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

Farnworth, Mike (Port Coquitlam)

Australia, liquefied natural gas development, tax structure 409-10
B.C., population, migration to and from B.C. 49
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 921
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on campaign statements 48-50, 53
action on stated goals 405-8
budgets and financial management 49-53
tax policies 371
Budget debate 36-7, 48-53
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2013, debate 370-1, 788-91
Budgets
2013-14 budget
asset sales component 52, 374, 380
balanced budget 36-7, 50, 52, 370
content 371
contingency funding and forecast allowance 374
election-year budget 48, 50, 373, 400
impact on communities and small businesses 50
projections 50, 372-3, 398-402
response by opposition and PowerPoint presentation 36, 48-53
response by opposition and PowerPoint presentation tabled 53, 56
updated fiscal data 371-4
asset sale projections 374-6, 397-8
deficit budgets 50
revenues from taxation 417
three-year fiscal plan 398-400
Business
public-private partnerships, contractual obligations and accountability 921-2
small business, government support 50
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, potential impact 403
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, role in drug review process 324
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 788
Communities, government support 49
Construction industry, conditions 49
Consumers, costs and user fees 49, 51-2
Corporations, income tax 371
Crime and criminals, federal anti-crime legislation, impact analysis 403
Documents tabled
Budgets, PowerPoint presentation 53, 56
Drugs, prescription drugs, review process 278-9, 323-4
Economy
conditions 36, 48-50, 372-3
measurement, consumer confidence and gross domestic product 372-3
Education
school districts and boards of education
consultation on local development and impact on enrolment 377
relationship with local government 786
sale of lands 52, 377
students with diabetes, treatment policy 787
Education Ministry, estimates debate 785-6
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy and job losses 36, 48-9
Energy, electricity rates 49
Falcon, Kevin, position on therapeutics initiative 323-4
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 371-7, 379-80, 397-410, 417-8
estimates process, written questions and timeline 417-8
Forest Act, amendments 788-9
Forests and forest industry
forest inventory 48
government investment and support 48-9
revenues to government, audits 789
Government
capital projects, costs and oversight 53
core review 50-1
financial instruments, sale 379-80
financial reporting, public accounts for 2012-13 921
lands and properties, sale 52, 374-7, 380, 397-8
consultation and First Nations issues 376-7
disclosure of information 376-7
SUCH sector 376
programs and services, funding and reductions 36-7, 50-1
spending 36-7
transfer of costs and responsibilities from federal government, impact analysis re federal legislation 402-4
Health care system
costs and spending, management 398-402
funding 37, 50-1, 398-402
health authorities, budgets and services 401
health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 37
impact of demographic trends 50-1
Health Ministry, role in policy for treatment of students with health issues 787
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 789
Homeowner grant, eligibility for owners claiming benefit on wrong property and thresholds 789
Income Tax Act, amendments 369, 789
Income tax rates for charitable donations 789
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 789-90
Legislature, estimates process 405
Lower Mainland, population growth 52
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 549-50
Municipal Finance Authority, building sale 377
Nurses
collective agreement 400-1
recruitment and funding 51, 401
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development
development and investment 406-8
tax structure and consultation 408-10
Oral questions
Budget deficit and government debt 921
Drug review process for Champix 278-9, 323-4
Government debt from contractual obligations 921-2
Multicultural outreach strategy investigation and staff member mentioned in communications 549-50
PharmaCare program, therapeutics initiative 51, 323-4
Physicians
collective agreement and negotiations 400-1
compensation 51
Port Coquitlam
Burke Mountain area, need for elementary school 785-6
Dominion Triangle area, need for elementary school 786
Post-secondary education
funding 51
student financial assistance, government loans portfolio and revenues 417
Property tax, deferment program for families with children 789-90
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 790
Property transfer tax, exemption for transfer of family farms 371, 790
Public debt 37, 53, 921
debt via contractual obligations 921-2
debt-to-GDP ratio 406
debt-to-GDP ratio and ratio of government program spending to GDP 921
