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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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Thomson, Hon. Steve (Kelowna-Mission)
- As subject
- Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, budget, allocation for permit processing 8805
- Agricultural Land Commission
- Agricultural land reserve, covenants 9056-9
- Airports, role in economy 9552
- Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. products, forest products 9552-4
- Association of B.C. Forest Professionals
- activities, changes 8349, 8583-5
- comments on forest inventory 9325
- consultation on foresters legislation 8583, 8585
- Auditor General, report and recommendations on forest management 9218, 9325, 11391
- Automobiles, off-road vehicles, regulation and licensing 11377-8
- Bella Coola Valley, flooding and forest road conditions 11443
- Big Creek, ranching industry and logging activities in area, water issues 9463-4
- Blue River, mountain caribou protection in area 11459-61
- B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 9550
- B.C. timber sales program, expenses and revenues 11331
- B.C. Wildlife Federation, consultation by government 9002-3
- Budget debate 9550-4
- Budgets
- Business licences, transferable licences, use as collateral for loans 7931
- Cariboo Mining Association, letter to Forests Minister 11383
- Chief forester, powers and role 12182-3
- Chief gold commissioner, powers 8614
- China, market for B.C. wood building materials 11451-3, 11812
- Clearwater, mountain caribou protection in area 11459-61
- Coast Tsimshian Resources LP, operations 10271
- Coleman Road Shingle Ltd., operations and fibre supply 10480
- Communities, economic development 9554
- Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry, position on government tax policies 9552
- Cowichan Valley constituency and area, forestry industry, employment and access to fibre for community forest partnership 7938
- Creston Valley wildlife management area, mandate review process 11463-4
- Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority Trust Fund, annual report, 2010-11, tabled 8261
- Crown land, definitions 8999
- De Visser, Hans, comments on access to fibre 11454
- Documents tabled
- Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority Trust Fund, 2010-11 annual report 8261
- Education funding 9551
- Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 9552-4
- Energy
- Energy and Mines Ministry, budget, allocation for permit processing 8805
- Environment
- biodiversity 11386
- environmental assessment process 8807
- environmental remediation sub-account, expansion of scope 8998-9000
- Exports and imports, trade missions to Asia 8806, 9554
- Federation of B.C. Woodlot Associations, consultation by government 8544-5, 8556
- Fires and firefighters
- firefighters, protection from civil litigation 11833-5
- forest fires, community protection plans and prevention activities 11387
- interface fire risks, government management 11729
- Fishing industry, recreational fishing, regulation 9003-4
- Flathead Valley
- coal and mineral reserves in area 8614-5
- Dominion coal block in area 8613-4
- environmental protection, B.C.–Montana agreement 7930, 8024, 8062-3, 8606-16
- mining activities in area 8024, 8609-14
- oil and gas activities in area 8024
- recreational activities in area 8063, 8606
- resource industry activities in area, funding for extinguishment of claims 8613
- Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act
- Fleming, Rob, comments in debate on Flathead Watershed legislation 8063
- Food industry, tree fruit industry, government investment and support 9551
- Forest Act
- Forest Practices Board
- review of issues in Big Creek area, recommendations for hydrological assessments and dispute resolution processes 9463
- work 9219
- Foresters Act, amendments 7931, 8348-9, 8583
- Forestry Service Providers Protection Act, amendments 9859, 10662, 10889, 11199-200
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
- estimates debate 11294-312, 11329-35, 11377-92, 11443-65
- budget
- estimates process 11294, 11464-5
- Forests component 8422
- major projects branch 9553, 11383
- Minister, delegation powers 11829
- performance measurement 11382-3
- research component, funding 11333
- resource stewardship division 11312, 11332-3
- role and responsibilities 7931, 8636-7, 8806, 9554
- role re water applications and permits 11311
- staff and staffing 11331-3
- staff and staffing, land use planning staff 11391
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2011
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, debate 9859, 10661-2, 10888-9, 11195-205
- Forests and forest industry
- access to fibre 8658
- coastal forest industry, need for restructuring, Pearse report 11444
- community forests, access to fibre 7938
- conditions in industry 7937-8, 10889, 11452-5
- employment and jobs 9326-7, 9463, 9553-4, 10097-8, 10178-9, 10272, 11263-4, 11453, 11812, 11880
- expansion of market for products 11812
- export of raw logs 11263, 11880
- government policy 7938, 8422, 9326-7, 9462-3, 10096-8, 10178-9, 10271-2, 10480, 11444-5, 11451-5, 12678
- logs from woodlots 8550
- NDP position 10097
- report 11453
- surplus test 11455, 11812-3, 11880
- timber export advisory committee 10096-8, 10178-9, 11445-50, 11455, 11812-3, 12678
- exports, cedar 10480
- exports, expansion of market for products 9552-4, 11451-4
- First Nations involvement in industry 10271-2, 10889
- forest inventory 9218-9, 9325-6, 11263, 11302-3, 11305-11, 11329-31, 11334-5, 11384-5
- forest licences, free use permits 8579
- forest licences, master licences to cut for energy and mine sector 7931, 8348, 8574-9
- forest management and practices, government management 9218, 11263, 11391
- government forest policies 8421-2
- government initiatives and support 8348, 8422
- government plan 11391-2
- industry, data submission 7931, 8349
- industry, investment 11444, 11451-4, 11812
- mills, operations and closings 11451
- mills, operations and reopenings 8422, 9326-7, 11812
- mountain pine beetle infestation
- assessment and projections 11304-5
- federal funding and government action 11389-90
- government action 11263
