Maa-nulth First Nations
McBride, B.C.
- McBride to Barriere corridor, regional economic investment pilot program (Bond) 989 (Fraser) 989
MacDiarmid, Margaret
- Public service and assistance with MLA transition (Heyman) 61
McGill Grocery, Vancouver, B.C.
- Role in community (Simpson) 323
McGuinty, Dalton
- Comments on immigration (Ralston) 1089
Mackenzie constituency and area See Prince George–Mackenzie constituency and area
McLaughlin Ridge See Alberni Valley
McNeil, Mary
- Public service (Sullivan) 177
McNish, James
- Volunteer work in election campaign (Rice) 119
Madley, Al
- Horseshoe competition win (Barnett) 457
Magnussen, Angel
- Care needs and transition to adult programs (Fraser) 302-3
Mah family
- Operation of grocery store and death of Fook Wai Mah (Simpson) 323
Maillardville constituency and area See Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
Mainstream Broadcasting Corp.
- Former role of Multiculturalism Minister and potential conflict of interest (Ralston) 529-30 (Wat) 529-30
Mandela, Nelson
- Political leadership (Macdonald) 130
Mann, Jim
- Campaign for dementia care plan (Conroy) 801-2
Mansonville Plastics (B.C.) Ltd.
- Operations and polystyrene initiative (Polak) 424 (Ralston) 424
Maple Ridge, B.C. See also Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Transit services (Dalton) 200
- Websters Corners, heritage and Finnish community (Dalton) 206-7
Maple Ridge Caribbean Festival
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Description and economic sectors (Bing) 184-5
- Participation in regional economic investment pilot program See North Fraser communities under Lower Mainland
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Marijuana
- Medical use of marijuana, use of farmland for growing (Pimm) 612-3 (Simons) 612
Marine parks and protected areas See Parks
Marino, Frank
- Position with Columbia Power Corporation (Bennett) 828 (Conroy) 828
Marpole See Vancouver, B.C.
Marpole Place Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.
- Services and role in community (Stilwell, Moira) 1005
Marriage See Families
Martial arts See Combat sports
under Sports and recreation
Martin, Debbie
- Position with Columbia Power Corporation (Bennett) 828 (Conroy) 828
Martin, Pamela
- Position with government (Coleman) 739 (Dix) 739
Mascot goldmine tourism site See Snaza'ist Discovery Centre, Hedley, B.C.
Massey Tunnel See George Massey Tunnel
under Highway 99
Maternity and pregnancy See Health
Maximus Inc.
Mayors Council on Regional Transportation See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Meat See Food and food industry
Media
- Multicultural media See also particular media
- Multicultural media, relationship with government (Wat) 530
- Slo-pitch game between media and government staff (Hogg) 1003
Mediate B.C. Society
- Funding and role (Anton) 1045
Medical marijuana See Medical use of marijuana
under Marijuana
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
Medications See Prescription drugs
under Drugs; PharmaCare program
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia See also Politics and politicians
- Conduct in Legislature See Members' conduct and debate under Legislature
- Members' language See Language used in House under Legislature
- New MLAs in 40th parliament (Cadieux) 99 (Dix) 12-13 (Fraser) 140-1 (Karagianis) 110 (Macdonald) 23-4
- Relationship with other MLAs (Chandra Herbert) 78 (Eby) 68
- Role and responsibilities (Bond) 64 (Chandra Herbert) 78 (Heyman) 61 (Stilwell, Moira) 167 (Throne speech) 5
- Shared values (Bond) 65-6
Members' statements See Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
Mental health
- Beds (Kwan) 1102 (Lake) 1102
- Facilities, community-based facilities (Lake) 1097-8
- Facilities for severely mentally ill and addicted (Hammell) 1100 (Lake) 1100
- Housing for people with mental illness See Housing
- Mental health of children and youth
- adolescent mental health services (Lake) 1029-30 (Trevena) 1025 (Weaver) 470-1, 1029
- collaboration between Children and Family Development and Health ministries (Cadieux) 470 (James) 472 (Weaver) 470
- funding (Cadieux) 473-4 (James) 473-4
- services (Cadieux) 468-73 (James) 103, 468-9, 471-3
- Strongest Families program and telehealth component (Cadieux) 474 (James) 474
- transition to adult services (Lake) 1030 (Weaver) 1030
- Mental health plan (Darcy) 928 (Hammell) 1136-7 (Lake) 928, 1136-7
- Mental health status of British Columbians (Hammell) 1136 (Lake) 1136
- Mental illness
- awareness (Hammell) 151-2
- handling of severely mentally ill and coroner's report on case See Salemink, Colette
- history of treatment of mentally ill (Hammell) 1097 (Lake) 1100
- impact of deinstitutionalization on mentally ill (Hammell) 1097 (Lake) 1098
- social and economic costs (Hammell) 1099 (Lake) 1099
- Mental illness and addiction
- Community Action Initiative funding allocation (Hammell) 1137
- facilities See Facilities above under this main heading
- government action on issues (Coleman) 89
- persons involved with justice system See also Handling of cases involving mentally ill and addicted persons under Justice system
- services and funding (Darcy) 58, 210, 928-9 (Hammell) 210 (Lake) 210-1, 928-9
- services for First Nations people (Lake) 1019-20 (Rice) 1019-20
- Mental illness and homelessness (Darcy) 58 (Hammell) 1098 (Lake) 1098
- Mental illness and homelessness, outreach services (Darcy) 1105 (Lake) 1105
- Need for support systems (Hammell) 457
- Programs and services
- assertive community treatment program (Darcy) 1105
- commmunity services and cost comparison with hospital services (Kwan) 1102
- community services (Elmore) 322, 1101-2 (Hammell) 818-9, 1137 (Kwan) 819 (Lake) 1101-2
- community services and wait-lists (Cadieux) 472 (James) 471-2
- crisis response services (Hammell) 1100-1 (Lake) 1101
- funding (Chandra Herbert) 80 (Elmore) 179, 211 (Lake) 818-9, 887
- funding on per-capita basis and as percentage of health care budget (Hammell) 1099 (Lake) 1099
- programs and services (Lake) 1100
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Merit Commissioner
- Reports tabled
- 2012-13 annual report, Upholding Fair Hiring in the B.C. Public Service (Speaker) 1189
- 2012-13 interim annual report (Speaker) 9
Merritt, B.C.
