Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 40th Parliament – 2014
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

ABOUT THE MEMBERS INDEX
File updated regularly as the session progresses.
Index contains information on subjects MLAs spoke on during House debate.

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Hamilton, Scott (Delta North)

As subject
comments on role of Senate re House of Commons and governing party (Farnworth) 1313
experience in local government 1707-8
family and staff thanked 1282
private member's statement 1730 (Bains) 1729-30
staff, volunteers and family thanked 1706
work as MLA 1312
Annacis Island
industrial district and trades training facility 1707
industries and transportation training school project 1508-9, 3768
transportation training school project 1284
Asia-Pacific gateway, role 1283, 1728-9
Autism support dogs 2757
Autism Support Dogs, training and provision of autism support dogs 2757
B.C. Liberal Party government
election and financial management 1282-3, 1706-9
Budget debate 1706-9
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 1706, 1708
Business
mobile business licence program 1283
small business, government support and role in economy 1283
Canada, Senate, abolition 1312-3
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families 1282
Chinese Canadians, contributions to B.C. 4045
Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 1282
Credit rating, B.C. rating 1707
Delta
business, economy and transportation infrastructure 1283-4
government investment in area 1708
redevelopment of former landfill site 1283
sports fields 1707
Delta Chamber of Commerce, concerns re South Fraser Perimeter Road 1730
Delta North constituency and area, business operations 1707
Dhaliwal family, impact of container truck labour dispute 2380
Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4045
Economy, growth and role of government 1282-4
Education
funding 1708
system, conditions 1284
Employment and unemployment, job creation 1283-4
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 1709
Fassbender, Peter, debate on TransLink legislation 2950
FedEx Corp., operations in B.C. 1728
Finance and Government Services Committee, public hearings 1312
Food and food industry, locally grown food, government support and role in economy 1284
FortisBC, Tilbury Island LNG facility, expansion 1283
Frito Lay Canada, operations in B.C. 1728
Government
capital projects, investment 1708
regulations, reduction 1283
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, replacement project 1284
Ideal Welders Ltd., history and operations 1509, 3768
International LNG in B.C. Conference, 2014 conference in Vancouver 3768
Investment climate 1706
Legislature
debate on federal issues 1312
members' conduct and debate 1284
LNG development 1284, 1707, 3767-8
Local government, provincial-municipal relations 2951
Lower Mainland
economy and jobs 1360
truck traffic volumes and routes 1283, 1728-9
Motions
Abolition of Senate of Canada 1312-3
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4045
Co-governance of public education system 4102-3
Development of natural gas industry 3767-8
Free trade agreements with Asia 2007-8
Poverty reduction work in other jurisdictions 2847-8
Rights and welfare of Canadian and temporary foreign workers in B.C. 3444-5
New Westminster, traffic volumes 1283
Ocean Trailer, operations 1728
Port Mann Bridge, access from South Fraser Perimeter Road 1283
Port Metro Vancouver
container trucking industry issues 2379
operations 2379-80
storage fees, impact on business 2380
Port Metro Vancouver Container Trucking Services Continuation Act, debate 2379-80
Private members' statements
South Fraser Perimeter Road 1728-30
Private members' statements (response)
100 days of protest 3762-3
Public sector, collective agreements and bargaining 1706-7
Ready, Vince, work on labour dispute involving container truckers 2380
Registered education savings plans, training and education savings grant program 1709
School district 37 (Delta), schools 1284
Skills training, government investment and support 1509
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
governance and referendum on funding model 2950-1
Mayors Council, powers and role 2950-1
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2950-1
South Fraser Perimeter Road
agricultural and environmental impacts, mitigation 1729-30
agricultural and environmental projects 1708
costs and oversight 1730
economic benefits 1283, 1728-30
intersections and overpasses 1730
role 1707-8
Statements by members
Autism support dogs for children with autism 2757
Economic development by Tsawwassen First Nation 1360
Industries and skills training on Annacis Island 1508-9
Taxation, government policies 1282-3
Throne speech debate 1282-4
Tilbury Industrial Park, operations 1707, 1728-9
Trade exports 1707
Transportation
infrastructure, government investment 1283
Pacific gateway initiative and projects 1283
workers, heavy-duty mechanics, training 1284
Trucking industry, labour dispute involving container truckers, negotiations and history 2379-80
Tsawwassen First Nation
agricultural land leases with Delta farmers 1360
economic development projects 1360
treaty negotiations 1708
Water Sustainability Act, debate 2703-4
Wesgroup Properties, operations 1728
Hamilton, Wm. Scott (Delta North)

Agriculture
government support, agrifoods strategy 2704
temporary foreign workers 3445
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 2008
Delta North constituency and area, employment and temporary foreign workers 3445
Deltaport operations 2007-8
Education
capital funding 4102-3
information management, BCeSIS system 4102
system protocol on co-governance 4102-3
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 2848
Energy, First Nations clean energy business fund 3763
First Nations
Douglas treaties 3762
economic development and revenue-sharing 3762-3
Housing, affordable housing 2848
Immigration, temporary foreign workers 3444-5
LNG development, First Nations involvement 3763
Pasco, Robert, comments on relationship with government 3763
Poverty, reduction in other jurisdictions 2847-8
Quebec, poverty reduction plan 2847
School district 37 (Delta), capital funding 4103
Skills training, supply of skilled workers 3444-5
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 2847-8
Tahltan Indian band
revenue-sharing agreement involving hydroelectric projects 3763
socio-cultural working group and relationship with government 3763
Trade, free trade agreements with Asia 2007-8
Tsawwassen First Nation
economic development projects 3762-3
The Vancouver Sun, articles on free trade agreement with South Korea 2008
Water
management and stewardship 2703-4
resources, Living Water Smart blog 2703
water licences and rentals, fees 2704
Water Sustainability Act, consultation on bill 2703
Winter, John, comments on free trade agreement with South Korea 2008
Workers, protection for workers 3444-5
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)

As subject
experience as teacher 4053-4
family experience in Richmond area 3812-3
Agricultural Land Commission, changes 3810-4
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014
debate 3810-4, 4229-33
referral to Finance Committee and consultation on bill 4229-32
response by industry and stakeholders 4232-3
Agricultural land reserve, protection 3811-4, 4230-1
Alcohol
liquor regulation review and changes 2522-3
liquor sales in grocery stores 2523
Anderson, David, comments on agricultural land 3811, 3813, 4230
Angels for Autism, award recipients 3671
Bennett, Bill, actions and comments re Agricultural Land Commission 3810-1
Bogert-O'Brien, Loretta, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4232
Brink, Johann, letter re forensic psychiatric services 2340
B.C. Hydro, financial management and revenues to government 1441
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 1442
initiatives, government handling 3036
Budget debate 1440-4
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, content 1437
Canadian Harambee Education Society, funding of girls' education in Africa 1928-9
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 2248
Children and youth, children in government care, youth agreements 2248
Clark, Christy, comments on budget and tax policies 1437-8
Conflict of interest, rules for politicians 3465
Consumers, taxes and user fees 1437-8, 1440-1
Corrections system, prisoners, mental health assessments and services 4377
Discrimination and racism
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4053-4
ethnic and racial discrimination, past discriminatory practices by government 4053
Education system and government policies 1442-4
Elections
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 1612, 3465-7
redistribution of electoral boundaries, government role 1612, 3465-7
voter parity principle 3465, 3467
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 1612, 3465-7
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1612, 3465-7
Energy, electricity rates 1441
Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, beds, wait-lists 2340
Fraser Valley, agriculture and development 3811-4, 4229-31
Government, capital project costs and oversight 1442, 3036
Grigg, Glen, comments on mental health, parenting and poverty 4474-5
Health
maternity and pregnancy, postpartum depression screening and services 4476
social determinants 4474-5
Health authorities
budget allocation, government information 4378
spending on mental health and addiction services 4376
Health care system, bariatric surgery 4370
Health Ministry, estimates debate 4370, 4373-8, 4422-5, 4472-80
Housing, supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted and support services 4424-5
Immigration, temporary foreign workers, protection 3448-9
International Women's Day 1928-9
Kamloops, designation as part of rural electoral district 3467
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho psychiatry and education centre project 4377-8
Liquor Control and Licensing Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2522-3
Lower Mainland, growth and population 3812-3
Manitoba, immigration, temporary foreign workers 3448-9
Mass, Gwen, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4232
Medical Services Plan
budget allocation, mental health and addiction services 4376
premiums 1437-8
MLAs, constituency assistants, role 2140-1
Mental health
imprisonment of mentally ill persons awaiting transfer to forensic psychiatric facilities 2340
mental health plan 4473
mental illness, awareness 3939
mental illness and addiction, concurrent disorders program 4422-3
mental illness and addiction, role in criminal behaviour 4475
programs and services, funding 4374-6, 4423-5
Mental Health Week 3939
Motions
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4053-4
Rights and welfare of Canadian and temporary foreign workers in B.C. 3448-9
Muslim Food Bank, programs and fundraising activities 2923
Oral questions
Availability of beds at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital 2340
Government action on crime in Surrey 2204
Government approach to teachers' collective bargaining and release of court documents 1206
Medical Services Plan premiums 1437-8
Recovery home registration and regulation 3677
Role of Premier's office in government approach to teachers' collective bargaining 1268-9
Pattullo Bridge, conditions and traffic volumes 3036
PharmaCare program
budget allocation for mental health and addiction medications 4374-5
medical management services plan 4375
Pharmacists, dispensing of methadone 3677
Physicians, training and resident physicians 1360
Port Mann Bridge
tolling, impact on traffic flow 3036-7
traffic volumes and tolling revenues 1441-2
Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 1443
Poverty, impact on mental health and role in addictions 4473-5
Private members' statements
Support for addictions 2259-61
The Province (Vancouver), article on agricultural land 3811
Provincial Health Services Authority, spending on mental health and addition services 4376
Psychiatrists, forensic psychiatrists, recruitment and compensation 4377
Richmond, agriculture and development 3812-4, 4230-1
School district 36 (Surrey), enrolment and funding 1443
Sea Island, agriculture in area 3812-3, 4229-30
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 2259
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, governance and referendum on funding model 1442, 3036-7
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Funding Referenda Act, debate 3036-7
Statements
Mental Health Week 3939
Statements by members
Autism spectrum disorder and Angels for Autism event 3671
Canadian Harambee Education Society 1928-9
Constituency assistants 2140-1
Medical residents 1360
Muslim Food Bank and fundraising 2923
Substance abuse and addiction
incidence 4478-9
incidence and action on issues 4472
methadone replacement therapy program 2261, 4477-8
prevention and treatment services, treatment and recovery programs 4476-80
prevention and treatment services, treatment beds 4424-5
recovery houses 2259-61, 3677, 4479
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 1206
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on electoral boundaries 3465
Surrey
crime prevention and safety 2204, 3677
recovery houses 2259-60, 3677
Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area
constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes 4232
neighbourhood pub and liquor store, impact of liquor regulation changes 2523
Teachers, collective bargaining 1443
government approach 1206, 1268-9
role of Premier's office and meetings with government officials 1268-9
Tolls, implementation and revenues 1441-2
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, mental health programs, concurrent disorders centre and program 4422-3
Workers, protection for workers 3448-9
Zoning, upzoning 4231-2
Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
comments on TransLink issues (Stone) 2969-70
family experience as immigrants 4051
staff and constituents thanked 1538-9
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 1856-9
Agricultural Land Commission, changes 3715-9, 4452-6
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014
debate 3715-9, 4240-4, 4452-6
consultation on bill 3715-6
referral to Finance Committee and consultation on bill 4240-4
response by industry and stakeholders 3717-8
response by scientists 4243
Agricultural land reserve, protection 3715-9, 4240-3, 4452-5
AirCare program, termination 2751
Alzheimer Society of B.C., work of organization 1555-6
Alzheimer's disease 1555
Auditor General
report on health benefits operations 2143-4
report on health information services contract 3581
Automobiles, driver's licences, refusal for outstanding TransLink fines 2739
Azoadam, Ernest, death after riding party bus 3611-2, 4089
Bennett, Bill, actions and comments re Agricultural Land Commission 3716-7, 4454
Best Buddies Canada, program for persons with developmental disabilities 2016
Bike to Work Week 4408-9
Bomke, Art, comments on agricultural land reserve changes 4243
Bond, Shirley, comments on TransLink referendum 2981
Border crossings, Canadian citizens denied entrance at U.S. border 3582
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area, constituent letter on agricultural land reserve changes 3718-9
B.C. Agriculture Council, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 3717-8
B.C. Association of Farmers Markets, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4243-4
B.C. Cancer Agency
research activities, use of personal health information 3582
work of organization 1539
B.C. Hydro
financial management 1500
revenues to government 1540
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements
agriculture 4240, 4243-4
film tax credits 3818
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and openness 3436-8
action on campaign statements 4079-80
financial management 1540
priorities 1539
B.C. Lottery Corporation, PlayNow website 4411
B.C. Services Card 3592-3
B.C. Stats, report on high-technology industry 3148
B.C. Technology Industry Association, comments on technology sector 3583, 3588
Budget debate 1538-42
Budgets, 2014-15 budget 1500, 1514, 1538-9, 1542
Bullock, Richard, comments on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4455
Business, venture capital 3588
Business Council of B.C., report on technology sector 3583, 3589
California, drought conditions and food supply 3718, 4242
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 2012
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, comments on oil and gas practices 1955
Canadian Cancer Society, work of organization and Daffodil Month campaign 2615
Cancer
awareness 2615
research and prevention, funding 1539
Children and youth, child care, affordability and availability 1542
Chinese Canadians, contributions to B.C. 4051-2
City School, faculty and programs 3280
Clark, Christy, comments on issues
George Massey Tunnel replacement project 2972-3
St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment project 1514
tax referenda and TransLink referendum 2980
TransLink referendum 2978
Climate change
climate action initiative for agriculture and food 3719, 4242-3
government action 1538, 2831-3
impact on agriculture and food security 2831, 3716-9, 4242-3, 4454-5
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 2405-6
Consumers, taxes and user fees 1540-1
Country Life in B.C., questionnaire and B.C. Liberal Party responses 4240
Creative B.C., funding and role 1541, 1996-7, 2405
Creston Valley Agriculture Society, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4456
Crime and criminals, rehabilitation and employment of former offenders 3577
Cuscito, Tommy, comments on party bus industry regulation 4089-91
Cycling, promotion and benefits of cycling 4408-9
Defend Our Future, work of organization 1538
Deloitte Inc., review of government information technology contracts 3458, 3590-1
Democracy, public participation in democracy 2883-4
Disabled persons
community living services, STEPS Forward education support program 3214
developmentally disabled persons, inclusion and social support 2016
