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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Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
comments on issues
budget implementation legislation (Dix) 10738
family's housing experiences 13472
Advanced Education Ministry, estimates debate 11822-4
Aikang Group, operations in B.C. 11231
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, contract with government 11153-4
Alberta
government management of oil revenues and fund 10734
relationship with B.C. 10372
Alcohol, government liquor stores, money-laundering prevention 11703
AltaGas Inc., LNG facility project, status 10735
Auditor General
reports and reviews
cumulative effects management in resource development 12959
disability assistance program 11056-8
role 11056-7
Australia, LNG development 10736
Balsillie, Jim, comments on trade agreement 11234-6, 12156
Bennett, Bill, comments on resource development 10544
Bond, Shirley, comments on community safety legislation 13163
B.C. by region, northeast B.C., hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity 12949-53, 12959
B.C. Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd., performance and role 11279-80, 11283
B.C. Liberal Party government
approach to governing 11279
hiring of former federal government staff 10690
priorities 10689-93, 10734-7
B.C. Liberal Party, relationship with Reform Party 11055
B.C. Lumber Trade Council, consultation on softwood lumber agreement 11155
B.C. Natural Resources Forum, event and hosting by Prince George 10544
B.C. Printing and Imaging Association, concerns re imports of paper products 11156, 11238-9
B.C. prosperity fund 10691-2, 10734-6, 11276-7, 12885
B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund Ltd., performance and role 11279-83
B.C. Safety Authority, responsibilities re oil and gas facilities 12314, 12436-44
Budget debate 10689-93
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10734-7, 11276-7
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10689-93, 10734-7
Business, establishment of head offices, Asian corporations and HQ Vancouver project funding 11230-1
Business in Vancouver, article on technology industry 11281
Campbell, Gordon, comments on budget votes 10734
Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11056
Canada West Foundation, report on softwood lumber 11157
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, investor-state dispute settlement provisions 11237-8
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 12172
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, comments on hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity 12952
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association, work of organization 11230
Carr, James, meetings with Forests Minister 11152, 11155
Cedar Hills Elementary School, students 10369
Cheniere Energy, Sabine Pass LNG facility operations 10735-6, 12963, 12965
Chevron Australia, Gorgon LNG facility operations 10736
Children and youth, special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11056
Chilliwack, residence with ongoing unlawful activities 13161
China
energy sources and greenhouse gas emissions 10371
market for B.C. wood products 11284
market for LNG and impact on greenhouse gas emissions 12960-1
China Fiber Optic Network System Group Ltd.
operations in B.C. 11231-2
report on financial status 11232
Chinese Canadians, names 11279
Clark, Christy
actions as Premier 10692
comments on issues 11687
comments and approach 10689-90
LNG development 10549, 11276
response to Lelu Island declaration 10689
involvement in yoga event 10735
meetings with federal government 11151-2
Climate change
government action 12884, 12960-2
government plan and climate leadership team, report recommendations 12962-3
College of Pharmacists of B.C., regulatory powers 12266
Community Safety Act
implementation 13160-3
release of information on costs and implementation 13162-3
tabling of copies of act 13160-1
Consumers, taxes and user fees 10690-1
Crime and criminals
crime reduction, Getting Serious About Crime Reduction report 11923
money laundering, government action 11703
Crown land, tenures and revenues to government 12887-8
de Jong, Michael, comments on issues
film industry 10737
sale of former NDP headquarters building 11279
Dias, Jerry, comments on trade agreements 11237-8
Disability benefits
application process and changes 11055-8
program, performance measurement 11058
Disabled persons, community living services, transition from children's to adult services 11056
Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, work of organization 10369
Economy, diversification 10549-50, 12298-9
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11055-8
Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 11236, 12156
Endurance Wind Power Inc., operations and exports 11377
Energy
electricity rates 10691
wind power development 11377
Environment and Climate Change Canada, report on LNG project 12906-7
Environment, environmental assessment process 10371
federal process and meetings with federal government 12889-90, 12906
inclusion of upstream impacts and greenhouse gas emissions 12890, 12906-7
FCV Technologies Ltd., government contract 10562
Ferries and ferry services, fares 10691
Film industry, tax credits 10736-7
Finance and Government Services Committee
recommendation on Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University 10369-70
recommendations on SFU Surrey Campus 10692
referral of trade agreement issues 12155-6
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, oversight of retail transactions 11703
First Nations, 2002 treaty negotiations referendum 11055
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., subsidiary re India 11283-4
Forests and forest industry 10544
export of product and expansion of market 11284, 11377
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 11150-7, 11232-3
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 11150-7
Freeland, Chrystia, meetings with Forests Minister 11152, 11155
Gangs, gang activity and gun violence prevention, funding 13187
The Globe and Mail, articles on issues
housing and renters 13472
softwood lumber negotiations 11156
trade agreement 11234-6, 12156
Government
cabinet meetings with Alberta cabinet 10372
printing services 11239
procurement practices and system, B.C. Bid 11282
regulations, reduction 11055
regulations, role and "smart regulation" 12266
Government communications and public engagement, role and staffing 10370
Grainger, Martin Allerdale, comments on forest industry 10544
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, report on transit and housing affordability 13471
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 10370-2, 12890, 12960-3
emissions from oil and gas sector, methane emissions 12962-3
Harper, Stephen, legacy as Prime Minister 10690, 12155-6
Hayden, Dana, role re softwood lumber negotiations 11152-5
Health care system, personal health information, location of data hosting services and privacy issues 11236-7
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12848
High-technology industry, government support and venture capital program 11280-3
Hill, Jack, death at hospital and investigation 12848
Holmes, Ryan, comments on affordable housing and employment 13471-2
Horne, Matt, comments on LNG exports and greenhouse gas emissions 12960
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13471-3
affordable housing supply 13473
housing priority initiatives fund 13472
Hughes, David, comments on issues
comments in Squamish Chief on energy sources and emissions 10370-1
LNG exports and greenhouse gas emissions 12961
natural gas resources 12957, 12959
Immigration, Syrian refugees settling in Canada 10435
Income assistance
accessibility and service delivery 11057-8
benefits, earnings exemption 11055
benefits, exemption for child support payments 11055
system 11055-6, 11058
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10690-1, 10736
India, market for B.C. wood products 11284
Industry sectors 12298-9
Intellectual property protection 11234-6, 12156, 12173
International Trade Ministry
estimates debate 11220-39, 11279-84
budget 11220, 11229-30
mandate letter 11229-30
meetings with Chinese consul general 11284
service plan 11283
staffing 11239
International Trade, Ministry of (federal), mandate letter 11150-1
James Ardiel Elementary School 10369
