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

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

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Labour See also Employment and unemployment

Industrial accidents and safety See Occupational health and safety
Labour market
data (Bond) 12759-60 (Simpson) 12759 (Wilkinson) 11835-6
data report and outlook (Corrigan) 11834-6
federal-provincial agreements (Bond) 12663
impact of demographic trends (Bond) 10394, 12760 (Kyllo) 13318
needs and alignment with post-secondary training See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
projections (Bond) 11185-6, 12743 (Fleming) 12835 (Gibson) 11315 (Kyllo) 11210 (McRae) 11312 (Simpson) 12742-3 (Throness) 11192 (Wilkinson) 11771
Labour market priorities board (Darcy) 12699 (Lake) 12699
Labour movement See Trade unions
Labour relations code, amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
(Farnworth) 10880
Labour supply See Supply of skilled workers under Skills training
Minister responsible See Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Labour
Occupations in demand See Labour market data above
Organized labour See Trade unions
Project labour agreements (Austin) 11214 (Bond) 11322 (Simpson) 10499
Project labour agreements and employment equity (Conroy) 11207
Unions See Trade unions
Workers See Workers
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
Labour Relations Board

Annual report, 2015, tabled (Bond) 12313
Lacerte, Paul

Role in aboriginal anti-violence campaign (Hogg) 10308
Ladner Sediment Group

Work on dredging issues (Huntington) 11072
Lady Minto Hospital Auxiliary Society

Work of organization (Holman) 12895
Ladysmith school district See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
Lake Cowichan

Fire in area (Bains) 12242
Lake Kathlyn Elementary School, Smithers, B.C.

Potential closing (Donaldson) 10413, 10525, 11009-10, 12208
Lakes

Invasive species management See Management under Invasive species
Lambert, Brittany

Comments on women workers (Elmore) 11385
Lametti, David

Comments on trade agreement (James) 12161
Land See also Farmland under Agriculture; Agricultural land reserve; Crown land; Land claims under First Nations; Land use

Land registry fees (Thomson) 10987-8, 10990, 11068
Public access to private land (Routley, B.) 11731-2
Land Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
(Anton) 11326-7 (Corrigan) 10882-3 (Farnworth) 10879 (Krog) 10841
Land surveys and titles

Registration of floating charges (Eby) 10900 (Farnworth) 10879
Signed and sworn statement requirements (Anton) 11327 (Farnworth) 10879 (Krog) 11327
Land Title Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
(Anton) 11327 (Eby) 10900 (Farnworth) 10879 (Krog) 10841, 11327 (Weaver) 10304
Land Title Amendment Act, 2016

(Bill M201) (Weaver) 1R, 10298
Debate, speakers (Weaver) 10298
Land use See also Agricultural land reserve; Zoning

Development approval process, local government role See Local government
Development cost charges (Coleman) 10495
Ecosystem-based management See also particular areas
(Austin) 11570-1 (Heyman) 11490-1 (Rice) 11546, 11715 (Thomson) 10866-7
Forest land base See Land base under Forests and forest industry
Land and resource management plans See also particular plans
(Donaldson) 11628-9
Land use contracts and sunset clauses (Bains) 12804 (Coleman) 12804
Land use planning (Bains) 11555-6 (Hammell) 11611 (Holman) 11551-3 (James) 11561 (Robinson) 11660 (Routley, D.) 11631
Land use planning and First Nations involvement (Donaldson) 10414, 10525
Land-based investment strategy See Resources and resource industries
Landfills See Waste management
Landlord-tenant issues See Rental housing; Commercial tenancy under Business
Landry, Barry

Volunteerism and disability benefits (Dix) 10696-7
Lands, Ministry of See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of
Langara constituency and area See Vancouver-Langara constituency and area
Langer, Valerie

Comments on rainforest agreement (Bains) 11557 (Heyman) 11496 (Holman) 11550-1
Role in rainforest agreement (Heyman) 11484-5
Langford, B.C.

City government (Horgan) 10291
Langley, B.C.

Homeless youth (Coleman) 12788-9 (Eby) 12788-9
Language

English-as-a-second-language programs See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
First Nations languages See Language preservation under First Nations; Chinook Wawa language
French immersion See Education
Speech-language pathologists See Speech-language pathologists
Languages Canada

Activities and role (Corrigan) 11844 (Wilkinson) 11844
Lanzinger, Irene

Comments on employment (Sultan) 13118
LaPointe, Kirk

Comments on technology industry (Heyman) 11090-1 (Ralston) 11281-2
Comments on technology industry fund management (Heyman) 13094
Lau, Julia

Real estate and securities sales activities (Eby) 12358-9
Lavery, Margaret

Daughter's community living services case (Simons) 13140-1 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13141
Law Reform Commission See British Columbia Law Reform Commission
Law Society of British Columbia

Consultation on signed-statements legislation (Anton) 11323, 11327 (Krog) 11323, 11327
Lawyers and legal services

Administration of sworn statements (Anton) 10901 (Eby) 10899-900
Crown counsel See Justice system
Insurance fees, taxation (de Jong) 10835, 12044 (James) 10836, 12044
Legal aid See Legal aid
Legal stamps (Eby) 10899
Lax Kw'alaams First Nation

Response to proposed LNG development in traditional lands (Horgan) 10660-1
LBIS See Land-based investment strategy under Resources and resource industries
Lead in drinking water See Drinking water quality under Water; Schools
Leadbeater, Charles

Comments on education (Hogg) 10799-800
LEAF See West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund
League of Legends World Championship

Collegiate championship event See North American Collegiate Championship
Lean initiatives See Financial management under Government; particular ministries
Leap Manifesto

Content (Martin) 11997
NDP position (Bond) 12170 (Rustad) 12178-9 (Stone) 12154-5, 12185-6
Learning improvement fund See Education funding
Lee, Marc

Comments on carbon tax (Holman) 11872
Comments on LNG development (Heyman) 11805
Left of the Dot Media Inc.

