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
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Kahlon, Ravi (Delta North)
- As subject
- Adult basic education 21B:1420, 25B:1140
- Ahmadiyya Community
- Asia-Pacific region, India-Pakistan relations 41B:1015-1020
- Aujla, Sarwan Singh, contributions to human rights and pluralism 41B:1015-1020
- B.C. by region, rural B.C.
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, role 32B:1155
- B.C. Liberal Party
- donations to party 26B:1730
- MLAs, debate on budget update 21B:1405
- performance and priorities as government 26B:1730
- position on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1700
- B.C. NDP government, priorities 21B:1405-1410
- Budget debate 21B:1400-1430
- Budgets
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, meetings with B.C. government and donations to Liberal Party 26B:1730
- Cancer, prostate cancer 67B:1010-1015
- Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 5) 38B:1335
- Consumers, cost of living 53B:1115-1120
- Delta Hospital Foundation, donation to organization 47B:1355
- Delta North constituency and area
- Delta Sports Hall of Fame, event and award recipients 43B:1405
- Democracy, public confidence in democracy 26B:1725
- Discrimination and racism
- Diwali 32B:1150
- Economy, sustainable development, emerging economy task force 21B:1425-1430
- Education funding 21B:1430
- Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebration 71B:1345
- Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 26B:1725-1735
- Election campaign financing reform 26B:1725-1735
- Elections
- Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 45B:1650-1700
- English language learning programs
- Erickson, Steve, broadcasting and journalism accomplishments 12B:1340
- Families, government support 53B:1115-1120
- Family Day 53B:1115-1120
- Finance Ministry, minister, role 21B:1405
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- First speeches by members 21B:1400-1430
- Fixed election date, change to fall date and related issues 36B:1840-1845, 38B:1335
- Forests and forest industry, government policies and impact 25B:1145
- Germany, treatment of Jews during Nazi era 58B:1025
- Gibson, Simon, comments on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1700
- Government
- Green Party of B.C., official party status 36B:1840
- Heiman, Daniel, experience of Kristallnacht 58B:1020
- Housing, affordable housing
- Human rights
- Hunt, Marvin, comments on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1655
- Immigration, programs and services 21B:1420
- Income assistance benefits, rate increase 21B:1415
- India, diversity and human rights 41B:1015-1020
- Indians Abroad for a Pluralist India, work of organization 41B:1015-1020
- Introductions by members 29B:1340, 43B:1335, 50B:1340, 51B:1010, 54B:1340
- King Ashoka, edicts for moral and just society 18B:1035
- Kogawa, Joy, comments on public awareness of historic events 72B:1015
- Kristallnacht, anniversary of events 58B:1020-1025
- Kwan, Jenny, role in opposition 36B:1840
- Layton, Jack, death and legacy 67B:1015
- Lee, Michael, comments on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1700
- Legislature
- Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities, removal of tolls from area bridges 21B:1410
- MacPhail, Joy, role in opposition 36B:1840
- Medical Services Plan premiums 21B:1410-1415, 53B:1115
- Mental health awareness 67B:1015
- Motions
- Movember, fundraising event for prostate cancer research 67B:1010-1015
- Multiculturalism, cultural events and inclusion 71B:1345
- Muslim community, activities 47B:1355, 71B:1345
- Nanjing Massacre, 80th anniversary and commemoration 72B:1015
- Orange Shirt Day, campaign 23B:1020-1025
- Politics and politicians, money and politics 26B:1735
- Port Mann Bridge tolls, elimination 21B:1410
- Poverty reduction, government strategy 21B:1415
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Recognized political parties
- Referendum on electoral reform 45B:1650-1700
- Sales tax, application to electricity costs for businesses 21B:1425
- Schools, use as voting places and safety issue 38B:1335
- Sikh community, 1984 anti-Sikh attacks in India and response 50B:1350
- Sikh Nation Blood Drive, campaign and clinics 50B:1350
- Small business, government support 21B:1425
- Statements by members
- Staub, Ervin, experience of Kristallnacht 58B:1025
- Stone, Todd, comments on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1700
- Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response and services 21B:1430
- Surrey Food Bank, donation to organization 47B:1355
- Throness, Laurie, comments on law school proposal 32B:1150
- Tolls, tolling policy 21B:1410, 53B:1120
- The Vancouver Sun, article on electricity sales tax phase-out 21B:1425
- Wajidke, Rehmat Ali, role in history of India 41B:1015-1020
- Webstad, Phyllis, experience at residential school 23B:1020-1025
- Yap, John, comments on referendum on electoral reform 45B:1700
Kang, Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)
- As subject
- Agriculture, farmers markets 43B:1355
- Animals, cruelty prevention and protection 29B:1350
- Baird, Kim, accomplishments as Chief 60B:1120
- B.C., aging population 46B:1005
- B.C. Institute of Technology, health services centre and nursing program 36B:1445
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. NDP government, priorities 36B:1440-1500, 53B:1110
- B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Paws for a Cause fundraising walk 29B:1350
- B.C. Utilities Commission, role 67B:1145-1150
- Budget debate 14B:1735-1755
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2), debate 36B:1440-1500
- Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 14B:1740, 14B:1755, 36B:1440-1500
- Burnaby
- Burnaby Artisan Farmers Market, role 43B:1355
- Burnaby Board of Trade, Business Excellence Awards 55B:1020
- Burnaby Community Services Society, Christmas Bureau program and toy donations 68B:1340
- Burnaby Public Library, role 25B:1030-1035
- Cancer
- awareness and incidence 14B:1350
- breast cancer awareness and prevention 48B:1015
- Carbon tax, rate increase and revenue neutrality 36B:1500
- Child care, government plan 36B:1455
- Consumers, cost of living 53B:1105
- Cops for Cancer, Jail and Bail fundraising event in Burnaby 14B:1350
- Democracy 50B:1750-1755
- Economy, sustainable development, innovation commission initiative 36B:1455
- Education
- Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3), debate 29B:1645-1705
- Election campaign financing
- Elections, proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 50B:1750-1755
- Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 50B:1750-1755
- Energy, electricity rates, role of hydroelectric power 67B:1145-1150
- English language learning programs, post-secondary programs 14B:1745
- Eye health, vision care awareness 33B:1335-1340
- Families
- Family Day 53B:1105-1110
- First speeches by members 14B:1735-1755
- Grandparents Day 14B:1745-1750
- Hara, Dan, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 39B:1110
- Health care funding 36B:1450
- Health care system, health professionals and workers
- Home care, home support services 36B:1440-1445
- Housing, affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 14B:1745, 36B:1455
- Human rights, diversity and human rights 32B:1140-1145
- Hydroelectric power and energy rates 67B:1145-1150
- Income, low-income families, Christmas gift program 68B:1340
- Introductions by members 17B:1335, 26B:1345
- Lee, Cindy, business accomplishments 60B:1120
- Libraries, role 25B:1020-1035
- Library Month 25B:1020
- Long-term and residential care
- Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities, removal of tolls from area bridges 14B:1750-1755
- MLAs, women members 60B:1120
- Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, establishment and role 36B:1450
- Motions
- Multiculturalism, culturally sensitive care for seniors 46B:1005
- Ontario, electricity rates 67B:1150
- Optometrists, role 33B:1340
- Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, activities 14B:1750
- Politics and politicians, money and politics 29B:1645-1650
- Post-secondary education, government investment 14B:1740-1745, 36B:1445-1450
- Private members' statements
- Provincial Summit on Aging, event and declaration on seniors services 71B:1340
- Referendum on electoral reform 50B:1750-1755
- Ride-sharing and ride-hailing, regulation and government plan 39B:1110
- Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown, Coats for Kids program 62B:1020
- Schools, capital projects 36B:1445
- Seniors
- Seniors advocate, reports on seniors care facilities and staffing guidelines 36B:1440
- Small business
- Speech disorders, stuttering 40B:1345
- Statements by members
- Breast cancer awareness 48B:1015
- Burnaby Artisan Farmers Market 43B:1355
- Burnaby Community Services Christmas Bureau initiative 68B:1340