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Ministry, estimates debate 12679
Kitply Industries, operations and exports 11377
LaPointe, Kirk, comments on technology industry 11281-2
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project, First Nations declaration and response by Premier 10689, 11687
Liquefied natural gas development 10370-2, 10549, 10691-2, 10735-6, 11276-7, 12963-5
export and impact on greenhouse gas emissions 12960-1
LNG Buy B.C. program, website and online tool 10562
power supply agreements 12888-9
project proposals 12963, 12965
Liquefied natural gas facilities
construction and worker supply 12314
oversight and regulation 12314, 12436-44
Liquefied natural gas project agreements 12889
LNG Canada, LNG facility project
power supply agreement 12888
project agreement 12889
Lower Mainland
housing affordability and housing market 13471-3
south Fraser communities, post-secondary education access 11822-4
transit services 10712-3
Lunar new year 10357
MacKinnon, Dave, labour advocacy and public service 10711
McNally, Laurae, motion by Surrey school trustee 12361
Manufacturing industry, government support 11230
Maximus B.C. Health Inc., government contracts, data storage provisions 11236
Medical Services Plan premiums 10690
Mines and mining industry, taxation, mineral flow-through share tax credit 10736
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13471-3
Moody's Investors Service Inc., report on LNG development 12963
Motions
Diverse economy 12298-9
Diverse economy and resource development 11687
Fiscal management and diverse economy 10549-50
Trans-Pacific Partnership 12155-6, 12171-3
Musgrove, Mike, community work 10370
Name Act amendments, petition tabled 11399-400
National Energy Board, natural gas resources assessments 12957, 12959
Natural Gas Development Ministry
estimates debate 12883-90, 12906-9, 12949-63, 12965
mandate letter 12883
service plan and performance measures 12885-6
NDP
position on resource development 11687
sale of former headquarters building 11279
North American Free Trade Agreement, provisions 11238, 12172
Norway, government management of oil revenues and fund 10734
Oil and gas
electrification of oil and gas fields 12885
exploration and investment 12285-6
hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity 12949-53
hydraulic fracturing and well drilling 12959
infrastructure, clean infrastructure credit program proposal 12883-5
natural gas
prices 10735-6, 12886-7
resources 12956-9
oversight and regulation
elevators and ropeways 12314
information-sharing 12444
permits 12443
power plant definition 12436
systems and technical equipment 12314, 12436-44
royalties, incentive credit programs 12883-5
royalties, revenues 12886-7
wells, remediation and orphan site reclamation fund 12954-5
Oil and Gas Commission
comments on hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity 12949-53
natural gas resources assessments 12957-9
responsibilities re oil and gas facilities 12314, 12436-44
role re cumulative impact framework 12959-60
Oklahoma, hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity in area 12951
Oral questions
Budget priorities and funding for LNG advocate and website 10562
Funding for construction of schools in Surrey 13248
Government action on money laundering 11703
Gun violence in Surrey 11759, 11923
Surrey school district capacity and funding 12361-2
Transportation infrastructure investment and priorities in Lower Mainland 10712-3
Osoyoos, economic development and impact of high school closing 12299
Pacific NorthWest LNG project 10371-2
approval process 12889-90, 12906-9
project agreement 12907
Paper and print products, imports and anti-dumping duties 11156, 11238-9
Petitions
amendments to Name Act 11399-400
PharmaCare program, palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11056
Pharmacies, regulation and licensing of non-pharmacist operators 12266, 12315-7
Pharmacists, dispensing of methadone, practices 12266
Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2016
debate 12266, 12315-7
provisions, scope 12316-7
Plecas, Darryl, study on crime investigations and funding for police services 13187
Points of order
comments by Peter Fassbender 10535
Police and policing
crime clearance rate 13187-8
funding for police services 13187
police calls to residences with ongoing unlawful activities 13160-3
Port Mann Bridge
replacement project 10713
traffic volumes and tolling revenues 10691
Prescription drugs, costs 11237
Privacy, protection of personal information, data storage 11236-7
Private members' statements (response)
Export growth 11376-7
Resources versus resourcefulness: a changed economic track? 10543-4
Privilege
reserving right to raise question of privilege re comments by Christy Clark 11858
reserving right to raise question of privilege re comments by John Martin 11997
Public debt, paydown of debt 10692
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 13160-3, 13187-8
Public Sector Accounting Board, standards 12955
Rental housing
fixed-term leases 13472
supply 13471-2
Resorts, resort municipality initiative program 12299
Resources and resource industries, resource development 10543-4
cumulative impact framework 12959-60
NDP position 11687
Royal Columbian Hospital, conditions 12848
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, 2009, purpose of bill 13160
Safety, complaint process for residences with ongoing unlawful activities 13160-3
Safety Standards Amendment Act, 2016
debate 12314, 12436-44
definitions, "specified regulated product" 12436
transitional provisions 12442-3
Salesforce.com, operations 11221-2
Sandhu, Jasbir, service as MP 10369
School district 36 (Surrey)
board recommendation on development moratorium 12361-2, 13248, 13473
capacity and funding 12361-2
capital projects and new school facilities 13248
Seismological Research Letters, study on hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity 12949-53
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, student spaces and memorandum of understanding 10369-70, 10692-3, 11822-4
Sims, Jinny, service as MP 10369
Sinclair, Donald, workers compensation case 12679
Singer Valve, operations and exports 11377
Sing-Tao Daily, article on Chinese companies 11231
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority (TransLink)
plebiscite on funding model 10691
South Korea
Gyeonggi province and delegation to B.C. 12688
Seoul and delegation to B.C. 13243-4
Starke, Johann, work on government contract 10562
Statements by members
Dave MacKinnon 10711
Delegation from Seoul 13243-4
Gyeonggi delegation from South Korea 12688
Lunar new year celebrations 10357
Support for Syrian refugees 10435
Stiglitz, Joseph, comments on trade agreement 12156
Substance abuse and addiction, recovery houses and methadone-dispensing pharmacies 12266
Sultan, Ralph, comments on issues
motion on economic diversification 11687
resource development 10544
Surrey
businesses and exports 11377
gang activity and gun violence 11759, 11923, 13187
Members of Parliament 10369
police services, crime clearance rate 13187-8
post-secondary education 10369-70
residences with ongoing unlawful activities 13160-1
Surrey Urban Mission Society, activities and leadership 10370
Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
constituent income levels 10691
constituents' issues and concerns 10550
constituents' issues and concerns re housing 13472-3
description 10369
methadone dispensing in pharmacies 12266
Taxation, government policies 10690-1, 10736
Thomson, Steve, meetings with federal government 11152, 11155
Throne speech debate 10369-72
Trade
exports 11376-7
exports, study 11230
government promotion of trade and investment 11151
government promotion of trade and investment, federal strategy 11224-5
trade agreements and partnerships
agreements and partnerships 12172
agreements between B.C. and Alberta 10372
trade and investment representatives and offices
China 11220-3
Indonesia 11224, 11226
Philippines 11223, 11226
real estate investment component 11225-6
staff salaries and performance measurement 11224
study on siting of offices 11227
Taiwan 11226
trade between B.C. and South Korea 12688
trade mission to Vietnam 11227-9
trade missions 11229-30
Trade and Invest B.C., website information on natural gas resources 12956-8
Transit services
expansion and government investment 10712-3, 13471
services 10691
Trans-Pacific Partnership 11233-8, 12155-6, 12171-3
Tributes
Randall Wong 12211
U.S.