Operations (Bing) 10602, 11097
Legal aid See also Legal Services Society

Access for women (Elmore) 10645 (Krog) 13038-9
Access to family law services (Anton) 13038-9 (Elmore) 10645 (Krog) 13038-9
Duty counsel services at courts (Anton) 10642, 12966-7 (Krog) 13039
Funding and services (Anton) 12966, 13038-40 (Corrigan) 11129 (Krog) 12966, 13035, 13037-9
Pilot projects (Anton) 12966-7, 13038-9
Services and pilot projects (Anton) 10642
Legal Profession Act

Insurance fee provisions (de Jong) 10835
Legal services See Lawyers and legal services
Legal services branch See Justice, Ministry of
Legal Services Society See also Legal aid

Agreement with government (Anton) 13037 (Krog) 13037
Board (Krog) 13037
Funding and role (Anton) 13038-40 (Krog) 13037-9
MyLawBC program (Anton) 13038-9
Legal system See Justice system
Legislation

Amendments, print copies (Chair) 11270 (de Jong) 11270 (Weaver) 11270
Bills process See Legislature
Cabinet approval process (Farnworth) 13163
Drafting process (Robinson) 10892
Enforcement (Dix) 10962 (Krog) 11018
Inclusion of protection from government errors (Dix) 10958 (Huntington) 10958
Inoperative sections (Anton) 11330 (Krog) 11330
Law reform See also Reforms under Justice system
(Dix) 10888
Minor corrections and housekeeping amendments (Anton) 10558, 11025, 11329-31 (Krog) 11025-7, 11329-31
Minor corrections and housekeeping amendments, legislation See Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) Amendment Act, 2016
Miscellaneous statutes bills (Farnworth) 10876-8, 12945-8 (Macdonald) 10894-5 (Robinson) 10893
Punctuation and spelling (Anton) 11330-1 (Krog) 11025-7, 11330-1
Role in social change (Wilkinson) 13346-7
Statute revision process (Anton) 10558, 11025
Statute revision process, role of cabinet (Krog) 11025
Unintended consequences and potential for legal challenges (Farnworth) 12946-7
Use of regulations and role of cabinet (Farnworth) 10878, 12947
Legislative Assembly See also Legislature

Estimates 13299
Accountability report See Reports under Legislature
Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Transparency (McRae) 13110
Legislative committees See Committee system under Legislature
Legislative counsel office See Legal services branch under Justice, Ministry of
Legislature See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker

Bills process See also Legislation
advancement of supply bill through all stages in one sitting (de Jong) 11254, 13313 (Speaker) 13313
referral of bills to select standing committee (Horgan) 11849
Bills process, second reading
relevance of debate (Deputy Speaker) 10894, 11016, 11112, 11115, 11119, 11122-3, 11135, 11174 (Speaker) 11136-7
Bills process, committee stage
scrutiny of bill and standing votes (Farnworth) 12946-7
standing sections down (de Jong) 13068
Black Rod (Lee) 13244
Budget process
debate on subamendment to budget motion (Deputy Speaker) 10627 (Wat) 10627 (Weaver) 10627
time allocation for debate (Deputy Speaker) 10720
Buildings See Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Calendar and sitting schedule See Legislative calendar and sitting schedule below
Clerk See Clerk of the House
Committee of Supply See also Estimates process below
committee to sit in two sections (de Jong) 10724
proceedings (Chair) 13182 (Weaver) 13133
Committee system See also particular committees
appointment of select standing and special committees (de Jong) 10874-6
appointment of select standing committees (Clark) 10230
membership of committees (de Jong) 10874-6, 13521
reforms (Huntington) 10378
role of opposition (Austin) 12825
system (de Jong) 12695
Contempt of parliament (Speaker) 12620
Debate See Language used in House; Members' conduct and debate below
Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees See Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
Documents, tabling process See Tabling documents below
Estimates process
debate on legislation (Chair) 13291
discussion of individual cases (Bond) 12678 (Heyman) 12676
process (Chair) 13182 (de Jong) 11253-4, 12695 (James) 11254
relevance of debate (Chair) 11912
speaking time (Chair) 11596, 11974, 12045 (Dix) 11974
Financial management committee See Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Guests presented at Bar of House, sports teams (Weaver) 12146
Independent officers See Officers of the Legislature below
Language used in House
apology (Bennett) 11017, 11475 (Macdonald) 11012
apology requested (Deputy Speaker) 11012, 11017
caution in language (Deputy Speaker) 10824
"honest" (Weaver) 12366
"mislead" (Chair) 12708 (Lake) 12708
"misleads" (Bernier) 12360
parliamentary language (Chair) 12366, 12407, 13284 (Deputy Speaker) 10819, 11202 (Mungall) 13284
parliamentary language and respectful debate (Speaker) 12211, 12819
vulgar and embarrassing language (Deputy Speaker) 11012
withdrawal of comments (Bennett) 11017, 12152 (Bernier) 12360 (Fassbender) 10535 (Holman) 12555 (Horgan) 13307 (Lake) 12708 (Routley, D.) 10865 (Virk) 10649 (Weaver) 12383 (Wickens) 13235
withdrawal of comments requested (Chair) 12708 (Deputy Speaker) 11017, 12555 (Speaker) 12360, 13307
"you" (Hammell) 11864
Legislative calendar and sitting schedule, summer sittings (Farnworth) 13476-7 (Macdonald) 13412, 13415 (Robinson) 13417 (Yap) 13416
Library See British Columbia Legislative Library
Members See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; MLAs under particular parties; Politics and politicians
Members' conduct and debate
appalling conduct (Speaker) 11020
applause and interruptions (Huntington) 12983-4
comments on absence or presence of members not appropriate (Deputy Speaker) 13461 (Speaker) 12160, 12751
member out of order (Chair) 13235
members not to impugn improper motives (Speaker) 11399
members not to impugn integrity of other members (Speaker) 12694
members to wait for turn to speak (Deputy Speaker) 11782
minister to speak louder to be heard (Chair) 10902
no comments when members not in seat or in House (Deputy Speaker) 11015
one speaker at a time (Deputy Speaker) 10582, 10638, 12828
personal attacks (Speaker) 10473, 12157
quiet in House (Deputy Speaker) 10406
right to hear recognized speaker (Weaver) 10827
use of electronic devices (Chair) 11521 (Farnworth) 11020 (Speaker) 11020, 11025
use of props (Tegart) 11321
Motions See also Motions
private members' motions
comments to be in context of motion (Deputy Speaker) 13116-7 (Weaver) 13117
participation by independent MLAs (Deputy Speaker) 13120 (Huntington) 13120
unanimous consent to proceed (Deputy Speaker) 13115
tabling motions in more than one member's name (Chair) 13510
Officers of the Legislature See also particular statutory officers
estimates 13299-300
budget review (Hamilton) 10307 (James) 10307
budgets (Corrigan) 11773 (Wilkinson) 11772-3
government response to recommendations (Clark) 13022-3 (Horgan) 13023
rules for tabling reports See Tabling documents below
Opposition See also particular political parties
Opposition, role (Mungall) 11032, 13283 (Routley, D.) 10820 (Trevena) 11999
Parliamentary democracy program for teachers See Democracy
Petitions See also Petitions
Petitions, electronic petitions (Shin) 10667, 11584, 11595
Points of order See also Points of order
Points of order, consideration by Chair (Weaver) 13182
Private members' statements See also individual statements under Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)
Private members' statements, debate to be non-partisan (Deputy Speaker) 11375, 11678-9, 11681, 11684, 11996, 12547, 12551, 13106, 13110 (Trevena) 11997
Private members' time See also Motions above; Private members' statements above; Private members' motions under Motions; Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)
relevance of debate (Deputy Speaker) 12554-5
rules and respectful debate (Speaker) 12562, 12819
Privilege matters See also Privilege
(Deputy Speaker) 13120
Prorogation 13521-2
Protests at Legislature See Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Question period See also Oral questions by member; Oral questions by subject
applause (Huntington) 12983-4
change to scheduled times (de Jong) 10279 (Farnworth) 10279
legitimate topics (de Jong) 12433
questions must relate to duties of Legislature (Clark) 12433
questions must relate to ministerial or executive responsibilities (Speaker) 12492-4
questions must relate to ministerial responsibilities (de Jong) 12432 (Speaker) 12432
questions on bills before the House (Speaker) 12495
reminder of previous caution (Speaker) 12571
use of technology (Speaker) 12620
Reforms (Holman) 12554 (Huntington) 10377-8 (James) 12558
Reports, 2015-16 accountability report, tabled (Speaker) 13521
Reports, tabling process See Tabling documents below
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 10229
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (de Jong) 10229
appointment of Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 10229
Speaker's rulings and statements See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Staff commended (Ashton) 13306
Standing Order 78A on referral of bills to select standing committee (de Jong) 11849 (Horgan) 11849
Statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature above
Swearing-in ceremony for new MLAs (Fleming) 10897 (Horgan) 10433-4
Tabling documents See also Documents tabled
Tabling documents, rules (Bains) 10989 (Chair) 10989 (Speaker) 12620
Talking Stick (George, E.) 12977 (Horgan) 12977 (Rustad) 12978 (Sam, R.) 12977 (Speaker) 10433, 12977 (Thomas, M.) 12977
Traditions (James) 12557 (Plecas) 12556-7
Women in the Legislature program See Women in politics under Politics and politicians
Lelu Island

