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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Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola)

As subject
leadership as woman (Reimer) 11389
Agriculture industry 10378-9
Ashcroft
Chinese Cemetery heritage revitalization 13370-1
terminal for container and railway traffic 10379-80
Blueberry River First Nations, participation in skills training program 12830
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., skills training for First Nations people 12830
rural B.C.
health care facilities and services 10380
rural dividend program 10379
Business, social enterprises 12689
College of the Rockies, sexual misconduct policy 12924
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime, allocation of funds 11994
Desert Hills Ranch, fruit and vegetable production 10378
Doig River First Nation, participation in skills training program 12830
Eagle's Nest Transition House, programs and services for victims of violence 11994
Emergencies, first responders 10948-9
Energy, bioenergy projects 10380
Ethisphere Institute, business practices awards 11600
First Nations
children, services for children and youth 12288-9
economic development and partnerships 12288
reconciliation 12288-9
residential schools and legacy 12288
treaties 12288
Food and food industry, agrifood and seafood industries 10379
Forests and forest industry 10380
Fort Nelson, skills training program 12830
Fort St. John, skills training programs in area 12830
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area
description and electoral district boundaries 10378-80
mining industry 11919
Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, position on Trans Mountain pipeline project, petition tabled 11253
International Women's Day 11162
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion, petition tabled 11253
Legislature, members' conduct and debate, use of props 11321
Lillooet Friendship Centre Society, programs and services for victims of violence 11994
Liquefied natural gas development, skilled worker supply and training, First Nations training 12830
Lower Nicola Indian Band, involvement in green energy project 10380
MLAs, women members 11162
Merritt
green energy project 10380
performing arts centre proposal 10435
Mines and mining industry
electricity cost deferral program 10379
employment and salaries 11919
role in economy 11919
Minister's Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women, activities 11994
Motions
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint 12830
Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society, work of organization and proposal 10435
Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, upgrades 10380
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merritt campus 10380
programs in northern B.C. 12830
Nicola Valley, waste disposal and biosolids issue, collaborative engagement protocol 10379
Personal statements
Use of props in the House 11321
Petitions
support for Trans Mountain oil pipeline 11253
Politics and politicians, women in politics 11162
Poverty, community poverty-reduction strategies initiative 13175
Princeton, first responders event 10948-9
Private members' statements (response)
Preventing violence against women 11994
Reconciliation 12288-9
Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, debate 12924-5
Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses, prevention and policies 12924-5
Skills training
government investment and support 12830
government skills and training plan 12830
training for First Nations people 10380
training for First Nations people, aboriginal skills training development fund 12830
training for First Nations people, Pathways to Success program 12830
Statements by members
Ashcroft Chinese Cemetery heritage revitalization 13370-1
Community poverty reduction strategies 13175
Equality for women 11162
First responders 10948-9
Mining industry 11919
Performing arts centre for Merritt 10435
Recognition of Weyerhaeuser for ethical business practices 11600-1
Social enterprises 12689
Throne speech debate 10378-80
Tsay Keh Dene First Nation, participation in skills training program 12830
UBC, sexual assault policy 12924
University of Victoria, sexual assault policy 12924
Violence
domestic violence, programs and funding 11994
violence against aboriginal women and children, prevention 11994
violence-free B.C. strategy 11994
Weyerhaeuser
ethical business practices 11600-1
Princeton operations 11600-1
Thomson, Hon. Steve (Kelowna-Mission)

As subject
actions as Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister 12571
experience as youth working on neighbours' farm 11726-7
family history in Okanagan 11633
meetings with federal government 11152, 11155 (Ralston) 11152, 11155
Agriculture, farmland, affordability 11074
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, contract with government 11153
Alberta, wildfire prevention and funding 11079
Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park, establishment and consultation 11727
Automobiles, all-terrain vehicles, licences and permits 10990
Boats and boating, derelict vessels, government role and action 11175
