Province of British Columbia
Fifth Session, 40th Parliament – 2016
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

ABOUT THE MEMBERS INDEX
Index contains information on topics Members of the Legislative Assembly spoke on during House debates.
Index updated regularly during session.

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Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
experience as educator 10798
family and staff thanked 10593
family experiences in parks 11622
visit to secondary school 11096
visit to secondary schools 10798
Aerospace industry 10592, 12832-3
Agriculture, technology 11095
Aircraft, drones 11791
Alberta, economic conditions and management 10590
B.C. Innovation Council, student grant program 11096
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management and priorities 10589-93
B.C. prosperity fund 10592
B.C. timber sales program, review, operations and changes 11791
Budget debate 10589-93
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10589-92
CAE Inc., operations 10592
Children and youth
early childhood development, early-years centres 10591-2
programs and services for children and families, funding 10591-2
China, market for B.C. wood products 10593
Conair Aviation Ltd., operations 10592, 12832-3
Construction industry, residential construction industry 10590
Economy
conditions 10589-93
growth 12832-3
knowledge-based economy 11095-6
Education
curriculum, computer coding education 11096
French immersion 12981-2
funding 10797-8
international education 10798
Education Committee, referral of class size and composition issues 10797-8
Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 10589-90, 10592, 12832-3
Energy, hydroelectric power projects 10589
Film industry and role in economy 10592
Fires and firefighters
forest fires, aerial fire suppression 10592
wildfires, penalties for human activities that interfere with firefighting 11790
Food and food industry, agrifood industry 10593
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 10592-3
forests 11790
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11790-2
Fraser Health Authority, residential care beds 12007-8
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 11622-3
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act, debate 11622-3
Greater Vancouver Youth Unlimited clubs and operations 11004
Health care funding 10591
Hello B.C., comments on rainforest 11622
High-technology industry
employment and training 11096
government support and venture capital program 10592
government tech strategy 11095-6
Home ownership as retirement investment 10591
Housing, affordable housing near transit services 11095
India, market for B.C. wood products 10592-3
Industry sectors 10590, 10592-3
Industry Training Authority, role 12833
Infrastructure
government investment 10589
projects, NDP position 10589
International Forest Products Ltd., Hammond mill operations 11791
Journée de la francophonie 11449
Lifetime Learning Centre, programs and services 10357-8
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11408-9
stakeholder consultation 11408-9
Local government elections
campaign financing, spending limits 11408-9
legislation 11409
Long-term and residential care beds 12007-8
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 10590-1
Maple Ridge, high school breakfast program 11004
Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Katzie Seniors Network, work of organization 11602
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
early-years centres 10591-2
film industry activities and revenues 10592
forest industry 11791
parks and outdoor recreation 10589
population growth and residential construction 10590
residential care facilities 12007-8
Meadowridge School, history and school culture 13305-6
Medical Services Plan, premiums and premium assistance program 10591
Mission Youth House services for youth with substance abuse issues 11004
Motions
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint 12832-3
Knowledge-based economy 11095-6
Referral of class size and composition issues to Education Committee 10797-8
Standards for care homes 12007-8
National Geographic, comments on rainforest 11622
NDP
performance as government 10589, 10591-2
position on infrastructure projects 10589
Parks system 11622
Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 10590
Public sector, wage increase based on economic growth 10590
Real estate industry, housing market 10590-1
The Residence in Mission, facility and services 12007-8
Ruskin Dam, upgrades 10589
Sales, retail industry 10590
School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), French immersion 12982
Seniors
care and support 12007
home ownership 10591
programs and services 10357-8
Seniors advocate, comments on MSP program 10591
Site C power project 10589
Skills training
government investment and support 12833
government skills and training plan 12833
Social welfare
social programs and services, funding 10591
support system for vulnerable persons 10591
Statements by members
French immersion 12981-2
Journée de la francophonie 11449
Lifetime Learning Centre in Mission 10357-8
Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Katzie Seniors Network 11602
Meadowridge School 13305-6
Youth Unlimited 11004
Taxation, government policies 10592
Teachers
collective agreement 10590
role 10798
Trade exports 10592-3
Virtue, Danny, work in film industry 10592
Westview Secondary School, technology education 10798, 11096
Zajac Ranch, camp for special needs children 10589
Darcy, Judy (New Westminster)

As subject
comments on presentation of Health Committee report 12708 (Lake) 12708
leadership as woman (Kyllo) 11386
staff thanked 10319
Ambulance service
action plan and resources 12777-9
caseload 12777
response times 10713, 12777-80
service in small and mid-sized communities 12778-9
service plan 10713
Anaesthetists, number 12635
Aske, Terry, quilt art 13481
Assisted dying
advance care planning directive 12709
federal legislation 12707, 12709
government action on regulation and services 12708-9
Auditor General
report and recommendations on Panorama public health system project 12621-5
reports on capital project financing and public-private partnerships 12633
Beach, Dorothy, environmentalism 10599
Beer, craft-brewing industry 10558-9
Blood and bone marrow
paid-donor blood and plasma clinics and product safety 12894-5
paid-donor plasma clinics and plasma product safety 12291-3, 12900, 13052, 13488
safety of blood supply system in 1980s 12291, 12894
voluntary blood donors and donation programs 12292-3
B.C. Ambulance Service
budget and operations 12780-1
government investment in ambulances and personnel 12576
B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, work of organization 11316
B.C. by region, rural B.C., maternity services 12748
B.C. Cancer Agency, budget, operations and oncologist positions 12767-9
B.C. Children's Hospital, surgical services 12988
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10320, 10636-40
B.C., population growth 12574
B.C. prosperity fund 10640
B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, complex chronic disease clinic 12782-4
Budd-Goertzen, Carolyn, cancer treatment case 11682
Budget, amendment 10636
Budget debate 10636-40
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10638-40
Business, public-private partnerships, borrowing costs 12633
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, provisions on prescription drugs and impact on costs 12703
Canadian Blood Services, organization 13052, 13488
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, report on surgical wait times 12435
Canadian Diabetes Association, work of organization 11397
Canadian Institute for Health Information, information on wait times 12641
Canadian Plasma Resources, operations 13052, 13488
Cancer
childhood cancer survivors, health services and specialized clinic 12749-50, 12765-7
colorectal cancer screening and wait times for colonoscopies 10322
incidence and treatment capacity 12768
prevention 11682-3
treatment services 10363
treatment services and discharge planning 10438
treatment services, radiation therapy 12769
Cerner Corp., e-health systems 13376
Clark, Christy
comments and approach on issues 10320
comments on housing issues 13451
Cocke, Yvonne, political activities 10431-2
Coleman, Rich, comments on housing issues 13451-2
Community Care and Assisted Living Act, amendments 12257
Community Care and Assisted Living Amendment Act, 2016
debate 12257-61
consultation with stakeholders 12260-1
Consumers
cost of living 13451
taxes and user fees 10636-7, 10639-40
Cosman, Fred, cancer treatment case and investigation 10363, 11682
Denmark, seniors care services 12902
Dental health, dental surgery services 13308
Diabetes
awareness and management 11918
incidence 12700
prevention and treatment 11393
treatment 11397
young persons with type 1 diabetes, support 11918-9
Disability benefits, amounts 10638-9
Economy, economic development and diversification 10322-3
Education
funding and fundraising by parents 10637
special education and special needs 10322
system, conditions 10637-8
Education Ministry, estimates debate 12188
Energy, electricity rates 12576
Families, government support 10637-40
Flann, Fran, cancer care and housing case 10438
Fraser Health Authority
acute care beds 11101-2, 11164
emergency services 11101-2
residential care beds and home care services 11102, 11164
wait times for surgical services 11102
