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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Shin, Jane Jae Kyung (Burnaby-Lougheed)

As subject
colleagues, stakeholders, supporters and family thanked 14431
experience as MLA 14430-1
mentorship as new MLA 14312
work on electronic petitions legislation (Holman) 13599
Democracy, democratic values in B.C. and Canada 14430-1
Hammell, Sue, service as MLA and cabinet minister and community contributions 14312-3
Immigration, immigrants to B.C. and Canada, experience of democracy 14430-1
MLAs
recognition of service 14312-3
role 14431
Social welfare, government policies 14431
Statements by members
Mentorship and service to Legislature by Sue Hammell 14312-3
Throne speech debate 14430-1
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)

As subject
House prayer and quotation of aunt's comments 13681
role as MLA 13682
staff, partner and family thanked 13681-2
work in child protection system 13684
Adoption of children in government care 13768-9
Agricultural Land Commission, applications for non-farm use 14317-8
Agricultural land reserve, non-farm use, breweries 14317-8
Arts and culture, government funding 13682
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 14380
Beer and beer industry, craft-brewing industry, government support 14317-8
B.C. Liberal Party government
accountability and transparency 13768
performance 13766-7
priorities 13683-5
Budget debate 13766-70
Budgets
2017-18 budget, revenue projections 13767
election-year budgets 13766
Child protection system
child protection workers, caseload and supply 13768, 13770
children in government care, reporting of assaults 13604
duty to report 13604
residential services for complex needs 13770
system 13683-5, 13767-70
Children and Family Development Ministry
budget 13684
changes in structure and operations 13684
minister, accountability 13684
Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services, implementation of recommendations 13684
Communities, economic development and government support 13769
Consumers, taxes and user fees 13683
Corrections system, prisoners, rehabilitation and services 13683-4, 13769
Crime and criminals, crime prevention and reduction 13769
Dawe, Helen, comments on internment of Japanese Canadians 14419
Disabled persons, community living services 13768
Education
class size and composition 13766
government investment and support 13682
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 13706
fares and service levels 13769
system, management 13705
vessels, Island Sky and Salish Orca 13682
vessels, Queen of Chilliwack refit and sale 13705-6
First Nations
child protection system 13684
child protection system and funding 13768
Food banks 13767
Forests and forest industry, industry conditions 13767
Gervais, Alex, death while in government care 13604
Government
government investments 13682-3
programs and services, funding 13682-3
revenues, redistribution 13682-3
Gray, Myles, death in police incident 14174-5
Group homes 13769
Health care facilities and hospitals, government investment 13682
Homelessness
government action 13767
incidence and government action 13685
Iglauer, Edith, death 14165-6
Income rates for high-income earners 13683, 13685
Independent investigations office
budget 14175
investigation timelines and delays 14174-5
Japanese Canadians, internment during World War II 14419
Justice system, role and reforms 13769
Long-term and residential care
facilities, new facilities 13682
privatization and public facilities, petition tabled 13968
Medical Services Plan premiums 13769
Oral questions
Case completion times at independent investigations office 14174-5
Ferry system management and sale of ferries 13705-6
Impact of agricultural land reserve regulations on craft breweries 14317-8
Reporting of assaults in youth death case 13603-4
Residential care for seniors on Sunshine Coast 13967
Persephone Brewing Co., consultation by government on regulations 14317
Petitions
assisted dying provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 14380
public residential care facilities on Sunshine Coast 13968
Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area
cultural events, health care facilities and schools 13682
description 13681
ferry service 13682
homeless shelters 13685
residential care facilities 13967
residential care facilities, petition tabled 13968
residents of Japanese descent, internment during World War II 14419
resource industries 13683
Representative for Children and Youth
recommendations, implementation 13768
reports, deaths of children in care and government response 13685
Resources and resource industries, revenues to government 13683
Seniors care and support 13767
Social welfare
social deficit 13767
social programs and services, funding 13682-5
support system for vulnerable persons 13685, 13766, 13770
Statements by members
Internment of Japanese Canadian residents from Sunshine Coast 14419
Taxation
government policies 13683-5
role in social welfare system 13683-5
Teachers, government relationship with teachers 13766
Throne speech debate 13681-5
Tributes
Edith Iglauer 14165-6
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, service as Representative for Children and Youth 13768
Simpson, Shane (Vancouver-Hastings)

