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

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
2009 community safety legislation 13413 (Bond) 13411, 13614, 13618-9 (Corrigan) 13412, 13614 (Simpson, S.) 13415
comments in question period debate on sale of financial instruments (de Jong) 13400
comments on natural gas price forecasts 12936
Accountants, compensation 13527
Alberta, immigration to province 12943
Alcohol, liquor distribution and warehousing system privatization proposal 12935
Auditor General
acting Auditor General, appointment process during election period 13527, 13557-8
appointment process and term of office 13527, 13556
review of financial reporting by B.C. Hydro 12920, 12942-3
role and responsibilities 13527
staff, recruitment and development 13527
Auditor General Act, amendments 13527, 13556
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2013
debate 13527, 13556-8
amendment 13557-8
Bateman, Jordan, comments on MSP premiums 12940
Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms, comments on interim supply 13340
B.C.
future of province 12921
population, migration to and from B.C. 12943
B.C. Construction Association, recommendations on sales tax legislation and administration 12772-3
B.C. Hydro, financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 12920, 12942-3
B.C. Liberal Party government
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust, government coverage of defendants' legal fees 12831
budgets 12920
financial management 12831
MLAs, comments on harmonized sales tax elimination 13234
performance 12920-1
Budget debate 12920-1, 12933-44
Budgets
2009-10 budget 12938-9
2012-13 budget 12933, 12935, 12937
2013-14 budget
asset sales component 12920, 12929, 12933-5, 13306, 13400, 13418-9
balanced budget 12929, 12933-6, 12939-40, 12942-4
comparison to 2009 budget 12938-9
content 12920
election-year budget 13340
government presentation in budget lockup 13306
health component 12937-40
interim supply 13340, 13416-20
priorities 12944
revenue projections 12920, 12933-6, 12940, 12942
spending projections 12936-42
Business, small business
collection of sales taxes, commissions to small businesses 13112
collection of sales taxes, registration for provincial sales tax 13234
sale of goods or services without business premises 13057-8
Campbell, Gordon, role as Premier, position on government advertising 12929
Canada Border Services Agency, collection of sales taxes 13054
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, study on B.C. MSP premiums 12940
Carbon tax
applicability to fuels, propane 13067
revenues, allocation 12920
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 13067
Children
child care, accessibility and affordability 12940-1
programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 12940-1
special needs children, funding for services 12939
Climate change, government action on climate change 12920
Community Safety Act, debate 13413-4
Construction industry
builder's liens and tax payments 13053
residential construction industry, tax rebate for condominium construction 13076
taxation, application of sales tax 12772-3
Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, repeal 13068
Crown corporations, revenues to government 12936
de Jong, Michael, comments in debate on Provincial Sales Tax Act in 2012 13103
Documents tabled
Public Accounts Committee
second report for fourth session of 39th parliament 13609
Doyle, John
work as Auditor General 13609
work as Auditor General and future position 13527
Drummond, Don, comments on Ontario government budget 12920
Economy
2008 conditions and government response 12937
conditions 12920, 12933, 12943
Education
information management, BCeSIS system 12831
learning improvement fund 12920
Education Ministry, budget 13417
Elections, advertising, pre-campaign period 12929
Employment and unemployment, job creation 12943
Energy, innovative clean energy fund 13075
Exports and imports, trade between B.C. and Asia 12943
Falcon, Kevin, comments as Finance Minister on sales tax transition process and legislation 13234
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 12940-1
Finance and Government Services Committee, public hearings 12772-3, 12941
Financial Administration Act, amendments 13068
Finlayson, Jock, comments on B.C. economy 12943
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, budget 12941-2
Fuel
coloured fuel, definition and use 13069, 13071-2
imported fuel, definition in legislation 13067
propane 13069
Giraud, Byng, comments on mine permitting process 12941-2
The Globe and Mail, article on liquefied natural gas industry 12944
Government
accounting practices, rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 12942
advertising and announcements
advertising on government budget 12935, 12937, 12940-1
government spending 12831
partisan advertising 12920-1
capital projects, funding and timeline 13340, 13417-8
consolidated revenue fund, special accounts and voted appropriations 13416-7
financial instruments, sale 13306, 13400, 13418
financial management 12935
integrated case management system 12831
lands and properties, management 12935
lands and properties, sale 12929, 12933-5, 13306, 13418-9
local government, municipal grants, three-year allocation 12942
programs and services, funding 12920
spending, priorities 12831
spending, reduction strategies 12937
Harmonized sales tax 12771-3, 13052, 13054, 13063, 13234
Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2013
debate 13381-4
consultation on bill 13381-4
Health care system
community care services 12939
continuing and long-term care beds and facilities, closings 12939
