Province of British Columbia
First Session, 39th Parliament – 2009
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

Backpackers Inn, Vancouver, B.C.

Purchase by government (Coleman) 366
Bader, Maureen

Article on income tax and harmonized sales tax (Pimm) 454
Bail process See Justice system
Baird, Ann and Gord

Green building project (Horgan) 2331
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act

Amendments See Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
Provisions on balanced budgets, suspension to allow for deficit budgets See Balanced budgets, suspension of legislation for four years under Budgets
Balingall, Bruce

Award for community service as police officer (Black, D.) 2734
Bamfield, B.C.

Road to area (Fraser) 1130-1
Bannerman, Ron

Death (McRae) 2487
Barbers and cosmetologists

Regulation (Karagianis) 1165-6
Barbour v. The University of British Columbia See Campus parking and traffic regulation, court case under University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Barkerville, B.C.

Fire protection activities (Bell) 967
Heritage site renovations (Krueger) 1909
Barrett, David

1972 trade mission to China (Kwan) 2325-6
Barry, Mike

Experience as paramedic (Routley, B.) 1931-2
B.C. Bookworld

Funding (Herbert) 1906 (Krueger) 1906
BC150 cultural fund See Endowment fund under Arts and culture
Beacon Hill Villa, Victoria, B.C.

Staffing issues and labour disputes (Dix) 2654 (Falcon) 2653-4 (James) 2653
Bear Aware

Funding and role (Fraser) 2398, 2414 (Penner) 2414
Bear Lake, B.C.

Fire protection activities (Bell) 967
Bears See Wildlife
The Beatles

Song lyrics in "I'm Looking Through You" (Herbert) 634-5
Beef industry See Cattle industry under Livestock industry
Beldessi, Bill

Work on conservancies (Coons) 1116
Bella Coola Valley Museum Society

Funding (Coleman) 1660-1 (Coons) 1660-1
Belmont Secondary School, Langford, B.C.

Replacement project proposal (Horgan) 2850, 2886 (Stilwell) 2850
Belsey, Bill

Service as MLA (Krueger) 519
Benty, Christina

Election as mayor of Golden (James) 499
Berdusco, Ricci

Presentation to U.N. delegation (Gentner) 2525-6 (Hawes) 2525
Bicycling See Cycling
Big Bunsby Marine Park

Description (Sather) 1286
Bike to Work Week

Funding (Bains) 1099 (Bond) 1105
Bills by name See also Bills by number

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
Ambulance Services Collective Agreement Act (Bill 21)
Assistance to Shelter Act (Bill 18)
Body Armour Control Act (Bill 16)
Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009 (Bill 2)
Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act, 2009 (Bill M206)
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 5)
First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009 (Bill M203)
Food Safety Amendment (Farm Gate Sales) Act, 2009 (Bill M205)
Health Statutes (Residents' Bill of Rights) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 17)
Housing and Social Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 14)
Independent Budget Officer Act, 2009 (Bill M201)
Insurance Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 6)
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 11)
Lobbyist Registry Reform Act, 2009 (Bill M202)
Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 19)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2009 (Bill 20)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 13)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 15)
Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 12)
Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 7)
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 10)
Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 8)
Stream Diversion Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill M204)
Supply Act (No. 2), 2009 (Bill 3)
Supply Act, 2009-2010 (Bill 22)
Trustee Board of the Church of God, Richmond Municipality, B.C. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2009 (Bill Pr402)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide ("Holodomor") Memorial Day Act, 2009 (Bill M207)
Verigin Memorial Park Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill Pr401)
Victoria Foundation Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill Pr403)
Wills, Estates and Succession Act (Bill 4)
Wood First Act (Bill 9)
Bills by number

(* denotes bill having received royal assent)
1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
2.* Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
3.* Supply Act (No. 2), 2009
4.* Wills, Estates and Succession Act
5.* Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
6.* Insurance Amendment Act, 2009
7.* Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009
8.* Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009
9.* Wood First Act
10.* Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2009
11.* Labour Mobility Act
12.* Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2009
13.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
14.* Housing and Social Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
15.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2009
16.* Body Armour Control Act
17.* Health Statutes (Residents' Bill of Rights) Amendment Act, 2009
18.* Assistance to Shelter Act
19.* Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2009
20.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2009
21.* Ambulance Services Collective Agreement Act
22.* Supply Act, 2009-2010
M201. Independent Budget Officer Act, 2009
M202. Lobbyist Registry Reform Act, 2009
M203. First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2009
M204. Stream Diversion Amendment Act, 2009
M205. Food Safety Amendment (Farm Gate Sales) Act, 2009
M206. Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act, 2009
M207. Ukrainian Famine and Genocide ("Holodomor") Memorial Day Act, 2009
Pr401.* Verigin Memorial Park Amendment Act, 2009
Pr402.* Trustee Board of the Church of God, Richmond Municipality, B.C. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2009
Pr403.* Victoria Foundation Amendment Act, 2009
Bioenergy See Energy
Biofuel See Fuel
BioSand water filters See Drinking water under Water
Biotechnology industry See Science and technology
Birnam Creek

Power project proposal See Axor Group Inc.
BizPal initiative See Permitting process under Business – Small business
Black, David

Comments on Burrard Thermal power station (Horne) 543-4
Blackwater, Bill

Work in forest industry (Donaldson) 1063
BladeRunners program See Employment and unemployment
Blain, Larry

Comments on issues
Port Mann Bridge public-private partnership (Hansen) 2725 (Ralston) 2724-5
public-private partnership models (Hansen) 2724, 2727 (Ralston) 2723, 2726-7
public-private partnership models, documents (Ralston) 2726
Executive compensation (Gentner) 684
Blake, Cassels and Graydon

Article on harmonized sales tax (Coons) 174
Blanleil, Andre

Entrepreneurship (Letnick) 315
Blindness See Visual impairment
Blue bridge See Johnson Street Bridge
Blue Mountain

Conservation and land use issues in area (Bell) 964 (Sather) 964
Boats and boating See also Ferries and ferry services

Marine sector emissions, reduction See Reduction under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Body armour See Firearms – Body armour
Body Armour Control Act

