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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Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola)

As subject
staff thanked 4574
Agriculture products at community fairs 5228
Antares Project Services Ltd., activities 5020
Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. wood products 4703
Aspen Planers Ltd., impact of trucking labour dispute on operations 5058
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., resource development and revenues 4575-6
rural B.C., rural advisory council 4576
Business, government support 4575
Cayoose Creek Band, economic development 5020
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, activities and membership 4813
Container Trucking Act, debate 5058
Container trucking industry, labour dispute 5058
Economy, economic development
role in funding government services 4576
role of government 4574-5
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4576, 4913
Energy, clean energy 5361
Exhibitions and fairs, fall fairs 5228
First Nations
aboriginal rights and employment 4913
economic development, revenue-sharing agreements for resource development 4913
Forests and forest industry
First Nations involvement in industry, revenue-sharing agreements 4913
role and export of products 4703
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area
Ashcroft Terminal inland port project 4575
description and constituents 4574
forest industry 4703
industries 4576
Leach, Joy, legacy and work as mayor of Nanaimo 4574
LNG development 4575-6
First Nations involvement 4576, 4913
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, terms of reference, extension of timeline 5375
MLAs, women MLAs 4813
Merritt, green energy project 5360-1
Mines and mining industry, First Nations involvement in industry 4913
Motions
Changes to committee terms of reference 5375
Government support for new markets 4703
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, trades training programs and funding 4575
Politics and politicians, political participation by women 4813
Port Metro Vancouver, role in economy and trade 5058
Ports
role in economy 4575
role in economy and trade 5058
Post-secondary education, education of First Nations people 4575
Poverty, child poverty 4576
Private members' statements (response)
Including First Nations in building the economy 4913
Resources and resource industries, resource development, First Nations involvement 4913
Seton Portage, hotel development project 5020
Skills training, government skills and training plan 4575
Splitrock Environmental, activities 5020
Statements by members
Cayoose Creek Band economic development 5020
Fall fairs and volunteers 5228
Merritt green energy project 5360-1
Women in politics 4813
Throne speech debate 4574-6
Trade
exports and trade missions to Asia 4703
government promotion of trade and investment 4575
Thomson, Hon. Steve (Kelowna-Mission)

As subject
family and staff thanked 4736
trade missions to Asia 4737-8
Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. wood products 4737-8
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 4736-7, 4740
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 4738
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., agreement with government on land rights 4756, 4894-905, 4935-47
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act
debate 4756, 4772, 4894-906, 4935-47
briefing on bill for MLAs 4772
committee stage debate 4772
implementation and schedule 4944-6
purpose of bill 4894, 4940
retroactivity 4945
use of term "stone reservation interests" 4942
China
agreements with B.C. on use of wood-frame construction 4737
Housing Minister, meeting with B.C. Forests Minister 4737
market for B.C. wood products 4737
Economy, economic development and growth 4736-7
Energy, development of bioenergy industry 4739
First Nations, protection of cultural and sacred sites 5233
Forests and forest industry
biomass fibre industry 4739
cellulose filament technology 4738
conditions in industry 4737-9
employment and jobs 5026
export of products and expansion of market 4737-8, 5026
government investment and support 4737-9
government plan 4737
government support 5026
role in economy 5026
role in economy and history of B.C. 4737
timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply and mitigation 4738-9
wood products and uses
research and development 4738-9
wood-frame construction and finishing materials 4737-8
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
role and responsibilities 4868
staff, legislation branch 4935
Fraser River, dredging management, coordination 4868
Fraser River Estuary Management Program, role and replacement 4868
Gorman, Ross, work in forest industry and death 4925
