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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Tabled documents See Documents tabled
Taft, Gerry

Background (Macdonald) 13547
NDP candidacy in Columbia River–Revelstoke (Macdonald) 13993
Taku River

Contaminants in river from mine site (Bennett) 14424 (Weaver) 14424
Tanker safety See Shipping industry; Marine spills under Spills
Taves Family Farms

Product promotion and funding (Gibson) 13789-90
Taxation See also particular products and sectors

Additional property tax for foreign buyers See Property transfer tax
Business taxes See Taxation under Business
Calculation of interest on amounts owed (de Jong) 14213-4, 14322 (James) 14321
Carbon tax See Carbon tax
Competitive tax system and commission on tax competitiveness (de Jong) 13725-6 (Oakes) 13969
Consumer taxes and user fees See Taxes and user fees under Consumers
Coordination of provincial and federal taxes (de Jong) 14081, 14213 (James) 14214
Excess refunds (de Jong) 14321 (James) 14321
Fair tax system (Fraser) 13814-5 (James) 13751 (Rice) 13669 (Robinson) 13589
Fuel tax See Fuel
Government policies (Clark) 13707 (Dalton) 13941 (de Jong) 13723 (Fraser) 13816 (Krog) 13774-5, 13786-7 (Kyllo) 13846-7 (Larson) 13953 (Lee) 14022 (Mark) 13972 (Martin) 13770-3 (Rustad) 13797 (Simons) 13683-5 (Stone) 13736, 13922, 13924-5 (Yap) 13540
Government policies during NDP administration (Hunt) 13646
Government policies, harmonized sales tax (Fraser) 13815
Income tax See Income tax
Jet fuel tax See Fuel
Motor fuel tax See Fuel
NDP position (Clark) 13707 (Hamilton) 13592, 13881
Past discriminatory legislation (Routley, B.) 14279
Progressive and regressive taxes See Fair tax system above
Property tax See Property tax
Property transfer tax See Property transfer tax
Role in social welfare system (Simons) 13683-5
Sales tax See Sales tax
Tax credits See also particular sectors
(de Jong) 13729-30
Tax levels in B.C. and elsewhere (Larson) 13952
Tobacco tax See Tobacco
Vacant property tax for buyers in Vancouver area See Housing under Vancouver, B.C.
Taxi industry

Ridesharing industry (Weaver) 13579
Ridesharing industry, legislation See Rideshare Enabling Act, 2017
Taylor, Jim

Work as lawyer and community organizer (Eby) 13854-5
Teachers

Collective bargaining
court case (Dix) 13947 (Fraser) 13556 (James) 13741 (Rice) 13670
court case documents (Bernier) 14026 (Fleming) 14015-6, 14025-6 (James) 14016
court ruling by federal supreme court See Ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights under Supreme Court of Canada
negotiations and agreement (Bernier) 13765, 14015-6, 14426 (de Jong) 13722
restoration (Fleming) 14426
Government relationship with teachers (Mungall) 13919 (Rice) 13670 (Robinson) 13588 (Simons) 13766
Number, additional teachers (Bernier) 13764 (Throne speech) 13524
Team-based health care See Primary health care under Health care system
Technology See High-technology industry; Information and communications technology; Science and technology
Technology Brewing Corp.

Operations (Kyllo) 14271
Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services, Ministry of

Budget and capital funding (de Jong) 14134 (Ralston) 14134
Role and responsibilities (Virk) 13634-5
Technology Skills Appreciation Week

Role and summit event (Kyllo) 14271-2
Teck Resources Ltd.

Donations to B.C. Liberal Party (Macdonald) 14354
Sullivan minesite, deaths of workers and paramedics (Macdonald) 14354
Telecommunications See Information and communications technology
Television production See Film industry
Telkwa, B.C.

Funding for new water tower (Donaldson) 14063, 14213
TELUS Corp.

Government contract (Virk) 13634
Temple Blackwood, Frederick See Lord Dufferin
Temporary foreign workers See Immigration
Tenant-landlord issues See Rental housing under Housing
Textbooks See Post-secondary education
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Government investment and expansion (Stone) 13698, 13712
Trades and technology training (Stone) 13712 (Wilkinson) 13559
Williams Lake campus, sustainable ranching program (Barnett) 13585
Throne speech See Speech from the Throne
Times Colonist (Victoria)

Historical articles on Chinese immigration (Sullivan) 14285-6
Times (London)

1860 article on Chinese immigration to B.C. (Sullivan) 14284
Tobacco

Sale of tobacco products (de Jong) 14081, 14214, 14322 (James) 14322
Taxation of tobacco products (de Jong) 13730
Tobacco Tax Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017; Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2017
(de Jong) 14081, 14214, 14322 (James) 14322
Tolko Industries Ltd.

