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

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

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E&N Railway See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Eagle, Lana

Article on First Nations LNG opportunities (Thornthwaite) 8971
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation

Work of organization (Reimer) 7660
Early childhood development See Children and youth
Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia

Bursary program (Cadieux) 5687
Early childhood tax benefit See Tax credits for families with children under Families
Earthquakes

Earthquake in Nepal See Earthquake under Nepal
Earthquake preparedness
consultation and report release (Anton) 6703 (Clark) 6651 (Corrigan) 6651, 6703
government action (Anton) 7961-2 (Fleming) 7962
government action and report (Horgan) 7960-1
letters from experts on seismic upgrade programs, tabled (Fassbender) 6512
preparedness of residents (Anton) 7961 (Horgan) 7961
report and government response (Corrigan) 7091
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

ICU and electrical upgrades (Lake) 6184
East Timor

People and political conditions (Ralston) 8932
East Timor Alert Network

Activities (Ralston) 8932
EATI See Employment, equipment and assistive technology initiative under Disabled persons
Eating disorders

Awareness and services (Thornthwaite) 5729
Eaton Arrowsmith School, Vancouver, B.C.

Programs for students with learning disabilities (Eby) 9195
E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Boundary changes for bridge replacements (Chandra Herbert) 6589 (Polak) 6395, 6589
Expansion (Polak) 6588
E-cigarettes See Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
Eckardt, Larry

Commission on electoral reform See Royal Commission on Electoral Reform
Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec

1989 massacre of women, government response (Karagianis) 10194
Ecole Quadra Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Centennial (Fleming) 8639-40
Economic Forecast Council

Forecasting and review of government budget (de Jong) 5850
Economy

Balance with environmental values See Sustainable development below
Canadian dollar See Exchange rate
Competitiveness (Thornthwaite) 9165
Conditions (Anton) 9006-7 (Barnett) 9157-8 (Clark) 8837 (Dalton) 6132 (Horgan) 8836-7 (Hunt) 5669 (Larson) 6111 (Ralston) 5757-8 (Reimer) 6130 (Routley, B.) 6050 (Routley, D.) 5999-6000 (Sullivan) 6189-90 (Yamamoto) 6013
Debate on issues (Clark) 8813
Diversification See also Exports, diversification of markets under Trade
(Ashton) 5880, 5974 (Barnett) 5997 (Bing) 5979 (Bond) 5842-3, 7794 (Chandra Herbert) 8241 (Coleman) 5711 (Corrigan) 5827 (Dalton) 6134 (de Jong) 5852, 8676-8 (Dix) 5996 (Elmore) 5981 (Fassbender) 5753 (Gibson) 5720 (Hamilton) 5693-4 (Heyman) 5748-9, 6489, 7794 (Holman) 6150 (Horgan) 8838 (James) 5870-5, 5975, 6188, 6887, 8676-8 (Karagianis) 6061 (Krog) 5698 (Kyllo) 6103, 9730-1 (Lee) 5887-8 (McRae) 6075-6 (Martin) 5976, 9174 (Morris) 5672-5 (Plecas) 9727-8 (Popham) 5890-1 (Ralston) 5978-9, 8235 (Reimer) 5977, 6130-1 (Robinson) 5743 (Routley, B.) 5979-80 (Shin) 9080-1, 9166 (Simpson) 7794 (Stilwell, Michelle) 6018, 6021 (Stilwell, Moira) 8978 (Stone) 6055-6 (Sturdy) 6117 (Sullivan) 6190 (Thomson) 6406 (Trevena) 5690-1 (Virk) 5945 (Wat) 5736, 6062-3, 6748-9 (Weaver) 5807, 6065
Economic development (Ashton) 9075-7 (Barnett) 5679, 9157-9 (Cadieux) 5686, 5689 (Coleman) 6152-5 (Hunt) 6148 (Stilwell, Michelle) 6021
Economic development and role in public debt reduction (Clark) 8832-5
Economic development, role of First Nations (Clark) 8829-30
Economic development, rural and urban development (Hunt) 6136
Economic plan for province (Throne speech) 5651-2
Free enterprise system (Weaver) 7600
Green economy (Bond) 5842, 7739-41, 7792-4 (Hamilton) 5973 (Heyman) 5972-4, 6010, 6896-8, 7739-41, 7792 (Karagianis) 6061
Growth (Bond) 5841-2 (Clark) 8864 (de Jong) 5850 (Fleming) 5941-2 (James) 5874-8
Growth and relationship to government fiscal policies (Reimer) 9170
Low-carbon economy See Sustainable development below
Memorandum of understanding between Canada and B.C. See Resources and resource industries
Projected conditions (Clark) 8864
Role in funding government services (Clark) 8155, 8862 (Martin) 6209 (Throne speech) 5654
Role of government (Bond) 9335-6 (Clark) 8528-30 (Krog) 6503-4 (Oakes) 9328-9
Sectors See Industry; particular industries
Sustainable development (Holman) 6151
Sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy (Weaver) 5808-9, 6067-8, 10200, 10202
Underground economy (Bond) 7788-9 (Simpson) 7788-9
Ecosystem protection See Environment
Ecotrust Canada

Work on North Coast by Prince Rupert office (Rice) 7427
Edgewater Casino ULC

Relocation See Casino project on lands adjacent to B.C. Place under Paragon Gaming Inc.
Edmonds constituency and area See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area
EDP Renewables Canada Ltd.

Wind farm development partnership See TimberWest Forest Corp.
Education See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; School districts; Schools; Skills training