- harvesting of timber in infested areas 8422
- pest control and management 11461
- research, government plan 11333
- revenues to government 11296-8, 11307, 11329-30
- role in economy 10097
- silviculture
- stumpage system
- tenure system, deposit requirements for applications 11829-30, 11835, 12075-6
- tenure system, obligations to reduce fire hazards from waste wood 9859, 10662, 11200-2
- timber cruisers, assessments, comparison with grading and scaling 8581-3
- timber cruisers, certification 7931
- timber supply analysis and issues 10975, 11263
- timber supply areas in interior 11455
- value-added sector 11453-5
- wood pellet industry 8658, 10662
- wood-first initiative 9554
- woodlots
- workers, forest technologists, regulation 8583
- workers, payment, registration of liens and protection fund 9859, 10662, 10889, 11199-200
- Working Roundtable on Forestry 9218
- FrontCounter B.C., services in communities 9554
- Fuel, jet fuel taxation, elimination for international flights 9552
- Government
- licences and permits, accountability and transparency of process 11383
- licences and permits, "one project, one process" approach 9553
- natural resource ministries funding 11332
- partnerships 9551
- Groundhog Mountain, snowmobiling in area, regulation and caribou habitat issues 11460-1
- Guide-outfitters, certification and reporting requirements 9004
- Harcourt, Michael (Mike), comments on Jumbo Glacier resort proposal 10335-6
- Heiltsuk Economic Development Corp., comments on log exports 7938
- Heritage B.C., funding and status 11462
- Heritage sites, preservation and role in economy 9554
- Heritage Week 9279-80
- Highways and roads, removal of lands for projects 9054-5
- Home ownership, property sales, party wall agreements 11830-3, 11835
- Housing
- recreational properties, grant program 9552
- supportive housing, government investment 9551
- Hunting
- bag limits 9001
- harvest allocation policy, report 8870-1
- recreational hunting, youth licences and initiation licences for new hunters 9001-3
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 9551-2
- Japan
- Canada-Tohoku reconstruction project 9019
- construction of seniors care facilities 9554
- March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, rebuilding efforts 9019-20
- market for B.C. wood building materials 9019, 9554
- Jumbo Glacier resort, status of proposal 8261, 8770, 10335-6
- Justice Institute of B.C., training programs 8646
- Kelowna, government investments 9551-2
- Kelowna General Hospital, expansion and government investment 9551
- Kelowna International Airport, operations 9552
- Lakes timber supply area 11300, 11303-4, 11308-10, 11329, 11385
- Land Title Act, amendments 11830-3, 11835
- Land use planning, funding 11391
- Livestock industry, ranching industry, government support 9463-4
- Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd., operations 11463
- Mental health of children and youth, services 9551
- Mineral Tenure Act, amendments 11383
- Mines and mining industry
- development, government goals 11382-3
- mineral tenures, regulation changes 11383
- permitting process 9553
- permitting process, exemptions for low-risk activities 11382
- Ministerial statements
- Heritage Week and energy in B.C. 9279-80
- Rebuilding efforts in Japan and Canada-Tohoku reconstruction project 9019-20
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2011
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012, debate 11829-35, 12075-6
- Musqueam First Nation, Marpole midden site, protection 11462, 11809-10
- Nanoose Bay, forest industry in area, district lot 33 issues 11458-9
- Natural Resource Compliance Act
- NDP
- forest policies 10271
- position on export of raw logs 10097
- North Fork Flathead Basin, management 8024
- NOW Place Apartments, supportive housing facility 9551
- Occupiers Liability Act, amendments 9859, 10662, 10888, 11202-5
- Oil and Gas Commission
- compliance and enforcement activities 8639-40
- forestry activities 8575-9
- Okanagan area, government investment and support 9550-2
- Okanagan College, funding 9551
- Oral questions (response)
- Auditor General report on environmental assessment process and permit backlog 8805-7
- Auditor General report on forest management and status of forest lands 9218-9
- Coleman Road Shingle operations and log export policy 10480
- Forest industry jobs and log export policy 7937-8, 9219-20, 9326-7, 9462-3, 10271-2, 12678
- Forest management and forest health funding 10975
- Forest management and role of chief forester 12182-3
- Forest management and status of forest lands 9325-6
- Forest management planning 11263-4
- Forest practices and ranching industry water issues 9463-4
- Jumbo Glacier resort proposal 8261, 8770, 10335-6
- Log export policy and advisory committee ruling on timber supply 10096-8
- Log export policy and timber export advisory committee decisions 10178-9, 11812-3
- Management of interface fire risks 11729
- Musqueam First Nation and Marpole midden site 11809-10
- Release of hunting allocation policy 8870-1
- Status of moose population and game animal inventory 11965
- Timber supply for Flavelle mill 11880
- Volume and use of waste wood 8658
- Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resource Operations Review, role 8637
- Personal Property Security Amendment Act, 2011
- debate 7931
- definitions, "licence" 7931
- purpose of bill 7931
- Post-secondary education funding 9551
- Prince George timber supply area 11300
- Property Law Act, amendments 11835
- Purcell Mountains, caribou recovery plan in area 11461
- Quesnel timber supply area 11300, 11310, 11330-1
- Renewable Power Corp., Tyson Creek power project, impact on fish 11456, 11458
- Resort Timber Administration Act, amendments 7931, 8349, 8585-6
- Resorts, resort owners, timber issues and ministerial responsibility 7931, 8349, 8585-6
- Resources and resource industries
- First Nations involvement in industries 9553-4
- forest-dependent communities, government support 9551
- industry conditions 9552-4
- management and practices, compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 8164, 8423, 8442, 8638-50, 8661-7
- permitting process 8805-7, 9553, 11378-82
