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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Wat, Hon. Teresa (Richmond Centre)

As subject
family and staff thanked 6062
family's experience as immigrants to B.C. 6063
trade missions 6710
Advantage B.C. International Business Centre, role 6751
ARCH Venture Partners, access to venture capital 6759-60
Autism services and research centre funding 6062-3
Azure Capital Partners, access to venture capital 6757-9
Barton, Dominic, role as adviser re head offices project 6752-3
B.C. Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd., wind-down of program 6755-6, 6758-60
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 5736-7, 6062-4
B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund Ltd., activities 6756-60
Budget debate 6061-4
Budgets, 2015-16 budget 6061-4
Business
establishment of head offices, Asian corporations and HQ Vancouver project funding 6063, 6710-1, 6750-5
establishment of head offices, mutual recognition agreement between B.C. and Alberta 6752
renminbi trading hub 6755
Business Council of B.C., activities 6751
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement 5736
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 5736-7, 6710
China
consul, meetings with B.C. officials 6748-9
Guangdong province, sister province agreement with B.C. 5736, 6747-8
relationship with B.C. and memorandum of understanding 6748-9
China Fibre Optic Network System Group Ltd., operations in B.C. 6749-50
Clark, Christy, trade missions to Asia 5736
D'Avignon, Greg, role re head offices project 6753
Discrimination and racism, government apology for past treatment of Chinese Canadians, legacy initiatives 5737, 6064, 6711
Documents tabled
report on multiculturalism for 2013-14 8532
Economy, diversification 5736, 6062-3, 6748-9
Emerson, David, role re head offices project 6753
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 6063
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., review 6760
Immigrants to B.C. 5737, 6063
Intellectual property protection 6749-50
International Trade Ministry
estimates debate 6710-5, 6744-60
budget, allocation for collective agreement 6746-7
budget, contingency funding 6746
multiculturalism component 6063-4, 6711, 6746
performance measurement 6746
role and responsibilities 6063-4, 6710-1
Investment, international investment 6063
Kelowna, sister-city relationship with Kasugai 6712-3
Legacy Initiatives Advisory Council, establishment and role 5737, 6064, 6711
LNG development 6712-4
Lunar new year 6062
Multicultural Advisory Council, activities 6760
Multiculturalism
cultural diversity 5737, 6062-4, 6711
report on multiculturalism for 2013-14, tabled 8532
Oral questions (response)
Role of Ben Stewart as Asian trade representative 6648-9
Richmond Centre constituency and area
description and economic development 6062-3
festivals and events 6062
Salsberg, Avi, comments on trade commissioner meeting 6712-3
Small business venture capital program 6711
Stewart, Ben, position as Asian trade commissioner 6648-9, 6712-5, 6744-5, 6747-8
Throne speech
debate 5736-7
content 5736
Trade
government promotion of trade and investment 5736, 6063-4, 6648-9, 6710-1
trade agreements and partnerships 5736-7, 6063
trade and investment representatives and offices 6710
trade between B.C. and Asia 6063, 6748-9
trade between B.C. and China 5736-7, 6748
trade mission to Guangdong 6760
trade missions 6063
trade missions by Premier 5736, 6760
trade missions to Asia 6710
Vancouver International Airport, operations 6062
Vineyard Kasugai Nenryo Co., operations and meeting with trade commissioner 6712-4
Woo, Yuen Pau, role re head offices project 6753-5
Weaver, Andrew (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject
accident while texting 7385 (Letnick) 7385
briefing and debate on LNG facility legislation (Coleman) 6319-20, 6323
briefing on LNG facility legislation 6318 (Ralston) 6319
comments on issues
electoral boundaries issues (Lake) 9795
LNG income tax (de Jong) 7244
soil testing results (Routley, B.) 9941
consultation of constituents 9560
decision to run for public office 5807
experience as educator 7757
Facebook site and constituent responses 9341-2
position on LNG development 8066 (Coleman) 8066-7
votes in House and role as independent MLA 6064-6
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 6832
estimates process, written questions and answers 6832
AirCare program, termination of program 7103
Alcohol
liquor licensing, notice provisions 7587
liquor sales in grocery stores and special wine store licences 7532-4, 7611, 7884-7, 7889-90
ALS awareness and research funding 8100-1
ALS Society of B.C., ice bucket challenge fundraising campaign 8101
Aquaculture
fish farms, siting of farms and disease outbreaks 8805-6
government investment 5808
licensing and management, role of federal and provincial governments 8806
salmon farming, closed-containment systems 8805
salmon farming, petitions tabled 8808
Automobiles
natural gas vehicles 5808
traffic safety enforcement and regulation changes 7102-3
Avian influenza, disease outbreaks and compensation for poultry farmers 7392-3
Bloomberg Business, article on LNG projects 7243
Bodega Ridge Provincial Park, expansion 6398
Brain injuries and homelessness 6687
B.C.
