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

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Index contains information on subjects (including people, places, organizations),
legislative procedure and parliamentary business items arising during House debate,
including individual bills and estimates.

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E&N Railway See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Early childhood development See Children and youth
Early childhood tax benefit See Tax credits for families with children under Families
Earth Day

Festival (James) 1804
Earthquakes

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan See 2011 earthquake and tsunami under Japan
Earthquake preparedness
consultation (Anton) 2436
consultation, appointment process (Anton) 2142-3, 2205-6 (Clark) 2141 (Dix) 2141 (Simpson) 2205, 2436
power supply and transmission system See Disaster response planning under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
preparedness (Anton) 2434-6, 4508-9 (Corrigan) 2434, 4508-10 (Fraser) 2435 (Heyman) 2436
preparedness and water protection (Corrigan) 4285-6 (Lake) 4285-6
role of water protection (Routley, B.) 1328
Earthwise Society

Work of organization (Huntington) 4407
East Kootenay See Kootenay area
East Kootenay Chamber of Mines

Consultation by government on mines permitting fees (Bennett) 3183 (Fraser) 3183
East Kootenay Community Credit Union

Branches and donations (Bennett) 1537
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Facilities and operations (Bennett) 1537
Eat B.C. initiative See Locally grown food under Food and food industry
EATI See Employment, equipment and assistive technology initiative under Disabled persons
E-Comm Emergency Communications for Southwest British Columbia Inc.

Governance (Anton) 4502
Role in PRIMECorp governance See PRIMECorp
Economic Forecast Council

Forecasting and review of government budget (de Jong) 1378
Economy

Conditions (Bains) 2364-5 (Bond) 3666 (Cadieux) 1346 (Clark) 1619, 4386-7 (Farnworth) 1403 (Horgan) 4386 (James) 1454-5 (Kyllo) 1527-8 (Plecas) 1543 (Ralston) 1411 (Routley, D.) 1711 (Simpson) 1660 (Stone) 1421 (Sultan) 1414 (Tegart) 1684 (Throne speech) 1192
Conditions and government policies (Bond) 2017 (Clark) 4382 (de Jong) 1377-8 (Hunt) 4094-5 (Lake) 1640 (Yap) 4091-2
Conditions during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Corrigan) 1281 (Dix) 1214-6 (Fraser) 1292 (Routley, D.) 1231, 1233
Diversification (Barnett) 1505 (Clark) 4385 (Hunt) 1484 (Kyllo) 1528-9 (Lee) 1766 (Martin) 1452 (Plecas) 1544 (Ralston) 1504-5 (Simons) 1682 (Stilwell, Moira) 1770 (Tegart) 1685 (Throness) 1626 (Weaver) 1636-7
Economic advisory council (Ralston) 1411
Economic development
balance with environmental and social values See Sustainable development below
development (Austin) 1498 (Bernier) 1502-3 (Bing) 1339 (Clark) 4383 (Dalton) 1500 (Heyman) 1500-1 (Letnick) 1218, 1222 (Morris) 1501-2 (Popham) 1502 (Shin) 1503 (Sullivan) 1504 (Tegart) 1498 (Thomson) 1295-8 (Throne speech) 1192-4 (Wilkinson) 1289-91
development by First Nations people See First Nations
NDP position (Bond) 3456
role of resource sector See Role in economy under Resources and resource industries
"Economic inclusion" concept (Mungall) 3510
"Economic inclusion" concept, legislation See Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2014
Economic plan for province (Thornthwaite) 1275, 1278 (Throne speech) 1192
Employment See Employment and unemployment
Global economy (Stilwell, Moira) 1769 (Sultan) 1414
Growth (Clark) 2432-3 (Fassbender) 1756 (Hamilton) 1282-4 (Martin) 1451-2 (Stilwell, Michelle) 1699 (Wat) 1353, 1714 (Yap) 1750
Growth, impact on social welfare (McRae) 3078
"Managed decline" concept (Fraser) 1292
Measurement, gross domestic product and alternative measurement (Hogg) 3074
Prosperity (Krog) 1285-8 (Wilkinson) 1290
Role in funding government services (Bond) 1458-9 (Clark) 3014-6 (McRae) 3946
Role of government (Barnett) 1505-6 (Bernier) 1211-3, 1502-3 (Clark) 1618-20, 4382 (Dalton) 1500 (de Jong) 1382 (Fraser) 1292-3 (Gibson) 1208-11 (Hamilton) 1282-4 (Horgan) 1506 (Kyllo) 1727 (Ralston) 1504-5 (Tegart) 1498, 1867 (Thomson) 1295-8 (Throne speech) 1192-4 (Wilkinson) 1289-91
Sustainable development See also Resource development, sustainable development under Resources and resource industries
(Corrigan) 1281-2 (Thomson) 1297
Sustainable development, round table (Polak) 1241
Ecuador

Water management and protection (Chandra Herbert) 2657-8
Edmonds constituency and area See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
Education See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; School districts; Schools; Skills training

