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

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

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James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

As subject
appreciation (Karagianis) 13910
leadership of NDP and role as MLA (Hammell) 14429
Animals, emotional support animals in non-pet housing, petition tabled 14089
Automobiles, insurance rates 13728, 13743
Bing, Doug, announcement on Maple Ridge shelter funding 13855-6
B.C.
future and role of British Columbians 13753
issues 13728-9
B.C. Housing, disclosure of information 14316
B.C. Hydro
financial management 13728
financial management and dividends to government 13742-3
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 13727-9
performance 13752
priorities 13729
priorities and impact on British Columbians 13741, 13743-6
Budget debate 13727-9, 13740-53
Budgets
2017-18 budget
interim supply 14090
prebudget consultation and public priorities 13751-2
priorities and surplus 13728-9, 13740-1
election-year budgets 13727-9, 13741-2
Charities, charitable giving levels 13747
Child protection system
child protection workers, caseload and supply 13604-5
children in government care, funding and support 13744-5
contracted services and oversight 13965
funding 13604-5
government action on issues 13749
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 13537-8, 13605, 13965
Children and youth, child care
affordability and availability 13744
plan proposal and government investment 13753
role in economy 13744
spaces and funding 13752
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history and activism 14246-7
Clark, Christy, comments on Medical Services Plan premiums 14261
Climate change, government action and funding 13752
Community Vision, government contract and services to children in care, audit 13965
Consumers
cost of living 13741, 13746
costs and user fees 13727-8, 13747, 13752
taxes and user fees 13741-2, 13744, 13751
Dalton, Marc, announcement on Maple Ridge shelter funding 13855-6
Debt, consumer debt 13747
Dental health, access to dental care 13746
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14245, 14247
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians, reconciliation process 14245-6
past discriminatory practices, opposition 14246
past discriminatory practices, role of government and reconciliation 14245-7
recent incidents and trends 14247
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14245-7
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14247
Economy
conditions, regional differences 13750-1
growth, sectors 13749-50
sustainable development, government investment 13753
Education
adult basic education 13747
curriculum on residential schools 14247
education of First Nations people 13747
funding 13752
information management, BCeSIS system 13745
system 13729, 13741, 13749
Elections, voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14246
Employment and unemployment, job creation and job quality 13728, 13750-1
Energy, electricity rates 13728, 13742-3
Environment, environmental protection 13752
Families, tax credits for families with children, fitness credits 14320
Ferries and ferry services, fare increases 13743
Film industry, tax credits 14214, 14320-1
Finance and Government Services Committee
prebudget consultation process 13538, 13740, 13751-2
reports, first report for fifth session of 40th parliament
debate 13538
report and recommendations 13538
reports, second report for fifth session of 40th parliament, debate 13539
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14214, 14320-2
Financial services industry, payday loan industry 13747
First Nations
history of treatment by government 14246
history, role of European colonization and settlement 14245
reconciliation 14245-7
Forests and forest industry
industry conditions 13750
mills, operations and closings 13750
Foster care, foster home standards and compliance 13538, 13604-5
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13605
Government
advertising and announcements, funding and partisan messaging 13745
integrated case management system issues 13745
revenues and revenue sources 13728, 13741
Harper, Stephen, comments on Canadian history 14245
Health care system
funding 13752
waiting times 13749
Health, social determinants 13750
Home care, home and community care services 13748
Housing
affordable housing and government action 13747-8, 13750, 14173
rental housing supply and affordability 13748, 13750
temporary housing and shelters 13855-6
Immigration, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14246
Income
income disparity and social inequality 13750-1
low-income families and households 13728-9, 13746-7
Income assistance
accessibility and service delivery 13747
benefits, emergency grants 13747
benefits, rates 13752
recipients, access to housing and other needs 13746-7
Income tax
rates for high-income earners 13729, 13744
reductions 13751
Income Tax Act, amendments 14320-1
Information and communications technology, Internet service, access for low-income persons 13746
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
financial management and operations 13728
revenues to government 13743
Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 14321
Legislation, discriminatory legislation
review and repeal 14245-7
review staff commended 14246
Legislature, Officers of the Legislature, budget review 13539
Libraries, Internet services and role in community 13746
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13665-6, 13748
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 14173
Maple Ridge, Iron Horse homeless shelter for youth, status and funding 13855-6
Masjid Al-Iman, community open house 14247
Medical Services Plan premiums 13741-2, 13752, 14261-2
Mental health
mental health of children and youth, mental illness and addiction services 13745
programs and services, availability 13746
Motions
Medical Services Plan premiums 14261-2
NDP, policies and priorities 13753
Oral questions
Action on housing affordability and role of fundraiser 14173
Care standards at seniors care facilities 13665-6
Financing arrangements for housing projects in Vancouver 14316
Foster home standards 13537-8, 13604-5
Funding for Maple Ridge youth shelter 13855-6
Oversight and audit of contracted child protection services 13965
Records of government court case with teachers 14016
Parks, campground fees 13743
Petitions
emotional support animals in non-pet housing 14089
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 13743, 13748-9
student financial assistance and interest on loans 13743
tuition fees 13743
Poverty, working poor 13728, 13746
Real estate industry
housing market 13747-50, 14173
housing market, taxation and revenues to government 13728
role in economy 13749
Rennie, Bob, comments on housing affordability issue 14173
Representative for Children and Youth, appointment 13608
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee, report 13608
Richard, Bernard, background and appointment as Representative for Children and Youth 13608
Ross, Alice, work as constituency assistant and retirement 13900
Social welfare
government investment 13741, 13744
social deficits 13745
social programs and services, funding 13728
support system for vulnerable persons 13728
Social workers, caseloads and conditions 13745
Statements by members
Alice Ross 13900
Supply Act (No. 1), 2017, debate 14090
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13749
Taxation
calculation of interest on amounts owed 14321
coordination of provincial and federal taxes 14214
excess refunds 14321
fair tax system 13751
Teachers, collective bargaining court case 13741
documents 14016
Tobacco, sale of tobacco products 14322
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 14322
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, contributions as Representative for Children and Youth 13608
University of Victoria, Ideafest event 14246
Victoria
Chinese-Canadian associations, history and activism 14246
seniors forum 13665-6
Wage levels 13728, 13750

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