21st century learning See Curriculum, changes below
Accountability framework for student learning See School districts
Adult basic education, accessibility and fee changes (Austin) 9954 (Bains) 7951-2, 9952-3 (Bernier) 9074, 9438-9 (Chandra Herbert) 6099 (Conroy) 7953-4 (Corrigan) 5839, 6128, 6193, 6370, 6931-2, 7202-3, 7654, 7947, 7960, 7964, 8632-3, 9073-5, 9438-9, 9946-7 (Dalton) 9948 (Eby) 9439 (Elmore) 5950, 9951 (Fassbender) 7193-4, 7203 (Fleming) 7192-4, 7948-9, 9438, 9947-8 (Gibson) 7951 (Hamilton) 7953 (Holman) 7776 (Horgan) 5986 (Huntington) 6931 (Kwan) 6107 (Morris) 9952 (Plecas) 7947-8 (Robinson) 5742 (Shin) 7950, 7965, 9506, 9949-50 (Simpson) 7955 (Thornthwaite) 7954 (Throness) 7949 (Trevena) 6932-3 (Wilkinson) 5987, 6370, 6931-3, 7964-5
Adult basic education, petition tabled (Corrigan) 7965 (Robinson) 6147
BCeSIS system See Information management below
Boards of education See School districts
Catholic education system (Gibson) 8526-7
Class size and composition (Austin) 9193-4 (Fassbender) 7382 (Fleming) 7381, 7678 (Macdonald) 7687 (Weaver) 7757
Class size and composition, funding initiative See Learning improvement fund under Education funding
Class size and composition, report (Fassbender) 7124 (Fleming) 7124
Coaching tax credit See Teachers
Community schools (Chouhan) 6427
CommunityLINK funding See Education funding
Conference (Fassbender) 8359 (Fleming) 7674-5, 8359, 8449
Curriculum
changes See also Government plan below
(Austin) 9174, 9193 (Bernier) 9191-2 (Fassbender) 8162, 8362 (James) 9199
inclusion of mental health education, petition tabled (Simpson) 8646
review (Fassbender) 7153-5 (Fleming) 7153-4
skills and trades training See Skills training
Distance education and online learning, private schools See Independent schools below
Distance education and online learning, review (Fleming) 7213
Dogwood Certificate See Graduation below
Dual-credit programs (Bernier) 9074
Early learning See Early childhood development under Children and youth
Education Advisory Council (Corrigan) 7985 (Fassbender) 8458-9, 8536 (Fleming) 8536 (Huntington) 8458-9
Education of First Nations people
education (Trevena) 8856
enhancement agreements (Fassbender) 7200-1 (Fraser) 7201 (Morris) 8635
graduation rate (Austin) 9954 (Bing) 5847 (James) 9199
language preservation See First Nations
Enrolment levels (Fassbender) 7124-5 (Fleming) 7124-5
Field trips to capital region, Capital for Kids program (Donaldson) 8095 (Oakes) 8095
Field trips to capital region, youth and democracy program (Oakes) 8095
Forum (Fassbender) 5896 (Fleming) 6494
Francophone education authority See Francophone education authority
French immersion (Darcy) 7835
Fruit and vegetable program (de Jong) 5855 (Gibson) 6123-4 (Larson) 6109 (Lee) 5888 (McRae) 6079 (Plecas) 6039 (Reimer) 6130 (Stilwell, Michelle) 6022 (Tegart) 6084
Gay-straight alliance groups (Chandra Herbert) 8531 (Fassbender) 8531
Gifted education See Special education and special needs below
Government investment and support (Fassbender) 7382 (Fleming) 7382 (Reimer) 6495
Government plan See also Curriculum, changes above
(Fassbender) 8160-2, 8358-62 (Fleming) 5944 (Throness) 7737
Graduation, Dogwood Certificate (Bernier) 9438-9
Graduation rate
First Nations people See Education of First Nations people above
non-completion issues (Weaver) 5810
rate (Bernier) 9438-9 (Fleming) 9190
youth in government care (Donaldson) 5769-72, 5971, 7209-10, 7932 (Fassbender) 7209-10 (Thornthwaite) 5771
High school upgrades See Adult basic education above
Independent schools
bullying prevention See Bullying and violence at school, prevention of homophobic and transphobic bullying under Violence
distance learning cases (Fleming) 8366
funding See Funding for independent schools under Education funding
parliamentary secretary See Parliamentary Secretary for the Independent School Sector
professional development of teachers See Professional development under Teachers
property tax exemptions See Property tax
Information management, BCeSIS system (Austin) 7824 (Dix) 7747 (Donaldson) 7696-7 (Eby) 7966 (Fassbender) 8460, 8462 (Fleming) 7190 (Hammell) 7838 (Holman) 7777-8 (James) 9198 (Karagianis) 7732 (Macdonald) 7688-9, 7995-6, 8460-2 (Mungall) 7754, 7988 (Ralston) 7769
Information management, MyEducation B.C. system (Bernier) 9223-4, 9327, 10054-5 (Fassbender) 7190-2, 8380, 8457, 8460, 8462 (Fleming) 7190-2, 8380, 8537, 9327, 10054 (Mungall) 9223 (Robinson) 9223-4
International education (McRae) 5823-4 (Reimer) 5801 (Sullivan) 6190 (Throne speech) 5653
Legislation See also Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
(Corrigan) 8632
Music programs See School music programs below
MyEducation B.C. system See Information management above
Offshore schools (Reimer) 5801 (Trevena) 5690
Online learning See Distance education and online learning above
Opportunities (James) 9168
Parent advisory councils (Chandra Herbert) 6099 (Fassbender) 8386, 8449-50 (Fleming) 8386, 8448-50
Personal education numbers See also Private post-secondary institutions; Students, use of student data and privacy protection below
(Corrigan) 6666-70 (Fassbender) 7668-9 (Wilkinson) 6666-70
Personalized learning model See Curriculum, changes above
PLNet program See Internet service, provincial learning network program under Information and communications technology
Police community liaison officers in schools (Anton) 8402 (Ralston) 8402
Private schools See Independent schools above
Public system See System, public system below
Punjabi program (Bains) 7204, 7206, 7978-9 (Fassbender) 7205
Role in economy and society (Corrigan) 6193-5
Safety of students (Fassbender) 7207 (Ralston) 7206-7
Safety of students, bullying issue See Bullying and violence at school under Violence
Safety of students, supervision (Routley, D.) 5966
School counsellors (James) 7828
School districts, francophone school district See Francophone education authority
School meal program funding See CommunityLINK program under Education funding
School music programs (Heyman) 6008
School planning councils (Corrigan) 7752, 7986 (Fassbender) 8369, 8375-6, 8386, 8448-50 (Fleming) 8366-7, 8369-70, 8375-6, 8386, 8448-51 (Kwan) 7845-6 (Macdonald) 7685-7 (Simpson) 7848 (Weaver) 7758
School sports programs, education coaching tax credit See Coaching tax credit under Teachers
Seismic upgrades of school buildings See Schools
Shared services initiatives See School districts
Skills and trades training See Skills training
Skills and trades training, dual-credit programs See Dual-credit programs above
Special education and special needs See also Learning disabilities
assessments (Chandra Herbert) 6099 (Darcy) 7834-5 (Eby) 5886 (Fleming) 7678
assessments and wait times (Horgan) 5817, 5819-20
funding See Education funding
gifted education (Robinson) 5740-1
special education and special needs (Eby) 9196 (Macdonald) 7687, 8630-1 (Thornthwaite) 5954
student completion rate (Fassbender) 5895
Students
accountability framework for student learning See School districts
achievement contracts See School districts
achievement levels (Fleming) 6494-5, 7127, 9190
achievement levels and test results (Gibson) 8630 (Martin) 8633 (Thornthwaite) 8629 (Weaver) 9204-5
data privacy breach See Education, Ministry of
early development instrument evaluation (Cadieux) 7875
post-secondary students See Post-secondary education
prevention of gang activity See Gangs
students in government care See also Graduation rate above
(Cadieux) 7932
transition to post-secondary education (Fassbender) 7126-7 (Fleming) 7126-7
travel to and from school See Schools
use of student data and privacy protection (Bains) 7977 (Bernier) 9220 (Corrigan) 7752, 7985-6 (Eby) 7967 (Fassbender) 7005, 7667, 7669, 8160, 8163, 8382-6, 8535-6 (Fleming) 8382-5, 8535-6 (Gibson) 7823 (Heyman) 7683 (Holman) 7777 (Horgan) 9220 (Karagianis) 7734 (Macdonald) 7996 (Mungall) 7753, 7755, 7988 (Ralston) 7771 (Rice) 7975 (Robinson) 7772 (Routley, B.) 7822 (Routley, D.) 7764, 7767-8 (Shin) 7993-4 (Throness) 7737
use of student data and privacy protection and students in government care (Fassbender) 8383-4 (Fleming) 8383
voter registration of secondary students See Enumeration under Elections
Summit See Forum above
Superintendents of achievement (Fassbender) 8373-5 (Fleming) 8373-5, 8451-2
Superintendents of appeals (Fassbender) 8374-5, 8451-3 (Fleming) 8374-5, 8451-3
System
accountability framework for student learning See School districts
choice concept (Throness) 9209-10
conditions (Austin) 5958-60, 7823-5, 8633-4, 9192-4 (Bains) 9207 (Bernier) 9191-2 (Conroy) 7779-84, 7981-2 (Corrigan) 8632-3 (Darcy) 6114, 7832-5 (Dix) 7745-6 (Eby) 7966 (Fleming) 5944, 7971-2, 8627-8, 9187-90 (Gibson) 8630 (Hammell) 7836-9, 8629 (Heyman) 7683-4 (Holman) 7776 (James) 5879, 7828-31, 9197-200 (Karagianis) 7731-3 (Krog) 7689-92 (Macdonald) 8630-1 (Martin) 8633 (Morris) 8634-5 (Popham) 7991-3 (Ralston) 9201-2 (Rice) 7974 (Robinson) 7776, 8635-6 (Routley, D.) 7764-7 (Simons) 5716, 7851-4 (Sultan) 8631-2 (Thornthwaite) 8628-9
public system (Corrigan) 6193 (Fleming) 7671-3
ranking (Fassbender) 7669, 8160 (Gibson) 7822 (Weaver) 7757
reforms See Curriculum, changes above
stakeholder collaboration and consultation (Fleming) 6494, 6496 (Reimer) 6495
system (Fassbender) 7667 (Thornthwaite) 7679 (Throne speech) 5654 (Throness) 7737-8
Teachers See Teachers
Education funding