(Bill 16) (Solicitor General) 1R, 1277; 2R, 1435-9; C, 1544-59; 3R, 1559; RA, 1824
Amdts: sec. 3(b) (Farnworth) 1546, negatived 1548; sec. 7 (Farnworth) 1550, negatived 1550; sec. 18 (Heed) 1557, approved 1558
Divisions: amdt. to sec. 3(b) negatived 1548
Debate, speakers (Farnworth) 1436-8, 1544-53, 1555-9 (Hayer) 1438 (Heed) 1277, 1435-6, 1438, 1544-59 (Ralston) 1553-4, 1556, 1558
Amendments to bill (Chair) 1547-8, 1550 (Farnworth) 1546-7, 1550, 1557 (Heed) 1547, 1550, 1557
Application to medieval re-enactment societies (Farnworth) 1544 (Heed) 1544
Application to security services industry (Farnworth) 1437, 1544 (Heed) 1544
Committee stage debate (Farnworth) 1437-8
Definitions, "body armour" and "security business licence" (Farnworth) 1544 (Heed) 1544
Implementation (Farnworth) 1549, 1558-9 (Heed) 1548-9, 1558-9
Potential for legal challenges (Farnworth) 1549-50 (Heed) 1550
Purpose of bill (Heed) 1277, 1551
Regulations (Farnworth) 1550 (Heed) 1550, 1554, 1558-9 (Ralston) 1553-4
Transitional provisions (Farnworth) 1437, 1548, 1558-9 (Heed) 1436, 1548-9, 1558-9
Unintended consequences (Farnworth) 1438, 1552
Bolton, Eric

Meat production on Gabriola Island farm (Cantelon) 1361
Bond, David

Comments on B.C. wines and labelling (Coleman) 1145 (Popham) 1145
Comments on tax reductions (Krueger) 149
Book publishing See Publishing industry
Books for B.C. Babies program See Children - Early childhood development
Boston Bar, B.C.

Mill operations (Lali) 1077
Botelho, Johnathan

Champion kid award recipient (Bond) 1859
Boundary Bay

Migratory bird habitat protection See Delta South constituency and area
Wildlife and raptor management area (Huntington) 1114
Boundary Bay Airport

Air traffic restrictions during Olympic Games (Bains) 2800
Boundary Woodlot Association

Work of association and access to woodlots (Conroy) 508
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area

Agriculture and wine industries (Slater) 356
Description and issues (Slater) 355-7
Forest industry (Slater) 189
Heritage and tourism (Slater) 357-8
Recreation and tournaments (Slater) 356
Seniors care facilities (Slater) 358
Bowen Island

Economic development (McIntyre) 278
Bowles, Mae-Jong

Sailing accomplishments (Coons) 656
Bowser, B.C.

Shellfish centre (Cantelon) 348
Boyce, Sonya

Comments on funding for family services (Bains) 164
BP Canada Energy Co.

Mist Mountain coalbed methane project in East Kootenays (Gentner) 2526
Braidwood, Thomas

Commission of inquiry into death of Robert Dziekanski and Taser use by police See Commission of inquiry on the use of conducted energy weapons in B.C. (Braidwood commission)
Braukmann, Kali

Advocacy for grizzly bear conservation (Hogg) 2338-9
Breast health

Breast cancer See Cancer
Mammotome services (Krueger) 150
Breastfeeding

Benefits and support for breastfeeding mothers (Kwan) 1040-1
Bremer, Steve

Comments on paramedic issues (Fraser) 2233-4 (Gentner) 2263 (Mungall) 2238
Brick, Curtis

Death as homeless person and community response (Kwan) 564
Bridges See particular bridges
Bridgeview See Surrey, B.C.
Brilliant Dam

Purchase agreement with Columbia Power Corporation See Columbia Power Corporation
Brisebois, Diane

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Yap) 142
Britannia Beach, B.C.

Housing and museum (McIntyre) 278
Britannia Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Funding, impact on programs and services (Kwan) 2842-3
Britannia Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Parent advisory council, concerns re funding (Kwan) 1661
British Columbia

150th anniversary, government funding (Yap) 140
Conditions in 2001 (Lali) 351
Cost of living See Costs and user fees under Consumers
Deaths of prominent citizens and public servants (Throne speech) 4
Economy See Economy; Economy under British Columbia – Northern B.C., British Columbia – Rural B.C.
Federal-provincial relations See Government
Human rights See Human rights
Interior B.C.
addiction treatment services (Slater) 1299-300
agriculture industry (Popham) 189
mountain pine beetle infestation (Bell) 850, 852
Issues (Herbert) 522
North coast
advisers for Healthy Beginnings and infant development programs (Coons) 2102-4 (Polak) 2102-5
grizzly bear population (Coons) 2023 (Penner) 2023-4
impact of oil tankers in area waters (Coons) 172
marine plan for area See Pacific north coast integrated management area
moratorium on fish farm licences (Coons) 1291 (Thomson) 1291
Northern B.C. See British Columbia – Northern B.C.
Population
First Nations population See First Nations
impact of aging population on health care system See Impact of aging population under Health – Health care system
lifestyle of citizens, role of government and individuals (Barnett) 874-5
quality of life (Chong) 418 (Hayer) 444
values (Routley, D.) 55
Role as gateway to Asia Pacific See Asia-Pacific gateway
Rural B.C. See British Columbia – Rural B.C.
Social conditions See Welfare
Waterways, importance (Donaldson) 237
Weather See Weather
British Columbia – Northern B.C.

Community spirit and government support (Pimm) 547-9
Economy
economic conditions (Donaldson) 550
economic conditions and need for government strategy (Simpson, B.) 548-9
economic development (Bond) 376
economic opportunities (Campbell) 2889-90 (Rustad) 551
economic opportunities in northwestern B.C. (Bell) 1865
Energy supply, infrastructure See Electrification under Highway 37; Northern energy corridor under Energy
Front-line social worker positions (Polak) 427
Health care services
dialysis services (Coons) 2677-8
funding and government support (Pimm) 547-9
HIV/AIDS strategy (Falcon) 2677 (Simpson, B.) 2677
laboratory services (Donaldson) 1619-20, 2675 (Falcon) 1619-20, 2675-6
mental health crisis line services (Falcon) 2117-8, 2344, 2676 (Fraser) 2344 (Simpson, B.) 2344, 2676
mental illness and addiction services, funding and service delivery (Austin) 1303 (Falcon) 1303
physician supply (Austin) 2059
physician supply and training (Bell) 468
recommendations at Conversation on Health meeting in northwest B.C. (Donaldson) 2674-5
seniors care (Coons) 1699
travel assistance program See B.C. family residence program under Health – Health care system
Infrastructure investment (Coons) 422
Northern trade and transportation corridor (Gentner) 486 (Throne speech) 7
Resource development in northwest B.C., public consultation (Donaldson) 236
British Columbia – Rural B.C.

