BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Subject and Business entries), First Session, 40th Parliament

Tabled documents See Documents tabled
Tahltan Indian band

Agreement involving run-of-river project (Donaldson) 1160-2 (Rustad) 1160-2

Concerns re proposed mining project in traditional territory (Donaldson) 566

Sacred Headwaters territory See Klappan Valley (Sacred Headwaters)

Strategic engagement agreement with government (Donaldson) 806, 1159 (Rustad) 1159

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

Representatives, meetings with government ministers (Ralston) 747

Taiwan

Trade with B.C. See Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions under Trade

Talisman Energy Inc.

Water licences (Coleman) 861

Tanker safety See Shipping industry
Taseko Mines Ltd.

Prosperity gold-copper mine project (Barnett) 803-4

Taser report See Reports under Representative for Children and Youth
Taste: Victoria's Festival of Food and Wine See Festival of food and wine under Victoria, B.C.
Taxation See also particular products and sectors

Business taxes See Taxation under Business

Carbon tax See Carbon tax

Competitive tax system (Heyman) 195-6

Fuel tax See Fuel

Government policies (Corrigan) 542 (Oakes) 542 (Thomson) 109 (Throne speech) 4 (Wat) 586

Harmonized sales tax See Harmonized sales tax

Income tax See Income tax

Mineral tax See Mines and mining industry

Property tax See Property tax

Property transfer tax See Property transfer tax

Reductions (Bernier) 18

Reductions, Laffer concept re relationship to government revenues (Krog) 73

Relationship to government services (Krog) 73

Revenues to government (Farnworth) 417

Sales tax See Sales tax

School tax on property See Property tax

Tax and user fee increases See Taxes and user fees under Consumers

Tobacco tax See Tobacco

TaxiSaver program See HandyDART system and TaxiSaver program under Transit services
Taylor, Carole

Comments in 2008 budget speech (Weaver) 97-9

Comments on government financial management (Fleming) 168-9

Service as MLA (Stilwell, Moira) 167

TCM See Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
Teachers

Collective bargaining

cooperative gains mandate (Fassbender) 482-3, 485-6 (Fleming) 482-3, 485-6

costs and funding (Fassbender) 492 (Fleming) 492

framework and lead negotiator (Fassbender) 490-2 (Fleming) 490-2

government proposal for long-term agreement (Bond) 65 (Fassbender) 123, 486-90 (Fleming) 486-7, 489-90

relationship to teacher distribution issues (Fassbender) 785

Education assistants, collective bargaining See Support workers and education assistants under Education

Government relationship with teachers (Darcy) 57 (Fleming) 487 (Heyman) 63

Performance and incentives (Fassbender) 772 (Fleming) 772

Specialist teachers, number in education system (Fassbender) 432 (Fleming) 431-2, 480

Supply and recruitment (Fassbender) 785 (Weaver) 784-5

Support workers, collective bargaining See Support workers and education assistants under Education

Teacher regulation branch See Education, Ministry of

Technology See Information and communications technology; Science and technology
Technology council See Premier's Technology Council
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services, Ministry of

Estimates

debate 1115-26, 1172-87

speakers (Eby) 1175, 1182-3 (Heyman) 1116-26, 1172-87 (Wilkinson) 1115-26, 1172-87

Assistant deputy ministers See Fraser, John Paul; Schlosar, Jay

Audits and program reviews (Heyman) 1186-7 (Wilkinson) 1187

Board resourcing and development office (Heyman) 1182 (Wilkinson) 1182

Budget

budget (Heyman) 1180-1 (Wilkinson) 1115, 1180-2

contingency funds (Heyman) 1181 (Wilkinson) 1181

reductions and fee revenues (Heyman) 1183-4 (Wilkinson) 1183-4

staffing See Staff and staffing below under this main heading

Establishment and role (Throne speech) 4

Estimates process (Heyman) 1116, 1182

Government communications and public engagement services See Government communications and public engagement

Information access and records management services (Heyman) 1172-3 (Wilkinson) 1172