B.C. by region, rural dividend program 10742-3, 10983, 11071
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10742-4
B.C. Lumber Trade Council, consultation on softwood lumber agreement 11152, 11154-5
B.C. timber sales program
expenses and revenues 11177
lands 11144
operations and targets, written questions by opposition 11177-8
reforestation activities 10999-1000
review, operations and changes 11302, 11797, 12077-82, 12089-108, 12235-6
review, operations and changes, consultation by government 12093-4
B.C. Wildfire Service
work and wildfire prevention manual 12901
work of organization 11302
B.C. Wildlife Federation, position on elk harvest allocation 11146
Brunswick Point, lands in area, sale and legal action 11074
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10742-4
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10742-4
Canadian Forest Products, harvesting overcut and enforcement 12571
Canadian Forest Service carbon budget model, volume-to-biomass conversion equations 11064
Carbon offsets, forest carbon offsets 11061-3
Carr, James, meetings with Forests Minister 11152, 11155
Cedar, proposal for infilling of bay in area 11022-3
Chief forester
powers 12096-7, 12105-8
role 12387, 12389, 12393-5, 12398
Clark, Christy, meetings with federal government 11152
Coastal First Nations, role in rainforest agreement 11481
Crown land, tenures and revenues to government 10987-8, 11068
Delta
farmland, affordability 11074
heritage home case 11074
Donaldson, Doug, comments on forests legislation 11797
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 11065, 11067, 11069
Environment, conservation officers, role and staffing levels 11147
Environment Ministry, role forest carbon offsets 11064
Fires and firefighters
fire control activities, authorized persons 12238-40
interface fire risks, government management 10983, 11078-9, 11141, 12754
wildfires
penalties for failing to comply with stop-work orders 11763, 12239
penalties for human activities that interfere with firefighting 11302, 11763, 12238-42
prevention 10742, 12754
prevention and First Nations involvement 11142
prevention and forest enhancement program 12901
prevention and government initiatives 10983, 11078-9, 11140-2
summer 2003 fires and implementation of Filmon recommendations 11079, 11141, 11143
Fishing industry
licence fee revenues 11148
licences and online transactions 11302, 11764, 12245
Floods and floodplains, flood protection and dike planning, funding 11072-3
Food and food industry
agrifood industry 10742-4
cherry farming and exports 10742-3
donations of food, tax credit 10744
Forest Act, amendments 11302, 11763-4, 12077-82, 12089-115, 12235-7
Forest and Range Practices Act, application to rainforest agreement 12398
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., establishment and role 10742, 10983, 11079, 11140-3, 11175-7
Forest Practices Board reports
district managers and forest operations 11077
silviculture 10999
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut determination 11062
allowable annual cut, partitions 11764, 12096-7, 12104-9
allowable annual cut, reduction 12077-82, 12089-92, 12095-6, 12098-100
community forests 11070-1
community forests, agreements 11764, 11797, 12079-82, 12101
employment and jobs 11023, 11059, 11065-9, 11071
employment, jobs and timber accord 11798
export of product and expansion of market 11068-9
export of raw logs 11065-7
First Nations involvement in industry 11070-1, 11142, 11798, 12100
forest health, forest enhancement program 10742-3, 10983, 11071, 11079
forest licences, penalties for licence holders 12108-9
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 11075-7, 12571
district managers' authority 11077
forest roads 11021
forest stewardship 12097
forest stewardship plans 11076-7
government investment and support 11069-71, 11798
harvesting rights for timber licences, reduction and timber takeback 12077-8, 12098-100
industry, conditions 11798
industry, investment 11069
logging tax 10988-9, 11068
mountain pine beetle infestation 10983
old-growth forests, protection 12397
pest control and management, activities and funding 10997-8
revenues to government 10986-90, 11068
silviculture
employment 11023, 11059
Forests for Tomorrow program 10983, 10999, 11001, 11022-3
not sufficiently restocked lands 10999-1002, 11021-2
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 11066, 11150-7
stumpage system, revenues to government 10986, 10988
timber, market pricing system 12093
woodlot licences, changes 12103-4
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
estimates debate 10983-1002, 11021-3, 11059-62, 11064-79, 11138-57, 11175-8
budget 10983, 10986-93, 10994, 11068, 11175
allocation for wildfire prevention 10998, 11078-9, 11140-2
research activities 10998
resource stewardship branch 10994, 11067, 11148
role and responsibilities 10983-4
service plan and performance measurement 11065, 11067-9
staff thanked 11178
staffing 10983, 10993-4, 11067-8, 11075-6
vision 11069
work with Environment Ministry 11147
written questions by opposition to ministry and response 10985, 11061-2, 11064
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11302, 11763-4, 11797-8, 12077-82, 12089-115, 12235-47