forest industry 11157
LNG development 10735-6, 12963, 12965
political leaders' positions on trade agreement 12156
Vancouver
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project and social housing units 13472
lunar new year celebrations 10357
Vietnam
human rights 11228-9
Vietnamese consul general in B.C. 11228-9
Waste management, contaminated minesites, cleanup cost estimation and liability 12955
Wat, Teresa
comments on trade agreement 12172
news conference 11230-1
trade mission to Vietnam 11227-9
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity in area 12949, 12951
Whalley Community Improvement Association, work of organization 10370
Wong, Randall, law accomplishments 12211
Workers compensation
compensation for workers, payment of interest 12679
system, principles 12679
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See also Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker in Subject Index

As subject
article on electronic petitions (Shin) 11584
leadership as woman (Kyllo) 11386
Reimer, Linda (Port Moody–Coquitlam)

As subject
family and staff thanked 10258
work on local government issues 11685
Alberta, economic conditions and management 10258
Animals, guide and service dogs 11033
Anmore, school upgrades 10527
Auditor General for Local Government, role 11685
Autism, awareness and services 11698-9
Bank of Montreal, comments on B.C. government budget 10552
Beer and beer industry, craft-brewing industry and B.C. Ale Trail initiative 13244-5
Bond, Shirley, leadership as woman 11389
B.C. Liberal Party government
financial management 10552
priorities 10526-8, 11689
B.C. training and education savings grant program 10527
Budget debate 10526-8
Budgets
2016-17 budget 10526-8
balanced budgets 10258-9, 10552
Campbell, Brodie, meningitis death 12308
Cancer treatment services, personalized care 10259
Carbon tax 11858
Chan, Leo, meningitis death 12308
Coleman, Rich, work on Housing portfolio 10346-7
Community Care and Assisted Living Amendment Act, 2016, debate 12257
Conference Board of Canada, comments on LNG development 11689
Conroy, Katrine, leadership as woman 11389
Coquitlam
125th anniversary 13126
Burke Mountain development and schools 10527
transit-oriented development 10527
urban wildlife management 12213-4
Coquitlam Search and Rescue, funding for digital radios 10259, 10527-8
de Jong, Michael, performance as Finance Minister 10527
Disability benefits
application process changes 11032-4
asset limit changes 11033
Disabled persons
government initiatives, Accessibility 2024 initiative 11032-3
government support 11033
rights 11033
Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary, 40th anniversary and work of organization 10868
Economy
conditions 10258
diversification 10552, 11689
knowledge-based economy 11094
Elections, campaign financing reform 11685
Emergencies, search and rescue services
funding 10528
government support 10258-9
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11032-4
Employment and unemployment, job creation 10258
Exchange rate, Canadian dollar 10552
Families, government support 10526-7
Ferries and ferry services, fuel costs and conversion to natural gas 11859
Film industry
industry 10552
tax credits, interactive digital media tax credit 11094
Finger Food Studios, operations 11094
Fuel costs and transition to LNG 11859
Gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13356
Government regulations, reduction 11033-4
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government targets 11858
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11858-60
Hamed Nastoh Anti-bullying Coalition, establishment 10658
Hepatitis C virus, awareness and treatment 13481
High-technology industry, government support 11094
Housing
affordable housing
government action 10527
government initiatives 10346-7
social and subsidized housing
government investment 10346-7
transfer of units to non-profit sector 10346
temporary housing and shelters 10346
Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13356
Income assistance
benefits
earnings exemption 11033
earnings exemption and annualization of income 10258
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 10258, 11033, 12836
Liquefied natural gas development 11689
clean development 11858-9
revenues to government 11859-60
Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11858
Liver health, hepatitis awareness and prevention 13481
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11347
development and drafting of bill 11685
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, work of committee and recommendations 11347, 11685
Local government
legislation 11685
relationship with provincial government 11685
Local Government Act, amendments 11685
Local government elections
campaign financing, spending limits 11347
legislation 11347
Long-term and residential care
assisted living 12257
care standards 12008-9
facilities and online directory 12009
regulation and oversight of facilities 12257
residential care facilities 12257
residents, rights 12009
Lower Mainland, high-technology industry 11094
Malpass, Greg, work in technology industry 11094
Maple Creek Middle School, student support for Real Acts of Caring Week 10235
Medical Services Plan premiums 10527
MLAs, women members 11389
Meningitis, awareness and immunization program 12307-8
Midwives, role and services 12748
Motions
Affordable housing 10346-7
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint 12835-6
Diverse economy and resource development 11689
Fiscal management and diverse economy 10552
Knowledge-based economy 11094
Plan for women's economic equity 11389
Standards for care homes 12008-9
Munro, Bradley, meningitis death 12308
Nastoh, Hamed, bullying death and legacy 10658
Oil and gas, oil prices, impact of changes 10258
Peterson, Ryan, work in technology industry 11094
Pink Shirt Day, anti-bullying event 10658
Polak, Mary, leadership as woman 11389
Port Moody, craft-brewing industry 13244-5
Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area
constituent advocacy on transgender rights 13356
constituents' issues and concerns 10526-7
wildlife 12213
Private members' statements (response)
Working in partnerships 11685
Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 10527
Real Acts of Caring Week 10235-6
Salesforce.com, operations 11094
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
capital funding and projects 10259
student support for Real Acts of Caring Week 10235-6
Seniors advocate, establishment 12008-9
Seniors, care and support 12008-9, 12257
Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, debate 12919-20
Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses, prevention and policies 12919-20
Site C power project, power supply 11689
Skills training
government skills and training plan 11859, 12835-6
women in skilled trades 11389
SkyTrain, Moody Centre station 10259
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen line 10259, 10527
Statements by members
125th anniversary of Coquitlam 13126
Autism awareness 11698-9
Craft breweries and Ale Trail initiative 13244-5
Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary 10868
Hepatitis awareness and prevention 13481
Meningitis awareness and immunization program 12307-8
Pink Shirt Day and prevention of bullying 10658
Real Acts of Caring Week 10235-6
Role of midwives 12748
Urban wildlife coordinator for Coquitlam 12213-4
Stephens, Drake, retirement 12213-4
Tegart, Jackie, leadership as woman 11389
Throne speech debate 10258-9
Timmer, Darren, comments on funding for digital radios 10527-8
Tourism industry 10552
Traction on Demand, operations 11094
Tributes
Tyson Venegas 13172
TriCelerate, operations 11094
Tri-Cities area, homeless shelter and transitional housing 10346
UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities 11033
Venegas, Tyson, musical accomplishments 13172
Violence, bullying and violence at school, ERASE Bullying strategy 10658
Wildlife, bear-human interactions 12213
Women, economic equity 11389
World Autism Awareness Day 11698
World Hepatitis Day 13481
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

As subject
comments in A PhD in Real Life 11545
editorial on parks funding and management 11716-7
experience coming out and meaning of Pride parade 13356
Acropolis Manor, staffing 12007
Adoption
1000FamiliesB.C. campaign 12281
adoption of children in government care
placements and funding 12820
process and promotion 12280-3
adoption of foster children 12282, 12820
agencies, services and home studies 12281-2
permanency training 12281
Auditor General, report on disability assistance program 11137-8
Autism services and funding 12350
Banks Island Gold Ltd., mine operations
compliance and enforcement 12569
site remediation 10940
B.C. by region
central coast
ferry service and tourism 11547-8, 11715-6
medical air transportation 12851
northern and rural B.C.
health care services 12848, 12850-2, 12854-6
mental health services 12852
sexual assault services 11168
northwest B.C., autism services 12350
rural B.C., adoption services 12283
B.C. by region, northern B.C.
child health 12853-4
maternal health and maternity services 12854-5
resource development 10387-8
B.C. Liberal Party government
MLAs, debate on gender identity and human rights 13355-6
priorities 11717
throne speeches 10287
B.C. prosperity fund 10287
Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11136
Carlson, Arlene, work as dietitian 11531
Child, Family and Community Service Act, amendments 12821
Child protection system
children in government care, external reviews of permanency plans 12821
handling of sexual abuse case, review and implementation of recommendations 10546
review and recommendations 10544-5
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 12280-3, 12350
budget 10545-6
staffing re adoptions 12280
Children and youth
child deaths, infant mortality 12854
health 12853-4
special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11136
Children and Youth Committee, special project on youth mental health 10545
Clark, Christy, comments on and approach to issues and response to Lelu Island declaration 10287-9
Construction industry, retrofits of buildings and homes for energy efficiency 13329-30
Consumers, costs and user fees 10289
Cow Bay Marina, establishment and role 10484
Crack, Shelly, work as dietitian 11531
Crime and criminals, sexual assault, collection of evidence 11168
Dietitians and nutritionists, role 11531
Disability benefits, application process changes 11136
Disabled persons
community living services, transition from children's to adult services 11136
government support 11137-8
Discrimination and violence against transgender persons 13355
Drinking Water Protection (Safe Water for Schools) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11917-8
Emergencies, emergency vehicles 12850
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11136-8
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, consultation with First Nations in area 10288, 11548
Energy
clean energy, development 13330
hydroelectric power, infrastructure and investment 13330
power supply 13329-30
Environment, importance of nature 11545
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 10940-1
