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

Thomson, Hon. Steve (Kelowna-Mission)

As subject
family, staff and constituents thanked 6338
heritage status of family farm 7130
Aquaculture
First Nations consultation 7143
government management 7143
tenures 7142-3
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., consultation by government 7090
B.C., forest industry in northwest B.C. 7099
B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, report recommendations on forest policy 7129, 7131, 7135
B.C. timber sales program
category 2 sales 7134
expenses and revenues 7056
B.C. Wildlife Federation
annual meeting and attendance by Forests Minister 7086
relationship with government 7087
response to wildlife harvest allocation policy 7140-1, 7143-4
Budget debate 6338-41
Budgets, 2011-12 budget 6341
Cavanagh, John, work for government 7142
China, market for B.C. wood building materials 7098-9, 7136-7, 7139
Coast Tsimshian Resources LP, forest industry operations 7099
Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River 7143
Cottonwood, flooding in area, home relocation issue 7141
Economy, conditions 7050-1
Energy
alternative energy sources, potential 6341
bioenergy, government initiatives 7134
bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 7066, 7133-4
clean energy, licences and permitting process 7051
power supply and demand 6341
Energy and Mines Ministry, relationship with Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry 7089-90
Environment, cabinet committee on environment and land use, membership 7874
Fires and firefighters
firefighters 7752-3
forest fires, mitigation initiatives and funding 7065-7, 7752-3
Fishing industry, e-licence program 7086
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., operations 7139
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 7050-69, 7084-92, 7128-49
budget 7051-5, 7057-61, 7065, 7089-91
communications with public 7133
estimates process 7148-9
First Nations consultation and coordination function 7092
forest stewardship component 7054-5, 7057-9
heritage component 7130
mining component 7089-91
regional offices 7133, 7135
role and responsibilities 7051-4, 7057-8, 7088, 7135
staffing 7089-91, 7135
water stewardship component 7054, 7087-8
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre 7136
access to fibre, Fibre Connections B.C. initiative 7134
certification of forest products 7060, 7085
community forest agreements 7132-3
conditions in industry 7050-2, 7131-2
employment and jobs 7097-9
export of raw logs
carbon impact 7139
government policy 7138-9, 7147
government policy review 7097-9
impact on B.C. forest industry 7097-9, 7136-7
timber export advisory committee 7068-9, 7097-8
exports, cedar, fir and hemlock exports 7136-7
exports, expansion of market for products 7098-9
First Nations involvement in industry 7129, 7131-2
forest inventory 7059-62, 7085
forest inventory, not satisfactorily restocked forest lands 7063-5, 7084
forest licences and permitting process 7051
forest management and practices, compliance and enforcement 7065, 7085, 7129
forest management and practices, visual objectives 7148
forest revitalization plan 7131
forest stewardship, funding 7054-9, 7084-5
government forest policies 7051
government forest policies, impact 7129-32
government forest policies, public input 7132-3
industry, impact of tax policies 7098
mills, capacity issues 7135-6
mills, operations and openings 7085, 7097-8, 7130, 7138
research, funding 7058-9, 7085, 7135
revenues to government 7051
silviculture, Forests for Tomorrow program 7063-4
silviculture, government action and funding 7063-5, 7084
stumpage system, rates 7055-6, 7062, 7085
value-added sector 7133-4, 7136
wood-first initiative 7134
FrontCounter B.C., operations re permits 7051
Gerak, Danny and Lee, comments on dock access 7145
Government licences and permits, "one project, one process" approach 7051, 7088
Great Bear rain forest
land use agreement and landscape reserve plans 7144-5
wildlife conservation and focal species 7145
Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., response to wildlife harvest allocation policy 7140, 7143-4
Guide-outfitters
issues and concerns 7144
response to wildlife harvest allocation policy 7140-1
Heritage sites, management and strategy, funding 7130-1
Housing, social and subsidized housing, funding 6339
Hunting
e-licence program 7086
harvest allocation policy report 7143-4
hunting of carnivores 7147
regulations, availability of hunting and trapping synopsis 7086
Infrastructure, government investment and partnerships 6338-9
International Children's Games, winter games in 2011, hosting by Kelowna 6340
Interoute Construction Ltd., permit application for operations in Fairview area 7092, 7128
James, Carole, comments on log exports 7098
Jumbo Glacier resort, development proposal 7140
Kelowna, government investment in area and supportive housing projects 6338-9
Kelowna General Hospital
East Pandosy clinical support building project 6339
facilities and services 6339
Midway, mill operations 7052
Mines and mining industry
aggregate industry, licences and permitting process 7051, 7092
industry, government support 7089-91
industry conditions 7051
permitting process 7090
placer mining, government support 7142
regional geologist positions 7091
uranium industry 7092
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2011, debate 7874
Natural Resource Operations Ministry, role 6341
Oil and gas
