Province of British Columbia
Fifth Session, 39th Parliament – 2013
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
constituents, family and staff thanked 13197
experience as teacher 13199-200
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13198, 13200
Budget debate 13197-200
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 13197-8
Children, programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 13199
Civil service, collective agreements and bargaining, cooperative gains and net zero mandates for public sector 13198
Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, activities and role 12927
Economy, conditions, 2008 conditions and government response 13198
Education system 13200
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 13199
Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation, report and recommendations 13198
Government advertising and announcements, spending 13198
Maple Ridge
bus service, petition tabled 13608
Rotary clubs 13123
Motions
Hydraulic fracturing 13439
NDP
policies, alternative budget 13197-8
policies, economic policies 13200
position on liquefied natural gas development 13199
position on natural gas development 13439
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing 13199, 13439
liquefied natural gas development 13199, 13439
NDP position 13199
prosperity fund proposal 13198-9
natural gas development 13439
Olympic Games
2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, legacy infrastructure 13198-9
sports, wrestling 12791
O'Neill, Tim, review of government budget 13197
Petitions
bus service in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows 13608
Pitt Meadows, bus service, petition tabled 13608
Polio, elimination 13123
Public debt, management and reduction of debt 13198
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 13199
Resources and resource industries, development and role in economy 13200
Rotary International, work of organization and B.C. clubs 13123
Sports
speed skating 13395-6
wrestling 12791
Statements by members
Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association 12927
Rotary International 13123
Speed skating 13395-6
Wrestling 12791
Taxation, government policies 13200
Teachers, wages and salaries 13200
U.S., government financial management 13198
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
budget debate (Dix) 13295
comments in debate on Provincial Sales Tax Act in 2012 (Ralston) 13103
strategy for forest industry as former Forests Minister (Bell) 12757
Acting Auditor General Appointment Special Committee, establishment, membership and powers 13560
Agricultural Land Commission, applications processing 12916
Agriculture, government investment and support 12916-7
Auditor General
acting Auditor General, appointment process during election period 13447, 13526-7, 13557-9
appointment process and term of office 13447, 13526, 13556
appointment process and term of office, relationship to electoral cycle 13556, 13559
appointment, start and end dates 12769
reports, referral of reports to legislative committees 13192
role and responsibilities 13527
Auditor General Act, amendments 13526
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2013
debate 13447, 13526-7, 13556-9
amendment 13557-9
purpose of bill 13447, 13526-7
Barisoff, Bill, service as Speaker 13631-2
Bloy, Harry, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 12717
B.C., future and opportunities 12919-20
B.C. Hydro
facilities on First Nations land, grants in lieu of property tax 12921
financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 12930
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 12919
Budget debate 12912-20, 13295-6
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2013, debate 12921
Budgets
2012-13 budget 12913-4, 12916-7
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2013-14–2015-16, tabled 12921
budget process, work of public servants 13295
Budgets, 2013-14 budget
analysis and transparency 12913-4
asset sales component 12914-5, 12929, 13306, 13418-9
balanced budget 12913-4, 12917, 12919-20, 12928-30, 12932
content 12931, 12932, 13295-6
contingency funding and forecast allowance 12914
debate in Legislature 13295
election-year budget 13340
government presentation in budget lockup 13306-7, 13400
interim supply 13299, 13340, 13417-20
NDP position 13295-6
process 12912-5
revenue projections 12913-5
review by economists 12914, 12928
spending projections 12915-9
Business
small business
collection of sales taxes, commissions to small businesses 13112
corporate income tax rate 12914
sale of goods or services without business premises 13057-8
taxation 12914
Canada Border Services Agency, collection of sales taxes 13054
Carbon tax
applicability to fuels, propane 13067-8
exemptions and rebates 12917
impact and review 12917
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 13067-8