budget allocation for parks 11717
Ferries and ferry services
Queen of Chilliwack and Nimpkish 11715-6
routes and services, Prince Rupert–Skidegate route 12411
service reductions and changes, impact on economy and tourism industry 11547, 11715-6
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, penalties for human activities that interfere with firefighting 11794
First Nations
children, adoption of children 12281-3, 12820
children in government care 12281, 12820
consultation by government on land and resources 10288
Food and food industry, salmon canning industry 10288
ForestEthics Solutions, comments on rainforest agreement 11545-6
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut 11794
legislation 11794
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 11059
budget, allocation for wildfire prevention 11794
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11794
Gauchier, Paige, death and experience with child protection services 10545
Gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13355-6
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 10545
Gill, Ian, article in The Tyee on Premier's approach to resource development 10287-8
Gitxaala First Nation, impact of gold mine operations on traditional lands 12569
Government regulations, reduction 11136-8
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 10287, 11545-8
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 11545-8
amendments 11794
Greenpeace, comments on rainforest agreement 11545-6
Haida Gwaii
cargo ship incapacitation in area 10941
ferry cancellations and terminal parking 12411-2
maternity care and midwives 12855
Haisla Nation, concerns re cargo ship incapacitation in area 10941
Health care system
telehealth 12852
transportation, Patient Transfer Network 12850-1
travel assistance program 12851-2
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12848, 12850-6
Highway 16, government action on issues 10288
Housing, social and subsidized housing, drinking water quality and testing 11252
Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016
debate 13355-6
debate by B.C. Liberal MLAs 13355
Income assistance
accessibility and service delivery 11136-8
benefits, earnings exemption 11137
Kitasoo First Nation, forest stewardship 11548
Klemtu, forest stewardship 11547-8
Land use, ecosystem-based management 11546, 11715
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project, First Nations declaration and response by Premier 10287-9
Liquefied natural gas development 10287-8
Long-term and residential care
care standards 12006-7
facilities, conditions and staffing levels 12006-7
overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs 12007
Louv, Richard, comments on nature deficit disorder 11545
McAllister, Ian, comments on rainforest 11545
Maternity and pregnancy, services in rural and remote communities 12855-6
Mental health
maternal mental health 12854-5
mental health of children and youth, services 10545
Midwives, midwifery and doula services 12855
Mines and mining industry
First Nations concerns and impact on traditional lands 12569
regulation, compliance and enforcement 12569
Motions
Powering B.C. 13329-30
Standards for care homes 12006-7
Namu, cannery site history and environmental remediation 10288, 10940-1, 11547
NDP, energy policies and PowerBC plan 13329-30
North Coast constituency and area
adoptive families 12283
healthy eating programs 11531
wildfire 11794
Northern Health Authority
budget allocation for mental health and addiction funding 12850
public health education on drinking water and testing 12853
report by chief medical health officer on health status of children in northern B.C. 12853-4
testing of drinking water in schools 10440, 11084-5
Oceans, marine planning 11547-8
Oral questions
Drinking water quality and testing in public buildings 11252
Drinking water quality and testing in schools 10486, 10563
Drinking water quality in Prince Rupert schools 10440
Emergency services in Oliver 12309-10
Oversight of Banks Island gold mine operations 12569
Release of Prince Rupert airshed study 13488
Sexual assault services 11168
Parks
establishment and changes 11715-7
government plan and website 11717
park rangers 11716-7
system, funding and management 11716-7
PharmaCare program, palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11136
Physicians, family physicians, training in skills for rural practice 12855-6
Port Clements, mayor's letter re ferry services 12411
Poverty, child poverty 10545
Prince Rupert
access to income assistance services, cases 11136-8
airshed study 13488
closing of salmon cannery 10288
park use in area 11716
social housing, drinking water quality and testing 11252
Prince Rupert District Chamber of Commerce, Business Excellence Awards event and winners 11303
Private members' statements
Kids deserve safe drinking water 11083-5
Working for the best interests of children 10544-7
Private members' statements (response)
Adoptions in B.C. 12820-1
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11715-7
Provincial health officer, comments on drinking water quality in schools 11083-4
Prudhomme Lake Provincial Park, expansion and use 11716
Representative for Children and Youth
reports
adoption system 12820-1
death of Paige Gauchier 10545
implementation of recommendations 10545
role 10544-7
Robinson, Angie and Robert, deaths and access to autism services, inquest recommendations 12350
School district 50 (Haida Gwaii), drinking water quality and testing in schools 10486, 10563
School district 52 (Prince Rupert), drinking water quality and testing in schools 10440, 10486, 10546, 10563, 11083-5, 11252, 11918, 12852-3
School district 82 (Coast Mountains), drinking water quality and testing in schools 10563, 11918
Schools
drinking water quality and testing 10440, 10546, 10563, 11252, 11917-8, 12852-3
drinking water quality and testing, reports 10486, 11083-5, 11918
Sierra Club, comments on rainforest agreement 11545-6
Skeena River, protection 10288
South Okanagan General Hospital, emergency services 12309-10
Statements by members
Cow Bay Marina at Prince Rupert 10484
Dietitians and healthy eating 11531
Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards 11303-4
Wheelhouse Brewing Company 13371
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on First Nations consultation on Northern Gateway pipeline project 10288
Throne speech debate 10286-9
TimberWest Forest Corp., activities in Haida Gwaii and impact on camp in area 11059
Tourism
aboriginal tourism 11715-6
Discovery Coast circle route and ferry services 11715
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 11138
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 12411-2
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, position as Representative for Children and Youth 10544-7
Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, expansion and access 11715-6
Water
drinking water quality and testing in old buildings 12853
drinking water quality and testing in public buildings 11252
Wheelhouse Brewing Company Ltd. 11303, 13371
Wildlife, grizzly bears, trophy hunting ban 11546
Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
comments on issues (Coleman) 10613-4
experience as family therapist 11684
experience as mother of gay man 13359
experience with cancer 11698
experience with children's education costs 10683
experience with daughter in hockey 11380
experience with grandmother's dementia 10659
experience working for social service agency 11047
family members' experience of aging 12249, 12254, 12256
father's housing experiences 13418
staff and family thanked 10253-4
55-Plus B.C. Games, hosting by Coquitlam 10436, 13333-4
Abbott, George, recruitment as chief treaty commissioner 11684
Alzheimer Society of B.C., work of organization 10659
Alzheimer's disease programs, First Link initiative 12649-50
Animals
distressed animals, protection 11650-1, 12612-3
transportation in vehicles, ventilation and overheating 12612-3
Arts and culture, government funding and support 11615-6
ASK Wellness Society, work of organization 12873
Auditor General for Local Government
audit council role and review, implementation of recommendations 11737-8
budget and operations 11737
Auditor General, report on disability assistance program 11048-9
Automobiles, DriveAble program and medical form fees 12861-2
Belvedere Care Centre, conditions and staffing 12002
Bober, Jordan, comments on municipal election campaign financing regulation 11337
Brain health, head and brain injuries, concussion prevention and rehabilitation protocols 11739-40
B.C. Assessment Authority
assessment of port properties 11734
assessment practices 11736
B.C. Athletic Commissioner, budget and operations 11741
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 12618
participation in Vancouver Pride parade 13358
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 10255
position on human rights protection for gender identity and expression 13358
priorities 10681-5
B.C. prosperity fund 10682, 10685
B.C. Treaty Commission, chief commissioner position 11684
Budget debate 10681-5
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10681-5
Bula, Frances, comments on regulation of municipal election campaign contributions 11340
Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits recipients, eligibility for B.C. disability benefits 11049
Canadian Cancer Society, Daffodil Month campaign 11698
Cancer
awareness and MLAs who have experienced cancer 11698
Capital regional district, proposed amalgamation of area municipalities, role of provincial government 11651-2
Caregivers, access to respite care services 11922
Chandra Herbert, Spencer, human rights advocacy 13358
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 12371
Children and youth
child care, affordability and availability 10257
special needs children, At Home program and transition to adult disability assistance 11049
Clark, Christy, comments on housing issues 13419
Climate change, government action, climate action charter 11658-61
Coleman, Rich, comments on housing issues 13419-20
Communities
age-friendly communities 12249-50
gaming grants for community organizations 11662-3
grant programs 11665
green community design and development, LocalMotion and Towns for Tomorrow funds 11665
planning and issues 13174
small communities, grant program applications 11654, 11665
small communities, infrastructure funding program 11665-6
Community Care and Assisted Living Amendment Act, 2016
debate 12248-57, 12319-31
definitions, "professional health services" 12322
purpose and impact of bill 12253
section 5(b) 12325
use of term "assistance with" 12320
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry
estimates debate 11614-7, 11650-66, 11734, 11736-42
budget and allocation 11614-6
estimates debate 11614, 11742
operations, reviews 11616
relationship with local governments 11614
service plan 11616-7, 11650-1
service plan, performance measures 11655-60
staff 11614
Consumers
cost of living 10681-2, 13417-20
cost of living for seniors, impact of extended lifespans 12256
costs and user fees 11381
Coquitlam
Burke Mountain development and schools 10684
food bank 10256
Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
by-election 10682
constituents' concerns 10257-8
