Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 39th Parliament – 2011-12
INDEX (Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Members' statements See Private members' statements; Statements; Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act

(Bill 13) (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 8564; 2R, 8667-85, 8729-37; C, 8775-99, 8810-5; 3R, 8815; RA, 9096-7
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 8731 (Bond) 8564, 8667-8, 8736-7, 8775-99, 8810-5 (Corrigan) 8668-71, 8775-98, 8810-5 (Dalton) 8678-9 (Farnworth) 8676-8 (Gentner) 8729-31 (Hammell) 8683-4 (Hayer) 8671-2 (Howard) 8681-3 (Krog) 8679-81 (Pimm) 8733-4 (Ralston) 8735-6, 8788 (Routley, B.) 8731-3 (Routley, D.) 8672-4 (Simons) 8734-5 (van Dongen) 8684-5 (Yap) 8674-6
Ministerial statements

Abbott, Hon. George (Minister of Education)
Classroom composition and class organization fund 7939 (Austin) 7939-40
Bloy, Hon. Harry (Minister of State for Multiculturalism)
Black History Month 9161 (Dix) 9161
Multiculturalism in B.C. 8750-1 (Elmore) 8751
Clark, Hon. Christy (Premier)
Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 9123 (Dix) 9123
Government response to report on deaths of Schoenborn children 9629-30 (Dix) 9630
Pink Shirt Day and prevention of bullying 9569-70 (Dix) 9570
Thomson, Hon. Steve (Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
Heritage Week and energy in B.C. 9279-80 (Macdonald) 9280
Rebuilding efforts in Japan and Canada-Tohoku reconstruction project 9019-20 (Macdonald) 9020
Yamamoto, Hon. Naomi (Minister of Advanced Education)
Response to earthquake and tsunami in Japan 9950 (Corrigan) 9950
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2011

(Bill 19) (Attorney General) 1R, 8709; 2R, 8815-44; C, 8995-9008, 9053-65, 9078-86; 3R, 9086; RA, 9096-7
Debate, speakers (Bond) 8709, 8815-6, 8995, 9083-5 (Coleman) 9060-5, 9078-81 (Corrigan) 9083-6 (Donaldson) 8824-8, 9000, 9004-5, 9064-5, 9078-80 (Falcon) 9082-3 (Farnworth) 9082 (Fleming) 8828-31 (Fraser) 8837-40, 8995-8 (Gentner) 8841-3 (Horgan) 8843-4, 9060-5, 9082-3 (Huntington) 8835-7, 9007, 9055, 9057-8 (Krog) 8816-7 (Lake) 9081-2 (Macdonald) 8821-4, 8998-9004, 9080-2 (McRae) 9005-8 (Polak) 8995-8 (Popham) 8817-21, 9005-8, 9053-6 (Ralston) 9083 (Routley, D.) 8840-1 (Sather) 8831-5, 9055-7, 9059-60, 9081-2 (Thomson) 8998-9005, 9053-60
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2012

(Bill 25) (Minister of Justice and Attorney General) 1R, 9806; 2R, 10596-600; C, 10821-43, 10877-9; 3R, 10879; RA, 11911
Debate, speakers (Bond) 9806, 10596-7, 10600, 10821 (Chong) 10824-35 (Coleman) 10821 (Corrigan) 10829-31, 10835, 10841-3 (Krog) 10597-8, 10821-9, 10831-4, 10837 (Lake) 10835-43, 10877-9 (McRae) 10821-4 (Popham) 10598 (Sather) 10598-600, 10835-41, 10877-9
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012

(Bill 41) (Minister of Justice and Attorney General) 1R, 11340; 2R, 11507-27, 11580-92; C, 11731-54, 11783-94, 11813-35, 12074-100, 12073-4; 3R, 12074; RA, 12693
Divisions: sec. 14 approved 11754-5; sec. 80 approved 12073; sec. 84 approved 12073-4; sec. 85 approved 12074
Debate, speakers (Bennett) 11586-8 (Bond) 11340, 11507-9, 11592, 11826-7, 12076-100 (Brar) 11590-2, 12078 (Chandra Herbert) 11588-90 (Chong) 11736-54 (Coleman) 11783-94, 11813-26 (Corrigan) 11524-6, 12077-8, 12080-2, 12086-9, 12093-9 (de Jong) 11731-2 (Falcon) 11827-9 (Farnworth) 11731-2 (Fleming) 11783-9, 11813-6 (Gentner) 11738-40 (Horgan) 11789-93, 11816-8 (Huntington) 11736-8, 11752-4 (Krog) 11509-17, 12075-80, 12082-93 (Macdonald) 11582-6, 11747-51, 11829-30, 11833-5 (Mungall) 11732-6, 11740-6 (Ralston) 11826-33, 11835 (Routley, B.) 11517-21, 11830, 11835, 12075-6 (Simpson, S.) 11526-7, 11580-2, 11819-26 (Thomson) 11829-35, 12075-6 (Trevena) 11521-3 (Yamamoto) 11732-5
Motion Picture Amendment Act, 2012