definitions 12078, 12095-6, 12109
purpose of bill 11302
Fort McMurray, wildfires in area 12754
Fraser River
dredging management program and funding 11072
water lot leases, transfer to government and First Nations consultation 11073
Freeland, Chrystia, meetings with Forests Minister 11152, 11155
Freshwater Fisheries Society, funding and role 11148
Gitanyow First Nation, moose harvest levels 11145
Great Bear Rainforest
agreement 11726
agreement timeline and process 11480-2, 11632-3
ecosystem-based management
allowable annual cut 11480, 12237-8, 12385-98, 12391-2
deletions to tree farm licence areas 12398
forest management areas 12388
forest management component 10866-7, 11480-2, 12385-99
regulations re forest practices 12398-9
special forest management areas 11480, 12386-8, 12390-1, 12397
timber supply areas 11480, 12385-6
First Nations involvement 11481
map 12385, 12388
name origin 12386
road permits 12397
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 10866-7, 11480-2, 11632-3, 12385-99
amendments, relation to forest legislation 12237-8
coming into force 12399
definitions
"AAC" 12385-6
"Crown land" 12385
"GBR" 12386
"special forest management area" 12386-7
development and consultation with stakeholders 11481-2, 11633
purpose of bill 10866-7
regulations 12398-9
Guide-outfitters, reporting 11764, 12245
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, funding and projects 11148-9
Hayden, Dana, role re softwood lumber negotiations 11152-5
Heiltsuk Nation, role in rainforest agreement 11481
Heritage sites, funding 10983
High-technology industry 10743
Hobson, Robert, work as city councillor 11727
Hunting
harvest allocation policy, consultation 11145-6
harvest information reporting 11146-7
licence fee revenues 11148
licences, e-licences and online transactions 11302, 11764, 12243-7
regulation, compliance and enforcement 11764
reporting 11302, 11764, 12245
trapping licences 12244-5
International Trade, Ministry of (federal), mandate letter 11151
Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park, history 11726-7
Kelowna
highway improvements in area 10743
technology industry 10743
Kelowna General Hospital, perinatal unit 10743
Kelowna International Airport 10743
Kispiox Valley, siting of work camp in area 11060
Land registry fees 10987-8, 10990, 11068
Land use, ecosystem-based management 10866-7
LeMare Lake Logging Ltd., logging activities and stumpage payment case 11070-1, 11138-9
Lillooet, road connecting to highway via ferry 11021
Lower Mainland, flood protection and dike planning 11072-3
Maa-nulth First Nations, treaty area and compensation for forest workers 10664
Nakusp and Area Community Forest, logging operations 11144
Nanwakolas Nation, role in rainforest agreement 11481
NDP, position on resource development 10743
Oil and Gas Commission, pipeline licensing and forestry plans 10996
Oil and gas, hydraulic fracturing, water use 10992, 11139
Okanagan area, agriculture industry 10742-3
Okanagan College, trades-training facility project 10743
Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, expansion and links to regional parks 11726-7
Oral questions (response)
Compensation for forest workers in Maa-nulth treaty area 10664
West Fraser and Canfor activities and donations to B.C. Liberal Party 12571
Western Forest Products logging contract dispute in Port Alberni area 12312-3
Wildfire prevention 12754, 12901
Parks
donations to parks 11726-7
establishment and changes 11725-7
protected areas 11725
Peace River area, wildfires 12754
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11725-7
Resources and resource industries
land-based investment strategy 10983, 10994, 11148
resource development, NDP position 10743
revenues to government 10987-90, 11068
Sheldan, Tim, role in rainforest agreement 11633
Skills training, trades training 10743
TimberWest Forest Corp., activities in Haida Gwaii and impact on camp in area 11059-60
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 10743
Tsilhqot'in Nation, negotiations with government on wildlife harvest allocations 11145
Union of B.C. Municipalities, administration of fire prevention funding 10742
U.S., forest industry and log exports 11067
Water
groundwater, commercial and industrial usage and fees 10991-3, 11139
water licences and rentals 10990-1
water licences and rentals, tier 3 water rentals 10991
Water Sustainability Act, implementation and regulations 10983
Weaver, Andrew, comments on rainforest legislation 11633
West Fraser, enforcement for harvesting overcut 12571
Western Forest Products Inc., operations in Port Alberni area, logging contract dispute and cut control requirements 12312-3
Wild Sheep Society of B.C., funding and role 11149
Wildfire Act, amendments 10742, 11302, 11763, 12238-42
Wildlife
bears, Kermode bears 12386
elk, population management 11146
fees and licences, revenues to government 10990
government plan 11149
habitat protection 11148
habitat restoration 11140-1
inventory 11146
moose, population management 11145
offences, penalties and fines 12246-7
western toads, protection 11144
wild sheep, contact with domestic sheep and fencing needs 11149