Eelgrass beds and salmon population protection (Austin) 10580
Siting of LNG project (Eby) 11861
Siting of LNG project, First Nations declaration and response by Premier (Austin) 10580 (Donaldson) 10412-3 (Fraser) 10335 (Heyman) 10276 (Horgan) 10292-3, 10660-1 (Ralston) 10689, 11687 (Rice) 10287-9
Siting of LNG project, letter by First Nations (Clark) 10661-2 (Rustad) 10624
LeMare Lake Logging Ltd.

Logging activities and stumpage payment case (Bains) 11138 (Routley, B.) 11070 (Thomson) 11070-1, 11138-9
Leonard, Frank

Appointment as chair of Agricultural Land Commission (Letnick) 11439
Lepsoe, David

Work as Chase councillor and local historian (Stone) 10383-4
Les Dames d'Escoffier

B.C. chapter, activities (Popham) 11387
Lesbians and gays See Sexual orientation
Levi, Norm

Public service and celebration of life (Robinson) 10297
Leviathan II See Boat accident under Tofino, B.C.
LGBTQ See Sexual orientation
Lheidli T'enneh First Nation

Role in establishment of park (Bing) 11731 (Bond) 11706 (Fraser) 11719 (Plecas) 11714 (Thornthwaite) 11710-1
Li, Mingxin

Report on mortgage loans and default risk (de Jong) 13210-1 (Eby) 13210-1
Liard Basin

Natural gas resources in area (Coleman) 12956-7
Liberal Party of British Columbia See British Columbia Liberal Party; British Columbia Liberal Party government
Liberalism See Conservatism and liberalism under Politics and politicians
Libraries

School libraries See Education
Summer Reading Club program (Larson) 13433
Licences and permits See particular sectors
LICO See Measurement, low-income cutoff under Poverty
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Judith Guichon

Official residence See Government House, Victoria, B.C.
Prorogation address 13521-2
Throne speech address 10225-9
Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council See Cabinet and Ministers under Government
LIF See Learning improvement fund under Education funding
Life sciences industry See Science and technology
Lifemark Health Centre

Assessment of workplace injury case (Heyman) 12679
LIFESUPPORT Patient Transport

Operations (Stilwell, Michelle) 10475
Lifetime Learning Centre, Mission, B.C.

Programs and services (Dalton) 10357-8
Likely, B.C.

Mine in area See Mount Polley mine under Imperial Metals Corp.
Recreation and May Day celebrations (Barnett) 12614
Lillooet, B.C.

