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Province of British Columbia
Fifth Session, 40th Parliament – 2016
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Index contains information on topics Members of the Legislative Assembly spoke on during House debates.
Index updated regularly during session.
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Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- As subject
- advocacy re agricultural land reserve boundary review case (Letnick) 13062-3, 13066
- comments during mining legislation debate 11012
- experience as educator 10797
- questions to Forests Ministry (Bains) 10985, 11060, 11062, 11064
- Abbott, George, recruitment as chief treaty commissioner 10251
- Ajax mine project 12823
- Alberta, inspection of boats for invasive species 10943
- Auditor General reports and reviews
- Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion 10980
- Banks Island Gold Ltd., mine operations
- compliance and enforcement 10980, 12570
- impact on workers and site remediation 11897
- Bennett, Bill
- call for resignation as Energy and Mines Minister 12692, 12752
- comments during mining legislation debate 11012
- position on mining industry 12823
- Bennett, W.A.C., legacy re infrastructure and workers 11195
- B.C. by region, rural B.C.
- B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 10979-81, 12752
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C., population, migration to B.C. 10462
- B.C. prosperity fund 10249, 10463-4, 10817-20
- Budget debate 10461-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10817-20
- Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10461-6, 10817-20
- Clark, Christy, comments on LNG development 10817-20
- Coleman, Rich, comments on LNG development 10819
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, issues and concerns 10251-2
- de Jong, Michael, comments on LNG development 10819-20
- Eby, David, work on housing issues 13415
- Economy, conditions 10464, 11193, 13413
- Edgewater, paving of roads in area, petition tabled 10241
- Education
- class size and composition, court case history 10797
- funding 10797
- Education Committee, referral of class size and composition issues 10797
- Energy and Mines Ministry
- Energy, independent power producers, local government authority 10895
- Environment, environmental protection
- compliance and enforcement 10943-4
- industry compliance and administrative penalties 11476
- Environment Ministry, estimates debate 10885-6, 10943-4
- First Nations, land claims and B.C. treaty process 10251
- Forest and Range Practices Act, provisions on penalties 11471, 11473
- Forests and forest industry
- employment and jobs 10251
- export of raw logs 10251
- forest management and practices, compliance and enforcement, penalties 10977, 10979-80
- industry, conditions 10251, 10464
- mill explosions 12822
- Gitxaala First Nation, impact of gold mine operations on traditional lands 12570
- Government communications and public engagement, budget and staff 10461-2
- Harper, Stephen, position on mining industry 12823
- HD Mining International Ltd., Murray River mine project and workforce 11899
- Health care funding, long-term and residential care 12009-10
- Hearing impairment, hearing aids, coverage of costs for seniors, petition tabled 12313
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta 10251, 10465, 11195
- Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements 10465
- HiTest Sand Inc., facility upgrade project 11898-9
- Housing, affordable housing, government action 13412-6
- Imperial Metals Corp.
- Income tax rates for high-income earners 10462
- Industry Training Authority
- review and recommendations 11193
- role and responsibilities, changes 11193-5
- Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11193-5
- Infrastructure, government investment, impact on public debt 10248
- Invasive species management, quagga and zebra mussels 10251-2, 10465-6, 10943
- Jumbo Glacier resort
- establishment as municipality 10894
- establishment as municipality and funding 10466
- proposed lodge site and debris removal 10943
- Justice system, signed and sworn statements for non-court matters 10893-5
- Kimberley, mining industry 12821
- Lake, Terry, position on mining industry 12823
- Legislation, miscellaneous statutes bills 10894-5
- Legislature
- language used in House, apology 11012
- legislative calendar and summer sittings 13412, 13415
- Liquefied natural gas development 10248-50, 10463, 10817-20
- Local Government Act, amendments 10894
- Local government, governance, legislation 10894-5
- Long-term and residential care, care standards 12009-10
- Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 13412-5
- Manitoba, invasive species 10943
- Medical Services Plan premiums 10464-5
- MLAs, role and responsibilities 12821-3
- Mines Amendment Act, 2016
- Mines and mining industry
- B.C. Liberal Party position 12823
- electricity cost deferral program 11893-4
- employment and jobs 11891-6, 12570, 12821-2
- employment and jobs, job protection commissioner 11892
- First Nations concerns and impact on traditional lands 12570
- government goals 10464, 10977, 11891-2
- impact on communities and environment 12821-3
- industry, conditions 10250
- industry, conditions and government support 12822-3
- mines, closings 11193
- mines, closings and openings 11891-6
- regulation, compliance and enforcement 11905-7, 12227-33, 12570, 12692, 12752, 12821-3
- regulation, penalties 10977-81, 11469-80
- regulation, safety and environmental liabilities 11895-6
- reports on regulatory system, recommendations and government response 12692
- reputation of B.C. industry 12822
- tailings dam safety 10978-80
- tailings dams, safety 10465
- tailings storage and dry-stacking 11901-2
- water discharge and permits 10886, 11905-7
- workers, safety 12821
- Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13412-6
- Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
- debate 10893-5
- implementation of law institute report recommendations and timeline 10894-5
- Motions
- Referral of class size and composition issues to Education Committee 10797
- Standards for care homes 12009-10
- Oil and gas
- natural gas prices 10819
- natural gas revenues and prices 10249
- Oral questions
- Oversight of Banks Island gold mine operations 12570
- Tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine and mining industry regulation 12692, 12752
- Ostritchenko, Dmitri, comments on tailings dam 10978-9
- Pacific Booker Minerals Inc., Morrison mine project 12823
- Palmer, Vaughn, articles on Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 10978-9
- Petitions
- hearing aids for seniors 12313
- paving of roads in Edgewater 10241
- Private members' statements
- Protecting B.C.'s mining jobs, communities and environment 12821-3
- Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers 13414-5
- Public debt 10249
- Radium Resort, debris removal and fire case 10943-4
- Real estate industry
- dual agency and rural realtors 13415
- regulation and oversight, changes 13415
- Resources and resource industries
- impact of commodity prices 10250-1
- revenues to government 10464
- Seniors advocate, report on seniors care facilities and staffing guidelines 12009
- Shaw family, resort ownership 10944
- Site C power project 10251
- Skills training
- Swansea Quarry, worker deaths and investigation 11907-8
- Taseko Mines Ltd.
