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Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 39th Parliament – 2011-12
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Abbott, Hon. George (Shuswap)
- As subject
- comments on collective bargaining for teachers (McNeil) 9842
- communications with Susan Lambert 9643
- digression in debate in House (Kwan) 11943
- experience with computer technology 11485, 11488
- meetings with Education critic (Austin) 9645
- meetings with Education critic and independent MLAs 9638
- meetings with independent MLAs (Simpson, B.) 9736
- meetings with school districts (Cantelon) 9745
- Abraham, Katherine, comments on class composition and special needs students 9640-1
- Administrative Assistants Ltd., government contract 11483-4
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 10508
- Auditor General, recommendations on just-in-time financial disbursement 11538
- Austin, Robin, comments on labour dispute in education system 9644
- B.C. Association for Community Living, comments on class composition and special needs students 9641
- B.C. Association of School Business Officials, work on shared services initiative 11537-8
- B.C. College of Teachers
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, activities and role 10071-2, 10074, 10189-91
- B.C. School Trustees Association
- role in collective bargaining for teachers 10190
- work on funding formula 11615-6
- B.C. Student Voice, participation in government education plan 11535
- B.C. Teachers Council
- B.C. Teachers Federation
- communications on labour dispute in education system 9638
- consultation on government education plan 11535
- consultation on learning improvement fund 10282, 10284
- relationship with government 8534, 9644, 10195
- role 8532-3
- Budgets, 2009-10 budget content 10245-6
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, collective agreements 9639
- Carbon tax review 11614
- Children
- child care accessibility and affordability 11611-2
- children in government care, educational planning and support 11543
- early childhood development
- Civil service, collective agreements and bargaining, net zero mandate 9642-3
- Cloverdale Elementary School, playground equipment replacement funding 11612
- Coleman, Rich, comments on Committee of Supply to sit in three sections 11943
- Dix, Adrian, comments on labour dispute in education system 9644-5
- Dorsey, James, recommendations on class size in education system 9642
- Education
- adult basic education 11725-7, 11879-80, 11967
- class size and composition 9637-8
- class size 9641-2, 10243-5
- compensation for teachers with more than 30 students 9520, 9641-2, 10245-6, 10253-4, 10273-4
- consultation at beginning of school year 10274-5
- consultation between teachers and administrators 9520
- grievances 9642, 10244, 10252-3, 11532
- reporting and open data system 10275
- special needs students and quota issue 9639-41, 10246-51, 11529-32
- split classes 10273-4
- continuing education, fees 11482, 11484-5
- curriculum, metalwork and shop classes 10273
- curriculum and assessment framework 11534-5
- distance education and online learning 11313
- education of First Nations people, aboriginal enhancement agreements 11541
- education of First Nations people, graduation rate 8532, 11541-3
- enrolment levels 11531
- government investment 11727
- government plan 11482-3, 11534-5, 11539, 11616
- home schooling, use of distance education 12101
- information management, BCeSIS system 11483-9, 11528-9
- International Baccalaureate programs 11187, 11314, 12104-6
- kindergarten, full-day kindergarten 9017, 11610-1, 11617-8
- neighbourhood learning centres 11612
- non-instructional days 12106-7
- personalized learning model 11314, 11528
- principals and vice-principals 10281
- rural education, task force initiatives 11540
- safe schools coordinator 11615
- safe schools legislation 11621
- school calendar
- special education and special needs 8532, 9637-8
- assessments 10248-9, 10285, 11533-4
- availability of occupational therapists, speech therapists and pathologists and psychoeducational professionals 11533-4
- designation and labelling issues 10247-8
- education assistants 9639
- education assistants, professional development and support 11545
- education assistants and special needs teachers 11531-3
- English language learning students 10286
- students using wheelchairs 10247
- supply and training of assessment specialists 10285-8
- students, evaluation and testing, early development instrument 11608-9
- students, risk assessments 11614-5