Grace Islet, development and government action on First Nations concerns 5233-4
Health care funding, capital projects 4740
Highway 97, improvements 4739
Hobson, Robert, legacy as local government representative 4740
India, market for B.C. wood building materials 4738
Japan, market for B.C. wood products 4738
Kelowna
establishment of new regional parks 4740
government investments and support 4739-40
health care capital projects, small business and transit services 4739-40
Land title system, filings process 4904
Okanagan area
government investment and transportation infrastructure 4739-40
high-technology industry and innovation centre project 4740
Okanagan College, trades-training programs and funding 4739
Oral questions (response)
Forest industry jobs and log export policy 5026
Grace Islet development and First Nations concerns 5233-4
Management agency for Fraser River 4868
Railways and rail services
land grants from government in 1890s and early 1900s 4756, 4897-8, 4901, 4939, 4947
land grants from government in 1890s and early 1900s, land title records 4904, 4944
Resources and resource industries, role in funding government services 4740
Science and technology, high-technology industry 4740
Skills training, government skills and training plan 4739
South Korea
market for B.C. wood building materials 4738
monument to Canadian soldiers in Korean War 4738
Structurlam Products Ltd., Okanagan Falls operations 4738
Throne speech debate 4736-41
Timber Supply Special Committee, implementation of report recommendations 4738
Trade missions to Asia 4737-8
Transit services, government investment and support 4739-40
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 4739-40
Tributes
Ross Gorman 4925
Westbank First Nation, role in establishment of regional park 4740
Western Forest Products Inc., operations in Nanaimo 5026
Wood Innovation and Design Centre, facility 4738
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
attendance at events 4600
comments on LNG development (Trevena) 5198
constituents, family and staff thanked 4597
MLA website 4598-9
role as parliamentary secretary 4599, 5163-4
son's education and work experience 4598
visits to schools 4598
Adoption of children in government care 4928
Argyle Secondary School, rebuilding project 5105-6
B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, meeting with government officials 4599
B.C. Institute of Technology, trades training 5164
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 5105
performance 4600
Budgets, 2014-15 budget, balanced budget 5105
Canada, 150th anniversary 5360
Capilano University, Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation 5116
Children and Youth Committee
interim report for third session of 40th parliament presented 5641
special project on youth mental health 4599
special project on youth mental health, consultations and submissions to committee 5641
work of committee 5641-2
Credit rating, B.C. rating 5105
Documents tabled
Children and Youth Committee
interim report for third session of 40th parliament 5641
Economy
economic development and role in funding government services 4599
sustainable development 4919
Elections, local government elections and candidates 5106-7
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 4599-600
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, review process and five conditions 4919
Family Services of the North Shore, work on mental health and youth leadership advisory board 5558-9
Ferries and ferry services, cable ferry for Buckley Bay–Denman Island route 4597
Film industry
government support 4598
industry and post-production sector 5115-6
industry, links with India and participation in trade missions 4702
Fish, protection of wild salmon stocks 4863-4
Foster care and foster families 4928
Government
accountability and spending control 5105
capital projects, collaboration with other levels of government 5105-7
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government targets 4882-3
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4882-3
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), North Vancouver interchange infrastructure project 5105-7
Immigration
foreign and immigrant workers, language skills and labour market success 5323
programs and services for immigrants to B.C., settlement programs and services 5323
Leitch, Peter, comments on B.C. film industry 4702
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Judith Guichon, Sing Me a Song program and competition winners 5360
Light Up the World Purple, anti-bullying campaign 4653
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, fundraising 4600
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education 4599-600
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5163-5