- Teck Resources Ltd., Sullivan minesite
- Throne speech debate 10248-52
- U.S., economic conditions and housing market 13413
- United Steelworkers Canada, call for reinstatement of job protection commissioner 11892
- Vancouver, housing, vacant property tax 13414
- Walter Energy Inc.
- Wilkinson, Andrew, debate on housing legislation 13412
- Witte, Andrew, comments on tailings dam 10978-9, 12229
- WorkSafe B.C., investigations 11907-8
- Wyse, Charlie, role as MLA 10894
McRae, Don (Comox Valley)
- As subject
- experience as post-secondary student 12933-4
- experiences as Social Development Minister 11115-7
- experiences as student and teacher 11311
- family and staff thanked 10507-8
- visit to Terrace 10550
- Agricultural Land Commission, budget 10512
- Agriculture
- Alberta, economic conditions and management 10509
- Aquaculture
- First Nations involvement in industry 12824
- industry and role in economy 12824-6
- polyculture system 12824
- salmon farming, role in economy 12613-4
- shellfish farming, geoduck farming 10551
- Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. agriculture products 12824
- Bering, Vitus, exploration activities 11572
- Bodnar, Faith, comments on community living funding 10510
- B.C. by region, rural dividend program 10511
- B.C., history 11572-3, 11608
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- Budget debate 10507-13
- Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10509-13
- Burridge, Christine, comments on trade agreement 12169
- Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 12169
- Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 10510-1
- Children and youth
- child care spaces 11088
- early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 11089
- China, market for B.C. wood products 10550
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, initiative and work 12558-9
- Coldest Night of the Year, charitable fundraising walks 11758
- Community Living B.C., budget 10510
- Comox, Marina Park, upgrades 10508
- Comox Valley
- Comox Valley constituency and area
- boundary changes 12558
- pork producer concerns 10551
- Comox Valley Transition Society, services for women and children 11758
- Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry, home-renovation tax credit 10511
- Cook, James, exploration activities 11572-3
- Courtenay
- 100th anniversary 10509
- downtown improvement project 10508
- Cross, Stephen, work on aquaculture and polyculture 12824
- Cumberland, downtown improvement project 10508
- Dawn to Dawn, transitional housing organization 11758
- Disability benefits
- Disabled persons
- community living services, funding 10510
- employment and inclusion 11119
- government initiatives, Accessibility 2024 initiative 11117-8
- government support 11116-20
- Documents tabled
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee report for fifth session of 40th parliament 12988-9
- Dove Creek Bridge, improvement project 10508
- Economy
- Education
- full-day kindergarten 11088-9
- students, transition to post-secondary education 12934-5
- Elections
- campaign financing, union donations 12558
- electoral districts, changes 12558
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11115-20
- Fairmont Empress Hotel
- Families
- early childhood tax benefit 11088
- government support 11088-9
- First Nations history 11572, 11608
- Fish, protection of wild stocks 12823-4, 12826
- Fishing industry
- Food and food industry
- donations of food, tax credit 10512
- food security 12826
- seafood
- slaughter facilities and mobile abattoirs 10551
- Freedom of information, access to information 12989, 13110-1
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee
- recommendations 12989
- report for fifth session of 40th parliament presented 12988-9
- staff commended 12989
- work of committee and recommendations 13111
- Government
- capital projects, investment 10510
- decision-making and priorities 11119
- Government records management
- legislation 13111
- records management and data storage 13110
- G.P. Vanier Secondary School, seismic upgrade 10508, 12296
- Great Bear Rainforest agreement 11572, 11608-9
- Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act, debate 11572-3, 11608-9
- Harassment, online harassment and trolling 12934
- Housing, affordable housing, government action 10510
- Income assistance
- benefits
- earnings exemption 11118
- earnings exemption and annualization of income 10511
- exemption for child support payments 10511
- employment program, single-parent employment initiative 10511
- Industry Training Authority
- review and recommendations 11312
- role and responsibilities, changes 11310-2
- Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11310-2
- Infrastructure, government investment 10510
- John Hart Dam, upgrades 12296
- Knight Inlet Lodge, operations 11608
- Labour market projections 11312
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee, transparency 13110
- Liquefied natural gas development 10550
- Mackenzie, Alexander, exploration activities 11608
- Marine Stewardship Council, certification principles 12168
- Medical Services Plan premiums 10512-3, 11089
- MLAs
- constituency offices 11116-7
- constituency offices, posting of expenses 13110
- Mintz, Jack, comments on trade agreement 12168
- Motions
- Mount Washington, ski resort operations 10509
- Nanaimo, economy 12297
- NDP
- donations to party 12558
- office space in Comox Valley 12558
- Newfoundland and Labrador, economic conditions and management 10509
- Ontario, economic conditions and management 10509
- Politics and politicians, money and politics 12558-9
- Privacy, protection of personal information 12989
- Private members' statements
- Promoting aquaculture in B.C. 12823-6
