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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Lake, Hon. Terry (Kamloops–North Thompson)

As subject
comments on ambulance service cases (Corrigan) 4258 (Darcy) 4258
experience as first-generation immigrant 4046
family and staff thanked 1639
Abortion services and access zones 4282
Administrative Tribunals Act, application 2595
Agriculture exports 3084
Alberta, animal health regulation 3306
Alcohol consumption 4472
Alzheimer Society of B.C., Safely Home program 1561
Ambulance service
reclassification of emergency responses 4210-1, 4257-8
reclassification of emergency responses, impact on patient care 4212-4
response times 4210
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, accreditation of laboratories 3306-7
Animal disease prevention and management
animal husbandry practices 3259-60
changes 2486, 3040-1, 3083-4
coordination with other jurisdictions 3309
disease notification and reporting 3257-8, 3260, 3314
disease outbreaks 3041, 3308-9
disease transfer from wild animals 3313
disease transfer to humans 3040-1, 3308
diseases and disease organisms
definition in legislation 3257-8
E. coli 3258
infectious laryngotracheitis in poultry 3313-4
porcine epidemic diarrhea 3309
emergencies 3311-2
employee equipment and training 3259-60
enforcement 3310
government powers and role 3310, 3312, 3314
impact on agriculture industry and economy 3040-1, 3083-4, 3308
information disclosure, timelines 3310
information disclosure and protection 3041, 3083-4, 3303-9, 3311-2
laboratory facilities and accreditation 3305-7
licensing of regulated activities 3301-3
prosecution of offences 3259-60
role of inspectors and veterinarians 3260, 3313-4
system in other jurisdictions 3040-1, 3258, 3303, 3305-6
testing for disease, use of private laboratories in B.C. and U.S. 3304, 3306
Animal Health Act
debate 2486, 3040-1, 3083-4, 3257-60, 3302-14
2012 legislation 3310
content and scope 3040-1
definitions and terms 3257-9
proposed amendments 3308, 3312
purpose 2486, 3040, 3311
regulations 3257, 3310, 3313-4
relationship to public health legislation 3309, 3311-2
Animals, definition in legislation 3257
Aquaculture, fish farms, disease outbreaks and management 3304
Ashton, Dan, comments re commitments on funding for Penticton hospital 1514
Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. products, agriculture products 3084
Assisted dying 4491
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diagnosis and medication expenditures 4379
Auditor General, report on physician services 4273-4
Automobiles
driver's licences, identification requirements 3219-20
vehicle efficiency, clean energy vehicle program 1337-8
Avian influenza, disease outbreak and impacts 3041, 3308
Barrios, Rolando, comments on community health care clinics 3515
Bee Act, repeal 3314
Bees, chief apiarist, powers and role 3314
Bernier, Mike, comments on funding for Dawson Creek hospital 1514
Blue Pine Primary Health Care Clinic, services 1641-2
Braun, Werner, work as artist and death 4406
B.C. Ambulance Service
reclassification of emergency responses 2857
reclassification of emergency responses, impact on local government 3947
reclassification of emergency responses, impact on patient care and public safety 3946-8
B.C. Association of Community Response Networks, operations and funding 4483
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., health services 4263-8
northern and rural B.C., laboratory services 2578, 2581, 2586-7
northern B.C., worker camps 4260-1, 4422
B.C. Liberal Party government, performance 1514
B.C. Nurse Practitioner Association, issues and concerns 3221
BSE, disease outbreak and impacts 3041
Budget debate 1639-42
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 1639-40
Burnaby General Hospital, redevelopment, implementation 4157
Business, market research, definition in legislation 2592
Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project, number of beds 4161
Canadian Institute for Health Information, study on health care administration costs 1641
Cancer
clinic for late effects of childhood cancer treatment 1745
treatment services 1745
Carbon tax, NDP position 1337
Chief veterinarian, powers and role 3041, 3258, 3260, 3302, 3306, 3310, 3311-4
Children and youth
early childhood development, child vulnerability incidence 4473
early childhood development, government strategy 4475
gender identity issues 3192
substance use 4472
Chinese Canadians, contributions to B.C. 4046
Climate change, government action 1337-8
Coal, thermal coal, exports of U.S. coal through B.C. 3361-2
College of Pharmacists of B.C., relationship with government 3677
College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., role 2145
Construction industry, building code, fire safety standards 1366
Corrections system, prisoners, mental health assessments and services 4377
Credit rating, B.C. rating 1640
Cystic fibrosis treatments 4371-3
