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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Hamilton, Wm. Scott (Delta North)

As subject
staff, constituents and family thanked 4680
Annacis Island, industrial district and trades training facility 4681-2, 5190-1
Bandi Chhor Divas, celebration 4864
B.C. Liberal Party government, throne speeches 4680
Budgets, balanced budgets 5505
Business
licences, mobile business licence program 4910
small business 4682-3
government support and role in economy 4909-12
taxation 4909-10
Cancer, treatment services 5505
Chambers of commerce, work with government on small business issues 4910
Deacon, Mary Ann, volunteer hospice work in Cowichan Valley 4683
Delta, small business 4911
Diwali, celebration 4864
Duncan-Cowichan Chamber of Commerce Black Tie Award recipients 4683
Economy, economic development and growth 4697
Education
funding, learning improvement fund 5504
school districts and boards of education, support staff, collective agreements 5504
system 4682
Employment and unemployment
government job strategy 5190
job creation 4697
FortisBC, Tilbury Island LNG facility, expansion 4681, 4887, 5190
Government
regulations, reduction 4910
spending, control 5503, 5505
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government targets 4887-8
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4886-8
Kitimat LNG Inc., LNG facility project 5189
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5187-91
LNG development 4680-1, 5187-91
clean development 4887-8
environmental incentive program 4888
First Nations consultation and involvement 5189
impact on small business 4911
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4887-8
LNG income tax, rate and tax credit 5188
Manufacturing industry 4681-2, 5190-1
Minkow, David, soccer volunteerism 4683
Motions
Government support for new markets 4697
Oil and gas, natural gas industry 4887
Private members' statements
Public sector bargaining success 5503-5
Small Business Month 4909-12
Public debt
elimination, government goal 4680
paydown of debt 5188
Public sector
collective agreements and bargaining 5503-5
employees 5503
Public service employees 5505
Resources and resource industries
resource-dependent communities, funding 5188-9
revenue-sharing agreements 4682
Rice, Jennifer, position on LNG development 5189
Routley, Bill, comments on chamber of commerce 4683
Skills training
funding changes 5189
government skills and training plan 4682, 5189-90
secondary school programs, ACE IT program 5189
supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 4682
trades training, industrial transportation training 4681-2
Statements by members
Diwali 4864
Teachers, labour dispute and collective agreement 5504
Throne speech debate 4680-3
Tilbury Island industrial district 4681, 5190-1
Trade
exports and trade between B.C. and Asia 4697
government promotion of trade and investment 4697
Transportation
fuel use by sector, conversion from diesel to natural gas 4681
workers, heavy-duty mechanics, training 5191
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)

As subject
constituency assistants 4741
son's experience with cancer 5407
Bloy, Harry, appointment as cabinet minister and role in multicultural outreach strategy 5416
Bonney, Brian
role in multicultural outreach strategy 5416
roles as government communications director and in B.C. Liberal Party 5416
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 4741-2
California, drought conditions 5004
Cancer, MLAs' experiences of cancer 5407
Clark, Christy
appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5416
appointment of Harry Bloy as cabinet minister 5416
comments on LNG development 5005
comments on seismic upgrades for schools 4869
Climate change, evidence 5004
Consumers, taxes and user fees 4741
Corrections system, mentally ill prisoners 5503
Denny, Dale, role in establishment of urban forest in Surrey 4741
Diwali 4814
Dix, Dorothea, work as advocate for mentally ill 5501
Economy, economic development and growth 4742
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4742-3
Energy, electricity rate increases and impact on industries 4742
Forests and forest industry, conditions in industry and export of raw logs 4742
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5407
Government capital projects, costs and oversight 4741-2
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 5005-6
reduction, government targets 5005-6
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 5004-7
Healy, Valerie, death after release from mental health care 5269
Immigration, temporary foreign worker program 4742-3
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4743
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5541-2
LNG development
benefits and government statements 4743-4, 5541-2
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4742
potential and issues 5004
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 5005-6
Mental health
history of treatment of mentally ill and impact of deinstitutionalization 5501-2
issues and status 5503
mental illness and homelessness 5502
Mines and mining industry
development and industry conditions 4742-3
regulation, government oversight and regulation 4743
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities, staff role 5416
Oral questions
Review of mental health patient cases at Surrey Memorial Hospital 5269
Seismic upgrades for Surrey schools 4869
Working relationship between Harry Bloy and Brian Bonney 5416
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 5006
