Province of British Columbia
Third Session, 40th Parliament – 2014
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

ABOUT THE SUBJECT INDEX
Index contains information on subjects (including people, places, organizations),
legislative procedure and parliamentary business items arising during House debate,
including individual bills and estimates.

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Babine Forest Products Co.

Burns Lake mill explosion (Simpson) 5639-40
Burns Lake mill explosion, coroner's inquest See Coroner's inquest into mill explosions under Forests and forest industry
Bain, Don

Proposed membership on legacy initiatives council (Kwan) 4588-9
Bains, Kuldeep Singh

Life and legacy (Bains) 4538
Bandi Chhor Divas

Celebration (Hamilton) 4864
Bank of Montreal

Report on GDP growth (Throness) 4615
Barker, John

Role with West Vancouver Streamkeepers (Sultan) 5328
Barman, Jean

Book on Pacific northwest history (Sullivan) 5361
Barron, Hubert (Pat)

Military service (Krog) 5401
Barton, Dominic

Comments on B.C. trade with Asia (Ralston) 4698
Bayview Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Seismic upgrade needs (Eby) 4785
BCEA programs See Income assistance
BCGEU See British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union
BCIT See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
Beacon Hill constituency and area See Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area
Beer

Craft-brewing industry See also Alcohol
(McRae) 4807 (Yamamoto) 4797
Bees and beekeeping industry

Apiarists and inspectors, staffing (Letnick) 5025 (Popham) 5025
Role in economy (Letnick) 5025 (Popham) 5025
Bell, Corinn

Consultation on changes to container trucking system (Stone) 5340
Work on labour dispute involving container truckers (Simpson) 5053 (Stone) 5048
Work on labour dispute involving container truckers, report See Labour dispute in 2014 under Container trucking industry
Bell, Pat

Comments on Alberta residency requirements and corporate head offices (Horgan) 4965-6 (Ralston) 4966
Comments on English language learning program changes (Lee) 5318 (Robinson) 5324
Bella Bella, B.C.

Impact of ferry service reductions (Trevena) 4534-5
Bella Coola, B.C.

Ferry services See Routes and services, Discovery Coast route under Ferries and ferry services
Bellringer, Carol See also Auditor General

Role as Auditor General (de Jong) 5129 (Horgan) 5129
Bernard, Warren (Whitey)

Subject of World War II photograph in New Westminster See Wait for Me, Daddy
Bernardini, Piero

Article on stabilization agreements (Ralston) 5143
Bid Construction Ltd.

Operations (Morris) 5511
Bills, Legislative See Bills by name; Bills by number; Bills process under Legislature; particular bill titles
Bills by name See also Bills by number

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill M213)
British Columbia Open Mining Act, 2014 (Bill M214)
Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act (Bill 3)
Container Trucking Act (Bill 5)
Election Finance Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill M202)
Electronic Petitions Act, 2014 (Bill M210)
Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2014 (Bill M209)
Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill M201)
First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2014 (Bill M206)
Gender Identity and Expression Human Rights Recognition Act (Bill M211)
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act (Bill 2)
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act (Bill 6)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014 (Bill 4)
Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2014 (Bill M204)
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014 (Bill 8)
Safeguarding Young People's Future Act, 2014 (Bill M212)
Taxi Industry Safety and Fairness Act (Bill M205)
Terry Fox Day Act (Bill M203)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, 2014 (Bill M207)
Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014 (Bill M208)
Bills by number

(* denotes bill having received royal assent)
1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
2.* Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
3.* Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act
4.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014
5.* Container Trucking Act
6.* Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act
7.* Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014
8.* Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014
M201. Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2014
M202. Election Finance Amendment Act, 2014
M203.* Terry Fox Day Act
M204. Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2014
M205. Taxi Industry Safety and Fairness Act
M206. First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2014
M207. Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, 2014
M208. Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014
M209. Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2014
M210. Electronic Petitions Act, 2014
M211. Gender Identity and Expression Human Rights Recognition Act
M212. Safeguarding Young People's Future Act, 2014
M213. British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014
M214. British Columbia Open Mining Act, 2014
Bioenergy, biofibre, biomass, etc. See Bioenergy under Energy; Biomass fibre under Forests and forest industry
Birth See Maternity and pregnancy under Health
Black, David