employment of developmentally disabled persons and role of education 3214
Discrimination and racism
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4051-2
ethnic and racial discrimination, past discriminatory practices by government 4051
Earthquakes, earthquake preparedness 2436
Economy, economic development 1500-1
Education
alternative school programs 3280-1
funding, impact on school district budgets and operations 3280-2
multicultural liaison workers 3281
revision to include Asian Canadian experience of discrimination 4051-2
school counsellors, substance abuse counsellors 3280-1
school music programs 3280-2
school sports programs, athletic coordinators 3281
Education Ministry, estimates debate 3280-2
Elections
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 3484-7
redistribution of electoral boundaries, government role 3484-7
rural and northern constituencies, representation 3484-5
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 3484-7
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 3484-7
Employment and unemployment, unemployment rates 1540-2
Energy, electricity rates 1540
Falcon, Kevin, actions as Transportation Minister 2933
Fassbender, Peter, comments on TransLink funding issues as mayor of Langley 2975-6
Film industry
domestic film production, seed funding 2405-6
government support 1541
industry 1996-7
tax credits, digital animation or visual effects tax credit, coverage of post-production work 1541, 2405, 3818-9, 4079-80
tax credits, distant-location regional tax credit, extension to capital region 2405, 3818, 4079
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 4079-80
Finland, video-game production industry and workers in B.C. 3587
Food and food industry, food security 3717-8, 4240-2
Freedom of information
disclosure, cabinet records 3572-3
proactive and routine disclosure, information in public interest 3436, 3529
requests for information
fees 3438
government handling 2762
"no records" responses 2762, 3530
"no records" responses and duty to document 3436, 3438
police information checks 3437-8
response times and backlog 3526-9
staff turnover and job classifications 3528
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
amendments 3529-30
review of legislation 3574
Golden Ears Bridge, tolling system and charges 2744-5
Gortva, MacKenzie, injury while riding party bus 4089
Government
capital projects, costs and oversight 1540
core review 3716
financial management, Lean initiative 3594
information technology systems, contracted services and costs 3457-8, 3590-1, 3845-6
information technology systems, controls, location of data hosting services 3580-1
integrated case management system 3845-6, 4411
media relations, staff training 3594
ministers, qualification to comment on issues 3573
records management and retention
draft records 3573-4
e-mail records 3530, 3572
government policy 3530, 3572
"oral government" culture 3574
staff training 3575
transitory records 3530, 3572-5
spending, priorities 3591
Government communications and public engagement, activities and staff 3593-4
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 2833
reduction, government targets 2832-3
Hazardous products, carcinogens 2615
Health care funding 1541
Health care system
laboratory services changes, consultation and industry panel proposal 2594
personal health information
access to data for health research 3582
location of data hosting services 3580-2
privacy issues 2143-4
privacy issues and legislation 3578-80, 3582
services for youth 4364-5
services for youth, petition tabled 4326
Health Ministry, estimates debate 4364-5
Highway 16, safety of women travelling along highway, shuttle bus proposal 1539
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, replacement project 2973
HP Advanced Solutions Inc., contract with government 3457
HUB: Your Cycling Connection, cycling advocacy work in Metro Vancouver 4408-9
IBM Canada Ltd., contract with government 3457
Immigration, temporary foreign workers 1540
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on issues
freedom-of information legislation 3529-30
government records management practices 3436-7, 3574
missing persons legislation 1823-5, 2046-7, 2097-101
release of police information checks 3437-8
report on personal health information disclosure and implementation of recommendations 3578
report on police information checks and government response 3575-8, 3582
ruling on use of facial recognition technology to identify rioters 1825
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comments on climate change 2831-2
International House Vancouver, education quality assurance designation 1856-7
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 3818-9
Justice system, handling of workplace death and injury cases, prosecution 2271
Kaminsky, Barbara, work on cancer issues 1539
Kirk and Co. Consulting Ltd., government contract 3594
Laboratory Services Act
debate 2594
amendments 2594
Legislature, estimates process and question period debate 3573
LifeSciences B.C., award recipients 3147-8
Little, Christine, e-mail correspondence 3572-3
LNG development 1541, 1954-5
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, debate 2882-4
Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 3370-1
Local government, revenue sources, provincial government policies 3107-8
Local government elections
campaign financing and spending limits 3370-1
campaign financing regulation 2882-4
Lower Mainland
air quality 2751
South Fraser communities, transit services 2980-1
traffic congestion and impact on economy 2974
transit services 2973-4
transit services, relationship to land use planning 2934, 2936, 2943, 2981
transportation, role in economy 1501, 2937
transportation infrastructure, revenue generation 2747-8
Mann, Jim, advocacy re Alzheimer's disease 1556
Maximus Inc.
government contracts 2143-4
government contracts, data storage provisions 3580-1
Medical Services Plan premiums 1540
Mental health
community programs and services 1541
personal information, privacy issues 3575-6, 3582
Metro Vancouver
electoral area A 3101
livable region strategic plan 2936
regional motor fuel tax increase for transit funding, government handling and implementation 2975-6
Missing persons
persons who do not want to be found 2026
police orders for records
applications and potential for abuse 2026-9
emergency demands for records 1823-4, 2097-101
privacy issues 1823-5, 2097-101
third-party orders 2079-80
third-party orders for minors or vulnerable persons 2046-7
use and disclosure of information 1824, 2110
Missing Persons Act
debate 1823-5, 2026-9, 2046-7, 2079-80, 2097-101, 2110
amendments 1823-4
definitions, "missing person" 2026-9
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, implementation of recommendations 1823
Motions
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4051-2
Economic growth and opportunities 1500-1
Free trade agreements with Asia 2011-2
Prosecution of negligence in workplace death and injury cases 2271
Success of high-tech sector in B.C. 3147-8
Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1954-5
Newman, Lenore, comments on agricultural land reserve 4455
North American Free Trade Agreement, privacy provisions 3580
Occupational health and safety
workplace deaths due to employer negligence, cases 2271
workplace safety, government action 2271
Oil and gas industry safety, well setbacks and water use 1955
Ontario
film industry 1997, 2405
police, information collection and disclosure 3582
Oral questions
Budget provisions for St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment 1514
Changes to community health care centres in Vancouver 3515
Contracts for information technology services 3457-8, 3845-6
Government contract with Maximus and privacy of health information 2143-4
Integrated case management system issues 4411
"No records" responses to freedom-of-information requests 2762
Regulation of party bus industry 3611-2
St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment and seismic safety 2436
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, comments on climate changes and agriculture 4243, 4454-5
Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre, services 4364-5
Park Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1884-7
Party bus industry regulation 3611-2, 4089-91
Petitions
Pine Free Clinic and youth health clinic operations 4326
Pine Community Health Clinic
operations, petition tabled 4326
services 3515, 4364-5
Police and policing, information collection and disclosure, privacy issues 3575-8, 3582
Politics and politicians, public opinion and cynicism 2883
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 1539
funding 1539
international education, expansion and capacity in system 1857-9
student financial assistance 3589
students, developmentally disabled students 3214
Post-secondary institutions, education quality assurance designation 1856-9
Premier's Office, freedom of information requests 3530
Privacy
legislation, provisions on data protection 3580
