, 4149-51, 4154-5
promotion of B.C. industries (Cantelon) 3084 (Thomson) 3310
promotion of B.C. products (Thomson) 2982
promotion of B.C. tourism (Chandra Herbert) 3934-7, 3976-81, 4027-8 (Krueger) 3318, 3923-4, 3934-7, 3975-81, 4027-8
promotion of B.C. tourism, report (Kwan) 3837
promotion of B.C. wood products (Bond) 3819
tourism industry (Austin) 4348 (Chandra Herbert) 3407-8, 3925-7 (Corrigan) 4552 (Gentner) 2986 (Hansen) 3174-5 (Krueger) 3034-5, 3408, 3925-6 (McNeil) 4552 (McRae) 3283 (Stewart) 2988
Bid proposal during NDP administration (Gentner) 2985-8
B.C. Street exhibition (McRae) 3283
Bus contracts, employment of Canadian drivers (Chouhan) 3654 (Coell) 3654
Business-hosting program (Black, I.) 3688, 3752, 3754-6, 3831, 3833-6, 3839, 3847-9 (Corrigan) 4150-1, 4154 (Kwan) 3758, 3836, 3841, 3846-9 (Thomson) 4150-1, 4155
Costs and funding
accountability and transparency (Corrigan) 3056, 4544-6 (McNeil) 4546
costs and funding (Black, I.) 3844 (Conroy) 3422 (Corrigan) 3662, 3745-6, 3933-4, 4612-3 (Gentner) 2986-7 (Hawes) 3051 (Karagianis) 2964-5 (Kwan) 3757, 3844 (Routley, D.) 3531-2 (Stewart) 3531
funding from Crown Corporations (Corrigan) 4545-6
government responsibility to International Olympic Committee See Covenant with B.C. government under International Olympic Committee
human resources (Corrigan) 4549
report (Black, I.) 3746-54, 3847 (Corrigan) 3746, 3748-50, 3752-3
review by Auditor General (Corrigan) 4546 (McNeil) 4546-7
Costs to city of Vancouver, report (Corrigan) 4546
Cultural Olympiad (Cadieux) 3181 (Krueger) 3320
Cultural performances and legacy (Chandra Herbert) 3018 (McRae) 2924
First Nations participation (Abbott) 2941-2 (Brar) 3022 (McIntyre) 3015-6, 3386 (McNeil) 3810 (Thornthwaite) 5624 (Yamamoto) 3826-7
Government comments on games (Dix) 3436
Government employee secondment and volunteering See Employees under Civil service; particular ministries and Crown corporations
Government promotion of B.C. industries and products at games See Benefits and opportunities above under this main heading
Government purchase of tickets See also Hosting and ticketing program below under this main heading
accountability and disclosure of information (Corrigan) 4150-1, 5584 (Farnworth) 4727-8 (Horgan) 4727 (James) 4726 (Kwan) 4083-4 (McNeil) 4726-8 (Simpson, S.) 4728
distribution of tickets (Gentner) 6011 (Kwan) 3794 (Yamamoto) 6011
ministry responsible (Kwan) 4083
purchase of tickets and hospitality suites (Bains) 3064-5
report on ticket distribution (Bell) 4775-6 (Black, I.) 3751, 3755-63, 3794, 3831, 3833-42 (Bond) 4612 (Chandra Herbert) 3930 (Corrigan) 3751, 3933, 4524-6, 4550, 4610, 4612, 4677, 4775-6, 5283-4, 5530, 5668 (Farnworth) 3807-8, 4727 (James) 4726 (Krueger) 3929-30 (Kwan) 3755-61, 3833-5, 3838-41 (McNeil) 4550, 4726-8 (Routley, D.) 3502-3 (Stewart) 3502-3
Hosting and ticketing program See also Government purchase of tickets above under this main heading
(Corrigan) 4524-6, 4543-5 (Gentner) 6009-11 (McNeil) 4524-6, 4543-5 (Yamamoto) 6009-11
Hosting by B.C. (Austin) 3022-3 (Barnett) 3022 (Black, I.) 3756-7 (Bloy) 3423-7, 3443 (Brar) 3021-2 (Chandra Herbert) 3018 (Corrigan) 3016-7 (Hammell) 3019-20 (Hansen) 3099 (Hawes) 3413 (Horne) 2912-3, 3020-1 (Howard) 3017-8 (Krueger) 3925 (Kwan) 3011 (Lake) 2916 (McIntyre) 3014-5 (McNeil) 3808-10, 4524 (McRae) 3018-9 (Simpson, S.) 2937 (Stewart) 3500-2 (Throne speech) 2895-6 (van Dongen) 3389-90 (Yap) 3410-1
Hosting by B.C. and Canada (Black, I.) 3431 (Campbell) 2973-4, 6038-9, 6111-2 (Harper) 2971-3 (James) 2974
Hosting by B.C. and celebration (Cadieux) 3088 (Campbell) 3025-7, 3459-60 (Cantelon) 3083-4 (Chong) 3275-6 (Coleman) 3239-40 (Conroy) 3422 (Dalton) 3255-6 (Fleming) 3393 (Foster) 3078 (Hayer) 3069-70 (Hogg) 3059-61 (James) 3027-9 (Krueger) 3317-20, 3481-2 (Lee) 2904-5 (Pimm) 3030-1 (Stewart) 2988-9
Impact on issues
economic impact study (Corrigan) 4154, 4552 (McNeil) 4552-3
economy (Austin) 3353 (Brar) 3277-8 (James) 2953-4
