Province of British Columbia
Sixth Session, 40th Parliament – 2017
INDEX (Member entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

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

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Dalton, Marc (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
announcement on Maple Ridge shelter funding (James) 13855-6
constituents, family and staff thanked 13939
Aerospace industry, government support 13941
Alberta, economic conditions and role of government 13939
Arts and culture, creative sector 13941
Bridges, government investment 13941
B.C.
population, migration to B.C. 13940
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13939-40
Budget debate 13939-43
Budgets, surpluses 13939
Carbon tax, revenue neutrality and NDP position 13845
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13940
Dalton, Peter, life and accomplishments 14270-1
Economy
diversification 13940
role of government 13939
Education funding 13941
Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 13939
Film industry 13941
Fleming, Rob, comments on taxation 13845
Francophones
francophone communities 14311-2
French Canadians, role in B.C. history 14311
Government, regulations, reduction 13941
Greenhouse gas emissions, reduction 13845
Guibord, Maurice, contributions to francophone heritage 14311
Health care facilities and hospitals, government investment 13942-3
Health care funding 13942
Health care system, medical imaging services, MRI equipment 13942
Health status and outcomes 13942
Hepatitis C virus, medication 13942
High-technology industry, government support 13941
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, programs 13940
Housing, government investment and initiatives 13940
Industry, government support 13940-1
Infrastructure, government investment 13941
Investment Industry Association of Canada, comments on government budget 13940
Journée de la francophonie 14311-2
Maple Ridge, new school in Albion area 13941-2
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area, population growth and housing 13940
Medical Services Plan premiums 13940
Mines and mining industry, industry conditions 13940
Mission, 125th anniversary 13961
Motions
Carbon tax 13845
NDP
performance as government 13939-40
taxation policies and position on carbon tax 13845
Parkinson's disease, treatment, Duodopa medication 13942
Parks, government investment 13941
Post-secondary education
funding 13942
student financial assistance, interest on loans 13942
Ridge Meadows Hospital, medical imaging equipment 13942
Sales, retail industry 13939
Schools
capital projects and upgrades 13941-2
school buses and bus service 13942
Small business, government support 13941
Statements by members
125th anniversary of district of Mission 13961
Journée de la francophonie 14311-2
Moose Hide Campaign Day 13601
Taxation, government policies 13941
Tributes
Peter Dalton 14270-1
Violence against aboriginal women and children, Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 13601
Darcy, Judy (New Westminster)

As subject
constituents thanked 13980
family and staff thanked 13580
impact of Holocaust on family 13612
visit to Richard McBride Elementary School 14233-4
Belanger, Anne, concerns re services for special needs children 13583
Blood and bone marrow
blood supply and voluntary blood donations 13903-4
blood supply and voluntary blood donations, petition tabled 14381
paid-donor plasma clinics and product safety 13903-4
B.C. by region, interior B.C., health care services 13637-8
B.C., issues 13980
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 13980
B.C. Liberal Party government
priorities 13581, 13584, 13984
vision 13580
Budget debate 13980-4
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content and priorities 13980
Cemeteries, past discriminatory practices 14234, 14236
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13612
Child protection system
children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 13581
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 13581
Children and youth
child care, affordability and availability 13582-3, 13981
special needs children, government support and funding 13583
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14234-6
Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada, recommendations and implementation 13904
Consumers
cost of living for seniors 13981
costs and user fees 13980
Cumming, Andrew, advocacy for safety of blood supply 13904
Curran, Maureen, comments on child care services 13582-3
Disabled persons, government support 13583
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14235-6
awareness and response 13612
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians, reconciliation process 14233-6
past discriminatory practices, role of government and reconciliation 14234-6
racist and anti-Semitic hatred and violence 13612
racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence 13612
recent incidents and trends 14235-6
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14233-6
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14236
Education
