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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Hamilton, Wm. Scott (Delta North)

As subject
family, constituents and staff thanked 13591
work on transportation issues 13594
Airports, small community airports and air access program 13883
Alex Fraser Bridge, traffic congestion improvement project 13594, 13882-3
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments 13881
financial management 13592, 13880-1
Budget debate 13880-4
Budgets, 2017-18 budget, prebudget consultation and public priorities 13880-1
Catalyst Paper Corp., operations and costs 13882
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13616
Delta
community organizations and volunteerism 13591-2
Muslim community and mosque 13616
skills training 13592
Delta Hospital, diagnostic services project and surgical services initiatives 13884
Delta North constituency and area
government investment 13882-4
transportation issues and infrastructure 13882-3
Documents tabled
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament 13538
second report for fifth session of 40th parliament 13538-9
Economy
conditions 13882
economic development and diversification 13881
economic development, NDP position 13593-4
role of government 13592-4
Education, government investment and support 13882
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs 13881-2
government job strategy 13592-3
Finance and Government Services Committee
prebudget consultation process 13538, 13880-1
work of committee 13538-9
Finance and Government Services Committee reports
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament
presented 13538
budget consultation report and recommendations 13538
second report for fifth session of 40th parliament
presented 13538-9
statutory officers review report 13539
Health care funding 13884
Highway 10, safety upgrade 13883
Highway 17 (South Fraser Perimeter Road), improvement project 13594
Highway 91
72nd Avenue interchange project 13594, 13883
Nordel Way truck parking facility 13883
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 13882
Horgan, John, comments on Medical Services Plan premiums 14268
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 13881
Income assistance, employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13592-3, 13837-9, 13883-4
Infrastructure projects and NDP position 13880
Legislature, Officers of the Legislature, budget review 13539
Lower Mainland
South Fraser communities, government consultation on transportation issues 13594
transportation infrastructure projects 13594
Medical Services Plan premiums 13881, 14267-8
Motions
Medical Services Plan premiums 14267-8
Motive Power Centre of Excellence, trades training facility at Annacis Island 13883
Muslim Canadians, support 13616
NDP
policies, taxation policies 14268
position on issues
economic development 13593-4
infrastructure projects 13880
taxation 13592, 13881
Post-secondary education
capital funding 13882
student financial assistance, interest on loans 13882
Private members' statements
Single-parent employment initiative 13837-9
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13882
Skills training
government skills and training plan 13838
trades training 13592, 13883
Small business taxation 13882
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 13592-3
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13616
Taxation, NDP position 13592, 13881
Throne speech debate 13591-4
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 13594, 13882-3
Trucking industry, truck parking facilities 13883
UA Piping Industry College of B.C., trades training seats and funding 13883
Hammell, Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)

As subject
appreciation (Lake) 14428
experience as MLA and Women's Equality Minister 14429-30
service as MLA and cabinet minister and community contributions (Shin) 14312-3
staff and family thanked 14430
Barden, Brett, work as constituency assistant 14430
B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 14390
Dix, Adrian, leadership of NDP and role as MLA 14429
Election Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14390-1
media response 14390
Elections, campaign financing reform 14390-1
Horgan, John, leadership 14430
James, Carole, leadership of NDP and role as MLA 14429
Legislature staff, appreciation 14429
MLAs, role 14429
NDP
leaders 14429-30
MLAs, new MLAs 14429
MLAs, women's caucus 14429-30
Oliver, Thelma, work as constituency assistant 14430
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14390-1
Sergeant-at-Arms, anti-terrorism briefing for MLAs 14429
Surrey, growth and issues 14429-30
Throne speech debate 14429-30
Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
constituency and legislative staff thanked 13674-5
impact of Holocaust on family 13616-7
Arts and culture, creative sector 13645
Auditor General, report on environmental protection enforcement 14213
Blazkow family, soil contamination on property and responsibility for cleanup costs 14212-3
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, collaborative work on spinal cord injuries 14084
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 13676-7
Carbon tax
NDP position 13843
rate and role of federal government 13843
rebates 13843
revenue neutrality and allocation of revenues 13843
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13616-7
Chevron Canada Ltd., Burnaby refinery 13837