Adult basic education (Austin) 1944 (Virk) 1944
Adult learners (Thornthwaite) 1492
Alternative school programs (Heyman) 3280-1
BCeSIS system See Information management below
B.C. education plan See Government plan below
Class size and composition
class size (Fassbender) 3262 (Fleming) 3262
class size and composition (Dix) 1617 (Horgan) 4319
court ruling See Supreme Court of British Columbia
funding initiative See Learning improvement fund under Education funding
impact on learning outcomes (Fleming) 4321
legislation (Fassbender) 1268
Codes of conduct in schools See School districts
Connect-ED system See Information management and communications below
Curriculum
environmental education for K-to-9, petition tabled (Fleming) 4201
language programs (Bains) 3334 (Fassbender) 3334
music programs (Conroy) 1529-30
review and environmental education component (Fassbender) 3376 (Fleming) 3376
revision of school curriculum on residential schools (Rustad) 2425
revision to include Asian Canadian experience of discrimination (Bains) 4040 (Chouhan) 4041 (Clark) 1200 (Dalton) 4049 (Elmore) 4033 (Fassbender) 4031-2 (Gibson) 4048 (Heyman) 4051-2 (McRae) 4043 (Reimer) 4050 (Simpson) 4050 (Wat) 1354 (Yap) 4027
Distance education and online learning, funding See Education funding
Distributed learning See Distance education and online learning above
Dual-credit programs (Bond) 3598, 3819 (Eby) 1863 (Kyllo) 3434 (Virk) 1862-3, 1924
Education Advisory Council (Fassbender) 3263, 3269-70 (Fleming) 3263, 3269
Education of First Nations people, graduation rate (Elmore) 1420
Education support workers See Support workers and education assistants below
Enrolment, trends (Fassbender) 1758, 3208-10, 3228, 3332 (Fleming) 3207-8
Fruit and vegetable program (de Jong) 1382 (McRae) 2699, 3362
Government investment and support (Clark) 1617, 3296-7 (Fassbender) 3298-9, 3948 (Thornthwaite) 1275-7, 1676 (Throne speech) 1194
Government plan (Fassbender) 3271-2 (Fleming) 1775-6, 3207, 3263
Graduation, Dogwood Certificate (Fassbender) 3270-1 (Fleming) 3270-1
Graduation rate (Fleming) 1491-2
Graduation rate and non-completion issues (Fleming) 1773, 1775
Independent schools (Dalton) 1648, 3944
Independent schools, funding See Education funding
Independent schools, oversight (Fassbender) 3339 (Fleming) 3339
Information management
alternative systems (Holman) 3285
BCeSIS system (Elmore) 1418 (Hamilton) 4102 (Macdonald) 4102 (Ralston) 4105
management and communications, Connect-ED system (Thornthwaite) 1276
MyEducation B.C. system (Fassbender) 3285-6
MyEducation B.C. system and costs (Fassbender) 3273-4 (Fleming) 3273
MyEducation B.C. system and privacy issues (Fassbender) 3274 (Fleming) 3274
International education (Corrigan) 3289-90 (Fassbender) 3290
Kindergarten, full-day kindergarten (Ashton) 1408 (Cadieux) 1348 (Fassbender) 3284, 3298-9 (Krog) 1289
Kindergarten, full-day kindergarten for five-year-olds, petition tabled (Karagianis) 2700-1
Labour dispute in education system See Teachers
Libraries See School libraries below
Multicultural liaison workers (Eby) 3287 (Heyman) 3281 (Kwan) 3280
Music programs See School music programs below
MyEducation B.C. system See Information management below
Offshore schools, policy change (Fassbender) 3270-1 (Fleming) 3270-1
Parliamentary secretaries See Parliamentary Secretary for the Independent School Sector; Parliamentary Secretary for Student Support and Parent Engagement
Personal education plans (Throne speech) 1194
Playgrounds, funding See Education funding
Post-secondary education See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary institutions
Post-secondary education, dual credit programs See Dual credit programs above
Public system See System, public system below
Punjabi program (Bains) 3334
Safety of students, bullying issue See Bullying and violence at school under Violence
Safety of students, use of social media See Social media, child safety education under Media
School counsellors (Fassbender) 3262 (Fleming) 3262
School counsellors, substance abuse counsellors (Heyman) 3280-1
School libraries (Fleming) 3228-9
School music programs (Heyman) 3280-2 (Kwan) 3274
School sports programs, athletic coordinators (Eby) 3287 (Elmore) 3336-7 (Heyman) 3281 (Kwan) 3274, 3277
School sports programs, volunteers (Stilwell, Moira) 3013
Seismic upgrades of school buildings See Schools
Service delivery See System below
Skills and trades training See Skills training
Skills and trades training, dual credit programs See Dual credit programs above
Special education and special needs
assessments (Kwan) 3275-6, 3279
classroom supports (Darcy) 1273
dyslexic students (Fassbender) 3263 (Fleming) 3263
education assistants (Fassbender) 3262 (Fleming) 3262
education assistants, collective bargaining See Support workers and education assistants below
funding See Education funding
gifted students (Fleming) 3261
number of students (Fassbender) 3261 (Fleming) 3261
special education and special needs (Darcy) 1697 (Macdonald) 1225
support services for hearing impaired students (Robinson) 4322
Sports programs See School sports programs above
Students
abilities and achievements (Thornthwaite) 1492
achievement levels and test results (Clark) 3297 (Fassbender) 3262-3, 3273, 3279 (Gibson) 4101 (Kwan) 3279 (Thornthwaite) 1676
behaviour management, use of isolation and restraint (Cadieux) 2243 (James) 2243
personal education plans See Personal education plans above
Superintendent of graduation and student transition (Virk) 1863
Support workers and education assistants, collective bargaining (Fleming) 1775
Support workers and education assistants, role (Elmore) 3337
System
changes and role of technology (Thornthwaite) 1276-7
conditions (Hamilton) 1284
government initiatives (Fassbender) 1324
government initiatives and reforms (Fassbender) 1227-8
protocol on co-governance (Corrigan) 4100 (Dalton) 4104-5 (Fleming) 4096-7 (Gibson) 4101 (Hamilton) 4102-3 (James) 4103-4 (Macdonald) 4101-2 (Ralston) 4105 (Reimer) 4099-100 (Robinson) 4098-9 (Thornthwaite) 4097-8
public system (Corrigan) 1282 (Fassbender) 3948 (Fleming) 3948
ranking (Thornthwaite) 1277
role of parents (Thornthwaite) 1275-7
service delivery and shared procurement (Fassbender) 3271-3 (Fleming) 3271-3 (Holman) 3285
system and government policies (Conroy) 1529-30 (Hammell) 1442-4
system during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Chandra Herbert) 1703 (Corrigan) 1754 (Macdonald) 1224-5 (Routley, D.) 1232
Teachers See Teachers
Education Advisory Council See Education
Education funding