Road connecting to highway via ferry (Thomson) 11021 (Trevena) 11021
Lillooet Friendship Centre Society

Programs and services for victims of violence (Tegart) 11994
Limousine industry

Party bus service See Party bus industry
Lin, Andrew

Participation in international math competition (Eby) 13434
Lin, Eric

Volunteer contributions (Eby) 12689
Lincoln, Abraham

Gettysburg address (Hunt) 13354-5
Line Creek mine See Teck Resources Ltd.
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.

Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education (de Jong) 10424 (Thornthwaite) 10688
Lions Gate treatment facility See Metro Vancouver
Liquefied natural gas development

Advocate See Wilson, Gordon
Clean development (Corrigan) 11889 (Gibson) 11810-1 (Heyman) 10851-2, 11800-10, 12380 (Holman) 11871 (Polak) 10852, 12381 (Popham) 11887-9 (Reimer) 11858-9 (Routley, D.) 11631 (Thornthwaite) 11868 (Throness) 11862-3
Development (Austin) 10578, 10580 (Bains) 10760, 10810, 11779 (Bernier) 10519 (Bing) 10265 (Clark) 12990 (Coleman) 12963-5 (Conroy) 10396 (Corrigan) 10339-30, 10506, 10609 (Darcy) 10640 (de Jong) 10362, 10422, 10834, 11274-8, 13202 (Dix) 10697, 10739 (Eby) 10472 (Elmore) 10552, 10572, 10643, 10645 (Farnworth) 10754 (Fleming) 11883-6, 12835 (Gibson) 10374 (Heyman) 10551 (Holman) 10587 (Horgan) 10560-1 (James) 10362, 10446, 10548, 10620, 10732-3, 11274-5, 11277-8, 13201-2 (Krog) 10262, 10827, 11880-3 (Macdonald) 10248-50, 10463, 10817-20 (McRae) 10550 (Martin) 10243 (Mungall) 10594, 10832-3, 13119 (Pimm) 11246 (Plecas) 12293 (Ralston) 10370-2, 10549, 10691-2, 10735-6, 11276-7, 12963-5 (Reimer) 11689 (Rice) 10287-8 (Routley, B.) 10757-9 (Routley, D.) 10267, 10821-3, 11789 (Rustad) 10624-5 (Shin) 11574-5 (Simpson) 10497, 10831, 12300 (Stilwell, Moira) 10331 (Sultan) 11686-7 (Thornthwaite) 10246 (Throne speech) 10227 (Throness) 11532 (Trevena) 10670 (Weaver) 10310-2, 10625-6, 10813, 10816, 11876-9, 12223-4, 12945
Development and transition to low-carbon economy (Clark) 13051-2 (Huntington) 10375 (Weaver) 13051
Emissions from LNG development See Greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions regulation See Liquefied natural gas facilities
Employment (Coleman) 10561-2 (Horgan) 10561
Employment projections and reports on job creation (Macdonald) 10248-9
Export and impact on greenhouse gas emissions (Coleman) 12960-2 (Lake) 11874 (Ralston) 12960-1
Export market for LNG (Macdonald) 10249-50
Facilities See Liquefied natural gas facilities
First Nations consultation and involvement (Coleman) 10492-3 (Mark) 11868-9 (Plecas) 10576 (Simpson) 10499 (Stone) 10582
First Nations involvement, Pathways to Success program See Trades training for First Nations people under Skills training
First Nations involvement, skills training See Skilled worker supply and training below
Impact on communities (Stone) 10582-3
Investment (Clark) 13051 (Coleman) 12963-5
LNG Buy B.C. program, website and online tool (Bond) 10563 (Coleman) 10561 (Horgan) 10561 (Oakes) 11591 (Ralston) 10562 (Shin) 11591-2 (Simpson) 10562
Ministry responsible See Natural Gas Development, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
NDP position (Coleman) 10560-2 (Hammell) 11864-6 (Heyman) 11807 (Horgan) 10292-3 (Martin) 11693 (Stone) 10582-3, 12155 (Throness) 11863-4 (Weaver) 10310-1
Power supply (Bennett) 11975-6, 11981-3, 12046-7 (Dix) 10871, 11975
Power supply agreements (Coleman) 12888-9 (Ralston) 12888-9
Power supply and electrification (Coleman) 12883-4
Power supply and natural gas (Heyman) 11803
Project agreements (Coleman) 12889 (Ralston) 12889
Project proposals (Coleman) 12962-3 (Ralston) 12963, 12965
Revenues to government (Reimer) 11859-60 (Robinson) 10685
Revenues to government, projections and reports (Macdonald) 10248-9
Royalty agreements (Krog) 10261
Skilled worker supply and training (Corrigan) 12831
Skilled worker supply and training, apprentices (Simpson) 11188, 12829
Skilled worker supply and training, First Nations training (Rustad) 11285 (Tegart) 12830
Tax structure (Macdonald) 10819-20
Website and online tool See LNG Buy B.C. program above
Liquefied natural gas facilities See also particular facilities

Application of carbon tax (Heyman) 11803-4
Construction and worker supply (Ralston) 12314
Emissions regulation
compliance and limits (Chandra Herbert) 11811-3 (Corrigan) 11889 (Eby) 11860-1 (Fleming) 11883-5 (Gibson) 11810-1 (Hammell) 11864-7 (Heyman) 11800-10, 12335-7, 12362-4, 12367-8, 12380-3 (Holman) 11870-3 (Huntington) 12366-7 (Krog) 11879-83 (Lake) 11875 (Mark) 11869 (Morris) 11869-70 (Polak) 10802, 11798-9, 11889-90, 12335-7, 12362-8, 12380-3 (Popham) 11887-9 (Reimer) 11858 (Thornthwaite) 11867-8 (Throness) 11862-3 (Weaver) 11875-8, 12364-6
emission offsets (Eby) 11861 (Heyman) 11802 (Polak) 10802, 11798-9 (Throness) 11862-3
emission offsets registry See B.C. Carbon Registry
funded units (Heyman) 12367-8, 12373-8 (Polak) 12367-8, 12373-9
legislation See Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016
new entrant provisions See compliance and limits above
technology fund (Heyman) 11802, 12374-7, 12379-80 (Polak) 12374-7, 12379-80
Gas and refrigeration systems See Oversight and regulation, systems and technical equipment below
Oversight and regulation, systems and technical equipment (Coleman) 11245, 12313-4, 12436-44 (Ralston) 12314, 12436-44
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor Control and Licensing Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (General) Amendment Act, 2016
(Eby) 13085-7 (Farnworth) 12948 (Krog) 13085 (Oakes) 13085-8 (Weaver) 12945 (Wilkinson) 12943-4
Liquor control and licensing branch

