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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Macdonald, Norm (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
advocacy for Highway 1 improvements (Stone) 13712
appreciation (Routley, B.) 14001
campaign volunteers 13990
family, staff and colleagues thanked 13990-1
goals as MLA 13546
service as MLA (Ashton) 13994
Alberta, income assistance rates 13991
B.C. Hydro
financial management 13549
staffing 13549
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements 13547-8, 13992
donations to party 14353-5
donations by pharmaceutical industry 14355
fundraising activities and payments to Premier 13992
fundraising events involving Premier 13546-7, 13549
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 13991-3
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust 14354
performance 14353-5
performance and vision 13546-9
priorities 13991
throne speeches 13547
B.C. prosperity fund 13548
B.C. Rail, sale 13549, 14353-4
Budget debate 13990-3
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content and priorities 13991
Canadian National Railway Co., donations to B.C. Liberal Party and board chairman role as fundraiser 14353
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families 13549
Coleman, Rich, comments on B.C. income assistance and income in Third World 13991
Columbia Basin Trust, history 13547
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, issues 13546, 13549
Communities, community spirit and values 13991, 13993
Conroy, Ed, contributions 13547
Consumers, costs and user fees 13548
Democracy, role of politics and local decision-making 13546-7
Education system 13548
Election Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14353-6
Elections
2013 general election 13547-8
2017 general election 13547-50
campaign financing, donations and donors 13992
campaign financing reform and government action 14345-6
Evans, Corky, contributions 13547
Ewan, Glen, involvement in politics 13990
Forests and forest industry, mill explosions 13549
Government
accountability 13547-9
advertising and announcements 13992
policy development 13547
role and potential 13992-3
Health Ministry, health information breach investigation 13549, 14355
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta 13548, 13991
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements 13991
Horgan, John, leadership 13993
Imperial Metals Corp.
donations to B.C. Liberal Party 14354-5
Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 14355
Income assistance benefits, rates 13991
Jumbo Glacier resort
development and wilderness protection, petition tabled 14319
status as municipality 13548
Ktunaxa Nation, rights and Qat'muk declaration, petition tabled 14319
Liquefied natural gas development 13547-8
employment and revenue projections 13992
Medical Services Plan premiums 13548
Mines and mining industry, regulation and oversight 13549
NDP
candidates for election 13547
policies and priorities 13546-50, 13993
Occupational health and safety, workplace safety 13549
Politics and politicians
money and politics 14353-6
political philosophies and understanding of altruism 13992-3
Public debt
debt levels and debt via contractual obligations 13992
elimination 13548-9
Rand, Ayn, political philosophy in book Atlas Shrugged 13992-3
Sales tax elimination 13547-8
Seniors, funding for services 13548-9
Taft, Gerry
background 13547
NDP candidacy in Columbia River–Revelstoke 13993
Teck Resources Ltd.
donations to B.C. Liberal Party 14354
Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics 14354
Throne speech debate 13546-50
Woodfibre LNG facility project 13992
WorkSafe B.C., investigation of mill explosions 14355
McRae, Don (Comox Valley)

As subject
appreciation (Fassbender) 14004
constituents, colleagues, staff and family thanked 14420
experience as teacher 14116-7
experience of family life 14116
experience of pet ownership 14034-5
family and staff 13984
personal experience with home purchases and real estate market 13985
service as city councillor and MLA 13986-7, 13990
service as MLA 14116, 14419-20
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14116-7
consultation on bill with First Nations 14117
Adoption of children in government care
placement policy and director-of-adoption powers 14116-7
promotion and Adopt B.C. Kids website 14117
Agriculture Ministry, minister and staff commended 14036
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs, regulation 14035-7
cruelty prevention and protection 14036
legislation 14036
pets, rescue animals 14035
B.C. by region, coastal B.C., industries 14254-5
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13987-8
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, facilities, government funding 14036
B.C. training and education savings grant program 13989
Budget debate 13984-90
Budgets
2017-18 budget, content on seniors 13986
balanced and deficit budgets 13987
Campbell River, Timberline high school and North Island College joint campus 13989
Community Living B.C., budget 13988
Comox Valley constituency and area, description and boundary changes 13984-5
Credit rating, B.C. rating history 13987-8
Documents tabled
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee report 13607
Economy
conditions in 2009 13987
impact of commodity prices 13987
Employment and unemployment, employment programs, community and employer partnership program 14116
Ferries and ferry services, system 14254
Food and food industry, seafood industry 14254
Forests and forest industry, mills, technology and jobs 13989
Government