Annual facilities grants (Fassbender) 3266, 3375 (Fleming) 3266
Capital funding (Hamilton) 4102-3
Capital funding and maintenance funding (Dalton) 4104 (Fassbender) 3375 (Fleming) 3374-5 (Sullivan) 1690
Distance education and online learning (Fassbender) 3338-9 (Fleming) 3338-9, 3948
Funding (Ashton) 1408 (Bond) 1459 (Clark) 3297 (Corrigan) 4322 (Dalton) 4104-5 (Darcy) 1273, 1697 (Eby) 1461, 3287 (Fassbender) 1757-8, 3207-10, 3279, 3284, 3333, 3948, 4322 (Fleming) 1775, 3207-10, 3948 (Hamilton) 1708 (Huntington) 3333 (James) 4103-4 (Kwan) 1622-3, 3278 (Robinson) 4098-9 (Tegart) 1685 (Yap) 1749
Funding formula (Corrigan) 3289 (Farnworth) 3329 (Fassbender) 3289, 3328-9, 3331-2 (Huntington) 3331
Holdback for enrolment changes (Fassbender) 3208-9, 3228 (Fleming) 3208, 3228
Impact on school district budgets and operations (Corrigan) 3288-9, 3299 (Darcy) 3283-5 (Dix) 3296-7 (Fassbender) 3275-9, 3281-2, 3284, 3288-9, 3335-7 (Fleming) 3297-8 (Heyman) 3280-2 (Kwan) 3274-80 (Robinson) 3298-9 (Trevena) 3335
Impact on student outcomes (Krog) 1289
Independent schools (Fassbender) 3338-9, 3948 (Fleming) 3337-9, 3948
Learning improvement fund (Clark) 1617 (Dalton) 1648 (Thornthwaite) 1676
Multi-year funding (Macdonald) 4102
Playgrounds (Lee) 1765
Special education and special needs (Fassbender) 3261, 3263 (Fleming) 3261, 3263
Surplus funds See Budget surpluses under School districts
Education, Ministry of

Estimates
debate 3207-10, 3226-9, 3261-90, 3328-39, 3372-8
speakers (Bains) 3333-4 (Corrigan) 3287-90 (Darcy) 3282-5 (Eby) 3287 (Elmore) 3336-7 (Farnworth) 3328-9 (Fassbender) 3207-10, 3226-9, 3261-79, 3281-90, 3328-39, 3372-8 (Fleming) 3207-10, 3226-9, 3261-74, 3337-9, 3372-8 (Fraser) 3330-1 (Heyman) 3280-2 (Holman) 3285-7 (Huntington) 3331-3 (Kwan) 3274-80 (Mungall) 3336 (Rice) 3335-6 (Trevena) 3334-5 (Weaver) 3282
Estimates process, written questions and answers (Fassbender) 3282 (Weaver) 3282
Library component, staffing and director of libraries position (Fassbender) 3374 (Fleming) 3373-4
Office lease in Vancouver See Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Education quality assurance designation See Post-secondary institutions
Education savings grant program See Training and education savings grant program under Registered education savings plans
Education, Select Standing Committee on

Work of committee (Routley, D.) 2795
Egan, Oliver

Farming activities and concerns re agricultural land reserve (Simons) 2857
E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act

Application to other legislation (Darcy) 2591-2
Elder abuse See Seniors
Elderly See Seniors
Elections See also Politics and politicians; Referenda

