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.

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Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (de Jong) 4516
constituents, family and staff thanked 4590
AdvanTec Global Innovations, operations 4922
Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, work of centre 5602-3
Asia-Pacific region, market for natural gas 4591
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities and vision 4920-1
China, market for B.C. wood products 4590
Cycling4Diversity, cycling event for diversity awareness 4964-5
Discovery School, role 5265
Economy, role of government and sustainable development 4921-2
Elizabeth Buckley School, role 5265
Europe, natural gas supply 4591
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, prevention and services 5602-3
Film industry 5117
First Nations population 4592
Forests and forest industry, export of products and role in economy 4590
Government regulations, reduction 4922
Hopkins, Jeff, role in establishment of independent school 5265
Hundert, Val, contributions and death 4592
LNG development 4590-2
Maple Ridge area
140th anniversary and municipal designation 4592
elected officials 4592-3
film industry and film production studios 5117
Mines and mining industry 4922
Mission, elected officials and health care facilities 4591-3
Mission Memorial Hospital, expansion of facilities 4591
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4921-2
Success of media sector 5117
Multiculturalism, cultural diversity 4964-5
NDP, performance as government 4922
Oil and gas
First Nations involvement in industry 4592
hydraulic fracturing 4591
natural gas export market 4591
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 4590
Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry, establishment and role 5265
Poole, Jack, work on Olympic Games 4590
Residence in Mission, care facility project 4591
Resources and resource industries
employment and jobs 4922
role in funding government services 4591
Russia, export of natural gas 4591
Statements by members
Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 5602-3
Cycling4Diversity multiculturalism initiative 4964-5
Independent schools in Victoria area 5265
Terwiel, Marco, contributions and death 4592
Throne speech debate 4590-3
Trade, government promotion of trade and investment 4590
Uganda, resource development 4922
U.S.
market for B.C. wood products 4590
oil and gas production 4591
Victoria, independent schools 5265
Water Sustainability Act, provisions 4922
Darcy, Judy (New Westminster)

As subject
constituents, staff and family thanked 4798
family members' wartime and military service 4540
meeting with students on climate change 5033-4
AIDS, research, prevention and treatment 5601
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, awareness and supports 4862-3
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., health care services 4753, 4801
B.C. Cancer Agency
issues and concerns of oncologists 5234
operations 5562-3
B.C. Centre for Ability, services for special needs children 4799
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 4801
Business, public-private partnerships, borrowing cost for government 5131
Campbell, Gordon, actions on climate change 5034
Cancer
colorectal cancer screening and wait times for colonoscopies 4695, 4968
treatment services 5234, 5562-3
Clark, Christy, comments on government negotiations with teachers and LNG industry 4798
Clean Energy Canada, comments on LNG development 5036
Climate change, evidence and government action on climate change 5033-5
Day, Brian, court case re services at private clinics 4695, 5069
Diabetes awareness, diagnosis and prevention 5328
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 5607
Economy, diversification and government policies 4798
Education system 4799
Fort St. John, health care services, access and health professional supply 4753, 4801
Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, construction project, public-private partnership and costs 5131
Fraser Health Authority
capital projects, borrowing costs 5131
hospitals, capacity and conditions 4800-1
review of operations, report and government response 4800-1
Goldman, Michael, access to colon cancer screening services 4968
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 5035-7
reduction, government targets 5034-7
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
debate 5033-7
regulations 5056
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects, public-private partnerships 5131
performance, national hospital rankings 4800-1
Health care system
beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 4697
emergency services, use by low-income persons 4800
primary health care and interdisciplinary teams 4801-2
private clinics and auditing 4695, 5069
public and private systems 4694-7
services for seniors 4697
system, conditions 4799-802
