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.

Karagianis, Maurine (Esquimalt–Royal Roads)

As subject

constituents, family and staff thanked 4638

opposition critic roles 4640

role in public service 4638

Armed forces, role and participation by women 5110-1

Bonney, Brian, roles as government communications director and in B.C. Liberal Party 5415-6

B.C. Liberal Party government, actions, statements and priorities 4639-42

B.C. Liberal Party, position on climate change 4979-80

B.C., standard of living 4638

Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4982

Clark, Christy

appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5415-6

comments on LNG development 4639-40, 4980

Climate change, B.C. Liberal Party position 4979-80

Consumers

cost of living and affordability issues 4638-41

costs and user fees 4640-1

Edmond, Nicole, income assistance and child support payments case 5363

Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4639-41

Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area

issues and concerns 4638-9

political awareness of residents 4638

Ferries and ferry services, fares 4641

First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2014, debate 5228

First Nations, protection of cultural and sacred sites 5228

Forests and forest industry, employment and jobs, job losses 4641

Government communications and public engagement, role in health information breach investigation 4544

Greenhouse gas emissions

cap-and-trade system 4983

emissions from LNG development 4981-2, 5224

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4979-83

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, repeal 4983

Gunton, Thomas, articles on LNG development 5222-4

Highway 16, safety of women travelling along highway

missing and murdered women 5313-4

shuttle bus proposal 4714, 5313-4

Hill, Graham, work history and public service as mayor of View Royal 5065

HMCS Regina, deployment in 2014 and return to Esquimalt port 4710

Homelessness, homeless seniors 4641

Immigration

temporary foreign worker program 4639-40, 5223

temporary foreign workers 4980

Income assistance benefits, deduction of child support payments 5363

Income disparity and social inequality 4638

James, Angie, income assistance and child support payments case 5363

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act

debate 5220-4

explanatory note 5220

LNG development

benefits and government statements 4639-40, 4642, 5221-4

clean development 4981-2

employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4639-40, 4980

First Nations consultation and involvement 4981, 5221

negotiations with proponents 4640

NDP position 5221-2

power supply and clean energy 5223

tax structure 4983

LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4981-3, 5221-2

LNG income tax, development and rate 5220-4

Long-term and residential care, guest restrictions for meal events 5266

McNeil, Marcia, role in review of health information breach investigation 4544

Mentzelopoulos, Athana, role in health information breach investigation 4544

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, implementation of recommendations 4714

NDP, position on LNG development 5221-2

Oral questions

Appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5415-6

Government communications on Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4544

Government use of indemnity policy 4756

Guest restrictions for meal events at seniors care facilities 5266

Implementation of Missing Women Inquiry recommendations and bus service on Highway 16 4714

Income assistance policy on child support payments 5363

Pembina Institute, study on LNG development 4981

Petroliam Nasional Berhad, comments on LNG development 4640

Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, government support 4980

Poverty among seniors 4641

Privacy, government handling of health information breach

government communications 4544

role of deputy ministers 4544

Private members' statements (response)

Bus for the Highway of Tears 5313-4

Lest we forget 5110-1

Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 4756

Seniors, government action on issues 4640

Skills training programs, Red Seal certification 5223

Statements by members

Graham Hill 5065

HMCS Regina 4710

Tarras, Lynda, role in review of health information breach investigation 4544

Teachers, labour dispute and collective bargaining, government handling 4641-2

Throne speech content 4639

Throne speech debate 4637-42

Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change 4979-80

Times Colonist (Victoria), article on LNG development 5222-4

Vancouver Island

forest industry 4641

south Island, transportation issues 4638

Vancouver Island Health Authority, residential care facilities, guest restrictions for meal events 5266

Victoria, homeless seniors 4641

War, role of women during World War I and World War II 5110

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund, report on Missing Women Inquiry recommendations 4714

Whitmarsh, Graham, role in health information breach investigation 4544

Wilson, Brenda, sister's death while travelling Highway 16 5313-4

Krog, Leonard Eugene (Nanaimo)