- permitting process, notice-of-work applications 11380-1
- resource roads
- Routley, Bill, comments on natural resource officer legislation 8442
- Snowmobiles, regulation and caribou habitat issues 11460-1
- Sooke River, water use plan and impact of dam changes on fish 11456
- Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on application of personal property security legislation to business licences 7931
- Taxation, tax credits 9552
- Taylor, Russ, comments on forest industry conditions 11297
- Timber Supply Special Committee, technical support by former chief foresters 12182
- Tolko Industries Ltd., operations 9552
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, applications for land removal 9054-5
- Trees, tree theft, penalties 8998
- Truck Loggers Association, work on payment protection for workers 11199
- Tugboat Worker Lien Act, provisions 11200
- United Steelworkers, wood council, comments on log export policy 8422
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna) 9551
- Vernon Jubilee Hospital, expansion and government investment 9551
- Water
- management and stewardship, funding and integrated management 11311-2
- water licences and rentals, revenues to government 11311
- water tenure applications, backlog 11382
- Wells Gray–North Thompson planning unit, caribou census in area 11461
- Western Forest Products Ltd., Saltair mill operations 9327
- Wildfire Act, amendments 9859, 10662, 11200-2, 11833-5
- Wildlife
- caribou census 11461
- inventory and recovery plans 11386
- management 11965
- moose, population levels and inventory 11965
- mountain caribou, protection 11459-61
- species at risk, ministerial responsibility 11386
- wolves, culling 11459
- Williams Lake timber supply area 11300
- Wood waste
- expansion of use of fibre 8658
- volume and use of waste 8560-1
- WoodEx Industries Ltd., meetings with Forests Ministry staff 11295
Thorne, Diane (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- As subject
- communications with constituents on labour dispute in education system 9830-1
- experience with transportation issues 11905
- Agriculture, direct marketing and farmers markets 12508-9
- Auditor General for Local Government, establishment, proposal 8295-6
- Automobiles, driver's licences, refusal for outstanding transit fines 11907
- B.C. Liberal Party government policies, impact on British Columbians 9502
- B.C. School Trustees Association, presentation to Finance Committee 9829-30
- Budget debate 9501-6
- Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities and asset sales component 9501-3
- Chimo Achievement Centre, closing of centre 9503
- Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 9776
- Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 9776-8
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 9505
- Coquitlam Farmers Market, market activities and expansion to other sites 12508-9
- Education
- class size and composition, special needs students and quota issue 9829-30
- distance education and online learning, completion rates and satisfaction survey 11625-6
- full-day kindergarten 9830
- funding 9828-30
- funding, learning improvement fund 9505
- funding for rural schools 11625
- funding formula, changes 11615-6
- funding formula, districts with declining enrolment 11625
- government plan and international students 11616
- public system 9828
- Education Improvement Act, debate 9827-31
- Education Ministry, estimates debate 11615-6, 11625-6
- Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 9504-5
- Fraser Health Authority, facilities and services 9502-3
- Gospel Riders Motorcycle Ministries, restoration to corporate registry 8766
- Gospel Riders Motorcycle Ministries (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2011, debate 8766
- Government
- lands and properties, sale 9503
- local government, accountability and transparency 8296
- local government, transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 8296
- Greater Vancouver Transit Enhancement Act, debate 8192-4
- Health care system, services for seniors 9503
- Industry Training Authority, budget 9504
- Justice system, conditions and funding 9505
- Medical Services Plan premiums 9502
- Metro Vancouver, regional motor fuel tax increase for transit funding 8192-3
- Motions
- Local government accountability and transparency for taxpayers, debate 8295-6
- Newfoundland and Labrador, entrance to Canadian Confederation 9828
- Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care issues 9503
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets for public sector organizations 9505
- Post-secondary education, accessibility and funding 9504
- Poverty reduction, government strategy 9700-1
- Riverview Horticultural Centre Society, work of organization 11395-6
- Riverview Hospital
- future of lands 11396
- future of lands and heritage designation 9503-4
- Royal Columbian Hospital, capacity and emergency services 9502
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), concerns of students and teachers 9830-1
- Seniors advocate 9503
- Skills training
- government funding and support 9504-5
- supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 9504
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11905-8
- Statements by members
- Farmers markets in Coquitlam-Maillardville area 12508-9
- Riverview Horticultural Centre Society 11395-6
- Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 9505, 9829
- Teachers, collective bargaining process and legislation 9827-31
- Transit services, relationship to land use decisions 8193-4, 11907-8
- Tri-Cities area, traffic congestion 11908
- Tri-City Transitions Society, gaming grant and operations 9776-8
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- As subject
- activities as MLA 7940-1, 7973
- education and interest in animal issues 10813
- experience at firefighter course 8458
- experiences with education system 9733
- proposed legislation on animal cruelty prevention 10813-4
- work on special needs education project 9735
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 9240
- Animal Abuse Prevention Day 10969
- Animal Health Week 7977
- Animals
- breeders, standards of care 10968
- cruelty prevention 8921, 10968-9
