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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Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola)

As subject
constituents thanked 13913
role as MLA 13569
staff thanked 13566-7
Ashcroft, transportation and storage terminal 13569
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
economic development and diversification 13567-9, 13916
economic development strategy 14256-8
government investment 13915-6
health care services 13568-9
physician recruitment and retention 13569
physicians 13916-7
rural dividend program 13567, 13916
rural dividend program and grants 14256, 14258
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, comments on government budget 13914
B.C., contributions of British Columbians 13913
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13913-4, 13915, 13918
Budget debate 13913-4, 13915-8
Budgets
2017-18 budget content and priorities 13914
balanced budgets 13914
Cache Creek, McAbee fossil beds heritage site in area 13901
Canada, 150th anniversary 14373
Clinton, annual May ball 14373
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13914, 13915
Economy
conditions 13913-4
role in funding government services and infrastructure 13917-8
Education funding, rural schools and rural education enhancement fund 13915-6
Employment and jobs 13569
First Nations, economic development and infrastructure 14256-7
Food and food industry, agrifood sector 13569
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., funding 14258
Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle infestation, community impact and transition 13567-8
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area
description and issues 13566-9
government investment 13916-7
government investment and rural dividend fund projects 14256
Health care system, reforms 13568-9
Heritage sites, conservation 13901
Highway 99, landslide near Lillooet, clearance and stabilization plan 13568, 13917
Highways and roads
maintenance and safety in rural areas 13568
projects 13917
Income assistance employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13567
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service in remote and rural communities 14084, 14258
Infrastructure, government investment 13914, 14256, 14258
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project 13569, 13836-7
Land use, land management initiatives 14256
Lytton Area Wireless Society 14084
Lytton, Internet service in area 14084
Medical Services Plan premiums 13914
Nicola Valley, Douglas Lake Road project and involvement of First Nations 13917
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
funding and programs 13916
Merritt campus 13916, 14256
Merritt campus and programs in northern B.C. 13567
Nurses, nurse practitioners 13917
Oil and gas, pipelines, five conditions for pipeline proposals 13836-7
Physicians
credentialling of foreign-trained physicians, practice-ready assessment program 13569
practice-ready assessment program 13916-7
supply and training 13917
Private members' statements
Rural economic development strategy 14256-8
Private members' statements (response)
Defending our coast and supporting good jobs for the future 13836-7
Public debt
debt management and debt-to-GDP ratio 13914
debt-servicing costs 13915
operating debt 13914
Resources and resource industries, industry conditions 13569
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13915, 14258
Skills training
government investment and support 13916, 14256
training for First Nations people 13567
Small business
government support 13915
role in economy and communities 13915
taxation 14258
Spills
marine spills, marine safety system 13836-7
spill preparedness and response 13836-7
Statements by members
150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation 14373
High-speed Internet service for Lytton area 14084
McAbee fossil beds heritage site 13901
Throne speech debate 13566-9
Tolko Industries Ltd., Merritt mill, closing 13568
Thomson, Hon. Steve (Kelowna-Mission)

As subject
family and staff thanked 13754
Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park, establishment 13756
Arts and culture, creative sector 13754
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural dividend program and economic development strategy 13756
B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 13754
B.C. Wildfire Service, investigations and cost recovery activities 13899, 14048
B.C. Wildlife Federation, consultation on hunting licence changes 14142, 14159
Budget debate 13753-7
Budgets, 2017-18 budget priorities 13754
Eagle Creek Studios, Kelowna facility project 13754
Economy
conditions 13754
economic development and diversification 13754
role in funding government services and infrastructure 13754
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, investigations and time limits 13899, 14048, 14102, 14137-42
First Nations
identification cards and status card issues 14153-4
protection of cultural and sacred sites 14378
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., funding and role 13755-6
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 13757
industry, electricity costs 13757
silviculture, reforestation and rehabilitation initiatives 13756
softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13757
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, budget 13755-6
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2016, amendments 14161
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
debate 13898-9, 14047-8, 14102, 14137-61
commencement 14161
consultation on bill 14102, 14142-3
consultation with First Nations on bill 14143, 14146-7
definitions, "contravention" 14139-40
