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

Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
experience as family member and as teacher 6744
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2011, debate 7040-1
Crime and criminals
forfeiture of proceeds of crime, administrative forfeiture process 7040-1
history, train robbery 7746-7
Families
cabinet committee on families first 6744
government support, families-first concept 6743-6
Fraser River, Experience the Fraser heritage and recreation project 6837-8
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
police use of civil forfeiture process 7040-1
Silverdale community, description and history 7746-7
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area, addiction treatment services 7373-4
Private members' statements
Putting families first 6743-6
Statements by members
Addiction recovery program 7373-4
Community of Silverdale 7746-7
Experience the Fraser project 6837-8
Substance abuse and addiction, treatment services, Celebrate Recovery program 7373-4
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
comments on issues
comments as Attorney General on government coverage of Basi-Virk legal fees (Simpson, S.) 6315
comments in response to question by Bill Routley 7596 (Routley, B.) 7595-6
role of B.C. SPCA (Ralston) 7259-60
experience with treaty negotiation issues 7696-7 (Lali) 7702
Automobiles, driver's licences, relationship to CareCards 7604
B.C.
air ambulance services in northern and rural B.C. 7381
demographic trends and migration of retirees 7333-4
B.C. Liberal Party government
health policies 6533-4
position on supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility 6689
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, transitional housing program 7345
Campbell, Gordon, work on treaty negotiation issues 7696
Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association, comments on fraud in health care system 7324
Cancer treatment services 7659
Children, physical activity 7333
Dease Lake Airport, beacons and air ambulance night flights 7343-4, 7381
Drugs, prescription drugs
prices and cost management 7336-9
pricing model and agreement 7247-9
role in health care system 7338
Economy, conditions, government response 7330
First Nations treaty negotiations 7696-7
Food, sodium content, impact on health 7333
Fraser Health Authority
alternative-level-of-care beds 7387
cleaning services 7350
seniors care facilities, access to joint purchasing system 7394
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, application to residential care facilities 7397-8
Haida Gwaii, hospital facilities 7660
Harmonized sales tax 7386, 7395
Health, continuing and long-term care
beds
categories 7397
number and wait-lists 7395-6, 7751
waiting times 7387, 7751
review of system 7406
use of anti-psychotic drugs on dementia patients 7593-4
workers, labour market report 7404
Health, health authorities, contractual arrangements with residential care facilities 7461-3
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects, government investment 7384-5
capital projects, public-private partnerships 7347-8, 7385-6
cleaning services, audits 7350
cleaning services, service delivery and standards 6533-4
government investment 7156-8, 7659-60
Health, health care funding
health accord funding from federal government 7599-600
link to economic growth 7329-30
public perception 7330
residential care facilities 7407
Health, health care system
beds, availability 7386-7
CareCards
fraud incidence and costs 7324-6, 7601
new card initiative 7324-6, 7601-4
privacy issues 7602-3
cost pressures and government management 7331
costs and spending, review by legislative committee 7330-1
equipment, procurement process 7337
fraud incidence 7601
health professionals, scope of practice 7393
health professionals, supply and training 7158, 7388, 7392
impact of demographic trends 7334-5
patient care quality review boards 7594
personal health information, management 7603
travel assistance programs, government policies 7343
Health, public health
bedbug infestations 6957
dietitian services 7458, 7461
health promotion and disease prevention 7331-4
health promotion and disease prevention, impact on health care funding issues 7599-600
health promotion and disease prevention programs 7457-60
Health Ministry
estimates debate 7329-51, 7380-407, 7454-63, 7593-606
estimates debate 7329, 7380, 7393, 7596
role in health support services contracting process 7462
Hope, Robert, work on Yale First Nation treaty 7696
Housing, residential care facilities
care standard, application and transparency 7394-5