Access to library services (Donaldson) 659
Ambulance service (Austin) 2058-9, 2089, 2212 (Conroy) 2095 (Coons) 1974-5 (Dix) 2145, 2291, 2314 (Elmore) 2127-8 (Falcon) 2297-8, 2306, 2313-4, 2610-1 (Fraser) 1981-2 (Horgan) 2053 (James) 2130 (Krog) 2194 (Lali) 1968-71, 2610 (Lekstrom) 2186-7 (Macdonald) 1964-6, 2253-6 (Ralston) 2099 (Simpson, B.) 1986-7 (Thorne) 2027-8 (Trevena) 2024-5
Economy, role of literacy (Donaldson) 549-52
Economy, role of literacy and job creation (Rustad) 550-1
Government investment (Bennett) 231-2
Government support (Macdonald) 61-3
Health care services
emergency health care services (Lali) 1971
health care services (Lali) 662
health professionals, recruitment and supply (Falcon) 662
travel assistance program See B.C. family residence program under Health – Health care system
use of video conferencing (Falcon) 2786
utilization (Falcon) 2786-7 (Macdonald) 2786
Lifestyle (Austin) 2632 (Barnett) 2632
Rural B.C. secretariat (Bennett) 1956, 2120
Transit services (Bond) 1127-8, 1132 (Donaldson) 1127 (Mungall) 1131-2
British Columbia Ambulance Service

Establishment and role (Thorne) 2026
Government support (Fleming) 2124
Labour dispute See Paramedics
Operations See Ambulance service; particular locations
British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Recommendations on foreign workers and labour relations issues (Chouhan) 619 (Coell) 619
British Columbia Arts Council

Funding (Krueger) 128-9, 1838-9, 1905-7
British Columbia Association for Community Living

Position on elimination of child development programs (Coons) 892 (Karagianis) 891
President See Summers, Rory
British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police

Comments on police complaint process (Farnworth) 1464
Position on legislation restricting cell phone use by drivers (Fleming) 1474
British Columbia Association of Social Workers

Position on Children and Family Development Ministry regionalization initiative (Karagianis) 2082 (Polak) 2082-3
Presentation to Finance Committee and recommendations (Karagianis) 2080-1
Relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry (Polak) 2081
B.C. Awards Online

Website (Huntington) 722
B.C. Bid See Procurement under Government
British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Association

Funding (Brar) 1352 (Chong) 1352
British Columbia Cancer Agency

Achievements in breast cancer research (Falcon) 1037
British Columbia Care Providers Association

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Brar) 1643 (Dix) 20 (James) 68
Concerns re residential care issues and rights legislation (Dix) 1706
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

Report on C. difficile outbreak See Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
British Columbia Centre for International Education

Education quality assurance designation See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Position on harmonized sales tax (Campbell) 2807 (Yamamoto) 383-4
President and chief executive officer See Winter, John
Vice-president of policy development See Garson, Jon
British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities

Report on wrongful death legislation (Ralston) 783-4
British Columbia Competition Council

Relationship with government (Bell) 927-8
Report on sales tax exemption for production machinery and equipment (Hansen) 2694 (Ralston) 2694
British Columbia Coroners Service See also Coroner

Report on suicides linked with gambling addiction (Simpson, S.) 474
British Columbia Crime Prevention Association

Annual meeting (Hayer) 554
British Columbia Crime Prevention Week

Proclamation (Cadieux) 1861
British Columbia Disability Games

2009 games in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows (Dalton) 266
British Columbia Economic Advisory Council

Meetings with Gordon Campbell (Campbell) 2765 (James) 2764-5
Role (James) 2763, 2765
Role and membership (Campbell) 2763-5
British Columbia Federation of Labour

History and role (Conroy) 2652-3
Recommendations on farmworker safety (Chouhan) 611 (Coell) 611
British Columbia Ferry Authority

Accountability (Coons) 173
British Columbia Ferry Commission

Annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, tabled (de Jong) 807
Role and responsibilities (Bond) 1029, 1085 (Coons) 173, 1029 (Huntington) 1085
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.

Accomplishments (Bond) 1029, 1085, 1091, 1093
Accountability and governance (Bond) 1033-4, 1087-8 (Coons) 631, 1028-30, 1033, 1087-8, 1090, 2342
Accountability and performance measurement (Coons) 173
Commercial shipping venture See Pacific Marine Ventures Inc.
Credit rating (Coons) 1087
Debt (Bond) 1031 (Coons) 1031
Executive compensation See also Hahn, David
(Bains) 2492 (Coons) 173, 1087-8 (Horgan) 2884
Exemption from emission reduction legislation (Fleming) 2418-9 (Yap) 2418-9
Exemption from freedom-of-information legislation (Bains) 2492 (Coons) 173, 1034-5, 2342, 2492, 2581 (Routley, D.) 2580-1
Financial management (Coons) 1032-4, 1088-9, 1092
Funding (Bond) 1083-5, 1091 (Coons) 1028 (Huntington) 1083-5
Operations See Ferries and ferry services
Performance (Coons) 2343 (Hansen) 2343
President and CEO See Hahn, David
Reporting (Bond) 1089 (Coons) 1089
Revenues (Bond) 1030-1, 1085 (Coons) 1030-1 (Huntington) 1085
Review by comptroller general (Bond) 1029, 1087-8, 1090, 1092-3, 2581 (Coons) 172-3, 1028-9, 1088, 1092 (Huntington) 1093 (Krog) 35 (Throne speech) 5
Review by comptroller general, implementation of recommendations (Bains) 2342 (Bond) 2492, 2581 (Coons) 2342, 2491-2, 2581 (Hansen) 2342-4
Review by comptroller general, release of report (Bains) 2023 (Bond) 2023 (Farnworth) 2023
Review in 2006 by Auditor general, report recommendations See Reports and reviews under Auditor General
Taxation (Huntington) 1085
British Columbia Film Commission

Budget and work of organization (Krueger) 1782-3
British Columbia Gazette

Publishing format and use for legal notices (de Jong) 785
Use for legal notices (Krog) 785
British Columbia Guide Dog Services

Work of organization (Huntington) 2874
British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance

Report on social determinants of health (Corrigan) 1674
British Columbia Housing Management Commission

