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.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
comments on B.C. Liberal government performance (Clark) 4584-5
family's visit to Terry Fox memorial 5410
position on balanced budgets 5130
position on LNG development (Coleman) 5144-5
rap poem performed at literacy festival 5636
trip to Japan 5140
Agricultural Land Commission
applications and commissioners 5481-2
authority and powers 5483-4
compliance and enforcement activities 5481-2
Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments 5481-4
Agricultural land reserve
non-farm use, siting of primary residence 5483-4
use for rodeo activities and facilities 5481
Alberta, compliance with TILMA agreement 5643-4
Auditor General
review of carbon offset projects 5038
review of summary financial statements 5130
Australia, LNG development 5138, 5140
Barton, Dominic, comments on B.C. trade with Asia 4698
Bell, Pat, comments on Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices 4966
Bernardini, Piero, article on stabilization agreements 5143
Blakes Bulletin, article on LNG tax legislation 5584
B.C. Group Inc., LNG export application 5137
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5135-7
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 5147
B.C. Utilities Commission, role, natural gas rates 5577
Budgets
2014-15 budget, revenue projections 5137-8, 5142
balanced budgets, role of asset sales 5130
Business
establishment of head offices, impact of Alberta residency requirements 4966
local purchasing and local businesses 5509
Campbell, Gordon, actions on climate change 5037
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 5038-9
Cheniere Energy Inc., LNG project 5139
China, market for natural gas 5140
Churchill Falls, interprovincial agreement on sale of power 5142-3
Clark, Christy
comments on LNG development 4584, 5137
comments on LNG workers and training while in India 4817
Clean Energy Act, amendments 5038
Climate change, climate action plan 5037, 5039
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 5137, 5142
Container Trucking Act, debate 5059-60
Container trucking industry, labour dispute and licensing system 5059-60
Darkwoods Conservation Area, forest carbon project 5038-9
de Jong, Michael
comments on Advanced Education Minister 5521
The Economist, article on LNG development 5139-40
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 5136
Encana Corp., drilling project and carbon offsets 5039
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5410
George, Rose, book on shipping industry 5059
Government lands and properties, sale 5130
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 5038
reduction, government targets 5037
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 5037-9
Holodomor, commemoration 5326
Immigration, temporary foreign worker program 4817
Income Tax Act (federal), definitions 5582-4, 5589-91
International Monetary Fund, study on petroleum taxation 5143-4
International relations, humanitarian assistance, treatment of seriously injured children from Gaza at B.C. hospitals, petition tabled 4587
Interpretation Act (federal), definitions 5579-80
Japan, nuclear power program 5140
KPMG, study on LNG development 5138-9, 5141-2
Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5521
Legislature, bills process, private members' bills 5409
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act
debate 5135-44, 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
"feedstock pipeline" 5580
"feedstock pipeline inlet" 5581
"feedstock spur pipeline" 5581-2
"filing-due date" 5590-1
"financial incentive" 5582-3
"financing charge" 5583-4
"hedging transaction" 5584-5
"liquefaction activities" 5585-9
"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" 5643-4
"trust" 5589-90
regulations 5618
relationship to federal legislation and regulation 5589-92, 5613-6
Literacy, youth literacy, promotion 5636
LNG development 5135-40
benefits and government statements 5135-7
business opportunities 5509
clean development 5037-8
conferences 5137
employment and worker supply 4817
employment and worker supply, workforce strategy committee report 5137
negotiations with proponents 4584, 5136, 5140-2, 5144
NDP position 5136
power supply and clean energy 5038
power supply, sale of surplus power 5587
project agreements 5135, 5142-4, 5614, 5646
projects elsewhere 5139-40
proponents and final investment decisions 5141
prosperity fund proposal 5136-7
revenues to government 5137-8, 5142
stabilization agreements 5135
tax structure 4584, 5136, 5140-2, 5144
LNG facilities
construction 5594
definition 5588, 5593-4, 5618-9
emissions regulation, limits 5038
remediation of sites 5587-8
LNG income tax
application
computation for first taxation year 5628-9
computation of net income 5624
computation of net operating income or loss 5619-20
cost of natural gas 5623-4
deduction against federal income 5613-6
establishment of permanent offices 5643-4