LNG development
business opportunities 5512-3
clean development 4599-600, 4882-3, 5163
conferences 4600
employment and worker supply 5163-4
LNG Buy B.C. program 5512
skilled worker supply and training 5164-5
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4882-3
LNG income tax, development 5163
Media, social media, video initiative for child safety 4599
Mental health of children and youth, awareness and outreach 4599, 5558-9
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4919
English-language-learning programs and skilled workforce 5323-4
Government support for new markets 4701-2
LNG industry and business opportunities 5512-3
Success of media sector 5115-6
Neandross, Erik, work on LNG issues 5163
North Vancouver
amalgamation of city and district 5107
cycling infrastructure and investment 4599
elected officials 4598
film industry 4597-8, 5116
North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Business Excellence Awards 4597-8
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
businesses 5512-3
description and economy 4597
Oil and gas
natural gas industry 5163
oil spills, response capacity 4919
pipelines, proposals, review process and five conditions 4919
Parkgate Singers, winners of music competition 5360
Parliamentary Secretary for Student Support and Parent Engagement, activities and role 4599
Post-secondary education, English language learning programs, funding and government support 5323-4
Private members' statements
Respecting the taxpayer 5105-7
Rice, Jennifer, position on LNG development 5163
Sablok, Arjun, appointment as B.C. film envoy to India 4701-2
Savage, Judith, comments on fundraising for mental health centre 4600
School district 44 (North Vancouver)
capital projects and sale of surplus land 5105-6
infrastructure projects 4598-9
Seaspan Shipyards, construction of cable ferry 4597
Seymour River estuary, restoration 4863-4
Seymour Salmonid Society, work of organization 4863-4
Shorten, Liz, comments on film industry trade missions 4702
Skills training
apprenticeship, role 5264
apprenticeship system 5164
funding changes 5164
government skills and training plan 4599, 5164-5
secondary school programs, ACE IT program 5164
supply of skilled workers 5264
Statements by members
Amanda Todd and prevention of cyberbullying 4653
Family Services of the North Shore and youth mental health 5558-9
Foster and adoptive families 4928
Role of apprenticeships 5264
Seymour Salmonid Society 4863-4
Sing Me a Song program and competition winners 5360
Stratton, Franci, role as chair of North Vancouver board of education 4598
Teachers, labour dispute and collective agreement 4598-9
Thomas FX Group Inc., special effects company 4597-8
Throne speech debate 4597-600
Todd, Amanda, legacy 4653
Trade
exports, diversification of markets 4701-2
trade mission to India 4598, 4701-2
Violence, cyberbullying, prevention 4599, 4653
World Mental Health Day 4653
Xantos Marine Ltd., operations 5512-3
Throness, Laurie (Chilliwack-Hope)

As subject
comments on climate change (Bains) 5007-8 (Darcy) 5034-5 (Eby) 5015-7 (Elmore) 5030-1 (Fleming) 5000 (Heyman) 4951 (Karagianis) 4979-80 (Kwan) 5011 (Polak) 5046 (Rice) 5039 (Trevena) 4991
comments on LNG development (Darcy) 5035
constituents and staff thanked 4613
death of father 4613-4
work in constituency 4613
Agricultural Land Commission, changes 5113
Agricultural land reserve, boundaries and zones 5113
Agriculture
greenhouse industry 4949
industry and government support 5113
industry, impact of technology 4615
Araki, Ed, volunteerism and family's internment during World War II 4750-1
Automobiles, natural gas automobiles 4949
Bank of Montreal, report on GDP growth 4615
B.C. by region, northern B.C., economic development 4616
B.C., population, percentage of seniors 4615
Budgets
2014-15 budget, balanced budget and projected surplus 4614
balanced budgets 4614
priorities 4615
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4949-50
Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area
description and government investment 4613
highways and roads, improvements 4613
China, greenhouse gas emissions 4948-9
Climate change
"Climategate" issue 4947
evidence and scientific debate 4947-8
Cultus Lake Park, legislation 4613
Cultus Lake, representation on Fraser Valley regional district board 4613
Economy
conditions 4615
economic development, role in funding government services 4616
growth and GDP 4615
impact of demographic trends 4615
innovation and productivity 4616
Employment and unemployment, job creation 4616
Finance Ministry, economic update in September 2014 4614
The Globe and Mail, article on LNG development 5196
Government, revenue sources and spending control 4614-6
Greenhouse gas emissions