affordability 5809-10, 6066-7
leadership 5807-8, 5811
vision for province and collaboration 5743-4
B.C. Court of Appeal rulings
teachers' collective bargaining 7757
third-party election advertising 8668
B.C. Hydro, mandate 9307
B.C. Liberal Party government
economic policies 7600
priorities 5743-4, 5807-11, 6064-9, 6898-9, 7600-1, 8062, 9341-2, 9631
public confidence 8066-7
B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship, provincial honour 7599, 7602
B.C. Public School Employers Association, role 5810-1, 7758
B.C. Teachers Federation, relationship with government 7760
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, transfer of rapid transit assets to authority 6227-8
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority Transit Assets and Liabilities Act, debate 6227-8
B.C. Utilities Commission
review and report recommendations, implementation 10172
role re Site C power project 6701
Brown, Martyn, comments on LNG project agreements 9017
Budget debate 6064-9
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2015, debate 6898-9
Budgets
2015-16 budget 6064-9, 6898-9
votes 6064-5, 6068
Building Act, debate 6177-8
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, amendments, timeline 6519
Canada Gazette, article on LNG facility regulation 9020
Canada Marine Act (federal)
amendments 6315-8, 6465
definitions 6455-6, 6458-63
Canadian Cancer Society, cancer prevention centre project 6065
Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, report on geothermal energy 9305
Canadian Press, article on LNG projects 7243
Cancer prevention 6065
Carbon
capture and storage projects, underground storage 10117-8
carbon pricing 6068
Carbon Engineering Ltd., operations 10117-8
Chief Electoral Officer
powers and role 8726
recommendations, implementation 8262, 8550-1, 8559-61, 8659-60
Child, Family and Community Service Act, amendments 10172
Children and youth at risk, youth agreements 10172
Clark, Christy
attendance at conference on climate change 8895
comments on LNG development 9016
Climate change, government action 5807-8, 6068-9, 7600-1, 8895, 9016
Coal, thermal coal exports through B.C. 6461-2
petition tabled 7095
College and Institute Act, amendments 10172-3, 10212-3
Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, implementation of recommendations 8805
Community Charter, amendments 9230-1, 9233, 9235-7
use of term "private schools" 9236-7
Conference of the Parties, participation of B.C. in climate change conference 8895, 10200
Construction industry, building code 6177-8
Consumers, taxes and user fees 5809, 6065-7, 6898-9
Corporations, income tax 5809
Cowichan Valley regional district
letter re encroachment and damage to lands 7881-2
letter re encroachment and damage to lands, tabled 7884
Democracy
democratic reform 8737-8
public participation in democracy 8264, 8440
Documents tabled
Cowichan Valley regional district, letter re encroachment and damage to lands 7884
Energy and Mines Ministry letters to South Island Aggregates 7884
Economy
diversification 5807, 6065
free enterprise system 7600
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 5808-9, 6067-8, 10200, 10202
Education
class size and composition 7757
funding 5810-1, 6067, 7758
graduation rate and non-completion issues 5810
school planning councils 7758
student achievement levels and test results 9204-5
system, ranking 7757
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7756-60
Election Amendment Act, 2015
debate 8261-4, 8549-51, 8556-64, 8567-8, 8571-2, 8651, 8654, 8657-60, 8662-5, 8668, 8670-1, 8722-4, 8726-7, 8737-43
amendments to bill 8263, 8572, 8651, 8740-1
provisions, petition tabled 8721
Elections
advance voting 8550, 8663
advertising and communications, fundraising messages 8670-1, 8722-4
advertising, third-party advertising 8261-2
campaign financing, fundraising activities 8670-1, 8723-4
campaign financing, spending limits 8261-2, 8668
electronic voting and new voting technology 8551
enumeration and list of voters 8563-4, 8662
enumeration, registration of youth 8263-4, 8556-7, 8562-4
fixed election date 8261, 8668
redistribution of electoral boundaries 9793-4
regulations, changes 8261, 8264, 8549-51, 8663, 8740-1
scrutineering by candidate representatives 8659
voter participation 8738-9
voter participation information, access by candidates and parties 8262-4, 8567-8, 8572, 8651, 8654, 8657-60, 8664-5, 8726-7, 8737-43
voters, vouching identification requirements 8558-9
Elections B.C., Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Recommendations for Legislative Change, October 2014 8550
Electoral Boundaries Commission, final report, implementation of recommendations 9792-5
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products, regulation and exemptions 7169
Employment and unemployment, green jobs 5807
Energy
alternative energy sources 9303-5