system, reform 4696-7
wait-lists and waiting times
cancer treatment 5234, 5562-3
cancer treatment and surgery 4695-6
management 4696-7
Home care, home support service levels 4800
LNG development
benefits and government statements 4798
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 5034
First Nations consultation and involvement 5034
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 5035-7
Long-term and residential care workers, staffing levels 4801
Lyme disease incidence, diagnosis and treatment 4708-9
Ministerial statements (response)
Work of Julio Montaner in HIV/AIDS research and treatment 5601
Montaner, Julio, work in HIV/AIDS research and treatment 5601
New Westminster constituency and area, constituents' concerns re public education system 4798-9
New Westminster, residents with mental health and addiction issues 4800
New Westminster Secondary School, replacement 4799
Nurses, nurse practitioners 4801-2
Ombudsperson, recommendations on seniors care issues, implementation 4801
Oral questions
Access to health care services in rural communities 4753
B.C. Cancer Agency and cancer treatment wait-lists 5234, 5562-3
Court case with private clinic and support for public health system 5069
Government borrowing costs for public-private-partnership projects in health care 5131
Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach and role of deputy minister 4542-3
Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach and role of RCMP 4586-7
Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4713, 5607
Wait times for colon cancer screening services 4968
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 5036
Pearson, Bonnie, trade union work and retirement 5167
Pembina Institute, study on LNG development 5036
Privacy, government handling of health information breach
employee terminations 4542-3
government handling and investigation 4542-3, 4586-7
review 4586-7, 4713, 5607
role of deputy ministers 4542
role of police 4586
role of Premier's office 4542-3, 5607
Private members' statements
Keeping public health care strong 4694-7
Social welfare, social conditions, deficit concept 4799, 4801
Statements by members
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 4862-3
Diabetes awareness 5328
Lyme disease 4708-9
Wait for Me, Daddy World War II photograph in New Westminster 4539-40
Stilwell, Michelle, comments on private health care 5069
Tarras, Lynda
role in health information breach investigation 4542
role in review of health information breach investigation 5607
Throne speech content 4798-800
Throne speech debate 4797-802
Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change and LNG development 5034-5
Tributes
Bonnie Pearson 5167
Wait for Me, Daddy, World War II photograph, commemoration 4539-40
Whitmarsh, Graham, role in health information breach investigation 4542, 5607
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
comments on Advanced Education Minister (Horgan) 5523, 5604-5 (Ralston) 5521
communications with Alberta Finance Minister 5267
Alberta
compliance with TILMA agreement 5644-5
Finance Minister, communications with B.C. Finance Minister 5267
Auditor General
independence 5524
reports and reviews, review of summary financial statements 5129-30
Bellringer, Carol, role as Auditor General 5129
B.C. Cancer Agency, compliance with executive compensation rules 5607
B.C. Hydro, financial management and status 5070-1
B.C. Liberal Party, position on establishment of Oil and Gas Commission 4934
Budgets
balanced budgets, role of asset sales 5130
budget process, transparency 5132
Business, public-private partnerships
borrowing costs, risk transfer and benefits 5129-30
NDP position 5129-30
Carbon tax, introduction 5133
Children and Youth Committee, appointment and powers 4629
Credit rating, B.C. rating 5070
Dalton, Marc, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 4516
Documents tabled
Selection Special Committee, first report for third session of 40th parliament 4629
Eby, David, oral question on Kwantlen University executive compensation issue 5278
Ferries and ferry services, routes and services, Horseshoe Bay–Nanaimo route 5233
Finance and Government Services Committee, membership and powers 4516-7
First Nations
agreements with government, process and information disclosure 5132
consultation and accommodation by government 5132
Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, construction project, public-private partnership and costs 5129
Gambling, lottery retailers 5491
Gaming Control Act, amendments 5490-2
Government lands and properties, sale 5130-1
Health Committee, appointment and powers 4629-30
Horgan, John, comments on B.C. Liberal Party position on Oil and Gas Commission 4934
Horne, Douglas, appointment as Deputy Speaker 4516
Howe, Gordie, illness and MLAs' wishes for recovery 5027
Income Tax Act, amendments 5134
Income Tax Act (federal), definitions 5583-4, 5589-91