cap-and-trade system 4949
emissions from LNG development 4950
reduction, government initiatives and targets 4948-50
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, debate 4947-50
Health care system
funding as percentage of provincial budget 4615
technology and impact of demographic trends 4615-6
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 4614
Interest rates 4615
Labour, replacement by technology 4615-6
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5195-8
LNG Canada, LNG facility project 5197-8
LNG development 4616-7, 4948-50, 5195-8
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, technology fund 4950
LNG income tax, development and rate 5195-6
Lower Mainland, air quality 4948-9
Manning, Preston, political work and writing 4617
Oil and gas, natural gas prices 5195-6
Popham, Lana, position on agricultural land reserve and comments on Saanich land parcel 5112-3
Private members' statements (response)
Local agriculture 5112-3
Public debt 4614-5
Skills training, government skills and training plan 5197
Statements by members
Ed Araki 4750-1
Yale community 5560
Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington 4948
Teachers, labour dispute and collective agreement 4614
Throne speech debate 4612-7
Throness, Herald, death and work as pastor 4613-4
Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions, Asia and U.S. 4616
U.S., public debt 4614-5
Workers, supply 4615-6
Yale, heritage sites and community facilities 4613, 5560
Yale Historical Society, work of organization 4613
Yale Ratepayers Association, activities and community centre services 5560
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

As subject
comments on ferry system (Stone) 4644
Bella Bella, impact of ferry service reductions 4534-5
B.C. by region, coastal communities, government investment 4689-90
B.C. Ferry Commission, role 5049, 5340
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements on LNG development 5199
Campbell, Gordon, actions on climate change 4844, 4988-9
Carbon offsets, LNG emissions offsets 4845
Carbon tax
expansion of scope 4846
rate 4988-9
Cariboo area, tourism industry, working group concerns 5067-8
China, greenhouse gas emissions 4846, 4989
Clark, Christy
attendance at question period 4531-2
comments on LNG development 4843, 4846, 4990-1, 5199, 5201
trade mission to India 5199
trade missions 4531-2
Clean Energy Act, amendments 4990
Climate change
evidence 4844
government action on climate change 4844-5, 4988-9, 5201
Coal Harbour, site for logging equipment and museum project 4927
Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 5198, 5200
Container Trucking Act
debate 5048-51, 5334-7, 5339-41, 5343-5, 5347, 5350-1, 5353-4, 5356-8, 5367-72, 5378-82, 5384-7
definitions
"container" 5334
"deemed licence" 5335
"licensee," "person" and "trucker" 5336
"wait time remuneration" 5336-7
regulations 5049, 5334-7, 5347, 5386-7
retroactivity 5345, 5368, 5371, 5379
scope 5048-51
Container trucking industry
collective agreements and bargaining 5379
commissioner
appointment process 5339-40, 5344
budget and funding 5343-4, 5385
compensation 5341
deputies 5339
information and reporting 5350
information-sharing 5384
jurisdictional issues 5347
reconsideration of decisions 5386
role and responsibilities 5049-51, 5339-41, 5344-5, 5347, 5351, 5381, 5385
compliance and enforcement 5345, 5369, 5371, 5379, 5380-2, 5385-6
conditions for workers, changes 5049-50
conditions for workers, downloading of costs 5356-7, 5370, 5379
federal role 5049-50
industry advisory committee 5050-1, 5340-1, 5368, 5370-1
labour dispute in 2014
government action plan 5358, 5367-8, 5370
history and impact on small business 5048-9
report recommendations 5049-51, 5340, 5350, 5358, 5367
labour relations and stability 5050-1
licences
amendments and conditions 5353, 5356
application to prescribed area in Lower Mainland 5350, 5368-70
cancellation and suspension 5357, 5385
fees and security deposits 5350, 5356-7, 5379
number of trucks and drivers 5050, 5356
potential sale or transfer 5351
licensing system, reforms 5049-50, 5335, 5345, 5350-1, 5353, 5356-7, 5368-70, 5379, 5381, 5385
rates and fuel surcharges 5049-50, 5336-7, 5351, 5354, 5358, 5367-72
fuel surcharges 5369-70
wait-time remuneration 5336-7, 5354
rates compliance 5371, 5378
role in economy and trade 5048-50
truckers, definition in legislation 5336
Cortes Island, Whaletown Commons lands, protection 4815
Democracy, parliamentary democracy 4531-2
Discovery LNG, LNG facility project 5199-200
Economy, sustainable development 4918
Environment, environmental protection, enforcement and monitoring 4918-9
Environment Ministry, mandate letter 4991
Ferries and ferry services
fares 4533-4, 4691
ferries as extension of highway system 4534, 4690
