Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 40th Parliament – 2015
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

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Index contains information on topics Members of the Legislative Assembly spoke on during House debate.

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Lake, Hon. Terry (Kamloops–North Thompson)

As subject
comments on issues
flavoured tobacco regulation (Ralston) 6528-9
health information breach investigation 9044 (Darcy) 8891 (Dix) 8936 (Horgan) 8934 (Krog) 9044
role of cleaning services in health care system (Rice) 6568
experience with guide and service dogs 6818
family and staff thanked 6182
family experience with smoking 6544, 7167
meetings with Delta physicians 7570 (Huntington) 7569-70
parents' experience with lung disease 8699
political views (Krog) 8202
work as MLA (Stone) 6052-3
Abbotsford, Marshall Road mental health facility project 9531, 9579-80, 9629
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, construction project 5834
Abortion services and access zones 8436
AIDS
programs and funding 8517
treatment and prevention 6184
Air pollution, sulphur dioxide emissions 8611-2
Alive Inside
documentary film on dementia care and music 8429
Ambulance service
patient care records 8782
reclassification of emergency responses, impact on patient care 6032, 7501
reclassification of emergency responses, review 6032
resources, study 8611
response times 8776-8
review 8779
service in small communities 6033
service levels 8610-1
Armstrong, Dylan, athletic achievement 5725
Asian Canadians, South Asian community, incidence of diabetes 8313-4
Auditor General reports
health information services contract 8336
physician services 8319-20
Breast health, mammography services 7665-6
B.C. Ambulance Service
accountability and transparency 8780
funding and staffing levels 6033
B.C. by region
interior B.C., health care capital projects 6184
northeast B.C., oil and gas industry, health and safety assessment report 5916, 6430-1
northwest B.C., ophthalmology services 8703-4
rural B.C.
health care policy framework 8701-3
health care professionals and physicians 6701-3
health care services 5731-2, 8350, 8704-6
midwifery services 8354
physician training in generalist skills 8705
B.C. Cancer Agency
budget and operations 8786, 8788-9
colon screening program guidelines, tabled 7818
president and CEO 8783-5
B.C. Centre for Palliative Care, establishment 8785
B.C. Patient Safety and Quality Council, CLeAR initiative for reduction of drug use in residential care 8427
B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, complex chronic disease clinic 8791-2
Brown, Stephen, role in review of health information privacy breach 8936
Burnaby General Hospital, redevelopment planning 8420-2
Business, public-private partnerships, borrowing costs 8606-7
Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project 8613
Canadian Institute for Health Information, study on mental health of children and youth 8547, 8695, 8735
Cancer
colorectal cancer screening and wait times for colonoscopies 6095-6, 7815, 8787-9
diagnosis 8787
incidence 8784-5
treatment services 7723-4
treatment services and regional cancer centres 8783-4
Cerner Corporation, role in clinical and systems transformation project 8502
Children and youth, health and prescription of antipsychotics 8695
College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., code of conduct for physicians working in walk-in clinics 8318-9
College of Registered Nurses of B.C., review of nurse practitioner scope of practice 8352
Compass Group Canada Ltd., contracts 9890
Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. health status and health care outcomes 5730-1
Cosman, Fred, cancer treatment case 7723-4
Dawes, Martin, comments on supply of family physicians 8308-9
Delta Hospital
surgical care beds and Health Minister meetings with physicians 7570
surgical services 5835
Dementia care and management 8427, 8430-1
Dental health, access to dental care 8794
Diabetes incidence 8313-4
Documents tabled
B.C. Cancer Agency colon screening program guidelines 7818
Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network, work of organization 8691
Drugs, nicotine, regulation 6520-1
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, ICU and electrical upgrades 6184
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries, consultation process 9795
Electoral Boundaries Commission, final report, implementation of recommendations 9795
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
regulation and exemptions 6425-6, 6520-1, 6545, 7167, 7171, 7174-5
use, health authority properties 6521, 6545
use, prevention among youth 6425, 6520-1, 6544-5, 7167
Emergencies, first responders, incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder 8781-2
Eye health, eye disease, retinal disease treatment program 8413
Feulgen, Sabine, role in e-health systems project 8507
Fort St. John, health care services, access to family physicians 5731, 8315
Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, facility 5731
Fraser Health Authority
budget and funding 8732-4, 8793
