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

Yamamoto, Hon. Naomi (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)

As subject
comments in debate (Horgan) 11600
comments on student financial assistance (Mungall) 8463
family's experiences as Japanese Canadians during World War II 11578-9
father's education and life experience 9510, 11578-9
priorities as Advanced Education Minister (Fleming) 9248-9 (Mungall) 9232
visits to post-secondary institutions 9506-7
work on Flathead Valley issues 8055
Advanced Education Ministry
estimates debate 9795-802, 9842-56, 9898-917
advertising and publications contracts 9796-7
budget, allocation for travel 9843-4
handling of information and responsibility of minister 10334-5, 10480
staff, meetings with lobbyists 9797
staffing, changes 9797-8, 9842-3
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, debate 8652, 9222-3, 9297-8, 10500-9, 10541-52
Architects, professional regulation and dispute resolution 8652, 9222, 10500-2
Architects Act, amendments 9222, 10500-2
Architectural Institute of B.C., regulation of professionals 8652, 9222, 10501-2
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.
consultation by government 11732-3
regulation of professionals 11732-6
Bergenske, John, comments on Flathead Watershed legislation 8055
Bloy, Harry
access to Advanced Education Ministry correspondence 10420-1
release of Advanced Education Ministry correspondence 10268, 10335, 10420
resignation from cabinet 10334
B.C., northern B.C.
post-secondary education and skills training 9346
skills training 9801-2
B.C. Career Colleges Association, role re education quality assurance 9853
B.C. Centre for International Education, role re education quality assurance 9853
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 9345, 9506
policies, economic policies and financial management 11728
Budget debate 9506-11
Budgets
2012-13 budget content 9345-6, 9506, 9509
budget document forecasts for post-secondary sector 9901-3, 9910
Camosun College
capital investment and projects 9802
funding, impact on programs and services 9802
programs, adult basic education programs 9916-7
programs, trades training programs 9850
Canadian Pentecostal Seminary, seminary 10502-3
Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Act, amendments 10502-3
Cannings, Richard, comments on Flathead Valley 8056
Capilano University
funding and programs 10971
Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation 9507
Carbon tax 9506
Carey Hall Act, amendments 10503
Carey Theological College, college 10503
Carter Commission, report recommendations 10507
Chilliwack, World Trade University project, legislation 10552
College and Institute Act, amendments 9223, 10503-9
College of the Rockies, paramedic training 9908-9
Degree Quality Assessment Board, role and review 9844-5, 9851-2
Education
adult basic education 8868-9, 9916-7
funding 9506
international education strategy 9717
international students, government action on visa issues 11577
Emergencies, emergency preparedness 9950
Eminata Group
access to correspondence between media and government 10019, 10179, 10268, 10334-5
private post-secondary operations, accreditation and oversight 10019
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 9507-8
Engineers, professional regulation and disciplinary action 11733-6
Engineers and Geoscientists Act, amendments 11732-6
Fairley, Bryant, work on Flathead Valley issues 8055
Families, tax credits for families with children, fitness and arts credits 9506
Film industry 9507
Flathead River, water quality 8055
Flathead Valley
description 8055
environmental protection, B.C.–Montana agreement 8054-6
recreational activities in area 8055-6
resource activities in area 8054-6
Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act, debate 8054-6
Fleming, Rob, comments in debate on Flathead Watershed legislation 8056
Geoscientists, professional regulation and disciplinary action 11733-6
Government
cabinet, information-sharing 10335, 10420-1, 10480
lands and properties, sale, allocation of revenues 9855-6, 9898
International Education Project Council, report on international education strategy 9854
Japan
language, use of gambare 9950
March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, rebuilding efforts 9950
Japanese Canadians, internment and property confiscation during World War II and B.C. government apology 11578-9
Justice Institute of B.C., paramedic training 9908
Kootenay area, paramedic training 9908-9
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
funding and programs 9906-8
sale of lands in Delta 9855-6, 9898
Lounds, John, comments on Flathead Watershed legislation 8056
MLAs, work in constituencies and at Legislature 9506
Ministerial statements
Response to earthquake and tsunami in Japan 9950
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012, debate 11732-5
Motions
Government apology for Japanese Canadian internment during World War II, debate 11578-9
Mungall, Michelle, debate on post-secondary institution board changes 9298
National Geographic Magazine, article on Flathead Valley 8055
Nelson-Creston constituency and area, post-secondary education, government investment 9346
North Island College, funding and trades training programs 9848