Budget, capital expenditures (Eby) 11517 (Oakes) 11517
Role (Oakes) 11508
Liquor Distribution Act

Amendments See Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
Liquor distribution branch See also Liquor distribution and warehousing system under Alcohol

Accountability and transparency (Oakes) 11509
Budget and costs (Oakes) 11511, 11514, 11516, 11520-1, 11523
Budget and costs, capital expenditures (Eby) 11517 (Oakes) 11517
Budget and costs, staffing (Eby) 11518 (Oakes) 11518-9
Budget revenues from liquor sales See Liquor sales under Alcohol
Commissions to wineries, overpayment and policy (Eby) 11524 (Oakes) 11524
Minister responsible See Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Liquor Distribution Branch
Performance measurement (Eby) 11517-8 (Oakes) 11517-8
Role (Oakes) 11508
Sale of warehouse and relocation to new site See Liquor distribution and warehousing system under Alcohol
Staff thanked (Eby) 11524 (Oakes) 11525
Stores See Government liquor stores under Alcohol
Wholesale and retail functions, separation (Oakes) 11508-9
Literacy

Financial literacy initiative for children (Yap) 11757-8
Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project See Housing under Vancouver, B.C.
Live-in care workers See Domestic workers
Liver health

Hepatitis awareness and prevention (Reimer) 13481
Hepatitis C See Hepatitis C virus
LiveSmart B.C. program See Energy
Livestock industry See also Poultry

Greenhouse gas emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions
Meat products See Food and food industry
Ranching industry (Barnett) 11393, 13243
Sheep industry, awareness of disease risk to wild sheep (Letnick) 11437 (Popham) 11437
Livingstone, Gary

Comments on mining industry (Martin) 12822
Lloyd, Jennifer

Comments on housing affordability (Eby) 11604
Lloyd, Lelainia

Dental surgery case (Darcy) 13308
LNG See Liquefied natural gas development
LNG Buy B.C. program See Liquefied natural gas development
LNG Canada

LNG facility project (Coleman) 12888-9, 12963 (Ralston) 12888-9
Lo, Reamick

Work as constituency assistant (Heyman) 10273
Lobbyist registrar See Registrar of Lobbyists under Information and Privacy Commissioner
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act

Amendments See Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
Section 84 (Corrigan) 11957-8 (Fassbender) 11958
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016

(Bill 17) (Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development) 1R, 10708-9; 2R, 11332-48, 11400-25; C, 11926-31, 11937-64, 12019-28; 3R, 12028; RA, 13314
Amdts: sec. 3 (Weaver) 11930, negatived 11931; to add sec. 3.1 (two amdts) (Robinson) 11937-9, negatived 11939-41; sec. 21 (Robinson) 11948-50, negatived 11951; sec. 25 (Fassbender) 11962, approved 11962;
Amdts: to add sec. 49.1 (Robinson) 12024, negatived 12027-8
Divisions: amdt. to sec. 3 negatived 11931; amdt. to add sec. 3.1 negatived 11941; amdt. to add sec. 49.1 negatived 12027-8
Debate, speakers (Ashton) 11401-2 (Bains) 11414-7 (Barnett) 11412 (Chandra Herbert) 11403-5, 11938-41 (Corrigan) 11952-60 (Dalton) 11408-9 (Eby) 11345-7 (Elmore) 11347-8, 11400-1, 12026 (Farnworth) 11418-20 (Fassbender) 10708-9, 11332-3, 11425, 11926-30, 11937-48, 11950-64, 12019-24, 12027-8 (Hamilton) 11344-5 (Hammell) 11420-1 (Heyman) 11412-4, 12026 (Holman) 11341-4 (Hunt) 11340-1 (Huntington) 11402-3, 11938-9, 11955-6, 11959, 12022, 12025 (Krog) 11421-5 (Kyllo) 11403 (Reimer) 11347 (Robinson) 11333-40, 11926-30, 11937, 11939-52, 11954-64, 12019-25 (Simpson) 11409-12 (Thornthwaite) 11405-6 (Weaver) 11406-8, 11930-1, 12026-7
Amendment (Weaver) 11408
Content of bill (Bains) 11417 (Barnett) 11412 (Elmore) 11400 (Holman) 11344
Debate on bill (Fassbender) 11425 (Krog) 11425
Development and drafting of bill (Reimer) 11685
Language used in bill (Robinson) 11942-3
Regulations (Fassbender) 12021-2 (Robinson) 12021-2
Section 25 (Fassbender) 11955 (Huntington) 11955
Stakeholder consultation (Ashton) 11402 (Barnett) 11412 (Dalton) 11408-9 (Fassbender) 11332 (Kyllo) 11403 (Simpson) 11410-1 (Thornthwaite) 11405-6 (Weaver) 11406
Local Elections Expense Limits, Special Committee on

Presentations to committee (Robinson) 11337, 12020
Public consultations (Barnett) 11412 (Robinson) 11930 (Thornthwaite) 11406
Recommendation on spending limit time period (Fassbender) 11927-8, 11950 (Robinson) 11338-9, 11927-8, 11950 (Weaver) 11408, 11930-1
Recommendations (Elmore) 11348 (Fassbender) 11944, 11948 (Robinson) 11948 (Weaver) 11406
Report (Weaver) 11930
Staff thanked (Holman) 11343-4
Terms of reference (Bains) 11416 (Hamilton) 11344 (Holman) 11341 (Huntington) 11402-3 (Robinson) 11336-8 (Simpson) 11410
Work of committee (Farnworth) 11418-9 (Hunt) 11340-1 (Robinson) 11950
Work of committee and recommendations (Fassbender) 10708-9, 11332 (Holman) 11341-2 (Reimer) 11347, 11685
Work of committee and report (Robinson) 11334-6
Local government See also Communities