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
constituents' concerns 10257-8
constituents' issues and concerns 10682-4
constituents' issues and concerns re campaign financing 12556
constituents' issues and concerns re housing 13417-20
description and constituents 10681
description and francophone heritage 10254
support for Syrian refugees 10254
Credit rating, B.C. rating 11656
de Jong, Michael, comments on housing issues 13420
Dementia
awareness 10659
dementia care and management 12648-50
Democracy
fairness principle 11333-6
public confidence in democracy 11338
Dhaliwal, Sav, comments on municipal election campaign financing regulation 11337
Disability benefits
application process, advocacy supports 11048
application process and changes 11047-9
benefit amounts 10684-5
Disabled persons
community living services, transition from children's to adult services 11049
government support and consultation 11047-9
Distressed Animal Act, 2016, debate 12612-3
Economy, conditions 10256
Education
class size and composition 10683
special education and special needs 10683
Education funding 10683-4
capital funding 10684
fundraising by parents 10258
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2015, stakeholder consultation 11686
Elections
campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 11940
reform and ban on corporate and union donations 12556
financial agents, role 11942
voter turnout 11338
Elections B.C., role and responsibilities, oversight of municipal elections 11958-9, 11962-3
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11046-9
Employment and unemployment, job creation 10255-6
Families, relationships 10255-6
Fassbender, Peter, comments on role of money in politics and elections 11939
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on seniors supplement 10685
First Nations
relationship with government 11684
treaties, B.C. treaty process 10255
Flann, Fran, cancer care and housing case 10685
Fontaine, Daniel, comments on seniors facility care standards 12002
Food and food industry, donations of food, tax credit 10256-7
Food banks, operations and role 10256-7
Fraser Health Authority, home support services 12866
Gender identity
gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13358-9
transgender community, advocacy and activism 13358-9
Government partnerships 11684-6
Green Party of Vancouver, presentation to legislative committee on local elections expense limits 11337
Health care funding, long-term and residential care 12253
Health care system
beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 12867
patient complaint process 12864-5
services for seniors 12648, 12650-1
services for seniors, prototype project 12653
surgical services, deep brain stimulation 12861
waiting times for home care 12866
Health Ministry
estimates debate 12648-54, 12861-7
mandate letter 12648-50
Henschel, Craig, comments on municipal election campaign financing regulation 11337
Highway 16, government action on issues 10255
Home care
Better at Home program 12862-3
home and community care services, reporting requirements 12863-4
home care for seniors and aging in place 12249
home support services 12251, 12652-4, 12865-6
Housing
affordable housing, government action 10681-2, 11660-1, 13417-21
affordable housing near transit services 11660-1
housing priority initiatives fund 13421
social and subsidized housing, social housing for seniors 12250
supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted, co-residence with seniors 12873
Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13358-9
Humphrey, Hubert, comments on government 12002
Immigration
immigrants to B.C. 10681
refugees, Syrian refugees settling in Canada 10236, 10254
Income
low-income seniors, access to supports and social participation 12254
low-income seniors, government support 10685
seniors supplement, amount 10685
Income assistance
accessibility and service delivery 11048-9
benefits, health supplements 11047-8
system 11046-8
Infrastructure, government investment 10684
Building Canada fund and application process 11664-5
New Building Canada–Small Communities fund 11665-6
Insights West Marketing Research Inc., poll on campaign financing 12556
Jamieson, Marion, comments on municipal election campaign financing regulation 11337
Jumbo Glacier resort, status as municipality 12019
Justice system
accessibility 10892
signed and sworn statements for non-court matters 10891-3
KidSport B.C., Tri-Cities chapter, activities 11381
Kurdi, Alan, death 10236
Kurdi, Tima, advocacy for Syrian refugees 10236
Land use planning 11660
Legislation
drafting process 10892
miscellaneous statutes bills 10893
Legislature, legislative calendar and summer sittings 13417
Levi, Norm, public service and celebration of life 10297
Liquefied natural gas development, revenues to government 10685
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11333-40, 11926-30, 11937, 11939-52, 11954-64, 12019-25
language used in bill 11942-3
regulations 12021-2
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee
presentations to committee 11337, 12020
public consultations 11930
recommendation on spending limit time period 11338-9, 11927-8, 11950
recommendations 11948
terms of reference 11336-8
work of committee 11950
work of committee and report 11334-6
Local government
bylaw enforcement officers, powers 12613
carbon neutrality and climate action initiatives 11659-61
costs and financial management 11656
costs for police services 11655-6
economic development and financial management 11657
funding and relationship with provincial government 11657-9
governance and provincial government support 11651-2
infrastructure funding and needs 11664-6
infrastructure funding and needs, government support 11658
infrastructure funding and needs, government support and agreements 11652-4
infrastructure funding, federal gas tax fund 11663-4
legislation 11650-1
legislation and regulations 11616-7
relationship with provincial government 11684-5
revenues and revenue sources 11655, 11657
role and work 13174
service delivery 11653
Local Government Act, compliance 11685
Local government elections
advertising
get-out-the-vote messages on election day 11945
third-party spending and limits 11335, 11944-5
third-party spending regulations 12020-1, 12024
candidates, disqualification 11961-3
election areas, population data 11964, 12019
electoral system, principles 11334-5
fairness and regulation 11333-6
legislation 11941-2, 11947
voter turnout 11338
Local government elections, campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 11939-40, 12556
candidate arrangements with elector organizations 12022-4
contribution limits 11337-8, 11340, 11937, 11950, 12025
information and disclosure 11946-7, 11963
regulation compliance and enforcement 11945-6, 11951-2, 11954-64
spending 11333
spending and spending limits 11941-3
spending by elector organizations and third-party sponsors 11946-7, 11954-5
spending limits 11333-6, 11960-1, 11963-4, 12019-24
spending limits and pre-election time period 11339, 11926-30, 11950
spending limits framework 11948-50
Long-term and residential care
assisted living 12252, 12319-20, 12327-8
costs 12256
number of spaces 12255
services and supports 12253-4
subsidized spaces and wait-list 12252, 12254-5
care standards 12002, 12248, 12252-3, 12650
facilities
behaviour management assistance 12322
business licences 12329
conditions and staffing 11922, 12255-6
incidents and access to information 11855, 12002
inspections 12324-5, 12327-8
online directory 12002
regulation and oversight 12254, 12325-31
reporting 12324
improvements, government action 12650-1
legislation, harmonization 12866
overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs 11922
placement criteria and appropriate placement 12330
placement criteria, health services needs 12321
residential care facilities 12252-3
residents' relationships and spouses 12322-3, 12330
Lower Mainland
housing affordability 12250
housing affordability and housing market 13417-21
housing affordability and housing market in transit corridors 11660-1
Medical Services Plan premiums 10682
MLAs, interaction with constituents 10254-5
Mental health facilities, appropriate placement for involuntary patients 12330
Metro Vancouver
Lions Gate wastewater treatment facility project 11657-8
proposed waste management bylaw, rejection by provincial government 12618
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13417-21
Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 10891-3
implementation of law institute report recommendations and timeline 10891-3
scope 10893
Motions
Political reforms 12556
Standards for care homes 12002
Municipal Finance Authority, credit rating 11656
Natural Gas Development Ministry, estimates debate 12873
Olympic Games, 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, B.C. Olympic and Paralympic athletes 13479
Ombudsperson, seniors care recommendations 12863-5
Oral questions
Employment program grant and conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Judi Tyabji-Wilson 11307
Medication of seniors in care facilities and services for caregivers 11922
Metro Vancouver waste management bylaw and BFI Canada donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12618
Public input on future of Riverview Hospital lands 10403
Seniors advocate access to information on serious incidents in seniors care facilities 11855
PharmaCare program, palliative care coverage recipients, eligibility for disability assistance 11049
Politics and politicians
money and politics 11338-9, 11939, 12025, 12556
role of relationships 10255
Ports, taxation by local governments and valuation issue 11734
Post-secondary education, government investment and role in economy 10256
Poverty
community poverty-reduction strategies initiative 12371
reduction, government strategy 10256
Private members' statements
Working in partnerships 11684-6
Private members' statements (response)
Kids in sport 11380-1
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., operations and donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12618
Property tax, municipal property tax system 11657
Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers 13421
Real estate industry, regulation and oversight, changes 13421
Reimer, Andrea, comments on municipal election campaign contributions 11340
Rental housing, supply 13418-9
report 10682
Riverview Hospital
arboretum and gardens 11600
future of lands and buildings, public consultation 10403
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
concerns re education legislation 11686
schools 10257-8
student diversity and supports 10683
School districts, relationship with government 11684-6
Schools, fees 10258
Sechelt, district government elections and campaign financing 12556
Seniors
aging process 12248-9
care and support 12256-7
government support and awareness of programs 12250-1
health and wellness, social factors 12254
home ownership, issues and costs 12250-1
housing
cohabitation 12323
homelessness and need for affordable housing 12250
housing and supports 12248-51
independent living residences and hospitality services 12319-20, 12327-8
moves 12254
needs 13418, 13420
information, seniors guide and SeniorsBC website 12864
Seniors advocate
