Second 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
Index updated regularly during session.

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Darcy, Hon. Judy (New Westminster)

As subject
role as Mental Health and Addictions Minister 19B:1650
staff and family thanked 19B:1645-1650
Abbotsford, overdose deaths 47B:1335
Anxiety disorders, anxiety in children and youth, FRIENDS program 33A:1800
B.C. by regio, rural B.C., mental health and addiction services 34A:1140-1145
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government, mental health and addiction services 33A:1530, 34A:1135
position on campaign financing reform 57B:1740
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 19B:1710
B.C. NDP government
performance 33A:1530, 33A:1600
priorities 31B:1645-1715, 33A:1430-1435, 33A:1805
Budget debate 19B:1645-1710
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2), debate 31B:1645-1710
Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 19B:1650-1710, 31B:1645-1715
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, comments on recovery from addiction 34A:1115-1120
Carbon tax
rate increase 31B:1655
rate increase and allocation of revenues 19B:1710
Child care
affordability and availability 19B:1710
government plan 31B:1650-1655
government plan and funding 19B:1705
Children and Youth Committee, report and recommendations on child and youth mental health 33A:1740-1745, 33A:1805
Climate change, government action 19B:1710
Community Care and Assisted Living Act, amendments 33A:1525
Consumers, cost of living, government action on issues 19B:1705, 31B:1650-1700
Cornish, Laura, access to child care services 19B:1710
Democracy, democratic reform, legislation 57B:1745
Economy, sustainable development
innovation commission initiative 31B:1655
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 19B:1710
Education
class size and composition 34A:1135
funding 19B:1710, 31B:1655
mental health and addiction services in schools 33A:1730-1805, 34A:1115, 34A:1135-1140
First Nations and Indigenous persons
legacy of colonialism and residential schools 19B:1655
mental health and addiction 19B:1655, 33A:1735, 34A:1145
Foundry
funding 33A:1730
mental health services 31B:1705
services for youth and proposed expansion 33A:1510, 33A:1725-1730, 33A:1755
Foundry North Shore, services for youth 33A:1755
F.W. Howay Elementary School, seismic upgrade 19B:1710
Health care system
federal funding 33A:1655-1705
pain management and opioid use 33A:1555
Health Ministry, budget 33A:1645-1650
Horgan, John, wearing of Salmonbellies jersey 14B:1335
Housing, affordable housing
government action 19B:1705
government plan and initiatives 31B:1650
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 31B:1655
Infrastructure, government investment 19B:1710, 31B:1655
Introductions by members 22B:1335, 26B:1340, 29B:1335, 40B:1330-1335, 43B:1340, 54B:1345, 64B:1335
Joint Task Force on Overdose Prevention and Response, work of task force 33A:1615-1650
Joshua case, death and services for mental illness 31B:1700, 33A:1435, 33A:1735
Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15), debate 57B:1740-1750
Local government elections, campaign financing, reform and regulation 57B:1740-1750
Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 31B:1655-1700
Mental health
mental health and addiction
cabinet working group 33A:1450, 33A:1610, 33A:1735
cases 33A:1510-1515, 34A:1115-1120
consultation by government 33A:1450, 33A:1605, 34A:1110
cross-government approach and collaboration 19B:1650, 19B:1700-1705, 31B:1710, 33A:1440, 33A:1450-1455, 33A:1525, 33A:1735, 34A:1145
front-line services and workers 19B:1650, 19B:1700, 33A:1435
government strategy 19B:1700-1705
government strategy and system of services 19B:1700-1705, 33A:1430-1500, 33A:1525-1540, 33A:1600-1620, 33A:1650-1655, 33A:1730-1805, 34A:1105-1120, 34A:1130-1145
prevention and early intervention 33A:1605-1615, 33A:1730-1735, 33A:1805-1810, 34A:1115, 34A:1135-1140
relationship to homelessness 33A:1610, 34A:1115
services and funding 19B:1650-1705, 31B:1700-1710, 33A:1650-1705, 33A:1735, 33A:1805, 34A:1125
services and role of ministries 33A:1440, 33A:1450-1455, 33A:1735, 34A:1105
services for Indigenous persons 34A:1145
stigma 19B:1655, 33A:1455, 33A:1610
system of services 19B:1700
mental health of children and youth
assessment and wait time for services 33A:1755-1800
government strategy and system of services 33A:1435, 33A:1445-1450, 33A:1605-1615, 33A:1745-1805, 34A:1105, 34A:1115-1120, 34A:1130-1145
integrated services 33A:1730, 33A:1740-1755, 34A:1140
legislation 33A:1750, 34A:1105
mental health and addiction services 31B:1700-1705
secure care 33A:1725, 34A:1105, 34A:1130-1135
services and information-sharing 33A:1745-1750, 34A:1105
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
estimates debate 33A:1430-1630, 33A:1640-1810, 34A:1100-1145
budget and activities 33A:1440-1505, 33A:1650
establishment and priorities 19B:1650-1655
establishment and role 19B:1650-1655, 31B:1700-1710, 33A:1430-1435, 33A:1450-1455, 33A:1530, 33A:1600, 33A:1650, 33A:1735-1745, 33A:1800-1805
mandate 33A:1445, 33A:1605, 33A:1745, 33A:1805-1810, 34A:1105
staffing and salaries 33A:1440-1450
Ministerial statements
Persons Day 36B:1430
Nakagawa, Nadine, community contributions and award 68B:1335
New Westminster
affordable housing and child care services 19B:1705-1710
Citizen of the Year award 68B:1335
community 19B:1645
New Westminster Salmonbellies, team and championships 14B:1335
New Westminster Secondary School, conditions and replacement 19B:1710
Occupational health and safety, workplace injuries, impacts 33A:1515
Persons Day, recognition and history 36B:1430
PharmaCare program, costs, methadone program 33A:1545
Poverty
government strategy 31B:1650
Poverty reduction
cross-government approach and collaboration 19B:1705
Prescription drugs, opioids, prescribing standards and education 33A:1550-1555
Providence Crosstown Clinic, funding and operations 33A:1505-1520, 33A:1530, 34A:1120
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, budget 33A:1645-1650
Radbourne, Bill, community service 34B:1005
Representative for Children and Youth, reports
death of Joshua 31B:1700
death of Joshua and implementation of recommendations 33A:1435, 33A:1445, 33A:1605, 33A:1735-1745, 33A:1805, 34A:1135
death of Paige Gauchier and government response 34A:1105
reports 34A:1115
Royal Columbian Hospital, redevelopment 19B:1710
School district 40 (New Westminster), capital projects and seismic upgrades 19B:1710
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 19B:1700-1705
Society, equality 36B:1430
Statements
Overdose deaths in Abbotsford 47B:1335
Statements (response)
Achievements of lacrosse teams 14B:1335
Substance use and addiction
causes 19B:1655, 33A:1515
costs to society 33A:1510-1515, 33A:1720
decriminalization issue 33A:1455
drug use while alone 33A:1530-1540
four pillars approach 34A:1115
harm reduction services 19B:1655, 33A:1530, 34A:1115
Naloxone treatment 33A:1710-1715
opioid overdoses
