BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Member entries), Third Session, 40th Parliament

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

ABOUT THE MEMBERS INDEX
Index contains information on subjects MLAs spoke on during House debate.

Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (Surrey-Cloverdale)

As subject

constituents, family and staff thanked 4717

Adoption of children in government care 4720

B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, report on social worker staffing issues 5267

B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 4718

Business, government support 4718

Children and Family Development Ministry

budget 4718

role and responsibilities 4718-9

services redesign and funding 5268-9

services redesign, briefings for opposition members 5268

Children and youth

child care spaces and capital projects 4719

child protection workers, caseload and supply 5267-9

children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 4720

early childhood development, government initiatives and provincial office 4719-20

programs and services for children and families, funding and government support 4719-20

Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 4718

Economy

economic development and growth 4717-8

role in funding government services 4717-8, 4720

Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 4720

First Nations children in government care, cultural support 4720

Income, low-income families and households, government support 4933-4

LNG development 4717

Oral questions (response)

Government action on poverty reduction 4933-4

Social worker caseloads and supply 5267-9

Post-secondary education

education of First Nations people 4719

student financial assistance, bursary programs 4719

Poverty and child poverty 4933

Skills training, government skills and training plan 4717-8

Surrey, growth and health-related businesses 4718

Throne speech debate 4717-20

Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

As subject

comments in debate (Horgan) 5040

communications with Mary Polak as student 4821

constituents and staff thanked 4617

experience as extra in film industry 5117-8

experience learning about climate change 4821-3

Alberta, greenhouse gas emissions and technology fund 4828, 5098, 5302

Auditor General, review of carbon offset projects 5074-5

B.C. by region, northeast B.C., oil and gas industry activities 4831

B.C. Liberal Party government, performance 4917

California, greenhouse gas emission reduction 4832

Carbon

carbon offset projects on forest lands 4829-30, 5074-5

carbon sequestration 5245-6

LNG emissions offsets 4828-31, 5072-7, 5090, 5094-5, 5098, 5104, 5251-5, 5299-301

Carbon tax

exemptions 5463-5

rate 5247

scope 4619

Climate change

evidence and impacts 4617-9, 4823-4, 4827, 4836

government action on climate change 4617-9, 4821-8, 4832-6

Western Climate Initiative 4832-3, 5463

Construction industry, green building code 4618

Consumers, cost of living and affordability issues 4619-20

Darkwoods Conservation Area, forest carbon project 4829, 5074

Deva, Jim, community work and death 4582

Discrimination and racism, discrimination and violence against transgendered persons 5455

Economy, sustainable development 4916-7

Education, benefits and role in society 4620

Encana Corp., drilling project and carbon offsets 4830-1, 5074

Energy

electricity rate increases and clean energy 4618-9

LiveSmart B.C. program 4833-4

Environment

biodiversity, loss 4618

environmental protection, enforcement and monitoring 4621, 4917

pollution, cleanup responsibilities and polluter-pay principle 4657, 4824, 5282

spill preparedness and response 4917

Film industry 5117-8

First Nations, relationship with government and acknowledgment of traditional territories 4617

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, relationship to greenhouse gas emission legislation 5288-90

Gender Identity and Expression Human Rights Recognition Act, debate 5455

Gender orientation, gender identity and human rights protection 5455-6

Government role and vision 4622

Greenhouse gas emissions

cap-and-trade system 4832-3, 5462-3

definition 5082

definition and global warming potential 5086

emissions from LNG development 4821-8, 4834-6, 5079, 5298-9

emissions from natural gas development 4827, 4830-2

reduction

government targets 4823, 4825-8, 4833, 5089, 5237-8

technologies 4827-8

transportation sector 4826

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act

debate 4820-36, 5072-8, 5079, 5081-2, 5084-6, 5089-91, 5094-5, 5098-104, 5235, 5237-43, 5245-7, 5250-5, 5257-9, 5274-5, 5279, 5282-90, 5292-6, 5298-302, 5304-5, 5462-7

amendments 5072

consultation on bill 4835

definitions

"accepted emission offset project" 5072-7

"administrative agreement" 5077

"attributable" 5078, 5079

"carbon dioxide equivalent" 5082, 5084-6

"compliance period" 5089

"emission limit" 5090

"facility" 5091

"greenhouse gas" 5082

"recognized unit" 5094

"retire" 5098

"technology fund" 5098-103

"validation body" and "verification body" 5104

regulations 4822, 4834-5, 5082, 5295-6, 5298-302, 5304-5

schedule 5072

title 5467

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, repeal 4832, 5462-3

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, definition of greenhouse gas 5082

