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Province of British Columbia
First Session, 40th Parliament – 2013
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- As subject
- experience in parliamentary committee system 438-9
- experience working in Lesotho and South Africa 130
- Arizona, Yarnell Hill fire and deaths of firefighting crew 257
- Auditor General, report and recommendations on forest management 293
- Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion
- briefing document on rebuilding and timber supply 228
- explosion and fire 816-7
- B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 23
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- action on stated goals and mandate 22-3
- debate in House by new MLAs 23-4
- vision 130
- B.C. Safety Authority
- meeting with cabinet ministers 816-7, 923
- report on Burns Lake mill explosion, public release 816-7, 923
- B.C. timber sales program, expenses and revenues 254
- Budget debate 129-31
- Budgets, 2013-14 budget 129
- Business, public-private partnerships, contractual obligations 129-30
- Climate change, impact on forest ecosystems 218
- Economy, conditions 129
- Elections, 2013 general election
- public debate 23-4
- results and impact on British Columbians 129
- Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 129
- Energy
- bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 256
- electricity rates and northwest transmission line project 29-30
- Fibreco Export Inc., long-term agreement for wood chip exports 156
- Fichtner, Merl, letter on wood chip export agreement 156
- Fires and firefighters
- deaths of firefighters 257
- forest fires
- fire prevention on private forest lands 256
- prevention and fuel management in urban interface areas, proposal 255-6
- summer 2003 forest fires, implementation of Filmon report recommendations 255-6
- Fishing industry, licence fee revenues 254
- Forest Appeals Commission, appeal re amendment of forest stewardship plan 286
- Forests and forest industry
- conditions in industry 217-8
- employment and jobs 292-3
- export of wood chips and permit process 156
- forest health 218
- forest inventory 46, 131, 287-8, 291-2, 437
- forest licences 224-5
- forest licences, conversion to tree farm licences 222-3, 225-9
- forest management and practices
- government management 217-8, 229
- habitat restoration and landscape management 296
- sustainable forest practices 293-5
- forest-dependent communities, government support 218
- forests as carbon sinks, forest stands in wildland-urban interface 256
- government investment and support 45-6
- government plan 217-8
- land base, cumulative impact of resource development projects 217
- land base resources 218
- mills, safety of mills and investigations following mill explosions 816-7, 923
- pulp and paper sector, access to fibre 156
- revenues to government 218, 220-1, 224, 229-31, 286-9
- silviculture 131
- activities by private companies, forest carbon program 283
- government action 293, 296, 437, 439
- reforestation of beetle-kill timber 218
- stumpage system
- tenure system, area-based tenures 225-9, 288
- timber pricing, cruise-based pricing 231-3, 253
- timber supply areas in interior
- allowable annual cut 219-20
- forest inventory and timber supply 286-8
- tree farm licences, forest inventory 292
- workers, check scalers 231, 253
- zero net deforestation initiative 285
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
- estimates debate 217-33, 253-61, 280-3, 285-97
- budget and staffing 218, 290
- budget, expenditures 290-1
- budget, revenue projections 220-1, 224, 229-31, 286-9
- estimates debate 297
- estimates debate, 2012 estimates debate 217
- reports, State of British Columbia's Forests 293-4
- resource stewardship division 290-1
- role and responsibilities 217-8
- service plan 218
- Glover, Sharon, comments on projects on forest land base 217
- Government
- advertising on job creation 129
- financial management, borrowing 23
- natural resource ministries funding 289-90
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta 130
- issues and upgrading 23
- Hume, Stephen, article on renewable resources and government ministry funding 289-90
- Hunting, licence fee revenues 254
- Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, government investment 23
- Invermere, dialysis unit, petition tabled 552-3
- Legislature
- Mandela, Nelson, political leadership 130
- MLAs, new MLAs in 40th parliament 23-4
- Merritt timber supply area, forest inventory and innovative forest practices agreement 287-8
