Province of British Columbia
Sixth Session, 40th Parliament – 2017
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

ABOUT THE SUBJECT INDEX
Index contains information on subjects (people, places, organizations),
legislative procedure and parliamentary business,
including individual bills and estimates.
Index updated regularly during session.

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Back-country recreation See Sports and recreation
Bacy, Renaa

Position as director of adoptions (Polak) 14201-2
Bakshi, Tanmay

Presenter at tech summit event (Virk) 13634
Balance disorder See Brain health
Banks See Financial services industry
Banning Publicly-Funded Campaign Advertisements Act, 2017

(Bill M207) (Holman) 1R, 13597
Debate, speakers (Holman) 13597
Barden, Brett

Work as constituency assistant (Hammell) 14430
Barkerville, B.C.

Chinese-Canadian history and heritage site (Oakes) 14289-90
Barrett family

Contributions of Dave, Shirley and Andrew Barrett (Karagianis) 13910
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust See British Columbia Liberal Party government
Batalia, Maple

Legacy and family response to murder (Ralston) 14171
Bayview Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Maintenance and seismic upgrade needs (Eby) 13890
B.C. back-to-school tax credit See School supplies under Education
BCeSIS system See Information management under Education
BCTES See B.C. training and education savings grant program
Bears See Wildlife
Beckett, Sarah

Death (Throne speech) 13523
Beer and beer industry

Craft-brewing industry and B.C. Ale Trail initiative (Yap) 13640
Craft-brewing industry, government support (Simons) 14317-8
Bees and beekeeping industry

Ecological role of bees and advocacy for protection (Karagianis) 13913
Population health and bee-friendly plants and gardens (Karagianis) 13779
Begbie, Matthew

Role in B.C. history (Sullivan) 14285
Belanger, Anne

Concerns re services for special needs children (Darcy) 13583
Bell, Corinn

Accomplishments (Stone) 13699
Bellringer, Carol See Auditor General
Bendig, Tessa

Work and maternity leave (Mungall) 13918
Bergen, Richard

Good citizenship medal recipient (Barnett) 13584
Better at Home program See Home care
Bicycling See Cycling
Big Bend Transportation Co.

Discriminatory legislation repeal See also Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
(Dix) 14323
Big White Ski Resort Ltd., Kelowna, B.C.

Operations and events (Larson) 14069-70
Bike B.C.

Funding (Yamamoto) 13948
Bills See Bills by name; Bills by number; Legislation; Bills process under Legislature; particular bills
Bills by name See also Bills by number

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
Adoption Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 2)
Animal Liability Act, 2017 (Bill M239)
Anti-SLAPP Act, 2017 (Bill M230)
Banning Publicly-Funded Campaign Advertisements Act, 2017(Bill M207)
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 8)
Cash for Access Elimination Act, 2017 (Bill M203)
Community Charter Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M238)
Court Order Enforcement Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M227)
Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act (Bill 3)
Election Amendment Act 1, 2017 (Bill M220)
Election Amendment Act 2, 2017 (Bill M236)
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 4)
Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M202)
Election (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M208)
Employment Standards (Domestic Violence Leave) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M235)
Empowering Legislative Committees Act, 2017 (Bill M212)
Endangered Species Act, 2017 (Bill M224)
Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2017 (Bill M228)
Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2017 (Bill M215)
Family Day Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M204)
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)
First Responders Act, 2017 (Bill M217)
Fixed Fall Election Amendment Act (Bill M209)
Fixed Legislative Calendar Act, 2017 (Bill M211)
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 5)
Get Big Money out of Politics Act, 2017 (Bill M201)
Increasing Youth Participation in Elections Act, 2017 (Bill M218)
Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 6)
Lobbyist Registry Reform Act, 2017 (Bill M229)
Local Government Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M231)
Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M210)
Modernizing Public Participation in Democracy Act, 2017 (Bill M213)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M232)
Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2017 (Bill M225)
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 7)
Property Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M205)
Public Records Accountability Act, 2017 (Bill M214)
Recall and Initiative Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M219)
Rideshare Enabling Act, 2017 (Bill M206)
Right to Roam Act, 2017 (Bill M223)
Safe Care Act, 2017 (Bill M240)
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M221)
Species at Risk Protection Act, 2017 (Bill M226)
Supply Act (No. 1), 2017 (Bill 11)
University Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M222)
Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2017 (Bill M216)
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M234)
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M233)
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M237)
Bills by number