North Vancouver, shipbuilding industry 9508
Northwest Community College
capital and operating funding 9800-1
funding and trades training programs 9910
partnership to deliver paramedic training 9848
School of Exploration and Mining, funding 9801
Nurses, licensed practical nurses, program changes and costs 9799-800, 9911
Oral questions (response)
Adult basic education 8868-9
Budget provisions for education and skills training 9345-6
Funding for post-secondary education 10971-2
Funding for post-secondary education and skilled labour shortage 11728
Government oversight of private post-secondary institutions 10018-9
International education strategy 9717
International students and closing of overseas visa offices 11577
Intervention in UBC admissions process 10100
Private institutions complaint process and government handling of correspondence 10574-5
Release of media correspondence with government to Eminata Group 10179, 10268, 10334-5, 10420-1, 10480-1
Student financial assistance 8463-4, 9017-8, 9122
UBC admissions process 10020
Parks, establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies, conservation strategy 8056
Petitions
milk container recycling 8873
Post-secondary education
degree approval process, report recommendations 9844-6, 9851-2
education of First Nations people 9510, 9796
enrolment levels 9911
government investment and support 9017-8, 9122, 9222-3, 9345-6, 9509-10, 9795-6
international education
expansion and capacity in system 9854-5
government strategy 9853-5
on-line gateway initiative 9854
report 9854
international students 9508-9, 9796, 9911
student debt load 9906, 9909
student financial assistance 8463
assistance 9849
grant programs 9849, 9911-3
information and public consultation 9915-6
interest on loans 9910, 9914-5
interest-relief program 9849, 9915
loan-forgiveness and loan-reduction programs 9849, 9909, 9912-3
modernization 9854
review 9017, 9914
students, cost of living 9915
system 9506-8
system, report rankings 8463-4
tuition policy 9899
tuition revenues 9910
Post-secondary education, funding 9506, 9717, 10971-2, 11728
capital funding for maintenance and rehabilitation 9903-6
funding formula 9903
higher education price index, use for funding allocations 9899
surplus funds 9901-3
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
admissions, complaint process 10020
boards, changes 8652, 9223, 9297-8, 10503-9, 10541-52
boards, conflict-of-interest issues 9223, 10505-9, 10542-3, 10551
capital investment and projects 9796, 9904-6
education quality assurance designation 9852-3
financial issues and deficits 9900
moratorium on use of term "university" 9851-2
private institutions
English-language schools 9853
oversight and regulation 10018-9, 10574-5
personal education numbers 8652, 9223, 10502-3, 10552
Watson report, implementation of recommendations 9853
procurement process, shared purchase agreements 9899-901
sale of lands 9898
spending reductions 9899-901
visits by Advanced Education Minister 9506-7
Private Career Training Institutions Agency
governance and role 9852-3
role re education quality assurance 9853
Recycling, milk containers, petition tabled 8873
Red Cross Society, emergency support following earthquake and tsunami in Japan 9950
Research and development
government support 9850
research infrastructure, knowledge development fund 9850
Royal Roads University Act, amendments 9223, 10546-7
School Act, amendments 9223
Seaspan Marine Corp., shipbuilding contract 9508
Selkirk College, funding and programs 10972
Shipbuilding
federal contract for B.C., government role and supply of skilled labour 9850
industry, government support 9508
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, capital investment and student spaces 9847
Skills training
enrolment levels 9911
government funding and support 9346, 9507, 9907-8
trades training, relationship with labour market needs 9903
workforce round tables 9801, 9848
StudentAid B.C., modernization 9916
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on professional associations 10501
Surrey, post-secondary education system 9907-8
Thompson Rivers University, international students 9508
University Act, amendments 9223
University Canada West, operations and student concerns 10018-9
University of B.C., admissions process 10100
Vancouver Island University, funding and satisfaction surveys 9798-9
Yap, Hon. John (Richmond-Steveston)

As subject
comments in budget debate (Trevena) 9373
constituents, family, staff and riding association thanked 7989-90
experience as bank auditor 9151
family experience re father's ability to drive 9450-1
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, public sector 8080
Auditor General for Local Government, establishment and role 9150-2
Auditor General for Local Government Act, debate 9149-52
Auditors, role 9151
Automobiles, DriveABLE program 9450-1
Baziuk, Bob, work with Steveston Harbour Authority 9521
B.C., assets 7991-2
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 7991, 9370
Budget debate 9369-73
Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities 9369-72
Canadian Association of Recycling Industries, consultation by government 8675-6
Civil service, equity hiring 10776