Children
early learning and child care, government investment and support 12919
programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 12917-9, 12929, 12932
China, market for B.C. wood building materials 13049
Civil service
collective agreements and bargaining, net zero mandate for public sector 12915
salaries and wages 12915
Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry
seniors home-renovation tax credit 12918
tax rebate for condominium construction 13076
Consumers, costs and user fees 12917-9
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, repeal 12770
Corporations
income tax 12914, 12921
taxation 12928
Credit rating, B.C. rating 12917
Crown corporations, government review 12915
Dix, Adrian, comments on government advertising 12929
Documents tabled
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2013-14–2015-16 12921
Finance Ministry reports
government borrowings and loans for 2011-12 13510
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 13510
revised schedule F for fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 13510
government service plans and 2013-14–2015-16 strategic plan 12921
Public Service Benefit Plan Act annual report for year ended March 31, 2012 13510
Doyle, John
position as Auditor General 12769
work as Auditor General and future position 13527
Economic Forecast Council, review of government budget 12914
Economy, conditions and global economy conditions 12913-5
Education
fruit and vegetable program 12916
funding 12915-6
learning improvement fund 12915-6
schools, capital projects, government investment 12917
Elections, fixed election date 13506
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 12916
Energy, innovative clean energy fund 13075
Exports and imports
export of goods to international markets, diversification 12916
trade between B.C. and India 13049
Families
government support 12917-9
tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 12919
tax credits for families with children, fitness and arts credits 12918
Film industry, government support 13049
Finance Ministry
reports tabled
government borrowings and loans for 2011-12 13510
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 13510
revised schedule F for fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 13510
staff 13051
Financial Administration Act, amendments 13068
Forest Act, amendments 12921
Forests and forest industry, revenue audit and compliance 12921
Fuel
coloured fuel, definition 13069
coloured fuel, use 13071-2
heating oil, light fuel oil and propane 13069
Government
accounting practices, rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 12930
advertising and announcements 12929
advertising and announcements during pre-election period 13505-6
advertising during NDP administration 13507
capital projects, funding and timeline 13417-8
capital projects, investment and projects 12917
consolidated revenue fund, special accounts and voted appropriations 13417
financial instruments, sale 13306, 13400, 13418
financial management 12913-5, 12917, 12919, 13296
lands and properties, sale 12914-5, 12929, 13418-9
programs and services, funding 12915-6
service plans and 2013-14–2015-16 strategic plan, tabled 12921
spending priorities 12915-9
spending relative to revenues 12913, 12915
Harmonized sales tax 12721, 12770-1, 12777, 13052, 13054-5, 13063, 13065, 13115
Health care system
capital projects, government investment 12917
funding and management of costs 12915, 12931
health outcomes 12915
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 12921
Home ownership, first-time new-home buyers bonus 12918
Homeowner grant, eligibility for owners claiming benefit on wrong property 12921
Horgan, John, clothing worn in chamber 13619-20
Hotel Room Tax Act, repeal 12770
Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 12921
Income assistance system, government funding and support 12918
Income Tax Act, amendments 12921
Income tax rate 12914, 12921
Industry, school tax 12914
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 12917
Insurance Corporation of B.C., role in tax collection and administration 13082, 13098
James, Carole, comments on tax policies 12928
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 12921
Legislation, supply bills, election-year bills 13299
Legislature
committee system 13557-9
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, change in sitting schedule 12718
role 12912
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 12717
appointment of Deputy Speaker 12717
Speaker's powers and role 13557
Medical Services Plan premiums 12914
MLAs
constituency budgets, use of funds 13505
retiring MLAs, recognition of service 13295
Mineral Land Tax Act, amendments, definition of "Taxation Agreement" 13068-9
Motions
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 12717
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 12717