2013 general election
results (Clark) 3077 (Popham) 1522 (Simons) 1678
voter issues (Dalton) 1499
Campaign financing
financing (Krog) 2862
limits on corporate and union donations (Bains) 3326 (Darcy) 2873 (Holman) 2879 (Huntington) 3324 (Weaver) 3325-6
local elections See Local government elections
regulation (Chandra Herbert) 2866
regulation, NDP position (Holman) 2879
Constituencies See Electoral districts below
Effective representation concept (Weaver) 1590-1
Effective representation concept and reform (Huntington) 1595-6
Electoral boundaries
commission See Electoral Boundaries Commission
history (Farnworth) 3469-70 (Fleming) 3517-8 (Krog) 1568
legislation See also Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014
(Farnworth) 2881
preservation of electoral districts in three regions See Electoral districts below
redistribution See Redistribution of electoral boundaries below
Electoral districts See also Number of seats under Legislature; particular constituencies
dual-member ridings (Farnworth) 3470
number (Anton) 1200, 1565 (Donaldson) 1578 (Krog) 1566
number and addition of two districts (Anton) 3541, 3614-21, 3624, 3630 (Chandra Herbert) 3521 (de Jong) 3468-9 (Huntington) 3618-9 (Krog) 3614-21, 3623-4, 3630 (Weaver) 3620
preservation of districts in three regions (Anton) 1200, 1564-5, 3538-41, 3622-30 (Austin) 1574-6 (Bains) 1611-2 (Barnett) 1576-7 (Bennett) 1573-4 (Bond) 1601-2 (Chandra Herbert) 3519-22 (Conroy) 1606-7 (Corrigan) 3523-5, 3531-2 (de Jong) 3467-9 (Donaldson) 1577-9 (Eby) 1596-8 (Elmore) 1599-600 (Farnworth) 3469-72 (Fleming) 3487-8, 3517-9, 3628-9 (Fraser) 3533-5 (Hammell) 1612, 3465-7 (Heyman) 3484-7 (Horgan) 3536-8 (Hunt) 1579-81 (Huntington) 1595-6 (James) 3477-80 (Karagianis) 3480-4 (Krog) 1565-71, 3617, 3622-30 (Macdonald) 1586-9 (Morris) 1589-90 (Mungall) 1593-5 (Ralston) 1581-5 (Robinson) 3522-3 (Routley, B.) 3474-7 (Routley, D.) 1607-11 (Rustad) 1585-6 (Simons) 3535-6 (Simpson) 1602-6 (Trevena) 1591-3 (Weaver) 1590-1, 3620
preservation of districts in three regions and potential for legal challenge (Anton) 3619-21 (Conroy) 1607 (Corrigan) 3532 (de Jong) 3468 (Farnworth) 3472-3 (Holman) 3473-4 (Krog) 3619-21, 3630 (Macdonald) 1588 (Ralston) 1583-5 (Simpson) 1604-5 (Trevena) 1593
size of northern and rural constituencies (Anton) 1564 (Austin) 1575-6 (Bennett) 1574 (Eby) 1596, 1598 (Rustad) 1585-6
Electoral reform (Krog) 1289
Electoral systems, first-past-the-post system (James) 3477
Fall fixed election date (Clark) 4426 (Huntington) 1319, 4425-7
Fall fixed election date, legislation See Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2014
Frequency and use of rotating terms (Krog) 2888
"Gerrymandering," definition and origin of term (Farnworth) 3469-70 (Fraser) 3534-5 (Krog) 1565
Municipal elections See Local government elections
Redistribution of electoral boundaries
consultation process and white paper (Anton) 1564, 3540 (Corrigan) 3524 (Donaldson) 1578-9 (Krog) 1566 (Macdonald) 1586 (Weaver) 1590-1
court cases re voter parity (Krog) 1567 (Ralston) 1581-2
government role (Bains) 1611-2 (Chandra Herbert) 3519-22 (Conroy) 1606-7 (Corrigan) 3523-5, 3531-3 (Eby) 1596-8 (Farnworth) 3469-73 (Fleming) 3487-8, 3517-9, 3628-9 (Fraser) 3533-5 (Hammell) 1612, 3465-7 (Heyman) 3484-7 (Holman) 3473 (Horgan) 3537-8 (Huntington) 1595 (James) 3477-80 (Karagianis) 3480-4 (Macdonald) 1587 (Mungall) 1594 (Robinson) 3522-3 (Routley, B.) 3474-6 (Routley, D.) 1608-11 (Simons) 3535-6 (Simpson) 1603-5 (Trevena) 1592
other jurisdictions (Anton) 3540, 3616, 3619-20 (Krog) 3615-6, 3619-20 (Ralston) 1584
preservation of electoral districts in three regions See Electoral districts above
principles (Anton) 1564 (Krog) 1566-9
Representation by population See Voter parity below
Rural and northern constituencies, representation (Anton) 1200, 3539-41 (Austin) 1574-6 (Barnett) 1576-7 (Bennett) 1573-4 (Bond) 1601-2 (Chandra Herbert) 3520-2 (Conroy) 1606-7 (Corrigan) 3525 (de Jong) 3468-9 (Donaldson) 1578 (Elmore) 1599-600 (Farnworth) 3470-2 (Heyman) 3484-5 (Holman) 3473 (Hunt) 1580-1 (Huntington) 1595 (James) 3477-8 (Karagianis) 3481-3 (Krog) 1565-70, 3617-8 (Macdonald) 1587 (Morris) 1589-90 (Mungall) 1593-4 (Ralston) 1583 (Routley, B.) 3474-5 (Routley, D.) 1608-9 (Rustad) 1585-6 (Trevena) 1591-2 (Weaver) 1591
Seats See Numbers of seats under Legislature
Voter dispersion (Weaver) 1591
Voter parity principle (Bennett) 1573 (Corrigan) 3531-2 (Elmore) 1599 (Hammell) 3465, 3467 (Horgan) 3538 (Huntington) 3618-9 (Krog) 1567 (Ralston) 1582
Voting rights (Corrigan) 3524, 3531-2
Elections Act (federal)

Amendments (Fleming) 3488
Elections B.C.