clean energy, development 5808, 6067-8
energy efficiency, regulation and 2012 legislation 9093-4
geothermal power 9305
power supply, demand projections 6700-1
wind power development 8062, 9306-7
Energy and Mines Ministry
letters to South Island Aggregates 7881
letters to South Island Aggregates, tabled 7884
Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2015, debate 9093-4
Environment
environmental assessment process 5809
environmental protection, government action 5809
environmental protection, polluter-pay model 5808
Families
family maintenance and child support, interjurisdictional support orders 10172
tax credits for families with children, fitness equipment tax credit 6898
Federal Port Development Act
debate 6315-9, 6455-6, 6458-65, 6468
definitions 6455-6, 6458-63
delay for six months 6317-9
title 6468
Fei, Liu, comments on housing market 9043
Financial services industry, debt settlement services industry 6519
Finland, education system and student achievement 9205
First Nations
economic development and partnerships 5809
treaties, B.C. treaty process 7012-3
Fish
ban on shark fin products 7385
protection of wild salmon stocks 8805-6
Fish and Seafood Act, debate 7385-6, 7392-3
Fishing industry, restricted species 7385-6
Flaherty, David, comments on privacy rights 8657
Fleming, Thomas, comments on teachers' collective bargaining 7757, 7759
Food and food industry
compensation to producers for product loss 7392-3
food security for low-income persons 6365
regulation of seafood production 7392-3
Forests and forest industry, value-added sector 5808-9
Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd., coal export facility proposal, environmental assessment 6317
Freedom of information, access to information 6289
Fuel, fossil fuels 7243
Gender identity, change to birth certificate information for transgender persons 6064
Glenlyon Norfolk School, field and community partnership 9205-6
Global Methane Initiative, role 9047
Goldman Sachs, data on LNG prices and market 10118
Government
accountability and transparency 6289-90
regulations, "red tape" term 9341
regulations, reduction 9604-7, 9609
Government records management system, changes 6289-90
Green Party of B.C., priorities 5807-11, 9307
Greenhouse gas emissions
oil and gas sector, methane and fugitive emissions 9047-8, 9061
reduction, government targets 8895
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
backgrounder 9060
relationship to other legislation 9093
Guide and service dogs, application process 7460-1
Guide Dog and Service Dog Act, debate 7460-1
Happynook, Tom, appointment as treaty commissioner and government communications 7012-3
Health care funding
change to progressive model 5810
federal funding 5810
funding models, funding from income tax revenues 6146
Health care system
emergency services, non-urgent cases 5810
primary health care and community health care 5810
Health Committee, powers and proposed review of Medical Services Plan 6145
Highways and roads, left-lane use and regulation 7102-3
Holodomor, proposed memorial day, private member's bill 9605-6
Homelessness
costs and government action 5732
housing-first initiatives 5809-10, 6068
Honorary dates, legislated dates in B.C., comparison and role 9605-7, 9609
Housing
affordable housing 5732
rental housing, deposits and electronic transactions 10119
rental housing, ending leases early for persons fleeing violence or requiring long-term care 10119
social and subsidized housing, government investment 5732
Hunting
harvest allocation policy, petition tabled 6220
limited-entry hunt system, proposed changes 10193
resident and non-resident hunters 10193
Immigration, federal-provincial agreement 6598-9
Impaired driving
distracted driving, prevention 7103
legislation, potential for legal challenges 7102
penalties, immediate roadside prohibitions and administrative review 7102
remedial programs for drivers, ignition interlock program 7103
Income assistance
benefits
benefit amount 6687
deduction of child support payments and policy change 5809, 6066
shelter allowance 5732
cross-ministry collaboration for brain-injured clients 6687
Income disparity 6066, 6898-9
Income tax rates
high-income earners 6065-7
low-income earners 6065, 6899
Independent School Act, definitions 9236
Information and communications technology, cellular phones, texting by pedestrians 7385
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on issues, voter turnout information disclosure 8262-3, 8571, 8657, 8737, 8742-3
powers and role 8726-7
report on government records management 6289
role re oil and gas royalty agreements 8064-5
Information Management Act, debate 6289-90
Infrastructure, government investment 5808
Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, amendments 10172
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6519
