BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Member entries), Fifth Session, 39th Parliament

Pimm, Pat (Peace River North)

As subject

family and staff thanked 12976

Alberta economy and government budget 12977

B.C. Liberal Party government, MLAs, rural caucus activities 12978

B.C., oil and gas industry in northeast B.C. 13436

Budget debate 12976-80

Budgets

2013-14 budget 12979-80

balanced budgets 12979

Business, small business, collection of sales taxes, administration 13232

Carbon tax

public opinion and review 12979-80

rate, NDP position 12979-80

Corporations, income tax 12979

Education, learning improvement fund 12979

Energy

power supply 12977

projects, NDP position 12977

Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation and reports 12978-80

Harmonized sales tax 13232

Health care system, funding and surgical services 12979

Horgan, John, comments on hydraulic fracturing 13436

Income tax rate 12980

Motions

Hydraulic fracturing 13436

Natural gas sector 13033-4

Registration of businesses for provincial sales tax 13231-2

NDP, position on issues

carbon tax rate 12979-80

liquefied natural gas development 13034

power projects 12977

Oil and gas

hydraulic fracturing 12977-8, 13034, 13436

industry, power supply 12977, 13034

industry, water use 12978

liquefied natural gas development 12976-8, 13034

gas requirements 13034, 13436

NDP position 13034

projects 13034

prosperity fund proposal 13034

natural gas development 13033-4

Oil and Gas Commission, operations and water management 12978

Peace River area, water licences 12978

Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 12980

Sales tax administration and collection, self-assessment and audits 13232

Taxation, government policies 12979-80

Polak, Hon. Mary (Langley)

Agriculture, government support 13213

Arts and culture, youth engagement, B.C. Creative Futures strategy and programs 13213

Asia-Pacific gateway, role and initiatives 12807

B.C. Ferry Services Inc.

financial management and credit rating 13095-6

funding 13211-2

B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 12806-9, 13210

Budget debate 13210-4

Budgets, 2013-14 budget 13210, 13212-4

Carbon tax, impact, exemptions and rebates 13213

Children

early learning and child care, government investment and support 13212

programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 13212

Communities, government investment and support 13212-3

Credit rating, B.C. rating 13214

Economy

economic development 13210-2, 13214

role of government 13211-3

Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 12807

Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 13212

Ferries and ferry services

ferry services model, public consultation by government 13096

ferry services model review and implementation of recommendations 13096

ferry-dependent communities, consultation on service changes 13212

system, management 13095-6, 13212

First Nations

agreements with government and economic partnerships 12806

new relationship with government 12806-7

relationship with settlers and vision 12806

Government

financial management 13210-1, 13214

programs and services, priorities and support 12807-8

spending, control 13214

Haisla Nation, involvement in liquefied natural gas terminal development 12808-9

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta 12808

Income tax rate 13213

Infrastructure

government investment 13214

government investment and public response 13210-1

transportation infrastructure, government investment 13210-1, 13214

Langley constituency and area, issues and concerns 13213

Lower Mainland, transportation infrastructure 13211, 13214

Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development 12808-9

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, 2010 sports and arts legacy fund 13212-3

Oral questions (response)

Flood protection in Swansea Point area 12912

Government management of ferry services 13095-6

Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, pipeline project, liquefied natural gas pipeline to Kitimat 12809

Police and policing, funding for police services 13213

Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 13212

Routley, Doug, debate on throne speech 12807-8

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, services in B.C. 13213

Sicamous, Swansea Point area, flood risk and mitigation 12912

Taxation, competitive tax system and tax changes 13213

Throne speech debate 12806-9

Tla'amin Nation, treaty and final agreement 12806

Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products 13213-4

Transit services, government investment and support 13211

Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, budget and service plan 13211

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 12807, 13210-1

Popham, Lana (Saanich South)

As subject

family members working as firefighters 12723

opportunities to speak in Legislature 13278

role as Agriculture critic 13278

Agricultural Land Commission, funding, fee-based cost recovery model 13279-80

Agriculture

extension services 13279, 13281-2

government funding, support and long-term planning 13278-82

products, promotion of B.C. products 13281-2

Agriculture and Fisheries Committee, role in stakeholder consultation 13281

Agriculture Ministry, budget and service plan 13278-80

Budget debate 13278-80, 13281-3

Business, locally owned businesses, role in communities and economy 12827-30

Buy B.C. program 12829, 13281

Canadian Union of Public Employees, initiative on local purchasing 12828

Consumers, local purchasing 12827-8

Economic Development Quarterly, article on locally owned businesses 12828

Evans, Corky

mentorship 13282-3

role and comments as Agriculture Minister 13278

Farmers Advocacy Office, independence and status 13552

Fires and firefighters, firefighters killed on the job and memorial at B.C. Legislature 12722-3

Food

food security 13282

locally grown food, government support 12829-30

locally grown food, procurement policy proposal 13280, 13282

Food industry

meat-processing regulations and inspection services 13279

meat-processing regulations, impact of changes 13282

slaughter facilities, mobile abattoirs 13279

slaughtering skills training, SlaughterSafe course 13282

tree fruit industry, genetically modified apple trees, petition tabled 13509

Fraser Valley, locally grown food 12829

Government, procurement practices, local procurement 12829

Harvard Business Review, article on locally owned businesses 12828

Health care system, health authorities and health care facilities, procurement practices and food services 12829, 13282

The Last Alarm, poem about firefighters 12723

Legislature, legislative calendar and sitting schedule, sitting days in 39th parliament 13278

NDP, agriculture policies and plan 13278-80, 13281-3

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, souvenir sales and role in B.C. economy 12828

Oral questions

Farmers Advocacy Office for Peace River area 13552

Petitions

commercial introduction of genetically modified apple trees 13509

Private members' statements

Purchasing power 12827-30

Saanich Peninsula, agriculture industry, loss of meat production 13279

Sales, bookstores, role in local economies 12828

Statements by members

Firefighters memorial 12722-3