care standards, regulation 7398-9
contracts, staff contracts 7403-4, 7461-2
fees
financial issues for families 7400, 7597
rate changes for seniors in residential care 7251-2, 7400-1
reinvestment of revenues 7402-3
review 7400-1
private and public facilities 7598
private facilities, accountability 7397-8
staffing levels 7399
taxation issues 7395
worker retention and working conditions 7405, 7463
Immigration, benefits to B.C. 7335
Income assistance, medical benefits, orthotics and orthopedic shoes 7604-6
Income-splitting, use 7597
Interior Health Authority, residential care facilities, care standards and cost pressures 7407
Labour mobility 7389, 7392
Legislation, use by government, NDP position 7248-9
Legislative Assembly Management Committee, budget and accountability 6374
Legislative Assembly Management Committee (Public Disclosure of MLA Expenses and Accountability) Amendment Act, 2011, debate 6374
Lyme disease, research, testing and treatment services 7454-7
MLAs, expenditures, accountability and public disclosure 6374
Mental health beds, status of request-for-proposals for new beds 7344-5
Morgan, George, experience in residential care facility 7594-5
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, infection control 6534
NDP, position on issues, use of legislation 7248-9
New Vista Care Home, funding for staffing costs 7461-2
News Hour , communications with NDP re news story 7248
Nisga'a people, treaty and final agreement, debate 7696
Nurses
licensed practical nurses 7393
nurse practitioners 7388, 7392-3
street nurses 7460
Obesity, incidence and causes 7333
Ontario, prescription drug pricing model 7247-8
Oral questions (response)
Bedbug infestations and control 6957
Beds and facilities at Vernon Jubilee Hospital 7158-9
Business plan for B.C. CareCard initiative 7324-6
Cleaning services at health care facilities 6533-4
Conditions at hospital facilities on Haida Gwaii 7659-60
Conditions at Royal Columbian Hospital 7156-8
Government position on supervised injection site 6689
Pricing model for prescription drugs 7247-9
Rate changes for seniors in residential care 7251-2
Wait times for residential care beds 7751
Pharmacare program
coverage 7336
drug approval process 7340-2
reference drug program 7338-9
Therapeutics initiative 7340-2
Physicians
recruitment 7335
supply and training 7391-2
supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians 7335, 7388-91
Prentice, Jim, work on treaty negotiation issues 7696
Provincial Health Services Authority, report on Lyme disease and recommendations 7454
Returning the Favour Care Home Ltd., operations and contract with health authority 7598
Ridge Meadows Hospital
availability of beds 7386-7
wait times for patients transferring to long-term care 7454
Riverview Hospital, redevelopment plans and transfer of patients to other facilities 7344-6
Routley, Bill, handling of constituent's concerns re residential care facility 7595
Royal Columbian Hospital
capital projects, government investment 7350-1
conditions 7156
redevelopment 7157, 7348-9
Sherbrooke facility for mental health patients 7349
surgery wait-lists 7350
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment and government investment 7383-6
Seniors, care and support, role of government and individuals 7406
Substance abuse and addiction
prescription drugs 7459-60
supervised injection site in Vancouver 7458-9
supervised injection site in Vancouver, B.C. Liberal Party position 6689
Surrey, health care facilities and services, new outpatient facility 7381-3
Surrey Memorial Hospital
emergency services 7383
expansion project 7158, 7382-3
Tobacco, smoking cessation programs 7331-2
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 7392
Tuerlings, John, waiting time for residential care bed 7751
Vancouver Island, north Island, seniors care beds 7597
Vancouver Island Health Authority, new hospitals in Campbell River and Comox 7347-8
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, conditions and patient care tower construction project 7158-9
Yale First Nation, treaty and final agreement 7696-7
Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act, debate 7696-7
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
comments on harmonized sales tax motion (Sultan) 7569
election as NDP leader (Lali) 6469 (MacDiarmid) 6417
position on harmonized sales tax 7880-1
position on harmonized sales tax and proposed changes (Clark) 7880-1, 7883
position on issues (Falcon) 6525 (Les) 7001 (Letnick) 6452 (Rustad) 6426
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and consultation 7845-6