drilling and drilling practices, hydraulic fracturing 7141
industry, water use 7087-8
natural gas, demand and resources 6341
Oil and Gas Commission, permitting process and regulations re water use 7087
Okanagan area
cardiac services 6339
government investment 6339-40
Oral questions (response)
Government action on wildfire prevention 7752-3
Impact of log export policy on forest industry 7097-9
Pitt River Lodge, dock access issue 7145
Prince George, mining industry activities and regional geologist position 7091
Quesnel Highland area, wolf population control, report 7146-7
Resources and resource industries
development, approval process 6340-1
forest-dependent communities, government support 7129-30, 7132-3
government support 6340
resource management 7051
resource roads, access and management 7141-2
role in economy 7050-1
Slave Lake, Alberta, fire in community and B.C. response 7066
Smithers, mining industry activities and regional geologist position 7091
Sports events, Hosting B.C. program 6340
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project 7092
Terrane Metals Corp., Mount Milligan mine project 7051
Tutt Street Place, supportive housing project 6338
Union of B.C. Municipalities, forest fire management initiatives and funding 7065-7
Vancouver Island, cougar population 7147
Water
management and stewardship, funding 7054
water licences and rentals, revenues to government 7055
Wells Gray Provincial Park, wolf and caribou population in area 7146
Wildlife
cougars and wolves, populations 7146-7
inventory 7087
management 7144
mountain caribou, protection 7146-7
Wood waste, expansion of use of fibre 7066, 7130, 7134
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
experience with animals and pets 7267
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 7295
Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve 6486
Animals, cruelty prevention
funding for implementation of legislation 7267-8
investigation and enforcement 7267-8, 7492
seizure of animals 7267-8, 7492-3
Arts and culture, government funding 6484-5
B.C. Arts Council, funding 6484-5
B.C. Liberal Party government
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust 6487
performance 6484-5
B.C. Rail, sale process, call for public inquiry 6487
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, role 7267-8, 7492
Budget debate 6484-8
Budgets, 2011-12 budget 6484
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, transitional housing program 7345
Children, child protection review, recommendations 6488
Communities, community organizations, gaming grants 6485
Coquitlam
community theatre groups 7246-7
constituent concerns re harmonized sales tax 6487
transportation infrastructure 6487
Douglas College, student access to financial assistance 7295
Eagle Ridge Hospital, conditions 6486
Economy, conditions 6485
Education
class size and composition 6485
education of First Nations people 7165-7
funding and system 6485
Education Ministry, estimates debate 7165-7
Environment, environmental protection, sustainability, government action 6486
Gambling
casinos, revenues 6487-8
charities' access to gambling revenues 6487-8
expansion of gambling 6487-8
Harmonized sales tax 6485
Health, continuing and long-term care fees, petition tabled 6317
Health Ministry, estimates debate 7344-6
Homelessness 6488
Housing, residential care facilities, fees, rate changes for seniors in residential care 6486
Income assistance 6488
Justice system
courts and court services, capacity issues 7268
criminal justice system and Crown counsel services 6487
Lower Mainland, North Fraser perimeter road project 7369
MLAs, personal experiences with animals and pets 7267
Mental health
programs and services for seniors 7346
status of request-for-proposals for new beds 7344-5
Parks, conditions and funding 6485-6
Petitions
long-term residential care fees 6317
Post-secondary education
student financial assistance 6485, 7295
system 6485
Poverty, child poverty, government action 6488
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2011
debate 7267-8, 7492-3
intent and scope 7267
Representative for Children and Youth
relationship with government 6488
report on implementation of child protection review recommendations 6488
report on infant deaths and recommendation on poverty reduction 6488
Riverview Hospital
redevelopment plans and transfer of patients to other facilities 7344-6
transfer of patients to other facilities and future of lands 6486
Royal Columbian Hospital, conditions 6486
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
costs and funding 6485
Mandarin bilingual program 6485
Seniors, government action on issues 6486
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 6487, 7369
Stage 43 Theatrical Society, community theatre group 7246-7
Statements by members
Community theatre groups in Coquitlam 7246-7
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 6485
Theatrix Youtheatre Society, community theatre group 7246-7
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 7369
Tri-Cities area
health care services 6486
homelessness 6488
Wages and salaries, minimum wage 6487
Welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 6488
Thornthwaite, Jane Ann (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
experience with animals and pets 7275-6
Animals, cruelty prevention 6504, 7275-6
Arts and culture, government funding 6506
B.C. Arts Council, funding 6506-7
Budget debate 6504-7
Budgets, 2011-12 budget 6504-5
Capilano University, school of motion picture arts 6506