- system 8532, 8534, 11481
- Education, funding 10244, 11531, 11533
- annual facilities grants, combination with carbon offset funds 11614, 11623-4
- capital funding, government announcement 11617-9
- class organization fund proposal 7939
- CommunityLINK program 11608-9, 11616
- distance education and online learning, combination with classroom learning 12100
- funding formula, changes 11615-6
- funding formula, districts with declining enrolment 11625
- learning improvement fund 9520, 9639, 10111, 10210-1, 10249, 10252-3, 10273, 10281-8, 11531-3, 11544-6, 11616-7
- NDP position 10251
- playgrounds 11612
- rural schools 11540, 11616, 11625
- school libraries 11536
- special education and special needs 9638-9, 10109-10
- vulnerable student supplement 11608-9
- Education, school districts and boards of education
- carbon neutrality and costs 11609, 11613-4, 11623-4
- carbon neutrality and costs, SmartTool software 11613
- codes of conduct 11620
- configuration issues affecting adjacent districts 11625
- costs and funding 11622
- sale of lands, role of provincial government 11537
- shared services initiative 11537-8
- Education, schools, capital projects
- new school construction and site acquisition 11617-9
- priorities 11623
- public-private partnerships 11536-7
- timelines 11537
- Education Improvement Act
- Education Ministry
- Education Services Collective Agreement Act, amendments 10204-11
- Farnworth, Mike, comments on fixed legislative calendar 11941
- First Nations
- housing 11543-4
- policy and history in Canada 11541
- urban population, support for children in education system 11543-4
- First Nations Education Steering Committee, work of organization 11542-3
- Fleming, Michael, comments on collective bargaining for teachers 10079, 10081, 10101-2, 10119
- Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc., government contract 11483
- Gartner Consulting Inc., government contract and review of education information system 11485, 11528
- Gingell, Fred, work on Legislature reforms 11941
- Government
- lands and properties, sale 11537
- procurement practices 11539
- Health care system
- health support workers, 2002 legislation 9638-9, 10115
- personal health information system 11528
- Horgan, John, comments on Committee of Supply to sit in three sections 11942-3
- Hughes, Trevor, role in collective bargaining for teachers 9642-3
- Human early learning partnership, research activities 10285
- Jago, Charles, role as mediator 10649
- James, Carole, comments on expanded question period 11941
- Kanaka Creek Elementary School, year-round school calendar 11374-5
- Krog, Leonard, comments on fixed legislative calendar 11941
- Labour Relations Board, role in collective bargaining for teachers 10079-81
- Labour Relations Code
- application to collective bargaining legislation for teachers 10075
- provisions on mediation 10101-3
- Lambert, Susan, communications with Education Minister 9643
- Legislation, business during spring 2012 session of 4th session, 39th parliament 11942
- Legislature
- bills process
- second reading, debate to be relevant to bill under discussion 9869, 9878
- second reading, nature of debate 8450
- committee stage, debate in Committee A 11942
- Committee of Supply, committee to sit in three sections 11940-3
- fixed legislative calendar 11941
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule, history 11940-1
- members not to refer to absence or presence of other members 9923
- question period expansion 11941
- reforms 11941-2
- Libraries, funding and budget line issue 11536
- Lovick, Dale, comments on bills 11942
- Mental health, mental health of children and youth, services and interministerial work 11615
- Ministerial statements
- Classroom composition and class organization fund 7939
- Motions
- Committee of Supply to sit in three sections, debate 11940-3
- Mustard, Fraser, work on early childhood development 11534
- The National, program on early childhood development 11534
- National Post, article on school calendar 11374
- NDP, position on issues
- collective bargaining process for teachers and net zero principle 9645
- education funding 10251
- New west partnership trade agreement, impact on teacher certification standards 8590
- Ontario
- full-day kindergarten for 4-year olds 11611
- OnSIS education information management system 11487-8
- safe schools legislation 11621
- Oral questions (response)
- Changes to adult education courses for high school graduates 11725-7, 11879-80, 11967
- Government action on poverty reduction and access to child care 9017