Oil refinery proposal See Kitimat Clean Ltd.
Black Rod See Legislature
Blakes Bulletin

Article on LNG tax legislation (Ralston) 5584
Bloy, Harry

Appointment as cabinet minister (Corrigan) 5414-5 (Robinson) 5415
Appointment as cabinet minister and role in multicultural outreach strategy (Hammell) 5416
Working relationship with Brian Bonney See Bonney, Brian
Blueprint for skills training See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
Boards See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government
Boats and boating

Ferries See Ferries and ferry services
Tugboats, North Shore tugboats See Seaspan International Ltd.
Bolstad, Simon

Cardiac emergency and death (Kwan) 5128
Bolton, Clifford

Life and commemorative stone-moving ceremony (Austin) 5022
Bonney, Brian

Role in multicultural outreach strategy (Farnworth) 5419 (Hammell) 5416 (Krog) 5417
Roles as government communications director and in B.C. Liberal Party (Farnworth) 5419 (Hammell) 5416 (Karagianis) 5415-6 (Macdonald) 5418 (Mungall) 5416-7
Borkowski, Sharon and Terry See also Northern Lights Lodge, Likely, B.C.

Impact of mine tailings pond breach on business operations (Conroy) 4921
Boulton, Rosemary

Role in LNG development (Austin) 4601-2
Bowering, George

History of B.C. in Bowering's B.C.: A Swashbuckling History (Krog) 4762
Bridges

Tolling See Tolls
Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Beach, B.C.

Facility (Sturdy) 5520-1
British Columbia See also British Columbia by region

Deaths of prominent citizens and public servants (Throne speech) 4513
Future of province (Stilwell, Michelle) 4781 (Stilwell, Moira) 4637
"Have-not" status See Transfer payments from federal government, equalization payments under Government
History and "gold rush mentality" (Krog) 4762-3
Leadership (Bond) 4725 (Holman) 4730 (Huntington) 4783 (Lee) 4791 (Throne speech) 4514-5 (Weaver) 4667-8
Population, migration to B.C. (Lee) 4791
Population, percentage of seniors (Throness) 4615
Role as gateway to Asia Pacific See Asia-Pacific gateway
Standard of living (Karagianis) 4638 (Kyllo) 4521
British Columbia Acceleration Network

Work of organization (Sullivan) 5316
British Columbia Agriculture Council

Water committee chair See Hunter, Lorne
British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Meeting with government officials (Thornthwaite) 4599
British Columbia Arts Council See also Arts and culture

Annual report, 2013-14, tabled (Oakes) 5565
Funding and operations (Oakes) 4871
British Columbia Assessment Authority

Role (Fraser) 5424 (Rustad) 5424
B.C. Building Trades See British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council
British Columbia by region

Central coast, ferry service to Bella Coola See Routes and services, Discovery Coast route under Ferries and ferry services
Coastal communities, government investment (Trevena) 4689-90
Interior B.C., economic development and industries (Conroy) 4609-10
Interior B.C., highways (Conroy) 4611-2
North Coast, incident involving Russian ship Simushir (Fraser) 4712 (Polak) 4712
North Coast, potential impacts of resource development (Rice) 4808-9
Northeast B.C.
land sales (Pimm) 4625
natural gas resources and industry (Pimm) 4624
oil and gas industry activities (Chandra Herbert) 4831
physician supply (Pimm) 4625-6
worker camps and local economies (Pimm) 4625
Northern and rural B.C.
economic development (Throness) 4616
economic development and infrastructure needs (Morris) 4567
government investment (James) 5513
government support (Barnett) 4606-7
health care services (Darcy) 4801
health care services, access (Darcy) 4753
health care services, recruitment of health professionals (Lake) 4753
health care travel costs, coverage See Travel for treatment and travel assistance program under Health care system
oil and gas pipeline proposals See Enbridge Pipelines Inc.; Pacific Trail Pipelines LP; Progress Energy Canada Ltd.
passenger train service See Railways and rail services
resource development and revenues (Tegart) 4575-6
revenues from resource industries (Austin) 5397 (Morris) 4567-8
role of oil and gas industry (Austin) 5155 (Coleman) 4548-9, 5146
rural advisory council (Barnett) 4606 (Oakes) 4871 (Tegart) 4576
small business (Hunt) 5308 (Simons) 5307-8
Northwest B.C.
economic development and infrastructure needs (Oakes) 4870-1
First Nations unemployment (Austin) 5156
northwest B.C. resource benefits alliance (Donaldson) 4559
official community plans (Oakes) 4871
resource development and economic activities (Rustad) 4664
resource development and issues (Austin) 4601-3, 5156-7
skills training and local employment (Austin) 5512
Rural B.C. See Northern and rural B.C. above
British Columbia Cancer Agency