Budget (Coleman) 1560-1 (Simpson, S.) 1560-1
Operations See Social and subsidized housing under Housing; particular buildings
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Annual report, 2008-09, tabled (de Jong) 274
Hearings on complaint by South Asian veterinarians (Bains) 1178
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Chair See Doyle, Dan
Contracts with independent power producers See Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers below under this main heading
Employees, women in leadership roles (Elmore) 1362
Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers (Horgan) 2616-7, 2620 (Lekstrom) 2617, 2620
Legislation See Hydro and Power Authority Act
Operations (Lekstrom) 2580
Power acquisition plan (Horgan) 2616-8, 2864 (Lekstrom) 2615-8, 2620, 2864
President and chief executive officer See Elton, Bob
Public ownership (Lekstrom) 2860-1 (McRae) 871
Purchase agreement for portion of Waneta Dam (Conroy) 2580 (Horgan) 2579, 2613, 2629, 2854-7 (Lekstrom) 409-10, 2579-80, 2613, 2629, 2854-7
Purchase agreement for portion of Waneta Dam, freedom-of-information request (Horgan) 2853
Purchase of Olympic Games tickets (Corrigan) 566 (Horgan) 566-7 (James) 565 (McNeil) 565-6
Purchase of properties along transmission lines See also Power line project under Tsawwassen, B.C.
Purchase of properties along transmission lines, cost (Gentner) 2624, 2626-7 (Lekstrom) 2626-8
Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
Role (Horgan) 870-1 (Lekstrom) 409-10
Role as Olympic sponsor, promotion of business opportunities and energy conservation (McNeil) 565-6
Role, changes (Horgan) 2618-22, 2862 (Lekstrom) 2618-21, 2863
Smart metering and infrastructure program See Energy
Status and capital projects investment (Lake) 1196
Tendering process, public access and transparency (de Jong) 2351 (Horgan) 2348-50, 2497-8 (Lekstrom) 2497-8
Transmission system See British Columbia Transmission Corporation
British Columbia Investment Management Corp.

Management of funds and plans (Coell) 609-10
British Columbia Law Institute

Funding (de Jong) 2477
Review of wills and estates legislation, recommendations (de Jong) 726, 729, 740-1, 749
Review of wills and estates legislation, work of contributors commended (de Jong) 325, 479 (Krog) 480
British Columbia Law Reform Commission See British Columbia Law Institute
British Columbia Legislative Internship program

Interns commended (Throne speech) 8
British Columbia Liberal Party

Campaign statements (Brar) 241, 635-7 (Campbell) 17, 2743, 2761, 2804, 2806 (Conroy) 494 (Dix) 536-8, 2551 (Elmore) 531, 681 (Fleming) 403-4 (Fraser) 455-7 (Herbert) 632 (James) 16-7, 27-30, 129, 2743, 2748, 2803-5, 2807 (Karagianis) 448, 586-7 (Macdonald) 463, 1696 (Ralston) 201-2 (Routley, B.) 513, 674
Contrast with Liberal parties in other jurisdictions (Lali) 2374
Donations from forest industry (Lali) 1076, 1078
Donations from industry (Horgan) 2579 (Krog) 300-1 (Lali) 354 (Lekstrom) 2580
New Era document, statements (Macdonald) 1048
Position on retroactive legislation while in opposition (Krog) 1375-6
British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

Accountability and openness (Campbell) 2824 (Herbert) 830 (James) 27-8, 2805, 2813 (Krog) 1693 (Routley, D.) 645-6, 765-6
Advertising and announcements See Government
Budgets (Coons) 420 (Krueger) 150 (Ralston) 202
Budgets and throne speeches (Krog) 299 (Routley, D.) 54-5, 576
Deregulation initiatives (Bains) 112-3 (Gentner) 1162 (Krog) 1222
Financial management (Black, I.) 225-6 (Campbell) 2741-3, 2748 (Coons) 599-600, 630 (Donaldson) 638 (Gentner) 485 (Hammell) 598 (Hansen) 197-8, 539 (Howard) 253 (Karagianis) 80-1 (Krueger) 521 (Lali) 680 (Lee) 533 (Les) 240 (Ralston) 573 (Sather) 583-5 (Stilwell) 400-1
Financial management and priorities See also Priorities below under this main heading
(Austin) 429-32 (Bains) 162-4, 639-43 (Bond) 377-9 (Cadieux) 23-4 (Campbell) 2818 (Cantelon) 345-7 (Chong) 418-9 (Corrigan) 146-7 (Dalton) 158, 160 (Elmore) 681-2 (Fraser) 455-7 (Gentner) 153-7, 682-3 (Hammell) 275-6 (Hayer) 166-8 (Herbert) 632-4 (Horgan) 283-6, 671-4 (Horne) 297 (James) 28-31, 2816, 2818 (Karagianis) 448-51, 586-9 (Krog) 34-7, 299-303, 589-92 (Krueger) 148-52 (Lake) 477 (Lekstrom) 408 (Letnick) 25-6 (Macdonald) 594, 596 (McIntyre) 280 (Pimm) 452-3 (Routley, D.) 335-8, 577-8 (Simons) 137-9, 663-6 (Simpson, S.) 180-1, 473-6 (Stewart) 175 (Stilwell) 33 (Thorne) 412-5 (Yamamoto) 384
Financial management, NDP position (Sultan) 82-3
Ideology (Herbert) 523 (Simons) 138
Integrity (Conroy) 494 (Letnick) 508-9 (van Dongen) 489-92
Leadership (Howard) 104-5 (Les) 238
Legislative agenda for 2009 fall session (Throne speech) 6
MLAs
budget debate speeches (Horgan) 284-6
business background (Horgan) 284-5
conduct in question period (Sather) 40
free votes (Krueger) 518
Okanagan MLAs (Thomson) 333
response to harmonized sales tax (Ralston) 223
response to paramedic issues (Austin) 2088 (Brar) 2257 (Coons) 1972-6 (Dix) 2138 (Donaldson) 2276-7 (Fraser) 1982-3, 2233 (Gentner) 2092 (Hammell) 2056 (Herbert) 2039-40, 2219-20 (Horgan) 2051, 2250 (Karagianis) 2270-1 (Krog) 2193 (Kwan) 2033 (Lali) 1969-70, 1972 (Macdonald) 2253-7 (Mungall) 2236-7 (Ralston) 2278-80 (Routley, D.) 2197 (Simons) 2225 (Simpson, B.) 1984 (Simpson, S.) 2036 (Thorne) 2027-8, 2213
use of word "fearmongering" (Simpson, B.) 70
Performance (Fraser) 99-101 (Herbert) 525 (Horgan) 2883-6 (Krueger) 517 (Lali) 354-5
Policies
adoption of NDP proposals (Farnworth) 1437-8
climate change and energy policies (Simpson, B.) 548
climate change and tax policies (James) 2812
costs (Mungall) 93
economic development policies (Rustad) 263
energy policies (Horgan) 870-1
impact on British Columbians (Chouhan) 628
impact on economy (Bennett) 232
impact on workers (Bains) 1170-3 (Krog) 1219-20
legal aid policies (Krog) 2478
policies and philosophy (Howard) 256
relationship to public interest (Huntington) 251-2
tax policies (Gentner) 682
Position on issues
child care provision by corporations (Elmore) 2180-1 (Polak) 2180-1
collective agreements, legislated settlements (Coons) 1974-5 (Dix) 2287-8 (Fleming) 2123, 2125, 2264-6 (Gentner) 2090-3 (Herbert) 2040 (James) 2131 (Mungall) 2043-4 (Routley, B.) 1933 (Simpson, B.) 1985
deficit budgets (Gentner) 682
harmonized sales tax (Brar) 1643 (Campbell) 2804, 2810 (Dix) 535-6 (Farnworth) 19 (James) 17, 2803, 2805 (Ralston) 217 (Routley, B.) 513 (van Dongen) 491
social welfare issues (Simpson, B.) 195
tax reductions (Krueger) 148-9
taxation of seniors care home providers (Dix) 69
trade unions (Corrigan) 146
workers' rights (Brar) 2294 (Chouhan) 1924 (Fraser) 1980, 1983 (Krog) 1927-8 (Kwan) 2032
Press release on NDP economic plan (Coons) 599-600
Priorities (Campbell) 2740, 2804, 2813-4, 2888-9 (Coleman) 891 (Coons) 171-2, 175, 422-4 (Corrigan) 329-30, 890-1 (Donaldson) 550 (Fleming) 402-3 (Fraser) 99-100 (Gentner) 486-9, 2261-2 (Horgan) 285-6, 2883-6 (James) 889, 2131, 2803-4, 2820-1 (Krog) 35-6, 1819 (Kwan) 291 (Lake) 308, 484 (Lali) 352-4 (Macdonald) 1695-6, 2341 (Mungall) 92-3 (Polak) 425-9 (Routley, B.) 88, 514, 674-8 (Routley, D.) 54-7, 335-8, 1767-9 (Simons) 890 (Simpson, B.) 1060 (Thorne) 660 (Yap) 143-4
Privatization initiatives (Krog) 1764-6 (Lali) 680, 1774-5 (Routley, D.) 1768
Public confidence (Austin) 429-31, 433 (Bains) 162, 386-7, 397-9 (Brar) 242, 635-7 (Chouhan) 359 (Coons) 171-2, 420-2 (Elmore) 531, 681 (Fleming) 403-5 (Fraser) 455-7 (Gentner) 156-7, 2092 (Hammell) 275-6 (Herbert) 634-5, 1224 (Horgan) 282-3, 286, 2883 (Huntington) 251-3 (James) 27-31, 2740-1, 2748-50, 2824 (Karagianis) 79-82, 447-9 (Krog) 34-7, 299-302, 304 (Kwan) 291-4, 1804 (Lali) 352, 678-9, 681 (Macdonald) 62-3, 464 (Mungall) 1809, 2046 (Ralston) 201-2 (Routley, B.) 85, 87 (Routley, D.) 53-7, 575-6, 578-9 (Sather) 40-3 (Simons) 138-9 (Simpson, S.) 179-83, 472-3 (Sultan) 83-4
Public consultation (Donaldson) 236
Relationship with federal government (Campbell) 2822-3 (James) 2822
Statements on education funding (Brar) 191
Statements on education goals (Black, D.) 1442
British Columbia Library Trustees Association

