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

Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
experience as teacher 9489
experience as teacher in extracurricular activities 11241-2
experience of technological changes 10631
experiences as teacher 11562-3
family, staff and constituents thanked 7917
Métis heritage 7921, 11808
military service 7917
Airline industry, flight service between B.C. and Asia 9492
Alpha course, religious education program 8165-6
Armed forces, military service and "royal" designation 7917
B.C., northern B.C., liquefied natural gas development 9491
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions 7918
budgets and economic policies 9489-91
B.C. Teachers Federation, relationship with NDP 11563
Budget debate 9488-92
Budgets
2012-13 budget priorities 9488-9, 9492
issues and priorities 7918-9
Business, small business taxation 9490
Civil service, collective agreements and bargaining, net zero mandate for public sector 9489
Credit cards 9488
Credit rating
B.C. rating 9489
credit ratings 7918
Crime and criminals
automobile theft, bait car program 8291
crime prevention, funding and programs 8291, 8536
crime prevention, role of legislation 8678
crime rate 8291, 8536, 8678
forfeiture of proceeds of crime 8291
metal theft, incidence and impacts 8678-9
De Patie, Grant, death at service station 8536
Economy
conditions 9491
global economy, conditions 9489
global economy and B.C. economy 7918
Education
elimination of standard school calendar and role of school districts 11318-9
enrolment levels 7921
extracurricular activities in schools, benefits and role 11241-2, 11562
independent schools, role 11319
international students 7921
K-9 student access to combination of traditional and distance education 11319-20
school districts and boards of education, catchment areas 11319
system, role of parents 11562
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 7919
Energy, smart-metering and infrastructure program 10631-2
Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 7919-20
Families, tax credits for families with children, fitness and arts credits 9492
Fires and firefighters, trauma pup program for children at accident scenes 8305
First Nations, relationship with government 7921-2
Friends Against Drunk Driving, establishment and goals 9562-3
Fuel, jet fuel, taxation, elimination for international flights 9492
Golden Ears Bridge, tolling 9491
Golden Ears Métis Society, establishment 11808
Golden Ears Winter Club, facility and curling activities 8977
Harmonized sales tax 9490
Health care funding 9490-1
Home ownership, first-time new-home buyers bonus 9490
Impaired driving penalties, impact of changes to penalties 8291
Income tax reductions 9489-90
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 7920-1
Justice system sentencing, probation with conditions and penalties for breaching conditions 8536-7
Kanaka Creek Elementary School, year-round school calendar 11319
Law, Kelley, curling accomplishments 8977
Maple Ridge
crime rate 8536
curling activities 8977
description and issues 9491
infrastructure projects 7920-1, 9490-1
mayors and other elected officials 7918
metal theft incidents 8678-9
response to fatal vehicle accident on Dewdney Trunk Road 9562-3
Royal Canadian Legion branches 8654
Maple Ridge Arts Centre and Theatre 7934
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area, MLA recall campaign 7917
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Arts Council 7934
MLAs, remuneration 9489
Metal, metal dealers industry and scrap metal sales 8679
Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act, debate 8678-9
Métis, heritage and population 7921-2, 11808
Mines and mining industry 7919
Mission Memorial Hospital, facilities, development 7921, 9490-1, 9859
Motions
Extracurricular school activities, debate 11562-3
Review of smart-metering program, debate 10631-2
NDP, tax policies 9490-1
Offence Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8536-7
Oil and gas, expansion of markets 9491
Police and policing, funding for police services 8536
Port Mann Bridge, reconstruction project 7920
Post-secondary education system 7919
Private members' statements
The ABCs of extracurricular activities 11241-4
Private members' statements (response)
Community safety 8291
Public debt, management of debt 7919, 9488-9
Resources and resource industries, revenues to government and permitting process 7919
Ridge Meadows Hospital, emergency and ambulatory care, funding 9491
Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society, work of organization and annual gala 9155
Royal Canadian Legion, role and poppy campaign 8654
Ruskin, community and dam upgrade project 8867
Safety
community safety 8291
public safety 8536
School Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11318-20
School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
environmental school 11319
innovative programs 11394
school calendars and programs 11319
Science and technology, technological change 10631
Sims, Jinny, role in teachers federation and politics 11563
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada Line and Evergreen Line 7920
Statements by members
50th anniversary of Trinity Western University 12432
Alpha interdenominational course 8165-6
Arts Centre and Theatre in Maple Ridge 7934
Community of Ruskin and dam upgrade project 8867
Curling in Maple Ridge 8977
Friends Against Drunk Driving 9562-3
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows school district 11394
Métis community and organizations 11808
Mission Memorial Hospital 9859
Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society 9155
Role of Royal Canadian Legion 8654
Timberline Ranch 10415-6
Trauma pup program for children at accident scenes 8305
Taxation reductions 9489-90
Teachers
collective bargaining process and net zero principle 11243
labour dispute in education system, volunteering of services for extracurricular activities 11562-3
labour dispute in education system, withdrawal of activities outside instructional hours 11242-4
wages 9489
Throne speech debate 7916-22
Timberline Ranch Camp and Retreat Centre, youth camp and religious education facility 10415-6
Transportation, commuter transportation issues 7920
Trinity Western University, 50th anniversary 12432
West Coast Express, commuter rail service 7920
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

Alberta, health care funding from federal government 11798
Aramark Corp., hospital cleaning services contracts and remuneration 12126
Babcock, John, surgery waiting time and travel for treatment case 8460-1
Bethel, John, work as assistant deputy minister on physician negotiations 11837
Brain health, head and brain injuries, prevention and protective gear 12126
B.C.
