BC Legislature - Hansard Members Index, First Session, 41st Parliament

First Session, 41st Parliament – 2017
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

MEMBERS INDEX
speeches by Members; topics debated
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; sec. - section; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent

Wat, Hon. Teresa (Richmond North Centre)

As subject

constituents, campaign team, family and staff thanked 9B:1445

Aerospace industry, government support 9B:1455

Airshow China, 2016 event 9B:1455

Asia-Pacific region, market for B.C. products 9B:1450

B.C. Institute of Technology, Richmond aerospace campus 9B:1455

B.C. Liberal Party government

financial management 9B:1445, 9B:1455-1500

priorities 9B:1500-1505

B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 9B:1505

City Centre Community Centre 9B:1455

Economy, conditions and role in funding government services 9B:1445-1505

Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), opposition position 9B:1500

Elections, campaign financing, ban on corporate and union donations 9B:1500

Employment and jobs 9B:1450-1455

Forests and forest industry, government support 9B:1450

GoodLife Fitness Autism Family Hub, facility and services 9B:1450

Government, stable government 9B:1500-1505

High-technology industry, financial technology sector and venture capital program 9B:1450

Home ownership, rent-to-own program 9B:1505

Hop-On Hop-Off Attraction, bus tour service in Richmond 9B:1500

Housing

affordable housing, government initiatives 9B:1505

rental housing, protections for tenants 9B:1505

International Trade Ministry, work of ministry 9B:1445-1450

Kiwanis Towers seniors housing complex 9B:1455

Local government, housing development approval process 9B:1505

McArthurGlen Designer Outlet mall 9B:1455

MLAs, new members 9B:1445

Multiculturalism, ethnic and cultural diversity 9B:1450, 9B:1505

Retail industry, megastores and malls 9B:1455

Richmond

community and economic activities 9B:1450-1500

Minoru community capital building initiative 9B:1455

Richmond Hospital, role and expansion project 9B:1455

Richmond North Centre constituency and area, description and activities 9B:1450-1455

Throne speech content 9B:1500

Throne speech debate 6B:1445-1505

Tourism industry 9B:1455-1500

Trade

exports and diversification of markets 9B:1450

trade and investment representatives and offices 9B:1450

Trinity Western University, Richmond campus 9B:1455

Union Mobile Financial Technology, operations and Canadian headquarters office 9B:1450

Vancouver, financial technology sector 9B:1450

Vancouver International Airport, operations and role in economy 9B:1455-1500

Weaver, Andrew (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject

campaign statements and actions since general election (Barnett) 7B:1835 (Clark) 9B:1400-1405

comments on issues

B.C. Liberal government (Shypitka) 7B:1605

campaign financing reform legislation (Barnett) 7B:1835

Site C power project (Davies) 7B:1430 (Throness) 9B:1520

position on campaign finance reform legislation (Hunt) 6B:1755

position on legislation for first session of 41st parliament (Clark) 6B:1405-1410 (Throness) 9B:1520

work as MLA 4B:1510

B.C. Liberal Party, campaign statements 4B:1420-1425

B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 4B:1420-1425, 4B:1510-1530, 6B:1405-1410

Budgets, 2017-18 budget, priorities 4B:1420, 4B:1520

Children and youth, early childhood education, government investment 4B:1510

Clark, Christy, actions as Premier after general election 9B:1355-1400

Climate change, action on climate change 4B:1510

Communities, urban and rural communities 4B:1530

Credit rating, B.C. rating 4B:1515

de Jong, Michael, comments on issues

B.C. NDP and Green Party campaign statements 4B:1520

comments during election campaign 4B:1420

tolling policy 4B:1515

Economy, sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 4B:1510

Education funding 4B:1510

Elections

2017 general election

potential for second election in 2017 9B:1355-1400

results 4B:1525

campaign financing

ban on corporate and union donations 4B:1515

reform and government action 4B:1510-1515

Government

decision-making and priorities 4B:1510

programs and services, funding 4B:1420

Green Party of B.C.