Compliance with executive compensation rules (Corrigan) 5607 (de Jong) 5607
Issues and concerns of oncologists (Darcy) 5234 (Dix) 5234-5 (Lake) 5234-5
Operations (Darcy) 5562-3 (Lake) 5563 (Simpson) 5504
Work of agency (Lake) 5234
B.C. Centre for Ability, Surrey, B.C.

Services for special needs children (Darcy) 4799
B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS See St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
British Columbia Coroners Service

Inquest into mill explosions See Coroner's inquest into mill explosions under Forests and forest industry
Role and independence (Anton) 5364-5
B.C. Creative Spaces

Program (Oakes) 4871
B.C. Employment and Assistance programs See Income assistance
British Columbia Federation of Labour

President See Sinclair, Jim
British Columbia Ferry Commission

Annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, tabled (Anton) 4934
Role (Stone) 5339-40, 5342 (Trevena) 5049, 5340
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. See also Ferries and ferry services

Advertising (Krog) 4574
Debt (Stone) 5329
British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union

Report on social worker staffing issues (Cadieux) 5267 (Donaldson) 5267-8 (Simons) 5268-9
British Columbia Group Inc.

LNG export application (Austin) 5154 (Ralston) 5137
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Annual report, 2013-14, tabled (Anton) 4715
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority See also Energy

Community Champions award (Sturdy) 4963
Facilities on First Nations land, grants in lieu of property tax (Fraser) 5430 (Hunt) 5398 (Rustad) 5430
Financial management and status (de Jong) 5070-1
Management and planning (Bennett) 5071
Mandate (Weaver) 4669
Mandate and alternative energy development (Weaver) 5071
Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
British Columbia Innovation Council

Funding (Heyman) 5507
Role and work (Kyllo) 5506-7
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

50th anniversary (Lee) 4789
Trades training (Thornthwaite) 5164
British Columbia Joint Gathering

2014 conference in Vancouver (Fraser) 4913-4
British Columbia Liberal Party

Campaign statements (Horgan) 5040-1 (Routley, D.) 4993-5
Campaign statements on LNG development (Austin) 5153-5 (Bains) 5191-3 (Corrigan) 5204 (Elmore) 5184 (Farnworth) 4671-2, 5534 (Kwan) 5539 (Macdonald) 5149-52 (Ralston) 5135-7 (Robinson) 5212-3 (Routley, B.) 5165, 5175 (Trevena) 5199 (Weaver) 4667
Campaign statements on public debt management (Simpson) 4660
Position on issues
climate change (Karagianis) 4979-80
establishment of Oil and Gas Commission (de Jong) 4934 (Farnworth) 4934 (Horgan) 4865
Nisga'a treaty and taxation (Krog) 5398-9
British Columbia Liberal Party government See also Government

