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

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Habacon, Alden

Comments on discrimination and racism (Elmore) 14296
Habitat protection See Wildlife
Hadwin, Adam

Athletic achievements in golf (de Jong) 14311
Hagglund, Jared

Work as constituency assistant (Heyman) 13674
Haida Gwaii

Hospital and residential care facility (Lake) 13738
Hamhuis, Dan

Involvement in youth essay contest (Donaldson) 13778
Handicapped persons See Disabled persons
HandyDART system See Transit services
Haney, B.C.

Highway in area See Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)
Harmonized sales tax See Government policies under Taxation
Harper, Stephen

Comments on Canadian history (James) 14245
Harrison, Stephen

Work as legislative office staff (Huntington) 14019
Hastings constituency and area See Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area
Hate promotion See Discrimination and racism
Havel, Vaclav

Comments on hope (Hogg) 14410
Hazelton, B.C.

Overpass safety issues in area See Highway 16
HD Mining International Ltd.

Workforce issue and donations to NDP (Bennett) 14364
Head and brain injuries See Brain health
Head tax See Chinese Canadians
Health

Causes of death See Death
Disease See particular conditions, diseases, areas
Facilities See Health care facilities and hospitals
Funding for health care See Health care funding
Health care system See Health care system
Health status and outcomes (Dalton) 13942 (Larson) 13955 (Stilwell, Moira) 13806 (Throne speech) 13524
Healthy lifestyle See Public health
Home care and home support See Home care
Insurance See Medical Services Plan
Long-term care See Long-term and residential care
Medical supplies, coverage See PharmaCare program
Medications See Drugs
Mental health See Mental health
Occupational health See Occupational health and safety
Public health See Public health
Social determinants (James) 13750
Health care facilities and hospitals See also particular facilities and hospitals

Beds See Health care system; Long-term and residential care
Capital projects (de Jong) 13723 (Larson) 13955 (Throne speech) 13524
Emergency rooms See Emergency services under Health care system
Government investment (Clark) 13967 (Dalton) 13942-3 (Lake) 13966-7, 14086 (Lee) 14023 (Simons) 13682 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13976 (Virk) 13631
Hospital stay times and readmissions (Darcy) 13983
Long-term and residential care facilities See Long-term and residential care
Private clinics, impact on public health care system See Role of private sector under Health care system
Health care funding

Capital funding (Cadieux) 13895 (de Jong) 14135 (Ralston) 14135
Federal funding and health transfers accord (de Jong) 13723 (Lake) 13664-5 (Simpson) 13664-5
Funding (Bond) 13875 (Conroy) 13715-6 (Dalton) 13942 (Darcy) 13982-3 (de Jong) 13723 (Fassbender) 14004 (Hamilton) 13884 (James) 13752 (Lake) 13662-3, 13709, 13737, 14085-7, 14128-9 (Larson) 13955 (Rice) 13927 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13976 (Stone) 13925 (Sullivan) 13639 (Thomson) 13755 (Throness) 13819
Home care and residential care (Lake) 13665-6, 13737-9
Mental health and addiction services for youth (Ashton) 13996 (Cadieux) 13895 (Larson) 13955 (Lee) 14022-3 (Martin) 13773 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13977
Residential care and services for seniors (Darcy) 13737 (Plecas) 13694-5 (Robinson) 13738
Transfer payments from federal government See Federal funding above
Health care system