- Burnaby Local Hero Awards 51B:1025
- Burnaby Rotary Club winter coats program 62B:1020
- Business award recipients in Burnaby 55B:1020
- Cancer awareness and Jail and Bail fundraising event 14B:1350
- Eye health and doctors of optometry 33B:1335-1340
- Health care aides 36B:1350-1355
- Protection of animals and Paws for a Cause fundraiser 29B:1350
- Provincial Summit on Aging and services for seniors 71B:1340
- Stuttering awareness 40B:1345
- World Teachers Day 30B:1010-1015
- Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response and services 36B:1450
- Teachers, role 30B:1010-1015
- Tolls, tolling policy 14B:1750-1755
- Transit services, expansion and government investment 36B:1455
- Wiesel, Elie, comments on indifference 32B:1140
- Women
- World Teachers Day 30B:1010-1015
Krog, Leonard Eugene (Nanaimo)
- As subject
- Bennett, W.A.C., premiership 50B:1615-1620
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 21B:1555
- B.C. NDP government
- Budget debate 21B:1525-1555
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2), debate 36B:1640-1710
- Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 21B:1545, 36B:1640-1710
- Campbell, Gordon, actions as Premier 36B:1650
- Cancer, prostate cancer 22B:1345
- Carbon tax
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, initiative and work 50B:1625-1630
- Climate change, impact on communities 21B:1555
- Consumers, cost of living, government action on issues 21B:1555, 36B:1705-1710
- Crown Corporations Committee, powers and ride-sharing review 69B:1130-1135
- Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3)
- Election campaign financing
- Elections
- 2017 general election results 36B:1645
- electoral reform 21B:1535
- electoral systems
- first-past-the-post system 21B:1535
- proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 50B:1620-1645
- single transferable vote system 50B:1620
- Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 50B:1615-1645
- Employment and unemployment, job creation and role of government 21B:1535
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Foster, Jim, death from prostate cancer 22B:1345
- Gambling, casinos, money laundering and government response 46B:1145-1150
- Gaudet, Paris, candidacy for MLA in 2017 general election 21B:1530
- Germany, electoral system and proportional representation 50B:1640
- Government
- Gray, Lynda, comments in First Nations 101 36B:1645
- Gwyn, Richard, biography of John A. Macdonald and quotation from Kipling 21B:1535
- Hara, Dan, review of taxi industry and ride-hailing services 69B:1130-1135
- Harris, Tom, life and community contributions 34B:1015
- Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 21B:1550
- Homelessness, incidence and government action 18B:1100-1105
- Human rights, diversity and human rights 32B:1130-1135
- Income Tax Act, amendments 36B:1655
- Income tax, rates for high-income earners 36B:1655
- Introductions by members 24B:1335, 27B:1005, 47B:1345, 54B:1340, 58B:1010, 64B:1335
- Investment, government investment in social capital 21B:1550-1555
- Legislature, language used in House, clarification of comments 33B:1335
- Lower Mainland, transportation planning 21B:1550
- Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 36B:1700
- MLAs
- Motions
- Nanaimo, homelessness 18B:1100-1105
- North Island–Coast Development Initiative Trust Act, amendments 36B:1645
- North Island–Coast Development Initiative Trust, funding 36B:1645-1650
- Pearson, Lester B., actions as Prime Minister 50B:1640-1645
- Personal statements
- Clarification of comments made in the House 33B:1335
- Politics and politicians, history in B.C. 50B:1615-1620
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 25B:1010-1015
- financial assistance, tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 25B:1015
- government investment 25B:1010-1015
- Poverty and human rights 32B:1135
- Private members' statements (response)
- Property transfer tax, additional tax for foreign buyers, application to condominium presale contracts 29B:1740
- Randall, Barb, care of developmentally disabled adults 69B:1015
- Referendum on electoral reform 50B:1615-1645
- Rennie, Bob, real estate activities and role in Liberal Party 29B:1740
- Ride-sharing and ride-hailing, regulation and potential impacts 69B:1130-1135
- Scotton, Joyce, work as campaign manager during 2017 election 21B:1530
- Serauxmen Service Club of Nanaimo, fiftieth anniversary and contributions 27B:1015