(* denotes bill having received royal assent)
1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
2.* Adoption Amendment Act, 2017
3.* Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
4. Election Amendment Act, 2017
5.* Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
6.* Information Management (Documenting Government Decisions) Amendment Act, 2017
7.* Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2017
8. Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017
9.* Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
11.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2017
M201. Get Big Money out of Politics Act, 2017
M202. Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017
M203. Cash for Access Elimination Act, 2017
M204. Family Day Amendment Act, 2017
M205. Property Law Amendment Act, 2017
M206. Rideshare Enabling Act, 2017
M207. Banning Publicly-Funded Campaign Advertisements Act, 2017
M208. Election (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2017
M209. Fixed Fall Election Amendment Act
M210. Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2017
M211. Fixed Legislative Calendar Act, 2017
M212. Empowering Legislative Committees Act, 2017
M213. Modernizing Public Participation in Democracy Act, 2017
M214. Public Records Accountability Act, 2017
M215. Fairness in Financing Local Government Elections Act, 2017
M216. Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2017
M217. First Responders Act, 2017
M218. Increasing Youth Participation in Elections Act, 2017
M219. Recall and Initiative Amendment Act, 2017
M220. Election Amendment Act 1, 2017
M221. School Amendment Act, 2017
M222. University Amendment Act, 2017
M223. Right to Roam Act, 2017
M224. Endangered Species Act, 2017
M225. Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act, 2017
M226. Species at Risk Protection Act, 2017
M227. Court Order Enforcement Amendment Act, 2017
M228. Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2017
M229. Lobbyist Registry Reform Act, 2017
M230. Anti-SLAPP Act, 2017
M231. Local Government Amendment Act, 2017
M232. Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2017
M233. Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2017
M234. Wildlife Amendment Act, 2017
M235. Employment Standards (Domestic Violence Leave) Amendment Act, 2017
M236. Election Amendment Act 2, 2017
M237. Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2017
M238. Community Charter Amendment Act, 2017
M239. Animal Liability Act, 2017
M240. Safe Care Act, 2017
Bing, Fred

Death and military service (Bing) 14206
Biodiversity See Environment
Birds See Wildlife
Bitumen spills See Oil spills under Oil and gas
BizPal initiative See Permitting process under Small business
Black Canadians

History in B.C. (Sullivan) 14284-5
Blackstock, Cindy

Case re funding for services to First Nations children See Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Blazkow family

Meeting with Environment Minister (Polak) 14376 (Popham) 14376
Soil contamination on property and responsibility for cleanup costs (Heyman) 14212-3 (Polak) 14212-3 (Popham) 14212
Blindness See Visual impairment
Blood and bone marrow

Blood supply and voluntary blood donations (Darcy) 13903-4 (Lake) 13904
Blood supply and voluntary blood donations, petition tabled (Darcy) 14381
Paid-donor plasma clinics and product safety (Darcy) 13903-4 (Lake) 13903-4
Safety of blood supply system in 1980s, inquiry See Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever Commission)
Blueberries See Food and food industry
Blueberry River First Nations

Negotiations with government on treaty land entitlement claim (Donaldson) 13906 (Fraser) 13557, 13817, 13904-5 (Mark) 13905
Relationship with government (Donaldson) 13906 (Rustad) 13906
Blueprint for skills training See Government skills and training plan under Skills training
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Collaborative work on spinal cord injuries (Heyman) 14084
Boards of education See School districts
Boards of trade

Position on child care (Conroy) 13715
Boessenkool, Ken

Position with government (Routley, D.) 14330, 14332
BonBernard, Trudie

Good citizenship medal recipient (Stone) 13699
Bonney, Brian

Role in B.C. Liberal Party (Corrigan) 13692
Bonsor 55-Plus Society

Facility and programs (Corrigan) 14420
Books and book publishing See Publishing industry
Botterell, Rob

Comments on freedom of information (Routley, D.) 14329
Boundary area

Whitetail deer (Conroy) 13718
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area

Child care facilities and spaces (Larson) 13647-8
Economic activity and employers (Larson) 13953
Violence prevention projects (Larson) 14260
Bowser, William

Comments on voting rights (Bains) 14293
Brain health

Head and brain injuries, balance disorder treatment (Hunt) 14083
Brandow, Barry

Comments on deer populations (Conroy) 13718
Wildlife fencing activities (Conroy) 14095
Breeders See Animals
Brentwood College School, Mill Bay, B.C.