Aboriginal education (Fassbender) 7200
Capital funding (Bains) 5804 (Bernier) 9848 (de Jong) 5851 (Fassbender) 7126, 7208 (Fleming) 7125-6 (Routley, D.) 7208
Capital funding and maintenance funding (Routley, D.) 7766
CommunityLINK program (Fassbender) 7194, 7197, 8162 (Fleming) 7194, 7196-7
Districts with declining enrolment (Fassbender) 7125 (Fleming) 7125
Funding (Austin) 5958-60, 7825, 8634 (Barnett) 5998 (Clark) 7220 (Conroy) 5899 (Corrigan) 5828, 6126, 6193, 8632 (Dalton) 6133 (Darcy) 5676, 6114, 7833-5 (de Jong) 5855 (Dix) 5995, 7746-8 (Eby) 5886, 9196 (Fassbender) 5866-7, 5894-7, 6280, 7116-23, 7196, 7208, 8025-6, 8161-2, 8533 (Fleming) 5866-7, 5943-5, 6280, 6496, 6892-4, 7117-23, 7212-3, 7381-2, 7672, 7676-7, 8025-6, 8627-8, 9188 (Fraser) 5706, 7693 (Hammell) 8629 (Heyman) 6008-9, 7195, 7683-4 (Holman) 7776-7 (Horgan) 7220 (James) 7828-9, 9198 (Karagianis) 6061 (Krog) 7692 (Kwan) 7844 (Larson) 6110 (Lee) 5888 (Martin) 5938, 8633 (Popham) 5892 (Ralston) 9201 (Reimer) 6130, 6495 (Robinson) 8025, 8636 (Routley, D.) 5999, 7207-8 (Stilwell, Michelle) 6022 (Stone) 6055 (Sultan) 8631 (Throness) 6003-4, 7735-6 (Trevena) 5690, 6036-7, 7761-2 (Weaver) 5810-1, 6067, 7758
Funding formula (Fassbender) 7209 (Robinson) 7209
Funding, petition tabled (Fleming) 8863-4 (Kwan) 6156
Independent schools (Dalton) 6133-4 (Fassbender) 7196, 7198, 7213 (Fleming) 7212-3, 8365, 9225-6 (Heyman) 7195 (Macdonald) 5976, 6122 (Trevena) 6037, 7199
Learning improvement fund (Austin) 5958-9 (Dalton) 6133 (Fassbender) 5894-5, 7117, 7213, 7382 (Fleming) 7213 (Martin) 8633 (Thornthwaite) 5954, 8628
Per-student funding (Routley, D.) 7764-5
Special education and special needs (Donaldson) 7210 (Fassbender) 5896, 7382 (Fraser) 5706, 5708 (Routley, D.) 7207-8
Temporary education support for parents program (de Jong) 8586 (Donaldson) 8586
Wage increases (Austin) 6280 (Fassbender) 6280 (Fleming) 6280
Education, Ministry of

Estimates
debate 7115-35, 7153-7, 7189-214
speakers (Bains) 7204-6 (Chandra Herbert) 7210-2 (Conroy) 7198 (Corrigan) 7202-3 (Darcy) 7203-4 (Donaldson) 7209-10 (Farnworth) 7200 (Fassbender) 7115-35, 7153-7, 7189-94, 7196-214 (Fleming) 7115, 7117-34, 7153-7, 7189-94, 7196-7, 7212-4 (Fraser) 7200-1 (Heyman) 7194-5 (Huntington) 7201-2 (Ralston) 7206-7 (Robinson) 7208-9 (Routley, D.) 7207-8 (Trevena) 7199-200
Budget (de Jong) 5855
Data breach (Austin) 9324 (Bernier) 9219-22 (Fleming) 9221-2 (Hammell) 9223 (Horgan) 9219-20 (James) 9222 (Rice) 9281 (Routley, D.) 9220-1, 9281, 9323 (Virk) 9281, 9323-4 (Wilkinson) 9222-3
Service plan (Robinson) 7774
Service plan and performance measurements (Fassbender) 7126-7 (Fleming) 7125-7
Staffing (Fassbender) 7115
Teacher regulation branch (Dix) 8364
Education savings grant program See B.C. training and education savings grant program
Education, Select Standing Committee on

Membership (Mungall) 7989
Powers and role (Farnworth) 7839-40 (Fleming) 7972 (Shin) 7994
Referral of bill to committee See Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015

(Bill 11) (Minister of Education) 1R, 7005; 2R, 7667-99, 7728-38, 7745-85, 7818-54, 7965-97, 8160-3; C, 8357-86, 8448-74, 8533-9; 3R 8539; RA, 8573
Amdts: 2R (Hammell) 7839, negatived 7997
Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 7997; 2R approved 8163; sec. 16 approved 8468; motion that committee rise and report bill complete without amendment approved 8539; 3R approved 8539
Debate, speakers (Austin) 7823-7 (Bains) 7975-9 (Conroy) 7779-84, 7979-84 (Corrigan) 7748-53, 7984-7, 8464-71 (Darcy) 7832-6 (Dix) 7745-8, 8363-4 (Donaldson) 7696-9 (Eby) 7965-70 (Farnworth) 7839-43 (Fassbender) 7005, 7667-9, 7997, 8160-3, 8357-86, 8448-60, 8462-74, 8533-9 (Fleming) 7669-79, 7970-4, 8357-86, 8448-57, 8459-60, 8466-74, 8533-8 (Fraser) 7693-6 (Gibson) 7822-3 (Hammell) 7836-9 (Heyman) 7681-5 (Holman) 7776-9 (Huntington) 7784-5, 8378-9, 8457-9, 8472-3 (James) 7827-32 (Karagianis) 7730-5 (Krog) 7689-93 (Kwan) 7843-7 (Macdonald) 7685-9, 7994-7, 8460-4 (Martin) 7729-30 (Mungall) 7753-6, 7987-91 (Popham) 7991-3 (Ralston) 7768-71 (Rice) 7974-5 (Robinson) 7771-6 (Routley, B.) 7818-22 (Routley, D.) 7764-8 (Shin) 7728-9, 7993-4 (Simons) 7851-4 (Simpson) 7847-51 (Thornthwaite) 7679-81 (Throness) 7735-8 (Trevena) 7760-4 (Weaver) 7756-60
Amendments, coming into force (Corrigan) 8471 (Fassbender) 8471
Consultation on bill See also Referral to Education Committee below
(Conroy) 7780-1 (Darcy) 7832-3 (Dix) 8363-4 (Fassbender) 7668, 8160-3, 8358-63, 8380-2, 8458-9 (Fleming) 7669-71, 7673-4, 7677-9, 8357-8, 8360-3, 8380-2, 9187, 9189 (Fraser) 7694-5 (Heyman) 7682 (Huntington) 7784, 8457-9 (Krog) 7693 (Robinson) 7772-3 (Thornthwaite) 7680 (Throness) 7737 (Weaver) 7759-60
Purpose of bill (Fassbender) 7005
Referral to Education Committee and consultation on bill (Bains) 7975-9 (Conroy) 7979-84 (Corrigan) 7984-7 (Eby) 7965-70 (Farnworth) 7839-43 (Fleming) 7970-4 (Hammell) 7839 (Kwan) 7843-7 (Macdonald) 7994-7 (Mungall) 7987-91 (Popham) 7991-3 (Rice) 7974-5 (Shin) 7993-4 (Simons) 7851-4 (Simpson) 7847-51
Regulations (Corrigan) 8469 (Fassbender) 8468-9 (Fleming) 8468-9 (Mungall) 7753
EF International Language Schools

Concerns re private training legislation (Chandra Herbert) 6593
Egypt

Journalism and freedom of the press (Eby) 9217-8
Einstein, Albert

Comments on insanity (Sullivan) 9380
Comments on theories (Hogg) 8331
Elderly See Seniors
Election Act

Amendments See also Information Management Act; Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2015
(Krog) 9560 (Virk) 8770
Election Advisory Committee