Land Title Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9037
Language, Canadian English spelling 9561
Lax Kw'alaams First Nation, proposed LNG development in traditional lands 8062
Legislation
citizens' initiatives, voter signature requirements 8440-1
legislation for fall sitting of 4th session, 40th parliament 9341, 9561
miscellaneous statutes bills 10172
spelling 9561-2
statute revision and corrections 9560-2
Legislature
debate, content 9562, 9794-5
free votes 6064-5
language used in House, clarification of comments 8922
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, summer and fall sittings 9341
throne speech debate, rules for amendments 5744
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Act, amendments 7241-4
Liquefied Natural Gas Income Tax Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7241-4, 7909, 7914-6
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act
debate 9016-21, 9047-8, 9059-61, 9150
definitions, "greenhouse gas regulatory change" 9047-8
definitions, "liquefaction activities" 9061
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
debate 7587
use of term "without prior notice" 7587
LNG development 5807, 6066-7, 9016, 9307, 9341, 9631, 10118
development and transition to low-carbon economy 10199-200, 10202
development, clean development 9060
environmental assessment and protection 6316-8, 6462-3, 6465
environmental incentive program 9018, 9061
First Nations consultation and involvement 8062
government strategy 7600-2, 8066
liquefaction activities 9061
petition tabled 9100
power supply 9307
royalty agreements, long-term agreements 7599-602, 8059, 8062-7
LNG facilities
emissions regulation, changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9018, 9047-8, 9059-61
emissions regulation, emergency emissions 9059-60
property tax 7600-1
regulation and oversight, facilities on federal port lands 6315-9, 6455-6, 6458-65, 7601, 9020
regulation and oversight, facilities on municipal lands 7600-1
LNG income tax
application, anti-avoidance rules 7242
application, collection bond 7909
rate 7241-4
rate changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9017
tax credit 7241-4, 7914-6
tax credit changes and indemnity for LNG proponents 9017
LNG project agreements 9016-21
First Nations component 9019, 9150
Local government, revenue sources and polluter-pay model 5808
Lower Mainland housing market, affordability 5732
McCullough, Robert, report on Site C power project 9304
McFarlane, Lawrie, article on red-tape-reduction day legislation 9607
Martin, Ed, comments on power project 9304
Maximus B.C. Health Inc., government contract 6146
Medical Services Plan premiums 5810, 6067, 6145-6
petition tabled 5990
Methanol production 8069
Mines and mining industry, mineral flow-through share tax credit 6898
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7599-602, 8059, 8062-7
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015, debate 9560-2
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2015
debate 10172-4, 10212-3
definitions, "capital fee" and "program or service fee" 10212-3
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014
provisions and votes by MLAs on birth registration changes 6064
Monterey Recreation Centre, seniors health committee 6145
Motions
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 9792-5
Site C power project 9303-7
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2015, debate 7102-3
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 4), amendments 7600
Mustard Seed Food Bank, work of organization 6365-6
Nalcor Energy, Muskrat Falls hydroelectric power project 9304
Natural Gas Development Ministry, minister, powers 7601, 8059, 8062-3, 8065-6
Natural Gas Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 10117-9
NDP, priorities 5811
North American Free Trade Agreement, provisions and wine industry sales issues 7533, 7885-7
Nurse practitioners 5810
Oak Bay Secondary School, replacement project, students and alumni 9528-9
Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area
constituents' concerns 9794
description and electoral district boundaries 9793-4
MLA Facebook page, comments on red-tape-reduction day legislation 9341-2
schools 9204-6
Oakes, Coralee, comments on red-tape-reduction day legislation 9604-5
Oil and gas
activities, definition in legislation 7602
export of heavy oil 6461-3
facilities, value-added production facilities 8069
natural gas industry 5808
natural gas markets 7242-3, 9016, 9048
pipelines, review process and role of public 8441
royalties, access to information 7601, 8062, 8064-5
royalties, long-term royalty agreements 7599-602, 8059, 8062-7
Oil and Gas Activities Act
amendments 8069
definitions, "oil and gas activities" 7602
Oil and Gas Commission
lawsuits against commission and statutory immunity 10118
regulation of carbon capture and projects 10117