purpose of bill 13899
Formosa, Dave, comments on sales tax exemption for industrial electricity rates 13757
Fraser River, water lot leases and First Nations consultation 13784
Great Bear Rainforest agreement 13756
Guide-outfitters regulation 14150
Health care funding 13755
High-technology industry 13754
Housing
affordable housing, government initiatives 13755
social and subsidized housing, government investment 13755
Hunting
conservation and outdoor recreation education program 14143-9, 14160
e-licence system and online transactions 13899, 14047-8, 14102, 14142-61
elimination of resident hunter number card 14142, 14159-60
limited-entry hunting system 14156-8
offences and penalties 14149-52
online transactions 14155-8
proof-of-identity requirement 14152-5
licence fee revenues 14158
small-game hunting 14143-9
Kelowna
high-technology industry and innovation centre project 13754
social housing projects 13755
Land, access to public lands through private lands 13860-1
Land use, land management activities 13756
Medical Services Plan premiums 13755
Mental health of children and youth, mental illness and addiction services 13755
Musqueam First Nation, consultation by government 13784
Okanagan area
film and high-technology industries 13754
government investment and support 13754-5
Okanagan College
business program and students 13755
capital investment 13755
Oral questions (response)
Bridge removal and access to seniors' properties 14318-9
Conservation of Owl Island and return to Coast Salish Nations 14378
Public access to back-country areas on Vancouver Island 13860-1
Water lot leases on Fraser River 13784
Owl Island, conservation and role of First Nations 14378
Parks, government investment and campgrounds 13756
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 13755
Resources and resource industries, permitting process project and funding 13756-7
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13757
Trade
exports, diversification of markets 13757
trade and investment representatives and offices 13757
Vancouver Island, lands, public access to back-country and park areas 13860-1
Water lot leases, administration 13784
Wildfire Act, amendments 13899, 14047-8, 14102, 14137-42
Wildlife Act, amendments 13899, 14047-8, 14102, 14142-61
Wildlife, woodland caribou protection and recovery 13755
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
advocacy for animal welfare legislation 14027 (Letnick) 14025, 14162 (McRae) 14036 (Popham) 14025
constituents, family and staff thanked 13550
meetings with constituents 14356
Altered Carbon, film production 14272
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs
consumer awareness and public education 14028
regulation and legislation 13853
regulation and standards of care 14027-8
cruelty prevention and protection 14027-8
welfare, advocacy organizations 13853-4
Anxiety disorders, anxiety in children and youth, B.C. Friends program 13553
Arrow, film production 14272
Arts and culture, creative sector and role in economy 13933
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13709
B.C. Liberal Party government
accomplishments 14264
financial management 13550
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Cupcake Day fundraiser 13853-4
facilities, government funding 13554, 13853, 14028
funding 13935
B.C. training and education savings grant program 13934
Budget debate 13931-5
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content and priorities 13931
Business Council of B.C., comments on government budget 13931
Canadian Taxpayers Federation, comments on government budget 13932
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, codes of practice for kennel and cattery operations 14028
Carbon tax
international recognition 13843
revenue neutrality and rebates 13844
Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, shooting incident and deaths, response 13550, 13612-3
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 13935
Children and youth, child care spaces and funding 13933-4
Children and Youth Committee
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament, 2015-16 annual report, presented 13739
members thanked 13739
special project on youth mental health 13553, 13739, 13935, 14207
work of committee 13739
Climate change, government action 13551, 13843-4
Coyne, Andrew, comments on mosque shooting incident 13613
Credit rating, B.C. rating 13550, 13931
DarkVision Technologies Inc., operations 13551, 13932
Disabled persons, community living services 13935
Discrimination and racism
awareness and response 13612-3
racist and Islamophobic hatred and violence 13612-3
recent incidents and trends 13613
Documents tabled
Children and Youth Committee
first report for fifth session of 40th parliament, 2015-16 annual report 13739
Economy
diversification 13551
role of government 13550
Education funding 13933
Election Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14356-8
Elections, campaign financing 14356-8
Emergencies
first responders, tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel 14065
search and rescue services
funding and services 14064-5
volunteers and memorial 14063-5
Emerson, David, role re softwood lumber agreement 13932
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 13932
Film industry
industry and role in economy 13554, 13933, 14272
tax credits 13933
Forests and forest industry, softwood lumber agreement with U.S. 13932
Foundry North Shore, services for youth 13553, 13935
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., operations 14272
Government, financial management 13931
Granville Youth Health Centre, service model 13553
Great Bear Rainforest, establishment 13551
Green Party, donations to party 14357