capital projects 13987
financial management 13988
ministries, social ministries 14116
revenues and revenue sources 13988
transfer payments from federal government 13988
G.P. Vanier Secondary School, seismic upgrade 13989
Health care system, costs and spending, factors 13990
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13985-6
social housing and rental assistance programs 13986
Income assistance
disability benefits 13988
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13988
funding 13988
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, political endorsement 13985
Kershaw, Paul, comments on NDP criticism of government budget 13986
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project 14254-5
K'ómoks First Nation leadership 13985
Krog, Leonard, debate on pet breeder legislation 14034
Legislature staff, appreciation 14420
Medical Services Plan, premium assistance for seniors 13986
MLAs, service 14420
Motions
Appointment of Representative for Children and Youth 13608
Nelson, train station project 14116
New Westminster, new school 13985
Oil and gas, oil spills, response capacity 14254-5
Ontario, government financial management 13987
Parliament Buildings, need for seismic upgrade 13989
Post-secondary education
role in economy and employment 13989
student financial assistance, interest on loans 13989
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14034-7
consultation with stakeholders on bill 14036
Private members' statements (response)
Our coast is worth defending 14254-5
Public service thanked 14420
Real estate industry, housing market 13985
Rempel, Nicole, election as First Nation chief 13985
Representative for Children and Youth
appointment 13607-8
office transition during appointment process 13608
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee, report presented 13607-8
Resources and resource industries
commodity prices 13987
employment 13989
Richard, Bernard, background and appointment as Representative for Children and Youth 13607-8
Schools, capital projects and upgrades 13985, 13989
Shipping industry, marine shipping activities and tanker use 14255
Skills training, government investment and support 13989
Spills, marine spills, marine safety system 14255
Standard and Poor's, comments on government financial management 13987
Statements by members
Service as MLA and message of appreciation 14419-20
Thornthwaite, Jane, advocacy for animal welfare legislation 14036
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, contributions as Representative for Children and Youth 13608
Mark, Melanie (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

As subject
comments on Children and Family Development Ministry (Cadieux) 13966
constituents, staff and family thanked 13971
experience as indigenous person 14302-3
family experience of racism 14303
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14103-5, 14192-202, 14214-8, 14219-27
consultation on bill with First Nations 14103-5, 14194-5
consultation on bill with stakeholders 14221
retroactivity 14225-6
Adoption of children in government care
adoption worker training 14225
caregivers and prospective adoptive parents 14218, 14219, 14225
court applications 14215-8, 14219-20
placement policy and director-of-adoption powers 14103-5, 14192-202, 14214-8, 14219-27
placement policy and international adoptions 14197, 14200, 14221
siblings 14215, 14219
use and disclosure of personal information 14103-4, 14221-5
Blueberry River First Nations, negotiations with government on treaty land entitlement claim 13905
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 13972
B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 13971-5
Budget debate 13971-5
Child protection system
children in government care
placement issues for vulnerable youth 13535
reporting of assaults 13603
support for youth and transition out of care 13964, 14176
contracted services 13535
contracted services and oversight 13964
duty to report 13603
handling of cases and response to youth deaths 13603, 13964-5
system and funding 13975
Children and youth, child care
affordability and availability 13653, 13974
plan proposal and government investment 13653
role of grandparents 13653
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history and activism 14302-3
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, history 14303
Climate change, government action 13974
Communities, quality of life, impact of affordability issues 13973-4
Community Living B.C., services and supports for clients with mental health and substance use issues 14176
Community Vision, government contract and services to children in care 13964
Consumers, costs and user fees 13653, 13972
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14303
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians, apology and reconciliation process 14302-3
past discriminatory practices, role of government and reconciliation 14301-3
recent incidents and trends 14303
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14301-3
Education funding and system 13974
Elections, voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14302
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, services and funding 14176
First Nations
children
adoption of children 14103-5, 14193-202, 14217, 14220, 14222-4, 14227
children in government care 14103-5
history of treatment by government 14302-3
reconciliation and government action on issues 13975
Foster care, case of youth transitioning out of foster care 14176
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13535, 13602-3, 13964, 13965