Ombudsperson, report on private training institutions 6602
Omineca Provincial Park, size 6590
Oral questions
Affordable housing and Metro Vancouver housing market 9042-3
Government action on homelessness and affordable housing 5732
LNG development and transition to low-carbon economy 10199-200
Medical Services Plan premiums and role of Health Committee 6145-6
Open-pen fish farms and protection of salmon from disease outbreaks 8805-6
Protection of caribou habitat 9889
Remediation and monitoring of impacts of South Island Aggregates operations 7881-2
Site C power project timeline and review 6700-1
Status of treaty process and role of treaty commissioner Tom Happynook 7012-3
TransLink governance and transit funding 9532
Pacific NorthWest LNG project development agreement 9016-21, 9048, 9061, 9150
Parks
establishment and expansion of parks and protected areas 6398, 6588
size changes and mapping techniques 6588
Pepper's Foods Ltd., operations 7532
Personal statements
Clarification of comments made in the House 8922
Petitions
Election Amendment Act, 2015, section 6 and related amendments 8721
hunting allocation decisions 6220
LNG development and project agreement 9100
Medical Services Plan, replacement of MSP premiums 5990
salmon farming 8808
thermal coal exports through B.C. 7095
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)
LNG facility project 7243
LNG facility project, petition tabled 9100
operations 9059-60
Physicians, family physicians, A GP for Me program 5743
Points of order
amendment out of order 5741
personal attacks 6320
Politics and politicians
political parties, collection of information 8741-2
public opinion and cynicism 9341-2
Port Edward, property tax agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG 7600-2
Ports
activities 6461-2
regulation 9020
Ports Property Tax Act, application 7601
Post-secondary education, international students and benefits to local economy 6595
Post-secondary institutions, student societies membership and fees 10173-4, 10212-3
Poverty reduction, government strategy 6066
Privacy
privacy rights 8657
protection of personal information 8740-3
Private post-secondary institutions
certification 6598-9
regulation of language schools and student visa issue 6595, 6598-601
tuition and other student costs 6608
Private Training Act
debate 6595, 6598-602, 6608-9
definitions 6595, 6598-600, 6608-9
Privilege
reserving right to address matter of privilege 6064
Property tax, exemptions for independent schools 9204-6, 9230-1, 9233, 9235-7
Property Taxation (Exemptions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, debate 9204-6, 9230-1, 9233, 9235-7
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6398, 6588-90
Provincial Symbols and Honours Act, amendments 7599
Public debt-to-GDP ratio 6899
Public health, health promotion and disease prevention, initiatives 6068
Public sector, science officer positions 5809
Ralston, Bruce, private member's bill 9605-6
Real estate industry
housing market and data collection 9042-3
housing market, international investment and foreign ownership 9037
Recall and Initiative Amendment Act, 2015, debate 8440-1
Red Tape Reduction Act (federal), provisions 9605
Red Tape Reduction Day 9341-2, 9604-9, 9631
Red Tape Reduction Day Act, debate 9341-2, 9604-9, 9631
Registered disability savings plans, creditor protection 5809, 6067
Registered education savings plans, creditor protection 5809, 6067
Residential Tenancy Act, amendments 10118-9
Resource development, role of social licence 5809
Royal Dutch Shell Plc., purchase of BG Group, impact on LNG projects 7243
Rustad, John, work as Aboriginal Relations Minister 7013
School districts
powers, role and history 7758-9
shared services initiatives 7759
Science and technology
clean technology 5808, 7243, 9307
high-technology industry, government support 6067
Selkirk Mountains caribou population, habitat protection 9889
Shawnigan Lake, contaminated soil disposal sites 7881-2, 10164-5
Site C power project
costs and alternatives 9303-7
First Nations consultation and involvement 9306-7
impact on environment 9303-4
impact on valley and First Nations 9303, 9305
joint review panel 6700
joint review panel report recommendations 9303
timeline and alternatives 6700-1
Skills training, government investment and support 6067
Small business, regulation and government support 9606, 9608-9, 9631
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 6687
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 6065-8
Societies, legislation and impact on student societies 10173
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
governance 9532
governance and public confidence 6228
plebiscite on funding model 6228
Special Wine Store Licence Auction Act
debate 7532-4, 7611, 7884-7, 7889-90
definitions, "special wine store licence" 7532, 7884-5
delay for six months 7889-90
