Province of British Columbia
Third Session, 39th Parliament – 2011
INDEX (Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Oral questions by member See also Oral questions by subject

Austin, Robin (Skeena)
School district carbon-neutral requirements and resource industry emissions reduction 6765
School district funding and court ruling on teachers' bargaining 6474-5
School district payment of property insurance premiums 7019
Bains, Harry (Surrey-Newton)
Automobile insurance rates 6891-2
Funding for school meal program in Surrey 6475-6
Surrey school district portable use and funding 6317
Black, Dawn (New Westminster)
Communication by health authority on medical scan issues 6377
Investigation of medical scan interpretations 6297, 6377
Payment of legal fees in B.C. Rail court case 6313
Brar, Jagrup (Surrey-Fleetwood)
Surrey school district portable use and funding 6317
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
Bedbug infestations and control 6957
Contract process for casino project on lands adjacent to B.C. Place 6840
Funding for criminal justice system 6316
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 6686-7
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant industry 7469-70
St. Paul's Hospital infrastructure conditions 6379
Vancouver floatplane terminal contract 6892, 7327
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)
Grant's law and protection for workers 6416, 7328
Conroy, Katrine (Kootenay West)
Wait times for residential care beds 7751
Coons, Gary (North Coast)
Conditions at hospital facilities on Haida Gwaii 7659
Ferry fares 7249
Government action on B.C. Ferries cancellation of prepaid passes 6536
Corrigan, Kathy (Burnaby–Deer Lake)
Election campaign finance reporting in Vancouver-Fraserview 6316
Government action on B.C. Ferries cancellation of prepaid passes 6536-7
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum 7017-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on home care for seniors 6413-4
Services for developmentally disabled persons 7100-1
Staffing levels for sheriffs 7753-4
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)
Business plan for B.C. CareCard initiative 7324-5
Cleaning services at health care facilities 6533
Conditions at Royal Columbian Hospital 7156-7
Cost of government information on harmonized sales tax 6412-3, 6685-6, 7655-7, 7854-6
Funding for criminal justice system 6838
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7536-7
Funding for parks system 6762-3
Government changes to harmonized sales tax 7375-6
Government response to court ruling on teachers' collective bargaining 6473-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on home care for seniors 6413
Pricing model for prescription drugs 7247-8
Services for developmentally disabled persons 7749-50
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)
Announcements by Premier and government information on harmonized sales tax 7017
Government changes to harmonized sales tax 7377-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 6890-1
Mining industry and Natural Resource Operations Ministry funding 6381
Panel report on harmonized sales tax 6601
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
School district payment of property insurance premiums 7019-20
Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam)
Business plan for B.C. CareCard initiative 7325
Cleaning services at health care facilities 6534
Conditions at hospital facilities on Haida Gwaii 7660
Conditions at Royal Columbian Hospital 7157-8
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7541
Government position on supervised injection site 6689
Pricing model for prescription drugs 7248-9
Services for developmentally disabled persons 7101-2
Fleming, Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)
Camping fees 7250-1
Funding for parks system 6763
Funding for programs at Capilano University 7326-7
Government preparedness for oil spills 6841-2
Payment of legal fees in B.C. rail court case 6314-5
Referendum on harmonized sales tax 6300-1
Fraser, Scott (Alberni–Pacific Rim)
Environmental assessment process for proposed Vancouver Island coal mine 7020
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 6841, 6892-3
Government action on poverty reduction 6299-300
Impact of proposed Vancouver Island coal mine on shellfish industry 6688
Gentner, Guy (Delta North)
Government policies on foreign trade zones 7099-100
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)
Beds and facilities at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 7158
Investigation of medical scan interpretations 6298, 6378
Rate changes for seniors in residential care 7251
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)
Automobile insurance rates 6891
Funding for criminal justice system 6839