- appeal process on disposition of animals 10813-4
- legislation 10813-4
- recommendations of animal welfare organizations 10814
- seizure of animals, reporting 10814
- role and well-being 7977
- service animals, assistance dogs 10173
- Architects, professional regulation and dispute resolution 9240
- Architectural Institute of British Columbia, regulation of professionals, dispute resolution 9240
- Argyle Secondary School, MLA visit and parent advisory council funding 7941
- Auditor General for Local Government, establishment and role 9132-3
- Auditor General for Local Government Act, debate 9132-3
- Avalanches, avalanche awareness and safety 10331
- Bacchus, Patti, comments on emission reduction 11250
- Bateman, Jordan, comments on municipal auditor general 9133
- B.C. Farm Industry Review Board
- appeal board function re disposition of animals 10813-4
- mandate and role 10814
- B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- accountability, bylaws and reporting requirements 10813
- review of decisions 10813
- role and responsibilities 8921, 10813
- B.C. Teachers Council
- disciplinary and professional conduct board 8453-4
- establishment and role 8453-4
- Civil service, collective agreements and bargaining 7942
- net zero mandate for public sector 9734
- Clark, Christy, actions as Premier 7940-2
- Climate change, government action on climate change 11250-1
- Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 7940-1
- Community Living Month 7932-3
- Craver, Monica, experience with assistance dog 10173
- Crown corporations, government review 7941
- D'Avignon, Greg, comments on mining industry 7942
- Deep Cove Cultural Centre, 20th anniversary of community facility 11113
- Dietitians and nutritionists, role 9714
- Dirom, Gavin, comments on mineral exploration 7942
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services and developmentally disabled persons 7932-3
- Dogsledding industry, code of practice and standards of care 10813
- Economy
- conditions, government response 7940, 7942
- global economy, conditions 7942
- Education
- class size and composition 7942
- compensation for teachers with more than 30 students 9735
- special needs students and quota issue 9735
- elimination of standard school calendar and role of school districts 11352
- fruit and vegetable program 10739
- funding, capital funding 9263
- funding, learning improvement fund 9263, 9734-5
- International Baccalaureate programs, fees 11353
- international students 7943
- K-9 student access to combination of traditional and distance education 11353
- schools, capital projects 7943
- students, assessment for return to school after illness 8627
- system 8453
- system, reform 7943
- Education Improvement Act, debate 9733-6
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, health assessment for leaves 8626-7
- government job strategy 7942-3, 9701
- Exports and imports, government promotion of trade and investment 7942
- Families
- government support 7940-1, 7943
- government support, "families first" concept 9700-1
- parents, definition in legislation 8859
- relationship breakdown, societal attitudes and changes 8858-9
- Family Day 7941
- Family Law Act
- debate 8858-9
- consultation and development 8858
- definitions and language 8858
- position of officials and organizations 8859
- Fire Prevention Week 8458
- Fires and firefighters, firefighters, experiences 8458
- Food, diet and nutrition 9714
- Government
- local government accountability and oversight 9132-3
- spending, net zero mandate 9262-3
- Harmonized sales tax 7942
- Health care system
- administration, administrative processes re births and deaths 8627
- public health, health promotion and disease prevention, healthy eating promotion 9714
- public health, healthy families B.C. strategy 7943-4
- Income tax reductions 9701
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 7942
- Investment climate and investor confidence 9263
- Jones, Tim, accomplishments 7941
- Justice system
- family justice system and handling of family violence cases 8858-9
- reforms, Green Paper 9701
- Kanaka Creek Elementary School, year-round school calendar 11352
- Kurl, Shachi, comments on municipal auditor general 9132-3
- Lions Gate Hospital, mental health and addictions facility 7944
- Lonsdale Energy Corp., operations 11251
- McEvoy, Michael, comments on issues
- McNally, Laurae, comments on school calendar 11352
- Mental health
- mental health of children and youth 11572
- mental health plan 11572
- mental illness, assessment for admission to facilities 8627
- Mines and mining industry, exploration 7942
- Motions
- Carbon offset costs for public sector organizations, debate 11250-1
- Net zero mandate and government spending, debate 9262-3
- North Shore, arts and culture 11113
- North Shore Girls Soccer Club, activities and funding 7940-1
- North Shore Rescue Team Society, activities and funding 7941, 10331
- North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
- community organizations, funding 7940-1
- concerns of parents re labour dispute in education system 9733-4
- construction of education, health and recreation facilities 7940-1, 7943-4
- geothermal energy projects 11251
- Nurse Practitioners Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8626-7
- Nurses, nurse practitioners 8626-7
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society, work of organization 10173
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets for school districts 11250-1
- Parks system 12024
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundation, activities and services for homeless with pets 9324
- Porteous, Tracy, comments on family justice legislation 8859
- Post-secondary education
- private institutions, personal education numbers 9240
- universities, colleges and institutes, boards, changes 9240
- Poverty reduction, regional strategies and provincial-municipal process 9701
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012, debate 10813-4
- Private members' statements (response)
- Public debt in other jurisdictions 9262-3
- Recreation
- infrastructure, government investment 7941-2
- outdoor recreation, safety 10331
- Representative for Children and Youth, comments on family justice legislation 8859