northern and rural B.C., physician supply 12115, 12117-8
rural B.C., anaesthesiology services 12010, 12014
rural B.C., physician supply 11116-7
B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors, role and work 12109
B.C. Children's Hospital, equipment and services for children 11114
B.C. Health Coalition, meeting with Health Minister 8571
B.C. Medical Association
consultation on nurse practitioner legislation 8988
relationship with anaesthetists 12011
role in collective bargaining 11838, 12011
B.C. Pharmacy Association
consultation by government on prescription drug legislation 12459
negotiations with government and disclosure of information 12441-2
B.C. services card, introduction of card and use for PharmaCare services 12446
B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Complex Chronic Disease Clinic 12120-1
Burnaby General Hospital
acute care beds, seniors care case 9461-2
cleaning services 9812
infection control 9564-6, 9635-6, 9809-12, 11115, 12126
infection control and patient information 9864-5
redevelopment planning 9564-5, 9810
redevelopment planning, MLA committee 12434-6
Business, public-private partnerships, risk transfer 12006
Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project, inclusion of dialysis unit in new hospital 12016-7
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, negotiations, government response 11294
Cancer
colorectal cancer screening programs 12123-4
prostate cancer awareness and research 11568-9
Chilliwack, dialysis services 12015-6
Civil service, collective agreements and bargaining, net zero mandate and cooperative gains mandate for public sector 11838-9
Cochrane, Bruce, work on hospital infection control 9635-6, 9810
College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, consultation on nurse practitioner legislation 8988
Corrections system, persons taken into custody, mental health assessment 8988, 8994
Council of the Federation, health care innovation working group 11802
Crime Victim Assistance Act, amendments 8617, 8988-9
Denham, Elizabeth, comments and position on PharmaCare information disclosure 12441, 12453
Documents tabled
Provincial health officer, report, Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia, 2011 12184-5
Provincial Infection Control Network, Clostridium difficile infection surveillance report for 2011-12 11118
Drugs, prescription drugs
coverage, national strategy 11294
coverage, national strategy and purchasing alliance 11799-801
generic drug prices and cost management 11055, 11265-6, 12447-8
price regulation 12447, 12457
price regulation and consultation with stakeholders 12458-60
pricing agreement and termination 11265, 11293, 12448
pricing negotiations and development of legislation 12441-2, 12458-9
Eating disorders, treatment services 8659-60, 12110-2
Education, students, assessment for return to school after illness 8994
Emergency and Health Services Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11570
Emergency and Health Services Commission, role in emergency health services coordination 11570
Employment and unemployment, employment standards, health assessment for leaves 8617, 8989-90
Employment Standards Act, amendments 8511, 8617, 8989-90
Exports and imports, trade agreements and partnerships, impact on prescription drug prices 12448
Eye health, macular degeneration, treatment 12017
Fraser Health Authority
acute care beds 12002
facilities, seismic safety 11952-3
facilities and services 9462, 9564
hospitals, infection control and cleaning services 11115, 12126
infection control report, implementation of recommendations 9635-6, 9809-12, 9865
Government
capital projects and investment 11577
federal-provincial relations 11802-3
transfer payments from federal government 11798
Health, continuing and long-term care
assessment and diagnosis of patients 11913
assessment of care needs, wait times and access to information 11916-7
beds and facilities, government investment 9122
convalescent care, costs and case 9404-5, 11927
Health, health authorities, budgets and financial reporting 11914-5
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
billing policy for patients awaiting long-term care placement 9948
capital projects 11949-50
government investment 12434-6
public-private partnerships 12006-7
government investment 8460-1, 9636
hospital foundations 11950
infection control 9564-6, 11115-6, 12125-6
infection control, public information on C. difficile infections 9810-2, 9864-5
parking fees and waivers 11917-8
redevelopment planning 9811
seismic upgrades and seismic safety survey 11952-3, 11956
Health, health care funding 9347-8
federal funding, health care accord on federal transfer payments 11797-800
federal funding, population-based formula and demographic-based formula 11797-8
funding for capital projects, rehabilitation and seismic upgrades 11953
funding for capital projects, role of government, regional hospital districts and private donors 11949-51
funding formula 11915
private donations, handling and case 11951
program funding 11794
residential care facilities, funding equity issue 11929
Health, health care system
administration, administrative processes re births and deaths 8995
beds, acute care bed ratio to population 12002
beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 9278, 9461-2, 9948
emergency services, emergency health services coordination 11570
health professionals, supply and wage scale 11802
health support workers, government policy on employment conditions 8212-3
health support workers, role 8212
information, use of data 12449-52
medical transcription services 11348
patient care quality review boards 9865, 11920
personal health information, information-sharing, privacy issues 12449-50, 12452-4
procurement, interprovincial cooperation 11799
role of federal government 11800-3
services for First Nations people, aboriginal health accord 11800
services for First Nations people, aboriginal health accord and health authority 12123
services for seniors 9405
services for seniors, personalized assistance with system 11921
surgical services, bariatric surgery 12113
surgical services, orthopedic surgeries for children 11114
system 8460-2
telehealth initiatives, palliative nursing support 11847-8
wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists and waiting times 8460-1
workers, community health workers and care aides, training and registry 11921-2
Health, maternity and pregnancy, home visits for new mothers 8405
Health, public health
immunization
hepatitis B 12124-5
HPV (human papillomavirus) 12124
immunization of First Nations people 12123
tetanus-diptheria-pertussis 12114
physical fitness, ParticipACTION program 11803
public education campaign on sodium reduction 11795
Health Ministry
estimates debate 11794-803, 11836-53, 11912-29, 11948-57, 12001-20, 12109-29
advertising costs 11795
budget 9405-6
budget and operations 11794-5
contracts 11795-6
estimates debate in section C 12109
service plan, performance measures 11795, 11836
ThinkHealthBC website and videos 11796
Health Professions Act, amendments 11731-2
Home care
home and community care
data collection and presentation 11916
funding and services 11914-5
home support services and guidelines 11923-4
home care for seniors and review of best practices 11848-9
Hospice and palliative care
beds and facilities, support 12017-8
end-of-life care 11847-8, 12018
Housing, residential care facilities
accountability and transparency, access to information 8211-2, 8259, 8514-5, 8571, 8603, 8605, 11844-5
assisted-living services, information and standards 11924-5
beds, availability and placement process 11925-7
care and treatment of residents, consent and role of public trustee 11852
care and treatment of residents, use of antipsychotic drugs 11850-3, 11912-3
care standards 11728-9
government action 9122
inspections and risk assessment 11846
standards and nurse staffing levels 11850
complaint process 8515-6, 8602
family councils 11913-4, 11920
fees
fee waivers and information 11917-20
rate changes and reinvestment of revenues 11852, 11928-9
rate changes for seniors in residential care 9277-8
reinvestment of revenues 9278
government policy 11811
staffing 11852
wait-lists 11729, 11845
workers, criminal record checks and complaint investigations 11922
Immigration, provincial nominee program, medical insurance coverage case 12121-2
Impaired driving, assessment process for obtaining blood samples 8992-4
Income assistance, disability benefits, recipients' access to hardship waiver for residential care costs 11927
Insurance Corporation of B.C., reports on motor vehicle accidents by medical professionals 8990
Interior Health Authority, administrative staff, remuneration information 12119
Justice system, family justice system 12453-4
