Legislative Statements

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Since 2009, Kathy has consistently worked hard on a number of issues. Check out some of the questions, speeches and debates she’s engaged in:

2011 Spring Session

• Elections
  • candidates, financial reporting 6316
• Heed, Kash
  • 2009 election campaign financial reporting 6316
• Lee family
  • deaths 6312
• Oral questions
  • Election campaign finance reporting in Vancouver-Fraserview 6316
• Representative for Children and Youth
  • reports, family violence and child death case 6312
• Statements by members
  • Government action on domestic violence 6312

• Violence, family violence

government action 6312
incidence and impact 6312

2010 Spring Session

Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry

estimates debate 4964-5
Olympic Games expenses and staff allocation to Olympics-related programs 4965

Agriculture and Lands Ministry

estimates debate 4149-51, 4153-4
Olympic Games expenses 4153-4
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 4149-50

AIDS, community-based health programs, funding 5773-4

Attorney General Ministry

estimates debate 6254-5
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 6254-5

Aubin, Guy, home care fees 3605

Auditor General, review of Partnerships B.C. project evaluation methodology 5535

Bell, Pat, attendance at Olympic Games 4775-6

Bennett, Bill, attendance at Olympic Games 5668

Black, Iain, attendance at Olympic Games 3748

Bond, Shirley, attendance at Olympic Games 4610

B.C. Ferry Authority, board appointment 4676

B.C. Ferry Services Inc.

board, appointment 4676
budget 4676
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 4676-7

B.C. Hydro

employees, secondment to and volunteering for Olympic Games 5583-4
facility security costs for Olympic Games 5584
hosting activities during Olympic Games 5584
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 5584

B.C. Liberal Party

campaign materials, investigation by special prosecutor 5241
campaign materials, investigation by special prosecutor, costs 5318
campaign statements 4231

B.C. Liberal Party government

MLAs, response to harmonized sales tax 4880-1, 4883
position on harmonized sales tax 4879
public confidence 4229-33, 4881

B.C. Lottery Corporation, hosting activities and ticket distribution for Olympic Games 4199

B.C. Medical Association, comments on long-term care beds 4230

B.C. Rail, sale, government handling 4230

B.C. Real Estate Association, comments on harmonized sales tax 4880

B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association, comments on harmonized sales tax 4232

Burnaby

city government 3056-7, 4447
community social services organizations 3059
Early Childhood Development Roundtable, comments on early childhood development funding 5074-5
Olympic torch relay events 2905
transition houses, funding for programs and services 5075

Burnaby Board of Trade, resolution on early childhood development 5074

Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society, involvement with local school 3877

Business, public-private partnerships

borrowing costs and financing issues 5535-7
contractual obligations and value for money 3059
value-for-money reports 5534-5

Byrne Creek Secondary School, basketball team, experiences of team members 3008

Campbell, Gordon

comments on collective agreements 4229
involvement in reappointment of Solicitor General 5241

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

comments on harmonized sales tax 4229
comments on long-term care beds 4230-1

CH2M Hill Canada Ltd., involvement with local school 3877

Children, child care

child care providers, corporations 5363
government support 5373

Children, early childhood development

government investment 5074-5
programs and services, Parent-Child Mother Goose program 3708
programs and services, Success by 6 program, funding 3708-9
report by human early learning partnership 5074

Children and Family Development Ministry

estimates debate 5074-6
Olympic Games expenses 5076
Olympic Games tickets 5075
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5075-6

Chong, Ida, attendance at Olympic Games 4521

Civil service

employees
Olympics-related work duties 4548-9
secondment and volunteering for Olympic Games 3660-2, 3745-50, 3753-4, 3933, 4149-50, 4521-3, 4547-8, 4550, 4610-1, 4776-7, 4965, 5075-6, 5284, 5468, 5530, 5668, 6254-5
respect for civil service 3056

Coleman, Rich, attendance at Olympic Games 4199

Community and Rural Development Ministry

estimates debate 5668
Olympic Games expenses 5668
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5668

Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act

debate 4229-33, 4879-83, 5002, 5030-1
debate by B.C. Liberal Party MLAs 4879-80, 4882-3
referral to Finance and Government Services Committee 4879-83
schedule for debate 4881