- Private members' statements (response)
- Child care makes good economic sense 11088-9
- Getting to yes on transparency 13110-1
- Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 10512
- Qualtrough, Carla, contributions on disabilities issues 11118
- Quebec, child care and income tax 11088
- Saskatchewan, economic conditions and management 10509
- School district 71 (Comox Valley), secondary school apprenticeship program 11311
- Sexual violence
- societal attitudes, role of media and technology 12934-5
- voyeurism 12934
- Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, debate 12933-5
- Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses, prevention and policies 12933-5
- Skills training
- government investment and support 12297
- secondary school programs, ACE IT program 11311
- secondary school programs, trades career promotion in K-12 system 11310-1
- system, changes 11310-2
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry
- Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10510-1
- Social workers, role and number 10511
- Sporer, Chris, comments on trade agreement 12169
- Statements by members
- Bengal Lounge 12491
- Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk in Comox Valley 11758
- Salmon aquaculture 12613-4
- Terrace, economy and oil and gas industry 10550
- Tim Hortons, employment of disabled persons 11119
- Tourism industry 10551
- Trade
- exports, diversification of markets 10550-1
- trade between B.C. and Asia 12824
- trade between B.C. and U.S. 12824
- Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10510-1, 11118
- Trans-Pacific Partnership 12167-9
- Tributes
- Staff of Bengal Lounge 12487
- Truck Loggers Association, comments on employment 10551
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, meetings with government ministers 11116
- U.S., market for B.C. agriculture products 12824
- Vancouver Aquarium, Ocean Wise seafood certification program 12824
- Vancouver Food Bank, work of organization 10512
- Vancouver, George, exploration activities 11573
- Vancouver Island
- Vancouver Island Health Authority, capital projects, new hospitals 10508-9, 12296
- Wildlife, walrus 11572-3
Mark, Melanie (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
- As subject
- aboriginal background, advocacy work and journey to become MLA 10676-8
- communications with constituents 10677-8
- election (Corrigan) 10328
- election and first speech (Sultan) 10678
- election and introduction to House (de Jong) 10434 (Fraser) 10332 (Horgan) 10433-4
- experience in social housing 12878
- family and staff thanked 10677
- family members' experiences with residential school system 12287
- participation in welfare food challenge 13228
- Auditor General, report on graduation rate for aboriginal students 12200
- Bateham, Shantal, comments on housing affordability 11605
- Bell family, First Nations gallery operations 13245
- B.C. by region, northern B.C., domestic violence prevention services 13032
- B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10677-8
- B.C. prosperity fund 10678
- Broadway Youth Resource Centre, programs and services 12071
- Budget debate 10676-8
- Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10677-8
- Carnegie Community Action Project, recommendations 12879-80
- Cedar Root Gallery, operations 13245
- Chandra Herbert, Spencer, human rights advocacy 13361
- Children and Family Development Ministry
- estimates debate 12341
- staffing, aboriginal staff recruitment 12341
- Children and youth
- children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 12875-7
- rights 11919
- Chinese Canadians, housing societies 12880
- Civil Resolution Tribunal
- implementation, timeline and costs 12616-7
- online system and information technology 12616-7
- Clark, Christy, comments on housing issues 13468
- Climate change, government action 11868-9
- Consumers, cost of living 10678
- Crime and criminals, victim assistance program 13031
- Disabled persons, programs and services, accessibility 13096
- Discrimination and violence against transgender persons 13361-2
- Education
- curriculum on residential schools 12288
- education of First Nations people, graduation rate 12200
- school completion certificate program 12200
- Education Ministry, estimates debate 12200
- Elections, First Nations' voting rights 10676
- Evoy, Patricia, death and experience with child protection services 11533
- Families, single-parent families, housing issues 10788
- First Nations
- aboriginal rights and title 10676
- children in government care 12288
- consultation by government on land and resources 11868-9
- history of treatment by government 12287
- housing 12874-5
- housing affordability and supply 10788
- housing and report 12877-9
- reconciliation 10677-8, 12287-9
- residential schools and legacy 12287-8
- Gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13361-2
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government targets 11868-9
- Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11868-9
- High-technology industry, government tech strategy 13094-5
- Housing
- affordable housing
- cooperative housing 12880-1
- single-room occupancies 10789
- social and subsidized housing 10787, 10789
- Human rights awareness, protection and legislation 13361-2
- Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016
- Income assistance benefits, amounts 13228
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, report on missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, follow-up hearing 11856
- Justice Ministry
- Justice system, domestic violence courts 13032
- The Kettle Society, mental health and housing services 13433
- Korczak, Janusz, work for children's rights and actions during Holocaust 11919