exemptions 5618
facility-by-facility basis 5609-10, 5618
investment allowance 5141, 5619, 5622-3
net income 5141, 5609-16
net income, loss and capital investment property 5578-89, 5592
net operating income 5617
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
pre-construction costs 5141
tax pool balance 5616-7
taxation year and fiscal period 5594-5, 5609
transfer pricing 5626-8
trusts and beneficiaries 5609
valuation of inventory 5620
development and rate 4584, 5135-6, 5137-42, 5144, 5610-6
tax credit 5141, 5643-5
Mentzelopoulos, Athana, legal action against Rob Fleming, indemnification 4755
Milburn, Peter, comments on LNG revenues 5138
Mineral Tax Act, definitions 5584, 5619, 5622
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5445-6, 5481-4, 5576-7
Motions
Government support for new markets 4698
LNG industry and business opportunities 5509
NDP, position on LNG development 5136
Oil and gas
industry, impact of Alberta residency requirements 5141-2
natural gas
government strategy 5136
markets 5135, 5138-40
prices 5623-4
pipelines
natural gas pipelines 5580-2
Oral questions
Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices in B.C. 4966
Budget revenues from sale of government assets 5130
Comments by Premier on LNG and negotiations on LNG development 4584
Disclosure of information by Advanced Education Minister to Kwantlen University investigation 5521
Indemnity of legal action by deputy minister 4755
LNG development and job creation 4817
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 5038-9
Petitions
treatment of seriously injured children from Gaza in B.C. hospitals 4587
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, comments on LNG development 5142
Ports, role in economy and trade 5059
Prince George, natural resources forum 5141
Public service, legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 4755
Resources and resource industries, stabilization agreements 5142-4
Richardson, John, legislative broadcasting career and retirement 5631
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Kitimat smelter reconstruction project and worker supply 5509
Skills training, apprenticeship system 5140
Statements by members
Exhibit on Sikh soldiers in World War I 5167-8
Surrey Business Excellence Awards 5361
Universal Word Festival in Surrey 5636
Stewart, Ben, position as Asian trade commissioner 4698
Surrey Board of Trade, Business Excellence Awards 5361
Surrey Public Library, exhibit on World War I 5167-8
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5409-10
Thunder Bay, Terry Fox memorial 5410
Trade
exports and trade between B.C. and Asia 4698
trade and investment representatives and offices, disclosure of information 4698
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, compliance and mutual recognition agreements 4966
Tributes
John Richardson 5631
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, 2014, debate 5326
U.S., LNG development projects 5139-40
Universal Word Festival, literacy festival for youth in Surrey 5636
Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act, amendments 5445-6, 5576-7
Vancouver Island, natural gas pipeline, municipal agreements and fees 5446, 5576-7
The Vancouver Sun, article on appointment of Asian trade commissioner for B.C. 4698
Virk, Amrik
actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5521
War, Indian and Canadian participation in World War I 5167-8
Woodfibre LNG Limited, operations in B.C. 5613
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker in Subject Index
Reimer, Linda (Port Moody–Coquitlam)

As subject
experience as adopted child 5128
family and staff thanked 4772
recollections of Terry Fox 4861-2
Adoption awareness and adoption of children in government care 5128
Alward, Doug, relationship with Terry Fox 5400
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 4774
Children and youth
child care, government funding and child care resource and referral programs 4773-4
early childhood development, government investment 4774
Cooper, Mary Anne, 100th birthday 5063
Eagle Ridge Hospital, facility, staff and volunteers 4815
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, work of organization 4773, 4815
Employment and unemployment
B.C. Job Makers website forum 4773
government job strategy 4773
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 4774
Film industry, extension of distant-location regional tax credit to capital region 4774
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendation on funding for English language learning programs 5322
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 4861-2, 5400-1, 5473-4
Government, capital project investment 4774
Holodomor, commemoration 5456
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, language skills and labour market success 5321
Income tax rates 4774
Labour market participation by women 4773
LNG development 4774
Mossom Creek Hatchery, rebuilding after fire 4773