protection of personal information, location of data hosting services 3580-1
Private members' statements
Climate change 2831-3
Public interest 3436-8
Safeguarding young people's future 4089-91
Private members' statements (response)
Celebrating the success of the film industry in B.C. 1996-7
Public debt levels 1542
Raymond, Shannon, death after riding party bus 3611-2, 4089
Referenda, use for taxation policies 2980
Research and development, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 1541
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment project 1514, 2436
School district 39 (Vancouver)
impact of funding on operations 3280-2
public meeting on budget and programs 3280
Science and technology
government support 1541
high-technology industry 1500-1, 3147-8, 3583-9
other jurisdictions 3583-7, 3589
venture capital 3587-8
workers, supply and retention 3587, 3589
SeaBus, service levels 2751
SecureKey Technologies Inc., government contract 3592-3
Skills training, supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 3589
South Coast B.C. Regional Transportation Commission, elimination 3404
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
accountability 2936
audits 2975
board of directors
membership 3394-5
operations and restructuring 2933
operations and role of government 3397-8
remuneration 3395-6
budget development and financial management 2943-4, 3390-1, 3394, 3405
Canada Line 2751, 2933-4
capital projects 3399
capital projects, funding 2748-50
development of lands adjacent to transit infrastructure, land value capture 2750
executive compensation 3397
fare collection and enforcement, collection of fines and allocation of revenues 2739-40
fares and ridership 3107, 3109
funding and service levels 2976-80
funding formula and long-term funding agreement 2973-4, 2979-81
governance 2933-4, 2936-7, 2943-4, 3405
governance, role of local elected officials 2741
governance model review 2934-6, 2976-7, 3390, 3398, 3401
infrastructure and services, expansion 2973, 2979, 2981
legislation 2739, 3388-9
Mayors Council
comments on referendum proposal 2981-2
funding and remuneration 3404
letter from Transportation Minister 3390, 3394
powers and role 2937, 2943-4, 3388-9, 3390-1, 3401-5
planning 2933-4, 2937, 2943, 3394, 3399, 3400-4
referendum on funding model 2748-9, 2972-3, 2977-82, 3105
administration and question 3113-4, 3116
coverage of costs 3383
date and timing 3112-3
referendum and future referenda 3106-10, 3385-7
voters 3382-3
revenue sources 2747-50, 2981, 3107-10, 3400
additional sources 3386
approval process 3105, 3115-6, 3385
property tax 3389
revenue sources and financial status 2974-6
review by comptroller general in 2009 2975
service area and additions 3101
website, information from Mayors Council 3394
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2014
debate 2933-7, 2943-4, 3390-1, 3393-405
consultant's report 3390, 3401
debate on amendment 3394
use of term "key initiatives" 3399
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Funding Referenda Act
debate 2972-82, 3101-2, 3104-10, 3112-6, 3382-9
application 3101-2, 3105
committee stage debate 3109, 3115, 3389
definitions, "added area" 3101
exemption from other legislation and municipal bylaws 3382
regulations 3384-5
Statements by members
Alzheimer Society of B.C. 1555-6
Best Buddies program 2016
Cancer Society activities and Daffodil Month 2615
HUB cycling organization in Vancouver 4408-9
STEPS Forward program for students with developmental disabilities 3214
Steves, Harold, work on agriculture issues 4454
Stone, Todd, comments on TransLink 2978, 4240
Strang, Hilary, concerns re Agricultural Land Commission changes 4456
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 3525-30, 3572-94
budget 3526
estimates process, written questions and answers 3593
information access operations office 3526-8
role and responsibilities 3576, 3578
Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products 1539
Tolls and road pricing 2747-8
Trade
exports 1501
free trade agreements with Asia 2011-2
trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions, U.S., role of B.C. privacy and data-protection legislation 3580
Transit services
HandyDART system 2740-4, 2979
transit plan 2973-5
Transportation
infrastructure, federal funding 2749-50
infrastructure, government investment and plan 1542
projects, referenda 2972-3
systems, coordination and planning 3398
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 2739-45, 2747-51
estimates process, response to questions 2751
U.S.
data-hosting service providers, access to Canadian data 3580-1
government, accountability and access to information 2762
party bus industry regulation 4089
University of B.C., study on music and education 3281
Vancouver
municipal election, campaign spending and regulatory powers 2883, 3370-1
riot during Stanley Cup playoffs, potential use of facial recognition technology to identify rioters 1825
Vancouver Charter, amendments 3370-1
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, community health care centres, services and redesign 3515, 4365
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area, constituents' concerns 1538-9, 1541-2
agricultural land reserve changes 4243
education funding 3280, 3282
forum 3717
Vankayala, Lasya, life sciences project 3147-8
Video games, production industry and foreign workers in B.C. 3587
Violence against women, prevention and government strategy 1539
Weather, severe weather events 2831
West Coast Mental Health Network, work of organization 1541
Workers, pre-employment background checks, privacy issues 3575-8
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards, studies on income inequality and subjective well-being 3608-9
Canadian Federation of University Women, advocacy for poverty reduction plan, petition tabled 4115
Child Abuse Prevention Day 2851
Children and youth, child abuse prevention 2851
Economy, gross domestic product and alternative measurement 3074
Government
public policy and social isolation issues 3842
public policy and subjective well-being 3608-9
Helliwell, John, research on subjective well-being 3608-9
Mental health
mental health of children and youth, services 2260
mental illness and addiction, role in criminal behaviour 2260
Ontario, social impact bonds 2260
Petitions
poverty reduction plan 4115
Private members' statements (response)
Support for addictions 2259-60
Safety, community safety 2260
Social welfare, social programs and services, service delivery models 2260
Social workers, contributions and role 2015
Society
measurement of social progress and value of happiness 3074
social isolation 3842
subjective well-being 3608-9
Statements by members
Child Abuse Prevention Day 2851
Economic and social indicators and promotion of happiness 3074
Public policy and subjective well-being 3608-9
Social workers 2015
Vancouver Foundation Vital Signs report and social isolation issue 3842
Substance abuse and addiction, recovery houses 2259-60
Surrey, recovery houses 2259-60
UN Day of Happiness, declaration 3074
Vancouver Foundation, Vancouver Foundation's Vital Signs for Metro Vancouver report, content on social isolation issues 3842
Holman, Gary (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
experience with agricultural land reserve 3710
Agricultural Land Commission, changes 3710-4
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014
debate 3710-4, 4236-40
consultation on bill 3710-1
referral to Finance Committee and consultation on bill 4236-40
response by industry and stakeholders 3711-2, 4237-9
response by local government and regional districts 4238
Agricultural land reserve, protection 3710-3, 4237-9
Agriculture
direct marketing and farmers markets, role in economy 4237-8
government policy 3712
government support 3713-4, 4239
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 3198
Aquaculture
licensing and management, role of federal and provincial governments 3198
shellfish farming, geoduck farming, local decision-making 3198
Barnett, Donna, concerns re ferry service reductions and impact on tourism 1364
Benn, Jamie
hockey achievements and participation in Olympic Games 1264
performance at Olympic Games 1507
Bennett, Bill, actions and comments re Agricultural Land Commission 4236-7
Boats and boating, derelict vessels and floating structures, federal-provincial responsibilities 2131-2
B.C. Agriculture Council, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4238-9
B.C. Association of Farmers
Markets, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4237-8
B.C. Cattlemen's Association, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4238
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
budget and funding 2674
ferry advisory committees 2679
revenues 2680
revenues and dividend to government 2686
B.C. Hydro, revenues to government 1481
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements re agriculture 4237
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 1480-2
Budget debate 1480-2
Budgets, 2014-15 budget
asset sales component 1969
content 1480-2
California, drought conditions and food supply 3713