Independent Investigations Office Review Special Committee
appointment and powers 4630
membership 5649
Interpretation Act (federal), definitions 5579-80
Justice Ministry, gaming policy and enforcement branch, enforcement action changes 5490-2
Krog, Leonard Eugene, comments in House re B.C. Liberal Party position on Oil and Gas Commission 4934
Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5277-8, 5523-4, 5604-6
Legislature
committee system, appointment of selection standing committees 4629-31
committee system, membership of committees 5649
daily routine business, change to scheduled times 4631
language used in House, misleading comments 5277-8
privilege matters 5278
question period, change to scheduled times 4631-2
reforms, bipartisan approach 4632
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 4516
appointment of Deputy Speaker 4516
Standing Order 25, provisions on daily routine business 4631
Standing Order 47A, provisions on question period 4631-2
Standing Order 81.1, schedule for debate on bills 5065
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act
debate 4767, 5133-5, 5549-52, 5578-95, 5608-29, 5643-6
definitions
"business" 5590
"capital cost" 5578
"capital investment property" 5578-9
"closure date" 5579
"designated automobile amount" 5579
"disposition" 5579-80
"exempt income" 5590-1
"feedstock pipeline" 5580
"feedstock pipeline inlet" 5581
"feedstock spur pipeline" 5581-2
"filing-due date" 5591-2
"financial incentive" 5582-3, 5626
"financing charge" 5583-4
"hedging transaction" 5584-5
"inventory" 5592
"liquefaction activities" 5585-8
"LNG facility inlet meter" 5588
"LNG facility," "LNG plant" and "LNG source" 5588, 5593-4, 5618-9
"net income," "net operating income" and "net operating loss" 5589, 5617
"permanent establishment" 5643-5
"trust" 5589-90
purpose of bill 4767, 5133
referral to committee 5646
regulations 5618
relationship to federal legislation and regulation 5589-92, 5613-6
LNG development
investment 5134-5, 5549-50
legislation 5267
negotiations with proponents 5610
NDP position 5550-1
power supply, sale of surplus power 5587
project agreements 5614-6
revenues to government 5611-2
tax structure 5267, 5610
LNG facilities
construction 5594
definition 5588, 5593-4, 5618-9
emissions regulation, earned credits 5621
remediation of sites 5588, 5643
LNG income tax
application
capital investment account 5625-6
computation for first taxation year 5628-9
computation of net income 5624
computation of net operating income or loss 5619-21
cost of natural gas 5624
deduction against federal income 5613-6
establishment of permanent offices 5643-5
exclusions and earned credits 5621
exemptions 5618
facility-by-facility basis 5134, 5609-10, 5618
investment allowance 5619, 5622-3
net income 5609-16
net income, loss and capital investment property 5578-89, 5592-3
net operating income 5617-8
net operating income, loss and source 5618-9
non-arm's-length transactions 5608-9, 5624, 5626
offshore companies 5644-5
offshore companies and legislation 5618
taxation year and fiscal period 5594-5, 5609
transfer pricing 5626-8
trusts and beneficiaries 5609
valuation of inventory 5620
development and rate 4767, 5133-4, 5549-51, 5610-6
implementation timeline 5134
tax credit 4767, 5134, 5550, 5643-5
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, appointment and powers 4630-1
Love, Rod, death and political work 4926
Mineral Tax Act, definitions 5584, 5620
Ministerial statements
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 5225-6
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5490-2
Motions
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 4516
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 4516
Appointment of select standing committees 4629-31
Appointment of special committee to appoint a Police Complaint Commissioner 5270
Changes to question period and daily House business 4631-2
Membership and powers of Finance and Government Services Committee 4516-7
Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees 5649
NDP
performance as government 5131
position on LNG development 5550-1
position on public-private partnerships 5129-30
Oil and gas
industry, impact of Alberta residency requirements 5267
natural gas pipelines 5580-2
natural gas prices 5611-2, 5624
Oil and Gas Commission, establishment, B.C. Liberal Party position 4934
Oral questions (response)
Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices in B.C. 5267
Budget revenues from sale of government assets 5130-1
Call for Auditor General investigation into executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5523-4
Compliance of public institutions with executive compensation rules 5607
Government borrowing costs for public-private-partnership projects 5129-30
Granting of indemnities in multicultural outreach strategy 5232
Horseshoe Bay–Nanaimo ferry route 5233
Release of information on government land agreement with Kwikwetlem First Nation 5132