Kidney health, dialysis services 12015-7
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, anaesthetists 12014
Kootenay Lake Hospital, emergency room expansion project 12005-6
Kyle, Kathleen, access to information on seniors care facilities 8571
Labour Mobility Act, amendments 11731-2
Lali, Harry, debate in Health Ministry estimates 12118
Legislature
committee system, membership of committees 12709-10
language used in House, withdrawal of comments requested 8605
members not to refer to absence or presence of other members 9885
Liver health, hepatitis B awareness and incidence 12124-5
Lyme disease, diagnosis and testing 12119-21
Medical Services Plan premiums 9346-7
MLAs, role 12434-6
Mental health
beds, new and replacement beds 12007-8
mental illness, assessment for admission to facilities 8990-2
mental illness and addiction, government action on issues 11575
Mental Health Act, amendments 8990-2
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012, debate 11731-2
Mooney, Eldon, death at seniors care facility 8514-5, 8605
Motions
Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees 12709-10
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 8992
Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 8992-4
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
acute care beds, seniors care cases 9278, 9948
capacity, overcrowding in children's ward 8982
NDP policies, cost of implementation 9346-8
New Vista Care Home, funding and care levels 11850
Nurse Practitioners Statutes Amendment Act, 2011
debate 8511, 8616-7, 8635, 8988-95
consultation by government 8988, 8991, 8993
debate on bill 8635
purpose of bill 8511, 8616-7
Nurses, nurse practitioners
employment and jobs in rural communities 12115-6
exam requirements and labour mobility 11731-2
scope of practice 8511, 8616-7, 8635, 8988-95
Obesity prevention 12113
Offence Act, amendments 8994
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care issues 8211-3, 8514-5, 8602-3, 9122, 9278, 9405, 11811, 11851-2, 11913-7
Ontario, prescription drug pricing model 11293, 12448
Oral questions (response)
Access to information on seniors care facilities 8571, 8603
Budget provisions for health care funding 9347-8
Call for seniors advocate 9462, 11811-2
Capacity at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital 8982
Contract at Spring Valley Care Centre in Kelowna 11810-1
Death of senior at care facility and call for seniors advocate 8602
Death of senior at care facility and Ombudsperson report recommendations for seniors care 8514-6
Emergency services in Princeton area 11116-7
Fraser Health Authority infection control program 9636
Government action on seniors care 9122
Government planning committee for Burnaby Hospital 12434-6
Health care fees for seniors 9404-6
Increases to Medical Services Plan premiums 9346-7
Infection cases and patient information at Burnaby Hospital 9864-6
Infection control and cleaning services at Burnaby Hospital 9809-12
Infection control and cleaning services in Lower Mainland hospitals 11115-6
Infection control at Burnaby Hospital 9564-6, 9635-6
Privatization of medical transcription services 11348
Public consultation on oil and gas industry health and safety issues 8048
Rate changes for seniors in residential care 9277-8
Recovery home registration and regulation 8926, 11574-6
Report on oil and gas industry health and safety issues 11661-2
Returning the Favour Care Home and assisted-living spaces in Port Alberni 11728-9
Seismic safety of St. Paul's Hospital 11577
Seniors care case in Burnaby Hospital and government action on seniors care 9461-2
Seniors care case in Nanaimo Hospital 9278
Seniors care case in Nanaimo Hospital and in-hospital billing policy 9948
Seniors issues and call for seniors advocate 8259
Services for mothers of newborns 8405
Services for people with eating disorders 8659-60
Travel for treatment and wait time for surgery case 8460-2
Treatment of seniors in care facilities and care facility registry 8211-2
Treatment of seniors in care facilities and health care worker layoffs 8212-3
Waiting times for children's orthopedic surgery 11114
Owl Drugs pharmacist's letter to MLA re Pharmaceutical Services Act 12460
Peace River area, oil and gas industry, assessment of health and safety issues
phase 1 report and phase 2 work 11795
phase 2 terms of reference 11661-2
public consultation process 8048
public release of reports 11661, 11913
Pertussis outbreak 12114-5
PharmaCare program
advisory committees 12454
coverage 12443
amounts and deductible 11264
coverage during public health emergencies 12446
knee disease injections 12127
special circumstances 12439-40
enforcement of regulations 12454-7
enrolment, requirements and authority 12443-6
establishment as statutory entity 11055, 11264, 12438
formularies and service lists 12438-9
information, data management and privacy issues 11293-4, 12449-54
information on program decisions, disclosure 12440-3
PharmaNet computer system 12450, 12454
Pharmaceutical industry, participation in PharmaCare program, requirements 12445
Pharmaceutical Services Act
debate 11055, 11264-6, 11293-4, 12438-60
debate on bill 11293
implementation and regulations 12457-60
provisions on legal immunity and liability 12454
purpose of bill 11055, 11264-5, 12460
Pharmacists
enrolment in PharmaCare program 12444
professional regulation 11574
rebate issue 12445, 12447
rural pharmacies 12448
Physicians
anaesthetists, supply and working conditions 12009-14
collective bargaining and government negotiation team 11837-9
specialists, collective bargaining 12011
supply and training 8461, 12012, 12115, 12127-9
Points of order
members not to refer to absence or presence of other members 9885
Powis, Ted, death at seniors care facility 8602
Princeton, health care and physician services 12117-8
Princeton General Hospital, emergency room services 11116, 12116-7
Privacy, information-sharing by government 12449
Privilege
comments by Carole James on website posting of care facility inspection reports 8605
reserving right for formal presentation on matter of privilege re comments by Carole James 8605
Property tax, deferral for seniors, use as private funding mechanism 11848
Provincial health officer, Progress on the Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia, 2011, report tabled 12184-5
Provincial Health Services Authority, role in emergency health services coordination 11570
Provincial Infection Control Network, Clostridium difficile infection surveillance report for 2011-12 11116
tabled 11118
Psychotherapists and counsellors, registered clinical counsellors, regulation 12019, 12109
Quebec, participation in prescription drug purchasing alliance 11799
Reid, Linda, election in 1991 and service to Legislature 8107-8
Riverview Hospital, future of lands 12007-8
Royal Columbian Hospital, redevelopment 12003-4
St. Paul's Hospital
eating disorder programs 8659
redevelopment 11577, 11954-5
seismic safety, government action 11953
School Act, amendments 8994
Seniors
access to prescription drugs 11919
advocate 8515, 9405, 9462, 11811-2, 11839-41, 11921
care plans, advance care planning 11840
care plans, advance care planning and availability of My Voice document 11843
elder abuse, action plan development and community response network 11846-7
issues
government phone line for concerns 11841-3
SeniorsBC website and information 11844
task force 8259
Skin health, laser treatment services for cosmetic purposes, regulation 12019-20
Spooner, Ricky, deposit with residential care facility 8259
Sports injury prevention 12126
Spring Valley Care Centre, staffing contract and layoffs 11810-1
Statements
Prostate cancer awareness 11568-9
Stilwell, Moira, report on credentialling of international medical graduates from Canada 12127
Substance abuse and addiction
detox services, regulation 11575-6
prevention and treatment services, regulation of residential services 11574-6
recovery houses, registration and regulation 8926
Surrey
addiction recovery home and investigation of practices 11574
health care facilities and services 11956-7
land use and sales, government-owned property at 152nd and Highway 10 11956-7, 12001-3
Telecommunications, cellular phones, health concerns and scientific debate 12120-1
Tributes
Service to Legislature by Member for Richmond East 8107-8
University of Northern B.C., medical program 12115
Valleyview Hospital, closing of facility for geriatric dementia patients 12005
Vancouver, Station Street lands for potential hospital site 11955
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, facilities, seismic safety 11952-3
Vancouver Island, north Island, dialysis services 12016-7
Vancouver Island Health Authority
capital projects, new hospitals in Campbell River and Comox 12006-7