medical imaging services 9847
mental health beds and services 9531-2, 9579-80
primary care services 8312-4
residential care facilities, transition to new service contract 6281
review of operations 8733, 8792-3
supply of family physicians 8312-4
surgical services 5835
use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 8793
Fraser Valley, mental health beds and services 9531-2, 9579-80, 9629
General Practice Services Committee
mandate 8324
residential care initiative 8428
Government, open government, B.C. centre for data innovation 8692
Guide and service dogs, regulation 6818-9
Guide Dog and Service Dog Act, debate 6818-9
Gulf Islands, health care services, changes to coverage by health professionals 5791-2
Haida Gwaii
maternity care 8708
paramedics, recruitment and management 8780
Queen Charlotte–Haida Gwaii hospital 6184, 8708
Health
health status and outcomes 5834, 6183
Health authorities
administration and support costs 8793-4
budgets 8546-7, 8733
procurement practices, cleaning services 6281
sale of lands and properties 8604
Health Canada, role in nicotine regulation 6521
Health Care Costs Recovery Act, implementation 8608
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 6183-4
maintenance and renewal projects 8597-9
priorities and planning process 8600-3, 8607, 8616-7
public-private partnerships 8605-7
community health centres 8317, 8322-3, 8353
conditions, assessment and information 8597-602
government investment 7092-3
hospitals, role in health care system 8613
infection control and cleaning services 6368
investment 5834-5
laundry and cleaning services 6219, 6281, 6368-9, 8022-3
overcrowding issues 5834
private clinics 8790-1
seismic screening and upgrades 8599-602
service levels and standards of care 6281
walk-in clinics 8318-9
Health care funding 5834-5
funding as percentage of government budget 8304
mental health services and substance use services 8516-7, 8545-7, 8732-4
midwives 8353
nurse practitioners 8327, 8349-50
population needs–based funding model 8733
public health 8613
Health care system
accessibility, rural patients' access to urban health services 8701
acute care 6183, 8312
beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 8793
chronic disease management and awareness 8313
cost management 6368
cost recovery from third parties and impact on local government 8608
e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 5913-5, 7142-3, 8502-16
emergency services, demand and resources 8779
health professionals and workers
injuries and use of lifts 8718-20
number 6182
safety 8418-9
standards and scope of practice 8351-2
supply and training 5834, 8414, 8791
impact of demographic trends 8305, 8309
medical imaging services 9847, 9961
medical imaging services, PET-CT scans 8787
patient care quality office, complaint process 8435
patient-centred care 6183-4
personal health information
access to data for research 8692-3
legislation and stakeholder consultation 8698
location of data hosting services and privacy issues 8336
management and sharing 8515
privacy and security management policies 8934
privacy issues 8699
primary health care
access 8312-3
access and demographics 8316-8
community care 6183-4, 8322
multidisciplinary teams 8324-6, 8412
primary and community care 8613
primary and community care policy paper and project 8431-2
public system 8413
reforms 6182-4, 8426
rehabilitation services 8411-2
services for seniors 5834-5
services for seniors, physiotherapy 8355
spending and outcomes 6281
surgical services 8704, 8707
joint replacement surgeries 7280, 7500
numbers of surgeries 6218
role of private sector 8790-1
system 5834
model 8319
policy papers 8701
priorities and strategy document 8317-8, 8323-4
public system 8790
service levels based on area populations 8702
telehealth 8705
travel assistance program 8705-6
violence against staff and patients, prevention initiatives 8718-9
wait-lists and waiting times, cancer treatment 8783-4
wait-lists and waiting times, surgical services 6218, 7280, 7500
Health Ministry
estimates debate 8304-27, 8350-5, 8410-36, 8501-22, 8545-8, 8597-617, 8690-709, 8732-5, 8772-95
Blanshard Street office building, security protocols 8772-3
estimates process 8304, 8709, 8795
health information breach investigation
employee terminations and redress 8699, 8773-4
impact on therapeutics initiative 8893
review and implementation of recommendations 8934-5
review and report 5867-8, 8936
review by Ombudsperson 8935, 9045, 9099
role of government officials 8774
role of police 8774-6, 8891-2, 8936, 9044, 9099
mandate letter 6520
staff 6182, 8304, 8709, 8795
Hepatitis C virus treatment 8615-6
Home care
funding and service levels 8435-6
home and community care, government support 8426, 8432, 8435-6
home support service levels and appeal process 8795
home support services, cap on fees 8434
Hospice and palliative care 8785
IBM Canada Ltd., contract with government for e-health system development 8508-9
Information and Privacy Commissioner, report on personal health information disclosure 8893, 8934
Inglewood Care Centre, care standards and use of funding 8717-8
Insect pests, tick populations in B.C. 8792