Beds See also Long-term and residential care
Beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care (Bains) 13758 (Conroy) 13716, 13876-7
Clinical and systems transformation project (Lake) 13664 (Mungall) 13664
Costs and spending (Ashton) 13996 (McRae) 13990
Costs paid by individuals See Costs under Medical Services Plan
Diagnostic services See Medical imaging services below
E-health systems See Clinical and systems transformation project above; IHealth electronic medical records system below
Emergency services (Bains) 14087-8 (Darcy) 14085-6 (Lake) 13902-3 (Rice) 13902-3 (Robinson) 13966, 14086 (Wickens) 13902, 13966, 14086-7
Emergency services and demand (Lake) 14085-8
Emergency services, seasonal factors (Lake) 13966
Health professionals and workers
care aides (Clark) 13967
care aides and community health workers (Darcy) 13582, 13983-4 (Reimer) 13659 (Robinson) 13665
health support workers (Trevena) 13803
supply and training of health professionals (Sullivan) 13638-9 (Wilkinson) 13559
supply of health professionals (Lake) 14088
IHealth electronic medical records system (Darcy) 14425 (Eby) 13663-4 (Lake) 13663-4, 14425 (Routley, D.) 13619, 13663
Impact of demographic trends (Darcy) 13662 (Lake) 13662 (Plecas) 13694
Innovation See Reforms below
Interdisciplinary teams See Primary health care below
Medical imaging services
MRI equipment (Dalton) 13942
MRIs (Bing) 13689 (Lake) 13662
services (Darcy) 13662
waiting times for services See Wait-lists and waiting times below
Personal health information, PharmaNet system breach See PharmaCare program
Primary health care, multidisciplinary teams (Yap) 13542
Privatization See Role of private sector below
Public health See Public health
Reforms (Tegart) 13568-9
Role of private sector (Darcy) 13583-4
Services for seniors (Darcy) 13982-4 (Fraser) 13556 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13976
Services for victims of sexual assault (Wickens) 14260
Services in remote and rural areas See British Columbia by region
Surgical services
joint replacements (Darcy) 13662 (Lake) 13662 (Popham) 13822
numbers of surgeries (Lake) 13662-3
surgical services (Sullivan) 13639
wait-lists for surgery See Wait-lists and waiting times, surgery wait-lists below
System (Darcy) 13639 (de Jong) 13723 (Mungall) 13919 (Stone) 13925 (Sullivan) 13638 (Throne speech) 13524
Team-based care See Primary health care above
Wait-lists and waiting times
MRI services (Darcy) 13583, 14128 (Lake) 14128-9
surgery wait-lists (Conroy) 13716, 13876-8 (Darcy) 13583, 13662 (Lake) 13662-3 (Popham) 13822 (Rice) 13927 (Weaver) 13627
waiting times (Darcy) 13583-4, 13638-9, 13983 (James) 13749 (Lake) 13902-3 (Robinson) 13966 (Wickens) 13902, 13966
"Health firings" issue See Health information breach investigation under Health, Ministry of
Health, Ministry of

Health information breach investigation (Macdonald) 13549, 14355 (Routley, D.) 14330
Health, Select Standing Committee on

First report for sixth session of 40th parliament, Looking Forward: Improving Rural Health Care, Primary Care and Addiction Recovery Programs, March 2017
report presented (Larson) 13967; debate (Darcy) 13967-8; adopted 13968
Powers and role (de Jong) 13667
Work of committee (Darcy) 13967-8 (Larson) 13967
Health Tech Connex Inc.

Operations (Hunt) 14083
Hearing impairment

Deaf student's attendance at Gallaudet University See Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, advocacy and services (Eby) 13901
Heart health See Cardiac health
Helmcken, John

Role in B.C. history (Sullivan) 14286
Henderson, Helen

Retirement (Bing) 13685
Henderson, John

Comments on wildlife conservation (Conroy) 13718
Hepatitis C virus

Treatment, medication (Dalton) 13942
Heritage sites See also Arts and culture

Chinese-Canadian sites See Historical sites initiative under Chinese Canadians
Conservation (Tegart) 13901
Hernandez, Santanna

Adult basic education case (Conroy) 13715
Hesketh, Lee

Work on farmland-riparian interface and watershed preservation (Kyllo) 13532
High-technology industry See also Science and technology

B.C. tech fund See Venture capital program below
B.C.–Washington innovation corridor proposal (Virk) 13634
Employment and jobs (Stone) 13698
Employment and training See also Worker supply and training below
(Ralston) 14252 (Sullivan) 14251-2
Employment, impact of affordable housing See Affordable housing under Housing
Government support (Dalton) 13941 (Ralston) 14252 (Sullivan) 13827, 14251-3
Government support and role in economy (Kyllo) 14271-2 (Virk) 13632-5 (Weaver) 13629-30
Government tech strategy (de Jong) 13726-7 (Lee) 14373 (Martin) 13543 (Oakes) 13970 (Stone) 13924 (Sullivan) 13827, 14251-3 (Thornthwaite) 13551 (Throne speech) 13525-6 (Virk) 13633 (Wat) 13811
Industry (Bond) 13575, 13874 (Hunt) 13960-1 (Lee) 14373-4 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13979 (Thomson) 13754 (Thornthwaite) 13932-3
Summit See B.C. Tech Summit
Venture capital program (Virk) 13633
Worker supply and training (Heyman) 13676 (Virk) 13633-5
The Highway

