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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Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

As subject
role in review of discriminatory legislation (Holman) 14238 (Robinson) 14242
Agriculture Ministry, budget and capital funding 14134
Anton, Suzanne, comments on court cases in Victoria 13782
Auditor General, The 2015-16 Public Accounts and the Auditor General's Findings report 14426
Batalia, Maple, legacy and family response to murder 14171
B.C. Hydro, financial management and reporting 14426
B.C. Liberal Party
fundraising activities 14128
fundraising activities and payments to Premier 13808
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 14267
February 2013 throne speech 13807-8
financial management 14426
B.C. prosperity fund 13807, 14426
Budget debate 13807-11
Budgets
2017-18 budget, interim supply 14131-5
election-year budgets 13807, 14131-3
Business, public-private partnerships 14135
Carbon tax
international recognition 13845
rate and role of federal government 13845-6
revenue neutrality and rebates 13846
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13609-10
Children and youth, child care affordability and role in economy 13808-9
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14230-1
Clark, Christy, fundraising activities and income from B.C. Liberal Party 13808
Climate change, government action 13845
Corporations, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14230-1
de Jong, Michael, comments on Medical Services Plan premiums 14267
Discrimination and racism
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians
apology and reconciliation process 14228-9, 14232
consultation and report recommendations 14229-30
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14229-32
racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence 13609-10
recent incidents and trends 13609-10, 14231-2
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14228-32
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14229
Economy, global economy conditions in 2008 14133
Education system 13809
Elections
campaign financing
B.C. reputation and media coverage 13808
regulation 14127-8
voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14230-1
Employment and unemployment
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14230-1
job creation and job quality 13808-9
Energy, electricity rates 13808
Finance Ministry
budget and capital funding 14133
Minister's office 14133-4
First Nations, history of treatment by government 14231
Georgia Straight, article on discriminatory legislation 14229
Government
advertising and announcements 13808
financial reporting, public accounts 14426
information technology systems, contracted services and costs 14252
Health care, capital funding 14135
High-technology industry
employment and training 14252
government support 14252
Home care, home and community care services 13809
Housing, social and subsidized housing, transfer of units to non-profit sector 14426
Income disparity and social inequality 13808-9
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 13808
Justice Ministry
Attorney General, role and responsibilities 14127-8
budget and capital funding 14135
Justice system
courts and court services, staffing levels and impact on criminal cases 13661-2, 13782-3
sheriffs, staffing levels 13661-2, 13782
Legislation
discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14228-31
discriminatory legislation, review staff commended 14229
private bills 14230
Liquefied natural gas development, employment and revenue projections 13807-8
Lobbyists, regulation and role in political fundraising 14127-8
Lower Mainland
housing supply 13810
South Fraser communities, post-secondary education access 13810
Maximus B.C. Health Inc., government contracts 14252
Medical Services Plan premiums 13808, 14267
Mines and mining industry, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14231
Motions
Carbon tax 13845-6
Medical Services Plan premiums 14267
Muslim Canadians, support 13609-10
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14229
New Westminster, city government, discriminatory legislation and repeal 14231
Oral questions
Donations to political parties and role of Attorney General 14127-8
Staffing levels for sheriffs 13661-2, 13782-3
Oral questions (response)
Auditor General report on public accounts 14426
Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, comments on private bills 14230
Post-secondary education, student spaces 13810-1
Poverty, working poor 13808
Premier's Office, budget and capital funding 14133
Prince George Chamber of Commerce, position on child care program 13808-9
Private members' statements (response)
B.C. tech week 14252
Provincial Voters Act Amendment Act, 1895, discriminatory provisions and repeal 14230
Public debt via contractual obligations 14426
Quesnelle Lake Dam Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14231
School district 36 (Surrey)
board recommendation on development moratorium 13810
capital funding and portable use 13810
costs and funding 13810
Schools, new facilities in areas of housing development 13810
Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus, student spaces 13810
Standing Order 35 motion
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13609-10
Statements by members
Legacy of Maple Batalia 14171
Supply Act (No. 1), 2017, debate 14131-5
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13809
Surrey
Islamic centres and mosques 13609-10
post-secondary education 13810
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry, budget and capital funding 14134
Turner, Lana, home care needs and service levels 13809
U.S., political climate and immigration policies 13610
Vancouver Gas Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14231
Victoria, court services, sheriff staffing and criminal cases 13661, 13782-3
Violence, domestic violence 14171
Wage levels 13808-9
Westminster Paper Co., discriminatory legislation and repeal 14231
Reid, Hon. Linda (Richmond East) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker in Subject Index
Reimer, Linda (Port Moody–Coquitlam)

As subject
experience as adopted child 14105-6
family and staff thanked 13677-8
55-Plus B.C. Games, hosting by Coquitlam 13679
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14105-6
consultation on bill with First Nations 14105
retroactivity 14106
Adoption of children in government care
placement policy and director-of-adoption powers 14105-6
promotion and Adopt B.C. Kids website 14106
use and disclosure of personal information 14105-6
Automobiles, electric vehicles 13680
B.C. Care Providers Association, role 13659
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13681
Canada Shandong Chinese Business Association, role 13679
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, review of poverty in B.C. in 1990s 14073
Children and youth
child care funding and spaces 13649
child care plan proposal and government investment 13649-50
early childhood development, government strategy 13649
Children of the Street Society, activities and funding 14082
Coast Salish peoples, history and language 13678
Coquitlam
Burke Mountain development, new school 13680
flood protection funding and 1948 flood event 13681
history and bear-human interactions 13678
Coquitlam Search and Rescue, funding and operations 13679
Economy
role in funding government services 13841
role of government 13681
sustainable development 13680
Electrical Joint Training Committee, trades training role and funding 13680
Emergencies
first responders, tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel 13679
search and rescue services, funding 13679
Families, tax credits for families with children, early childhood tax benefit 13649
First Nations, adoption of children 14105-6
Floods and floodplains, flood protection and dike planning, funding 13681
Health care system, health professionals and workers, care aides and community health workers 13659
Homelessness, government action 14072-3
Housing, social and subsidized housing, government investment 14073
Income assistance, employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13649
Investment climate 13681
Kitching, Ann, contributions and death 13679
Kwikwetlem First Nation, role in Coquitlam community 13678
Lower Mainland, transit services 13680
Mental health, mental illness and addiction services and facilities 13841
Minnekhada Middle School, replacement 13680
Motions
Child care and early learning plan 13649-50
Homelessness 14072-3
Multiculturalism, ethnic and cultural diversity 13680
Port Coquitlam, electrician trades training 13680
Port Moody
100th anniversary and arts community 13678-9
affordable housing project 14073
Port Moody Art Association, 50th anniversary 13679
Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area
accomplishments of constituents 13679
description and activities 13678-81
Postma, Hazel, accomplishments and retirement 13679
Post-secondary institutions, colleges, role 14124
Poverty incidence 14073
Private members' statements (response)
Riverview — a real campus of care 13841
Quebec, child care program 13649
Riverview facilities and lands, use and redevelopment 13841
Rotary Club of Coquitlam, 50th anniversary 14273
Royal Canadian Legion, Port Moody branch, history and new facility 13678-9
School district 43 (Coquitlam), seismic upgrades and new facilities 13680
Seniors Care Providers Day, proclamation 13659
Sexual violence, sexual exploitation of children and youth, prevention 14082
Shinhan Bank Canada, opening of B.C. branch 13681
Skills training
government skills and training plan 13680
trades training, funding 13680
women in skilled trades 13680
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Evergreen Line 13680
Statements by members
50th anniversary of Rotary Club of Coquitlam 14273
Children of the Street Society 14082
Colleges 14124
Senior Care Providers' Day 13659
Stephens, Drake, work on urban wildlife issues 13678
Throne speech debate 13677-81
Trade between B.C. and China 13679
Transportation, government plan 13680
Tri-Cities area, lunar new year celebrations 13679
Wildlife, bear-human interactions, Bear Smart program 13678
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