costs and spending 12937-9
costs, factors 12938
costs, management 12920
funding 12920
health authorities, concerns re proposed long-term agreement with nurses and bargaining structure for licensed practical nurses 13383
services, reductions in 2009 12938-9
surgical services, reduction 12939
workers, collective bargaining structures 13381
Health Sector Labour Relations Commission, consultation process and comments by commissioner 13381
High-technology industry, government support and role in economy 12944
Imperial Metals Corp., Red Chris mine 12941
Insurance Corporation of B.C., role in tax collection and administration 13082, 13098
Interpretation Act, application 13065
Iqra Islamic School, history and role 13301
Labour, collective bargaining, rights 13382-3
Legislature
committee system 13557-8
members not to refer to absence or presence of other members 13380
Speaker's powers and role 13557
McPherson, Debra, comments on government budget 12938
Medical Services Plan premiums 12939-40
Mental health, mental illness and addiction, services and funding 12938-9
Mihirig, Ali, accomplishments 13301
Milburn, Peter, comments on government budget 12934
Morden, Gerry, role in community safety legislation development 13413
Motions
Registration of businesses for provincial sales tax 13234
Motor Fuel Tax Act
amendments 13070-3
amendments to definitions 13069
application 13065
definitions, "stationary internal combustion engine" 13070
NDP, economic policies 12921
New Housing Transition Tax and Rebate Act
amendments 13075-6
application 13100
Nurses, licensed practical nurses, representation by unions 13381-4
Oil and gas
liquefied natural gas development 12920, 12944
facilities, taxation 13097
prosperity fund proposal 12728
report 12944
revenues to government 12728-9
natural gas, prices and projections 12936
O'Neill, Tim, review of government budget 12936-7
Oral questions
Budget revenues from sale of government assets 12929
Health information technology project costs and risk assessment 13550-1
Inclusion of financial instruments in government asset sale 13306, 13400
Natural gas revenue projections 12728-9
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, liquefied natural gas pipeline project to Kitimat, benefits agreement with First Nations 13419-20
Pensions, pension funds, management 12935
Pinton Forrest and Madden, presentation by Jock Finlayson 12943
Points of order
comments by John Les 13380
Post-secondary education, government investment and support 12920
Private members' statements (response)
The importance of fiscal restraint 12831
Privilege
reserving right to raise a question of privilege re comments by Pat Pimm 12980
Provincial Sales Tax Act
amendments 13079-86, 13097-115
consequential amendments 13084
definitions 13076-9
transitional provisions 13100-1
definitions 13051, 13054
"non-resident" 13077
"substantially" and "telecommunication" 13078
"use" and "user" 13078-9
Provincial Sales Tax Transitional Provisions and Amendments Act, 2013
debate 12771-3, 13051-73, 13075-86, 13097-115
introduction 13234
provisions, retroactivity 13063
Public Accounts Committee
second report for fourth session of 39th parliament presented 13609
work of committee 13609
Public debt, deficit 12933
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 12941
Resources and resource industries, permitting process 12941-2
Safety, community safety, complaint process for unlawful activities in residential neighbourhoods 13413-4
Sales tax
administration and collection 12771-3, 13062, 13085, 13098, 13111-2, 13114-5
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, 13100, 13109-10
exemptions for contractors and transfer of liability to customers 13056
fuel 13070
gifts in prescribed circumstances 13103-6
production machinery and equipment 13076
legislation 13084
legislation, provisions for interest calculation 13068
rebates, point-of-sale rebates 13063-4
refunds 13072, 13110-1, 13115
refunds and credits 13098-9
refunds to charities for purchase of medical equipment 13111
special occasion liquor licences 13103
regulations 13051, 13110-1
regulations, transitional provisions 13063, 13067
repayment 13113
tax credits, residential energy credit and reimbursement 13064
Sales tax, application
accommodations 13060-2, 13080, 13107-8
affixed machinery 13076
alcohol 13059, 13103
application when tax is payable after tax reinstatement date 13052
bundled purchases 13081
charities 13077
contingent fee agreement or extraordinary circumstances 13067
coupons and rebate offers 13081
disposable diapers 13075
electronic devices 13076
energy products 13058-9, 13075, 13102-3
fuel
coloured fuel 13071-2
heating or non-motor fuel oil 13066-7, 13071-3, 13075
natural gas 13070-1, 13097
propane 13065-6, 13069, 13071
gifts 13084, 13103-6
legal services 13061
manufactured and mobile homes 13100-1
manufactured homes and buildings 13077
mobile homes 13100-1
motor vehicles 13057, 13064, 13082, 13098-9
dealer-use formula 13102
multi-jurisdictional buses 13097-8
motor vehicles, multi-jurisdictional buses 13086
portable buildings and floating structures 13078, 13082
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 bought for resale and then used 13057
property brought into B.C. from other jurisdictions 13053-4
purchases of tangible personal property 13052-3, 13056, 13079, 13081, 13085, 13099, 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
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 13075
Statements by members
Iqra Islamic School in Surrey and work of Ali Mihirig 13301
Supply Act (No. 1), 2013, debate 13340, 13416-20