Comments on library funding and services (Les) 884 (McIntyre) 879
B.C. Lions

Facility rental contract (Gentner) 1834 (Herbert) 1908-9 (Krueger) 1825, 1834, 1908-9
British Columbia Lottery Corporation

Action on problem gambling (Coleman) 1565
Mandate (Coleman) 1581 (Simpson, S.) 1581
British Columbia Medical Association

Report on addictions and problem gamblers (Coleman) 1562-3 (Simpson, S.) 474, 1562-3
Report on home and community care system (Coons) 1700-2
B.C. OneCard initiative See Libraries
British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

Budget (Herbert) 1785, 1825 (Krueger) 1785, 1787, 1825-6
Contracts for facility rentals (Herbert) 1908-9 (Krueger) 1908-9
Financial statement information (Herbert) 1826 (Krueger) 1826
Lease agreements (Herbert) 1831-3 (Krueger) 1831
Service plan (Herbert) 1830-1 (Krueger) 1830-1
Surrey property and land transfer (Herbert) 1826 (Krueger) 1826
B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

Expenses and revenues (Gentner) 1834-5, 1837-8 (Herbert) 1830-3 (Krueger) 1830-5, 1837-8
Lease of land in area See Lease agreements under British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
Naming rights (Gentner) 1834 (Herbert) 1833-4 (Krueger) 1833
Rentals of facility, contracts (Herbert) 1908-9 (Krueger) 1908-9
Rentals of facility, rent structure (Gentner) 1834 (Krueger) 1834
Roof replacement (Gentner) 486 (Routley, D.) 54
Roof replacement and interior renovations
contractors (Gentner) 1835 (Krueger) 1835
costs (Gentner) 1834-7 (Herbert) 1785-6, 1824-5, 1831-2 (Krueger) 1785-7, 1824-5, 1831-2, 1834-6, 1838
safety orders (Herbert) 1786 (Krueger) 1786-7
Temporary stadium (Herbert) 1824-5 (Krueger) 1824-5
British Columbia Progress Board

Comments on child poverty (James) 2735
Meetings with Gordon Campbell (Campbell) 2763-4 (James) 2762-4
Relationship with government (Bell) 927-8
Report on harmonized sales tax (Hansen) 2689, 2692 (James) 2812 (Ralston) 2689
Role (Campbell) 2762-5 (James) 2762-3
British Columbia Public Service Agency See also Civil service

Accomplishments (Stewart) 760, 764
Budget (Routley, D.) 647-8, 710 (Stewart) 647-8, 710
Responsibilities, transfer from ministries (Karagianis) 2067 (Polak) 2067
Role (Stewart) 644
Workforce planning and leadership component (Routley, D.) 647-8 (Stewart) 647-8
British Columbia Rail

Executive compensation (Bains) 2582 (Horgan) 2492-3, 2884
Reporting (Bains) 1095 (Bond) 1095
Review See British Columbia Rail Properties
Sale (Bains) 398 (Krog) 1765-6 (Lali) 1774-5 (Routley, D.) 54
British Columbia Rail Properties

Responsibilities (Bond) 2493
Review (Bains) 2582 (Bond) 2493, 2582
British Columbia Ranching Task Force

Activities (Lake) 95, 484 (Thomson) 1292
Funding (Popham) 1188 (Thomson) 1188
Work and terms of reference (Popham) 1187 (Thomson) 1186-7
British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Comments on harmonized sales tax (Krog) 300 (Kwan) 1992-3 (Simpson, S.) 181
Position on minimum wage (Krog) 300
President and CEO See Tostenson, Ian
British Columbia Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association