deaths and demographic trends 19B:1650, 33A:1435, 33A:1540-1550
response and funding for services 33A:1615-1720
response and services 19B:1650-1700, 31B:1705-1710, 33A:1430-1435, 33A:1455-1500, 33A:1520-1535, 33A:1605, 34A:1115, 47B:1335
services for First Nations 31B:1710
opioid replacement therapies
costs 33A:1715-1720
guideline 33A:1505, 33A:1515-1520, 33A:1530-1535
injectable diacetylmorphine and hydromorphone 33A:1500-1505, 33A:1515, 33A:1530, 33A:1720
Kadian 33A:1720
methadone maintenance program 33A:1545-1550, 33A:1720
replacement therapies 19B:1655
Suboxone 33A:1545, 33A:1720
prevention and early intervention 19B:1705
public education and outreach 33A:1530-1540
stigma 33A:1530
substance use centres initiative 33A:1555-1600, 33A:1655
supervised injection sites 33A:1715
treatment and recovery services 33A:1515-1600, 34A:1115-1120
private residential services 34A:1125
recovery houses and regulation 33A:1525, 34A:1115
social supports 33A:1520
Taxation, fair tax system 19B:1705
Teachers, supply and hiring of additional teachers 34A:1140
Thornthwaite, Jane, advocacy on child and youth mental health issues 34A:1135
Tributes
Bill Radbourne 34B:1005
Nadine Nakagawa 68B:1335
Union of B.C. Municipalities, issues and concerns 34A:1140
Vancouver, Downtown Eastside, social services and costs 33A:1600
Victoria, mental health and addiction case 19B:1650, 34A:1115
Women's equality and rights 36B:1430
Davies, Dan (Peace River North)

As subject
experience and role as MLA 50B:1720, 70B:1710-1715
experience as candidate in local election campaigns 63B:1735-1740
staff and family thanked 24B:1400
Alberta, power supply and clean energy 24B:1420
Amazon.com Inc., headquarters location 36B:1550
Australia, electoral system 70B:1735
Basham, Patrick, comments on proportional representation 70B:1730
Bayview Elementary School, replacement 38A:1535-1545
Boswell, Ron, comments on electoral systems 70B:1735
B.C. by region
northern B.C., heating fuel and costs 24B:1410
rural B.C., road conditions and improvements 47B:1800, 47B:1810
B.C. NDP
agreement with Green Party 36B:1555-1600, 50B:1725-1735
donations to party 27B:1100
election platform, content 36B:1545-1600
election platform, education content 38A:1515-1525
position on issues, foundation skills assessment 40A:1655
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements 24B:1405, 24B:1425
priorities 24B:1405, 36B:1540-1600
B.C. Teachers Federation, role and position re foundation skills assessment 40A:1705
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2), debate 36B:1540-1600
Budgets
2017-18 budget and update 36B:1540-1600
balanced budgets 36B:1555
Carbon tax, rate increase and impact on northern B.C. 24B:1410
Child care, government plan 24B:1405
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, initiative and work 50B:1725
Corporations, income tax rate 36B:1550
Economy
competitiveness 36B:1545
conditions 24B:1405-1410, 36B:1555-1600
government strategy 24B:1405
Education
classroom equipment and resources 38A:1515-1525
curriculum 40A:1710
education of Indigenous persons 40A:1715-1725
parent advisory councils 38A:1445
standardized testing, foundation skills assessment 40A:1655-1705
system, rural education review and release of report 40A:1805-1810
Education funding 24B:1425
capital funding for playgrounds 38A:1435-1445
equipment, resources and supplies 38A:1515-1525
federal funding of Indigenous education 40A:1720
fundraising by parents 38A:1445
Education Ministry
estimates debate 38A:1430-1445, 38A:1455-1545, 40A:1655-1725, 40A:1750-1810
minister's office, budget and staffing 40A:1750-1755
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 27B:1050-1110
Election campaign financing, reform and transition fund for political parties 27B:1050-1110
Elections
2017 general election results 18B:1020
electoral systems
fringe party incidence 70B:1730-1735
proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 50B:1720-1745, 70B:1710-1740
Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6)
debate 50B:1715-1745, 70B:1710-1740, 71B:1805-1825, 71B:1845-1850, 73B:1405-1420
delay for six months 70B:1710-1740
Emergencies, first responders, tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue personnel 36B:1545
Energy
electricity rates, role of hydroelectric power 67B:1110-1115
home heating 36B:1550
hydroelectric power projects, role in action on climate change 18B:1020-1025, 24B:1420
power supply, demand projections 18B:1020-1025, 24B:1420
Families, tax credits for families with children, arts and fitness credits 36B:1550
First Nations and Indigenous persons, agreements with government, benefit agreements 24B:1415
Forests and forest industry
government support 35B:1440-1445
softwood lumber trade with U.S., government action 24B:1425
wood products, use in public sector construction 40A:1755-1800
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 35B:1440-1450
Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society, services and role in community 72B:1015-1020
Fort Nelson, forest industry in area 35B:1440-1450
Fort St. John, industries 18B:1025
Fort St. John Public Library, role 25B:1025-1030
France, electoral system and election results 70B:1730-1735
Haisla Nation, economic development and involvement in LNG industry 24B:1415
Horgan, John, comments on election campaign financing reform and direct subsidies 27B:1105
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 36B:1550
Introductions by members 19B:1335, 29B:1340, 58B:1005
Jaccard, Mark, comments on Site C 36B:1600
James, Carole, comments on referendum on electoral reform 50B:1730-1740
Legislature, distribution of seats 18B:1020
Libraries, role 25B:1025-1030
Liquefied natural gas development
development and projects 14B:1340
First Nations involvement 24B:1415
industry 24B:1410-1415
Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15)
debate 63B:1735-1745
amendments to bill 63B:1735-1745
Local government elections
campaign financing, contribution limits and self-financing 63B:1740-1745
campaigns in small communities 63B:1735-1745
Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 36B:1540-1545
MLAs
community and rural representation 50B:1720, 50B:1745, 70B:1710-1715, 71B:1845
constituency assistants 24B:1400
Motions
Hydroelectric power and energy rates 67B:1110-1115
Northern Rockies regional district, forest industry in area 35B:1440-1450
Oil and gas, natural gas industry 14B:1340, 24B:1410
Oral questions
Site C power project and impact on Peace River area 61B:1415
Site C power project report and status 50B:1405-1410
Site C power project review and workers 23B:1030-1035
Pacific NorthWest LNG facility project, cancellation 24B:1410-1415
Peace River area, industries 24B:1405
Peace River North constituency and area
constituents' response to campaign financing legislation 27B:1055
description 24B:1405
highways and roads, government investment 47B:1800, 47B:1810
size, communities and representation 50B:1720, 70B:1710-1715, 71B:1845
Polio, eradication of disease 54B:1400