Institute of Healthcare Improvement, health care tenets 6183
Interior Health Authority
handling of residential care case 8104-5
laundry services at facilities 6218-9, 6368-9, 8022-3
Island Sexual Health Society, funding and services 8436
Jules, Clarence, contributions as First Nations leader and death 9622
Justice system, handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 8715
Kamloops, health care projects 6183-4
Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area, constituents' concerns re electoral district boundaries 9795
Kelowna General Hospital, conditions of care 6369
Kidney health, kidney disease awareness and treatment options 8615
Kootenay West constituency and area, constituent case re residential care 8614
Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre, facility 6184
LifeSciences B.C., proposal to access health data, freedom-of-information request 8693
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education 6184
Local government, costs for health care cost recovery by provincial government 8608
Long-term and residential care
beds 5834
care standards
bathing 8614
dental care 8794
enforcement 8417-8, 8434
contracted services 6700
facilities and role of private sector 8416, 8432-3
facilities, capacity and conditions 8431-2
medication and physical activity of residents 7572
medication use 8427-8
medication use, psychiatric drugs 8694-5
physical and recreational therapy 8429-30
placement, appropriate placement 8425-6
role of family councils 8435
role of physicians 8427-9
worker layoffs and impact on residents 6281, 6700
worker layoffs and replacements, government policy 8415-7
Lower Mainland
ambulance service 7501, 8611
health care facilities, capital projects 8603
health care facilities, seismic assessments 8601-2
hospitals 8421
Lyme disease
incidence, diagnosis and treatment 8791-2
national strategy and government action 8791
MacIsaac, Roderick, work as health and pharmaceutical researcher 8696-7
Marijuana, decriminalization, NDP position 6545
Maternity and pregnancy
obstetrical training and home birthing 8709
services 8354, 8707-9
Maximus Inc., government contracts, data storage provisions 8336
Medical Services Plan, coverage, optometry services 8412-3
Mental health
beds, acute care beds 8522, 8609-10
deinstitutionalization of mentally ill persons 8608
facilities 8717-9
mental health of children and youth 8735
mental health of children and youth, awareness and services 8547-8, 8695
mental health of children and youth, facilities, capital projects 8547
mental health plan, goals and reporting 8734-5
mental illness and addiction
early intervention services 8609
funding for services 8715, 8717-8
services and role in criminal behaviour 8715-8
programs and services
assertive community treatment program 8609, 8715-6, 8718
community-based services 8516-7, 8521-2, 8608-10, 8732
physician services 8521
Mental Health Commission of Canada, guidelines for funding of mental health care 8545-6
Mental Health Review Board, role 8104-5
Metro Vancouver, responsibility for transportation funding and exemption from hospital capital tax 8422
Midwives
education and skills training 8707-8
payment model and services 8354, 8709
use of services and access to hospital privileges 8353-4
Mission, ambulance service 7501
Motions
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9795
Mount St. Joseph Hospital, status and government investment 7093
Mountain View Home, closing, impact on residents 9531-2, 9579-80, 9629
Nemetz, Georgia, work on post-traumatic stress disorder 8781
NDP
campaign statements on health care funding 8413
election platform 8716, 8719
position on marijuana decriminalization 6545
North York General Hospital, consulting team review of e-health systems project 8504-5, 8511
Northeast Oil and Gas Health Advisory Committee, role and support 6431
Northern Health Authority
bus service 8706, 8772
role in health and safety assessment re oil and gas industry 6430-1
surgical services, review and public consultation 8707
Nurses
nurse practitioners 8306, 8323-7, 8349-50
nurse practitioners, role and scope of practice 8351-3
supply and training 8414
Ombudsperson report recommendations
residential care facilities and continuity of care 8415
residential care facilities and seniors home care 8433-5
Oncologists, supply 8783-4
Ontario, cancer care model 8783-4
Oral questions (response)
Access to cancer treatment and diagnostic services 7815
Access to cancer treatment services 7723-4
Access to eye health services in northwest B.C. 6701-3
Access to family physicians 5730-1, 7665-6
Access to family physicians in Fort St. John 5731-2
Access to health care specialists in rural B.C. 7724
Access to primary health care and hospital services in Fraser Health Authority 5834-5
Ambulance services in Mission 6033
Ban on sale of flavoured tobacco 5791
B.C. Ambulance Service response times 6032, 7501
Budget provisions for therapeutics initiative 5868
Closing of ambulance station in downtown Vancouver 6033
Crime prevention and mental health services 8714-6, 8719
Health care worker layoffs at residential care facilities in Lower Mainland 6700