Canada, Senate, representation, role and abolition 1311-2
Canadian Federation of University Women, concerns re poverty, petition tabled 3301
Cariboo area, tourism, impact of ferry service reductions 1364
Catalyst Paper Corp., financial status, impact of electricity rate increases 1481
Cawthra, Ron, comments on physician availability in south Island area 4269
Central Saanich council, position on agricultural land reserve changes 3710-2
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 2254
Climate change, impact on agriculture and food security 3713
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 2330
Consumers, taxes and user fees 1480-1
Country Life in B.C., questionnaire and B.C. Liberal Party responses 4237
Curtis, Hugh, public service and death 4313
Education
information management, alternative systems 3285
system, service delivery and shared procurement 3285
Education Ministry, estimates debate 3285-7
Elections
campaign financing, limits on corporate and union donations 2879
campaign financing, regulation, NDP position 2879
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 3473-4
redistribution of electoral boundaries, government role 3473
rural and northern constituencies, representation 3473
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 3473-4
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 3473-4
Environment, environmental assessment process 1481
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 2938, 2988, 2994-5, 3002
Ferries and ferry services
economic impact of fare increases and service reductions, analysis 2679-80
fares
impact on ridership numbers 2679-80
increases for seniors 2674-5
medical treatment travel subsidy 4270
relationship to capital costs of ferries 2673
funding 1364
passengers, demand studies 2679-80
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 1364
service reductions and changes, impact on economy and tourism industry 1364
system, cost-saving initiatives 2675
vessels, procurement of new vessels 2672-3
Fertilizers, impact on water resources 3245-6
Finance and Government Services Committee
prebudget consultation 1480
role in core review 3711, 4236-7
First Nations
children, services for children and families, governance and changes to service delivery contracts 2254
housing 2819
protection of cultural and sacred sites 2856
protection of cultural and sacred sites, petition tabled 4414
Food and food industry, locally grown food 3710
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 2120, 2131-2
role and responsibilities 2988
Forests and forest industry
old-growth forests, protection 2988
private lands, management and role of local government 2988
private lands, water management 3249
Grace Islet
development and First Nations concerns 2856
residential construction on First Nations cemetery site, petition tabled 4414
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG gas development 1482
inventories 2994
Gulf Islands, transit services 2667
Health care system, travel for treatment and travel assistance program 4270
Health Ministry, estimates debate 4269-70
Hearts of the Community Awards, award winners 2015
Housing, social and subsidized housing, needs assessments 2819, 2821
Infrastructure, municipal water systems, governance and funding 2330-1
Insurance Corporation of B.C., procurement, auto glass suppliers 2753
Integrity B.C., position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4238
Islands Trust, position on issues
Agricultural Land Commission changes 3711, 4238
private forest land management 2988
Jacox, Kerry, comments on impact of ferry service reductions on tourism 1364
Latta, Doug and Elizabeth, comments on Agricultural Land Commission changes 3712
Legislation, consultation by government 2879
Legislature, language used in House, withdrawal of comments 3002
Letnick, Norm, potential meeting with federal aquaculture minister 3198
LNG development, tax structure 1481
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, debate 2878-9
Local government, regional growth strategies, impact on municipal land use planning 2331
Local government elections, campaign financing regulation 2878-9
M'akola Housing Society, housing project 2819
Malcomson, Sheila, comments on Agricultural Land Commission changes 3711
Maxwell, Robert and Janice, concerns re agricultural land reserve changes 4238
Motions
Abolition of Senate of Canada 1311-2
Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 2819, 2821
NDP, position on campaign financing 2879
Noble, Tim, comments on impact of ferry service reductions on tourism 1364
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing and water use 2702
natural gas prices and projections 1481
oil spills, cleanup responsibilities and polluter-pay model 2994-5
Olympic Games, 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Canadian men's hockey team 1264
Oral questions
Grace Islet development and First Nations concerns 2856
Impact of ferry services reductions on economy and tourism industry 1364
Park Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1889-90, 1909-10
Parks
changes to parks and conservancies 2654
protected areas, role and public support 2654
Penelakut First Nation, concerns re heritage site preservation 2856
Pest control, invasive species management, funding 2120
Petitions
Grace Islet First Nations cemetery and First Nations sacred sites 4414
poverty reduction plan 3301
Physicians, family physicians 4269-70
Post-secondary education, student debt load 1482
Poverty reduction, government strategy, petition tabled 3301
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2654-5
Provincial Capital Commission, lands and properties, allocation of revenues from sales to special account for infrastructure improvement 1969
Provincial Capital Commission Dissolution Act, debate 1969
Public debt levels 1481
Rivers and streams, river protection 3245-6
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes 3710-2
constituents' issues and concerns 1480
constituents' issues and concerns re geoduck farming 3198
water resources 2702
Saanich Peninsula
First Nations and housing issues 2819
First Nations groups, contracts for services for children and families 2254
land use planning governance 2331
Saanich Peninsula Hospital, patient care case 4270
Saltspring Island
agricultural land reserve 3710
governance and incorporation study 2330
transit services 2667
transit services, community bus 2756-7
water infrastructure and funding 2330
School district 63 (Saanich)
concerns re seismic upgrade project funding 3286
student information database system 3285-6
School district 64 (Gulf Islands), budget surpluses 3287
School districts, budget surpluses 3286-7
Schools, seismic upgrades and funding model changes 3286
Statements by members
Jamie Benn and 2014 Olympic Winter Games 1264
Marine conservation area for southern Gulf Islands 3776-7
Saltspring Island community bus 2756-7
Volunteerism and Saanich Peninsula volunteers 2015
Strait of Georgia, marine conservation area proposal for southern area 2655, 2938, 3776-7
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project, environmental assessment process 1481
Tourism, Discovery Coast circle route, impact of ferry service reductions 1364
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 2667-8, 2672-5, 2679-80, 2686, 2753
Tributes
Hugh Curtis 4313
Jamie Benn 1507
Vancouver Island
agriculture and food security 3710
south Island
accessibility to family physicians 4269
Saanich Peninsula area volunteers 2015
transit funding and services 2667-8
Vancouver municipal election, campaign spending and regulatory powers 2878-9
Victoria, Belleville ferry terminal, redevelopment 1969
Volunteers and volunteer sector 2015
Washington State, boating and derelict vessel model 2132
Water
environmental flow protection 2702
management and stewardship 2702
governance 2702
prohibition on foreign matter and remediation orders 3245-6
resources, analysis and mapping 2702
water licences and rentals
fees and consultation process 2702
power purposes 3239-40
short-term water permits 2798
water sustainability plans 3249
Water Sustainability Act
debate 2702-3, 2798, 3239-40, 3245-6, 3249
consultation on bill 3710
Zoning, role of local government and development pressures 2878
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)

As subject
comments on alternative energy (Bennett) 3778
comments on economy and funding for government services (McRae) 3946
election as leader of NDP (Dix) 3363
visit to coal mine 4396
work in Ottawa for committee on Senate reform 1314
yielding of floor and resumption of remarks 1251 (Speaker) 1250
Alberta, transmission line project 3989
AltaGas Income Trust
Forrest Kerr run-of-the-river project 3990-1
funding of transmission line project 3990-1
Auditor General, reports and reviews, government response 3536
B.C. by region, northeast B.C., access to family physicians 4013
B.C. Hydro
disaster response planning and emergency management program, audit report 3985-8
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 4004-5
financial management 1395, 2572, 4004
financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 4002-3
purchase and sale of electricity 4005-6
revenues to government 1512, 2491-2, 4003-4
role, Site C power project 4008
B.C. Liberal Party
2014 convention, proposed resolution on income assistance policy re child support payments 4410
campaign statements re B.C. Hydro 4398-9
B.C. Liberal Party government
allegations of Election Act violations, investigation by special prosecutor 4397-8
approach to governing 3536
priorities 3945, 4382-4
B.C. Utilities Commission
regulation of electricity rates 2487, 4400
role
oversight role 3536
role, oversight role 2144, 3985
role, Site C power project 3778-9
website information on projects 3988
Buckingham, Jennifer, experience on disability benefits as single mother 3512
Budgets, 2014-15 budget
asset sales component 1970
contingency funding 4402-3
Burrard Thermal power station, operations 4009
Cameron, Peter, role in teachers' collective bargaining 4111
Canada, Senate, B.C. representation and abolition 1314
Catalyst Paper Corp., financial status, impact of electricity rate increases 2491-2
China
greenhouse gas emissions 4391
market for natural gas and supply agreement with Russia 4389
Chouhan, Raj, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 1195
Clark, Christy
accountability 1251
comments on issues
budget and tax policies 1439
electricity rates 4398-9
public debt 4383-4, 4386-8
teachers' collective bargaining 4319
Climate change, government action 4382
Coal industry 4396-7
Constitution, provisions on role of provinces in confederation 1314
Consumers, taxes and user fees 1439
Credit rating, B.C. rating 4387
Crown Corporations Committee, activities 1248
Dams, upgrade projects 3986-8
Dawson Creek, Chetwynd area transmission project 3993-4
Deetken Enterprises Inc., relationship with government and report on LNG development 1620
Discrimination and racism
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4018-9
ethnic and racial discrimination, past discriminatory practices by government 4018-9
Doyle, Dan, position with government 4398-401
Economy
conditions 4386
role of government 1506
Education
class size and composition 4319
schools, seismic upgrades 3986
Elections
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 3536-8
redistribution of electoral boundaries, government role 3537-8
voter parity principle 3538
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 3537
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 3536-8
Employment and unemployment
government job strategy 3842-3, 4393-4
government job strategy, support for B.C. workers 3455-6, 3609-10, 4395-7
job creation 4393-4
jobs, entry-level jobs 3455
unemployment rates 3455-6, 3842-3
unemployment rates for youth 3455, 3843
Energy
electricity rates 1395, 1511-2, 4003-4
government plan 4398-401
impact on industry 1506, 2491-2
impact on low-income residents 2571-2
industrial rate review 4399-400
"lifeline rate" proposal for low-income families 2487
Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line project, costs 3992-4
northwest transmission line project
costs and oversight 3988-91, 4008
Iskut extension line project 3989
worker safety and tower failure investigation 3991-2
Power Smart program 2572
power supply, export and surplus energy 4005-6
smart-metering and infrastructure program 2144, 3994-7
wind power 4005
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 3985-97, 4000-9
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, role in dispute re provision of electricity to California 4000
Ferries and ferry services, service reductions and changes, economic impact analysis 1364
Finance and Government Services Committee, work of committee 1248
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 4430-1
value-added sector 4430
Fort St. John, health care services, access to family physicians 4013-4
Government
accountability 2199
capital projects, costs and oversight 3945
lands and properties, sale 1970
role 4382
spending priorities 4410
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 4389-93
reduction, government targets 4390-2
HD Mining International Ltd., Murray River mine, workforce 3843, 4396
Hillsborough Resources Ltd., Quinsam mine, operations 4396
Hydro Affordability Act, 2014, debate 2487
Immigration
temporary foreign worker program 3455-6, 3609-10, 3842-3
temporary foreign worker program, youth mobility program 3843, 4395
temporary foreign workers 4395-6
Imperial Metals Corp.
funding of transmission line project 3990-1
Red Chris mine 3990-1
Income assistance benefits, deduction of child support payments 3512-3, 3944-5, 4401-4, 4409-10
John Hart Dam upgrades 3986-8
Justice system, young offenders, Kimberly's law, petition tabled 3949
Langford, economic development 1506
Legislature
committee system 1248
committee system, reforms 1664
debate on federal issues 1314
estimates process 1251
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, fall sitting 2199
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, fixed calendar 1248, 2199
ministerial statements, requirements 2076
private members' time, debate 1506
question period
change to scheduled times 1247-50, 1259
proposal for Premier's time question period 1250-1
questions taken on notice 1671
reforms 1248
website 3538
LNG development
impact on poverty 3945
power supply 2916, 4006, 4392
prosperity fund proposal 4383-4, 4386
report on job creation 1620
revenues to government 4384-8
tax structure 4384-8
MLAs
constituency offices, open houses and constituent questions 1249
cooperation and partisanship 1506
Mines and mining industry, small companies and junior miners 1668
Motions
Abolition of Senate of Canada 1314-5
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4018-9
Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 1195
Change to question period 1247-51, 1259
Economic growth and opportunities 1506
Murphy, Gary, position with smart-metering and infrastructure program 2144, 3994-7
Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 2916
Oil and gas industry 4013
Oral questions
Access to family physicians in northeast B.C. 4013-4
Budget policies and fee increases 1439
Budget revenues from B.C. Hydro and impact of electricity rates on Catalyst mill operations 2491-2
Child poverty and income assistance policy on child support payments 4409-10
Costs for smart-metering program chief project officer 2144
Deetken Group role in reporting on job creation in natural gas sector 1620
Electricity rates and B.C. Hydro management 1395
Electricity rates and budget revenues from B.C. Hydro 1511-2
Government role in teachers labour dispute 4110-1, 4319-20
Impact of electricity rates on industry and low-income earners 2571-2
Impact of ferry services reductions on economy and tourism industry 1364
Income assistance policy on child support payments 3944-5
Income assistance policy on child support payments and government action on poverty 3512-3
Permitting costs and process for small mining companies 1668
Site C power project review and role of B.C. Utilities Commission 3778-9
Site C power project review panel report and energy alternatives 3777-8
Temporary foreign worker program and employment of B.C. workers 3455-6, 3609-10, 3842-3
Temporary foreign worker program and skills training for jobs at smelter project in Kitimat 3456
Youth employment and international experience Canada program 3843
Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2014, debate 2199
Petitions
Kimberly's law 3949
Provincial Capital Commission, gifting of lands by government 1671, 2206
Physicians, family physicians, accessibility 4013-4
Points of order
question taken on notice during question period 1671
Poverty
child poverty 4409-10
child poverty, government action 4401-3
poverty among single-parent families 3512-3
reduction, government strategy 3513
Powerex Corp., operations and settlement of dispute re provision of electricity to California 4000-2
Premier's Office
estimates debate 4382-404, 4430-1
estimates debate 1251
Provincial Capital Commission
gifting of lands by government, petitions tabled 1671, 2206
lands and properties, allocation of revenues from sales to special account for infrastructure improvement 1970
Provincial Capital Commission Dissolution Act, debate 1970
Public Accounts Committee, work of committee 1248
Public debt 4383-8, 4398
Reid, Ian, death 2849
Resources and resource industries, role in economy 1506
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Kitimat smelter, reconstruction project and skilled worker supply 3456
Site C power project
environmental assessment and joint review panel report recommendations 3777-9, 4005-7
First Nations consultation 4007
relationship to LNG development 2916, 4006
skilled worker supply 4008-9
Skills training, government skills and training plan 3456
Sothcott, Jessica, experience on disability benefits as single mother 3945
Standing Committee Reform Act, 2014, debate 1663-4
Teachers
collective bargaining, government approach 4110-1, 4319-20
labour dispute, government response 4320
Throne speech content 4383
Tributes
Ian Reid 2849
U.K.