Prince Edward Island, referendum and voter turnout 50B:1735-1740, 70B:1725, 70B:1735, 71B:1810-1815
Private members' statements
Powering the future with Site C 18B:1020-1030
Private members' statements (response)
Celebrating libraries 25B:1025-1030
Radwanski, Adam, comments on proportional representation 70B:1730-1735
Referendum on electoral reform 50B:1715-1745, 70B:1710-1740, 71B:1805-1825, 71B:1845-1850, 73B:1405-1420
ballot, mail-in ballot 50B:1730, 50B:1745, 70B:1725
consultation process and questionnaire, panel 73B:1405
previous referenda 70B:1715-1720, 73B:1415
questions 71B:1810
voter turnout threshold 71B:1805-1825, 73B:1410-1420
voter turnout threshold and regional consideration 50B:1740-1745, 70B:1725, 70B:1735, 71B:1845-1850
Resources and resource industries 24B:1405
Ross, Ellis, comments on Haisla agreements with LNG industry 24B:1415
Rotary Club of Fort St. John, role and event 54B:1400
Rotary clubs, "End polio now" initiative 54B:1400
Sales tax, application to electricity costs for businesses 36B:1545
School district 39 (Vancouver), capital projects and seismic upgrades 38A:1535-1545
School district 60 (Peace River North), new school project in Fort St. John 38A:1430
Schools
capital projects 38A:1430
capital projects, timelines 38A:1505
capital projects, use of wood products 40A:1755-1800
facilities serving Indigenous communities 40A:1720
playgrounds 38A:1435-1445
rural schools 40A:1805-1810
seismic upgrades 38A:1445-1510
Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary School, replacement 38A:1535-1545
Site C power project
cancellation costs and impact on workers 36B:1555-1600, 50B:1405-1410
cancellation costs and impacts 24B:1415-1420, 61B:1415, 67B:1115
government decision timeline 50B:1405-1410
local government agreements 18B:1030
power supply 18B:1020-1025, 24B:1420
project and economy in Peace River area 18B:1030, 24B:1415-1420, 61B:1415
project and jobs 18B:1025-1030, 23B:1035, 24B:1415-1420
report and recommendations 50B:1405-1410
review 23B:1035, 24B:1420
site tours 23B:1035
Small business, income tax rate 36B:1545
Statements by members
Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society 72B:1015-1020
LNG industry 14B:1340
Rotary clubs in Peace River area and campaign to eliminate polio 54B:1400
Taxation, government policies 36B:1540-1600
Taylor Bridge, replacement project and funding 47B:1810
Teachers, professional development 38A:1525-1535
Throne speech debate 24B:1400-1425
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 47B:1800-1810
staff 47B:1810
The Vancouver Sun, article on Site C 36B:1600
W.A.C. Bennett Dam, 50th anniversary 18B:1020, 67B:1115
Weaver, Andrew, comments on Site C power project jobs 24B:1420
Wildfires in summer 2017, area residents and first responders 24B:1400
de Jong, Michael (Abbotsford West)

As subject
concerns re constitution amendment legislation (Weaver) 36B:1820
work as Finance Minister (Gibson) 21B:1435
Agricultural Land Commission, independence and policy on communications from elected officials 40B:1420
Agriculture Ministry, minister, letter to fish farm operator 36B:1425
B.C. NDP
2017 convention 71B:1405
agreement with Green Party 43B:1620-1625
document on transportation issues and George Massey Tunnel replacement 15B:1430-1435
fundraising activities 14B:1415
B.C. NDP government, position on tenures for resource-based businesses 36B:1425
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, initiative and work 43B:1610-1615
Coleman, Rich, service as Leader of the Opposition 73B:1500-1505
Communities, urban and rural communities 43B:1615
Constitution Act, amendments 36B:1435-1440
Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 5), eligibility of MLAs to debate and vote on bill 36B:1435-1440
Crown Corporations Committee, powers and ride-sharing review 69B:1105-1110
Edmonton, violent incident and victims 26B:1350-1355
Election campaign financing, reform and transition fund for political parties 20B:1020-1025, 22B:1400-1405, 23B:1050-1055
Elections, proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 43B:1625
Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 43B:1555-1625
Fixed election date, concept 43B:1600
Freedom of information, disclosure, proactive disclosure requirements 50B:1420
Gill, Maninder, activities and attendance at NDP event 14B:1415
Government, contracts for products and services, disclosure of expenses for directly awarded contracts 50B:1420
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 15B:1430-1435
Horgan, John
attendance at NDP event and knowledge of guests 14B:1415
comments on election campaign financing reform 20B:1020-1025, 22B:1400-1405, 23B:1050-1055
comments on referendum on electoral reform 43B:1625
Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry, minister, activities and role 64B:1420
Las Vegas, Nevada, shooting incident and victims 26B:1350-1355
Legislature
language used in House
"minister of intimidation" 43B:1420
parliamentary language rules 54B:1435
withdrawal of comments 57B:1845
members' conduct and debate, debate and voting on question in which member has pecuniary interest 36B:1435-1440
question period, change to scheduled times 19B:1430
recesses 57B:1550
Speaker and Chair, appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 11B:1435
Speaker and Chair, guidance and ruling in advance of matter 36B:1435-1440
Standing Order 18, voting on question in which member has pecuniary interest 36B:1435-1440
standing orders 54B:1435
standing orders, change 19B:1430
Lower Mainland
traffic congestion 15B:1430-1435, 26B:1425
transportation planning 26B:1425
Mark, Melanie, former position in Office of Representative for Children and Youth 30B:1050
MLAs, disclosure of expenses, executive council travel expenses 50B:1420
Ministerial statements (response)
Violent incidents in Edmonton and Las Vegas 26B:1350-1355
Motions
Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 11B:1435
Changes to question period and daily House business 19B:1430
Crown Corporations Committee powers and ride-sharing review 69B:1100-1110
Oral questions
Attendance of Citizens' Services Minister and Premier at fundraising event 14B:1415
Disclosure of executive council travel expenses and directly awarded contracts 50B:1420
Election campaign financing legislation 20B:1020-1025, 22B:1400-1405, 23B:1050-1055
Employee severance payments by Office of the Representative for Children and Youth 29B:1410, 30B:1050
International trade negotiations and Minister of State for Trade 64B:1420
Letter from Agriculture Minister to fish farm operator 36B:1425
Massey Tunnel replacement project 15B:1430-1435
MLA communications with Agricultural Land Commission 40B:1420
Payment of legal fees in defamation lawsuit 12B:1355-1400
Referendum on electoral reform 71B:1400-1405
Review of scientific research by Agriculture Ministry 43B:1420
Transportation planning and government strategy 26B:1425
Points of order
comment during question period 57B:1845
parliamentary language 54B:1435
Popham, Lana, letter as opposition MLA to Agricultural Land Commission 40B:1420
