Province of British Columbia
First Session, 40th Parliament – 2013
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Eby, David (Vancouver–Point Grey)

As subject
colleagues, constituents, family and supporters thanked 66-8
election as MLA (Dix) 13
role as MLA 67-8
Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, proposal for school of traditional Chinese medicine 915
Advanced Education Ministry
estimates debate 867-71, 875, 878-83, 910-6
budget
allocation for advertising, publications and travel 870
contingency funds and sale of assets 867
reduction 868
mandate letter goals 879-82
service plans 910
service plans and spending 867-8
staffing and contracts 869-70
Agriculture products, promotion of B.C. products 446
Bayview Elementary School, seismic upgrade needs 783
B.C. Coroners Service, role in recovery of deceased persons from water 327-8
B.C. Hydro, underwater camera technology 394
Budget debate 66-8
Business
government promotion of local purchasing 446-7
voucher program 882, 1182-3
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 520, 536
Drugs, prescription drugs, information 277
Education, adult basic education 912
Education Ministry, estimates debate 783
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 870-1
Environment, environmental protection 67
General Gordon Elementary School, seismic upgrade project and relocation of students 783
Government
advertising and announcements, advertising on trades training 870-1, 925
core review 868
procurement practices and system, local procurement 446
public engagement 67
Health care facilities and hospitals, priorities 1151
Health Ministry, estimates debate 1150-1
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
budget and student services 157
letter to government from president 157
trades training programs, wait-lists 925
MLAs, relationship with other MLAs 68
Metro Vancouver, electoral area A
governance and government consultation on issues 520, 536
transportation infrastructure issues 764-5
Motions
Promotion of purchasing from B.C. businesses 446-7
Multiculturalism, EmbraceBC program 882
Neville, Sid, death and location of body in François Lake 394
Oral questions
Post-secondary education funding and letter by Kwantlen University president 157
Recovery of deceased persons from B.C. waters 327-8, 393-4
Therapeutics initiative and access to drug information 277
Trades-training advertising and wait-lists 925
Pacific Carbon Trust
allocation of carbon offsets, post-secondary sector 913
allocation of revenues for energy-efficiency upgrades 913
PharmaCare program, therapeutics initiative 277
Pharmaceutical industry, position on therapeutics initiative 277
Post-secondary education
data collection 875, 878-80
fees 868-9
international education, expansion and capacity in system 881-2
international students, enrolment 875
international students, government action on student visa issues 913-4
student financial assistance 911
student financial assistance, income-to-loan repayment and 8 percent target 910-1
students, first-year completion rates 878-9
Post-secondary education, funding 157
funding for building maintenance, deferred maintenance 912-3
funding for First Nations education 915
grant requirements and inability to carry over funding 883
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
assets, sales 867
consultation by government 882
core review 879-80
education quality assurance process 913-4
English language learning schools 913-4
equipment donations from private sector, liability issue 883
facilities, energy-efficiency upgrades 913
facilities, space utilization 881
financial reporting, inclusion in government reporting entity 883
Queen Elizabeth Annex School, impact of relocated students from upgrade project 783
Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, impact of relocated students from upgrade project 783
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, role in recovery of deceased persons from water 394
Salmen, Raymond, death and location of body in Harrison Lake 327-8, 394
School district 39 (Vancouver), seismic upgrade projects 783
Skills training, trades training, wait-lists 871, 925
Statements by members
Arts and culture events in Vancouver–Point Grey area and future of Jericho lands 86
University Neighbourhoods Association in Vancouver–Point Grey area 546-7
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry, estimates debate 1175, 1182-3
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 764-5
University Neighbourhoods Association, activities and role 546-7
UBC Hospital, service levels and emergency services 1150-1
University of the Fraser Valley, school of excellence in agriculture 915
Vancouver, Jericho lands, public consultation on future of lands 86, 1175
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area
arts and culture events 86
issues and concerns 67
Water, recovery of deceased persons from water, government action 327-8, 393-4
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)

As subject
constituents and supporters thanked 177
Automobiles, insurance rates 653-4
B.C., population, migration to and from B.C. 178
B.C. Liberal Party, collection of information for election campaign database 550
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 178-80
Budget debate 177-80
Budgets, 2013-14 budget and deficit budgets 178-80
Cancer, support services for childhood cancer survivors 1148
Children and youth, child care spaces 179
Clark, Christy, trade missions to Asia 587
Consumers, costs and user fees 179
Economy, sustainable development 807-8
Education, adult basic education 179
Employment and unemployment
employment standards, government action 443
job losses 178
Environment, environmental protection 807-8
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 378
Government
capital projects, costs and oversight 179
financial instruments, sale 378
programs and services, funding and reductions 178-9
Health care system
information, HealthLink B.C. services 327
information services for maternal and newborn health 327
Health Ministry, estimates debate 1101-2, 1148
Human trafficking
incidence and government response 42-3, 441-3
prevention and case involving live-in caregiver 31
Immigration
foreign and immigrant workers, temporary foreign worker program 1091
foreign and immigrant workers, temporary foreign workers 42, 442-3
programs and services for immigrants to B.C., funding 179
provincial nominee program, eligibility criteria 1091
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
bodily injury claims 652
claims process and costs 652-3
investment portfolio, sale of assets 378
revenues to government 654
role 652
service centres outside Lower Mainland 654
International Trade Ministry, estimates debate 587
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 1091
Justice Ministry, office to combat trafficking in persons 31, 42, 442-3
Mental health programs and services
community services 322, 1101-2
funding 179, 211
Motions
Resource development 807-8
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 550
Oral questions
The Art Studios therapy program in east Vancouver 211
Communications regarding multicultural outreach strategy and database of information 550
Government action on prevention of human trafficking 31
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority newborn hotline service 327
Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 179
Private members' statements
Under-reported crime 441-3
Public debt 179-80
Resources and resource industries, resource development 807-8
Statements by members
The Art Studios and community-based mental health programs 321-2
Government action on prevention of human trafficking 42-3
Trade mission to Asia in 2012 and Philippines component 587
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 652-4
Tumanda, Leonida, death and community support for family 178
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
The Art Studios mental health program and funding 179, 211, 321-2, 1101-2
mental health program for immigrants 179
newborn hotline service 327
Vancouver-Kensington, description and issues 177-9

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