As subject
letter to Rich Coleman on housing issues 13930
staff thanked 13668
Abbotsford Regional Hospital, emergency services and admissions 13902-3
Acropolis Manor, care levels 13669
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14106-8
consultation on bill with First Nations 14107
Adoption of children in government care
placement policy and director-of-adoption powers 14106-7
use and disclosure of personal information 14107
B.C. by region
coastal communities, role of fishing industry 14124
northwest B.C., economic development and diversification 13532-3
northwest B.C., housing 13929-30
B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 13929
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 13668-70
actions and policies 13927
priorities 13668-70
B.C. prosperity fund 13669, 13929
Budget debate 13926-30
Budgets, election-year budgets 13927
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 13928
Children and youth, child care, affordability and availability 13668, 13928
Clark, Christy
actions as Premier 14262-3
comments on Medical Services Plan premiums 14263
Consumers, taxes and user fees 13669
Education
funding 13928
system 13670, 13928
Employment and unemployment, job creation and job quality 13668
Environment, environmental protection, government action on issues 13928-9
Ferries and ferry services, services to ferry-dependent communities 13669
First Nations
issues, government action 13668
treaties, B.C. treaty process and funding 13928
Fishing industry, government policies and local benefits 14124
Health care system
emergency services 13902-3
funding 13927
wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists 13927
Housing
affordable housing, government action 13929-30
rental housing issues 13930
social housing 13929-30
Income assistance benefits, shelter amount 13930
Income, low-income families and households, government support 14107
Infrastructure, government investment 13668
Justice system funding 13927-8
Kidney health, chronic kidney disease and kidney transplants 14207
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project 13929
Liquefied natural gas development 13668-70, 13929
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13669, 13927
Medical Services Plan premiums 13927, 14262-3
Mental health, mental illness and addiction, government action on issues 13927
Mills, Irene, kidney donation 14207
Miss Cory, sinking of fishing vessel 14122
Missing and murdered aboriginal women, issues 13600-1
Motions
Medical Services Plan premiums 14262-3
Oral questions
Conditions at Prince Rupert Middle School 14017, 14379
Emergency services at Abbotsford Hospital 13902-3
Parks system, funding and staffing 13928-9
Petitions
Prince Rupert Middle School building conditions and replacement 14380
Port of Prince Rupert, Fairview Container Terminal 13532-3
Poverty, child poverty 13668
Prince Rupert
housing issues 13930
infrastructure needs 13668
Prince Rupert Middle School
building conditions and replacement 13670, 14017, 14379
building conditions and replacement, petition tabled 14380
Public debt
debt levels 13928
elimination 13669
operating debt 13928
Representative for Children and Youth
consultation on adoption legislation 14107
reports, deaths of children in care and government response 13668
Residential tenancy branch, budget and operations 13927
Sales tax elimination 13669
Schools
health and safety 14017, 14379
seismic upgrades 13670, 13928
Small business taxation 13928
Statements by members
Fairview Container Terminal at Port of Prince Rupert 13532-3
Fishing industry policies and benefits to coastal communities 14124
Kidney donation and paired-exchange program 14207
Women's Memorial March 13600-1
Taxation, fair tax system 13669
Teachers
collective bargaining, court case 13670
government relationship with teachers 13670
Throne speech debate 13668-70
Transplantation of organs and tissues, paired-exchange program 14207
Tributes
Sinking of Miss Cory fishing vessel 14122
Water, drinking water quality 13930
Women's Memorial March, events and role 13600-1
Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
conversation on anti-Semitism 14244
experience as parent in need of child care 13650
experience as SHARE director and fundraiser coordination 13900-1
experience with records management in social services sector 14340
son's role in farmers market 14083
staff thanked 13587
visit to high school 14265-6
Agriculture, direct marketing and farmers markets 14082-3
Animals, ventilation and protection from overheating in vehicles, petition tabled 14278
Asian Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14243
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 14319
Autism services 13591
community fundraising 14206
B.C. Housing
financing of housing developments 14276
financing of housing developments and disclosure of information 14315-6
B.C. Liberal Party
fundraising activities 14127
fundraising activities and payments to Premier 13885-6
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 13886-7
throne speeches 13587
Budget debate 13884-7
Canucks Autism Network, organization and funding 14206