Council of Parent Participation Preschools in B.C., work of organization 4271-2

de Jong, Michael, involvement in reappointment of Solicitor General 5241

Democracy, democratic deficit concept 4881

Economy, conditions during B.C. Liberal Party administration 3058-9

Education

funding 3057-8
funding for implementation of class size limits 5187
impact on school district budgets and operations 5186
school sports programs 3008, 3010
preschool education, parent participation preschools 4271-2
preschool education, role of government and private sector 5363
preschool education, role of private sector 3058
school districts and boards of education, costs 3058

Education Ministry

estimates debate 5363, 5468-9
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5468

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry

estimates debate 5584-5

Environment Ministry

estimates debate 5283-4
Olympic Games expenses 5283-4
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5284

Families, single-parent families, government support in B.C. and elsewhere 5374

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on harmonized sales tax 4882

Finance Ministry

estimates debate 5530-1, 5534-7
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5530

Forests and Range Ministry

estimates debate 4775-7
Olympic Games expenses 4775-7
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 4776-7

Fort St. John, hospital and residential care facility project, public-private partnership model 5536

Government

financial reporting, public accounts 6254
local government, provincial-municipal relations 3056-7
local government powers, regulatory powers 3056-7
programs and services, public services 3056

Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure Act

debate 5213-5

Hansen, Colin, attendance at Olympic Games 5530

Harmonized sales tax

exemptions and rebates, home heating and power, reimbursements 5002
exemptions and rebates, used vehicles, aircraft and boats 5030-1
impact on consumers 4232-3
impact on housing and real estate industry 4880
implementation, government handling 4229-33, 4879-83
information, government mailout 4881
position on tax, B.C. Liberal Party position 4879
public opinion 4233, 4880-3

Hawes, Randy, comments on harmonized sales tax 4880

Health care system

health care facilities and hospitals, reporting requirements for gunshot and stab wounds 5213-5
health support workers, 2002 legislation 4229-30
long-term care beds, number during B.C. Liberal Party administration 4230-1

Healthy Living and Sport Ministry

estimates debate 4521-6, 4543-52
Olympic Games expenses 4522
Olympic Games tickets 4521
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 4521-2

Heed, Kash, reappointment as Solicitor General 5241

Henry, Marguerite, death 3227

Hepatitis C, community-based health programs, funding 5773

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements, public-private partnerships and value-for-money report 5534-5

Highway 19 (Island Highway), Island Highway construction project 5372

Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, public-private partnership and value-for-money report 5534-5

Home care fees, regulation 3605

Housing, social and subsidized housing, availability for transition home residents 4365

Housing and Social Development Ministry

estimates debate 4199-200, 4363-5
Olympic Games expenses 4199
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 4200

Huntington, Vicki, comments on harmonized sales tax 4883

International Olympic Committee, covenant with B.C. government on financial obligations of games 4551

International Women's Day 3227-8

Krueger, Kevin, attendance at Olympic Games 3933

Labour Ministry

estimates debate 3660-2
Olympic Games expenses 3661-2
Olympic Games tickets 3661
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 3660-2

Legislature, estimates process, questions on prior and forthcoming fiscal years 3932-3

Lekstrom, Blair, attendance at Olympic and Paralympic events 5583

Lower Mainland, South Fraser perimeter road, funding model for project 5537

Lower Mainland Local Government Association, activities 5374

MacDiarmid, Margaret

attendance at Olympic Games 5468
response to invitation to visit Burnaby schools 3058
visit to Burnaby school district 5468-9

McNeil, Mary, attendance at Olympic Games 4549

Magma Energy Corp., government hosting at Olympic Games 5468

Marlborough Elementary School, activities and events 5706-7

Martin, Murray, comments on harmonized sales tax 4883

Maywood Community School, programs 3876-7

Motions

Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 3016-7

Nettleton, Paul, comments on B.C. Rail 4230

NDP

campaign statements on economic plans 3055
communications and experience with business 3055-6

