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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Lake, Hon. Terry (Kamloops–North Thompson)

As subject
appreciation (Fassbender) 14004 (Stone) 13698
comments on federal health funding and negotiations (Simpson) 13664
family, staff, supporters and colleagues thanked 14427-8
honorary paramedic status 14428
Abbotsford Regional Hospital, emergency services and admissions 13902-3
Blood and bone marrow
blood supply and voluntary blood donations 13904
paid-donor plasma clinics and product safety 13903-4
Cairns, Lois, 100th birthday 14203
Cerner Corp., e-health systems 13664
Clark, Christy
response to health care issues 14086
role as Premier and appreciation 14428
Economy, role in funding government services 13709
Fraser Health Authority
facilities 13902-3
facilities and emergency services 14086-7
Gill, Nimrat, death 13902
Haida Gwaii, hospital and residential care facility 13738
Hammell, Sue, appreciation 14428
Health care facilities and hospitals, government investment 13966-7, 14086
Health care funding 13662-3, 13709, 13737, 14085-7, 14128-9
federal funding and health transfers accord 13664-5
home care and residential care 13665-6, 13737-9
Health care system
e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 13664
emergency services 13902-3
emergency services and demand 14085-8
emergency services, seasonal factors 13966
IHealth electronic medical records system 13663-4, 14425
impact of demographic trends 13662
medical imaging services, MRIs 13662
supply of health professionals 14088
surgical services
joint replacements 13662
numbers of surgeries 13662-3
wait-lists and waiting times
MRI services 14128-9
surgery wait-lists 13662-3
waiting times 13902-3
Home care, home and community care services 13709
Klein, Lynn, work as paramedic, appreciation 14428
Krueger, Kevin, appreciation 14428
Legislature, staff appreciation 14428
Loiacono, Sabrina, work in government 14428
Long-term and residential care
beds 13738-9
care standards 13665
facilities 13666
Media, appreciation and role in democracy 14428-9
MLAs
cooperation and non-partisanship 14428
retiring and former MLAs 14428
Mental health, mental illness and addiction, services and funding 13664-5, 14379
Morris, Kirsty, work as constituency assistant 14427
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, e-health system and patient safety 13663-4, 14425
NDP, performance as government, seniors care 13739
Nurses, number 14086-7
O'Brien, Kellie, work in Health Minister's office 14428
Oral questions (response)
Blood supply and paid-donor plasma clinics 13903-4
Care standards at seniors care facilities 13665-6, 13737-8
Emergency services at Abbotsford Hospital 13902-3
Emergency services at hospitals 13966-7, 14085-8
Home care services 13709
IHealth electronic records system 14425
IHealth electronic records system at Nanaimo Hospital 13663-4
Mental health and addiction services 14379
Negotiations for federal health care funding 13664-5
PharmaNet system privacy breach 13606-7
Seniors care in Port McNeill 13738-9
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority information technology project 13664
Wait times for hip replacement surgeries 13662-3
Wait times for MRI services 14128-9
Water quality in Spallumcheen area 13708
Paramedics, appreciation 14428
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, role 13665
PharmaCare program, PharmaNet system, privacy breach and government handling 13606-7
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of privilege 13740
Seniors care and support 13737-8
Steele Springs area drinking water quality, government action 13708
Stone, Todd, appreciation 14428
Substance abuse and addiction, opioid overdoses, deaths and response 13665
Throne speech debate 14427-9
Transit services, HandyDART system 13737
Tributes
Lois Cairns 14203
Richard Wagamese 14309
Turner, Lana, home care needs and service levels 13709
Wade, Debbie, work in Health Minister's office 14428
Wagamese, Richard, life and accomplishments 14309
Water, drinking water protection 13708
Larson, Linda (Boundary-Similkameen)

