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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Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
comments during throne speech debate (Rustad) 4663
comments on greenhouse gas emissions legislation (Morris) 4857
experience working in Lesotho 4527
political beliefs 4528-9
role as MLA 4525
Bennett, Bill
campaign donations and role as Energy and Mines Minister 5437
comments on Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4656
Bonney, Brian, roles as government communications director and in B.C. Liberal Party 5418
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5149-52
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and investigations 5436, 5438-9
actions and financial management 4525-8
performance 4919-20
priorities 4528-9, 4847-9
throne speeches 4527-8
British Columbia Open Mining Act, 2014, debate 5633
B.C. Progress Board, elimination 4702
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4760-1
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act
debate 4760-1
briefing on bill for MLAs 4760
committee stage debate 4761
consultation with First Nations on bill 4761
Chief mines inspector, role re tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4711
China, market for natural gas and supply agreement with Russia 5150
Clark, Christy, comments on issues
LNG development 4850
mine inspections 4710
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, constituents' issues and concerns 4526, 4528
Corporations, accountability, role of government 5438
Economy, economic development, government policies 4702-3
Edwards, Murray, donations to B.C. Liberal Party 5437
Energy and Mines Ministry, briefings for MLAs 4760
Environment, environmental assessment process 4919-20
exemptions 5170
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 4702-3
forest management and practices, penalties for offences 4849
government support 5151
mill explosions and safety of mills 5436
Galloway, Jim, activism re Jumbo Glacier resort 4526
Government
accountability and role 4528-9
capital projects, costs and oversight 4527-8
Government communications and public engagement, role in multicultural outreach strategy 5418
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
debate 4847-51
delay for six months 4847-51
regulations 4849-50
Imperial Metals Corp.
Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4527, 4656-7, 4710-1, 4919, 5436-7, 5633
Income assistance, disability benefits 4528
Jumbo Glacier resort
development proposal and environmental assessment certificate 4526, 4920, 5170-1
establishment as municipality and funding 4526
proposed lodge site 5563
proposed lodge site and avalanche risk 5171
Kootenay area, landowners' purchase of stone and timber rights 4761
Ktunaxa Nation, consultation on resort proposal in traditional territory 5171
Legislation, miscellaneous statutes bills 5435-6
Legislature, fall sitting 4525
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5148-52
LNG development 4525-6, 4528, 4849-51
benefits and government statements 5148-52
negotiations with proponents 4525-6
tax structure 4525-6
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4848-50
LNG income tax, development 5148-9
McNeil, Marcia, role in review of health information breach investigation 4544-5
MLAs, role and responsibilities 4528-9
Mentzelopoulos, Athana
legal action against Rob Fleming, indemnification 4528
role in multicultural outreach strategy 5418
Mines Act, amendments 5436, 5439
Mines and mining industry
access to information 5633
government oversight 4526-7
mine inspections 4656-7, 4710-1, 5437-8
permitting process 5151
public confidence 5633
regulation, government oversight and regulation 4703, 4919-20
regulation, time limit for investigations and prosecutions 5436-9
tailings dam safety 4527, 4656, 5438
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014
debate 5435-9
debate in Legislature 5435-6
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4919-20
Government support for new markets 4702-3
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities, staff role and changes 5418
Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd., Harmac mill operations 5151
Oil and gas, natural gas
markets 5150-1
prices 5150
Oral questions
Jumbo Glacier resort proposal environmental assessment process and siting of lodge 5170-1, 5563
Mine inspection levels and Mount Polley mine inspections 4710-1
Multicultural outreach strategy and staff role and changes 5418
Public information and investigation into tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine 4656-7, 4711
Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4544-5
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 4848
Pest control, invasive species management, quagga and zebra mussels 4703
Privacy, government handling of health information breach, review 4544-5
Resources and resource industries, resource development, public confidence 4919
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 4528
Sweeney, Neil, role in government and in multicultural outreach strategy 5418
Teck Cominco Ltd., Sullivan minesite, tailings storage facility and deaths 5437-8
Teck Resources Ltd.
Elkview mine, inspections 4656-7
Tumbler Ridge mines, operations 4850
Throne speech content 4525-6
Throne speech debate 4525-9
Times of India Film Awards, hosting of 2013 awards event in B.C. 4702
Trade
government promotion of trade and investment 4702
trade missions, role 4702
Tumbler Ridge, mining industry in area 4850
Weaver, Andrew, work on climate change 4847-8
Wilson, Gordon, appointment as LNG advocate 4526
McRae, Hon. Don (Comox Valley)

