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Province of British Columbia
Sixth Session, 40th Parliament – 2017
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Eagle Creek Studios
- Kelowna facility project (Thomson) 13754
Eagle Ridge Hospital, Port Moody, B.C.
Ear health
Early childhood development See Children and youth
Echo Bay, B.C.
- Diesel spill from fish farm in area waters (Polak) 14088-9 (Trevena) 14088
Ecole Irvine Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
- Seismic upgrading (Wickens) 14130
- Seismic upgrading and replacement, petition tabled (Farnworth) 13786
Economic Forecast Council
- Forecasting and review of government budget (de Jong) 13720-1
Economy
- Balance with environmental values See Sustainable development below
- Behavioural economics and decision-making models (Hogg) 14411-2
- Benefits, distribution (Routley, D.) 13868
- Conditions (Ashton) 13994-5 (Barnett) 13586 (Bond) 13575, 13872 (Clark) 13707, 14422 (de Jong) 13720, 13724-5 (Fassbender) 14003-4 (Gibson) 13788, 13791 (Hamilton) 13882 (Hunt) 14260 (Kyllo) 13847 (Larson) 13952-3 (Lee) 14020 (Robinson) 13588-9 (Routley, D.) 13620-1 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13976, 13978 (Stone) 13710, 13712, 13922 (Sullivan) 13826 (Sultan) 13889 (Tegart) 13913-4 (Thomson) 13754 (Throne speech) 13524 (Throness) 13818-9 (Wat) 13811 (Wickens) 13696-8 (Yamamoto) 13947 (Yap) 13540
- Conditions and regional differences (Bond) 13873 (Conroy) 13878-9 (James) 13750-1 (Kyllo) 14062-3 (Simpson) 13937
- Conditions during B.C. Liberal and NDP administrations (Holman) 13831
- Conditions in 2009 (McRae) 13987
- Debt-to-GDP ratio See Public debt
- Diversification (Bond) 13574-5 (Dalton) 13940 (de Jong) 13725-7 (Kyllo) 14062 (Plecas) 13694 (Simpson) 13937-8 (Thornthwaite) 13551 (Wat) 13812 (Yap) 13639
- Economic development and diversification (Bond) 13872-3 (Hamilton) 13881 (Lee) 14020-1 (Thomson) 13754
- Economic development, NDP position (Hamilton) 13593-4 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13979 (Stone) 13923-4
- Economic partnerships See Trade agreements and partnerships under Trade; particular agreements
- Economic plan for province (Virk) 13631 (Weaver) 13630
- Economy of B.C. regions See British Columbia by region
- Global economy (Hogg) 14409
- Global economy conditions in 2008 (de Jong) 14132 (Ralston) 14133
- Green economy See Sustainable development below
- Growth (de Jong) 13720
- Growth, sectors (James) 13749-50
- Impact of commodity prices (McRae) 13987
- Leap Manifesto on economy and fossil fuels See Leap Manifesto
- Market-based economy (Hogg) 14410-2
- Measurement, gross domestic product (Hogg) 14410
- Role in funding government services (Bernier) 13764, 13766 (Lake) 13709 (Reimer) 13841 (Rustad) 13800 (Stone) 13711, 13713
- Role in funding government services and infrastructure (Anton) 13671, 13673 (Bond) 13872 (Clark) 13708 (de Jong) 13727 (Martin) 13543 (Tegart) 13917-8 (Thomson) 13754
- Role of government (Bing) 13685 (Bond) 13573-4, 13576 (Dalton) 13939 (Fraser) 13555-6 (Hamilton) 13592-4 (Heyman) 13677 (Martin) 13542-4, 13546 (Plecas) 13693-4 (Reimer) 13681 (Simpson) 13938 (Stone) 13710-3 (Thornthwaite) 13550 (Throness) 13819 (Trevena) 13564 (Yap) 13540-1
- Role of young people (Robinson) 13589
- Sectors See Industry; particular industries
- Sustainable development
Education See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; School districts; Schools; Skills training
- 21st century learning See Curriculum, changes below
- Adult basic education (Conroy) 13715, 13876 (Heyman) 13676 (James) 13746-7
- Backpacks-and-food initiative (Wickens) 13697
- Benefits and role (de Jong) 13722
- Class size and composition (Simons) 13766
- Court case and ruling on education system See Collective bargaining under Teachers; Ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights under Supreme Court of Canada
- Curriculum
- changes and computer coding education (Bernier) 13763 (Virk) 13633-4 (Weaver) 13630
- curriculum on history of discrimination and racism (Dix) 14306 (Yamamoto) 14238
- curriculum on residential schools (James) 14247
- Data breach See Education, Ministry of
