P3s See Public-private partnerships
under Business
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.
- Morrison mine project, environmental assessment process (Bennett) 558 (Fraser) 558-9
Pacific Carbon Trust
- Allocation of carbon offsets
- post-secondary sector (Eby) 913 (Fassbender) 495 (Fleming) 494-5 (Virk) 913
- public entities and private companies (Chandra Herbert) 795-7 (Hamilton) 796-7
- public sector organizations (Fleming) 495
- silviculture activities by private companies (Macdonald) 261, 280-3 (Thomson) 261, 281-3 (Weaver) 282
- Allocation of revenues for energy-efficiency upgrades (Eby) 913 (Virk) 913
- Relationship with government (Chandra Herbert) 349 (Polak) 349
- Review (Virk) 913
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Establishment (Fraser) 41
- Opening and status (Fraser) 876-7 (Virk) 876-7
Pacific gateway See Asia-Pacific gateway; Trade between B.C. and Asia
under Trade; Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
- Work of organization and 2013 summit in Alaska (Letnick) 793, 814
Pacific Rim constituency and area See Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP
- Liquefied natural gas pipeline project to Kitimat, position of First Nations (Donaldson) 1162, 1164-6 (Rustad) 1162-3, 1165-6
Painted Chair program See Hovanes Community Services
Palliative care See Hospice and palliative care
Paragon Gaming Inc.
Paralympic world championships See International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships
Park-and-rides See Transit services
Parks See also particular parks and conservancies
- Campgrounds, reservation service (Bond) 690, 710
- Establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies, park acquisitions (Polak) 384 (Thomson) 292 (Weaver) 291, 384
- Marine conservation area proposal See Strait of Georgia
- System (Chandra Herbert) 80, 721-2
- System, conditions and management (Chandra Herbert) 385-6 (Polak) 386
Parksville, B.C.
- Annual beach festival (Stilwell, Michelle) 456
Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
- Visit by Top Chef Canada winner (Popham) 716 (Yamamoto) 716
Parliamentary Budget Officer
- Report on funding of First Nations schools See Education of First Nations people under Education
Parliamentary secretaries See Justice, Ministry of; particular parliamentary secretaries
Parliamentary Secretary for Corrections
Parliamentary Secretary for Liquor Policy Reform
Parliamentary Secretary for Student Support and Parent Engagement
- Activities and role (Thornthwaite) 148
Partnerships British Columbia
- Role in northwest transmission line project (Bennett) 649 (Horgan) 45, 649
Pat Bay Highway See Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
Patient Safety and Quality Council
- Patient safety learning system website (Conroy) 946 (Lake) 946
Pattullo Bridge
- Future of bridge (Stone) 88
- Temporary closure (Bains) 183
- Temporary closure, Port Mann Bridge tolling issue See Port Mann Bridge
PavCo See British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
Peace Arch Hospital Auxiliary
- History and contributions (Hogg) 43
Peace River area
- Agriculture and farmland (Pimm) 603-4 (Simons) 603-4
- Beekeeping industry and inspectors (Pimm) 670 (Simons) 669-70
- Fair Share agreement for local government funding in lieu of industrial property taxes (Austin) 518-9
- Farmland protection (Simons) 322
- Oil and gas industry, assessment of health and safety issues (Lake) 1018 (Rice) 1018
- Oil and gas industry, relationship to seismic activity (Coleman) 864 (Horgan) 864
- Site C power project
- diversion of water by energy companies (Huntington) 861
- First Nations consultation and issues (Donaldson) 1171 (Rustad) 1171
- funding (Bennett) 640-2 (Horgan) 642
- project and impact on agricultural land (Pimm) 604 (Simons) 604
Peace River regional district
- Proposed delegation agreement with Agricultural Land Commission (Pimm) 613 (Simons) 613
Peach, Petronella (Nel)
- Advocacy and volunteerism for diabetes organizations (Kyllo) 1130
Pecknold, Clayton
- Role as director of police services (Anton) 1051
Pellet industry, plants, etc. See Wood pellet industry
under Forests and forest industry
Pemberton, B.C.
Pender Island
- Mineral claims in area and public response (Bennett) 564 (Fraser) 564
Pender Island Medical Clinic, Pender Island, B.C.
- Contract with Dr. Michael Thompson, petition tabled (Holman) 819
Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, B.C.