Health care worker layoffs at residential care facility and hospitals in Lower Mainland 6281
Health information technology project issues and costs 5913-5, 7142-3
Health Ministry investigation 8891-3, 8934-6, 9044-5, 9099
Health services contracts and Sunshine Coast health care workers 9890
Interior Health Authority and seniors care case 8104-5
Laundry services at Interior Health Authority facilities 6218-9, 6368-9, 8022-3
Local government costs for police handling of mental health calls 8716-8
Medication and physical activity of seniors in care facilities 7572
Meeting between Health Minister and Delta physicians 7570
Methadone dispensing fees 8158
Mountain View facility closing and mental health beds in Fraser Valley 9531-2, 9579-80, 9629
MRI waiting times 9961
MRI waiting times in Fraser Health Authority 9847
Northeast Oil and Gas Health Advisory Committee funding 6430-1
Nursing services on Mayne and Galiano islands 5791-2
Participation of government officials in review of Health Ministry investigation 5867-8
Release of report on oil and gas industry health and safety issues 5916
St. Paul's Hospital redevelopment and emergency services in West End 7092
Status of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital 7092-3
Surgical services at Delta Hospital 5835
U.S. access to health information of B.C. residents 8336
Wait time for surgeries 7500
Wait times for colon cancer screening services 6095-6
Wait times for hip replacement surgeries 6218, 7280
Paramedics
community paramedicine 8610, 8778-81
critical incident stress management program 8781
hours of work and wages 8610
paramedic response units 8778
paramedics in rural and remote B.C. 8779-80
staffing levels and recruitment 6033
workload and working conditions 8777-8
PharmaCare program
studies, Alzheimer's drug therapy initiative 8698
therapeutics initiative, role and funding 5868, 8690-2
Pharmacists
dispensing of methadone, fees 8158
dispensing of methadone, practices and regulation 8519-20
polypharmacy and medication review 8694-5
Physicians
accountability and engagement 8320
compensation and payment models 8319-22
compensation, billing for physician–nurse practitioner teams 8352
demographics and work-life balance 8309
family physicians
divisions of family practice 8315-6
A GP for Me program 5731, 7665-6, 8307-8, 8310-1
incentive fee program for patients with complex needs 8310, 8317, 8428-9
residential care incentive program 8429
supply and accessibility 8312, 8428
supply and government initiatives 8305-6
supply and training 8705
hospital privileges and credentialling 8320
professional development, clinical practice education programs 8697
retirements 8319
supply and training 5731, 6702, 7724, 8306, 8309
Physiotherapists
access to services 8410-2
number and workplaces 8411
services 8355
PIECES Canada, residential care dementia education program 8427, 8695
Pimm, Pat, work on physician supply issue in Fort St. John 5731
Points of order
amendment topic already canvassed 7173
Police and policing
integrated services, integration with mental health services 8609, 8717-8
police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 8715-8
training 8717-8
Post-traumatic stress disorder 8781-2
Prescription drugs
antipsychotic drugs 8694-5
education programs for physicians 8697
generic drug suppliers 8776
opiates 8693-4
psychiatric drugs 8517
research and review process 8691-8
Ritalin 8693
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., role in e-health systems project 8511-4
Provincial Health Services Authority, operations 8786
Provincial Physician Quality Assurance Steering Committee, establishment 8320
Public debt management, relationship to funding for services 8606
Public health, health promotion and disease prevention 8613
community plans 8702
harm reduction initiatives 8517
Raven Song Community Health Centre, services 8322-3
Rebalance MD, multidisciplinary health facility and pilot project 8412
Richmond, mental health services 8718
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Kitimat smelter, sulphur dioxide emissions 8611-2
Riverview Hospital, redevelopment project and community facilities 8522
Royal Columbian Hospital, redevelopment 8545
Royal Inland Hospital, redevelopment projects 6184
St. Paul's Hospital
redevelopment plans 7092-3, 8423, 8600
relationship with ambulance service 6033
Seniors
care and support 8104-5
elder abuse, prevention and community response networks 8424
elder abuse, reporting and program tracking 8424-5
Seniors advocate
establishment and role 8104, 8416
report recommendations on seniors in care facilities 7572, 8425
Singh, Gur, life and achievements 6940
South Asian Health Centre, programs and services 8313-4
Stanwick, Richard, comments on electronic cigarette use 6545
Substance abuse and addiction
methadone replacement therapy program and ancillary drugs 8518-21
treatment services and beds 8548, 8732
Sunshine Coast, health care facilities, worker contracts 9890
Surrey Memorial Hospital, new facilities and renovations 6184
Throne speech
debate 6182-4
content 6184
Tobacco
flavoured tobacco, regulation 5791, 6520, 6545, 7167
regulation, government action 5791
sale of tobacco products in pharmacies 8699-700