Budget (Oakes) 2403 (Robinson) 2403
Reports tabled
independent panel on Internet voting, Recommendations Report to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, tabled (Speaker) 1208
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 40th Provincial General Election, May 14, 2013 (Speaker) 2494
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2013 Enumeration (Speaker) 2494
Role (Oakes) 2402
Role and responsibilities, oversight of municipal elections (Donaldson) 2870 (Oakes) 2858, 3327-8, 3365 (Robinson) 3327, 3365 (Simpson) 2874, 2876-7
Electoral Boundaries Commission

Independence (Austin) 1575-6 (Chandra Herbert) 3519-20 (Conroy) 1606 (Corrigan) 3524, 3531-3 (Eby) 1596-8 (Elmore) 1599-600 (Fleming) 3488, 3517-9 (Fraser) 3533-4 (Hammell) 1612, 3465-7 (Heyman) 3484-7 (Horgan) 3537 (James) 3478-80 (Karagianis) 3480-4 (Mungall) 1594 (Simons) 3535 (Simpson) 1602-5 (Trevena) 1593
Legislation See also Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014
(Krog) 2889
Membership (Krog) 1568, 3616-7
Report, implementation See Redistribution of electoral boundaries under Elections
Report recommendations (Anton) 1564 (Rustad) 1585-6
Work of commission (Anton) 1200, 1564-5, 3539-41 (de Jong) 3468-9 (Farnworth) 3472-3 (Fleming) 3629 (Holman) 3473-4 (Krog) 3630 (Ralston) 1583-4 (Routley, B.) 3475-6 (Routley, D.) 1609-10
Work of commission, addition of electoral districts See Electoral districts, number under Elections
Work of commission, preservation of electoral districts in three regions See Electoral districts under Elections
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014

(Bill 2) (Minister of Justice) 1R, 1200; 2R, 1564-71, 1573-612, 3465-88, 3517-25, 3531-42; C, 3614-30; 3R, 3631; RA, 4469
Amdts: sec. 1 (Anton) 3614, approved 3622; sec. 3 (Anton) 3630, approved 3630
Divisions: 2R approved 3541; amdt. to sec. 1 approved 3622
Debate, speakers (Anton) 1200, 1564-5, 3538-41, 3614-30 (Austin) 1574-6 (Bains) 1611-2 (Barnett) 1576-7 (Bennett) 1573-4 (Bond) 1601-2 (Chandra Herbert) 3519-22 (Conroy) 1606-7 (Corrigan) 3523-5, 3531-3 (de Jong) 3467-9 (Donaldson) 1577-9 (Eby) 1596-9 (Elmore) 1599-600 (Farnworth) 3469-73 (Fleming) 3487-8, 3517-9, 3628-9 (Fraser) 3533-5 (Hammell) 1612, 3465-7 (Heyman) 3484-7 (Holman) 3473-4 (Horgan) 3536-8 (Hunt) 1579-81 (Huntington) 1595-6, 3618-9 (James) 3477-80 (Karagianis) 3480-4 (Krog) 1565-71, 3614-30 (Macdonald) 1586-9 (Morris) 1589-90 (Mungall) 1593-5 (Ralston) 1581-5 (Robinson) 3522-3 (Routley, B.) 3474-7 (Routley, D.) 1607-11 (Rustad) 1585-6 (Simons) 3535-6 (Simpson) 1602-6 (Trevena) 1591-3 (Weaver) 1590-1, 3620
Delay in second reading (Chandra Herbert) 3521 (de Jong) 3468
Purpose of bill (Anton) 1200
Electoral districts See Elections
Electric power See Energy
Electric vehicles See Automobiles
Electronic Petitions Act, 2014

(Bill M205) (Shin) 1R, 2279-80
Debate, speakers (Shin) 2279-80
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain

Message for Commonwealth Day (Speaker) 1995
Elk See Wildlife
Elk Falls Park

Boundary change (Polak) 2649, 2778 (Trevena) 2778
Elk Valley

Flooding, community and government response (Bennett) 1536-7
Elko Dam

Upgrade project (Bennett) 3857 (Conroy) 3857
ELL programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Ellis, Leonard

Comments on Discovery Coast ferry service changes (Dix) 1742-3
ELSA See English Language Services for Adults under Post-secondary education
Elsie Roy Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Construction project (Sullivan) 1690
EmbraceBC program See Multiculturalism
Emergencies See also Emergency Management British Columbia

911 emergency service, funding (Corrigan) 4505
Emergency access to high-security residences (Anton) 4505 (Corrigan) 4505
Emergency management services, funding (Anton) 4507-10 (Corrigan) 4507-10
Emergency preparedness (Corrigan) 4285, 4507, 4509-10 (Lake) 4285-6
Emergency preparedness, earthquakes See Earthquakes
Emergency services providers See Paramedics
First responders, incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (Bains) 3659
Health care emergencies See Emergency services under Health care system
Health care emergencies, use of CPR See Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Search and rescue services (Trevena) 1781-2
Shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Emergency Management British Columbia See also Emergencies

Budget and staff (Anton) 4507-9 (Corrigan) 4507-9
Public safety lifeline volunteers (Anton) 4107-8
Role and capacity (Anton) 2434-5, 4508-10 (Corrigan) 2434, 4508-9
Emergency Program Act

Provisions and expenditures under legislation (Anton) 4507-8, 4510 (Corrigan) 4507-8
Emerson Real Estate Group

Land holdings in Delta, potential development (Huntington) 4448
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

New campus project (Sullivan) 1689 (Virk) 1472
Eminata Group

Private post-secondary operations and oversight (Eby) 4195-6 (Simpson) 4196-7
Relationship with government (Krog) 4197
Emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions trading See Cap-and-trade system under Greenhouse gas emissions
Emperor of Japan See Akihito
Employment and Social Development Canada