Membership and role (Holman) 8191
Election Amendment Act, 2015

(Bill 20) (Minister of Justice) 1R, 6846; 2R, 8187-205, 8252-84, 8337-45; C, 8549-72, 8649-71, 8721-8, 8737; 3R, 8737-47; RA, 8868
Amdts: sec. 3 (Holman) 8562, negatived 8563; sec. 6 (Anton) 8565-6, approved 8662; subamdt. to sec. 6 (Holman) 8649-50, negatived 8655-6; subamdt. to sec. 6 (Huntington) 8656, ruled out of order 8658; sec. 9 (Weaver) 8664, negatived 8664; sec. 10 (Weaver) 8665, negatived 8665
Amdts: sec. 21 (Holman) 8725, negatived 8725; sec. 21.1 (Anton) 8725-6, approved 8737; subamdt. to sec. 21.1 (Weaver) 8726-7, negatived 8727; subamdt. to sec. 21.1 (Holman) 8727, negatived 8737; 3R (Weaver) 8737, negatived 8746-7
Divisions: 2R approved 8344; amdt. to sec. 3 negatived 8563; subamdt. to sec. 6 negatived 8655-6; amdt. to sec. 6 approved 8662; sec. 6 as amended approved 8662-3; amdt. to 3R negatived 8746-7; 3R approved 8747
Debate, speakers (Anton) 6846, 8187-8, 8343-4, 8549-62, 8564-5, 8569-72, 8653-4, 8658-71, 8722-7, 8746 (Bing) 8202-3 (Chandra Herbert) 8555, 8563 (Corrigan) 8342-3, 8653, 8667-70 (Elmore) 8266-8 (Farnworth) 8203-5, 8252-4, 8551-4, 8559-60, 8564-5, 8568-70 (Fleming) 8268-71 (Hammell) 8282-4 (Heyman) 8264-6, 8654-5 (Holman) 8189-97, 8549, 8554-5, 8557-8, 8562-7, 8649-53, 8660-3, 8665-6, 8668-9, 8724-5, 8727, 8744-6 (Huntington) 8275-8, 8555, 8557, 8561-2, 8565, 8571-2, 8651-2, 8654, 8656-7, 8661, 8669, 8671, 8721-2, 8743-4 (Krog) 8198-202 (Macdonald) 8278-82 (Martin) 8197-8 (Ralston) 8667 (Routley, B.) 8337-40 (Simons) 8340-2 (Simpson) 8271-5 (Stilwell, Moira) 8254-7 (Trevena) 8257-61, 8556-7 (Weaver) 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 (Anton) 8565-6, 8572, 8653-4 (Chair) 8651, 8656-8 (Farnworth) 8568-70 (Heyman) 8654 (Holman) 8195, 8650-4, 8745 (Huntington) 8571-2, 8651-2, 8654, 8656-7, 8743-4 (Krog) 8199 (Trevena) 8258 (Weaver) 8263, 8572, 8651, 8740-1
Content of bill and opposition position (Holman) 8189
Debate on bill (Anton) 8343 (Farnworth) 8570 (Weaver) 8739-40
Drafting and presentation of bill (Holman) 8660
Provisions, debate (Farnworth) 8568
Provisions, petition tabled (Weaver) 8721
Public response (Stilwell, Moira) 8256 (Trevena) 8258
Purpose of bill (Anton) 6846, 8746 (Holman) 8554
Regulations (Anton) 8662 (Holman) 8662
Elections See also Chief Electoral Officer; Elections B.C.; Politics and politicians

2013 general election results (Holman) 9894
Advance voting (Anton) 6846, 8187, 8550, 8557, 8660, 8663 (Elmore) 8267 (Holman) 8193-4, 8663 (Martin) 8197 (Simpson) 8273 (Weaver) 8550, 8663
Advertising and communications
advertising (Anton) 8670, 8724-5 (Holman) 8724 (Routley, B.) 8338
fundraising messages (Anton) 8670, 8722-4 (Huntington) 8671, 8721-2 (Weaver) 8670-1, 8722-4
get-out-the-vote messages on election day (Anton) 8187, 8725 (Holman) 8725
impact on voters (Trevena) 8259
spending limits for candidates and parties See Campaign financing, spending limits below
third-party advertising (Anton) 8666-9, 8722, 8725 (Corrigan) 8343, 8669-70 (Fleming) 8270 (Holman) 8195, 8666, 8725 (Huntington) 8669 (Macdonald) 8281 (Routley, B.) 8340 (Simpson) 8272 (Trevena) 8258-9 (Weaver) 8261-2
By-elections, upcoming by-elections (Clark) 9629 (Simpson) 9629
Campaign financing
corporate and union donations (Holman) 8196 (Simpson) 8275
financing (Routley, B.) 8338
fundraising activities (Anton) 8188, 8670, 8722-4 (Huntington) 8671, 8722 (Weaver) 8670-1, 8723-4
reform (Chandra Herbert) 9759-60 (Holman) 8189 (Simons) 8341
reform and ban on corporate and union donations (Farnworth) 6943 (Holman) 6943
spending limits (Anton) 8187-8, 8344, 8666-70 (Corrigan) 8343, 8667-8 (Elmore) 8268 (Farnworth) 8204-5 (Fleming) 8270 (Hammell) 8284 (Heyman) 8266 (Holman) 8190-1, 8194-5, 8666, 8668-9 (Huntington) 8276, 8669 (Krog) 8198, 8201 (Macdonald) 8280-1 (Routley, B.) 8340 (Simpson) 8272-3 (Trevena) 8258-9 (Weaver) 8261-2, 8668
Campaign volunteers (Huntington) 8277
Campaigns, role of citizens (Stilwell, Moira) 8255
Candidates, independent candidates (Huntington) 8278
Electoral boundaries See also particular constituencies
Chilliwack-Hope and Fraser-Nicola constituencies, petition tabled (Throness) 8646
commission See Electoral Boundaries Commission
Fisher commission See Royal Commission on Electoral Boundaries
preservation of electoral districts in three regions See Electoral districts below
redistribution See Redistribution of electoral boundaries below
Electoral districts See also Number of seats under Legislature; particular constituencies
constituency associations (Farnworth) 9922
districts (Anton) 9873, 9891-3 (Austin) 9773-4 (Barnett) 9897-8 (Corrigan) 9820 (de Jong) 9672 (Donaldson) 9905 (Elmore) 9825, 9909-10 (Fassbender) 9677 (Holman) 9674-5 (Hunt) 9685 (James) 9928-9 (Krog) 9745-6 (Plecas) 9913 (Routley, B.) 9935 (Yap) 9707-8
dual-member ridings (Krog) 9712, 9745
history (Routley, B.) 9768-70
preservation of districts in three regions (Anton) 10175 (Barnett) 9898 (Corrigan) 9821 (Eby) 10013 (Fleming) 9750 (Holman) 10175 (Macdonald) 9829 (Martin) 9980 (Plecas) 9681 (Simpson) 9801 (Trevena) 9762
rural constituencies (Barnett) 9777, 10011-2 (Conroy) 9816-8 (Fleming) 10008 (Kyllo) 9863 (Morris) 9695-7, 9903-5 (Rice) 9989-90 (Rustad) 9814 (Stone) 9820 (Tegart) 9988-9 (Trevena) 9762
Electoral quotient See Voter parity principle below
Electoral reform
B.C. Liberal Party position (Martin) 5939
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform See Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
electoral reform (Fleming) 9751-2 (Holman) 8190, 8745 (Krog) 9712 (Macdonald) 9831
NDP position (Holman) 7357-9
royal commission See Royal Commission on Electoral Reform
Electoral representation (Ashton) 9749 (Austin) 9775, 9913-4 (Bains) 9808 (Chandra Herbert) 9756-7 (Dix) 9791-2 (Eby) 9699 (Gibson) 9792 (Hamilton) 9853 (Hammell) 9987-8 (Holman) 9675 (Huntington) 9855 (Karagianis) 9812 (Krog) 9714 (Kyllo) 9863 (Mungall) 9849 (Rice) 9990 (Tegart) 9988-9 (Thomson) 9971-2 (Trevena) 9764, 9994
