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

James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

As subject
family and constituents thanked 101
re-election and work as MLA 100-1
role as MLA 103-4
Blackstock, Cindy, work on funding equality for First Nations children 345
B.C.
child protection caseloads and workers in rural B.C. 333
population, migration to and from B.C. 101
Budget debate 100-4
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 101-3, 331
Business
small business and locally owned businesses 813
social enterprises 337
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 329-47, 462-9, 471-7, 521, 527-8
budget and advertising 329-31
budget and operations, inclusion in core review 329
estimates process 329, 527-8
minister's office, travel budget 330
reports to Representative for Children and Youth 474
role of minister, advocacy 331
staffing 329-30, 339
Children and youth
child protection system
audits 340
caseloads and tracking 332
child safety and family development support services 337-8
funding 333
funding and resources 341
records and tracking 475, 521
records and tracking, Queenswood report 476
residential services for complex needs 465-8, 473
residential services redesign process and funding 466-7
child protection workers
caseload and supply 332-4
contact and meetings with children in care 339
training and information management system 331
children in government care, care plans 338-40
children in government care, support after age 19 and transition out of care 342-3
programs and services for children and families
contracted agencies 335-7, 527
funding and service demand 330-1, 527-8
funding and service levels 334-5
performance measurement 338, 474, 521
reporting requirements 336
Consumers
costs and user fees 102
local shopping 813
Democracy, public engagement 103
Dental health, access to dental care, case 102-3
Easingwood, Joe, work as radio broadcaster and death 40
Economy
conditions 101-2
growth, role of government 101
relationship to environment and social equity 103
Education, students in government care 343
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 101, 209, 465
Family Day, coverage of costs to social services agencies 336
Federation of Community Social Services of B.C., letter to government re wages for social workers 334
First Nations children
children in government care 342-3
delegated aboriginal agencies 343-5
services for children and families 344-5
Government
capital projects, costs and management 102
financial management 102
integrated case management system 331-2, 475-7, 521
Group homes, behaviour management strategies 468
Health care system, funding and government responsibility 103
Home care for seniors 103
Housing, social and subsidized housing, role in poverty reduction 465
Income, low-income and working poor families 346, 465
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, Diversity Health Fair event 206
Justice system, young offenders, number and funding for services 527
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, facility 473
Medical Services Plan premiums 102
Mental health
mental health of children and youth
collaboration between Children and Family Development and Health ministries 472
funding 473-4
services 103, 468-9, 471-3
Strongest Families program and telehealth component 474
programs and services, community services and wait-lists 471-2
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 459-60, 624
Neville, Sid, death and location of body in François Lake 394
Oral questions
Call for independent investigation into multicultural outreach strategy 624
Communications regarding government staff member and multicultural outreach strategy 459-60
Government action on child poverty 208-9
Recovery of deceased persons from B.C. waters 394
Poverty
awareness 619-20
child poverty 208-9, 346
government action 208-9
measurement 464
reduction
government strategy 102, 345-6, 464-5
provincial steering committee 463
regional pilot projects 346-7, 462-4
Representative for Children and Youth
recommendations, government response 341
reports
report on care plans for children in care and government action on recommendations 338-42
report on child tasering incident and child protection system, implementation of recommendations 465-6
report on youth mental health services 468
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, role in recovery of deceased persons from water 394
Shop Local Victoria, organization and work 813
Skills training, government investment and support 103
Social welfare
community social services sector, policy framework 336-7
support system for vulnerable persons 102-3
Social workers, funding for wage increases 334-7, 527
Society, social equity and inequality 619
Statements by members
Diversity Health Fair 206
Local shopping and Shop Local Victoria 813
Victoria International Development Education Association 619-20
Tributes
Joe Easingwood 40
Vancouver Island Health Authority, capital projects, new hospitals and youth mental health beds 472-3
Victoria International Development Education Association, social justice initiatives 619-20
Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area, issues and priorities 101-2
Water, recovery of deceased persons from water, government action 394

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