Music video by First Nations youth (Austin) 13702-3
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Four-laning project between Kamloops and Alberta (Macdonald) 13548, 13991
Government investment (Stone) 13712
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements (Macdonald) 13991
Langley section, 216th Street interchange project, petition tabled (Trevena) 14427
Lower Lynn corridor improvement project (Thornthwaite) 13551, 13934 (Yamamoto) 13948
Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)

Safety improvements (Bing) 13689
Highway 10

Safety upgrade (Hamilton) 13883
Highway 16

Overpass safety issues in Hazelton area, petition tabled (Donaldson) 14177
Transportation options and safety of women
government consultation and freedom-of-information request (Corrigan) 14338 (Routley, D.) 14330
government plan (Fraser) 13557
video on safety issues for indigenous women See The Highway
Highway 17 (South Fraser Perimeter Road)

Project (Hamilton) 13594
Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Maintenance and repairs (Trevena) 13804
Highway 28

Accident deaths (Trevena) 14081
Highway 91

72nd Avenue interchange project (Hamilton) 13594, 13883
Nordel Way truck parking facility (Fassbender) 14005 (Hamilton) 13883
Highway 97

Cariboo connector See Highways and roads under Cariboo area
Highway 99

George Massey Tunnel replacement project (Hamilton) 13882 (Holman) 13831 (Martin) 13545 (Trevena) 13804-5
Landslide near Lillooet, clearance and stabilization plan (Tegart) 13568, 13917
Highway of Tears See Highway 16
Highways and roads See also particular highways or locations

Maintenance and safety in rural areas (Tegart) 13568
Projects (Stone) 13926 (Tegart) 13917
Hip replacements See Surgical services, joint replacements under Health care system
Historic sites See Heritage sites
HIV/AIDS See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Hoar, Tony

Contributions to cycling and bicycle equipment design (Routley, D.) 13530
Hollyburn Ski Lodge, West Vancouver, B.C.

Restoration by Hollyburn Heritage Society (Sultan) 13533
Holmberg, David

Philanthropy and volunteerism in Abbotsford (Gibson) 13855
Holme, Jean Roberta

Experience in health care system (Darcy) 13984
Holocaust

Denial See Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial under Discrimination and racism
Legacy (Heyman) 13616-7
Home care

Assisted living See Long-term and residential care
Better at Home program (Plecas) 13694-5
Care aides and community health workers See Health professionals and workers under Health care system
Funding See Health care funding
Home and community care services (Darcy) 13582, 13708-9, 13983-4 (Fassbender) 14004 (James) 13748 (Lake) 13709 (Ralston) 13809 (Trevena) 13738-9, 13802
Home support services (Conroy) 13877 (Heyman) 13676-7
Home Owner Grant Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017
Amendments and administration (de Jong) 13730
Home ownership

First-time homebuyers
B.C. HOME partnership program (Bing) 13687-8 (Clark) 14172-3 (Coleman) 13625-6, 13862-4, 14209-11, 14423 (Gibson) 13790-1 (Martin) 13545 (Plecas) 13695 (Routley, B.) 13571 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13977 (Thornthwaite) 13552 (Throne speech) 13525 (Throness) 13820 (Wickens) 13951 (Yap) 13541
impact on rental market (Coleman) 13863
programs (Dalton) 13940 (Lee) 14022 (Thornthwaite) 13934 (Yamamoto) 13947
property transfer tax exemption program See Property transfer tax
Housing market See Real estate industry
Programs (Larson) 13954-5
Role as investment and equity (Coleman) 13862-3
Homelessness See also Poverty