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

athletes 2905
athletes, Canadian athletes 3009, 3016
athletes village in Whistler, reuse of housing 4551
benefits and opportunities, promotion of B.C. food products 4149-51, 4154
benefits and opportunities, tourism industry 4552
business-hosting program, report 4150-1, 4154
costs and funding 3662, 3745-6, 3933-4, 4612-3
accountability and transparency 3056, 4544-6
funding from Crown Corporations 4545-6
human resources 4549
report 3746, 3748-50, 3752-3
review by Auditor General 4546
costs to city of Vancouver, report 4546
government purchase of tickets, accountability and disclosure of information 4150-1, 5584
government purchase of tickets, report on ticket distribution 3751, 3933, 4524-6, 4550, 4610, 4612, 4677, 4775-6, 5283-4, 5530, 5668
hosting and ticketing program 4524-6
hosting and ticketing program, report 4543-5
hosting by B.C. 3016-7
impact on issues, economic impact study 4154, 4552
Own the Podium 2010 initiative 3009
Paralympic Games 4551
power supply and use 5584
security, responsibility and infrastructure issue 4551-2
tickets, purchase by Crown corporations 4543-5
tickets for community groups 4551
volunteerism and participation by B.C. communities 2905

Olympics and ActNow B.C. Minister of State

Olympic Games hosting and staff expenses 4549-50
Olympic secretariat, collection of government information re Olympic Games expenses 3746, 3748-50, 3752-4

Ontario, harmonized sales tax implementation 4880

Oral questions

Burnaby school district costs and funding 3090, 3551
Funding for community-based hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS programs 5773-4
Funding for school districts and class-size limits 5186-7
Government action on domestic violence 6059
Home care fees 3605
Investigation of election campaign for former Solicitor General 5318
Reappointment of Solicitor General 5241
Success By 6 program 3708-9

Palmer, Vaughn, article on health support workers legislation 4230

Partnerships B.C.

evaluation of projects 3059
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 5530
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 5530-1

Penner, Barry, attendance at Olympic Games 5283-4

Polak, Mary, attendance at Olympic Games 5075

Police and policing, PRIME information management system, cost 3057

Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 4447

Poverty

government action 3058-9
government action and poverty among women 5372, 5374

Private members' statements

The importance of youth sports 3007-10
Pay equity 5372-4

Private members' statements (response)

Even higher learning in Burnaby 4447

Privilege

Reserving right to raise question of personal privilege 2923

Property tax, municipal property tax reform 3057

Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry

estimates debate 6265-6

School district 41 (Burnaby)

budget and management 3057-8, 3551
costs and funding 3090, 3551, 5186-7
performance 3055-6
proposed meeting with Education Minister 3090
proposed visit from Education Minister 5468-9

Simon Fraser University, activities and accomplishments 4447

Skills training, trades training for First Nations and women 5372-3

Small Business, Technology and Economic Development Ministry

estimates debate 3745-54
estimates debate, scope of questions on Olympic Games 3747-8, 3751
Olympic Games expenses 3751-4
Olympic Games tickets 3748, 3750-3
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 3745-50, 3753

Smyth, Michael, comments on harmonized sales tax 4230

South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, accountability and governance 3057

South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority

employee participation in employee loan program and volunteer leave matching program 4612
purchase of Olympic Games tickets 4612

Sports

children's sports, government funding and support 3007-10, 3016, 3058
government funding to organizations for Olympics-related work 4523

Statements

Expression of thanks to members 3227

Statements by members

International Women's Day 3227-8
Marlborough Elementary School 5706-7
Maywood Community School 3876-7
Olympic Games participation by B.C. athletes and communities 2905
Parent participation preschools 4271-2

Sutherland, Donald, comments on Canadians 3016-7

Taxation

B.C. tax rights 4879
taxation of private sales of used vehicles, aircraft and boats 5030-2

Taylor, Carole, comments on harmonized sales tax 4881

Throne speech content 5363

Throne speech debate 3055-9

Tourism, Culture and the Arts Ministry

estimates debate 3932-4
Olympic Games expenses 3933
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 3933

Transition houses

programs and services, funding 5075
transition housing program and funding 4363-5

Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry

estimates debate 4610-3, 4676-7
Olympic Games expenses 4610-3
staff, allocation to Olympics-related programs 4610-1, 4613

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

agreement with General Motors Place 4548
budget and funding from International Olympic Committee 4551
financial reporting 4550
partnership with B.C. Housing 4551

Vancouver Real Estate Board, comments on harmonized sales tax 4880

Violence

family violence
counselling programs for women and children in transition houses 4364
government contracts for service delivery 6266
Langley pilot project 6059
programs and services for men 6266
report and recommendations by domestic violence death review panel 6265
reporting of family violence 5214-5
violence against women, "degendering" of issue 6265-6
violence against women, funding for programs and services 6266