Auditor general See Auditor General for Local Government
Bylaw enforcement officers, powers (Robinson) 12613
Carbon neutrality and climate action initiatives (Fassbender) 11659-61 (Robinson) 11659-61
Costs and financial management (Robinson) 11656
Costs for police services (Farnworth) 13151-3 (Fassbender) 11656 (Morris) 10569, 13151-3 (Robinson) 11655-6
Development approval process (de Jong) 10425, 13379 (Fassbender) 13391-2 (Simpson) 13474
Economic development and financial management (Fassbender) 11657 (Robinson) 11657
Elected officials (Eby) 11346
Elections See Local government elections
Funding See also Infrastructure funding below
Funding and relationship with provincial government (Fassbender) 11657-9 (Robinson) 11657-9
Funding, grants from provincial government (Fassbender) 11614
Governance (Huntington) 13068 (Weaver) 11850
Governance and provincial government support (Fassbender) 11651-2 (Robinson) 11651-2
Governance, legislation See also Local Government Amendment Act, 2016
(Macdonald) 10894-5
Infrastructure funding and needs (Fassbender) 11664-6 (Robinson) 11664-6
Infrastructure funding and needs, government support and agreements (Clark) 12997 (Fassbender) 10271-2, 11652-4, 11658 (Horgan) 12996-7 (Robinson) 11652-4, 11658 (Stone) 10583
Infrastructure funding, federal gas tax fund (Fassbender) 10271, 11663-4 (Robinson) 11663-4
Legislation (Fassbender) 11650-1 (Reimer) 11685 (Robinson) 11650-1
Legislation and regulations (Fassbender) 11617 (Robinson) 11616-7
Property tax system See Property tax
Relationship with provincial government (Reimer) 11685 (Robinson) 11684-5
Resources and revenues (Fassbender) 10271
Revenues and revenue sources (Fassbender) 11655, 11657 (Robinson) 11655, 11657
Role and work (Robinson) 13174
Service delivery (Robinson) 11653
Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government (Farnworth) 13152
Local Government Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (General) Amendment Act, 2016; Miscellaneous Statutes (Signed Statements) Amendment Act, 2016
(Farnworth) 10878 (Fassbender) 11332 (Krog) 10841 (Macdonald) 10894 (Reimer) 11685 (Weaver) 12944 (Wilkinson) 12943
Compliance (Robinson) 11685
References in other legislation, amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) Amendment Act, 2016
(Anton) 11330-1 (Krog) 11025-6, 11331
Revision (Martin) 10364
Local Government Amendment Act, 2016

(Bill M214) (Weaver) 1R, 11850
Debate, speakers (Weaver) 11850
Local government elections

Advertising
get-out-the-vote messages on election day (Fassbender) 11945 (Robinson) 11945
third-party spending and limits (Fassbender) 11944-5 (Robinson) 11335, 11944-5
third-party spending regulations (Fassbender) 12020-4 (Huntington) 12022 (Robinson) 12020-1, 12024
Campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations (Chandra Herbert) 11404-5, 11940-1 (Farnworth) 11419 (Fassbender) 11940 (Heyman) 11413 (Krog) 11422-3 (Robinson) 11939-40, 12556 (Simpson) 11410 (Weaver) 11407
candidate arrangements with elector organizations (Fassbender) 12022-4 (Robinson) 12022-4
contribution limits (Bains) 11416-7 (Chandra Herbert) 11938-9 (Eby) 11346 (Elmore) 11348, 11400-1, 12026 (Farnworth) 11420 (Fassbender) 11937-9, 12027 (Heyman) 11414, 12026 (Holman) 11341-3 (Huntington) 11938-9, 12025 (Krog) 11424 (Robinson) 11337-8, 11340, 11937, 11950, 12025 (Simpson) 11410-1 (Weaver) 12027
contributions and contributors (Holman) 11342 (Huntington) 11402 (Weaver) 11407
expense limits See spending limits below
information and disclosure (Fassbender) 11938, 11946-7, 11963-4 (Robinson) 11946-7, 11963
penalties for rule violations See regulation compliance and enforcement below
reform and regulation (Ashton) 11401-2 (Bains) 11414-7 (Elmore) 11400 (Farnworth) 11418-20 (Fassbender) 11425 (Hamilton) 11344-5 (Hammell) 11421 (Hunt) 11340-1 (Huntington) 11402-3 (Krog) 11422-4 (Weaver) 11408
regulation compliance and enforcement (Ashton) 11402 (Corrigan) 11952-60 (Fassbender) 11945-6, 11951-64 (Huntington) 11955-6, 11959 (Kyllo) 11403 (Robinson) 11945-6, 11951-2, 11954-64
role and regulation (Chandra Herbert) 11403-5
spending (Hunt) 11340-1 (Robinson) 11333
spending and spending limits (Chandra Herbert) 11404 (Fassbender) 11941-3 (Robinson) 11941-3
spending by elector organizations and third-party sponsors (Fassbender) 11946-7, 11954-5 (Robinson) 11946-7, 11954-5
spending limits (Ashton) 11402 (Barnett) 11412 (Dalton) 11408-9 (Elmore) 11347-8 (Fassbender) 10708-9, 11960-1, 11963-4, 12019-24 (Hammell) 11420 (Kyllo) 11403 (Reimer) 11347 (Robinson) 11333-6, 11960-1, 11963-4, 12019-24 (Simpson) 11409-12 (Thornthwaite) 11405-6 (Weaver) 11406-7
spending limits and pre-election time period (Bains) 11415 (Farnworth) 11419 (Fassbender) 11332-3, 11926-30, 11950-1 (Heyman) 11412-4 (Holman) 11342-4 (Robinson) 11339, 11926-30, 11950 (Weaver) 11408, 11930-1
spending limits framework (Fassbender) 11948, 11950-1 (Robinson) 11948-50
Candidates, disqualification (Corrigan) 11952-4, 11956-8, 11960 (Fassbender) 11952-63 (Huntington) 11955-6, 11959 (Robinson) 11961-3
Election areas, population data (Fassbender) 11964, 12019 (Robinson) 11964, 12019
Elections (Fassbender) 10272 (Krog) 11423
Electoral system, principles (Holman) 11342 (Robinson) 11334-5
Fairness and regulation (Robinson) 11333-6
Legislation See also Local Elections Campaign Financing Act; Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016
(Barnett) 11412 (Dalton) 11409 (Fassbender) 10708-9, 11332, 11942, 11947 (Kyllo) 11403 (Reimer) 11347 (Robinson) 11941-2, 11947 (Simpson) 11411 (Weaver) 11406-7
Regulation (Hamilton) 11344-5
Task force See Local Government Elections Task Force
Voter turnout (Bains) 11414 (Chandra Herbert) 11938 (Robinson) 11338
Local Government Elections Task Force