Public service
employee severance rules 29B:1410
legal fee indemnity policy for government employees 12B:1355-1400
Ralston, Bruce, comments on Gordon Wilson and legal fee indemnity issue 12B:1355-1400
Referendum on electoral reform 43B:1555-1625, 71B:1400-1405
Reid, Linda, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 11B:1435
Representative for Children and Youth, employee severance payments 30B:1050
Resources and resource industries, tenures, NDP position 36B:1425
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing, regulation and potential impacts 69B:1100-1110
Robertson, Jack, death 26B:1340
Sims, Jinny, attendance at NDP event and interactions with Maninder Gill 14B:1415
Standing Order 18
Application of standing order to Bill 5, debate 36B:1435-1440
Surrey, NDP event, attendance and guest list 14B:1415
Taxi industry, consultation by government 69B:1105-1110
Transportation
government plan 26B:1425
innovation and role of technology 69B:1100-1105
Tributes
Jack Robertson 26B:1340
Violence, acts of violence and response 26B:1355-1400
Wilson, Gordon, lawsuit against government and legal fee indemnity policy 12B:1355-1400
Dean, Mitzi (Esquimalt-Metchosin)

As subject
family, colleagues, staff and volunteers thanked 21B:1615
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, campaign 67B:1100
Agriculture
AgriRecovery program 39B:1010
farmers markets 19B:1340-1345
government support and initiatives 39B:1010
Alphonse, Shirley, indigenous culture and language teachings 32B:1035
B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, role and services 50B:1355
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 28B:1340
performance as government and priorities 28B:1340
performance as government, ride-sharing issues 39B:1150
Budget debate 21B:1615-1635
Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 21B:1620
Buy B.C. program 39B:1010
Child care funding 21B:1630
Communities, local community markets 19B:1340-1345
Corporations, income tax rate, small business 21B:1625
Democracy 43B:1550
Disabled persons, disability among Indigenous people 50B:1355
École Polytechnique, 1989 massacre of women 67B:1100
Economy
government strategy 21B:1630
sustainable development, emerging economy task force and innovation commission 21B:1630
Education funding 21B:1630
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 28B:1535-1550
Election campaign financing reform, transition fund for political parties 28B:1535-1550
Elections
advertising and communications. third-party advertising and regulation 28B:1550
proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 43B:1550-1555
right to vote, women 43B:1550
Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 43B:1550-1555
Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area
community and First Nations 21B:1620, 32B:1045
community markets 19B:1340-1345
community needs and mental health services 18B:1110-1115
issues and concerns 21B:1620-1635
First Nations and Indigenous persons
children, abuse at residential schools 20B:1010
culture and heritage 32B:1030-1045
language preservation and revitalization 32B:1035-1045
residential schools, Witness Blanket art installation 20B:1010
First Peoples Cultural Council, work of organization 32B:1035
First speeches by members 21B:1615-1635
Food and food industry
institutional purchasing policies, Feed B.C. procurement policy 39B:1010
locally grown food 39B:1010
tree fruit industry 39B:1005-1010
Food banks, use by families and children 21B:1625
Foster care, foster families 26B:1400
Gambling
activities 46B:1115
casinos, money laundering and government response 46B:1115-1120
casinos, review of operations 46B:1120
Gaming policy and enforcement branch, activities and role 46B:1115-1120
Government, public engagement and trust 28B:1340
Hara, Dan, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 39B:1150
Health care system, primary health care, accessibility 21B:1630-1635
Housing, affordable housing, government action 21B:1620-1625
Income assistance, deductions and exemptions, earnings exemption 21B:1625
Indigenous Disability Awareness Month 50B:1355
Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council 65B:1010
International relations, peace advocacy and education 40B:1350-1355
Introductions by members 17B:1335, 20B:1005, 23B:1010, 36B:1340, 40B:1335, 68B:1335
Karagianis, Maurine, work on protection of women's employment rights 60B:1130
Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, campus, programs and students 40B:1350-1355
Medical Services Plan premiums 21B:1625
Mental health
mental health and addiction, government action on issues 21B:1635
mental health of children and youth, services 21B:1635
programs and services 18B:1110-1115, 21B:1635
Mill, J.S., comments on democracy 43B:1550
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, Sisters in Spirit vigils and REDress project 29B:1355
Motions
Health and education services 18B:1110-1115
Money laundering in casinos 46B:1115-1120
Ride-sharing 39B:1150-1155
Women in society 60B:1125-1130
National inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls 67B:1050
Newman, Carey, art installation 20B:1010
Pacific Centre Family Services Association, role and services 23B:1015
Pacific Centre for Wellbeing, establishment and services 23B:1015
Pearson, Lester B., Nobel Peace Prize award 40B:1350-1355
Physicians, family physicians 21B:1630
Politics and politicians, money and politics 28B:1340-1350
Poverty reduction, government strategy 21B:1625
Premier's Awards for Aboriginal Youth Excellence in Sport, Vancouver Island regional awards 65B:1010
Private members' statements
Protecting First Nations middens 32B:1030-1045
Violence against women 67B:1050-1100
Private members' statements (response)
Celebrating the B.C. tree fruit industry 39B:1005-1010
Referendum on electoral reform 43B:1550-1555
Rental housing, protections for tenants 21B:1620-1625
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing, regulation and government plan 39B:1150-1155
Royal B.C. Museum, exhibit on First Nations languages 32B:1040
Small business 21B:1630
Social welfare, social programs and services 18B:1110-1115
Sports and recreation
participation by Indigenous persons 61B:1345-1350
participation by Indigenous youth 65B:1010
rugby 61B:1345-1350
Statements by members
Centre for Wellbeing on West Shore 23B:1015
Community markets in Esquimalt-Metchosin area 19B:1340-1345
Foster families 26B:1400
Indigenous disability awareness 50B:1355
Indigenous participation in rugby 61B:1345-1350
Lester B. Pearson College 40B:1350-1355
Premier's Awards for Aboriginal Youth Excellence in Sport 65B:1010
Response to wildfires by south Vancouver Island firefighters 17B:1345
Sisters in Spirit vigils and REDress project 29B:1355
WestShore Chamber of Commerce business award recipients 54B:1350
Wild ARC 48B:1020
Witness Blanket art installation 20B:1010
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response and services 21B:1635
Taxation, fair tax system 21B:1625