Government, capital projects, costs and management 13972
Homelessness, incidence and government action 13971
Housing
affordability and supply 13973
affordable housing, government action 13973
rental housing, fixed-term leases 14209-10
Income assistance benefits, rates 13973
Income disparity and social inequality 13971-2
Indian Act (federal), provisions 14302
International Women's Day 14169-70
John, Ed, recommendations to government 14103-5, 14193, 14195-6, 14202, 14216, 14223-4
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14301-2
Lion's Den Cafe 14010-1
Liquefied natural gas development 13972
MLAs, members of ethnic minority heritage 14303
Motions
Child care and early learning plan 13653-4
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14302
Oral questions
Blueberry River First Nations negotiations with government and role of MLA 13905
Fixed-term tenancies 14209-10
Foster care case and support for youth transitioning out of care 14176
Government response to report on youth death case 13535
Government response to youth death cases 13964
Reporting of assaults in youth death case 13602-3
Pimm, Pat, role re government negotiations with Blueberry River First Nations 13905
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13974
Public debt levels 13972
Real estate industry, property market, impact on business rents 13974
Representative for Children and Youth
consultation on adoption legislation 14104, 14196-7
report on death of Alex Gervais 13603
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment plan 13972
Schools, closings 13973-4
Sexual violence
sexual exploitation of children and youth, prevention 14169
sexualized violence against women and girls 14169
S.H., death and experience in government care 13964
Small business
costs for rented premises 13974
role in economy and communities 13974, 14010
taxation 13971, 13974
Social welfare, social deficits 13971
Statements by members
International Women's Day and prevention of sexual violence 14169-70
Small businesses in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant 14010-1
Substance abuse and addiction, opioid overdoses, deaths and response 13974
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on adoption case 14192-5, 14197
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13974
Taxation, government policies 13972
Transit services, B.C. Bus Pass program, changes 13972
Vancouver
child care affordability and availability 13653
housing affordability and rental housing issues 13973
Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
description and issues 13971-4
small businesses 14010-1
Violence against women, government action and funding 13973
Waterside Child Development Centre, closing of child care facility 13653-4
Women, women's equality and diversity 14169-70
Women's Memorial March 13974-5
Martin, John (Chilliwack)

As subject
comments in budget debate (Krog) 13773-4
Adoption of children in government care 13545
Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., comments on government budget 13771
Association of Registered Nurses of B.C., comments on government budget 13773
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, comments on government budget 13770
B.C. Federation of Students, comments on government budget 13773
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13543, 13546
Budget debate 13770-3
Budgets
balanced budgets 13770-2
budgets 13771
Budgets, 2017-18 budget
priorities 13770-1
response from business and other organizations 13770-3
Burnaby Board of Trade, comments on government budget 13772
Business Council of B.C., comments on government budget 13770-1
Canadian Home Builders Association of B.C., comments on government budget 13773
Canadian Taxpayers Federation, comments on government budget 13772-3
Catalyst Paper Corp., comments on government budget 13771
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C., comments on government budget 13771
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families 13545-6
Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, Stan Rogers Legacy Award 13660
Chilliwack, government investment 13544
Chilliwack Search and Rescue, funding 13544
Council of Forest Industries, comments on government budget 13771-2
Documents tabled
Parliamentary Reform Committee
third report for fifth session of 40th parliament 13666-7
Economy
role in funding government services and infrastructure 13543
role of government 13542-4, 13546
Emerson, David, role re softwood lumber agreement 13544
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs 13544-5
government job strategy 13543-4
Environment, environmental protection 13545
Food and food industry, agrifood and seafood industries 13543
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 13544, 13771-2
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13544
Fraser River, Experience the Fraser trail network project 13544
Fraser Valley, transportation improvements 13544
Government, financial management 13771-2
Great Bear Rainforest, establishment 13545
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, comments on government budget 13771, 13773
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 13545
Health care funding, mental health and addiction services for youth 13773
High-technology industry, government tech strategy 13543
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 13545
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, B.C. HOME partnership program 13545
Horgan, John, position on issues 13545
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 13545