Daws, Douglas, death and community contributions 2921
Dawson Creek and District Hospital, capital project 4159
Day, Brian, court case re services at private clinics 4170
Dementia
dementia care and management 4492
safety of persons with dementia and support for families 1560-1
Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4046-7
Drugs, prescription drugs
bevacizumab and ranibizumab 4481-2
education programs and information for physicians 4168
Kalydeco 4371-2
national purchasing alliance 4156-7
prices and cost management 4155-7
Earthquakes, earthquake preparedness and water protection 4285-6
Economy, conditions and government policies 1640
Emergencies, emergency preparedness 4285-6
Energy, clean energy 1338
Evergreen Community Health Centre, funding and services 4367-8
Eye health
retinal disease, access to treatment 4481-2
treatment services 4412
Families, parent education and parenting skills, role in mental health and substance use 4474
First Nations Health Authority, role and operations 4171, 4268-9
Food and food industry
agrifood industry, role of animal disease management 3040-1, 3083-4
handling of animal products, food safety 3258
Forests and forest industry
mountain pine beetle infestation 1337
workers, forestry camps 4260-1
Fort St. John, health care services, access to family physicians 4267
Fraser Health Authority
budget and service plan 4151
capital projects, priorities 4157-8
review of operations 4151, 4287
review of operations and release of report 4370-1
role and responsibilities, hospital management 2619-20
short-term transition centre, care standards and length of stay 4284
surgical services, wait-lists and waiting times 4286-7
Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd., coal export facility proposal, assessment of environmental and health impacts 3361-2
Gender orientation
access to revised B.C. Services Card for transgendered persons 3188-9
change to birth certificate information for transgendered persons 3190, 3192, 3219-20
Government, capital project investment 1640
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 1338
reduction 1335
Haida Gwaii
maternity care 4264, 4421-2
paramedics, recruitment 4265-6
Health
health status and outcomes 4149-50, 4273
maternity and pregnancy, postpartum depression screening and services 4476
maternity and pregnancy, proposal for pregnancy and infant loss awareness day 4281
social determinants 4473-5
Health authorities
agreements with physicians 4276
budget allocation, government information 4378
budgets and funding formula 4150-1
electricity costs 4154-6
home and community care services, reporting 4488
regional authorities model and service plans 4378
spending on mental health and addiction services 4376
use of temporary foreign workers 4170, 4422
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 1513-4, 1642
capital projects, planning process 4148-9
community health centres 3017, 4361
laboratory services 2173, 2589
parking availability and fees 4282
patient care models, studies 1784-5
Health care funding 1640-1, 2202, 3016, 4149-51, 4153
alternative payment plan funding 4276
capital funding 1513-4, 4152
federal funding formula 4169
funding for laboratory services 2579-80, 2590
pay-for-performance model 4173, 4422
residential care facilities, funding oversight and reporting 4485-6
Health care system
administration, Cerner software system 4163-4
administrative tribunals 2595
advisory committees, diagnostic facilities advisory committee 2593
chronic disease management and primary care for complex cases 4357-9
complaint process 2587
costs and spending, administration costs 1641
costs and spending, management 1640-1, 2234, 4149
e-health systems
electronic health records 4164
health information banks 2592
provincial laboratory information solution project 2592
emergency services, demand 4373
government initiatives and priorities 4151-3
health professionals and workers
commended 4149
credentialling of foreign-trained health professionals 4279
human resource strategy 4272
recruitment 4170
recruitment and retention 4266-7
regulatory colleges, definition in legislation 2575-6
safety and whistle-blower protection 1871-2, 2595-6
impact of demographic trends 1641, 2173
laboratory services
accessibility 2234, 2578, 2581, 2586-7
accreditation of laboratory facilities 2234
changes 1319, 2173, 2234, 2575-82, 2584, 2586-93, 2595-7
framework 2173
information and privacy issues 2580, 2591-3
legislation 1642
public and private services 2575-7, 2579-80, 2584, 2589, 2595
quality management 2234, 2589
records management 2580, 2590
role of health professionals 2575-6
wait times for test results 2586
medical transcription services 4284-5, 4422
personal health information
access to data for market research 2592
information-sharing between jurisdictions 2592-3
privacy issues 2144
primary health care
distribution 4269
initiatives 4150
interdisciplinary teams 1641