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Acting Auditor General 13560
Legislative sitting hours 12718
Membership and powers of Parliamentary Reform Committee 13096
Referral of reports to committees and membership and powers of Public Accounts Committee 13192
Motor Fuel Tax Act
amendments 12770, 13070-3
amendments to definitions 13069
application 13065
definitions, "stationary internal combustion engine" 13070
NDP
MLAs, comments in debate on budget 13295-6
MLAs, use of constituency funding 13505-6
performance as government, budgets 12929
policies 12928, 12930, 13401
policies, alternative budget 13295-6
position on government budget 13295-6
New Housing Transition Tax and Rebate Act
amendments 13075-6
application 13101
Nisga'a people, treaty and final agreement, taxation agreement 13068-9
Oil and gas
liquefied natural gas development
facilities, taxation 13097
investment and opportunities 12728-9, 12916
revenues to government 12728-9
natural gas, prices and projections 12914
royalty programs 12914
O'Neill, Tim, review of government budget 12914
Oral questions (response)
Balanced budget and budget priorities 12928-9
Budget provisions for community living services 12932
Budget provisions for health care services 12930-1
Budget revenues and financial reporting by B.C. Hydro 12930
Budget revenues from sale of government assets 12929-30
Government advertising during pre-election period 13505-7
Hosting of Indian film awards event and spending priorities 13049
Inclusion of financial instruments in government asset sale 13306-7, 13400-1
Natural gas revenue projections 12728-9
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, liquefied natural gas pipeline project to Kitimat, benefits agreement with First Nations 13420
Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Committee, membership and powers 13096
Pensions, pooled registered savings plans 12919, 13184
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, debate 13183-4
Post-secondary education
capital investment and projects, trades training facilities 12917
government investment and student financial assistance 12918
Poverty, government action 12918
Presentation of estimates, estimates of sums required for the service of the province 12912
Property tax, deferral 12918, 12921
Property transfer tax
exemption for transfer of family farms 12921
legislation 12918
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 12921
Provincial Sales Tax Act
amendments 12771, 13079-86, 13097-115
amendments to definitions 13076-9
amendments, transitional provisions 13100-1
definitions 13054-5
definitions, "non-resident" 13077-8
definitions, "substantially" and "telecommunication" 13078
definitions, "use" and "user" 13079
Provincial Sales Tax Transitional Provisions and Amendments Act, 2013
debate 12721, 12770-1, 12776-7, 13051-73, 13075-86, 13097-115
debate in Legislature 12776-7
debate timeline and committee stage 12771
provisions, regulatory provisions 12771
provisions, retroactivity 13063
Public Accounts Committee
membership and powers 13192
powers and role 13559
Public debt
deficit 12913
management and reduction of debt 12917
Ralston, Bruce, comments in question period debate on sale of financial instruments 13400
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 12918
Reid, Linda, appointment as Deputy Speaker 12717
Resources and resource industries, development and permitting process 12916-7
Sales tax
administration and collection 12777, 13062, 13085, 13098, 13111-5
agreement with federal government 13065
collection agents 13076
enforcement and audits 13113-4
obligations re obtaining exemption information 13083, 13114
obligations re purchases from foreign suppliers 13076
registration for contractors 13111
exemptions 13051, 13084, 13100, 13106, 13109-10
exemptions for contractors and transfer of liability to customers 13056-7
fuel 13070
gifts in prescribed circumstances 13103-6
production machinery and equipment 13076
legislation, provisions for interest calculation 13068
rebates, point-of-sale rebates 13064
refunds 13072, 13110-1, 13115
refunds and credits 13098-9
refunds to charities for purchase of medical equipment 13077, 13111
repayment 13114
special occasion liquor licences 13103
regulations 13051, 13110-1
regulations, transitional provisions 13063, 13067
tax credits, residential energy credit and reimbursement 13064
Sales tax, application
accommodations 13061-2, 13080-1, 13107-8
affixed machinery 13076
alcohol 13059, 13103, 13112
application when tax is payable after tax reinstatement date 13052
bundled purchases 13081-2
coupons and rebate offers 13081
disposable diapers 13075
electronic devices 13076
energy products 13058, 13075, 13102-3
fuel
coloured fuel 13071-2
heating or non-motor fuel oil 13067, 13069, 13071-3
natural gas 13070-1, 13097
propane 13065-6, 13071
gifts 13084, 13103-6
legal services 13061-2