Accountability and investigations (Krog) 5433 (Macdonald) 5436, 5438-9
Actions and statements (Bains) 5191 (Bond) 4726-7 (Dix) 4746-7 (Donaldson) 4557-8, 4560-1 (Heyman) 4563-4 (Holman) 4729-30, 4732 (James) 4593-4 (Karagianis) 4639-40 (Macdonald) 4525-8 (Mungall) 4722 (Robinson) 4792-5 (Routley, D.) 4684-5, 4715-7
Election (Clark) 5415-8
Financial management (Barnett) 4605 (Bond) 4726-7 (Cadieux) 4718 (Clark) 4818 (Hammell) 4741-2 (Macdonald) 4527-8 (Ralston) 5147 (Simpson) 5106 (Stone) 4644 (Thomson) 4736-7, 4740 (Thornthwaite) 5105
MLAs (Clark) 5414
MLAs, debate on throne speech (Heyman) 4562 (Krog) 4571
MLAs, performance (Krog) 5433
Performance (Chandra Herbert) 4917 (Clark) 5417-8 (Dix) 4746-8 (Macdonald) 4919-20 (Thornthwaite) 4600
Performance in negotiations (Clark) 4583-4
Position on English language learning funding changes (Bains) 4931 (Simpson) 4932 (Virk) 4931-2
Priorities (Austin) 4603 (Bains) 4676 (Dalton) 4921 (Donaldson) 4884 (Eby) 4785-6, 4788 (Elmore) 4777 (Gibson) 4562 (Horgan) 5040-1 (Huntington) 4782 (Karagianis) 4641-2 (Krog) 4768 (Macdonald) 4528-9, 4847-9 (Morris) 4875-7 (Routley, D.) 4684-5, 4716-7 (Shin) 5320
Public consultation and engagement (Routley, D.) 4992-4
Throne speeches (Austin) 4600-1 (Bains) 4676-7 (Eby) 4785 (Hamilton) 4680 (James) 4593 (Macdonald) 4527-8 (Routley, D.) 4715
Vision (Dalton) 4590-1
British Columbia Lottery Corporation See also Gambling

CEO, departure See Graydon, Michael
Role and responsibilities (Eby) 5444
B.C. Natural Gas Workforce Strategy

Report See Employment and worker supply under Liquefied natural gas development
British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014

(Bill M213) (Donaldson) 1R, 5601
Debate, speakers (Donaldson) 5601
British Columbia Open Mining Act, 2014

(Bill M214) (Macdonald) 1R, 5633
Debate, speakers (Macdonald) 5633
British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

Board role and executive compensation (Eby) 4752 (Simpson) 4752-3
Facilities See B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
Financial management and executive compensation (Eby) 4785, 4788
Management of B.C. Place Stadium (Eby) 4751-2 (Simpson) 4752
Master development and lease agreement with Paragon Gaming, tendering process (Eby) 5331-2 (Simpson) 5332 (Stone) 5331-2
B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

Economic benefits (Coleman) 4751-2
Management See British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
NDP position (Coleman) 4752-3
Roof
conditions and engineering report (Eby) 4751-2 (Simpson) 4752
remediation of issues (Coleman) 4751-2
roof project costs and issues (Eby) 4785
British Columbia Progress Board

Elimination (Macdonald) 4702
British Columbia Public Service Agency See also Public service

Deputy minister See Tarras, Lynda
Review of health information breach investigation See Government handling of health information breach, review under Privacy
British Columbia Rail

Operations and sale, government handling (Krog) 4763
British Columbia Ranching Task Force

Task force (Barnett) 4607
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Work of organization (Plecas) 5230
British Columbia Summer Games

2014 games in Nanaimo (Stilwell, Michelle) 4540-1
British Columbia Teacher-Librarians Association

Annual literacy event See Drop Everything and Read
British Columbia Technology Industry Association

Comments on and consultation with technology sector (Heyman) 5506
Comments on technology sector (Heyman) 5182, 5315 (Sullivan) 5315-6
British Columbia Utilities Commission

Annual report, 2013-14, tabled (Anton) 5462
Role (Dix) 4747-8
Role, natural gas rates (Coleman) 5577 (Ralston) 5577
Role, Site C power project (Popham) 4736
British Columbia Wine Institute

Executive director See Prodan, Miles
B.C. Young Farmers Association

Activities and role (Plecas) 5413
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint: Re-engineering Education and Training See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
Broadland, David