Minister See Kenney, Jason
Employment and unemployment See also Labour

BladeRunners program (Coleman) 2828
Employment and jobs
employment and jobs (Corrigan) 1281 (Dix) 1214-5 (Wilkinson) 1290
private sector jobs (Bains) 4093-5
role of private and public sectors (Mungall) 1727
role of private sector (Kyllo) 1726-7
Employment of people with disabilities See Disabled persons
Employment of women See Women
Employment programs See Income assistance
Employment rate (Bains) 3665
Employment standards
back-pay retroactivity (Bains) 3660-2 (Bond) 3662
complaint system See Employment standards complaint system below
complaint system and self-help kit (Bains) 3660 (Bond) 3660-1
complaint system changes and timeliness (Bains) 3661-3 (Bond) 3661-2
enforcement (Bains) 3660-2 (Bond) 3456-7, 3610-1, 3661-2, 3836-7, 3844, 4114 (Elmore) 3456, 3610-1, 3844 (Macdonald) 4114 (Ralston) 3447, 3836
excluded workers (Bains) 3662 (Bond) 3662
government action (Bond) 1786 (Simpson) 1786
information (Larson) 3443
Funding for marginalized persons entering the workforce See Funding, federal funding program under Skills training
Government job strategy
international education component (Virk) 1858
skills and training plan See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
strategy (Bernier) 1212 (Bond) 1460, 2017-8, 3595-6, 3843 (Clark) 1619-20, 4393-5 (Darcy) 1694 (Dix) 1214 (Elmore) 2018 (Farnworth) 1399, 1404-5, 2017 (Fassbender) 1756 (Fleming) 1772-3 (Fraser) 1292-3 (Hamilton) 2848 (Horgan) 3842-3, 4393-4 (Huntington) 1351, 1688 (James) 1456-7 (Krog) 1286-7 (Kwan) 1621 (Kyllo) 1727 (Macdonald) 1424 (Morris) 1518 (Mungall) 1469, 3416 (Routley, B.) 1643-4 (Routley, D.) 2561 (Rustad) 1370 (Simpson) 1374-5, 1660, 1671 (Stone) 1421-2 (Thornthwaite) 1275-6 (Trevena) 1653-4 (Wat) 2534
support for B.C. workers (Bains) 1475, 3595, 3667 (Bond) 3455-6, 3667 (Clark) 2433, 4395-7 (Eby) 1797 (Horgan) 3455-6, 3609-10, 4395-7 (Virk) 1796, 1851-2
Green jobs (Chandra Herbert) 2999 (Polak) 2997, 2999
Job creation (Bains) 4093 (Bond) 1785-6, 2017-8, 4113 (Clark) 4393-5 (de Jong) 1379 (Elmore) 4113 (Farnworth) 1383, 1391-2, 1398-400, 1403-4 (Gibson) 1208-9 (Hamilton) 1283-4 (Horgan) 4393-4 (Karagianis) 1486 (Mungall) 1469 (Routley, D.) 1231 (Simpson) 1786 (Throne speech) 1192-4
Job creation, impact on social welfare (Clark) 3014-5, 4409-10 (Krog) 1286
Job creation in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Elmore) 2018 (Farnworth) 1404, 2017
Job losses (Chandra Herbert) 1703 (Conroy) 1530 (Simpson) 1374-5
Job numbers (Bond) 3842-3
Job postings (Bond) 3667-8
Jobs, entry-level jobs (Horgan) 3455
Jobs plan See Government job strategy above
Maternity and parental leave, police officers See Police officers under Police and policing
Pre-employment background checks on workers See Workers
Self-employment, pension plans for self-employed individuals See Pooled registered pension plans under Pensions
Skills training See Skills training
Statistics (Krog) 1288
Supply of skilled workers See Skills training
Unemployment rates (Bains) 1475 (Bond) 1458, 2018, 3217, 3455-6, 3666-7, 3843-4 (Elmore) 3217-8 (Farnworth) 1403 (Heyman) 1540-2 (Horgan) 3455-6, 3842-3 (Hunt) 4094 (Kwan) 1621 (Ralston) 1411 (Stone) 1422
Unemployment rates for youth (Bains) 3217, 4093 (Bond) 3843 (Horgan) 3455, 3843
Employment Standards Act

Amendments (Bains) 3660-2 (Bond) 3662
Validation provisions See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014
(Anton) 2287
Employment Standards Tribunal