primary and community care 4277
primary and community care for seniors 4486-7
primary health care and interdisciplinary teams 4267-8
public and private systems 2584
reforms, role of technology 2173, 2578-9, 2581, 2587
respiratory therapy services, BreatheWell program 1642, 4487
services for First Nations people 4268-9
services for First Nations people, mobile services 4283
services for seniors 4486
services for seniors, frail elderly 1642
spending and outcomes 1319, 1641, 2173, 2578
surgical services, bariatric surgery 4370
system 2202
federal-provincial cooperation 4491
priorities and strategy document 4277, 4486
triple aim approach 1319, 1641, 2173, 2578, 2587, 4149, 4267-8
travel for treatment, housing for families 4281
travel for treatment and travel assistance program 4270
wait-lists and waiting times, home care and long-term care 4488
wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists and waiting times 4286-7
Health Ministry
estimates debate 4149-74, 4209-14, 4257-79, 4281-7, 4357-79, 4421-5, 4470-93
emergency preparedness and Health Emergency Coordination Centre 4285-6
estimates process 4493
freedom-of-information request 4167, 4209
goals and priorities 4149
health sector workforce division 4272
minister, powers and role 2173, 2578, 2581, 2595-6
staff commended 4149, 4493
Health Shared Services B.C., cost-saving initiatives 1640-1
Home care
home support services 4487-9
home support services, funding 1642
needs assessments 4488
Hospice and palliative care
beds and facilities 4490-1
end-of-life care and government plan 4489-91
outreach services 4491
Hospital Insurance Act, amendments 2173, 2589
Housing, supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted and support services 4424-5
Identification, documentation, gender designation and international requirements 3219-20
Immigration, temporary foreign workers 4170
Infections, diagnosis and treatment 2234
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on animal health legislation 3306, 3309
consultation on laboratory services legislation 2591-2, 2596
role and responsibilities 3309, 3311-2
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Triple Aim initiative on health care quality 2173, 2578
Island Sexual Health Society
funding and services 3079-80, 4283
meeting with Vancouver Island Health Authority 4422
Justice system, administrative tribunals 2595
Kamloops, Chinese-Canadian community and history 4046
Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association, work of organization 4046
Kelowna General Hospital, expansion projects 4159
King Street Clinic, services 1642
Kootenay area, hospice services and regional facility 4490
Laboratory Services Act
debate 1319, 2173, 2234, 2575-82, 2584, 2586-93, 2595-7
amendments 2577, 2581-2, 2584, 2587-8, 2591
definitions 2575-6, 2592
implementation and transition 1319, 2173, 2575, 2597
principles 2576-7, 2581
purpose of bill 1319, 2173, 2589
regulations 2592, 2596-7
Laboratory technologists, regulatory college proposal 2234, 2588
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments requested 4211
members' conduct and debate, member not to impugn work of public servant 4211
Leong, Joe, work with cultural association 4046
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho psychiatry and education centre project 4378
LNG development 1642
Local government, infrastructure funding 1639
Long-term and residential care
facilities and care standards 1782-3
fire safety standards and sprinkler systems 1366
new facilities 1366
workers, layoffs and impact on residents 4483-4
Lower Mainland, laboratory services, consolidation 2173, 2586
Maximus Inc., government contracts 2144
Medical Services Commission
patterns of practice committee 2592
role 2592-3, 2595
Medical Services Plan
budget allocation 4274-5
budget allocation, mental health and addiction services 4376
coverage of laboratory services 2577, 2580
premiums 4209
premiums, link to health care funding 4153-4
Medicare Protection Act
amendments 2173, 2595
principles and application to other legislation 2576-9, 2581, 2587, 2592, 2596-7
Mental health
beds, use 4473
imprisonment of mentally ill persons awaiting transfer to forensic psychiatric facilities 2340
mental health of children and youth, services 4370
mental health plan 4150, 4472-3
mental health status 4473
mental illness and addiction
action on issues 4472
beds and funding 2340
Community Action Initiative 4477, 4480
concurrent disorders program 4423
services 4150, 4152
programs and services, funding 4374-7, 4423-5
programs and services, physician services 4472
Mid-Main Community Health Centre, services and physician payment model 4362, 4471
Midwives, supply and training and government investment 4262
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, debate 3187-90, 3192, 3219-23
Missing persons legislation 1561
M*Modal Canada, contract for medical transcription services 4284-5, 4422
Motions