- Early learning See Early childhood development under Children and youth
- Education of First Nations people (James) 13747
- Education of First Nations people, graduation rate (Bernier) 13763 (Donaldson) 13792 (Fassbender) 14004 (Rustad) 13799-800
- Enrolment (Bernier) 13761
- Enrolment and student spaces (Bernier) 14014-5 (Wickens) 13951, 14014-5
- Funding See Education funding
- Government investment and support (Bernier) 13762-5, 14379-80 (Corrigan) 13693 (de Jong) 13722 (Fassbender) 14004 (Gibson) 13790 (Hamilton) 13882 (Lee) 14021 (Mungall) 13919 (Simons) 13682 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13977 (Virk) 13631-3
- Graduation rate (Bernier) 13763
- Graduation rate, First Nations students See Education of First Nations people above
- High school upgrades See Adult basic education above
- Information management, BCeSIS system (James) 13745
- Kindergarten (Fleming) 13651
- Parent advisory councils (Trevena) 13564
- Parental involvement in system, fundraising (Wickens) 13697
- Personalized learning model See Curriculum, changes above
- Safety of students, bullying issue See Bullying and violence at school under Violence
- School supplies, B.C. back-to-school tax credit (de Jong) 13729
- Schools See Schools
- Seismic upgrades of school buildings See Schools
- Skills and trades training See Skills training
- Special education and special needs (Wickens) 13697, 13950-1
- Special education and special needs, student completion rate (Bernier) 13763
- System
- Tax credit (de Jong) 13730
- Teachers See Teachers
Education funding
Education, Ministry of
- Budget (Bernier) 13764
- Data breach (Routley, D.) 14331
Education savings grant program See B.C. training and education savings grant program
Egg industry See Poultry industry
Elderly See Seniors
Election Act
- Amendments (Throness) 14351
- Provisions on political contributions (Anton) 14212
Election Amendment Act, 2017
Election Amendment Act 1, 2017
- (Bill M220) (Weaver) 1R, 13658-9
- Debate, speakers (Weaver) 13658
Election Amendment Act 2, 2017
- (Bill M236) (Weaver) 1R, 14137
- Debate, speakers (Weaver) 14137
Election (Cash for Access Elimination) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M203) See Cash for Access Elimination Act, 2017
Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017
- (Bill M202) (Huntington) 1R, 13577
- Debate, speakers (Huntington) 13577
Election (Increasing Youth Participation) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M218) See Increasing Youth Participation in Elections Act, 2017
Election (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2017
- (Bill M208) (Holman) 1R, 13597
- Debate, speakers (Holman) 13597
Elections See also Chief Electoral Officer; Elections B.C.; Politics and politicians
- 2013 general election (Macdonald) 13547-8 (Weaver) 13629
- 2017 general election (de Jong) 14023 (Karagianis) 13912 (Macdonald) 13547-50 (Weaver) 13631 (Wilkinson) 13861
- 2017 general election, candidates See particular parties and candidates
- Advertising (Trevena) 14359
- Campaign financing See also particular parties
- ban on corporate and union donations (Barnett) 14347 (Bennett) 14361-4 (Farnworth) 14408 (Fleming) 14405 (Holman) 14346 (Horgan) 14085 (Krog) 14365-7 (Routley, D.) 13868 (Simpson) 14402-3 (Thornthwaite) 14356-7 (Trevena) 14359
- B.C. reputation and media coverage (Bains) 13761 (Eby) 13892 (Farnworth) 14407-8 (Holman) 14344-5 (Horgan) 14274 (Hunt) 14400 (Krog) 13776 (Ralston) 13808 (Simpson) 14403 (Trevena) 14358 (Weaver) 14393
- committee on campaign financing reform See panel review proposal below
- contribution limits (Fleming) 14405 (Simpson) 14402 (Throness) 14351, 14353 (Wilkinson) 14388
- direct subsidy funding (Barnett) 14347 (Bennett) 14362 (Bing) 14397 (Hunt) 14402 (Throness) 14352-3 (Trevena) 14360 (Wilkinson) 14388-9
- direct subsidy funding and reimbursements (Thornthwaite) 14357
- donations See also particular parties
- donations and reporting (Anton) 14212, 14271, 14342-3 (Barnett) 14347 (Bennett) 14361 (Bing) 14397-8 (Farnworth) 14406-7 (Fassbender) 14391-3 (Hammell) 14390 (Holman) 14343-7 (Hunt) 14401-2 (Krog) 14365-6 (Simpson) 14402-4 (Thornthwaite) 14356-8 (Throness) 14350-1 (Trevena) 14359-60 (Weaver) 14211-2, 14393-6 (Wilkinson) 14388-90