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust 7537, 7807-11
financial management 6838
position on harmonized sales tax 7855
public confidence 7554-5
Budgets, 2009-10 budget deficit and budget process 7882
Canada, House of Commons and Senate, B.C. representation 7859-60
Carbon tax revenues, allocation to transit services 7843-4
Civil service
equity hiring 7793-5
legal fee indemnity policy for government employees, review 7809-11
salaries and wages, zero-increase mandate 7791-2
Clark, Christy
comments on issues
B.C. representation in House of Commons 7859-60
court ruling re class size and composition 6474
diversity in civil service 7793-4
harmonized sales tax 7375-6
harmonized sales tax and referendum 7553-4, 7655-6, 7846
oil tanker safety 7802
TransLink funding and carbon tax 7843
letter to Stephen Harper on B.C. representation in House of Commons 7859-60
meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper 7802-5
open letter 7843
position on Enbridge gateway pipeline project and oil tanker traffic 7801-2
position on Prosperity gold-copper mine project 7799-800
relationship with former Enbridge employees 7802
return to Legislature 7536
role in establishment of Community Living B.C. 7749
Clerk of the House, appointment of Clerks 7829-30
Community Living B.C., establishment 7749
Compass Group Canada Ltd., contract for hospital cleaning services 6533
Comprehensive economic and trade agreement
negotiations, government response 7803-5
potential impact on drug prices 7803-4
Consumers, costs and user fees 7553-5
Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act, 2011, debate 6655
Couvelier, Mel, life and public service 7743
Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services, funding and government support 7749-50
Drugs, prescription drugs, pricing model and agreement 7247-8
Dyble, John, work commended 7882-3
Emergencies, role of public sector 7840
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 7802
Environment
environmental assessment process 7799-800
pest control and pesticide use, ban on cosmetic use 6655
Falcon, Kevin, comments on harmonized sales tax 7854-5
Foley, Matt and Kerry, cost of mother's home care 6413
Garibaldi Provincial Park, conditions and staffing 6762
Government, parliamentary secretaries 7796
Group homes, closings 7749
Harmonized sales tax
changes, proposed changes to tax rate and rebates 7375-6, 7553-6
debate in Legislature 7856
impact on issues 6413, 6685-6, 7553-5, 7855-6, 7882
implementation, government handling 6413, 7376, 7553-6, 7846, 7882
information and advertising 6412-3, 6685-6, 7656-7, 7854-6, 7880-2
initiative petition campaign 7881
panel report 6685
position on tax, B.C. Liberal Party position 7855
public consultation, telephone town halls 7553
referendum process 7846
Harper, Stephen, letter from B.C. Premier on B.C. representation in House of Commons 7859-60
Hayer, Dave, roles in B.C. Liberal Party government 7796-7
Health care system
CareCards, business plan for new card initiative 7324-5
CareCards, fraud incidence and costs 7324-5
facilities and hospitals, cleaning services, service delivery and standards 6533
health support workers, 2002 legislation and impact on women workers 7845, 7880
James, Craig, appointment as Clerk of the House 7829-30
Justice system
courts and court system, impact of delays on criminal cases 6838
criminal justice system, funding 6838
Legislature, estimates process, relevance of questions 7810
MacMinn, E. George, appointment as Clerk Consultant 7829-30
Marquise Group, purchase by Compass Group 6533
Mills, Shane, position as director of communications for Premier's office 7793, 7798-9
Ministerial statements (response)
B.C. representation in House of Commons 7859-60
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, funding for groups participating in inquiry 7536-7
Morgan, Gwyn
comments on immigration and multiculturalism 7793
relationship with government 7793
Motions
Appointment of Clerks of the Legislative Assembly, debate 7829-30
Government changes to harmonized sales tax, debate 7553-6
NDP
performance as opposition and support for shipbuilding industry 7806-7
priorities 7555-6
Nisga'a people, lawsuit involving provincial government 6685
Ontario, prescription drug pricing model 7247
Oppal, Wally, comments on funding for groups participating in Missing Women Inquiry 7536-7
Oral questions
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
Parks
100th anniversary of parks system 6762
conditions and funding 6762-3
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies 7844
government advertising and announcements 6763
Politics and politicians, political parties, participation by women 7795