Wildlife Act, amendments 11302, 11763-4, 12243-7
Wood waste
access to residual fibre 11302, 11764, 12109-15, 12235, 12237
burning of waste 12114
fibre use expansion and fibre action plan 10994-7
Zeballos, road to village 11021
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 10244
leadership as woman (Kyllo) 11386
visit to rainforest 11502
Abbotsford International Airport, Girls Fly Too event 10659
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscar awards, recipients from B.C. 10686
Aerospace industry, women in industry 10659
Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park, establishment and name 11710-1
Animals
animal abuse awareness and prevention 10559-60
breeders of cats and dogs, regulation 10559-60
Anxiety disorders, anxiety in children and youth, B.C. Friends program 10247, 10688-9
Arts and culture, creative sector and industries 12357
Botto, Grant and Jasmine, real estate practice 10687
B.C. Carbon Registry, participant expansion 11867-8
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10685-90
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, enforcement role 10559
B.C. training and education savings grant program 10687
Budget debate 10685-9
Budgets
2016-17 budget 10685-90
balanced budgets 10685
Bullying Ends Here program and organization 12013
Carbon tax, revenue neutrality 11538, 11867
Child protection system, children in government care, funding and support 10688
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 10688
Children and youth
child welfare 10227
programs and services for children and families, funding 10688
Children and Youth Committee
special project on youth mental health 10247, 10306, 13344
third report for fourth session of 40th parliament presented 10306
third report for fourth session of 40th parliament, final report on child and youth mental health and recommendations 10247
Climate change
government action 10246
government plan and climate leadership team 11538
Coastal First Nations, role in rainforest agreement 11539
Conference of the Parties, participation of B.C. in climate change conference 11867
Cool Air Rentals Ltd., operations 10245
Credit rating, B.C. rating 10686
Deadpool film production 10686
Dietitians and nutritionists, role 11531
District of North Vancouver, description and 125th anniversary 13432
Documents tabled
Children and Youth Committee
third report for fourth session of 40th parliament, final report on child and youth mental health 10306
Economy, conditions 10245, 10686
Education
curriculum, mental health component 10247
students, LGBTQ students 12145-6
Elections, campaign financing, donations and reporting 12555-6
Emergencies, search and rescue services
funding 10688
government support 10244
Energy
clean energy development and legislation 13327-8
First Nations clean energy business fund 13327
innovative clean energy fund 13328
power supply 13327-8
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2016
debate 12036-7
regulations 12036
Film industry 12357
role in economy 10245, 10686-7
women in industry 11383
First Nations issues, government initiatives 10246
Forests and forest industry, export of product and expansion of market 10687
Gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13344-5
Government, carbon neutrality 11868
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 10246, 11502, 11538-9
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 11502, 11538-9
development and consultation with stakeholders 11539
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11867-8
Health care funding 10688
High-technology industry 10245, 10686
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), lower Lynn corridor improvement project 10246
Homeowner grant, thresholds 10246, 10687
Housing
affordable housing
government action 10246, 13404-5
supply 10687, 13405
housing priority initiatives fund 13404
social and subsidized housing, transfer of units to non-profit sector 13405
Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13344-5
If I Had Wings film and production 12357
Industry Training Authority, role 12831
Information and communications technology, digital media industry 10686
Infrastructure, government investment 10245-6
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, collapse during construction in June 1958 13174-5
Jones, Tim, legacy as search-and-rescue leader 10244-5
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion 12037
Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, role in establishment of park 11710-1
Lions Gate Hospital, Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education 10688
Liquefied natural gas development 10246
clean development 11868
Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11867-8
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
debate 11405-6
stakeholder consultation 11405-6
Local Elections Expense Limits Special Committee, public consultations 11406
Local government elections, campaign financing, spending limits 11405-6
Local Government Elections Task Force, work of task force and report recommendations 11405-6
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 13404-5
Medical Services Plan premiums 10688