Work of task force and report recommendations (Fassbender) 11937-8 (Hamilton) 11344-5 (Thornthwaite) 11405-6
Locally grown food See Food and food industry; Buy B.C. program; Buy Local program
Lockwood, Josh

Service as conservation officer (Polak) 13301
Logging See Forests and forest industry
Logging Tax Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2016
(de Jong) 10600, 10835
Long Beach

Park fees in area (Routley, B.) 11732
Longe, Lindsey

Death while in supportive housing (Coleman) 13180-1 (Eby) 11680-1, 12813-4 (Hammell) 13180-1
Long-term and residential care

Accessibility and affordability (Darcy) 12259
ALC beds See Beds, use of acute care beds by seniors under Health care system
Assessments See Placement below
Assisted living See also Facilities below
assisted living (Bing) 12261 (Darcy) 12257-8, 12582 (Lake) 11099, 12248, 12262, 12319-20, 12327-8, 12581 (Reimer) 12257 (Robinson) 12252, 12319-20, 12327-8
costs (Darcy) 12259-60 (Robinson) 12256
facilities See Facilities below
information provision by government (Corrigan) 12331 (Lake) 12331-2
number of spaces (Bing) 12261 (Darcy) 12581 (Robinson) 12255
residents See Residents below
services and supports (Bing) 12261 (Darcy) 12258, 12320-2 (Lake) 12320-2 (Reimer) 12257 (Robinson) 12253-4
subsidized and private-pay spaces (Darcy) 12260
subsidized spaces (Plecas) 13446
subsidized spaces and wait-list (Robinson) 12252, 12254-5
Beds See also Residential care facilities below
(Clark) 11852 (Dalton) 12007-8 (Darcy) 10640, 11102, 11164, 12259-60 (Lake) 11102, 11164, 11701, 11855-6, 12720
Beds, alternative-level-of-care beds See Beds, use of acute care beds by seniors under Health care system
Care level criteria and placement See Placement below
Care of patients with dementia (Lake) 12435
Care standards See also Facilities, conditions below; Legislation, harmonization below
standards (Barnett) 12004 (Clark) 11854, 13017 (Darcy) 12003-4 (Hammell) 12008 (Horgan) 13017 (Krog) 12005 (Lake) 11922 (Macdonald) 12009-10 (Plecas) 12002-3 (Reimer) 12008-9 (Rice) 12006-7 (Robinson) 12002, 12248, 12252-3, 12650
standards and enforcement (Darcy) 12258-9
standards and individual care plans (Lake) 11760
standards and planning (Lake) 12650-1
use of antipsychotics and antidepressants See Medication use below
Caregivers See Caregivers
Complex care facilities See Residential care facilities below
Facilities See also Residential care facilities below
behaviour management assistance (Lake) 12322 (Robinson) 12322
business licences (Lake) 12329 (Robinson) 12329
complaint process See regulation and oversight below
conditions and staffing See also Worker layoffs below
(Darcy) 11760-1, 11854-5, 12003-4, 12258-9, 12697-8 (Horgan) 11852-3, 11920-2 (Lake) 12698, 12846 (Rice) 12006-7 (Robinson) 11922 (Shin) 10655
continuity of care (Darcy) 12696-7 (Lake) 12696-7
facilities (Reimer) 12009
incidents and access to information (Robinson) 11855, 12002
inspections See also regulation and oversight below
(Huntington) 12325 (Lake) 12324-5, 12327-8 (Robinson) 12324-5, 12327-8
online directory (Reimer) 12009 (Robinson) 12002
petition tabled (Darcy) 12847
regulation and oversight (Bing) 12262 (Corrigan) 12331-2 (Huntington) 12328-9 (Lake) 11099, 12248, 12262, 12325-32 (Reimer) 12257 (Robinson) 12254, 12325-31
reporting (Lake) 12324 (Robinson) 12324
residents See Residents below
sale of facilities (Darcy) 11700 (Lake) 11700-1
staffing levels (Robinson) 12255-6
Fees (James) 10451, 10619
Funding See Health care funding
Hours of care in facilities See Care standards above
Improvements, government action (Robinson) 12650-1
Legislation See also Community Care and Assisted Living Act; Community Care and Assisted Living Amendment Act, 2016
Legislation, harmonization (Lake) 12866-7 (Robinson) 12866
Medication use, overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs (Darcy) 11854 (Horgan) 11853, 13016 (Lake) 11922 (Rice) 12007 (Robinson) 11922 (Throness) 12005-6
Placement criteria and appropriate placement (Huntington) 12323 (Lake) 12323-4, 12330 (Robinson) 12330
Placement criteria, health services needs (Lake) 12321 (Robinson) 12321
Public performance reporting (Lake) 12867
Residential care facilities (Bing) 12261-2 (Lake) 12248 (Reimer) 12257 (Robinson) 12252-3
Residential care facilities, beds (Darcy) 12581-2 (Lake) 12581-2
Residents
disability income and bus pass costs (Huntington) 13147 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13147
relationships and spouses (Lake) 12323, 12330 (Robinson) 12322-3, 12330
residents of assisted-living facilities (Darcy) 12258
rights (Barnett) 12004 (Reimer) 12009
Worker layoffs and contract policies (Darcy) 12697 (Lake) 12696-7, 12846
Worker layoffs and replacements (Darcy) 12696-7
Worker layoffs and replacements, impact on residents (Darcy) 11700, 12846 (Lake) 11700-1 (Routley, D.) 11701
Workers, impact of government policies (Krog) 12005
Lonne, Bob