High-technology industry 13932-3
government tech strategy 13551
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), lower Lynn corridor improvement project 13551, 13934
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers
B.C. HOME partnership program 13552
programs 13934
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons, certification initiative 13934
affordable housing, government initiatives 13551-2, 13934
social housing 13934
Income assistance, employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 13554
Income tax rates 13931
Jones, Tim
death and legacy 13531-2
legacy as search-and-rescue leader 14064
Justice system, young offenders, Kimberly's law 14207-8
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project 13552
Lions Gate Hospital
Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education 13553
new acute care facility and Greta and Robert Ho Centre 13934-5
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 13551-2
Marshall-White, Fiona, contributions and death 13550, 14125
Medical Services Plan premiums 13932, 14264-5
Mental health of children and youth
integrated service delivery model 13553
mandatory treatment 14207-8
mental illness and addiction services 13553, 13935
services and funding 13552-4
Motions
Carbon tax 13843-4
Medical Services Plan premiums 14264-5
Mount Seymour Provincial Park, Tim Jones Peak 13531
NDP, fundraising activities 14356-7
North Shore
government investment 13934-5
meetings on transportation and housing 13934
mental health and addiction services 13553
North Shore Rescue
leadership and work of organization 13531-2
work of organization 14064
North Vancouver, film production 14272
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
description and issues 13551-3
parks and recreation 13551
Oil and gas, pipeline proposals, five conditions 13552
Parks, government investment 13551, 13935
Petitions
assisted dying provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 13709
Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying event 13733
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14356
Post-secondary education
enrolment 13934
student financial assistance, interest on loans 13934
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14027-8
consultation with stakeholders on bill 14027-8
Private members' statements (response)
Recognizing search and rescue in B.C. 14063-5
Proctor, Kimberly, death and family's response to justice system issues 14207-8
Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers 13552
Public debt
debt management and debt-to-GDP ratio 13931
debt-servicing costs 13931
Sales tax, application to electricity costs, exemption for business and industry 13921-2
School district 44 (North Vancouver), capital projects 13550-1
Schools
capital projects and upgrades 13550-1, 13933
supplies 13933
Seaspan, operations and workforce 13552
Small business taxation 13931
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Islamophobia and systemic racism 13612-3
Statements by members
Film industry 14272
Fiona Marshall-White 14125
Kimberly's law 14207-8
Pink Shirt Day and prevention of bullying 13733
SPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser and animal welfare advocacy 13853-4
Tim Jones Peak and North Shore Rescue 13531-2
Supernatural, film production 14272
Throne speech debate 13550-4
Trade
exports, diversification of markets 13932
government approach to trade and protectionism issue 13932
trade between B.C. and U.S. 13932
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, contributions as Representative for Children and Youth 13739
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, youth mental health services 13553
Violence, bullying and violence at school
ERASE Bullying strategy 13552-3
prevention initiatives 13552-3, 13733
Throness, Laurie (Chilliwack-Hope)

As subject
constituents, staff and volunteers thanked 13817-8
death of friend 14170
involvement in politics 13820
work as MLA 13817
Animals
breeders of cats and dogs, regulation and standards of care 14039-40
cruelty prevention and protection 14039-40
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13709
Austin, Robin, service commended 14350
B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 13820-1
B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Chilliwack facility and government funding of facilities 14039
enforcement role 14040
Budget debate 13817-21
Budgets, 2017-18 budget priorities and surplus 13819-20
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, codes of practice for kennel and cattery operations 14039
Chilliwack, Chinese New Year celebration and immigrants to area 13601-2
Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area
agriculture industry and livestock 14039
dairy farm cattle abuse case 14039-40
electoral district boundaries and name change 13817
government investment and infrastructure projects 13818
Cook, Russell Edward, life and death from brain injury 14170
Cultus Lake Park, governance changes 13818
Dairy industry, welfare of dairy cows and standards of care 14039-40
Death, cultural response to sudden death 14170
Democracy, market-based analysis 14352
Economy
conditions 13818-9
role of government 13819
sustainable development 14012, 14352
Election Act, amendments 14351
Election Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14350-3
Elections, campaign financing reform 14350-3
Elections, electoral boundaries, redistribution 13817
Fraser Valley, transit services 13818
Health care funding 13819
Home ownership, first-time homebuyers, B.C. HOME partnership program 13820
Infrastructure, government investment 13821
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, position on infrastructure projects and political endorsement 14351