manufactured and mobile homes 13101
manufactured homes and buildings 13077
motor vehicles 13057, 13064-5, 13082, 13098-9
dealer-use formula 13102
modified vehicles 13077, 13079
multi-jurisdictional buses 13086, 13097-8
trade-ins 13084
portable buildings and floating structures 13078
promotional materials 13078
property
change in use 13100-2, 13106-7
exclusive products sold by independent contractors 13059, 13103
improvement 13100
leased property 13053, 13077, 13080, 13083-4
property brought into B.C. from other jurisdictions 13053-4
purchases of tangible personal property 13052, 13056, 13079, 13085-6, 13099-100, 13107
reusable containers 13059
services 13107
services, related services and services related to purchase 13060
small sellers 13057-8, 13102
software 13059-60, 13078, 13080, 13106-7
telecommunication services 13062, 13080, 13108-9
transportation equipment 13054-6
travel trailers 13084-5
Skills training, government investment and support 12917
Social Service Tax Act, repeal 12770
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 13075
Supply Act (No. 1), 2013, debate 13298-9, 13340, 13417-20
Sustainable Environment Fund Act, amendments 13075
Taxation
tax changes 12914
tax credits 12918-9
taxation of private sales of used vehicles, aircraft and boats, compliance and gift issue 13103-6
Times of India Film Awards, hosting of 2013 awards event in B.C. 13049
Tobacco
smoking cessation programs 12914
taxation of tobacco products 12770, 12914, 12921
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 12921
Transportation Act, amendment 13075
Tributes
Mr. Speaker 13631-2
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
accountability (Bennett) 13606
comments on issues
government advertising (de Jong) 12929
government performance (Bell) 12753-4
speech at Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce (Horne) 12736
conversation with John Les (Les) 13629
leadership of NDP (Black, D.) 13622
position on climate change initiatives (Bell) 12754
Alberta, skills training system 12752
Auditor General, report on health benefits operations 13548-9
Battistoni, Albert, contributions to community 12749-50
Bell, Pat
comments on HD Mining hiring process 12792
retirement as MLA and appreciation 12841, 13293
B.C. Hydro, financial status and reporting 13293
B.C., issues and concerns 12750-3
B.C. Liberal Party government
budgets 12928-9
performance 12753
position on liquefied natural gas development 12751
priorities and vision 12749-53
Budget debate 13293-5
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 12928-9, 13293-5
Buy B.C. program 12752
Campbell, Gordon, role as Premier, position on government advertising 13047
Carbon tax, revenues, allocation 12753
Chief Electoral Officer, recommendations on voter registration 13448
Climate change, government action on climate change 12749, 13294
Collingwood Neighbourhood House, activities 12749-50
Commonwealth Campus Corp., document from Dan McLaren to fairness adviser, tabled 13096
Community Living B.C., funding and operations 13294
Corporations, taxation 12928-9
de Jong, Michael, budget debate 13295
Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services, funding 12928-9, 13294
Discrimination and racism, ethnic and racial discrimination, historical wrongs 13244
Documents tabled
Commonwealth Campus Corp. document from Dan McLaren to fairness adviser 13096
Economy
conditions and productivity 12750-1
diversification 13294
economic plan for province 12752-3
sustainable development 12751
Elections
advertising, pre-campaign period 12725
voter participation 13448
voters list, proposal for provisional register for 16- and 17-year-olds 13448
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 12724-6
Environment, environmental protection, government responsibility 12752-3
Falcon, Kevin, comments on funding for wood innovation centre and Treasury Board process 13450-1
Film industry, tax credits, rally 12751
Food, locally grown food 12749, 12752
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs, timber export advisory committee 12752
government support 12752
Freedom of information, requests for information, "no records" responses 13302
Gladstone Secondary School, student accomplishments and activism 12749
Government
advertising and announcements
advertising and announcements during pre-election period 12724-6, 12843, 13047, 13505-6
advertising on government budget 13294
government spending 12928-9
legislation and proposal for Auditor General oversight 12725-6, 12842-3
partisan advertising 13047-8
capital projects, government announcements and funding 13450
financial management and status 13294
integrated case management system 12845-6
open government 13302
priorities 13294-5
role and responsibilities 12753
spending priorities 13047-8, 13505-6
Government Advertising Act, 2013, debate 12842-3
HD Mining International Ltd.