access to information 11855
budget 12651
concerns re seniors issues 12254
reports
caregivers and respite care 11922
seniors care facilities and medication use 11922
role and relationship with government 12865
workplan 12651-2
SHARE Family and Community Services
impact of disability assistance program changes 11047
services and fundraising 10256
Shawnigan Lake, contaminated soil disposal sites, permit 11685
Skeet, Jillian, comments on municipal election campaign financing regulation 11337
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 12002
Society, role of relationships 10255
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
development of lands adjacent to transit infrastructure 11660-2
Evergreen line 10258, 10684
ministries responsible 11615
Sports and recreation
coaches, training 11739
combat sports, events and oversight 11741
competitive sports, fairness concept and regulation 11335-6
facilities and venues 11739
government funding and support 11738-40
government funding and support, physical fitness and amateur sport fund 11616
government goals and performance measures 11741
martial arts, judo 11335-6
participation by children and youth 11380-1
participation, diversity and measurement 11740-1
safety and injury prevention 11739-40
wheelchair basketball 11336
Statements by members
55-Plus B.C. Games 10436, 13333-4
Cancer awareness and Daffodil Month 11698
Dementia 10659
Local government 13174
Riverview arboretum and gardens 11600
Tima Kurdi and Syrian refugees 10236
Statements (response)
B.C. Olympic and Paralympic athletes 13479
Tanned, Wild and Woolly Processing, government grants for community employment project 11307
Throne speech debate 10253-8
Throness, Laurie, comments in debate on human rights bill 13358
Times Colonist (Victoria), editorial on regulation of municipal election campaign contributions 11340
Trade Winds Terrace, facility and residents 12873
Transit services
B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10684-5, 11048-9
expansion and government investment 10684, 11659-61
Transportation infrastructure priorities 11659-60
Tributes
Norm Levi 10297
UBC Thunderbirds football team and Vanier Cup win 11695
Tri-Cities area, transit services 10258
Tyabji-Wilson, Judi, role in social enterprise project and funding 11307
Union of B.C. Municipalities
presentation to legislative committee on local elections expense limits 11337
Strong Fiscal Futures document 11655
United Way of the Lower Mainland, Better at Home program, administration and costs 12862-3
UBC, Thunderbirds football team and Vanier Cup win 11695
Upper Kitsilano Residents Association, presentation to legislative committee on local elections expense limits 11337
Vancouver
housing, vacant property tax 13421
municipal elections, campaign financing and regulation 11337-8, 11937, 12024-5, 12556
Pride parade 13358
Vancouver Charter, amendments 12024-5
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, disclosure of information on long-term care facilities 11855
Waste management, government policy 12618
Water resources, conservation and protection 11658
Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers 12325-6
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
experience in forest industry 11065, 11498-501, 11783-5, 12113 (Holman) 11551
experience in labour relations 13030-1
experience of jiggery-pokery 10756
experience on West Coast Trail 11498
experience with non-union worker injury case 11204
experiences with tradesmen 11201-5
forest industry tour of Europe 11501
Autism services, accessibility 10531
Bank of China, bond transactions with B.C. government 13463-4
Barnett, Donna, comments on mountain pine beetle infestation 11782
Bonds, dim sum bonds and panda bonds 13463-4
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 10757
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10528-32, 10756-9
B.C. prosperity fund 10756-9
B.C. timber sales program, review, operations and changes 12092-8, 12100-5, 12107
Budget debate 10528-32
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10756-9
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10528-32, 10756-9
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, establishment and history 11498-501
Chief forester
powers 12096-7, 12107
role 12392
China, mill operations 11066-7
Clark, Christy, comments on issues
LNG development 10757-8
medical services plan 10531-2
Commission on Resources and Environment, role 11501
Consumers, costs and user fees 10531-2
Cowichan District Hospital, replacement with new facility 12719
Cowichan River Provincial Park, description 11733
Cowichan River, water levels and management 10283
Cowichan Valley constituency and area, constituents' issues and concerns
autism services case 10531
concerns re water issues 10528-30
disability benefits case 10530
traffic violation court case 13033
Cowichan Valley, health care services, available beds and surgery cancellations 12719
Cowichan Valley regional district
concerns and legal action re soil dumping in area 10337-9
zoning regulations 10282, 11909
Dansereau, Claire, negotiating activities 11499-500
Disabled persons, community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 10531
Economy, economic development projects and social licence 10280
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, consultation with First Nations 10283
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 11908-16
Environment
ecosystem protection 11499
environmental protection, compliance and enforcement 10337
Environment Ministry
estimates debate 10932-7
budget allocation for legal case re contaminated soil 10528
mandate letter 10933
Estates at Shawnigan Station, subdivision construction issues 12537-8
Fletcher Challenge Canada Inc., operations and wood waste 12113
Forest Act, amendments 12077, 12092-8, 12100-5, 12107, 12113-5
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut
partitions 11786, 12096, 12104-5, 12107
reduction 12077
coastal forest industry, government action plan 11785
community forests, agreements 12101
companies, relationship with communities and social contract issue 11071, 11783
employment and jobs 11065-7, 11070-1, 11499-501
export of raw logs 11065-7, 11784
forest management and practices, compliance and enforcement 11074-5
government forest policies, impact 11065-7, 11071, 11782-6
government investment and support 11070-1
harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction and timber takeback 12094
industry, corporate consolidation 11783-4
mills, operations and closings 11065-6, 11782-4
mountain pine beetle infestation 11782
old-growth forests, protection 11499-500
removal of private lands from tree farm licences 11783, 11785
woodlot licences, changes 12103
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 10989-90, 10993-6, 11065-7, 11070-1, 11074-5
budget 10990, 10994
resource stewardship branch 10994
service plan and performance measurement 11065
staffing 10993-4, 11074-5
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11782-6, 12077, 12092-8, 12100-5, 12107, 12113-5
definitions 12095
The Globe and Mail, article on LNG development 10758
Great Bear Rainforest
agreement timeline and process 11498
ecosystem-based management
allowable annual cut 12386, 12391-2
forest management areas 12388
forest management component 11499-501, 12386, 12388, 12391-2, 12398-9
impact on forest workers 11499-501
regulations re forest practices 12398-9
special forest management areas 12386
map 12388
name origin 12386
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 11498-502, 12386, 12388, 12391-2, 12398-9
definitions
"AAC" 12386
"GBR" 12386
"special forest management area" 12386
regulations 12398-9
Haida Gwaii
forest industry and timber supply 12092-4
pellet plant proposal 10995
Halkett Bay Marine Provincial Park, expansion and glass sponge reefs protection 11732
Hayes, Donald, comments on forest industry 11785
Health care system, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 12719
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12719
Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park, description 11733
Housing, affordable housing, government action 13462-4
Income assistance, accessibility and telephone service 10530-1
Income, low-income families and households, government support 11731-3
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10531, 10759
Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11201-5
Industry Training Authority, consultation with stakeholders 11202-3
Island Timberlands Ltd., operations 11785
Japan, mill operations 11066
Jeffery, Rick, comments on forest industry 11783
Justice Ministry, estimates debate 13029-31, 13033
Justice system
traffic court process 13033
video conferencing and use of technology 13033
Juurlink, Bernhard, concerns re soil disposal site 10937
Kitlope Valley, protection 11501
Land, public access to private land 11731-2
LeMare Lake Logging Ltd., logging activities and stumpage payment case 11070
Liquefied natural gas development 10757-9
Long Beach, park fees in area 11732
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., employee initiatives 11203
Medical Services Plan premiums 10531-2
Mines and mining industry, permitting process, changes to permits 11912-3
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13462-4
Moody's Investors Service Inc., report on LNG development 10758
Munro, Jack, negotiating activities 11499
Nitinat Triangle, description and logging in area 11498
Oil and gas, natural gas prices 10757-8
Oral questions
Drinking water protection and contaminated sites in Shawnigan Lake watershed 10360
Permit for soil dumping in Shawnigan Lake watershed 11763
Western Forest Products logging contract dispute in Port Alberni area 12313
Pacific NorthWest LNG project 10759
Parfitt, Ben, comments on forest industry 11074
Parks, establishment, changes and user fees 11731-3
Private members' statements
The importance of a healthy watershed 10337-9
Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers 13462-3
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11731-3
Public debt
debt levels 10756-7
paydown of operating debt 10532
Resources and resource industries, land-based investment strategy 10994
Rocco, Carmen, experiences and son's experiences as tradespeople 11204-5
Scandinavia, public access to private land 11731-2
Shawnigan Lake
business closings in area 10529
contaminated soil disposal sites
community concerns and actions 10280-4
court cases and costs 10360, 10528, 11911-3, 13029-31
impact on water in area 10360, 10528-30
monitoring and testing 10281, 10529
permit 10529-30
permit and compliance issues 11908-16
permits and approval process 10281-2, 10337-9, 13029-30
permits and community concerns 10932-7
position of First Nations in area 10283
drinking water quality notifications 10280-1
water table and groundwater 11913
Shawnigan Residents Association, letter to Mines Minister 11911
Skills training
system changes 11202-5
trades training
interprovincial mobility 11205
Red Seal certification 11203
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10284
Stantech Inc., assessment of water management at soil disposal site 10935
Sunridge Place, care standards and staffing 12719
Supreme Court of B.C.