Private members' statements
Finding a better way to support people with mental illness 5501-3
Religion, Hinduism, festivals and mythology 4814
School district 36 (Surrey), seismic upgrades 4869
Shale, Corbin, death after release from mental health care 5269
Shipbuilding industry, government support 4742
Statements by members
Cultural diversity and Hindu festivals in Surrey 4814
Surrey Memorial Hospital, patient deaths after release from mental health care, review and information for families 5269
Surrey, urban forest and seedling nursery 4741
Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area
cultural and religious diversity 4814
description and residents 4741
Taxation, regressive tax system 4741
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5407
Throne speech debate 4741-4
Tumbler Ridge, mining industry in area, worker layoffs 4743
Western Forest Products Inc., operations on Vancouver Island 4742
Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
attendance at UBCM 4951
constituents and staff thanked 4563
Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of B.C., promotion of participation of women and aboriginal people in technology sector 5507
Auditor General, report on environmental assessment process 4923
Azoadam, Ernest, death after riding party bus 5524
B.C. Innovation Council, funding 5507
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and statements 4563-4
MLAs, debate on throne speech 4562
B.C. Technology Industry Association, comments on and consultation with technology sector 5506
B.C. Technology Industry Association, comments on technology sector 5182, 5315
Business, small business venture capital program 5315
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4953
Carbon tax revenues, use 4954
Cariboo area, tourism industry, working group concerns 5068-9
Clark, Christy, comments on Prosperity gold-copper mine project environmental assessment 4564
Climate change
evidence and impacts 4951-2
government action on climate change 4951
Creative B.C., role 5115
Dario, Emmannuel, conviction in party bus incident 5524
Dobell, Ken, lobbying activities 5026-7
Economy
diversification and government priorities 4563-4, 4566
measurement, gross domestic product 4951
sustainable development 4922
Employment and unemployment, job creation 4564
Environment
environmental assessment process 4923
environmental protection, enforcement and monitoring 4922-3
Ferries and ferry services
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 5068-9
service reductions and changes, impact on economy and tourism industry 5068-9, 5331
system, government action on long-term strategy 5330
Film industry
conditions and role in economy 4566
industry and post-production sector 5114-5
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for third session of 40th parliament, debate 5333-4
first report for third session of 40th parliament, budget consultation, report and recommendations 5334
members and staff thanked 5333-4
prebudget consultation process and submissions 5333-4
public hearings, comments on proposed changes to post-secondary education 4565-6
public hearings, presentations by tourism industry 5330
recommendation on ferry system 5330
Gortva, MacKenzie, injury while riding party bus 5524
Government regulations, reduction 4923
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 4565, 4952-3
reduction, government targets 4951-4
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4951-4
Health care system, health professionals and workers, labour history of health support workers 4928
Homelessness, community initiatives 5635
Hospital Employees Union, Vancouver General Hospital local, 70th anniversary 4928
Housing, energy efficiency, building retrofit programs and improvements 4954
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4566, 4922
Information and communications technology, digital media industry 5114-5
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5179-82
LNG development 4563-5
benefits and government statements 5179-82
clean development 5180
"cleanest in the world" goal 4565
negotiations with proponents 4565
NDP position 4951, 5179-80
LNG facilities, emissions regulation
limits 4952-4, 5180
technology fund 4953
LNG income tax, development and rate 5180-1
Local government, carbon neutrality 4951
Lookout Emergency Aid Society, shelter operations and Share the Warmth campaign 5635
Lower Mainland, transit services 4954, 5027
Macquarie Bank, study on LNG development 5181
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4922-3
Success of media sector 5114-5
NDP, position on issues
LNG development 4951, 5179-80
resource development 4564
Oil and gas, natural gas as a transition fuel 4953-4
Oral questions
Compass card system and transit services 5026-7
Finance Committee recommendation on ferry system 5330
Impact of ferry services reductions on economy and tourism industry 5068-9, 5331
Regulation of party bus industry 5524-5
Party bus industry, regulation 5519, 5524-5
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 4565
government investment in film and digital media programs 5115
system, program reductions 4566
Private members' statements
Continuing to build our technology sector 5505-8
Private members' statements (response)
Success in the technology sector 5315
Public debt, paydown of debt and debt levels 4564-5
Raymond, Shannon, death after riding party bus 5524-5
Resources and resource industries, resource development
NDP position 4564
public and investor confidence 4922-3