Homelessness, costs and supports 4620

Housing

energy efficiency, building retrofit programs and improvements 4618

landlord-tenant issues 4620-1

Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4618, 4621-2, 4657, 4711-2, 4916

Income disparity 4619-20

Information and communications technology, digital media industry 5117-8

Jaccard, Mark, comments on carbon offsets 4831

Justice Ministry, independent investigations office 5287

Land Title Act, provisions 5253

Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, operations and role in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community 4582

LNG development

clean development 4821-3, 4836, 5078, 5079, 5465-6

environmental assessment and exemption from process 4831

First Nations consultation and involvement 4831

LNG facilities 5091

application of carbon tax 5072, 5463-5

LNG facilities, emissions regulation

agreements 5292-4

capture and storage of emissions 5245-6

compliance and enforcement 5242, 5250

director role 5253-5, 5273

directors and officers, liability issues 5284

earned credits 5257-9

emissions outside B.C. 5298-9

information confidentiality and protection 5288-90

information-sharing agreements 5292

inspectors 5274

investigation applications 5285-6

investigations by chief conservation officer 5287-8

limits 4822, 4824, 4828, 5078, 5079-80, 5089-90, 5239, 5247, 5250, 5465-6

penalties and offences 5242-3, 5279, 5282-4

registry 5077, 5272-3

reporting requirements 5104, 5240-3, 5251

standards 5081

technology fund 4828, 5077, 5090-1, 5098-103, 5235, 5301-2

units, compliance units 5273, 5299-301

units, recognized units 5094

validation and verification 5304-5

Lower Mainland, impact of climate change 4828

Mines and mining industry, regulations, compliance and enforcement 4621

Motions

Economy and environmental protection 4916-7

Success of media sector 5117-8

Nature Conservancy of Canada, activities 4829

Oil and gas, oil spills, response capacity 4619

Oral questions

Polluter-pay principle and tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4657

Public information and investigation into tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4711-2

Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets, school districts 5103

Penner, Barry, comments on climate change 4821, 4832

Polak, Mary, position with Surrey school district 4821

Politics and politicians, use of terms "citizen" and "taxpayer" 4620

Resources and resource industries

compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 4917

resource development, public confidence 4916-7

role in economy 4621

St. Paul's Hospital, facilities, fundraising and services 5229-30

School district 36 (Surrey), past policies on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights 4821

Science and technology, clean technology, development 4836

Sexual orientation, gay rights, access to books and products 4582

Statements by members

Jim Deva 4582

St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver 5229-30

Transgender Day of Remembrance 5455-6

Taxation, progressive tax system 4620

Teachers, labour dispute and collective bargaining, government handling 4620

Throne speech content 4617

Throne speech debate 4617-22

Tourism, film-related tourism 5118

Trade unions, role in film industry 5118

Transgender Day of Remembrance 5455-6

Transit services

expansion and government investment 4826

government investment and support 4619

Transportation infrastructure, government investment and plan 4619

Vancouver–West End constituency and area, Coal Harbour area, history 4621

Weather, severe weather events 4827, 4834

Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)

As subject

appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 4516

Burnaby Local Hero Awards, award winners 5559

Burnaby, volunteerism 5559

Statements by members

Burnaby Local Hero Awards 5559

Clark, Hon. Christy (Westside-Kelowna)