As subject

clarification of comments in debate 4907

comments in House re B.C. Liberal Party position on Oil and Gas Commission (de Jong) 4934

family background 4855

Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments 5432

Agricultural Land Commission, changes 5432

Agricultural land reserve, definition, expansion 5432

Alberta, heritage fund 4574

Barron, Hubert (Pat), military service 5401

Bonney, Brian, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5417

Bowering, George, history of B.C. in Bowering's B.C.: A Swashbuckling History 4762

B.C. Ferry Services Inc., advertising 4574

B.C., history and "gold rush mentality" 4762-3

B.C. Liberal Party government

investigations 5433

MLAs, debate on throne speech 4571

MLAs, performance 5433

priorities 4768

B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty and taxation 5398-9

B.C. Rail, operations and sale, government handling 4763

Budgets, balanced budgets 4572

Buy B.C. program 5432

Calder, Frank, party membership as MLA 5398

Campbell, Gordon

actions on climate change 4854

performance as Premier 5432-3

position on Nisga'a treaty 5398-9

Canada, Parliament Buildings and National War Memorial, October 2014 shootings incident 4855

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4761-5, 4767-9, 4895-7, 4899-901, 4903-5, 4935

Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act

debate 4761-5, 4767-9, 4895-7, 4899-901, 4903-5, 4935

consultation with First Nations on bill 4764

purpose of bill 4768

Children and youth, early childhood development, child vulnerability, incidence 4572

China, market for natural gas and supply agreement with Russia 5531

Climate change

government action on climate change 4879

impacts and government action 4573

Crown corporations, management and revenues to government 4573

Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for past discriminatory treatment of Chinese Canadians 4571

Douglas, Tommy, visit to Scotland and comments 5531-2

Economy

economic development and growth 4572-3

sustainable development 4572-3

Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4573

Energy, electricity rate increases and impact on low-income residents 4573

Environment, environmental protection, enforcement and government policies 5433

Ferries and ferry services, tourism services 4574

First Nations, aboriginal rights and title 4762, 5398-9

Food and food industry, food security and locally grown food 5432

Forests and forest industry

conditions in industry 4573

coroner's inquest into mill explosions 5365

forest management and practices, regulations and enforcement 5433

industry 5528-9

Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5401-2

Gaming Control Act, amendments 5433

Government

cabinet, open cabinet meetings 4881

performance during previous administrations 5432-3

spending 4574

Graydon, Michael, transition from CEO position 5433-5

Greenhouse gas emissions

emissions from LNG development 4854, 4879

reduction, government targets 4880-1

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act

debate 4852-6, 4877-82

debate by B.C. Liberal Party MLAs 4852, 4878

delay for six months 4852-6

regulations 4853-4, 4881

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, repeal 4854, 4879

Haakstad, Kim, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5417

Hawkes, Stan, military service 5401

Highway 16, safety of women travelling along highway, shuttle bus proposal 5434

Highway 19 (Island Highway), construction, history and government role 4571

Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 5433

Income assistance benefits, deduction of child support payments 4768

Justice Ministry, gaming policy and enforcement branch, enforcement action changes 5433-4

Kootenay area, landowners' purchase of stone and timber rights 4768, 4900

Land title system, filings process 4904-5

Leach, Joy, legacy and work as mayor of Nanaimo 4570

Legislation, miscellaneous statutes bills 5432

Legislature

language used in House, clarification of comments 4907

opposition, role 4878

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5528-32

LNG development 4571, 4852-5, 4879-82

benefits and government statements 5528-32

clean development 4878-9

NDP position 5529

LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4880

LNG income tax, development and rate 5529-30

Loaves and Fishes Food Bank, operations and need for new facility 5558

Martin, Pamela, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5417

Mentzelopoulos, Athana, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5417

Mines and mining industry, regulation, time limit for investigations and prosecutions 5433

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5432-5

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, implementation of recommendations 5434

Morris, Mike

comments on Frank Calder 5433-4

comments on issues 4878-9

Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities

investigation and report by deputy minister 5232

staff role and December 2011 strategy meeting 5417

staff role and legal fee indemnity agreement 5232, 5563-4

Nanaimo, community organizations and charitable work 5558

Nanaimo constituency and area, MLAs 4570

Nanaimo Daily News, article on child vulnerability in central Island region 4572

NDP, position on LNG development 5529

Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014, debate 5398-9

Nisga'a Lisims Government, property taxation powers 5398-9

Nisga'a people

history and governance of lands 5398-9

treaty and final agreement, B.C. Liberal Party position 5398-9

Norway, government management of oil revenues 4574

Oil and gas, natural gas markets 5528-9

Oppal, Wally, appointment as commissioner 5434

Oral questions

Funding for workers' families participating in coroner's inquest into mill explosions 5365