Merritt mill, closing (Conroy) 14257 (Tegart) 13568
Toporowski, Debra

Work and contributions (Routley, B.) 13999
Tourism

Discovery Coast circle route and ferry services (Barnett) 13585
Government initiatives (Throne speech) 13526
Industry (Bond) 13575, 13873-4 (Martin) 13543 (Popham) 13640 (Yap) 13541, 13639-41
Ski tourism (Larson) 14068-70
Wilderness tourism and bear viewing (Popham) 13640-1
Trade

Export navigator pilot project (Wat) 13812
Exports and diversification of markets (de Jong) 13725-6 (Kyllo) 14063 (Lee) 14022 (Martin) 13543-4 (Stone) 13710 (Thomson) 13757 (Thornthwaite) 13932 (Throness) 13821 (Wat) 13811-2 (Yap) 13540-1
Government approach to trade and protectionism issue (de Jong) 13725 (Thornthwaite) 13932
Trade agreements and partnerships
agreements and partnerships (Throne speech) 13523 (Wat) 13812
Canada and Europe See Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
NDP position (Rustad) 13799
Trade and investment representatives and offices (de Jong) 13725 (Larson) 13954 (Lee) 14022 (Rustad) 13799 (Thomson) 13757 (Wat) 13811-2
Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions
Asia (Ashton) 13998 (de Jong) 13725 (Throne speech) 13526 (Wat) 13811 (Yap) 13540-1
China (Reimer) 13679
United States (de Jong) 13725 (Thornthwaite) 13932
Trade, Ministry of See International Trade, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism
Trade unions See also particular unions

Relationship with political parties (Fassbender) 14392
Role in discrimination and racism issues See Past discriminatory practices under Discrimination and racism
Role of labour movement and unions (Routley, B.) 14000-2
Role of unions (Corrigan) 13693
Trades training See Skills training
Trail, B.C.

Community band See Maple Leaf Band
Hospital See Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, B.C.
Training and education savings grant program See B.C. training and education savings grant program
Trans Mountain Pipeline Inc.

Pipeline expansion project See Kinder Morgan Canada Inc.
Trans-Canada Highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Transit services See also British Columbia Transit; South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink); Transportation

Benefits of public transit (Holman) 14419
B.C. Bus Pass program, changes (Conroy) 13717 (Darcy) 13583 (Mark) 13972
Expansion and government investment (Eby) 13891 (Heyman) 13676 (Lee) 14022
Funding (Foster) 13842
HandyDART system (Lake) 13737 (Lee) 14022
Transition houses See Housing
TransLink See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Transplantation of organs and tissues

Organ donation and donor registration (Virk) 13634-5
Paired-exchange program (Rice) 14207
Transportation

Government plan and investment (Fassbender) 14005 (Reimer) 13680
Infrastructure See also Highways and roads
Infrastructure, government investment and projects (Barnett) 13584 (Gibson) 13789 (Hamilton) 13594, 13882-3 (Stone) 13712, 13922, 13926 (Trevena) 13804-5 (Yamamoto) 13948
Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of

Record-keeping and freedom-of-information requests (Corrigan) 14338
Treaties See First Nations
Treaty 8 First Nations

Agreements with government (Rustad) 13905-6
Blueberry River Nations See Blueberry River First Nations
Treaty land issues (Rustad) 13904-5
Tree planting See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry
Tributes

Adam Hadwin (de Jong) 14311
Bill Routley (Routley, D.) 14417
Bob White (Clark) 13702 (Darcy) 13701
Brentwood College School basketball champions (Foster) 14270
Donald Brothers (Larson) 13596
Edith Iglauer (Simons) 14165-6
Evie Maitland (Donaldson) 14311
Firefighter Medal of Bravery recipient Kit Little (Yamamoto) 14269-70
Fraser Doke (Chandra Herbert) 14122
George Ferguson (Gibson) 14203-4
KidSport community award recipient Michelle Stilwell (Hogg) 14061
King George Dragons boys basketball team (Chandra Herbert) 14371
Last Post Fund (Hogg) 13833
Lois Cairns (Lake) 14203
Neil Muth (Conroy) 13531
Owen Dickie (Letnick) 14122
Peter Dalton (Dalton) 14270-1
Public safety lifeline volunteer award recipients (Yamamoto) 14203
Richard Wagamese (Lake) 14309
Rod Naknakim (Trevena) 14372
Service as independent MLA by Vicki Huntington (Krog) 14310
Service to Legislature by MLAs (Clark) 14415 (Horgan) 14372-3
Sinking of Miss Cory fishing vessel (Rice) 14122
Stan Wardill (Krog) 14370
Tony Hoar (Routley, D.) 13530
Weldon Feedham (Hogg) 13637
Tri-Cities area See also Coquitlam, B.C.; Port Coquitlam, B.C.; Port Moody, B.C.

Community response to mosque shooting incident (Robinson) 13613
Housing and homelessness task group (Wickens) 13961
Lunar new year celebrations (Reimer) 13679
Tri-Cities Moms Group

Work of organization (Wickens) 13660
Troll's Restaurant, West Vancouver, B.C.

History in Horseshoe Bay and proprietors (Sturdy) 13704
Trout Creek Elementary School, Summerland, B.C.

Potential closing and funding (Ashton) 14067
Trucking industry

Container trucking industry, labour agreement implementation (Bains) 13759-60
Industry and government support (Fassbender) 14004-5
Truck parking facilities (Hamilton) 13883
Trump, Donald

Influence on politics (Krog) 14365
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Report recommendations (Fraser) 13556-7 (Karagianis) 14110
Tsilhqot'in Nation

Court ruling on land title See Supreme Court of Canada
Tuition fees See Post-secondary education
Tulsequah Chief mine See Chieftain Metals Corp.
Turner family

Farming history award recipients (Stone) 13699
Turner, Lana

Home care needs and service levels (Darcy) 13708-9 (Lake) 13709 (Ralston) 13809
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen See also Representative for Children and Youth

Service as Representative for Children and Youth (James) 13608 (McRae) 13608 (Simons) 13768 (Thornthwaite) 13739
Tversky, Amos

Comments on human behaviour (Hogg) 14411

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