Species at Risk Act, application 6462-3, 6465
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — government response to climate change 8895
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — LNG development and transition to low-carbon economy 10202
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — soil dumping in Shawnigan Lake watershed 10164-5
Statements by members
ALS awareness 8100-1
Mustard Seed Food Bank services and initiatives 6365
Oak Bay High School students and alumni 9528-9
Stewart College of Languages, operations 6595
Stilwell, Moira, position on Election Act amendment legislation 8739-40
Strata corporations, termination and vote process change 10118
Strata Property Act, amendments 10118
Strathcona Provincial Park, description and size 6588
Supreme Court of B.C. ruling on third-party election advertising limits 8262
Swain, Harry, comments on Site C power project 6700-1, 9305
Taxation, government policies 6065-7, 6898-9
Taylor, Carole, comments on climate action plan 9016
Teachers
coaching tax credit 6898-9
collective agreement and bargaining 5810-1, 7757-9
expenses and volunteerism 6898-9
government relationship with teachers 6067, 7757-60
professional development 7758
supply and training 7759
Throne speech
debate 5743-4, 5807-11
amendment and content 5807-8
amendment and subamendment 5743-4, 5811
TimberWest Forest Corp., wind farm development project 8062, 9307
Times Colonist (Victoria), article on red-tape-reduction day legislation 9607
Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
debate 7169
definitions, inclusion of flavoured tobacco 7169
Tobacco, flavoured tobacco, regulation 7169
Toronto Star, article on LNG projects 7243
Transit services, funding 9532
University Act, amendments 10172-3
University of Victoria Students Society
comments on societies legislation 10173
fees 10212-3
Utilities Commission Act, amendments 10172
Vancouver housing market, affordability 9037, 9042-3
Victoria
food security and poverty 6365
housing market, affordability 9037
Water, drought conditions 8895
Weather patterns 8895
Wells Gray Provincial Park, description and size 6589-90
West Coast Environmental Law, comments on marine legislation amendments 6315-6, 6463
Wildlife
caribou habitat protection 9889
grizzly bear hunting regulation 6212
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2015, debate 6212
Wildlife Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015, debate 10193
Wine, definition 7532, 7884-5
Wilkinson, Hon. Andrew (Vancouver-Quilchena)

As subject
former lobbying activities for Simon Fraser University 6031 (Horgan) 6030
meeting with Languages Canada representatives 6593-4
meetings with post-secondary students 5760-1
Accountants, unified professional designation and regulation
advocacy and professional conduct 6326-7
auditor designation 6334-5, 6371-2
consultation with stakeholders 6324-5
custodians 6393
designation 6373-4
designation and prohibitions 6385-90
designation and regulation 5659, 6157, 6324-35
practice reviews, hearings, investigations and suspensions 6374-6, 6390-3
practice standards and specializations 6333-5, 6371-2, 6389-90
professional accounting corporations and limited liability partnerships 6372-3, 6383-6
students and training 6378-81
Advanced Education Ministry
estimates debate 6909-37, 6978-93
budget 6610, 6617
mandate 6670
minister, role and delegation 6678, 6704
oversight of private institutions
access to information 6728
staffing 6618-9, 6659, 6661, 6721-3
transfer of responsibilities 5659, 6297, 6591, 6602, 6610, 6613, 6617-20, 6665, 6674-6, 6728
role and responsibilities 6909
Alberta, employment and post-secondary enrolment 5762
Animation industry, worker supply and training 6920-1
Annacis Island, industrial district and trades training facility 6991
Auditor General, report on tuition protection fund for private post-secondary institutions 6678
Aviation, pilot training 6918
Bank of Montreal, survey on student debt load 6930
Bermuda, accounting designation and standards 6386-7
Board resourcing and development office
operations 6980-2
role in appointments 10089-90
B.C. by region, northwest B.C., skills training opportunities 8950
B.C. Institute of Technology
facility conditions 6934
funding 6927-8
B.C. Public Service Agency, role 6618-9
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, concerns re private training legislation 6592-3, 6599-600
Canovas, Ricardo, compensation case re tuition 6980
Capilano University, animation program 6921
Chartered Professional Accountants Act
debate 5659, 6157, 6324-35, 6371-95
transitional provisions 6393-5
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
board 6327-32
board, interim board 6393-5
bylaws 6330-5, 6371-8
CEO and president positions 6329
chapters, branches and affiliations 6376-7
committees 6332