- Resources and resource industries, permitting process 7942
- School Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11352-3
- School district 44 (North Vancouver)
- capital construction and funding 7943
- special education and special needs round tables 9263
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), International Baccalaureate programs 11353
- Seaspan Marine Corp., shipbuilding contract 8254-5
- Silvester, Robin, comments on infrastructure investment 7942
- Sled Dog Task Force, report recommendations, implementation 10813
- Standards of Care for Breeders of Companion Animals Act,
- Statements by members
- Animal Abuse Prevention Day 10968-9
- Animal Health Week 7977
- Avalanche awareness and North Shore Rescue 10331
- Child and youth mental health 11572
- Community Living Month 7932-3
- Deep Cove Cultural Centre 11113
- Fire Prevention Week and work of firefighters 8458
- Nutrition Month and healthy eating 9714
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society 10173
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundation 9324
- Prevention of cruelty to animals 8921
- Provincial parks 12024
- School fruit and vegetable snack program 10739
- Seaspan Marine Corp. shipbuilding contract 8254-5
- Steele, Dawn, comments on class composition and special needs students 9735
- Taxation, tax credits 9701
- Teachers
- certification and regulation 8453
- collective bargaining
- current issues 9263
- mediator, appointment and terms of reference 9734
- process and net zero principle 9734-5
- conduct, public perception 8453
- labour dispute in education system, impact on students and families 9733-4
- post and fill 9735
- Teachers Act
- Throne speech content 7940, 7944
- Throne speech debate 7940-4
- Tregillas, Karen, training of assistance dog 10173
- Wages and salaries, minimum wage 7940, 9701
- Windsor Secondary School, recreation facilities and funding 7940-1
Trasolini, Joe (Port Moody–Coquitlam)
- As subject
- election and introduction to House (Dix) 11723
- first speech in House 11902
- position on Burrard Thermal power station (Horne) 10311
- work on transportation issues and Mayors Council 11902, 11904
- Forests and forest industry, employment and export of raw logs 11880
- Metro Vancouver, planning committee, role in transit decisions 11903
- Mill and Timber Products Ltd., Flavelle mill, operations and timber supply 11880
- Noons Creek Hatchery annual Fingerling Festival 11725
- Oral questions
- Timber supply for Flavelle mill 11880
- Port Moody Ecological Society, work and volunteers 11725
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
- accountability 11903
- board, membership and meetings 12558-9, 12630-1
- board, membership and restructuring 11902-3
- Evergreen line, capital funding 11904
- funding and governance 11902-5
- Mayors Council
- chair and vice-chair 12558
- participation in transit planning 12630-1
- participation in transit planning and subcommittee on review of TransLink governance 11903-5
- public consultation 11905
- revenue sources, property tax 11904
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11902-5, 12558-9, 12630-1
- Statements by members
- Noons Creek Hatchery and Port Moody Ecological Society 11725
- Transit services, relationship to land use decisions 11903
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, communications with Mayors Council on Regional Transportation 12558-9
Trevena, Claire (North Island)
- As subject
- comments in debate on municipal auditor general legislation (Yap) 9150
- communications with teachers 9729-32, 10130-1
- constituent's actions on privacy protection issues 8217
- conversation with European students about poverty in Canada 7994
- mother's experience with defined-benefit pension plan 11425-6
- post-secondary education experience 9285
- staff thanked 7993
- Ackland, Shirley, comments on post-secondary institution board changes 9283, 9286
- Adoption
- adoption of children in foster care 10935
- adoption services 10934-5
- Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 9847-9
- Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 9282-6
- Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 10466-7
- Annette, Janine, walk for child poverty awareness 10568, 11493
- Aquaculture, fish farms, sea lice data and freedom-of-information request 8215-6
- Auditor General, reports and reviews, government response 9148
- Auditor General for Local Government
- audit council, information access and disclosure 9148
- establishment and role 9146-9
- Auditor General for Local Government Act
- Autism, funding for services 11026
- Automobiles
- driver's licences, refusal for outstanding traffic fines 11684-5
- traffic violations, dispute resolution process, changes 11682-5
- Barnett, Donna, position on municipal auditor general 9149
- Bell, Pat, comments on Catalyst mill operations 12274-5
- Bloy, Harry, comments in debate 10635-6
- Bountiful, issues and potential legal charges 12234-5
- B.C. Child and Youth in Care Week 12023
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, report recommendations on forest policy 10673
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Utilities Commission, review of smart meter program 10636
- Budget debate 9373-7
- Budgets
- Business Council of B.C., position on harmonized sales tax 12047
- Campbell River
- cruise ship terminal 10954
- economic development, regional economic investment pilot program 10844-6
- forest industry in area 8389
- hospice services 12017-8
- youth services, Delaware youth project 8512
- Campbell River and District Association for Community Living, history and work of organization 8305
- Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project, inclusion of dialysis unit in new hospital 12016-7
- Campbell River Economic Development Corp., activities 10845-6
- Campbell River Head Injury Support Society, supportive housing and work of organization 10805
- Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, provisions on prescription drugs and potential impact on health care system 11276
- Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, comments on reinstatement of sales tax 12049
- Catalyst Paper Corp.