- Economic development and First Nations consultation (Bond) 988
Merritt timber supply area
- Forest inventory and innovative forest practices agreement (Macdonald) 287-8 (Thomson) 287-8
Metal
- Commodity prices for metals (Ralston) 116
Methane and fugitive emissions See Emissions from oil and gas sector
under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Metro Vancouver See also Lower Mainland
Mi Joo Tour and Travel Ltd.
- Bus operations and 2012 highway accident (Stone) 702 (Trevena) 702
Middle East
- Trade with B.C. See Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions under Trade
Mid-term timber supply See Timber supply areas in interior
under Forests and forest industry
Midway, B.C.
- Mill operations (Larson) 81
Midwives
- Funding and services (Lake) 327
Milestone events funding program See Communities
Millennium scholarship fund See Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Mineral Tenure Act
Mines and mining industry
- Commodity prices See Metal
- Development, government goals (Bennett) 557-8 (Fraser) 557-8 (Tegart) 802
- Employment and jobs (Bennett) 556
- Environmental assessment See Environment; particular projects
- Exploration (Bennett) 557
- First Nations involvement in industry (Barnett) 804
- First Nations involvement in industry, revenue-sharing and agreements (Donaldson) 1156-7 (Rustad) 1156-7
- Industry (Morris) 808 (Tegart) 10
- Industry, companies (Horgan) 553
- Industry, conditions and government support (Bennett) 553 (Larson) 81
- Mineral claims (Bennett) 561 (Fraser) 561
- Mineral claims, mineral titles online claim system (Bennett) 563-5 (Fraser) 563-5
- Mineral tax (Bennett) 556, 563 (Fraser) 556, 562-3
- New mines See Development, government goals above under this main heading
- Permitting process (Bennett) 554-6, 558-60 (Fraser) 554-5, 558-60 (Simpson) 577 (Thomson) 216-7
- Taxation and revenues to government (Bennett) 556-7, 563-4 (Fraser) 556-7, 562-5
- Uranium industry, moratorium and compensation for tenure holders (Holman) 418 (Polak) 419
- Workers
- rights and safety (Trevena) 26
- safety (Fraser) 553-4
- skills training (Tegart) 10
Mines, Ministry of See Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Core Review
Minimum wage See Wages and salaries
Mining Association of British Columbia
- Position on northwest transmission line project (Bennett) 90-1
Minister's Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women
- Activities and terms of reference (Donaldson) 1169 (Rustad) 1169-70
Minister's Council on Employment and Accessibility
Ministers of government See Cabinet; Ministers
under Government
Ministries See Government; particular ministries
Minter Gardens, Rosedale, B.C.
- Closing and contributions of Minter family (Throness) 390
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)
- Groups participating in inquiry, request for meeting with Justice Minister (Anton) 1052 (Kwan) 1051-2
- Implementation of recommendations (Anton) 106, 395-6, 831 (Coleman) 745 (Dix) 745 (Rice) 395
- Implementation of recommendations, impact of legal action by families (Karagianis) 394-5
- Implementation of recommendations, report (Anton) 1049-52 (Corrigan) 1052 (Kwan) 1049-51
Mission, B.C.
Mission constituency and area See Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area
Mixed martial arts See Combat sports
under Sports and recreation
Mobile business licence program See Licences
under Business
Mohoruk, Sherri
- Role as superintendent of safe schools (Fassbender) 481
Montney, B.C.
- Natural gas resources in area (Coleman) 855, 862-3 (Horgan) 862 (Weaver) 855
- Natural gas resources in area, study (Huntington) 860
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park
- Mine site history and preservation (Routley, D.) 273-4
Morden, Jane
- Work on habitat protection issues (Fraser) 297
Morrison mine project See Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.