Premier's Office
estimates debate 7791-811, 7840-7, 7880-3
staff and staffing 7792-8
Royal Columbian Hospital, acute care beds and capacity 7156-7
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate, appointment as Deputy Clerk and Chief Committee Clerk 7829-30
Shipbuilding, federal contracts, government and opposition support for B.C. industry bid 7805-8
Shipping industry, moratorium on oil tankers in coastal waters 7801-2
Social workers, community social services workers, collective bargaining and wages 7792
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Evergreen line 7840-4
Millennium Line 7842-3
revenue sources 7844
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 6473-4
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project 7799-800
Taxation, tax-shifting from corporations to citizens 7553-4
Taylor, Carole, comments on harmonized sales tax 7855, 7881-2
Tributes
Mel Couvelier 7743
U.S., severe weather events 7840
Vancouver Island Health Authority, infection control and cleaning services 6533
Women, handling of issues by B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations 7795
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 6587-9
budget 6328, 6587
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 7224
Agricultural Land Commission, funding 6328
Agriculture Ministry, budget 6328
All Nations Trust, role 6589
Auditor General, report on mining industry securities issues 7728
Bassett family, comments on harmonized sales tax 6890-1
Bennett, Bill
comments on Energy and Mines Ministry budget 7721
comments on issues 6998-9
B.C., issues and challenges, government action 6328-9
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
air ambulance services 7342-4, 7381
arts and culture 6311
mining industry in northwest B.C. 6532
training opportunities in northwest B.C. 6328, 7224
B.C. Court of Appeal, ruling on First Nations consultation 7723
B.C. Hydro, role in transmission line project 6588, 7728
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 7565
position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 6752
B.C. Securities Commission, review of proposal for stock exchange merger 7505-7, 7509
Budget debate 6326-9
Budgets, 2011-12 budget 6326-9
Burns and McDonnell Canada Ltd., government contract 7728
Clark, Christy
announcement on harmonized sales tax changes 7017
comments on harmonized sales tax and referendum 7564-6
comments on harmonized sales tax referendum 6541-2
position on Prosperity gold-copper mine project 6752, 7092, 7722
Coal industry 6999
Cuba, Alex, achievements in Latin music 6311
Dease Lake, post-secondary education opportunities 7224
Dease Lake Airport, beacons and air ambulance night flights 7343-4, 7381
Dirom, Gavin, comments on Energy and Mines Ministry budget 7719
Economy
conditions 7378, 7566
measurement, Your Better Life Index 7648
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 6752, 7213-4
Energy
alternative energy sources, development funding 6328
clean energy, development 6751-2
northwest transmission line 7728
Energy and Mines Ministry
estimates debate 7718-28
budget and staffing 7719-21, 7725-7
capacity issues 7721
contracted services 7726
estimates process, debate timeline 7719
role and responsibilities 7720, 7723
service plan goals 7723-4
service plan goals and performance measurement 7719
Environment, environmental assessment process 6998-9, 7209-11, 7721-5
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 7209-11, 7213-4
Environmental Assessment Act, history and purpose 7723
Families, government support 6751
Finance and Government Services Committee, presentations by mining industry 7721
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 7505-7, 7647-8
First Nations
agreements with government, impact and benefits agreements 7211, 7723-4
consultation by government on land and resources 6327-8, 7091, 7723-5
new relationship with government, goals 6587
treaty negotiations, government funding 6587, 6589
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 7089-92
budget 7089-91
First Nations consultation and coordination function 7091-2
mining component 7089-91
staffing 7089-91
Forests and forest industry, forest stewardship, funding 6338
Fraser Institute, work on mining issues 7721-2
Geoscience B.C., activities and funding 6532
Gitanyow First Nation
consultation by government on transmission line project 6587-8
joint land use plan and consultation by government on transmission line project 6327-8
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, comments on mining project environmental assessment process 7723