- Children
- child abuse case, impact of delay in court proceedings 10570
- child care, accessibility and affordability 9700
- child care, affordability 7995
- child protection system
- delays in court proceedings 10940-1, 12171-2
- information technology issues 12510
- mediation program 12173
- residential services review 11019-20
- service delivery by non-profit and for-profit agencies 11021
- tracking of critical incidents 11022-3
- child protection workers, caseload 8690-1
- child protection workers, caseload and numbers 10936-7
- children at risk, role of poverty 7996
- children in government care
- employment, participation and regulation 11235-7
- employment, regulations and workplace safety 8804, 10234-5
- government support 7995
- programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 9373-7, 9408
- rights 8804
- special needs children
- Children and Family Development Ministry
- Children and Youth Committee
- first report for fourth session of 39th parliament, debate 8927
- second report for fourth session of 39th parliament, debate 11501
- work of committee 8927, 11501
- Civil Resolution Tribunal, establishment and role 11692-4
- Civil Resolution Tribunal Act
- debate 11692-5
- implementation and regulations 11694
- stakeholder consultation and timeline for debate 11692, 11694
- Clark, Christy
- comments on limitations on third-party election advertising spending 11522
- position on municipal auditor general and local government issues 9146, 9148
- Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2012
- Communities, agricultural development, government support 10466-7
- Community Living B.C., funding and operations 8091
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service for remote and rural communities 10673, 11684
- Conibear, Debra, experience on income assistance disability benefits 7997
- Construction industry, seniors home-renovation tax credit 9373-4
- Consumers
- Corrections system, youth corrections, consolidation of facilities for female offenders and reallocation of funding 11023-5
- Cory family, access to treatment services for son 8867-8
- Cruise ship industry 10953-4
- Denham, Elizabeth, comments on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation changes 8217
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 8085
- Drugs, prescription drugs, affordability, generic drug prices and cost management 11274-6
- Economy, economic development, regional economic investment pilot program 10844-6
- Education
- class size and composition 9729-32
- distance education and online learning, K-9 student access to combination of traditional and distance education 11358-9
- distance education and online learning, role in rural schools 11358
- education of First Nations people 9402, 9732-3
- elimination of standard school calendar and role of school districts 11359-60
- funding, per-student funding 9733
- funding for rural schools 11358
- International Baccalaureate programs, fees 11360
- right to education 9730
- special education and special needs assessments 9732
- students, risk assessments 11614-5
- system, stakeholder collaboration and consultation 11357-60
- Education Improvement Act, debate 9729-33, 10035-6, 10129-31
- Education Ministry, estimates debate 11614-5
- Election Act, amendments 11521-3
- Elections, advertising, limits on third-party spending, court challenges 11521-3
- Employment and unemployment, government action, jobs plan 7997
- Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 12611
- Energy initiatives, past initiatives 10636
- Environment, pollution, plastic and polystyrene 10971
- Falcon, Kevin, comments on reinstatement of sales tax 12046
- Families
- government support 9373-6, 9568
- government support, "families first" concept 7995-6, 9699-702
- grandparents raising grandchildren, government support 11093
- relationship breakdown, societal attitudes and changes 8856
- tax credits for families with children, fitness and arts credits 9373
- Family court, allocation of court costs 9050
- Family Law Act
- Ferries and ferry services
- fares
- impact of fare increases on ferry-dependent communities 12313-4
- impact on tourism 12314
- resident discount cards 12313
- ferry services model review 12312-6
- passengers, definition as ferry users 12316
- routes and services
- Buckley Bay–Denman Island service, petition tabled 8873
- cross-subsidization of routes 12316
- service reductions 12314-5
- system, role and need for services 12315-6
- vessels, construction 10953
- vessels, procurement 12315
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, funding for services 11026
- Firearms, federal long-gun registry 8700-1
- First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, youth work experience survey 11236
- First Nations children, funding, services and delegated aboriginal agencies 10941-3
- Flathead Valley
- environmental protection, B.C.–Montana agreement 8056-8
- potential as park, national park feasibility study 8057
- resource activities, wildlife and habitat protection 8056-7
- Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act, debate 8056-8
- Food, healthy food, dietitians' report on cost of healthy food in B.C. 9700
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, 100th anniversary of Forest Service 9375-6, 10673-4
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8388-92, 8544
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, debate 10670-4
- Forests and forest industry
- conditions in industry 10671-4
- employment and jobs 9326
- export of raw logs 9375
- export of raw logs, government policy 8389, 9220, 9326, 10671
- forest management and practices, government management 9375-6
- forests as carbon sinks 10673
- government forest policies, impact 8388-9, 10671-4, 12274
- mills, operations and closings 9326
- stumpage system, data for fee calculation and adjustment of stumpage 10672
- value-added sector 10095
- woodlots, management 8389-92
- woodlots, removal of private land from woodlots 8390-2, 8544
- Foster care
- Child in the Home of a Relative program, replacement by extended family program and issues 11091-3
- foster parents 8208
- funding 11020
- transition services for children aging out of foster care 8084
- Foster Family Month 8208
- Fraser, Paul, comments on privacy protection 8216-7
- Freedom of information, legislation changes and requests for information 8214-8
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8214-8
- Fuel, jet fuel taxation, elimination for international flights 9375
- Government
- cabinet, confidentiality 9148
- cabinet, regulation-making powers 11694
- electronic delivery of services 11684
- local government, accountability and oversight 9146-8
- local government, transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 9147
- open government and public engagement 8215
- programs and services, integrated case management system 11016-9, 12510
- programs and services, integrated case management system, privacy issues 8216