Basketball champions (Foster) 14270
Bridge Interconnect International

Organization (Yap) 13542
Bridges See also particular bridges

Government investment (Dalton) 13941
British Columbia See also British Columbia by region

Contributions of British Columbians (Tegart) 13913
Deaths of prominent citizens and public servants (Throne speech) 13523
Francophone communities See Francophones
Future and role of British Columbians (James) 13753
History of colonization and settlement See also particular groups
(Eby) 14298 (Elmore) 14295-6 (Sullivan) 14284-6
History of colonization and settlement, terra nullius concept (Donaldson) 13792, 13794
Household debt levels See Consumer debt under Debt
Issues (Darcy) 13980 (James) 13728-9 (Karagianis) 13913 (Krog) 13775
Population, migration to B.C. (Dalton) 13940 (Rustad) 13796-7
Service of British Columbians in WWI See War
British Columbia Arts Council

Funding and role (Sullivan) 13828
Role and allocation of funding (Sultan) 14312
B.C. Bus Pass program See Transit services
British Columbia by region

Coastal B.C., industries (McRae) 14254-5
Coastal B.C., role of fishing industry in communities (Rice) 14124
Interior B.C., health care services (Darcy) 13637-8
Northern and rural B.C. See also Northern B.C.; Rural B.C. below
economic conditions and unemployment (Donaldson) 14061
economic development (Rustad) 13798
electoral boundaries and regions (Rustad) 13799
remote and rural Internet service See Internet service under Information and communications technology
Northern B.C., income assistance recipients (Donaldson) 13793
Northwest B.C.
economic development and diversification (Rice) 13532-3
First Nations employment (Donaldson) 13855
home heating (Donaldson) 13792
housing (Rice) 13929-30
Rural B.C.
dog ownership (Donaldson) 14029
economic conditions and unemployment (Conroy) 13878-9, 14257
economic development and diversification (Tegart) 13567-9, 13916
economic development and employment (Kyllo) 14063 (Larson) 13953-4
economic development strategy (Barnett) 13585-7 (Bond) 13875 (Tegart) 14256-8 (Thomson) 13756 (Throne speech) 13525
economies and rural dividend program (de Jong) 13726
government investment (Donaldson) 14063 (Rustad) 13799 (Tegart) 13915-6 (Trevena) 13804
health care services (Tegart) 13568-9
minister of state See Rural Economic Development, Minister of State for
physician recruitment and retention (Tegart) 13569
physician supply and training (Tegart) 13916-7
rural advisory council (Barnett) 13586
rural dividend program (Tegart) 13567, 13916 (Thomson) 13756 (Throne speech) 13525
rural dividend program and grants (Barnett) 13585-7 (Tegart) 14256, 14258
skills training (Donaldson) 14063
British Columbia Care Providers Association

Role (Reimer) 13659
British Columbia Cattlemen's Association

Farmland-riparian interface stewardship program See Agriculture
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

Establishment (de Jong) 13723
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Comments on government budget (Larson) 13955 (Martin) 13770 (Tegart) 13914 (Yamamoto) 13948
B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition See First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
British Columbia Federation of Labour

Relationship with Labour Minister (Bond) 14376
British Columbia Federation of Students

Comments on government budget (Martin) 13773
British Columbia Ferry Commissioner

Annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, tabled (Anton) 14017
British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

Executive director See Gogolek, Vincent
Position on records management legislation (Corrigan) 14337 (Routley, D.) 14329, 14384
B.C. Friends program See Anxiety in children and youth under Anxiety disorders
British Columbia Great Gold Gravels Dredge-mining Corp.

