Race4Change campaign See Microfinance awareness
under Financial services industry
Racism See Discrimination and racism
Railways and rail services
Raise the Rates Coalition
- MLA welfare challenge campaign (Brar) 9117, 9598
Rampuri, Bhinder
- Infection with C. difficile (Dix) 9715
Ramsey, Paul
- Comments on labour dispute in education system (Rustad) 9727
Ranching industry See Livestock industry
Rand, Ivan
- Concept of mandatory payment of union dues (Rustad) 9011
Raponi, Eugene
- Comments on family justice legislation (Bains) 8880
RAV line See Canada line
under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Raven coal mine proposal See Comox Valley
Ray, Donald
- Transfer as police officer to B.C. (Bond) 12276 (Corrigan) 12276
Rayani, Naz
- Contributions to community (James) 9521
Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- History and role (Simpson, S.) 10658
RBC Cup
- Junior hockey championship (Foster) 11874
RCMP See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ready, Set, Learn program See Children – Early childhood development
Ready, Vince
- Role in collective bargaining for teachers (Abbott) 10195 (Simpson, B.) 10195
Real Estate Council of British Columbia
- Role re strata management companies (Simpson, S.) 12613
Real estate industry
Reaveley, Charlene
- Death in hit-and-run case (Farnworth) 9121
- Death in hit-and-run case and memorial children's foundation (Horne) 9809
Reconciliation, Ministry of See Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of
Recovery houses See Substance abuse and addiction
Recreation
Recycling See also Waste management
- Deposit-refund system for beverage containers, petition tabled (Brar) 12515
- Electronics and small appliances (Lake) 10699 (Ralston) 10697
- Industry (Routley, D.) 8673
- Industry and facilities, government support (Gentner) 8730-1
- Metal, scrap metal sales See Metal
- Milk containers, petition tabled (Yamamoto) 8873
- Newspapers (Fleming) 10700 (Lake) 10700
- Polystyrene (Lake) 10698-9 (Ralston) 10697-8
- Product stewardship programs, packaging and printed paper (Fleming) 10699-701 (Lake) 10698-701
- Public awareness (Yap) 8102
- Styrofoam See Polystyrene above under this main heading
Red Chris mine See Imperial Metals Corp.
Red Cross Society
- Emergency support following earthquake and tsunami in Japan (Yamamoto) 9950
Red tape See Regulations and red tape
under Government
Reed, Jim
- Comments on funding for colleges (Mungall) 9393
Referendum Act
- Provisions on introducing legislation to address referendum issues (Ralston) 10651-2
Refugees See Immigration
Regional district of East Kootenay See East Kootenay regional district
Regional District Task Force See Union of British Columbia Municipalities
Regional districts See also Government – Local government; particular districts
- Accountability and notification of individuals (Bond) 10596 (Chong) 10828-9 (Krog) 10828-9
- Authority and powers (Chong) 9321-2 (Lali) 9321
- Boards, powers to appoint alternate electoral area directors (Chong) 10831-5 (Corrigan) 10835 (Krog) 10831-4
- Borrowing authority See Authority and powers above under this main heading
- Electoral areas, funding eligibility (Chong) 9762
- Governance (Gentner) 8186
- Governance, First Nations representation and impact of treaties (Fraser) 10263 (Polak) 10263
- Referendums and public consultation (Chong) 10830-1 (Corrigan) 10829-31
- Regional district service reviews and withdrawals (Chong) 8717, 9320-1 (Lali) 9320-1
Regional economic investment pilot program See Economic development
under Economy
Regional transportation commissioner See South Coast British Columbia Regional Transportation Commission
Registered retirement savings plans
- Plans (Ralston) 11418 (Trevena) 11425
- Withdrawals from locked-in plans due to financial hardship See Unlocking of pension funds for financial hardship under Pensions
Registrar of Lobbyists See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Regulations See Government
Regulations and red tape See Government
Regulatory Reporting Act
- (Bill 7) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 8356; 2R, 8740-7, 8751-64, 8955-66; C, 9086-7; 3R, 9087; RA, 9096-7
- Debate, speakers (Bains) 8753-7 (Brar) 8960-2 (Donaldson) 8757-9 (Falcon) 8356, 8740-1, 8964-6, 9086 (Fleming) 8962-4 (James) 8743-6 (Karagianis) 8762-4, 8955-6 (Ralston) 8741-3, 9086 (Routley, D.) 8746-7, 8751-3 (Sather) 8956-60 (Simpson, S.) 8759-62
- Debate by NDP MLAs (Falcon) 8964-5
- Purpose of bill (Falcon) 8356, 8740-1
- Regulations (Falcon) 9086 (Ralston) 9086
Reid, Judith
- Comments as Transportation Minister on ferry services legislation (Coons) 12301
Reimer, Greg
- Role in government handling of uranium-mining application (Horgan) 8308
Remembrance Day
Renal dialysis See Dialysis services
under Kidney health
Rendall, Dorothy
- 101st birthday (Barnett) 8458
Renewable Power Corp.