- Kukucha, Steve, role on board of Vancouver Community College 11104
- Kwan, Jenny, performance as MLA 10677
- Kwayatsut Building, supportive housing units 12071
- Liquefied natural gas development, First Nations consultation and involvement 11868-9
- Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11869
- Lower Mainland
- housing affordability and housing market 13468-9
- housing affordability and town hall meeting 11605
- Lu'ma Native Housing, work of organization 12878
- MLAs, diversity and members from minority groups 10676
- Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13468-70
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women 11856
- Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission), implementation of recommendations 11856
- National inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls 11856
- B.C. participation and support 13032
- Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 12868-72, 12874-81
- New Coast Realty, realtor conduct and investigation of practices 12017-8
- Oral questions
- Civil resolution tribunal 12616-7
- Disability benefits and bus pass program changes 10951-2
- Fixed-term leases and affordable rental housing 13435
- Housing affordability in Lower Mainland 11605, 12898-9
- Human rights hearing and government action on missing and murdered aboriginal women 11856
- Investigation and oversight of New Coast Realty transactions 12017-8
- Post-secondary tuition policy and fee increases 11104
- Rental housing in Vancouver 13339
- Vancouver Community College fee increases and role of board 11104
- Petitions
- legislative protection for tenants with pets 12436
- Poland, events during Holocaust 11919
- Post-secondary education
- system, student satisfaction and consultation 11104
- tuition fee cap policy and other student fees 11104
- Post-secondary institutions, boards, appointments 11104
- Poverty among First Nations 12289
- Private members' statements
- Prostitution, participation in sex trade by transgender persons 13361
- Real estate industry
- foreign investment and ownership, SFU study 12898-9
- investigation into practices and transactions 12017-8
- realtor conduct and practices, cases 12017-8
- Rental housing
- Representative for Children and Youth
- comments on residential school legacy and reconciliation 12288
- relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 10678
- report on death of Paige Gauchier 12875-6
- Residential Tenancy Act
- Residential tenancy branch
- Residential Tenancy (Protection from Renoviction) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 12840
- Sakamoto, Andrew, comments on residential tenancy branch 12872
- Seniors advocate, report on housing 10788
- Seniors, housing affordability 10788
- Service B.C., programs and services, accessibility by disabled persons 13096
- Sexual violence, sexual exploitation of children and youth, prevention 11533
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, estimates debate 13228
- Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10678, 12879-80
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Broadway corridor to University of B.C., rapid transit line 12533-4
- Stamps Place, sale of housing facility 12868
- Statements by members
- Broadway Youth Resource Centre 12071
- Cedar Root Gallery 13245
- Janusz Korczak and children's rights 11919
- The Kettle Society 13433
- Sexual exploitation of children and youth 11533
- Vancouver Public Library 12429
- Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry
- Tenants Resource and Advisory Centre, comments on residential tenancy branch 12872
- Tippett, Michael, comments on affordable housing and employment 13095
- Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10951-2
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 12533-4
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, report recommendations 12287
- Urban Native Youth Association, youth housing project 12874-5
- Vancouver
- Downtown Eastside
- conditions 13031
- high-risk youth in area and social services 12875-6
- East Vancouver, First Nations youth housing 12874
- housing
- Chinese housing societies 12880
- Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project 12881
- social housing projects 12879
- vacant property tax 13468-9
- housing affordability and housing market 12898-9, 13095
- housing affordability and housing market, rental housing affordability 10787-9, 13435
- youth services 12071
- Vancouver Community College
- Vancouver Public Library, role and use of information technology 12429
- Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
- constituent experience with victim assistance program 13031
- constituents' issues and concerns 10677
- constituents' issues and concerns re housing 13094-5, 13468-9
- description and constituents 10676-8
- housing, cooperative housing 12880-1
- income levels 13228
- mental health and housing services 13433
- Violence, domestic violence
- domestic violence units 13032
- incidence, deaths and tracking 13031-2
- Wages, minimum wage 12879
- Welfare Food Challenge 13228
- Wilson, Tru, experience as transgender youth and meeting with MLAs 13362
Martin, John (Chilliwack)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- comments in private members' statement (Trevena) 11997
- school district autonomy (Fleming) 11375
- experience of Expo 86 12547
- request for apology from David Eby 10352 (Eby) 11679
- Aerospace industry, government support 10469
- Belmont Secondary School, replacement 11374
- Bing, Doug, work on homeless camp issues 10352
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. Place Stadium, construction 12548
- B.C., population, migration from and to B.C. 11995-6