Gitxsan First Nations, treaty negotiations 6588-9
Government
ministries, natural resource ministries 6327, 6999
procurement practices and system, support for social enterprises 7647-8
Gratton, Pierre
comments on funding for natural resource ministries 6327, 7720-1
comments on mine permitting process 7089, 7091
Hamhuis, Dan, achievements as hockey player 7748
Harmonized sales tax
changes, proposed changes to tax rate and rebates 7378-9, 7563-6
impact on issues 6601, 6890-1, 7564-6
implementation, government handling 6326, 7564
information and advertising 6541-2, 7017, 7564
initiative vote 6326, 6541
panel report 6601, 7566
position on tax, business and industry 6541
referendum 6542, 7564
revenue neutrality 7564
Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) Initiative Vote and Referendum Act, debate 6541-2
Health care system, travel assistance programs, government policies 7342-3
Health Ministry, estimates debate 7342-4, 7381
Imperial Metals Corp., Red Chris mine 7728
Interoute Construction Ltd., permit application for operations in Fairview area 7092
Justice system, criminal justice system, funding 6320
Krueger, Kevin, comments on issues 6327
'Ksan Performing Arts, cultural exchange project in China 7246
Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government Ministry, estimates debate 6812-3
Lockwood, Regina, travel for medical treatment 7342
Minerals North, 2011 conference in Stewart 6532
Mines Act, amendments 7728
Mines and mining industry
aggregate industry, licences and permitting process 7092
chief mines inspector, role and reporting requirements 7725-6
employment and jobs 7719
industry, impact of proposed stock exchange merger 7505-7, 7509
industry conditions and government support 6381, 6532, 7089-91, 7719-21
international investment in B.C. 7721-2
mine inspection 7725-7
mine monitoring 7725
mine reclamation, securities issues 7725, 7727-8
need for certainty on land base 7721-3
permitting process 7089, 7091
regional geologist positions 7091
revenues to government 6381
revenues to government and role in economy 7718-9
skills training 7224
uranium industry 7092
worker safety, regulation 6812-3, 7728
Mining Association of B.C., comments on natural resource ministries 6381
Motions
Clean power and renewable energy technologies, debate 6751-2
Government changes to harmonized sales tax, debate 7563-6
Nannings, Bill, medical care 6329
Natural Resource Operations Ministry
budget 6327
funding levels, impact on services 6381
New relationship trust 6589
Northwest Community College, potential programs in Atlin and Dease Lake 7224
Oil spills, role of technology in prevention 6752
Oral questions
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
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, statement on economic measurement 7648
Parvaz, Dorothy, detention in Iran 7093
Politics and politicians, leadership elections, impact on government operations 6318
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance 6328, 7224
Prince George, mining industry activities and regional geologist position 7091
Private members' statements (response)
Clean coal in B.C. 6998-9
Recall and Initiative Act, provisions on third-party advertising 6541
Seabridge Gold Inc., Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mining project 7723
Securities industry, regulators, report on proposal for stock exchange merger 7505
Smithers, mining industry activities and regional geologist position 7091
Sports, hockey in rural areas 7748
Statements
Dorothy Parvaz 7093
Statements by members
Alex Cuba 6311
Dam Hamhuis and hockey in rural B.C. 7748-9
'Ksan Performing Arts Group participation in cultural exchange project 7246
Minerals North conference in Stewart 6532
Stiglitz, Joseph, comments on use of gross domestic product as measurement tool 7648
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on spending limits for third-party election advertising 6541
Taku River Tlingit First Nation, comments on mine regulation and compliance 7725
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project 6752, 7091-2, 7209-11, 7721-2, 7724
Teck Resources Ltd., Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics 7728
TMX Group Inc., Toronto Stock Exchange, proposal for merger with London Stock Exchange 7505-7, 7509
Tostenson, Ian, comments on harmonized sales tax changes 7566
Tsilhqot'in Nation, consultation by government 7721
West Moberly First Nations, consultation by government on coal exploration activities 7723
WorkSafe B.C., coverage of mine workers 6812-3, 7728

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