smoking cessation programs, research 8696-7
smoking, prevention among youth 5791
use
public spaces 6520, 7171
vehicles with minors 7175
Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
debate 6425-6, 6520-1, 6544-5, 7167, 7171, 7173-5
definitions, inclusion of flavoured tobacco 7167
name change 6426, 6521
Transplantation of organs and tissues, government initiatives re organ donation and transplantion 8615
Tributes
Clarence Jules 9622
Dylan Armstrong 5725
Gur Singh 6940
Tri-University Meson Facility, report on nuclear medicine and PET-CT scanners 8787
Urban Health Research Initiative, study on mental health and policing in Vancouver 8610
Vancouver
ambulance service in downtown area 6033, 8423-4
ambulance stations 8781
ambulance stations, Cordova Street and Richards Street stations 6033
emergency health services 7092
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
budget allocation to mental health 8546
cleaning services, transition to new contract 6281
community health centres, services and redesign 8322-3
facilities, contracts 9890
response to concerns re residential care facilities 8417
Vancouver Island Health Authority
budget allocation for mental health 8546
cancer treatement services and oncologists 8783
capital projects and need for seismic upgrades 8600
capital projects, new hospitals 6184
capital projects, priorities 8616-7
surgical services, use of private sector facilities 8790
Vancouver Island Women's Clinic, access zone 8436
Vancouver–West End constituency and area, health care services 8423
Vanderweil Facility Advisors Canada Corp., government contract 8597-8
Varcoe, Nancy and David, seniors care case 8104-5
Varicella-zoster virus, immunization of older adults for shingles 8617
Violence
bullying and violence in the workplace 8418-9
domestic violence, government action plan and initiatives 8424
domestic violence, programs and funding 8424
Weaver, Andrew, comments on electoral boundaries issues 9795
West Coast General Hospital
emergency room expansion project 8616-7
government investment 8617
Workers compensation for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder 8782
Larson, Linda (Boundary-Similkameen)

As subject
family and staff thanked 6109
family experience with young workers 8233
role as parliamentary secretary 6110
Agriculture
direct marketing and farmers markets 8713
government support 6109-10, 6491
role in economy 6490-1
Alcohol, liquor regulation changes 6109
Boralex Inc., Jamie Creek power project 8874
Boundary Women's Coalition, programs and funding 7081
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
civil forfeiture grants to organizations 7081
description, businesses and industries 6109-11
electoral district boundaries 9909
Bridge River First Nation, involvement in independent power project 8874
B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, role and services 10146
B.C. Hydro
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 8873-5
integrated resource plan 8873-4
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 6109-11
Budget debate 6109-11
Budgets, 2015-16 budget 6109-11
Buy Local program, funding 6109
Children and youth
employment, workplace safety 8233
programs and services for children and families, funding 7081
Community Living B.C., funding 6110
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime, allocation of funds 7081
Dalkia Canada Inc., operations 8874
Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre, funding and services 7081
Disabled persons
Accessibility 2024 initiative 10146
community living services, funding 6110
employment and inclusion 6110, 6645, 10146
First Nations disabled persons, services 10146
Documents tabled
Health Committee, interim report for fourth session of 40th parliament 10002-3
Doodlebug Chocolates, business enterprise 8713
Douglas, Jennifer, research on war veterans 10085
Economy, conditions 6111
Education
fruit and vegetable program 6109
funding 6110
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries 9909
Electoral Districts Act, debate 9909
Employment programs 10146
Energy
bioenergy, projects 8874
clean energy development, First Nations involvement 8873-5
employment and jobs 8874-5
independent power projects 8873-5
wind power development 8875
English, Andy, research on war veterans 10085
Fengate Capital Management Ltd., operations 8874
Food and food industry
exports and agrifood industry 6109
tree fruit industry replant program 6491
Forests and forest industry, coroner's inquests into mill explosions, recommendations and implementation 10021-2
Great Bear Paleo Bites, operations 7497-8
Health care system, funding and telehealth 6110-1
Health Committee
interim report for fourth session of 40th parliament presented 10002-3
work of committee 10002-3
Health status and outcomes 6110
Hedley, commemoration of World War I veterans 10085
Hol, Roger and Jill, winery operations and cancer fundraisers 9737
Hospice and palliative care
end-of-life care 10002-3
funding 6110
Hoy family, business activities 8932
Income assistance, employment programs 10146
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service 6110-1