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on B.C. legislation on health workers collective bargaining 13381-3
Sustainable Environment Fund Act, amendments 13075
Taxation, taxation of private sales of used vehicles, aircraft and boats, compliance and gift issue 13103-6
Throne speech content 12728
Transportation Act, amendment 13075
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, information management, clinical and systems transformation project 13550-1
Vancouver, housing
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 12929, 12933-4
Pearson-Dogwood redevelopment project 12935
The Vancouver Sun, articles on government budget and health spending 12938
Reid, Linda (Richmond East)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 12717
work with Clyde Hertzman 12843
Brynelsen, Dana, comments on death of Clyde Hertzman 12843
Hertzman, Clyde, work on early childhood development issues and legacy 12843
Johnson, Simon, contributions to theatre 13046
Statements by members
Clyde Hertzman 12843
Simon Johnston 13046
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
health issues and work as MLA (Macdonald) 12739
health status and care and return to legislative debate 13263-4 (Cantelon) 13267 (Deputy Speaker) 13267
return to Legislature (Dix) 12841 (Foster) 13292-3
work as MLA (Bell) 13283
B.C. Liberal Party government, position on corporate taxation 13264
Budget debate 13263-7
Budgets
2009-10 budget deficit 13267
2013-14 budget 13264
Children, child care accessibility and affordability 13264
Civil service employees, reduction 13266
Corporations, taxation, B.C. Liberal Party position 13264
Cowichan District Hospital, need for replacement facility 13265
Cowichan Valley, forest industry 13264-5
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 13265-6
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 13266
export of raw logs and timber export advisory committee 13266
forest inventory 13510
government investment and support 13510
tenure system, partitioning of harvesting rights 13511
tenure system, public consultation on legislative changes 13498-9
timber supply areas in interior, low-quality timber stands 13510-1
tree farm licences, history of system in B.C. 13498
Government advertising and announcements during pre-election period 13266-7
Gray, David, resignation from timber export advisory committee 13266
HD Mining International Ltd., Murray River mine, workforce hiring process 13265
Health care system
health professionals commended 13264
health support workers, impact of government actions on workers 13267
Immigration, temporary foreign workers 13265
Kaatza Day Care Society, closing of child care facility 13264
Legislature, implementation of committee recommendations 13510
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2013
debate 13498-9, 13510-1
withdrawal of sections on Forest Act amendments 13498
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development and prosperity fund proposal 13264, 13267
Oral questions
Replacement of Cowichan Valley school district trustees and school closings 13509
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley), replacement of trustees and school closings 13509
Skills training, government investment and support 13265
Sloan, Gordon McGregor, commissions of inquiry on forest resources 13498
Taxation, government policies, impact on economy 13264
Timber Supply Special Committee, report, implementation of recommendations 13498, 13510-1
Youbou, closing of mill and log exports from area 13264-5
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
debate on throne speech (Polak) 12807-8
family and constituents thanked 12802
B.C. Hydro, management 12803
B.C. Liberal Party government
budgets and action on stated goals 13021-3
financial management 13021-3
public confidence 13022-3, 13132
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, project management and response to freedom-of-information requests 12910
Budget debate 13021-3, 13131-3
Budgets
2009-10 budget deficit 13021-2
2013-14 budget 13021-3, 13131-2
deficit budgets 13131-2
Business, small business, government support 12803
Colliery Dam Park, use by Nanaimo residents and dam risk mitigation 12805, 13242
Drummond, Don, comments on issues
Ontario government budget 13023
Ontario government budget and skills training 13132
skills training 12803
Economy
economic development 12803-4
role of government 13023
Education system 12802
Environment
environmental assessment process 12805
pollution from orphaned sites 12805
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 12805
workers, supply of skilled workers 12803
Freedom of information
legislation, government compliance 13607
requests for information, "no records" responses 13303, 13398
Government
communications, policies 13607
open government 12804, 13303, 13398
programs and services, reductions 13022-3
records management 13607
transfer payments from federal government, equalization payments 13132
HD Mining International Ltd., Murray River mine, workforce hiring process 12803
Health care services, reductions 13022-3
Information and Privacy Commissioner, reports and reviews, "no records" responses to information requests 13398
Ladysmith, seniors population 12804
MLAs
retiring MLAs, recognition of service 12802
role and responsibilities 12801-2
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park
mine site history and preservation 12926
site restoration 12805
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 13607
Nanaimo
cycling activities in area 13448
First Nations 12805
South Nanaimo neighbourhood 12804-5
volunteerism and community leadership 12802