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum 6956-7, 7018-9
Report recommendations on services for developmentally disabled persons 6416
Vancouver floatplane terminal contract 7327
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)
Oversight of oil and gas industry impact on water resources 7752
Potential use of Delta lands for foreign trade zone 7100
James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)
Cost of government information on harmonized sales tax 7856
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7540
Government changes to harmonized sales tax 7377-8
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum 6889, 6956
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 6890, 7657-8
Impact of harmonized sales tax on housing sector 7472
Services for developmentally disabled persons 7160
Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt–Royal Roads)
Emergency grant policy for disability assistance recipients 6957-8
Government action on poverty reduction 6299
Report recommendations on services for developmentally disabled persons 6415-6
Services for developmentally disabled persons 6535, 6599-600, 7160, 7750
Krog, Leonard (Nanaimo)
Appointment of judges 6477
Funding for criminal justice system 6379-80, 6839
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7538
Payment of legal fees in B.C. rail court case 6314
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
B.C. Place roof replacement 6958-9
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7538-9
Government and third-party information on harmonized sales tax 6477
Government changes to harmonized sales tax 7379
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant industry 7470-1
Investigation of medical scan interpretations 6378-9
Job creation projections for harmonized sales tax 6687
Payment of legal fees in B.C. Rail court case and indemnity policy review 7858
Lali, Harry (Fraser-Nicola)
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business 7659
Payment of legal fees in B.C. Rail court case and indemnity policy review 7858-9
Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
Government action on wildfire prevention 7752-3
Impact of log export policy on forest industry 7097-8
Payment of legal fees in B.C. rail court case 6314
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)
Funding for criminal justice system 6316
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7541
Funding for programs at Capilano University 7326
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum 6955
Kelowna Women's Resource Centre 6416-7
Post-secondary education funding and Vancouver Island University 6766
Popham, Lana (Saanich South)
Impact of harmonized sales tax on cyclists 7473
Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
Cost of government information on harmonized sales tax 6476
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry 7539-40
Government changes to harmonized sales tax 7658
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum 6955, 7016
Harmonized sales tax low-income credit 6414
Impact of harmonized sales tax elimination on restaurant industry 6842-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families 7251, 7658
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant industry 7468-9
Impact of harmonized sales tax reduction 7377
Panel report on harmonized sales tax 6600
Process for referendum on harmonized sales tax 7857
Revenue neutrality of harmonized sales tax 6954-5
Sales taxes on restaurant industry 6888-9
School district carbon-neutral requirements and resource industry emissions reduction 6764-5
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)
Impact of log export policy on forest industry 7098
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)
Cabinet committee on open government 6601-2
Impact of log export policy on forest industry 7098-9
Premier's announcements during by-election campaign 6689
Sather, Michael (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 6602
Funding for parks system 6764
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
Communication by health authority on medical scan issues 6378
Community Living B.C. and services for developmentally disabled persons 7159
Investigation of medical scan interpretations 6298, 6378
Report recommendations on services for developmentally disabled persons 6415
Services for developmentally disabled persons 6534-5, 6599, 7101
Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)
Diversion of water from Williston reservoir 7751
Public consultation on Williston reservoir water diversion 7751-2
School district carbon-neutral requirements and resource industry emissions reduction 6765-6
Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)