Good Samaritan Wexford Creek
administration and staffing, petition tabled 12847
sale and worker layoffs, impact on residents 11700, 12846
Government
capital projects, costs 10322
information technology projects, costs and performance 13376
Haida Gwaii, maternity care and midwives 12748
Health authorities, costs for electricity 12576
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 12583, 12589, 12633
operating rooms 12635-6
walk-in clinics 12787
Health care facilities, private clinics
audits 12786-7
medical imaging services and fees 12642-4
potential use for procedures requiring overnight stays 12636-8
Health care funding 12573-4, 12578-9
capital funding 12583
emergency services 12576
federal funding and health transfers accord 12574
federal transfer deductions for extra billing 12786
funding models, population-based funding model 12655
home and community care 12003
long-term care funding 11761, 12846
medical imaging services and equipment 12575-6, 12642
nurse practitioner positions and fee model 12654-5, 12657
Health care system
beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 12260
e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 10873, 12585-9
emergency services 10322
defibrillators in public spaces 12779
management 12780-1
government commitments 12575-80
health professionals and workers
employment conditions for health support workers and labour history 12696-7
medical imaging technicians 12642
supply and training of community health workers and care aides 12695-6
supply and training of health sciences professionals 12698-9
supply of health professionals 12635
health support workers, role of skilled workers 11316, 11321
IHealth electronic medical records system, implementation and government response 13376
impact of demographic trends 12574, 12635
medical imaging services, MRIs 12575-6, 12640-4
primary health care
multidisciplinary teams 12841
primary and community care 12645-8
primary care and role of nurse practitioners 12656-7
public and private systems 12435
reforms 12435
role of private sector 12637
services for First Nations, nursing services 12658
services for seniors 12583
surgical services
cataract surgeries 12634
ear tube placements for children 12309
joint replacements 12308-9, 12435, 12633-4, 12639-40
wait-lists and waiting times 10322
cancer treatment 11682
management 12644
MRI services 12575-6, 12641-2
radiation therapy 12769
reports 12435
surgical services 12308-9, 12435, 12633-40, 12988
Health Committee
recommendations on end-of-life care 12902
recommendations on end-of-life care, government response 12708-9
reports
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament and consultation process 12707
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament, debate 12902
presentation of interim report on end-of-life care to House and adoption motion 12707-8
Health Ministry
estimates debate 12573-83, 12585-9, 12621-5, 12633-48, 12654-9, 12695-705, 12707-12, 12765-9, 12776-87, 12867
budgets and operating expenses 12573-4, 12578-9
estimates debate and process 12573, 12580-1, 12623, 12867
mandate letter 12579, 12583, 12645, 12647
Hendy, Stephanie, diabetes case 11397
Home care
home and community care, government initiatives 12581-2
home care for seniors and aging in place 12259
home support services 10640, 12259
Hospice and palliative care
end-of-life care, government initiatives 12902
hospice beds 12579-80
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13451-3
affordable housing supply 10321, 10638
social and subsidized housing, waiting times 13452
Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization 12701-2
IBM Canada Ltd., contract with government for e-health system development 10873
Immigration
credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers, role of English language learning 10321-2, 10638
refugees, Syrian refugees settling in Canada 10319
Income, low-income seniors, access to care and supports 12259
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10636
Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11315-6, 11321-2
Industry Training Authority, consultation with stakeholders 11315-6, 11321-2
International Women's Day 11100
Kaminsky, Barbara, activism on public health issues 12486
Labour market priorities board 12699
Lake, Terry, response to questions on clinical systems and transformation project 12588
Liquefied natural gas development 10640
Lloyd, Lelainia, dental surgery case 13308
Long-term and residential care
accessibility and affordability 12259
assisted living 12257-8, 12581
costs 12259-60
services and supports 12258, 12320-2
spaces 12581
subsidized and private-pay spaces 12260
beds 10640, 11102, 11164, 12259-60
care standards 12003-4, 12258-9
facilities
conditions and staffing 11760-1, 11854-5, 12003-4, 12258-9, 12697-8
continuity of care 12696-7
petition tabled 12847
overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs 11854
residential care facilities, beds 12581-2
residents of assisted-living facilities 12258
sale of facilities 11700
worker layoffs and contract policies 12697
worker layoffs and replacements 12696-7
worker layoffs and replacements, impact on residents 11700, 12846
Lower Mainland
ambulance service and emergency services study 12777-8
housing affordability 10321, 10638
housing affordability and housing market 13451-3
Lyme disease, incidence, studies and treatment 12782-5
Medical Services Plan premiums 10321, 10639-40
Mental health plan, implementation 12581
Midwives, role and services 12747-8
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13451-3
Motions
Standards for care homes 12003-4
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, e-health system and patient safety 13376
New West Cultural Crawl 13481
New Westminster
community forum to welcome refugees 10319-20
Pride celebrations 13481
secondary school replacement, petition tabled 13181
New Westminster constituency and area
constituent case re access to ear tube surgery 12309
constituents' issues and concerns 10636-9
constituents' issues and concerns re housing 13452-3
description and issues 10318-22
trades training 11316
New Westminster Secondary School, conditions and replacement 10637-8, 12188
Nurses
contributions and role 12840-1
licensed practical nurses 12658
nurse practitioners 12654-8
scope of practice 12658
supply and positions, overtime work and costs 12577
supply and training 12635
supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained nurses 12659
working conditions for nurses on First Nations reserves 12658
Ombudsperson reports and reviews
residential care facilities and continuity of care 12696
seniors care recommendations 12257-9
Oncologists, radiation oncologists 12769
Oral questions
Acute care beds in Fraser Health Authority 11101-2
Ambulance response times 10713
Ambulance service plan 10713
Cancer treatment case 10363
Dental surgery clinic at Vancouver General Hospital 13308
Health care worker layoffs at seniors care facility in Nanaimo 11700, 12846
Health information technology project issues and costs 10873
IHealth electronic records system 13376
Paid-donor plasma clinics 12900, 13052, 13488
PharmaCare coverage for insulin pumps 11397
Residential care beds and home care services in Fraser Health Authority 11164
Senior cancer care case 10438
Services for childhood cancer survivors 12749-50
Staffing levels in seniors care facilities 11760-1, 11854-5
Surgical services at B.C. Children's Hospital 12988
Wait times for surgeries 12308-9
Wait times for surgeries and innovation in public health system 12435
Paramedics in rural and remote B.C. 12778-9
Pattullo Bridge, replacement 10638
Pecha kucha concept 10709
PechaKucha New West, organization and presentations 10709
Pediatric Cancers Survivorship Society, advocacy activities 12765-6
Petitions
insulin pump coverage 13251
replacement of New Westminster secondary school 13181
Wexford Creek seniors care home 12847
PharmaCare program
budget allocation 12574
costs, methadone-related costs 12265
coverage, insulin pumps 11397, 11919, 12700-1
petition tabled 13251
coverage, shingles vaccine 12707
reference drug program 12711-2
therapeutics initiative 12709-11
Pharmaceutical Services Act, amendments, implementation 12712
Pharmacies
licensing 12315
licensing fees 12318
location within buildings, regulation 12316, 12318
online pharmacies 12316
regulation and licensing of non-pharmacist operators 12264-5, 12315-8
Pharmacists
dispensing of methadone, practices 12264-5
role and public education campaign 12264
Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2016, debate 12264-5, 12315-6, 12318
Physicians
family physicians 12645-8, 12787
orthopedic surgeons 12635
Physiotherapists, supply and training 12699
Post-secondary education
English language learning programs 10321-2, 10638
student debt load 10637
student financial assistance, interest on loans 10637
Poverty incidence 10319
Prescription drugs
costs 12703
education programs and guidelines for physicians 12710-1
national coverage plan proposal 12703-5
opioids 12710-1
review processes 12710
statins 12711-2
Private members' statements
Safeguarding B.C.'s blood 12291-3
Private members' statements (response)
Cancer Awareness Month 11682-3
Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers 13452-3
Public Accounts Committee, review of health information technology project 12622
Public debt levels 10322
Public health, Panorama public health system project 12621-5