elimination 405-8
types of debt 407
Real estate industry, housing market and housing starts 373
Sales, retail sales projections 372-3
Sales tax, reinstatement of sales tax system 373-4
Skills training, government investment and support 37, 51
Taxation, revenues to government 417
Tobacco, smoking cessation
drugs, Champix 278-9, 323-4
programs 323
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 791
Tri-Cities area
need for elementary school 377
potential for gaming centre 417
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, budget 37
Vancouver, Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 380, 397
Wall Street Journal, article on liquefied natural gas tax structure 409
Fassbender, Hon. Peter (Surrey-Fleetwood)

As subject
comments as former PavCo chair on lease agreement with Paragon Gaming (Simpson) 325-6
comments on collective bargaining in education system (Fleming) 489
election as MLA 121
experience with videoconferencing 482
meeting with school district 783
role in regional transportation agreement for Metro Vancouver (Corrigan) 203
wife and campaign team thanked 121
Bayview Elementary School, seismic upgrade needs 783
Brar, Jagrup, service as MLA 121-2
B.C., teacher recruitment and supply in rural B.C. 785
B.C. Liberal Party, 2012 convention in Whistler, forum 122
B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 122
B.C. School Trustees Association, funding 492
B.C. Stats, school enrolment data 429
Budget debate 121-3
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 122-3
Cameron, Peter, role in collective bargaining in education system 492
Children and youth, early childhood development
government funding and strategy 496-7
StrongStart B.C. initiative 496-7
Clark, Christy, comments on collective bargaining in education system 488-9
Davis, Rick, role as superintendent of achievement 481
DeRose, DeDe, role as superintendent of aboriginal education 481
Dockendorf, Maureen, role as superintendent of reading 480-1
Economy, economic plan for province 122
Education
class size and composition, stipend for teachers of classes with over 30 students 772
curriculum, revision of school curriculum on residential schools 499
curriculum, sex education 774
education of First Nations people
graduation rate 501, 788
report on funding of First Nations schools 498
student achievement 498
enrolment, trends 428-30, 432, 480
full-day kindergarten and junior kindergarten for four-year-olds 496
information management, BCeSIS system 768-70, 1008-9
information management, openStudent software system 770
international education, round-table report recommendations 771
international students, per-student levy and tuition fees 771-2
neighbourhood learning centres 497
personalized learning model 432
special education and special needs, education assistants 432
student-educator ratio in B.C. and other jurisdictions 430-1
students with anaphylaxis, treatment policy 787
students with diabetes, treatment policy 787
superintendents of achievement 480-2
support workers and education assistants, collective bargaining 482-3, 485
system 123
administrative and operating costs 784
innovation 500-1
outcomes 431
service delivery 499-500
service delivery report recommendations and implementation committee 483-5
Education, funding 123, 429-30, 478-80, 788
aboriginal education 498
annual facilities grants 493-4
capital funding 430, 780-1
holdback for enrolment changes 493-4
learning improvement fund 432-3, 479
Education, school districts and boards of education
administrative costs, review 784
amalgamation 784
budget surpluses 479
codes of conduct 776
costs and funding 478-80
dismissal and appointment of administrator 787
relationship with local government 786
sale of lands 492-3
shared services initiative 484-5, 784
Education, schools
capital projects, new and replacement schools 430, 780-1
school buses and bus service 779
school buses and bus service, transition to energy-efficient vehicles 785
seismic upgrades 123, 496, 778, 782-3
use of school buildings, community connections program 497
Education Ministry
estimates debate 428-35, 478-501, 768-88
budget 429, 500-1
budget, allocation for travel 481-2
service plan 499-500
staff and staffing, levels 481
staff and staffing, use of videoconferencing 482
teacher regulation branch, funding and staff 499
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 771
Espe, Larry, role as superintendent of trades and transition 481
First Nations, suicide prevention 498
Government
core review 784
financial management 122
lands and properties, sale 492-3
Health Ministry, role in policy for treatment of students with health issues 787
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 122
Justice Ministry, budget, allocation for legal action 499
Legislature, members not to refer to members by name 122
Libraries, funding and budget line issue 773
Lord Strathcona Community Elementary School, seismic upgrade project 782-3