Government action (Coleman) 13864 (Gibson) 14075-6 (Hunt) 14071 (Reimer) 14072-3 (Routley, D.) 13869-70 (Simons) 13767 (Sullivan) 14077
Government action and funding (Coleman) 13857-60
Homeless camps See Tent cities and homeless camps below
Homeless seniors See Housing under Seniors
Incidence and government action (Darcy) 13982 (Eby) 13892, 14070-1 (Heyman) 13857-8, 14075 (Holman) 14076-7 (Mark) 13971 (Mungall) 13919-20, 14078 (Plecas) 14074-5 (Robinson) 13858-9, 14072 (Routley, B.) 13571-2 (Simons) 13685
Measurement, homelessness count (Robinson) 13858-9, 14072
Relationship to mental illness See Mental illness and homelessness under Mental health
Shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Tent cities and homeless camps (Eby) 14070-1 (Plecas) 14074
HOpe Centre See Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education under Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
Hope constituency and area See Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area
Horn, Lee

Access to hip replacement surgery (Darcy) 13662
Hospice and palliative care

Assisted dying See Assisted dying
Hospitality industry See Restaurant and food services industry; Tourism
Hospitals See Health care facilities and hospitals
House of Commons See Canada
Housing See also British Columbia Housing Management Commission

Accessible housing for disabled persons (Larson) 13954
Accessible housing for disabled persons, certification initiative (de Jong) 13724 (Thornthwaite) 13934
Affordable housing See also Social and subsidized housing below
affordability and supply (Eby) 14070 (James) 13748, 13750 (Mark) 13973 (Mungall) 14077-8 (Robinson) 13589 (Routley, B.) 13571-2 (Wickens) 14073-4
affordability for young adults (Robinson) 13885
affordable housing for seniors (Bains) 14424
government action (Clark) 14173-4 (Darcy) 13981 (Eby) 13892-3 (Fleming) 13652 (Heyman) 13675-7 (James) 13747-8, 14173 (McRae) 13985-6 (Mark) 13973 (Rice) 13929-30 (Stone) 13925-6 (Wickens) 13951
government initiatives (Bing) 13686-9 (Clark) 14171-3 (Coleman) 13860 (de Jong) 13724 (Hamilton) 13881 (Larson) 13954 (Lee) 14022 (Martin) 13545 (Stilwell, Michelle) 13977 (Thomson) 13755 (Thornthwaite) 13551-2, 13934 (Throne speech) 13525 (Wilkinson) 13605 (Yamamoto) 13947 (Yap) 13541
impact on high-technology industry employment (Bing) 13686
NDP position (Coleman) 13624-6, 14210
proposal for government initiatives (Holman) 14077 (Mungall) 14078
role of municipalities (Coleman) 14425
Cooperative housing (Anton) 13671
Emotional support animals in non-pet housing See Service animals under Animals
Energy efficiency, retrofit programs and improvements (Donaldson) 13792
Foreign investment and ownership See Real estate industry
Government investment and initiatives (Ashton) 13997 (Coleman) 13625, 13862-6, 14208-10 (Dalton) 13940 (Gibson) 13790-1 (Yamamoto) 13948
Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels (Sullivan) 14077
Home ownership See Home ownership
Homelessness See Homelessness
Housing construction industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Housing for disabled persons See Accessible housing above; Supportive housing below
Housing market See Real estate industry
Housing Matters strategy See Government investment and initiatives above
Insulation See Energy efficiency above
Landlord-tenant issues See Rental housing below
Manufactured homes See Manufactured homes
Petition tabled (Eby) 14427
Public concerns (Darcy) 13981
Rental housing
building repairs and renovations (Coleman) 14378
dispute resolution process (Coleman) 14377-8 (Heyman) 14377
fixed-term leases (Coleman) 14209-10 (Mark) 14209-10
protections for tenants (Chandra Herbert) 14272 (Heyman) 14075
rent banks (Darcy) 13532
rent increases and geographic comparability policy (Coleman) 14377-8 (Heyman) 14377-8
rental assistance programs See Social and subsidized housing below
residential tenancy branch See Residential tenancy branch
supply (Coleman) 13863, 14211
supply and affordability (Bing) 13688-9 (Chandra Herbert) 14272 (Coleman) 13625-6, 14275-6 (Heyman) 13675-6, 14075 (James) 13748, 13750 (Rice) 13930 (Robinson) 14072 (Routley, B.) 13571 (Weaver) 13605
tenant issues (Eby) 13894 (Rice) 13930
Seniors housing See Housing under Seniors; Long-term and residential care
Single-room occupancies See Government purchase of single-room-occupancy hotels above
Social and subsidized housing
construction (Coleman) 14208-9, 14275-6, 14314-7, 14423-4 (Eby) 14208-9, 14423
government investment (Cadieux) 13895 (Coleman) 13625, 13856-60, 13864, 14315 (de Jong) 13724 (Hunt) 14071 (Reimer) 14073 (Sullivan) 14077 (Thomson) 13755
housing for women and children (Wickens) 14074
housing projects with market units (Eby) 14314-5
rental assistance for seniors program See Housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program under Seniors
rental assistance programs (Bing) 13688-9 (Coleman) 13625, 13865, 14378 (Gibson) 13791 (McRae) 13986
rental assistance programs and NDP position (Hunt) 14071-2
social housing (Coleman) 13865 (McRae) 13986 (Mungall) 13919 (Rice) 13929-30 (Robinson) 14072 (Thornthwaite) 13934
supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted See Supportive housing below
transfer of units to non-profit sector (Eby) 14071 (Ralston) 14426
Student housing See Post-secondary institutions
Supply and demand (de Jong) 13724
Supportive housing (Bing) 13688-9 (Coleman) 13864-6, 14208
Temporary housing and shelters (Bing) 13688 (Coleman) 13625, 13856-7, 14210 (Gibson) 13791 (James) 13855-6 (Mungall) 13856-7 (Virk) 13631
Transition houses (Coleman) 13783, 13866 (Wickens) 13783
Transition houses and second-stage housing (Larson) 14259
Vacant properties, tax for Vancouver See Housing, vacant property tax under Vancouver, B.C.
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Howe Sound