- B.C. prosperity fund 10469
- B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Cupcake Day fundraiser 10803-4
- B.C. training and education savings grant program 10468
- Budget debate 10466-9
- Budgets
- Canada Place, establishment 12549
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business, comments on B.C. job vacancies 11995
- Children and youth, programs and services for children and families, funding 10469
- Chilliwack
- community forest project 11100
- Party in the Park summer festival 13333
- residents' assistance to Fort McMurray fire evacuees 13125-6
- Chilliwack constituency and area, description 10242
- Chilliwack Park Society, activities 11100
- Chilliwack Progress, 125th anniversary of community newspaper 12490
- Chilliwack Society for Community Living, work of organization 10357
- Community Living B.C., budget 10469
- Construction industry, residential construction and renovation industry, home-renovation tax credit 10468
- Disability benefits, amounts 10469
- Disabled persons, community living services 10357
- Documents tabled
- Parliamentary Reform Committee
- second report for fourth session of 40th parliament 10364
- first report for fifth session of 40th parliament 13250
- second report for fifth session of 40th parliament 13312
- Earthquakes, earthquake preparedness 13108-9
- Eby, David, press release on homeless situation in Maple Ridge 10352
- Economy
- Education
- capital funding 11374
- curriculum, computer coding education 10242
- enrolment levels 11374
- initiatives, NDP position 11375
- system 10242
- Emergencies
- emergency preparedness 13107-9
- emergency preparedness, funding 10468
- first responders commended 13108
- search and rescue services, government support 10242
- search and rescue services, volunteers 13109
- Emergency Management B.C.
- disaster financial assistance program 13108
- work of organization 13107, 13109
- Employment and unemployment
- Energy
- clean energy, development 10243
- northwest transmission line project 11693-4
- power supply and hydroelectric power 13326
- Expo 86 legacy 12547-9
- Fires and firefighters, wildfires
- prevention and fuel management 10468
- prevention and government initiatives 13107-8
- Food and food industry
- agrifood and seafood industries 10243
- donations of food, tax credit 10467-8
- Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., establishment and role 10468, 13108
- Forests and forest industry, softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 10242
- Fort McMurray, wildfires in area 13125-6
- Fraser River, Experience the Fraser trail network project 10242
- Fraser Valley, community events and local tourism 11532
- Gillette, Brenda, advocacy for community living 10357
- Great Bear Rainforest agreement 10243
- High-technology industry, government tech strategy 10242
- Home ownership
- government support and initiatives 10352
- opportunities and government support 10243
- Horgan, John
- comments on Belmont Secondary replacement 11374
- position on Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion 11694
- priorities 10466
- Housing
- affordable housing, government action 10243, 10352
- affordable housing, government initiatives 10468, 11680-1
- social and subsidized housing, rental assistance programs 11680-1
- supportive housing services 11680-1
- Immigration, Syrian refugees settling in Canada 10244
- India, market for B.C. wood products 10469
- Industry, power consumption 13326
- Infrastructure, projects and NDP position 10243
- James, Carole, comments on school closings 11374-5
- Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion, NDP position 11694
- Leap Manifesto 11997
- Liquefied natural gas development 10243
- Livingstone, Gary, comments on mining industry 12822
- Local Government Act, revision 10364
- Maple Ridge, homeless camp 10352
- Media, newspaper industry, community newspapers 12490
- Medical Services Plan premiums 10468
- Millar College of the Bible, degree-granting powers 13250
- Mines and mining industry
- Motions
- Affordable housing 10352
- Diverse economy and resource development 11693-4
- Fiscal management and diverse economy 10555
- Powering B.C. 13326-7
- Municipal Replotting Act, revision, referral to committee 13312
- NDP
- Oil and gas, pipeline proposals, five conditions 10243, 11694
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler 12549
- Pacific NorthWest LNG project 11693, 11996
- Parliamentary Reform Committee
- second report for fourth session of 40th parliament, Local Government Act revision, presented 10364
- second report for fifth session of 40th parliament, Municipal Replotting Act revision presented 13312
- report on private bill presented 13250
- Port Alberni, Coastal Response earthquake response exercise 13109
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Getting the right housing supports in place 11680-1
- Local schools strengthen our future 11374-5
- Protecting B.C.'s mining jobs, communities and environment 12822-3
- Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 10468
- Public debt, paydown of operating debt 10467, 10555
- Public sector, collective agreements 10243-4
- Real estate industry
- foreign investment and ownership, residency information 10468
- shadow flipping 11680
- Resources and resource industries
- School district 33 (Chilliwack), capital funding and seismic upgrade projects 10242, 11374
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), capital funding and seismic upgrade projects 11374
- Schools
- Shipping industry, government support 10469
- Site C power project
- Skills training, funding 10469
- SkyTrain, establishment 12548
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, budget 10469
- Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10469
- Social workers, role and number 10243, 10469
- Statements by members
- Brenda Gillette and Chilliwack Society for Community Living 10357
- Chilliwack Progress newspaper 12490
- Chilliwack residents' response to fire in Fort McMurray 13125-6
- Community forest project in Chilliwack 11100
- Local tourism and community events in Fraser Valley 11532
- Party in the Park summer festival in Chilliwack 13333
- SPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser 10803-4
- Taxation
- competitive tax system, commission on tax competitiveness 10468-9
- government policies 10555
- Throne speech debate 10241-4
- Trade between B.C. and Asia 10243
- Transit services, expansion and government investment 10468
- Trans-Pacific Partnership 10243
- Transportation infrastructure, government investment and projects 10243
- Yarrow, Barn Burner BBQ competition 11532
Morris, Hon. Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- As subject
- comments on trades training (Austin) 11211
- experience as police officer 12988
- experience as police officer with fire safety 11639-40
- experience with home heating 11869
- experiences hiking and trapping 11723
- staff and neighbours thanked 10315
- Alphonse, Joe, response to public safety incident in Williams Lake 13150
- Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
- accessible trail and work of volunteers 11723
- establishment and name 11723
- Auditor General, report on JUSTIN information system 13151
- Automobiles
- motor dealers regulation
- consumer advancement fund 10482, 11181, 11459-60
- consumer protection, enforcement and penalties 10482, 11180-1, 11185, 11426-9, 11456-61, 11467-9
- Curber program 11459
- customer compensation fund 10482, 11181, 11428-9, 11456-8, 11460
- Internet transactions 11426
- registrar powers 11460-1, 11467-8
- traffic safety
- enforcement and penalties 13099
- regulation and programs 10318
- Beckett, Sarah, death 11755
- B.C. by region, northern B.C., resources and resource development 10316
- B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 10316
- B.C. Natural Resources Forum, event and hosting by Prince George 10316, 10570
- Budget debate 10567-71
- Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10571
- Caledonia Ramblers Hiking Club, work on park trail system 11723
- Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11127
- Children and youth, special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11127
- Community Safety Act
- implementation 13161-4
- release of information on costs and implementation 13162-3
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities 10318
- funding 13153
- prisoners
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 10570
- Crime and criminals
- forfeiture of proceeds of crime, allocation of funds 13099, 13165-6
- money laundering, government action 11703
- prevention of profit from criminal notoriety 12488, 12938, 13279-82
- law enforcement contracts and film productions on crime 13280
- memorabilia 13281-2
- notice to minister re contracts 13281
- profits other than money 13281
- war crimes and crimes against humanity 13279-80
- reporting of suspected criminal activity 11703
- victim assistance program, policies and coverage of medication 13100-1
- victim support and funding for services, trust fund 12488, 12938, 13281-2
- Disability benefits
- application process changes 11127-8
- asset limit changes 11128
- Disabled persons
- community living services, transition from children's to adult services 11127
- government support 11127-8
- Eby, David, comments on public safety issues 10567, 10569
- Economy, diversification 10570
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11127-8
- Environment, biodiversity 11723-4
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, oversight of retail transactions 11703
- Fire Safety Act, debate 11639-40
- Firearms
- gun procurement, regulation 13189
- illegal firearms task force and gun amnesty program 13189
- Fires and firefighters
- Forests and forest industry 10316
- Fuel costs and transition to LNG 11869
- Gangs
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 11870
- Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11869-70
- Hunting, trapping 11723
- Impaired driving
- immediate roadside prohibition program, penalties 10318
- immediate roadside prohibition review system
- backlog 13101-3
- disclosure of information 13150
- disclosure of personal information 13103
- disclosure of police reports 13103
- review system 12988
- legislation, potential for legal challenges 13101-3
- prevention 10318
- Income assistance
- Industry Training Authority
- consultation with stakeholders 11206
- role and responsibilities, changes 11205-6
- Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11205-6
- Justice system
- information management, JUSTIN system 13151
- rule of law concept 10568
- Karagianis, Maurine, comments on disability benefits legislation 11127
- Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11869-70
- Local government, costs for police services 10569, 13151-3
- Missing and murdered aboriginal women 10317
- Motor Dealer Amendment Act, 2016
- Okanagan area, economy 10569
- Okanagan Correctional Centre project 10569, 13099, 13153-6, 13160
- Ontario, government financial management and health care premiums 10316
- Oral questions (response)
- Correctional facilities for women on Vancouver Island 12497
- Government action on money laundering 11703
- Gun violence in Surrey 11704, 11758-60, 11923, 12072, 13132
- Roadside prohibition program review process 12988
- Safety and staffing levels at Surrey Pretrial Centre 11607
- Parks
- establishment and changes 11723-4