As subject
staff thanked 13935
B.C. Housing, financing of housing developments and disclosure of information 14423
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 14317, 14402
fundraising activities and payments to Premier 13938
Budget debate 13935-9
Budgets, election-year budgets 13935-6
Child protection system
children in government care, deaths and government response 13936
funding 13936
Chinese Canadians
discriminatory treatment, history 14287
head tax and exclusion from immigration 14287
Clark, Christy
fundraising activities and income from B.C. Liberal Party 13938
response to court ruling on teachers' collective bargaining 13936
Consumers, costs and user fees 13936-7
Debt, consumer debt 13938
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14288
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians, public consultation and report recommendations 14286
Komagata Maru incident 14287
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14286-8
recent incidents and trends 14288
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14286-8
Economy
conditions and regional differences 13937
diversification 13937-8
role of government 13938
Education funding 13936
Election Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14402-4
debate and process in Legislature 14404
purpose of bill 14402
Elections, campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations 14402-3
B.C. reputation and media coverage 14403
donations and reporting 14402-4
panel review proposal 14317, 14403
reform and government action 14277, 14317, 14403-4
regulation 14402-3
Emergencies
first responders, post-traumatic stress disorder and support 14008-9
search and rescue services and volunteers 14064-5
Employment and unemployment, job quality 13938
Europe, political climate and immigration policies 14288
Fires and firefighters, firefighters, contributions and memorial at B.C. Legislature 14079
First Nations
history of treatment by government 14287-8
residential schools and legacy 14287-8
Government, accountability and transparency 13600
Health care, federal funding and health transfers accord 13664-5
Immigration, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14287
Income assistance, disability benefits 13937
Income insecurity and ability to save 13938
Income tax rates for high-income earners 13937
Japanese Canadians, internment during World War II 14287
Jones, Tim, legacy as search-and-rescue leader 14064
Lake, Terry, comments on federal health funding and negotiations 13664
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14286
Liquefied natural gas development 13937-8
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13936
Medical Services Plan premiums 13937
Mitchell, Margaret, service as MP and legacy 14205-6
Multiculturalism, ethnic and cultural diversity 14288
NDP, MLAs, work on review of discriminatory legislation 14286
Ombudsperson, powers and role 13600
Oral questions
Committee on election campaign financing reform 14317
Election campaign financing reform 14277
Financing arrangements for housing projects in Vancouver 14423
Minimum wage 14376-7
Negotiations for federal health care funding 13664-5
PharmaNet system privacy breach 13607
Regulation of lobbyists and implementation of recommendations 14174
Residential tenancy branch budget and staffing 14210-1
PharmaCare program, PharmaNet system, privacy breach and government handling 13607
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14317
Post-traumatic stress disorder 14008-9
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13936, 14376-7
Private members' statements (response)
Recognizing search and rescue in B.C. 14064-5
Real estate industry, housing market, taxation and revenues to government 13937
Residential tenancy branch
budget and staffing 14210-1
fees 14210
Skills training, apprenticeship system and government support 13938-9
Statements
Memorial event for firefighters 14079
Statements by members
Margaret Mitchell 14205-6
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13936
U.S., political climate and immigration policies 14288
Vancouver, housing projects and social housing units 14423
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area, constituents and issues 13935-6
Wages and salaries
minimum wage 14376-7
wage levels 13937
Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2017, debate 13600
Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers 13600
Women's equality, advocacy 14205
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M233), debate 14008-9
Workers compensation, first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder 14008-9
Stilwell, Hon. Michelle (Parksville-Qualicum)