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13613
Child protection system, contracted services and care provider qualifications 13537
Children and youth, child care
affordability and availability 13650
role in economy 13650
role of grandparents 13650
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14242-4
Clark, Christy, fundraising activities and income from B.C. Liberal Party 13885-6
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 14069
Consumers
cost of living 13884-5
costs and user fees 13885
taxes and user fees 13589, 14265-6
Coquitlam Farmers Market 14082-3
Coquitlam, housing and homelessness 14072
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
constituent opioid addiction case 13840
constituents' concerns re affordability 13884-5
description and issues 13588-91
Discrimination and racism
anti-Semitism 14244
awareness and prevention 14241-2, 14244
awareness and response 13613
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14241-4
racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence 13613
recent incidents and trends 13613, 14241-2, 14244
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14241-4
Dix, Adrian, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14242
Donaldson, Jean, emergency admission to hospital 13966, 14086
Drugs, prescription drugs, affordability 13885
Eagle Ridge Hospital, emergency services and admissions 13966, 14086
Economy
conditions 13588-9
role of young people 13589
Education
funding 13886
system 13588, 13886
Elections
campaign financing
reform and government action 14276
regulation 14127
voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14243
Employment and unemployment
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14243
job creation and job quality 13588
Energy, electricity rates 13885
Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2017, debate 13600
Fraser Health Authority
facilities, beds and staffing 14086
residential care facilities 13738
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13537
Government records management
issues and government handling 14340-1
record of government activities 14340
Health care funding, residential care and services for seniors 13738
Health care system
care aides and community health workers 13665
emergency services 13966, 14086
waiting times 13966
Homelessness
incidence and government action 13858-9, 14072
measurement, homelessness count 13858-9, 14072
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 13589
affordability for young adults 13885
rental housing supply and affordability 14072
social housing 14072
Immigration, discriminatory legislation
language provisions 14243
past practices 14242-4
Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14340-1
mandatory vs. discretionary language issue and proposed amendment 14340-1
Johnson, Sarah, access to addiction services 14379
Justice Ministry, Attorney General, role and responsibilities 14127
Kwan, Jenny, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14242
Landeweer, William, access to mental health services 14378
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14241-4
Liquefied natural gas development 13587, 13886
Lobbyists, regulation and role in political fundraising 14127
Local government elections, campaign financing reform 13600
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13591, 13665, 13738, 13887
Lower Mainland, homelessness and tent cities 13858-9
Medical Services Plan premiums 13885, 14265-6
Mental health
mental illness and addiction
services 13589-90, 14378-9
services and facilities 13839-42
mental illness, services and role of corrections system 14378
Motions
Child care and early learning plan 13650
Homelessness 14072
Medical Services Plan premiums 14265-6
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14242
Niemöller, Martin, comments on discrimination and racism 13613
Oral questions
Care standards at seniors care facilities 13665, 13738
Donations to political parties and role of Attorney General 14127
Emergency services at hospitals 13966, 14086
Financing arrangements for housing projects in Vancouver 14315-6
Loan for condo presales marketing campaign and role of fundraiser 14276
Mental health and addiction services 14378-9
PharmaNet system privacy breach 13606-7
Provincewide homelessness count 13858-9
Youth death case and oversight of contracted services 13537
Petitions
provision of assisted dying in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 14319
public lands and centre of excellence proposal 14380
ventilation and protection from overheating while in vehicles, petition tabled 14278
PharmaCare program, PharmaNet system, privacy breach and government handling 13606-7
Physicians, family physicians, A GP for Me program 13886
Politics and politicians, money and politics 13600, 14276
Private members' statements
Riverview — a real campus of care 13839-42
Private members' statements (response)
Supporting winter sport in B.C. 14069-70
Public debt 13886
Ralston, Bruce, role in review of discriminatory legislation 14242
Rennie, Bob, real estate activities and role in B.C. Liberal Party 14276
Riverview facilities and lands