Child protection system, children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 14175
Clark, Christy, comments on school seismic upgrades 14130
Climate change
climate action plan proposal 13843
government action 13899
Coghill, Joy, life and contributions to performing arts 13660-1, 13674
Community Living B.C., services and supports for clients with mental health and substance use issues 14175
Creative B.C., funding 13645
Dekleer, Lisa, work as constituency assistant 13674
Discrimination and racism
awareness and response 13616-7
racist and anti-Semitic hatred and violence 13616-7, 14167
racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence 13616-7
recent incidents and trends 13617
Economy, role of government 13677
Education system and adult basic education 13676
Environment
biodiversity and ecosystem protection 13899
environmental protection, compliance and enforcement 14213
pollution cleanup, polluter-pay principle 14212-3
Fehr, Ashley, work as constituency assistant 13674
Film industry 13644-5
First Nations, consultation by government on land and resources 13835
Foster care, case of youth transitioning out of foster care 14175
Foster, Eric, comments in debate on carbon tax 13842-3
Hagglund, Jared, work as constituency assistant 13674
High-technology industry, worker supply and training 13676
Holocaust legacy 13616-7
Home care, home support services 13676-7
Homelessness, incidence and government action 13857-8, 14075
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13675-7
rental housing
affordability and protections for tenants 14075
dispute resolution process 14377
rent increases and geographic comparability policy 14377-8
supply and affordability 13675-6
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, bomb threat and response 14167
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project 13835-7
Law Foundation of B.C., comments on biodiversity protection 13899
Lo, Reamick, work as constituency assistant 13674
Lord Tennyson Elementary School, seismic upgrade 14130
Lower Mainland
homelessness and tent cities 14074
transit services and funding 13843
Metro Vancouver, regional homelessness task force, report 13857-8, 14075
Motions
Carbon tax 13842-3
Homelessness 14075
NDP, position on carbon tax 13843
Occupational health and safety, workplace safety, enforcement 13677
Oil and gas
oil spills, diluted bitumen spills and response capacity 13835-7
pipelines, five conditions for pipeline proposals 13835-6
Oral questions
Foster care case and support for youth transitioning out of care 14175
Homelessness in Metro Vancouver 13857-8
Polluter-pay principle and contaminated soil case in Saanich 14212-3
Rental housing costs and regulation 14377-8
Seismic upgrades for schools 14130
Water quality in Spallumcheen area 13707-8, 13785, 13906-7, 14089
Petitions
species-at-risk protection legislation 13968
Phipps, Sean, background and work as constituency assistant 13674
Post-secondary education, accessibility and role in economy 13676
Poverty reduction, government strategy 14075
Private members' statements
Defending our coast and supporting good jobs for the future 13835-7
Private members' statements (response)
Celebrating B.C.'s film industry 13644-5
Real estate industry
housing market 13675-7
housing market, speculation issues 13676
Reid, Joanna, rent increase case 14377
Representative for Children and Youth, report on deaths of children in care and government response 13677
Salish Sea, ecosystem protection 13835
Schools, seismic upgrades 14130
Seniors care and support 13677
Shipping industry, tanker safety, oil and gas tankers in coastal waters 13835
Species at Risk Protection Act, 2017, debate 13899
Spills
marine spills and impact on economy and First Nations 13835-6
spill preparedness and response 13836
Spinal cord conditions and injuries, research and care initiatives 14084
Splatsin First Nation
concerns and government communication re water quality issue 13906-7
notification by government of manure spill 13707, 14089
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13616-7
Statements
Response to bomb threat at Jewish community centre 14167
Statements by members
Blusson Spinal cord Centre 14084
Joy Coghill 13660-1
Steele Springs area drinking water quality
government action 13708, 13785, 13907, 14089
release of information 13707, 13906, 14089
water quality advisory and issues 13785
Throne speech content 13677
Throne speech debate 13673-7
Transit services, expansion and government investment 13676
Vancouver
anti-Semitic literature incident 13617
housing affordability and housing market 13675-7, 14075
rental housing affordability and supply 14075, 14377-8
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area
description and issues 13675-7
film industry activities 13644
forum on home care issues 13676-7
forum on housing issues 13675
vigil for victims of mosque shooting 13617
Waste management, sewage lagoons for manure
emergency management plan 13907
regulation and enforcement 13707-8
Water, drinking water protection 13707-8, 13906-7, 14089
Wildlife, species at risk, protection 13899
legislation, petition tabled 13968
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

As subject
appreciation (Fassbender) 14004
decision to retire as MLA 14409
defence of dissertation 14411-2
experience as MLA 14412-3
experience as presenter to international organizations 14410, 14412