- Patient care tower project (Ashton) 193 (Darcy) 194, 932 (Lake) 932
Pernarowski, Dave
- Comments on economy in northwest B.C. (Bennett) 91
Personal identification See Identification
Pest control and pesticides See Pest control and pesticide use
under Environment
Petitions
- Animals
- Community Charter provisions on dangerous dogs (Thornthwaite) 925
- Climate change
- climate action secretariat (Routley, B.) 397
- Education and schools
- closing of South Wellington School and proposed removal of Nanaimo school board (Routley, D.) 728
- status of schools in Cedar and proposed review of Nanaimo school district (Routley, D.) 728
- Health care services
- brain protection strategy and access to services for persons with phenylketonuria (Thomson) 819
- dialysis unit in Invermere (Macdonald) 552-3
- reinstatement of Dr. Michael Thompson to Pender Island Medical Clinic (Holman) 819
- Internet
- high-speed Internet service for Kitwanga area (Donaldson) 1135
- Land use planning
- authorization of docks for Shuswap area properties (Kyllo) 1135
- Parks
- Cultus Lake Park board governance (Throness) 1011
- Property transfer tax
- exemption for purchase of residence to accommodate disability (Stilwell, Michelle) 397
- Skills training
- Red Seal trades and electrical work practitioner certificate (Bains) 925
- Vancouver Island
- provincial status (Krog) 1135 (McRae) 925
- Waste management
- soil dumping permit in Shawnigan Lake area (Routley, B.) 1011
Pets See Animals
PharmaCare program
- Administration, services contract See Maximus Inc.
- Cost savings (Darcy) 888 (Lake) 888
- Cost savings from generic drugs (Darcy) 1138 (Lake) 1138
- Coverage, low-income persons and income assessment (Lake) 1021-2 (Rice) 1021
- Coverage, physician assessment fees for Alzheimer's drug therapy initiative (Holman) 1016, 1022 (Lake) 1022
- Drug approval process See Prescription drugs, review process under Drugs
- Studies, Alzheimer's drug therapy initiative (Darcy) 1142-3 (Lake) 1143
- Task force See Pharmaceutical Task Force
- Therapeutics initiative (Darcy) 276-7, 325, 1140-1 (Dix) 16, 275-6, 746 (Eby) 277 (Farnworth) 51, 323-4 (Lake) 276-7, 324-5, 1140-1
Pharmaceutical industry See also Prescription drugs
under Drugs
- Position on therapeutics initiative (Dix) 276 (Eby) 277
Pharmaceutical Task Force
- Implementation of recommendations (Lake) 325
Phelps, Blair
- Employment status (Wat) 593 (Wilkinson) 1123
- Work on government multicultural outreach strategy and employment status (Heyman) 1123 (Krog) 461 (Ralston) 593
Phenylketonuria
- Brain protection strategy and access to services, petition tabled (Thomson) 819
Philippines
- Trade with B.C. See Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions under Trade
Phillip, Stewart
- Request for meeting with Justice Minister (Anton) 1052
Physicians See also particular locations and types of physician
- Access to information on prescription drugs See Prescription drugs, education programs and information under Drugs
- Collective agreement and negotiations (de Jong) 401 (Farnworth) 400-1
- Compensation (Farnworth) 51
- Compensation, alternative payments program (Lake) 1026 (Trevena) 1025
- Family physicians, supply and government initiatives (Darcy) 1033-4 (Lake) 1029, 1033-4 (Weaver) 1028-9
- Records and specialists (Darcy) 937 (Lake) 937
- Supply and training
PIECES Canada
- Residential care dementia education program (Lake) 948-9, 1012
Pine beetle See Mountain pine beetle infestation
under Forests and forest industry
Pinton Forrest and Madden Group Inc.
- Government contract (Bond) 684, 710
Pipelines See Oil and gas
Pitt Meadows, B.C. See Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
PKU See Phenylketonuria
Plants
- Genetically modified plants (Donaldson) 677
- Genetically modified plants, impact studies (Pimm) 671 (Simons) 671
- Sea vegetation See Sea vegetation
PlayNow website See British Columbia Lottery Corporation
Plea bargaining See Justice system
PNP See Provincial nominee program
under Immigration
Point Grey constituency and area See Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area
Point, Steven
- Position as committee chair re Missing Women Inquiry recommendations (Anton) 395, 1050-1 (Coleman) 745 (Dix) 745 (Kwan) 1049-50
Points of order
- Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)
- Applause for members by guests in chamber 37; ruling 91
- Communications between guests and members in chamber 29-30, 32; ruling 32, 91
- Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
- Adjournment motion on International Trade Ministry estimates 535; ruling 535
Police and policing See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Amalgamation and integration of services (Anton) 1050
- Equitable treatment of persons (Anton) 1052 (Corrigan) 1052
- Funding for police services (Anton) 1050
- Information-sharing between police departments (Anton) 1050
- Investigation of workplace injuries and deaths See Workplace injuries and deaths, investigation under Occupational health and safety
- Police forces, audits (Anton) 1052 (Corrigan) 1052
- Police handling of domestic violence cases See Handling of domestic violence cases under Justice system
- Police handling of missing persons cases (Anton) 1050
- Police services model, review (Anton) 832
- Regional policing See Amalgamation and integration above under this main heading
- Standards of policing, development (Anton) 1051
- Taser use on child, report See Representative for Children and Youth
Police Complaint Commissioner
- Annual report, 2012-13, tabled (Speaker) 1189
Politics and politicians
Pollution See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Polystyrene
Popat, Nurdan
- Experience with handyDART services (Ralston) 760
Population See British Columbia
Population Data B.C.