funding 13980
system 13581, 13980
Employment and unemployment
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14234-5
job creation and job quality 13980
First Nations, history of treatment by government 14234
Fraser Health Authority, facilities and emergency services 14085-6
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13581
Health care facilities and hospitals, hospital stay times and readmissions 13983
Health care funding
funding 13982-3
residential care and services for seniors 13737
Health care system
emergency services 14085-6
health professionals and workers, care aides and community health workers 13582, 13983-4
IHealth electronic medical records system 14425
impact of demographic trends 13662
medical imaging services 13662
role of private sector 13583-4
services for seniors 13982-4
surgical services, joint replacements 13662
system 13639
wait-lists and waiting times 13638-9, 13983
MRI services 13583, 14128
surgery wait-lists 13583, 13662
waiting times 13583-4
Health Committee
first report for sixth session of 40th parliament, debate 13967
work of committee 13967-8
Holme, Jean Roberta, experience in health care system 13984
Home care
home and community care services 13708-9, 13983-4
Home care, home and community care services 13582
Homelessness, incidence and government action 13982
Horn, Lee, access to hip replacement surgery 13662
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13981
public concerns 13981
rental housing, rent banks 13532
Immigration, refugees, housing 13982
Income disparity and social inequality 13583-4
Industry, innovation 14312
Kamloops, physician supply 13637-8
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14233-5
Liquefied natural gas development 13980
Long-term and residential care
care standards 13581-2, 13638, 13737, 13982
residential care facilities, staffing levels 13982-3
Lower Mainland, homelessness and tent cities 13982
McClure, Linda, access to MRI services 14128
Medical Services Plan
costs to users for services and supplies without coverage 13639
premiums 13639, 13981
Metro Vancouver, regional homelessness task force, report 13982
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, e-health system and patient safety 14425
Nesbitt, Fran, emergency admission to hospital 14085
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14236
New Westminster
city government, discriminatory legislation and repeal 14234-5
community 13580
housing issues 13981-2
Innovation Week events and promotion of technology and creative industries 14312
past discriminatory treatment of Chinese Canadians, apology and reconciliation process 14234, 14236
racism incidents and community response 13580, 13612
rent bank establishment 13532
round table event on child care 13582
New Westminster and Port Moody Telephone Co., discriminatory legislation repeal 14234-5
New Westminster constituency and area
constituents' issues and concerns 13580-2
constituents, seniors 13981
housing for refugee family 13982
New Westminster Electric Light and Motor Power Co., discriminatory legislation repeal 14235
New Westminster Secondary School, replacement and historic graveyard on grounds 14236
Olson, Karla, bus pass case 13583
Oral questions
Blood supply and paid-donor plasma clinics 13903-4
Care standards at seniors care facilities 13737
Emergency services at hospitals 14085-6
Home care services 13708-9
IHealth electronic records system 14425
Wait times for hip replacement surgeries 13662
Wait times for MRI services 14128
Peace Arch Hospital, emergency services and admissions 14085-6
Petitions
safety of blood supply system and ban on paid donation 14381
Physicians, family physicians, supply and A GP for Me program 13637-8, 13980
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13980
Private members' statements
Waiting too long for health care 13637-9
Representative for Children and Youth, reports on deaths of children in care and government response 13581
Richard McBride Elementary School, seismic upgrade 13981
Royal Columbian Hospital, capacity and emergency services 13983
Schools, seismic upgrades 13980-1
Science and technology, innovation 14312
Seniors
care and support 13581-2, 13737
homelessness 13980
Seniors advocate, reports on seniors care facilities and staffing guidelines 13581
Sleep disorders 13983
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13612
Statements by members
New Westminster Innovation Week 14312
New Westminster rent bank 13532
Supreme Court of Canada, rulings on issues, teachers' collective bargaining rights 13581
Throne speech debate 13580-4
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 13583
Tributes
Bob White 13701
Turner, Lana, home care needs and service levels 13708-9
Westminster Paper Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14235
White, Bob, life and work as trade union leader 13701
Women, economic equity 13582
de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
comments in budget speech (Donaldson) 13791-2, 13794 (Krog) 13788 (Rustad) 13796-7
comments on Medical Services Plan premiums (Ralston) 14267
snowstorm experience 13719
Aerospace industry and government support 13726