Rennie, Bob
- Comments on harmonized sales tax transition process (Kwan) 8914 (Ralston) 8925
Rent banks See Housing – Rental housing
Rental assistance program See Social and subsidized housing
under Housing
Repeat offenders See Corrections system
Representative for Children and Youth See also Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen
- Appointment (Hansen) 8773-4
- Children and youth summit See Child protection, 2011 summit meeting under Children
- Comments on issues
- Children and Family Development Ministry strategic and operational plan (McNeil) 9408
- family justice legislation (Corrigan) 8883 (Letnick) 8885 (McIntyre) 8875 (Thornthwaite) 8859
- government budget (Coons) 9420-1 (Donaldson) 9478 (Ralston) 9360
- government budget for 2012-13 (Karagianis) 9592 (Trevena) 9408
- poverty reduction (McNeil) 9016
- Establishment (Kwan) 8298
- Legislation, review See Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on
- Meeting with Children and Family Development Minister (McNeil) 9408
- Relationship with government (Bond) 12229-30 (Clark) 9633 (Krog) 12230 (McNeil) 9634
- Reports
- child abuse court case and criminal justice system funding decisions (Bond) 10570-2 (Karagianis) 10571 (Krog) 10571-2 (Trevena) 10570
- child abuse court case and criminal justice system funding decisions, implementation of recommendations (Bond) 12229-30 (Krog) 12229
- Lee family deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations (Dix) 9632-3 (Trevena) 9633-4
- Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention, government response (Clark) 9629-30 (Dix) 9630 (McNeil) 9633-4
- Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention, implementation of recommendations (Clark) 9632-3 (Dix) 9632 (Lali) 9634 (McNeil) 9634, 11014-5 (Trevena) 9633-4
- supports for special needs children (McNeil) 11090 (Trevena) 10910, 11089-90
- Reports tabled
- 2011-12 annual report and 2012-13–2013-14 service plan (Speaker) 12709
- 2012-13–2014-15 service plan (Speaker) 8765
- Honouring Kaitlynne, Max and Cordon: Make Their Voices Heard Now (Speaker) 9611
- special report, The Impact of Criminal Justice Funding Decisions on Children in B.C. (Speaker) 10541
- Trauma, Turmoil and Tragedy: Understanding the Needs of Children and Youth at Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm — An Aggregate Review, November 2012 (Speaker) 12709
- Who Protected Him? How B.C.'s Child Welfare System Failed One of Its Most Vulnerable Children, February 2013 (Speaker) 12709
- Role (Dix) 9630 (Hansen) 8774
- Role and reports (Trevena) 7995-6
- Services, expansion (Dix) 8769
- Work (Karagianis) 9592
Representative for Children and Youth Act
Representative for Children and Youth, Special Committee to Appoint a
- Report presented (Hansen) and adopted 8773
- Membership and powers (Coleman) 7908-9
- Work of committee (Elmore) 8774 (Hansen) 8773-4
Representative for Seniors Act, 2011
Reproduction
- Assisted reproduction (Bond) 8939-42 (Chandra Herbert) 8886-7 (Krog) 8939-42 (McNeil) 8881 (Sather) 8875 (Sultan) 8889
- Assisted reproduction, definition of "parent" in legislation See Parents, definition in legislation under Families
Research and development
- Government investment (Stilwell) 8358
- Government support (Fleming) 9850 (Ralston) 9359 (Yamamoto) 9850
- Innovation, government strategy (Bell) 10701
- Research infrastructure, knowledge development fund (Yamamoto) 9850
- Role in economy (McIntyre) 9588 (Stilwell) 9431-2
- Scientific research and experimental development program, Jenkins report (Ralston) 9359-60
Resident Awareness Day
Residential care facilities See Housing – Residential care facilities
Residential construction industry See Construction industry
Residential rehabilitation assistance program See Social and subsidized housing
under Housing
Residential schools See Children, abuse at residential schools
under First Nations