Discriminatory legislation and repeal See also Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
(Dix) 14323
B.C. HOME partnership program See First-time homebuyers under Home ownership
British Columbia Housing Management Commission See also Housing

Disclosure of information (Coleman) 14423-4 (Eby) 14275, 14313-4, 14423 (James) 14316 (Robinson) 14315-6 (Simpson) 14423
Financing of housing developments (Coleman) 14208-9, 14275-6, 14314-5, 14423-4 (Eby) 14208-9, 14275, 14313-5, 14422-3 (Robinson) 14276, 14315-6 (Simpson) 14423
Financing of housing developments, release of documents See Disclosure of information above
Work of organization (Coleman) 14276, 14317
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Ruling on veterinarians case (Bains) 14294
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority See also Energy

Customer disconnections (Dix) 13946
Financial management (Dix) 13946 (Donaldson) 13792 (Holman) 13830-1, 13862 (James) 13728 (Macdonald) 13549 (Routley, B.) 13570
Financial management and dividends to government (James) 13742-3 (Routley, D.) 13867
Financial management and reporting (Ralston) 14426
Financial reporting, use of deferral accounts (Dix) 13945-6
Forecasting of power demand (Dix) 13946
Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
Rates, business exemption See Sales tax
Staffing (Macdonald) 13549
British Columbia Innovation Council

Bioenterprise program (Bing) 13835
Funding and role (Virk) 13634
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

Operations and government investment (Lee) 14021
Richmond aerospace campus (Wat) 13813
B.C. jobs plan See Government job strategy under Employment and unemployment
British Columbia Judges Compensation Commission

2013 final report
tabled (Anton) 13786
government reconsideration (Anton) 13786
British Columbia Judicial Justices Compensation Commission

2016 final report
tabled (Anton) 13785-7
government response (Anton) 13785-6
British Columbia Liberal Party

Campaign statements (Darcy) 13980 (Dix) 13946 (Fleming) 14129 (Fraser) 13814-5 (Holman) 13861 (Macdonald) 13547-8, 13992 (Mark) 13972 (Rice) 13929 (Routley, D.) 13871 (Wickens) 14130
Campaign statements and strategic planning (Corrigan) 13691-2
Donations by forest companies (Bains) 14054
Donations by pharmaceutical industry (Macdonald) 14355
Donations to party (Bains) 13761 (Eby) 13892 (Hammell) 14390 (Holman) 14346 (Horgan) 14422 (Krog) 13788 (Macdonald) 14353-5 (Mungall) 14277 (Routley, D.) 13618, 13620 (Simpson) 14317, 14402 (Weaver) 14394-5
Donations to party, court case (Eby) 14255
Fundraising activities (Anton) 14127 (Conroy) 14398 (Eby) 14171 (Fleming) 14405-6 (Horgan) 14084, 14126, 14375, 14421-2 (Popham) 14376 (Ralston) 14128 (Robinson) 14127 (Trevena) 14358-9 (Weaver) 14394 (Wickens) 14274-5
Fundraising activities and payments to Premier (Corrigan) 13692-3 (Eby) 13892 (Farnworth) 14407-8 (Macdonald) 13992 (Mungall) 13920 (Ralston) 13808 (Robinson) 13885-6 (Simpson) 13938
Fundraising events involving Premier (Macdonald) 13546-7, 13549
British Columbia Liberal Party government See also Government