As subject

actions and comments on tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine (Conroy) 4657, 4921, 5024-5

actions and comments re workers injured in Lakeland Mills explosion (Donaldson) 5023-4 (Horgan) 5022-3

appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director (Hammell) 5416 (Karagianis) 5415-6 (Mungall) 5416-7

appointment of Harry Bloy as cabinet minister (Corrigan) 5414-5 (Hammell) 5416 (Robinson) 5415

appointment of MLAs to cabinet 5415 (Corrigan) 5414

attendance at question period 5637-8 (Horgan) 5637-8 (Trevena) 4531-2

comments on issues

Advanced Education Minister (Horgan) 5523

comments on LNG workers and training while in India (Ralston) 4817

comments on natural gas at PNWER summit in 2014 (Fraser) 4550-1

government negotiations with teachers and LNG industry (Darcy) 4798

health information breach investigation review (Horgan) 5561

LNG development (Elmore) 5184 (Farnworth) 5536 (Fraser) 4986 (Hammell) 5005 (Horgan) 4815-6, 5042-3, 5546 (Karagianis) 4639-40, 4980 (Macdonald) 4850 (Ralston) 4584, 5137 (Robinson) 5213-4 (Routley, B.) 4634-5 (Simpson) 4659-60, 4957, 5216-7 (Trevena) 4843, 4846, 4990-1, 5199, 5201

LNG development and resource industries (Horgan) 4582-3

mine inspections (Macdonald) 4710

Prosperity gold-copper mine project environmental assessment (Heyman) 4564

seismic upgrades for schools (Fleming) 4868 (Hammell) 4869 (Shin) 4869

temporary foreign worker program (Horgan) 4864-5 (Simpson) 4660

experience in negotiations with BC Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair 5633-4

leadership (Morris) 4568, 4877

meeting with First Nations chiefs 4818

response to questions on government handling of mill explosion issues (Simpson) 5639-40

trade mission to India (Trevena) 5199

trade missions (Trevena) 4531-2

visits to sawmills (James) 4585

B.C. Liberal Party government

election and performance 5415-8

financial management 4818

MLAs 5414

performance in negotiations 4583-4

Budgets, balanced budgets, NDP position 5416-7

Canada, Parliament Buildings and National War Memorial, October 2014 shootings incident 4811

China, greenhouse gas emissions 4827

Democracy, public institutions, accessibility and security 4811

First Nations

economic development 4818

history of treatment by non–First Nations 4860

Forests and forest industry 4585

Government, cabinet members 5414-5

Horgan, John, comments on B.C. Liberal Party government 4816

Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers 4583, 4817, 4865-7

Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4584

India, workers and skills training 4817, 4865-6

Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5637-9

Legislature

committee system, appointment of select standing committees 4516

question period, questions by NDP MLAs 5415-9

LNG development 4583, 4816

benefits 4866

employment and worker supply 4583, 4817, 4865-7

First Nations consultation and involvement 4818

impact on provincial debt 4818

negotiations with proponents 4584

NDP position 4816-8, 4865

LNG income tax, development 4584

Mines and mining industry, development, government goals 4585

Ministerial statements

Jim Sinclair 5633-4

Reconciliation with Tsilhqot'in Nation 4860-1

Motions

Appointment of select standing committees 4516

NDP

election platform 5416-7

performance as government 4586, 5638

performance as opposition and debate on issues 5637-8

position on issues

balanced budgets 5416-7

LNG development 4816-8, 4865

resource development 4584-6

Oral questions (response)

Appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5415-7

Cabinet appointment of Harry Bloy and relationship with Premier 5415

Cabinet appointments 5414

Comments by Premier on forest and mining industries 4585-6

Comments by Premier on job creation 4586

Comments by Premier on LNG and negotiations on LNG development 4584-5

Comments by Premier on LNG development and resource industries 4583

Funding for aboriginal child welfare programs and First Nations consent to natural gas pipelines 4818

Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach and role of RCMP 4587

LNG development and job creation 4817

LNG development and reduction of public debt 4818

LNG development conditions and comments by Premier 4816

Multicultural outreach strategy and staff role and changes 5417-8

Multicultural outreach strategy investigation report 5418-9

Premier's response to Advanced Education Minister handling of Kwantlen University issues 5637-9

Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 5458-9

Status of temporary foreign workers and use in LNG development 4865-6

Tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4584

Working relationship between Harry Bloy and Brian Bonney 5416

Police and policing, work of police and security services commended 4811

Post-secondary education system 5637

Privacy, government handling of health information breach 4587

review 5458-9

Public debt, paydown of debt 4818, 5137

Ralston, Bruce, comments on B.C. Liberal government performance 4584-5

Resources and resource industries, resource development, NDP position 4584-6

Sinclair, Jim, work in labour movement 5633-4

Skills training

government skills and training plan 4866-7

partnership agreements with India and China 4817, 4865-6

Statements

Shootings at Parliament Buildings and War Memorial in Ottawa 4811

Trade unions, position on temporary foreign worker program 4866-7

Tsilhqot'in Nation, chiefs hanged for actions during 1864 Chilcotin War, exoneration and government apology 4860-1