Taxi industry, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 39B:1150-1155
Teachers, supply and hiring of additional teachers 21B:1630
Thunder, Indigenous rugby team and programs 61B:1345-1350
Uber, operations 39B:1150
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
adoption and implementation 21B:1615
declaration 32B:1035
Vancouver Island, south Island, firefighters' response to wildfires 17B:1345
View Royal Casino, operations and role in community 46B:1115
Violence
domestic violence
employment rights protection for women leaving domestic violence 60B:1130
prevention 60B:1130
violence against Indigenous women and children, prevention 67B:1050
violence against women, prevention 60B:1125-1130, 67B:1050-1100
WestShore Chamber of Commerce, business award recipients 54B:1350
Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre, facility and services 48B:1020
Wildfires in summer 2017
impact on farmers and ranchers 39B:1010
response 17B:1345
Women
issues and government action 60B:1125-1130
women in society and socio-economic barriers 60B:1125-1130
D'Eith, Bob (Maple Ridge–Mission)

As subject
campaign experience 43B:1740-1745
campaign team, volunteers, staff and family thanked 17B:1655
comments in debate (Bernier) 18B:1145
comments on referendum on electoral reform (Clovechok) 65B:1115
experience with Liberal Party government as non-profit organization director 17B:1700
role as Chair of Finance Committee (Ashton) 64B:1430
ACTS Arts Centre, role and events 33B:1340-1345
Adult basic education 18B:1125
Agriculture, farmers, role and work 55B:1025
Ashton, Dan, role as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 64B:1430
Billesberger, Val, historical society activities 22B:1350
B.C. Agriculture Council, membership 55B:1025
B.C. Agriculture Day 55B:1025
B.C. by region, rural B.C., issues and government support 25B:1150-1155
B.C. Hydro
management and operations 67B:1135-1140
role 67B:1140
B.C. Liberal Party
donations to party 28B:1745-1750
performance as government, austerity policies 17B:1700
performance as government, education system 18B:1120
performance as government, money laundering issues 46B:1110
performance as government, ride-sharing issues 39B:1055-1100
position on campaign financing reform 28B:1745, 28B:1755
Budget debate 17B:1655-1710
Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 17B:1710
Documents tabled
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for second session of 41st parliament, 2018 budget consultations 64B:1425-1430
Education
funding 17B:1705, 18B:1120
system 18B:1120-1125
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 28B:1745-1755
Election campaign financing
corporate donations 28B:1750
reform 28B:1745-1755
reform, Liberal Party position 28B:1745, 28B:1755
Elections, proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 43B:1740-1800
Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 43B:1740-1800
Emergencies, emergency preparedness and recovery 64B:1425
Energy, electricity rates, role of hydroelectric power 67B:1135-1140
English language learning programs, post-secondary programs 18B:1125
Europe, electoral systems and proportional representation 43B:1750
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for second session of 41st parliament presented 64B:1425-1430
prebudget consultation process and work of committee 64B:1425-1430
recommendations 64B:1425-1430
First speeches by members 17B:1655-1710
Gambling, casinos, money laundering and government response 46B:1110
Gaming policy and enforcement branch, report on money laundering in casinos 46B:1110
Golden Ears Bridge, tolls, elimination 17B:1705
Hara, Dan, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 39B:1100
Housing, supportive housing, modular units 17B:1700
Income assistance benefits, rate increase 17B:1710
Introductions by members 51B:1005
Kirwin-Wallace, Alex, volunteerism during election campaign 17B:1655
Lee, Michael, comments on ride-sharing 39B:1100
Louis Riel Day 58B:1015
Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 17B:1700
McIntyre, Wilf, contributions 17B:1655
Maple Ridge, youth wellness centre and mental health services 17B:1350
Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area
communities and issues 17B:1700-1705, 25B:1150-1155
constituents' comments re electoral reform 43B:1740-1745
elected officials and First Nations leaders 17B:1655
schools and portables 18B:1120
volunteerism 51B:1025-1030
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Community Services Society, affordable housing project 17B:1700
Mental health of children and youth, integrated services 17B:1350
Métis, role and relationship with government 58B:1015
Mill, J.S., comments on democracy 43B:1755-1800
Mission District Historical Society, activities and exhibits 22B:1350
Mission, social housing 17B:1700
Motions
Health and education services 18B:1120-1125
Hydroelectric power and energy rates 67B:1135-1140
Money laundering in casinos 46B:1110
Ride-sharing 39B:1055-1100
Support for rural B.C. 25B:1150-1155
New Zealand, electoral system and proportional representation 43B:1750-1755
Politics and politicians, money and politics 28B:1745-1750
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 18B:1125
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of personal privilege 22B:1430
Referendum on electoral reform 43B:1740-1800
Residential tenancy branch, funding 17B:1700
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing, regulation and government plan 39B:1055-1100
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, work of organization and fundraising gala 44B:1020
Riel, Louis, role 58B:1015
River Rock Casino Resort, financial transactions and money-laundering allegations 46B:1110
Riverside College, education and skills training programs 65B:1010-1015
School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows), student spaces and South Albion elementary school project 17B:1705
Seniors, care and support 17B:1705-1710
Site C power project, report and recommendations 67B:1140
Skills training, facilities and programs 65B:1010-1015
Statements by members
ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge 33B:1340-1345
Agriculture and farmers 55B:1025
Contributions of volunteers 51B:1025-1030
Louis Riel Day and Métis Nation 58B:1015
Mission District Historical Society 22B:1350
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation 44B:1020
Riverside College 65B:1010-1015
Youth wellness centre in Maple Ridge 17B:1350
Stone, Todd, comments on ride-sharing 39B:1100
Taxi industry, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 39B:1100
Tolls, tolling policy, fairness 17B:1705
Uber, operations 39B:1055
Union of B.C. Municipalities, issues and concerns 25B:1150
U.S., politics and campaign financing 28B:1745
Volunteers and volunteer sector, contributions 51B:1025-1030
Wildfires in summer 2017, response and recovery, funding and programs 25B:1150-1155
Dix, Hon. Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

As subject
experience in care of nurses 50B:1455