- Niedermayer, Scott, hockey accomplishments 273
- Oil and gas
- Oil and Gas Commission, operations and water management 218
- Oral questions
- Fibreco agreement for export of wood chips 156
- Northwest transmission line project costs and electricity rates 29-30
- Report on Burns Lake mill explosion and safety at B.C. mills 816-7, 923
- Timber Supply Committee recommendations and forest inventory funding 45-6
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets, silviculture activities by private companies 261, 280-3
- Petitions
- dialysis unit in Invermere 552-3
- Politics and politicians, approach to politics and political leadership 130
- Private members' statements
- Growing fibre, growing value 437-9
- Privilege
- reserving right to raise point of privilege re comments by Andrew Wilkinson 728
- Public debt 23, 129-30
- debt via contractual obligations 129-30
- Resources and resource industries
- integrated resource management, funding and decision-making process 260
- renewable resources, report 289-90
- resource management 218
- resource stewardship 290-1
- Small business forest enterprise program 224
- Throne speech content 22-3
- Throne speech debate 22-4
- Timber Supply Special Committee
- Tributes
- Vancouver Sun, article on renewable resources and government ministry funding 289-90
- Water
- groundwater monitoring and regulation 258-9
- use, data collection 259
- water licences and rentals 218
- Water Act, revision 258-60
- Wells Gray Provincial Park, mountain caribou protection in area 295
- Wildlife
- habitat protection 296
- mountain caribou, protection 294-5
- revenues to government from fees and licences, allocation 254
- Zero Net Deforestation Act, regulations 285
McRae, Hon. Don (Comox Valley)
- As subject
- constituents, family and supporters thanked 138
- meetings 306
- Agriculture, government support 139
- Anthony, Susan, concerns re services for developmentally disabled persons 270
- Auditor General, review of disability assistance program 242
- Brass, Jim, death 1004
- B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, proposal for reform of income assistance disability benefits 251-2
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 246-7, 252
- B.C. Social Innovation Council, Action Plan Recommendations to Maximize Social Innovation in British Columbia report 318
- Budget debate 137-40
- Budgets, 2013-14 budget 140
- Business
- small business accord, inclusion of social enterprises 318
- social enterprises and investment tax credit 318
- Children and Family Development Ministry, budget, funds for integrated case management issues 317
- Community Living B.C.
- caseload planning 265-7
- employees, compensation for excluded employees 305
- funding and operations 235, 237, 303
- funding and operations, stakeholder concerns and consultation 301
- review and report, implemenation of recommendations 263
- service plan 265
- service plan, risk assessment 269
- Comox Valley Airport, operations 139
- Comox Valley constituency and area
- agriculture, cultural events and tourism 138-9
- election and voter issues 138, 140
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living services
- employment 90
- employment of developmentally disabled persons 264
- equipment and assistive technology initiative 313
- Supporting Increased Participation group 313
- government consultation on issues 140
- government initiatives, white paper and consultation process 236-7, 252, 310-2
- government support 90
- Economy, conditions 237, 245
- Elections, 2013 general election 138
- Employment and unemployment, employment opportunities 237, 245
- Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation process 236-7
- Government
- integrated case management system 235, 239, 315-7
- ministries, Lean approach to management 242-3, 245
- procurement practices and system, social requirements and role of trade agreements 318
- spending 251
- Housing, rental housing costs and options 248
- Income assistance
- benefits
- benefit amount and review 246-7
- benefit amount for shelter 247-8
- deductions policy 307-8
- earnings exemption 90, 251
- hardship assistance 244-5
- NDP position 247
- reconsideration of benefit decisions 250-1
- support supplements 248, 251-2
- caseload 249-50
- community volunteer supplement program 90, 310-2
- disability benefits 251-2
- application process 242
- application process for developmentally disabled youth 234, 239, 266
- bus passes 240
- program 242, 310
- eligibility
- five-week waiting period 243-5
- homeowners 307
- timeline for decision 249
- employment programs 140, 234-5, 241, 313-6