experience in politics and mother's influence 14374
experience of colour blindness 13734
family, colleagues, mentors and staff thanked 14413-4
final speech to Legislature (Weaver) 14397
retirement as MLA (Krog) 14365
son's experience as lawyer 14412
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13710
Brooks, David, comments on social values 14410
Charles, Bernard, life and accomplishments 14413
Child protection system, apprehension and involuntary care of vulnerable children and youth 14205
Death, causes, demographic trends 14409
Democracy, public opinion 13602
Economy
behavioural economics and decision-making models 14411-2
global economy 14409
market-based economy 14410-2
measurement, gross domestic product 14410
Eye health, macular degeneration 14413
Fairlie, Henry, comments on role of politicians 14412
Feedham, Weldon, death 13637
First Nations children in government care 14205
Gallaudet University, attendance by B.C. student, financial assistance 14412-3
Government
decision-making and priorities 14409-12
policy development 14409-12
programs and services, integrated service delivery 14410
Havel, Vaclav, comments on hope 14410
Industrial Revolution, impact 14409
Kahneman, Daniel, research on human behaviour 14411
KidSport B.C., Community Champion Award 14061
Lacerte, Paul, comments on issues 14413
Last Post Fund, organization and fund for veterans' memorials 13833
Legislature
members' conduct and debate, openness to positions of other parties 14411
staff, appreciation 14403
Medical Services Plan coverage 14413
Mill, John Stuart, comments on opposing arguments in On Liberty 14411
Petitions
assisted dying provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 13710
Politics and politicians 14374
decision-making and political will 14412
political debate and confirmation bias 14411-2
politicians, role 14412
Public health
demographic trends 14409
government promotion of healthy lifestyle 14410
Safe Care Act, 2017, debate 14205
Society
cultural change and complex issues, government response 14409
daydreaming and problem-solving 14125-6
decision-making and rational, subjective and social factors 14410-2
differences and perception 13734
market-based society 14410-2
public opinion and "post truth" trend 13602
Statements by members
Blurred thoughts 14125-6
I always hoped 14374
Perception of self and others 13734
Post-truth and democracy 13602
Stilwell, Michelle, achievements and award for community sport contributions 14061
Surrey–White Rock constituency and area
constituents' issues and assistance by MLA 14412-3
Throne speech debate 14409-14
Tributes
KidSport community award recipient Michelle Stilwell 14061
Last Post Fund 13833
Weldon Feedham 13637
Tversky, Amos, comments on human behaviour 14411
Violence, domestic violence, government action and jurisdictional comparisons 14412
Visual impairment, colour blindness 13734
Holman, Gary (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
meetings with B.C. Wildlife Federation 14101-2
Agriculture, opposition committee on agriculture 13599
Alberta, election campaign financing regulation 14346
Asian Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14238
Automobiles, insurance rates 13829
Banning Publicly-Funded Campaign Advertisements Act, 2017, debate 13597
B.C. Hydro, financial management 13830-1, 13862
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 14264
campaign statements 13861
donations to party 14346
B.C. Utilities Commission
oversight role 13642, 13862
role re Site C power project 13830
B.C. Wildlife Federation, work of organization 14101-2
Budget debate 13828-31, 13861-2
Budgets
balanced budgets 13828-30, 13861
election-year budgets 13598
Carbon tax, rebates and allocation of revenues 13847
Clark, Christy, comments on campaign financing 14345
Climate change, government action 13847
Conflict of interest, rules for politicians and government officials 13598
Consumers
costs and user fees 13706, 13829, 13861, 14076
taxes and user fees 13847
Crown corporations, revenues to government 13829, 13861
Democracy Watch, comments on campaign financing legislation 14344
Discrimination and racism
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14238
recent incidents and trends 14238
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14238-9
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14238
Economy, conditions 13831
Election Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14343-7
debate in Legislature 14346-7
implementation 14343, 14346
purpose of bill 14346
Election (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2017, debate 13597
Elections
electoral reform 13642
fixed election date, fall date 13598-9
voter participation 13643
Elections, campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 14346
B.C. reputation and media coverage 14344-5
donations and reporting 14343-7
legislation 14277, 14344
panel review proposal 14344-5
reform and government action 13597, 14277, 14343-5
reform, NDP position 14346-7
regulation 13641-3, 14343
spending limits in pre-campaign time period 13597
Empowering Legislative Committees Act, 2017, debate 13598-9
Energy, independent power producers and projects 13830-1, 13862
Environment, environmental assessment process, provincial office 13642
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 13706, 13829
system, management 13706
vessels, Queen of Chilliwack refit and sale 13706