Integrated workplace solutions division (Heyman) 1174 (Wilkinson) 54

Mandate letter See also Role and responsibilities below under this main heading

(Heyman) 1176, 1180 (Wilkinson) 1179-80, 1187

Minister's office (Heyman) 1181, 1183 (Wilkinson) 1181, 1183

Programs, funding and gaming grants (Heyman) 1183 (Wilkinson) 1183

Relationship with Information and Privacy Commissioner (Heyman) 1124-5, 1174, 1176 (Wilkinson) 1124-5, 1174, 1176-7, 1184, 1187

Reorganization and transfer of responsibilities (Heyman) 1116, 1183 (Wilkinson) 1116-7, 1183

Role and responsibilities (Wilkinson) 54-5, 1115-6, 1178-9

Role in core review (Heyman) 1122, 1172, 1180-1 (Wilkinson) 1122, 1172, 1181

Staff and staffing (Heyman) 1172, 1181-5 (Wilkinson) 1172, 1181-5

Strategic initiatives and strategic planning divisions See Government communications and public engagement

Teck Resources Ltd.

Highland Valley mine (Austin) 803 (Tegart) 10

Quintette mine project (Bennett) 557

Teenagers See Children and youth
Telecommunications See Information and communications technology
Telehealth/telemedicine See Telehealth under Health – Health care system
Television industry See Film industry
TELUS Corp.

Government contract for telecommunications services (Wilkinson) 55

Temporary foreign workers See Foreign and immigrant workers under Immigration
Tenants See Landlord-tenant issues under Housing – Rental housing
Terrace, B.C.

Air quality and airshed, potential impact of liquefied natural gas activities (Chandra Herbert) 368

City government, report on revenue-sharing in northwest B.C. (Austin) 519 (Oakes) 519

Mayor See Pernarowski, Dave

Terrorism

Bombing of Air India flight and experiences of victims' families (Bains) 205-6

Incidents (Dix) 40

Therapeutics initiative See PharmaCare program
Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.

Mount Milligan mine project (Bennett) 557

Thompson, Michael

Contract with health clinic See Pender Island Medical Clinic, Pender Island, B.C.

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Government investment and development (Stone) 127-8

Thorne, Diane

Service as MLA (Robinson) 124

Thorpe, Rick

Comments on local purchasing (Krog) 453

Throne speech See Speech from the Throne
Timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
Timber supply areas in interior See Forests and forest industry
Timber Supply, Special Committee on

Report recommendations and government response See also Timber supply areas in interior, government action plan under Forests and forest industry

(Bains) 46-7, 986 (Barnett) 438 (Macdonald) 45-6, 131, 222-3, 225-6, 437-9 (Routley, B.) 221-2, 286 (Thomson) 46-7, 217, 225-8, 286

Work of committee (Barnett) 438 (Macdonald) 130, 437-9 (Thomson) 46-7

Times of India Film Awards

Hosting of 2013 awards event in B.C. (Bains) 88, 184 (Bond) 86-8 (Coleman) 750 (Dix) 86-7, 750

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation

Concerns re mine project proposal (Bennett) 565-6 (Fraser) 565-6

Tobacco

Smoking cessation drugs, Champix (Darcy) 1141-2 (Dix) 276 (Farnworth) 278-9, 323-4 (Lake) 276, 278-9, 324, 1141-2

Smoking cessation programs (Farnworth) 323 (Lake) 278, 324, 1142

Taxation of tobacco products (de Jong) 37, 369

Taxation of tobacco products, levels and relationship with smuggling activity (de Jong) 791

Tobacco control strategy (de Jong) 369

Tobacco Tax Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2013

(de Jong) 37, 369, 791 (Farnworth) 791

Today's News

Articles on transit issues (Heyman) 31-2

Tofino municipal district See District of Tofino
Top Chef Canada program See Food Network
Toquaht First Nation See also Maa-nulth First Nations

Lands and economic development opportunities, mine waste contamination issue (Fraser) 1114 (Rustad) 1114

Toronto, Ontario

B.C. trade representation See Trade and investment representatives and offices under Trade

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Report on income levels in Canada (Mungall) 186

Tour de Delta

Bicycle race (Hamilton) 391

Tourism

Accommodation guide (Bond) 718 (Popham) 718

B.C. Magazine publication (Bond) 710 (Popham) 710

Culinary tourism (Popham) 715-7 (Yamamoto) 716-7

Culture and heritage tourism initiative (Bond) 685 (Shin) 685

Cycling tourism and interministerial work (Bond) 717-8 (Popham) 717-8

Ferry services vacations See Vacations component under British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.