Agriculture Ministry, budget and capital funding 14134
Alaska, transboundary waters, statement of cooperation with B.C. 13725
B.C. by region, rural B.C. economies and rural dividend program 13726
B.C. Centre on Substance Use, establishment 13723
B.C. prosperity fund 13721
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, facilities, government funding 13727
B.C. training and education savings grant program 13722
Budget debate 13719-27, 14023
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017, debate 13729-30
Budgets
balanced budgets 13719-20
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2017-18–2019-20, tabled 13730
election-year budgets 14131-3
surpluses 13720-1
Budgets, 2017-18 budget
content 13720
interim supply 14024, 14089-90, 14131-5
public consideration 14023
surplus and priorities 13723
Business, training tax credit 13729
Carbon offsets, forest carbon initiative 13727
Chief records officer
annual report 14328
appointment process 14387
powers and role 14168, 14328, 14381-4, 14386
relationship with government 14386-7
Child protection system, funding 13721
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 13721
Children and youth
child care spaces and funding 13721
programs and services for children and families, funding 13721
Children and Youth Committee, powers and role 13667-8
China, market for B.C. softwood products 13725
Columbia River treaty, negotiations 13725
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 13726
Construction industry, residential construction industry, housing starts 13720
Consumers, cost of living 13721
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13721
Document Disposal Act, replacement 14383
Documents tabled
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2017-18–2019-20 13730
Finance Ministry report on government borrowings and loans for 2015-16 14176
Finance Ministry report on guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 14381
government service plans and 2017-18–2020-21 strategic plan 13730
Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report for year ended March 31, 2016 14279
Selection Special Committee, first report for sixth session of 40th parliament 13666
Economic Forecast Council, forecasting and review of government budget 13720-1
Economy
conditions 13720, 13724-5
diversification 13725-7
global economy conditions in 2008 14132
growth 13720
role in funding government services and infrastructure 13727
Education
benefits and role 13722
funding and rural education enhancement fund 13722
government investment and support 13722
school supplies, B.C. back-to-school tax credit 13729
tax credit 13730
Elections
2017 general election 14023
campaign financing, investigation of fundraising practices 14127
Elections B.C., budget process 14127
Emergencies, first responders, tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel 13726, 13729
Families, tax credits for families with children, fitness credits 14213, 14320
Film industry, tax credits 14213, 14320-1
interactive digital media tax credit 13730
Finance Ministry
budget and capital funding 14133
Minister's office 14133-4
reports tabled
government borrowings and loans for 2015-16 14176
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 14381
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14081, 14213-4, 14320-2
Financial services industry, credit unions, taxation 13730
First Nations
agreements with government 13726
child protection system and funding 13721
employment and training 13726
Forests and forest industry
silviculture, reforestation and rehabilitation initiatives 13727
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13725
Fuel, motor fuel tax, exemption for natural gas from tax on locomotive fuel 13730
Gangs, gang activity and gun violence, government action and funding 13726
Gibson, Simon, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 13528
Government
financial management 13719
officers 14383
service plans and 2017-18–2020-21 strategic plan, tabled 13730
spending 13719-20
Government records management
legislation 14381-4
practices in public service 14328, 14385
record of government activities and oversight 14168, 14327-8, 14381-7
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, partnership in trade acceleration program 13726
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, forest sector 13727
Hadwin, Adam, athletic achievements in golf 14311
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 13723
Health care funding 13723
capital funding 14135
federal funding and health transfers accord 13723
Health care system 13723
Health Committee, powers and role 13667
High-technology industry, government tech strategy 13726-7
Home Owner Grant Act, amendment and administration 13730
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 13724
affordable housing, availability and government initiatives 13724
social and subsidized housing, government investment 13724
supply and demand 13724
Income assistance
benefits, earnings and payments exemptions 13721
disability benefits 13721
Income, low-income families and households, government support 13721