As subject
family and staff acknowledged 4802
recollections of Terry Fox 5471
Beer, craft-brewing industry 4807
Campbell River, forestry supplier business and employment of people with disabilities 4806
Community Living Month, themes 4804
Comox Valley
agriculture industry and salmon resources 4807
craft-brewing industry 4807
Comox Valley constituency and area
construction industry 4807
description 4802
infrastructure projects 4806
local elections and candidates 4806
Disabled persons
community living services, service providers 4804
employment and education 4804-6
government plan 4805-6
Education system 4803
Families, tax credits for families with children 5363
Fort St. John
community infrastructure and organizations 4804
job opportunities and small businesses 4804
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5471-2
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, annual Terry Fox run 5471
Health care system 4803
Income assistance
benefits 5363-4
deduction of child support payments 4819-20, 5362-4
earnings exemption 5363
reforms 4819, 5363-4
Income, low-income families and households, government support 4820
LNG development 4802-3
Mount Washington, ski resort operations 4807
NDP, MLAs, debate on throne speech 4802-3
Oral questions (response)
Consultation meetings and income assistance policy on child support payments 5362-3
Income assistance policy on child support payments 4819-20, 5363-4
Powell River Association for Community Living, work of organization 4804
Prihar, Amrik, contributions to education and death 5633
Public health, healthy lifestyle for seniors 4803
Registered disability savings plans, plans and action group 4805
St. Joseph's General Hospital, operations 4807
Smallwood, Joan, comments on income assistance deductions 4819, 5364
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 5363-4
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5471-2
Throne speech debate 4802-7
Tributes
Amrik Prihar 5633
Vancouver Island, forest industry 4806-7
Martin, John (Chilliwack)

Agriculture industry, education and promotion 4582
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 5153
Chilliwack
agriculture industry 4582
city's connections with Terry Fox 5449-50
literacy programs and funding 5320
LNG information session 5516
Chilliwack Corn Maze event 4582
ENN Canada Corp., operations 5516
Fox, Betty and Rolly, activities in Chilliwack 5449
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5449-50
Horgan, John, comments on Kitimat oil refinery development proposal 4783-4
Immigration
foreign and immigrant workers
language skills and labour market success 5320-1
Skills Connect for Immigrants program 5320
programs and services for immigrants to B.C., settlement programs and services 5320
IMW Industries Ltd., operations 5516
Infrastructure, government investment, NDP position 4784
Kitimat Clean Ltd., proposal for development of Kitimat-area oil refinery 4783-4
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5152-3
Literacy, funding and programs 5320-1
LNG development 4783-4, 5152-3
business opportunities 5516
LNG Buy B.C. program 5516
NDP position 5152-3, 5516
LNG income tax, development and rate 5152-3
Motions
English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5320-1
LNG industry and business opportunities 5516
NDP
position on LNG development 5152-3, 5516
position on resource development and infrastructure projects 4784
Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 5320
Resources and resource industries
resource development, NDP position 4784
role in funding government services and infrastructure 4783
Statements by members
Chilliwack corn maze 4582
University of the Fraser Valley 5066
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5449-50
Throne speech debate 4783-4
University of the Fraser Valley, 40th anniversary and operations 5066
Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)

As subject
comments in debate (Krog) 4878-9
comments on Frank Calder (Krog) 5433-4
experience with wilderness tourism business 4920
experiences living in Nass Valley 5395-6
Bid Construction Ltd., operations 5511
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C.
economic development and infrastructure needs 4567
revenues from resource industries 4567-8
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4875-7
Calder, Frank, activism re land claims and party membership as MLA 5395-6
Clark, Christy, leadership 4568, 4877
Covey, Stephen, comments in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People 4875-7
Duz Cho Logging Ltd., operations 5511
Economy, economic plan for province 4568
Energy, bioenergy 4569
Environment, environmental protection, enforcement and monitoring 4920
First Nations, aboriginal rights and title 5395-6
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 4569
forest management and practices, monitoring and enforcement 4920
industry and role in economy 4567, 4569
Greenhouse gas emission reduction 4856-7
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4856-8, 4875-7
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4569-70
India, market for natural gas 4698-9
Indian Oil Corp., energy agreements and investment 4698
LNG development 4568-70, 4698-9
business opportunities 5510-1
clean development 4856-8, 4875-7
First Nations consultation and involvement 5511
Lower Mainland, transportation infrastructure 4857
Macdonald, Norm, comments on greenhouse gas emissions legislation 4857
McLeod Lake Indian Band, economic development 5511
Mines and mining industry 4569-70
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4920
Government support for new markets 4688-9
LNG industry and business opportunities 5510-1
Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014, debate 5395-6
Nisga'a Lisims Government, property taxation powers 5395-6
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes re proposed natural gas pipeline 5389
Nisga'a people
history and governance of lands 5389, 5395-6
pipelines and infrastructure on lands 5396
Oil and gas, refineries and natural gas pipelines 4567-8
Politics and politicians, leadership 4568
Post-secondary education, international students 4699
Post-secondary institutions, partnership agreements with India 4699
Progress Energy Canada Ltd., proposed natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. 5389
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5389
Resources and resource industries
permitting process 4920
resource-dependent communities, impact of market cycles 4567
role in economy 4567
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Kitimat smelter, reconstruction project and worker supply 5511
Statements by members
Williston reservoir trout fishery 4580-1
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on Nisga'a land title 5396
Throne speech debate 4567-70
Trade, exports and trade between B.C. and India 4698-9
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 4567
Williston reservoir, recreational lake trout fishery 4580-1
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)