Residential tenancy See Housing – Rental housing
Residential tenancy branch See Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
Resort Timber Administration Act
Resorts
Resource Road Act
- Purpose (Macdonald) 10665
Resource roads See Resources and resource industries
Resources and resource industries See also particular industries
- Development
- Environmental assessment See Environment
- First Nations involvement in industries (Polak) 8129-30 (Thomson) 9553-4
- Forest-dependent communities, government support (Thomson) 9551 (Trevena) 8389
- Government goals (Bloy) 8006 (Hayer) 8120
- Government investment and support (Donaldson) 9479 (Macdonald) 11331
- Industry conditions (Bell) 10176 (Clark) 10176 (Thomson) 9552-4
- Industry, role of commodity prices (Clark) 12659-63 (Dix) 12660-3
- Legislation See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012
- Local benefits and control (Donaldson) 7954
- Management and practices (Krog) 8396
- Management and practices, code of practice (Lake) 10835-7 (Sather) 10835-7
- Management and practices, compliance and enforcement
- delegation of powers by minister (Bennett) 8427
- legislation See Natural Resource Compliance Act
- management during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Lake) 8434 (Macdonald) 8425-6 (Routley, B.) 8428-9, 8432 (Sather) 8440 (Simpson, B.) 8436
- natural resource officers (Bennett) 8426-8 (Donaldson) 8437-9 (Gentner) 8643 (Lake) 8432-4 (Macdonald) 8424-6, 8641-50, 8661, 8663-4, 8666-7 (Routley, B.) 8428-31, 8638, 8640-3, 8647-9, 8662, 8664-7 (Sather) 8439-42 (Simpson, B.) 8434-6, 8639-40 (Thomson) 8164, 8423, 8442, 8638-50, 8661-7 (Trevena) 8646-7
- reporting requirements (Simpson, B.) 8436
- Ministries responsible See Ministries, natural resource ministries under Government
- Permitting process See also particular industries
- backlog (Clark) 12663-5 (Dix) 8805-6, 8978, 12663, 12665 (Donaldson) 8826, 9478-9, 11378-82, 11775-7, 12388 (Falcon) 11776-7 (Fleming) 9716-7 (Hayer) 8120 (James) 8806 (Pimm) 9474 (Rustad) 9378 (Simpson, B.) 8435 (Thomson) 8805-7, 9553, 11378-82
- cancellation of permits by regulation (Bond) 10596 (Krog) 10597, 10837-8 (Lake) 10835-8 (Sather) 10598-9, 10835-8
- consultation by government (Fleming) 8828
- notice-of-work applications (Donaldson) 11380-1 (Thomson) 11380-1
- "one project, one process" approach See Licences and permits under Government
- process (Dalton) 7919 (Lake) 8805 (Les) 7949 (Pimm) 8082 (Simpson, B.) 8010 (Thomson) 9553 (Thornthwaite) 7942 (Yap) 7991
- process during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Fleming) 8828
- Regulations and red tape (Horgan) 8083
- Report by former senior government staff (Macdonald) 11331
- Resource extraction in western Canada See Development in western Canada above under this main heading
- Resource revenue-sharing (Donaldson) 7954
- Resource roads
- access (Routley, B.) 10666-9 (Trevena) 10672-3
- access and liability issues (Macdonald) 10664-5, 11202 (Routley, B.) 11202-5 (Routley, D.) 10767-8 (Sather) 10680-2 (Thomson) 9859, 10661-2, 10888, 11202-5
- comparison with industrial roads (Huntington) 11203 (Thomson) 11203
- legislation See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of
- notification of closings (Macdonald) 10664, 11197-8 (Sather) 10680 (Simons) 10883 (Thomson) 9859, 10662, 11197-8 (Trevena) 10673
- Revenues to government (Dalton) 7919 (Simpson, B.) 10675
- Role in economy (Bell) 7965-6 (Polak) 8127
- Role in funding government services (Krueger) 12255
- Stewardship (Fleming) 10316
- Sustainable management (Lake) 10687, 10689
Responsible Gaming Council
- Activities and funding (Coleman) 12597 (Simpson, S.) 12597
Restaurant industry See Food services industry
Restorative justice programs See Corrections system
Retail B.C. See Shelfspace, the Association for Retail Entrepreneurs
Retirement
Returning the Favour Care Home Ltd.