Accomplishments (Cadieux) 13894 (Fassbender) 14005-6 (Hamilton) 13881 (Letnick) 14047 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13978 (Stilwell, Moira) 13805-7 (Stone) 13922-3, 13926 (Thornthwaite) 14264 (Throness) 13820-1 (Yamamoto) 13947-8
Accountability and transparency (Bennett) 14361 (Corrigan) 13692-3 (Simons) 13768
Action on stated goals (Conroy) 13714 (Corrigan) 13690-2 (Rice) 13668-70 (Routley, B.) 13572-3 (Trevena) 13563
Actions and policies (Bains) 13758 (Conroy) 13880 (Donaldson) 13794 (Eby) 13894 (Holman) 14264 (James) 13727-9 (Karagianis) 13911-2 (Krog) 13774-6 (Macdonald) 13991-3 (Ralston) 14267 (Rice) 13927 (Robinson) 13886-7 (Routley, B.) 14002 (Routley, D.) 13617-21, 13869-71 (Weaver) 13626-31
Advertising and announcements See Government
Approach to governing (Wickens) 13949-50
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust (Macdonald) 14354
Budgets and throne speeches
budgets (Stilwell, Moira) 13805
budgets and throne speeches (Trevena) 13800-1
February 2013 throne speech (Ralston) 13807-8 (Weaver) 13627
throne speeches (Conroy) 13714 (Macdonald) 13547 (Robinson) 13587 (Routley, B.) 13572 (Routley, D.) 13619 (Trevena) 13563
Financial management (Anton) 13671 (Ashton) 13994-5 (Barnett) 13584 (Bennett) 14364-5 (Clark) 14278 (Dalton) 13939-40 (Fassbender) 14004 (Gibson) 13788 (Hamilton) 13592, 13880-1 (Larson) 13952, 13955 (McRae) 13987-8 (Martin) 13543, 13546 (Oakes) 13968 (Plecas) 13693-4 (Ralston) 14426 (Reimer) 13681 (Routley, D.) 13619 (Rustad) 13800 (Stone) 13710-1, 13736, 13926 (Sultan) 13887-9 (Tegart) 13913-4, 13915, 13918 (Thomson) 13754 (Thornthwaite) 13550 (Wat) 13811 (Yamamoto) 13948 (Yap) 13540
Handling of issues See Performance below
MLAs
comments on campaign financing regulation (Fleming) 14404
references to 1990s (Wickens) 13949-50
retiring MLAs (Fassbender) 14004
Partisan activities, ethnic outreach and "quick wins" See Government outreach strategy and partisan activities under Multiculturalism
Performance (James) 13752 (Macdonald) 14353-5 (Simons) 13766-7 (Weaver) 14393 (Yap) 13540-1
Performance and vision (Darcy) 13580 (Macdonald) 13546-9 (Trevena) 13563-6
Policies (Mungall) 14277
Policies and principles (Bond) 13875
Policies, economic policies (Clark) 13708 (Stone) 13736 (Weaver) 13628-30
Priorities (Corrigan) 13690-3 (Darcy) 13581, 13584, 13984 (Dix) 13943, 13946-7 (Donaldson) 14213 (Fraser) 13555-8 (Heyman) 13676-7 (James) 13729 (Krog) 13786-8 (Macdonald) 13991 (Mark) 13971-5 (Mungall) 13920-2 (Popham) 13822-3 (Rice) 13668-70 (Routley, D.) 13617-21, 13867-9 (Simons) 13683-5 (Weaver) 14046-7 (Wickens) 13696
Priorities and impact on British Columbians (James) 13741, 13743-6
Record See Actions and policies above
Throne speeches See Budgets and throne speeches above
British Columbia Lottery Corporation

Gaming website privacy breach (Routley, D.) 14331-2
British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship

Recipients (Barnett) 13584 (Stone) 13699
British Columbia Nurses Union

Comments on hospital staffing issue (Wickens) 14087
B.C. on the Move transportation plan See Government plan under Transportation
B.C. prosperity fund

Fund (de Jong) 13721 (Fraser) 13555, 13816 (Macdonald) 13548 (Ralston) 13807, 14426 (Rice) 13669, 13929 (Routley, B.) 13563 (Routley, D.) 13871 (Throne speech) 13526 (Weaver) 13627
Petition tabled (Conroy) 14177
British Columbia Rail

Sale (Macdonald) 13549, 14353-4 (Routley, D.) 14330
British Columbia School Trustees Association

Comments on education funding in government budget (Larson) 13955
B.C. Services Card