Gaining the Edge: A Five-Year Strategy for Tourism in B.C. publication See Government strategy below under this main heading

Government strategy (Bond) 682, 715, 718 (Shin) 718 (Yamamoto) 715, 717, 1135

Industry

competitiveness (Bond) 711 (Popham) 711

conditions and government support (Bond) 682-3 (Chandra Herbert) 80 (Shin) 682 (Yamamoto) 1135

industry (Bing) 184-5

role of guide-outfitters See Guide-outfitters

support for small businesses (Shin) 685, 712-3 (Yamamoto) 685, 713

workers See Workers below under this main heading

Market research (Bond) 681-3 (Popham) 681-2 (Shin) 682

Marketing

attraction of Asian visitors to B.C. (Bond) 681-2 (Popham) 681-2 (Shin) 682

marketing (Bond) 685 (Shin) 685

merchandise and made-in-B.C. products (Bond) 690 (Popham) 690

products, activities and industry areas (Popham) 717 (Shin) 712 (Yamamoto) 717

promotion of made-in-B.C. products (Bond) 719 (Popham) 713-4 (Yamamoto) 713-4

provincial destination marketing organization See Destination B.C.

regional marketing (Bond) 712 (Shin) 712-3 (Yamamoto) 713

seniors tourism (Popham) 717 (Yamamoto) 717

skiing campaigns and funding (Bond) 711-2 (Popham) 711-2

Offices overseas (Bond) 682 (Popham) 682 (Shin) 682

Reservation services, campgrounds See Campgrounds under Parks

Revenues (Bond) 715, 718 (Popham) 715, 718

Science tourism (Popham) 1134-5

Tour buses, regulation and enforcement (Stone) 702 (Trevena) 702

Visitors to B.C. (Bond) 679 (Popham) 679

Workforce and skills training (Shin) 718 (Yamamoto) 718-9

Tourism and Small Business, Minister of State for

Mandate letter, priorities and funding (Popham) 1091-2 (Yamamoto) 1091-2

Relationship with Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry See Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Labour

Role and responsibilities (Bond) 680 (Popham) 680

Tourism B.C.

Reinstatement as new corporation See Destination B.C.

Revenues (Bond) 690, 710 (Popham) 690

Tourism, Ministry of See Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Labour
Tourism Vancouver

Allocation of funds for Vancouver Convention Centre (Bond) 686-9 (Popham) 686-8, 766 (Simpson) 688-9 (Stone) 766

Trade

Export of goods to international markets (Hamilton) 11-2 (Kwan) 164 (Martin) 181 (Ralston) 587 (Virk) 95 (Wat) 134, 458, 460, 587

Export of raw logs See Forests and forest industry

Government promotion of trade and investment (Ralston) 531, 585-92, 596-8 (Wat) 529, 531, 585, 587-93, 596-8

Government promotion of trade and investment, attraction of Asian head offices to B.C. See Head offices under Business

International trade, federal minister See Fast, Ed

Interprovincial trade barriers (Letnick) 793 (Routley, D.) 794

Lumber trade See Forests and forest industry

Trade (Sullivan) 451

Trade agreements and partnerships

agreement between Canada and Europe See Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

agreements between B.C. and Alberta, dispute resolution and impact on company operations (Huntington) 726-7 (Wat) 727

government role (Ralston) 591-2 (Wat) 591-3

proposed agreements between Canada and Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (Ralston) 592 (Wat) 592