Motions
English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5321-2
Pettie, Mark, promotion of Terry Fox legacy 4862, 5400
Port Moody Arts Centre, expansion 4773
Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 5321-2
Property transfer tax, exemption for first-time home buyers 4774
Registered education savings plans, training and education savings grant program 4774
Remembrance Day observance 4772, 5456
Skills training, government investment and support 4773-4
Social welfare, social programs and services, government investment 4774
Statements by members
Adoption awareness 5128
Eagle Ridge Hospital 4815
Remembrance Day and Holodomor commemoration 5456
Walk to honour war veterans 5263
Terry Fox Day Act
debate 4861-2, 5400-1, 5473-4, 5525-6
clarification of date 5526
purpose of bill 4861-2
Throne speech debate 4772-4
Tributes
Mary Anne Cooper 5063
Wages and salaries, wage levels 4773
War
veterans 4772
walk to honour war veterans 5263
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

As subject
constituents and staff acknowledged 4807-8
position on LNG development 5162 (Hamilton) 5189 (Thornthwaite) 5163
Aurora LNG, LNG facility project near Prince Rupert, petition tabled 5642
B.C. by region, North Coast, potential impacts of resource development 4808-9
Clean Energy Canada, comments on LNG development 5040
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG and North Coast area 4808
Ferries and ferry services, fares, wheelchair-accessible cabin rates 5525
First Nations, renewal of peace treaty between Haida and Heiltsuk First Nations 5559-60
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5408-9
Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 5040
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 5039-40
Haida Gwaii, health care services, access 4754
Health care system, travel for treatment and travel assistance program 4754
Highway 16
safety of women travelling along highway
investigation into missing and murdered women 5312-3
shuttle bus proposal 5312-3
transportation services along highway 5312-3
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5161-2
LNG development 4808-9
benefits and government statements 5161-2
NDP position 5039
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 5040
Namu, cannery site history and environmental remediation 4749
NDP, position on LNG development 5039
North Coast constituency and area, constituents' concerns re LNG development 5161-2
Oral questions
Medical transportation costs for Haida Gwaii residents 4754
Wheelchair-accessible cabin rates on ferries 5525
Petitions
LNG facility project near Digby Island 5642
Polak, Mary, comments on greenhouse gas legislation 5039
Prince Rupert
annual Terry Fox run 5408-9
economic development and infrastructure needs 4808-9, 5162
Private members' statements
Bus for the Highway of Tears 5312-3
Railways and rail services, passenger service between Prince Rupert and Prince George 5312-3
Skeena River, estuary and eelgrass beds, potential impact of LNG development 4808
Statements by members
Namu cannery site in Heiltsuk territory 4749
Renewal of peace treaty between Haida and Heiltsuk First Nations 5559-60
Terrion, Jim, fundraising for Terry Fox runs 5408-9
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5408-9
Throne speech debate 4807-9
Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change 5039
Violence against women, government action 5312
Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
experience as family therapist 4977
experience with cancer 5403-4
grandfather's experiences as soldier during World War II 5263
great-grandparents' experiences as immigrants 5324
Adelaar, Jack, death 4875
Aisenthal, Max, experiences as soldier during World War II 5263
Ambulance service, reclassification of emergency responses, impact on local government 4793
Bell, Pat, comments on English language learning program changes 5324
Bloy, Harry, appointment as cabinet minister 5415
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5212-3
B.C. Liberal Party government, actions and statements 4792-5
Canadian Little League, hosting of 2015 senior championship by Coquitlam 5500
Cancer, MLAs' experiences of cancer 5403-4
Clark, Christy
appointment of Harry Bloy as cabinet minister 5415
comments on LNG development 5213-4
Columbia Institute, report on local government 4908-9
Consumers, cost of living and affordability issues 4794
Coquitlam
annual Terry Fox run 5403-4
city government, greenhouse gas emission reduction 4979
hosting of sports events 5500
Coquitlam Farmers Market, history and role 4749-50
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area, constituents' issues and concerns 4794-5
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation 4544
Economy, diversification and government priorities 5212
Edmonton Journal, article on LNG development 5214
Elections, local government elections 5327