Blue Book Equipment Rental Rate Guide, rates See Heavy equipment rental rates under Construction industry
B.C. School Sports program

Funding (Chong) 393 (Corrigan) 2645 (Farnworth) 331 (James) 328 (Simpson, S.) 330-1
British Columbia Securities Commission

Relationship with Canadian Public Accountability Board (Hansen) 371, 686, 953, 955-6 (Ralston) 953, 955
British Columbia Seniors Games

2009 games in Richmond (Howard) 500
Games (Thornthwaite) 2638
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Funding (Fraser) 100
B.C. Statistics

Release of information (Routley, D.) 716, 755 (Stewart) 716, 755
Release of information on employment insurance claims (Fleming) 403
B.C. Supreme Court See Supreme Court of British Columbia
British Columbia timber sales program

Audits (Bell) 787
Expenses and revenues (Bell) 774 (Macdonald) 774
Financial reporting (Macdonald) 594 (Routley, B.) 675
Operations, fire protection initiatives (Bell) 967
Role (Bell) 768
Sales (Bell) 847
Small volume sales program (Bell) 935
British Columbia Transit See also Transit services; particular services and locations

Funding (Bains) 1099-100 (Bond) 1099-100, 1102, 1128, 1132
British Columbia Transmission Corporation

Long-term infrastructure for electricity transmission, status of inquiry (Horgan) 2628 (Lekstrom) 2628
British Columbia Utilities Commission

Annual report, 2008-09, tabled (de Jong) 2881
Decision on B.C. Hydro power acquisition plan (Horgan) 870-1, 2864 (Lekstrom) 2864 (McIntyre) 111 (Mungall) 111 (Trevena) 258
Decision re Burrard Thermal power station (Hawes) 52-3 (Horgan) 2613-6 (Lekstrom) 2613-6
Regulation of electricity rates (Bell) 929
Relationship with government (Gentner) 156 (Horgan) 2349, 2513, 2620 (Sather) 44 (Throne speech) 6-7
Review of B.C. Hydro contracts with independent power producers (Lekstrom) 2617
Role in purchase agreement for portion of Waneta Dam (Horgan) 2613 (Lekstrom) 2613
Role in smart metering and infrastructure program (Lekstrom) 2619
British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association

Conduct of executive, allegations (Bains) 1177-8 (Chouhan) 1178 (Thomson) 1177-8
Funding (Brar) 1178 (Thomson) 1178
Relationship and communications with Agriculture Ministry (Ralston) 1176-7 (Thomson) 1176-7
British Columbia Visitor Centre @ Peace Arch, Surrey, B.C.

Visit by B.C. Liberal Party election campaign bus (Herbert) 1899 (Krueger) 1899
British Columbia Wine Institute

Promotional events during 2010 Olympic Games (Coleman) 1726
British Columbia Winter Games

Hosting by Terrace (Austin) 2632
B.C. Wood Works awards program

Program (Bell) 1248
B.C.-Canada pavilion See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park

Name change See Muqin-Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park
Broughton Archipelago

Fish farms, escape of Atlantic salmon (Popham) 1534 (Thomson) 1534
Salmon farms (Sather) 380-1
Brown, Martyn

Communications with Gordon Campbell prior to provincial election (Campbell) 2745 (James) 2745
Bruce, Graham

Comments as Labour Minister on health worker collective agreement legislation (Dix) 2287
Bruce's Country Market, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Operations (Dalton) 1681
Buckley, Warren

Facilities management work (Krueger) 1835
Budget See also 2009-10 budget under Budgets

Budget address (Hansen) 196-201
Divisions: budget approved 540-1
Debate 196-202, 212-45, 247-63, 274-305, 332-69, 372-87, 397-434, 443-78, 482-97, 507-40
Debate, speakers (Abbott) 286-90 (Austin) 429-34 (Bains) 385-7, 397-9 (Barnett) 339-40 (Bell) 466-71 (Bennett) 231-4 (Black, D.) 340-4 (Black, I.) 224-8 (Bond) 374-9 (Brar) 240-4 (Cantelon) 344-8 (Chong) 415-9 (Chouhan) 358-62 (Coleman) 362-6 (Conroy) 492-7, 507-8 (Coons) 419-24 (Dix) 535-8 (Donaldson) 234-7 (Elmore) 528-33 (Fleming) 401-6 (Fraser) 454-8 (Gentner) 484-9 (Hammell) 274-6 (Hansen) 196-201, 538-40 (Hawes) 244-5, 247-50 (Hayer) 443-7 (Herbert) 521-5 (Horgan) 281-6 (Horne) 294-99 (Howard) 253-6 (Huntington) 250-3 (Karagianis) 447-51 (Krog) 299-304 (Krueger) 516-21 (Kwan) 290-4 (Lake) 476-8, 482-4 (Lali) 348-55 (Lee) 533-5 (Lekstrom) 406-11 (Les) 237-40 (Letnick) 508-12 (MacDiarmid) 458-62 (Macdonald) 462-6 (McIntyre) 276-81 (Pimm) 451-4 (Polak) 424-9 (Popham) 228-31 (Ralston) 201-2, 212-24 (Routley, B.) 512-6 (Routley, D.) 335-9 (Rustad) 259-63 (Sather) 379-82 (Simpson, B.) 366-9, 372-4 (Simpson, S.) 471-6 (Slater) 355-8 (Stewart) 525-8 (Stilwell) 400-1 (Thomson) 304-5, 332-5 (Thorne) 411-5 (Trevena) 256-9 (van Dongen) 489-92 (Yamamoto) 382-5
Committee of Supply resolutions approved and supplementary funds granted 2882
Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 2), 2009
Management of public funds and debt, estimates 2729
Other appropriations, estimates 973, 2422, 2729
Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009

(Bill 2) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 202-3; 2R, 569-600, 629-43, 662-85; C, 807-23, 906-20; 3R, 920; RA, 1823
Divisions: 2R approved 685
Debate, speakers (Bains) 639-43 (Brar) 635-8 (Coons) 599-600, 629-31 (Donaldson) 638-9 (Elmore) 681-2 (Falcon) 812-8 (Fleming) 666-70, 908, 910-3 (Fraser) 579-82 (Gentner) 682-5 (Hammell) 597-9 (Hansen) 202-3, 569-72, 807-12, 816-7, 912-20 (Herbert) 631-5, 818-23, 906-10 (Horgan) 670-4, 913-20 (Karagianis) 586-9 (Krog) 589-93 (Krueger) 818-23, 906-12 (Lali) 678-81 (Macdonald) 593-7 (Ralston) 572-5, 807-18, 823, 912, 917-8, 920 (Routley, B.) 674-8 (Routley, D.) 575-9 (Sather) 582-6 (Simons) 643, 662-6
Purpose of bill (Hansen) 202-3
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Amendments See also Independent Budget Officer Act, 2009
(Throne speech) 6
Budgets