As subject
achievements and award for community sport contributions (Hogg) 14061
staff and family thanked 13979
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14103, 14117-8
retroactivity 14103, 14118
Adoption of children in government care
placement policy and director-of-adoption powers 14103, 14117-8
use and disclosure of personal information 14103
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13710
B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 13978
Budget debate 13975-9
Budgets, 2017-18 budget, balanced budget 13975
Child protection system, children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 14175-6
Community Living B.C.
budget 13978
budget and services for youth transitioning out of government care 14175-6
Economy
conditions 13976, 13978
economic development, NDP position 13979
Education, government investment and support 13977
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, services and funding 14176
Government, financial management 13976
Health care facilities and hospitals, government investment 13976
Health care funding 13976
mental health and addiction services for youth 13977
Health care system, services for seniors 13976
High-technology industry 13979
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, B.C. HOME partnership program 13977
Housing, affordable housing, government initiatives 13977
Income assistance
deductions and exemptions, child-related benefits 13978
disability benefits 13978
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13978
funding 13978
Medical Services Plan premiums 13976
Mental health children and youth, mental illness and addiction services 13977
NDP, position on economic development 13979
Oral questions (response)
Foster care case and support for youth transitioning out of care 14175-6
Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area
description and communities 13979
local government officials 13979
Petitions
assisted dying provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 13710
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 13977
Property transfer tax, exemption for first-time home buyers 13977
Seniors, government support 13976
Social Development and Social Innovation Ministry, staff thanked 13978
Social welfare, social programs and services, funding 13977-8
Vancouver Island University, facilities and programs 13977
Stilwell, Moira (Vancouver-Langara)

As subject
service as MLA and involvement in politics 13805-7
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments 13805-7
budgets 13805
Budget debate 13805-7
Campbell, Gordon, leadership as Premier 13806
Health status and outcomes 13806
MLAs, role 13806-7
Politics and politicians
politicians, campaigning and governing 13806
politics as vocation 13805-6
Vancouver-Langara constituency and area, constituents 13806
Stone, Hon. Todd (Kamloops–South Thompson)

As subject
appreciation (Lake) 14428
constituents, family and staff thanked 13698
response to questions about ICBC (Wickens) 13950
Automobiles, insurance rates 13735-7
Bell, Corinn, accomplishments 13699
BonBernard, Trudie, good citizenship medal recipient 13699
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments 13922-3, 13926
financial management 13710-1, 13926
financial management and policies 13736
B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship 13699
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re automobile insurance rates 13735
Budget debate 13922-6
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content and priorities 13922
Carbon tax and NDP position 13925
Century Farm Award 13699
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13923
Economy
conditions 13710, 13712, 13922
economic development, NDP position 13923-4
role in funding government services 13711, 13713
role of government 13710-3
Education system, outcomes 13711
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs 13710-1
job creation 13923-4
Fawcett, Rae and Ron, philanthropy 13699
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 13706
schedules and service levels 13705-6
system, sustainability 13706
vessels
procurement 13705
sale of vessels and disclosure of information 13705-6
Salish-class vessels 13705
First Nations, agreements with government 13710
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 13924
export of product and expansion of market 13924
government support 13924
Government, financial management 13923
Health care funding and system 13925
High-technology industry
employment and jobs 13698
government tech strategy 13924
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), government investment 13712
Highways and roads, projects 13926
Housing, affordable housing, government action 13925-6
Income assistance
benefits, earnings exemption 13712
disability benefits 13711-2
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13711
Infrastructure
government investment 13712, 13922, 13926
projects and NDP position 13926
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
claims costs 13735-6
financial management and operations 13735-7
revenues to government 13736-7
review of operations 13735
Investment, government investments 13711-2
Kamloops
accomplishments of prominent citizens 13699
cost of living and population growth 13698
economy and industries 13698-9, 13710
events and tournaments 13698
infrastructure, government investment 13712
Kamloops–South Thompson constituency and area, local government and school district officials 13698
Labour, government handling of labour relations 13710
Lake, Terry, appreciation 13698
Liquefied natural gas development 13924
Macdonald, Norm, advocacy for Highway 1 improvements 13712
Medical Services Plan premiums 13924-5
Miltimore, Mike, guitar business and accomplishments 13699
Mines and mining industry, industry conditions and government support 13924
NDP
performance as government 13923-5
policies and priorities 13923
position on issues 13713
additional property transfer tax for foreign buyers 13925
carbon tax 13925
economic development 13923-4
infrastructure projects 13926
Oral questions (response)
Ferry system management and sale of ferries 13705-6
ICBC revenues and automobile insurance rates 13735-7
Post-secondary education funding and system 13925
Poverty reduction 13712
Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers, NDP position 13925
Public debt
debt levels 13710
debt-to-GDP ratio 13922
Royal Inland Hospital, redevelopment projects 13712
Site C power project 13924
Small business, government support 13710
Social welfare
social programs and services, funding and outcomes 13711-2, 13925-6
support system for vulnerable persons 13711-2
Streamline Transportation Technologies Inc., operations 13698-9
Taxation, government policies 13736, 13922, 13924-5
Thompson Rivers University
government investment and expansion 13698, 13712
trades and technology training 13712
Throne speech debate 13698-9, 13710-3
Trade, exports and diversification of markets 13710
Transportation infrastructure, projects and funding 13712, 13922, 13926
Turner family, farming history award recipients 13699
Wine industry 13699
Zubak, John, award recipient 13699
Sturdy, Jordan (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky)