Trade and investment representatives and offices

Asia See also particular offices below under this subheading

(Wat) 535

Chandigarh (Ralston) 533 (Wat) 533

costs and operations (Ralston) 532-5, 588 (Wat) 532-5, 588

Europe and proposal for Frankfurt office (Ralston) 588

Europe and U.S. (Wat) 534

funding (Ralston) 532, 534-5, 583-5 (Wat) 532, 534-5, 583-5

Hong Kong (Ralston) 534-5 (Wat) 534-5

Indian offices See Chandigarh; Mumbai under this subheading

London (Ralston) 587-8 (Wat) 588

Mumbai (Ralston) 532-3, 583 (Wat) 532-3

numbers and expansion (Ralston) 533-4, 583-4 (Wat) 533-4, 584-5

office locations (Ralston) 586 (Wat) 585-6

representatives and offices (Wat) 529, 531

Singapore and Taiwan proposals (Ralston) 535, 585-6

South Korea (Ralston) 592 (Wat) 592

Toronto (Ralston) 589 (Wat) 589

Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions

Asia (Bond) 86-8 (Fassbender) 122 (Polak) 76 (Ralston) 590 (Thomson) 109 (Throne speech) 5 (Virk) 95 (Wat) 534, 586-7

Europe (Ralston) 532

Europe and U.S. (Wat) 587-8

Latin America (Ralston) 532, 587 (Wat) 587

Middle East (Ralston) 588

Philippines (Ralston) 586

Taiwan (Ralston) 585-6

Trade missions

funding and planning (Bond) 1088 (Ralston) 531-2, 1087-8 (Wat) 531-2

ministerial responsibility (Bond) 1088 (Ralston) 531, 1088 (Wat) 531

mission to Asia in 2012 and Philippines component (Elmore) 587 (Wat) 587

mission to India (Coleman) 750 (Dix) 750

missions to Asia (Bond) 1088 (Ralston) 531-2, 534-5, 586, 1087-8 (Wat) 529, 531-2, 534-5, 586

Trade unions

Government relationship with private sector unions (Bains) 1068-70 (Bond) 1068-70

Trades

Training See Skills training

Trades Training Consortium of British Columbia

Letter on trades training funding (Bond) 1076-8 (Routley, D.) 1076-8

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners See Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
Traffic fines, safety, violations, etc. See Automobiles
Training and education savings grant program See Government contributions under Registered education savings plans
Trains See Railways and rail services
Trans Canada Trail

Kinsol Trestle section See Kinsol Trestle

Trans-Canada Highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Transgendered, transsexuals See Gender orientation
Transit services See also British Columbia Transit; South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink); Transportation; particular programs or locations

Accessibility, affordable housing near transit services See Housing

Expansion and government investment (Chandra Herbert) 351 (Stone) 753-4

Government investment and support (Chandra Herbert) 79 (Heyman) 63 (Stone) 665, 668, 705-8 (Trevena) 705-8

HandyDART system (Bains) 183-4

HandyDART system and TaxiSaver program (Heyman) 762 (Stone) 760-1

HandyDART system, cases (Ralston) 760

Impact on economy (Heyman) 760

Initiatives (Chandra Herbert) 354-5 (Polak) 354-5

Intercity routes (Stone) 707 (Trevena) 707

Investment (Stone) 705-6

Management, regional model (Sultan) 201-2

Park-and-rides (Polak) 354

Ridership targets (Heyman) 753 (Stone) 665, 668, 706, 753 (Weaver) 667-8

Role

metropolitan areas and relationship to land use planning (Simpson) 202

reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Weaver) 665

transportation emissions reduction See Reduction, transportation sector under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Transit plan (Heyman) 753, 757 (Stone) 705-6, 707, 753-4, 757 (Trevena) 706

Use by commuters (Hamilton) 204

Use of hydrogen fuel See Fuel

Transition houses See Housing
TransLink See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Transmission system See Energy
Transportation

Emissions See Reduction under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Government investment, federal gas tax fund and Building Canada fund (Heyman) 761 (Stone) 761

Government investment, role in economy (Heyman) 760

Infrastructure See Infrastructure

Pacific gateway initiative and projects (Stone) 89, 668 (Weaver) 668

Projects (Stone) 128-9 (Throne speech) 4

Projects, local hiring (Bains) 983

Public transit See Transit services

Regional transportation management centre project See Regional Transportation Management Centre, Coquitlam, B.C.