meetings with community members in South Okanagan 35A:1610-1615 (Letnick) 35A:1610-1615
role as Health Minister (Bernier) 35A:1335 (Isaacs) 35A:1505
Adult basic education 15B:1705
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry, work with Health Ministry 35A:1645
Bernier, Mike, role in Health estimates and issues 35A:1335
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area, health care services 35A:1505-1510
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
health professional supply and training 36A:1510
mental health services 35A:1730
northern B.C., health professional supply and training 35A:1645-1650
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government
education system 15B:1655
MSP premiums and reduction proposal 35A:1445
Richmond Hospital project 36A:1620-1635
B.C. Liberal Party, MLAs, advocacy and comments by Richmond MLAs 36A:1620-1630
B.C. Mental Health and Substance Use Services, information 35A:1810
Brown, Stephen, public service 35A:1335
Budget debate 15B:1650-1720
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2), debate 30B:1150, 31B:1335-1345
Budgets
2017-18 budget and update 15B:1650-1705, 30B:1150, 31B:1335-1345
budget process 35A:1445-1450
Burns Lake, addiction recovery facility proposal 36A:1750
Cancer, colorectal cancer screening, fecal immunological tests 35A:1815
Cariboo Memorial Hospital, redevelopment 36A:1805-1810
Chilliwack, family physicians, supply 35A:1620-1625
College and Institute Act, provisions 50B:1500
Consumers, cost of living, government action on issues 15B:1650-1655, 31B:1340-1345
Dawson Creek and District Hospital, capital project 36A:1830
Delta, public health nurse and post-natal services 35A:1545
Dementia care 35A:1640
Diabetes, type 2 diabetes, relationship to poverty 35A:1500
Dietitians and nutritionists, services 35A:1520
Eagle Ridge Hospital, expansion project 36A:1815
Education system 15B:1655
Emergency and Health Services Act, provisions 50B:1500
Financial services industry, credit unions, taxation 31B:1335
Fraser Health Authority
patients unattached to family physician 35A:1620
seniors care beds 36A:1515
Gladstone Secondary School, facility and programs 15B:1705
Government, cabinet operations and cabinet committees 35A:1700-1705
Harrison Hot Springs, family physican 35A:1630
Health
health status and outcomes 35A:1500
quality of life 35A:1505
social determinants 35A:1500
Health authorities
home and community care 36A:1520
mental health and addiction beds 35A:1540
Health Authorities Act, provisions 50B:1500
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 36A:1625, 36A:1720-1725, 36A:1825-1830
capital projects, approval process 22B:1420-1430
design and use for mental health care 35A:1530
infection control breaches, reporting 41B:1010, 50B:1500, 51B:1145
urgent care centres 35A:1510, 36A:1700-1715, 36A:1820-1825
Health care funding 35A:1350-1355, 35A:1450-1455
allocation 36A:1525-1530
capital funding 36A:1815-1820
capital funding and community fundraising 36A:1545
federal funding 35A:1500, 36A:1520-1525
federal funding and health transfers 35A:1355-1405
funding as percentage of total provincial budget 35A:1450-1455
health special account 35A:1430
home and community care 35A:1500, 36A:1520-1525, 36A:1555-1600, 36A:1610-1615
long-term and residential care 35A:1635, 36A:1515-1530
Health care system
costs and spending 35A:1455
e-health systems 35A:1515-1520
health professional colleges
board governance and public administrator appointment 41B:1010, 50B:1500, 51B:1125-1140
regulation and amalgamation 41B:1010, 50B:1455-1500, 51B:1140
health professionals and workers
care aides 35A:1635, 36A:1455, 36A:1505, 51B:1150
supply and training 35A:1635-1650, 36A:1500-1510
health support workers, legislation 36A:1840
impact of demographic trends 35A:1405
medical imaging services, bone density testing 35A:1550
pain management and opioid use 35A:1740-1750
personal health information, management and information-sharing 35A:1515
primary health care 15B:1715, 35A:1500-1505, 36A:1700-1715
attachment to primary care provider 35A:1620, 36A:1700, 36A:1820
multidisciplinary teams 35A:1520-1525, 35A:1625
primary and community care models 35A:1610-1620
provincial health workforce plan 35A:1635, 36A:1455-1510
public system 15B:1705-1715
system 35A:1350, 35A:1520
system and initiatives 35A:1500-1505
system, role of federal government 35A:1400
wait-lists and waiting times, surgery waiting times 15B:1715
Health Ministry
estimates debate 35A:1335, 35A:1345-1550, 35A:1610-1815, 36A:1450-1530, 36A:1545-1650, 36A:1700-1725, 36A:1745-1845
budget allocations 36A:1525-1530, 36A:1815
budget allocations and external recoveries 35A:1410-1415
budget and operating expenses 35A:1350-1355
estimates process 35A:1335, 36A:1845
goals and priorities 35A:1500-1505
mandate and role 35A:1700
minister's office budget and staffing 35A:1425-1430
staff 35A:1335
staff thanked 36A:1845
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
debate 41B:1010, 50B:1455-1505, 51B:1125-1150
amendment and third reading 51B:1150
coming into force 50B:1500, 51B:1150
development of legislation 41B:1010, 50B:1455-1500
language, "quality assurance committee" 51B:1145
purpose of bill 41B:1010
scope 51B:1150
Healthier You Expo, funding for Prince George event 35A:1640
Home care
Better at Home program 36A:1555-1600, 36A:1610-1615
home and community care 36A:1455
home and community care services and workers 35A:1420
home support services 36A:1605
time allocation for home care visits 36A:1600-1605
Housing, supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted 35A:1800
Income tax, rates for high-income earners 31B:1340
Introductions by members 36B:1335, 37B:1100, 50B:1335, 54B:1340
Isaacs, Joan, role in Health estimates and issues 35A:1335
James, Carole, role as Finance Minister 15B:1650
Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area, primary health care services 35A:1610-1615
Laboratory Services Act, provisions 50B:1500
Legislature
bills process, committee stage and third reading, amendments to bills 51B:1150
estimates process 47B:1640
opposition, role 35A:1335
Lekstrom, Blair, vote on Bill 29 as MLA 36A:1840
Lions Gate Hospital
capital projects and funding 36A:1545-1550
Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education, access to services 35A:1510
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, fundraising activities 36A:1545
Long-term and residential care
care standards 15B:1720, 35A:1420, 36A:1515-1520
care standards and staffing 35A:1630-1635, 36A:1455-1510
facilities, public and private operators 36A:1840
waiting times and standards 36A:1835-1840
worker layoffs and contract policies 36A:1500, 36A:1510
workforce strategy 35A:1635
workplace safety and injuries 36A:1505
Medical Services Commission, role re physician billing coverage case 35A:1550
Medical Services Plan
premiums, reduction 15B:1650-1655, 31B:1335-1340
premiums, reduction and elimination 35A:1440-1450
revenues 35A:1440
Medicare Protection Act, provisions 50B:1500
Mental health
emergency services 35A:1530
facilities 35A:1735