meetings with B.C. government officials 12791-2
Murray River mine, workforce hiring process 12791-2
Immigration, role in economy 12750
Income disparity and social inequality 12751
Information and Privacy Commissioner, reports, "no records" responses to information requests 13302-3
Japanese Canadians, internment and property confiscation during World War II 12750
Literacy, government funding and support 13505-6
McBride, Richard, government 12750, 12752
McLaren, Dan, allegations re wood innovation centre project 13091-2
Maximus Inc., government contracts 13548-9
MLAs
appreciation 12841
retiring MLAs, recognition of service 12748-9
Mines and mining industry workers, local employment and government support 12791
Ministerial statements (response)
Apology for multicultural outreach strategy and partisan activities 13240
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 13240, 13243
NDP
approach to role as opposition 12753
legislation 12753
policies 13294-5
New Westminster constituency and area, MLAs who have represented constituency 12748
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development 13294
B.C. Liberal Party position 12751
Oral questions
Balanced budget and budget priorities 12928
Government advertising campaign and post-secondary education funding 13047-8
Government advertising during pre-election period 12724-6, 13505-6
Government contract with Maximus for medical services administration 13548-9
Government handling of wood innovation centre project 13450-1
Government response to allegations regarding wood innovation centre bidding process 13091-2
Integrated case management system 12845-6
Premier's office records and freedom-of-information requests 13302-3
Role of Premier's office in multicultural outreach strategy 13243-4
Worker recruitment for HD Mining project and government response 12791-2
Post-secondary education
accessibility and government investment 12751-2
funding 13047
Premier's Office
communications and recordkeeping policies 13302-3
freedom-of-information requests 13302-3
role in development of multicultural outreach strategy 13243-4
Prince George wood innovation and design centre project
bidding process 13091-2
government handling 13092
government handling and funding 13450-1
Promoting Youth Vote Act, 2013, debate 13448
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 13047
Resources and resource industries, government support and local processing 12750, 12752
Routley, Bill, return to Legislature 12841
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment project, government handling and funding 13450
Skills training
government investment and support 13294
supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 12752, 13047
Statements
Messages of appreciation and welcome 12841
Throne speech content 12749-53
Throne speech debate 12747-53
Treasury Board, budget approval process for capital projects 13450
Vancouver, Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 13293
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
issues and concerns 12749-50
MLAs who have represented constituency 12747-8
population 12750
Windermere Community Secondary School, annual conference on climate change 12749
Yap, John, resignation from cabinet 13240
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

As subject
constituency assistants thanked 12782
involvement in youth engagement contest 13601
Abbott, George, future role as university instructor 13228
Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology Ministry, budget 13217
Agriculture industry 12799
Alberta, economy and government budget 13038, 13216
Arts and culture, government funding, rural areas 12790
Auditor General, reports on government management of natural resources 13038, 13226
Bell, Pat, role in wood innovation centre development process 13335-6, 13453-4
Bennett, Bill, comments on funding of government ministries 13218
Best Teen Band Contest 12790
Bond, Shirley, role in wood innovation centre development process 13453-4
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements and financial reporting 13215
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 13214-6
position on Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 12783, 12839
priorities 13217-8
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
economic conditions and development 13215, 13217-8
government services and support 13217-8
health care services 13216-8
land stewardship in northwest B.C. 12800
mining industry in northwest B.C. 12783
reinvestment in communities and development planning 12799
residents' position on liquefied natural gas development 13216
tourism industry in northwest B.C. 12873
Budget debate 13214-8
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 13214-8
interim supply 13420
Business, small business
collection of sales taxes, registration for provincial sales tax 12775
taxation 12774-5
Civil service, government support 13227-8
Coons, Gary, work as MLA 12782
Dease-Liard sustainable management plan, plan and establishment of conservancy 12880
Destination BC Corp. Act, debate 12872-3
Destination B.C., establishment as Crown corporation 12872-3
Drummond, Don, comments on post-secondary education funding 13217
Economy, diversification 12799, 13217
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 13217
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat
B.C. Liberal Party position 12783, 12839
role of B.C. government in review process 12838
Energy
electricity rates 12782
northwest transmission line, delay and consultation with First Nations in area 12880-1
Environment, environmental assessment process
capacity and funding of provincial office 13217
First Nations consultation 12783
integrated federal-provincial process 12838-9
Fehr, Brian
allegations re wood innovation centre bidding process and land acquisition 13335
donations to political parties 13335
First Nations, consultation by government on land and resources 12881
Forests and forest industry
forest inventory 12799
industry conditions and government support 12799
logging equipment, taxation 12774-5
Fraser Institute, report on investor confidence and aboriginal rights and title 13227
Fuel, heating oil and light fuel oil 13069
Giraud, Byng, comments on mining industry training and funding 13217
Gitanyow First Nation
agreement with government and establishment of conservancy 12880-1
concerns on issues
mining proposal 12881
proposal re impact of development on moose population 12783
wildlife protection 13343
consultation on transmission line project 12880-1
The Globe and Mail, article on Alberta oil and gas industry 13216
Government
advertising and announcements, government spending 13217-8
lands and properties, sale 13215
ministries, natural resource ministries funding 13217-8
programs and services, funding and reductions 13217-8
public confidence and "good governance" concept 13226-8
revenue sources 12799
spending priorities 13217-8
Grant Thornton, report on liquefied natural gas revenues 13216
Hamhuis, Dan, involvement in contest in Stikine area 13601
Hanna-Tintina Conservancy
description 12880
establishment 13343
Harmonized sales tax 12774-5
HD Mining International Ltd.