centre of excellence proposal and retention of public lands, petition tabled 14380
history 13839-40
proposal for mental health and addiction treatment facilities 13839-42
use and redevelopment, public consultation 13841
Rotary Club of Coquitlam, 50th anniversary fundraising dinner and sports gala 14206-7
Sandpiper Signs, operations and community contributions 14374
Seniors
care and support 13589, 13591, 13886-7
contributions to families 13650
Seniors advocate, report on seniors care facilities and staffing guidelines 13665
SHARE Family and Community Services, organization and fundraising gala 13900-1
Social welfare organizations, records management 14340
Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities, work of organization 13601
Sports and recreation
government funding and support 14069-70
winter sports 14069-70
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13613
Statements by members
Coquitlam Farmers Market 14082-3
Imagine gala fundraiser for SHARE Family and Community Services 13900-1
Rotary Club of Coquitlam sports gala event 14206-7
Sandpiper Signs 14374
Soroptomist International of the Tri-Cities 13601
Stewart, Richard, request for repurposing of Riverview building 13840
Substance abuse and addiction, opioid overdoses, deaths and response 13589-90, 13841-2
Taxation, fair tax system 13589
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 13588
Throne speech debate 13587-91
Tri-Cities area, community response to mosque shooting incident 13613
Vancouver, housing
condo project and presale marketing 14276
projects and social housing units 14315-6
Victoria, mental health and addiction services 14378-9
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
appreciation and public service (Bond) 13573 (Letnick) 14280 (Routley, D.) 14417
constituents, family and staff thanked 13998-9
experience as MLA 14280
experience in forest industry 14058-9
experience of discrimination issues and work in labour relations 14248-50, 14279-80
family history and values 14248
grandson 13570
life experience and role as MLA and union activist 13998-4001
parents 14000
personal experiences of pet care and ownership 14037-8
staff thanked 14055-6
use of "jiggery-pokery" term 14002 (Fassbender) 14002 (Weaver) 13630
Animals, breeders of cats and dogs, regulation 14037-9
Asian Canadians
discriminatory treatment, history 14279
South Asian community, discriminatory treatment 14249-50
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13968
Atwal, Ranjit, work for Children and Family Development Ministry 13570
B.C. Hydro, financial management 13570
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 13572-3
actions and policies 14002
throne speeches 13572
B.C. prosperity fund 13563
Brynlee, Diana, volunteerism 13999
Budget debate 13998-4002
Butler, Brian, work as union president 14001
Child protection system, children in government care, number 13570
Children and Family Development Ministry, response to constituency issues 13570
Children and youth, special needs children, government support and funding 13570
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14249
Consumers, taxes and user fees 13570-1
Cowichan Valley
children in government care 13570
Chinese-Canadian community and heritage sites 14248
government response to child and family issues 13570
housing and poverty, cases 13571-2
Cowichan Valley constituency and area, constituency office 13999-4000
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14280
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14248-50, 14279
past discriminatory practices, role of forest industry and trade unions 14249-50
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14248-50, 14279-80
Doman, Herb, handling of discrimination issues 14249
Elections, voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14249
Employment and unemployment
discriminatory legislation and past practices 14279
low-wage jobs in service industry 13572
Energy, electricity rates 13570
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, investigations and time limits 14056-7
First Nations, history of treatment by government 14248-9
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 13573
export of raw logs 14058
government forest policies, impact 13573, 14058-9
mills, operations and closings 13573
value-added sector 14058
workers, suicides 13573
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14055-9
Friendship FUNdamentals, services to special needs children 13570
Government regulations 14037
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, B.C. HOME partnership program 13571
Homelessness, incidence and government action 13571-2
Housing
affordable housing, affordability and supply 13571-2
rental housing, supply and affordability 13571
Hunting, e-licence system and online transactions 14056-7
Income disparity and social inequality 13571-2
Japan, market for B.C. wood products 14058
Labour, government handling of labour relations 14002
Language, use of "jiggery-pokery" and related terms 14002
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14249, 14279
Legislature, committee system, work of committees 14001