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4046-7
NDP
campaign statements on health care funding 4165-6
policies, home care 4487
New Horizons Community of Care, staff layoffs at facility 1782-3
New Zealand, prescription drugs, cost management and access 4156-7
Northern Health Authority, review of temporary housing facilities for workers 4260-1
Nurses
nurse practitioners 3187-8, 3221-3, 4267, 4277-8
supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained nurses 4279
Oil and gas
industry, assessment of health and safety issues 4259-60
industry, social impacts 4259
natural gas, shale gas development 1338
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors home care and residential care facilities 4484-7
Ontario, animal health regulation 3306
Oral questions (response)
Availability of beds at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital 2340
Ban on sale of flavoured tobacco 3301
B.C. Ambulance Service changes to call classifications 2857
B.C. Ambulance Service changes to call classifications 3946-8
Budget provisions for St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment 1514
Change to patient care model at Vancouver Island hospitals 1784-5
Changes to community health care centres in Vancouver 3016-7, 3514-5
Clinic for late effects of childhood cancer treatment 1745
Conditions at Royal Columbia Hospital 2619-20
Election campaign statements and funding for hospital projects 1513-4
Environmental and health impacts of proposed U.S. coal transports through B.C. communities 3361-2
Fees charged to abortion clinics by College of Physicians 2145
Fire safety standards for residential care facilities 1366
Funding for Island Sexual Health Society 3079-80
Funding for Mid-Main Community Health Centre 4411-2
Government contract with Maximus and privacy of health information 2144
Health care services for youth in Vancouver 3515
Health care worker layoffs at residential care facilities on Vancouver Island 1782-3
Opthamology services in rural areas for seniors with retinal disease 4412
Preventive care programs at Mid-Main Community Health Centre 2202
Recovery home registration and regulation 3677-8
Safety of persons with dementia and support for families 1560-1
Safety of staff at Hillside Adult Psychiatric Centre 1871-2
St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment and seismic safety 2436
Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre, services 4364-5
Paramedics
community paramedicine 4263-4, 4486
emergency response changes 2857, 3946-8
paramedics in rural and remote B.C. 4264
training, primary care paramedic program 4263-4
Passports, identification requirements 3220
Peace River area, oil and gas industry, assessment of health and safety issues 4259-60
Penticton Regional Hospital, redevelopment project and funding 1514, 1642
PharmaCare program
budget allocation for mental health and addiction medications 4374-5
cost savings and allocation 4154-6
cost savings from generic drugs 1641
coverage, eye disease injections 4481-2
coverage and deductible 4271
medical management services plan 4375-6
therapeutics initiative 4167-8
therapeutics initiative, study of ADHD diagnoses 4379
Pharmacists
dispensing of methadone 3677
rural pharmacies 4271
Physicians
family physicians
accessibility 4269
A GP for Me program 4282
incentive program for patients with complex needs 1745
selection of patients 4269-70
medical on-call availability program 4275
payment models 4274-6, 4359
payment models, billing code changes 1641, 4376
physician assistants 4267-8
recruitment and supply 4266-7
services and compensation, value-for-money assessment 2592, 4273-5
Pine Community Health Clinic, services 4364-5
Points of order
comments on public servant during estimates debate 4211
request for withdrawal of comments by Judy Darcy 4211
Poverty, impact on mental health and role in addictions 4473
Prince George, health care services 1641-2
Pritchard, Jane, role as chief veterinarian 3302, 3306
Provincial Health Services Authority
mobile medical unit 4283
role in laboratory services delivery 2590
spending on mental health and addition services 4376-7
Psychiatrists, forensic psychiatrists, recruitment and compensation 2340, 4377
Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 1640
Public health system 3361
Public service, role 1640
Quebec, fire in seniors care facility 1366
Raven Song Community Health Centre, services 3223, 3514-5, 4358-60, 4365-6, 4412
Royal Columbian Hospital
conditions and emergency services 2619-20, 4373
redevelopment 4373
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment project 1514, 2436, 4159-60
SARS, disease outbreak and impacts 3041, 3308
Seniors
advocate, establishment 4484
elder abuse, prevention and community response networks 4483
Stewart, paramedics 4264
Substance abuse and addiction
alcohol abuse and addiction 4478-9
incidence 4478-9
incidence and action on issues 4472