Electoral representation, effective representation concept (Anton) 9766 (Bing) 9760-1 (Bond) 9926-8 (Corrigan) 9822 (Dalton) 9933 (de Jong) 9672-3 (Donaldson) 9687, 9905-6 (Martin) 9690-1, 9980 (Routley, D.) 9856-7 (Simons) 9705 (Simpson) 9801-2
Electoral representation, voter parity See Voter parity below
Electoral systems
first-past-the-post system (Martin) 7358
mixed-member proportional representation (Macdonald) 9830-1
proportional representation (Holman) 7357, 8192
systems (Chandra Herbert) 9757, 9759 (Heyman) 9861 (Macdonald) 9828-30 (Trevena) 8257-8, 9762
Electronic voting and new voting technology (Anton) 8551 (Holman) 8192-3 (Routley, B.) 8339 (Weaver) 8551
Enumeration (Anton) 8187, 8549, 8555-7 (Holman) 8191, 8557 (Huntington) 8555, 8557
Enumeration and list of voters (Anton) 8562, 8564-5, 8662 (Farnworth) 8564-5 (Holman) 8562, 8564-5 (Huntington) 8565 (Weaver) 8563-4, 8662
Enumeration, registration of youth (Anton) 8553, 8555-6 (Chandra Herbert) 8555, 8563 (Corrigan) 8342-3 (Elmore) 8267-8 (Farnworth) 8253-4, 8552-4 (Fleming) 5910-1, 8268-70 (Hammell) 8283-4 (Heyman) 8265-6 (Holman) 8191-2, 8195, 8554-5, 8562-3 (Krog) 8199-200 (Macdonald) 8279-80 (Routley, B.) 8337-9 (Simons) 8341 (Simpson) 8274-5 (Trevena) 8259-61, 8556-7 (Weaver) 8263-4, 8556-7, 8562-4
Fall fixed election date (Holman) 5910 (Huntington) 8276
Federal election (Coleman) 9573 (Horgan) 9573 (Krog) 9708
Fixed election date (Bing) 8202 (Farnworth) 8204, 8253 (Fleming) 8270 (Weaver) 8261, 8668
"Gerrymandering," definition and origin of term (Elmore) 9910 (Farnworth) 9833
Internet voting See Electronic voting above
Legislation See also Election Amendment Act, 2015; Electoral Districts Act; Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2015; Fall Fixed Election Amendment Act, 2015
(Krog) 8199-200
List of eligible voters See Enumeration and list of voters above
Local government elections (Farnworth) 6943
Local government elections, campaign financing and spending limits (Fassbender) 9664-5 (Reimer) 6129 (Robinson) 5668 (Tegart) 5667-8, 9101
Local government elections, legislation See also Local Elections Campaign Financing (Expense Limits) Amendment Act, 2015
(Oakes) 8006
Municipal elections See Local government elections above
Pre-campaign period, removal of spending limits See Campaign financing, spending limits above
Redistribution of electoral boundaries
consultation process (Austin) 9772-3 (Elmore) 9824-5 (Fraser) 9682 (Hammell) 9986-7 (Heyman) 9859 (Holman) 9674-5 (Lake) 9795 (Robinson) 9692
court cases re voter parity (Corrigan) 9821 (Dix) 9790 (Eby) 9698-700, 10013 (Simpson) 9802
redistribution (Anton) 9766-7, 9892, 10175 (Ashton) 9749 (Austin) 9773-6, 9913-4 (Bains) 9805-8 (Barnett) 9776-7 (Bing) 9761 (Bond) 9925-8 (Chandra Herbert) 9755-9 (Conroy) 9815-8 (Corrigan) 9821-4 (Darcy) 9864-7, 9972-5 (de Jong) 9673 (Dix) 9788-92, 10003-4 (Donaldson) 9687-8, 9905 (Elmore) 9824-7, 9909-10 (Farnworth) 9832-6, 9921-5 (Fassbender) 9677-8 (Fleming) 9750-3, 10008-9 (Fraser) 9682-5 (Gibson) 9792 (Hamilton) 9852-3 (Hammell) 9985-8 (Heyman) 9859-63 (Holman) 9675-6, 9893-4, 10174-5 (Horgan) 9868-72 (Hunt) 9685-6, 10014 (Huntington) 9853-5 (James) 9795-6, 9797-800, 9928-9 (Karagianis) 9809-13 (Krog) 9711-4, 9743-9 (Larson) 9909 (Macdonald) 9829-31 (McRae) 9754-5 (Martin) 9690-1, 9979-80 (Mungall) 9848-9 (Plecas) 9681, 9913 (Reimer) 9828 (Rice) 9679-80, 9990 (Robinson) 9693-5 (Routley, B.) 9767-71 (Routley, D.) 9855-9 (Rustad) 9813-5 (Simons) 9704-7 (Simpson) 9802-4 (Stone) 9819-20 (Sultan) 9771-2 (Tegart) 9988-9 (Thornthwaite) 9804 (Throness) 9701-3, 9918-21 (Trevena) 9761-5, 9993-4 (Weaver) 9793-4 (Yap) 9707-8
timeline (Farnworth) 9922-3 (Throness) 9701-3, 9919-20
Referendum on electoral system for B.C. (Bing) 8202 (Holman) 8190
Regulations, changes (Anton) 6846, 8187-8, 8549-53, 8663, 8746 (Elmore) 8266-7 (Farnworth) 8203, 8253-4, 8551-2 (Fleming) 8268-71 (Hammell) 8282 (Heyman) 8264 (Holman) 8189, 8549, 8744-6, 8991-7 (Huntington) 8275-6, 8743-4 (Krog) 8198-201 (Macdonald) 8281-2 (Martin) 8197-8 (Routley, B.) 8337-40 (Simons) 8340-2 (Simpson) 8271-2, 8275 (Stilwell, Moira) 8254, 8257 (Trevena) 8257-9, 8261 (Weaver) 8261, 8264, 8549-51, 8663, 8740-1
Representation by population See Voter parity below
Scrutineering by candidate representatives (Anton) 8188, 8658-60 (Weaver) 8659
Seats See Numbers of seats under Legislature
Technology See Electronic voting and new voting technology above
Voter parity principle (Chandra Herbert) 9756-7 (Dix) 9789-90 (Donaldson) 9687 (Eby) 9698-701, 10013 (Elmore) 9825-6, 9910 (Fleming) 9752, 10008 (Hammell) 9987 (Holman) 9676 (Krog) 9746 (Macdonald) 9829 (Plecas) 9681 (Robinson) 9693 (Simons) 9704-5 (Simpson) 9801-2 (Trevena) 9762
Voter participation (Bing) 8202 (Chandra Herbert) 9757, 9759-60 (Corrigan) 8343, 9824 (Elmore) 8267 (Farnworth) 8203, 8253-4 (Fleming) 8269 (Hammell) 8282-3 (Holman) 7357, 8189, 8191-2 (Krog) 8199-200 (Martin) 8197-8 (Simpson) 8272 (Trevena) 8257 (Weaver) 8738-9
Voter participation information, access by candidates and parties (Anton) 6846, 8188, 8344, 8565-6, 8569-71, 8653-4, 8658-62, 8664-5, 8725-7 (Corrigan) 8653 (Fleming) 8271 (Heyman) 8266, 8654-5 (Holman) 8194-7, 8566-7, 8649-54, 8660-2, 8665, 8727 (Huntington) 8276-8, 8571-2, 8652, 8654, 8656-7, 8661 (Simons) 8341-2 (Simpson) 8273-4 (Stilwell, Moira) 8254-7 (Trevena) 8258, 8260-1 (Weaver) 8262-4, 8567-8, 8572, 8651, 8654, 8657-60, 8664-5, 8726-7, 8737-43
Voter registration See Enumeration above
Voter suppression See Voter participation above
Voter turnout list See Voter participation information above
Voters, vouching identification requirements (Anton) 8188, 8558-62 (Holman) 8193-4, 8558, 8562 (Huntington) 8561-2 (Simons) 8342 (Weaver) 8558-9
Voting rights (Eby) 9699-700 (Farnworth) 8203 (Krog) 9710-1
Voting rights, citizenship requirement (Anton) 8562 (Huntington) 8561-2
Voting systems See Electoral systems above
Elections B.C.