Real estate industry, regulation and oversight, changes 13453
Rental housing
protections for tenants 13453
supply 10638, 13453
Richmond Hospital, pilot project on surgical wait times 12435
Royal Columbian Hospital, conditions and emergency services 10322, 11101-2
Safe Blood for B.C. Act, 2016, debate 12894-5
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment plans 12589, 12633
Saskatchewan, health care system, surgical wait times 12435
Seniors
care and support 11854-5, 12261
funding for services 10640
housing needs 13452
population and income levels 12259
Seniors advocate
concerns re seniors issues 10640
government implementation of recommendations 12583
presentation to Health Committee 12259
report on housing 12260
report on seniors care facilities and staffing guidelines 11760
Shouldice Hospital 12637
Skills training
system changes 11315-6, 11321-2
trades training
diversity 11316
Red Seal certification 11316
Social welfare
social programs and services 10319-20
support system for vulnerable persons 10438
Statements by members
Contributions and role of nurses 12840-1
Diabetes 11393
Diabetes awareness and Young and T1 organization 11918-9
New West Cultural Crawl and Pride celebrations 13481
PechaKucha in New Westminster 10709
Role of midwives 12747-8
Steel and Oak craft brewery 10558-9
Women in labour movement 11100
Steel and Oak Brewing Company Ltd., operations and award 10558-9
Substance abuse and addiction
opioid overdoses, deaths and data collection 12623-5
treatment services, beds 12579-80
Surrey Memorial Hospital, conditions and emergency services 11101-2
Tessier, Denise, access to knee replacement surgery 12308-9, 12435
Throne speech content 10320, 10323
Throne speech debate 10318-23
Ticks, Ixodes pacificus ticks with Lyme bacteria 12785
Tobacco
ban on flavoured tobacco 11683
smoking prevention among youth 11683
Trade unions, women in labour movement 11100
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10638-9
Trans-Pacific Partnership, provisions on prescription drugs and impact on costs 12703
Transportation, government plan 10638
Tributes
Barbara Kaminsky 12486
Dorothy Beach 10599
Yvonne Cocke 10431-2
Vancouver
Downtown Eastside, pharmacy clients and operations 12265
housing, vacant property tax 13453
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, surgical services, Richmond hip and knee reconstruction project 12639-40
Vancouver General Hospital, dental surgery services 13308
Vancouver Island Health Authority, medical imaging services 12643
Varicella-zoster virus, immunization of older adults for shingles 12707
Women's equality 11100
World Health Organization, position on paid blood donors 12291-2, 12900
Young and T1, organization 11918-9
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
comments on issues
film industry (Ralston) 10737
housing issues (Conroy) 13406 (Corrigan) 13445 (Eby) 13383-5, 13388 (Heyman) 13426 (Holman) 13455 (Horgan) 13460-1 (James) 13394 (Robinson) 13420
LNG development (Macdonald) 10819-20
prosperity fund (Farnworth) 10754
sale of former NDP headquarters building (Ralston) 11279
experience with credit unions 13184
letter to Real Estate Council 10239, 10302
performance as Finance Minister (Fassbender) 10532-3 (Hamilton) 10675 (Reimer) 10527
personal vehicle (Farnworth) 11182
residence on agricultural land 13508, 13511
Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, partnership with government and Pacific division funding 10421
Aerospace industry, government support 10421
Agriculture, farmland affordability 13511
Arts and culture, musicians and music industry 13075
Auditor General, report on credit union supervision 13206, 13208, 13517
Automobiles
charitable donation of automobiles, taxation 13192-3
insurance rates 10725, 11262-6
vehicle efficiency, clean energy vehicle program 10422
BMO, comments on B.C. government budget 10418
B.C.
assets 13378
population, migration to B.C. 10418-9, 13129
B.C. Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, funding and programs 10423
B.C. by region, rural dividend program 10422
B.C. Housing, budget 10425
B.C. Hydro
financial management and dividends to government 13196-8
financial reporting, use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 13198-9
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 10417-20
B.C. Lottery Corporation
budget 13217-8
money-laundering prevention activities 11701-2, 12900, 13217
operations and audits 13214-7
B.C. prosperity fund 10362, 10426, 10725, 11255, 11274-8, 13202-3
B.C. Securities Commission, investigation of securities transactions 12359
B.C. training and education savings grant program 10425-6, 10428, 10725, 11267
Budget debate 10417-26, 10723
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016
debate 10428, 10725-7, 10834, 11255-78
debate by NDP MLAs 10834
purpose of bill 10428
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 10725
Budgets
2016-17 budget
contingency funding 10419
forecast allowance 10419
interim supply 10867, 11253-4
priorities 10419-26, 10428, 10725-7, 10834
priorities and surplus 10362-3
surplus 10418-9
balanced budgets 13196-7
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2016-17 to 2018-19, tabled 10428-9
Business
businesses outside B.C., registration 10835
tax credits 10428, 10726
Campaign Finance Reform Act, 2016
debate 11849
referral of bill to Finance Committee 11849
Canada Revenue Agency, administration and collection of taxes 11268-9
Carbon tax
administration changes 10835, 12043
application, exemptions 10428, 10727
NDP position 13477
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 10428, 10600, 10727, 10835, 12043
Cascade Aerospace Inc., operations 10421
Child protection system, handling of sexual abuse case, review and implementation of recommendations 10423
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 10423
Children and Youth Committee, appointment and membership 10874
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families, funding 10423
China, market for B.C. wood products 10421
Climate change, government action 10422
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 13214, 13216-7
Community Charter, amendments 13383
Community Living B.C., budget 10423
Comptroller general, report on health information breach investigation 13294-9
Conair Aviation Ltd., operations 10421
Conference Board of Canada, comments on issues
B.C. economy 10417-8
B.C. health status and health care outcomes 10424
housing market 13253
Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry, home-renovation tax credit 10425, 10428, 10726
Consumer Protection B.C., work on payday loan industry issues 13191
Consumers, cost of living, government initiatives 10420-1, 10423-4
Coquitlam, mental health facility project 10424
Credit rating, B.C. rating 10418, 13199
Crime and criminals
money laundering and tax evasion, government action 13488
money laundering, government action 11701-3, 12899-900
Crown corporations, revenues to government 13196-8
Disability benefits, amounts 10423
Disabled persons, community living services, funding 10423
Documents tabled
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2016-17 to 2018-19 10428-9
Finance Ministry reports
government borrowings and loans for 2014-15 12695
revised schedule F for year ending March 31, 2016 10607-8
gaming policy and enforcement branch 2014-15 annual report 13181
government service plans and 2016-17 to 2019-20 strategic plan 10429
Selection Special Committee, first report for fifth session of 40th parliament 10874
Dominion Bond Rating Services, comments on B.C. government reporting 10418
Earthquakes, earthquake insurance 13191-2
Economic Forecast Council, forecasting and review of government budget 10419
Economy
conditions 13378
diversification 10418, 10420
growth 10417-9, 11703, 13049, 13202
Education
capital funding 10420
fruit and vegetable program 10423
students, report cards 10417
Emergencies
emergency preparedness 13191-2
emergency preparedness, funding 10422, 10428, 10725, 11255-6
search and rescue services, funding 10422
Emergency Management B.C., funding 10422
Emergency Program Act, amendments 10428, 10725, 11255-6
Estates, taxation 10428, 10726, 11267
Film industry
competitiveness 13070, 13073-5
consultation by government 13069-75
domestic production 13075
industry and role in economy 13074
tax credits 10422
changes 13069-75
digital animation or visual effects tax credit 13069-70, 13075
production services tax credit 13072-5
regional and distant-location regional tax credit 10428, 10726, 11270-1
Finance and Government Services Committee, appointment and membership 10875
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 13182-6, 13191-218, 13252-7, 13286-99
contracts 13183
estimates process and written questions 13293
information access operations office 13183, 13290
reports tabled
government borrowings and loans for 2014-15 12695
revised schedule F for year ending March 31, 2016 10607-8
staffing 13182-3
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2016
debate 10600, 10835-6, 12043-5
coming into force 12045
purpose of bill 10600, 10835
retroactivity 10835, 12044
Financial Administration Act, amendments 10428, 10725
Financial Institutions Act, review 13184-5
Financial Institutions Commission
funding and role re credit union regulation 13205-7, 13209-11
funding and role re real estate industry regulation 13208-9, 13498, 13517
staff salaries 13205
staffing 13183, 13205-7, 13209-10
Financial services industry