Article on LNG development (Corrigan) 5204
Brothers Creek

Restoration of Chinook salmon run (Sultan) 5328
Brown, Stephen

Role in handling and review of matters related to health information privacy breach See Government handling of health information breach, role of deputy ministers under Privacy
Budgets

2014-15 budget
balanced budget (Darcy) 4801 (Reimer) 4774 (Thornthwaite) 5105
balanced budget and asset sales component (Simpson) 5106
balanced budget and projected surplus (Throness) 4614
revenue projections (Ralston) 5137-8, 5142
Balanced budgets (Coleman) 5147 (Gibson) 4562 (Hamilton) 5505 (Krog) 4572 (Lee) 4790 (Routley, D.) 4684 (Throness) 4614
Balanced budgets, NDP position (Clark) 5416-7
Balanced budgets, role of asset sales (de Jong) 5130 (Ralston) 5130
Balanced-budget legislation (Routley, D.) 4993
Budget process, transparency (de Jong) 5132
Deficit budgets (Gibson) 4562 (Lee) 4790
Election-year budgets (Huntington) 4580
Priorities (Throness) 4615
Building code See Construction industry
Bulkley Valley

Domestic violence prevention (Donaldson) 5127-8
Bullying See Violence
Burger King Restaurants of Canada Inc.

Cowichan Valley location and temporary foreign workers (Routley, B.) 4635
Burnaby, B.C. See also Burnaby North constituency and area

Community organizations and facilities (Shin) 5230
Film and digital media industries (Corrigan) 5116-7
Flu vaccination clinics for seniors (Horgan) 5362
Infrastructure, conditions (Shin) 4869
Research and development (Lee) 4790
Seniors' contributions to community (Shin) 5020-1
Volunteerism (Chouhan) 5559 (Lee) 4791
Burnaby Local Hero Awards

Award winners (Chouhan) 5559
Burnaby Neighbourhood House, Burnaby, B.C.

Facilities and services (Shin) 5230
Burnaby North constituency and area

Description (Lee) 4788-9
Burns Lake, B.C.

Mill explosion See Babine Forest Products Co.
Mill explosion, inquest See Coroner's inquest into mill explosions under Forests and forest industry
New hospital and sports facilities (Rustad) 4663
Pellet plant See Pinnacle Pellet Inc.
Buses and bus service See Party bus industry; Transit services; Commercial passenger bus industry under Transportation
Business See also Corporations

Establishment of head offices
Asian corporations (Wat) 4966
establishment of head offices (Wat) 4732
impact of Alberta residency requirements (Horgan) 4965-6 (Ralston) 4966
Government support (Cadieux) 4718 (Fassbender) 4676 (Tegart) 4575
Licences, mobile business licence program (Hamilton) 4910
Local purchasing (Elmore) 5510
Local purchasing and local businesses (Ralston) 5509
Public-private partnerships
borrowing cost for government (Darcy) 5131 (de Jong) 5129 (Horgan) 5129-30 (Simpson) 5106
NDP position (de Jong) 5129-30
risk transfer (Horgan) 5130
risk transfer and benefits (de Jong) 5129-30
Small business
2014 Open for Business Awards (Yamamoto) 4797
community support for local businesses (Yamamoto) 4796
costs and user fees (Simons) 5308
government newsletter See Economic Development in B.C. newsletter under Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Labour
government support (Lee) 4789
government support and role in economy (Bond) 4727 (Hamilton) 4909-12 (Kyllo) 4524 (Larson) 4708 (Simons) 4910-1 (Yamamoto) 4795-6
regulation (Simons) 5309
role in economy and factors in success (Simons) 4813-4
role in economy and government support (Simons) 5307-8
small business (Hamilton) 4682-3 (Rustad) 4664 (Stilwell, Michelle) 4779 (Yamamoto) 5071
small business and government support (Hunt) 5308-9
Small Business Roundtable (Larson) 4708 (Yamamoto) 4796-7
taxation (Hamilton) 4909-10 (Simons) 4911
venture capital program (Heyman) 5315
women in small business, studies (Stilwell, Michelle) 4914
Women in business (Stilwell, Michelle) 4914-6
Buy B.C. program

Program (Krog) 5432 (Popham) 5443

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