MLAs, women members 11383
Mental health
mental health of children and youth
awareness and services 12748-9
integrated service delivery model 10306
LGBTQ youth 13344-5
mental illness and addiction, treatment services 10688-9
minister of mental health proposal 10306
programs and services, Edge wellness program for students 12841
Milmine, Tad, anti-bullying advocacy work 12013
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13403-5
Motion Picture Production Industry Association, community engagement and fundraising activities 10245
Motions
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint 12831-2
Plan for women's economic equity 11383
Political reforms 12555-6
Powering B.C. 13327-8
Nanwakolas Nation, role in rainforest agreement 11539
North Shore
film and television production 10686-7
outdoor activities and safety of participants 10244
transportation infrastructure projects 10687
North Shore Search and Rescue Society, organization and operations 10244-5, 10688
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
communications with constituents 10687
constituents' concerns 13404
description 10244
Nutrition Month 10949-50
Ocean Adventures, operations 11502
Oil and gas, pipeline proposals, five conditions 10247, 12036
Once Upon a Time, television production 10686
Out in Schools, inclusion promotion and anti-bullying program 12145-6
Parks
establishment and changes 11710-1
name changes and First Nations history 11710-1
permitted uses 11710
Politics and politicians, money and politics 12555-6
Property transfer tax
additional tax for foreign buyers 13404
exemption for newly-built homes 10687, 13404
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11710-1
Public debt, paydown of debt 10686
Public health
healthy eating 11531
healthy eating and nutrition 10950
healthy families B.C. strategy 10950
Real estate industry
housing market, data collection 13404
investigation into practices and transactions 10246
advisory group and recommendations 10687, 13405
regulation and oversight, changes 13405
The Revenant, film production and award nominations 10686
Seal, Brent, mental health and mountaineering experiences 12841
Seymour canyon, rock slide remediation and salmon run 10300-1
Seymour Salmonid Society, activities 10300-1
Site C power project, power supply 13327-8
Skills training
government investment and support 12831-2
women in skilled trades 12831-2
Slett, Marilyn, comments on rainforest agreement 11539
Smith, Dallas, comments on rainforest agreement 11539
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, budget 10688
Social workers, number 10688
SPF Precut Lumber, operations 10687
Spill preparedness and response regime 12036-7
Spills, marine spills, federal government responsibilities 12036-7
Squamish Nation
economic development and environmental assessment 10246
work on rock slide remediation 10300
Statements by members
125th anniversary of District of North Vancouver 13432
Animal abuse prevention and regulation of animal breeders 10559-60
Anniversary of Second Narrows Bridge collapse 13174-5
Bullying prevention and Out in Schools 12145-6
Bullying prevention initiatives and work of Tad Milmine 12013
Creative industries 12357
Dietitians and healthy eating 11531
Mental health of children and youth 12748-9
Mountaineering and mental health work of Brent Seal 12841
Nutrition Month and healthy eating campaign 10949-50
Seymour Salmonid Society 10300-1
Women's participation in aerospace industry 10659
Throne speech debate 10244-8
Tomorrowland, film production 10686
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 10687
Tsleil-Waututh Child and Family Development Centre, facility 10247
Vancouver, housing, vacant property tax 13405
Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, activities 11383
Violence, bullying and violence at school
prevention initiatives 12013, 12145-6
prevention of homophobic and transphobic bullying 13344-5
Western Canada Marine Response Corporation, operations 12037
Women
economic equity 11383
programs and services 11383
Woodfibre LNG Limited, LNG facility project, First Nations involvement 10246
Throness, Laurie (Chilliwack-Hope)

As subject
abstention from vote on human rights bill 13351
comments on issues
debate on human rights bill (Huntington) 13351 (Robinson) 13358
global warming 11862 (Hammell) 11864-5 (Heyman) 10859 (Polak) 10859
housing market and employment (Eby) 10404
rainforest legislation (Austin) 11569
constituents and staff thanked 10500-1
experience as MLA 10501
home purchases and residence in Chilliwack 10349
special needs employee in constituency office 13335
Automobiles, all-terrain vehicles, environmental impacts and regulation 13112-3
Bennett, W.A.C., actions re money and politics 12561
B.C. Agriculture Council, comments on government budget 10501
B.C. Carbon Registry, participant expansion 11863
B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 12561
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10501-4
B.C. Wildfire Service, work and wildfire prevention manual 12749
Budget debate 10500-4
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10501-4
Business Council of B.C., comments on government budget 10501