LNG facility project in area See Woodfibre LNG Limited
Hoy family

Role in Cariboo area history (Oakes) 14289
Hoyer, Brock

Athletic accomplishments (Barnett) 13584
HQ Vancouver project See Establishment of head offices under Business
Hudson's Bay Company

Role in B.C. history (Sullivan) 14284-6
Hullcar aquifer

Nitrate contamination See Steele Springs area drinking water quality
Human rights See also particular topics

Democratic rights See Democracy; Voting rights under Elections
Discrimination See Discrimination and racism
Freedom of speech See Freedom of speech
International human rights protection See International relations
Protection and legislation (Bing) 14232-3 (Wat) 14228
Tribunal See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal; Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Worker rights See Workers
Human rights code

Provisions (Bing) 14232-3
Hunter, Joseph

Historic company See Quesnelle Lake Dam Co.
Hunting

Conservation and outdoor recreation education program (Conroy) 14143-8, 14150 (Thomson) 14143-9, 14160
E-licence system and online transactions
elimination of resident hunter number card (Conroy) 14142, 14159-60 (Thomson) 14142, 14159-60
legislation See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
limited-entry hunting system (Conroy) 14156 (Thomson) 14156-8
offences and penalties (Conroy) 14149-51 (Thomson) 14149-52
online transactions (Conroy) 14155-8 (Thomson) 14155-8
proof-of-identity requirement (Conroy) 14152, 14155 (Donaldson) 14101, 14152-5 (Thomson) 14152-5
system (Bains) 14048 (Barnett) 14055 (Conroy) 14092-7, 14142-52, 14155-61 (Donaldson) 14099-101, 14143, 14146-7, 14152-5 (Holman) 14101-2 (Morris) 14091-2 (Routley, B.) 14056-7 (Sturdy) 14097-8 (Thomson) 13899, 14047-8, 14102, 14142-61
Guide-outfitters See Guide-outfitters
Hunting of grizzly bears See Grizzly bears under Wildlife
LEH system See E-licence system and online transactions, limited-entry hunting system above
Licence fee revenues (Conroy) 14095, 14158 (Thomson) 14158
Meat harvesting regulations, exemptions (Weaver) 14081
Non-resident hunters and big-game trophy hunting (Weaver) 14081-2
Small-game hunting (Conroy) 14143-8 (Thomson) 14143-9
Trophy hunting See Non-resident hunters and big-game trophy hunting above; Grizzly bears under Wildlife
Trophy hunting, legislation See Wildlife Amendment Act, 2017
Hydro rates See Electricity rates under Energy

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