Leap Manifesto, NDP position 14352
Lhá:lt/Harrison-Chehalis wildlife management area, establishment and negotiation process 14011-2
Liquefied natural gas development 13821
Medical Services Plan premiums 13819, 14266-7
Monty, Jacqueline, employment at constituency office 13817-8
Motions
Medical Services Plan premiums 14266-7
NDP
donations to party 14351-2
fundraising activities and letter 14352
performance as government, campaign financing reform 14351
policies, taxation policies 14266-7
position on Leap Manifesto 14352
relationship with trade unions 14351
Petitions
assisted dying provision in hospice facilities and regulation of professionals 13709
Politics and politicians, political parties 14351-2
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017
debate 14039-40
consultation with stakeholders on bill 14039
Property transfer tax, exemption for newly-built homes 13820
Public debt-to-GDP ratio 13818-9
Society, valuation of humans and animals 14040
Statements by members
Chinese New Year celebration and immigrants to Chilliwack 13601-2
Lhá:lt/Harrison-Chehalis wildlife management area 14011-2
Russell Edward Cook 14170
Substance abuse and addiction
cost to society 13819
opioid overdoses, deaths and response 13819-20
response, harm reduction and recovery-based treatment 13820
Trade, exports, diversification of markets 13821
University of the Fraser Valley, programs and funding 13818
Trevena, Claire (North Island)

As subject
staff thanked 13562-3
Aquaculture, fish farms, management and First Nations consultation 14088
Assisted dying, provision and regulation, petition tabled 13786
B.C. by region, rural B.C., government investment 13804
B.C. Liberal Party, fundraising practices 14358-9
B.C. Liberal Party government
action on stated goals 13563
budgets and throne speeches 13800-1
performance and vision 13563-6
throne speeches 13563
Budget debate 13800-5
Budgets, 2017-18 budget content 13800, 13802
Campbell River Hospital, replacement project and hospital support services 13802-3
Canada, federal election campaign financing 14360
Cheekye River, bridge access for Moose Road residents in area 14318-9
Consumers, costs and user fees 13565-6
Democracy, concepts of citizen democracy and "shareholder" democracy 13800
Democracy Watch, comments on campaign financing legislation 14359
Echo Bay, diesel spill from fish farm in area waters 14088
Economy, role of government 13564
Education
funding 13564
parent advisory councils 13564
system 13801-2
Election Amendment Act, 2017, debate 14358-60
Elections
advertising 14359
campaign financing reform 14358-60
Energy, electricity rates 13565-6
E-Plus program 13565
Ferries and ferry services
fare increases 13804
ferries as part of transportation infrastructure 13804
vessels
procurement 13705
sale and disclosure of information 13704-5
Food and food industry, wasabi production and markets 13703
Forests and forest industry, industry conditions 13566
Great Bear Rainforest, forest management areas and First Nations involvement 13566
Health care system, health support workers 13803
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Langley section, 216th Street interchange project 14427
Highway 19 (Island Highway), maintenance and repairs 13804
Highway 28, accident deaths 14081
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 13804-5
Home care, home and community care services 13738-9, 13802
Income assistance system, handling of cases 13803
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, remote and rural communities 13566
Land, residents' access to property, government action 14318-9
Legislature, legislative calendar and sittings in 2016-17 13563
Liquefied natural gas development 13563
Long-term and residential care, care standards 13802
Malcolm Island, wasabi farming 13703
Medical Services Plan premiums 13801
MLAs, retiring MLAs, recognition of service 14360
Mines and mining industry, industry conditions 13566
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, deaths of members in road accident 14081
Naknakim, Rod, death and contributions to Lach-Kwil-Tach community 14372
NDP, policies and priorities 13565
North Island constituency and area
case of constituent on income assistance 13803
description 13803
description and issues 13562, 13564-6
Oral questions
Bridge removal and access to seniors' properties 14318-9
Ferry system management and sale of ferries 13704-5
Fuel spill at fish farm in Echo Bay 14088
Seniors care in Port McNeill 13738-9
Petitions
216th Street interchange project in Langley, petition tabled 14427
Politics and politicians, money and politics 14358-60
Port McNeill, seniors, access to bathing facilities and care 13564-5, 13738-9
Post-secondary education funding 13564
Post-secondary institutions, capital investment and projects 13564
Poverty reduction, government strategy 13565
Public debt
debt levels 13800
elimination 13563
Rustad, John, comments in budget debate 13800
Salvation Army, services on northern Vancouver Island 13565
School districts, costs and funding 13802
Seniors care and support 13564-5, 13738-9, 13802
Spills, marine spills, response capacity and role of First Nations 14088
Statements
Message of condolence 14081
Statements by members
Wasabi farm on Malcolm Island 13703
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 13564, 13801
Throne speech debate 13562-6
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 13804-5
Tributes
Rod Naknakim 14372
Vancouver Island
government support and vision 13804
north Island
forest and mining industries 13566
poverty 13565
rural areas, government investment 13803-4

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