Civil service, reporting of animal cruelty cases 7276
Clark, Christy, announcements as Premier 6504
Communities, community organizations
gaming grant program review 6505
gaming grants 6504-5
Criminal Code (federal), animal cruelty provisions 7276
Economy, conditions, government response 6505
Education funding 6506
parent advisory councils 6505
Government
advertising and announcements 6504-5
financial management 6505
programs and services, priorities 6505-6
Harmonized sales tax 6507
Health care funding 6505
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), North Vancouver section by Fern Street and Exit 22, improvements 6506
Justice system, Crown counsel, training 7276
Lions Gate Bridge, funding for improvements 6506
Motions
National ship procurement strategy and shipbuilding industry in B.C., debate 7527
North Shore Disability Resource Centre, funding 6504
North Vancouver
community organizations, funding 6504-5
constituents' comments re harmonized sales tax 6507
education services and schools 6506
Olympic legacy arts and sports funding 6506-7
response to sled dog culling incident 7275
transportation infrastructure, government investment 6506
Nutt, Samantha, work in support of women and children in war zones 6472-3
Old Capilano Bridge, funding for improvements 6506
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, 2010 sports and arts legacy fund 6506-7
Parkgate Community Services Society, funding 6504
Politics and politicians, leadership elections 6504
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2011
debate 7275-6
intent and scope 7275-6
School district 44 (North Vancouver), new schools and seismic upgrade projects 6506
Seaspan Marine Corp., bid for shipbuilding contract 7527
Shipbuilding, federal contracts, government support for B.C. industry bid 7527
Sled Dog Task Force, report recommendations 6504, 7275-6
Statements by members
Samantha Nutt and assistance for women in war zones 6472-3
Taxation
relationship to government services 6505, 6507
value-added tax system 6507
Veterinarians, reporting of animal cruelty cases 7276
Violence against women and children in war zones 6472
Wages, minimum wage and training wage 6504
Windsor Secondary School, artificial turf field project 6506
Young Naturalists Club of B.C., funding 6504
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

As subject
appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker (Ralston) 6274
family and staff thanked 6346
Abram, Jim, meeting with Blair Lekstrom 6537
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 7291-2
Agriculture Ministry, Minister, role in shellfish aquaculture marketing 6687-8
Aquaculture, shellfish aquaculture, environmental review 6688
Attorney General Ministry, independent investigations office 7451
Autism
awareness 6473
early intervention program and treatment services, funding 7822-3
Autism Expo, 2011 event in Nanaimo 6473
Automobiles, DriveABLE program, access in rural areas and suitability for seniors 6870-1
Baynes Sound, shellfish aquaculture in area 6688
B.C.
oil tankers in north coast waters 7011
rural schools 6347
B.C. Association of Child Development and Intervention, comments on autism services 7822
British Columbia Child and Youth in Care Week 7322
B.C. Civil Liberties Association, consultation on civil forfeiture legislation 7032
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and transparency 6348
financial management 7633
legacy 6346-9
Budget debate 6346-9
Budgets, 2011-12 budget 6347, 6988
Campbell River, autism services 7823
Campbell River Community Autism Network, role 7823
Campbell River Food Bank, work of organization 6375
Caregivers, family caregivers 6761-2
Child, Family and Community Service Act, amendments 7756-8
Children
child protection review recommendations 6927-9
child protection system, custody transfers 7756-8, 7871-3
child protection system, provincial director position 6925
children in government care
residential care 6982-6
residential care, review 7822
support 7322
programs and services for children and families 6920-3, 6926-7
special needs children, funding for programs and services 7823
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 6920-9, 6981-93, 7822-3
budget 6986
budget and caseload 6920-1
changes in structure and operations 6920, 6926-7
contracts 6921-3, 6982-3
deputy minister position 6925-6
estimates process 6920
goals and planning, Strong, Safe and Supported report 6990
staffing 6924-6
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2011
debate 7027, 7032-3
government consultation with civil liberties organizations 7032-3
Clark, Christy, comments on harmonized sales tax and referendum 7633-4
Climate change, government action on climate change 6348
Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2011, debate 7666-8
Comox Valley, coal mine proposal, environmental assessment process 6688
Corporations, tax reductions, impact 6348
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime, administrative forfeiture process 7027, 7032-3
Disabled and handicapped persons
care plans 7159-60
community living services, funding and government support 7159-60
community living services, residential programs and services 6981-4
du Toit, Lesley, severance pay 6925
Education
funding for full-day kindergarten program 7110-1
per-student funding 6347
system, reforms 7110
Education Ministry, estimates debate 7109-11
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 7011
Families