policies, ban on corporate and union donations 4B:1515

relationship with other parties 9B:1355-1400

vision and values 4B:1505-1530

Legislature, Speaker and Chair, letter to Speaker from Government House Leader 6B:1405-1410

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Judith Guichon, advice to Lieutenant-Governor from Premier 7B:1405

MLAs, cooperation 4B:1525-1530, 6B:1405-1410, 9B:1355-1400

Oral questions

B.C. Liberal Party campaign statements and priorities 4B:1420-1425

Cooperation in Legislative Assembly 6B:1405-1410, 9B:1355-1400

question ruled out of order 7B:1405

Poverty reduction 4B:1510

Public debt, paydown of debt 4B:1520

Resource management 4B:1510

Seuss, Dr., comments in The Lorax 4B:1510

Social support system for vulnerable persons 4B:1510

Throne speech

confidence motion and vote by MLAs 6B:1410, 7B:1405, 9B:1355-1400

content 4B:1510-1530, 6B:1405-1410

Throne speech debate 4B:1505-1530

Tolling policy 4B:1515

Tributes

James Walker 7B:1335

Walker, James, work in wildlife management and legacy 7B:1335

Wilkinson, Hon. Andrew (Vancouver-Quilchena)

As subject

staff, family and supporters thanked 6B:1715-1720

use of transit system 6B:1735

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1), debate 2B:1505

Blades, Allie, work as constituency assistant 6B:1715

B.C.

opportunities and reputation 6B:1715-1720

population 6B:1740

population, migration to B.C. 6B:1715

B.C. Liberal Party government

MLAs, representation in rural areas 6B:1740

performance 6B:1745

B.C. NDP

agreement with Green Party 6B:1720-1725

performance as government, health care system 6B:1730

Child care, funding and spaces 6B:1725

China, market for B.C. products, wood products 6B:1740

Climate change, government action 6B:1740

Communities, urban and rural communities 6B:1740

Economy, role in funding government services 6B:1725-1735

Education system 6B:1735

Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), opposition position 6B:1720

Elections

2017 general election, results 6B:1720

campaign financing

ban on corporate and union donations 6B:1720-1725

legislation, private members' bills 6B:1720

entering of certificate of results of May 9, 2017, general election into Journals of the House 2B:1505

Employment programs 6B:1730

Forests and forest industry

employment and jobs 6B:1740

export of product and expansion of market 6B:1740

silviculture 6B:1740

Health care system 6B:1730

Home ownership, rent-to-own program 6B:1740

Housing

affordable housing, supply 6B:1735-1740

summit 6B:1735

Income assistance

benefits, rate increase 6B:1725

single-parent employment initiative 6B:1730

Introductions by members 9B:1335

Long-term and residential care beds, number 6B:1730

Lower Mainland, transit services and projects 6B:1735

Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 6B:1730

Mental illness and addiction, government action on issues 6B:1730

Motions

Printing of Votes and Proceedings 2B:1505

Parks

campgrounds, picnic tables 6B:1745

park rangers, youth ranger program 6B:1745

system, funding and staffing 6B:1740-1745

Physicians, family physicians, supply and training 6B:1730

Port Mann Bridge, tolls, elimination 6B:1735

Post-secondary education

government investment 6B:1735

graduation numbers in science, technology, engineering and math 6B:1735

tuition fees 6B:1735

Poverty

child poverty 6B:1725

reduction 6B:1725-1730

Resources and resource industries, government support 6B:1740

Royal Commission on Education, establishment 6B:1735

Schools, child care services in schools 6B:1725

Seniors care and support 6B:1730

Throne speech

confidence motion and vote by MLAs 6B:1715, 6B:1745

debate by NDP MLAs 6B:1720

Throne speech debate 6B:1715-1745

Trade between B.C. and China 6B:1740

Transit services, expansion and government investment 6B:1735

Vancouver-Quilchena constituency and area

constituents 6B:1715

election candidates, debate 6B:1735

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, printing 2B:1505