- Mediator in collective bargaining for teachers 10648-9
- Mental health and addiction treatment services for youth 8868
- Surrey school district portable use and funding 9160-1
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets for school districts, changes 11609, 11613-4, 11623-4
- Partnerships B.C., role in school capital projects 11536-7
- Points of order
- relevance of members' comments to bill under debate 9878
- Public Education Labour Relations Act, provisions 10188-9, 10192
- Ready, Vince, role in collective bargaining for teachers 10195
- School Act, amendments 10211, 10243-54, 10273-5, 10281-8
- School Amendment Act, 2012
- School district 28 (Quesnel), middle school replacement project 11623
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- School district 39 (Vancouver), International Village elementary school project 11620
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), continuing education fees, case 11482, 11484-5
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), legal action involving International Baccalaureate fees 12105
- School district 62 (Sooke), school replacement projects 11624-5
- School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
- enrolment and funding 11622
- property purchase and loan issue 11621
- School district 81 (Fort Nelson), First Nations graduation rate 11541-2
- School district 87 (Stikine), First Nations student achievement 11543
- Shanker, Stuart, work on early childhood development 11534, 11611
- Smyth, Michael, article on labour dispute in education system 9644-5
- Steele, Dawn, comments on class composition and special needs students 9640
- Steffenhagen, Janet, blog on adult basic education issues 11967
- Supreme Court of B.C., rulings on issues
- Teachers
- certification and regulation 8533, 8587, 11534
- appeals 8593
- application to First Nations schools 8592
- collective bargaining
- bargaining in good faith 10078
- cooling-off period 10072-4
- cost 10072
- cost of new collective agreement 10109-12
- legislation to extend contract 10075-8
- local-provincial split of bargaining issues 9643, 10122, 10188-92
- process and net zero principle 9520, 9637-9, 9642-5, 10073-4, 10111, 10195-6, 10198-9
- rights 10076
- rights re class size and composition 9520, 9641, 9643, 10204-11
- collective bargaining, mediator
- conduct
- government relationship with teachers 11535-6
- labour dispute in education system
- performance, feedback and evaluation 9643, 10107, 10113, 10116, 10118
- post and fill 10107
- profession 8533
- professional development 9643, 10113-4
- registry 8444
- role of government 8444, 8587-8
- seniority and selection of teachers suited to student needs 9643, 10107, 10113-4, 10119-21
- specialist teachers 8590-1, 11531
- training, certification standards and cross-jurisdictional issues 8590-1
- training, program standards and evaluation 8533
- wage levels and benefits 9644
- Teachers Act
- Teaching Profession Act, repeal 8398, 8443
- Thompson, Carlene, comments on class composition and special needs students 9641
- TicketMaster operations 11489
- Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impact on teacher certification standards 8590
- Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, work as advocate for children and youth 11543
- Vancouver Island, south Island, demographic trends and school enrolment 11625
- Vancouver Island University, rural literacy research partnership 11540
- Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, resolution on class composition and special needs students 9640
- Violence, bullying and violence at school, prevention 11614-5, 11620-1
- homophobic and transphobic bullying 11620
- independent schools 11621
Austin, Robin (Skeena)
- As subject
- comments on aluminum smelter (Coleman) 11063
- comments on labour dispute in education system (Abbott) 9644
- communications with teachers 9658
- experience as community schools coordinator 9656
- experience as educational assistant 9646, 9657-8
- experience as foster parent 8141-2
- work as MLA (Krueger) 12255
- Abbott, George, meetings with Education critic 9645
- Administrative Assistants Ltd., government contract 11483-4
- Aquaculture, report recommendations on fish farms on north coast 12256
- Auditor General, recommendations on just-in-time financial disbursement 11538
- Aziz, Jameel, comments on collective bargaining for teachers 10025
- Bolton, Clifford, contributions and death 10641
- Bond, Shirley, comments on class size as Education Minister 10243-4, 10275-6
- Breakfast Clubs of Canada, work on children's breakfast programs 9260
- B.C.