Reporting of executive compensation at Kwantlen University and role of Advanced Education Minister 5604-5
Review of Kwantlen University investigation and role of Advanced Education Minister 5606
Site C power project costs and B.C. credit rating 5070-1
Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, comments on privilege matters 5278
Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee, appointment and powers 4630
Police Complaint Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, appointment and powers 5270
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, history and infantry veterans commended 5225-6
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege 4873
comments by opposition members re B.C. Liberal position on Oil and Gas Commission 4934
comments by Amrik Virk on Kwantlen University executive compensation, debate 5277-8
Public Accounts Committee
membership 5649
powers and referral of reports to committee 4630
Public sector, compliance of agencies with executive compensation rules 5607
Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 5232
Quinn, Pat, legacy and contributions to hockey 5517
Selection Special Committee, first report for third session of 40th parliament presented 4629
Site C power project, costs and impact on public debt 5070-1
Smart, Stephen, work as legislative journalist 4537
Statements
Message for Gordie Howe 5027
Stone, Todd, attendance at meetings 5233
Trade agreements between B.C. and western provinces 5267
Tributes
Pat Quinn 5517
Rod Love 4926
Stephen Smart 4537
Virk, Amrik
actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5277-8, 5523, 5604-5
role as Advanced Education Minister 5523-4, 5605
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
experience as MLA and Leader of the Opposition 4745-6
grandfather's experience during World War I 4746
mother's experience with cancer 4969
B.C. Cancer Agency, issues and concerns of oncologists 5234-5
B.C. Liberal Party government, actions, statements and performance 4746-8
B.C. Utilities Commission, role 4747-8
Cancer
colorectal cancer screening and wait times for colonoscopies 4969
treatment services 5234-5
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 5459-60, 5607
Energy
government policies and electricity rate increases 4747-8
northwest transmission line project, costs and oversight 4747
Government communications and public engagement, role in health information breach investigation 4543
Health care system, wait-lists and waiting times, cancer treatment 5234-5
History, lessons of history 4746
Japan, market for natural gas 4746
LNG development 4746-7
Mentzelopoulos, Athana, role in health information breach investigation 4543, 5607
Oral questions
B.C. Cancer Agency and cancer treatment wait-lists 5234-5
Comments by parliamentary secretary and access to public colon cancer screening services 4969
Government communications on Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4543
Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach and role of RCMP 4587
Health Ministry review and role of John Dyble 5459-60
Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4713-4, 5561-2, 5607
Privacy, government handling of health information breach
employee terminations 4713
employee terminations and redress 4587, 5607
government communications 4543
government handling and investigation 4587
internal review 5562
review 4713-4, 5459-60, 5562, 5607
review mandate 5561
role of deputy ministers 4543, 5562
role of Premier's office 5460, 5607
Throne speech content 4746
Throne speech debate 4745-8
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area, diversity 4745
War, World War I, 100th anniversary and impact of war 4746
Whitmarsh, Graham, role in health information breach investigation 4543
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

As subject
experiences as long-distance runner 5470-1
questions on notice re LNG development 4558
Agriculture, government support 4886
Andrew Thompson Award, 2014 award recipient 5634-5
B.C. by region, northwest B.C. resource benefits alliance 4559
B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, report on social worker staffing issues 5267-8
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and statements 4557-8, 4560-1
priorities 4884
British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014, debate 5601
Bulkley Valley, domestic violence prevention 5127-8
California, drought conditions 4884
Canadian Parliamentary Review, article on regulations 4884
Children and Family Development Ministry, services redesign and funding 5268
Children and youth, child protection workers, caseload and supply 5267-8
Children and Youth Committee
interim report for third session of 40th parliament, debate 5642
special project on youth mental health, consultations and submissions to committee 5642
Clark, Christy, actions and comments re workers injured in Lakeland Mills explosion 5023-4