Virk, Amrik

actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5637-9

role as Advanced Education Minister 5637-8

Coleman, Hon. Rich (Fort Langley–Aldergrove)

As subject

comments on issues

LNG and North Coast area (Rice) 4808

LNG development (Austin) 5153 (Donaldson) 4557 (Horgan) 5547 (Huntington) 4782 (Ralston) 5137, 5142 (Trevena) 5198, 5200

Australia

LNG development 4549, 5145, 5147

B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., role of oil and gas industry 4548-9, 5146

B.C. Place Stadium

economic benefits and roof remediation 4751-2

NDP position 4752-3

B.C. Utilities Commission, role, natural gas rates 5577

Budgets, balanced budgets 5147

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4651

Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, debate 4651

Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 5146-7

Immigration, immigrants to B.C., former temporary residents 5147

Labour market data 5146

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5144-8

LNG development 4547-50

B.C. advantages 5144-5

conferences and trade shows 4548

employment 5145-7

employment and worker supply 4549

First Nations consultation and involvement 5146

government strategy 4546-7

negotiations with proponents 4549-50, 5144

NDP position 4547, 5145-6, 5148

project agreements 5144

regulation and safety 4549

tax structure 5144

LNG income tax, development and rate 5144-8

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5576-8

Montney, natural gas resources in area 5146

NDP, position on issues

B.C. Place Stadium 4752-3

LNG development 4547, 5145-6, 5148

Oil and gas

natural gas, production process and supply 4546-7

pipelines, safety of natural gas pipelines 4547

Oral questions (response)

B.C. Place conditions and management 4751-3

Ralston, Bruce, position on LNG development 5144-5

Throne speech debate 4546-50

Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act, amendments 5576-8

Vancouver Island, natural gas pipeline, municipal agreements and fees 5576-8

Conroy, Katrine (Kootenay West)

As subject

constituents thanked 4608

role as opposition economic development advocate for Interior 4609

Agriculture, government support 4609

Assisted dying, court cases 4652

Borkowski, Sharon and Terry, impact of mine tailings pond breach on business operations 4921

B.C. by region, interior B.C.

economic development and industries 4609-10

highways 4611-2

Carbon tax, impact on cement industry 4998

Clark, Christy, actions and comments on tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4657, 4921, 5024-5

Clean Energy Canada, comments on LNG development 4995-6

Columbia Basin Trust, management and legacy 4609

Columbia River, restoration of salmon migration 5066

Columbia River Treaty, 2014 transboundary conference and discussion of treaty impacts and issues 5066

Dams, upgrade projects and workforce 4998, 5515

Davidson, Glen, concerns re dam safety program and staffing 4921

DeVito, Buddy, life and contributions 5604

Eagle Graphite Corp., graphite mine in Slocan Valley 5360

Economy, economic development, government priorities 4609

Employment and unemployment, job creation 4608

Environment, environmental protection

enforcement and monitoring 4610, 4920-1

government action 4997

Government ministries, front-line staffing in land and resources ministries 4609-10

Graphite mining and uses 5360

Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 4996, 4998, 5515

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4995-5000

Highway 3, traffic levels and need for upgrades 4612

Highways and roads, government investment, regional disparity 4611-2

Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4610-1, 4657, 4921, 5024

Lemon Creek, fuel spill in 2013 4611

Leyne, Les, comments on LNG development 4996

Likely, business operators in area and concerns 4610

LNG development

business opportunities 5515

clean development 4995-9

employment and worker supply 4998

employment and worker supply, temporary workers 5515

environmental incentive program 4996-7

legislation 4609

role in funding government services 4608-9

tax structure 4608-9

LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4995-9, 5515

Marcolin, Marc, community service and death 5169

Martin, Seth, hockey career and death 5169

Minerals South, 2014 conference and trade show in Nelson 5359-60

Mines and mining industry

regulation and safety 4611

regulation, government oversight and regulation 4920-1

Motions

Economy and environmental protection 4920-1

LNG industry and business opportunities 5515

Northern Lights Lodge

operations 4610

operations and impact of tailings pond breach in area 4657

Norway

government management of oil revenues 4608-9

oil and gas industry activities 4999

Old Trail Bridge, funding for decommissioning 4612

Oral questions

Comments by Premier on tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4657