credit unions
deposit insurance 13184, 13203-4
mortgage loans and default risk 13203-6, 13210-1
regulation and oversight 13205-7, 13210
taxation 13184-5
payday loan industry 13191
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre
oversight of casino transactions 13217
oversight of real estate industry transactions 12359
Fires and firefighters
forest fires
aerial fire suppression 10421
prevention and fuel management 10422
wildfires, prevention and rehabilitation 10428, 10725
First Nations, consultation by government 10422
Floods and floodplains, flood protection, funding 10422, 10725
Food and food industry
donations of food, tax credit 10423, 10428, 10725-6, 11267-70, 13186
meat, wild meat 13186
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., establishment and role 10422
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 10421
logging tax, administration changes 10835
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 10421
Freedom of information
access to information, application to subsidiary corporations of public bodies 13291
proactive and routine disclosure 13286-90
requests for information
identification of applicants 13288
online posting of request information 13287-8
response times 13292
response times and fees 13290-1
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee
appointment and membership 10442
recommendations 13286-93
Fuel, motor fuel tax
administration changes 10835
exemption from security for collectors 10428, 10727
Gambling
addiction and problem gambling, GameSense contracts 13215
casinos, money-laundering prevention 11702, 12018, 12899-900, 13217
charity gaming 13214
regulation, compliance and enforcement, audits 13213-7
revenues, local economic development program 13216
Gaming Control Act, violations 13214
Gaming policy and enforcement branch
activities, budget and staffing 13213-8
annual report, 2014-15, tabled 13181
branch 11702
Government
accountability 10417-20
capital projects, investment 10420
contracts, public release 13183-4
financial management 12358-9
financial management, cash or cash equivalents 10725
financial reporting 10418
information technology projects, costs and performance 13193-4
open data 13290
role 10423
service plans and 2016-17 to 2019-20 strategic plan, tabled 10429
spending, control 10419
Government records management
archiving of records 13292
record of government activities 13291-2
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 10420
Health care funding 10424
Health Committee, appointment and membership 10875
Health Ministry
budget 10424
health information breach investigation
investigation and interviews 13294-9
review by Ombudsperson 13299
Health, status and outcomes 10424
Home ownership
opportunities and government support 11167
parents' purchase of home for children 13048
Horgan, John, comments on housing market and foreign investment 13129
Hotels and travel accommodation, assessment of short-term accommodation properties 10428, 10726-7
Housing
affordable housing
government action 10438-9, 13128-9, 13377-83, 13435, 13519-20
government initiatives 10424-5, 12897-8, 13048, 13252-6
National Bank study 12898
NDP position 13048-9
supply 10425, 10726, 12897-9, 13049-50, 13256, 13378-9, 13381
tax proposals 13050, 13252-6
housing priority initiatives fund 13316, 13381, 13504, 13519-20
vacant properties 11106, 11250-1, 13128
vacant properties, tax proposal 12898-9
HP Advanced Solutions Inc., government contract 13200-1
Income assistance
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 10426
programs, funding 10423
Income tax
foreign non-business income 12044
legislation, harmonization with federal legislation 10600, 10835, 12044
rates for low-income earners 10726
tax credits 10835, 12044
Income Tax Act
amendments 10428, 10600, 10725-6, 10835, 12044, 13069-75
amendments, transition 13069
definitions, eligible film industry activities 13069
regulations 13071
India, market for B.C. wood products 10421
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on issues
government information-sharing 13503
protection of personal information 13292-3
report on freedom-of-information requests 13288
Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, appointment and membership 10876
Infrastructure, government investment 10420
Insurance
companies, scope of business 13076
government and industry role in disaster preparedness and recovery 13191-2
insurance premium tax, administration changes 10835, 12044
Insurance Act
amendments 13075-6
definitions, "mutual company" 13075
Insurance Bureau of Canada, comments on emergency preparedness 13191
Insurance Corporation Act, amendments 10428, 10725, 11257-66
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
claims, unpaid claims 11259
debt collection and power to refuse to issue driver's licences 13200
financial management, capital management 10428, 10725, 11262-6
information-sharing 11274
reporting and fiscal year-end change 10428, 10725, 11257-9
reporting, annual reporting 11260-1
Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 10600, 10835, 12044
International Maritime Centre, funding and operations 10421
Kruger, Jonathan, comments on economic development 10426
Lawyers and legal services, insurance fees, taxation 10835, 12044
Lee, Richard, appointment as Deputy Speaker 10229
Legal Profession Act, insurance fee provisions 10835
Legislation, amendments, print copies 11270
Legislature
bills process, committee stage, standing sections down 13068
bills process, advancement of supply bill through all stages in one sitting 11254, 13313
Committee of Supply, committee to sit in two sections 10724
committee system 12695
appointment of select standing and special committees 10874-6
membership of committees 10874-6, 13521
estimates process 11253-4, 12695
question period
change to scheduled times 10279
legitimate topics 12433
questions must relate to ministerial responsibilities 12432
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 10229
appointment of Deputy Speaker 10229
Standing Order 78A on referral of bills to select standing committee 11849
Li, Mingxin, report on mortgage loans and default risk 13210-1
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education 10424
Liquefied natural gas development 10362, 10422, 10834, 11274-8, 13202
Local government, development approval process 10425, 13379
Logging Tax Act, amendments 10600, 10835
Lotteries, lottery retailers, inspections 13215-6
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 11167, 13048-9, 13377-81
McLeese Lake fire department, fire truck sales tax case 13192
Mark, Melanie, election and introduction to House 10434
Medical Services Plan
collection system and debt 13201
premiums 10424, 10437, 10834
services and performance measurement 13201
MLAs, disclosure of expenses, posting of receipts online 13287
Mental health
facilities 10424
mental illness and addiction, funding for services 10424
Mines and mining industry
government support for industry 10421-2
taxation, exploration tax credit 10422, 10428, 10726
taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit 10422, 10428, 10726
Miscellaneous Statutes (General) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 13068-76
proposed amendment re film industry tax credits 13072
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 13316-7, 13377-83, 13477, 13492-4, 13497-520
definitions
"foreign national" 13493-4
"residential property" 13508
purpose of bill 13316-7
Mortgage broker industry, regulation and oversight 13209
disclosure requirements 13212-3
Motions
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 10229
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 10229
Changes to question period and daily House business 10279
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 10724
Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees 13521
Referral of issues to Parliamentary Reform Committee 12695
Referral of Municipal Replotting Act to Parliamentary Reform Committee 12694-5
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 10428, 10600, 10727, 10835
Municipal Replotting Act, revision, referral to committee 12694-5
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Act, amendments 13076
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of B.C., expansion of scope of business 13076
NDP
policies, housing affordability and real estate industry 13485-6
position on carbon tax 13477
position on housing affordability 13048-9
sale of former headquarters building 11251
Okanagan area, correctional facility project 10422
Ontario
film industry 13070
government financial management 10420
real estate industry regulation 13506
Oral questions (response)
Action on money laundering and tax evasion in real estate transactions 13488
B.C. Lottery Corporation and management of casino transactions 12899-900
B.C. Lottery Corporation management of casino transactions 12018
Condominium presale contracts and changes to property transfer tax 13434-5
Government action on housing affordability 13050
Government action on money laundering 11701-3
Housing affordability in Lower Mainland 12897-9, 13048-50
Housing affordability in Lower Mainland and foreign investment 13128-9
Housing affordability in Lower Mainland and investigation into real estate transactions 10239
Housing affordability in Lower Mainland and vacant properties 10304, 11167
Investigation and oversight of New Coast Realty transactions 12017-8