- funding 238
- purpose 247
- recipients
- employability and exemption 246
- families 246
- time limits 249
- reforms 237-8
- service delivery and stakeholder consultation 250
- system, government funding and support 140
- Income tax, credits and rebates for low-income persons 247
- Labour
- labour market agreement funds 239-40, 315
- labour market agreement negotiations 313
- labour market development agreement 314
- labour market development agreement, audit 242
- Legislature, security incident on precincts and police investigation 137-8
- Minister's Council on Employment and Accessibility, role and membership 312-3
- NDP, position on income assistance benefits 247
- Non-profit sector
- funding for services, gaming grants 239
- social innovation concept 318
- Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development 138
- Ombudsperson
- complaint investigation services, complaints involving Social Development Ministry 309
- report recommendations on income assistance system 309-10
- Oral questions (response)
- Community volunteer supplement program 90
- Petitions
- provincial status of Vancouver Island 925
- Politics and politicians, bipartisanship 236
- Post-secondary education, government investment and support 139-40
- Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 139
- Shaw, Angela, letter re issues as income assistance recipient 306
- Singh, Christina, request for meeting with Social Development Ministry 305
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry
- estimates debate 234-52, 262-71, 300-19
- advertising spending and audits 241-2
- budget 234, 238
- consultants, contracts and service providers 240-1
- correspondence 300
- estimates process 241, 319
- funding transfers from other ministries and federal government 239-40
- impact of core review process 238-9
- mandate letter 236-7
- minister's office, budget and staffing 235-6
- operations, Lean initiative projects 242-3, 245
- programs, funding and gaming grants 239
- role and responsibilities 140, 234-5
- role and responsibilities, social innovation initiatives 318-9
- staff 234, 240-1, 262
- Social welfare, social programs and services
- fees and funding 239-40
- innovation and partnerships 235
- Social workers, funding for wage increases 302
- Tributes
- Vancouver Island, provincial status, petition tabled 925
- WorkBC Employment Services Centres
Martin, John (Chilliwack)
- As subject
- comments on issues as Conservative Party candidate (Ralston) 115
- friends and supporters thanked 180
- Agriculture, government support 181
- B.C. Liberal Party government, performance 180-2
- Budget debate 180-2
- Budgets, 2013-14 budget 180-2
- Business, small business, government support 181
- Chilliwack constituency and area, description and issues 181
- Chilliwack Municipal Airport, coffee shop, pie sales and fundraising 322
- Education
- fruit and vegetable program 181
- government investment and support 181-2
- labour relations in education system 181-2
- Employment and unemployment, job creation 180-1
- Government regulations, reduction 181
- Les, John, public service and work on election campaign 180
- Post-secondary education, government investment and support 181-2
- Registered education savings plans, government contributions, training and education savings grant program 182
- Statements by members
- Chilliwack Municipal Airport coffee shop pie sales and fundraising 322
- Trade, export of goods to international markets 181
- University of the Fraser Valley, school of excellence in agriculture 181
Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- As subject
- election as MLA 21
- grandchildren 21
- life experience and career in RCMP 21-2
- Bell, Pat, service as MLA 22
- B.C.,
- northern and rural B.C., cancer treatment services 445-6
- northern B.C., resource development and industries 808-9
- B.C. Cancer Agency, Centre for the North 444
- B.C. Liberal Party government, vision 22
- B.C. Trappers Association, work of organization 41-2
- Cancer incidence and treatment services 443-6
- Economy, economic opportunities and government policies 22
- First Nations
- agreements with government 808
- economic development 22
- Forests and forest industry 808
- Guide-outfitters, regulation and role in economy 547
- Hunting and trapping 41-2
- Mines and mining industry 808
- Motions
- Resource development 808-9
- Prince George
- economy 808-9
- forest and mining industries 22
- role as resource transportation hub 22, 808
- Private members' statements
- Cancer outcomes in B.C. 443-6