Canada West Foundation, comments on B.C. government budget 10501
Chilliwack
housing affordability 10503
services and supports for homeless and low-income residents 12071
Chilliwack River Valley, outdoor recreation and ATV use, impact on noise and pollution levels 13112-3
Chilliwack Society for Community Living, employment services 13334-5
Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society, work of organization 13112
Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area
constituents' issues and concerns 10503-4
constituents' issues and concerns re housing 13450-1
tourism attractions and heritage sites 13112
trades training 11192-3, 13122
wastewater system services 13114
China, energy sources and greenhouse gas emissions 11862, 11864
Cultus Lake Provincial Park, conditions and infrastructure 13113-4
Disabled persons, employment and inclusion 13334-5
Eby, David, comments on housing issues 10349
Economy
diversification 10502
growth 10501
Education
curriculum, programs on gender identity 13349-50
independent schools, curriculum on gender and sexuality 13350
Elections, campaign financing and regulation 12561
Emergencies, emergency preparedness, funding 10503
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs 13122
employment equity programs 13349
Energy
hydroelectric power 13330
independent power projects 13330-1
power supply 13330-1
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, prevention 12749
Floods and floodplains, flood protection, funding 10503
Forests and forest industry
environmental movement 11554
tree farming 11555
Fraser River, Experience the Fraser trail network project 13112
Fraser Valley, flood preparedness 10503
Gender identity
concepts of gender 13350
gender identity and expression, human rights protection 13348-51
The Globe and Mail, articles on LNG development 11863-4
Government, carbon neutrality 11863
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 11554-5
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 11553-5
development and consultation with stakeholders 11554-5
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, government targets 11862
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11862-4
Harrison Hot Springs, resort 13112
Health care system
funding 10503
long-term and residential care funding 12005
system, government policy 13450
Home ownership, government support and initiatives 10349
Homelessness, government action and funding 12071
Hope Secondary School, trades training 11193
Housing
affordable housing
government action 10503-4, 13450-1
government action and role 10349
housing priority initiatives fund 13450-1
social and subsidized housing, rental assistance and social housing 12071
Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13348-51
Income tax rates 10503
Industry Training Authority
review and recommendations 11192-3
role and responsibilities, changes 11191-3
Industry Training Authority Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11191-3
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, activities and position on infrastructure projects 13122
Kooyman, Leonard, community leadership and death 10234
Labour market projections 11192
Liquefied natural gas development 11532
clean development 11862-3
NDP position 11863-4
Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11862-3
Long-term and residential care, overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs 12005-6
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 13450-1
Manitoba, long-term and residential care, use of psychiatric drugs 12006
Mathies, John, life and accomplishments 13123-4
Medical Services Plan premiums 10503
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, debate 13449-51
Motions
Affordable housing 10349
B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint 13122
Political reforms 12561
Powering B.C. 13330-1
Standards for care homes 12005-6
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 12749
NDP
donations to party 12561
position on LNG development 11863-4
Northern Real Estate Board, comments on rural realtors and dual agency 13451
Parton, Doug, comments on infrastructure projects 13122
Plumstead, Janice, comments on government budget 10501
Politics and politicians
conservatism and liberalism 10501-2
money and politics 12561
Porter, Michael, comments on LNG development 11532
Prescription drugs, overmedication 12006
Private members' statements
Tourism in B.C. 13111-4
Property transfer tax
additional tax for foreign buyers 13450
exemption for newly-built homes 10503
Public debt
debt levels 13330
debt-to-GDP ratio 10502
paydown of operating debt 10503
Real estate industry, dual agency and rural realtors 13451
Religion, Christianity, concepts of gender 13350
Resources and resource industries, resource development
development 11532
projects and jobs 13122
Salvation Army, operations in Chilliwack 12071
Seabird College, trades training and university partnership 11192-3
Sexual orientation
inclusion as category in equity programs 13349
LGBTQ community, activism 13349
Sherman, Paddy, comments on W.A.C. Bennett 12561
Sigurdson, Tom, comments on LNG projects 11864
Site C power project, costs 13330