Climate change, evidence 4883-4
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 4557
Community Living B.C., budget and support 4688-9
Cooperatives, government support 4886
Disabled persons, community living services 4688-9
Economy, diversification 4561
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 5601
Energy, northwest transmission line project, Iskut extension line project 5392
Environment, environmental assessment process 4558
Families, government support 4560
First Nations
children, funding for child welfare services 4818
relationship with government 4560
Fish, impact of water temperature on salmon species 4884
Fishing industry, government support 4886
Forests and forest industry, government support 4886
Foster care, foster families 4540
Foster Family Month 4540
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5470-1
Gisday'wa, Dini ze' (Alfred Joseph), death and legacy 4561
Gitanyow First Nation, Lax'yip land use plan 5635
Gitxsan First Nation, restriction of access to proposed pipeline routes 4560
Gorbahn, Dana, comments on community living services and funding 4688-9
Government
ministries, front-line staffing in land and resources ministries 4558
spending priorities 4561
Grace Islet, development and government action on First Nations concerns 5233
Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 4883-6
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4883-6
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, repeal 4885
Hazelton, annual Terry Fox run 5470-1
Highway 16, safety of women travelling along highway, transportation services and shuttle bus proposal 4560-1
Lakeland Mills Ltd., Prince George mill explosion in 2012, support and compensation for injured workers 5023-4
Lelu Island, eelgrass beds and salmon population, potential impact of LNG development 4560
LNG development
benefits 4559
clean development 4885-6
community infrastructure needs and revenue-sharing 4559
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4559
environmental assessment and exemption from process 4885, 5601
First Nations consultation and involvement 4818
questions to government 4558
strategic environmental and economic assessment 4558
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4884-5
Mental health of children and youth, services 5642
Mines and mining industry, government support 4886
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes re proposed natural gas pipeline 5391-2
Northern Society for Domestic Peace, activities and fundraising event 5127-8
Oil and gas
First Nations consultation on development 5601
pipelines, natural gas pipelines, conversion for transport of diluted bitumen or oil 5601
Oil and Gas Commission, role 5601
Oral questions
Comments by Premier and workers compensation for workers injured in Lakeland Mills explosion 5023-4
Funding for aboriginal child welfare programs and First Nations consent to natural gas pipelines 4818
Grace Islet development and First Nations concerns 5233
Social worker caseloads and supply 5267-8
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, comments on LNG development 4559
Post-secondary education, tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 4540
deduction from government financial assistance 4560
Private members' statements (response)
Community Living B.C. 4688-9
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege 4521
Progress Energy Canada Ltd., proposed natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. 5391-2
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5391-2
Public debt levels 4561
Smithers, businesses 4750
Smithers District Chamber of Commerce, activities and business awards 4750
Society, heroes 5470
Statements by members
Andrew Thompson Award recipient Glen Williams 5634-5
Chamber of commerce and business activities in Smithers 4750
Foster Family Month and role of foster parents 4540
Northern Society for Domestic Peace activities and fundraising event 5127-8
Stikine constituency and area, description and history 4557
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on Delgamuukw case on aboriginal land title 5634-5
ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 4559-60
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5470-1
Throne speech content 4557-61
Throne speech debate 4557-61
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on LNG development impact assessment 4558
Victoria, Terry Fox memorial 5471
Violence
domestic violence prevention and role of men 5127-8
violence against women awareness 5128
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
blockade of access to proposed pipeline routes 4560
communications by government on pipeline projects 4818
consultation by government on pipeline projects 4885
Williams, Glen, work on land issues 5634-5
Workers compensation recipients, surveillance 5023

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