- northern B.C., public concern re proposed resource projects in northwest B.C. 12253-6
- northern B.C., recreational fishing industry in northwest B.C. 11497
- rural B.C. schools 10276-7
- B.C. Bid, contract information 11539
- B.C. College of Teachers
- B.C. Hydro, establishment and role 11027-9
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- education policies 9647-50
- position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11497-8
- position on energy self-sufficiency 11027-31
- B.C. Public School Employers Association
- B.C. School Principals and Vice-Principals Association, role 8486
- B.C. Teachers Council
- B.C. Teachers Federation, consultation by government on Teachers Council legislation 8487-8
- B.C. Utilities Commission, review of smart meter program 10637-8
- Budgets, 2009-10 budget content 10245-6
- Children
- child protection, duty to report 8486-7
- early learning and StrongStart B.C. initiative 11542
- Clark, Christy, comments as Education Minister 9650, 9652-3
- Coalition of Riders Educating Youth (COREY), advocacy for motorcycle safety 11240
- Comeau, Gordon, comments on education funding formula changes 9651-2
- Crosby, Jeremy, position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11497
- Dorsey, James, recommendations on class size in education system 9655
- Edmonds Community School, student population diversity 9656
- Education
- adult basic education 11727
- class size and composition 8531, 9259-61, 9654-5
- continuing education, fees 11482, 11485
- curriculum, metalwork and shop classes 10273
- curriculum and assessment framework 11534
- distance education and online learning
- Elluminate software program 12102
- K-9 student access to combination of traditional and distance education 11317-8, 12100-3
- student achievement levels 12103
- education of First Nations people 8489-90
- education of First Nations people, graduation rate 11541-3
- extracurricular activities in schools, benefits and role 11242-3
- government plan 11482-3, 11533-5, 11539
- home schooling, use of distance education 12100-1
- independent schools 8490
- information management, BCeSIS system 11483-9, 11528-9
- International Baccalaureate programs, fees and financial hardship policies 11316-7, 12104-6
- methodologies 8488-9
- non-instructional days 12107
- parent advisory councils 8489-90
- principals and vice-principals 8486
- role of educators and families 10569
- rural education, dialogue 11539-40
- safety of students 8481-2
- school calendar, elimination of standard school calendar and role of school districts 11314-6, 11318, 12103-4
- school calendar, regulations 12106-7
- special education and special needs
- assessments 9655-6, 10248-9, 10285, 11532-4
- designation and labelling issues 9653-4, 10247-8
- education assistants, professional development and support 11545
- education assistants and special needs teachers 11530-2
- English language learning students 10286
- students using wheelchairs 10247
- supply and training of assessment specialists 10285-7
- students, advocacy for students 9649
- students, learning environment 9258-61
- system 9258-61, 9647-58, 10569
- handling of interpersonal conflict 8485
- reform 8489
- role of parents 8489
- role of parents and concerns of parent groups 9652
- role of technology 8488
- stakeholder letter to Education Minister 9657
- Education, funding 9657
- Education, school districts and boards of education
- sale of lands, role of provincial government 11537
- shared services initiative 11537-8
- Education, schools
- Education Improvement Act
- debate 9645-59, 10023-6, 10071-81, 10122-5, 10199-201, 10204-6, 10211, 10243-8, 10273-7, 10281-8
- definitions 10071
- definitions, "cooling-off period" 10072-3
- retroactivity 10288
- Education Ministry
- estimates debate 11481-9, 11528-46
- budget 11482
- financial management and just-in-time financial disbursement system 11538
- service plan and performance measurement 11481
- Education Services Collective Agreement Act, amendments 10204-6
- Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
- proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 11497-8
- role in Pacific north coast integrated management area process 11868
- Energy
- clean energy, government policy 11027-9
- electricity rates 11027-9
- independent power producers, relationship with government 11028
- innovative clean energy fund 12208
- power supply, private sector involvement 11027-31
- power supply, self-sufficiency, B.C. Liberal Party position 11027-31
- smart-metering and infrastructure program 10637-8
- Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11027-31
- First Nations
- housing 11543
- urban population, support for children in education system 11543
- Fish, oolichan stocks, decline 12256
- Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc., government contract 11483-4
- Gartner Consulting Inc., government contract and review of education information system 11485, 11534
- Government lands and properties, sale 11537
- Harmonized sales tax 12207-9, 12277
- Horizon Research and Evaluation Inc., government contract 11539
- Human early learning partnership, research activities 10285
- Income disparity 9650
- Jago, Charles, role as mediator 10648-9
- Justice and Attorney General Ministry, Solicitor General component, history of Solicitor General appointments 11240
- Kitimat, Portuguese community 8564-5
- Kujundzic, Claire, response to potential school closing 9652
- Labour Relations Board, role in collective bargaining for teachers 10079-81
- Labour Relations Code
- application to collective bargaining legislation for teachers 10074-5
- provisions on mediation 10080
- Libraries, funding and budget line issue 11536