Research on social care (Cadieux) 10695
Lonsdale constituency and area See North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area
Lotteries See also Gambling

Lottery retailers, inspections (de Jong) 13215-6 (Eby) 13215-6
Lottery Corporation See British Columbia Lottery Corporation
Lougheed constituency and area See Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area
Lougheed, Peter

Actions as Premier of Alberta (Krog) 10260-1
Louie, Clarence

Comments on renaming of parks (Polak) 11530
Louie, Greg

Comments on emergency training (Fraser) 11396
Louisiana

LNG facility See Sabine Pass LNG facility operations under Cheniere Energy
Loukidelis, David

Advice to government on freedom-of-information issues (Clark) 13002, 13022-3 (Horgan) 13003, 13023
Louv, Richard

Comments on nature deficit disorder (Rice) 11545
Lower Mainland See also Metro Vancouver; particular cities, constituencies, etc.

Farmland, purchase of agricultural land (Huntington) 13507-8 (Popham) 13510-2
Farmland, purchase of properties in agricultural land reserve (Huntington) 12751
Flood protection and dike planning (Huntington) 10850, 11072-3 (Polak) 10850 (Thomson) 11072-3
Health care system
ambulance service and emergency services study (Darcy) 12777-8 (Lake) 12777-8
information technology project See E-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project under Health care system
sexual assault services See Sexual assault services at hospitals below
High-technology industry (Reimer) 11094
Housing See also Vancouver, B.C.
availability (Eby) 11008
housing market and listings (Farnworth) 12149-50
petition tabled (Eby) 13340
Housing affordability (Coleman) 10403-5 (Corrigan) 10326 (Darcy) 10321, 10638 (Eby) 10403-4, 10471-2, 12897-8, 13048-9 (Gibson) 10350 (Horgan) 10295 (Robinson) 12250 (Shin) 10652-3 (Simpson) 10496-7 (Virk) 10647 (Weaver) 10314
Housing affordability and housing market (Bains) 13466-7 (Clark) 10236-8, 12149-50, 12993-8, 13335-7, 13340, 13484-5 (Coleman) 12790-4 (Conroy) 13406-7 (Corrigan) 10329, 13442-5 (Dalton) 10590-1 (Darcy) 13451-3 (de Jong) 11167, 13048-9, 13377-81 (Eby) 10345-6, 13383-5, 13387, 13390, 13498 (Elmore) 10351-2, 13470-1 (Farnworth) 13475-6 (Hammell) 13457-9 (Heyman) 10348-9, 13422-6 (Holman) 13454-7 (Horgan) 10236-7, 11599, 12992-8, 13128-9, 13335-6, 13459-62, 13483-4 (Huntington) 13428-9, 13439-40 (James) 13050 (Karagianis) 13475 (Krog) 13399-403 (Macdonald) 13412-5 (Mark) 13468-9 (Plecas) 13445 (Ralston) 13471-3 (Robinson) 13417-21 (Routley, D.) 10820-1 (Simpson) 10829-30, 13473-4 (Stilwell, Moira) 10331-2 (Sturdy) 13453-4 (Sultan) 13426-7 (Thornthwaite) 13404-5 (Throness) 13450-1 (Wat) 13398-9 (Weaver) 10514-5 (Wickens) 10720, 13464-6 (Yamamoto) 10717, 13440-1 (Yap) 13416-7
Housing affordability and housing market in transit corridors (Clark) 12996-7 (Fassbender) 11660-1 (Horgan) 12996-7 (Robinson) 11660-1
Housing affordability and town hall meeting (Coleman) 11602-5 (Eby) 11604 (Horgan) 11602-3 (Mark) 11605
Housing affordability and vacancy rates (Wickens) 11167
Local governments, consultation re tunnel replacement project See George Massey Tunnel replacement project, consultation under Highway 99
School seismic upgrades (Bernier) 10519-20
Sexual assault services at hospitals (Karagianis) 11168 (Lake) 11168, 12719
South Fraser communities See also particular communities
government action on issues (Bains) 10565
post-secondary education access (Bains) 10390, 10633 (Ralston) 11822-4 (Wilkinson) 11823-4
transit services (Bains) 10390, 10536
Transit services See also South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
(Corrigan) 10329 (Farnworth) 10753 (Heyman) 10853-4 (Polak) 10853-4 (Ralston) 10712-3 (Stone) 10712-3, 10750
Transit services and infrastructure, government investment (Horgan) 12492
Transportation infrastructure (Stone) 10748-9
Truck parking facilities (Hammell) 12538 (Stone) 12539
Lower Nicola Indian Band

Involvement in green energy project (Tegart) 10380
LRMPs See Land and resource management plans under Land use; particular plans
Lui, Yulanda

Comments on pride rainbow flag burning (Eby) 10235
Lu'ma Native Housing

Work of organization (Coleman) 12878 (Mark) 12878
Lumby, B.C.

Eligibility for Hockeyville status (Foster) 11303
Lunar new year

Celebration (Corrigan) 10326-7 (Lee) 10804 (Ralston) 10357 (Throne speech) 10225 (Yap) 10289
Luo, Eric

Volunteer contributions (Eby) 12690
Lyme disease

Incidence, studies and treatment (Darcy) 12782-5 (Lake) 12783-5
Lynnterm terminal facilities See Western Stevedoring Co. Ltd.

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