(Bill 31) (Minister of Justice and Attorney General) 1R, 10172; 2R, 10976-9, 10989
Debate, speakers (Bond) 10172, 10976-7, 10979, 10989 (Chandra Herbert) 10977-9 (Krog) 10979
Motions

Government motions
Adoption of government business schedule (Standing order 81.1)
Moved (Coleman) 12515; approved 12515-6
Divisions: motion approved 12515-6
Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement (Motion 24)
Moved (Polak) 9020; debate 9020-4; approved 9024
Debate, speakers (Austin) 9023-4 (Donaldson) 9023 (Fraser) 9022-3 (Polak) 9020-2, 9024
Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement (Motion 40)
Moved (Polak) 11401; debate 11401-6; approved 11406
Debate, speakers (Austin) 11406 (Fraser) 11405-6 (Polak) 11401-5
Appointment of Ombudsperson (Motion without notice)
Moved (Les) 11730; debate 11730; approved 11730
Debate, speakers (Elmore) 11730 (Les) 11730
Appointment of Representative for Children and Youth (Motion without notice)
Moved (Hansen) 8773; debate 8773-4; approved 8774
Debate, speakers (Elmore) 8774 (Hansen) 8773-4
Appointment of Special Committee on Timber Supply (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 12030; approved 12030
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Merit Commissioner (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 12030; approved 12030
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 12437; approved 12437
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsperson (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 10272; approved 10272
Appointment of Special Committee to Inquire into the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints
Moved (Coleman) 12629; approved 12629
Changes to legislative sitting hours (Motion 46)
Moved (Coleman) 11988; debate 11988-91; approved 11991
Debate, speakers (Coleman) 11988-90 (Horgan) 11990-1 (Simpson, B.) 11991
Changes to legislative sitting hours and Committee of Supply to sit in three sections (Notice of motions)
Notice given (Coleman) 11783
Committee of Supply to sit in three sections (Motion 47)
Moved (Coleman) 11931; debate 11931-48, 11968-88; approved 11988
Divisions: motion approved 11988
Debate, speakers (Abbott) 11940-3 (Bell) 11982 (Coleman) 11931-2 (Dix) 11982-5 (Horgan) 11932-40 (James) 11974-8 (Karagianis) 11985-7 (Krog) 11978-82 (Kwan) 11943-7 (Lali) 11947-8, 11968-72 (Polak) 11987-8 (Simpson, B.) 11972-4
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion 27)
Moved (Coleman) 9501; approved 9501
Government apology for Japanese Canadian internment during World War II (Motion without notice)
Moved (Yamamoto) 11578; debate 11578-80; approved 11580
Debate, speakers (Dix) 11579-80 (Yamamoto) 11578-9
Legislative sitting hours (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7909; approved 7909
Membership and powers of Parliamentary Reform Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 10272; approved 10272
Membership change for Finance Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Lake) 12184; approved 12184
Membership change for Health Committee
Moved (Coleman) 10621; approved 10621
Membership of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 12678; approved 12678
Membership of select standing and special committees
Moved (Coleman) 10541; approved 10541
Membership, powers and role of Children and Youth Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7907; approved 7907
Membership, powers and role of Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7908; approved 7908
Membership, powers and role of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7907-8; approved 7908