Kanaka Bar Indian Band, involvement in independent power project 8874
Kwoiek Creek Resources LP, independent power project 8874
Lower Nicola Indian Band, involvement in green energy project 8874
Merritt, green energy project 8874
Motions
Civil forfeiture program 7081-2
Supports and services for persons in need 10146
N'quatqua First Nation, involvement in independent power project 8874
Open Door Group, Workplace Inclusion Awards event 6645
Paleo diet 7497-8
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation, role 6110
Private members' statements
Partnerships in clean energy 8873-5
Private members' statements (response)
Child labour 8233
Missed opportunities in agriculture 6490-1
Public health promotion and disease prevention initiatives 6110
Small business, government support 6110
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, employment services 10146
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10146
Statements by members
Commemoration of World War I veterans in Hedley 10085
Great Bear Paleo Bites 7497-8
John Winter 8332
Local food products and Doodlebug Chocolates 8713
Tickleberry's operations in Okanagan Falls 8932
United Nations convention on persons with disabilities and Open Door Workplace Inclusion Awards 6644-5
Vineglass winery cancer fundraisers 9737
Supreme Court of Canada ruling on assisted dying 10003
TELUS Corp., government contract 6110
Tickleberry Products Ltd., operations 8932
T'it'q'et First Nation, involvement in independent power project 8874
UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities 6644-5
Vineglass Vintner's Resort, operations and cancer fundraisers 9737
Violence prevention programs and funding 7081-2
War, commemoration of World War I veterans 10085
Winter, John, accomplishments and work with chamber of commerce 8332
Women, funding for programs and services 7081-2
Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015, debate 10021-2
Workers compensation claims by children under 15 8233
WorkSafe B.C., orientation and training information for young workers 8233
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 9185-6 (Farnworth) 9211
Automobiles, clean energy vehicle program 5888
B.C. Innovation Council, role 7645-6
B.C. Institute of Technology
50th anniversary and projects 9956
funding and research projects at Burnaby campus 7647
trades training and equipment 5888-9
B.C. Jade Day 8856-7
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management and priorities 5887-90
B.C. Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association, comments on government budget 5890
Budget debate 5887-90
Budgets
2015-16 budget 5887, 5890, 5981
balanced budgets 5887
Burnaby
achievements of athletes at Canada Winter Games 6140-1
Burnaby Heights neighbourhood 6364, 9396
community organizations and gaming grants 5889-90
housing projects 9088
volunteer festival 7567
volunteerism 9624-5
Burnaby Board of Trade, comments on government budget 5890
Burnaby Local Hero Awards, award winners 9624-5
Canada Winter Games, B.C. athletes 6140-1
Canadian Cancer Society, cancer prevention centre project 5888
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., construction of railroad and Chinese workers 7811-2
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C., comments on government budget 5890
China, market for natural gas 9011
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, exhibit on railroad construction 7812
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 5889-90
Community Living B.C., funding 5889
Disabled persons
Accessibility 2024 initiative 5889
consultation by government 5982
employment, assistive technology and support 8527
programs and services, funding 5889
Discrimination and racism, past discriminatory practices by government 7811-2
Dixon Transition Society, transitional housing project 9088
Economy, diversification 5887-8
Education
fruit and vegetable program 5888
funding 5888
Energy
clean energy, development 5888
electricity rates 8881
infrastructure, government investment 8881
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 5889
First Nations, housing 5889
Forests and forest industry, export of product and expansion of market 5887
George Derby Centre, event commemorating end of World War II 8154
Health care funding 5888
Health status and outcomes 5888
Heights Merchants Association, work of organization 6364, 9396
Holden, Paul, comments on government budget 5890
Homelessness, government action 5889
Hospice and palliative care, funding 5888
Housing
affordable housing 5981-2
funding 5889
government plan 9087-8
temporary housing, shelters and transition houses, funding 5889
Income assistance, benefits
deduction of child support payments and policy change 5889
earnings exemption and annualization of income 5889
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion and increased tanker traffic on south coast 5780
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act, debate 9010-1
LNG development
LNG Buy B.C. program 9010-1
NDP position 9010
LNG project agreements 9010-1
Lunar new year, celebration and spring festival 5911
Mines and mining industry
development and government goals 5887
gemstones, jade 8856-7
Motions
Affordable housing plan 9087-8
Balanced budget and diverse economy 5981-2
B.C. Hydro infrastructure investment 8881
Review of Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal 5779-80
Multiculturalism, cultural diversity 8993
Name Act, amendments, petition tabled 8864
Neil Squire Society, history and role 8527
Netherlands, liberation during World War II and role of Canadian soldiers 8154
New Chelsea Society, affordable housing project 9088
NDP, position on LNG development 9010
New Westminster, power substation 8881
Oil and gas pipelines, criteria for approval 5780
Pacific NorthWest LNG project development agreement 9010-1
Pavlov, Andrey, comments on government budget 5890
Petitions
Name Act amendments 8864
Private members' statements
Celebrating the advanced technology sector 7645-7
Property transfer tax, exemption for first-time home buyers 9088
Public debt management 5887
Rees, Richard, comments on government budget 5890
Research and development, funding 5889, 7646
School district 41 (Burnaby), funding for boiler replacement projects 5890
Science and technology
advanced technology sector 7645-7
high-technology industry 5887, 7647
Seniors housing 5982
Simon Fraser University, child care services, funding 5890
Skills training
government skills and training plan 5888-9
trades training, equipment funding 5888-9
Small business 9396
Societies Act, debate 7164-5
Societies, governance and legal framework 7164-5
Statements by members
50th anniversary of B.C. Institute of Technology 9956
B.C. Jade Day 8856-7
Burnaby Festival of Volunteers 7567
Burnaby Heights neighbourhood and merchants association 6364
Canada Winter Games in Prince George 6140-1
Canadian Pacific Railway construction and Chinese workers 7811-2
Lunar new year celebrations 5911
Neil Squire Society 8527
Small business and Burnaby Heights neighbourhood 9396
SUCCESS organization and Walk with the Dragon fundraiser 8993
TB Vets and 70th anniversary of liberation of Netherlands 8154
Work of Tzi Chu Foundation in Burnaby 5728
Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association, assisted-living facility project 9088
TB Vets Charitable Foundation, history and role 8154
Teachers, collective agreement and coaching tax credit 5888
Tourism, government support 5887
Transportation
government plan 5888
infrastructure, government investment 5888
Tzu Chi Foundation of Canada, work of organization and volunteers 5728
United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society, activities and Walk with the Dragon fundraiser 8993
Vancouver, affordable housing 5982
Volunteers and volunteer sector 7567
War, 70th anniversary of end of World War II and recognition of veterans 8154
Letnick, Hon. Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country)

As subject
clarification of comments in debate 8863
communications with young farmers 7062-3
family experience with beekeeping 7065
letter to College of Veterinarians, tabled 10165
visit to China 6995
Agricultural Land Commission
budget and operations 6997-7001, 7020, 7046, 7054-5, 7381, 8157, 8248-9
chair position 7055
changes 6995-8, 7048-9
consultation on regulations 7052-4
fee structure 7020-1, 7046
government support 9325
relationship with government 8040
role re medical marijuana applications 7056-7
role re water licence application 7020
Agricultural land reserve
boundaries, review 7049
covenants 8248-9
government support 8247-8, 9325
non-farm use and subdivision 7053
sale and prices 7049
use for carbon offsets 7381, 8248-50, 8719, 9325
use for port-related development 8157
zones, establishment of zones 1 and 2 6996-8, 7054-5
Agriculture
biosecurity and insurance programs 8032, 8039-48
exports, expansion of market for products 6994-5, 7064-5
farmers, young farmers 7062-3
farmland, foreign ownership 8719
financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers, agriculture wildlife damage program 7059
government initiatives and support 6994-6, 7000, 8157-8, 10091
greenhouse industry 6996
industry 8250
organic farming and certification of products 7063-4
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 6994-7001, 7020-1, 7046-66
advisory committee 6996
budget, allocation for executive and support services 7066
correspondence re College of Veterinarians, tabled 10165
role and responsibilities 6994-6
staffing 6994
AgriRecovery program, avian influenza assistance initiative 8039, 8041
Alcohol, liquor sales, interprovincial agreement with Saskatchewan 6995
Animal Health Act
provisions 8042
purpose 6995
Animals in distress, euthanization 8047-8
Aquaculture
fish farms, siting of farms and disease outbreaks 8863
licensing and management, role of federal and provincial governments 8805-6
protection from nuisance litigation 7395
Avian influenza disease outbreaks
compensation for poultry farmers 6995, 7392-3, 8039, 8041
insurance coverage for poultry farmers 8032, 8039
response 7063
Bees and beekeeping industry, population health, impact of neonicotinoids 7065
B.C. Agriculture Council
letter to government on use of farmland for carbon offsets 8249
relationship with government 8249