- Status of assisted-living facility (Fraser) 11728-9
Revelstoke, B.C. See also Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
- Children's charter (Macdonald) 9155-6
- Snowmobilers, petition tabled (Macdonald) 8109
Revelstoke Mountain Resort
- Establishment (Macdonald) 11584
Richardson, Laura
- Comments on education system (Sather) 9834
Richmond, Al
- Comments on municipal auditor general (Barnett) 9139
Richmond, B.C. See also Richmond Centre constituency and area; Richmond-Steveston constituency and area
- Farmland protection (Gentner) 10454
- Metal theft and bylaw (Howard) 8682
- Recycling initiatives (Yap) 8102
- Tourism in area (Yap) 8710
- Transit services (Howard) 8183
- Water metering system (Howard) 10633
Richmond Centre constituency and area
- Description (Howard) 9437
Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, B.C.
- Construction (Bell) 10847
Richmond school district See School district 38 (Richmond)
Richmond Society for Community Living
Richmond-Steveston constituency and area
- Community organizations and volunteerism (Yap) 7992-3
Rick Hansen Foundation
- Activities (Barnett) 10908
Ridge Meadows Hospice Society
- History and work of organization (Sather) 10173-4
Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Emergency and ambulatory care, funding (Dalton) 9491
Ridge Meadows Recycling Society
Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society
- Work of organization and annual gala (Dalton) 9155
Ridley Terminals Inc.
- Prince Rupert operations, expansion and investment (Bell) 7963-4, 10852 (Coons) 10325
Right to Play
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
- Kitimat smelter operations and sale of power (Austin) 11029-31
- Kitimat smelter reconstruction project (Austin) 11029-31 (Clark) 12616 (Coleman) 11063 (Rustad) 9255
- Kitimat smelter reconstruction project, employment and working conditions (Coons) 8003
Rivercorp See Campbell River Economic Development Corp.
Rivers and streams
- Conservation (Corrigan) 11259
- Remediation (Sather) 9386
Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
- Work of organization (Thorne) 11395-6
Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Road safety See Traffic safety
under Automobiles
Robert Burns day
Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre See Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Roberts, Andy
- Comments on truck driver training program (Conroy) 8657
Roberts, Don
- Comments on Enbridge pipeline proposal (Austin) 11498
Roberts, Gail
Robic, Matthew
Robinson, Marven
- Comments on water monitoring activities in Hartley Bay area (Coons) 8260
Rock scalers See Workers
under Construction industry
Rocky Mountain management plan
- Establishment (Bennett) 8028
Roots, Alison
- Report on nurse practitioners See Nurse practitioners, report under Nurses
Rose, Sara
- Comments on post-secondary institution board changes (Mungall) 9228
Ross, William R.
- Comments on forest industry and legislation (Routley, B.) 9458
Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown
Royal Bank Cup See RBC Cup
Royal Canadian Legion See also particular legion branches by location
- Esquimalt branch, support to individual requiring medical supplements (Horgan) 11496 (Karagianis) 11398, 11495-6
- Role and poppy campaign (Dalton) 8654
Royal Canadian Mounted Police See also particular locations
- Allegations of sexual harassment in workforce, actions to address issues (Bond) 8715 (Corrigan) 8714-5 (Ralston) 8715
- Government contract for police services
- contract (Bond) 12276 (Corrigan) 10000, 12276 (Les) 7950 (Throne speech) 7904
- contract management committee and municipal advisory group (Bond) 12361-3 (Corrigan) 12361-3
- costs and funding (Bond) 12360-4 (Corrigan) 8292, 12360-4 (Falcon) 11651-2 (Ralston) 11651-2
- multi-year financial plan (Bond) 12362
- negotiations (Bond) 8714-6, 10974, 11193-4 (Corrigan) 8291, 8714-5, 10974, 11193 (Ralston) 8715
- negotiations and compensation component (Bond) 10744-5, 12359-65 (Corrigan) 10744-5, 12359-60, 12362, 12364 (Donaldson) 10745
- non-participating municipalities (Bond) 12364-5 (Corrigan) 12364-5
- Handling of officer misconduct cases (Bond) 12276 (Corrigan) 12276
- Headquarters, costs for new building (Bond) 10974, 12363-4 (Corrigan) 10974, 12363-4
- Pacific Region Training Centre (Hawes) 10314
- Services in B.C. See also Police services under particular locations
Royal City Musical Theatre, New Westminster, B.C.