Liquefied natural gas development 13572-3
Macdonald, Norm, appreciation 14001
Mann, Tikka, discriminatory treatment and response 14249-50
Medical Services Plan premiums 13570-1
MLAs, retiring MLAs, recognition of service 14001
Mines and mining industry, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14279
Morgan, Doug, work and contributions 13999
Oral questions
Cleanup of soil dumping site in Shawnigan Lake watershed 14016-7
Permit for soil dumping in Shawnigan Lake watershed 13784-5
Petitions
provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 13968
Politics and politicians, language used for politics and politicians 14002
Poverty
government action 13571-2
working poor 13572
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14037-9
Public debt elimination 13572
Real estate industry, housing market 13571
Resources and resource industries, resource development, cumulative impacts 14056-7
Scalia, Antonin Gregory, use of language while on U.S. Supreme Court 14002
Shawnigan Lake
contaminated soil disposal sites 13784-5, 14016-7
drinking water quality 13784
Smithe, William, comments on taxation of Chinese Canadian workers 14279
Taxation, past discriminatory legislation 14279
Throne speech debate 13569-73
Toporowski, Debra, work and contributions 13999
Trade unions, role of labour movement and unions 14000-2
U.S., housing, sub-prime mortgage issue 13571
United Steelworkers Canada, work and leadership 14001
Vancouver Island, forest industry, past discriminatory practices 14249-50
Victoria City Kennel Club, members' concerns re breeder legislation 14037-9
Wages and salaries, past discriminatory legislation 14279
Wildlife populations 14056-7, 14059
Workers rights 14001-2
Youbou, mill operations, history and issues 14000
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
constituents and family thanked 13867
personal experience of pet ownership 14043-4
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs, regulation 14044-5
intelligence 14043-4
pets 14044
Arts and culture, economic and social benefits 13734
Boessenkool, Ken, position with government 14330, 14332
Botterell, Rob, comments on freedom of information 14329
B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, position on records management legislation 14329, 14384
B.C. Hydro, financial management and dividends to government 13867
B.C. Liberal Party
campaign statements 13871
donations to party 13618, 13620
B.C. Liberal Party government
actions and policies 13617-21, 13869-71
financial management 13619
priorities 13617-21, 13867-9
throne speeches 13619
B.C. Lottery Corporation, gaming website privacy breach 14331-2
B.C. prosperity fund 13871
B.C. Rail
sale 14330
Budget debate 13867-71
Budgets
2017-18 budget content and priorities 13867-8
balanced budgets 13620, 13867
election-year budgets 13869
Cerner Corp., e-health systems 13619
Chief records officer
powers and role 14381-2, 14385
relationship with government 14331
Coleman, Rich, comments on income assistance 13869
Consumers, costs and user fees 13620, 13868, 13870
Dobell, Ken, comments on government records management 14329
Duncan, Timothy, experience as political staff 14330
Economy
benefits, distribution 13868
conditions 13620-1
Education Ministry, data breach 14331
Education system 13869-70
Elections, campaign financing and donations 13868
Employment and unemployment, job creation and job quality 13617-8
Energy, independent power producers and projects 13868
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 13869
government forest policies, impact 13620
Freedom of information
access to information 13599, 14329-31
disclosure of information, embarrassment issue 14329-30, 14332
requests for information, government handling and "no records" responses 14331
requests for information, response times 14330
role in democracy 14329-30
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
amendments 14330
provisions 14331, 14381-2, 14384
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee, work of committee and recommendations 14329, 14331-3, 14384
Gabriola Arts Council, work of organization 13733-4
Gabriola Island, artists 13733-4
Gogolek, Vincent, comments on records management legislation 14332
Government
advertising and announcements, funding and partisan messaging 13868
assets, sale 13618, 13620
communications, use of photographers 13869
open government 14329-30
programs and services, funding 13620-1
public perception 13618, 13620
regulations, role 14044-5
Government communications and public engagement, budget 13869
Government records management
archiving of records 14332
issues and government handling 14329-33, 14382, 14385
legislation 14331, 14381-2, 14384-5
record of government activities 13599
record of government activities and oversight 14330-3, 14381-2, 14384-5
retention and disposal of records 13599
Gramlich, Ted, death in forest industry accident 14044
Health care system, IHealth electronic medical records system 13619, 13663
Health Ministry, health information breach investigation 14330
Highway 16, government consultation on transportation options and safety, freedom-of-information request 14330