family maintenance and child support, changes 7049-50
government support, "choice" concept 6346-7
grandparents raising grandchildren 6988-90, 7757
Family Caregiver Week 6761-2
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, amendments 7049-50
Family maintenance enforcement program, administration, changes 7049-50
Ferries and ferry services
fare pricing model and review 7666-8
fares, increases 7249-50, 7666-7
ferry services model 6537, 7666-8
routes and services, Campbell River–Quadra Island route 7666-7
routes and services, service to ferry-dependent communities 7249-50, 7666-7
system 6348, 7249-50
First Nations
children, services for children and families 6922-3
suicide prevention programs and services 6993
Force Society for Kids Mental Health, funding 6992
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 7147-8
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, impact on B.C. forest industry 7147-8
forest management and practices, visual objectives 7148
forest stewardship, funding 6348
government forest policies, public input 7148
Foster care
Child in the Home of a Relative program 6986-90, 7757
extended family program 6986-90, 7757, 7872-3
foster parents, compensation 6987
spaces 6982-4
transition services for children aging out of foster care 7822
Government, programs and services
funding and impact on economy 6348
integrated case management system 6923-4
Group homes, spaces and police incidents 6981-6
Harmonized sales tax 7632-4
Health care system 6347
capital projects, public-private partnerships 7347
Health Ministry, estimates debate 7346-7, 7597
Holmes, Robert, comments on independent investigations office legislation 7451
Hughes, Ted, meeting with Children and Family Development Minister 6928
Income, low-income families 6347
Income assistance caseload, projections 6347
Information and Privacy Commissioner, government consultation on integrated case management system 6924
Kyuquot, Maa-nulth treaty celebrations 6683-4
Ledger House, services 6991
Legislature
bills process, legislative process and debate 7451
bills process, time allocation for debate 7756-8
legislative calendar and sitting schedule 6349
sitting days in 2010-11 and debate of issues 7632
Lekstrom, Blair
meeting with Jim Abram 6537
position on ferry services model 6537
Maa-nulth First Nations, treaty and final agreement, celebrations 6683-4
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, facility 6984
Medical Services Plan premiums 6347
MLAs, role and responsibilities 6348-9
Mental health of children and youth, services 6990-3
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 7049-50
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2011
debate 7756-8, 7871-3
debate timeline 7756-8
Motions
Government changes to harmonized sales tax, debate 7632-4
Oil tanker ban on north coast, debate 7010-1
'Namgis First Nation, access to ferry services 7667
North Island College, funding and student access to financial assistance 7291-2
North Island constituency and area
ferry services 7666-8
forest industry 7147-8
Oil and gas, oil spills, response capacity 7011
Oral questions
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
Parks funding 6348
Police (Independent Investigations Office) Amendment Act, 2011
debate 7451
debate on bill, time allocation 7451
position of stakeholders 7451
Police and policing, police complaint process 7451
Politics and politicians, leadership elections, impact on government operations 6347-9
Post-secondary education
participation rates 7292
student financial assistance 6347
student financial assistance, grant programs 7291-2
Poverty
child poverty, government action 6929
poverty 6347
reduction, government strategy 6920, 6929
Prince George, tasering of child by police, investigation 6985, 7451
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 6870-1
information briefings for opposition MLAs 6871
Quadra Island
artists and tourism industry, role of ferry services 7667
May Day celebrations 7535-6
Representative for Children and Youth
relationship with government 6927
report on infant deaths and recommendation on poverty reduction 6929
report recommendations for child protection system 6920, 6925, 6927
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities, government support 7147-8
Rustad, John, comments in debate on oil tanker traffic 7010-1
School district 72 (Campbell River)
facilities for full-day kindergarten 7110-1
funding and services 7109-10
School district 84 (Vancouver Island West), student needs and role of teachers 6347
Shipping industry, moratorium on oil tankers in coastal waters 7010-1
Social workers, number and caseload 6925
Statements by members
Autism awareness 6473
Campbell River Food Bank 6375
Child and Youth in Care Week 7322
Family caregivers 6761-2
First Nations treaty celebrations in Kyuquot 6683-4
May Day events on Quadra Island 7535-6
Substance abuse and addiction, prevention and treatment services, residential care for youth 6984, 6991
Turnbull, Gordon, concerns re DriveABLE program 6871
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, comments on child custody transfer legislation 7756-7
Vancouver Island
mental health services for children and youth 6991-2
north Island, seniors care beds 7597
Vancouver Island Health Authority, new hospitals in Campbell River and Comox 7346-7
Wasylyk, Margo, care plan implementation 7159
Youth suicide prevention programs and services 6992-3

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