Investigation into real estate transactions 10302-3, 10439-40, 10488-9
MSP changes 10437
Payment of legal costs in Premier's conflict-of-interest case 12433
Premier's income from B.C. Liberal Party 12432
Prosperity fund and LNG development 10362-3
Real estate transactions and collection of property transfer tax 10239-40, 10303-4, 10438-9
Real estate transactions and income tax system 13485-6
Regulation of real estate industry 13129-30
Senior cancer care case 10438
SunCom transactions and regulation of real estate industry 12357-9, 13337-8
Vacant properties and housing availability in Metro Vancouver 11106, 11250-1
Parliamentary Reform Committee, powers and referral of issues and legislation to committee 12694-5
Penticton Indian Band, development corporation 10426
Pimm, Pat, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 10229
Police and policing
illegal gambling and money laundering enforcement and funding 11701-2
illegal gambling and money laundering enforcement and joint team 12018
integrated services and units 11701-2
Post-secondary education
capital funding 10420
student financial assistance, collection of loan debt 13200
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 10420
Presentation of estimates, estimates of sums required for the service of the province 10417
Privacy
breaches of personal information, notification policy 13292-3
protection of personal information, cloud data storage and data sovereignty 13293
Property tax, school property 10425
Property transfer tax
additional tax for foreign buyers 13317, 13380-1, 13485-6, 13493-4, 13497-514
anti-avoidance rule and penalties 13381, 13434, 13499-501
application cases 13508-10
application to agricultural land 13507-8, 13511-3
application to condominium presale contracts 13499-503
application to investment funds 13504
application to large rental buildings 13506-7
data collection and information-sharing 13502-3
exemptions 13514
expansion to other municipalities 13507
offences and penalties 13513-4
rate 13514
application 12358
changes 13435
definitions of settlors and permanent residents 11271
exemption for first-time home buyers 13379
exemption for newly-built homes 10425, 10428, 10439, 10726, 11273, 12898, 13128, 13379
false declarations and penalties 11273
rate, change for high-value properties 10425, 10428, 10726, 11272
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 10428, 11271-4, 13316-7, 13380-1, 13497-514
Provincial Sales Tax Act, amendments 10600, 10835, 12044-5
Public Accounts Committee, appointment and membership 10875
Public debt
paydown of debt 10426
paydown of operating debt 10419-20
Public sector
collective agreements and bargaining 10419
compensation and economic stability dividend 10725, 11257
compensation, increased compensation 10428, 10725, 11256-7
wage increase based on economic growth 10419
Public service
long-term disability plan and account 10428, 10725
wage freeze 13517
wages 13208-9
Public Service Benefit Plan Act, amendments 10428, 10725
Quebec, film industry 13070
Real Estate Council of B.C.
actions re realtor conduct cases 10240, 10302, 12017-8, 13211-2, 13499-500
changes 13515-6
changes, members 13316, 13382, 13518-9
Real estate industry
bare trust loophole 13505-6
dual agency 13516
filing of offers 13516
foreign investment and ownership 13129-30, 13486
CIBC report 13253
residency information 10425, 10428, 10439, 10726, 11273-4
SFU study 12897
trends 13380
fraudulent activities 13381-2, 13499, 13517-8
housing market
data collection 10304, 10424-5, 10438-40, 10726, 12898-9, 13050, 13128, 13337, 13378-81, 13435, 13502-3, 13507-8, 13511-3
market 10418, 13203, 13252-6
supply 13049-50, 13129, 13337
investigation into practices and transactions 10239-40, 10302-3, 10439, 10488-9, 11702, 12017-8, 13434, 13488
investigation into practices and transactions, advisory group recommendations 13316, 13382, 13515-6
money laundering and tax evasion 12359, 13488
realtor conduct and practices, cases 10239, 10302, 13209
realtor conduct and practices, code of ethics 13515
regulation and oversight 10239-40, 10302, 10488, 12018, 12357-9, 13129-30, 13205-13
regulation and oversight, changes 13316-7, 13337-8, 13381-2, 13515-9
regulation and oversight, fines and penalties 13316, 13382, 13499-501, 13513-4, 13517-8
superintendent of real estate, activities 10239-40, 10302-3, 10439, 10488-9
superintendent of real estate, changes to powers 13316, 13337-8, 13382, 13515-7
superintendent of real estate, powers 13206, 13208, 13211-3
transactions and collection of property transfer tax 10239, 10303-4, 10438-9, 11271-4, 13129-30, 13252-3, 13255
transactions and income tax system 13485, 13502-3
transactions and reporting compliance 11702
Real Estate Services Act, amendments 13316, 13381-2, 13515-9
Rental housing supply 13382-3
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee, appointment and membership 10875-6
Research and development, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 12044
Resources and resource industries
First Nations consultation and involvement 10422
permitting process 10422
Rogers, Carolyn, position as superintendent of real estate 13213
Safety, community safety, government initiatives 10422
Sales tax application, businesses located outside B.C. 10835, 12044-5
SAS Canada, statistical analysis services 13217
Schools, capital projects 10420
Securities industry, regulation 12357-9
Selection Special Committee, first report for fifth session of 40th parliament, report presented 10874
Shipping industry, government support 10421
Site C power project 13197-8
Skills training
facilities, capital projects 10420
funding 10421
Small Business Venture Capital Act, amendments 10428, 10726
Small business venture capital program 10421, 10428, 10726
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, budget 10423
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10418, 10423-4, 10438, 10834
Social workers, role and number 10423
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 10428, 10725, 13316
Stewart, Mike, realtor conduct and investigation of practices 13434
Strata property, vacant condominiums and rentals 11251
Supply Act, 2016-2017, debate 13313
Supply Act (No. 1), 2016, debate 10867, 11253-4
Taxation
administration of taxes, changes 10600, 10835, 12043-5
competitive tax system, commission on tax competitiveness 10420-1, 13194-6
consumption tax system 10600, 10835
tax credits 10428, 10725-6, 10835, 12044
tax evasion and fraud prevention 13129-30
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 10600, 10835
Tourist Accommodation (Assessment Relief) Act, amendments 10428, 10726-7
Trade, government promotion of trade and investment 13378
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10423
Transportation infrastructure, investments 10420
Trusts, taxation 10428, 10726, 11267
Tsawwassen First Nation lands, exemption from additional tax for foreign buyers 11380
Vancouver
housing
affordable housing projects 13519-20
rental housing supply 13382
vacant properties and study 11106, 11167, 11250-1, 12897, 13128
vacant property tax 13316, 13382-3
housing affordability and housing market 11106, 11251, 13048, 13254-6
Vancouver Charter, amendments 13316, 13382-3
Victoria, affordability and housing market 13254-5, 13507
Victoria Real Estate Board, comments on buyer information 13254-5
Wickens, Jodie, election and introduction to House 10434
Wildfire Act, amendments 10428, 10725
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
comments during Transportation estimates debate (Stone) 12629-30
conduct (Bennett) 12151
family experience in Vancouver-Kingsway area 10677
father's experience as insurance agent 10740
speaking time in estimates 11974 (Chair) 11974, 12045
150 Mile House, transmission line upgrade project in area 11971
Aerial Contractors Ltd., contract with government 11971
Agriculture, government support 10962-3
Alberta, transmission system inter-tie project with B.C. 11983-4
AltaGas Inc., LNG facility project, status 10739
Alzheimer's disease, drug therapy initiative and report 12713-4, 13298
Anton, Suzanne, handling of order-in-council changes to civil court rules 13026-8
Armenian genocide
101st anniversary and commemoration 12303
role in current events 12306-7
Automobiles
driver's licences, fees and revenues 12593
driver's licences, road tests and bookings 12593-5
insurance rates 10740-1, 11262-6, 12601, 12606-7, 13436-7
Balsillie, Jim, comments on trade agreement 12177
Barrett, David (Dave), actions as Premier and comments on ICBC 10740
Bennett, Bill
comments on Site C power project 11985-6
establishment of B.C. Utilities Commission 12545
Boston Bar, transmission line upgrade project in area 11971
B.C. by region, rural dividend program 10740
B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, request re changes to automobile accident disability benefit levels 12608-9
B.C. Court of Appeal, ruling on designated driver case 12604-5
B.C. Hydro
annual report and ten-year rates plan 13338
budget
allocation for information technology 12053
allocation for services costs 11990
operating costs 11989-90
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 11976-81
financial management 10697, 13331
financial management and benchmark return on equity 11986
financial management and dividends to government 11987-8, 12015-6, 12150-1, 12215-6
financial reporting
use of international financial reporting standards 11986
use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 10699, 10739, 11986-7, 12015-6, 12047-50, 12216, 12545-7, 13338