Income Tax Act, amendments 13729-30, 14081, 14213-4, 14320-1
Income Tax Act of Canada, provisions 14081, 14213
Information and communications technology
high-speed Internet service, remote and rural communities 13726
Internet service, BCNET Advanced Network 13723
Information and Privacy Commissioner
acting commissioner 14384
recommendations on government records management 14168, 14328, 14383
role and responsibilities 14383
Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, appointment and membership 13539
Information Management Act, provisions 14382, 14384
Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14168, 14327-8, 14381-8
coming into force 14386-7
mandatory vs. discretionary language issue and proposed amendment 14385-6
purpose of bill 14168, 14327-8
Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 14081, 14213, 14321
John, Ed, recommendations to government 13721
Justice Ministry, budget and capital funding 14135
Lee, Richard T., appointment as Deputy Speaker 13528
Legislation, drafting process 14385-6
Legislature
budget debate 14023
committee system, membership of committees 13539
Officers of the Legislature, independence 14382
question period, change to scheduled times 13580
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 13528
appointment of Deputy Speaker 13528
Local government, housing development approval process 13724
Logging Tax Act, amendments 14081, 14213-4
Loukidelis, David, recommendations on government records management 14168, 14327-8, 14381-2, 14384
Medical Services Plan premiums 13723-4
Mental health of children and youth, mental illness and addiction services 13723
Mines and mining industry, tax credits 13729
Motions
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 13528
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 13528
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner 13539
Changes to question period and daily House business 13580
Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee 13667-8
Powers and role of Health Committee 13667
Motor Fuel Tax Act, amendments 13730
NDP, fundraising activities and letter 14127
Oral questions (response)
Elections B.C. review of political fundraising practices 14126-7
Parks system, funding and management 13727
Post-secondary education
accessibility and government initiatives 13722-3
student financial assistance, interest on loans 13722
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 13723
Premier's Office, budget and capital funding 14133
Presentation of estimates, estimates of sums required for the service of the province 13719
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 13730
Property transfer tax, exemption for first-time home buyers 13730
Provincial Sales Tax Act, amendments 13730
Public debt
operating debt 13719
paydown of debt and debt-servicing costs 13721
Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report for year ended March 31, 2016, tabled 14279
Public service, front-line workers 13721
Publishing industry, book publishing tax credit 13729
Research and development, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 13729
Sales tax, application to electricity costs
exemption for business and industry 13730
exemption for businesses 13726
Schools
capital projects 13722
school buses and bus service 13722
Selection Special Committee, first report for sixth session of 40th parliament presented 13666
Shipping industry, government support 13726
Small business
income tax 13729
taxation 13726
venture capital program 13726
Social welfare, social programs and services, funding 13721-2
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — Islamophobia and systemic racism, response 13609
Supply Act (No. 1), 2017, debate 14024, 14089-90, 14131-5
Taxation
calculation of interest on amounts owed 14213-4, 14322
competitive tax system and commission on tax competitiveness 13725-6
coordination of provincial and federal taxes 14081, 14213
excess refunds 14321
government policies 13723
tax credits 13729-30
Teachers, collective bargaining negotiations and agreement 13722
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry, budget and capital funding 14134
Tobacco
sale of tobacco products 14081, 14214, 14322
taxation of tobacco products 13730
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 14081, 14214, 14322
Trade
exports, diversification of markets 13725-6
government approach to trade and investment, protectionism issue 13725
trade and investment representatives and offices 13725
trade between B.C., U.S. and Asia 13725
Tributes
Adam Hadwin 14311
U.S., relationship with B.C. and Canada 13725
Wildlife, woodland caribou protection and recovery 13727
Dix, Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
comments on child care program in 2013 (Hunt) 13646
leadership of NDP and role as MLA (Hammell) 14429
role in review of discriminatory legislation (Darcy) 14236 (Donaldson) 14281-2 (Elmore) 14295 (Holman) 14238 (James) 14247 (Ralston) 14229 (Robinson) 14242
Asian Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14304-7
Automobiles, insurance rates 13945
Big Bend Transportation Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