House of Lords, question period history 1249
Walter Energy Inc., Wolverine mine, worker layoffs 4393, 4396-7
Horne, Douglas (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 1195
New Car Dealers Association, activities and role 2490
Port Coquitlam, Burke Mountain area, property development project 2695
Schofield, Josie, service to Legislative Assembly and retirement 2483
Statements by members
Vancouver International Auto Show 2490
Wesbild operations in Coquitlam–Burke Mountain area 2695
Tributes
Josie Schofield 2483
Vancouver International Auto Show, 2014 event 2490
Wesbild Holdings Ltd., operations and projects 2695
Hunt, Marvin (Surrey-Panorama)

As subject
experience as local government councillor 1482-3
family and staff thanked 1482
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 1483
Budget debate 1482-5
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 1483, 1485
Business, small business taxation 1484
Canada, Senate, role and work 1308-9
Community Living B.C., budget and funding 1485
Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 1483
Credit rating, B.C. rating 1484
Economy
conditions and government policies 4094-5
diversification 1484
Elections
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 1579-81
rural and northern constituencies, representation 1580-1
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1579-81
Employment and unemployment, unemployment rates 4094
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 1485
Federation of Canadian Municipalities, work of organization 2844
Fraser Health Authority
population growth in service area 1497
review of operations 1496-7
Government, spending control 1496
Income tax rates 1484
Investment climate 1484
Legislature, debate on federal issues 1308
LNG development 1485
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, debate 2868-9
Local government elections
advertising, third-party spending registration and disclosure 2868
campaign financing legislation 2868-9
Mali, poverty reduction 2844
Motions
Abolition of Senate of Canada 1308-9
Poverty reduction work in other jurisdictions 2844-5
Peace River South constituency and area, size 1580-1
Poverty, reduction in other jurisdictions 2844-5
Private members' statements (response)
Fraser Health review 1496-7
The private sector 4093-4
Public sector, collective agreements and bargaining 1484
Puerto Rico, employment and skills training 2844-5
Registered education savings plans, training and education savings grant program 1485
Schools, capital projects, government investment 1484
Simons, Nicholas, comments on topics debated in Legislature 1308
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Canada Line 2955
governance, management and revenue sources 2954-5
referendum on funding model, legislation 2955
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2953-5
Stone, Todd, work on TransLink issues 2954
Surrey
city government and tax rate 1483
growth 1497
population 1580-1
Taxation, government policies 1484
Trade
exports 4094
trade between B.C. and Asia 1484
Union of B.C. Municipalities, representation 1580
United Cities and Local Governments, work of organization 2844
U.S., democracy and government structure 1308
Vancouver municipal election, campaign spending and regulatory powers 2869
Zirnhelt, David, comments on role of government 1308
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)

As subject
letter to Justice Minister re child protection system 4190 (Anton) 4190
private members' bill on campaign financing 2880, 3324
Abbotsford, agriculture, bylaw application prohibiting medical marijuana production 3124
Agricultural Land Commission
chair powers 3793
chair's messages 4126, 4128
changes 1351, 2338, 3206, 3790-4, 4448-50
core review 1351, 2338, 3929
work of commission 1351
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014
debate 3790-4, 4125-9, 4448-50
consultation on bill 3791
referral to Finance Committee and consultation on bill 4125-9
Agricultural land reserve
protection 3790-3, 4126-9, 4448-50
use for oil and gas activities 3792
Agriculture
farmland, bylaws 3174
farmland, protection 1351, 2760-1
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 3124-5, 3206
mandate letter 4127
Animal disease prevention and management, information disclosure and protection 3082
Animal Health Act, debate 3082
Anton, Suzanne, letter from Vicki Huntington re child protection system 4190
Bennett, Bill, actions and comments re Agricultural Land Commission 3791, 4126-7
Bierce, Ambrose, comments on consultation in Devil's Dictionary 3791
B.C. Association of Farmers Markets, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4129
B.C. by region, northern B.C., agriculture industry 3792-3
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements re agriculture 4126
B.C. timber sales program, report 3928
Budget debate 1686-9
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 1686-7
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, rail expansion proposal for coal transports through Delta, assessment of environmental and health impacts 3362, 4017
Carbon tax, impact on cement industry 4078-9
Cement industry, conditions in industry and use of alternate fuels 4078-9
Child, Family and Community Service Act, compliance and enforcement 4191
Children and youth, child protection system, duty to report 4190-1
Chinese Canadians, contributions to B.C. 4046
Climate change
government action 2760
impact on agriculture 2760
reports on climate change adaption strategies 3124
Coal, thermal coal, exports of U.S. coal through B.C. 1350, 3063, 3361-2, 4016-7
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, inspector of municipalities, role 3175
Consumers, taxes and user fees 1687
Cowichan Valley, impact of climate change and adaption strategies 3124
Dawson Creek, oil and gas industry, safety incident in area 2901
Delta
agriculture
bylaw application on blueberry cannons 3124
bylaw application prohibiting medical marijuana production 3124
farmland protection 3792, 4128, 4448-50
Chinese-Canadian community and history 4046
community food security initiatives and environmental education 4407
hunting activities 4448
impact of climate change and adaption strategies 3124
migratory bird habitat protection 3609
proposed thermal coal exports through area, community concerns 3362, 4016-7
transportation infrastructure development, impact on farmland 2338, 2761
Delta Farmers Institute, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 4129
Delta South constituency and area, agricultural lands leaseholder case 2114
Delta United Church, extreme weather shelter operations 2803-4
Democracy
parliamentary democracy 1595
role of organizations 3325
Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4045-6
Earthwise Society, work of organization 4407
Education funding 3331, 3333
Education Ministry, estimates debate 3331-3
Elections
campaign financing, limits on corporate and union donations 3324
effective representation concept and reform 1595-6
electoral districts, number and addition of two districts 3618-9
electoral districts, preservation of districts in three regions 1595-6
fall fixed election date 1319, 4425-7
redistribution of electoral boundaries, government role 1595
rural and northern constituencies, representation 1595
voter parity principle 3618-9
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1595-6, 3618-9
Emerson Real Estate Group, land holdings in Delta, potential development 4448
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 1351, 1688
Energy, independent power projects, impact on fish and water systems 2709
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 3928-9
Environment
environmental assessment process, consideration of cumulative impacts 1688
environmental assessment process, role and powers of provincial office 1350
environmental protection, government policies 1349-50
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 3061-3
work with Health Ministry 3063
Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1319
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendation on poverty reduction 1687
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 4078-9
First Nations children, child protection services and accountability 1669-70
Float Home Association, Pacific, comments on rental protection for float home owners 2803
Float homes, rental protection for float home owners 2803
Food and food industry, food security 2760-1, 3791, 4128
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 2113-4