use of revenue acceleration account 12150-1
forecasting of power demand 10871-2, 11971-6, 13331, 13338
information technology program
costs and oversight 11966, 12547
costs and spending 12053
SAP software program 12052-3
integrated resource plan 10871, 11971-5, 12059
management and operations 12545-7, 13131, 13338
payments to biomass facilities 11761, 11977-8, 11983
projects 11969-71
request for expression of interest re Haida Gwaii 11932
staffing, salaries and contracted services 11988-90
tendering process 11966, 11969-71
B.C. Law Reform Commission, establishment and role 10890
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 10739
B.C. Liberal Party government
approach to governing 10739
position on Uber operations in B.C. 12629
priorities 10696-700, 10738-42
B.C. prosperity fund 10697-8, 10739-40, 10742, 10871
B.C. Transmission Corporation, employee salaries 11989
B.C. Utilities Commission
exempted projects 11981-2, 12047
information on SAP software program costs 12052-3
regulation of electricity rates 12047-50
role
automobile insurance rates 11261
energy purchase agreements 11979-80
E-Plus program 12054
Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line project 11970
oversight role 12545-7
Site C power project 11934, 11965-6, 11973
Budget debate 10696-700
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10738-42, 11257-66
Budgets
2016-17 budget 10696-700, 10738-42
budget stabilization fund 10742
Business costs and fees 13131
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 12176
Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, local 378, documentation re communications with ICBC 12595
Chopra, Shiv, comments on trade agreement 12177
Clark, Bruce, meeting with government 11932
Clark, Christy, actions as Premier 10697-8
Collingwood Neighbourhood House, facility and programs 10696-7
Columbia Basin Trust, establishment 12058-9
Columbia Power Corporation, projects 13131
Comptroller general, report on health information breach investigation 11537-8, 12714, 13294-9
Consumers, taxes and user fees 10697-9
Create Change, work to support women's and girls' education in Ghana 11304
Crime and criminals, identity theft 10890-1
Davies, Don, comments on trade agreement 12176
Dawson Creek, transmission project in area, exemption from review 11981-2, 12047
Disability benefits, amounts 10696, 10699
Doctors of B.C. report, Prescription for Quality 12715
Election Act, amendments 10889
Elections
fixed election date 10741
signed and sworn statement requirements 10889
Elko Dam, upgrade project and local employment 13131
Employment and unemployment, job creation and job losses, role of government 10963
Energy
conservation and demand-side management 10603, 11973
electricity rates 10604, 10699, 10871, 11974, 11980, 11986-7, 12047-50, 12150-1, 12545-7, 13131, 13338
energy conservation assistance program 12057-8
E-Plus program 12053-4
support for low-income residents 12057-8
Interior–Lower Mainland transmission line project, costs 11966, 11968-71, 12547
Power Smart program targets 10602-4, 12059
power supply, demand projections 10871-2, 11971-6, 13331, 13338
smart-metering and infrastructure program, legacy meters 12054-7
transmission system, projects 11971, 12547
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 11932-6, 11964-91, 12047-60
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 13294-9
Fish, bull trout conservation 11967-8
Flatiron Constructors Canada Ltd., joint contract with government 11968-71
Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act
debate 10958-9, 10962-3, 10965, 10973-4
implementation and timeline 10973-4
Food and food industry, food certification programs and quality standards 10958-9, 10962, 10965, 10973-4
Francophone education authority, signed and sworn statement requirements 10889
Gladstone Secondary School
achievements and future of school 13432-3
robotics program and award recipients 12430-1
Government, orders-in-council, process 13026-8
Health care system, personal health information, access to data for health research 12310-1
Health Ministry
estimates debate 12712-7
drug use optimization branch 12716
health information breach investigation
employee terminations and redress 10699, 11537-8
government records and access to information 10954, 11250
impact on health research 12310-1, 12714-6
investigation and interviews 13294-9
legal representation 10954, 11250
review and report 10954, 11249-50, 13296
review by Ombudsperson 10954, 11249-50
Immigration, Syrian refugees settling in Canada 10697
Impaired driving, legislation and designated-driver issue 12605
Income disparity and social inequality 10698
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10696-8
Insurance Corporation Act, amendments 11257-66
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
claims
accident benefits levels 12608-9, 12628
case settlement 12626
claims process 12604-5
claims process practices 11010, 11105-6
unpaid claims 11259, 12596, 12598-9
communications with Uber ride-sharing service and taxi industry 12629
court costs and role re civil court rules changes 13026-9
establishment and history 10740
financial management and operations 12598-609, 13436-7
financial management, capital management 11262-6
financial management, capital management and legislation 12606-7
management positions and executive compensation 12595-7
reporting and fiscal year-end change 10740-1, 11257-9
reporting, annual reporting 11259-61
reports 12603
reports, annual report 13436-7
revenues to government 10740-1, 11262, 12600, 13436-7
staff and staffing
employee survey and staffing issues 12626, 12628-9
positions 12595-8
rehabilitation coordinators 12628-9
John Norquay Elementary School, enrolment levels 10700
Journey to Freedom Day 12614-5
Justice Ministry, estimates debate 13026-9
Justice system
accessibility 10891
courts and court services, reforms and consultation by government 13028-9
signed and sworn statements for non-court matters 10888-91
Kayfish, Linda, access to information in brother's termination-of-employment case 10954
Kootenay area, local employment 13131
Landry, Barry, volunteerism and disability benefits 10696-7
Legislation
enforcement 10962
inclusion of protection from government errors 10958
law reform 10888
Legislature, estimates process, speaking time 11974
Liquefied natural gas development 10697, 10739
power supply 10871, 11975
McCandless, Richard, comments on ICBC 10740-1
Macdonald, Alex, role as Attorney General 10890-1
McDonald, Jessica, comments on transmission system inter-tie project 11983-4
MacIsaac, Roderick, termination of employment and suicide death 10954
Maternity and pregnancy, study on pregnancy prevention during acne medication use 12310-1
Medical Services Plan premiums 10698
Mines and mining industry
electricity cost deferral program 12057-8
workers, layoffs 10697
Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 10888-91
implementation of law institute report recommendations and timeline 10889-90
Montney, North Montney power supply project, exemption from review 11981-2
Motions
Powering B.C. 13331
Trans-Pacific Partnership 12175-8
Nakagawa, Bob, position with Health Ministry 13295
Oral questions
Access to health data for study on acne medication use by women 12310-1
Automobile insurance rates and ICBC revenues to government 13436-7
B.C. Hydro energy conservation targets 10602-4
B.C. Hydro management 13338
B.C. Hydro management and dividends to government 12015-6, 12150-1, 12215-6
B.C. Hydro payments to biomass facilities 11761
B.C. Hydro power demand projections 10871-2
Comptroller general report on Health Ministry investigation 11537-8
Court ruling on ICBC handling of accident claim 11010, 11105-6
Elko Dam redevelopment project 13131
Ombudsperson review of Health Ministry investigation 10954, 11249-50
Owen, Philip, 1984 municipal election campaign 10889
Palmer, Vaughn, comments on Health Ministry investigation 13297
PharmaCare program, reference drug program 12712-3
Physicians, Education for Quality Improvement in Patient Care program 12714-6
Post-secondary education, tuition fees 10698
Powerex Corp., employee salaries 11988-90, 12051-2
Prescription drugs
costs 12176-7
education programs for physicians 12715
isotretinoin 12310-1, 12715-6
Private members' statements
B.C. Hydro — managed for who? 12545-7
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege 12152
Ralston, Bruce, comments on budget implementation legislation 10738
Ram, Jagat, community service 10696
Resources and resource industries
impact of commodity prices 10740
industry conditions 10742
Rokstad Power Corp., contract with government 11971
School district 39 (Vancouver), potential school closings 10700
Schools, closings 10699-700
Sigurdson, Tom, comments on Site C workforce 11985
Site C power project
costs 11932-6, 11964-7
costs and alternatives 10871-2
fish passage, trap and haul program 11966-8
project and power supply 11972-4
project construction and B.C. workforce 11985-6
review, joint review panel 11967-8
Social Credit government, actions re Site C project 11936, 11965-6
Statements
101st anniversary of Armenian genocide 12303
Statements by members
Armenian genocide 12306-7
Gladstone Secondary School 13432-3
Gladstone Secondary students in robotics competition 12430-1
Journey to Freedom Day and Vietnamese Canadians 12614-5
Windermere school initiative for education of girls in Ghana 11304
Supreme Court of B.C.
