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

SUBJECT INDEX
topics, places, people
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

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Eagle Ridge Hospital, Port Moody, B.C.

Care aides, working conditions and staffing levels (Glumac) 9B:1415
Early childhood development, education, etc. See Children and youth
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Capital projects and upgrades (Shypitka) 7B:1620
Easter Seals B.C.–Yukon

Brenden's Ride fundraising event (Cadieux) 8B:1010
Ecole Pauline Johnson Elementary School, West Vancouver, B.C.

Outdoor facilities and learning park (Sultan) 7B:1340-1345
Economic Forecast Council

Economic forecast (Kyllo) 6B:1700 (Martin) 6B:1500
Economy

Balance with environmental values See Sustainable development below
Conditions (Barnett) 7B:1830-1835, 7B:1850 (de Jong) 4B:1425 (Lee) 8B:1130 (Ross) 6B:1615 (Rustad) 7B:1635 (Sturdy) 5B:1030, 5B:1040 (Tegart) 8B:1050
Conditions and economic plan for province (Bond) 7B:1715-1725 (Clark) 7B:1350-1400, 9B:1655, 9B:1710 (Davies) 7B:1425 (Morris) 5B:1100 (Oakes) 7B:1735 (Wat) 9B:1445-1505
Diversification (Clovechok) 4B:1715 (Plecas) 4B:1740
Diversification, rural dividend program See Rural B.C. under British Columbia by region
Economic development in northern and rural B.C. See British Columbia by region
Economic development, role of resource sector See Role in economy under Resources and resource industries
Global economy conditions in 2008 (Martin) 6B:1510
Growth (Clark) 9B:1355, 9B:1420 (Hunt) 6B:1805-1810 (Johal) 4B:1630-1635 (Kyllo) 6B:1655-1700 (Martin) 6B:1500 (Thornthwaite) 4B:1540, 4B:1550 (Throne speech) 2B:1415, 2B:1450
Impact of government policies (Letnick) 6B:1545
Low-carbon economy See Sustainable development below
Measurement, labour income (Morris) 5B:1100
Role in funding government services (Ashton) 6B:1430 (Barnett) 7B:1850 (Cadieux) 8B:1025-1030 (Clark) 9B:1410-1420, 9B:1710 (Davies) 7B:1425-1430 (Gibson) 9B:1545-1550 (Hunt) 6B:1755 (Isaacs) 5B:1145 (Kyllo) 6B:1655-1715 (Martin) 6B:1500-1505, 6B:1515-1520 (Morris) 5B:1120 (Oakes) 7B:1735 (Polak) 9B:1440 (Rustad) 7B:1635 (Stone) 6B:1635-1640 (Sturdy) 5B:1055 (Throness) 9B:1535 (Wat) 9B:1445-1505 (Wilkinson) 6B:1725-1735
Role of government (Isaacs) 5B:1140-1145 (Letnick) 6B:1530-1535 (Ross) 6B:1615-1620 (Throness) 9B:1525
Sustainable development (Sturdy) 5B:1050-1055
Sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy (Weaver) 4B:1510
Education See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; Schools; Skills training

Adult basic education (Throne speech) 2B:1435 (Throness) 9B:1535
Child care services in schools See Schools
Enrolment and student spaces (Ma) 7B:1420
Government investment and support (Bernier) 4B:1415-1420
Mental health services in schools (Thornthwaite) 4B:1550
Royal commission See Royal Commission on Education
Special education and special needs
education assistants (Redies) 4B:1450
special education and special needs (Routledge) 6B:1420
supports (Bernier) 9B:1355 (Kang) 9B:1355
System (Ashton) 6B:1445-1450 (Clark) 7B:1420 (Davies) 7B:1450 (Fleming) 4B:1415-1420 (Furstenau) 7B:1550 (Gibson) 9B:1555 (Horgan) 7B:1455 (Hunt) 6B:1800-1805 (James) 4B:1615-1620 (Kyllo) 6B:1705 (Lee) 8B:1135-1140 (Ma) 7B:1420 (Shypitka) 7B:1625 (Throne speech) 2B:1430 (Wilkinson) 6B:1735 (Yap) 7B:1810
System, initiatives (Johal) 4B:1635-1640 (Milobar) 4B:1505 (Redies) 4B:1450 (Reid) 4B:1820
Teachers See Teachers
Technology use (Lee) 8B:1130
Education funding

Capital funding (Bernier) 6B:1415 (Clark) 7B:1420
Funding (Johal) 4B:1640 (Kyllo) 6B:1705 (Letnick) 6B:1540 (Polak) 9B:1430-1435 (Redies) 4B:1450 (Throne speech) 2B:1430 (Weaver) 4B:1510
Funding and learning improvement fund (Bernier) 6B:1420
Funding formula (Shypitka) 7B:1625 (Tegart) 8B:1055 (Yap) 7B:1810
Special education and special needs (Bernier) 9B:1355
Education savings grant program See B.C. training and education savings grant program
Elderly See Seniors
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3)

(Minister of Justice) Presentation of bill 4B:1350
Divisions: 1R negatived 4B:1355
Opposition position (Clark) 6B:1405-1410 (Hunt) 6B:1755-1800 (Throness) 9B:1520 (Wat) 9B:1500 (Wilkinson) 6B:1720
Elections See also Democracy; Politics and politicians