Chair See Mullin, Brent
Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat
consultation with and position of First Nations in area (Donaldson) 2469-70 (Rustad) 2469-70
greenhouse gas emissions (Chandra Herbert) 2993
process (Weaver) 3708
report on spill response and wildlife recovery (Chandra Herbert) 2286
review process and five conditions (Chandra Herbert) 2989-92 (Donaldson) 2469-70 (Polak) 2286, 2990-2, 3674-5 (Rustad) 2469-70 (Weaver) 3674
Encana Events Centre, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Facility (Bernier) 1781
End-of-life care See Hospice and palliative care
Endowment Lands See University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Energy See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Alternative energy sources (Bennett) 4005 (Rice) 4329
Bioenergy, government goal (Macdonald) 1224
Clean energy
clean energy (Lake) 1338
development (Sturdy) 1550 (Weaver) 1636-7
First Nations clean energy business fund (de Jong) 1384, 1787, 2219 (Donaldson) 2502 (Farnworth) 2218-9 (Hamilton) 3763 (Rustad) 2422 (Weaver) 1636-7
Pacific coast initiative See Action plan on climate and energy under Pacific Coast Collaborative
revenue-sharing agreements with First Nations (de Jong) 1787
vehicle program See Vehicle efficiency under Automobiles
wind See Wind power below
Electricity rates
government plan (Bennett) 2572 (Clark) 4398-401 (Horgan) 4398-401
impact on industry (Bennett) 2491-2 (Horgan) 1506, 2491-2
impact on low-income families (Mungall) 2492
impact on low-income residents (Bennett) 2572 (Horgan) 2571-2
impact on school districts and hospitals (Bennett) 2572-3 (Farnworth) 2572-3
impact on small business (Popham) 2492
industrial rate review (Horgan) 4399-400
legislation See Hydro Affordability Act, 2014
"lifeline rate" proposal for low-income families (Horgan) 2487
rates (Austin) 1629-30 (Bains) 1475 (Bennett) 4003-4 (Conroy) 1531 (Corrigan) 1751-2 (Dix) 1215, 1511 (Elmore) 1417 (Farnworth) 1397 (Fassbender) 3227 (Fleming) 3227 (Hammell) 1441 (Heyman) 1540 (Horgan) 1395, 1511-2, 4003-4 (Karagianis) 1486-7 (Mungall) 1468-9 (Popham) 1523 (Ralston) 1410 (Routley, D.) 1709 (Trevena) 1236, 1653
Energy efficiency, building retrofits See Housing
Energy efficiency, program See LiveSmart B.C. program below
ICE fund See Innovative clean energy fund below
Independent power projects
compliance and oversight (Routley, B.) 2125 (Thomson) 2125
impact on drinking water (Polak) 3238-9 (Trevena) 3238-9
impact on fish (Routley, B.) 2125 (Thomson) 2125
impact on fish and water systems (Huntington) 2709
investment and government support (Bennett) 4005 (Sturdy) 1550
sale of electricity to B.C. Hydro See Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Infrastructure
government investment (Bennett) 4003
Site C power project See Site C power project
smart grid See Smart-metering and infrastructure program below
Innovative clean energy fund (de Jong) 2231 (Farnworth) 2231
Integrated resource plan See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line project, costs (Bennett) 3992-4 (Horgan) 3992-4
LiveSmart B.C. program (Popham) 2492
LiveSmart B.C. program and Power Smart initiatives (Bennett) 2492
LiveSmart B.C. small business program (Darcy) 1696 (Popham) 1523
Northwest transmission line project
costs and benefits (Bennett) 3988-91, 4009 (Lee) 1764 (Sultan) 1416
costs and oversight (Elmore) 1418 (Horgan) 3988-91, 4008 (Simpson) 1672
Iskut extension line project (Bennett) 3990-1 (Horgan) 3989
worker safety and tower failure investigation (Bennett) 3992 (Horgan) 3991-2
Power Smart program (Bennett) 2572 (Horgan) 2572
Power supply, export and surplus energy (Bennett) 4005-7 (Horgan) 4005-6
Renewable energy See Clean energy above
Smart-metering and infrastructure program
chief project officer See Murphy, Gary
funding (Bennett) 2144-5, 3994-7 (Horgan) 2144, 3994-7
impact on low-income earners (Horgan) 3996
impact on theft reduction and grow ops (Bennett) 3995 (Horgan) 3995
legacy meters (Bennett) 3998-4000 (Farnworth) 3997-9
Transmission system, government investment (Lee) 1764
Transmission system, projects See Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line; Northwest transmission line above
Wind power (Horgan) 4005
Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Core Review

Estimates
debate 3856-62, 3902-38, 3984-4009
speakers (Bennett) 3856-62, 3902-38, 3984-4009 (Conroy) 3856-62, 3902-6 (Donaldson) 3920-1 (Farnworth) 3997-9 (Fraser) 3906-21 (Horgan) 3985-97, 4000-9 (Huntington) 3928-9 (Simpson) 3922-8, 3930-8 (Weaver) 3921
Estimates process, written questions and answers (Bennett) 3907, 3921 (Fraser) 3906 (Weaver) 3921
Funding and staffing (Bennett) 3177-8 (Fraser) 3177-8, 3181-4
England

Domestic water use and metering (Trevena) 2715
English-as-a-second-language programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Englishman River estuary

Protection (Krog) 2653
Entrepreneurship See Business
Environment

Climate change See Climate change
Conservation officers (Fraser) 2917-8 (Polak) 2917
Conservation officers, responsibilities (Chandra Herbert) 2939 (Donaldson) 2168-9, 2652 (Polak) 2939
Cumulative impacts of resource development, framework See Resource development, cumulative impact framework under Resources and resource industries
Ecosystems (James) 1453-4
Environmental assessment process See also particular projects and sectors
consideration of cumulative impacts (Chandra Herbert) 1337, 3059-60 (Huntington) 1688 (Polak) 3060
exemptions and order-in-council (Donaldson) 3360 (Polak) 3360-1
fees (Chandra Herbert) 3059 (Polak) 3059
First Nations consultation (Donaldson) 2472-3, 3053-4 (Polak) 3054 (Rustad) 2473
funding of provincial office (Bennett) 1668
inclusion of emissions totals (Weaver) 1638
process (Bennett) 3908-9, 3920 (Chandra Herbert) 3057-9 (Fraser) 3053, 3908-9, 3920 (Holman) 1481 (Polak) 3057-9
process and First Nations consultation (Austin) 1302
projects involving ports and railways (Polak) 3362
role and powers of provincial office (Huntington) 1350
Environmental protection
balance between protection and economic development See Sustainable development under Economy
compliance and enforcement activities (Chandra Herbert) 2939 (Polak) 2939
government policies (Huntington) 1349-50
protection (Chandra Herbert) 1702, 1705, 2139 (Karagianis) 1486, 1517, 3815 (Krog) 1286-7
Report All Poachers and Polluters line (Polak) 3243-4
Global warming See Climate change
Government action on issues (Dix) 1216-7
Grasslands ecosystem restoration (Bennett) 3561
Pest control and pesticide use (Simons) 3547
Round table on environment and economy See Sustainable development under Economy
Spill preparedness and response See also Oils spills under Oil and gas; particular locations and topics
cleanup and payment of costs (Conroy) 4199 (Polak) 4199-200
government policy (Polak) 4199-200
Stewardship (Gibson) 2651
Sustainability, balance with economic development values See Sustainable development under Economy
Wetland, definition (Chandra Herbert) 2790 (Polak) 2790
Environment, Ministry of