As subject
family and staff thanked 4721-2
relationships with local government officials 4721
Agriculture, government support 4722
Arts and culture, government support and role in economy 4722-3
Auditor General, report on environmental assessment process 4924
Bonney, Brian, roles as government communications director and in B.C. Liberal Party 5416-7
B.C. Liberal Party government, actions and statements 4722
Central Kootenay regional district, elected officials 4721
Children and Family Development Ministry, services redesign and funding 5269
Children and youth, child protection workers, caseload and supply 5269
Clark, Christy, appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5416-7
Communities, community organizations 4654
Consumers, cost of living and affordability issues, generational differences 4724
Creston, elected officials 4721
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 4543
Economy, role in funding government services 4723
Environment
environmental assessment process 4924
environmental protection, enforcement and monitoring 4923-4
Faith in Action initiative, petition tabled 4659
Families, government support 4924
Forest and Range Practices Act, impact of legislation 4924
Forest Practices Board, report on forest management and practices 4924
Forests and forest industry, forest management and practices, regulations and enforcement 4924
Henderson, Ann, public service 4721
Income assistance
accessibility 4724
benefits, deduction of child support payments 4723, 4818-9, 4924, 5362-3
service delivery, online and telephone services 4724
Japanese Canadians, internment during World War II, museum exhibit 4722-3
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, Economic Development in B.C. newsletter, content and purpose 5071-2
Jumbo Glacier resort
establishment as municipality and funding 5564-5
proposed lodge site 5564
Kaslo, elected officials 4721
Kettle, John, service as regional district representative 4721
Kootenay area, agriculture industry 4722
Ktunaxa Nation
consultation on resort proposal in traditional territory 5171
Qat'muk declaration 5171
Langham Cultural Centre, history and role 4722-3
Leathwood, Maureen, public service 4721
LNG development 4722
skilled worker supply and working group on labour 4967-8
Macdonald, Donna, service on city council 4721
McMurter, Roy, child support payments and concerns 4818-9
McNeil, Marcia, role in review of health information breach investigation 4543
Mandela, Nelson, comments on poverty 4654
Mentzelopoulos, Athana
legal action against Rob Fleming, indemnification 4755-6
role in government communications 5072
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4923-4
Nelson-Creston constituency and area
arts and tourism 4722-3
retirement of local government officials 4721
Oral questions
Appointment of Brian Bonney as government communications director 5416
Apprenticeship placements on public projects 4967-8
Consultation meetings and income assistance policy on child support payments 5362-3
Government action on poverty reduction 4933
Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach and role of deputy minister 4543
Income assistance policy on child support payments 4818-9
Indemnity of legal action by deputy minister 4755-6
Jumbo Glacier resort municipality and funding 5564-5
Jumbo Glacier resort proposal and consultation with Ktunaxa Nation 5171
Message from small business minister in economic development newsletter 5071-2
Social worker caseloads and supply 5269
Petitions
Faith in Action initiative 4659
Poverty
child poverty 4933
eradication 4654
reduction, government strategy 4723, 4933, 5065
Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2014, debate 5064-5
Privacy, government handling of health information breach, review and role of deputy ministers 4543
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of personal privilege re comments by Bill Bennett 5565
Public sector, capital projects, apprentices 4967-8
Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 4755
Salmo, elected officials 4721
Skills training, apprenticeship, job placements 4967-8
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, office hours and telephone service 4724
Statements by members
Eradication of poverty and work of community organizations 4654
Tarras, Lynda, role in review of health information breach investigation 4543
Throne speech content 4722-4
Throne speech debate 4721-4
Tourism, government support and role in economy 4722-3
Whitmarsh, Graham, role in health information breach investigation 4543

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