- donations, limits See contribution limits above
- donations-in-kind (Bennett) 14362 (Fassbender) 14392 (Throness) 14351-2
- foreign donors (Fleming) 14404-5
- fundraising events (Barnett) 14347
- fundraising events and regulation (Anton) 14271, 14343 (Holman) 14343 (Thornthwaite) 14357 (Throness) 14351
- investigation of fundraising practices (Anton) 14126 (de Jong) 14127 (Horgan) 14084, 14126, 14274
- legislation See also Election Act; Election Amendment Act, 2017; Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017
- panel review proposal (Anton) 14317 (Clark) 14274 (Conroy) 14398-9 (Holman) 14344-5 (Simpson) 14317, 14403 (Thornthwaite) 14357 (Throness) 14353 (Trevena) 14358 (Wilkinson) 14389
- per-vote public funding model See direct subsidy funding above
- reform (Huntington) 13577-8
- reform and government action (Austin) 14349 (Clark) 14274-5, 14277 (Conroy) 14398-400 (Farnworth) 14278 (Fleming) 14404-6 (Hammell) 14390-1 (Holman) 13597, 14277, 14343-5 (Horgan) 14273-4 (Krog) 14365-8 (Macdonald) 14345-6 (Mungall) 14277 (Robinson) 14276 (Simpson) 14277, 14317, 14403-4 (Throness) 14351 (Trevena) 14359-60 (Weaver) 14393-4 (Wickens) 14274-5
- reform and review (Horgan) 13577
- reform, NDP position (Holman) 14346-7
- regulation (Anton) 14085, 14127-8 (Bennett) 14361 (Farnworth) 14408 (Holman) 13641-3 (Plecas) 13642 (Ralston) 14127-8 (Robinson) 14127 (Simpson) 14402-3 (Weaver) 14396 (Wilkinson) 14388-9
- spending limits (Bing) 14398 (Conroy) 14399
- spending limits in pre-campaign time period (Holman) 13597
- transparency See also donations and reporting above
- Campaign volunteers, donation of labour by organizations See Campaign financing, donations-in-kind above
- Elected officials See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Politics and politicians
- Electoral boundaries (Wilkinson) 14389
- Electoral boundaries, redistribution (Rustad) 13799 (Throness) 13817
- Electoral reform (Holman) 13642
- Electoral reform and Citizens' Assembly process (Bing) 14397-8
- Enumeration of youth at age 16 (Fleming) 13657-8
- Fixed election date (Huntington) 14018
- Fixed election date, fall date (Conroy) 14399-400 (Holman) 13598-9
- Fixed election date, legislation See Fixed Fall Election Amendment Act
- Legislation See also Election Amendment Act, 2017; Banning Publicly-Funded Campaign Advertisements Act, 2017; Cash for Access Elimination Act, 2017; Election Amendment Act 1, 2017; Election Amendment Act 2, 2017; Election Finance Amendment Act, 2017; Election (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2017; Fixed Fall Election Amendment Act; Get Big Money out of Politics Act, 2017; Increasing Youth Participation in Elections Act, 2017
- Voter participation (Holman) 13643 (Weaver) 13631, 14394
- Voter participation, 18- to 24-year-olds (Donaldson) 13778 (Fleming) 13658
- Voter registration See Enumeration above
- Voting age, proposed change to 16 (Weaver) 13658
- Voting rights, discriminatory legislation and past practices (Bains) 14292-5 (Fleming) 14301 (James) 14246 (Mark) 14302 (Ralston) 14230-1 (Robinson) 14243 (Routley, B.) 14249 (Yamamoto) 14237
- Youth voting See Enumeration; Voter participation; Voting age above
Elections B.C. See also Chief Electoral Officer
- Budget process (Anton) 14126 (de Jong) 14127 (Horgan) 14126
- Investigation of fundraising practices by political parties See Campaign financing, investigation under Elections
- Publishing of campaign financing reports (Anton) 14342-3
Electric power See Energy
Electric vehicles See Automobiles
Electrical Joint Training Committee
- Trades training role and funding (Reimer) 13680
Electricity rates See Energy
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
- Message for Commonwealth Day (Speaker) 14269
Emergencies
- Emergency preparedness, government funding and initiatives (Yamamoto) 13948-9
- Emergency shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
- Emergency social services teams (Yamamoto) 13949
- First responders
- collective bargaining rights for paramedics and dispatchers (Weaver) 13637
- legislation See First Responders Act, 2017