economy and delivery of social services (Karagianis) 2964-5
health care system (Dix) 5824-5 (Falcon) 5824
impact (Simpson, B.) 3073
small business (Simpson, S.) 3201
taxpayers (Gentner) 2987
Legacy (Horgan) 3813 (James) 3028-9 (Simons) 2929-30
Legacy infrastructure projects (Chong) 2997 (Dalton) 3256 (Hawes) 3051-2 (Hayer) 3367 (Krueger) 3321 (McIntyre) 3383-6 (McRae) 2924 (Reid) 2903
Liquor licensing at facilities (Coleman) 3239, 4319
Live sites program (McRae) 2924
Management, accountability and scrutiny (Routley, D.) 2990-1
Media coverage (Coleman) 3241-2 (McRae) 3282-3
Media coverage and media centre (Krueger) 3318 (McNeil) 3809, 4524
Media coverage in U.S. (Black, I.) 3431
Medical and security personnel (Campbell) 3026
Multicultural events and participation (Hayer) 3705
NDP position (Abbott) 3205 (Krueger) 3407 (Les) 3130 (Mungall) 3251-2 (Yap) 3397-8
Organizing committee See Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Own the Podium 2010 initiative (Bloy) 3423 (Corrigan) 3009
Paralympic Games and athletes (Campbell) 3027, 3459-61 (Corrigan) 4551 (Howard) 3462 (James) 3461 (McRae) 3019 (Pimm) 3706
Paralympic Games, torch relay (Cadieux) 3169 (McNeil) 3809
Power supply and use (Corrigan) 5584 (Lekstrom) 5584
Power supply and use, diesel generators (Chandra Herbert) 5585 (Lekstrom) 5585
Protests (Coleman) 3239-40, 3242
Recognition as "greenest games" (McIntyre) 4724
Recognition of participants
athletes and volunteers (Trevena) 3039
athletes, spectators, visitors and volunteers (James) 2953 (Karagianis) 2964
athletes, volunteers and B.C. citizens (Brar) 3277-8
organizers and participating communities (Pimm) 2961
role of workers, volunteers and politicians (Gentner) 2984-5
transportation organizers (Bond) 3304
volunteerism (Brar) 3021 (Chandra Herbert) 3018 (Hammell) 3019 (Hawes) 3051 (Horne) 3020, 3767-9 (James) 3028 (McIntyre) 3016 (McNeil) 3808
volunteerism and participation by B.C. communities (Corrigan) 2905
volunteerism by Scouts and Guides (Bloy) 2904
volunteers and police officers (van Dongen) 3389-90
Security
costs (Hansen) 5522-3 (Ralston) 5522
federal funding (Gentner) 6009 (Yamamoto) 6009
integrated police services and public safety (Coleman) 3242
prevention of vehicle crime (Les) 5768
priorities (Gentner) 2985
responsibility and infrastructure issue (Corrigan) 4551-2 (McNeil) 4551-2
role of police and military personnel (Coleman) 2933
Student participation and webcasts (MacDiarmid) 3200
Suppliers (Horne) 3167-8
Tickets
purchase by Crown corporations (Black, D.) 4948 (Corrigan) 4543-5 (Farnworth) 4727-8 (Horgan) 4727 (James) 4726 (McNeil) 4543-5, 4726-8 (Simpson, S.) 4728
purchase by government and Olympic secretariat See Government purchase of tickets above under this main heading
survey of purchasers (Chandra Herbert) 4070
tickets for community groups (Corrigan) 4551
Torch relay (Bloy) 2904, 3089 (Campbell) 2973-4 (Cantelon) 3083 (Coleman) 2933-4 (Coons) 2998-9 (Foster) 3078 (Hawes) 3051 (Hogg) 3059-61 (Horne) 2912-3 (James) 2974 (Lake) 2916-7 (McIntyre) 2975-6 (McNeil) 3809 (Pimm) 2961 (Polak) 3002-3 (Slater) 2983 (Throne speech) 2895
Torch relay for Paralympic Games See Paralympic Games above under this main heading
Transit services within Lower Mainland See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Transportation plan (Bond) 3817
Transportation system, review by Russian officials (Bond) 3303
Venues See also particular venues
(Bloy) 3444 (Coleman) 2934-5 (Gentner) 2986
Viewers, numbers (McNeil) 3808-9
Volunteers See Recognition of participants above under this main heading
Waste management during games See Metro Vancouver
Women's ski jumping at games See Position on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games under International Olympic Committee
Workers, recruitment via employee leave program See Employees, secondment and volunteering under Civil service
Olympic secretariat See Olympics and ActNow B.C., Minister of State for
Olympics and ActNow B.C., Minister of State for