- establishment, grandparenting of existing uses 11723
- park operators 11724
- system 11723-4
- PharmaCare program, palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11127
- Pickton, Robert William, self-published book 12938
- Police and policing
- Politics and politicians, elected officials, support for public institutions 10567-8
- Prince George–Mackenzie constituency and area, description 11315
- Prince George–MacKenzie constituency and area, trades training 11206
- Profits of Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 24)
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11723-4
- Public debt, paydown of operating debt 10570-1
- Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
- Railways and rail services, role in transportation of resources 10315
- Real Time Intelligence Centre, integrated police response unit 10570, 13158
- Resources and resource industries 10316, 10570
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- deployment of officers 12072
- Real Time Intelligence Centre at Surrey headquarters 10317
- Safety, community safety 13132
- complaint process for residences with ongoing unlawful activities 13161, 13164
- funding priorities 13099, 13161-4
- School district 57 (Prince George), secondary school apprenticeship program 11206
- Site C power project, power supply 10316
- Skills training
- secondary school programs 11206
- system changes 11205-6
- union and non-union tradespeople 11205
- Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on roadside prohibition review system 13103
- Surrey
- gang activity and gun violence
- growth 13167
- police services, additional officers 10569, 13167, 13188
- police services, crime clearance rate 13187-8
- Surrey Pretrial Services Centre
- Throne speech debate 10315-8
- Tributes
- Death of RCMP officer 11755
- Tsilhqot'in Nation, relationship with police 13150
- Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, operations 13156
- Vehicle Sales Authority, role and responsibilities 10482, 11427-9, 11456-9
- Violence, domestic violence, government action and prevention 10317
- Wildlife, fur-bearing species 11723
- Williams Lake
- gang activity, government action 10570
- public safety incident and response 13150
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)
- As subject
- comments on issues
- bus pass program changes 13284 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13283-4
- disability issues and 2013 election platform (Stilwell, Michelle) 10951
- family and staff thanked 10593
- ACORN Canada, B.C. division, comments on B.C. Bus Pass program changes 11399
- Akawa, Yuki, bus pass case 11925
- Alford, Jessica and Tony, income assistance and maternity leave benefits case 13132, 13438
- Animals, guide and service dogs 10344-5
- Auditor General reports and reviews
- disability assistance program 11031
- mining industry compliance and enforcement 12693
- Automobiles, insurance rates 10596, 10833
- Blewett, water supply and groundwater licences for aquifer, petition tabled 12989
- B.C. Housing, role re rental housing 13225
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, hearing on income assistance and maternity leave benefits case 13132, 13144, 13146
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- B.C. prosperity fund 10594, 10832-3
- Budget, amendment 10596
- Budget debate 10593-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10832-4
- Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10593-6
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, rental housing information 13224-5
- Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11028, 11644
- Carey, Alex, bus pass case 10807
- Charmley, Delphine, concerns re disability benefits and B.C. Bus Pass program changes 12151
- Children and youth, special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11028, 11643
- Clark, Christy
- Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, estimates debate 11654-5
- Construction industry, retrofits of buildings and homes for energy efficiency 13119
- Consumers
- Creston Valley, agriculture and food production 10832
- Fields Forward initiative 10560
- Democracy, parliamentary democracy 11032, 13283
- Disability Alliance B.C., comments on B.C. Bus Pass program changes 10607
- Disability benefits
- application process
- benefit amounts 10489, 10595, 10606-7, 10806-7, 10833-4, 10871, 10953, 11028-9, 11398-9, 11925, 12151-2, 12550, 13229-37, 13309
- benefit amounts, petition tabled 11253, 13250-1
- eligibility 11180, 11645
- government communications and infographic 13231
- recipients, number 13227
- transportation allowance and subsidy 13230-7, 13284
- Disabled persons
- Dyson, Jane, comments on B.C. Bus Pass program changes 10607
- Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service Group, contract with government 11165-6
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016
- Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 13119-20
- Energy
- Food and food industry
- Fraser Institute, measurement of poverty levels 13226
- Fraser-Nicola constituency and area, housing costs for First Nations 10353
- Government
- accountability 13283
- integrated case management system issues 13283
- regulations, reduction 11647
- Government communications and public engagement, budget 13233
- GT Hiring Solutions, contract with government 13285
- Guide Dog and Service Dog Act, provisions 10344-5
- Health care funding 10594
- Hilliard, Samantha, income assistance and maternity leave benefits case 13438
- Homelessness, relationship to income assistance policies 11029
- Housing
- affordability and government action 10352-3
- affordable housing
- social and subsidized housing, government investment 10353
- Imperial Metals Corp.
- donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12693
- Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach
- inspections of mine 12693
- investigations and reports 12692-3
- Income assistance
- accessibility and service delivery 11030-2
- accessibility and service delivery, online and telephone service 11030-1, 11646, 12846-7, 13149, 13219-23
- application process, work search period 11030, 13286
- benefits
- cheque issuance day 13220
- deductions and exemptions
- employment programs
- contracted services and double-billing issue 13283
- funding and services for special populations 13284-5
- office hours and staffing 13223-4
- policies and legal action by recipients 13438
- policies and relationship to homelessness 11029
- policies for persons fleeing domestic violence 13286
- service requests, triage 13222
- system 11028-30, 11646-7
- Income tax rates for high-income earners 10833, 13227-8
- Interior Health Authority, laundry services at facilities 11165-6
- Jumbo Glacier resort, status as municipality and development consultation and court case 11654-5
- Kennedy, Cass, bus pass case 12550
- Kootenay Lake, ferry landing, petition tabled 13488-9
- Legislature
- language used in House, parliamentary language 13284
- opposition, role 11032, 13283
- Liquefied natural gas development 10594, 10832-3, 13119
- Mandala Homes, nomination for business award 10593
- Medical Services Plan premiums 10594, 10596, 10832-3
- MLAs, cooperation and non-partisanship 12936
- Metro Vancouver, proposed waste management bylaw, rejection by provincial government 12618-9
- Mines and mining industry
- regulation, compliance and enforcement 12693
- reports on regulatory system, recommendations and government response 12692-3
- Mission Association for Community Living, comments on B.C. Bus Pass program changes 11398
- Morrison, Sheenagh, bus pass case 10870-1
- Motions
- Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities, investigation 13179
- Naismith, Tabitha, bus pass case 10953
- Nelson Food Cupboard, operations 10594
- Nelson Hydro, history and solar garden initiative 11100-1
- NDP, energy policies and PowerBC plan 13119-20
- Oral questions
- Breach-of-trust court case and investigation into multicultural outreach strategy 13179
- Contract for laundry services at Interior Health Authority facilities 11165-6
- Disability benefits and bus pass program changes 10489, 10564-5, 10606-7, 10953, 11251-2, 11398-9, 11925-6, 12151-2, 13309
- Employment program grant and conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Judi Tyabji-Wilson 11306
- Government spending priorities and bus pass program changes 10662-3, 10806-7, 10870-1
- Income assistance accessibility and telephone service 12846-7
- Income assistance policies and legal action by recipients 13438
- Income assistance policy on maternity leave benefits 13132
- Income assistance policy on workers compensation death benefits 11451
- Metro Vancouver waste management bylaw and BFI Canada donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12618-9
- Tailings pond breach at Mount Polley mine and mining industry regulation 12692-3
- Parks, user fees 10596, 10833
- Petitions
- ban on trophy hunting of grizzly bears 13181
- Blewett water supply and groundwater licences for aquifer 511 12989
- disability benefits and B.C. Bus Pass program 11253, 13250-1
- Kootenay Lake ferry landing 13488-9
- PharmaCare program, palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11028, 11644
- Politics and politicians, money and politics 12618
- Post-secondary education, international students 13119
- Poverty
- child poverty 13225
- measurement, low-income cutoff 13226
- poverty among disabled persons 13236
- reduction, government strategy 12144-5
- reduction, legislation 12144
- Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2016, debate 12144-5
- Premier's Office, minister's office, air travel 10806-7, 10870-1
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Privilege
- reserving right to raise point of personal privilege 10874
- Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., operations and donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12618-9
- Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society, contract for employment services 13284
- Prostitution, programs and services for sex trade workers 13284-5
- Rental housing, rent rates and housing conditions 13224-5
- Safety, right to safety for women 12935
- Schuman, Clare, concerns re disability benefits and B.C. Bus Pass program changes 12152
- Selkirk College, Nelson campus, renovation and funding 10593-4
- Sexual violence
- distribution of sexual images and intent-to-harm issue 12937
- prevention, youth education on consent and respectful relationships 12936-7
- Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act
- debate 12935-7
- comparison to private member's bill 12936
- definitions, "sexual misconduct" 12937
- Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses, prevention and policies 12935-7
- Skills training
- government investment and support 10593-4
- government skills and training plan 13119-20
- Small Business B.C., award nominee 10593
- Smith, Brennan, income assistance case 11451
- Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry
- Social welfare, community social services sector 11598
- Sports and recreation, yoga, Om the Bridge event 10662-3
- Statements
- Community social services 11598
- Statements by members
- Fields Forward initiative in Creston Valley 10560
- Nelson Hydro and solar garden project 11100-1
- Statistics Canada, census data on housing 13224
- Tanned, Wild and Woolly Processing, government grants for community employment project 11306
- Taxation, progressive and regressive tax systems 10594
- Transit services
- B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10489, 10564-5, 10595-6, 10606-7, 10662-3, 10806-7, 10833-4, 10870-1, 10953, 11251-2, 11398-9, 11925-6, 12144, 12151-2, 12549-51, 12618-9, 13229-37, 13283-4, 13309, 13438
- B.C. Bus Pass program, changes, petition tabled 11253, 13250-1
- services in small communities and rural areas 13233
- Tyabji-Wilson, Judi, role in social enterprise project and funding 11306
- Weaver, Andrew, private member's bill on post-secondary sexual violence policies 12936
- Wildlife, grizzly bears, trophy hunting ban, petition tabled 13181
- Williams Lake, rent rates 13224
- WorkBC Employment Services Centres, operations 13283, 13285
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