Contract process for casino project on lands adjacent to B.C. Place 6840-1
Emergency grant policy for disability assistance recipients 6958
Funding for criminal justice system 6380
Government action on homelessness and affordable housing 7328
Impact of harmonized sales tax on housing sector 7471-2
Payment of legal fees in B.C. rail court case 6315
Referendum on harmonized sales tax 6300
Report recommendations on services for developmentally disabled persons 6415
Services for developmentally disabled persons 6535-6, 6598-9
Vancouver floatplane terminal contract 6892
Trevena, Claire (North Island)
B.C. Ferries service model 6537
Care plans for persons with disabilities 7159-60
Ferry fares 7249-50
Impact of proposed Vancouver Island coal mine on shellfish industry 6688
Shellfish aquaculture and environmental review 6687-8
Oral questions by subject See also Oral questions by member

Airline industry
Vancouver floatplane terminal contract (Bell) 6892, 7327-8 (Chandra Herbert) 6892, 7327 (Horgan) 7327 (Simpson, S.) 6892
Aquaculture
Shellfish aquaculture and environmental review (McRae) 6688 (Trevena) 6687-8
Automobiles
Automobile insurance rates (Bains) 6891-2 (Bond) 6891-2 (Horgan) 6891
B.C. Place Stadium
B.C. Place roof replacement (Bell) 6958-9 (Kwan) 6958-9
British Columbia Rail
Payment of legal fees in B.C. Rail court case (Black, D.) 6313 (Coleman) 6313-6 (Fleming) 6314-5 (Hansen) 6313 (Krog) 6314 (Macdonald) 6314 (Simpson, S.) 6315
Payment of legal fees in B.C. Rail court case and indemnity policy review (Kwan) 7858 (Lali) 7858-9 (Penner) 7858-9
Disabled and handicapped persons
Care plans for persons with disabilities (Bloy) 7159-60 (Trevena) 7159-60
Community Living B.C. and services for developmentally disabled persons (Bloy) 7159 (Simons) 7159
Report recommendations on services for developmentally disabled persons (Bloy) 6415-6 (Horgan) 6416 (Karagianis) 6415-6 (Simons) 6415 (Simpson, S.) 6415
Services for developmentally disabled persons (Bloy) 6534-6, 6598-600, 7100-2, 7160 (Clark) 7749-51 (Corrigan) 7100-1 (Dix) 7749-50 (Farnworth) 7101-2 (James) 7160 (Karagianis) 6535, 6599-600, 7160, 7750 (Simons) 6534-5, 6599, 7101 (Simpson, S.) 6535-6, 6598-9
Drugs
Pricing model for prescription drugs (de Jong) 7247-9 (Dix) 7247-8 (Farnworth) 7248-9
Education and schools
Funding for school meal program in Surrey (Abbott) 6475-6 (Bains) 6475-6
Government response to court ruling on teachers' collective bargaining (Abbott) 6473-4 (Dix) 6473-4
School district carbon-neutral requirements and resource industry emissions reduction (Abbott) 6765-6 (Austin) 6765 (Lake) 6764-5 (Ralston) 6764-5 (Simpson, B.) 6765-6
School district funding and court ruling on teachers' bargaining (Abbott) 6475 (Austin) 6474-5
School district payment of property insurance premiums (Abbott) 7019-20 (Austin) 7019 (Elmore) 7019-20
Surrey school district portable use and funding (Bains) 6317 (Brar) 6317 (MacDiarmid) 6317
Elections
Election campaign finance reporting in Vancouver-Fraserview (Corrigan) 6316
Environment
Diversion of water from Williston reservoir (Simpson, B.) 7751
Public consultation on Williston reservoir water diversion (Coleman) 7752 (Simpson, B.) 7751-2
Ferry services
B.C. Ferries service model (Lekstrom) 6537 (Trevena) 6537
Ferry fares (Coons) 7249 (Lekstrom) 7249-50 (Trevena) 7249-50
Government action on B.C. Ferries cancellation of prepaid passes (Coons) 6536 (Corrigan) 6536-7 (Lekstrom) 6536-7
Fires and firefighting
Government action on wildfire prevention (Macdonald) 7752-3 (Thomson) 7752-3
Forest industry
Impact of log export policy on forest industry (Macdonald) 7097-8 (Routley, B.) 7098 (Routley, D.) 7098-9 (Thomson) 7097-9
Gambling
Contract process for casino project on lands adjacent to B.C. Place (Bell) 6840-1 (Chandra Herbert) 6840 (Simpson, S.) 6840-1
Government and Legislature
Cabinet committee on open government (Cadieux) 6601-2 (Routley, D.) 6601-2
Government position on supervised injection site (de Jong) 6689 (Farnworth) 6689
Premier's announcements during by-election campaign (Cadieux) 6689 (Routley, D.) 6689
Health care facilities
Beds and facilities at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (de Jong) 7158-9 (Hammell) 7158
Cleaning services at health care facilities (de Jong) 6533-4 (Dix) 6533 (Farnworth) 6534
Conditions at hospital facilities on Haida Gwaii (Coons) 7659 (de Jong) 7659-60 (Farnworth) 7660
Conditions at Royal Columbian Hospital (de Jong) 7156-8 (Dix) 7156-7 (Farnworth) 7157-8
St. Paul's Hospital infrastructure conditions (Chandra Herbert) 6379 (Hansen) 6379
Health care services
Business plan for B.C. CareCard initiative (de Jong) 7324-6 (Dix) 7324-5 (Farnworth) 7324-5
Communication by health authority on medical scan issues (Black, D.) 6377 (Hansen) 6377-8 (Simons) 6378