British Columbia Great Gold Gravels Dredge-mining Corp., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
B.C. Hydro
customer disconnections 13946
financial management 13946
financial reporting, use of deferral accounts 13945-6
forecasting of power demand 13946
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 13946
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 13943, 13946-7
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re automobile insurance rates and review 13945
Budget debate 13943-7
Cao, Winnie, experience as refugee 14373
Clark, Christy, comments on Carleton school repairs 13944
Consumers, costs and user fees 13945
Corporations, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14323-4
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14306-7
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14304-7, 14324-5
recent incidents and trends 14306
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14303-7, 14322-5
Education
curriculum on history of discrimination and racism 14306
system 13947
Employment and unemployment, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14323-4
Energy
electricity rates and proposal for low-income customers 13946
power supply, demand projections 13946
Europe, political climate 14306
Gladstone Secondary School
achievements and response to racist graffiti 13943
robotics program and participation in competitions 14170
Government, decision-making and priorities 13947
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers
history of treatment 14304
protection 14306
Income disparity and social inequality 13944
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 13944
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
financial management and operations 13736, 13944-5
revenues to government 13736, 13944-5
Journey to Freedom Day 14373
Laurier, Wilfrid, comments as Prime Minister 14304
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14303-6, 14323-5
Lightning Creek Gold Gravels and Drainage Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Liquefied natural gas development 13946
Loran Scholars Foundation, Loran Award scholarship 13704
McBride, Richard, comments as Premier of B.C. 14304
Macdonald, John A., comments on Chinese immigration 14305
Mines and mining industry, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14324
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 14304
Nestlé Waters Canada Inc., operations, petition tabled 14427
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14305
New Westminster and Port Moody Telephone Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
New Westminster Electric Light and Motor Power Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Oral questions
ICBC revenues and automobile insurance rates 13736
Petitions
Nestlé water usage and fees 14427
Pine Creek Flume Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Politics and politicians, far-right politics 14306
Public debt via contractual obligations 13946
Real estate industry, property market, impact on business rents 13945
Red Mountain Tunnel Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School
facilities, upgrading and repairs 13943-4
history and status 13704
Small business, costs for rented premises 13945
Statements by members
Gladstone Secondary students in robotics competition 14170
Loran scholarship winner and Carleton Elementary School 13704
Vietnamese Canadians 14373
Teachers, collective bargaining court case 13947
U.S., political climate 14306
Vancouver Electric Light Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Vancouver Gas Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
The Vancouver Streets Railway Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14323
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
costs for constituents 13945
schools 13943-4
VEX Robotics World Championships, B.C. student participants 14170
Vietnamese Canadians, arrival as refugees and contributions 14373
Water, groundwater, commercial usage and fees, petition tabled 14427
Windermere Secondary School, student activities re water issues 13943
Wong, Kaitlin, scholarship award and leadership activities 13704
Donaldson, Doug (Stikine)

As subject
comments in budget debate and performance as MLA (Rustad) 13797
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14112-5
consultation on bill with First Nations 14113
Adoption of children in government care
placement policy 14112-5
use and disclosure of personal information 14113
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs, regulation 14029-30
pets, informal sales 14029
pets, responsible ownership and spaying and neutering services 14029-30
Asian Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14282
Automobiles, insurance rates 14061
Blueberry River First Nations
negotiations with government on treaty land entitlement claim 13906
relationship with government 13906
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., economic conditions and unemployment 14061
B.C. by region, northern B.C., income assistance recipients 13793
B.C. by region, northwest B.C.