Role (Virk) 13634
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Cupcake Day fundraiser (Thornthwaite) 13853-4
Enforcement role and funding (Krog) 14033 (Letnick) 14182-3, 14189-90 (Popham) 14026-7, 14182-3, 14189-90 (Throness) 14040
Facilities
Chilliwack facility (Throness) 14039
government funding (de Jong) 13727 (McRae) 14036 (Thornthwaite) 13554, 13853, 14028 (Throness) 14039
Nanaimo facility (Krog) 14033
Funding (Thornthwaite) 13935
Relationship with government (Letnick) 14182
Work of organization (Krog) 14032 (Plecas) 14042-3
Work re animal adoptions (Farnworth) 14041
B.C. tech fund See Venture capital program under High-technology industry
B.C. Tech Summit

2017 event (Lee) 14373 (Virk) 13634
Establishment (Weaver) 13629
B.C. training and education savings grant program

Program (de Jong) 13722 (McRae) 13989 (Thornthwaite) 13934 (Throne speech) 13525
British Columbia Transit

Hiring practices (Bains) 14294
British Columbia Utilities Commission

Annual report, 2015-16, tabled (Anton) 14130
Role
automobile insurance rates and review (Dix) 13945 (Horgan) 13735 (Stone) 13735
oversight role (Holman) 13642, 13862
Site C power project (Holman) 13830
British Columbia Wildfire Service See also Fires and firefighters

Investigations and cost recovery activities (Barnett) 14055 (Morris) 14091 (Sturdy) 14098-9 (Thomson) 13899, 14048
British Columbia Wildlife Federation

Conservation app (Conroy) 14095-6
Consultation on hunting licence changes (Thomson) 14142, 14159
Work of organization (Holman) 14101-2
Brooks, David

Comments on social values (Hogg) 14410
Brothers, Donald

Public service and death (Larson) 13596
Brown, Garth

Handling of discrimination issue (Bains) 14293
Brown, Martyn

Comments on money and politics (Conroy) 14398
Brynlee, Diana

Volunteerism (Routley, B.) 13999
Budget See also 2017-18 budget under Budgets

Budget address (de Jong) 13719-27; approved 14023-4
Divisions: budget motion approved 14023-4
Debate 13719-29, 13740-76, 13786-94, 13796-831, 13861-95, 13907-14, 13915-56, 13968-4006, 14017-23
Debate, speakers (Ashton) 13994-8 (Bains) 13757-61 (Bernier) 13761-6 (Bond) 13871-5 (Cadieux) 13894-5, 13907-9 (Coleman) 13862-7 (Conroy) 13875-80 (Dalton) 13939-43 (Darcy) 13980-4 (de Jong) 13719-27, 14023 (Dix) 13943-7 (Donaldson) 13791-4 (Eby) 13889-94 (Fassbender) 14002-6 (Fraser) 13813-7 (Gibson) 13788-91 (Hamilton) 13880-4 (Holman) 13828-31, 13861-2 (Huntington) 14017-20 (James) 13727-9, 13740-53 (Karagianis) 13909-13 (Krog) 13773-6, 13786-8 (Larson) 13952-6 (Lee) 14020-3 (Macdonald) 13990-3 (McRae) 13984-90 (Mark) 13971-5 (Martin) 13770-3 (Mungall) 13918-22 (Oakes) 13956, 13968-71 (Popham) 13821-5 (Ralston) 13807-11 (Rice) 13926-30 (Robinson) 13884-7 (Routley, B.) 13998-4002 (Routley, D.) 13867-71 (Rustad) 13796-800 (Simons) 13766-70 (Simpson) 13935-9 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13975-9 (Stilwell, Moira) 13805-7 (Stone) 13922-6 (Sullivan) 13825-8 (Sultan) 13887-9 (Tegart) 13913-4, 13915-8 (Thomson) 13753-7 (Thornthwaite) 13931-5 (Throness) 13817-21 (Trevena) 13800-5 (Wat) 13811-3 (Weaver) 14023 (Wickens) 13949-52 (Yamamoto) 13947-9
Debate in Legislature See Budget debate under Legislature
Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 1), 2017
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017

(Bill 8) (de Jong) 1R, 13729-30
Debate, speakers (de Jong) 13729-30
Purpose of bill (de Jong) 13729-30
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Provisions (Bennett) 14361
Budgets