Hoar, Tony, contributions to cycling and bicycle equipment design 13530
Homelessness, government action 13869-70
Immigration, benefits and role in economy 14273
Income assistance, privacy breach 14332
Information and Privacy Commissioner
recommendations on government records management 14331, 14382, 14384-5
role and responsibilities 14382
Information Management Act, provisions 14331, 14381, 14384
Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14328-33, 14381-2, 14384-6
mandatory vs. discretionary language issue and proposed amendment 14385-6
purpose of bill 14329-30, 14332-3
Legislature, Officers of the Legislature, independence 14382
Liquefied natural gas development 13619-20, 13871
Loukidelis, David, recommendations on government records management 14333, 14382
Madison, James, comments on access to government information 14329
Millar, Laura, comments on government records management 14332
Multiculturalism, government outreach strategy and partisan activities 14330
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, e-health system and patient safety 13663
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area
description 13867
impact of government policies on constituents 13870
NDP, policies and priorities 13621
Newfoundland, government records management 14333
Obama, Barack, comments on access to government information 14329
Oral questions
IHealth electronic records system at Nanaimo Hospital 13663
PharmaNet system privacy breach 13606
Petitions
glucose monitor coverage 14427
PharmaCare program
coverage of glucose monitors, petition tabled 14427
PharmaNet system, privacy breach and government handling 13606, 13663
Plamenatz, John, comments on access to government information 14329
Poverty incidence 13869
Premier's Office, freedom-of-information requests and record-keeping 14330
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14043-5
Privacy
breaches of personal information 14331-2
protection of personal information, role in democracy 14329
Public debt levels 13619
debt via contractual obligations 13870
Public Records Accountability Act, 2017, debate 13599
Routley, Bill, appreciation and public service 14417
Site C power project 13868
Small business, role in economy and communities 13621
Statements by members
Contributions of immigrants and refugees 14273
Gabriola Arts Council 13733-4
Substance abuse and addiction
illegal drugs, opioid production and regulation of equipment 13869
opioid overdoses, deaths and response 13869
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13869
Throne speech debate 13617-21
Tributes
Bill Routley 14417
Tony Hoar 13530
Virk, Amrik, responsibility for information management 14332
Rustad, Hon. John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
comments in budget debate (Trevena) 13800
conduct in House and knowledge of First Nations protocols (Donaldson) 13793-4
constituents, staff and family thanked 13796
Blueberry River First Nations, relationship with government 13906
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
economic development 13798
electoral boundaries and regions 13799
rural B.C., government investment 13799
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13800
B.C., population, migration to B.C. 13796-7
Budget debate 13796-800
Budgets
2017-18 budget content 13796
balanced budgets 13800
Buy Local program 13799
de Jong, Michael, comments in budget speech 13796-7
Donaldson, Doug, comments in budget debate and performance as MLA 13797
Economy, role in funding government services 13800
Education of First Nations people, graduation rate 13799-800
Elections, electoral boundaries, redistribution 13799
First Nations
agreements with government 13798, 13905-6
economic development and partnerships 13798
relationship with government 13906
Forests and forest industry, silviculture, reforestation and rehabilitation initiatives 13799
Government, financial management 13798
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, remote and rural communities 13799
Legislature, question period, First Nations topics 13798
Lelu Island, siting of LNG project, First Nations declaration and positions 13797
Medical Services Plan premiums 13797
MLAs, role 13906
Mines and mining industry
First Nations involvement in industry 13798
industry conditions and investment 13797-8
Nechako Lakes constituency and area, cattle industry 13796
NDP
MLAs, northwest MLAs 13798
position on trade agreements and partnerships 13799
Oral questions (response)
Blueberry River First Nations negotiations with government and role of MLA 13904-6
Parliament Buildings, land claim agreement with Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations 13796
Ross, Ellis, comments on First Nations employment and resource development 13798
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13797
Seniors care and support 13796
Small business taxation 13797
Taxation, government policies 13797
Trade
trade agreements and partnerships, NDP position 13799
trade and investment representatives and offices 13799
Treaty 8 First Nations
agreements with government 13905-6
treaty land issues 13904-5

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