Emergency Management B.C., role and responsibilities 4793
Evans, Terri, founder of farmers market 4750
Families, government support 4794
Film industry, history and current conditions 5119-20
First Nations
consultation and accommodation by government 5132
relationship with government 4793
Fox, Terry, life and legacy 5403-4
Giesbrecht, Ron, bonus for role in land agreement process 5132
The Globe and Mail, article on LNG development 5213-4
Government, cabinet, appointment process 5415
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 4979
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4975-7, 4979
Health care system, services for seniors, case 4794
Homelessness, relationship to federal government housing policies 4793
Hunter, Justine, article on LNG development 5213-4
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, language skills and labour market success 5324
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, Economic Development in B.C. newsletter, content and purpose 5071
Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive compensation and contracts 5605
Kwikwetlem First Nation, land agreement with government 5132
Legislature, fall sitting 4792
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5212-6
LNG development 4793
benefits and government statements 4792, 5212-5
clean development 4976
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 5214-5
legislation 4792-3
NDP position 5212, 5216
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4975-7, 4979
LNG income tax, development and rate 5215
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, terms of reference, extension of timeline 5375
Local government
carbon neutrality 4979
elected officials 5327
financial management 4793
revenue sources and review 4909
role 4907
transfer of costs and responsibilities from federal and provincial governments 4907-9
transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 4793
McNeil, Marcia, role in review of health information breach investigation 4544
Macquarie Bank, study on LNG development 5215
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, debate 5494, 5572
Moore, James, comments on Kwikwetlem First Nation land agreement process 5132
Motions
Changes to committee terms of reference 5375
English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5324
Success of media sector 5119-20
Nenshi, Naheed, comments on local government 4907
Oil and gas, natural gas
markets 5215-6
role as alternative to coal 4793
Oral questions
Cabinet appointment of Harry Bloy and relationship with Premier 5415
Disclosure of information by Advanced Education Minister to Kwantlen University investigation 5605
Message from small business minister in economic development newsletter 5071
Release of information on government land agreement with Kwikwetlem First Nation 5132
Review of Health Ministry investigation into alleged privacy breach 4544
Police and policing, integration and regional organization of specialized services 5494
specialized service agreements 5572
Port Coquitlam, annual Terry Fox run 5403-4
Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 5324
Privacy, government handling of health information breach, review and role of deputy ministers 4544
Private members' statements
The value of local government 4907-9
Private members' statements (response)
The benefits of hosting athletic events and tournaments 5500-1
Public debt
debt levels 4792
paydown of debt 5213
Skills training, secondary school programs, ACE IT program 4795
Sports and recreation
events, benefits and government investment 5500-1
infrastructure, role of local government 5500-1
Statements by members
Coquitlam Farmers Market 4749-50
Local elections 5327
Walk to honour war veterans 5263
Tarras, Lynda, role in review of health information breach investigation 4544
Teachers, labour dispute and collective bargaining, government handling 4793
Terry Fox Day Act, debate 5403-4
Throne speech content 4792-4
Throne speech debate 4792-5
Times Colonist (Victoria), article on LNG development 5213
Tourism, sports tourism 5500
Tributes
Jack Adelaar 4875
The Vancouver Sun, article on LNG development 5213, 5216
Violence, domestic violence, government action 4794
Virk, Amrik, actions re executive compensation at Kwantlen University 5605
War, walk to honour war veterans 5263
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
apology for comments on chamber of commerce 4687
comments on chamber of commerce (Fassbender) 4675 (Hamilton) 4683 (Rustad) 4664
comments on transplantation services case (Lake) 4714
experience at chamber of commerce event 4636
experience in forest industry 5175
Auditor General, review of carbon offset projects 4973
Australia, LNG development 4975
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5165, 5175
Burger King Restaurants of Canada Inc., Cowichan Valley location and temporary foreign workers 4635
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on LNG development 4975