mental health and addiction
beds 35A:1540, 35A:1755-1805
government action on issues 15B:1700
government strategy and system of services 35A:1655-1710, 35A:1730, 35A:1805
integrated services and web hub 35A:1810
services and funding 35A:1710-1715
mental health of children and youth, services 35A:1730
programs and services, Bounce Back program 35A:1730
programs and services, system and access 35A:1530-1535, 35A:1805
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
activities and role 35A:1655-1700
establishment and role 15B:1655-1700
Michael Smith Foundation, review of Better at Home program 36A:1555, 36A:1610
Mills Memorial Hospital, replacement project 22B:1420-1425, 36A:1715-1725
Mountainside Secondary School, mental health program and partnerships 35A:1545
Myers, Paul, donation to Lions Gate Hospital 36A:1545
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
constituents' case re daughter with mental illness 35A:1535
recovery house licensing issue 36A:1615
Northern Health Authority
board chair 36A:1725
capital projects 36A:1745-1805, 36A:1830
in-patient beds and electrical system upgrade 36A:1745
Nurses
nurse practitioners 51B:1150
nurse-in-practice program 35A:1615-1620
professional colleges, proposed amalgamation and regulation 41B:1010, 50B:1455-1500, 51B:1125-1135, 51B:1150
role 50B:1455
Ombudsperson, report on seniors care 36A:1525
Oral questions (response)
Mills Memorial Hospital replacement project in Terrace 22B:1420-1425
Richmond Hospital acute care tower project 22B:1425-1430
Paramedics, community paramedicine and services in rural and remote areas 36A:1510
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, activities and role 35A:1420-1425
PharmaCare program
budget allocation 35A:1410-1415
costs and initiatives 35A:1410-1415
therapeutics initiative, funding 35A:1355
Physicians, family physicians
supply and A GP for Me program 15B:1715, 35A:1505, 36A:1700-1705
supply and workload 35A:1620-1625
Port Mann Bridge, tolls, elimination 15B:1705
Prescription drugs
generic drugs 35A:1415
national coverage plan proposal 35A:1405
opioids, prescribing standards 35A:1740-1750
Public health, preventive health care 35A:1520-1525
Public Sector Employers Act, provisions 50B:1500
Referendum on electoral reform 30B:1150
Renfrew House, mental health and addiction services 35A:1805
Richmond Hospital, acute care tower project 22B:1425-1430, 36A:1620-1640
Richmond Hospital Foundation, fundraising initiative 36A:1640
Richmond Lions Manor, replacement project 36A:1645-1650
Rick Hansen Institute, funding and work 35A:1435
Riverview facilities and lands, centre for mental health and addiction, project 35A:1540
Seniors, care and support 15B:1715-1720, 35A:1420-1425, 35A:1505, 36A:1450-1455
Small business
income tax rate 31B:1335
taxation 15B:1655
Society, progress, measurement 15B:1700
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, establishment and funding arrangement 36A:1545
South Okanagan General Hospital, emergency services 35A:1510
Stuart Lake Hospital, replacement 36A:1745-1750
Substance use and addiction
Naloxone treatment and training 35A:1720-1725
opioid overdoses, response 15B:1700
opioid overdoses, response and services 35A:1715-1720
treatment and recovery services, recovery houses and regulation 36A:1615
Surrey, health care facilities 36A:1700-1705
Surrey Memorial Hospital, conditions and demand for services 36A:1705
Taxation
government policies 30B:1150, 31B:1335-1340, 35A:1440
tax credits 31B:1335
Tolls, tolling policy 15B:1705
Treasury Board, role 35A:1700
University Hospital of Northern B.C.
capital project 36A:1755
cardiac care proposal 36A:1800-1805
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, administration and operations 36A:1550
Wat, Teresa, advocacy for Richmond Hospital project 36A:1630
Wildfires in summer 2017, response by health care workers and facilities 15B:1710-1715, 36A:1810
Woodley, Ruth Anne, concerns re coverage of bone density testing 35A:1550
Donaldson, Hon. Doug (Stikine)

As subject
actions as minister during wildfire season (Clovechok) 35B:1430
experience teaching post-secondary preparatory courses 17B:1535
trade mission to China and Japan 33B:1430
Adult basic education 17B:1535
Agriculture, AgriRecovery program 33B:1710, 35B:1425
Allan, John, role in softwood lumber agreement negotiations 35B:1600, 35B:1615
Aquaculture
First Nations involvement in industry 35B:1815-1820
fish farms, regulation and government role 35B:1815-1820
Borth, David, work on wildfire recovery program 33B:1710
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
economic development strategy 34B:1100-1115
economy and jobs 35B:1825
economy, infrastructure and services 17B:1525, 17B:1540
education and training 17B:1535
rural dividend program 33B:1710, 34B:1105-1115, 34B:1125-1135, 34B:1150, 35B:1745
B.C. Cattlemen's Association 33B:1550, 33B:1600
B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 26B:1630
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 35B:1620
B.C. NDPgovernment, priorities 35B:1825
B.C. timber sales program, issuing of permits for fuel mitigation 33B:1630
B.C. Wildfire Service
activities 12B:1400-1405, 14B:1400-1405, 33B:1515, 33B:1530-1540, 35B:1335
services commended 33B:1440-1445, 33B:1500
staffing levels 12B:1410-1415
Brunswick Point lands, farmland protection 35B:1740
Budget debate 17B:1525-1555
Budgets and priorities 17B:1525
Cache Creek, McAbee fossil beds heritage site and interpretive centre project 35B:1745-1750
Canadian Red Cross, role in wildfire response and recovery 33B:1635-1640, 33B:1710, 35B:1425
Carbon tax, impact on forest industry and slash burning 35B:1615-1640
Cariboo area, wildfires and timber harvesting 35B:1500-1525
Chief forester, role 35B:1720
Chilcotin River, steelhead population 58B:1050
Children and Youth Committee, special project on youth mental health 17B:1530
Economy, community economic development 34B:1100
Education system 17B:1530-1535
Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 26B:1635-1640
Election campaign financing
contribution limits 26B:1635
direct public subsidies 26B:1640
fundraising events at private residences 26B:1635-1640
reform 26B:1635
regulations 26B:1635-1640
Elephant Hill, wildfires and firefighting in area 33B:1620, 35B:1335-1350
Emergencies, Above and Beyond Awards 35B:1825
Emerson, David, role as softwood lumber trade envoy 35B:1600
Fires and firefighters
volunteer fire departments and equipment replacement 35B:1755-1800
wildfires
prevention and fuel management 33B:1525, 33B:1810
summer 2003 fires and Filmon report 33B:1450-1455, 33B:1500
water delivery services and technology 33B:1525-1530
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 35B:1705
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreements 35B:1645-1655
consultation by government on land and resources 35B:1810-1815
relationship with government 35B:1645-1705, 35B:1825
Fish, steelhead protection 58B:1050
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, role re fisheries management on Fraser River 58B:1050