2017 general election
campaign (Barnett) 7B:1835 (Bernier) 9B:1630 (Horgan) 7B:1455, 7B:1505 (Lee) 8B:1120 (Olsen) 8B:1040 (Throness) 9B:1530 (Yap) 7B:1800
potential for second election in 2017 (Clark) 4B:1410-1415 (Letnick) 6B:1545 (Weaver) 9B:1355-1400
results (Bernier) 9B:1630-1640 (Cadieux) 8B:1010, 8B:1020 (Clark) 7B:1410-1415, 9B:1650, 9B:1710 (Clerk of the House) 2B:1455-1505 (Horgan) 4B:1415, 7B:1455-1500 (Hunt) 6B:1750 (James) 4B:1600 (Lee) 8B:1120, 8B:1140 (Letnick) 6B:1525 (Morris) 5B:1120 (Paton) 7B:1520 (Redies) 4B:1445, 4B:1455 (Rustad) 7B:1630 (Shypitka) 7B:1605-1610 (Stone) 6B:1625 (Sturdy) 5B:1030 (Tegart) 8B:1045 (Throne speech) 2B:1410-1415, 2B:1450 (Throness) 9B:1515, 9B:1525 (Weaver) 4B:1525 (Wilkinson) 6B:1720 (Yap) 7B:1800-1805
voter issues (Stone) 6B:1625-1635 (Throness) 9B:1525-1530
Campaign financing
ban on corporate and union donations (Ashton) 6B:1440 (Gibson) 9B:1550 (Hunt) 6B:1755-1800 (Johal) 4B:1640 (Wat) 9B:1500 (Weaver) 4B:1515 (Wilkinson) 6B:1720-1725
legislation See also Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3)
legislation, private members' bills (Wilkinson) 6B:1720
reform and government action (Barnett) 7B:1835 (James) 4B:1620 (Lee) 8B:1120 (Letnick) 6B:1530-1535 (Paton) 7B:1530 (Stone) 6B:1630 (Sullivan) 4B:1805-1810 (Thornthwaite) 4B:1555 (Throne speech) 2B:1410 (Throness) 9B:1530 (Weaver) 4B:1510-1515 (Yap) 7B:1805
Campaign team volunteers (Letnick) 6B:1525
Entering of certificate of results of May 9, 2017, general election into Journals of the House (Wilkinson) 2B:1505
Referendum on electoral reform (Ashton) 6B:1440 (Gibson) 9B:1550 (Lee) 8B:1120 (Stone) 6B:1630 (Sullivan) 4B:1810 (Throne speech) 2B:1410 (Yap) 7B:1805
Electric power See Energy
Electric vehicles See Automobiles
ELL See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Emergencies

Emergency responders and volunteers (Ashton) 6B:1425, 7B:1345 (Kyllo) 6B:1655
Search and rescue volunteers (Isaacs) 6B:1340-1345
Emergency Management British Columbia

Role (Kyllo) 6B:1655
Emerson, David

Role as trade envoy (Kyllo) 6B:1700
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

New campus project (Reid) 5B:1010
Emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions
Employment and unemployment

Employment and assistance program See Income assistance
Employment and jobs (Clark) 9B:1710 (Isaacs) 5B:1140 (Martin) 6B:1520 (Sturdy) 5B:1030 (Wat) 9B:1450-1455
Employment at multiple jobs (Horgan) 7B:1510
Employment programs See also Income assistance
(Wilkinson) 6B:1730
Entry-level jobs (Hunt) 6B:1805
Government job strategy (Barnett) 7B:1850 (Bond) 7B:1715-1725 (Isaacs) 5B:1140 (Kyllo) 6B:1655 (Morris) 5B:1100
Job creation (Clark) 9B:1410, 9B:1420 (Horgan) 7B:1515 (Rustad) 7B:1650
Jobs plan See Government job strategy above
Labour unions See Trade unions
Role of technology (Hunt) 6B:1805
Skills training See Skills training
Unemployment rate (Bond) 7B:1720
Youth employment See Children and youth
Energy

Clean energy
development (Clark) 9B:1700 (Hunt) 6B:1810 (Kyllo) 6B:1715 (Lee) 8B:1125 (Ross) 6B:1555-1600, 6B:1610 (Shypitka) 7B:1610 (Sturdy) 5B:1040-1045 (Throne speech) 2B:1445-1450 (Throness) 9B:1520
development and First Nations involvement (Rustad) 7B:1650
electricity itinerary with Alberta See Alberta
storage issues See Power storage capacity below
Coal-fired power generation (Sturdy) 5B:1045
Geothermal power (Sturdy) 5B:1045
Home heating (Morris) 5B:1100-1105
Hydroelectric power (Barnett) 8B:1005 (Coleman) 9B:1605-1610 (Hunt) 6B:1810 (Kyllo) 6B:1715 (Morris) 5B:1105 (Sturdy) 5B:1040-1045 (Throne speech) 2B:1445
Northwest transmission line project (Rustad) 7B:1650-1655
Power storage capacity (Coleman) 9B:1610
Power supply and demand (Davies) 7B:1435
Power supply and role in economic development (Coleman) 9B:1610 (Tegart) 8B:1110
Renewable energy See Clean energy above
Transmission system (Morris) 5B:1105
Engineers

Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals (Oakes) 7B:1740
Training (Milobar) 4B:1455, 4B:1505 (Reid) 5B:1020 (Rustad) 7B:1645 (Throne speech) 2B:1435
English-as-a-second-language programs See Post-secondary education
Environment

Conservation officers, number (Throne speech) 2B:1450 (Throness) 9B:1535
Environmental protection (Isaacs) 5B:1145 (Ross) 6B:1610
Environmental protection, advocacy (Horgan) 4B:1335
Environmental protection, professional reliance system (Throne speech) 2B:1450
Sustainability and balance with economic interests See Sustainable development under Economy
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Report on climate change (Sturdy) 5B:1040
ESL program See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education
Estergaard, Tim

Employment (Davies) 7B:1430
Ethnic discrimination and racism See Discrimination and racism
Ethnic diversity See Multiculturalism
Exports See Trade; particular industries

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