- Literacy role 8304
- Luso Club, 50th anniversary events 8564-5
- Mines and mining industry, skills training for First Nations 8490-1
- Ministerial statements (response)
- Classroom composition and class organization fund 7939-40
- Motions
- Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement (Motion 24), debate 9023-4
- Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement (Motion 40), debate 11406
- Pacific north coast integrated management area, debate 11867-8
- Review of smart-metering program, debate 10637-8
- Motorcycles, licences and safety regulations 11239-41
- National School Librarian Day 8304
- New west partnership trade agreement, impact on teacher certification standards 8589-90
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, amendments 9023-4
- Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes to accommodate transmission line 9023-4
- Nisga'a people, treaty and final agreement 9023-4, 11406
- Ontario, OnSIS education information management system 11488
- Oral questions
- Changes to adult education courses for high school graduates 11727
- Government position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11497-8
- Mediator in collective bargaining for teachers 10648-9
- Orcherton, Peg, comments on collective bargaining for teachers 10024
- Pacific north coast integrated management area initiative, government role and third-party funding issue 11867-8
- Partnerships B.C., role in school capital projects 11536-7
- Peace River area, Site C power project 11028
- Polak, Mary, comments as school trustee 9651
- Portuguese Canadians, history and contributions 8564-5
- Poverty, child poverty 9650
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- The ABCs of extracurricular activities 11242-3
- Professions, regulation and response to misconduct 8483, 8492
- Provincial Sales Tax Act, debate 12207-9, 12277-8
- Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Kitimat smelter operations and reconstruction project 11029-31
- Roberts, Don, comments on Enbridge pipeline proposal 11498
- Sales tax 12208, 12277
- School Act, amendments 10211, 10243-8, 10273-7, 10281-8
- School Amendment Act, 2012
- School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), school calendar 11314, 12104
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), continuing education fees, case 11482, 11485
- School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
- class size and composition reporting 10276-7
- school calendar and budget shortfall 11315-6
- Shaffer, Marvin, comments on clean energy legislation 11028
- Skeena constituency and area
- constituents' concerns re smart meter program 10637-8
- school districts 10276
- Skeena River, economic role and environmental protection 12253-6
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers, role of education and training 11727
- Social workers, professional duty 8486
- Statements by members
- Literacy and school librarians 8304
- Luso Club in Kitimat 8564-5
- Role of teachers 7975-6
- Support for education 10569
- Steele, Dawn, comments on class composition and special needs students 10248
- Supreme Court of B.C.
- ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 9655-6, 10078
- ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition, government response 10205-6, 10211, 10281, 11532
- Taxation
- government policies, debate 12277-8
- government policies, federal-provincial policies 12207-8
- regressive taxation and equity issues 12208
- relationship to government services 12277-8
- Teachers
- certification and regulation 8488-90, 11534
- collective bargaining
- collective bargaining, mediator
- appointment and terms of reference 10078-82
- independent mediator and new terms of reference proposal 10122-5
- independent mediator proposal 10023-6
- mediation process 11535
- collective bargaining rights re class size and composition 7939-40
- conduct
- government relationship with teachers 9658, 11535
- labour dispute in education system
- illegal job action, offences and penalties 10199-201
- withdrawal of activities outside instructional hours 10073
- withdrawal of services 9656, 10077-8
- layoff and recall 10123
- morale 9651
- performance issues, handling 8485
- private school teachers 8490
- professional development 9646
- registry 8483
- responsibilities 8482
- responsibilities, duty to report re child protection 8486-7
- role 7975-6
- role and involvement in extracurricular activities 11243
- role and working conditions 9645-6, 9656
- role as advocates and efforts to address poverty issues 9649-50
- seniority and selection of teachers suited to student needs 10124
- specialist teachers 11530-2
- teacher-librarians 8304
- teachers on call, rights 10124
- training, certification standards and cross-jurisdictional issues 8589-90
- training, program standards and evaluation 8484, 8488
- transfers between districts 10124
- Teachers Act
- debate 8481-92, 8530-1, 8586-95
- debate in Legislature 8491
- development of legislation 8488
- development of legislation and timeline for debate 8481
- position on legislation, stakeholders 8491
- TicketMaster operations 11528
- Tides Canada Foundation, funding for Pacific north coast integrated management area initiative 11868
- Toutant Consulting Group Ltd., government contract 11539
- Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impact on teacher certification standards 8589-90
- Tributes
- Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, work as advocate for children and youth 11543
- The Vancouver Sun, article on government education policies 9648, 9651
- Vander Zalm, Bill, actions re hydroelectric power 11030
- World Teachers Day 7975
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