B.C. Wildfire Service, investigations and cost recovery activities 14098-9
Carbon tax
international recognition 13849-50
NDP position 13850
revenue neutrality 13849-50
Emergencies, search and rescue services and volunteer memorial 14010
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, investigations and time limits 14097-9
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14097-9
Hunting, e-licence system and online transactions 14097-8
Motions
Carbon tax 13849-50
NDP, position on carbon tax 13850
Sports and recreation, outdoor recreation, mitigation of environmental impacts 13854
Squamish, logger sport day and spar poles 14099
Statements by members
Memorandum of understanding in Whistler-Blackcomb recreation area 14313
Sea to Sky area tourism and environmental management 13854
Search and rescue teams and volunteer memorial 14010
Troll's Restaurant 13704
Troll's Restaurant, history in Horseshoe Bay and proprietors 13704
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area
fires in area 14098-9
hunting and fishing activities 14097
outdoor recreation and environmental management issues 13854
Whistler-Blackcomb controlled recreation area, master development agreement and First Nations involvement 14313
Sullivan, Sam (Vancouver–False Creek)

As subject
staff and family thanked 13825
African Americans, role in B.C. history 14284-5
AIDS treatment 14207
Arts and culture
creative sector and creative economy strategy 13828
government funding and initiatives 13828
Begbie, Matthew, role in B.C. history 14285
Black Canadians, history in B.C. 14284-5
B.C. Arts Council, funding and role 13828
B.C., history of settlement 14284-6
Budget debate 13825-8
Budgets, 2017-18 budget 13825-6
Canada, Senate, history 14285
Cardiac health, complex care 14207
Chinese Canadians
discriminatory treatment, history 14285-6
history of settlement in B.C. 14284-5
De Cosmos, Amor, role in B.C. history 14285
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 14169
B.C. government apology for treatment of Chinese Canadians
legacy initiatives and funding 14286
past discriminatory practices and role of government 14285-6
past discriminatory practices, opposition 14285-6
racist and anti-Semitic hatred and violence 14169
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14284-6
Documents tabled
Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, report for sixth session of 40th parliament 14427
Douglas, James, role in B.C. history 14284-6
Economy, conditions 13826
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, facilities and funding 13827-8
First Nations history
role of European colonization and settlement 14284-6
treatment by government 14285-6
Government
"company states" as form of government 14284
procurement practices and system 14253
spending 13826
Health care system 13638
funding 13639
health professionals and workers, supply and training of health professionals 13638-9
surgical services 13639
Helmcken, John, role in B.C. history 14286
High-technology industry
employment and training 14251-2
government support and tech strategy 14251-3
High-technology industry, government support and tech strategy 13827
Homelessness, government action 14077
Housing
government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels 14077
social and subsidized housing, government investment 14077
Hudson's Bay Company, role in B.C. history 14284-6
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, remote and rural communities 13827, 14252-3
Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, report for sixth session of 40th parliament presented 14427
Jewish Canadians, participation in political office in B.C. 14169
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, bomb threat and response 14169
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14284