Wages and salaries, minimum wage 5372-3

Welfare, community social services sector, funding 3059

Women

women's equality and pay equity, government action 5372-4
women's rights 3227-8

Yap, John, comments on harmonized sales tax 4879-80
2009 Fall Session

2009 Fall Session

• Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Ministry, estimates debate 1502-5, 1508-9 

• Auditor General, report on trades training 1508

• B.C. Healthy Living Alliance, report on social determinants of health 1674
  B.C. Hydro, purchase of Olympic Games tickets 566
  B.C. Liberal Party government
  financial management and priorities 146-7
  position on trade unions 146
  priorities 329-30, 890, 891
  B.C. School Sports program, funding 2645
  Budgets, independent budget officer, NDP proposal 320-1
  Burnaby area
  affordable housing supply 144
  city government 146-7
  description and issues 143-4, 146
  seniors care beds 1703
  Willingdon pretrial facility proposal, public consultation 146
  women's soccer league 500
  Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, organization 146
  Campbell, Gordon, invitation to Mi'kmaq children's choir 1536
  Canada, agreement on internal trade
  dispute resolution component 1152, 1306, 1321-3, 1325
  impact 1152-3
  implementation 1324
  labour mobility component 1150-1, 1153-4, 1305, 1308-10, 1316-8
  public consultation 1305
  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  report on seniors care in B.C. 1702-3
  work of organization 1703
  Canadian Union of Public Employees, work of organization 146
  Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative 122
  Civil service employees, secondment and volunteering for Olympic Games 1402-3
  Communities, healthy communities 144-5
  Corrigan, Derek, work as Burnaby Mayor 147
  Council of Ministers of Education, review of post-secondary education issues 1504
  Cowichan Tribes, concerns re design and procurement of Olympic Games sweaters 1046
  Economic Forecast Council, economic forecasts 321
  Education
  annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades 131-2, 145-6
  full-day kindergarten 122
  parent advisory councils, consultation by government 1673
  parent advisory councils, funding 1673
  school sports programs, funding 329-30, 393-4
  support for public system 145
  Exports and imports, trade agreements, international trade agreements 1150-3
  Furlong, John, comments on role of sports programs 891
  General Agreement on Trade in Services 1151
  Government, education announcements 122
  Health care system
  continuing and long-term care, home and community care 1703
  home and community care funding 1704
  public health programs, funding 566
  use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 1704
  Health Statutes (Residents' Bill of Rights) Amendment Act, 2009, debate 1702-5
  Healthy Living and Sport Ministry, estimates debate 1398-406, 1408-12, 1422-5
  Home care services 1704
  Housing and Social Development Ministry, estimates debate 1673-5
  Housing, residential care facilities
  assisted living and residential care 1703
  care levels and conditions 1705
  inspections 1704-5
  private and public facilities 1704-5
  resident rights 1702-5
  residential and assisted-living units 1703-4
  staffing 1705
  Immigration, credentialling of foreign-trained skilled workers 1150
  Income assistance recipients, women and single-parent families 1673-5
  Industry Training Authority, budget 1508
  Jet Set Sports Canada Inc., purchase and resale of Olympic Games tickets 2879-80
  Joe, Misel, letter to Premier re Mi'kmaq children's choir Olympic invitation 1537
  Justice system, legal aid, funding and access to family law services 982
  Labour mobility
  certification harmonization and role of regulating bodies 1306, 1308-10, 1313-9
  dispute resolution process 1151-2, 1314-5, 1320-3
  exemptions 1325
  impact on standards and workers 1150-1, 1153-4, 1308
  occupational titles 1318
  Labour Mobility Act
  debate 1150-5, 1305-6, 1308-10, 1313-26
  definitions 1305-6
  public consultation on bill 1324
  regulation-making powers 1322, 1325
  Legislature
  language used in House, "knowingly mislead" 132
  language used in House, withdrawal of comments 132
  question period, government response to questions 329-30
  Lindsay, Ian, article on post-secondary education enrolment 1502
  Maclean's, article on Burnaby city government 146-7
  Motions
  Early learning opportunities in B.C., debate 122
  Economic stimulus plan and Olympic and Paralympic Games, debate 2645-6
  Independent budget officer, debate 320-1
  Multilateral agreement on investment, review by NDP government 1150-1
  Multilateral Agreement on Investment Special Committee, work of committee 1150
  North American Free Trade Agreement 1151
  Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
  2010 Legacies Now, funding 1412
  benefits and costs 2645-6
  benefits and opportunities, research and reporting 1403-5
  benefits and opportunities, tourism industry 1408-9
  clothing line 1045-6
  contracts with companies 1409
  contracts with companies, B.C. companies 1304
  contracts with companies, outsourcing of mapping work 1411-2
  costs and funding 1400-2, 1408-9, 1412, 1422-5, 2489, 2645-6
  funding from Crown corporations 1424
  medical costs 1409-10
  educational programs 1425
  flags, manufacturing origin 1304
  government purchase of tickets and hospitality suites 1363, 1425, 1458
  impact on air travel and related businesses 2801
  impact studies, Olympic Games Impact research project 1406
  mountain rental contracts, make-whole agreements with site operators 1401
  security costs 1410
  sponsorships, wine companies and products 1145-6
  tickets, scalping and public access 2879-80
  viewers, estimated numbers 1399
  workers, employee loan program 1402-3
  Olympics and ActNow B.C. Minister of State
  budget 1400
  Olympic secretariat 1398-400, 1410
  service plan, performance measurement 1406
  Optometrists, professional standards and labour mobility 1308
  Oral questions
  Accessibility of Olympic Games tickets 2879-80
  Cowichan Tribes and VANOC Olympic clothing line 1045-6
  Funding for athletes and school sports 329-30, 393-4
  Funding for public health and sports programs 566
  Funding for Special Olympics 890-1
  Government purchase of Olympic Games tickets 1458
  Government purchase of Olympic Games tickets and hospitality suites 1363
  Hosting of Olympic Games dignitaries at Terminal City Club 1682
  Impact of Olympic security on airports and businesses 2801
  Labelling of B.C. wines and wines with Olympic logo 1145-6
  Manufacturing of Olympic Games flags 1304
  Mi'kmaq children's choir performance at Olympic Games 1536-7
  Olympic Games costs 2489
  School district funding 131-2
  Women's access to legal aid services 982
  Post-secondary education
  accessibility and affordability 1504
  enrolment levels 1502-3
  Premier's Excellence Awards 1503
  private institutions, regulation 1502
  student financial assistance, reduction 1503-4
  tuition fees 1504-5
  PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., contract with Olympic secretariat 1403-5
  Professional Flight Centre, impact of Olympic Games security measures on flight school 2801
  Richmond Olympic Oval, venue 1424
  School district 41 (Burnaby)
  annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades 131, 145-6
  performance 145
  Se't A'newewy Choir, performance at Olympic Games 1536-7
  Shrybman, Steven, report on internal free trade in Canada 1152
  Simon Fraser University, enrolment levels 1503
  Skills training
  apprenticeship, number of registrants and completion rate 1508
  industry training organizations, issues 1508-9
  new training programs 1508-9
  Red Seal–certified workers, labour mobility 1153, 1316-7
  system during B.C. Liberal Party administration 1508-9
  South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, Canada line 2646
  Special Olympics programs, government funding 890-1
  Sports
  children's sports, government funding and support 566
  government funding and support 330
  ministers responsible 329-30
  Statements by members
  Burnaby women's soccer team at World Masters Games 500
  Prevention of violence against women 2796-7
  Terminal City Club, contract for hosting of Olympic Games dignitaries 1682
  Throne speech debate 143-7
  Toope, Stephen, comments on Burnaby city hall meeting 146
  Tourism B.C., windup of organization and transfer of responsibilities 1408
  Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 1150-2, 1154, 1315, 1320-2
  Trade unions
  B.C. Liberal Party government position 146
  role 146
  Union of B.C. Municipalities, concerns re trade, investment and labour mobility agreement 1151-2
  U.N., comments on elimination of violence against women 2796-7
  University of B.C., enrolment levels 1503
  Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
  financial reporting 1400-1
  information, availability 1409
  Olympic countdown event, government funding 393-4
  request to government for funding 2489
  Vancouver, Robson Square, use for B.C. pavilion during Olympic Games 1399
  The Vancouver Sun, article on post-secondary education enrolment 1502
  Violence
  family violence, programs and services for women and children 2797
  violence against women, awareness and prevention 2796-7
  VTC Language School, closing, impact on students and faculty 1502
  Wine, labelling of wine sold in B.C. 1145-6
  Women, elimination of discrimination against women, report 982
  World Masters Games, 2009 games in Sydney, participation by B.C. athletes 500