Granting of indemnities in multicultural outreach strategy 5232, 5563-4

Implementation of indemnity policy review recommendations 4754

Multicultural outreach strategy and staff role and changes 5417

Ormsby, Margaret, comments on railways and land grants in British Columbia: A History 4762

Pacific Carbon Trust, transfer to government 4880

Personal statements

Clarification of comments made in the House 4907

Police Act, amendments 5434

Police and policing, integration and regional organization of specialized services, role of government 5434-5

Poverty incidence and government action 4572

Premier's Office, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5417

Public debt, paydown of debt and debt levels 4571

Public sector, compensation practices 5435

Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 4754, 5232, 5365, 5564

Railways and rail services

land grants from government in 1890s and early 1900s 4762-3, 4897, 4901, 4903

land grants from government in 1890s and early 1900s, land title records 4904-5

role in Canadian history 4763

Resources and resource industries, resource development 4855, 5528

Sinclair, Jim, work in labour movement 5531-2

Societies, legal action against societies 4881

Society Act, revision 4881

Society, heroes 5401-2

Stanhope, Joe, comments on pipeline legislation 5435

Statements by members

Nanaimo community and charitable organizations 5558

Taxation

B.C. Liberal Party position 5399

government policies and relationship to government services 4571-4

Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5401-2

Throne speech content 4570-3

Throne speech debate 4570-4

Vancouver Island

child vulnerability levels in central Island region 4572

land grants and rights on east coast of Island 4763

natural gas costs and pipeline 5435

Violence against women, government action 5435

War, World War I, 100th anniversary and impact of war 4570

Western Forest Products Inc., operations in Nanaimo

closing of mill 4573

deaths in shooting incident and response 4570

Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

Bain, Don, proposed membership on legacy initiatives council 4588-9

Bolstad, Simon, cardiac emergency and death 5128

B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5539

Canada West Foundation, study on LNG development 5540

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, awareness and training 5128

Cassidy, Paul, and Selina Lee-Andersen, study on LNG development 5012

Castro, Lenlen, income assistance and child support payments case 5364

Chinese Canadians, clan associations, historical sites and artifacts 4589

Chu, Bill, proposed membership on legacy initiatives council 4588

Clean Energy Canada, comments on LNG development 5014-5

Climate change, impact on forests and forest industry 5011

Container Trucking Act, debate 5060-1

Container trucking industry, labour dispute 5060-1

Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for past discriminatory treatment of Chinese Canadians

government document on legacy initiatives 4588-9

legacy initiatives and funding 4587-90

Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 5459

Education, curriculum and materials on Asian history and discriminatory treatment of Asian Canadians 4588-9

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendation on funding for English language learning programs 5323

First Nations, relationship with government 4577

Grace Islet, development and government action on First Nations concerns 4576-7

Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 5012-5

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 5011-5

Highway 16, safety of women travelling along highway, shuttle bus proposal 4578

Immigration

foreign and immigrant workers, language skills and labour market success 5322-3

immigrants to B.C. 4927-8

temporary foreign worker program 4867

Income assistance benefits, deduction of child support payments 4819, 5364

Jarrett, Holly, activism re missing and murdered aboriginal women 4962-3

Lee, Marc, comments on carbon offsets 5014

Legacy Initiatives Advisory Council, proposed membership 4588-9

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5538-41

Lit, Thekla, proposed membership on legacy initiatives council 4588

LNG development

benefits and government statements 5539-41

clean development 5012-3

employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4867

NDP position 5538-9, 5541

LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 5012-5, 5539

LNG income tax, development and rate 5539-40

McCarthy Tétrault LLP, study on LNG development 5012

McMurter, Roy, child support payments and concerns 4819

Macquarie Bank, study on LNG development 5539

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, implementation of recommendations 4577-8

Motions

English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5322-3

Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities, investigation and report by deputy minister 5459