- Data linking systems, use by Health Ministry (Heyman) 1177-8 (Wilkinson) 1178-9
Port Alberni, B.C.
Port Coquitlam, B.C. See also Tri-Cities area
- Burke Mountain area, need for elementary school (Farnworth) 785-6 (Fassbender) 785
- Dominion Triangle area, need for elementary school (Farnworth) 786
Port Hardy, B.C.
- First Nations marathon for suicide awareness See Vancouver Island
- Health care services and physician recruitment (Trevena) 1025
Port Mann Bridge
- Alternatives to bridge (Stone) 88
- New bridge, benefits (Fassbender) 122 (Stone) 89
- Reconstruction project and workforce (Bains) 983
- Safety during winter conditions, falling ice (Stone) 709-10 (Trevena) 709
- Tolling, proposed suspension of tolling during Pattullo Bridge closures (Hammell) 89 (Heyman) 88
- Traffic volumes and tolling revenues (Stone) 709 (Trevena) 709
Port Metro Vancouver
- Deltaport operations See Deltaport
- Mandate and jurisdiction (Huntington) 422 (Polak) 422
- Relationship with Agricultural Land Commission (Huntington) 607-8 (Pimm) 607-8
- Tanker traffic and oil spill preparedness (Chandra Herbert) 363-4
Port Moody, B.C. See also Tri-Cities area
Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area
- Description and community events (Reimer) 117-8
Port of Prince Rupert
- Economic role and potential (Rice) 119-20
POSCO Canada Ltd.
Post-secondary education See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training
- Accessibility and affordability (Elmore) 179 (Fleming) 190 (Robinson) 125 (Shin) 107
- Agriculture programs, consolidation (Virk) 915
- Data collection (Eby) 875, 878-80 (Virk) 875, 878-80
- Distance education (Trevena) 878 (Virk) 878
- Education of First Nations people, funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
- Education quality assurance designation See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Enrolment, data collection See Data collection above under this main heading
- Enrolment, international students See International students below under this main heading
- Fees (Eby) 868-9 (Virk) 868-9
- Government initiatives (Virk) 96
- Government investment and support (McRae) 139-40 (Martin) 181-2 (Thornthwaite) 149
- International education, expansion and capacity in system (Eby) 881-2 (Virk) 881-2
- International students See also Education
- enrolment (Eby) 875 (Virk) 875
- government action on student visa issues (Eby) 913-4 (Virk) 914
- students (Shin) 873 (Virk) 873
- Open textbooks See Textbook supply, online textbook program below under this main heading
- Scholarships, arts scholarship programs (Oakes) 162
- Scholarships, Millennium scholarship fund See Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
- Statistics See Data collection above under this main heading
- Student financial assistance See also Scholarships above under this main heading
- assistance (Eby) 911 (Fleming) 190
- government loans portfolio and revenues (de Jong) 417 (Farnworth) 417
- graduate scholarship program proposal (Virk) 910 (Weaver) 910
- income-to-loan repayment and 8 percent target (Eby) 910-1 (Virk) 910-1 (Weaver) 910
- interest on loans (Shin) 872 (Virk) 872
- loan-forgiveness and loan-reduction programs (Virk) 911
- loan-forgiveness program for health professionals (Lake) 1030
- review (Eby) 911 (Virk) 911-2
- training and education savings grant program See Government contributions under Registered education savings plans
- Student spaces (Krog) 73 (Virk) 96, 881
- Students, first-year completion rates (Eby) 878-9 (Virk) 878-9