methadone replacement therapy program 4477-8
prevention and treatment services, treatment beds 4424-5
recovery houses 3677-8, 4480
treatment and recovery programs 4477-80
Surrey Memorial Hospital, emergency ward conditions 4373
Throne speech debate 1337-8
Tobacco
ban on flavoured tobacco 3301, 4172-3
government control strategy 3301
smoking, prevention and reduction 4172
Tributes
Doug Daws 2921
Werner Braun 4406
U.K., foot-and-mouth disease outbreak 3084
University of Saskatchewan, veterinary college 3307
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
clinical and systems information management transformation project 4161-6
community health care centres
budgets and staffing 4363-5, 4367, 4471
funding and redesign 4411-2
services and redesign 3016-7, 3514-5, 4165, 4357-66, 4471
services for youth 3515
mental health programs, concurrent disorders centre and program 4423
Vancouver Island Health Authority
care delivery model redesign 1784-5
residential care beds 4161
seniors care facilities 1782-3
Vancouver Island Women's Clinic, access zone 4282
Violence, bullying, awareness and prevention 3192
Vital statistics
birth registration, gender designation 3219-20
changes to birth certificate information, role of parents and guardians 3220
Vital Statistics Act, amendments 3192, 3220
Weather, severe weather events 1337
Weaver, Andrew, throne speech amendment motion 1337
Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers, legislation 2595-6
Wing, Peter, accomplishments and Chinese-Canadian heritage 4046
Larson, Linda (Boundary-Similkameen)

Agriculture
organic farming 1556-7
temporary foreign workers 3443
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion, coroner's inquest 2270
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area, employment and temporary foreign workers 3443
B.C. and Yukon Outstanding Young Farmer, award winners 1557
Canada, Senate, abolition 1313-4
Cardiac health awareness and preventive care 1390
Certified Organic Associations of B.C., 2014 conference in Nanaimo 1556-7
Credit Union Act, provisions 1494
Cropthorne Farms, operations 1557
Doust, Leonard, oversight of changes to WorkSafe investigation process 2270
Employment and unemployment, employment standards information 3443
Financial services industry, credit unions, role and taxation 1493-5
Home care
Better at Home program 2837
home support services funding 2837
Housing
seniors rental housing initiative 2837
supportive housing, renovation programs for accessible housing 2837
Immigration, temporary foreign workers, protection 3442-3
Income Tax Act, amendments 1495
Independent Living B.C., role 2837
Justice system, handling of workplace death and injury cases, prosecution 2270-1
Kettle Valley, Fire protection services in area 4011
Long-term and residential care, assisted-living units 2837
Midway, fire protection services 4011
Motions
Abolition of Senate of Canada 1313-4
Prosecution of negligence in workplace death and injury cases 2270-1
Rights and welfare of Canadian and temporary foreign workers in B.C. 3442-3
Oliver, credit unions and community programs 1495
Private members' statements
Credit unions and communities 1493-5
Private members' statements (response)
The value of seniors housing 2837
Public health, healthy lifestyle 1390
Rock Creek, fire protection services 4011
Seniors, advocate and housing 2837
Statements by members
Fire protection services for Kettle Valley and area communities 4011
Heart health 1390
Organic farming 1556-7
Tobacco, smoking cessation 1390
United Way, seniors programs 2837
Workers, protection for workers 3443
WorkSafe B.C., investigations of workplace injuries and deaths 2270
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)

As subject
family experience as Chinese Canadians 4023-4
staff thanked 1763
Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners 1868
B.C. by region, northwest B.C., skills training 2553
B.C. Hydro, projects 1763-4
B.C. Institute of Technology, funding and programs 1765-6
B.C. Jade Day 4317
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 1764-5
Budget debate 1763-6
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 1763-5
Burnaby
community service organizations in Brentwood area 3454
youth community leadership activities 3841-2
Burnaby Community Services Society, role 3454
Burnaby Meals on Wheels Society, role 3454
Burnaby North constituency and area, description 1763
Business, small business, government support 1766
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 2005
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, comments on regulation reduction in B.C. 1766
Children and youth, youth community leadership 3841
Chinese Canadians, contributions to B.C. and head tax 4023-4
Clark, Christy, trade missions to Asia 3766
Commonwealth Honour and Rescue Awards Ceremony, award recipients 2570
Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 1765
Credit rating, B.C. rating 1764