Murray River mine, mining technique 13050-1
Murray River mine, workforce hiring process 13050-1
Health care system, funding, wait-lists and waiting times 13216-8
Highway 37, impact of highway traffic on wildlife populations 13343
Industry sectors 12799
Investment climate and investor confidence 13226-8
Legislature, members' conduct 12782
Literacy programs and services, funding for communities 13217-8
MLAs, retiring MLAs, recognition of service 12782
Mineral Land Tax Act, amendments, definition of "Taxation Agreement" 13068-9
Mines and mining industry
development 12783
industry conditions and government support 13226-7
workers, government support 13050-1
workers, supply and training 13217
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, recommendations 13217
Mittelstaedt, Martin, article on Alberta oil and gas industry 13216
Motions
Environmental assessment process and Enbridge Northern Gateway review 12838-9
Hydraulic fracturing 13440
Natural gas sector 13037-8
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments to definitions 13069
Ne'ah' Conservancy, description 12880
NDP policies, natural gas development 13440
Nisga'a people, treaty and final agreement, taxation agreement 13068-9
North, Janine
comments in briefing note 13336
correspondence with government 13453
Northwest Community College, School of Exploration and Mining, funding 13217
Oil and gas
First Nations consultation 13216
hydraulic fracturing, review panel proposal 13440
industry, water use 13440
liquefied natural gas development 13038
government consultation and oversight 13216
prosperity fund proposal 12798-9
revenue projections 13215-6
natural gas development 13037-8, 13440
natural gas prices and projections 13215
oversight and regulation of industry 13440
Oil and Gas Commission, compliance and enforcement activities 13440
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, impact on tourism 12873
Oral questions
Government response to allegations regarding wood innovation centre bidding process 13335-6
Government role in wood innovation centre bidding process and call for investigation 13453-4
Worker recruitment for HD Mining project and government response 13050-1
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, liquefied natural gas pipeline project to Kitimat, benefits agreement with First Nations 13420
Poverty, government action 13218
Prince George wood innovation and design centre project
bidding process 13335-6
call for independent investigation into development process 13453-4
loan process for land acquisition 13453-4
Private members' statements
Good governance 13226-8
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2013
debate 12880-1, 13343
position of MLAs 12880
Provincial Sales Tax Transitional Provisions and Amendments Act, 2013, debate 12773-5, 13068-9
The Racket music band 12790
Redford, Alison, comments on Alberta economy and government budget 13038, 13216
Resources and resource industries
development and role in economy 13217-8
development, cumulative effects analysis and management framework 13038, 13216
government stewardship of public resources 13226
permitting process, backlog 13217, 13226-7
Rustad, John, position on parks amendment legislation 12880-1
Sales tax
application, heating or non-motor fuel oil 13069
exemptions 12774-5
Social media, cyberbullying 12782
Statements by members
The Racket and teen band contest 12790
Youth engagement contest in Stikine area 13601
Stikine constituency and area
conservancy areas and First Nations lands 12880
conservancy areas and mineral claims 13343
cyberbullying awareness contest 12782
economic development proposals 12798-9
First Nations, consultation by government 12799-800
First Nations, economic issues and access to traditional food sources 12782-3
guide-outfitting and recreational fishing industries 12873
industries 12799
youth engagement contest 13601
Supply Act (No. 1), 2013, debate 13420
Throne speech content and debate 12798
Throne speech debate 12782-3, 12798-800
Tourism B.C., establishment and dissolution 12872
Tourism industry, conditions 12873
Vancouver Canucks, involvement in youth engagement contest in Stikine area 13601
The Vancouver Sun, article on liquefied natural gas revenues 13216
Water management and sustainability, legislation 13440
Wildlife, moose population in northwest B.C. 12783

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