educational programs and examinations 6378-81
head office location 6325-6
indemnification, tariff of costs and insurance 6375-6
management of donations 6330
membership and classes of members 6332-3, 6382-3
powers and role 5659, 6157, 6326-7
City University, B.C. operations 6607
Civil Forfeiture Act, application to private training schools 6661-2
College and Institute Act, amendments 10205-9, 10212-5
College of New Caledonia, capacity and utilization 6929
CPA Western School of Business, role 6379-80
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime 6662
Degree Authorization Act, application 6659
Dentists, training 6913
Disabled persons, employment and training 5761
Dix, Adrian, former lobbying activities 6031
Eby, David, former lobbying activities 6031
Education
adult basic education 5987, 6370, 6931-3, 7964-5
personal education numbers 6666-70
Education Ministry, data breach 9222-3
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver branch 6607
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, application 6728
Government
advertising 6992-3
regulations, reduction 6602
Government communications and public engagement budget, contingency funds and contracts 6991-3
Immigration
federal-provincial agreement 6598-9
foreign and immigrant workers 6925
Industry Training Authority, changes 6923-4
Justice system, injunctions 6726
KIMBO Design Inc., contract with government 6992-3
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
board expenses 8645
Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design project 6990
contract with lobbyist 6030
English language learning program 6936
executive compensation and contracts 6984-6
financial management and development 5987-8
proposed school for traditional Chinese medicine 6990
Labour
labour market data 6910
national occupational classification 6604-5, 6615, 6676
Labour Mobility Act, provisions 6382
Languages Canada
activities and role 6614-5
concerns re private training legislation 6593-4, 6596-7
representatives, meeting with Advanced Education minister 6593-4
Laurin, Kathryn, termination of position as college president 6989-90
Law Society of B.C., role 6326-7
Legislation, "purpose" clauses in bills 6591, 6599
Legislature, language used in House, withdrawal of comments 6032
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act, debate 8949-51
LNG development
employment and skills training 8949-50
employment and training opportunities 5760
LNG project agreements 8949-50
Lobbyists, role 6031
Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities, post-secondary education access 6935-6, 6979
Manitoba, regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6606
Maple Ridge, post-secondary education access, campus proposal 6990
Mentzelopoulos, Athana, role in board resourcing and development office 6981
Midwives, training programs 5763
Miller, Dan, comments on LNG development 8950
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2015
debate 10205-9, 10212-5
definitions, "capital fee" and "program or service fee" 10205-9, 10212-5
NDP, MLAs, former lobbying activities 6031
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, governance and programs 5762
North Island College, capacity and capital plan 6933
Northwest Community College, School of Exploration and Mining, funding 6988
Nurses, supply and training 5763, 6909
Ontario, regulation of private post-secondary institutions 6597, 6723
Oral questions (response)
Access to adult basic education 7964-5
Access to government information by Kwantlen University lobbyist 5988-9
Adult basic education 6370
Appointments by board resourcing office and government record-keeping 10089-90
Education Ministry data breach 9222-3
Expenses of Kwantlen University board 8645-6
Hiring of lobbyists by post-secondary institutions 6031-2, 9401-2
Kwantlen University contract with lobbyist 5987-8
Post-secondary education funding and accessibility 5986-7
Student debt load and Kwantlen University contract with lobbyist 6030-1
Petitions
Port Metro Vancouver issues 8337
Physicians
resident physicians 5763
supply and training 6909
supply and training, medical school program 5763
Port Metro Vancouver, issues, petition tabled 8337
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 5761-3, 6909
cost of education 5761-2
economic benefits 5986
education of First Nations people 5761-2
education of First Nations people, student demographics 5762
English language learning programs 6934-5
enrolment levels, relationship to labour market 5762
international education 5763
international students 6670
student debt load 5761, 6030, 6930-1, 6980, 6983-4
student financial assistance 5762, 6983-4, 9222
changes 6921-2
loans to students at private institutions 6709
needs-based grant program 9439
review 6978, 6988
student spaces 5761
students, demographics 5762
students, issues and concerns 5760-1
system 5987-8