Agricultural Land Commission, budget 13953
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., comments on government budget 13954
Big White Ski Resort Ltd., operations and events 14069-70
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
child care facilities and spaces 13647-8
economic activity and employers 13953
violence prevention projects 14260
B.C. by region, rural B.C., economic development and employment 13953-4
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, comments on government budget 13955
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13952, 13955
B.C. School Trustees Association, comments on education funding in government budget 13955
Brothers, Donald, public service and death 13596
Budget debate 13952-6
Budgets, 2017-18 budget
content and priorities 13952
response from business and other organizations 13955
Business Council of B.C., comments on government budget 13955
Children and Family Development Ministry, provincial office of domestic violence 14259
Children and youth
child care funding and spaces 13647-8
child care plan proposal and government investment 13648
early childhood development, government initiatives 13648
Council of Forest Industries, comments on government budget 13953-4
Documents tabled
Health Committee, first report for sixth session of 40th parliament, Looking Forward: Improving Rural Health Care, Primary Care and Addiction Recovery Programs, March 2017 13967
Economy, conditions 13952-3
Education funding 13955
Emerson, David, role re softwood lumber agreement 13953
Employment and unemployment, employment and jobs 13953
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 13648
Fishing industry, recreational freshwater fishing, public participation and education 13703-4
Food and food industry
agrifood and seafood industries 13953
cherry farming and exports 13953
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 13953
industry 13953
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13953
Freshwater Fisheries Society learn-to-fish program 13703-4
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 13955
Health care funding
funding 13955
mental health and addiction services for youth 13955
Health Committee
first report for sixth session of 40th parliament presented 13967
work of committee 13967
Health, health status and outcomes 13955
Home ownership programs 13954-5
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 13954
affordable housing, government initiatives 13954
transition houses and second-stage housing 14259
Income assistance, employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13648, 13954
Medical Services Plan premiums 13954
Midway, community forest and redevelopment of mill site 13901-2
Mines and mining industry
electricity cost deferral program 13954
industry and government support 13954
Motions
Child care and early learning plan 13647-8
NDP, taxation policies 13648
Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd., Copper Mountain mine 13953
Okanagan area, freshwater fishing 13703-4
Okanagan Falls, employers 13953
Osoyoos, high school 13955
Osoyoos Indian Band
collaborative education program on violence against aboriginal women 14260
involvement in forest industry project 13902
Private members' statements
Supporting winter sport in B.C. 14068-70
Private members' statements (response)
Women's right to safety 14259-60
Public debt
debt-to-GDP ratio and debt-servicing costs 13952
operating debt 13952
Resorts, ski resorts 14068-70
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13953
Schools
rural schools 13955
school buses and bus service 13955
Silver Star Mountain Resort, events 14068
Small business, taxation 13953
Sports and recreation
skiing and snowboarding, competitive events 14068-70
winter sports 14068-70
Statements by members
Freshwater Fisheries Society learn-to-fish program 13703-4
Midway mill site redevelopment 13901-2
Sun Peaks Resort, operations and events 14068
Taxation
government policies 13953
taxation in B.C. and other jurisdictions 13952
Tourism, ski tourism 14068-70
Trade and investment representatives and offices 13954
Tributes
Donald Brothers 13596
Vaagen Fibre Canada, partnership in mill redevelopment project 13901-2
Violence
domestic violence, government action plan 14259
violence against women, government action and funding 14259-60
Lee, Richard T. (Burnaby North)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (de Jong) 13528
constituents and staff thanked 14020
immigrant experience and heritage 14020
role as Deputy Speaker 14020
Alpha Secondary School, upgrades and funding 14021
Asian Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14245
B.C. Institute of Technology, operations and government investment 14021
B.C. Tech Summit, 2017 event 14373
Budget debate 14020-3
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content and priorities 14021-3
Burnaby
housing, government investment 14022
service agencies 14011
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, housing for developmentally disabled 14022
Burnaby Board of Trade, comments on government budget 14021
CN Rail, agreement and repeal of discriminatory legislation 14245
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14245
Credit rating, B.C. rating 14021
Discrimination and racism, past discriminatory practices and role of government 14245
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14244-5
Economy
conditions 14020
economic development and diversification 14020-2
Education, government investment and support 14021
Employment and unemployment
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14245
employment and jobs 14020
Health care facilities and hospitals, government investment 14023
Health care funding, mental health and addiction services for youth 14022-3
High-technology industry and government tech strategy 14373-4
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, programs 14022
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 14022
Legislation, discriminatory legislation
review and repeal 14244-5
review staff commended 14245
Legislature, staff appreciation 14020
Medical Services Plan premiums 14022
Norburn Interagency service agencies collective in north Burnaby 14011
Pacific Vocational College, trades training and funding 14021
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 14021
Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 14022
Public debt management and debt-to-GDP ratio 14020-1
Railways and rail services, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14245
Ryan, Ken and Lou, community contributions and volunteerism 13733
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 14021
Skills training, government skills and training plan 14021
Small business
role in economy 14021
taxation 14021
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
capital projects and funding 14022
service levels 14022
Statements by members
Ken and Lou Ryan 13733
Norburn Interagency service agencies collective 14011
Technology summit and high-technology industry 14373-4
Taxation, government policies 14022
Trade
exports, diversification of markets 14022
trade and investment representatives and offices 14022
Transit services
expansion and government investment 14022
handyDART system 14022
University Highlands Elementary School, facilities, expansion 14021
Letnick, Hon. Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country)

As subject
attendance at fundraising event (Farnworth) 14407 (Horgan) 14084-5
family experience as Asian Canadians 14280
personal experience of pet ownership 14180
speech to agriculture sector (Popham) 13824
Agricultural Land Commission
applications for non-farm use 14317-8
independence 14317
Agricultural land reserve
NDP position 14317-8
non-farm use, breweries 14317-8
Agriculture Ministry, staff 14118
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs
commercial and hobby breeders 14162, 14178-9
consumer awareness and public education 14183
regulation and licensing 13853, 14025, 14118-20, 14162-3, 14177-9, 14184-5, 14187
regulatory compliance and enforcement 14179-83, 14187-92
pet store and broker sales and requirements 14181, 14185-7
pets, home and online sales 14180-1
regulation, information-sharing 14191
B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 14047
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
enforcement role and funding 14182-3, 14189-90
relationship with government 14182
Canadian Kennel Club, concerns re breeder regulation 14162
Dickie, Owen, death 14122
Discrimination and racism, B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians, legacy initiatives and funding 14281
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14280-1
Legislation
discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14280-1
use of framework legislation and regulations 14119-20, 14185
NDP, position on agricultural land reserve 14317-8
Oral questions (response)
Impact of agricultural land reserve regulations on craft breweries 14317-8
Persephone Brewing Co., consultation by government on regulations 14317
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017
debate 13853, 14025, 14047, 14118-20, 14162-3, 14177-92
amendments 14081-2, 14185-6
consultation with stakeholders on bill 14025, 14120, 14190
debate on bill 14047
definitions 14177-81
definitions and amendment to add "brokers" 14118-9, 14177
implementation and regulations 14192
regulations and content of bill 14119-20
Routley, Bill, appreciation and public service 14280
Thornthwaite, Jane, advocacy for animal welfare legislation 14025, 14162
Tributes
Owen Dickie 14122

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