treatment options for macular degeneration 12017
Victim assistance, eligibility, assessment 8617, 8988-9
Vital Statistics Act, amendments 8995
West Nile virus, incidence and government action 12125
Westbank First Nation, proposal for private health care facility development 11836-7
Woodstone Residence, treatment facility for eating disorders 12110-2
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
comments on issues
comments made while in Okanagan area (Letnick) 9615
debate on collective bargaining legislation for teachers (Popham) 9919
labour dispute in education system (Abbott) 9644-5
local government (Lali) 8294-5
mining development (Lake) 11498
pipeline project (Clark) 12655-6, 12658, 12660, 12662
communications with teachers 9872-3
experience working for Canadian Parents for French 9873
letter on wine industry (Popham) 10950
parents 7927
performance as Opposition leader (Clark) 9075
personal experience of education and health systems 7928
position on issues (Clark) 7981
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government advertising (Clark) 12666-7, 12701 (Les) 7948
resource development (Clark) 12659-63
role as chief of staff during NDP administration (Falcon) 8977-8 (Hawes) 10013
role in 1998 collective bargaining for teachers (Les) 9819
work as critic for Children and Family Development Ministry 9617
Ablett, Todd, teaching activities 10968
Advanced Education Ministry
budget 9345, 12619
letter to Minister from university and college presidents 12620
Aerospace industry, government support 10741
African Canadians, contributions 9161
Agriculture, government support 7926
Alberta, oil and gas industry, growth and impact on Canadian dollar 12659
Angus Reid Public Opinion, poll on jobs strategy 12621-2
Auditor General reports and reviews
report and recommendations on forest management 9217-8, 9620
report recommendations on environmental assessment process 8805-6
review of financial reporting by B.C. Hydro 8566-7
Aveos Fleet Performance Inc., operations and worker layoffs 10416-7, 10740-1
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion and fire, rebuilding and timber supply 10806
Barber, Ike, life and accomplishments 10738
Bauman, Robert, comments on court system 9071-2
Beaudoin, Lillian, comments on Missing Women Inquiry 9862
Bennett, Bill, comments on cosmetic pesticide committee presentations 12618
Black History Month 9161
Bloy, Harry
release of Advanced Education Ministry correspondence 10267-8
withdrawal of comments and apology 10740
Boss Power Corp., application for uranium mining 8306-7
Brecknell, Michael, comments on court system 9071
B.C. Association for Community Living, concerns re community living services 7978
B.C. Children's Hospital, equipment and services for children 11114
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., executive compensation, bonuses 8567
B.C. Hydro
executive compensation, bonuses 8566-7
financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 8567, 9274
management and planning 9274
purchase and sale of electricity 11876-7, 12271
B.C. Liberal Party government
approach to governing 7922
budgets and priorities 9617-20
B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of electricity rates, public hearings 12271-2
Budget debate 9617-21
Budgets
2009-10 budget deficit 9617-9
2012-13 budget, asset sales component and priorities 9617-20
Burnaby General Hospital
cleaning services 9810
infection control 9564, 9809-10
infection control, public information on C. difficile infections 9715
Business, small business, role 9617
Cadieux, Stephanie, comments on community living services 8768-9
Canada
economy, impact of oil and gas development on Canadian dollar, "Dutch disease" issue 12659
Senate reform 12702-3
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
negotiations and consultation by government 12704
provisions on prescription drugs 11259-60
provisions on prescription drugs and potential impact on health care system 12704-6
Canadian Coast Guard, facility closures in B.C. and letter from Justice Minister to federal minister 12666-7
Capilano University, funding and programs 10971
Carbon tax revenues, allocation 7926
Catalyst Paper Corp., restructuring, government support 12673-5
Chief forester, powers and role 10806
Children and Family Development Ministry, changes in structure and operations 9632-3
Clark, Christy
attendance at Western Premiers Conference 12618
comments on Canadian Senate 12702-3
comments on cosmetic pesticides ban 12432, 12618
position on Prosperity gold-copper mine project 12625-6
Clarke, Kevin, comments on Catalyst restructuring 12674
Climate change, government action on climate change, national strategy 12664
Collingwood Neighbourhood House, programs 9617
Communities, local economies, government support 7926
Community Living B.C.
executive compensation, bonuses 8567
review 8103, 8167, 8768-9
review, interim report 8922
Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry, conditions 7935
Consumers, taxes and user fees 7923-4
Corporations, taxation 7926
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee recommendations, government response 12618
Cosmetic Use of Pesticides Control Act, 2012, debate 12507
Costillo, Wagner, work as teacher 9872
Council of the Federation, consideration of trade agreement and prescription drug issues 12704
Crime and criminals, federal anti-crime legislation, costs 7927, 8600-1, 12025-6
Democracy, parliamentary democracy 11982-3
Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services 8103
funding and redesign of services 7977-8
government handling of issues 8103, 8166-7, 8209-10, 8768-9
service levels and impact on families 7926-7
services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 8044-5
wait-lists for services 8922
Disabled and handicapped persons, families of developmentally disabled persons, government support 8044-5
Drugs, generic drug prices and cost management 12705-6
Drummond, Don, comments on issues
skills training 9619
trade agreement impact on drug prices 11259
Economy
conditions and government policies 7923, 12264
growth 9618
role of middle class 7923-4
Education
adult basic education 11725-6
class size and composition 7925
funding for special education and special needs 9872-3
funding priorities 11726
school libraries and textbooks 9870-2
Education Improvement Act
debate 9870-3, 10051-4
debate timeline 10051
Elections, advertising, pre-campaign period 12701
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, diamond jubilee 9123
Eminata Group, access to correspondence between media and government 10267-8
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 7924-6, 7935, 12618-9
advertising component 12665-6
polling activities 12621-3
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat
NDP position 12658-9
participation by B.C. government in review process 11343, 12626-8, 12653-8, 12662
potential impact of increased oil tanker traffic 12657-8, 12660-2
Energy
electricity rates 9274, 11876-7
government policy, costs 11876
hydroelectric power, reservoir levels and release of water 11876-7, 12271
smart-metering and infrastructure program 7925
Environment
environmental assessment process, site visits 8805-6
pest control and pesticide use, cosmetic pesticides ban 12432-3, 12507
Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 9618
Fahlman, Neil, experience with community living services 8044
Families, government support 7977-8
First Nations, treaties
B.C. treaty process 12623
B.C. treaty process, incremental treaty agreements 12624
negotiations, government funding 12624
negotiations, report recommendation 12624
Fish, changes to fish habitat protection legislation 10332-3, 12625
Fish Lake, draining of lake in relation to mine proposal 12625-6
Fisheries Act (federal), amendments 10332, 12625
Food, locally grown food, government support 7926
Food industry, tree fruit industry 7926
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
budget, allocation for permit processing 8806
role and responsibilities 8805-6
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, government policy 7925, 10096-7
export of raw logs, timber export advisory committee 10096-7
forest inventory 9218
forest management and practices, government management 9217-8, 9620
government forest policies, impact 7925
timber supply areas in interior B.C., public consultation for communities 10806
workers, supply of skilled workers 7924-5
Fraser, John, comments on fish habitat protection legislation 10332-3
Fraser Health Authority, infection control 9809
Ganeshan, Vishy, food services business 7923
Gervais, Robyn, participation as lawyer in inquiry 9862
Gladstone Secondary School, robotics program and student participation in world competitions 7923, 10968