Skills training
funding, capital funding and equipment 11192
government skills and training plan 11192, 13122
system, changes 11192-3
training for First Nations people 11192-3
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10503-4, 13450
Society, interest groups 13349
Statements by members
Chilliwack Society for Community Living employment services 13334-5
Leonard Kooyman 10234
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 12749
Natural resource development 11532
Support services for homeless and low-income Chilliwack residents 12071
Tourism
government strategy 13112, 13114
industry 13111-3
role in economy 13112
Tributes
John Mathies 13123-4
Trinity Western University, operations 13349
U.S., economic conditions and public debt 10502
University of the Fraser Valley, trades training and students 11192
Vancouver, housing affordability and housing market 10349
The Vancouver Sun, article on B.C. economy 10501
Vander Waal, Stan, comments on government budget 10501
W.A.C. Bennett Dam, project and costs 13330
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 10669-70
Alaska, ferry system 12402
Aquaculture research 12567
Atlantic provinces, federal funding for ferry system 12413-4
Baynes Sound, boat traffic changes, public notice 12417
Boliden-Westmin Resources Ltd., Myra Falls mine, tailings storage 11902
B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences, role 12567
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, position on government support for coastal ferry system 12402
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
advertising 12417
management 10674
relationship with Transportation Ministry and involvement of ministry staff 12407-8
B.C. Liberal Party government
approach to governing 11997-9
priorities 10669-74
B.C. prosperity fund 10670-1
B.C. Transit
budget and capital funding 12531
Crown review process and report 12532
Budget debate 10669-74
Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10669-74
Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project and parking fees 10672, 12591-2
Campbell River Community Builder award recipients 12212
Campbell River, Walk Away From Racism event 11852
Carihi Secondary School, 50th anniversary 12199, 12308
Chickite, Ollie, ownership of historic seiner 10232
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Ministry, Minister's office staff, meetings with Uber lobbyists 10305
Conflict of interest, rules for political staff 10305
Consumers
cost of living 10674
cost of living for seniors 10671
Disability benefits, amounts 10671
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention 11852
Dzawada'enuxw First Nation, comments on rainforest agreement 11540
Education
education of First Nations people 12308
funding 10672-3, 11010, 12198-9
Education Ministry, estimates debate 12198-9
Energy and Mines Ministry, estimates debate 11902-4
Environment Ministry, budget allocation for parks 11729
Falcon, Kevin, comments on transportation infrastructure project plans 12465-6
Ferries and ferry services
fares 10674
B.C. Experience fare payment card 12404
discounts and promotions 12403-4
fare increases 12402
fare reductions on minor routes 12402
fuel rebates and cap on fare increases 12403
ferry-dependent communities, government support 12402
funding, federal funding for system operations 12413-4
funding, federal infrastructure funding 12412-3
inland ferries 12400
routes and services, Buckley Bay–Denman Island and Denman Island–Hornby Island routes 13486-7
safety 12219
service reductions and changes, impact on economy and tourism industry 11541-3, 13486-7
service reductions and changes, public consultation 11999
system 12400-3
vessels
Baynes Sound Connector 12416-7, 13486-7
dual fuel LNG capacity and conversions 12406-7
new intermediate-class vessels 12406-7
Nimpkish replacement 12415
procurement and performance of new vessels 13486-7
procurement of new vessels and refits 12413-5
Queen of Chilliwack refit and sale 12415
Queen of Chilliwack, refit and sale 10405, 10674, 13486
refit of Spirit-class vessels 12407
refueling 12407-8
refueling regulation 12219
Fish, health research 12567
Forests and forest industry
forest roads 11020-1
industry, conditions 10671
land base, protection 11730
old-growth forests, protection 11730
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, estimates debate 11020-1
Great Bear Rainforest
agreement 11539-43
ecosystem-based management, forest management component 11728
Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act
debate 11539-43
development and consultation with stakeholders 11540
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sector 12473
Health care facilities and hospitals, parking availability and fees 12591-22
Health Ministry, estimates debate 12591-2
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta 12479-80
Heather Hill section conditions 12480
line-painting 12480
Highway 19 (Island Highway), road conditions and hydroplaning issue 12542-3
Highway 28, road and bridge upgrades 12542
Highway 99
George Massey Tunnel, seismic safety 12466
transit services 12466
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project
consultation 11997-8, 12475-7