Investigation of medical scan interpretations (Black, D.) 6297, 6377 (Hammell) 6298, 6378 (Hansen) 6297-9, 6377-9 (Kwan) 6378-9 (Simons) 6298, 6378
Rate changes for seniors in residential care (de Jong) 7251-2 (Hammell) 7251
Wait times for residential care beds (Conroy) 7751 (de Jong) 7751
Housing and homelessness
Government action on homelessness and affordable housing (Coleman) 7328 (Simpson, S.) 7328
Income assistance
Emergency grant policy for disability assistance recipients (Bloy) 6958 (Karagianis) 6957-8 (Simpson, S.) 6958
Justice system
Appointment of judges (Krog) 6477 (Penner) 6477
Funding for criminal justice system (Chandra Herbert) 6316 (Coleman) 6316 (Dix) 6838 (Hansen) 6316-7, 6380-1 (Horgan) 6839 (Krog) 6379-80, 6839 (Mungall) 6316 (Penner) 6838-40 (Simpson, S.) 6380
Funding for groups participating in missing women inquiry (Clark) 7536-8, 7540-1 (Dix) 7536-7 (Farnworth) 7541 (James) 7540 (Krog) 7538 (Kwan) 7538-9 (Mungall) 7541 (Penner) 7538-41 (Ralston) 7539-40
Staffing levels for sheriffs (Corrigan) 7753-4 (Penner) 7753-4
Mining industry
Environmental assessment process for proposed Vancouver Island coal mine (Fraser) 7020 (Lake) 7020-1
Impact of proposed Vancouver Island coal mine on shellfish industry (Fraser) 6688 (McRae) 6688-9 (Trevena) 6688
Mining industry and Natural Resource Operations Ministry funding (Campbell) 6381 (Donaldson) 6381 (Hawes) 6381
Oil and gas
Enbridge oil pipeline proposal (Coleman) 6602 (Sather) 6602
First Nations consultation on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal (Coleman) 6841 (Fraser) 6841, 6892-3 (Polak) 6892-3
Government preparedness for oil spills (Fleming) 6841-2 (Lake) 6842
Oversight of oil and gas industry impact on water resources (Coleman) 7752 (Huntington) 7752
Parks
Camping fees (Fleming) 7250-1 (Lake) 7250-1
Funding for parks system (Dix) 6762-3 (Fleming) 6763 (Lake) 6762-4 (Sather) 6764
Pest control
Bedbug infestations and control (Chandra Herbert) 6957 (de Jong) 6957
Post-secondary education
Funding for programs at Capilano University (Fleming) 7326-7 (Mungall) 7326 (Yamamoto) 7326-7
Post-secondary education funding and Vancouver Island University (Mungall) 6766 (Yamamoto) 6766
Poverty
Government action on poverty reduction (Fraser) 6299-300 (Karagianis) 6299 (Polak) 6299-300
Taxation
Announcements by Premier and government information on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 7017 (Falcon) 7017
Cost of government information on harmonized sales tax (Clark) 7656-7, 7855-6 (Dix) 6412-3, 6685-6, 7655-7, 7854-6 (Falcon) 6412-3, 6476-7, 6685-6, 7856-7 (James) 7856 (Ralston) 6476
Government and third-party information on harmonized sales tax (Falcon) 6477 (Kwan) 6477
Government changes to harmonized sales tax (Dix) 7375-6 (Donaldson) 7377-8 (Falcon) 7375-80, 7658 (James) 7377-8 (Kwan) 7379 (Ralston) 7658
Government tax policies after harmonized sales tax referendum (Corrigan) 7017-8 (Falcon) 6889-90, 6955-7, 7016, 7018-9 (Horgan) 6956-7, 7018-9 (James) 6889, 6956 (Mungall) 6955 (Ralston) 6955, 7016
Harmonized sales tax low-income credit (Falcon) 6414-5 (Ralston) 6414
Impact of harmonized sales tax elimination on restaurant industry (Falcon) 6842-3 (Ralston) 6842-3
Impact of harmonized sales tax on cyclists (Falcon) 7473 (Popham) 7473
Impact of harmonized sales tax on families (Chandra Herbert) 6686-7 (Donaldson) 6890-1 (Falcon) 6686-7, 6890-1, 7251, 7657-8 (James) 6890, 7657-8 (Ralston) 7251, 7658
Impact of harmonized sales tax on home care for seniors (Corrigan) 6413-4 (Dix) 6413 (Falcon) 6413-4
Impact of harmonized sales tax on housing sector (Falcon) 7471-2 (James) 7472 (Simpson, S.) 7471-2
Impact of harmonized sales tax on restaurant industry (Chandra Herbert) 7469-70 (Falcon) 7468-71 (Kwan) 7470-1 (Ralston) 7468-9
Impact of harmonized sales tax on small business (Falcon) 7659 (Lali) 7659
Impact of harmonized sales tax reduction (Falcon) 7377 (Ralston) 7377
Job creation projections for harmonized sales tax (Falcon) 6687 (Kwan) 6687
Panel report on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 6601 (Falcon) 6600-1 (Ralston) 6600
Process for referendum on harmonized sales tax (Clark) 7857-8 (Ralston) 7857
Referendum on harmonized sales tax (Fleming) 6300-1 (Hansen) 6300-1 (Simpson, S.) 6300
Revenue neutrality of harmonized sales tax (Falcon) 6954-5 (Ralston) 6954-5
Sales taxes on restaurant industry (Falcon) 6888-9 (Ralston) 6888-9
Trade
Government policies on foreign trade zones (Gentner) 7099-100 (Lekstrom) 7099-100
Potential use of Delta lands for foreign trade zone (Huntington) 7100 (Lekstrom) 7100
Women
Kelowna Women's Resource Centre (Chong) 6416-7 (Mungall) 6416-7
Workers
Grant's law and protection for workers (Cadieux) 6416 (Chouhan) 6416, 7328

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