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut 35B:1510-1540, 35B:1720-1725
employment and government support 17B:1540-1545
export of product and expansion of market 33B:1430
First Nations involvement in industry 35B:1510-1520, 35B:1655-1705
forest inventory, data collection 35B:1710-1725
forest management and practices, practices and wildfire prevention 33B:1525
forest roads 33B:1720-1725
government support 35B:1445, 35B:1825
industry and role in economy 17B:1540, 17B:1550
mountain pine beetle infestation 35B:1700
permitting, staff 58B:1050
pulp and paper sector 17B:1550
silviculture
Forests for Tomorrow program 33B:1730-1735
replanting after wildfires 33B:1725-1740
softwood lumber trade with U.S. and negotiations for agreement 35B:1555-1615
softwood lumber trade with U.S., government action 17B:1540-1545, 62B:1045
spruce beetle infestation 35B:1755
timber supply and permits 55B:1035-1045
wood products and uses, engineered wood products 33B:1430
wood products and uses, use of wood as primary building material 33B:1430
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 33B:1425-1815, 34B:1100-1155, 35B:1335-1540, 35B:1550-1825
mandate letter 33B:1430
priorities 35B:1825
role and responsibilities 33B:1425-1440
rural development component 33B:1430-1435, 35B:1825
rural economic development group 34B:1115-1120
staffing 33B:1430
staffing, offices in wildfire-impacted areas 33B:1800-1805, 34B:1145
staffing, regional economic development officers 34B:1145
work with First Nations 33B:1430-1435
Fort Nelson First Nation, involvement in forest industry 35B:1450
Fort Nelson, forest industry in area 35B:1445-1450
Fraser River, fisheries management 58B:1050
Horgan, John, travel to Ottawa and Washington D.C. on softwood lumber issues 17B:1545
Income assistance benefits, rate increase 17B:1540
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service for remote and rural communities 34B:1120
Introductions by members 14B:1340, 27B:1005, 40B:1340
Kamloops, wildfires and timber harvesting in area 35B:1530
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project, permits and approvals 35B:1805
Kootenay area, wildfires and response 35B:1435
Ladner, Chisholm Street redevelopment and water lots 35B:1735
Livestock industry, ranching industry, impact of wildfires and government support 12B:1405, 33B:1545-1600, 33B:1710
McBride, mill fire and response 34B:1125
McNab, David, property loss in wildfires and access to information 35B:1400
MLAs, MLAs in constituencies impacted by wildfires 17B:1550
Mental health
mental health and addiction, government action on issues 17B:1525-1530
mental health of children and youth, integrated services 17B:1530
Minister of Agriculture's Advisory Council on Finfish Aquaculture, report 35B:1820
Morris, Mike, recommendations in Getting the Balance Right report 33B:1815
Musqueam First Nation, consultation on water lots 35B:1735
Nazko Economic Development Corp., payment for firefighting contract 12B:1415, 14B:1405, 35B:1415, 35B:1550
Northern Rockies regional district, forest industry in area 35B:1445-1450
Okanagan area, flooding in spring 2017 33B:1815
Oral questions (response)
Assistance for victims of Tappen landslide 30B:1050-1055
Government funding for communities and businesses impacted by wildfires 50B:1415-1420
Government response to communities and businesses impacted by wildfires 12B:1400-1405
Harvesting of timber in areas impacted by wildfires 33B:1400, 40B:1425, 55B:1035-1045, 58B:1050
Plateau fire and payments to contracted firefighters 12B:1415, 14B:1400-1405
Softwood lumber negotiations and trade with U.S. 62B:1045
Steelhead protection in Fraser-Nicola area 58B:1050
Wildfires and firefighter staffing levels 12B:1410-1415
Wildfires and reimbursements to emergency vendors 12B:1405-1410
Plateau fire, firefighting in area 12B:1415, 33B:1650, 33B:1700
Pressy Lake, wildfires and firefighting in area 33B:1530-1535, 33B:1745, 35B:1335-1350
Prince George, impact of wildfires and timber harvesting in area 35B:1535-1540
Resources and resource industries, permitting process 33B:1800-1805, 35B:1805-1810
Rivers and streams, riparian areas regulation 33B:1750
Safeguard Advanced Training and Consulting Ltd., firefighting services and technology 33B:1525-1540, 35B:1345-1350
Sales tax, application to electricity costs for businesses 17B:1545-1550
Save Lantzville Forest, woodlot preservation proposal and letter to Forests Minister 35B:1800
Schools, rural schools and role in communities 17B:1530-1535
Simpson, Bob, comments on wildfire recovery funding 50B:1420
Site C power project, permitting process 35B:1805
Small business, role in communities and taxation 17B:1550
Stikine constituency and area, socioeconomic conditions and role of politics 26B:1635
Sudbury family, disaster financial assistance case 30B:1050-1055
Thompson, Bill and Doug, property loss in wildfires 35B:1435
Thompson River, steelhead population 58B:1050
Tolko Industries Ltd., Williams Lake mill, fire 55B:1035
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, calls to action 35B:1655
Tumbler Ridge, tourism 35B:1750
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
adoption and implementation 17B:1555, 35B:1810
declaration 33B:1430, 33B:1440
UBC, Brock Commons student residence, wood construction 33B:1430
Valemount Glacier resort, development proposal 34B:1125
Water lot leases 35B:1735
West Lake, wildfire prevention and fuel management 33B:1810-1815
White River Complex, wildfires and firefighting in area 35B:1435
Wildfires in summer 2017
access to information for wildfire loss cases 33B:1700, 35B:1350, 35B:1400
back burning 33B:1545-1600, 33B:1620-1640
back burning practices and evacuation orders 33B:1600-1615
firefighter staffing levels 12B:1410-1415
firefighters commended 33B:1430
fires and impacts 17B:1550
harvesting of timber in impacted areas 17B:1550-1555, 33B:1400, 33B:1630, 33B:1715, 35B:1500-1540, 35B:1700, 40B:1425, 55B:1035-1045, 58B:1050
impact
aquifers and wells 35B:1405
business permitting processes 33B:1800-1805
businesses 12B:1410
businesses and communities 12B:1400-1405, 33B:1710-1725, 50B:1415-1420
businesses and reimbursements to emergency vendors 35B:1415-1420
guide-outfitters and trappers 29A:1635-1640, 35B:1435
timber bids 29A:1630
volunteer fire departments 35B:1755-1800
response 12B:1405-1415, 14B:1400-1405, 17B:1550-1555, 33B:1400, 33B:1650, 33B:1700, 35B:1435, 55B:1035-1040
review 33B:1430, 33B:1440-1520, 33B:1805, 35B:1410
response and recovery 17B:1550-1555
claims and compensation cases 33B:1545-1600, 33B:1620-1640, 35B:1335
funding and programs 33B:1710-1725, 34B:1130-1140, 34B:1150, 35B:1425, 50B:1415-1420
rebuilding and infrastructure costs 33B:1750-1755
recovery managers 34B:1140-1145, 35B:1425
recovery planning 33B:1815, 34B:1145-1150, 35B:1425
reimbursements to emergency vendors 12B:1410
Wildlife
grizzly bears
population management 35B:1440
trophy hunting ban 35B:1440
wildlife and habitat conservation model 35B:1825

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