- post-traumatic stress disorder and support (Simpson) 14008-9
- tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel (de Jong) 13726, 13729 (Reimer) 13679 (Thornthwaite) 14065
- Health care emergencies See First responders above; Emergency services under Health care system; Paramedics
- Search and rescue services
- services and funding (Reimer) 13679 (Simpson) 14064-5 (Thornthwaite) 14064-5 (Yamamoto) 13948-9
- services and volunteer memorial (Sturdy) 14010
- volunteer tax credit See First responders, tax credit above
- volunteers and memorial (Simpson) 14064-5 (Thornthwaite) 14063-5
- Temporary housing and shelters for women See Transition houses under Housing
- Wildfires See Fires and firefighters
Emerson, David
- Role re softwood lumber agreement (Larson) 13953 (Martin) 13544 (Thornthwaite) 13932
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
- Funding and programs (Sullivan) 13827-8
- New campus project (Sullivan) 13827 (Wilkinson) 13558
Emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions
Employment and unemployment See also Labour
Employment Standards (Domestic Violence Leave) Amendment Act, 2017
- (Bill M235) (Wickens) 1R, 14123
- Debate, speakers (Wickens) 14123
Empowering Legislative Committees Act, 2017
Endangered species See Species at risk under Wildlife
Endangered Species Act, 2017
- (Bill M224) (Weaver) 1R, 13852
- Debate, speakers (Weaver) 13852
Energy See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Clean energy, development (Coleman) 13624 (Conroy) 14257-8 (Weaver) 14396
- Conservation See also Energy efficiency below
- Electricity cost deferral program for mining industry See Mines and mining industry
- Electricity costs, application of sales tax See Application under Sales tax
- Electricity rates
- Energy efficiency, building retrofits See Construction industry; Housing
- Energy efficiency, government support and requirements (Weaver) 13915
- Hydroelectric power, infrastructure upgrades (Conroy) 14257
- Independent power producers and projects (Holman) 13830-1, 13862 (Routley, D.) 13868
- Infrastructure, investment (Coleman) 13621 (Conroy) 14257
- Legislation See Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2017
- Power supply, demand projections (Dix) 13946
Energy and Water Efficiency Act, 2017
- (Bill M228) (Weaver) 1R, 13915
- Debate, speakers (Weaver) 13915
English Bay See Vancouver, B.C.
Environment
- Biodiversity protection (Bains) 14052-3 (Heyman) 13899
- Ecosystem protection (Heyman) 13899
- Environmental assessment process, provincial office (Holman) 13642
- Environmental protection
- Environmental reviews, public participation (Weaver) 13658
- Issues, government handling (Weaver) 14394-6
- Pollution cleanup, polluter-pay principle (Heyman) 14212-3 (Polak) 14212 (Popham) 14212
- Spills See Spills; Oil spills under Oil and gas; particular locations and topics
- Sustainability and balance with economic interests See Sustainable development under Economy
Environment, Ministry of
- Minister, powers (Polak) 13784
Environmental Management Act
- Provisions (Polak) 13784
- Provisions, enforcement (Popham) 14212
E-Plus program See Electricity rates under Energy
ERASE Bullying strategy See Bullying and violence at school, prevention under Violence
Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area
- Communities (Karagianis) 13910
- Constituents, affordability issues and quality of life (Karagianis) 13911-2
Estimates of expenditures
Ethnic discrimination and racism See Discrimination and racism
Ethnic diversity See Multiculturalism
"Ethnic votes" issue See Government outreach strategy and partisan activities under Multiculturalism
Europe
- Political climate (Dix) 14306
- Political climate and immigration policies (Simpson) 14288
Evans, Corky
- Contributions (Macdonald) 13547
Evergreen line See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Ewan, Glen
- Involvement in politics (Macdonald) 13990
Experience the Fraser trail network project See Fraser River
Exports See Trade; particular industries
Eye health See also Visual impairment
- Macular degeneration (Hogg) 14413
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