- Granlund, Karle, comments on land access for recreational activities 8700
- Great Bear rain forest, establishment 8056
- Grondines, Marie, comments on support for youth aging out of foster care 8085
- Group homes
- closings, call for moratorium 8091
- group homes for children in government care 11021-3
- Harmonized sales tax 7996, 9374, 12046-50
- Hayden, Grant, woodlot management 8390
- Health care system, travel for treatment and travel assistance programs 10067-8
- Health Ministry, estimates debate 12016-8
- Hill, Gary, experience at Woodlands School 8402-3
- Hillsborough Resources Ltd., Quinsam mine 10327
- Holberg, resource roads and forest industry in area 10673
- Holmes, Robert, comments on impaired driving penalty changes 11596
- Homelessness, homeless families with children 9568
- Hospice and palliative care, beds and facilities, support 12017-8
- Housing
- affordable housing 9374
- recreational properties, grant program 9374
- social and subsidized housing, residential rehabilitation assistance program 12611
- Impaired driving legislation and penalties 11595-8
- Income, low-income families
- access to healthy food 9700-1
- children's participation in workforce 11235
- Income assistance
- caseworkers, replacement by call centres 8691
- medical benefits, medication coverage case 10067
- recipients 7996-7
- recipients, access to medical treatment requiring travel 10067-8
- recipients, participation in community poverty reduction plan and supports 10948
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., role re traffic offences 11684
- International Labour Organization convention on minimum work-start age 11235
- Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 10844-6
- John Howard Society of North Island, work of organization 8512
- Justice and Attorney General Ministry, estimates debate 12171-3, 12234-5
- Justice system
- accessibility, on-line services and use of communication technologies 11693
- administrative tribunals, representation of participants 11693-4
- civil justice system, changes and alternatives to court process 11692-3
- conditions and funding 11693
- courts and court services
- cameras in court rooms 7994
- impact of delays on criminal cases 10570
- role of court system 11596
- criminal justice system, translation and transcription services 10570
- domestic violence courts 11015
- handling of family violence cases, changes 8856-7, 8930, 8944, 8946
- handling of family violence cases, protection orders 8856-7
- information management 12171-2
- judiciary, independence 11692, 11694
- judiciary, relationship with executive branch 7994, 11694
- lawyers and legal services, role in administrative tribunal process 11693-4
- lawyers and legal services, role in family justice system 9050
- legal aid, funding and access to family law services 8858
- reforms, impact on costs and capacity issues 11693-4
- reforms, process and timeline 11684, 11692, 11694
- review 11692
- young offenders, number and aboriginal heritage 11025
- young offenders, youth justice services and community-based alternatives in northern B.C. 11024-5
- Justice system, family justice system
- decisions impacting children, best interests of child 8856-8, 8944, 8946-7
- dispute resolution 8858, 8937, 8946, 9050
- family justice counsellors and parenting coordinators 8930, 8936-7
- government funding and support 8858
- multicultural issues and services 8857, 8930, 8947, 9050
- private sector involvement 8929
- staff training 8929-30
- Kidney health, dialysis services 12016-7
- Kleana Power Corp., power project proposal 12524-5
- Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government Ministry, estimates debate 10234-5
- Labour, collective bargaining rights 9730-1
- Labour Ministry, freedom-of-information request 8215
- Labour Relations Code, provisions on mediation 10129-30
- Lake, Terry, comments on emission reduction in public sector 11250
- Lee family, deaths, impact on family justice legislation 8856
- Legislation
- Legislature
- Letnick, Norm, comments in debate on municipal auditor general 9146
- McEvoy, Michael, comments on emission reduction 11250
- McNeil, Mary, media interview and comments on regional poverty reduction strategies 10946-7
- McRae, Don, letter as teacher on class size and composition 9729
- Magna Carta, history and role 11596
- Medical Services Plan premiums 9374, 9700
- MLAs, involvement with municipal governments 9147-8
- Mental health
- mental health of children and youth
- early intervention and support services 11573
- services 8690
- services and interministerial work 11615
- mental illness and addiction, treatment services for youth 8867-8
- Mines and mining industry 10326-7
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012
- Moore, Arthur, asbestos removal operations, safety violation case 10234-5
- Motions
- Carbon offset costs for public sector organizations, debate 11249-50
- Group home closings, debate 8091
- Mining industry employment, debate 10326-7
- Pacific north coast integrated management area, debate 11866
- Review of smart-metering program, debate 10635-6
- Support for repeal of federal long-gun registry, debate 8700-1
- Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 11682-3
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11595-8
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012
- Myra Falls mine, operations 8057
- Nanwakolas Council, role in Pacific north coast integrated management area initiative 11866
- National Child Day 8804
- Natural Resource Compliance Act, debate 8646-7
- New Democratic Party of Canada, pension protection bill 11427
- North Island College
- North Island constituency and area
- concerns of constituents and response to government budget 9376-7
- description and issues 7994, 7997
- ferry services 12313-6
- forest industry 8388-91
- high-speed Internet service 10673
- hunting activities and access to lands 8700-1
- mining industry and employment 10326-7
- municipal governments, position on municipal auditor general 9147, 9149
- resource roads and tourism 10672-3
- school districts 9731-3
- suicide case inquest, implementation of recommendations 11614-5
- North Island Students Union, comments on post-secondary institution board changes 9283
- Nurse Practitioners Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8620-2
- Nurses, nurse practitioners 8620-2
- Occupational health and safety, injury rate among workers, children and youth 11236
- Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care issues 9374
- Ontario, prescription drug pricing model 11274-5
- Oral questions
- Budget provisions for children and families 9408
- Caseloads for social workers for special needs children and youth 10910
- Catalyst mill operations and workers 10336, 12274-5, 12675
- Compensation for former Woodlands School residents 8402-3
- Delays in court proceedings and translation services for child abuse case 10570