- Resources and resource industries, resource development 808-9
- Statements by members
- Guide-outfitters 547
- Trapping in B.C. 41-2
- Throne speech debate 21-2
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)
- As subject
- family and supporters thanked 185
- B.C., rural B.C., health care services 1023
- B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, proposal for reform of income assistance disability benefits 251
- B.C. Social Innovation Council, Action Plan Recommendations to Maximize Social Innovation in British Columbia report 318
- Budget debate 185-6
- Budgets, 2013-14 budget 186
- Business, social enterprises and investment tax credit 318
- Children and Family Development Ministry, budget, funds for integrated case management issues 316-7
- Clark, Christy, position on support for Johnsons Landing residents 393
- Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry
- Creston, women's roller derby team 85
- Democracy 186
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- employment 311-2
- equipment and assistive technology initiative 313
- Supporting Increased Participation group 313
- government initiatives, white paper and consultation process 236-7
- Emergencies, natural disasters, government support for residents 393
- Employment and unemployment, job creation and job loss 249
- Environment, environmental assessment process, expiration of certificates 427-8
- Environment Ministry, estimates debate 426-8
- Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation process 236-7
- Glacier Resorts Ltd., oil spill response 427
- Government
- core review 239
- integrated case management system 239, 315-7
- ministries, Lean approach to management 242
- procurement practices and system, social requirements and role of trade agreements 318
- spending 90
- Health Ministry, estimates debate 1022-3
- Housing, affordable housing and rental housing costs 247-8
- Income assistance
- application process 243
- benefits
- benefit amount and review 246-7
- benefit amount for shelter 247-8
- hardship assistance 245
- reconsideration of benefit decisions 250
- caseload 249-50
- community volunteer supplement program 90, 310-2
- disability benefits, application process 242
- disability benefits, relationship to cost of living 251
- eligibility, five-week waiting period 243-5
- employment programs 240-1, 313-6
- recipients
- employability and exemption 245-6
- families 246
- persons with persistent multiple barriers to employment 309
- time limits 249
- reforms 237, 251
- service delivery and stakeholder consultation 250
- Johnsons Landing, mudslide in 2012, report and government support for residents 392-3
- Jumbo Glacier resort
- development proposal and environmental assessment certificate 426-8
- establishment as municipality, costs 509-10
- Kootenay area, health care services and physician recruitment 1022-3
- Labour
- labour market agreement funds 239-40, 315
- labour market development agreement 314
- Legislature, estimates process
- nature of debate 235
- questions about core review 239
- Minister's Council on Employment and Accessibility, role and membership 312-3
- Non-profit sector, social innovation concept 318
- Ombudsperson
- complaint investigation services, complaints involving Social Development Ministry 309
- report recommendations on income assistance system 309
- Oral questions
- Community volunteer supplement program 90
- Government support for residents of Johnsons Landing 392-3
- Politics and politicians, bipartisanship 236
- Poverty
- reduction, government strategy 186, 319
- working poor 244
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry
- estimates debate 235-51, 308-19
- advertising spending and audits 241-2
- budget and sale of assets 238-9
- consultants, contracts and service providers 240-1
- estimates process 235, 241, 319
- funding transfers from other ministries and federal government 239
- impact of core review process 238-9
- mandate letter 236-7
- minister's office, budget and staffing 235-6
- programs, funding and gaming grants 239
- role and responsibilities, social innovation initiatives 318-9
- staff 235, 240-1
- Social welfare
- social innovation, government initiatives 317-9
- social programs and services, fees and funding 239-40
- Society, social equity and inequality 186
- Sports and recreation, roller derby 85
- Statements by members
- Roller derby team in Creston 85
- Toronto-Dominion Bank, report on income levels in Canada 186
- WorkBC Employment Services Centres, marketing campaign 241-2
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