Discrimination and racism
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians 4023-4
ethnic and racial discrimination, past discriminatory practices by government 4023
Diversity Health Fair, event in Vancouver 1868
Economy, diversification 1766
Education, funding for playgrounds 1765
Energy
northwest transmission line project 1764
transmission system, government investment 1764
Fuel taxation, allocation of revenues 3024-5
Government
capital project investment 1765
lands and properties, sale 1764
regulations, reduction 1766
Income tax rates 1763
Kastelen, Kimball, comments on small business 1766
Lifesaving Society, B.C. and Yukon branch, role 2570
LNG development 1766, 3766
Mines and mining industry, jade 4317
Motions
Apology for past discriminatory practices against Chinese Canadians 4023-4
Development of natural gas industry 3766
Free trade agreements with Asia 2004-5
Success of high-tech sector in B.C. 3152-3
Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities, role 3454
National Volunteer Week 2922
Northwest Community College, funding 2553
Payroll tax 1763
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, LNG facility project 3766
Post-secondary education funding 2552-3
Prince George, natural resources forum 2552
Private members' statements (response)
Supporting community colleges in the north 2552-3
Public debt
debt-to-GDP ratio 1764
paydown of debt and debt levels 1764-5
Registered education savings plans, training and education savings grant program 1766
Research and development, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 1766
Resources and resource industries, role in economy 1766
St. Thomas More Collegiate, Knights boys basketball team and championship win 3161
School district 41 (Burnaby), construction, renovation and seismic projects 1765
Schools, seismic upgrades 1765
Science and technology
high-technology industry 3153
science institutions and organizations 1616
Skills training
government investment and support 1766
government skills and training plan 2552-3
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Mayors Council, work on transportation planning 3026
referendum on funding model 3024-6
revenue sources 3024-5
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Funding Referenda Act, debate 3024-6
Statements by members
B.C. Jade Day 4317
Community leadership by youth 3841-2
Community service organizations in Brentwood area 3454
Diversity Health Fair and traditional Chinese medicine 1868
Lifesaving Society awards for bravery 2570
National Volunteer Week 2922
Recognition of work of Dr. Erich Vogt 1616
St. Thomas More Knights boys basketball team 3161
Taxation, government policies 1763
Trade
free trade agreements with Asia 2004-5
trade between B.C. and Asia 1766
trade missions to Asia 3766
Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement 2005
Transportation, regional transportation authorities 3024
Vogt, Erich, life and contributions 1616
Volunteers and volunteer sector 2922
YMCA of Greater Vancouver, role 3454
Letnick, Hon. Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country)

As subject
actions re Agricultural Land Commission changes 3542-3, 4461-3 (Austin) 3885 (Bains) 4134 (Bing) 3682 (Chandra Herbert) 3870 (Conroy) 3802 (Corrigan) 4332 (Darcy) 3724-5 (Dix) 3854 (Farnworth) 3983, 4335 (Fleming) 3899 (Huntington) 4127 (Karagianis) 4418 (Kwan) 4460 (Popham) 3564-5 (Ralston) 4338-9, 4353 (Robinson) 3790, 4130-1 (Simons) 3545-50, 3559-60 (Simpson) 3795-6, 4203-4 (Throness) 3570 (Trevena) 3636, 3978
appointment as Agriculture Minister 3163 (Dix) 3163
automobile accident in community 1221
comments on proposed changes to agricultural land reserve (Dix) 3163-4 (Mungall) 3166
constituents, family and staff thanked 1218-9
position as Agriculture Minister 3193, 3205-6 (Fraser) 3192 (Huntington) 3206 (Simons) 3200
potential meeting with federal aquaculture minister 3195-7 (Austin) 3196 (Holman) 3198
role re Agricultural Land Commission changes 3200-5 (Simons) 3200-5
work as Agriculture Minister and Parliamentary Secretary 1219
work as MLA 4461
Agricultural Land Commission
accountability and transparency 3542
applications 3542
applications, zone 2 land use 3542-3
changes 3542-3, 4460-8
consultation by government 3163-6, 3200-5, 3300, 4323
disclosure of information and freedom-of-information request 3165
information on farm cash receipts and employment 3206
core review 3165, 3200-5
independence 3543, 4463-4
legislation 3163-4, 3201-4, 4322-4, 4323-4
meetings with Agriculture Ministry 3202, 3542
regional panel system 3542, 4463, 4466-7
reports, 2010 report recommendations 3202-3
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014
debate 3542-3, 3961, 4460-8
amendments 3542
consultation on bill 3542-3
debate by NDP MLAs 4461-2
purpose of bill 3542-3
referral to Finance Committee and consultation on bill 3961
regulations 4464
status of legislation 3166
Agriculture