ruling on contaminated soil disposal permit for Shawnigan Lake area 11763
rulings on contaminated soil disposal permit for Shawnigan Lake area 11908-9, 11911
Sweden, skills training system 11203
Throne speech debate 10280-4
Timber Supply Special Committee, recommendations 12115
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 12537-8
U.S., forest industry and log exports 11067
Vancouver, housing affordability and housing market 13464
Vancouver Island, south Island forest accord 11498-501
Waste management, contaminated minesites, landfill operations 11908-9
Water management and stewardship 10337-9
Watersheds
community watersheds, local decision-making 10337-8
protection 10282-3
West Coast Trail 11498
Western Forest Products Inc.
operations in Port Alberni area, logging contract dispute and cut control requirements 12313
removal of land from tree farm licence 11785
Wildlife, Kermode bears 12386
Wood waste
access to residual fibre 11786, 12113-5
burning of waste 12113-4
fibre use expansion and fibre action plan 10994-6
World Commission on Environment and Development, comments on ecosystem protection 11499
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
experience in forest industry 10998
family's experience in skilled trades 11216
Alberta, election results 10823
Automobiles, insurance rates 10822
Boat Harbour, bay access and development in area 11003-4
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements 10820-1
donations to party 11788, 11790, 12559
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and transparency 13109-11
performance and vision 10266-9
priorities 10820-3
throne speeches 10265-6
B.C. prosperity fund 10821-3
B.C. Rail, sale 10820, 10822-3
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10820-3
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10820-3
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, application 13293
Carter, Kim, work as Ombudsperson 11701
Cedar
infilling of bay in area, petition tabled 13312
infilling of bay proposal in area 10939-40
proposal for infilling of bay in area 11022-3
Cedar Secondary School, potential closing and school bus service 12206
Cinnabar Valley, concerns of parents re schools and bus service 12206
Clark, Christy, air travel costs 10822-3
Climate change, impact on environment 11631
Consumers
costs and user fees 10266
taxes and user fees 10822
Coquitlam, government land in Burke Mountain area, sale and valuation 10266
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime 13098
Crown corporations, funding 13097
Dawe, Donna, hosting of student speaking competition 12613
De Courcy Island, access and marina in area 11022
Economy
diversification 10821
sustainable development 11632
Education funding 12206-7
Education Ministry
estimates debate 12206-7
data breach 10240-1
Elections, campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 13110
reform and ban on corporate and union donations 12559
Employment and unemployment, job creation 10266
Energy, electricity rates 10822
Environment Ministry, estimates debate 10938-40
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, history and role in transportation system 13127-8
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases and economic impact 10266-7, 10822
ferries as part of transportation infrastructure 10267
Queen of Chilliwack, refit and sale 10266
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 13286-93
estimates process and written questions 13291, 13293
Fires and firefighters, wildfires
penalties for human activities that interfere with firefighting 11787, 11790
prevention and fuel management 11787, 11789-90
summer 2003 fires and implementation of Filmon recommendations 11787, 11789-90
First Nations, relationship with government 10268
Forest Practices Board, report on silviculture 10999, 11001
Forests and forest industry
companies, relationship with communities and social contract issue 11788
employment and jobs 11023, 11218, 11788-9
environmental movement 11630
export of raw logs 11787-9
forest health and inventory 10267
forests as carbon sinks 11631
government forest policies, impact 11787-90
government investment and support 10998-9, 11630-2
mills, operations and closings 11788
silviculture
employment 11023
Forests for Tomorrow program 10999, 11001
not sufficiently restocked lands 10998-1001, 11021-2, 11787, 11790
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 10998-1001, 11021-3
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11787-90
Freedom of information
access to information 12989, 13109-11
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
process and government handling 13111
response times 13292
response times and fees 13290
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee
recommendations 12989, 13286-93
report for fifth session of 40th parliament, debate 12989
staff commended 12989
work of committee and recommendations 13109-11
Gabriola Island, bridge proposal and feasibility study 10266-7
The Globe and Mail, article on campaign financing 12559
Good Samaritan Wexford Creek, sale and worker layoffs, impact on residents 11701
Government
accountability 11302, 13109-10
advertising 13098
information technology projects, costs 13097
lands and properties, management, sale and valuation 13097-8
office space, management 13096-7
regulations, reduction and role 10266
Government communications and public engagement, budget 13098
Government Records Accountability Act, debate 11302
Government records management
archiving of records 13292
culture 13109-10
record of government activities 11302, 13291-2
retention and disposal of records 11302
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 11629-32
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act, debate 11629-32
Gretes, George, actions and charges re email correspondence 11395-6
Health care funding
interministry transfers 12772
long-term care funding 11701
Health care system
fees 12772
IHealth electronic medical records system, implementation and training 12773
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12772-4
Hector McIntosh Student Speaking Competition 12613
Heed, Kash, comments on campaign financing 12559
Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, contract costs 12479
Housing, affordable housing, government action 10820-1
Hutchison, Bruce, article on campaign financing 12559
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10822
Industry Training Authority
review and recommendations 11218
role and responsibilities, changes 11216-9
Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11216-9
Information and Privacy Commissioner
concerns and recommendations on issues, protection of personal information 13292-3
report on freedom-of-information requests 13288
Insights West Marketing Research Inc., poll on campaign financing 12559
John Barsby Secondary School, school bus service 12206
Knowledge Network, budget 13097
Land use planning 11631
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 10865
opposition, role 10820
Liquefied natural gas development 10267, 10821-3, 11789
clean development 11631
Long-term and residential care, worker layoffs and replacements, impact on residents 11701
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 10820-1
MacMinn, E. George, comments on parliamentary democracy 11632
Medical Services Plan premiums 10822
Mental health of children and youth, services 12772
Motions
Political reforms 12559
Nanaimo Marine Festival, activities and boating events 13306
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, emergency services and e-health system 12773
National Post, article on campaign financing 12559
NDP, donations to party 12559
New Zealand, skills training system 11217-8
Obama, Barack, election campaign expenses 12559
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on seniors care 11701
Oral questions
Education Ministry data breach 10240-1
Government record-keeping court case 11395-6
Health care worker layoffs at seniors care facility in Nanaimo 11701
Permit for soil dumping in Shawnigan Lake watershed 11455
Personal statements
Withdrawal of comments made in the House 10865
Petitions
Infilling of bay in Cedar area 13312
Politics and politicians, money and politics 12559, 13110-1
Poverty
child poverty 10268
incidence 10265-6
Prince George, government property, valuation 13098
Privacy
breaches of personal information
government action 10241
notification policy 13292-3
protection of personal information 12989
protection of personal information, cloud data storage and data sovereignty 13293
Private members' statements
Getting to yes on transparency 13109-11
Public service
legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 11395-6
thanked 13286
Red Tape Reduction Day 10266
Ruest, Janet, teaching accomplishments 10602
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