Consultation process with stakeholders See Election Advisory Committee
Implementation of electoral boundary redistribution (Farnworth) 9922-3
Reports, Independent Panel on Internet Voting report and recommendations (Holman) 8191-3
Reports, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Recommendations for Legislative Change, October 2014 (Heyman) 8265 (Holman) 8191 (Macdonald) 8279 (Weaver) 8550
Reports tabled
annual report, 2014-15, and service plan, 2015-16–2017-18 (Speaker) 9185
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2014 General Local Elections, November 2014 (Speaker) 9185
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite, March-July 2015 (Speaker) 9185
Role (Hammell) 8282
Role and responsibilities (Anton) 9892 (Fleming) 9753 (Holman) 9675
Electoral Boundaries Commission

Administration See Operations below
Commissioners (Conroy) 9815 (de Jong) 9672 (Donaldson) 9687 (Fleming) 9750 (Holman) 9674 (Huntington) 9853 (Krog) 9745 (Rice) 9679 (Simpson) 9800-1
Final report, September 2015
report tabled (Speaker) 9185
implementation of recommendations (Anton) 9765-7, 9873, 9891-2 (Ashton) 9749-50 (Austin) 9772-6 (Bains) 9805-8 (Barnett) 9776-7, 9897-8 (Bing) 9760-1 (Bond) 9925 (Chandra Herbert) 9755-60 (Conroy) 9815-9 (Corrigan) 9820-4 (Darcy) 9863-7 (de Jong) 9672-3 (Dix) 9788-92 (Donaldson) 9686-90, 9905 (Eby) 9697-701 (Elmore) 9824-7, 9910 (Farnworth) 9832-6, 9922 (Fassbender) 9677-8 (Fleming) 9750-3 (Fraser) 9681-5, 9965 (Gibson) 9792 (Hamilton) 9852-3 (Heyman) 9859-63 (Holman) 9674-7 (Horgan) 9868-72 (Hunt) 9685-6 (Huntington) 9853-5 (James) 9795-6, 9797-800 (Karagianis) 9808-13 (Krog) 9708-14, 9743-9 (Kyllo) 9863 (Lake) 9795 (Macdonald) 9828-32 (McRae) 9754-5 (Martin) 9690-1 (Morris) 9696-7 (Mungall) 9848-9 (Plecas) 9680-1, 9913 (Reimer) 9827-8 (Rice) 9679-80 (Robinson) 9691-5 (Routley, D.) 9855-9 (Rustad) 9813-5 (Simons) 9703-7 (Simpson) 9800-5 (Stone) 9819-20 (Sultan) 9771-2 (Thomson) 9969 (Thornthwaite) 9804-5 (Throness) 9701-3 (Trevena) 9761-5 (Weaver) 9792-5 (Yap) 9707-8
report (Anton) 9767 (Fraser) 9967 (Martin) 9979 (Sultan) 9771 (Throness) 9920
Independence (Austin) 9772 (Dix) 9789 (Fleming) 9750-1 (Hammell) 9985-6 (James) 9929
Independence and history of commissions (Heyman) 9859-61
Legislation See Electoral Boundaries Commission Act; Electoral Districts Act
Mandate and work of commission (Anton) 9765-6 (Ashton) 9749-50 (Barnett) 9777 (Conroy) 9815-6 (Corrigan) 9822 (Dalton) 9933 (de Jong) 9672-3 (Dix) 9788-9 (Donaldson) 9687 (Eby) 9697-701, 10013 (Elmore) 9824-5, 9909-10 (Farnworth) 9832-3, 9924-5 (Fassbender) 9678 (Fleming) 9750, 9752, 10007-8 (Fraser) 9681-2 (Hammell) 9985-7 (Holman) 9674-7, 10174-5 (Horgan) 9871 (James) 9799 (Krog) 9713-4, 9745 (Macdonald) 9828-9 (Martin) 9691 (Mungall) 9848-9 (Plecas) 9681 (Rice) 9679-80 (Robinson) 9692 (Routley, B.) 9767-8 (Routley, D.) 9855-6 (Simons) 9703-4 (Simpson) 9804 (Trevena) 9761-2, 9765, 9994 (Yap) 9707
Operations (Sultan) 9771
Operations, administrative support (Anton) 9766, 9892, 10175 (Fleming) 9753 (Holman) 9675, 9894, 10175 (Karagianis) 9813
Operations and staff (Austin) 9772
Reports
preliminary report tabled (Speaker) 7005
preliminary report (Robinson) 9692-3
final report See Final report above
Work of commission See Mandate and work of commission above
Electoral Boundaries Commission Act

Amendments (Anton) 10175 (Conroy) 9816 (Corrigan) 9821 (de Jong) 9672-3 (Eby) 9700 (Hammell) 9985 (Holman) 9676 (Simpson) 9801
Amendments and NDP position (Austin) 9775 (Barnett) 9898 (Martin) 9691, 9980 (Rustad) 9813-4
Provisions (Anton) 9766 (Elmore) 9909 (Routley, B.) 9767-8
Electoral districts See Elections
Electoral Districts Act

(Bill 42) (Minister of Justice) 1R, 9873; 2R, 9891-9, 9901-36, 9963-94, 10003-12, 10013-4; C, 10174-6; 3R, 10176; RA, 10221
Debate, speakers (Anton) 9873, 9891-3, 10014, 10174-6 (Austin) 9913-7 (Bains) 9898-9, 9901-3 (Barnett) 9897-8, 10011-2 (Bond) 9925-8 (Dalton) 9933-5 (Darcy) 9972-5 (Dix) 10003-7 (Donaldson) 9905-9 (Eby) 10013 (Elmore) 9909-13 (Farnworth) 9921-5 (Fleming) 10007-11 (Fraser) 9965-9 (Hammell) 9985-8 (Holman) 9893-7, 10174-5 (Hunt) 10014 (James) 9928-33 (Larson) 9909 (Martin) 9979-80 (Morris) 9903-5 (Plecas) 9913 (Popham) 9980-5 (Rice) 9989-93 (Robinson) 9975-9 (Routley, B.) 9935-6, 9963-5 (Tegart) 9988-9 (Thomson) 9969-72 (Throness) 9918-21 (Trevena) 9993-4
Debate on bill (Anton) 10014 (Barnett) 10011 (Deputy Speaker) 10011 (Dix) 10011 (Farnworth) 9921 (Fraser) 9965 (Robinson) 9975 (Throness) 9918
Presentation in House (Anton) 9873
Purpose of bill (Anton) 9891
Electric power See Energy
Electric vehicles See Automobiles
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products See also Tobacco

Potential health risks (Lake) 6520-1 (Ralston) 6528 (Simons) 6531
Regulation and exemptions (Darcy) 6521-2, 6525-6, 7165-7, 7170-1, 7173-5 (Donaldson) 6533-5, 7167-8 (Farnworth) 6542-4 (Heyman) 6540-2 (James) 7168-9 (Lake) 6425-6, 6520-1, 6545, 7167, 7171, 7174-5 (Ralston) 6528-9 (Robinson) 6535-7 (Simons) 6530-1, 7168, 7172-4 (Simpson) 6537-9 (Stone) 6526-7 (Throness) 6530 (Trevena) 6531-3, 7171 (Weaver) 7169
Use
prevention (Ralston) 6528
prevention among youth (Darcy) 5791, 6521-6, 7166-7, 7174 (Farnworth) 6542-4 (Heyman) 6539-42 (James) 7169 (Lake) 5791, 6425, 6520-1, 6544-5, 7167 (Robinson) 6536-7 (Simpson) 6538-9 (Stone) 6527 (Throness) 6529-30 (Trevena) 6533, 7171
smoking cessation See Regulation and exemptions above
use and prevention among First Nations (Donaldson) 6534-5, 7168
use in public spaces (Darcy) 7170-1 (Lake) 6520, 7171 (Simons) 7172-3 (Trevena) 7171
use in vehicles with minors (Lake) 7175 (Simons) 7175
use on health authority properties (Darcy) 6522 (Lake) 6521, 6545 (Throness) 6530
Electronic Petitions Act, 2015

(Bill M211) (Shin) 1R, 6942-3
Debate, speakers (Shin) 6942-3
Electronic Transactions Act

Amendments See also Information Management Act
(Virk) 8770
Application to franchise disclosure documents (Dix) 9587 (Oakes) 9587
Elephanatics

Poaching prevention activities (Farnworth) 9276
Elian, James

Comments on aviation training program (Eby) 6499
Elizabeth Bagshaw Women's Clinic, Vancouver, B.C.

Services and protests against clinic (Heyman) 9389-90
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain

Message for Commonwealth Day (Speaker) 6487
Reign (Throne speech) 5651
Elk See Wildlife
Elk Lake

Water quality and restoration initiative (Popham) 9982-3
Elko Dam

Upgrade project and funding (Bennett) 7412 (Conroy) 7412
Upgrade project and worker supply (Bennett) 7403-9 (Conroy) 7403-9
ELL programs

English language learning programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Regulation of private language schools See Regulation of programs and schools under Private post-secondary institutions
Elsner, Frank

Comments on police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons (Hammell) 6767
Emergencies See also Emergency Management British Columbia

911 emergency service (Anton) 7962 (Darcy) 6032
Disaster preparedness in agriculture and food industries See Agriculture; Food and food industry
Disaster relief, rescue dogs See Dogs under Animals
Earthquakes See Earthquakes
Emergency preparedness (Horgan) 7960-1 (Oakes) 8082 (Robinson) 8082
Emergency preparedness, volunteer activities (Trevena) 9037-8
Emergency vehicles, impoundment (Anton) 6962, 7234 (Farnworth) 7234
First responders, incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (Bond) 7706 (Darcy) 8781-2 (Lake) 8781-2 (Simpson) 7702-3, 7706
Provincial emergency notification system (Anton) 7961-2
Search and rescue services (Farnworth) 9184-5 (Yamamoto) 9184-5
Shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Temporary housing and shelters for women See Transition houses under Housing
Emergency Health Services Act

Amendments See also Information Management Act
(Virk) 8770
Emergency Management British Columbia See also Emergencies

Role (Anton) 5906-7
Role and capacity (Corrigan) 7091 (Polak) 7091-2
Emergency Preparedness, Minister of State for

Advocacy on small business issues (Bond) 9334
Emerson, David

Role re head offices project (Ralston) 6753 (Wat) 6753
Emily Carr House, Victoria, B.C.