impact on farmland 12474-5
impact on greenhouse gas emissions 12473
management and procurement 12477
planning 10673, 10712, 12462-7
planning and options 12471-2
seismic standards 12466
tolling 12470-1
traffic projections 12468-9
Highways and roads
capital funding 12482
line-painting 12480
projects 12482-3
Hillsborough Resources Ltd., Quinsam mine, operations 11903-4
Income tax rates for high-income earners 10672
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, remote and rural communities 13310
Infrastructure
government investment, Building Canada fund 12412-3
projects and public consultation 11997-9
Islands Trust, proposal for reduction in ferry fares 12402
Legislature
opposition, role 11999
private members' statements, debate to be non-partisan 11997
Lillooet, road connecting to highway via ferry 11021
Liquefied natural gas development 10670
Mailman, Kris, contributions 12212
Martin, John, comments in private members' statement 11997
Medical Services Plan premiums 10671
Metro Vancouver, regional growth strategy and position on tunnel replacement project 12475-7
Mines and mining industry
industry, conditions 10671
regulation, compliance and enforcement 11902-4
Moon, Willie, comments on rainforest agreement 11540
Nanwakolas Nation, role in rainforest agreement 11540
Nootka Sound, communities and vision agreement 12896
North Island constituency and area
constituents' concerns re B.C. Bus Pass program changes 10671
forest and mining industries 10671
forest and tourism industries 11539-43
mining industry 11902-4
provincial parks 11728-9
Okanagan Lake, second bridge proposal 10673
Old Massett, First Nations school funding 13310
Oral questions
B.C. Ferries request for variance to fuelling regulation 12219
Ferry services 13486-7
Funding priorities for First Nations schools 13310
Port Mann Bridge debt and finances 10711-2
Refit and sale of Queen of Chilliwack 10405
School district funding and potential school closings 11010
Uber services and lobbyist activities 10305
Ostler, Morgan, work on Highway 19 hydroplaning issue 12542-3
Oyster River Elementary School, closing, petition tabled 10364
Park Amendment Act, 2014, provisions 11729
Parks
corporate sponsorship 11729
donations to parks 11728
establishment and changes 11728-30
industrial activities adjacent to parks 11730
protected areas 11728, 11730
role 11728
system, freedom-of-information request 11729
system, funding and management 11728-30
Petitions
closing of Oyster River Elementary School 10364
Port Hardy, 50th anniversary 13334
Port McNeill, 50th anniversary 13334
Port Mann Bridge
replacement project 10673, 10711-2, 11998-9
traffic volumes and tolling revenues 12469-70
Private members' statements
People's voices in infrastructure projects 11997-9
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11728-30
Quadra Island, description 11539
Schoen Lake Provincial Park, access and maintenance 11729
School district 72 (Campbell River)
funding and potential school closings 11010
funding and potential school closings, letter 10672-3, 12198-9
School districts, budgets, administrative savings 11010
Schools
closings 11010, 12198-9
First Nations schools 13310
Shipbuilding industry, access to government bidding process 12413, 12415
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 10671-2
Sonora Island, resort in area 11541-2
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Evergreen line construction 12477-8
plebiscite on funding model 11998
Statements by members
50th anniversary of Carihi Secondary School 12308
B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences 12567
Campbell River Community Builder Awards 12212
Nootka Sound communities agreement 12896
North Island community events 13334
Walk Away From Racism event in Campbell River 11852
Strathcona Provincial Park, description and protection 11729
Sunshine Coast, ferry services 13486-7
TimberWest Forest Corp., activities on islands impact on camp and resort in area 11541-2
Tolls, tolling policy 12470
Transit services
B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 10671
buses and bus service, bus fleet replacement 12531
expansion and government investment 12531-2
Transportation
infrastructure projects and bidding process 12481-2
infrastructure projects and costs 10673-4
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 12400, 12402-4, 12406-8, 12412-7, 12462-6, 12468-83, 12530-1, 12542-4
estimates process 12400
Transportation Investment Corporation
operations and debt 10711, 12479
role in tunnel replacement project 12477
Tributes
Ollie Chickite 10232
Trucking industry, weigh scales 12543-4
Tsulquate First Nation, school Internet service 13310
Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, expansion and access 11728-9
Uber, lobbying activities 10305
Vancouver Island
north Island, community events 13334
parks funding and management 11729-30
truck weigh scales 12543-4
Vancouver Island Health Authority, capital projects, new hospitals 10672
Wages, minimum wage 10671
West Cracroft Island, camp in area 11541-2
Wildlife, aquatic species, health research 12567
Zeballos, road to village 11020-1

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