- Forest industry jobs and log export policy 9220, 9326
- Government action on poverty reduction 9015-6
- Government response to reports on protection system for victims of domestic violence 9633-4
- Integrated case management system 12510
- Mental health and addiction treatment services for youth 8867-8
- Support for children and families 9568
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets for public sector organizations 11249-50
- Pacific north coast integrated management area initiative
- First Nations role 11866
- government role and third-party funding issue 11866
- Penner, Barry, actions re power project as Environment Minister 12524
- Pension Benefits Standards Act, debate 11425-7
- Pensions 11425-7
- Petitions
- PharmaCare program 10067, 11274
- Pharmaceutical industry 11276
- Pharmaceutical Services Act
- Pharmacists, rebate issue 11276
- Points of order
- comments by Harry Bloy 10635
- Police and policing, police officers, role and responsibilities 11596-7
- Polygamy issues, government action 12234-5
- Port Hardy
- health care services and physician supply 8621
- inclusion in regional poverty reduction strategies pilot project 10933
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and student debt load 9284-5
- government priorities 9284-6
- student financial assistance, grant programs 9849
- universities, colleges and institutes, boards, changes 9282-6
- Poverty
- Prince George, tasering of child by police, investigation 11022
- Privacy
- breach of personal information, income assistance recipients 8216-7
- information-sharing by government, initiatives 8216
- protection of personal information, government handling and staff training 8216-8
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- The economic opportunities of cruise ships 10953-4
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2012
- The Province, editorial on B.C. throne speech 7994
- Provincial Sales Tax Act
- Quadra Island
- Recreation, access to land for recreational activities 8700-1
- Registered retirement savings plans 11425
- Representative for Children and Youth
- comments on government budget for 2012-13 9408
- reports
- child abuse court case and criminal justice system funding decisions 10570
- Lee family deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations 9633-4
- Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations 9633-4
- supports for special needs children 10910, 11089-90
- role and reports 7995-6
- Resources and resource industries
- forest-dependent communities, government support 8389
- management and practices, compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 8646-7
- resource roads, access 10672-3
- resource roads, notification of closings 10673
- Sales tax 12046, 12050
- Sayward, primary health care clinic proposal 9713
- Schoenborn family, deaths of children, handling of family violence case prior to deaths 9633
- School Amendment Act, 2012, debate 11357-60
- School district 72 (Campbell River)
- description and concerns of teachers 9731
- school calendar 11359-60
- School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)
- description and concerns of teachers 9731-2
- school calendar consultation and parent concerns 11359
- School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)
- aboriginal education enhancement agreement 9402, 9732-3
- description and teacher concerns 9731-3
- Seniors issues, government action 9373-4
- Shipbuilding industry, government support 10953
- Sierra Legal Defence Fund, freedom-of-information request 8215
- Skills training, government funding and support 9284
- Small claims court, dispute resolution process 11692-3
- Social Development Ministry, estimates debate 10067-8
- Social workers, caseload, contributions and role 8689-91
- Statements by members
- Aboriginal education enhancement agreement for north Island 9402
- Annual beach cleanup on Quadra Island 10970-1
- Campbell River and District Association for Community Living 8305
- Campbell River Head Injury Support Society 10805
- Child and Youth in Care Week 12023
- Child and youth mental health and youth suicide prevention 11572-3
- Delaware youth project in Campbell River 8512
- Foster Family Month 8208
- Fundraising walk by Janine Annett 10568
- Fundraising walk by Janine Annett and child poverty awareness 11493
- Health care services in Sayward 9713
- National Child Day and rights of children 8804
- Value-added industry 10095
- Stewart, Terry, comments on pension fund 11427
- Supreme Court of B.C., rulings on issues
- impaired driving penalties 11595
- polygamy, government decision re appeal 12234-5
- Suzuki Foundation, freedom-of-information request 8215-6
- Taborview Programs, operation of group home, contract and tasering incident 11022-3
- Taxation, regressive taxation and equity issues 12047
- Teachers
- collective bargaining, independent mediator and new terms of reference proposal 10129-31
- collective bargaining, independent mediator proposal 10035-6
- collective bargaining process and legislation 9730-3
- government relationship with teachers 9730
- labour dispute in education system, illegal job action, offences and penalties 9730
- role and working conditions 9730-2
- school counsellors, suicide awareness training 11614-5
- Throne speech ceremonies, content and purpose 7993-4, 7997
- Throne speech debate 7993-7
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- position on municipal auditor general 9148
- work on poverty issues 9016
- U.K.
- pension system 11425
- post-secondary education system 9285
- UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities 8091
- UN convention on the rights of the child
- University of Victoria, school of social work, report on youth aging out of care 8086
- Vancouver
- homelessness 9568
- mental health and addiction treatment services for youth 8867-8
- riot during Stanley Cup playoffs 7994
- Vancouver Island
- Vancouver Island Health Authority
- capital projects, new hospitals in Campbell River and Comox 9376
- treatment options for macular degeneration 12017
- The Vancouver Sun, article on Children and Family Development Ministry funding 10938
- Victoria, cruise ship industry 10953
- Violence, family violence
- domestic violence action plan 11014
- government action and funding 9633-4
- prevention 7996
- programs and services 11015-6
- psychological abuse 8930
- training for government staff 11014-5
- Vonn, Micheal, comments on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation changes 8216
- Welfare, social programs and services, funding 8691
- West Coast Log Homes Ltd., operations and role in local economy 10095
- The Woodland Flooring Company Inc., operations and role in local economy 10095
- Yap, John, comments in budget debate 9373
- Youth
- suicide prevention 11572-3
- suicide prevention programs and services 11614-5
- Youth Week 11493
- Zeballos, resource roads in area 10672
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