Income assistance, employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13545-6
Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, comments on government budget 13772
Industry sectors 13543
Infrastructure projects 13544-6
Investment Industry Association of Canada, comments on government budget 13772
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, comments on government budget 13772
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project 13544
Liquefied natural gas development 13544
McDonald, Trevor, contributions to arts and culture in Chilliwack 13660
Medical Services Plan premiums 13772-3
Mines and mining industry, tax credits 13771
Mining Suppliers Association of B.C., comments on government budget 13772
Molson Coors Brewing Co., proposed brewery in Chilliwack 13544
NDP, position on issues 13544-6
Oil and gas, pipeline proposals, five conditions 13544
Parks, government investment 13545
Parliamentary Reform Committee
third report for fifth session of 40th parliament, estimates process and select standing committees, presented 13666-7
Public debt
debt-servicing costs 13772
operating debt 13771
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13771-3
Site C power project 13544-5
Small business taxation 13771-2
Statements by members
Trevor McDonald 13660
Surrey Board of Trade, comments on government budget 13772-3
Taxation, government policies 13770-3
Throne speech debate 13542-6
Tourism industry 13543
Trade, exports and diversification of markets 13543-4
Morris, Hon. Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)

As subject
experience as police officer with youth suicide case 14111-2
report on wildlife management (Conroy) 13718
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14111-2
Adoption of children in government care, placement policy 14111-2
B.C. Wildfire Service, investigations and cost recovery activities 14091
Corrections system, mental health services 14378-9
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, investigations and time limits 14090-1
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14090-2
Hunting, e-licence system and online transactions 14091-2
John, Ed, recommendations to government 14111-2
Mental health, mental illness, services and role of corrections system 14378-9
Oral questions (response)
Mental health and addiction services 14378-9
Police and policing, police officers, role 14112
Wildfire Act, amendments 14090-1
Mungall, Michelle (Nelson-Creston)

As subject
experience of international travel and community development programs 13921
staff thanked 13918
Alford, Jessica, income assistance and maternity leave benefits case 13920
Auditor General, reports and reviews 14277
Bendig, Tessa, work and maternity leave 13918
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 14277
fundraising activities and payments to Premier 13920
B.C. Liberal Party government
policies 14277
priorities 13920-2
Budget debate 13918-22
Budgets, election-year budgets 13918-9
Cerner Corp., e-health systems 13664
Child protection system, contracted services and care provider qualifications 13537
Clark, Christy, fundraising activities and income from B.C. Liberal Party 13920
Coleman, Rich, comments on B.C. income assistance and income in Third World 13921
Consumers, costs and user fees 13919
Education, government investment and support 13919
Elections, campaign financing, reform and government action 14277
Food banks 13919
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13537
Health care system 13919
e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 13664
Homelessness, incidence and government action 13919-20, 14078
Housing
affordability 14077-8
affordable housing, proposal for government initiatives 14078
social housing 13919
temporary housing and shelters 13856-7
Income assistance
deductions and exemptions, child support payments 13838
deductions and exemptions, child support payments and maternity leave benefits 13920
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13838-9
recipients, access to post-secondary education by single parents 13839
Income disparity and social inequality 13919-21
Jumbo Glacier resort
development and wilderness protection, petitions tabled 14319
status as municipality and funding 14319
Langille, Laurie, work as constituency assistant 13918
Lower Mainland, homelessness and tent cities 13920
Maple Ridge, Iron Horse homeless shelter for youth, status and funding 13856-7
Medical Services Plan premiums 13919, 13921-2
MLAs, retiring MLAs, recognition of service 13918
Motions
Homelessness 14077-8
Nelson Food Cupboard, operations 13919
Nelson-Creston constituency and area, housing and homelessness 14078
Oral questions
Election campaign financing reform 14277
Funding for Maple Ridge youth shelter 13856-7
Jumbo Glacier resort municipality and funding 14319
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority information technology project 13664
Youth death case and oversight of contracted services 13537
Petitions
Jumbo Glacier resort development and Ktunaxa Nation rights, petition tabled 14319
Pineiro, Jesse, work in constituency office 13918
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14277
Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2017, debate 13853
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13839, 13853, 13921
Private members' statements (response)
Single-parent employment initiative 13838-9
Privilege
reserving right to raise point of personal privilege 14177
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 13919

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