Lower Mainland
south Fraser communities, school enrolment 429
south Fraser perimeter road project 122
Mohoruk, Sherri, role as superintendent of safe schools 481
Oral questions (response)
Replacement for BCeSIS information management system 1008-9
Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets, post-secondary sector 495
Port Coquitlam, Burke Mountain area, need for elementary school 785
Port Mann Bridge, new bridge, benefits 122
Public sector, collective agreements and bargaining, cooperative gains mandate for public sector 482-3
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 123, 433-5, 478
Roberts, Mike, role as superintendent 481
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital projects and new school facilities 122-3, 780-2
enrolment 429
School district 37 (Delta), bus services and funding 779
School district 39 (Vancouver), meeting with Education Minister and seismic upgrade projects 782-3
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
capital projects and seismic upgrades 777-8
dismissal of school board 787
enrolment and school closings, consultation process 776-8
Skills training, secondary school programs
ACE IT program 772-3
trades career promotion in K-12 system 773
Snuneymuxw First Nation, consultation on education issues 777-8
Statistics Canada, report on student-educator ratios 430-1
Surrey, growth and development 122
Teachers
collective bargaining 123, 482-3, 485-92, 785
performance and incentives 772
specialist teachers, number in education system 432
supply and recruitment 785
Trade between B.C. and Asia 122
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recommendations and government action 499
Vancouver Island, south Island school enrolment 429-30
Violence, bullying and violence at school, prevention and ERASE Bullying strategy 774-5
Fleming, Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)

As subject
family, staff and supporters thanked 168
Advanced Education Ministry, budget and role 171
Bennett, Bill, comments on funding of government ministries 171
B.C., population, migration to and from B.C. 170
B.C. Association of School Business Officials, comments on school board funding 478-80
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 169-72
B.C. School Trustees Association
funding 492
motion on revision of school curriculum on residential schools 498-9
motion on timeline for replacement boards of education 787
Budget debate 168-72
Budgets, 2013-14 budget
asset sales component 171-2, 542
balanced budget 168-72
Cameron, Peter, role in collective bargaining in education system 491-2
Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, scholarship fund 190
Children and youth, early childhood development
child vulnerability, incidence 787
government funding and support 496-7
StrongStart B.C. initiative 496-7
Civic Economics, study on local purchasing 452
Clark, Christy, performance as Premier 169-70
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry
estimates debate 542-3
budget 542
Consumers, taxes and user fees 171
Craigflower Schoolhouse, protection of heritage site 543
Cruise ship industry, emission reduction and shore power capacity projects 635-6
Economy, conditions 169-70, 172
Education
class size and composition, stipend for teachers of classes with over 30 students 772
curriculum, revision of school curriculum on residential schools 498-9
curriculum, sex education 774
education of First Nations people, graduation rate 172, 787-8
enrolment, trends 428-30, 432
full-day kindergarten and junior kindergarten for four-year-olds 496
government investment and support 172
government plan 431-2, 787
information management, BCeSIS system 768-70, 1008-9
information management, openStudent software system 770
international education, round-table report recommendations 770-1
international students, per-student levy and tuition fees 770-1
personalized learning model 431-2
special education and special needs, education assistants 432
student-educator ratio in B.C. and other jurisdictions 430-1
superintendents of achievement 480-2
support workers and education assistants, collective bargaining 482-3, 485
system, innovation and service delivery 499-500
system, service delivery report recommendations and implementation committee 483-5
Education, funding 429, 478-80, 787
annual facilities grants 493-4
capital funding 430
holdback for enrolment changes 493-4
learning improvement fund 432
Education, school districts and boards of education
budget surpluses 479
costs and funding 478-80
dismissal and appointment of administrator 786-7
sale of lands 492-3
Education, schools
seismic upgrades 495-6
use of school buildings, community connections program 497
Education Ministry
estimates debate 428-35, 478-87, 489-500, 768-74, 786-8
budget 429, 500
budget, allocation for travel 481-2
service plan 429, 499-500
service plan and performance measurement 172
teacher regulation branch, funding and staff 499