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area, issues and representation by MLAs 12802-3
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing 12805
liquefied natural gas development 12803-4
natural gas prices 13132
Oral questions
Government record-keeping and freedom of information 13607
PavCo response to information requests from media 12910
Premier's office records and freedom-of-information requests 13303, 13398
Physicians, training, residency and medical residents 12905
Politics and politicians, public opinion and political courage 13132-3
Premier's Office
communications and recordkeeping policies 13303, 13398, 13607
freedom-of-information requests 13303, 13398
Privacy, breaches of personal information in public sector 12804
Privilege
Reserving right to raise matter of privilege 12933
Public debt
debt 13022
debt via contractual obligations 13132
Skills training, government investment and support 12803, 13023
Society, social equity and inequality 12804
South End Community Association, work of organization 12804-5
South Wellington, community and children 12804
South Wellington Elementary School, potential closing 12804
Statements by members
Colliery Dam Park 13242
Cycling in Nanaimo area 13448-9
Medical residents 12905
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park 12926
Throne speech, content and purpose 12802-6
Throne speech debate 12801-6
Vancouver Island, coal industry 12805
Yap, John, comments on government communications policies 13607
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
constituents, family and staff thanked 13008
position on parks amendment legislation 12879 (Donaldson) 12880-1
Bourgeois, Bill, comments on forest management 13229
B.C., northern and rural B.C., government investment and support 13009-12
Budget debate 13008-12
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 13008-9, 13008-10, 13012
Cancer treatment services in northern B.C. 13011
Carbon tax, exemptions, rebates and revenues 13009
Century Farm Award 12724
Documents tabled
Timber Supply Special Committee report 12849-50
Dunkley Lumber Ltd., forest management practices 13033
Economy, conditions 13012
Education
funding 13008-9
schools, improvements 13010
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, NDP position 12833
Environment, environmental assessment process, integrated federal-provincial process 12833-4
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 13012
Forest Renewal B.C., role and impact 13229
Forests and forest industry
conditions 13032-3
forest inventory 13011, 13033
forest management and practices
area-based and volume-based management 13229
history and future 13032-3
innovation 13011-2, 13229-31
investment in land base 13229-30
government investment and support 13011-2
mountain pine beetle infestation, government management 13032-3
public consultation 13230
silviculture 13011, 13032
tenure system, area-based tenures 13033
tenure system, supplemental forest licences 13012
timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply 13011, 13228-30
wood pellet industry 13012
Fuel, coloured fuel, tax exemption 13009
Government, financial management and funding of programs and services 13008-12
Health care system
health care facilities and hospitals, construction and improvements 13010
spending and outcomes 13008-9
Highways and roads, improvements 13010
Horgan, John, comments on natural gas development 13042
Industry, government support 13009
Infrastructure, government investment 13008-10
Investment, government investments 13008-12
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion and increased tanker traffic on south coast 12833
Legislature, private members' time, role 13228
Motions
Environmental assessment process and Enbridge Northern Gateway review 12833-4
Hydraulic fracturing 13437-8
Natural gas sector 13042
Mulcair, Thomas, position on issues as leader of federal NDP 13437-8
Nechako Lakes constituency and area, impact of government investments and policies 13009-12
NDP
performance as government 13010-2
policies, alternative budget 13009-10
position on issues
Enbridge oil pipeline proposal 12833
liquefied natural gas development 13042
natural gas development 13437-8
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing 13438
industry, water use 13438
liquefied natural gas development
development and opportunities 13042, 13438
investment and opportunities 13010
NDP position 13042
natural gas development 13437-8
Parks
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies 12879-80
system, targets 12879-80
Poole family, history of farming activities 12724
Poverty, child poverty 13012
Private members' statements
Growing fibre, growing value — a path to the future in forestry 13228-31
Private members' statements (response)
Future of our forests 13032-3
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2013
debate 12879-80
position of MLAs 12879
The Province, article on natural gas industry 13042
Resources and resource industries, development process 12834
Simpson, Bob, activities as MLA 13230
Skills training, government investment and support 13010
Statements by members
Jerusha White 13504-5
Poole family farm and Century Farm Award 12724
Taxation, government policies 13012
Timber Supply Special Committee
membership, staff and consultation participants thanked 12850
public hearings 13229-30
report presented, debate 12849-50
report recommendations 13229
report recommendations and government response 12850
The Vancouver Sun, article on natural gas industry 13042
White, Jerusha, accomplishments as musician and dancer 13504-5

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