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

James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

As subject
comments on expanded question period (Abbott) 11941
comments on nuclear development (Coleman) 8361, 11058
communications with teachers 9726
experience as school trustee 8477, 10135
experience with cancer 11188
experiences with education system 9722-3
family background and experience with social workers 9860
family's experience of care by nurse practitioners 8630-1, 8633-4
role as MLA 9512-3
visit to elementary school 11978
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 10264
budget and role of ministry 10264
Advanced Education Ministry, handling of information and responsibility of minister 10420-1, 10480
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 9249, 9280-2
Agriculture workers, safety and vehicle inspections 8744
Arts and culture, government funding and support 9514
Auditor General, report recommendations on environmental assessment process 8806
Automobiles, car share cooperatives 8803
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion and fire, community response and worker deaths and injuries 9116
Barna, John, access to medical supplements 11261-2
Beacon Hill Villa, conditions for residents 8603
Bennett, Bill, comments on funding for resource ministries 8806
Birmingham, Robin, care at group home 8105
Black Canadians, contributions 9273
Black History Month 9273
Bloy, Harry, access to Advanced Education Ministry correspondence 10420-1
Boss Power Corp., application for uranium mining 8518-9
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., executive compensation, bonuses 8568
B.C. Hydro, executive compensation, bonuses 8568
B.C. Liberal Party government
budgets 9511
deregulation initiatives 8744-6
financial management 9264
position on harmonized sales tax 12061-2
priorities 9281-2
B.C. Progress Board, ranking of B.C. on progress indicators and termination of board 9263-4
Budget debate 9511-5
Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities 9408-9, 9511-5
Burns Lake, community resilience and future 9116
Canada Pension Plan, pension benefits, impact on income assistance disability benefits 10064-5
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, negotiations and provisions on prescription drugs and potential impact on health care system 11289
Canadian Bar Association, B.C. branch, consultation on civil tribunal legislation 11977
Canadian Cancer Society, work of organization and Daffodil Month campaign 11188
Children
child care, benefits 9514
child protection system 8745
child protection system, information technology issues 12510-1
employment, regulations and workplace safety 8744
Civil Resolution Tribunal, establishment and role 11695-6
Civil Resolution Tribunal Act
debate 11695-6
consultation on bill 11977-8
stakeholder consultation and timeline for debate 11695-6
Coleman, Rich, comments on Committee of Supply to sit in three sections 11974-5
Community Living B.C.
executive compensation, bonuses 8568
review 8104-5, 8169, 8362-3
Composting services, reCYCLISTS program 11724
Consumers
costs and user fees 9264
taxes and user fees 9513
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee, work of committee 8745
Cycling, cyclist access to transit services 11225
Disabled and handicapped persons
community living services, government handling of issues 8104-5, 8168-9
community living services, services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 8362-3
families of developmentally disabled persons, government support 8169
Downtown Victoria Business Association, environmental initiatives 11724
Drugs, prescription drugs, generic drug prices and cost management 11287-9
Economy, conditions 12062-3
Education
class size and composition, special needs students and quota issue 9725
education of First Nations people 11642
elimination of standard school calendar and role of school districts 11354-5
extracurricular activities in schools, benefits and role 11559
funding 8478, 9726, 11356
impact on school district budgets and operations 9514
special education and special needs 9726
fundraising by parents 8479
government support 11559
International Baccalaureate programs, fees 11357
K-9 student access to combination of traditional and distance education 11355-7
personalized learning model 11355
role in economy and society 9723-4
school districts and boards of education, costs 8478-9
system 8477, 8479, 9724-6
conditions 9514
stakeholder collaboration and consultation 8477-9, 11353-7
Education Improvement Act, debate 9722-6, 10050-1, 10135-7
Eminata Group, access to correspondence between media and government 10480
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 9511
Environment
environmental assessment process 8806
pest control and pesticide use, cosmetic pesticides ban 8745
Exports and imports, trade missions to Asia 8806
Falcon, Kevin, comments on reinstatement of sales tax 12063
Families, conditions for families in B.C. 9263-4
First Nations
conditions for First Nations 11642
consultation by government on land and resources 11642
economic development opportunities 11641-2
employment and training, government support 10264
language preservation 10016
reserve land, commercial and industrial development, application of B.C. laws and regulations 11641-2
First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council, FirstVoices language project 10016
FNCIDA Implementation Act, debate 11641-2
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, budget, allocation for permit processing 8806
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 12263
forest management and practices 8745
Foster care, Child in the Home of a Relative program 8745
Gammon, Jolayne, access to medical supplements, community and government support 11496
Gibbs, Mifflin, contribution to community 9273
Government
advertising and announcements, government spending 9512
lands and properties, sale 9512
programs and services, integrated case management system 10085-7, 11289, 12510-1
regulations and red tape, reforms, reporting requirements 8743-6
spending, net zero mandate and priorities 9263-4
Group homes, closings, call for moratorium 8104-5
Haisla Nation, involvement in liquefied natural gas terminal development 11641
Hallmark Heritage Society, role 12672
Harmonized sales tax 12060-4
Hastings, Tory, daughter's experience with community living services 8362-3
Health, complementary medicine 8633
Health care system
continuing and long-term care system 9514-5
costs 11287
impact of demographic trends 8632
Housing, residential care facilities, accountability and transparency, access to information 8603
Income assistance
benefits
benefit amounts 10059-60
deduction of retroactive Canada child tax benefit payments 10084
earnings exemption 10061-2
caseload, projections 10066
disability benefits
access to medical and non-medical supplements 11261-2, 11496
bus passes 10064-5
system review and reforms 10057-8
employment programs
centre for employment excellence 10089
employment in areas with job vacancies and transition support 10058-9