Government
advertising and announcements, government spending 12665-6
cabinet, information-sharing 10268
lands and properties, sale, business plan 9522-3
leadership 7922
natural resource ministries funding 12663
programs and services, role of and impact on different generations 7927-8
Government communications and public engagement, role re jobs plan advertising 12666
Greece
economy and government financial management 12659, 12661-2
political history 9618
Green, Jim, life and contributions 9519
Gropper, Miriam, comments on aggravated assault case and justice system conditions 9460
Group homes, closings 7977-8
call for moratorium 8922
closings and resident moves 8167, 8209-10
Hansen, Rick, contributions 11337-8
Harmonized sales tax 7934-5, 8977-8
Hawes, Randy, comments on issues
Community Living B.C. 8103
group home closings and resident moves 8167, 8209-10
Health care system
administration, centralization initiatives 12620
surgical services, orthopedic surgeries for children 11114
Housing, residential care facilities, accountability and transparency, access to information 8514-5
Human rights protection 11580
Income
income disparity 9618
income disparity and social inequality 7923-4
Industry Training Authority, budget 12619-20
Innovative Research Group Inc., poll on jobs strategy 12621-3
Japanese Canadians, internment and property confiscation during World War II and B.C. government apology 11579-80
John, Ed, comments on First Nations participation in Missing Women Inquiry 9861
Justice system
conditions and funding 9620
courts and court services
audit report 9118
backlog of cases 9460
cameras in court rooms 9118-9
impact of delays on criminal cases 7927, 8601, 9071-2, 9119, 9156-7, 9459-60
criminal justice system, funding 8601, 9071-2
Khaki, Aziz, death 12267-8
Kirby, Shane, concerns re infection control at Burnaby Hospital 9809-10
Kwan, Jenny, actions re 2002 legislation for teachers 10052
Legislation
business during spring 2012 session of 4th session, 39th parliament 11982-4
development and scrutiny 11983-4
legislation during B.C. Liberal Party administration 7925
Legislature
Committee of Supply, committee to sit in three sections 11982-5
debate 11982-5
legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11982-5
opposition, role 9617
reforms 11983-4
Lougheed, Peter, comments on Canadian economy 12659-61
McArthur, Bill, experience at Woodlands School 8402
Manufacturing industry, impact of Canadian dollar on industry 12659, 12661
Medical Services Plan premiums 12704
MLAs
new MLAs, introduction to House 11982
role and responsibilities 9617
work in constituencies and at Legislature 11982-3
Mines and mining industry, uranium industry, moratorium 8306
Ministerial statements (response)
Black History Month 9161
Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 9123
Government response to report on deaths of Schoenborn children 9630
Pink Shirt Day and prevention of bullying 9570
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, funding for groups participating in inquiry, First Nations organizations 9861-2
Mooney, Eldon, death at seniors care facility 8514
Moore, Kathleen, daughter's experience with community living services 8044-5
Motions
Committee of Supply to sit in three sections, debate 11982-5
Government apology for Japanese Canadian internment during World War II, debate 11579-80
Mowles, Rick, termination as CEO of Community Living B.C. 8102-3
Mulcair, Thomas, position on resource development in western Canada 12658-9
Mustel Research Group Ltd., poll on jobs strategy 12621-2
O'Mahony, Gwen, election and introduction to House 11723
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care issues 8514-5
Ontario, government response to federal anti-crime legislation 8600-1
Oral questions
Auditor General report on environmental assessment process and permit backlog 8805-6
Auditor General report on forest management and status of forest lands 9217-8
B.C. Utilities Commission public hearings and government energy policy 12271-2
Budget provisions for education and skills training 9344-5
Business plan for sale of government assets 9522-3
Call for resolution on Aveos operations and workers 10416-7
Catalyst mill operations and workers 12673-5
Changes to adult education courses for high school graduates 11725-6
Changes to federal legislation on fish habitat protection 10332-3
CLBC report and community living services review 8922
Comments by judges and court system funding 9071-2
Comments by Liberal MLAs on community living services 8209-10
Comments by Social Development Minister and community living services review 8768-9
Community living services and group home closings 7977-8
Compensation for former Woodlands School residents 8401-2
Construction industry jobs and timeline for elimination of harmonized sales tax 7934-5
Costs to B.C. of federal anti-crime legislation 8600-1, 12025-6
Death of senior at care facility and Ombudsperson report recommendations for seniors care 8514-5
Delays in court proceedings and Internet luring case 9156-7
Electricity rates and B.C. Hydro management 9274
European trade agreement provisions on prescription drugs 11259-60
Executive compensation at B.C. Hydro, B.C. Ferries and CLBC 8566-7
Funding for groups participating in Missing Women Inquiry 9861-2
Funding for post-secondary education 10971-2
Government action on delays in court proceedings 9459-60
Government action on poverty reduction 9014-5
Government energy policy and electricity generation costs 11876-7
Government handling of uranium-mining application by Boss Power Corp. 8306-7
Government oversight of private post-secondary institutions 10018-9
Government participation in environmental review of Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11343
Government position on cosmetic pesticides ban proposal 12432-3
Government response to report on court system and cameras in courtrooms 9118-9
Government response to reports on protection system for victims of domestic violence 9632-3
Group home closings and community living services review 8166-7
Infection control and cleaning services at Burnaby Hospital 9809-10
Infection control at Burnaby Hospital 9564, 9715
Joint delegation proposal in support of Aveos workers 10741
Log export policy and advisory committee ruling on timber supply 10096-7
Recovery home registration and regulation 11574
Release of media correspondence with government to Eminata Group 10267-8
Retail industry and timeline for elimination of harmonized sales tax 8977-8
Termination of CLBC CEO and community living services review 8102-3
Timber supply and mill operations in Burns Lake area 10806
Training tax credits for Seaspan Marine Corp. 12509-10
Waiting times for children's orthopedic surgery 11114
Penner, Barry, service to Legislature and message of appreciation 9077
Personal statements (response)
Service to Legislature and message of appreciation 9077
Pierre, Sophie, comments on treaty negotiation process 12623
Pink Shirt Day 9570
Port Mann Bridge, reconstruction project and impact of tolling on residents 12703-4
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 7924
capacity to respond to labour market conditions 12620-1
funding 10267, 10971-2
private institutions, oversight and regulation 10018-9
role in economy 7924
universities, colleges and institutes, spending reductions 12620
Poverty
child poverty, government action 7923, 9014-5
child poverty report 9014
reduction, government strategy 9014-5
Premier's Office
estimates debate 12618-28, 12653-67, 12701-6
Deputy Minister meetings re Port Mann Bridge project 12703
estimates process 12618, 12666
Premier's letter to federal government on CETA 12706
Public Accounts Committee, review of environmental assessment process 8805
Puchmayr, Chuck, liver transplant 10969
Rampuri, Bhinder, infection with C. difficile 9715
Representative for Children and Youth
reports
Lee family deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations 9632-3
Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention, government response 9630
Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations 9632
role 9630
services, expansion 8769
Resources and resource industries
development 12264
industry, role of commodity prices 12660-3
permitting process 8805-6, 8978, 12663, 12665
Seaspan Marine Corp., shipbuilding contract, training tax credits 12509-10
Seniors advocate 8514
Shipping industry, tanker safety, oil tanker moratorium and exclusion zone in coastal waters 11343
Siddon, Tom, comments on fish habitat protection legislation 10333
Sidhu, A.J., access to community living services 7977-8
Sir Guy Carleton Community Elementary School
facilities, upgrading and repairs 7928
student textbooks 9872
Skills training