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4769-72, 4894-5, 4897-9
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, debate 4769-72, 4894-5, 4897-9
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4973
Chambers of commerce, role in communities 4687
China, greenhouse gas emissions 4975
Clark, Christy, comments on LNG development 4634-5
Climate change, evidence 4972
Council of Canadian Academies, study on shale gas 5176-7
Cowichan Tribes, employment and training 4635-6
Cowichan Valley
case re access to transplantation services 4633-4
employment and temporary workers 4635-6
Discrimination and racism, past discriminatory practices by trade unions 4635
Duncan-Cowichan Chamber of Commerce
action on issues and Black Tie Awards event 4636
activities and role 4687
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
infrastructure and passenger rail service 4771
land grants from government 4769
First Nations, employment and training 4635-6
Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle infestation 4972
The Globe and Mail, article on LNG development 5176-7
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 4974-5
reduction 4972-4
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4971-5
Health care system 4634
Hume, Mark, article on LNG development 5176-7
Immigration, temporary foreign worker program 4627, 4635-6
Income assistance, disability benefits, petition tabled 4659
Legislature, language used in House, apology for comments 4687
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5165-6, 5175-7
LNG development 4627
benefits and government statements 4634-6, 5165-6, 5175
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 4635-6, 4972
First Nations involvement 4972
impact on environment 5176-7
negotiations with proponents 4634-6
NDP position 4626-7
prosperity fund proposal 4634-6
spills and fires 5176
worker safety 5175-6
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4972-4
LNG income tax, development and rate 5165
NDP, position on LNG development 4626-7
Oil and gas, natural gas markets 5165-6
Oral questions
Access to organ transplantation services 4714
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 4973
Personal statements
Apology for comments made in the House 4687
Petitions
disability benefits 4659
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, comments on LNG development 4634-5
Railways and rail services, land grants from government in 1890s and early 1900s 4897-8
Shipping industry, tanker safety and security issues 5175-6
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 4634
Throne speech debate 4626-7, 4633-6
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., organ transplantation services, associated costs and accessibility 4633-4, 4714
U.S., LNG development and tanker safety 5175-6
Vancouver Island
forest industry, management of private forest lands 4769
land grants and rights on east coast of Island 4769
The Vancouver Sun, article on LNG development 4974
Walker, Tami, access to transplantation services 4714
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 4993-5
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and statements 4684-5, 4715-7
priorities 4684-5, 4716-7
public consultation and engagement 4992-4
Budgets
balanced budgets 4684
balanced-budget legislation 4993
Communities, government support 4716-7
Ferries and ferry services, service reductions and changes, economic impact analysis and studies 4717
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre 4685
conditions in industry 4716
employment and jobs 4683-4, 5025-6
export of raw logs 4685, 4716, 5025-6
mills, operations and closings 4683
pulp and paper sector 5026
Government, regulations and capital projects costs 4685-6
Greenhouse gas emissions from LNG development 4994
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4991-5
Legislature, use of parliamentary language 4993
LNG development 4684-5, 4715-6
NDP position 4992-3
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4993-4
McCaffery, Peter, contributions to cycling 4864
Manufacturing industry 4683
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park, mine site history and preservation 4716-7
Nanaimo, cycling activities in area 4864
Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd., Harmac mill operations 4685-6, 5026
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area, issues and concerns 4716
NDP, position on LNG development 4992-3
Oral questions
Forest industry jobs and log export policy 5025-6
Pacific Carbon Trust, operations 4993
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege 4521
Public debt
debt levels 4685
paydown of debt and debt levels 4715-6
Skills training, apprenticeship completion rates 4685
Statements by members
Cycling activities in Nanaimo area and work of Peter McCaffery 4864
Throne speech debate 4683-6, 4715-7
Vancouver Island, forest industry 4716
Western Forest Products Inc.