2017-18 budget See also Budget
balanced budget (Huntington) 14017-8 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13975
content and priorities (Ashton) 13995-8 (Bond) 13875 (Cadieux) 13894-5 (Darcy) 13980 (de Jong) 13720 (Gibson) 13788-9 (Larson) 13952 (Lee) 14021-3 (Macdonald) 13991 (Martin) 13770-1 (Oakes) 13968-71 (Routley, D.) 13867-8 (Rustad) 13796 (Stone) 13922 (Sullivan) 13826 (Sultan) 13889 (Tegart) 13914 (Thomson) 13754 (Thornthwaite) 13931 (Trevena) 13800, 13802 (Wat) 13811 (Weaver) 14023 (Yamamoto) 13947
content on seniors (McRae) 13986
debate (Popham) 13821-2
interim supply (de Jong) 14024, 14089-90, 14131-5 (James) 14090 (Ralston) 14131-5
prebudget consultation and public priorities (Hamilton) 13880-1 (James) 13751-2
preparation (Bond) 13871
public consideration (de Jong) 14023
response from business and other organizations (Larson) 13955 (Martin) 13770-3
revenue projections (Simons) 13767
speech (Sullivan) 13825
surplus and priorities (de Jong) 13723 (James) 13728-9, 13740-1 (Throness) 13819-20
transparency and veracity (Sultan) 13887-8
Balanced and deficit budgets (McRae) 13987
Balanced budgets (de Jong) 13719-20 (Gibson) 13788 (Holman) 13828-30, 13861 (Martin) 13770-2 (Routley, D.) 13620, 13867 (Rustad) 13800 (Sultan) 13887-8 (Tegart) 13914 (Yap) 13540
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2017-18–2019-20, tabled (de Jong) 13730
Budgets during NDP administration (Martin) 13771
Deficits, social deficits See Social welfare
Election-year budgets (de Jong) 14131-3 (Fraser) 13814-6 (Holman) 13598 (Huntington) 14018 (James) 13727-9, 13741-2 (Krog) 13775-6 (Mungall) 13918-9 (Ralston) 13807, 14131-3 (Rice) 13927 (Routley, D.) 13868-9 (Simons) 13766 (Simpson) 13935-6
Priorities (Bond) 13872
Surpluses (Dalton) 13939 (de Jong) 13720-1
Bullying See Violence
Burke Mountain See Coquitlam, B.C.; Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion

Housing for developmentally disabled (Lee) 14022
Burnaby, B.C.

Community organizations and volunteerism (Corrigan) 13690
Housing, government investment (Lee) 14022
Leadership by city council and school board (Corrigan) 13690
Oil refinery See Chevron Canada Ltd.
Seniors, activities and Partners in Wellness program (Corrigan) 14420
Service agencies (Lee) 14011
Burnaby Board of Trade

Comments on government budget (Lee) 14021 (Martin) 13772
Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.

Cases of C. difficile infection (Corrigan) 13691
Maternity ward and neonatal intensive care unit (Corrigan) 13734-5
Redevelopment planning, government handling (Corrigan) 13691-2
Burnaby school district See School district 41 (Burnaby)
Bus pass program See Transit services
Buses and bus service See Transit services; School buses under Schools
Business See also Corporations; Small business

"Company states" See Government
Establishment of head offices, HQ Vancouver project (Wat) 13812
Licences and permits, business startup program See Permitting process, BizPal initiative under Small business
Public-private partnerships (Ralston) 14135
Renminbi trading hub (Yap) 13540-1
Taxation, training tax credit (de Jong) 13729
Venture capital, B.C. tech fund See Venture capital program under High-technology industry
Venture capital program See Small business
Women in business (Oakes) 13970
Youth entrepreneurship programs (Oakes) 13969
Business Council of British Columbia

Comments on government budget (Larson) 13955 (Martin) 13770-1 (Thornthwaite) 13931
Butler, Brian

Work as union president (Routley, B.) 14001
Buy Local program

Program (Bing) 13834 (Cadieux) 13895 (Gibson) 13789-90 (Rustad) 13799

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