system, expansion 6909
system, information transfer from K-12 system 9222
textbook supply, online textbook program 5762-3, 6909
tuition fees 5761, 5986, 6909
Post-secondary education funding 5760-1, 5986-7, 6909-12, 6928-30
aboriginal education 5761-2
capital funding 6032, 6922-3
capital funding for maintenance and rehabilitation, deferred maintenance 6934
English language learning programs 6925-7, 6936
funding formula 6927-8
rural colleges 6930
Post-secondary institutions
aboriginal gathering places 5762
administration, savings 6928
capital investment and projects 6909
contracts with lobbyists and relationship with government 6031-2, 9401-2
education quality assurance designation 6614-5
financial reporting, inclusion in government reporting entity 6987
independence 6031-2
new universities 5761
spending, accountability and standards 8645-6
student societies, membership and fees 10205-9, 10212-5
Privacy, protection of personal information 9223
Private post-secondary institutions
bankruptcy and closure 6674-5
certification 6297, 6593, 6595-8, 6602, 6608
application for and issuance of certificates 6613-6, 6619-22, 6652-7
notification of changes 6663-4
online directory of certified institutions 6671-3
posting of certificates 6652
requirements 6609-13, 6653, 6662-4, 6725
security deposit 6620, 6718-9
surrender of certificate 6665
suspension and cancellation of certificate 6671-2, 6724, 6726
uncertified institutions 6672, 6980
use of "accredited" term 6603-4
fraudulent activities 6606-7, 6680
information and privacy issues 6666-70, 6674
liability 6719-20, 6723
misleading information 6678-9, 6705
personal education numbers 6666-70
recruitment agents 6605-8, 6706
regulation and consumer protection 5659-60, 6297
appeals 6599-600, 6680, 6704-5, 6720, 6723, 6726-7
codes of conduct 6655
commissioner 6727
compliance and enforcement 6606, 6613, 6617, 6661-2, 6671-4, 6721-6
costs and funding 6610, 6613, 6616-7, 6661-2, 6664, 6675-6
dispute resolution 6605, 6672, 6674, 6678-80, 6704-9, 6718-20
other jurisdictions 6597, 6606-8, 6723
registrar 6619-20, 6652-7, 6664, 6671-4, 6704, 6708
risk-based approach 6617, 6620, 6719
regulation of programs and schools
approval of programs of instruction 6657-61
flight schools 6653, 6658
language schools and student visa issue 6593-601, 6613-5, 6621-2, 6721
online programs 6607-8
Pilates and yoga training 6604-5
students, completion of studies for cancelled program 6673-4, 6706-9, 6724
tuition and other student costs 6608-10, 6613, 6661-2
tuition protection fund 6297, 6596-7, 6616, 6620, 6673-81, 6704-9, 6717-21, 6728
website information 6671-3
Private Training Act
debate 5659-60, 6297, 6590-622, 6652-81, 6704-9, 6717-28
consequential amendments 6659
definitions
"career occupation" 6604-5
"career training institution" and "career training program" 6595, 6603, 6605-7
"certified institution" 6671
"compliance standards" 6602
coverage of language schools 6603, 6609
"designation certificate" 6603-4
"excluded institution" 6605-7, 6609, 6659
"institutions" 6607
"tuition" 6608-9
offences 6724-5
stakeholder consultation and concerns 6297, 6591-3, 6593-4, 6596-7, 6599-600, 6602-3, 6620-2, 6654, 6658, 6661, 6664, 6706, 6720-1, 6723
statutory framework and regulations 6592-3, 6602-3, 6620, 6654-5, 6658-9, 6664
typographical error 6705
Quest University Canada, operations 6607, 6609
Rutherford University, operations 6980
Sabell, Jeremy, comments on private training legislation 6592
Science and technology, high-technology industry, worker supply and training 6919-20
Selkirk College, aviation program 6918
Simon Fraser University
capital funding for maintenance 6937, 6987
student housing, closing 6937, 6987
Surrey campus 6936, 6979-80
Skills training
funding changes 6910-2, 6914-5
government skills and training plan 5760-1, 6910-9, 6921-5, 8949-50
student financial assistance 8950
trades training
equipment 5760-1
equipment funding 6922-3
First Nations people 8950
spaces 6909
Social insurance numbers, use in other identification systems 6667
Societies, legislation and impact on student societies 10206-7
Stewart College of Languages, operations 6596
Teachers labour dispute, government communications contract 6992-3
Throne speech
debate 5760-4
content 5763-4
Trinity Western University, operations 6607, 6609
Truscott, Richard, comments on private training legislation 6592-3, 6599-600
U.S., post-secondary institutions, accreditation 6603-4
University Act, amendments 10214-5
University of B.C.
100th anniversary event 9402
medical program 5763
Okanagan campus (Kelowna) 5761
student rent and tuition increases 6983
textbook supply and online textbook program 5763
University of the Fraser Valley, school of excellence in agriculture 6989
World Trade University Canada Establishment Act, status 6659-60

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