government funding and support 9345, 9619-20, 11726, 12619-22
supply of skilled workers 7924-5, 9344-5, 9619-20, 10971
trades training, capital equipment funding 12620-1
Society, social capital concept 7927
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 7926
Statements by members
Organ donation 10969
Steinberg, Daniel, comments on Internet luring case and justice system conditions 9156-7
Substance abuse and addiction, prevention and treatment services, regulation of residential services 11574
Sunrise of Lynn Valley, resident care 8514-5
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition, government response 9870-1
Surrey
addiction recovery home and investigation of practices 11574
land use and sales, government-owned property at 152nd and Highway 10 9619
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project, environmental assessment process and letter from president 12625-6
Teachers
collective bargaining
independent mediator proposal 10051-4
mediator, appointment and terms of reference 9871
process and legislation 9870-3
rights re class size and composition 7925
government relationship with teachers 9870-3
teacher-librarians 9870-2
Teal-Jones Group, mill operations 10096
Thomson, Steve, relationship with timber export advisory committee 10096-7
Throne speech content 7922, 7926, 7977-8
Throne speech debate 7922-8
Transit services, funding and infrastructure 7926
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., organ donation 10969
Trasolini, Joe, election and introduction to House 11723
Tributes
Aziz Khaki 12267-8
Gladstone Secondary students in robotics competition 10968
Ike Barber 10738
Jim Green 9519
Rick Hansen 11337-8
University Canada West, operations and student concerns 10018-9
van Dongen, John, comments on community living services 8209-10
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, licensing role 8514-5
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
businesses, organizations and schools 9617
description and issues 7922-3
Violence
bullying, prevention 9570
family violence, reports and government action 9630, 9632-3
Western Premiers Conference, attendance by Premier 12618
Windermere Community Secondary School
student activities and annual conference on climate change 7922
student volunteer program 9617
Woodlands School, compensation for former residents of school 8401-2
Yeung, Celia, comments on special education 9872-3
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

As subject
comments in debate on resource development (Pimm) 12261
comments on Enbridge pipeline proposal review during 2011 estimates debate (Lake) 11344
communications with student and teachers 9877-80, 10046-7
experience in Flathead Valley area 8037
experience in journalism 8757
experience on municipal council 9237-8
position on mine projects (Rustad) 8911, 10320-1
position on transmission line project and other projects (Rustad) 8498
work as deputy Finance critic 12050
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, operations, capacity and resources 11634
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 9800-1
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 9237-9
Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship, report recommendations on social entrepreneurship 11777-8
Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve 8728
Agriculture
farm assessment review panel 8727-8
industry and government support 8727-8
Agriculture Ministry, budget 8728
Alberta, bitumen deposits, extraction activities 12261
Alberta-B.C. Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards, submissions on role of administrator, fiduciary duty 12687
Alcohol, liquor distribution and warehousing system, privatization proposal 9348
Alphonse, Joe, comments on moose population 11965
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., conference 9272
Atlin, airstrip maintenance 9272
Atlin Taku land use plan
establishment of conservancies in area 12683
process 8498
Auditor General
reports and reviews
report and recommendations on forest management 9477, 10761-4
report on timber management and reforestation 9257
report recommendations on environmental assessment process 8497
role, local government 9174
Auditor General for Local Government
costs and funding 9479
establishment and role 9173-5
Auditor General for Local Government Act, debate 9173-5
Automobiles, taxation
private sales of used vehicles, curber issue 12052-3
tax on high-priced vehicles 12582
Babcock, John, surgery waiting time and travel for treatment case 8460
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion and fire, rebuilding and timber supply 10802
Bell, Pat, comments on wood waste 10763
Bennett, Bill, comments on issues
debate on Flathead Watershed legislation 8037-8
debate on resource development 12261
Bob Quinn Lake, airstrip maintenance in area 9272
Boss Power Corp., application for uranium mining 8824-5
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
airstrip maintenance in northwest B.C. 9272
employment and training 8693-6
forest industry and revenues to government 9257
funding for programs and services 9175
government support 7952-5
jobs and skills training 7952-4
mining industry in northwest B.C. 8087-8
mining industry workforce, foreign workers 12391-3
resource industry investment and projects 9256-7
skills training in northwest B.C. 9476-7, 9801
training opportunities 9257
B.C. Aboriginal Mine Training Association, funding 12391
B.C. First Nations Energy and Mining Council, consultation by government 8038-9
B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, presentation to Finance Committee and concerns re permitting process 8438
B.C. Hydro, financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 9476
B.C. Investment Management Corporation, inclusion of environmental and social factors in investment policy 12687
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and transparency 9174
action on stated goals 7952-3
budgets 9475-6
deregulation initiatives 8758-9
MLAs, backbenchers 9477
position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11344-5, 12261
position on harmonized sales tax 12051
priorities 9175
B.C. Progress Board
ranking of B.C. on progress indicators 9706
role and work 9480
B.C. Stats, report on income levels in B.C. 9706
Budget debate 9475-80
Budgets
2012-13 budget, asset sales component and priorities 9475-80
2012-13 budget, contingency funding 11775-7
deficit budgets 9476
Burns Lake
tourism industry 9477-8
wood waste in area 8658
Business Council of B.C., study on labour market and skills training 8694
Canadian Dehua International Mines Group Inc., Gething coal mine project 8716
Carlick, Adrian, membership on college board 9238-9
Central Interior Hockey League, hockey games 8921
Chief inspector of mines, powers 8824-7, 9078-80, 12388
Children, programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 9478
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 9478
Clark, Christy
comments on issues
Kitwanga mill status 8568-9
mine projects 8499
mining permit backlog 9478
performance as Education Minister 9877-8
position on issues
Enbridge gateway pipeline proposal 12261
municipal auditor general and local government issues 9175
Prosperity gold-copper mine project 11636
Communities, small communities, human capital 7952
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8727-8
Community Living B.C., funding and operations 7954-5
Copper Mountain Mining Corp., Copper Mountain mine operations 12382-3
Credit rating, role as economic measure 9705
Cuba, Alex, achievements in Latin music 7952
Cunningham, Arctica, comments on collective bargaining for teachers 10046-7
Dease Lake
airstrip maintenance 9272
post-secondary education opportunities 8695, 9239, 9476, 12391, 12393
Dirom, Gavin, comments on Flathead Watershed legislation 8039
Disabled and handicapped persons
community living services 7954-5
families of developmentally disabled persons, government support 8750
Economy, conditions and measurement 9705-6
Education
class size and composition 9878-9
fruit and vegetable program 8727
funding formula, changes 9877-8
special education and special needs assessments 9879-80
system 9877-8
Education Improvement Act, debate 9877-81, 10046-7
Ellis, Scott, comments on wildlife harvest allocation policy 8870
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 7952-4, 8038-9, 8716, 12383, 12385
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat
B.C. Liberal Party position 11345, 12261
position of First Nations in area 11344, 11860-2
position of small businesses in area 11345
proposal 8038-9
Energy
bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 10763-4
smart-metering and infrastructure program, petition tabled 9720
Energy and Mines Ministry