ActNow B.C. initiative See ActNow B.C.
Olympic Games hosting and staff expenses (Corrigan) 4549-50 (McNeil) 4550
Olympic secretariat, collection of government information re Olympic Games expenses (Black, I.) 3746-8, 3750-60, 3762, 3834-45 (Corrigan) 3746, 3748-50, 3752-4 (Kwan) 3756, 3760, 3834-44
Responsibilities (Simpson, S.) 4728
Staff (McNeil) 4523-4
Ombudsperson

Annual report, 2009-10, tabled (Speaker) 6269
Report recommendations on seniors residential care (Brar) 4554
Omineca Beetle Action Coalition

Work of coalition (Donaldson) 2959
On to Ottawa Trek

75th anniversary of social movement (Kwan) 5043-4
Ontario

Arts and culture funding (Chandra Herbert) 3985
Compensation for workers with post-traumatic stress disorder (Coell) 3670 (Ralston) 3668, 3670
Early learning initiatives (Elmore) 5144-5 (Polak) 5144-5
Economic plan and role of education (Coons) 3307
Film industry (Chandra Herbert) 3210
Film industry tax credits (Chandra Herbert) 3991 (Hansen) 3618-20 (Krueger) 3317, 3991-2, 4302 (Ralston) 3618-20
Harmonized sales tax implementation (Abbott) 3235, 4362, 4841 (Austin) 4313 (Bains) 4830 (Black, I.) 4745 (Bond) 4407 (Campbell) 6087, 6089, 6092, 6094-6 (Corrigan) 4880 (Donaldson) 4046-7, 4658, 4973 (Farnworth) 3370 (Gentner) 4411 (Hansen) 4003-5, 5518-9 (James) 4972, 6087, 6089, 6094-7 (Krueger) 4302, 4576 (Kwan) 3740 (Lake) 4582 (Lee) 4397 (Letnick) 4210-1 (McIntyre) 4909 (McRae) 3284, 4182-4 (Ralston) 4016-7, 4972, 5518 (Routley, D.) 4123 (Simpson, B.) 4175, 4646-8 (Simpson, S.) 4472 (Thornthwaite) 4660
Poverty, report and government action (Simpson, S.) 3774
Program and service delivery framework for children and families (Karagianis) 5012
Open Government Act, 2010

(Bill M211) (Routley, D.) 1R, 6114-5
Debate, speakers (Routley, D.) 6114-5
Open skies See Airline industry
Opticians and optometrists

Eye examinations (Dix) 5930, 5937 (Falcon) 5189, 5932-7
Medical referrals (Dix) 5932 (Fraser) 5935 (Huntington) 5189
Sight-testing machines See Vision-testing technology under Visual impairment
Options Child and Family Centre See Artemis Options Society
Oral health See Dental health
Oral questions by member

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

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

Establishment and description (Penner) 5454-5, 5572 (Sather) 5572
Organ donations and transplants See Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society

Funding and services (Coleman) 4426-7 (Huntington) 4426-7, 5156-7 (Penner) 5157
Osoyoos Golf and Country Club

Junior golf program and memorial scholarship (Slater) 4901
Osoyoos Indian band

Green business park project See Senkulmen Enterprise Park, Oliver, B.C.
Osoyoos River

De-channelization of river project (Penner) 5181
O'Sullivan, Shawn

Olympic athlete and torchbearer (Bloy) 3089
Otter Lake Provincial Park

Boundary changes (Penner) 5569-70 (Sather) 5569
Otway, Bill

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Lali) 4590
Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia

Comments on parks funding (Fleming) 5459-60
OWLS See Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
Owls See Birds under Wildlife
Own the Podium 2010 initiative See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

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