First Nations employment 13855
home heating 13792
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
dog ownership 14029
government investment 14063
skills training 14063
B.C. Hydro, financial management 13792
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 13794
priorities 14213
B.C.m history of colonization and settlement, terra nullius concept 13792, 13794
Budget debate 13791-4
Child protection system
children in government care
placement issues for vulnerable youth 13535-6
placement of Métis child and permanency planning case 14112-3, 14115
support for youth and transition out of care 13535
contracted services and oversight 13965
funding 13536
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 14114-5
handling of sexual abuse case and review 14113
system 13792
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 14114-5
Children and youth, youth essay contest 13778
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14282
Clark, Christy, response to court ruling on teachers' collective bargaining 13792
Colonialism, ideology and practice 13791-2
Community Vision, government contract and services to children in care, audit 13965
de Jong, Michael, comments in budget speech 13791-2, 13794
Discrimination and racism, past discriminatory practices and role of government 14282-4
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14281-4
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14281-2
Education of First Nations people, graduation rate 13792
Elections, voter participation, 18- to 24-year-olds 13778
Energy, electricity rates 13792, 14061
First Nations
agreements with government, comprehensive land and resource agreements 14061
children, adoption of children 14112-5
employment 13855
history of treatment by government 14283-4
history, role of Indian agents 14283
identification cards and status card issues 14101, 14153-5
"Indian," definition in legislation and "status" concept 14283-4
land claims 13793
reconciliation 13792, 14100-1
traditional governance, wilp system 14283-4
Fish, protection of wild salmon stocks 14062
Fishing industry, salmon fishery 14062
Food and food industry, pine mushroom picking 14062
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 14061-2
government forest policies, impact 13793
industry and government support 14061-2
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14099-101, 14143, 14146-7, 14152-5
consultation with First Nations on bill 14100, 14143, 14146-7
Gauchier, Paige, death and experience with child protection services 14114-5
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13535-6, 14114-5
Gitanmaax Band, career fair 13855
Gitanyow First Nation
consultation on hunting legislation 14143
hunting and moose harvest levels 14100-1
wilp system of governance 14155, 14283-4
Gitxsan First Nations
hunting activities and licence issues 14101
wilp system of governance 14283-4
Government, advertising and announcements 14213
Guide-outfitters, licences and reporting 14099
Hamhuis, Dan, involvement in youth essay contest 13778
Highway 16, overpass safety issues in Hazelton area, petition tabled 14177
Housing, energy efficiency, retrofit programs and improvements 13792
Hunting, e-licence system and online transactions 14099-101, 14143, 14146-7, 14152-5
Income assistance recipients 13793
John, Ed, recommendations to government 14112-5
Kitwanga Valley, forestry issues and policies 13793
Kwan, Jenny, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14281-2
Land use planning and First Nations involvement 14061
Lang, Nick, death while in government care 14113
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14281-4
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13792-3
Maitland, Evie, death 14311
Mines and mining industry
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14282
industry conditions and investment 13793-4, 14061
regulation and oversight 13793
tax credits 13793
Multiculturalism, ethnic and cultural diversity, B.C. reputation 14283-4
NDP
MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14281-2
policies and priorities 13793-4
Northern Rockies regional municipality, comments on forest industry and jobs 14062
Oral questions
Blueberry River First Nations negotiations with government and role of MLA 13906
Funding for Telkwa water tower and government advertising 14213
Government response to report on youth death case 13535-6
Oversight and audit of contracted child protection services 13965
Parliament Buildings, murals in rotunda 14282
Petitions
highways and roads, highway 16 overpass safety issues 14177
Pimm, Pat, role re government negotiations with Blueberry River First Nations 13906
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13793
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14029-30
Private members' statements
Supporting resource sector jobs 14061-3
Resources and resource industries
employment 14061-3
sustainable resource industries 14061-2
Rustad, John, conduct in House and knowledge of First Nations protocols 13793-4
Skeena River, protection and salmon fishery 14062
Statements by members
Gitanmaax Career Fair 13855
Young voter participation and youth essay contest 13778
Stikine constituency and area
First Nations hunting activities and licence issues 14099-101
schools and seniors care facilities 13792
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13792
ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 13792
Telkwa, funding for new water tower 14063, 14213
Tributes
Evie Maitland 14311
Veterinarians, mobile vet clinics 14030
Wat, Teresa, comments on repeal of discriminatory legislation 14283
Wet'suwet'en First Nation wilp system of governance 14283-4
Wildlife Act, amendments 14099-101, 14143, 14146-7, 14152-5
Wildlife, moose, population management 14099

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