estimates debate 12381-94, 12421-2
budget and staffing 12390
regional office for provincial mines 12390
resource management coordination, interministerial work 12393
service plan goals and performance measurement 12382, 12389-90
Environment
environmental assessment process 8038-9, 8088, 8827, 9257, 12388-9
capacity and funding 9479
changes 8497-9, 8758-9, 11862
First Nations consultation 11637, 12388
environmental remediation sub-account, expansion of scope 9000
Environment Ministry, budget 9479
Environmental Assessment Act, changes in 2002 8758-9
Falcon, Kevin, comments on reinstatement of sales tax 12051
Family Law Act, debate 8897-8
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for fourth session of 39th parliament, budget consultation, report recommendations 8749-50
first report for fourth session of 39th parliament, debate 8749-50
presentations by colleges on trades training 9476-7
public hearings, presentations 8437-8
public hearings, presentations for persons receiving community living services 8750
public hearings, presentations in northern and rural communities 7953-5
recommendations on justice system 8898
recommendations on permitting process 8826
second report for fourth session of 39th parliament, review of Officers of the Legislature, debate 9279
work of committee 9279
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 11775-8
First Nations
aboriginal rights and title 11635-6
children, children in government care 9478
consultation by government on land and resources 8497-9, 8758-9, 8827, 9257, 9479, 11635-7, 11859, 11875
cultural traditions, relationship with land and wildlife 11860
economic development opportunities 11635-7
friendship centres, funding 9479
reserve land, applications for addition to lands 11635
reserve land, commercial and industrial development, application of B.C. laws and regulations 11633-7
youth programs and services, aboriginal youth internship program and participants 7951, 7955
First Nations goods and services tax, relationship to harmonized sales tax 12052
First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining, mining issues forum in Victoria 8038-9, 8088, 8498
Fish, changes to fish habitat protection legislation 12389-90
Fisheries Act (federal), amendments 12389-90
Fishing industry, recreational fishing, regulation 8207
Flathead Valley, environmental protection and mining activities in area 8036-9
Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act, debate 8036-9
FNCIDA Implementation Act
debate 11633-7
consultation by government 11633-4
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 11378-83
budget 9477-9
access to contingency funding 11775-7
allocation for permit processing 11378-80, 12388
major projects branch 11383
performance measurement 11382-3
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, debate 10761-4
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 8568-9
employment and worker training 7953-4
export of raw logs, government policy 7954, 8568-9, 10764
forest inventory 9477, 10764
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 8438-9, 10761-3
government management 9477-8, 10761-4
riparian area case 10762
forest stewardship plans 10762
mill reopenings, government video 10478-9
mountain pine beetle infestation, harvesting of timber in infested areas 9000
silviculture, free-to-grow regulations 10763
silviculture, government action 9477
stumpage system, data for fee calculation and adjustment of stumpage 10761-2
tenure system, obligations to reduce fire hazards from waste wood 10763-4
timber supply areas in interior, First Nations consultation 10802
Fortin, Luc, death in airplane accident 8749
Fraser Institute
report on investor confidence and aboriginal rights and title 8498, 8759, 8827, 9479
report on mining industry 8088
Fraser Valley regional district
aggregate pilot project 12394
A Gathering of Nations, First Nations conference on poverty and racism 11258
Genome B.C., research activities and funding 10320, 12381
Geoscience B.C., activities and funding 10320, 12381
Giraud, Byng, comments on issues
First Nations consultation 8498, 9479, 11636
mine permitting process 8437-8
Gitxsan First Nations, history of direct action on land issues 9714-5
Government
advertising and announcements, costs 9479
licences and permits, accountability and transparency of process 11383
local government
accountability and oversight 9173-5
financial management and service delivery, best practices 9174
transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 9175
ministries
capacity and resources of front-line ministries 11634
natural resource ministries staffing 8437-9
revenue-generating ministries 9478
parliamentary secretaries 12390
procurement practices, inclusion of social benefit criteria 11777
procurement practices, local procurement 7954
regulations and red tape, reforms, reporting requirements 8757-9
Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., comments on wildlife harvest allocation policy 8870
Guide-outfitters
certification 9004-5
response to wildlife harvest allocation policy 8870-1
Haisla Nation
aboriginal rights and title 11635
involvement in liquefied natural gas terminal development 11633-7
reserve lands, application for addition to lands 11635
reserve lands, application re Crown land 11635
Hall, Brian, volunteer activities 8513
Hamhuis, Dan, achievements as hockey player 7952
Hankin-Evelyn recreation area, establishment 8513
Harmonized sales tax 7954, 9475-6, 12050-2
Hazelton
forest industry in area 9477
Skeena ice arena 8921
Hazelton Bulldogs, hockey achievements 10567
HD Mining International Ltd., Murray River mine, workforce 12391-3
Health care system 8460
Hillsborough Resources Ltd., Quinsam mine 12392
Hotels and travel accommodation, hotel room tax 12583-5
Huldra Silver Inc., Treasure Mountain mine project 12383
Hunting, harvest allocation policy, report 8870-1
Huynh, Carol, athletic accomplishments 7952
Imperial Metals Corp.
presentation to Finance Committee 8759
Red Chris mine 11636, 12383, 12386-8
Income assistance, employment programs, proposal for relocation of workers to northern communities 10320
Industry Training Authority, operations and call for program review 8694-5
Infrastructure, funding for small communities 8921
Investment climate and investor confidence 9479
Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 10802
John, Ed, comments on First Nations consultation on land and resources 8498
Justice system, legal aid and handling of family violence cases 8898
Katz, Jackson, comments on gender violence 8898
Kitwanga mill operations 8568-9, 10478-9
Klappan Valley (Sacred Headwaters), coalbed methane development in area 8037-9, 8207, 12421-2
Labour Relations Code, provisions on mediation 10046
Lakes timber supply area 9478
Legislation, business during fall session of 4th session, 39th parliament 8757-9
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 9174
Officers of the Legislature, budget review 9279
Les, John, visit to Smithers 7952
Literacy, government action 7953
Loring, Art, environmental activism and service to Git 9714-5
Lougheed, Peter, comments on resource development 12261
McManus, John, comments on natural resource ministries reorganization 8437
McPhee, Annita, comments on proposed mine project 11636
Medical Services Plan premiums 9479
Melanson, Dominique, poem on cyberbullying 10414
Miller, Bill, comments on wood waste 8658
Mines Act, amendments 8824-7
Mines and mining industry
aggregate industry, licences and permitting process 12394
development, government goals 7952, 8499, 11381-3, 12382-8
development, public consultation 11875
employment and jobs 8716, 10320, 12387
environmental impact, fish habitat 12389
First Nations consultation on project proposals 8038-9, 8498, 11637, 11859, 12382
First Nations involvement in industry and consultation by government 8758-9
industry
compliance and enforcement 12390
conditions 9479, 10320, 11378, 11858-9
role in economy 11875
role of commodity prices 11858, 12381
investment and government support 8088
management and practices, compliance and enforcement 8439
mine inspection, inspector positions 12390
mine reclamation inspectors 8439
ministerial responsibility 11378
permitting process 8824-7, 9064-5, 9078-80, 9478-9, 12382
exemptions for low-risk activities 11382, 12388
staffing 8437-9, 11859
streamlining 12388-9
projects 8088
regulation 8759
revenues to government 12383-6
skills training 7952-3, 8088, 12391-3
skills training for First Nations 12392
taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit 10320, 12381
workers, supply and training 10320, 11875
Mining, Minister of State for, position 12390
Mining Week 11875
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2011, debate 8824-8, 9000, 9004-5, 9064-5, 9078-80