farmland, use 4322-3
government support 3300, 4200, 4323-4
industry 1220-1, 3165
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 3193-207
mandate letter 3165, 3194-5
role and responsibilities 3193
role re aquaculture and fisheries 3193
staffing 3193
Aquaculture
licensing and management, role of federal and provincial governments 3193-8
shellfish farming, geoduck farming, local decision-making 3198
siting of fish farms, order-in-council 3196
Auditor General, report on Agricultural Land Commission 3202-3
Automobiles, traffic safety, government initiatives 1221
Bowser, beach wrack harvesting in area, public consultation and impact on environment 3198
B.C., francophone and francophile communities 2200
B.C. Agriculture Council
consultation on Agricultural Land Commission changes 3542-3, 4461-3
position on Agricultural Land Commission changes 3203
B.C. by region
northern B.C., aquaculture industry 3196
northwest B.C., economic development and property values 1220
B.C. Cancer Agency, childhood cancer survivor program 1731-2
Budgets
2014-15 budget 1218
balanced budgets 1218
Cancer, clinic for late effects of childhood cancer treatment 1731-2
Cardiovascular health
automated external defibrillators 2756
cardiac arrest 2756
heart attacks and strokes, prevention 2335
Chaparral Industries Inc., manufactured homes and modular structures 1221
Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, implementation of recommendations 3194-5, 3197
Deep Bay, beach wrack harvesting in area, public consultation and impact on environment 3198
Discovery Islands, aquaculture in area 3194-5
Dix, Adrian, debate on budget 1218
Economy, economic development and opportunities 1218, 1222
Farm Industry Review Board, Chair, appointment, term and conflict-of-interest guidelines 3199-200
Fish, wild salmon policy 3194-5
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
associate regional director position on wild salmon policy 3195
role re aquaculture 3193-4, 3197-8
Food and food industry
genetically modified food, Arctic apples 3205-6
meat-processing regulations 4461
Fraser River, sockeye salmon run 3194-5
Government, capital project investment 2000-2
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 2000
Health care system and services 1220
Health Committee, work of committee 1220
Health status and outcomes 1218
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, advocacy work for automated external defibrillators 2756
Highways and roads, upgrades and safety improvements 1221-2
Institute of Ocean Sciences, measurement of ocean acidification 3193
Island Scallops Ltd., operations and impact of ocean acidification 3193
Journée de la francophonie 2200
Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd., operations 1221
Kilmury, Ron, appointment to Farm Industry Review Board 3199
Legislature
free votes 4462
members' conduct and debate, personal attacks 4461
question period, personal accusations in questions 3166
Les, John, appointment to Farm Industry Review Board 3199
LNG development 1220-1
MLAs, integrity 3166
Mental health, anger and stress, health impacts 2335
Motions
Clinic for late effects of childhood cancer treatment 1731-2
Okanagan area
businesses and industries 1221
health care services in central Okanagan 1220
Oral questions (response)
Cabinet appointments and changes to agricultural land reserve 4322-4
Consultation on changes to agricultural land reserve 3163-4, 3300, 4200
Consultation on changes to agricultural land reserve and support in Kootenay area 3165-6
Disclosure of information on agricultural land reserve changes 3165
Status of agricultural land reserve legislation 3166
Pacific Coast Collaborative, intergovernmental partnership 1219
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
work of organization 1219-20
work of organization and 2014 summit in Whistler 1555
Physicians
family physicians, divisions of family practice 1220
A GP for Me program 1731
Pimm, Pat, medical leave from Legislature 1219, 3163, 3203
Private members' statements (response)
Responsible capital investment 2000-2
Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 2002
Resources and resource industries, development and role in economy 1220-1
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area, constituents' issues and concerns re geoduck farming 3198-9
Schools, capital projects and seismic upgrades 2000
Sea vegetation
beach wrack harvesting 3198
harvesting 3193
Serwa, Kelsey, performance at Olympic Games 1507
Skills training, government investment and support 1219
Statements by members
Automated external defibrillators 2756
Health impacts of anger and stress 2335
Journée de la francophonie 2200
Pacific Northwest Economic Region summit in Whistler 1555
Throne speech debate 1218-22
Trade between B.C. and Asia 1219
Transportation projects, government investment 2000-1
Tributes
Kelsey Serwa 1507

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