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
- 150th anniversary and services (Black) 9944-5, 12003
- Capacity and emergency services (Thorne) 9502
- Funding and services (Black) 9584
- Medical equipment, fundraising (Black) 11807
- Redevelopment (Black) 12003-4 (de Jong) 12003-4
- Redevelopment and need for expansion (Black) 9585
- Sherbrooke facility (Black) 9584-5, 12003-4
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- Comments on aboriginal women (Fraser) 9949
Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
- Coalbed methane gas tenure (Coleman) 12422 (Donaldson) 12421-2
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
- Patient care centre (Chong) 9481
Royal Roads constituency and area See Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area
Royal Roads University Act
RRAP See Social and subsidized housing, residential rehabilitation assistance program
under Housing
RRSPs See Registered retirement savings plans
Rubio, Rebecca
- Work as teacher (Yap) 7990
Rugby See Sports
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
- Krueger, Kevin, requested to come to order 9436
- Legislature
- bills process, second reading
- confine remarks to bill 11522
- debate to be on merits and substance of bill 12197
- debate to be on principles of bill 8473, 9885
- debate to be relevant to bill under discussion 8446, 8450, 8452, 8456, 8471, 8821, 8825, 8839, 8893, 9126, 9171, 9181-2, 9891, 10583, 11352, 11377, 11409-10, 11665, 11673, 11675-6, 11678-83, 11999, 12036-7, 12046, 12064, 12143, 12186-8, 12190, 12192, 12199
- purpose 11682
- recess 12059
- bills process, committee stage
- debate to be relevant to amendment under discussion 10180
- debate to be relevant to section under discussion 8263, 8328, 10139, 10196, 10357-8, 10432, 12345, 12538, 12551
- repetitive questions 10101-2, 10116, 10126-7, 10131, 10182, 10422-3, 10425-6, 10432, 10551, 11740
- sections passed on division 8329
- standing division on amendment deferred 10281, 10288
- topics previously canvassed 10398-9, 10402
- voting against a section instead of amending to delete 10449
- committee system, appointment of select standing committees 10515
- estimates process
- debate on legislation 10703, 10800, 12136, 12609
- debate on legislative committees 10515
- debate on policy issues 10408
- endeavor to link questions to budget where feasible 11458
- hypothetical questions 10465, 10515, 11104
- move on to new line of questioning 12238, 12378
- question has been answered 10455, 10513, 12378
- recess 10789
- relevance of debate 10295, 10366, 10374-5, 10380-3, 10408, 10455, 10556, 10603, 10787-9, 10793, 10862, 10864, 11454, 12378, 12626, 12657
- repetitive debate 10299, 11146
- topic has been canvassed 12238-9
- language used in House
- apology requested 11966
- choice of language 12193
- latitude in debate 9171
- members to be careful in choice of words 10575, 12511
- parliamentary language 8211, 9776, 9816, 11197, 11673
- Premier to be careful in choice of words 8104
- unacceptable comments 11679
- withdrawal of comments requested 8028, 8309, 8464, 9174, 10635, 10638, 11118, 11345
- members' conduct and debate
- consumption of food in the chamber 9873
- direct remarks to Chair and not the gallery 11519
- member not to impugn another member 8603
- member not to make inferences that are unparliamentary 8160
- member to be careful 8571
- members must be in seats to join debate 8440, 10635
- members not to read letters in their entirety 9233
- members not to refer to absence or presence of other members 8423, 9831, 9874, 9922-3, 11680
- members not to refer to members as "you" or "you guys" 9469
- members not to refer to members by name 9196, 9207, 9467, 9542, 9874, 9877, 10763, 10950
- members not to talk about terminological inexactitudes 11304
- members to allow debate to be heard 7981, 8929, 8975, 9428, 10101, 10319, 11678
- members to listen to speaker who has the floor 9433
- members to show courtesy to member who has the floor 11679
- members to take visiting outside the chamber 10542
- reading from prepared text 9428
- use of electronic devices in chamber 8107, 9122, 10418, 11482
- motions, private members' motions must not impose a cost on government 8502
- private members' statements
- private members' time, debate to be non-partisan 11549-50
- private members' time, expression of opinions on policy 11549
- privilege matters, requirements 8023
- question period
- members not to discuss legislation currently before House 9524
- members to allow questions and answers to be heard 8601
- members to have brief questions and answers 8211, 9348
- members to listen to questions and answers 11878
- questions taken on notice 11809
- use of electronic devices, BlackBerrys 8214, 9122, 10418
- standing orders 66 and 67, provisions on resolutions not recommended by Crown 8502
- statements by members (standing order 25B), members to allow statements to be heard 10908
- statements by members (standing order 25B), two-minute statements 10908
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2012, time allocation for debate 12630
- Speaker's statements
- van Dongen, John, status as MLA 10419
Rural British Columbia See British Columbia – Rural B.C.
Ruskin, B.C.
- Community and dam upgrade project (Dalton) 8867
Ruszel, Paul
- Song for Duncan centennial celebration (Routley, B.) 10017-8