Funding model and future (James) 6560 (Thomson) 6560
Eminata Group

Private post-secondary operations (Mungall) 6308
Emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions; Pollution under Air
Emmerton, Jim

Comments on franchise legislation (Shin) 9504
Public service (Krog) 7153, 7159
Employers advisers office See Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Labour
Employment and Assistance Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
(Anton) 7591 (Heyman) 8125 (Stilwell, Michelle) 8124-5
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
(Anton) 7591 (Heyman) 8125 (Stilwell, Michelle) 8124-5
Employment and unemployment See also Labour

Child labour See Employment under Children and youth
Employment and jobs (Bains) 9410 (Horgan) 8843-4
Employment during NDP administration (Clark) 8837-8
Employment programs See also Income assistance
(Larson) 10146 (Martin) 10154 (Mungall) 10147 (Oakes) 9612
Employment rate (Bond) 10057 (Clark) 8102-3
Employment standards
changes in 2002 (Bond) 7714 (Simpson) 7714
complaint system (Ashton) 9938 (Bains) 9545 (Elmore) 9540
complaint system and self-help kit (Bond) 7715-6 (Simpson) 7715-6, 9549
employment standards branch See Employment standards branch
enforcement and multicultural services (Bond) 7716-7 (Simpson) 7717
regulation (Simpson) 9339-40
underground economy issue (Bond) 7789 (Simpson) 7788-9
Government job strategy
advertising component (Corrigan) 6992
parliamentary secretary See Parliamentary Secretary for the Jobs Plan
skills and training plan See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
strategy (Austin) 7071 (Bing) 5846 (Bond) 5841-2, 7741, 7787, 7792, 7794 (Clark) 8835, 8839, 8844 (Fleming) 7948 (Gibson) 5720 (Hamilton) 5696, 5973, 7373 (Heyman) 7792 (Horgan) 8835, 8844, 8900 (Hunt) 5669 (Krog) 5698-9 (Kyllo) 6103-4, 7070, 8239 (Letnick) 7000 (McRae) 5823 (Martin) 10153-4 (Ralston) 5757-8 (Reimer) 5799-800 (Robinson) 5742 (Routley, D.) 6473-4 (Rustad) 5814, 5816 (Simpson) 5936 (Tegart) 6085-6 (Throne speech) 5652 (Throness) 9377-8 (Virk) 7255 (Wat) 6063
Green jobs (Heyman) 7741, 7792, 7794 (Weaver) 5807
Impact of aging population See Labour market, impact of demographic trends under Labour
Information and privacy issues (Anton) 6732-3 (Krog) 6733
Job creation (Bond) 5844, 7638 (Clark) 8101, 8528-9, 8822 (Conroy) 5897, 5900 (Elmore) 5949-51 (Horgan) 5818-9 (James) 5875, 6187 (Kyllo) 7070 (Macdonald) 8239 (McRae) 5822-3, 6075 (Routley, D.) 7372 (Simpson) 7638, 7787-8
Job creation and job losses (Horgan) 8835-9
Job creation, NDP position (Clark) 9326
Job quality and "precarious employment" concept, report (Ralston) 6517
Jobs classification See National occupational classification under Labour
Jobs plan See Government job strategy above
Labour See Labour
Maternity leave, deduction of payments from income assistance benefits See Benefits under Income assistance
Self-employment (Shin) 9165
Skills training See Skills training
Unemployment rate (Clark) 8837
Unemployment rates for youth (Eby) 9196
Employment standards branch

Branch (Ashton) 9938 (Simpson) 7714
Employment Standards Tribunal

Operations and role (Anton) 6861, 7024
Emterra Group

Operations (Hunt) 9781
Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, review process and five conditions (Chandra Herbert) 6344, 6347-8 (Gibson) 5721 (Polak) 6344, 6347-8
Encorp Pacific (Canada) Inc.

Operation of beverage container recycling program (Polak) 5836
Endangered species See Species at risk under Wildlife
Enderby, B.C.

Residential care facilities in area See Salmon Arm, B.C.
End-of-life care See Hospice and palliative care
Endometriosis

Incidence and awareness (Conroy) 7138-9
Endurance Wind Power Inc.

Operations (Hunt) 5670, 8234 (Ralston) 8235 (Yap) 8242
Energy See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Alternative energy sources See also Clean energy below
(Bennett) 7471, 9319 (Heyman) 7470 (James) 5872-3 (Weaver) 9303-5
Bioenergy, production from farm waste (Hamilton) 8247
Bioenergy, projects (Larson) 8874 (Morris) 8872-3 (Tegart) 6086
Clean energy
development (Heyman) 8874-5 (Lee) 5888 (Stilwell, Moira) 8978 (Sturdy) 9624 (Weaver) 5808, 6067-8
development and First Nations involvement (Larson) 8873-5 (Rustad) 5814
First Nations clean energy business fund (Rustad) 5925
Pacific coast initiative See Action plan on climate and energy under Pacific Coast Collaborative
vehicle program See Vehicle efficiency under Automobiles
Conservation See also Energy efficiency below
(Holman) 9575 (James) 8885
Conservation and demand-side management (Bennett) 7475-6 (Dix) 7475-6 (Heyman) 8880-1, 9299-301
Electricity meters, smart meters See Smart-metering and infrastructure program below
Electricity rates
disconnection cases (Bennett) 7482 (Conroy) 5898-9 (Dix) 7482 (Trevena) 5692-3
E-Plus program (Bennett) 7478-9 (Macdonald) 7478-9
government plan (Bennett) 5962
industrial rate review (Bennett) 5962
rates (Bennett) 7472-3, 7571-2 (Chandra Herbert) 6101 (Dix) 5994-5, 6204, 7467, 7472-3, 7725-6, 10136 (Donaldson) 6042 (Elmore) 5948 (Heyman) 6009 (Horgan) 8101-2 (James) 5857, 5878, 6186, 6888, 7571, 9310 (Lee) 8881 (Macdonald) 5684 (Martin) 10132-3 (Morris) 9296 (Simons) 5718 (Trevena) 6024
support for low-income residents (Bennett) 7475-5 (Dix) 7475
Employment and jobs (Heyman) 8874-5 (Larson) 8874-5
Energy efficiency
building retrofits See Housing
legislation See Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2015
regulation and 2012 legislation (Weaver) 9093-4
Geothermal power (Bennett) 7472, 9284-5, 9319 (Elmore) 5949 (Heyman) 7471-2, 8880 (Weaver) 9305
Government policy (Austin) 8883 (Bennett) 5963 (Dix) 6204, 8879, 10135-6, 10166-8 (Holman) 6150 (Martin) 10133-4
Green energy See Bioenergy above; Clean energy above; Geothermal power above; Wind power development below
Hydroelectric power projects, Site C project See Site C power project
Independent power projects (Bennett) 7471, 9285 (Larson) 8873-5 (Macdonald) 9878 (Martin) 10133-4 (Sturdy) 9624
Independent power projects, sale of electricity See Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Infrastructure, government investment (Ashton) 8882-3 (Austin) 8883-4 (Bennett) 5960-1, 7501-2, 7570-1, 7880 (Dix) 8879 (Heyman) 8880-1 (Hunt) 8879-80 (James) 8884-5 (Lee) 8881 (Morris) 8878-9 (Mungall) 8881-2 (Throness) 8884
Infrastructure, smart grid See Smart-metering and infrastructure program below
Integrated resource plan See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line project (Bennett) 7413-6, 7501, 7570, 7880-1 (Dix) 7413-6, 7501-2, 7570-1 (Horgan) 7879
Northwest transmission line project (Austin) 8883 (Bains) 6417-8 (Bennett) 5961, 7418, 7879-81 (Dix) 7418, 7880-1, 9289 (Horgan) 7879 (Macdonald) 9879 (Martin) 9939-40 (Morris) 8878
Power Smart program targets (Bennett) 7475-6, 7725-6 (Dix) 7475-6, 7725-6
Power supply
2015 historic outage (Bennett) 9288
demand projections (Bennett) 6701 (Weaver) 6700-1
demand-side management targets See Conservation and demand-side management above
management and long-term planning (Bennett) 5962, 7473-4
market and prices (Bennett) 9284
self-sufficiency (Dix) 5994-5, 7472-3
sources and infrastructure (Morris) 9903-4
supply (Bernier) 9293 (Morris) 9296
Smart-metering and infrastructure program (Dix) 10166 (Macdonald) 9880
Smart-metering and infrastructure program, legacy meters (Bennett) 5961-2, 7480-2 (Conroy) 5898-9 (Dix) 7479-82
Solar power (Heyman) 8875, 9301 (Karagianis) 6061
Transmission system, projects See also particular projects
(Bennett) 5961, 7413-8, 7501-2, 7570-1 (Dix) 7413-8, 7501-2 (James) 9309
Wind power development (Bennett) 7470-1 (Heyman) 7470-1 (Larson) 8875 (Weaver) 8062, 9306-7
Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Core Review