- Students, international students See International education; International students above under this main heading
- System (Virk) 95-7, 867, 873
- Textbook supply, online textbook program (Thornthwaite) 149
- Tuition fees (Virk) 96, 869, 910 (Weaver) 910
Post-secondary education – Funding
- Funding (Bains) 184 (Chandra Herbert) 77-8 (Eby) 157 (Farnworth) 51 (Heyman) 63 (Shin) 872-3 (Simpson) 94 (Virk) 157, 873, 925
- Funding for building maintenance, deferred maintenance (Eby) 912-3 (Virk) 912
- Funding for First Nations education (Eby) 915 (Virk) 915-6
- Funding for rural colleges (Trevena) 877-8 (Virk) 877-8
- Grant requirements and inability to carry over funding (Eby) 883 (Virk) 883
- Per-student funding for graduate students (Virk) 910 (Weaver) 910
Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Administration
- CEO compensation (Virk) 909 (Weaver) 909
- operating costs versus administrative and managerial costs (Virk) 909 (Weaver) 909-10
- savings and shared services (Virk) 868
- Application of freedom-of-information legislation (Heyman) 1176 (Wilkinson) 1176
- Assets, sales (Eby) 867 (Virk) 867
- Capital investment and projects (Virk) 96-7, 881-2
- Consultation by government (Eby) 882 (Virk) 882
- Core review (Eby) 879-80 (Virk) 879-80, 909
- Costs, management (Virk) 96
- Education quality assurance process (Eby) 913-4 (Virk) 914-5
- English language learning schools (Eby) 913-4
- Equipment donations from private sector, liability issue (Eby) 883 (Virk) 883
- Facilities, energy-efficiency upgrades (Eby) 913 (Virk) 913
- Facilities, space utilization (Eby) 881 (Virk) 881
- Financial reporting, inclusion in government reporting entity (Eby) 883 (Virk) 883
- Voucher program for commercialization of new technologies See Voucher program under Business
Poverty See also Homelessness; Income
- Awareness (James) 619-20
- Child poverty (Cadieux) 209 (Darcy) 57 (James) 208-9, 346 (Simpson) 209
- Government action (Cadieux) 209 (Chandra Herbert) 78 (Darcy) 57 (James) 208-9
- Measurement (James) 464
- Poverty among women (Karagianis) 191-3
- Reduction
- Working poor (Mungall) 244
- Working poor families See Low-income and working poor families under Income
Powell River, B.C.
Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area
- Farmers, access to agrologist services (Pimm) 676 (Simons) 676-7
- Impact of ferry fares on tourism (Simons) 683
Power See Energy
Power Smart program See Energy
Powerex Corp.
Pregnancy See Maternity and pregnancy
under Health
Premier, Office of the
- Estimates
- Deputy chief of staff, salary (Dix) 13
- Estimates debate (Kwan) 725
- Freedom of information requests (Heyman) 1125 (Wilkinson) 1126
- Spending on hospitality (de Jong) 922 (Horgan) 922, 932
Premier's Technology Council
Prentice, Jim
- Comments on liquefied natural gas development and skilled worker supply (Austin) 849
Prescription drugs See Drugs; PharmaCare program
Presentation of estimates
- Estimates of sums required for the service of the province (de Jong) 32
Press See Media
Prince George Airport
- Expansion and operations (Ralston) 798-9
Prince George, B.C.
- Court services, delays (Krog) 393
- Economy (Morris) 808-9
- Role as resource transportation hub (Morris) 22, 808
- Sawmill fire in July 2013 (Bond) 923
- Unemployment rate (Bond) 1011
Prince George–Mackenzie constituency and area
- Forest and mining industries (Morris) 22
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge See William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Princeton, B.C.
Princeton Secondary School, Princeton, B.C.