Fires and firefighters, wildfire prevention, interface risk and fuel management 14101
First Nations
consultation by government on land and resources 13659
protection of cultural and sacred sites 14378
reconciliation 14238-9
Fixed Fall Election Amendment Act, debate 13597-8
Fixed Legislative Calendar Act, 2017, debate 13598
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14101-2
The Globe and Mail, article on campaign financing 14344-5
Government
accountability 13598
advertising and announcements, partisan messaging and regulation 13597
capital projects, costs and management 13831
independent oversight 13642
information technology projects 13831
lands and properties, sale and valuation 13829
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 13847
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 13831
Homelessness incidence and government action 14076-7
Housing, affordable housing, proposal for government initiatives 14077
Hunting, e-licence system and online transactions 14101-2
Huntington, Vicki
comments on campaign financing reform and member's bill 14344
work on election date legislation 13598
Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial management and operations 13829
Kardum, Marko, volunteerism 13961-2
Kwan, Jenny, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14238
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14238
Legislature
committee system, reforms 13598-9
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 13831
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, fall sitting and sittings in 40th parliament 13598
petitions, electronic petitions 13599
Liquefied natural gas development 13831-2
Manufactured homes
homeowner protection for redevelopment of manufactured home parks 14425
manufactured home park pad rents and regulation 14425
Mason, Gary, comments on campaign financing reform 14344-5
Medical Services Plan premiums 14264
Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2017, debate 13598
Modernizing Public Participation in Democracy Act, 2017, debate 13599
Motions
Carbon tax 13847
Homelessness 14076-7
Medical Services Plan premiums 14264
NDP
MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14238
policies, housing policies 14077
position on campaign financing 14346-7
Oral questions
Conservation of Owl Island and return to Coast Salish Nations 14378
Election campaign financing reform 14276-7
Ferry system management and sale of ferries 13706
Manufactured home parks 14425
Owl Island, conservation and role of First Nations 14378
Petitions
glucose monitor coverage 14427
PharmaCare program, coverage of glucose monitors, petition tabled 14427
Politics and politicians
integrity and ethics 13641-3
money and politics 13597, 13642-3, 14277, 14345
Private members' statements
Restoring integrity to the political process 13641-3
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of personal privilege re comments by Rich Coleman 13631
Property transfer tax revenues 13829-30
The Province (Vancouver), article on campaign financing 14344
Public debt
debt levels 13830
debt levels and debt via contractual obligations 13861-2
use and purpose 13830-1
Ralston, Bruce, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14238
Real estate industry, housing market 13829-30
Resources and resource industries, resource development, impact on environment 13659
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area, volunteerism 13961-2
Saanich Peninsula
access to transit services 14418-9
housing needs assessment for area 14076
Salish Sea, ecosystem protection 13659
Saltspring Island, volunteer bus service and pathway operations 13962
Shin, Jane Jae Kyung, work on electronic petitions legislation 13599
Site C power project 13830, 13862
Smyth, Mike, comments on campaign financing reform 14344, 14346
Statements by members
Marine conservation area and protection of orcas 13659
Transit services in Victoria area 14418-9
Volunteerism in Central Saanich and Gulf Islands 13961-2
Strait of Georgia, marine conservation area proposal 13659
Surrey Board of Trade, comments on MSP premium system 14264
Sustainable Wildlife Management Act, purpose 14102
Transit services, benefits of public transit 14419
Victoria, transit services 14418-9
Wildlife
orcas, southern resident population 13659
population management 14102
Horgan, John (Juan de Fuca)

As subject
appreciation (Karagianis) 13910
comments on issues
campaign fundraising (Bennett) 14363-4
grizzly bear protection (Popham) 13640
Medical Services Plan premiums (Hamilton) 14268
leadership (Hammell) 14430 (Macdonald) 13993 (Wickens) 13952
performance as opposition leader (Clark) 14421-2
position on issues (Martin) 13545
Anton, Suzanne, comments and position on political fundraising 14375, 14421
Automobiles, insurance rates 13735-6
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 14422
fundraising activities 14084, 14126, 14375, 14421-2
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re automobile insurance rates and review 13735
Child protection system
contracted services 13963
funding 13963
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 13533-5, 13962-4
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 13963
Elections B.C., budget process 14126
Elections, campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 14085
B.C. reputation and media coverage 14274
donations 14375, 14421-2
investigation of fundraising practices 14084, 14126, 14274