civil rules revision re court costs, order-in-council process 13026-8
rules revision committee and process 13026-9
ruling on automobile accident claim case 12604
ruling on ICBC conduct in automobile accident claim case 11010, 11105-6
Taxation, government policies 10698-9
Taxi industry and ridesharing industry 12629
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10699
Trans-Pacific Partnership 12175-8
motion timeline 12175
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 12592-609, 12626, 12628-30
estimates process 12629
Uber, operations in B.C., B.C. Liberal Party position 12629
U.S., political leaders' positions on trade agreement 12177
Vancouver Island, Port Alberni–Tofino transmission line project 11971
Vancouver, municipal elections, 1984 election and by-election 10889
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
constituents' issues and concerns 10696-700
schools and students 10699-700
supportive housing project 10697
VEX Robotics World Championships, B.C. student participants 12430-1
Vietnamese Canadians, arrival as refugees and contributions 12614-5
Windermere Secondary School
student activities in support of African students 11304
student volunteerism 10699
York, Bruce, 1984 municipal election campaign 10889
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

As subject
comments on forests legislation (Thomson) 11797
experience with rainforest agreement 11626-7
family and staff thanked 10522-3
letter to Agriculture Minister 13323
staff, family and constituents thanked 10411-2
visits to parks 11708-9
work on land and resource management planning 11628-9
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 11358-62
Adoption of children in government care, targets 12371
Agricultural land reserve, non-farm use 13323
Agriculture
farmers, young farmers 13323
role of environment 13323
technology 13323
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 11505
letter from Stikine MLA 13323
Ajax mine project, First Nations concerns re project 11012
Alphonse, Joe, response to public safety incident in Williams Lake 13149-50
Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
accessible trail and work of volunteers 11709
establishment and name 11708
proposed World Heritage Site designation 11709-10
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.
presentation on geological database 10525, 11013-4
role in land use planning 11629
Atlin-Taku land use plan, development 11628-9
Auditor General, report on environmental assessment process 11011, 11693
Automobiles, insurance rates 10414, 10524
Blackstock, Cindy, work on child welfare issues 10415
B.C. Association of Child Development and Intervention, comments on service wait times 12368
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., police services and public safety 13149-50
northern B.C.
economic development and green economy 12430
MRI services 10524
rural B.C.
economy 10524-5, 11706, 11709
government investment and support 10523-6
B.C. Hydro, financial management 10414, 10523-4
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10413-4, 10523-6, 11172
B.C. prosperity fund 10413, 10524
B.C. timber sales program, review, operations and changes 11796
B.C. Treaty Commission, work on overlapping claims 11358
Budget debate 10522-6
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10413-4, 10523-6, 12268
Bulkley land and resource management plan, development 11628
Burnaby, youth custody centre, riot incident 13437-8
Burnie-Shea Provincial Park
infrastructure investment by commercial leaseholder 11707-8
name change 11706-8, 11710
Caledonia Ramblers Hiking Club, work on park trail system 11709
Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11169, 11171
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, ruling on First Nations children on reserves 12340
Canadian Ski Cross Championships, hosting of 2016 championships in Smithers 11247
Child protection system
centralized screening telephone system 12370
children in government care
deaths and critical injuries 12218-9
issues 10525
placement in correctional facilities and hotels 12844
placement in hotels 12349
placement of Métis child and permanency planning case 10809, 12275-6
placement stability and permanency planning 12275-6, 12337, 12371
support for youth and transition out of care 10526, 11170-1, 12271
duty to report, enforcement and tracking 13025
handling of cases 12844
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 12267, 12276, 12349, 12985-6
handling of cases and response to youth deaths after aging out of care 11360-2, 11452, 11606-7, 12277
handling of sexual abuse case, costs for court cases 13025
handling of sexual abuse case, review and implementation of recommendations 12348-9
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 12267-80, 12337-41, 12347-50, 12368-71
budget 10525-6, 11169, 12267-8, 12278, 12348, 12350
mandate letter 12276, 12369
performance measurement 12271, 12275, 12337-9
performance measurement, freedom-of-information request 12338-9
reporting on aboriginal girls involved with ministry 11361-2, 12279
staffing 12348
working group on youth mental health services 12369
Children and youth
early childhood development, services and wait times 12368-9
special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11169-70
special needs children, government support and funding 12350, 12368-9
youth at risk, youth agreements 12278-9
youth solutions contest 10804-5
youth solutions contest and essay on social media 11532
Children and Youth Committee
reports, third report for fourth session of 40th parliament, debate 10306-7
reports, third report for fourth session of 40th parliament, final report on child and youth mental health
report and recommendations 12369-70
special project on youth mental health 10306-7, 10526
Clark, Christy
comments on issues, use of term "ragtag" 11013, 11692, 12268
response to Lelu Island declaration 10412
Coast Forest Conservation Initiative, joint solutions project 11627
Consumers
cost of living 10523-4, 11171-2
taxes and user fees 10414
Corrections system
correctional facilities, violence and staff safety 13437-8
youth corrections, services 13437-8
Cuba, Alex, music accomplishments and Grammy nomination 10301
Dietzfelbinger, Christoph, backcountry guiding operations 11707-8
Disability benefits, application process and changes 11168-71
Disabled persons, community living services, transition from children's to adult services 11169
Economy
diversification 11693
sustainable development 12430
Education funding 10525, 11010, 12208
Education Ministry, estimates debate 12208
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11168-72
Employment and unemployment, green jobs and "blue-green alliance" with resource sector 12430
Energy
electricity rates 10414
electricity rates, impact on rural residents 10523-4
wind power development, projects 12430
Energy and Mines Ministry
estimates debate 11904-5
B.C. geological survey activities 10525
Environment, environmental assessment process 11011, 11693
Environment Ministry, budget allocation for parks 11709
Evoy, Patricia, death and experience with child protection services 11452, 11606-7
Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents, government contract 12273-4
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 13185-6
Fire Safety Act, debate 11637-9
Fires and firefighters
fire commissioner 11638
fire insurance premiums proposal 11638-9
fire safety regulation, impact on regional districts and volunteer firefighters 11637-9
wildfires, penalties for human activities that interfere with firefighting 11794-5
First Nations
aboriginal rights and title 11359, 13127
B.C. treaty process 11358-9
children
adoption of children 12371
child protection system governance and funding 13024
delegated aboriginal agencies 12349
enhanced prevention services program and federal funding 12339-40
federal funding for services and human rights case 10415
Indigenous Approaches initiative 13024
children in government care 10415
issues and oversight 12218-9, 12268
number 12337-9
risks for girls in care 12278-9
support for youth and transition out of care 12276-9
consultation by government on land and resources 11013-4
land claims, overlapping claims 11358-9
reconciliation 10413
Fishing industry, licences and online transactions 11796-7
Food and food industry
blueberry farming and exports 13322-3
donations of food, tax credit 11505, 13185-6
food security 12268
genetically modified food 13323
meat, wild meat 13185-6
wild meat 11505
Forests and forest industry
community forests, agreements 11796
employment and jobs 10414
industry, conditions 11795
rainforests, inland temperate rainforests 11709
waste-wood tenures 10414
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 11060, 11144-5
fish and wildlife branch 11797
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11794-7