- Graduates in June 2013 (Tegart) 152-3
Prisons See Correctional facilities
under Corrections system
Privacy
- Breaches of personal information
- government sharing of information outside government (Bains) 551
- health information (Heyman) 1177-8 (Wilkinson) 1178
- health information investigation (Darcy) 1040, 1141, 1143 (Lake) 1040, 1141, 1143
- Chief privacy officer position (Heyman) 1177 (Wilkinson) 1177
- Policies, compliance and staff training (Heyman) 1178 (Wilkinson) 1178
- Protection of personal information (Darcy) 1040 (Heyman) 62, 1176-7 (Lake) 1040 (Wilkinson) 55, 1173-4, 1176-7
- Protection of personal information, use of government data for health research See Personal health information under Health – Health care system
Privacy Commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Private members' statements See also Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
- Ashton, Dan (Penticton)
- Supporting strong investments in Okanagan health care: now, tomorrow and into the future 193-5 (Darcy) 194-5
- Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
- Take action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the public sector today 795-7 (Hamilton) 796-7
- Conroy, Katrine (Kootenay West)
- The importance of dignified care 799-802 (Larson) 801
- Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Hamilton, Scott (Delta North)
- Growing our B.C. agrifoods strategy 439-41 (Simons) 440-1
- Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)
- Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt–Royal Roads)
- Women in the workforce 191-3 (Tegart) 192
- Larson, Linda (Boundary-Similkameen)
- Saving for our children's and grandchildren's future: the advantage of the B.C. training and education savings grant 189-91 (Fleming) 190
- Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)
- Letnick, Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country)
- Removing interprovincial trade barriers 793-5 (Routley, D.) 794
- Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Growing fibre, growing value 437-9 (Barnett) 438
- Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- Procedure See Legislature
Privilege
- Coleman, Hon. Rich (Fort Langley–Aldergrove)
- Reserving right to raise matter of privilege re comments by John Horgan 160
- Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)
- Reserving right to raise point of privilege re comments by Andrew Wilkinson 728
- Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Reserving right to raise point of privilege re comments by Andrew Wilkinson 728
- Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
- Reserving right to raise question of privilege re comments by Andrew Wilkinson 728
- Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- Reserving right to raise matter of privilege re comments by Andrew Wilkinson 751
Process of service See Service of legal documents
under Justice system
Project Souvenir See Security incident on precincts and police investigation
under Legislature
Property tax
Property transfer tax
- Exemption for transfer of family farms (de Jong) 38, 369-70, 790 (Farnworth) 371, 790
- Exemptions, purchase for accommodation of disability, petition tabled (Stilwell, Michelle) 397
Property Transfer Tax Act
Prorogation address 1189
Prosperity fund proposal See Oil and gas – Liquefied natural gas development
Prosperity gold-copper mine See Taseko Mines Ltd.
Protocol and events branch See Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat
Providence Health Care
Provincial Capital Commission
- Assets and properties, management and sale (Fleming) 542-3
- Role (Fleming) 542-3 (Oakes) 542-3
Provincial Health Services Authority
- Involvement in information management project See Clinical and systems information management transformation project under Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Role in staffing arrangements at B.C. Children's Hospital (Lake) 1010
Provincial nominee program See Immigration
Provincial sales tax See Sales tax
Provincial Sales Tax Transitional Provisions and Amendments Act, 2013
PSEC See Public Sector Employers Council
PST See Sales tax
Public Accounts See Financial reporting
under Government
Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on
- Powers and referral of reports to committee (de Jong) 212-3
Public debt
- Current levels (Austin) 844-5
- Debt (de Jong) 921
- Debt during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Corrigan) 136-7 (Dix) 14 (Elmore) 179-80 (Farnworth) 37, 53, 921 (Fleming) 169 (Fraser) 142 (Krog) 70, 72-3 (Kwan) 164 (Macdonald) 23, 129-30 (Ralston) 116 (Robinson) 125 (Routley, D.) 19 (Simpson) 93
- Debt in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Reimer) 118
- Debt projections (de Jong) 405-6 (Ralston) 116 (Simpson) 94
- Debt via contractual obligations (de Jong) 922 (Farnworth) 921-2 (Macdonald) 129-30
- Debt-to-GDP ratio (de Jong) 405-6, 921 (Farnworth) 406 (Yap) 173
- Debt-to-GDP ratio and ratio of government program spending to GDP (Farnworth) 921
- Deficit budgets See Budgets
- Elimination (Cadieux) 100 (de Jong) 405-7 (Farnworth) 405-8 (Simpson) 93 (Throne speech) 4-5 (Virk) 95
- Paydown of debt (Reimer) 118 (Stilwell, Michelle) 60
- Paydown of debt, government policy (Fleming) 168-9 (Routley, D.) 20-1
- Types of debt (Chandra Herbert) 77 (Farnworth) 407
Public documents committee
- Review of government records retention schedules (Wilkinson) 1173
Public health See Health – Public health
Public safety See Safety
Public safety council See Justice and public safety council
under Justice system
Public sector
- Civil service See Public service
- Collective agreements and bargaining, cooperative gains mandate for public sector (Anton) 1042-3 (Fassbender) 482-3 (Fleming) 482-3
Public Sector Employers Council
- Guidelines for executive compensation (Bains) 994-5 (Bond) 994-5
Public service See also Public sector
- Executive compensation (Chandra Herbert) 78
- Hiring freeze (Heyman) 1184-5 (Wilkinson) 1184-5
- Number of employees (Krog) 836
- Number of employees and reporting changes (Anton) 1042
- Political staff See Government
- Standards of conduct (Bains) 551 (Dix) 459 (Wilkinson) 551
- Standards of conduct, review (Coleman) 740 (Dix) 740
Public transit See Transit services
Public welfare See Social welfare
Public-private partnerships See Business
Publishing industry
- Book publishing industry (Popham) 275