Estimates
debate 7289-95, 7328-56, 7402-24, 7439-42, 7466-82
speakers (Bennett) 7289-95, 7328-56, 7403-24, 7439-42, 7466-82 (Conroy) 7402-12 (Dix) 7412-24, 7439-42, 7466-7, 7472-82 (Heyman) 7468-72 (Macdonald) 7290-5, 7328-56, 7478-9
Budget (Barnett) 5997 (Bennett) 5963, 5991 (de Jong) 5852 (James) 5872 (McRae) 6077
Letters to South Island Aggregates (Weaver) 7881
Letters to South Island Aggregates, tabled (Weaver) 7884
Minister's exemption powers (Bennett) 10219 (Macdonald) 10219
Role and responsibilities (Bennett) 7289
Staffing (Bennett) 7413
Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2015

(Bill M229) (Weaver) 1R, 9093-4
Debate, speakers (Weaver) 9093-4
Energy Efficiency Act

Replacement See Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2015
Engage B.C. See Public consultation and engagement under Government
England See also United Kingdom

Ecosystems and beavers (Chandra Herbert) 6397
Political history and monarchy (Krog) 9708-9
English, Andy

Research on war veterans (Larson) 10085
English Bay See Vancouver, B.C.
English-as-a-second-language programs, schools, etc. See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education; Regulation of programs and schools under Private post-secondary institutions
Environment

Biodiversity (Bing) 8869-70
Climate change See Climate change
Conservation (Holman) 9575
Conservation officers (Barnett) 10049-50 (Macdonald) 6120
Conservation officers, investigation activities (Chandra Herbert) 6252-3 (Polak) 6252-3
Conservation officers, role and staffing levels (Chandra Herbert) 8252 (Polak) 8252
Cumulative impacts of resource development, framework See Resource development, cumulative impact framework under Resources and resource industries
Ecosystem protection (Chandra Herbert) 6258 (Polak) 6258
Environmental appeals and activism, deterrents (Anton) 7107 (Huntington) 7107 (Krog) 7107-8
Environmental assessment process (Chandra Herbert) 6341 (Fraser) 6293 (Holman) 7357 (Huntington) 5845-6, 6358-9 (Macdonald) 5684, 6122-3, 6290-1, 6336-7 (Polak) 6293-4, 6336-7, 6341, 6359-60, 9000-1 (Weaver) 5809
Environmental assessment process, First Nations consultation (Fraser) 7937, 7939
Environmental assessment process, funding of provincial office (Donaldson) 6352 (Polak) 6353
Environmental permits and appeals, process (Polak) 5835-6
Environmental protection
enforcement, role of conservation officers See Conservation officers above
government action (Bing) 8871 (Chandra Herbert) 6251, 6397 (Conroy) 5900-1 (Darcy) 8870-1 (Huntington) 5844-5 (James) 5858 (Macdonald) 6121 (Polak) 6251 (Popham) 5891 (Stone) 5704 (Throne speech) 5652 (Weaver) 5809
natural resource operations tip line (Chandra Herbert) 6255-6 (Polak) 6255
polluter-pay model (Weaver) 5808
professional reliance system (Chandra Herbert) 6253, 6261 (Polak) 6261 (Routley, B.) 6349
regulation (Heyman) 9348-50 (James) 9331 (Oakes) 9617, 9619 (Simpson) 9339-40, 9617
report all poachers and polluters program (Chandra Herbert) 6255 (Polak) 6255
Habitat protection (Polak) 7280
Naturalist clubs (Chandra Herbert) 8247
Pest control and pesticide use, cosmetic pesticides ban (Chandra Herbert) 6352 (Polak) 6352 (Robinson) 6535
Pest control and pesticide use, cosmetic pesticides committee See Cosmetic Pesticides, Special Committee on
Pollution See also Spill preparedness and response below
cleanup responsibilities and polluter-pay principle (Chandra Herbert) 6258-61 (Polak) 6258-60
legal action against government (Chandra Herbert) 6259 (Polak) 6259
tip lines See Environmental protection above
Right to a healthy environment See Human rights
Spill preparedness and response See also Oil spills under Oil and gas; particular locations and topics
Spill preparedness and response, capacity (Chandra Herbert) 6259-62, 6347 (Polak) 6259-62, 6347
Spill preparedness and response, community environmental justice forum (Polak) 6263, 6294
Wildlife management areas See Habitat protection under Wildlife
Environment, Ministry of

Estimates
debate 6250-73, 6290-5, 6336-61
speakers (Chandra Herbert) 6251-73, 6290, 6294-5, 6336-48, 6350-2, 6360 (Conroy) 6342 (Donaldson) 6352-3 (Farnworth) 6353-4 (Fraser) 6291-3 (Heyman) 6360 (Holman) 6294, 6354-6 (Huntington) 6358-9 (Macdonald) 6290-1, 6336-7 (Polak) 6250-73, 6291-5, 6336-61 (Popham) 6356-8 (Routley, B.) 6348-50 (Simons) 6341-2
Budget (de Jong) 5852
Budget, allocation for environmental protection (Chandra Herbert) 6251 (Polak) 6251
Budget, allocation for legal case re contaminated soil (Anton) 8296-8 (Polak) 6349 (Routley, B.) 6349, 8296-8
Climate action secretariat, LNG environmental incentive program, tabled (de Jong) 8869
Soil testing activities (Routley, B.) 9941-2
Staffing (Chandra Herbert) 6251, 6270-1 (Polak) 6251-2, 6271, 6357 (Popham) 6357
Environmental Appeal Board

Annual report, 2013-14, tabled (Anton) 7095
Legislation (Anton) 6861, 7107
Operations and role (Anton) 7018-9, 7025, 7106-9, 7112 (Huntington) 6877 (Krog) 7025, 7108, 7112 (Ralston) 6876
Role (Polak) 5835
Environmental Management Act

Amendments See also Administrative Tribunals Statutes Amendment Act, 2015
(Anton) 7106, 7111-2 (Krog) 7111-2
References in other legislation (Anton) 8050
E-PANA project See Safety of women travelling, missing and murdered women investigation under Highway 16
EPBC See Employment programs under Employment and unemployment
Epilepsy

Awareness and resources (Reimer) 7007
E-Plus program See Energy rates under Energy
Equipment and assistive technology initiative See Employment under Disabled persons
ERASE Bullying strategy See Bullying and violence at school, prevention under Violence
Ernst and Young

Audit of school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
Report on liquor pricing See Liquor pricing, report under Alcohol
Report on public sector compensation See Executive compensation under Public sector
ESL programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

History (Routley, D.) 9858
Esquimalt, B.C.

Naval base See Armed forces
Proposed amalgamation with area municipalities, review See Governance review of area municipalities under Victoria, B.C.
Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area

Constituent cases (Karagianis) 6058, 10151
Description and constituents' concerns (Karagianis) 6057-61
Description and transportation issues (Karagianis) 9810-2
Electoral district boundaries and name (Karagianis) 9809-12
First Nations (Karagianis) 6058
Estates at Shawnigan Station, Shawnigan Lake, B.C.

Subdivision design and construction (Routley, B.) 9942-3
Estimates of expenditures

Committee of Supply resolutions approved See Budget
Estimates of ministries' expenditures See particular ministries
Estimates process See Legislature
Legislation See Legislation
Management of public funds and debt See Budget
Other appropriations See Budget
Presentation See Presentation of estimates
Ethiopian Canadians

Contributions to B.C. (Shin) 8100
Ethiopian Community Association of British Columbia

Role (Shin) 8100
Etmanski, Al

Consultation by government (McRae) 10152
European Union

Ban on flavoured tobacco (Darcy) 6525-6
Evans, Corky

Service as MLA (Mungall) 9851-2
Events See Festivals and events under Arts and culture
Everywoman's Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Access zone and protests against clinic (Hammell) 9389 (Heyman) 9390
Exchange rate

Canadian dollar (Macdonald) 8238-9 (McRae) 5823, 5825
Executive Flight Centre Ltd.

Fuel spill in 2013 See Lemon Creek
Experience the Fraser trail network project See Fraser River
Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.

Legacy (Martin) 9940 (Stilwell, Moira) 8977
Exports See Trade; particular industries
Extremism

Violent extremism See Crime and criminals
Eye health

Access to treatment (Austin) 6702 (Donaldson) 6701-2
Eye disease, incidence and tracking (Darcy) 8413
Eye disease, retinal disease treatment program (Lake) 8413
Eye examinations, coverage by Medical Services Plan See Coverage, optometry services under Medical Services Plan
Eye examinations, regulation (Heyman) 9348
Eye health of children (Darcy) 6364
Eyford, Douglas

Report on treaty rights and comments on B.C. treaty process (Clark) 8827-8

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