Safeguarding Young People's Future Act, 2014, debate 5519
Science and technology
government support 5182
government support and venture capital financing 5506-8
high-technology industry 4566, 5315, 5505-8
Skills training
government skills and training plan 4565-6
technology skills training 5315, 5506
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Compass card electronic payment system 5026-7
funding formula and long-term funding agreement 4566-7
Statements by members
Hospital Employees Union 4928
Share the Warmth campaign for homeless in Vancouver 5635
Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project, environmental assessment process 4564
Throne speech content 4563-4
Throne speech debate 4563-7
Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change 4951
Tourism, Discovery Coast circle route, impact of ferry service reductions 5068-9, 5331
Transit services, expansion and government investment 4954
Transportation, system and role in economy 4566
Vancouver, homeless population 5635
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area, issues 4563
Weaver, Andrew, work on climate change 4951
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

As subject
family member's service in World War I 5110
Armed forces, role and recognition 5109-11
Canada, Canadian character 5109
Cancer, lung cancer awareness 5520
Last Post Fund community fund for veterans' memorials 5111
Operation Remembrance initiative for veterans' gravesite markers 5111
Politics and politicians, political debate, role of facts and personal beliefs 5456
Private members' statements
Lest we forget 5109-11
Remembrance Day, observance 5110
Respiratory health, respiratory disease awareness and work of lung associations 5520
Statements by members
Facts and beliefs in political debate 5456
Lung disease awareness and role of lung associations 5520
War
anniversaries of World War I and World War II 5109
veterans and remembrance 5109-11
Holman, Gary (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
constituents, staff and supporters thanked 4728
B.C., leadership 4730
B.C. Liberal Party government, actions and statements 4729-30, 4732
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4902
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, debate 4902
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4893
Carbon tax, expansion of scope 4893
China, use of coal 4893
Clean Energy Canada, comments on LNG development 4894
Consumers, taxes and user fees 4729
Economy, diversification 4731
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4729
Ferries and ferry services
revenues to government and service reductions and changes 4731
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 4731
Finance and Government Services Committee, public hearings, presentations on ferry services 4731
First Nations
protection of cultural and sacred sites 5233
relationship with government 4729
Forests and forest industry, conditions and export of products 4731
Government, independent decision-making authorities 4730-1
Grace Islet
development and government action on First Nations concerns 4729, 5233
residential construction on First Nations cemetery site, petition tabled 5235
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 4892
reduction, government targets 4730, 4892-3
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
debate 4891-4, 5087-8
definitions, "compliance obligation" 5087-8
regulations 4892-3
Health care facilities and hospitals, investment, public support 5168
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4729, 4731
Lee, Marc, comments on carbon offsets 4893
LNG development 4730
clean development 4892-3
NDP position 4891
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4891-3, 5087-8
Local government, revenue sources review and government action 4731
Multi-Material B.C.
funding formula and impact on recycling depots, petition tabled 5608
funding formula and proposed review 5608
operations and impact on recycling depots and small business 5608
NDP, position on LNG development 4891
Oil and gas, natural gas industry 4891
Ombudsperson, role 5454
Oral questions
Grace Islet development and First Nations concerns 5233
Multi-Material B.C. recycling program impacts and oversight 5608
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 4892
Palmer, Vaughn, comments on LNG development 4893
Pembina Institute, study on LNG development 4892
Petitions
Grace Islet First Nations cemetery and First Nations sacred sites 5235
Multi-Material B.C., funding for recycling depots in rural areas 5608
Recycling depots in rural areas
funding and operations 5608
petition tabled 5608
Resources and resource industries, resource development, regulation 4729, 4731
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
description and retirement of local government officials 4728-9
recycling depots and small business, impact of recycling program changes 5608
Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation, fundraising 5168
Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Trevor Deeley Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit 5168
Salish Sea, resident killer whales 5603
Site C power project, environmental assessment and joint review panel report recommendations 4730-1
Statements by members
Protection of resident orca population 5603
Trevor Deeley Care Unit at Saanich Peninsula Hospital 5168
Taxation, regressive tax system 4729
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 4729
Throne speech content 4729-30
Throne speech debate 4728-32
Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014, debate 5453-4
Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers 5453-4
Wildlife, resident killer whales, status and protection 5603
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)

As subject
comments on issues
B.C. Liberal Party government (Clark) 4816
B.C. Liberal Party position on Oil and Gas Commission (de Jong) 4934
Kitimat oil refinery development proposal (Martin) 4783-4
experience working on Parliament Hill 4812
Agriculture workers, mushroom farm accident in 2008 and vehicle accident in 2007 5634
Alberta, compliance with TILMA agreement 4965-6
Apology
apologies by government 4861
Auditor General, review of summary financial statements 5129-30
Bell, Pat, comments on Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices 4965-6
Bellringer, Carol, role as Auditor General 5129
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements 5040-1
position on establishment of Oil and Gas Commission 4865
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5040-1
Burnaby, flu vaccination clinics for seniors 5362
Business
establishment of head offices, impact of Alberta residency requirements 4965-6
public-private partnerships, borrowing cost and risk transfer 5129-30
Canada
development, role of armed forces 5226
Parliament Buildings and National War Memorial, October 2014 shootings incident 4811-2
Chandra Herbert, Spencer, comments in debate 5040
China, market for natural gas and supply agreement with Russia 5547
Clark, Christy
actions and comments re workers injured in Lakeland Mills explosion 5022-3
attendance at question period 5637-8
comments on issues
Advanced Education Minister 5523
health information breach investigation review 5561
LNG development 4815-6, 5042-3, 5546
LNG development and resource industries 4582-3
temporary foreign worker program 4864-5
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 5547
de Jong, Michael, comments on Advanced Education Minister 5523, 5604-5
Democracy, public institutions, accessibility and security 4811-2
Documents tabled
Jumbo Glacier resort, photographs of snow slide on lodge site 5174
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 5458
Employment and unemployment, job creation 4816
Environment, environmental assessment process, exemptions 5170
Ferries and ferry services
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 5328-9
service reductions and changes, economic impact analysis and studies 5328-9
service reductions and changes, proposed changes to Vancouver Island services and government response 5329
First Nations, history and relationship with government 4861
Fleming, Rob, comments in debate 5040
Forests and forest industry 4583
Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, construction project, public-private partnership and costs 5129-30
Fraser Health Authority, influenza vaccination program 5362
Gabelmann, Colin, role as Attorney General 4861
Germyn, Bruce, workers compensation coverage for injuries in mill explosion 5022
The Globe and Mail, article on LNG development 5547
Government, cabinet, conduct of members 5638
Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 5042-3
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 5040-4
Immigration, temporary foreign worker program 4864-6
Imperial Metals Corp.
Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4583-4, 4654-6
Influenza, vaccination clinics for seniors 5362
Ivens, Glenn, death 4860
Jumbo Glacier resort
development proposal and environmental assessment certificate 5170
proposed lodge site and avalanche risk 5170
snow slide on proposed lodge site, photographs tabled 5174
Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5230-1, 5522-3, 5604-5, 5637-8
Lakeland Mills Ltd., Prince George mill explosion in 2012, support and compensation for injured workers 5022-3
Legislature
bills process, hoist motions 4865
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 5619
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5546-9
LNG development 4582-3
benefits and government statements 5546-9
clean development 5042-4
conditions and government commitments 4815-6
employment and worker supply 4583, 4816, 5548
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4865-6
First Nations consultation and involvement 5546, 5548
negotiations with proponents 4816
NDP position 5041-2, 5546, 5548-9
tax structure 4582-3, 4816, 4965-6
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 5042-3
LNG income tax, development and rate 4816, 5546-7
Long-term and residential care, guest restrictions for meal events 5265-6
MacIsaac, Roderick, termination of employment and suicide death 4541
Mines and mining industry, deregulation 4654
Ministerial statements (response)
Jim Sinclair 5634
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 5226
Reconciliation with Tsilhqot'in Nation 4861
NDP, position on LNG development 5041-2, 5546, 5548-9
Oil and gas
industry, impact of Alberta residency requirements 4965-6
natural gas industry 5041
natural gas prices 5547
Oil and Gas Commission
comments on oil and gas company head offices 4966
establishment, B.C. Liberal Party position 4865
Oral questions
Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices in B.C. 4965-6
Call for Auditor General investigation into executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5522-3
Comments by Premier and workers compensation for workers injured in Lakeland Mills explosion 5022-3
Comments by Premier on LNG development and resource industries 4582-3
Conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Advanced Education Minister 5230-1
Flu shot clinics in seniors facilities 5362
Funding and support for English-language-learning programs 4929-30
Government borrowing costs for public-private-partnership projects 5128-30
Guest restrictions for meal events at seniors care facilities 5265-6
Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4541-2
Impact of ferry services reductions on economy and tourism industry 5328-9
Jumbo Glacier resort proposal environmental assessment process and siting of lodge 5170
LNG development and job creation 4816
LNG development conditions and comments by Premier 4815-6
Premier's response to Advanced Education Minister handling of Kwantlen University issues 5637-8
Public information and investigation into tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4654-6
Reporting of executive compensation at Kwantlen University and role of Advanced Education Minister 5604-5
Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 5457-8, 5560-1
Status of temporary foreign workers and use in LNG development 4864-6
Tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4583-4
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, handling of letter on guest restrictions at care facilities 5265-6
Personal statements
Withdrawal of comments made in the House 5619
Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 4929-30
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, legacy and infantry veterans commended 5226
Privacy, government handling of health information breach
employee terminations and redress 4541-2
government handling and investigation 4541-2
internal review 5561
review 5457-8, 5560-1
role of deputy ministers and comments on review 5457-8
role of police 4541-2
role of Premier's office 5560
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of personal privilege re comments by Shirley Bond 5027
Prokopanko, Richard, comments on Rio Tinto Alcan operations 5548
Public debt
debt levels and role of public debt 5129
paydown of debt and debt levels 4816
Quinn, Pat, legacy and contributions to hockey 5517
Resorts, ski resorts, environmental assessment process 5170
Resources and resource industries
industries, conditions 4583
resource development 5043
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., operations and history 5548
Sergeant-at-Arms, work commended 4811
Sinclair, Jim, work in labour movement 5519-20, 5634
Smart, Stephen, work as legislative journalist 4537
Statements
Shootings at Parliament Buildings and War Memorial in Ottawa 4811-2
Statements by members
Jim Sinclair 5519-20
Stilwell, Michelle, role as parliamentary secretary 5265
Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area, flu vaccination clinics for seniors 5362
Taxi industry, Internet-based services and regulation of industry 5126
Taxi Industry Safety and Fairness Act, debate 5126
Tertzakian, Peter, article on LNG development 5547
Thompson, Ron, legislative broadcasting career and death 5632
Tourism, Discovery Coast circle route, impact of ferry service reductions, assessment studies 5328-9
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, compliance and mutual recognition agreements 4965-6
Tributes
Glenn Ivens 4860
Pat Quinn 5517
Ron Thompson 5632
Stephen Smart 4537
Trillium Lodge, guest restrictions for meal events 5265-6
Tsilhqot'in Nation, chiefs hanged for actions during 1864 Chilcotin War
exoneration and government apology 4861
government apology in 1993 4861
Tumbler Ridge, mining industry in area, worker layoffs 4583
University of Northern B.C., research on impact of Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4654
Vancouver Island Health Authority, residential care facilities, guest restrictions for meal events 5265-6
Virk, Amrik
actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5523, 5604-5, 5637-8
call for resignation from cabinet 5231, 5604
call for resignation or removal from cabinet 5637-8
West Chilcotin Tourism Association, study on impact of changes to ferry route 5329
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, position on resource development 5546
Whitmarsh, Graham
comments on health information breach investigation review 5560
role in health information breach investigation 5458
Workers compensation recipients, surveillance 5022
Horne, Douglas (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 4516
Automobiles, new car and truck dealers industry, role in economy 4540
Fox, Fred, comments on Terry Fox Day legislation 5404
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5404
New Car Dealers Association of B.C., role 4540
Pristanski, Bill, recollections of Terry Fox 5404
Statements by members
New Car Dealers Association of B.C. 4540
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5404
Tri-Cities area, legacy of Terry Fox 5404
Hunt, Marvin (Surrey-Panorama)

As subject
role as UBCM president 5397
Agricultural land reserve, regulations and role of small business 5308
B.C. by region, rural B.C., small business 5308
B.C. Hydro, facilities on First Nations land, grants in lieu of property tax 5398
Business, small business and government support 5308-9
Endurance Wind Power, operations 5308
Ferries and ferry services
routes and services, costs and operations 4691
system affordability and sustainability 4691
system management 4691
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), access in Lower Mainland and elsewhere 4691
Kitimat-Stikine regional district, relationship with First Nations 5398
Lower Mainland, bridge tolling 4691
Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014, debate 5397-8
Nisga'a Lisims Government
police services funding and exemption from police tax 5398
property taxation powers and agreement with government 5397-8
Northwest regional hospital district, participation of First Nations 5398
Private members' statements (response)
Ferry benefits 4691
Success for small business 5308-9
Recycling programs and regulations, changes 4710
Statements by members
Waste reduction 4709-10
Tolls and road pricing 4691
Waste management, waste reduction 4709-10
Waste Reduction Week 4709-10
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)

Administrative Tribunals Act, application and exemptions 5477
Agricultural Land Commission
chair 5447
commissioners, appointment process 5447, 5477
decision-making powers and process 5478-9
Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments 5477-9
Agricultural land reserve, farm use, permitted use and local government authority 5482-3
Alberta, compliance with TILMA agreement 5267
B.C., leadership 4783
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4782
Budgets, election-year budgets 4580
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4895, 4902
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, debate 4895, 4902
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 5074-6
Cessford, Jim, contributions as Delta police chief and retirement 5021
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 4782
Container Trucking Act, debate 5056-7, 5347, 5350-2, 5354-6
Container trucking industry
changes to worker conditions 5057
commissioner 5347, 5350, 5354-5
labour dispute in 2005, report recommendations 5056-7
labour dispute in 2014, government action plan 5057
labour dispute in 2014, history and resolution 5056-7
licensing system, reforms 5351-2, 5354-5
regulation, stakeholders' consultation and role 5347
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime, issues 5448
Delta Hospital
facility services and fundraising by hospital auxiliary and foundation 5457
physicians, government response to concerns 5641
surgical services 5640-1
Delta police department, services and relationship with community 5021
Delta, police services, concerns of mayor and council re legislation 5449
Delta South constituency and area, impact of port operations and container traffic 5056-7
Deltaport, operations and impact on local community 5056-7
Democracy
public confidence in democracy 4652
"rule of law" concept 5448-9
Election Finance Amendment Act, 2014, debate 4652
Elections
campaign financing, reform and ban on corporate and union donations 4652
fall fixed election date 4580
Environment, environmental protection, government policies 4782
Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2014, debate 4580
Fraser River, dredging management 4867-8
Fraser River Estuary Management Program, role and replacement 4868
Government
accountability 5448
agencies, boards and commissions, appointment process 5477
policy development, coordinated approach 4782-3
Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 4851-2, 5526
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
debate 4851-2, 5074-6, 5084, 5089-90, 5244, 5250, 5286-7, 5291, 5294-5
definitions
"accepted emission offset project" 5074
"carbon dioxide equivalent" 5084
"director" 5089-90
delay for six months 4851-2
schedule 5250
Health care system, service delivery framework 4782
Jackson, Lois, comments on amendments to Police Act 5569
Justice system legislation 5448
Leslie, Sean, comments on trucking labour dispute 5056
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5526-7
LNG development 4781-2
benefits and government statements 4781, 5526-7
LNG facilities, emissions regulation
director role 5089-90
information confidentiality and protection 5291
investigation applications 5286
investigations by chief conservation officer 5286-7
limits 5250
operator responsibility 5294-5
reporting requirements 5244
LNG income tax, development 5526-7
Local government, revenue sources, provincial government policies 4782
Lower Mainland, police services 5448-9
Marijuana, use of farmland for growing medical marijuana 5482-3
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5447-9, 5477-9, 5482-3, 5495, 5569-70, 5574-5
Oil and gas
industrial operations emissions regulation 5244
industry, impact of Alberta residency requirements 5267
Oral questions
Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices in B.C. 5267
Management agency for Fraser River 4867-8
Sediment control program for Lower Fraser River 4867
Surgical services at Delta Hospital 5640-1
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 5074
Police Act
amendments 5447
definitions, "entity" 5574
Police and policing, integration and regional organization of specialized services
consultation and consent of local governments 5569-70
role of government 5447-9, 5495, 5574
specialized service agreements 5574-5
Port Metro Vancouver, container trucking industry issues 5057
Social welfare, social programs and services, government framework 4782-3
Statements by members
Delta Hospital 5457
Jim Cessford and Delta police services 5021
Surrey Memorial Hospital, waiting times for emergency surgeries 5641
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry, board resourcing and development office 5477
Throne speech debate 4781-3
Trade agreements between B.C. and Alberta 5267
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, compliance 5267

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