2009-10 budget See also Budget
content (Bennett) 233-4 (Campbell) 2753 (Elmore) 530-2 (Gentner) 484 (Hansen) 129, 197-201, 202-3, 212, 538-40 (Hawes) 250 (Krog) 1222 (Lake) 482-4 (Lee) 534 (McIntyre) 280-1 (Ralston) 201-2, 223-4, 572-3 (Rustad) 261 (Slater) 358 (Stilwell) 400-1 (Yamamoto) 384
deficit (Bains) 398, 639-40, 642 (Black, I.) 225 (Bond) 377 (Brar) 241-2, 635-7 (Campbell) 2748, 2750, 2753-4, 2757-9, 2808-9, 2888 (Coons) 599-600 (Donaldson) 638 (Elmore) 681-2 (Fleming) 668 (Fraser) 581-2 (Gentner) 684 (Hammell) 274-6, 597-8 (Herbert) 631-2, 634 (Horgan) 286, 671, 673, 2883 (James) 2748, 2750, 2754-8, 2808-9 (Karagianis) 79-80, 586 (Krog) 302, 589-90 (Kwan) 291 (Lali) 351, 679, 681 (Les) 320 (Macdonald) 463, 594 (Ralston) 215-6, 316, 573 (Routley, B.) 516, 674, 676 (Routley, D.) 575-7 (Sather) 582-5 (Simons) 663 (Simpson, S.) 180, 322, 471-2 (Throne speech) 5
discretionary spending reductions (Campbell) 2742-7 (James) 2746
impact (Brar) 243-4 (Routley, D.) 336
impact on economy and wages (Chouhan) 601
interim supply (Hansen) 14, 134-6 (Horgan) 135-6 (Ralston) 134
legislation See Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009
priorities (Austin) 429-32 (Black, I.) 226-8 (Campbell) 2743, 2759 (Cantelon) 345-6 (Chong) 417-9 (Coons) 420-4 (Fleming) 402-5 (Gentner) 486-9, 683 (Hayer) 443-7 (Howard) 254-5 (James) 2743 (Karagianis) 447-9 (Krueger) 521 (Lake) 478 (Lekstrom) 406-8, 411 (Letnick) 509-12 (Pimm) 451-2 (Polak) 425-6 (Routley, D.) 338-9 (Simpson, S.) 474 (Stewart) 526, 528 (Thorne) 412
projections (Campbell) 2758-61 (Cantelon) 344-5 (Hawes) 244-5, 247-8 (James) 2759, 2761 (Lali) 351 (Macdonald) 465 (Ralston) 201, 213-5 (van Dongen) 490, 492
public response (Fraser) 455-6 (Simpson, B.) 374
relationship to economic forecasts (Campbell) 2742, 2745-7, 2749-61 (James) 2742, 2745-6, 2748, 2750-9
revenue projections (Black, D.) 211 (Campbell) 2741-50, 2753, 2758-60 (Conroy) 494 (Farnworth) 211-2 (Hansen) 207-12, 268-70 (Horgan) 210, 270 (James) 208, 268-9, 2741-50, 2757-62, 2824 (Ralston) 207-8 (Simpson, S.) 209-10, 269-70
2010-11 budget, budget date change (Coons) 631 (Hansen) 202, 570, 811, 912 (Ralston) 811, 912
2010-11 budget, priorities (Simpson, S.) 476
Balanced budgets, legislation See also Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act
(Throne speech) 5
Balanced budgets, suspension of legislation for four years (Bains) 640, 642 (Brar) 635-8 (Coons) 599-600, 629-30 (Donaldson) 638-9 (Elmore) 681-2 (Fleming) 667-9 (Fraser) 579-81 (Gentner) 682-4 (Hammell) 597-8 (Hansen) 202, 570, 807-9, 816 (Herbert) 634 (Horgan) 671-3 (Karagianis) 586-7 (Krog) 589-91, 593 (Lali) 679-80 (Macdonald) 594, 597 (Ralston) 573-4, 807-9, 816 (Routley, B.) 674, 676-8 (Sather) 582, 584 (Simons) 663, 665-6
Budget consultation paper tabled (Hansen) 397
Budget process
forecasting (Campbell) 2758-60 (Hansen) 807-9 (Lee) 534 (Letnick) 321 (Ralston) 807-9 (Sultan) 82-3
openness and transparency (Campbell) 2747-9, 2757, 2761 (James) 2746-50, 2747, 2760-2
oversight (Sultan) 317-9
process (Campbell) 2741-2, 2751-2, 2760 (Cantelon) 323 (Hansen) 2340-2 (Horne) 316 (James) 2751-2 (Les) 320 (van Dongen) 490
review, report (Campbell) 2748-9 (Hansen) 134, 808-10, 2729 (Ralston) 134, 808, 2728-9
review, report tabled (Hansen) 775
role of cabinet and Treasury Board (Campbell) 2815-6 (James) 2814, 2816
role of ministries (Campbell) 2815 (James) 2815-6
work of civil service (Campbell) 2742-7 (James) 2747
Budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Hansen) 211
Budgets during election year See also Fixed election date, impact under Elections
(Ralston) 212
Budgets in other jurisdictions See also particular locations
Deficit budgets
B.C. Liberal Party position (Gentner) 682
deficit budgets (Brar) 243 (Fleming) 667-9 (Hansen) 197 (Huntington) 253 (Letnick) 511
deficit budgets and triple-bottom-line accounting See Environmental protection, deficit concept under Environment; Social conditions, social deficit concept under Welfare
deficit budgets by federal government (Simpson, B.) 367-8
deficit budgets during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Austin) 430 (Coons) 420 (Fleming) 668 (Fraser) 579-82 (Gentner) 684 (Hammell) 597-8 (Horgan) 285, 671 (Lali) 679 (Macdonald) 594 (Ralston) 573 (Simons) 139
deficit budgets in other jurisdictions (Black, I.) 225 (Bond) 377 (Campbell) 2888 (Cantelon) 345 (Hansen) 270 (Hayer) 443-4 (Horne) 317 (Les) 320 (van Dongen) 490-1
suspension of balanced budget legislation See Balanced budgets above under this main heading
Fiscal year, comparison to calendar year (Campbell) 2755-6
Independent budget officer
legislation See Independent Budget Officer Act, 2009
NDP motion on topic, revision of wording (Ralston) 315-6 (Speaker) 315-6
NDP proposal (Cantelon) 323-4 (Corrigan) 320-1 (Donaldson) 317 (Fraser) 319 (Horne) 316-7 (James) 2748 (Les) 319-20 (Letnick) 321-2 (Ralston) 202 (Simpson, S.) 322-3 (Sultan) 318-9
officers in other jurisdictions (Corrigan) 321 (Ralston) 316
proposed mandate (Ralston) 126, 316
Issues, release of information and debate (Trevena) 258
Legislation (van Dongen) 492
Prebudget consultation (Austin) 433
September Budget Update 2009-10-2011-12 (Hansen) 912
September Budget Update 2009-10–2011-12, tabled (Hansen) 203
Supplementary estimates See Estimates process under Legislature
Building Canada fund See Funding under Infrastructure
Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board