Lord Dufferin, role as Governor General of Canada 14285
McCreight, John, role in B.C. history 14285
Medical Services Plan premiums 13826
Motions
Homelessness 14077
Multiculturalism, ethnic and cultural diversity 14169, 14284-6
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment in technology facilities 14251
Private members' statements
B.C. tech week 14251-3
Private members' statements (response)
Waiting too long for health care 13638-9
St. Paul's Hospital
centres for specialized care 14207
redevelopment project and campus of care 13826-7
redevelopment project and history 14207
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13826
School district 39 (Vancouver), new schools and upgrades 13825
Science and technology, sectors 13827
Skills training, government skills and training plan 14251
Statements by members
Bomb threat at Jewish community centre 14169
St. Paul's Hospital 14207
Times Colonist (Victoria), historical articles on Chinese immigration 14285-6
Times (London), 1860 article on Chinese immigration to B.C. 14284
U.S., emigration to B.C., history 14285
Vancouver
homelessness 14077
post-secondary education, Great Northern Way Campus 13827
technology sector 13827
Vancouver General Hospital, capital investment in operating rooms 13639
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area
arts and culture facilities 13828
description and economic activities 13825
Working Men's Protective Association, history 14285
Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver–Capilano)

As subject
experience at government records warehouse in U.S. 14341
health status (Coleman) 13742
relationship with Chinese Canadians 14248
Arts and culture, creative sector and role in economy 14312
B.C. Arts Council, role and allocation of funding 14312
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13887-9
Budget debate 13887-9
Budgets, 2017-18 budget
content and priorities 13889
transparency and veracity 13887-8
Budgets, balanced budgets 13887-8
Charities, charitable foundations 13659-60
Chief records officer, powers and role 14341
Chinese Canadians, discriminatory treatment, history 14248
Corporations, discriminatory legislation and past practices 14248
Discrimination and racism, past discriminatory practices and role of government 14247-8
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act, debate 14247-8
Freedom of information, access to information 14341-2
Government financial management, revenues and spending 13888-9
Government records management
digital records and data storage 14341-2
paper records 14341
record of government activities and oversight 14341-2
Hollyburn Ski Lodge, restoration by Hollyburn Heritage Society 13533
Information and communications technology
data creation and storage 14341
petabytes, definition 14341
Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14341-2
Lee, Bob, accomplishments and experience as Chinese Canadian 14248
Legislation, discriminatory legislation, review and repeal 14247-8
Loukidelis, David, recommendations on government records management 14341
MacKay, Alice, legacy 13659
Microsoft Corp., operations 14341
New Westminster, city government, discriminatory legislation and repeal 14248
North Shore, outdoor recreation on local mountains 13533
Ontario, government financial management 13888
Public Accounts Committee, work of committee 13887-8
Public debt, debt-servicing costs 13889
Standard and Poor's, comments on government financial management 13888
Statements by members
Creative sector and B.C. Arts Council 14312
Hollyburn Ski Lodge on North Shore 13533
Vancouver Foundation and West Vancouver Community Foundation 13659-60
U.S., state government financial management 13888
Vancouver Foundation, history 13659
West Vancouver Community Foundation, role 13659

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