operations in Nanaimo 5025-6
operations in Nanaimo, closing of mill 4683-4
Rustad, Hon. John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
wife and constituents thanked 4666
Assessment Act, amendments 5428-9
Austin, Robin, comments on economic development in northwest B.C. 4664
B.C. Assessment Authority, role 5424
B.C. by region, northwest B.C., resource development and economic activities 4664
B.C. Hydro, facilities on First Nations land, grants in lieu of property tax 5430
Burns Lake, new hospital and sports facilities 4663
Business, small business 4664
Energy, northwest transmission line project, First Nations involvement 5430
Finance Ministry, minister, powers and role 5425
First Nations
agreements with government 4664-5
agreements with government, process 5131-3
borrowing costs and access to pooled funding 5426
consultation and accommodation by government 5131-3
economic development 5399-400
economic development and partnerships 4665
property assessment and taxation 5426-7
relationship with government 4664-5
relationship with local governments 5423
treaties
B.C. treaty process 5399, 5423
opportunities and agreements-in-principle 4664-5
treaty lands 5423
Fort St. James, wood waste power plant 4663-4
Government lands and properties, sale 5133
Granisle, Internet and cellular phone service 4663
Haisla Nation, involvement in LNG development 5537
Homeowner grant process 5425
Houston, capital investments in industry and water infrastructure projects 4663
Kitimat-Stikine regional district, relationship with First Nations 5064, 5394
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5537-8
LNG development 5064, 5394, 5400, 5537-8
First Nations consultation and involvement 4665, 5537-8
NDP position 5537
LNG income tax, development 5537
Local government
borrowing costs and access to pooled funding 5426
property tax administration fee 5425
Macdonald, Norm, comments during throne speech debate 4663
Municipal Finance Authority Act, application 5426-7
Nechako Lakes constituency and area
infrastructure and government investment 4663-4
small business activities and awards 4664
Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
amendments 5064
repeal of sections 5422-3
Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014
debate 5064, 5394, 5399-400, 5422-31
commencement and consequential amendments 5427-8
definitions, "land" and "non-citizen" 5423-4
definitions, "Nisga'a pipeline lands" 5430
purpose of bill 5064, 5394
Nisga'a Lisims Government
police services funding and exemption from police tax 5394, 5430-1
property taxation powers 4665
property taxation powers and agreement with government 5064, 5394, 5399-400, 5423-31
relationship with regional district and participation in hospital district 5064, 5394, 5429-30
role re northwest transmission line project 5430
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary changes re proposed natural gas pipeline 5430
Nisga'a people
economic development 4665, 5399-400
involvement in LNG development 5064, 5394, 5400
lands, definition in legislation 5423, 5430
lands, property assessment 5426-9
Nisga'a citizenship, treaty and final agreement 5423-4
pipelines and infrastructure on lands 5394
Northwest regional hospital district, participation of First Nations 5064, 5394, 5429-30
Offence Act, application 5426
Oil and gas, natural gas pipelines 5394
Oral questions (response)
Release of information on government land agreement with Kwikwetlem First Nation 5131-3
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, LNG pipeline project to Kitimat, benefits agreement with First Nations 4665
Pinnacle Pellet Inc., fire at facility and response 4663
Police Act, amendments 5394, 5431
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014, relationship to Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014 5430
Routley, Bill, comments on chamber of commerce 4664
Skills training system 5537
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 4664
Throne speech debate 4663-6
Tsawwassen First Nation, economic development projects 4665
Violence against aboriginal women, anti-violence initiative 4665

back | top of page

copyright © 2014: Queen’s Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada