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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Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
comments on Auditor General for Local Government (Macdonald) 9252-3
communications with constituents 5758
meetings with LNG proponents 7237-8
private member's bill (Weaver) 9605-6
visit to India 5759-60
Abbas, Shamsul Azhar, comments on LNG project 9025-6, 9065
Abuhasanein, Husam Ai, professional credentialling and employment 8700
Accountants, unified professional designation and regulation 6163-4
Administrative tribunals, changes 6874-6
Administrative Tribunals Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6874-6
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 6978-9
Advantage B.C. International Business Centre, role 6750-1
Aerospace industry 6501-2
Agricultural Land Commission, applications 6998
Alcohol
liquor pricing report and changes 6574
liquor sales in grocery stores and special wine store licences 7574
tax on liquor sales 6574
Anton, Suzanne, comments on liquor regulation changes 7574
ARCH Venture Partners, access to venture capital 6759
ASCO Aerospace Canada Ltd., operations 6502
Ashton, Dan, comments on economic diversification 5978
Asian Canadians, Sikh community 7139
Auditor General for Local Government, accountability, governance and independence 9258-60
Auditor General for Local Government Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9258-60
Auditor General reports
oil and gas royalty programs 8058, 8061
physician services 5931-2
Aurora LNG facility project, siting issues 8489-90
Australia, LNG development agreements 9025, 9027, 9062-3
Automobiles
driver's licences 6797
superintendent of motor vehicles 7101
traffic safety regulation, changes 7100-1
Avcorp Industries Inc., operations 6502
Azure Capital Partners, access to venture capital 6757-8, 6904
Bains, Manjit, comments on debt settlement services industry 6518
Barnes, Emery, accomplishments 5769
Barton, Dominic, role as adviser re head offices project 6752-3
Bennett, Bill, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9258
Black Canadians, history 5768-9
Blain, Larry, transition from CEO position and potential conflict of interest 8445
Bolan, Kim, article on criminal charge approval process 8285
Boston Pizza International Inc., franchise operations 9518
Boyd, Neil, position on criminal charge approval process 8285-6
Brière, Elaine, work as photojournalist 8932
B.C. Archives, status 6285
B.C. by region, northern B.C., Fair Share agreement for resource revenues 7598-9, 8492
B.C., francophone communities 6697-8
B.C. Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd., wind-down of program 6755-6, 6759
B.C. Law Institute, role in drafting legislation 7162
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 9169
legislation 6518, 7101
priorities 5756-8, 5926-7, 5929-32, 6903-6
B.C. Liberal Party, leadership election 9258
B.C. Lottery Corporation, record-keeping and freedom-of-information request 10197-8
B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund Ltd.
activities 6756-60
performance and role 6904-5
B.C. School Trustees Association
concerns re education legislation 7769-70
memorandum of understanding with government 7769
B.C. Teachers Federation, concerns re education legislation 7770
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, transfer of rapid transit assets to authority 6225
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority Transit Assets and Liabilities Act, debate 6225
Brown, Martyn, comments on LNG project agreements 9024
Brown, Rosemary, accomplishments 5769
Budget, amendment 5929
Budget debate 5926-7, 5929-32
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2015, debate 6903-6
Budgets
2015-16 budget priorities 5926-7, 5929-32, 6903-6
balanced budgets 9169-70
Building Act, debate 6174-6
Burton, Charles, comments on repatriation of Chinese officials 8409
Business
establishment of head offices
Asian corporations and HQ Vancouver project funding and staff 6750-5
impact of Alberta residency requirements 6751-2
mutual recognition agreement between B.C. and Alberta 6752
renminbi trading hub 6755, 6770
training tax credit for businesses with apprentices 6904
venture capital 5759, 6904-5
Business Council of B.C.
activities 6751
comments on economy 5757-8
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, amendments, timeline 6517-8
Campbell, Gordon, comments on budget votes 5930, 6903
Canada Marine Act (federal), definitions 6455-7, 6461
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 5759
Canadian Cancer Society, comments on flavoured tobacco regulation 6528-9
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, position on Auditor General for Local Government 9258
Canadian Franchise Association, data on franchises 9517
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, comments on parks funding 6399
Carbon capture and storage projects, underground storage 10110, 10183-5
Carbon tax, rate changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9028, 9045-6
Chartered Professional Accountants Act, debate 6163-4
Chevron Canada Ltd., Burnaby refinery 7598
Chilliwack, unlawful activities in residential neighbourhood 8401
China
consul, meetings with B.C. officials 6748-9
consul, position re private post-secondary education in B.C. 6303
Guangdong province, sister province agreement with B.C. 6747-8
relationship with B.C. and memorandum of understanding 6748-9
repatriation of Chinese officials 8408-9
Chong, Ida, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9258
Civil Forfeiture Act, issues and review 7077-8
Civil Resolution Tribunal, disputes involving small claims 6875
Clark, Christy
comments on LNG development 5930-1, 5978, 7238, 9023-4
position on Auditor General for Local Government 9258-60
trade missions 8235
Coell, Murray, comments on regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6304
Community Safety Act, funding for implementation 8401-2
Conflict of interest, rules for public service 6711
Construction industry
building code 6175
building inspection industry, regulation 6175
building officials, qualifications 6175
role in economy 6174-6
Consumer Protection B.C., concerns re debt settlement services industry 6518
Consumers, taxes and user fees 5756-8, 5929
Conversations for Responsible Economic Development, comments on technology industry 5758
Culbert, Michael, positions in LNG industry 9111
Cunningham, Rob, comments on flavoured tobacco regulation 6528
Darcy, Judy, comments on flavoured tobacco regulation 6528-9
D'Avignon, Greg, role re head offices project 6753-4
de Jong, Michael, comments on independent school legislation 9201
Deas, John Sullivan, accomplishments 5769
Delta, aerospace industry 6502
Digital Media B.C., access to venture capital 6759
Dixon, Laura, comments on education legislation 7771
Document Disposal Act, repeal 6283
Documents tabled
Public Accounts Committee first report for fourth session of 40th parliament 8863
East Timor Alert Network, activities 8932
East Timor, people and political conditions 8932
Economy
conditions 5757-8
diversification 5978-9, 8235
Education
funding 9201
information management, BCeSIS system 7769
police community liaison officers in schools 8402
safety of students 7206-7
students, use of student data and privacy protection 7771
system, conditions 9201-2
Education Ministry, estimates debate 7206-7
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7768-71
Election Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8667
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products, regulation and exemptions 6528-9
Emerson, David, role re head offices project 6753
Employment and unemployment
government job strategy 5757-8
job quality and "precarious employment" concept, report 6517
Endurance Wind Power Inc., operations 8235
Environmental Appeal Board, operations and role 6876
Families, tax credits for families with children, fitness equipment tax credit 6905
Federal Port Development Act
debate 6314-5, 6319, 6455-7, 6465-8
definitions 6455-7, 6461
delay for six months 6319
Film industry tax credits
extension of digital animation or visual effects tax credit to post-production work 6904
extension of interactive digital media tax 5926, 6904
Finance and Government Services Committee
public hearings, presentations by education sector 9201
recommendations 5930
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6797-8
Financial Administration Act, applicability to LNG project agreements 9153
Financial services industry, debt settlement services industry 6517-8
FinancialCAD Corp., operations 5978-9
Finlayson, Jock, comments on economy 5757
Food and food industry, salmon canning industry 5769
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., review 6760
Forests and forest industry, master licences to cut for oil and gas sector 10177
Franchises Act, debate 9516-8, 9565-8
Franchises, regulation 9516-8, 9565-8
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling and "no records" responses 6283-4
Freedom of speech, government discouragement of public debate 7162
French Canadians, role in B.C. history 6697-8
Gambling, casinos policy change and revenues to government 10197-8
The Globe and Mail, article on Petronas LNG project 8485-7
Government
debt collection and information-sharing issues 6797-8
financial management 9169-70
regulations, reduction 6303-4
Government records management
email and transitory records 6283-4, 9959-60
system, changes 6283-6
Graydon, Michael
correspondence and freedom-of-information request 10197-8
transition from CEO position, conflict of interest and audit 10197-8
Greenhouse gas emissions, reduction, government targets 9132
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
amendments 9046-7
definitions, "event" 9056, 9131
Guide and service dogs, regulation 6857
Guide Dog and Service Dog Act, debate 6857-8
Hager, Mike, article on criminal charge approval process 8285
Hawes, Randy, comments on regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6303
Health authorities, hiring practices 8700
Health care system, credentialling of foreign-trained health professionals 8700
Health Ministry
estimates debate 8699-700
legal action against tobacco companies 6528
Heyman, George, comments on technology industry 5758-9
Highways and roads, left-lane use, regulation 7101
Hill, Colin, life in Surrey and shooting death 9180-1
Horne, Matt, comments on LNG project agreements 9028, 9045-6, 9049-50, 9051, 9053, 9058, 9111, 9113-4, 9132-3
Housing, rental housing
dispute resolution 10111-2
ending leases early for persons fleeing violence or requiring long-term care 10112
Howe Sound, shipping channels 8490-1
Husky Energy Inc., Prince George refinery, legislation 7598
Hyer, Wendy, comments on education legislation 7771
Impaired driving
penalties, immediate roadside prohibitions and administrative review 7101
remedial programs for drivers, mandatory participation 7101
Income assistance
application process wait times and backlog 6683-5
benefits, deduction of child support payments and policy change 5930
Income disparity 5929
Income tax
commissioner 7895, 7907, 7910, 7913
rates 5926-7
rates for high-income earners 5935-6, 6905-6
India
consul, position re private post-secondary education in B.C. 6303
economic development and education system 5759-60
Information and Privacy Commissioner
comments on government information-sharing 6797-8
report on government records management 6282-5
role re oil and gas royalty agreements 8065
Information Management Act, content and scope 6283-6
Information Management Act, debate 6282-6
iNovia Capital, access to venture capital 6759
Insurance Corporation of B.C., debt collection and power to refuse to issue driver's licences 6797-8
International Monetary Fund, study on petroleum taxation 8476-7
International Trade Ministry
estimates debate 6711-5, 6744-61
budget, allocation for collective agreement 6746
budget, contingency funding 6746
multiculturalism component 6746
performance measurement 6746
service plan 6750
James, Carole
comments on independent school legislation 9201
work on franchise issues 9516
Jang, Brent, article on Petronas LNG project 8485-7
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 7709
Johnson, Geoff, comments on education legislation 7769
Journée de la francophonie 6697-8
Jury Act, amendments 6518
Justice Ministry
estimates debate 8285-6, 8401-2, 8408-9
civil forfeiture office 8401-2
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6517-8
Justice system
courts and court services, community court system 7643
criminal justice system, charge approval process 8285-6
judicial compensation commissions process 6518
juries, allowances and fees 6518
lawsuits, strategic lawsuits against public participation 7163
Obiter dicta concept 8667
Keane, David, work on LNG development 5756, 9102-4
Kearny Venture Partners, access to venture capital 6759
Kelowna, sister-city relationship with Kasugai 6712
Kingston College, operations 6303
KPMG, report on LNG emissions 9111, 9115
Kukkiwon, tae kwon do activities 10049
L.A. Matheson Secondary School, student safety, case 7206-7
Lake, Terry, comments on flavoured tobacco regulation 6528-9
Lawyers and legal services, role in justice system 6876
Legislature
estimates process, debate on legislation 8476
private members' statements, debate to be non-partisan 5767
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Amendment Act, 2015
debate 7236-9, 7895-915, 7917
definitions
"applicable percentage" 7896
"assessable amount" 7896
"avoidance transaction" 7911
"capital investment property" 7901
"commercial debt obligation" 7896-7
"commissioner" 7895
"determinable amount" 7897
"determinable partnership amount" 7897-8
"feedstock spur pipeline inlet" 7898-900
"financing charge" 7901
"information return" 7900
"liquefaction activities" 7901-3
"LNG facility" and "LNG plant" 7900-1, 7903-4
"qualifying expenditure" 7908
"registered" 7900
"tax benefits" 7907
regulations 7913-4
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act
debate 9023-30, 9045-7, 9049-50, 9051, 9053, 9056-9, 9061-71, 9102-18, 9130-3, 9145-53
definitions
"carbon tax change" 9045-6
"greenhouse gas regulatory change" 9046-7, 9049-50, 9058
"incentive program" 9047, 9049-50, 9051, 9056-8, 9111-6
"LNG project agreement" 9062-3
Little, Christine, comments on email correspondence 9959-60
LNG Canada, LNG facility project 8474-5
emissions 9111-3
LNG development
access to information 7597-8, 8063
development 5756-7, 5759, 5929-31, 6712-4, 8492-4
development and government statements 9024
employment and worker supply, foreign workers 8483-9
employment and worker supply, temporary workers 9026-7
environmental incentive program 9047, 9049-50, 9051, 9053, 9056-8, 9111-6, 9131
facilities, operations 5929, 5931
government strategy 8058
investment 8058, 8067
legislation 8475-6
negotiations with proponents 8060, 8067
power supply agreements 8474-5
prosperity fund proposal 8060
royalty agreements, long-term agreements 7236-7, 7596-9, 8057-61, 8063-5, 8067-8, 8491-2
LNG facilities
construction, modular construction 9105-6
construction, modular construction and skilled worker supply 8482-5
definition 7900-1, 7903-4
emissions regulation, changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9026, 9028, 9046-7, 9049-50, 9051, 9056-8, 9111-6, 9131-3
liquefaction activities, definition 7901-3
liquefaction activities, regasification 7914
regulation and oversight, facilities on federal port lands 6314-5, 6319, 6455-7, 6461, 6465-8
siting, port design and shipping channels 8489-91
LNG income tax
application
anti-avoidance rules 7896, 7905, 7910-3
capital investment account 7897, 7906-7
collection bond 7911-3
computation for first taxation year 7908
computation of net income 7906, 7908
computation of net operating income or loss 7909
debt forgiveness 7896, 7906-8
exemptions 7904-6
feedstock pipeline inlet locations and metering 7898-903
liquefaction activities 7904
measurement of volume, heating value and sampling of natural gas 7913
partnerships 7897-8, 7904, 7908
property seized 7907
rate of interest 7906
registration process 7900, 7909-10
taxation year 7905
taxpayer self-dealings 7907
transfer pricing 7907-8
trusts, First Nations trusts 7904-5
rate 7236-8, 7915, 7917, 8480-1
rate changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9116-7
tax credit 7236, 7238, 7917
LNG project agreements 7597-8, 8063, 8475-82, 8492
access to information 7237
agreements and application of sales tax 9102-6, 9152
agreements and indemnity component 9023-30, 9062-71, 9130-3
publication 9023
Lo, Michael, operation of private post-secondary institutions 6303
Local government, performance audits 9258-9
Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities, post-secondary education access 6979
Lunar new year 6029
McCauley, Edwin, workers compensation case 7709
McNally, Laurae, comments on school district costs and funding 7768
McRae, Don, comments on Newfoundland economic management 9169
Mantin, Blair, comments on debt settlement services industry 6518
Manufacturing industry 5979, 9482
Mayencourt, Lorne, comments on regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6303
Mental health, mental illness and addiction, services and role in criminal behaviour 7643
Mines and mining industry
development and government goals 5929, 5932
mine allowance 5926
mineral flow-through share tax credit 5926, 6903-4
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7596-9, 8057-61, 8063-5, 8067-8
Moody's Investors Service Inc., report on LNG development 8492-4
Motions
Aviation industry 6501-2
Balanced budget 9169-70
Balanced budget and diverse economy 5978-9
Civil forfeiture program 7077-8
Investment and export diversification 8235-6
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7100-1
Motorcycles, parking regulation 7100
Multicultural Advisory Council, activities 6760
Mungall, Michelle, advocacy re regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6304
Natural Gas Development Ministry
estimates debate 8474-94
minister, Housing role 10110
minister, powers 8057
service plan 8474, 8479, 8481-2
Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
debate 10110-2, 10176-85
definitions
"authorization holder" 10110-1, 10176-8
"oil and gas activity" 10178
"storage well" 10183-5
Nepal, earthquake and relief response 7659
NDP, private members' bill re franchises 9516
Newfoundland, oil and gas industry agreements with government 7598
Oakes, Coralee, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9258-9
Octopus Islands Marine Provincial Park, expansion 6399
Oil and gas
activities, definition in legislation 7598
hydraulic fracturing, water use 10177-8
natural gas markets 8492-3
natural gas prices 9028, 9066-7
oversight and regulation
activities and exploration for storage reservoirs 10178
notification process for landowners 10111, 10180
permitting and disclosure 10111, 10182-3
permitting and related activities 10176-8, 10181-2
pipelines, applications and approval 10178
pipelines, natural gas pipelines 7898-902
refineries 7598
revenue-sharing with municipalities 7598
royalties
access to information 7597-8, 8058, 8063-5, 8067
incentive credit programs 8061
legislation 8057
long-term royalty agreements 7596-9, 8057-61, 8063-5, 8067-8
management in other jurisdictions 7598-9
reports 8058, 8061
revenues 7597, 8058, 8060
storage wells 10183-5
Oil and Gas Activities Act
amendments 10110-1, 10176-85
definitions, "authorization" 10110-1, 10176
definitions, "oil and gas activities" 7598
Oil and Gas Commission
lawsuits against commission and statutory immunity 10183
operations and role, permitting activities 10111, 10176-8, 10180-2
powers 10179
role re LNG facilities on federal port lands 6315, 6467-8
Oral questions
Conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Larry Blain and Partnerships B.C. 8445
Government record-keeping and policies on transitory information 9959-60
Information on wholesale liquor pricing changes 6574
Lottery Corporation CEO role in gaming policy changes and access to information 10197-8
Role of Ben Stewart as Asian trade representative 6648
Wholesale liquor pricing changes and release of report 6574
Owen, Stephen, recommendations on criminal charge approval process 8285
Pacific NorthWest LNG, LNG facility project 6315
Pacific NorthWest LNG project development agreement
agreement and indemnity component 9023-30, 9053, 9062-71, 9111-6, 9130-3, 9147-9, 9151-3
applicability of sales tax 9102-6, 9152
commercial operations date provisions 9107-10
definitions
"commercial operations date" and "certificate of initial acceptance" 9118
"comparable agreement" 9130-1
"comparable proponent rights" 9131
"compensatory measures" and "equilibrium payment" 9131-3
"confidential information" 9117-8
"force majeure" 9146-8
"front-end engineering and design" 9145-6
"material adverse impact" 9148
"project certainty matters" 9029, 9067-70, 9149-50
infrastructure component 9152-3
potential for legal challenges 9151
ratification 9149
supply contracts information 9110
term of agreement 9149
termination provisions 9071, 9106-8
Parks
establishment and expansion of parks and protected areas 6399
system funding, management and user fees 6398-9
Penticton, economic development 5978
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
amendments 7596-9, 8057, 10183-5
definitions, "royalty" 8057
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)
LNG facility project 7238, 8481-2
LNG facility project and workforce 8483, 8485-8
operations 9024-5, 9110-1
press release 9066
Physicians, family physicians, A GP for Me program 5929, 5931-2
Points of order
private members' statements to be non-partisan 5767
Ports, taxation 7574
Post-secondary education, loans to students at private institutions 6303
Povah, Errol, work on anti-smoking campaigns 8699
Poverty, child poverty 5929
Premier's Office, record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests 9959-60
Prince George Airport, expansion and operations 6501
Prince Rupert, infrastructure needs 9153
Privacy, information-sharing by government, data linking 6797-8
Private members' statements
Fighting crime with the Surrey accord 7643-5
Private members' statements (response)
Black History Month 5768-9
Canada's renminbi trading hub 6770
Private post-secondary institutions, regulation and consumer protection 6303-4
Private Training Act, debate 6302-4
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege 10056
Progress Energy Canada Ltd., operations 9111
Property tax, exemptions for independent schools 9200-2
Property Taxation (Exemptions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9200-2
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6398-9
Public Accounts Committee
reports, first report for fourth session of 40th parliament presented 8863
review of government records retention schedules 6285-6
work of committee 6164, 8863
Public debt 9169
Rae, Steve, comments on education legislation 7771
Registered retirement savings plans, limits 6905
Research for Social Advancement, study on Petronas operations 9110-1
Residential Tenancy Act, amendments 10111-2
Residential tenancy branch, adjudication services, report 6874-5
Royal B.C. Museum, archives, funding and operations 6284-5
Saint-Jacques, Guy, comments on repatriation of Chinese officials 8409
Salsberg, Avi, comments on trade commissioner meeting 6712
SaskBuilds, contracts 8445
School district 36 (Surrey)
administrative savings 9201-2
capital funding and portable use 7206
concerns re education legislation 7768-71
police community liaison officers 8402
School district 37 (Delta), concerns re education legislation 7771
School district 67 (Okanagan Skaha), concerns re education legislation 7771
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), concerns re education legislation 7771
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley), replacement of trustees 7768
School districts
accountability framework for student learning 7770
costs and funding 9201
powers and shared services initiatives 7768-71
Science and technology, high-technology industry, government support 5758-9
Securities Act, definitions, "material change" 9565-6
Sen, Orijit, mural artwork From Punjab, With Love 7008
Shearman and Sterling LLP, work for government on LNG issues 9066
Shen, Dingli, comments on repatriation of Chinese officials 8408
Shin, Jane Jae Kyung, work on franchise issues 9517
Sigurdson, Tom, comments on LNG projects 9027
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, memorandum of understanding and student spaces 6978-9
Small business
role in economy 9517
venture capital program 5759, 6904
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 6683-5
Societies
accountability requirements and funding 7163
governance and legal framework 7162-3
role and purposes 7162
Societies Act, debate 7162-3
Society, civil society 7162
Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators, document on LNG facility siting and port design 8489-90
Special Wine Store Licence Auction Act, debate 7574
Spectra Energy Corp., Fort Nelson carbon capture and storage project 10110, 10184
Sports and recreation, tae kwon do 10049
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — government response to public safety issues in Surrey 9534
Statements
Response to earthquake in Nepal 7659
Statements by members
Colin Hill 9180-1
Elaine Brière 8932
Lunar new year celebrations 6029
Manufacturing industry 9482
Punjabi mural exhibition at Surrey Art Gallery 7008
Role of French Canadians in B.C. history 6697-8
Tae kwon do 10049
Vaisakhi 7139
Stewart, Ben, position as Asian trade commissioner 6648, 6711-5, 6744-8, 6750-1
Stone, Todd, comments on tobacco regulation 6528
Substance abuse and addiction
recovery houses, regulation 7643
residences used for drug trafficking 8401
Supreme Court of B.C. ruling on third-party election advertising limits 8667
Surrey
business activities 8235
community court proposal 7643
crime prevention and safety, government action 7207, 9534
crime prevention and safety, government action and accord 7643-5
economic development 5978
economy and growth 5756
gang activity and gun violence, community forum 7643
gang activity and gun violence, school anti-gang program and police liaison officers 7645
lunar new year celebration 6029
police services 7643
private post-secondary institution, fraudulent activities 6303
recovery houses 7643
Surrey Art Gallery, exhibition of Punjabi mural reproduction 7008
Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
constituents' concerns 5756, 5758
constituents' issues and concerns re franchises 9517
constituents' rental housing cases 10111-2
criminal activity 7077
description 5756
independent schools 9201
Taekwondo Kukkiwon Day 10049
Tandem Expansion Fund, access to venture capital 6759
Taxation, government policies 5926-7, 5929-30, 6904-6
Taylor, Carole, comments on middle class 5926, 5929
Teachers
coaching tax credit 6905
collective agreement and bargaining, government approach 7771
professional development 7770
Throne speech
debate 5756-60
amendment, subamendment and content 5756-8
Tinney, Jordan, position with school district 7768
Tobacco
flavoured tobacco, regulation 6528-9
sale of tobacco products in pharmacies 8699-700
use, prevention 6528
Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14), debate 6527-9
Trade
exports and diversification of markets 8235
exports and imports 5757-8
trade and investment representatives and offices, Chandigarh 6761
trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions
China 5759, 6748
India 5759-60
Japan 6648
trade mission to Guangdong 6760
trade missions 6750
trade missions by Premier 6760, 8235, 9959
Union of B.C. Municipalities, comments on building code 6175
Vaisakhi 7139
Van Alphen, Linda, comments on education legislation 7771
Vancouver
city government, archiving system 6285
construction industry and building code 6175
Vancouver International Airport, border express initiative 6502
The Vancouver Sun, article on criminal charge approval process 8285
Vanedge Capital, access to venture capital 6759
VantagePoint Capital Partners, access to venture capital 6759
Viking Air Ltd., operations 6502
Vineyard Kasugai Nenryo Co., operations and meeting with trade commissioner 6711-4
Warrington, Sharel, comments on education legislation 7771
Water Sustainability Act, provisions 10177
Watts, Dianne, comments on criminal charge approval process 8285
Weaver, Andrew, briefing on LNG facility legislation 6319
Williams, Danny
performance as Premier of Newfoundland 9169
renegotiation of energy agreement 9030, 9065-6
Wilson, Douglas, workers compensation case 7709
Wilson, Shawn, comments on education legislation 7768-70
Wine and wine industry
exports, imports and distributors 6648
wineries, tax on direct sales to restaurants 6574
Woo, Yuen Pau, role re head offices project 6754
Wood, Peter, comments on parks funding 6399
Woodfibre LNG Limited, LNG facility project
project 8481-2
siting issues 8490-1
workforce 8483-4
Workers compensation, cases and system 7709
Yaletown Venture Partners, access to venture capital 6759-60
Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors, position on Auditor General for Local Government 9259-60
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See also Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker in Subject Index

As subject
comments in debate on abortion services legislation (Heyman) 9390
experience with guide and service dogs (Anton) 6696, 6859
Reimer, Linda (Port Moody–Coquitlam)

As subject
activities as MLA 6129
constituents, family and staff thanked 5798, 6129
experience in local government 9260, 9337
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Breast Health Centre 9389
Accountants, unified professional designation and regulation 6162-3
Arts and culture, creative sector and government funding 6764
Auditor General for Local Government, accountability and governance 9260-1
Auditor General for Local Government Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9260-1
Beer industry, craft-brewing industry 6131
Breast health, mammography services 9389
B.C. Cancer Agency, budget and operations 7359-61
B.C. Cancer Agency Centre for the North, facility and services 7359
B.C. Law Institute, role re franchise legislation 9516
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 5799, 5977-8, 6130
priorities 6129-32
B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship, provincial honour 5801
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, capital funding 6130
B.C. training and education savings grant program 6131
B.C. Youth Week 8020-1
Budget debate 6129-32
Budgets
2015-16 budget 5977-8, 6129-32
balanced budgets 9170
Business
licences, mobile business licence program 5799
renminbi trading hub 6131
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 5800
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, ranking of B.C. re government regulation 9337
Cancer
breast cancer research 7361
breast cancer treatment services and outcomes 9389
clinic for late effects of childhood cancer treatment 7359-60
incidence and outcomes in B.C. 9389
prostate cancer treatment services 7361
treatment services 7359-61
Chartered Professional Accountants Act, debate 6162-3
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C., powers and role 6162-3
Children and Family Development Ministry, role and responsibilities 5800
Children and youth
child care providers and capital funding 5800
child care spaces 5800
early childhood development, government strategy 5800
youth contributions 8020-1
China, market for wood products 5800
Community Living B.C., funding 6131
Conference Board of Canada, comments on B.C. economy 6130
Coquitlam city government, regulations 9337
Creative B.C., role 6764
Credit rating, B.C. rating 5978
Dennett, Patrick, volunteerism 7275-6
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, work of organization 7660
Economy
conditions 6130
diversification 5977, 6130-1
growth and relationship to government fiscal policies 9170
Education
fruit and vegetable program 6130
funding 6130, 6495
government investment and support 6495
international education 5801
offshore schools 5801
system, stakeholder collaboration and consultation 6495
Elections
local government elections, campaign financing and spending limits 6129
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9828
Electoral Boundaries Commission, final report, implementation of recommendations 9827-8
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 5799-800
Epilepsy, awareness and resources 7007
Families, tax credits for families with children
early childhood tax benefit 6131
fitness equipment tax credit 6131
Forests and forest industry, export of product and expansion of market 5800
Fox, Terry, training runs for Marathon of Hope 6784
Franchises Act, debate 9515-6
Franchises, regulation 9515-6
Government
capital projects, investment 6130
financial management 9170
regulations, reduction 5799, 6131, 9336-7
Health care system
funding 6130
services for women and access issues 9389
Homelessness, government action 9086-7
Hope for Freedom Society, work of organization 9086
Housing
affordable housing, government plan 9086-7
rental housing, ending leases early for persons fleeing violence or requiring long-term care 10116-7
Income assistance benefits, deduction of child support payments and policy change 6131
Income, low-income families and households, government support 9170
Income tax rates 6131
Industry Training Authority
changes 5800
recognition of young apprentices 8021
Infrastructure, government investment 6130
Johnson, Dawn, Live Your Dream award recipient 6213
Libraries, role and mobile services 9481
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, work of committee 6129
Local government
accountability and oversight 9260
role and public awareness 8526
Local Government Awareness Week 8526
Men, health issues 9389
Moody, Richard, contributions to Port Moody 5799
Moore, Greg, comments on homelessness 9086
Mossom Creek Hatchery, rebuilding project 7275-6
Motions
Affordable housing plan 9086-7
Balanced budget 9170
Balanced budget and diverse economy 5977-8
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9827-8
International trading partnerships 9732-3
Women's access to medical treatment 9389
Natural Gas Development Ministry, minister, Housing role 10116
Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 10116-7
Pender Harbour, dock management plan working group, petition tabled 8646
Petitions
Pender Harbour dock management plan working group 8646
Port Moody
arts and creative sector activities 6764
small businesses 9716-7
Port Moody Public Library, collection, services and fundraising event 9481
Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area
businesses and industries 6131
constituents' issues and concerns re franchises 9516
constituent's strata property case 10117
description 6129-30
description and small business 5799
electoral district boundaries 9828
school capital projects 6130
Post-secondary education, courses and programs, arts and creative sector 6764
Private members' statements
Leadership in cancer prevention and treatment 7359-61
Small businesses in Port Moody 9715-7
Private members' statements (response)
Collaboration in education 6495
Investing in the creative economy 6764
Purple Day event 7007
Red Tape Reduction Day 9336-7
Red Tape Reduction Day Act, debate 9336-7
Residential Tenancy Act, amendments 10116-7
Resource development 6130-1
Rotary Club of Port Moody, RibFest fundraiser 9094-5
Royal Canadian Legion, Port Moody branch, contributions 10050
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
enrolment and schools 6495
international education and students 5801
Skills training
funding changes 5799
government skills and training plan 5799-800
training for First Nations people 5800
Small business
government support 5799, 6131, 9715-7
regulation and government support 9336-7
role in economy 9515-6
small business accord 9337
Small Business Month 9715
Soroptomist International of the Tri-Cities, work of organization 6213
Statements by members
B.C. Youth Week activities 8020-1
A Chance to Choose youth employment program 9575
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation 7660
Local government 8526
Patrick Dennett and Mossom Creek Hatchery 7275-6
Port Moody branch of Royal Canadian Legion 10050
Port Moody Public Library 9481
Purple Day for epilepsy awareness 7007
Rotary Club of Port Moody and RibFest event 9094-5
Ruben's Shoes initiative by Kelly Strongitharm 5832-3
Terry Fox 6784
Work of Soroptomist International of the Tri-Cities 6213
Strata Property Act, amendments 10117
Strata property, strata corporations, termination and vote process change 10117
Strongitharm, Kelly, Ruben's Shoes initiative 5832-3
SUCCESS Tri-City, youth employment program 9575
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 6495
Terry Fox Day 6129
Throne speech
debate 5798-801
content 5798-9
Trade
government promotion of trade and investment 5800, 6131
international trading partnerships 9732-3
trade between B.C. and South Korea 5800
trade missions 9732
Trans-Pacific Partnership, trade agreement 9732-3
Tri-Cities area
electoral districts 9828
health care services 7660
homelessness and shelter beds, work of organizations 9086-7
site of Terry Fox's training route 6784
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver Prostate Centre 7361
Women, health status and outcomes 9389
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

As subject
comments on LNG development (Stone) 8944
experience fishing with Buzz Bomb 10084
experience in local government 9408
Adoption
adoption of children in government care 7862-7, 9956-7
agencies, funding and services 7863-4
same-sex couples as adoptive parents 9956-7
All-Native Basketball Tournament 5863-4
Anton, Suzanne, comments on George Westwood 7013
Audiologists, role 8331
Auditor General for Local Government, accountability and governance 9408-9
Auditor General for Local Government Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9408-9
Auditor General, role re local government 9408-9
Australia, LNG development agreements 8926-7
Autism services, accessibility 8003, 9398-9
B.C. Ambulance Service, accountability and transparency 8780
B.C. by region
north coast, fisheries and sustainable development 7427
northern and rural B.C.
ambulance service 8779-80
health care services 7647-9
health professional supply 6140, 7649
midwifery services 8021, 8707-9
recreational fishing 10084
northwest B.C., autism services 8003
northwest B.C., ophthalmology services 8703-4
rural B.C.
health care policy framework 8701-3
health care services 5731, 8704-6
health care specialist physicians 7724
physician training in generalist skills 8705
Brown, Leslie, comments on All-Native Basketball Tournament 5864
Brown, Sarah, comments on Dodge Cove 9885
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, review of LNG project 8926
Canadian Fishing Company, salmon-canning operations, closing 10164
Central Coast regional district, description and representatives 9990
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 7862-7, 8003
Children and youth
child protection system, handling of aboriginal youth case 8642, 8804, 8937
child protection workers 7862, 7867
children in government care, external reviews of permanency plans 7866
children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 8804, 8937
Clark, Christy, actions as Premier 8924-5, 8927
Consumer Protection B.C., role in Haida Gwaii funeral services case 6431
Dodge Cove, community history 9885
Ecotrust Canada, work on North Coast by Prince Rupert office 7427
Education
system conditions 7974
use of student data and privacy protection 7975
Education Ministry, data breach, impact on students 9281
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
debate 7974-5
referral to Education Committee and consultation on bill 7974-5
Elections
electoral districts, rural constituencies 9989-90
electoral representation 9990
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9679-80, 9990
Electoral Boundaries Commission
commissioners 9679
final report, implementation of recommendations 9679-80
mandate and work of commission 9679-80
Electoral Districts Act, debate 9989-93
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases and funding 6773-4
routes and services, Discovery Coast route 6774
service reductions and changes, impact on access to health services 7648-9
Fishing industry, recreational fishing 10084
Flora Banks, salmon habitat protection 8926
Fort St. John, access to family physicians 5731
Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa, facility 5731
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling and "no records" responses 7278
Gauchier, Paige, death and experience with child protection services 8642, 8804, 8937
Government regulations, reduction 9409
Haida Gwaii
funeral services 6431, 7013
health care services, access and physician concerns 7648-9
maternity care 8707-8
paramedics, recruitment and management 8780
Queen Charlotte–Haida Gwaii hospital 8708
Hawes, Randy, comments on ambulance service 6033
Health care facilities and hospitals
employment 6218-9
infection control and cleaning services 6368
laundry and cleaning services 6218-9, 6368, 8022
Health care system
accessibility, rural patients' access to urban health services 8701
services for First Nations people 8707
surgical services 8704
telehealth 8705
travel assistance program 7647-9, 8705-6
wait-lists and waiting times, surgical services 8701-2
Health Ministry, estimates debate 8701-9, 8779-80
Hearing impairment awareness 8331
Highway 16
government consultation on transportation services and safety, freedom-of-information request 6033-4, 7378, 10002
safety of women travelling 6096
transportation services 6034, 9743, 10089
transportation services, web portal 6096-7
Highway of Tears Symposium 10089
Information and communications technology, accessibility 9989
Information and Privacy Commissioner, report on freedom-of-information requests 7378
Interior Health Authority, laundry services at facilities 6218-9, 6368, 8022
Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nation, cultural traditions and economic development 6426
Klemtu
ecotourism 6426
Stewart Wallis basketball tournament 7660
Lake, Terry, comments on role of cleaning services in health care system 6568
Lax Kw'alaams First Nation
new school 9322
proposed LNG development in traditional lands 8925-6, 9322
Lelu Island, eelgrass beds and salmon population protection 8926
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act, debate 8924-7
LNG development
First Nations consultation and involvement 9322
NDP position 8924-5
royalty agreements, long-term agreements 8925
LNG project agreements 8924-7
Local government
revenue sources 9408
transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 9408
Maternity and pregnancy services and training in home birthing 8707-9
Midwives
education and skills training 8707
role and services 8021
services and payment model 8707-8
Miller, Dan, service as MLA 9992
Missing and murdered aboriginal women 6096
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, implementation of recommendations 10089
Mission, ambulance service 6033
Motions
Appointment of Police Complaint Commissioner 5734
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9679-80
Ferry system as part of provincial infrastructure 6773-4
NDP, position on LNG development 8924-5
North Coast constituency and area
description and electoral district boundaries 9679-80, 9990-3
Oweekeno resident access to health care services 7647
schools and programs 7974
Northern Health Authority
bus service 8706
role in Haida Gwaii funeral services case 6431
surgical services, review and public consultation 8706-7
Northwest Community College, funding and programs 8925
Nurse practitioners 6140
Oral questions
Access to family physicians in Fort St. John 5731
Access to health care specialists in rural B.C. 7724
Closing of Canfisco salmon canning operations in Prince Rupert 10164
Deaths of mother and son in Prince Rupert and inquest recommendations on transit services 9743
Deaths of mother and son in Prince Rupert and services for children with complex care needs 9398
Education Ministry data breach 9281
Freedom-of-information process and access to records 7378
Funding for infrastructure improvements in Prince Rupert 5837
Funeral services on Haida Gwaii 6431, 7013
Government action on safe transportation on Highway 16 6097, 10089
Government consultation on Highway 16 transportation service and availability of records 6033-4
Government consultation on Highway 16 transportation service and release of records 10002
Health services contracts and Sunshine Coast health care workers 9890
Implementation of bus service on Highway 16 6096
Laundry services at Interior Health Authority facilities 6218-9, 6368, 8022
Report by Representative for Children and Youth and services for youth at risk 8937
Review of child death case 8446-7
Youth death case and government support for youth in care and aging out of care 8642, 8804
Pacific NorthWest LNG project development agreement 8925-7
Paramedics
community paramedicine 8779-80
paramedics in rural and remote B.C. 8779-80
Physicians
family physicians, supply and training 8705
specialists 7724
Police Complaint Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, work of committee 5734
Port of Prince Rupert, development 9991-2
Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 8925
Prince Rupert
city and history 9991-2
infrastructure needs and investment 5837
infrastructure needs and tax base 9408
nurse practitioner 6140
Prince Rupert Friendship House Association, Paddle for Wellness program 8889-90
Private members' statements
Equity for medical travel 7647-9
Public health promotion and disease prevention, community plans 8702
Representative for Children and Youth reports
adoption system 7866
death of aboriginal youth 8804, 8937
Robinson, Angie and Robert, deaths and access to autism services 8003, 9398-9
inquest recommendations 9743
Sawicki, Joan, service as MLA and residency in constituency 9992-3
School district 50 (Haida Gwaii), school counsellor position 7974
School district 57 (Prince George), concerns re education legislation 7975
School districts
accountability framework for student learning 7975
powers and shared services initiatives 7975
Schure, Aviva Zuckerman, comments on foster families 9956
Skeena–Queen Charlotte regional district, description and representatives 9991
Speech and language development disorders 8331
Speech pathologists 8331
Statements by members
Adoption 9956-7
All-Native Basketball Tournament 5863-4
Community of Dodge Cove 9885
Lax Kw'alaams First Nation and new school 9322
Nurse practitioners 6140
Paddle for Wellness program and Prince Rupert Friendship House 8889-90
Recreational fishing in northern B.C. 10084
Role of midwives 8021
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists 8331
Spirit bears and ecotourism in Klemtu 6426
Stewart Wallis Basketball Tournament in Klemtu 7660
Work of Ecotrust Canada on north coast 7427
Sunshine Coast, health care facilities, worker contracts 9890
Taylor, Lee, access to health care services 5731
Teachers, professional development 7975
Tourism, Discovery Coast circle route 6775
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests 10002
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution and position on Auditor General for Local Government 9409
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority facilities, worker layoffs and impacts 9890
Wallis, Stewart, death and legacy 7660
Warrington, Sharel, comments on education legislation 7975
Watson, Michelle, comments on deaths of sister and nephew 9743
Westwood, George, role in provision of funeral services on Haida Gwaii 7013
Wiens, Isabella, death while in government care 8446-7
Wildlife, kermode bears 6426
Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
communications with local government on droughts and forest fires 9396
experience as family therapist 5737-8, 5741, 7361-3, 7772-4
experience in local government 7369
experience of family with franchise 9521-2
experience with cancer 6535
family experience with home care 9722
family experience with public education system 8635
family experience with smoking and electronic cigarette use 6536-7
op-ed on food banks 5739
performance in firefighters challenge (Huntington) 6507
role as critic for seniors issues 9722
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 6839-40
Ahmed, Sarf, comments on sale of government lands 7222
Animals
animals in distress, protection 7006, 8093
animals in distress, protection, petition tabled 8863
transportation in vehicles, ventilation and overheating 7006
Arts and culture
government funding and support 8037
organizations, performance measurement 8037
role in communities 8037
Auditor General for Local Government
accountability, governance and independence 9245-9, 9461-78, 9488-95
appointment process 9461-4, 9468, 9473, 9476
appointment under Public Service Act 9465-6, 9468
audit council appointment process 9474-5, 9491-2
audit council role 6647, 6851-2, 9464-5, 9470-1, 9476, 9478, 9488-91, 9493-4
audit council role and review 6570-1, 6788, 8078-9, 9247, 9468, 9477
audit council staffing 9475-7
audit services, planning and reporting 9468, 9492
budget 8077
budget process 9472, 9492-3
deputy auditor position 9473
establishment and role 9245-6
government action on issues 6570-1, 6788, 6851-2, 8077
government consultation with stakeholders 9247-9, 9461, 9464, 9466-7, 9492
information access and disclosure 9476, 9489-91
legal action against audit council 6571
performance and costs 6281, 6509, 6647, 6788, 8077-8, 9246-9, 9468-9, 9476, 9489-91, 9494-5
relationship with local governments 9492
reviews of office, statutory review 9494-5
role of provincial government 9246, 9465, 9470-2, 9476-7, 9488-91
termination process 9470-2, 9478, 9488
work environment and review 6509, 6570
Auditor General for Local Government Act, review 9494-5
Auditor General for Local Government Amendment Act, 2015
debate 9245-9, 9461-78, 9488-95
definitions, "consider" 9493-4
definitions, "qualified individual" 9461-4
Auditor General, role re local government 9249, 9472-3
Austin Heights Business Improvement Association, work of organization 9978-9
Bennett, Bill, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9245-6, 9249
B.C. by region
northeast B.C., economic development and government support 8085-8
northern B.C., Fair Share agreement for resource revenues 7430, 8085-8
northern B.C., worker camps 8089
northwest B.C., economic development and government support 8088-90
northwest B.C., resource development projects and environmental assessment certificates 8089-90
rural B.C., sports programs and funding 8071-3
B.C. Games Society, staff and role 8074-5
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5737-43
B.C. Liberal Party, leadership election 9246, 9466
B.C. School Trustees Association, concerns re education legislation 7773
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, role in response to animals left in vehicles 7006
Budgets, 2013-14 budget 7222
Building Act, debate 6178-9
Building Code Appeal Board, role 6179
Cadario, Michele, email correspondence and freedom-of-information request 7816-7
Canada Games Council, report on 2015 Winter Games 8074
Canada Winter Games, hosting of 2015 games by Prince George and Lheidli T'enneh First Nation 8074
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, position on Auditor General for Local Government 9461
Cancer, research funding 7661, 9179
Caregivers, government support and respite services 9722-4
Central Coast regional district, emergency preparedness 8082
Children of the Street Society, work of organization 5985-6
Chong, Ida, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9245-6
Clark, Christy, position on Auditor General for Local Government 9246-7, 9466
Clinton, Communities in Bloom participation 8092
Communities in Bloom program 8092
Communities, role 9693
Community Charter, provisions 8092-3
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry
estimates debate 8005-7, 8009-18, 8037, 8070-93
B.C. athletic commissioner 8075-6
budget 8005, 8075-6
mandate 8007
service plan 8009-12, 8014, 8017, 8075
staff thanked 8005
workplan 8006
Construction industry, building code 6178-9
Consumers, taxes and user fees 5739, 5741-2
Coquitlam
Burke Mountain development 6179
fire in apartment complex and community response 6507-8
government land in Burke Mountain area, sale and valuation 7140-1
transit-oriented development 8012-3
Coquitlam Blue Mountain Soccer Club, girls' soccer accomplishments 9121
Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame, establishment and inductees 9121
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
constituents' concerns 5737-43
description and electoral district boundaries 9694-5, 9975-9
forest industry 7369
history 9977-8
transportation issues 5739-40
Crime, forfeiture of proceeds of crime and victim services funding 5738
Dhaliwal, Sav, letter re infrastructure funding programs 8080
Distressed Animal Act, 2015, debate 7006
Dixon, Laura, comments on education legislation 7775
Economy, diversification 5743
Education
adult basic education 5742
adult basic education, petition tabled 6147
funding 8025, 8636
funding formula 7209
information management, MyEducation B.C. system 9223-4
special education and special needs, gifted education 5740-1
system, conditions 7776, 8635-6
use of student data and privacy protection 7772
Education Ministry
estimates debate 7208-9
service plan 7774
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7771-6
Elections
municipal elections, campaign financing and spending limits 5668
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9693-5
redistribution of electoral boundaries, consultation process 9692
voter parity principle 9693
Electoral Boundaries Commission
final report, implementation of recommendations 9691-5
mandate and work of commission 9692
reports, preliminary report 9692-3
Electoral Districts Act, debate 9975-9
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
regulation and exemptions 6535-7
use, prevention among youth 6536-7
Emergency preparedness 8082
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 5742
Environment, pest control and pesticide use, cosmetic pesticides ban 6535
Fassbender, Peter
comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9461
comments on local government 9249
Ferries and ferry services
ferry terminals, property assessment 8090
service reductions and changes, impact on coastal communities 8075
FIFA Women's World Cup, hosting of 2015 games in Canada 8802
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, local government response 9396
Floods and floodplains, flood protection 8082
Forests and forest industry
mills, operations and closings 7369
value-added sector 7369-70
Fort St. John, participation in Fair Share agreement 8087-8
Franchises Act, debate 9521-2
Franchises, regulation 9521-2
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling and "no records" responses 7816-7
Gender identity and human rights protection, petition tabled 9128
Government
lands and properties, sale and valuation 7222
regulations, reduction 5742-3
Greenwood, infrastructure funding 8081
Health Care Costs Recovery Act, implementation 8608
Health care system, cost recovery from third parties 8608
Health Ministry, estimates debate 8608-9
Home care, home support funding and service levels 9722-4
Housing, affordable housing near transit services 8012-5
Information and communications technology, Internet, on-line sexual solicitation and exploitation 5985
Infrastructure, government investment, Building Canada fund 7492-3, 8015-7, 8080
Johnson, Geoff, comments on education legislation 7776
Katzie First Nation, concerns re gravel mine proposal 6839-40
Kwikwetlem First Nation, community 9695, 9977
Land use planning 8013
Lawson, Laurel, experience with child's gifted education 5740-1
Lee, Kristina, experience with childrens' gifted education 5740
Legislature, number of seats 9692
Liquor distribution branch, overpayment of commissions to wineries 10087-8
LNG development 5742-3
prosperity fund proposal 5738
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee
first report for third session of 40th parliament, debate 5668
final report for fourth session of 40th parliament, debate 9102
public consultation process and public hearings 5668
work of committee 9102
Local government
accountability and executive compensation 8010-1
accountability and oversight 6281
area association meetings and issues 8525-6
autonomy 8010, 8014-5, 8080, 8083
boundary extensions 8091
carbon neutrality and climate action initiatives 8014
communications with provincial government 8091-2
costs for health care cost recovery by provincial government 8608
costs for police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 8084-5, 8608-9, 8716-7
cross-ministry responsibilities and collaboration 8015
emergency preparedness and flood mitigation 8082
funding 8009-15
funding and relationship with provincial government 9249
infrastructure funding 8016-7, 8079-82, 8089
infrastructure funding, federal gas tax fund 8016
infrastructure funding, small communities fund 7492-3, 8016-8, 8080-1
oil spill response costs and role 8085
performance audits 9462, 9468
powers 8093
property tax and economic development strategies 8011-2
revenue sources 8014
revenue sources, traffic-fine revenues 8085
service delivery 8011
transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 8007, 8084-5
Local Government Awareness Week 8526
Long-term and residential care, care standards 5742
Lower Mainland, local government response to droughts 9396
Maillardville, French heritage 9978
Martin, John, comments on electoral representation 9691
MLAs, travel within constituencies 9693
Mental health
acute care beds 8609
mental illness and addiction services and role in criminal behaviour 8716-7
programs and services 8609
programs and services, assertive community treatment program 8716
programs and services, residential programs 7361-3
Motions
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9691-5
Support for public education 8635-6
Value-added industries 7369-70
Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 8573
NDP, private members' bill re franchises 9522
North Saanich, property tax revenues for ferry terminal 8090
Oakes, Coralee
comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9246-7
role as cabinet minister 6788, 6851-2
Oil and gas, oil spill preparedness and response capacity 8085
Ontario, regulation of flavoured tobacco 6537
Oral questions
Ambulance services in Mission 6033
Auditor General for Local Government performance and role of audit council 6570-1
Auditor General for Local Government performance and work environment review 6509
Audits by Auditor General for Local Government 6281
Fair Share agreement for communities in northern B.C. 7430
Freedom-of-information process and access to records 7816-7
Funding for school facilities 9848
Liquor Distribution Branch overpayment of commissions to commercial wineries 10087
Local government costs for police handling of mental health calls 8716-7
MyEducation B.C. information system 9223-4
Office of Auditor General for Local Government 6788, 6851-2
Reviews into performance of Office of Auditor General for Local Government 6647
Sale of government land in Burke Mountain area 7140-1
Sale of government lands 7222
School district funding and bus services 8024-5
Petitions
adult basic education 6147
animal protection legislation 8863
gender identity and human rights protection 9128
Physicians, family physicians, A GP for Me program 5741-2
Pitt Meadows, proposed rock quarry on Sheridan Hill 6839-40
Police and policing
integrated services, integration with mental health services 8609
police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 8716-7
Port Edward, property tax agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG 8012
Port Moody police department, handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 8716
Powell River regional district, infrastructure funding 8080-1
Private members' statements
The importance of Riverview 7361-3
Investing in our seniors 9722-4
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of privilege re comments by Coralee Oakes 10134
Public debt levels 5738
Public sector
executive compensation, report 8011, 8083-4
taxpayer accountability principles 8007, 8009-10
Regional districts
districts without municipalities, funding and services 8082
governance reform and enforcement powers 8092-3
The Ride to Conquer Cancer, fundraising event 7661, 9179
Riverview Hospital
future of lands and buildings 9976-7
future of lands and buildings, mental health facility proposal 7361-3
redevelopment project and manager position 8573
Ruta, Basia
legal action against government 8077, 9465, 9495
termination of appointment 6788
Saint Elizabeth Health Care, services 9724
School district 37 (Delta), concerns re education legislation 7775
School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
funding for window coverings 9848
MyEducation B.C. system issues 9223-4
school bus service 8024-5
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
funding 7208-9
land for new schools 7141
School district 57 (Prince George), concerns re education legislation 7775-6
School districts
accountability framework for student learning 7772
powers 7771-4
shared services initiatives 7772
Schools, school buses and bus service 8024-5
Seniors
care and support 9722-4
falls prevention 9957
government action on issues 5742
Seniors advocate, report on caregivers 9722-3
Sexual exploitation of children and youth, prevention 5985-6
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, plebiscite on funding model 5740, 8013-4
Sports and recreation
combat sports, events and regulation 8076
events, Hosting B.C. program 8075
events, marquee events hosting and economic analysis 8073-4, 8076
government funding and support 8070-6
participation by women 8802
participation, travel assistance programs 8075
rural outreach 8071-3
women's soccer 9121
Statements by members
Community response to apartment fire in Coquitlam 6507-8
Coquitlam Blue Mountain girls soccer teams of 1981 9121
Falls prevention for seniors 9957
Local government 8525-6
Local government response to droughts and forest fires 9396
Ride to Conquer Cancer 7661, 9179
Sexual exploitation of children and youth and work of Children of the Street Society 5985-6
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards 5863
Tri-City chapter of Valley Women's Network 9737
Women in sport 8802
Taylor, participation in Fair Share agreement 8088
Teachers, professional development and government relationship 7771-2, 7774-5
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry, role in sale of government lands 7222
Throne speech
debate 5737-43
amendment and content 5737-43
Tobacco
flavoured tobacco, regulation 6536-7
Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14), debate 6535-7
Transit services, funding 8013-5
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 7492-3
Transportation projects 5739-40
Tri-Cities area
electoral districts 9693-4
food banks 5739
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, role and Business Excellence Awards 5863
Tri-City News, article on adult basic education 5742
Twain, Mark, comments on schools 7776
Ultimate Fighting Championship, event locations 8076
Union of B.C. Municipalities
consultation by government 8010-1, 8078
consultation on Auditor General for Local Government 9247-9, 9464, 9467, 9489, 9492
issues and concerns 8084-5
requests re mental health services management 8609
resolution and position on Auditor General for Local Government 9248, 9493, 9495
resolution on electronic cigarette regulation 6536
resolutions and government response 8089-93
Strong Fiscal Futures report and government response 8082-4
survey of audited local governments 9247-8
Valley Women's Network, Tri-City chapter business networking events 9737
Vancouver Golf Club, operations 9695
ViaSport, funding and role 8070-1, 8075
Violence
violence against women, prevention and government action 5738
violence-free B.C. strategy 5738
Volunteers, VolWeb online program 8075
Warrington, Sharel, comments on education legislation 7775-6
Water
drinking water protection 8017
drought conditions, local government response 9396
municipal water systems 8017
Weather patterns and response to issues 9396
West Vancouver, property tax revenues for ferry terminal 8090
Wooder, Scott, comments on flavoured tobacco regulation 6537
Year of Women in Sport, declaration and support from organizations 8802
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
comments on government budget (Stone) 6052
comments on workplace safety (Bond) 7305
experience as school trustee 7821-2
experience in forest industry 6050-1, 6422, 8179-81, 8760
experience in small business 9609
experience with labour relations in forest industry 7818-20
experience with worker safety in forest industry 7287-9, 7298-9
relationship with chamber of commerce 9611 (Oakes) 9610
Active Earth, study on soil dumping proposal 5724, 5735
Aquaculture, trout farms 9666
Aquaponics industry 9665-6
Auditor General for Local Government, accountability and governance 9254-7
Auditor General for Local Government Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9254-7
Auditor General, report and recommendations on forest management 6443-4
Autism, access to speech therapy 5980
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion, WorkSafe investigation 7288-9
Bridges, planning 6547
B.C. Ferry Services Inc., management 6049
B.C. Legislative Library, work 9769
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 9255
priorities 5979-80, 6048-52
B.C. Liberal Party, leadership election 9256
B.C. timber sales program, review, operations and changes 8181-3, 8753, 8759-60
Budget debate 6048-52
Budgets, 2015-16 budget 6048-52
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 7930-1
Children and youth, child protection system, engagement with parents 7931
China, market for wood products 6050
Clark, Christy, position on Auditor General for Local Government 9256
Coal, thermal coal exports through B.C., petition tabled 7884
Cobble Hill, community and annual fair 9964
Consumers, cost of living 6048-9, 6051
Cowichan District Hospital, conditions 6050
Cowichan Lake, mitigation of logging truck debris in area communities 7615-7
Cowichan River, water levels and management 5722-3, 5735, 6563
Cowichan Tribes
children in government care 7931
history and population 9936, 9965
Cowichan Valley
cheese business operations 9610
electoral districts and history 9768-9
freshwater fishery 6413
health care and hospice care services 6049-50
soil dumping in area 6349-50, 8295-8
Cowichan Valley constituency and area
constituents' concerns 6049-52
constituents' concerns re water issues 5721-4, 5735-6, 9941-2
description and history 9935-6, 9963-5
electoral district 9935
Cowichan Valley regional district
concerns re soil dumping in area 9941-2
legal action re soil dumping in area 8295-6
letter re encroachment and damage to lands 8861
position on Auditor General for Local Government 9254
study on soil dumping in area 6349-50
Democracy, public participation in democracy 8338
Disabled persons, assistive equipment, voting technology 8338
Duncan, community 9964-5
Dunsmuir, Robert, role in B.C. history 9963
Economy
conditions 6050
diversification 5979-80
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7818-22
Education, use of student data and privacy protection 7822
Election Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8337-40
Elections
advertising 8338, 8340
campaign financing 8338, 8340
electoral districts 9935
electoral districts, history 9768-70
electronic voting and new voting technology 8339
enumeration, registration of youth 8337-9
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9767-71
regulations, changes 8337-40
Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, provisions 9767-8
Electoral Boundaries Commission, mandate and work of commission 9767-8
Electoral Districts Act, debate 9935-6, 9963-5
Environment, environmental protection, professional reliance system 6349
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 6348-50
budget, allocation for legal case re contaminated soil 6349, 8296-8
soil testing activities 9941-2
Estates at Shawnigan Station, subdivision design and construction 9942-3
First Nations, children in government care 7931
Forest Practices Board reports
bridges 6547
forest practices 6546-7
forest stewardship plans 9891
Forests and forest industry
companies, impact of corporate concentration 8181
companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue 8759-60
deforestation, zero net deforestation initiative 6422
employment and jobs 6050-1, 8179-82, 9890-1
export of product and expansion of market 6051
export of raw logs 6548, 8181
forest inventory 6443-4, 6469-70
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 6442-3, 6546-8
fibre utilization 6422
government management 6443-4
professional reliance system 6546-7
visual quality objectives 6547
forest stewardship plans 9891
government forest policies, impact 7374, 8180-3, 9891
government plan 6469
harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction and timber takeback 8180-2
mill explosions, investigations 9647-8
mills and mill safety
combustible dust control 7287-9, 9648
compliance, enforcement and penalties 7288
operations and closings 5979
technology changes 8179
silviculture, government action 6422-3
timber supply and harvest levels 6049
value-added sector 5979, 6051, 8180
value-added sector, report 7373-4
worker safety and impact of deregulation 7287-9, 7298-9, 8182
yellow cedar 7374
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 6412-3, 6421-3, 6442-4, 6469-70, 6546-8, 6563
budget 6412
Forest Inventory Strategic plan document 6469
internal review 6546-7
role and responsibilities 6413
staffing 6442-3
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8179-83, 8753, 8759-60
Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd., coal export facility proposal, petition tabled 7884
Gourlay, Peter, work as Legislature librarian 9769
Government
information technology systems, costs and performance 9254
regulations, reduction 8182, 9611, 9619
regulations, reduction and accountability 9612-3
Gramlich, Ted, death in forest industry accident 7288
Hansen, Colin, comments on Auditor General for Local Government 9255-6
Health care system, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 6050
Hert, Reynold, comments on forest worker safety 7299
Hodson, Hody, work as manager 7818-9
Honorary dates, legislated dates in B.C., comparison and role 9613
Hospice and palliative care services 6050
Hunt, Steve, comments on coroner's inquest 7288
Iker, Jim, comments on education legislation 7818
Income assistance benefits
amounts and cases 6052
deduction of child support payments and policy change 6049
Income disparity 6048
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 5980, 6048-50
Justice Ministry, estimates debate 8295-8
Justice system, lawsuits involving government, costs and ministerial responsibility 8296-8
Lakeland Mills Ltd., Prince George mill explosion
coroner's inquest 7297-8
WorkSafe investigation 7288-9
Legislature
bills process 8183
bills process, second reading, relevance of debate 9647
language used in House, apology for comments 7297
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 7287
number of seats 9770-1
Local government, performance audits 9254-7
Motions
Balanced budget and diverse economy 5979-80
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9767-71
Value-added industries 7373-4
Occupational health and safety
workplace health and safety committees 9645, 9647
workplace safety
fire and explosion reporting and investigation 9648
government action 7287-9, 7298-9
regulation 9611, 9645
Oil and gas pipeline corridors, salvage logging and silviculture activities 6421-3
Oral questions
Forest industry jobs and forest stewardship 9890-1
Monitoring of soil dumping site in Shawnigan Lake watershed 7666
Permit for soil dumping in Shawnigan Lake watershed 5835, 8251-2, 8860-1, 10161-2, 10199
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
role 6546
Personal statements
Apology for comments made in the House 7297
Petitions
permit for disposal of contaminated soil in Shawnigan Lake area 8448
thermal coal exports through B.C. 7884
Politics and politicians
history of B.C. politics 9768-9
political participation by youth 8337
Private members' statements
Shawnigan Lake and region environmental concerns 9941-3
The value of Shawnigan Lake 8619-21
Privilege
reserving right of personal privilege re comments by Todd Stone 6054
Purple Orchid Esthetics Salon Ltd., fish spa operations 9619
Raincoast Aquaponics, operations 9665-6
The Raptor Rescue Society, work of organization 5862
The Raptors Centre, education centre operations 5862
Red Tape Reduction Day 9610-3, 9619
Red Tape Reduction Day Act, debate 9609-13, 9619
Resources and resource industries
permitting process and project 6412-3
resource development 6444
School districts
accountability framework for student learning 7821
powers 7818, 7820-2
Shawnigan Lake
community 9964
contaminated soil disposal sites
impact of breaches on water in area 9941-2, 10161-2, 10199
monitoring 7666
permit 5835, 6348-9, 6349, 8251-2, 8295-8, 8619-21, 8860-1, 10161-2
permit, petition tabled 8448
remediation 8861
proposal for disposal of contaminated soil in area 5722-4, 5735-6
Shawnigan Lake School, student concerns re soil disposal in area 8619
Shawnigan Residents Association, residents' concerns re water issues 9943
Small business, regulation and government support 9609-11, 9619
Smithe, William, election and role as MLA and Premier 9768-9
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 5980
Statements by members
Aquaponics 9665-6
Raptor centre in Cowichan Valley 5862
Sweden, forest industry 6422, 7373-4, 8179-80
Taxation, government policies 6048-9
Teachers
collective agreement and bargaining, government approach 7818-21
professional development 7820-2
Texada Island coal export facility, petition tabled 7884
Throne speech
debate 5721-4, 5735-6
content 5721, 5735
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 7615-7
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution and position on Auditor General for Local Government 9254, 9256-7
United Steelworkers Canada, concerns re coroner's inquest 7297-8
Wage levels 6051
Weaver, Andrew, comments on soil testing results 9941
Wildlife, raptors 5862
Wong, Darrel, death and work as union representative 8179
Workers compensation
service delivery, review 9646
system and changes 9645-7
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7287-9, 7297-9
Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015, debate 9645-9
WorkSafe B.C.
investigations and inspections 9647-8
Richmond office 7287
Youbou, forest industry 7615-6, 8181
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
experience as tree planter 6000
experience in education system 7207
experience in forest industry 6472-3, 6479, 8183-6, 10023-4
experience with business and marketing 5998-9
family experience with education system 7764-7
family, staff and constituents thanked 5998
Abbotsford, McCallum Road, closed road sale and valuation 7260
Administrative tribunals, online systems and information technology 7448
Advanced Education Ministry, record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests 9669
Ambulance service, resources and service levels 8610-1
Auditor General reports
forest management 6476, 6479
health information services contract 8336
B.C. Hydro, financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 6001
B.C. Liberal Party
donations by forest companies 8185
donations to party 7606
B.C. Liberal Party government
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust 6243
priorities 5999-6002
B.C. Lottery Corporation, online gambling website issues, information 6233, 6244
B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship, provincial honour 7605
B.C. Teachers Federation, relationship with government 7767
B.C. timber sales program, review, operations and changes 8186
Brooklyn Elementary School, sale of lands and valuation 7261
Budget debate 5998-6002
Budgets, 2015-16 budget 5999-6002
Burnaby
Manor Street, land sale and valuation 7261
Willingdon lands, sale and valuation 7261-2
Business, treatment of employees 7606-7
Catalyst Paper Corp., operations 8185
Chemainus, community 9858
Chief records officer, establishment and role 6238-40, 8763-6
Civil Resolution Tribunal
information and privacy issues 7448
online system and information technology 7448
Civil Resolution Tribunal Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7448
Clark, Christy, comments on government records management and emails 9740
Climate change
government action 6473
impact on forest fires 9078-9
Colliery Dam Park, dam risk mitigation, role of community and government 5831-2
Consumers, taxes and user fees 6001
Coquitlam, government land in Burke Mountain area, sale and valuation 7259, 7606
Corrigan, Mike, response to freedom-of-information requests 8026
Cowichan Valley, forest industry exports 6473
Democracy, parliamentary democracy and one-person one-vote principle 7606
District of West Kelowna, proposed reclassification as city 8127
Document Disposal Act, repeal 6232, 6235, 6241-2
Doman family, work in forest industry 8183-4
Duncan, Timothy, experience as political staff 8859, 9669
Dyble, John, role in health information breach investigation, email correspondence and freedom-of-information request 9958
Economy, conditions 5999-6000
Education
capital funding 7208
capital funding and maintenance funding 7766
funding 5999, 7207-8
per-student funding 7764-5
safety of students, supervision 5966
special education and special needs funding 7207-8
system, conditions 7764-7
use of student data and privacy protection 7764, 7767-8
Education Ministry
estimates debate 7207-8
data breach, impact on students 9220-1, 9281
data breach, review 9323
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7764-8
Elections
electoral representation, effective representation concept 9856-7
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9855-9
Electoral Boundaries Commission
final report, implementation of recommendations 9855-9
mandate and work of commission 9855-6
Employment and unemployment
government job strategy 6473-4
job creation 7372
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, history 9858
Facey, Nick, email correspondence and freedom-of-information request 7379-80, 8859, 9669
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 5999
fare increases, economic impact analysis 7275
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
debate 6798-801, 6956-61
definitions, "debt" 6798
Financial Administration Act, amendments 6798-800, 6956-61
Fires and firefighters, wildfires
human-caused fire prevention 9079
prevention and fuel management, funding 9077-9
summer 2003 forest fires and implementation of Filmon report recommendations 9078-9
Forest Practices Board, report on silviculture 6476
Forests and forest industry
companies, relationship with communities, social contract issue 8183-6
conditions in industry 6000-2
coroner's inquests into mill explosions, recommendations and implementation 9649-53
employment and jobs 6000, 6473-4, 6477, 6479, 6550-2, 7372-3, 8184-5
export of raw logs 5999-6000, 6473, 6550-1, 8186
government forest policies, impact 6550-2, 8183-6
mill operations and closings 7372
pulpwood agreements 8185
role in economy 6473, 8183
silviculture
contractor issues and report 6474-6
Forests for Tomorrow program 6479
government action 6000, 6473-4, 6476-9, 8185
planting quality standards 6479-80
value-added sector 6551-2, 7372-3
worker safety and impact of deregulation 8184-5, 10024-5
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 6472-80, 6550-2
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8183-6
Freedom of information
access to information 6234, 6238
proactive and routine disclosure, calendars of cabinet and senior staff 6717, 7265
requests for information
fees 7256
government handling 7256, 8764-5
government handling and "no records" responses 6232-4, 6237, 7255, 7279-80, 8026, 8767-8, 8859-60, 9669, 9740, 10051
government handling and staff training 7817
process management and fees 6717
response times 7264-5
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
provisions 6956-9, 8766, 8768
purpose 6799
Gabriola Arts Council, activities 9666
Gabriola Island
bridge proposal 7275
bridge proposal, petition tabled 7094
Government
accountability and transparency 6231-3, 6238-9, 6717, 9855-6
debt collection and information-sharing issues 6798-801, 6956-61
integrated case management system issues 7143, 7257-8, 7448
lands and properties, sale 7606
lands and properties, sale and valuation 7255, 7258-64, 7270
printing services, privatization and oversight 7607, 8129
public perception 7605-6
regulations, reduction 8184-5, 10026
Government communications and public engagement, transfer to Advanced Education Ministry 7256
Government records management
advisory committee 6237, 6239, 8764
archiving of records 6235-7, 6240-1, 6244, 7255, 8765-6
court records 6237, 6240, 8766
digital records and archives 6231, 6234, 6237, 6240-1, 6243-4, 8765-6, 8769
digital records and archives, location of data storage 8765-6
email and transitory records 6231-2, 6238-40, 6243, 9669, 9740, 9958, 9999, 10051
information schedules 6239-40, 8764-5
oversight 8764
paper records 8766
record of government activities 6231-6, 6238-44, 8764-5, 8767-8, 9785
retention and disposal of records 6235, 6237-8, 6240, 8768
role of government bodies and agencies 6239, 6241-4, 8762
system, changes 6231-44
transfer of information between government bodies 8765
Gramlich, Ted, death in forest industry accident 8184, 10024-5
Gretes, George, actions re email correspondence 9669
Grief Point Elementary School, sale of lands and valuation 7262-3
Gulf Islands, protection of communities and environment 7275
Health care system
e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 5914-5
personal health information, location of data hosting services and privacy issues 8335-6
system, conditions 5999
Health Ministry, estimates debate 8610-1
Highway 16, government consultation on transportation services and safety, freedom-of-information request 8859
Holland, Antony, theatre accomplishments 9666
IBM Canada Ltd., contracts with government 7257
Income levels 5999
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 5999-6000
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on issues
government asset sales 7258-9
government information-sharing 6959-60, 7257
protection of personal information 6799
consultation on administrative tribunal information technology systems 7448
powers and role, government records management 8764
recommendations, implementation 6717
reports and reviews
freedom-of-information requests 7256
freedom-of-information requests and government records management 9669, 9740, 9785, 9958, 10051
government records management 6231-40, 6242-4, 8767
Information Management Act
debate 8762-9, 8772
application 6239, 6241-3, 8766
coming into force 8772
content and scope 6231-44
definitions, "government body" 8762
deletion of section 8763
enforcement 6234-5, 6241-4, 8768-9
regulations 6241-3
Information Management Act, debate 6231-44
Insurance Corporation of B.C., debt collection and power to refuse to issue driver's licences 6798, 6800
Islands Trust, role 7275
Justice system, courts, use of digital records as evidence 6240
Kamloops, Tranquille lands, sale and valuation 7262
Khaira Enterprises Ltd., operations and silviculture contract, payment for workers 6475
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, executive compensation and contracts 6233
Ladysmith, history and activities 9858
Legislation, miscellaneous statutes bills 7604
Legislature, number of seats 9856
Little, Christine, comments on email correspondence 9958
LNG development 5999-6001
access to information 7605
royalty agreements, long-term agreements 7605-6
tax structure 7605
LNG facilities, regulation and oversight, facilities on municipal lands 8128
Local government
property tax agreements with companies 8128
reclassification of municipalities 8125-7
Local Government Act, amendments 8125-7
Loukidelis, David, advice to government on freedom-of-information issues 9958, 10051
MacMinn, E. George, comments on parliamentary democracy 7261
Madill's Machinery Ltd., operations and closing 8186
Madison, James, comments on government information 6232-4, 6243, 8768
Manufacturing industry 7372-3
Maple Ridge, reclassification as city and validation of proceedings 8125-8
MLAs, constituency assistants 9857
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7604-7, 8125-9
Motions
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9855-9
Value-added industries 7372-3
Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd., Harmac mill operations 8185
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area
description and electoral district boundaries 9856-9
forest industry 6550-1
issues and concerns 5999
Occupational health and safety
workplace health and safety committees 10023
workplace safety, regulation and government action 10025-7
Open Government Act, debate 6717
Oral questions
Education Ministry data breach 9220-1, 9281, 9323
Freedom-of-information process and access to records 7379-80, 7817, 8026, 8859-60
Government record-keeping and freedom of information 9669, 9740, 9785
Government record-keeping and policies on transitory information 9958
Health information technology project issues and costs 5914-5
Information and Privacy Commissioner report implementation and release 10051
Integrated case management system 7143
Trade mission information and government record-keeping 9999