Employment and unemployment
government job strategy 169, 770-1
job creation and job losses 169
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 635-6
Energy, northwest transmission line project 170-1
Fassbender, Peter, comments on collective bargaining in education system 489
Government
advertising and announcements 190
carbon neutrality 495
core review 171
integrated case management system 769
lands and properties, sale 492-3, 542-3
lands and properties, sale, disclosure of information 171-2
ministries, natural resource ministries funding 171
procurement practices and system, local procurement 451-2
programs and services, funding and reductions 170-1
Health care funding 170
Libraries, funding and budget line issue 773
Motions
Promotion of purchasing from B.C. businesses 451-2
Omega Foundation, study on registered education savings plans 190
Oral questions
Replacement for BCeSIS information management system 1008-9
Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets, post-secondary sector and public sector organizations 494-5
Post-secondary education, accessibility, affordability and student financial assistance 190
Private members' statements (response)
Saving for our children's and grandchildren's future: the advantage of the B.C. training and education savings grant 190
Provincial Capital Commission
assets and properties, management and sale 542-3
role 542-3
Public debt, paydown of debt, government policy 168-9
Public sector, collective agreements and bargaining, cooperative gains mandate for public sector 482-3
Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 190, 433-5
Rhynas, Elinor, life and community service 25-6
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), dismissal of school board 786-7
Skills training
government skills and training plan 170, 172
secondary school programs, ACE IT program 772-3
supply and training of skilled workers 190
Sports and recreation, soccer 919
Statements by members
Soccer in Victoria 919-20
Volunteer activities of Elinor Rhynas 25-6
Statistics Canada, report on student-educator ratios 430-1
Supreme Court of B.C., rulings on teachers' bargaining rights re class size and composition 499
Taylor, Carole, comments on government financial management 168-9
Teachers
collective bargaining 482-3, 485-7, 489-92
government relationship with teachers 487
performance and incentives 772
specialist teachers, number in education system 431-2, 480
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recommendations and government action 498-9
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on library funding and budget line issue 773
University of B.C., Sauder School of Business, study on local government and local purchasing 452
Vancouver, cruise ship industry, emission reduction and shore power capacity project 636
Victoria
Belleville ferry terminal, redevelopment 543
business, promotion of local purchasing 451-2
cruise ship industry, emission reduction and shore power capacity project proposal 635-6
soccer teams and leagues 919-20
Foster, Eric (Vernon-Monashee)

Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services, funding and services 85
Funtastic Sports Society, event hosting and fundraising activities 205
International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, 2013 championships in France, participation by Canadian athletes 722
Linemayr, Klaus, community living advocacy 85
Sports and recreation, participation benefits 722
Statements by members
Community living advocacy by Klaus Linemayr 85
Funtastic Sports Society in Vernon 205
Paralympic world championships and participation by Parksville-Qualicum MLA 722
Stilwell, Michelle, participation in Paralympic world championships 722
Vernon and District Association for Community Living, activities and Venture Training program 85
Vernon, sport festival and community fundraising 205
Fraser, Scott (Alberni–Pacific Rim)

As subject
constituents and family thanked 140-1
role as MLA 141
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 1114
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 875-7
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 671-6
role re aquaculture and fisheries 671
Alberni Valley, logging activities and wildlife habitat protection in area 297
Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area
constituents' concerns re community living services 302-3
issues and concerns 141
Aquaculture
licensing and management 671-2
shellfish farming 674-5
Auditor General
report on environmental assessment process 560
review of economic development initiative trusts 992-3
Bell, Pat, comments on regional economic investment pilot program 989-91
B.C. Hydro, role in LiveSmart B.C. program 554
B.C. Liberal Party, election platform 141-3
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 142-3
Budget debate 140-3
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 141
Campbell River, regional economic investment pilot program 988-90