Foster care
foster parents, aboriginal foster parents 12273-6
foster parents, recruitment 12274-5
kith-and-kin placements for aboriginal children 12277-9
placements, spaces and tracking 12271-3, 12337-9
rates and mileage rates for transportation 12268-71
standards 12273
system, funding 12269-70
system, review 12276
Fraser, Carly, death of youth in care after aging out of system 11170
Gauchier, Paige, death and experience with child protection services 11170-1, 11360-1, 12277
Geoscience B.C., activities and funding 10982, 11013
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 11170
Gitanyow First Nation, moose harvest levels 11144-5, 11360
Government regulations, reduction 11168-9, 11171-2
Graham, Meredith, experience as youth aging out of care 11170
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 11625-9
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act, debate 11625-9
Greenhouse gas emissions, emissions from LNG development 10412-3
Hazelton
recreation centre project and funding 12481
recreation centre project and interim outdoor ice rink 11005
volunteer fire department 11637-8
Health care system
MRI services 10524
travel for treatment and diagnostic services 10524
High-technology industry, career planning 13323
Highway 37, wildfires in area 11795
Housing
affordable housing, government action 10523
energy efficiency, retrofit programs and improvements 10523
Hunting
licences, e-licences and online transactions 11796-7
trapping licences 11797
Hydro Affordability Act, 2014, purpose 10523
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 11011-2
Income assistance
deductions, Canada Pension disability benefits 11171-2
system 11169
Insights West Marketing Research Inc., poll on youth transitioning out of care 11170
Insurance Corporation of B.C., revenues to government 10524
Jeffery, Rick, comments on rainforest agreement 11626
John, Ed, work as special adviser and report 12218-9, 12339-40
Justice Ministry, estimates debate 13024-5
Justice system, criminal justice system, tracking of prosecutions 13025
Kispiox land and resource management plan, development 11628
Kispiox Valley Rodeo 13305
Kispiox Valley, siting of work camp in area 11060
Kitimat-Stikine regional district, volunteer fire department 11638
Lake Kathlyn Elementary School, potential closing 10413, 10525, 11009-10, 12208
Land use
land and resource management plans 11628-9
land use planning and First Nations involvement 10414, 10525
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project, First Nations declaration and response by Premier 10412-3
Maitland, Alice, work as college administrator and mentorship contributions 12146-7
Medical Services Plan premiums 10413, 10524
Mental health
mental health of children and youth
early intervention services 10307
funding 10526
integrated service delivery model 10307
one child, one file philosophy 12369
services 12369-70
Minister of mental health proposal 10307
Minerals North, 2016 conference in Smithers and Telkwa 13126-7
Mines Amendment Act, 2016, debate 10982, 11011-4
Mines and mining industry
airborne magnetic surveys 10982
employment and jobs 10525
exploration, activities and investment 10982, 11012-4, 13127
First Nations concerns and impact on traditional lands 11012-4
First Nations involvement in industry, impact of land title issues 13127
geological database and mapping 10525, 11013-4
industry, conditions 10982
industry, power supply 10525
regulation, compliance and enforcement 13127
regulation, penalties 10982, 11011-3
taxation, exploration tax credit 10525, 10982
taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit 10525, 10982
Morice land and resource management plan, development 11628
Motions
Diverse economy and resource development 11692-3
Northern Health Authority, bus service 10524
Oral questions
Deaths and injuries of children in care and report by government special adviser 12218-9
Government response to youth death cases and placement of youth in care 12844
Housing and resources for youth in care in Downtown Eastside 12985-6
School district funding and potential school closings 11009-10
Youth custody services and incident at Burnaby facility 13437-8
Youth death case and support for youth at risk 11452
Youth death cases and implementation of report recommendations 11606-7
Oral questions (response)
Placement of Métis child and permanency plans for children in care 10809
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc., Morrison mine project
environmental assessment and First Nations concerns 11904-5
First Nations concerns 11012
Pacific NorthWest LNG project 10412-3
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, LNG pipeline project to Kitimat, First Nations involvement 11359-60
Park Amendment Act, 2014, provisions 11709-10
Parks
establishment and changes 11706-10
industrial activities 11709-10
permitted uses 11709-10
role 11706, 11709
system, funding and management 11709
PharmaCare program
coverage, insulin pumps for children in government care 12271
palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11169
Police and policing, police services in First Nations communities 13149-50
Poverty
child poverty 10415, 12268
reduction, government strategy 10415, 12268
Prince George
air quality and burning of wood waste 11796
drug house case 12272
Prince Rupert, park use in area 11708
Private members' statements (response)
B.C.'s bountiful harvest 13322-3
Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 10523
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11706-10
Prudhomme Lake Provincial Park, expansion 11708
Public debt levels 10413
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 13149-50
Purden Lake Provincial Park, description 11708
Representative for Children and Youth
comments on social workers 10526
reports
death of Paige Gauchier 11170-1, 11360-2, 11452, 11606-7, 12277-80, 13025
vulnerable youth and placement issues 12844, 12986
Resources and resource industries, resource development 11692-3
School district 54 (Bulkley Valley), budget and administrative savings 10525, 12208
School districts, budgets, administrative savings 10525, 11010, 12208
Schools
closings 11009-10, 12208
school buses and bus service 12268-71
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, budget 11169
Social workers
role 11393-4, 12267
role and number 10526, 12347-9
wages 12348
Sports and recreation, ski cross 11247
Statements by members
Alex Cuba 10301
Alice Maitland 12146-7
Canadian Ski Cross Championships in Smithers 11247
Hazelton ice rink 11005
Kispiox Valley Rodeo 13305
Minerals North conference in Smithers and Telkwa 13126-7
Social workers 11393-4
Stewart World Port and wind power project in Tumbler Ridge 12430
Youth solutions contest 10804-5
Youth solutions contest essay on social media 11532
Steenhof, Nathan, youth solutions contest essay 11532
Stewart World Port, role in transport of wind power equipment 12430
Stikine constituency and area
air quality and burning of wood waste 11796
economic diversification 11693
fire departments 11637-8
First Nations culture and place-based economy 10413
history and role of horses 13305
housing issues and vehicle needs 10523-4
wildfires 11795
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on child protection system handling of sexual abuse case 13025
Supreme Court of B.C., rulings on environmental assessment of mine project 11904-5
Taku River Tlingit First Nation, role in land use planning 11628-9
Throne speech content and vision 10412-5
Throne speech debate 10411-5
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 11172
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 12481
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, report recommendations 12268, 12340
Tumbler Ridge, wind power project 12430
Twin Berry Farms, operations 13322-3
Two Mile, coverage of area by fire department 11638
Tyhee Lake Provincial Park, description 11708
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 11709-10
Union of B.C. Municipalities
consultation on fire safety regulation 11637-8
resolution on fire insurance premiums 11638
Vancouver, Downtown Eastside
child protection system and youth policy road map 12279
child protection system case file review 12279
high-risk youth in area and social services 12985-6
Victoria, youth custody centre, closing 13437-8
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
ANABIP program for children and families 13024
governance and consultation on park name 11707, 11710
position on proposed pipeline projects 11359-60
representatives 10412
Wetzin'kwa Community Forest, operations 11796
Wildlife
grizzly bears, corridors 11628
moose, population management 11144-5, 11360
Williams Lake, public safety incident and response 13149-50
Wood waste, access to residual fibre 11795-6

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