U.S. access to health information of B.C. residents 8335-6
Paramedics, hours of work and wages 8610-1
Parliament Buildings, lands adjacent to buildings, sale and valuation 7270
Petitions
Gabriola Island bridge proposal 7094
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, amendments 7605
Port Edward, property tax agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG 8128
Post-secondary education, collection of student loan debt 6798
Poverty, child poverty 6000
Premier's Office, record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests 9740, 9785, 9958
Privacy
breaches of personal information, health information 8335-6
disclosure of personal information held by government bodies 8765
information-sharing by government, data linking 6798-801, 6956-60, 7258
protection of personal information 6235, 6238, 6240, 6243-4, 6799, 6957-61, 9220-1, 9281
protection of personal information, government review 9323
Private members' statements
Keeping our communities safe 9077-9
Private members' statements (response)
Erasing bullying 5966
Property transfer tax, calculation 7259-60, 7264
Public Accounts Committee, review of government records retention schedules 6237-8
Public Agency Accommodation Act, amendments 7606
Public debt levels 6000-1
Public documents committee, review of government records retention schedules 6237
Public service, government respect for employees 7607
Queen's Printer, service reductions and impact on employees 7607, 8129
Resource development, government support 6000
Royal B.C. Museum, archives, funding and operations 6235-7, 6241, 6244
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
capital planning 7208
funding for special education 7207-8
School districts
costs and funding 7765-7
powers 7764, 7767
shared services initiatives 7766
Sen, Shom, email correspondence and freedom-of-information request 9999
Statements by members
Colliery Dam Park 5831-2
Gabriola Arts Council and Antony Holland 9666
Islands Trust and protection of Gulf Islands 7275
Merv Wilkinson and Wildwood forest 8526
Sweden, forest industry 6478
Teachers
collective agreement and bargaining, government approach 7767
government relationship with teachers 7764
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 7255-65, 7270
audits and reviews 7256-7
budget 7256
contracts 7257
ministers 6233
role and responsibilities 7256
role in information-sharing agreements 7258
Trade missions by Premier 9958, 9999
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests 9669
Turner, Keith, work in forest industry 8186
U.S., government, accountability and access to information 8335-6
Vancouver Island, health care services, ambulance and paramedic services 8610
Vancouver, Jericho lands, redevelopment and public consultation 7260-1
Victoria, economy 8129
Violence, bullying and violence at school, prevention 5966
Virk, Amrik
email correspondence with Nick Facey, freedom-of-information request 7379-80
responsibility for information management 6233, 6238
Wildwood forest, history and protection 8526
Wilkinson, Merv, life and contributions 8526
Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015, debate 10023-7
Rustad, Hon. John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
comments on bus service proposal for Highway 16 (Karagianis) 6096
family and staff thanked 5811, 5922
letter from constituent on education legislation (Donaldson) 7698
meeting with Stellat'en First Nation 5925
role as Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister 7013 (Farnworth) 6787-8 (Weaver) 7013
Abbott, George
recruitment as chief treaty commissioner 6824-5
work commended 6786
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 6821-44, 6863-7
budget 6821, 6831, 6863-5
budget, allocation for legal action 6830-1
estimates process, written questions and answers 6832
role and responsibilities 5813, 5924-6, 6821-2
Acho Dene Koe First Nation, treaty negotiations and communications with government 6833-5
Agriculture industry 5812
Alberni-Clayoquot regional district, First Nations representation 8030
All Chiefs Gathering, meetings 6821-3, 6832
Ashcroft First Nation, economic development 5925
Austin, Robin, comments in debate on Electoral Boundaries Commission Act amendments 9814
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion, coroner's inquest 5815-6
B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, activities 6821
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5812-6, 5922-6
B.C. Treaty Commission
budget 6826-8
commissioners 7013
status 6864-5
Budget debate 5922-6
Budgets, 2015-16 budget 5922-6, 6842
Burns Lake, hospital replacement project 5812
Canada Winter Games, B.C. athletes 5922
Community Charter, provisions 8031
Documents tabled
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report 8895
Elections
electoral districts, rural constituencies 9814
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9813-5
Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, amendments and NDP position 9813-4
Electoral Boundaries Commission, final report, implementation of recommendations 9813-5
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 5814, 5816
Energy, clean energy development
First Nations clean energy business fund 5925
First Nations involvement 5814
First Nations
aboriginal rights and title 6831
agreements with government 5813-4, 6821, 6850-1
economic development 5813-4
economic development and partnerships 5924-6
friendship centres, funding 6843
language preservation 6841-2
reconciliation 6822-4, 6863-5
relationship with government 5813-5, 5925-6, 6786-8, 6821, 7013
treaties
benefits 6865
B.C. treaty process 5813, 5926, 6786-8, 6821-2, 6824-6, 6828-32, 6849-51, 6863-5, 7013
funding 6826-7, 6866
transboundary issues 6833-5
urban population, services 5815
urban population, services and off-reserve aboriginal action plan 6821
women, Giving Voice project 5814, 6866
First Nations Leadership Council
funding and allocation to organizations 6839
resolutions 6822-3
First Peoples Cultural Council, funding and role 6840-3
Gathering Our Voices, 2015 aboriginal youth conference in Prince George 6843
Gitanyow First Nation
reconciliation agreement with government 6836
role re proposed pipeline project in traditional lands 6836-7
Haisla Nation, economic development 5924
Haldane, Celeste, position as interim chief treaty commissioner 6825, 6828
Happynook, Tom, appointment as treaty commissioner and government communications 7013
Highway 16
government consultation on transportation services and safety 7726
safety of women travelling 6096
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 5925-6
In-SHUCK-ch First Nation, treaty negotiations 6865-6
Katzie First Nation, concerns re gravel mine proposal 6840
K'ómoks First Nation, treaty negotiations 6865-6
Land use, foreshore use, regulation and enforcement 8027-32
Lekwungen First Nation, traditional lands 5811
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act, debate 9021-3
L&M Lumber Inc., operations 5923
LNG development 5924
First Nations consultation and involvement 5812-4, 9022-3
First Nations consultation and involvement, environmental stewardship initiative 5813
NDP position 9022
LNG project agreements 9021-3
Lower Kootenay First Nation, land use and role in treaty process 6787-8
Maa-nulth First Nations
foreshore bylaws, enforcement and role of courts 8027-32
involvement in LNG development 5813
relationship with regional district 8030
treaty and final agreement 6866
Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act, amendments 8027
Mines and mining industry 5812
First Nations involvement in industry 5815, 5925-6
Minister's Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women
activities 6866-7
memorandum of understanding on violence prevention 6821, 6866
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8027-32
Missing and murdered aboriginal women 5814
Motions
Amendment to Nisga'a final agreement 8646-7, 8649
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9813-5
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, consultation on proposed projects in traditional lands 6840
Mungall, Michelle, comments in debate on Electoral Boundaries Commission Act amendments 9813-4
Musqueam First Nation, legal action re property tax case 6837-8
Nechako Lakes constituency and area
description and resource industry activities 5811-2
electoral district boundaries 9813
First Nations constituents 5815
resource industry activities 5923-4
road improvements 5812, 5924
NDP
position on amendments to Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 9813-4
position on LNG development 9022
New Gold Inc., Blackwater mine 5812
Nisga'a Lisims Government
agreement with provincial government 5813
agreement with provincial government, amendments 8646-7, 8649
role re proposed pipeline project 6837
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, boundary change and removal of lands 8647
Oil and gas
natural gas industry 5923-5
pipelines, First Nations consultation and involvement 5812-3
Oral questions (response)
Appointment of B.C. Treaty Commission chief commissioner 6786-8
Appointment of B.C. Treaty Commission chief commissioner and status of treaty process 6849-51
Government consultation on Highway 16 transportation service 7726
Implementation of bus service on Highway 16 6096
Status of treaty process and role of treaty commissioner Tom Happynook 7013
Pacific NorthWest LNG project development agreement 9021-3
Pierre, Sophie, work as chief treaty commissioner 6786, 6828-9
Plant, Geoff, comments on First Nations issues 6837
Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd., natural gas pipeline project 8647
Property tax, application to First Nations lands 6838
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, amendments 8646-7
Regional districts, governance, First Nations representation 8030
Resource development 5923
Royal B.C. Museum, exhibit on First Nations languages 6840-1
Site C power project, power supply 5923
Skills training, trades training for First Nations people 5814-5
Stellat'en First Nation, economic development 5925
Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 5814-5, 6821, 6831-2, 6864
Tahltan Indian band, economic development projects 5925
Taxation, government policies 5922-3
Throne speech
debate 5811-6
content 5811-2, 5814
Tla'amin Nation, treaty and final agreement, implementation 8032
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., proposed natural gas pipeline project in northern B.C. 6836
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 5812
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, report tabled 8895
Tsawwassen First Nation, economic development projects 5813
Tsilhqot'in Nation
chiefs hanged for actions during 1864 Chilcotin War 6831-2
work with provincial government 5815, 5925-6, 6821
Violence against aboriginal women and children
Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 5814, 6843
prevention 6821, 6866
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
consultation on proposed pipeline projects 6837
economic development 5924-5

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