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2453-5, 2460
Forests and forest industry
mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on water resources 2709
tenure system changes and consultation process 4128
Fraser Health Authority, short-term transition centre, care standards and length of stay 4283-4
Fraser River
environmental protection and fish stocks 3061-2
water lot leases, administration, transfer to government 2113-4
Fraser River Estuary Management Program, role and replacement 3061-2
Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd., coal export facility proposal, assessment of environmental and health impacts 1350, 3063, 3361
Freedom of information
access to information, MLAs' access to information 3579
requests for information from media and politicians 3579
Gender orientation, access to revised B.C. Services Card for transgendered persons 1351-2, 3188-9
Government
agencies in SUCH sector, funding 1687
core review 1351, 2338, 3928-9
programs and services, reductions 1686-7
role 3790
Guide-outfitters regulation, changes 2460
Health care system
funding 1687
health professionals, reporting of child protection issues 4190
medical transcription services 4284
services for First Nations people, mobile services 4283
Health Ministry, estimates debate 4283-4
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, replacement project 2611-2
Housing, extreme weather shelter 2803-4
Immigration, temporary foreign workers 1688
Income
guaranteed annual income 1687
low-income families and households, government support 1686-7
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on animal health legislation 3082
consultation on legislation 3082
International Migratory Bird Day 3609
International Trade Ministry, estimates debate 2600-1
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 3727-8
Justice Ministry
estimates debate 4190-1, 4216-7
budget, allocation for legal aid services 4216
Justice system
legal aid funding and services 4216-7
unrepresented litigants 4216
Kayne, Don, comments on forest tenure system changes 4128
Kelowna, agriculture, bylaw application prohibiting medical marijuana production 3124
Kitimat Harbour lands, ownership and LNG development 2453-4
Ladner United Church, restoration and renovation project 2140
Land, private ownership of subdivided land underwater next to Crown land 2453-5
Land Title Act, amendments 2453-5
Land use contracts process, termination 3175-6
Langley, agriculture, bylaw application prohibiting medical marijuana production 3124
Lawyers and legal services, sales tax on services 4216-7
Legislation, consultation by government 4127
Legislature
committee system reforms 1352, 4427
question period, change to scheduled times and public attendance 1258-9
reforms 1352, 4425-7
Letnick, Norm
actions re Agricultural Land Commission changes 4127
position as Agriculture Minister 3206
LNG development 1349, 3727-8
"cleanest in the world" goal 1350
potential and issues 1689
royalty programs 2900
skilled worker supply and training, former forest workers 3728
sources of natural gas 2900
tax structure 2900-1
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, debate 2879-81, 3323-5
Local government, bylaw and policy development, provincial role 3174-5
Local government elections
advertising, third-party spending registration and disclosure 2880
campaign financing 1352
ban on corporate and union donations 3325
contributions and contributors 3324-5
regulation 2879-80
spending limits and contribution limits 2880-1
Long-term and residential care
fees, wheelchair maintenance fees 1351
transitional care 4283-4
Marijuana, medical use of marijuana, use of farmland for growing 3124
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2290, 3171, 3174-6, 3188-9
M*Modal Canada, contract for medical transcription services 4284
Motions
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4045-6
Change to question period 1258-9
Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 2803-4, 2900-2
Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 2724-5
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing and water use 2709-11, 2900-2, 3255
industry
impact of Alberta residency requirements and response by B.C. government 2600-1, 3727-8
safety incidents and communications 2901
water use 2900
regulation 2724-5
regulation, offences and penalties 2725
Oil and Gas Commission
operations and water management 2902, 3255
safety advisories 2901
Oral questions
Core review and potential impact on agricultural land reserve 2338
Duty to report children in need of protection in First Nations communities 1670
Environmental and health impacts of proposed U.S. coal transports through B.C. communities 3361-2, 4016
Environmental assessment of Burlington Northern railway extension in Delta 4017
Government action on climate change and protection of farmland and food supply 2760-1
Protection of First Nations children and accountability in child protection system 1669
Park Amendment Act, 2014, debate 1901, 2302, 2306, 2309, 2312
Peace River area
impact of climate change and adaption strategies 3124
oil and gas industry, hydraulic fracturing and saline aquifers 2900
Politics and politicians, public opinion and cynicism 3325
Port Metro Vancouver
coal export facilities, letter 4016
coal export facilities proposal at Fraser-Surrey Docks, assessment of environmental and health impacts 1350
GPS installation program 2630
mandate and jurisdiction 3061-2
taxation, property tax subsidy 2630
Ports, taxation 2630
Poverty, government action 1687
Premier's Office, estimates debate 4425-7
Provincial Health Services Authority, mobile medical unit 4283
Real Estate Development Marketing Act, amendments 2290
Real estate industry, pre-sale agreements, disclosure statements and enforcement 2290
Registered education savings plans, training and education savings grant program 3171
Representative for Children and Youth, reports on aboriginal child protection services and case of First Nations girl 1669-70
Resources and resource industries, resource development, cumulative impact framework 2113
Roberts Bank Terminal 2, project and environmental assessment process 3062
Roberts Bank wildlife management area, inclusion in Ramsar convention on wetlands designation 2113
School district 37 (Delta)
bus services and funding 1688, 3331-2
enrolment and funding 3332-3
School district 60 (Peace River North), bus services and funding 3331-2
Schools, school buses and bus service 1688, 3331-2
Seniors
advocate, establishment 1351
government support 1351, 1687
Skills training, government investment and support 1688
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons, funding 1686-7
South Fraser Perimeter Road, wildlife crossings and mitigation measures 2629-30
Statements by members
Bird migration and habitat protection in Delta South area 3609
Earthwise Society in Delta 4407
Restoration of Ladner United Church 2140
Taxation
government policies 1686-8
relationship to government services 1686
Teachers, collective bargaining, government approach 1350-1, 1688
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 3579
estimates process, written questions and answers 3579
Throne speech content 1349-52
Throne speech debate 1349-52
Trade agreements between B.C. and Alberta 3727
Trans Canada Trail, location 4449
Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 1689
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 2611-2, 2629-30
Tsawwassen First Nation, agricultural land leases with Delta farmers 2114
U.S.
thermal coal generation and export policies 3361
trade delegation to B.C. 3361
Urbanization, urban-farm interface 4449
Vancouver International Airport, jet fuel delivery system proposal, environmental assessment process 1350, 3062-3
Water
management and stewardship 2708-11
drought conditions 2710
governance 2711
resources, analysis and protection 2709-11
water leases 2454, 2803
water licences and rentals
compliance and enforcement 2709
fees 2711
fees and consultation process 3255
first-in-time, first-in-right designation 2710
NorthEast Water Tool hydrological survey program 2709, 2901-2
short-term water permits 2710
Water Sustainability Act
debate 2708-11, 3255-6
regulations 3255
Watersheds
community watershed plans 3256
research and planning 2709-10
Wildlife, bird migration 3609
Wildlife Act, amendments 2460
Zoning, role of local government and development pressures 2880

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