Oral questions

Funding and support for English-language-learning programs 4930-1

Health Ministry review and indemnity request by Graham Whitmarsh 5459

Income assistance policy on child support payments 4819, 5364

Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 5459

Status of temporary foreign workers and use in LNG development 4867

Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 5014

Petitions

Stamps Place sale process and housing strategy 5133, 5235

Port Metro Vancouver, container storage and fees 5060

Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 4928, 4930-1, 5322-3

Privacy, government handling of health information breach, review 5459

Privilege

reserving right to raise matter of privilege 4934

Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 5459

Skills training, supply of skilled workers 5323

Stamps Place, future of housing facility, petitions tabled 5133, 5235

Statements by members

English-language-learning programs 4927-8

Role of community and neighbourhood centres in East Vancouver during teachers labour dispute 4539

Simon Bolstad and CPR training 5128

Social media campaign on missing and murdered aboriginal women 4962-3

Supreme Court of Canada, rulings on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 4577

Throne speech content 4577-8, 4587, 4589

Throne speech debate 4576-8, 4587-90

Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change 5011

Vancouver Community College, English language learning programs 4930

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area, community and neighbourhood centres, role during teachers labour dispute 4539

Violence against aboriginal women, missing and murdered women

national day of action and call for national inquiry 4578

social media campaign for national inquiry 4962-3

Whitmarsh, Graham, legal indemnity request 5459

Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)

As subject

role as parliamentary secretary 4523-4

Agreement on internal trade, revision 4692

Alcohol

craft beer and distillery industries and sales 4693

interprovincial liquor trade and regulation 4693

Asia-Pacific gateway, role 4522

Bernier, Mike, promotion of LNG Buy B.C. program 4524

B.C. Innovation Council, role and work 5506-7

B.C., standard of living 4521

Business, small business, government support and role in economy 4524

Club Penguin digital game and website 5120-1

Economy, economic development and growth 4521-4

Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4524, 4654

Film industry 5120-1

FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance of B.C., work of organization 5127

First Nations, economic development 4524

Go with Me, filming in Vernon and Enderby 5120

Information and communications technology, video game developers 5507

Kelly, Dan, comments on interprovincial trade 4693

Kitimat, air quality and airshed, potential impact of LNG activities, study 4522

Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5177-9

LNG development 4521-4, 5177-9

business opportunities 5514

LNG Buy B.C. program 5514

NDP position 5177

skilled worker supply and training 4522-3, 5178

LNG income tax, rate and tax credit 5177-8

Manufacturing industry

government support and role in economy 4524

role in economy 4654

Manufacturing Week

celebration 4654

proclamation 4650

Motions

LNG industry and business opportunities 5514

Success of media sector 5120-1

NDP, position on LNG development 5177

New west partnership agreement 4692-3

Occupational health and safety, workplace safety 5127

Oil and gas, natural gas markets 5177

Okanagan area, film industry 5120-1

Okanagan College, trades-training programs and funding 4523

Parliamentary Secretary for the B.C. Jobs Plan, activities and role 4523-4

Ports, role in economy 4522

Private members' statements

Removing provincial barriers 4692-4

Private members' statements (response)

Continuing to build our technology sector 5506-7

Prodan, Miles, comments on interprovincial trade 4693

Saskatchewan, access to B.C. liquor products 4693

Science and technology, high-technology industry 5506-7

Shuswap constituency and area

education and skills training 4523

recreational opportunities and trail system 5635-6

Shuswap Trail Alliance, work of organization 5636

Skills training

apprenticeship, agreement between B.C. and New Brunswick 4694

government investment and support 4523

government skills and training plan 4522-4, 5178

Red Seal certification, harmonization 4694

secondary school programs, trades career promotion in K-12 system 4523

supply of skilled workers 4694

trades training for First Nations people 4523

trades training, student spaces 4523

Statements

Manufacturing Week 4650

Statements by members

Manufacturing industry 4654

Shuswap Trail Alliance 5635-6

Workplace safety and FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance 5127

Thompson Rivers University, trades-training spaces and funding 4523

Throne speech debate 4521-5

Tomorrowland, filming in Okanagan area 5120

Trade

government promotion of trade and investment 4522

interprovincial trade 4692-3

trade between B.C. and Asia 4522

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 4522

Wine products and sales 4693