Morrison, Whitney, participation in aboriginal youth internship program 7951
Motions
Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement, debate 9023
B.C. credit rating and borrowing cost, debate 9705-6
Mining industry employment, debate 10320
Resource extraction in western Canada, debate 12261
Muir, Phil, physician and Order of B.C. recipient 7951-2
Mulcair, Thomas, position on resource development in western Canada 12261
Natural Resource Compliance Act, debate 8437-9
NDP, position on resource development in western Canada 12261
New Gold Inc., New Afton mine project 12383, 12385-6, 12388
workforce training for First Nations 12393
Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, amendments 9023
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes to accommodate transmission line 9023
Non-profit sector, social innovation investment tax credits 11778
Northern Society for Domestic Peace, activities 8898
Northwest Community College
apprenticeship and mining programs, funding 7952-3, 9801
board, representation by First Nations Council 9238
capital and operating funding 9476, 9800-1
Dease Lake campus 9239
First Nations education 9477
funding and operations 9705
programs, government support 8695
School of Exploration and Mining, funding 9239, 9476, 9479, 9801, 12391, 12393
trades training programs 9239, 9476
Northwest Premium Meat Co-op, status 8727
NovaGold Resources Inc., Galore Creek mine project 12387-8
Oil and gas
coalbed methane gas development 8037-8, 12421-2
liquefied natural gas plants, taxation 12581
Oil and Gas Commission, capacity and resources 11634-5
Oral questions
Government participation in environmental review of Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 11344-5
Government video and Kitwanga mill operations 10478-9
Kitwanga mill status and log export policy 8568-9
Negotiations for RCMP services and RCMP compensation 10745
Northeast B.C. coal mine proposal and mining industry jobs 8716
Privatization of liquor distribution 9348
Release of hunting allocation policy 8870-1
Status of moose population and game animal inventory 11965
Travel for treatment and wait time for surgery case 8460
Volume and use of waste wood 8658
Pension Benefits Standards Act
debate 12687-8
proposed amendment on deemed trust provisions 12687-8
provisions, advisory council 12687
provisions, fiduciary duty and disclosure of factors in investments 12687-8
Pensions 12688
Petitions
smart-metering program 9720
Phillip, Stewart, participation in aboriginal youth internship event 7955
Plants, invasive species 8727-8
Pollard, Dolores, presentation to Finance Committee on economic development activities 11634-5
Post-secondary education
education of First Nations people 9477
funding for rural colleges 8694
universities, colleges and institutes, boards, changes and conflict-of-interest issues 9237-9
Private members' statements
First Nations and resources 11860-2
Preparing for the jobs of the future 8693-6
Responsible development 8497-9
Private members' statements (response)
Investing in the north 9256-7
Mining for jobs in Nechako Lakes 8087-8
Mining in B.C. 11858-9
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2012, debate 12683
Provincial Sales Tax Act, debate 12050-4, 12561-3, 12565-7, 12577-90
Public debt, debt via contractual obligations 9476
Recreation activities, compliance and enforcement 8438
Regulatory Reporting Act, debate 8757-9
Representative for Children and Youth, comments on government budget 9478
Resources and resource industries
development in western Canada, NDP position 12261
development projects, environmental and social considerations 8497-9
government investment and support 9479
local benefits and control 7954
management and practices, compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 8437-9
permitting process 8826, 9478-9, 11378-82, 11775-7, 12388
permitting process, notice-of-work applications 11380-1
resource revenue-sharing 7954
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, government contract for police services, negotiations and compensation component 10745
Royal Dutch Shell Plc., coalbed methane gas tenure 12421-2
Sales tax
administration and collection, improvements and streamlining 12051-2
application
accommodations 12583-5
conveyances used interjurisdictionally, railway rolling stock 12561-3, 12565-6
legal services 12586-7
motion pictures 12590
property, conversion related to purchase 12581
software 12577-80
telecommunication services 12587-9
vehicles, modifications 12582
vehicles, multi-jurisdictional vehicles 12567
exemptions, regulations and information 12051
refunds, refunds received under First Nations tax agreement 12579
Salmon, wild salmon stocks, protection 11862
School district 54 (Bulkley Valley), description and issues 9877
School district 82 (Coast Mountains), description and issues 9877
School district 87 (Stikine), description and issues 9877
Skeena Bakery, social enterprise 7952
Skeena River
quality waters strategy for area 8207
recreational fishery in area 8207
Skills training
government funding and support 9239, 9476-7, 9705-6, 12381
supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 8694-6
Smithers
infrastructure needs 8921
physician recruitment 8513
visit by Parliamentary Secretary to Premier 7952
Smithers District Chamber of Commerce, awards and recipients 8513
Smithers Steelheads, hockey championship win 10567
Social media
use for bullying 9562
use for bullying and cyberbullying 10414
Squamish First Nation, proposed commercial-residential development on reserve lands 11633-7
Statements by members
Brian Hall and Smithers District Chamber of Commerce Awards 8513
Cyberbullying awareness 9562
Environmental activism by Art Loring 9714-5
Gathering of Nations event in Hazelton 11258
Mining Week 11875
Poem by Dominique Melanson on cyberbullying awareness 10414
Recreation infrastructure funding for small communities 8921
Roundup conference and airstrip maintenance in northwest B.C. 9272
Sport-fishing regulation in Skeena River area 8207
Stiglitz, Joseph, comments on government role in economy 9705-6
Stikine constituency and area
accomplishments of residents 7951-2
agriculture 7954
constituent concerns re smart meters, petition tabled 9720
cyberbullying awareness contest 9562, 10414
employment and skills training 7952-4
family violence prevention 8898
First Nations, impact of reserve land development legislation 11633
mining exploration activities 8827
school districts, description and issues 9877-9
Storytellers Foundation, Youth Works program 11258
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 9878
Sustainable Aquaculture Special Committee, recommendations, implementation by government 8037-8
Tahltan First Nation, consultation on proposed mining projects in traditional territory 11636, 11859, 12421-2
Taku River Tlingit First Nation, concerns re road access to mine 12683
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project
consultation by government 8825-6
environmental assessment process 11859, 12388-9
environmental assessment process and letter from president 11635-6
First Nations consultation 8497, 8499, 8758, 9257
Taxation, government policies 9479
Teachers
collective bargaining, independent mediator proposal 10046-7
collective bargaining process and legislation 9877-8, 9880
role and working conditions 9878-80
Telegraph Creek, airstrip maintenance 9272
Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Mount Milligan mine project 12383, 12385-6, 12388, 12391
Throne speech content 7952, 7954-5
Throne speech debate 7951-5
Tourism staff, role 8438
Tributes
Smithers Steelheads and Hazelton Bulldogs hockey teams 10567
Turley, Chastity, community work 11258
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
comments on First Nations goods and services tax 12052
consultation on tax legislation 12052
Union of B.C. Municipalities, role and position on municipal auditor general 9173-5
University of Northern B.C., Williams Lake campus, closing 7953
Violence
bullying and violence at school, prevention of homophobic and transphobic bullying 9562
family violence, action on issue and role of men 8898
family violence, prevention 8898
Water tenure applications, backlog 11381-2
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund, comments on family justice and legal aid systems 8898
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, consultation on timber supply in area 10802
Wildlife, moose, population levels and inventory 11965
Wood waste
burning of waste 10763-4
volume and use of waste 8438-9, 8658, 10761-3
Wrinch Memorial Hospital, services and community garden 7951-2
Yinka Dene Alliance, position on oil pipeline proposal 11860, 11862

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