Motion picture industry See Film industry
Motions
- Government motions
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 213; approved 213
- Committee of Supply to sit in three sections (Motion without notice)
- Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (Motion without notice)
- Legislative sitting hours (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 8; approved 8
- Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 213; approved 213
- Powers and role of Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion without notice)
- Moved (de Jong) 212; approved 212
- Powers and role of Health Committee (Motion without notice)
- Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee (Motion without notice)
- Private members' motions
- Promotion of purchasing from B.C. businesses (Motion 2)
- Referendum on TransLink revenue sources (Motion 1)
- Resource development (Motion 3)
- Other motions
- Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker
- Moved (Horgan) 7; approved 7
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
- Moved (de Jong) 7; approved 7
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker
- Moved (de Jong) 7; approved 7
- Appointment of select standing committees
- Moved (Coleman) 7-8; approved 8
- Printing of Votes and Proceedings
- Moved (Anton) 7; approved 7
Mount Klappan coal project See Coal mine project
under Fortune Minerals Ltd.
Mount Milligan mine project See Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.
Mount Pleasant constituency and area See Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
Mountain caribou See Wildlife
Mountain pine beetle See Mountain pine beetle infestation
under Forests and forest industry
Movie industry See Film industry
Mulgrew, Ian
- Article on Bountiful case (Krog) 1047
- Article on civil forfeiture legislation (Corrigan) 1056
Multiculturalism
- EmbraceBC program (Eby) 882
- Government outreach strategy and partisan activities
- Attorney General response to issues (Krog) 727
- cost recovery and compensation (Wilkinson) 550
- debate by NDP MLAs (Wilkinson) 623-4, 725-6
- government accountability (de Jong) 461-2 (Hammell) 461 (Wat) 458-60, 724 (Wilkinson) 549-50, 552, 624-5, 726
- government outreach strategy and database of information (Coleman) 701, 729-32, 735 (Dix) 622, 701, 724, 728-32, 734-5 (Elmore) 550 (Hammell) 550-1 (Kwan) 622, 730 (Ralston) 623 (Wat) 622-3, 724
- government outreach strategy and partisan activities (Dix) 13 (Kwan) 166
- implementation (Corrigan) 623-4 (Dix) 621-2, 724 (Kwan) 622-3 (Ralston) 623 (Wat) 622-3, 724-5
- information and communications re government staff member (de Jong) 460-1 (Dix) 458-9, 548-9, 621-2 (Elmore) 550 (Farnworth) 549-50 (Hammell) 550-1 (Horgan) 459, 549 (James) 459-60 (Kwan) 460, 550 (Simpson) 551-2 (Wat) 548-9, 621-2 (Wilkinson) 549-52, 623-4
- information and communications re planning activities (Corrigan) 623-4 (Dix) 622, 724-5 (Krog) 727 (Kwan) 622, 725 (Simpson) 726 (Wat) 724
- information release and severing of documents (Heyman) 1118 (Wilkinson) 1118
- investigation and call for independent investigation (James) 624 (Krog) 552 (Ralston) 727 (Simpson, S.) 552, 726
- investigation and report by deputy minister (Bains) 551 (Coleman) 691-701, 729-35, 737-40 (Dix) 459, 549, 622, 691-701, 729-35, 737-40 (Farnworth) 549-50 (Heyman) 1118, 1122-3 (Horgan) 459, 549 (James) 624 (Krog) 552 (Kwan) 550, 725, 729-30 (Ralston) 460-1 (Simpson) 551-2, 625, 726 (Wat) 458-60, 548-9, 593, 621-3, 724-5 (Wilkinson) 549-52, 623-5, 1118, 1123-4
- investigation by Premier's Office (Dix) 549 (Horgan) 549
- retention of records (Simpson) 625
- staff role and disciplinary action (Coleman) 737-8 (Dix) 737-8
- staff role and employment status (de Jong) 461 (Hammell) 461-2 (Krog) 461 (Ralston) 460-1, 593 (Wilkinson) 551
- staff role and possession of government records (Coleman) 739-40 (Dix) 739-40
- staff role and use of e-mail accounts (Bains) 551 (Coleman) 740-1 (Dix) 740-1 (Ralston) 623
- use of apology for historical wrongs (Coleman) 736 (Dix) 735-7
- Minister responsible See International Trade, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism
- Ministries responsible since 2010 (Ralston) 593
- Multicultural events (Lee) 321
- Multicultural media See Media; particular media
- Nesika Awards, funding (Ralston) 595 (Wat) 595
- Role in promotion of international trade (Wat) 134, 458, 460, 529, 549, 594
Multi-Material B.C.
- Contracts with local government (Holman) 387 (Polak) 387
- Work on product stewardship program for polystyrene (Polak) 424 (Ralston) 424
Municipal auditor general See Auditor General for Local Government
Municipal Finance Authority
- Building sale (de Jong) 377 (Farnworth) 377
Murray River mine See HD Mining International Ltd.
My Voice document See Adult guardianship
under Guardianship