programs for specialized populations 10089
programs in northern B.C. 10264
service delivery restructuring 10088-9
service delivery restructuring and impact on vulnerable persons 10091
medical benefits, reduction and reinstatement 10062-3
offices, resources and staffing 10061, 10086-7
recipients
access to education and training 10064
access to mental health services 10063
transition to employment and access to child care and medical supports 10063-4
services 10060
system, assessment and recipient feedback 10061
Indian Act (federal), provisions 11621-2
Information and Privacy Commissioner, review of legislation 11977
Justice and Attorney General Ministry, website information on mediation 10050-1
Justice system
accessibility, on-line services and use of communication technologies 11696
administrative tribunals, representation of participants 11695
civil justice system, alternatives to court process 11695
conditions and funding 11695
reforms, impact on costs and capacity issues 11695
reforms, process and timeline 11695
unrepresented litigants 11695
Legislation
business during fall session of 4th session, 39th parliament 8743-4
business during spring 2012 session of 4th session, 39th parliament 11975-8
Legislature
Committee of Supply, committee to sit in three sections 11974-8
debate 11975, 11978
legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11695, 11974-6
Mental health, mental illness, assessment for admission to facilities 8633
Minister's Council on Employment and Accessibility, mandate and operations 10056-7
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, funding for groups participating in inquiry 8047
Mooney, Eldon, death at seniors care facility 8603
Motions
Committee of Supply to sit in three sections, debate 11974-8
Extracurricular school activities, debate 11559
Net zero mandate and government spending, debate 9263-4
Resource extraction in western Canada, debate 12262-3
Mulcair, Thomas, position on resource development in western Canada 12263
NDP, position on resource development in western Canada 12262-3
Nisga'a people, treaty and final agreement 11641
Nurse Practitioners Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8630-4
Nurses, nurse practitioners 8630-4
Occupational health and safety, workplace safety, government action 8744
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care issues 8602-3, 9514
Ontario
harmonized sales tax implementation 12062
nurse practitioners 8633
prescription drug pricing model 11288
Oral questions
Access to information on seniors care facilities 8602-3
Auditor General report on environmental assessment process and permit backlog 8806
Comments by CLBC chair and community living services review 8168-9
Community and government support to individual requiring medical supplements 11496
Community living services review 8362-3
Executive compensation at B.C. Hydro, B.C. Ferries and CLBC 8568
Government action on child poverty 9408-9
Government settlement with Boss Power Corp. 8518-9
Group home closings and community living services review 8104-5
Integrated case management system 12510-1
Medical supplements for disability benefits recipients 11261-2
Release of media correspondence with government to Eminata Group 10420-1, 10480
Packford, Bernice, accomplishments as social worker 9860
Petramala, Diana, comments on harmonized sales tax 12062
PharmaCare program 11286-9
Pharmaceutical Services Act, debate 11286-9
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 9513-4
education of First Nations people 11642
government investment and support 9511
private institutions, consumer protection and regulation 8745
universities, colleges and institutes, boards, changes 9280-2
Poverty
child poverty, government action 9408-9, 9515
reduction, government strategy 10084-5
reduction, regional strategies and provincial-municipal process 10085
Provincial Sales Tax Act, debate 12060-4
Rayani, Naz, contributions to community 9521
Regulatory Reporting Act, debate 8743-6
Resources and resource industries
development in western Canada, NDP position 12262-3
permitting process 8806
Sales tax 12064
School Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11353-7
Significant Projects Streamlining Act, purpose 8745
Social Development Ministry
estimates debate 9934, 10055-66, 10082, 10084-9, 10091
advertising budget 10058
budget 10055-6
estimates debate 9934
role and responsibilities 10056
service plan and performance measures 10056
staff commended 9934
staffing 10056
Social workers, contributions and role 9860
Squamish First Nation, proposed commercial-residential development on reserve lands 11641
Statements by members
150th anniversary of Victoria 12671-2
Black History Month and Black History Heritage Day 9273
Cancer Society Daffodil Day and support for cancer patients 11188
Downtown Victoria Business Association and reCYCLISTS compost program 11724
First Nations languages 10016
Mill explosion and fire at Burns Lake 9116
Naz Rayani 9521
Role of social workers 9860
Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health 8357
Victoria Car Share Co-op 8803
Victoria Foundation Vital Youth program 12178
Strata property, dispute resolution process 11696
Strata Property Act, need for review 11696
Substance abuse and addiction, prevention and treatment services 8357
Sunrise of Lynn Valley, resident care 8603
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 9725
Teachers
certification and regulation 8477
collective bargaining
independent mediator and new terms of reference proposal 10135-7
independent mediator proposal 10050-1
process and legislation 9722-6
government relationship with teachers 8477-8, 9723-6, 10136-7, 11559
job-sharing 10136
labour dispute in education system, volunteering of services for extracurricular activities 11559
profession 8477
role and working conditions 9723-4
training, program standards and evaluation 8478
Teachers Act
debate 8477-9
development of legislation and timeline for debate 8477-8
implementation 8479
position on legislation, stakeholders 8477-8
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impact on teacher certification standards 8478-9
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 11224-5
Tributes
George Scott Wallace 8163
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, hearings 11642
Turner, Denise, comments on community living services issues 8169
Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health, work of organization 8357
Vancouver Island, south Island, transit funding and services 11224
Victoria
150th anniversary and history 12671-2
community and priorities 9513
First Nations in area 12671
James Bay community clinic 8630-2
post-secondary education 9511
Victoria Car Share Co-Op, operations 8803
Victoria Foundation, youth philanthropy program 12178
Wallace, George Scott, death and community work 8163
Watersheds, protection 8745
Wildlife, species at risk, legislation 8745
Wood, Diane, comments on funding for groups participating in inquiry 8047

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