funding and potential school closings 12206-7
school buses and bus service 12206
School districts, costs and funding 12207
Schools
closings 12206
school buses and bus service 12206
Shawnigan Lake, contaminated soil disposal sites
impact on water in area 11455
permits and approval process 10938
Site C power project, First Nations consultation and involvement 10268
Skills training
counsellors 11218
role of unions 11217-9
secondary school programs 11217-8
supply of skilled workers 11218-9
system changes 11216-9
Smits, Betty, life and contributions 13481-2
Smits, Bob, contributions 13481-2
Societies, fees and online registration 13059-60
Statements by members
Betty and Bob Smits 13481-2
Boat Harbour bay and mid–Vancouver Island 11003-4
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway 13127-8
Hector McIntosh Student Speaking Competition 12613
Janet Ruest 10602
Nanaimo Marine Festival 13306
Substance abuse and addiction, treatment services, residential placement fees 12772
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on disclosure of information in public interest 13289
ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 10268
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 10267
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 13059-60, 13096-9
audits and reviews 13098-9
budget 13096-9
budget, allocation for advertising 13098
budget, fee revenues 13059-60
contracts 13098-9
mandate letter 13059
service plan 13096
Throne speech content 10266, 10268
Throne speech debate 10265-9
Times Colonist (Victoria), article on campaign financing 12559
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 12479
Transportation, sustainable transportation system 13127-8
Vancouver Island
forest industry 11631
health care services, youth mental health and addiction treatment beds 12772
mid-Island area and history 11003-4
transportation system 13127-8
Wildlife, species at risk, protection and legislation 11630
Wood waste, access to residual fibre 11787, 11789
Rustad, Hon. John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
family and staff thanked 10621
performance as cabinet minister (Coleman) 10492
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 11285-300, 11317-20, 11349-72
budget 11285-6, 11290
budget and activities 10623, 10625
budget and division restructuring 11286-7
role and responsibilities 11285-6
role and responsibilities, commitment document 11287-9
staffing 11285
Acho Dene Koe First Nation, treaty negotiations and communications with government 11297, 11317-9
All Chiefs Gathering, meetings 11287-8
Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, funding 11290-1
Balcaen, Trish, work commended 11317
Beecher Bay First Nation, ocean thermal energy project 11285
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., government investment and support 10622-3, 10625
northern B.C., economic development 10623, 10625
rural dividend program 10622
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 10622, 10625
B.C. prosperity fund 10624
B.C. Treaty Commission
chief commissioner position 11298, 11354-6
work of organization 11318
work on overlapping claims 11358
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re Site C power project 11299
B.C. Vital Statistics Agency, fee waiver for First Nations name change requests 11363
Budget, amendment 10621-2
Budget debate 10621-5
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10622-3, 10625
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, treaty negotiations 11366
Child protection system, handling of cases and response to youth deaths after aging out of care 11361-2
Children and Family Development Ministry, reporting on aboriginal girls involved with ministry 11361-2
Coastal First Nations, role in rainforest agreement 11372
Consumers, taxes and user fees 10622
Council of Forest Industries, comments on trade agreement 12179
Credit rating, B.C. rating 10625
Disability benefits, amounts 10622
Economy, sustainable development 12178-9
Ellery, Paul, comments on trade agreement 12179
Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 12178
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, environmental assessment process 11371
Energy
clean energy development and First Nations involvement 11285
electricity rates 10622
infrastructure, investment 10622
Environment, environmental assessment process, First Nations consultation 11371-2
First Nations
aboriginal business loan program 11290-1
aboriginal rights and title 11295
agreements with government 10623, 10625, 11285-6, 11294-6
consultation by government, NDP position 10624
economic development
development 11285-6
economic development and partnerships 10623, 10625
first citizens fund and role 11289-93
friendship centres, funding 11290-1
land claims, overlapping claims 11358-9
language preservation 11292-4
lawsuits involving government, costs to government 11294, 11296
protection of cultural and sacred sites 11364
relationship with government 10623, 10625, 11294-6, 11356, 11369-72
treaties
agreements-in-principle 11358
B.C. treaty process 11285, 11298, 11318-20, 11349-59, 11365-71
funding 11368
transboundary issues 11297-8, 11317-9
First Nations Leadership Council, relationship with government and letters 11287-9
First Nations Summit, position on treaty commissioner recruitment 11355-6
First Peoples Cultural Council, work of organization 11292-4
Food and food industry
donations of food, tax credit 10622
seafood industry and exports 12178
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 12178-9
harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction and timber takeback 11350-4
Gitanyow First Nation, moose harvest levels 11360
Government programs and services, funding 10622
Happynook, Tom, appointment as treaty commissioner 11355
Highway 16 improvements 10622-3
Holman, Gary, comments during private members' time 12562
Kwagiulth First Nation, relationship with government 11294
Leap Manifesto, NDP position 12178-9
Legislature, Talking Stick 12978
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project, letter by First Nations 10624
Liquefied natural gas development 10624-5
skilled worker supply and training, First Nations training 11285
Maa-nulth First Nations, treaty area and compensation for forest workers 11319-20, 11349-53
Medical Services Plan premiums 10622
Missing and murdered aboriginal women, family gathering event 11361-2
Motions
Trans-Pacific Partnership 12178-80
Nechako Lakes constituency and area
forest and livestock industries 12178-9
government initiatives and investments 10622-3
NDP, position on issues 10622-4
First Nations consultation 10624
Leap Manifesto 12178-9
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, treaty negotiations 11285
Pacific NorthWest LNG project
environmental assessment process 10624
First Nations consultation and involvement 10624
Pacific Trail Pipelines LP, LNG pipeline project to Kitimat, First Nations involvement 11285, 11359-60
Points of order
private members' statements to be non-partisan 12562
Post-secondary education funding 10622
Poverty, child poverty 10622
Public debt, paydown of operating debt 10622
Representative for Children and Youth, report on death of Paige Gauchier 11361-2
Resources and resource industries
First Nations consultation and involvement 10623, 11286
resource development, government investment and support 10622-3
Royal B.C. Museum, exhibit on First Nations languages 11293
Site C power project
First Nations consultation and position 11298-300
project construction and jobs 10625
Skeena River, protection 10624
Skills training, training for First Nations people 10623, 11285
Pathways to Success program 11296
Statements
Tla'amin treaty 11755
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on First Nations consultation on Northern Gateway pipeline project 11371-2
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 11357, 11365-6
Teslin Tlingit First Nation, treaty negotiations 11297-8
Tla'amin Nation, treaty and final agreement 11369-70, 11755
Trans-Pacific Partnership 12178-80
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, report recommendations 11293-4, 11363
Tsilhqot'in Nation
agreement with government 11285, 11357, 11366
relationship with government 11294-5
Tsimshian First Nation, training agreement 11372
Violence against aboriginal women and children, prevention 11286, 11361-2
Weaver, Andrew, comments on Trans-Pacific Partnership 12178
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence 11350
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, position on proposed pipeline projects 11359-60
Wildlife, moose population management 11360
Woodfibre LNG Limited, LNG facility project, First Nations involvement 11286
Yale First Nation, treaty issues and relationship with Stó:lô Nation 11369-71

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