Concerns re recreation access management plan (Donaldson) 970
Bulkley Valley District Hospital, Smithers, B.C.

Laboratory services, petition tabled (Donaldson) 2121
Bulkley Valley Exhibition

Fall fair (Donaldson) 126-7
Government funding and gaming grant (Donaldson) 130 (Krueger) 130-1
Bulkley Valley timber supply area

Recreation access management plan (Bell) 970-1 (Donaldson) 963, 970
Bullying See Violence
Burke Mountain See Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
Burnaby, B.C. See also Burnaby North constituency and area; Burnaby–Deer Lake constituency and area; Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Affordable housing supply (Corrigan) 144
Athletes commended (Lee) 206-7
Business and community service organizations (Bloy) 1951
City government (Corrigan) 146-7
Community organizations (Bloy) 657-8
Growth (Lee) 533
Hosting of 2009 World Police and Fire Games See World Police and Fire Games
Infrastructure projects (Lee) 533-4, 2641
Local Hero Award recipients (Lee) 2488
Seniors care beds (Corrigan) 1703
Seniors wellness program (Chouhan) 359
Willingdon pretrial facility proposal, public consultation (Corrigan) 146
Women's soccer league (Corrigan) 500
Burnaby Board of Trade

Business Excellence Awards (Bloy) 1951 (Lee) 2339
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce

Organization (Corrigan) 146
Burnaby North constituency and area

Description (Lee) 533
Burnaby school district See School district 41 (Burnaby)
Burnaby–Deer Lake constituency and area

Description and issues (Corrigan) 143-4, 146
Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Constituents' concerns re health care services (Chouhan) 360
Description and issues (Chouhan) 358-9
Social housing (Chouhan) 1656
Burns Bog

Protection (Gentner) 1117
Burns, Jonathan

Contracts with Health Services Ministry (Dix) 1044-5, 1144
Contracts with Health Services Ministry, investigation (Falcon) 1144-5
Burns Lake, B.C.

Mountain biking trails in area and expansion project (Rustad) 800
Burrard Inlet

North Shore transportation infrastructure project See Trade area under North Shore
Burrard Thermal power station

Impact on air pollution (Horne) 543
Phase-out of station (Hawes) 52-3 (Lekstrom) 2613-6 (Penner) 2388 (Throne speech) 6
Phase-out of station, impact on rates (Horgan) 2614-6
Phase-out of station, NDP position (Horne) 543-5
Relationship with B.C. Utilities Commission See Decision re Burrard Thermal power station under British Columbia Utilities Commission
Business See also Corporations

Auditors of public companies, oversight bodies See also Canadian Public Accountability Board
(Hansen) 953-6 (Ralston) 953-6
Business climate (Howard) 2634-5
Business number and supply of goods or services to public bodies (Hansen) 371, 686, 922 (Ralston) 922
Commission for collection of sales tax (Ralston) 213, 2640
Contracts, role (Krog) 307-9
Government initiatives, NDP position (Black, I.) 226-7 (Horne) 298
Government support (Black, I.) 226-7 (Cadieux) 23-4
Public-private partnerships See also specific projects and project areas
model (Hansen) 2723, 2725-7 (Ralston) 2724-7
partnerships (Simpson, B.) 548-9
value-for-money reports (Hansen) 2724-7 (Ralston) 2726
Registration (Hansen) 371, 685, 921-2, 952-3 (Ralston) 921-2, 952-3
Role (Hawes) 245
Role in economy (Lake) 94
Tax reductions (Bennett) 1913-6 (Fraser) 1914
Taxation, training tax credit for businesses with apprentices (Hansen) 203, 571, 918 (Krog) 592 (Ralston) 917-8 (Routley, B.) 675, 678 (Stilwell) 400-1, 1440
Venture capital programs See also Small business venture capital fund under Business – Small business
(Black, I.) 1989
Business – Small business

Employees, wages (Barnett) 1520 (Chouhan) 622 (Horne) 1512
Exports (Black, I.) 2001
Government support (Barnett) 1513-5 (Black) 1988-9, 1992-3, 1995, 2000-1 (Hansen) 2698 (Letnick) 313-4 (Pimm) 1523 (Simpson, B.) 1514-5, 2000
Government support, NDP position (Sultan) 83
Impact of harmonized sales tax See Impact on issues under Harmonized sales tax
Licences, single licence initiative (Black, I.) 2001
Permitting process, BizPal initiative (Black, I.) 2001
Role in communities and economy (Barnett) 1513-5 (Kwan) 1511-3
Small business (Horne) 1512 (Letnick) 887
Small business round table
activities and consultation (Black, I.) 1991-2, 1995-2000 (Kwan) 1991-2, 1996
participation (Black, I.) 2000
report (Black, I.) 1992, 2000
round table (Letnick) 887
Small business venture capital fund (Black, I.) 2001
Tax reductions
income tax (McIntyre) 281
reductions (Black, I.) 1989, 1991 (Stilwell) 401
reductions during NDP administration (Black, I.) 1994 (Kwan) 1994
small business tax threshold (Black, I.) 1991 (Hansen) 199, 203, 571 (Les) 238 (McIntyre) 281
Taxation (Kwan) 1513
Business Corporations Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
(Hansen) 685, 921-2 (Ralston) 921-2
Business Council of British Columbia

Executive vice-president See Finlayson, Jock
Business Number Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
(Hansen) 686, 922 (Ralston) 922
Bute Inlet

Description and role of ecotourism in area (Trevena) 16
Independent power project proposal See Plutonic Power Corp.
Byland, John and Maria

Plant sales company (Stewart) 176-7
Byrne, Ken

Experience of paramedic spouse (Dix) 2137, 2147

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