Reports on bus accident on Coquihalla Highway and bus passenger safety 5174

Support for businesses in Likely impacted by tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 5024-5

Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 4996

Resources and resource industries

compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 4920-1

resource development, public confidence 4921

Rodriguez, Sue, advocacy for assisted dying 4652

Salt of the Earth, 60th anniversary screening of film on miners' strike 5603-4

Statements by members

Assisted dying 4652

International conference on Columbia River treaty 5066

Minerals South conference and trade show 5359-60

Salt of the Earth screening in honour of Buddy DeVito 5603-4

Seth Martin and Marc Marcolin 5169

Supreme Court of Canada, assisted-dying case 4652

Taylor, Gloria, advocacy for assisted dying 4652

Throne speech content 4608, 4612

Throne speech debate 4608-12

Trail, sewage infrastructure 4612

Transportation, commercial passenger bus industry, safety compliance and enforcement 5174

Waneta Dam, expansion project and workforce 4998

Western Bus Lines Ltd.

driver hours 5174

routine safety reviews and audit after bus accident 5174

Zorn, Peggy, impact of mine tailings pond breach on business operations 4921, 5024

Corrigan, Kathy (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

Australia, LNG development 5205

Bloy, Harry, appointment as cabinet minister 5414-5

B.C. Cancer Agency, compliance with executive compensation rules 5607

B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5204

Broadland, David, article on LNG development 5204

Burnaby, film and digital media industries 5116-7

Clark, Christy

appointment of Harry Bloy as cabinet minister 5414-5

appointment of MLAs to cabinet 5414

Eby, David, oral question on Kwantlen University executive compensation issue 5174

Economy, diversification and government priorities 5116

Film industry 5116-7

Forests and forest industry, coroner's inquest into mill explosions 5366

Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5405-6

Fraser Health Authority, influenza vaccination program 5461

Government, cabinet

appointment process 5414-5

conduct of members 5638

Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 5203

Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, language skills and labour market success 5316-7

Influenza, vaccination clinics for seniors 5461

Information and communications technology, digital media industry 5116-7

Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5171-2, 5174-5, 5231-2, 5522, 5606, 5638

Lavack, Anne, contract with Kwantlen University 5522

Lee, Gordon, communications on Kwantlen University executive compensation 5175

Legislature, language used in House

misleading comments 5175

withdrawal of comments 5606

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5203-7, 5526

LNG development

benefits and government statements 5204-7

employment 5203-5

NDP position 5203

LNG income tax, development and rate 5206

Macquarie Bank, study on LNG development 5206

Motions

English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5316-7

Success of media sector 5116-7

Muriel, Philipe, experience with English language training 5317

NDP, position on LNG development 5203

Oral questions

Cabinet appointment of Harry Bloy and relationship with Premier 5414-5

Cabinet appointments 5414

Compliance of public institutions with executive compensation rules 5606-7

Conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Advanced Education Minister 5231-2

Disclosure of information by Advanced Education Minister to Kwantlen University investigation 5522

Flu shot clinics in seniors facilities 5461

Funding and support for English-language-learning programs 5332-3

Funding for workers' families participating in coroner's inquest into mill explosions 5366

Premier's response to Advanced Education Minister handling of Kwantlen University issues 5638

Reporting of executive compensation at Kwantlen University and role of Advanced Education Minister 5171-2

Review of Kwantlen University investigation and role of Advanced Education Minister 5606

Post-secondary education

English language learning programs, funding and government support 5316-7

English language learning programs, government support 5332-3

government investment in film and digital media programs 5116

Privilege

reserving right to raise question of privilege 4519

comments by Amrik Virk on Kwantlen University executive compensation 5174-5

Public debt, paydown of debt 5204

Public sector, compliance of agencies with executive compensation rules 5607

Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5405-6

UBC, Vantage College programs and fees 5332-3

Virk, Amrik

actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5171-2, 5174-5, 5522, 5606, 5638

call for resignation or removal from cabinet 5638