Role in economy (Hamilton) 204

Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of

Estimates

debate 651-69, 702-10, 751-68

speakers (Chandra Herbert) 767-8 (Corrigan) 765-6 (Donaldson) 767 (Eby) 764-5 (Elmore) 652-4 (Fraser) 766 (Heyman) 752-62 (Holman) 661, 664, 666 (Huntington) 703-5 (Karagianis) 763-4 (Kwan) 654-6 (Popham) 766 (Ralston) 760 (Robinson) 763 (Simpson) 656-60 (Stone) 651-4, 656-69, 702-10, 751-68 (Trevena) 651, 660, 662-7, 702-3, 705-9, 751-2 (Weaver) 665, 667-8

Commercial vehicle safety and enforcement branch (Huntington) 703-4 (Stone) 702-5 (Trevena) 703

Estimates process (Heyman) 752 (Trevena) 651

Estimates process and questions (Simpson) 657, 660 (Stone) 665, 751, 762 (Trevena) 667, 751

Mandate letter (Stone) 758

Role and responsibilities (Stone) 128-9, 651

Staff (Huntington) 703 (Stone) 651, 703 (Trevena) 651

Transportation management centre in Lower Mainland See Regional Transportation Management Centre, Coquitlam, B.C.

Transportation financing authority See British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority
Trapping See Hunting
Treasure Mountain mine project See Huldra Silver Inc.
Treasury Board

Role (Bennett) 574 (Simpson) 574

Treaties See First Nations; particular treaties
Tree farm licences See Forests and forest industry
Tree planting See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry
Tributes

Doug Sigurdson (Corrigan) 811

Garde Gardom (Anton) 25 (Dix) 25

Jim Brass (McRae) 1004

Joe Easingwood (James) 40

Paralympic world championships win by Parksville-Qualicum MLA (Bernier) 1128 (Dix) 1127

Scott Niedermayer (Macdonald) 273

Svein Tuft (Routley, D.) 83

Top Chef Canada winner Matthew Stowe (Cadieux) 617-8

Zeke Fantuz (Bennett) 151

Tri-Cities area See also Coquitlam, B.C.; Port Coquitlam, B.C.; Port Moody, B.C.

Economic development (Reimer) 118

Need for elementary school (Farnworth) 377

Potential for gaming centre (de Jong) 417 (Farnworth) 417

Trimble Park lands See Jericho lands under Vancouver, B.C.
Trucking industry

Long-haul truck drivers, immigration program See Provincial nominee program under Immigration

Truck safety (Huntington) 703-5 (Stone) 703-5 (Trevena) 703

Truck safety, commercial vehicle enforcement See Commercial vehicle safety enforcement under Automobiles

True North Fraser agriculture brand See Products, promotion of B.C. products under Agriculture
Trusts See Economic development initiative trusts under Economy; particular trusts
Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Recommendations and government action (Fassbender) 499 (Fleming) 498-9

Tsawwassen, B.C.

Power line project in area, purchase and sale of properties See Purchase of properties along transmission lines under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Tsay Keh Dene First Nation

Application to innovative clean energy fund (Bennett) 646 (Donaldson) 646

Electricity services and biomass-based power proposal (Bennett) 645-6 (Donaldson) 645-6

T'sou-ke First Nation

Energy project and application to innovative clean energy fund (Bennett) 829-30 (Horgan) 829

Tucker, Shauna

Volunteer activities (Thornthwaite) 206

Tudor House Pub, Esquimalt, B.C.

Response to fire at pub (Karagianis) 545

Tuft, Svein

Cycling accomplishments (Routley, D.) 83

Tuition fees See Post-secondary education
Tumanda, Leonida

Death and community support for family (Elmore) 178

Turner, Louise

Role as technology council president and contract with government (Heyman) 1180, 1182

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen See Representative for Children and Youth
Tuskegee Airmen

U.S. military unit during World War II (Yap) 84

Tynehead constituency and area See Surrey-Tynehead constituency and area