Clark, Christy, position on cosmetic pesticides ban 518
Coal
freehold coal, revenues to government 562-5
licence applications 561-2
Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, implementation of recommendations 672-3
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 517-8
Comox Valley, coal licence applications in area 561-2
Compliance Coal Corp., coal mine proposal, environmental assessment process and potential impact on shellfish industry 559-60, 674-5
Coombs Fair, agricultural fair centennial and activities 814
Cosmetic Pesticides Special Committee, implementation of recommendations 518
Disabled and handicapped persons
community living services, funding and services 302-3
employment of disabled workers, management strategies 41
District of Tofino, post-secondary education hub proposal 877
Economy
economic development initiative trusts, funding and review 992-4
regional economic investment pilot program 987-91
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 142
Energy and Mines Ministry
estimates debate 553-68
budget 554-5
Energy, LiveSmart B.C. program 554
Environment
environmental assessment process 558-60
pest control and pesticide use, legislation 518
Fish
changes to fish habitat protection legislation 673-4
habitat management agreement between B.C. and federal government 673
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, role re fish habitat protection and aquaculture 672-3
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 297
meetings with Forests Minister 297
Fortune Minerals Ltd., coal mine proposal 567-8
Golden River Resource Ltd., coal licence applications 561-2
Government
core review 143, 554
local government, mayors, election and role on regional district boards 517-8
local government, pesticide regulation 518
programs and services, funding and reductions 141-3
transfer payments from federal government, equalization payments 143
Health Ministry, estimates debate 1026-8
Highway 4, improvements in western section and connector access near Port Alberni 766
Imperial Metals Corp.
Fandora mine project 565-6
Red Chris mine 558
Island Timberlands Ltd., operations in Alberni Valley area 297
Islands Trust, response to mineral claims 564
Japan, 2011 earthquake and tsunami debris field, funding for local government response 517
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 987-94
Klappan Valley (Sacred Headwaters), protection of area 567-8
Legislature, cooperation between government and opposition members 141
Local Government Act, amendments 517
Lower Mainland, north Fraser communities, regional economic investment pilot program 990-1
McBride, McBride to Barriere corridor, regional economic investment pilot program 989
Magnussen, Angel, care needs and transition to adult programs 302-3
MLAs, new and re-elected MLAs 140-1
Mineral Tenure Act, revision 563, 565
Mines and mining industry
development, government goals 557-8
mineral claims 561
mineral claims, mineral titles online claim system 563-5
mineral tax 556, 562-3
permitting process 554-6, 558-60
taxation and revenues to government 556-7, 562-5
workers, safety 553-4
Morden, Jane, work on habitat protection issues 297
Nanaimo regional district, consultation re seaweed harvesting licences 675
North Island–Coast Development Initiative Trust, funding 993
Northern Development Initiative Trust, funding 993
Oceanside Health Centre, operations and emergency services 1026-8
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development, potential and issues 142-3
Ontario, mineral titles online claim system 565
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc., Morrison mine project, environmental assessment process 558-9
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences
establishment 41
opening and status 876-7
Pender Island, mineral claims in area and public response 564
Princeton, coal licence applications in area 561-2
Public debt 142
Richardson, Tara, community living services for children 303
Safety, antifreeze safety initiatives and ban on ethylene glycol antifreeze 675-6
Sea vegetation, seaweed harvesting, regulation 675
Shanghai Fareast International Shipping Agency Co., Ltd., coal licence applications 560-1
Skills training, government investment and support 142-3
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 302-3
Statements by members
Coombs Fair 814
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences 41
Stini, Mike, work on habitat protection issues 297
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, concerns re mine project proposal 565-6
Toquaht First Nation, lands and economic development opportunities, mine waste contamination issue 1114
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 766
Westbroek, Teunis, election as mayor and role on regional district board 517-8
Yukon Court of Appeal, judges and ruling on land claim case 563

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