legislation 14085
reform and government action 14273-4
reform and review 13577
First Nations, children in government care 13963
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13533-4, 13962
Get Big Money out of Politics Act, 2017, debate 13577
Government
advertising and announcements 14012-3
spending priorities 14012-3
Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial management and operations 13735-6
Justice Ministry, Attorney General, role and responsibilities 14126
Legislature
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, fall sitting 14084
members' conduct and debate 14422
Officers of the Legislature, relationship with government 14126
Letnick, Norm, attendance at fundraising event 14084-5
MLAs, retiring MLAs, recognition of service 14372-3
Oral questions
Election campaign financing 14375
Election campaign financing and donations to political parties 14421-2
Election campaign financing legislation 14085
Election campaign financing reform 14273-4
Elections B.C. review of political fundraising practices 14126
Government advertising 14012-3
Government response to report on youth death case 13533-5
Government response to youth death cases 13962-4
ICBC revenues and automobile insurance rates 13735-6
Pace Group Communications Inc., donations to B.C. Liberal Party and contracts with government 14375
Politics and politicians
money and politics 13577, 14084-5, 14273-4, 14375, 14421-2
payments from parties to executive council members 13577
Representative for Children and Youth, report on death of Alex Gervais 13533-4
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, role in political fundraising investigation 14274
S.H., death after aging out of government care 13963
Tributes
Service to Legislature by MLAs 14372-3
Hunt, Marvin (Surrey-Panorama)

As subject
comments in debate on child care program (Popham) 13647
involvement in politics 14401
Brain health, balance disorder treatment 14083
Cartography, FME data software 13961
Children and youth, child care plan proposal and government investment 13646-7
Dix, Adrian, comments on child care program in 2013 13646
Economy, conditions 14260
Election Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14400-2
Elections, campaign financing
B.C. reputation and media coverage 14400
direct subsidy funding 14402
donations and reporting 14401-2
Health Tech Connex Inc., operations 14083
High-technology industry 13960-1
Homelessness, government action 14071
Housing, social and subsidized housing
government investment 14071
rental assistance programs and NDP position 14071-2
Medical Services Plan premiums 14260-1
Motions
Child care and early learning plan 13646-7
Homelessness 14071-2
Medical Services Plan premiums 14260-1
NDP
fundraising activities 14401-2
position on Medical Services Plan premiums 14261
position on rental assistance programs 14071
taxation policies 13646-7, 14261
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14401
Quebec, child care program 13646
Safe Software Inc., operations and development of mapping software 13961
Small business, role in economy and innovation 14083
Statements by members
FME data software 13960-1
Health technology innovation and treatment for balance disorder 14083
Surrey businesses, innovation boulevard 14083
Taxation, government policies 13646
Huntington, Vicki (Delta South)

As subject
comments on campaign financing reform and member's bill (Holman) 14344
constituents and staff thanked 14018-9
experience as independent MLA 14018-20
service as independent MLA (Krog) 14310
service as MLA and appreciation of colleagues 14309
work on election date legislation (Holman) 13598
Budget debate 14017-20
Budgets
2017-18 budget, balanced budget 14017-8
election-year budgets 14018
Cash for Access Elimination Act, 2017, debate 13578
Conflict of interest, rules for politicians 13578
Consumers, costs and user fees 14018
Delta South constituency and area
constituency office 14018-9
independent riding association and executive 14019
youth legislative advisory committee 14019
Delta, South Delta ecosystem and migratory bird habitat, protection 13962
Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017, debate 13577
Elections
campaign financing reform 13577-8
fixed election date 14018
Environment, environmental protection 13962
Fraser River, water lot leases and First Nations consultation 13783-4
Government
advertising and announcements, funding and partisan messaging 14018
regulations, use of fees and licences 14018
Harrison, Stephen, work as legislative office staff 14019
Kudzin, Bernadette, work as constituency assistant 14018-9
Legislature staff, appreciation 14019-20
Local government elections, campaign financing reform 13577
MLAs
contributions 14017
independent MLAs 14018-20
NDP, MLAs, caucus thanked 14020
Oral questions
Water lot leases on Fraser River 13783-4
Parenteau, Yvonne, work as constituency office manager 14019
Perry, Carla, work as legislative office staff 14019
Politics and politicians, money and politics 13577-8
School district 37 (Delta), bus services and funding 14018
Schools, school buses and bus service 14018
Statements
Message of appreciation 14309
Statements by members
Protection of South Delta ecosystem and migratory habitat 13962
Water lot leases, administration 13783-4
Wildlife, migratory birds, habitat protection 13962

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