- Social welfare
- Statements by members
- Taxation, government policies and purpose 21B:1540-1545
- Taxi industry, regulation 69B:1135
- Transportation, government plan 21B:1550
- U.K., electoral system 50B:1620-1625
- UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, adoption and implementation 21B:1530
- Wages and salaries, minimum wage and purchasing power 21B:1550
- Wilkinson, Andrew, comments on issues Liberal Party approach to governing 36B:1640
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)
- As subject
- Agriculture Ministry, minister, letter to fish farm operator 45A:1515, 45A:1540
- Alberta, power supply and clean energy 17B:1650
- Aquaculture
- B.C. by region, rural B.C., economy and jobs 45A:1515
- B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
- B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 42B:1345, 45A:1515, 64B:1810
- B.C. NDP government
- Budget debate 17B:1630-1650
- Budgets, 2017-18 budget and update 17B:1635
- Business, international business activity program, elimination 47A:1605-1615
- Carbon tax
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, initiative and work 64B:1815-1820
- Confidence and supply agreement secretariat, staff, applicability of lobbyists regulation 59B:1415-1420
- Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 5), debate 42B:1340-1345
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 17B:1640
- D'Avignon, Greg, comments on tenures for resource-based businesses 45A:1540
- de Aguayo, Jacquie, position with Employment Standards Tribunal 31A:1600-1605
- Economy, conditions 17B:1640
- Elections, electoral systems
- fringe party incidence 64B:1825
- proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems 64B:1810-1825
- Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6), debate 64B:1800-1825
- Employment and unemployment
- Employment Standards Tribunal, appointment process and compensation 31A:1600-1605
- Energy, power supply, demand projections 17B:1645-1650
- Europe, electoral systems and proportional representation 64B:1820-1825
- Fixed election date, change to fall date and related issues 42B:1340-1345
- Gambling, casinos, money laundering and government response 46B:1110-1115
- Government, financial management 43A:1725
- Haisla Nation, economic development and involvement in LNG industry 17B:1645
- Hendrickson, Opal, communications with Transportation Minister 26B:1415-1420
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- four-laning and upgrade projects, Salmon Arm west upgrade project 17B:1635
- four-laning project between Tappen and Salmon Arm 26B:1415-1420
- Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 17B:1650
- Introductions by members 34B:1005, 47B:1340, 64B:1340
- Investment
- Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry
- Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., oil pipeline expansion project, NDP position 45A:1500-1515
- Labour Ministry, estimates debate 31A:1600-1605
- Legislature, estimates process, relevance of debate 45A:1505
- Liquefied natural gas development, development and projects 17B:1645
- Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 8)
- Lobbyists, regulation, two-year prohibition for former public office holders 59B:1415-1420
- McCulloch, Joe, firefighting activities 12B:1340
- Major investments office, activities 44A:1130-1140, 45A:1500-1505
- MLAs, community and rural representation 64B:1810-1815
- Mitchell, Ron, life and contributions 51B:1015-1020
- Motions
- New Zealand, electoral system and proportional representation 64B:1820
- Ogino, Brett, firefighting activities 12B:1340
- Oil and gas, pipeline projects 45A:1505
- Oral questions
- Pacific NorthWest LNG facility project, cancellation 17B:1640-1645
- Police and policing, illegal gambling and money-laundering enforcement 46B:1115
- Ralston, Bruce
- Referendum on electoral reform 64B:1810-1825
- Resources and resource industries, tenures, NDP position 45A:1540
- Shuswap constituency and area
- Sicamous fire department, activities 12B:1340
- Site C power project
- Statements by members
- Sicamous fire department activities 12B:1340
- Sudbury family, disaster financial assistance case 30B:1050, 34B:1040-1045
- Tappen, landslide in area 30B:1050, 34B:1040-1045
- Taxation, government policies 47A:1605, 47A:1620
- Trade
- Tributes
- Wildfires in summer 2017, response 12B:1340, 17B:1630-1635, 64B:1805
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