inland ferries, new vessels 4692
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 5068
routes and services, Horseshoe Bay–Nanaimo route 5233
service reductions and changes
economic impact analysis and studies 4534, 5330
impact on economy and tourism industry 4689-90, 5068, 5330
impact on economy, UBCM report 4690
system
affordability 4691
affordability and sustainability 5461
government investment 4689-90
management 4533-5
vessels, construction and procurement of new vessels 4692
vessels, Nimpkish 5330
Forests and forest industry
land base, protection 4918-9
machinery and equipment, heritage 4927
Furney, Gerry, retirement as mayor of Port McNeill 5263-4
Gabriola Island, proposed bridge from Vancouver Island 4533-4
Government
accountability and role 4531-3
agencies, boards and commissions 5049, 5051
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 4846, 4989-90
reduction, government targets 4989-90
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
debate 4843-7, 4987-91
delay for six months 4843-7, 4987
regulations 4843, 4845-7
Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, repeal 4989
Haida Gwaii, ferry service reductions and health care access 4535
Heiltsuk Nation, impact of ferry service reductions 4534-5
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), improvements and safety 4533
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, replacement project 4533
Johnstone Strait, sinking of fishing vessel 4749
Kelly, Michael, death 4749
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 5645
opposition, role 4531
spring and fall sittings and passage of legislation 4531-2
Lewis, Ted, work as mayor of Zeballos 4581-2
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, debate 5198-202
LNG development
benefits and government statements 5198-9, 5201-2
clean development 4843, 4989-91, 5199
NDP position 4987-8, 5200
power supply and clean energy 4990-1
tax structure and revenues to government 4532
LNG facilities, emissions regulation, limits 4844-7, 4989-90, 5200-1
LNG income tax, development and rate 5198-9, 5201-2
Motions
Economy and environmental protection 4918-9
NDP, position on LNG development 4987-8, 5200
North Island constituency and area, resource industries 4918
Okanagan Lake, bridges 4533
Oral questions
Horseshoe Bay–Nanaimo ferry route 5233
Impact of ferry services reductions on economy and tourism industry 5067-8, 5330
Reports on bus accident on Coquihalla Highway and bus passenger safety 5173
Sustainability of ferry system 5461
Pacific Carbon Trust, transfer to government 4845-6
Parnham, Bev, work as mayor of Port Hardy 4581-2
Pembina Institute, study on LNG development 4989
Personal statements
Withdrawal of comments made in the House 5645
Port Hardy, impact of ferry service reductions 4535
Port Metro Vancouver
container trucking industry issues 5048, 5050-1, 5380
role in economy and trade 5048
Ports
expansion and use of rail services 5050
role in economy and trade 5048, 5051
Private members' statements
Ferry benefits 4689-92
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of personal privilege 4646
Public debt, paydown of debt and debt levels 5201
Ready, Vince, work on labour disputes involving container truckers 5049
Resources and resource industries
compliance and enforcement, natural resource officers 4918
resource development, impact on communities 4532
resource development, public confidence 4918
Sewid, Barry, death 4749
Shipbuilding industry, government support 4692
Statements
Sinking of fishing vessel in Johnstone Strait 4749
Statements by members
Bev Parnham and Ted Lewis 4581-2
Gerry Furney and town of Port McNeill 5263-4
Hornsby Mammoth historic steam logging equipment 4927
Protection of Whaletown Commons on Cortes Island 4815
Stone, Todd, role as Transportation and Infrastructure Minister 4533-4
Thornthwaite, Jane, comments on LNG development 5198
Throne speech content 4531-2
Throne speech debate 4531-5
Throness, Laurie, comments on climate change 4991
Tourism
development in resource-dependent areas 4689
Discovery Coast circle route, impact of ferry service reductions 5067-8, 5330
Trade missions by Premier 4531-2
Transportation
commercial passenger bus industry, safety compliance and enforcement 5173
infrastructure, government investment and plan 4533-5
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, budget 5344
Unifor, consultation on changes to container trucking system 5340
Vancouver Island, north Island
elected officials 4581-2
industrial heritage 4927
Western Bus Lines Ltd., routine safety reviews and audit after bus accident 5173
Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, presentation to Finance Committee 4690

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