Membership, powers and role of Health Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7907; approved 7907
Membership, powers and role of Public Accounts Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7906-7; approved 7907
Membership, powers and role of Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 7908-9; approved 7909
Permission for Mr. Rick Hansen to address the House (Motion without notice)
Moved (Clark) 11337; debate 11337; approved 11337
Debate, speakers (Clark) 11337 (Speaker) 11337
Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 9099; approved 9099
Moved (de Jong) 12709-10; approved 12710
Referral of Insurance Act revision to Parliamentary Reform Committee (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 12437; approved 12437
Schedule for debate on Bill 22 (Standing order 81.1)
Moved (Coleman) 10023; approved 10023
Divisions: motion approved 10023
Support for Aveos aircraft maintenance workers (Motion without notice)
Moved (Coleman) 10575; debate 10575-7; approved 10577
Debate, speakers (Bell) 10575-6 (Kwan) 10576-7 (Simpson, B.) 10577
Private members' motions
Access to DriveABLE program (Motion 26)
Moved (Conroy) 9447; debate 9447-55
Debate, speakers (Conroy) 9447-8 (Corrigan) 9449-50 (Letnick) 9452-3 (Mungall) 9455 (Pimm) 9448-9 (Routley, B.) 9453-4 (Simons) 9451-2 (Slater) 9454-5 (Yap) 9450-1
B.C. credit rating and borrowing costs (Motion 31)
Moved (Bennett) 9702; debate 9702-10
Debate, speakers (Bennett) 9702-3 (Donaldson) 9705-6 (Hansen) 9709-10 (Howard) 9706-7 (Kwan) 9704-5 (Mungall) 9708-9 (Ralston) 9703 (Rustad) 9703-4 (Simpson, B.) 9707 (Sultan) 9707-8 (Yap) 9705
Carbon offset costs for public sector organizations (Motion 42)
Moved (Fleming) 11244; debate 11244-52
Debate, speakers (Bennett) 11246-7 (Farnworth) 11251-2 (Fleming) 11244-5 (Hawes) 11252 (Hayer) 11248 (Howard) 11245 (Macdonald) 11245-6 (Sather) 11247-8 (Simpson, B.) 11249 (Thornthwaite) 11250-1 (Trevena) 11249-50
Extracurricular school activities (Motion 44)
Moved (Hawes) 11557; debate 11557-65
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 11561 (Cantelon) 11559-60 (Coons) 11560-1 (Corrigan) 11561-2 (Dalton) 11562-3 (Hawes) 11557-8 (James) 11559 (Krog) 11563-4 (Les) 11558-9 (Macdonald) 11558 (Rustad) 11564-5
Government settlement with Boss Power Corp. (Motion 16)
Moved (Ralston) 8502; ruled out of order 8502-3
Group home closings (Motion 5)
Moved (Simons) 8089; debate 8089-97, 8503-9
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 8507-8 (Cantelon) 8091-2 (Elmore) 8504-5 (Farnworth) 8506-7 (Hawes) 8095 (Hogg) 8096-7 (Horne) 8505-6 (Howard) 8508-9 (Karagianis) 8097 (Krog) 8503 (Krueger) 8090-1 (Kwan) 8094-5 (Letnick) 8093-4 (Sather) 8095-6, 8508 (Simons) 8089-90 (Simpson, B.) 8508 (Simpson, S.) 8092-3 (Stewart) 8503-4 (Trevena) 8091
Investment in ports and transportation corridors (Motion 39)
Moved (Howard) 10957; debate 10957-65
Debate, speakers (Bains) 10962-3 (Barnett) 10963 (Bennett) 10958-9 (Coons) 10963-4 (Hayer) 10961-2 (Horne) 10964-5 (Howard) 10957 (Huntington) 10961 (Krog) 10965 (Pimm) 10960-1 (Popham) 10959-60 (Ralston) 10957-8
Local government accountability and transparency for taxpayers (Motion 14)
Moved (Les) 8292; debate 8292-301
Debate, speakers (Bennett) 8299-300 (Fleming) 8300-1 (Foster) 8296-7 (Fraser) 8297 (Hawes) 8301 (Howard) 8297-8 (Kwan) 8298-9 (Lali) 8293-5 (Les) 8292-3 (Rustad) 8295 (Thorne) 8295-6
Mining industry employment (Motion 35)
Moved (Hawes) 10319; debate 10319-27
Debate, speakers (Conroy) 10323-4 (Coons) 10324-5 (Donaldson) 10320 (Hawes) 10319-20 (Hayer) 10324 (Krueger) 10325-6 (Kwan) 10321-2 (Rustad) 10320-1 (Slater) 10322-3 (Sultan) 10327 (Trevena) 10326-7
Net zero mandate and government spending (Motion 30)
Moved (Les) 9261; debate 9261-9
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 9264-5 (Hansen) 9266-7 (Horgan) 9265-6 (James) 9263-4 (Karagianis) 9267-8 (Les) 9261-2 (Ralston) 9262 (Rustad) 9268-9 (Thornthwaite) 9262-3
Pacific north coast integrated management area (Motion 45)
Moved (Coons) 11864; debate 11864-72
Debate, speakers (Austin) 11867-8 (Bennett) 11872 (Coons) 11864-5 (Fleming) 11871-2 (Hansen) 11870 (Karagianis) 11869-70 (Lee) 11867 (Pimm) 11868-9 (Rustad) 11865-6 (Trevena) 11866
Representation in Legislature (Motion 32)
Moved (Chandra Herbert) 10006; debate 10006-14
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 10008 (Chandra Herbert) 10006 (Elmore) 10007-8 (Farnworth) 10013-4 (Fleming) 10012-3 (Hawes) 10013 (Hayer) 10009-10 (Krog) 10008-9 (Les) 10006-7 (Macdonald) 10010-1 (Pimm) 10011-2
Resource extraction in western Canada (Motion 48)
Moved (Bennett) 12257; debate 12257-65
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 12259 (Bennett) 12257 (Donaldson) 11261 (Horgan) 12257-8 (Horne) 12263-4 (James) 12262-3 (Kwan) 12259-60 (Les) 12260-1 (Pimm) 12261-2 (Ralston) 12264-5 (Rustad) 12265
Review of smart-metering program (Motion 7)
Moved (Horgan) 10630; debate 10630-9
Debate, speakers (Austin) 10637-8 (Barnett) 10636-7 (Bloy) 10634-5 (Dalton) 10631-2 (Horgan) 10630-1 (Howard) 10632-3 (Mungall) 10632 (Routley, D.) 10639 (Rustad) 10638-9 (Simons) 10633-4 (Trevena) 10635-6
Support for repeal of federal long-gun registry (Motion 18)
Moved (Foster) 8696; debate 8696-705
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 8701 (Bennett) 8697-8 (Corrigan) 8702-3 (Foster) 8696-7 (Karagianis) 8697 (Kwan) 8704 (Les) 8704-5 (Pimm) 8703-4 (Rustad) 8699-700 (Simons) 8698-9 (Simpson, B.) 8701-2 (Trevena) 8700-1
Timeline for elimination of harmonized sales tax (Motion 23)
Moved (Brar) 8909; debate 8909-17
Debate, speakers (Barnett) 8913-4 (Bennett) 8912 (Brar) 8909-10 (Hammell) 8911 (Hawes) 8915 (Kwan) 8914-5 (Les) 8916-7 (Mungall) 8915-6 (Ralston) 8912-3 (Rustad) 8910-1
Other motions
Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker
Moved (Horgan) 7906; approved 7906
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
Moved (Coleman) 7906; approved 7906
Appointment of Deputy Speaker
Moved (Coleman) 7906; approved 7906
Appointment of select standing committees
Moved (Clark) 7906; approved 7906
Motion that the House do now adjourn
Moved (Coleman) 10290; approved 10290
Divisions: motion approved 10290
Printing of Votes and Proceedings
Moved (Bond) 7906; approved 7906
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2012

(Bill 46) (Minister of Justice and Attorney General) 1R, 11492-3; 2R, 11592-607; C, 12543-50; 3R, 12550; RA, 12693
Debate, speakers (Bond) 11492-3, 11592-3, 11607, 12543-9 (Corrigan) 11593-5, 12543-9 (Fleming) 11601-3 (Horgan) 11599-600 (Huntington) 11603-5 (Lali) 11598-9 (Macdonald) 11600-1 (Mungall) 11605 (Simpson, S.) 11606 (Trevena) 11595-8
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012

(Bill 52) (Minister of Justice and Attorney General) 1R, 11571; 2R, 11664-86; C, 12550-4; 3R, 12691; RA, 12693
Divisions: 3R approved 12691
Debate, speakers (Bond) 11571, 11664, 11685-6, 12551-4 (Brar) 11677-9 (Corrigan) 11664-7, 12550-4 (Krog) 11667-71 (Macdonald) 11675-7 (Routley, D.) 11671-2 (Sather) 11672-5 (Simons) 11679-82 (Trevena) 11682-5

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