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, ruling on case concerning veterinarians 9580-1, 9888, 10053-4, 10162-4
B.C. Liberal Party government, economic policies 10164
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
capital funding 8043
position on animal cruelty prevention legislation 8047-8
Bulkley Valley, livestock feed and elk issues 7059
Buy Local program, funding 6994, 7050, 7064
Canadian Fishing Company salmon-canning operations, closing 10164
Certified Organic Associations of B.C., activities 7063-4
China, market for agriculture products 6994-5
College of Veterinarians of B.C., dispute with Indo-Canadian veterinarians 9580-1, 9888, 10053-4
Documents tabled
Agriculture Ministry, correspondence from minister re College of Veterinarians 10165
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 7000
Farm Industry Review Board
budget 8043
relationship with government 8040
role re biosecurity and insurance legislation and programs 8040-4, 8046-7
First Nations, aboriginal fishing rights and sale of fish 7383
Fish
diseases, heart and skeletal muscle inflammation and piscine reovirus 8863
diseases, monitoring and incidence 8805-6
protection of wild salmon stocks 8805-6
Fish and Seafood Act
debate 6942, 7306-7, 7310, 7383-95
application to First Nations 7383
Fish Inspection Act, repeal 6942, 7394
Fisheries Act, repeal 6942, 7394
Fishing industry
government jurisdiction 7383, 7389-90
restricted species 7385-7
ThisFish Buy Local program 7064
Food and food industry
agrifood industry and innovation funding 6995
agrifood strategy 7048, 7050
blueberry farming and exports 6994-5
cherry farming and exports 6994-5
compensation to producers for product loss 7392-3
donations of food, tax credit proposal 9185
food certification programs 7392
food inspection and reporting 7390-1
food processing standards and practices 7390
genetically modified food, Arctic apples 5836, 7050
hazelnut farming 7059-61
meat-processing regulations 7057, 7059
prawn industry 7064
seafood
contamination and safety responsibility 7383-4, 7393
industry 7306-7
regulation of seafood production 6942, 7307, 7383-95
slaughter facilities and mobile abattoirs 7057-8
tree fruit industry, government support 5837
tree fruit industry, replant program 6994, 7050, 7059-61
Food banks operations 9185
Fraser Valley Aggregates, Strong Pit site operations 7056
Health Canada, study on neonicotinoids 7065
Information and communications technology, cellular phones and texting by pedestrians 7385
Kelowna Rockets hockey team, accomplishments 8524
Kootenay area, agricultural land reserve, boundaries 7049
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, beekeeping program 7065
Legislature, language used in House, clarification of comments 8863
Livestock industry, disease prevention 6995
Marijuana, use of farmland for growing medical marijuana 7056-7
Miller Springs Ltd., operations and water licence application 7020
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8032, 8039-48
Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act
amendments 8032, 8039-48
application 8046
definitions and language 8042-7
"biosecurity" and "biosecurity program" 8042-3
"boards" and "commissions" 8044
"marketing," "producing" and "transportation" 8042, 8044-5
"marketing schemes" 8045
purpose 8043
NDP policies 7381
Oil and gas
activities on agricultural land, reclamation of sites 7047-8, 7051
activities on agricultural land, use of water from dugouts 7051-2
hydraulic fracturing, water use 7051-2
Oil and Gas Commission, delegation agreement with Agricultural Land Commission 7046-8, 7051
Oral questions (response)
Closing of Canfisco salmon canning operations in Prince Rupert 10164
Genetically modified apples and reputation of B.C. apple industry 5836-7
Human Rights Tribunal ruling and indemnity of College of Veterinarians 9888
Human Rights Tribunal ruling on conduct of College of Veterinarians 9580-1, 10053-4, 10162-4
Inclusion of honey in farmers market coupon program 10091
Open-pen fish farms and protection of salmon from disease outbreaks 8805-6
Port development and status of farmland in Delta 8157-8
Port development and status of farmland in Richmond 9325
RB Group and use of agricultural land for carbon offsets 9325
Tax credit proposal for food donations by farmers 9185
Use of agricultural land for carbon offsets 7381, 8247-50, 8719
Personal statements
Clarification of comments made in the House 8863
Pest control, integrated pest management 7065-6
Popham, Lana, comments on foreign ownership of farmland 8719
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, amendments 8047-8
Reckitt Benckiser Group, purchase and use of agricultural land 9325
Sea vegetation, sustainable harvesting 7388-9
Statements
Kelowna Rockets hockey team 8524
Trade missions 6995
U.S., market for agriculture products 6994
University of the Fraser Valley, school of excellence in agriculture 7061-2
Vancouver Island, slaughter facilities and mobile abattoirs 7058
Veterinarians, euthanization of animals 8047-8
Weaver, Andrew, accident while texting 7385
Wildlife, elk population management 7059
Young Agrarians, work of organization 7062-3

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