Climate change, government action on climate change 8080-1
Connaught Skating Club, history and role 8357-8
Construction industry, seniors home-renovation tax credit 9372-3
Credit rating
benefits of positive rating 9705
B.C. rating 9371-2
Crime and criminals, metal theft, incidence and impacts 8674-6
Democracy, parliamentary democracy, Westminster tradition 9149
Documents tabled
Report on multiculturalism for 2010-11 12030
Economy
conditions 9150
conditions and government policies 9370-1
global economy, conditions 7991, 9370
Education
funding 9370
graduation rate, immigrant and refugee youth 10776
immigrant youth in schools pilot program 10776
international students 7992
system, reform 7990-1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, diamond jubilee, celebration at B.C. Legislature 9149-50
Employment and unemployment
government action, jobs plan 7991
government job strategy 9372
job creation 9369
job creation, role of governments 7991
Ethel Tibbits Women of Distinction Awards, award recipients and fundraising event 10096
Exports and imports
trade, government initiatives 7992
trade between B.C. and Asia 9371-2
trade missions to Asia 7992, 8920
Families
government support, "families first" concept 7990
tax credits for families with children, fitness and arts credits 9372
Family Day 7990
Food industry, seafood, export 7992
Forests and forest industry
exports 9370-1
forest management and practices, government management 9705
Fuel, jet fuel taxation, elimination for international flights 9372
Gentner, Guy, comments in throne speech debate 7989
Government
carbon neutrality 8080
carbon neutrality, review of initiative 8080
financial management 9705
financial management, borrowing costs 9705
local government, accountability and performance audit process 9150-1
ministries, natural resource ministries funding 7991
Greece, economic conditions 9370
Health care funding 9370
Highway 91, Nelson exchange 7992
Home ownership, first-time new-home buyers bonus 9372
Ilich, Milan, life and accomplishments 7933
Immigration
credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers 10775
foreign and immigrant workers
government initiatives and support 10734
pathway to permanent residency 10735, 10774
temporary foreign workers 10734-5
immigrants to B.C. 7992
provincial nominee program 10734-5
provincial nominee program, pilot program for low- and semi-skilled applicants 10735, 10744-5
settlement programs and services, federal changes and government response 10775-6
task force 10775
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, role in economy 7991-2
Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 10734-5, 10774-6
Kurl, Shachi, comments on municipal auditor general 9152
Legislature, Black Rod 9149-50
Macdonald, Norm, comments in budget debate 9369-71
Metal
copper, demand and price 8674
regulation of scrap metal sales 8674-6
scrap metal sales, seller information 8675
Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act
debate 8674-6
position on legislation, MLAs 8674
position on legislation, stakeholders 8676
Motions
Access to DriveABLE program, debate 9450-1
B.C. credit rating and borrowing costs, debate 9705
Multiculturalism, report on multiculturalism for 2010-11, tabled 12030
NDP
performance as government 7989, 9372
policies, alternative budget 9371
Non-profit sector, role 7992-3
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas terminals 7992
Pacific Carbon Trust, role 8080-1
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, work of organization 8920
Politics and politicians, political advertising 7989
Private members' statements (response)
Pacific Carbon Trust 8080-1
Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 9371
Recycling, public awareness 8102
Resources and resource industries, permitting process 7991
Richmond
community organizations and volunteerism 7992-3
recycling initiatives 8102
tourism 8710
Richmond Society for Community Living, organization 7992
Rubio, Rebecca, work as teacher 7990
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada Line 7992
Statements by members
Bob Baziuk and Steveston Harbour 9521
Connaught Skating Club in Richmond 8357-8
Ethel Tibbits Awards 10096
Milan Ilich 7933
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region 8920
Richmond Family Week breakfast event and healthy eating promotion 9344
SUCCESS services for immigrants 9807-8
Tourism in Richmond 8710
Waste reduction and recycling 8102
Steveston, harbour management and role 9521
Stewart, Richard, comments on municipal auditor general 9152
Teachers, contributions and misconduct issues 7990-1
Throne speech debate 7989-93
Tibbits, Ethel, journalism career 10096
Touchstone Family Association, campaign and event to promote families eating together 9344
Trevena, Claire, comments in debate on municipal auditor general legislation 9150
United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society, services for immigrants and fundraising gala 9807-8
U.S., market for B.C. wood building materials 9370-1
Vancouver International Airport
international flight service 9372
role 7991
Violence, prevention of bullying and violence at school 7991
Waste management, waste reduction 8102

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