Estimates
debate 2916-20, 2938-42, 2984-3007, 3051-71
speakers (Chandra Herbert) 2916-7, 2938-41, 2984-3001, 3057-61, 3064-71 (Conroy) 3005-7 (Donaldson) 3053-5 (Eby) 3064 (Fraser) 2917-8, 3051-3, 3056-7 (Holman) 2938, 2988, 2994-5, 3002 (Huntington) 3061-3 (Polak) 2916-20, 2938-42, 2984-3007, 3051-71 (Popham) 3001-5 (Routley, B.) 2918-20 (Routley, D.) 3063-4 (Shin) 3067 (Weaver) 2995
Climate action secretariat (Polak) 2999
Estimates process, overview (Chandra Herbert) 2917
Mandate letter (Polak) 3361
Role re volume-to-biomass conversion models for forest carbon offsets (Macdonald) 2082 (Thomson) 2082-3
Staff thanked (Chandra Herbert) 3070-1 (Polak) 3071
Work on fisheries issues (Fraser) 3051-3 (Polak) 3051-3
Work with Agriculture Ministry (Fraser) 3052 (Polak) 3052
Work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Polak) 3053
Work with Health Ministry (Huntington) 3063 (Polak) 3063
Environmental Appeal Board

Annual report, 2012-13, tabled (Bond) 3168
EPBC See Employment programs under Income assistance
Epilepsy

Awareness (Plecas) 2431-2
EQA See Education quality assurance designation under Post-secondary institutions
ERASE Bullying strategy See Bullying and violence at school, prevention under Violence
Erickson, Mavis

Comments on government implementation of missing women inquiry recommendations (Rice) 2003
Ernst and Young

Report on revenues from LNG development See Liquefied natural gas development
Eshelman, Brad

Comments on port taxation (Yamamoto) 1657
ESL programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Government and public support (Krog) 2289
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Belt Tax Act

Repeal See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014
(Anton) 2287 (de Jong) 3184 (Farnworth) 3184 (Krog) 2289
Esquimalt, B.C.

Role in sewage treatment project (Oakes) 2406 (Weaver) 2406
Shipbuilding and ship repair, history (Karagianis) 1781
Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area

Constituents' issues and concerns (Karagianis) 1485-7
Estates

Administration of wills and estates
changes (Anton) 2644-7 (Krog) 2644-7
legislation See Wills, Estates and Succession Amendment Act, 2011
notice requirements re minors (Anton) 2647 (Krog) 2647
Disposition of estates and property, pension benefits See Pensions
Disposition of estates and property, separated spouses (Anton) 2645 (Krog) 2645
Estates of Missing Persons Act

Amendments See also Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2014
(Anton) 2647-8 (Krog) 2648
Estimates of expenditures

Estimates of ministries' expenditures See particular ministries
Estimates process See Legislature
Legislation See Legislation
Management of public funds and debt See Budget
Officers of the Legislature See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature
Other appropriations See Budget
Presentation See Presentation of estimates
Ethel Tibbits Women of Distinction Awards

Award recipients (Yap) 2281-2
Ethnic and racial discrimination See Discrimination and racism
Europe

Economic conditions (Bennett) 1534
Market for B.C. forest products, government procurement process (Ralston) 2602 (Wat) 2602
Tour operators, impact of B.C. ferry service reductions (Stone) 1362 (Trevena) 1238-9, 1362
Trade agreement with Canada See Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Trade agreement with U.S. See Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement
European Canadians

Ukrainian communities (Stilwell, Moira) 4319
Evans, Corky

Comments on agricultural land reserve changes (Weaver) 4120
Comments on agriculture (Kwan) 3877
Evans, Doug

Work in labour movement and politics (Chouhan) 1741-2
Evergreen Community Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Funding and services (Dix) 4367-8 (Lake) 4367-8
Evergreen line See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Evergreen Terrace, Victoria, B.C.

Resident families, access to children's programs (Coleman) 2815-6 (Fleming) 2815
Ewerts, Kerry

Comments on trucking labour dispute (Stone) 2369
Executive Flight Centre Ltd.

Fuel spill in 2013 See Lemon Creek
Exercise

Role in public health See Role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle under Public health
Exhibitions and fairs

Beer gardens See Beer
Exports See Trade; particular industries
Exstew River

Road access to park and recreation site (Rice) 2133
Exxon Valdez

Impact of 1989 oil spill on wildlife (Chandra Herbert) 2286
Eye health

Blindness prevention and vision loss (Darcy) 3511
Macular degeneration See Retinal disease below
Retinal disease, access to treatment (Conroy) 4412, 4481-2 (Lake) 4481-2
Sight impairment See Visual impairment
Treatment services (Lake) 4412

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