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Province of British Columbia
5th Session, 37th Parliament – 2004
INDEX (Subject, speaker and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Wages and salaries
- Average weekly wage rate
(Kwan) 8605
(MacPhail) 8605, 9727
- First-job entry-level wage
(Bruce) 9536-7
(Locke) 9536-7
- Pay equity for women See Women
- Training wage See First-job entry-level wage above under this main heading
- Wage gap
(Chong) 9232-3
(Kwan) 9233, 10987-8
- Wage levels, increase
(Bruce) 8652, 9727
(Nijjar) 8696
(Sultan) 8624
Walls, Doug
- Government contract with CareNet, government investigation See Investigation under Society Act under CareNet Technology Society
- Government contracts
(Campbell) 11257, 11261
(Clark) 11094-5
(Kwan) 11094-5, 11257-8, 11261-2
- Involvement with Children and Family Development ministry
(Kwan) 9647, 9655-6, 9662, 9715-8, 9735, 9807, 9809, 9960-1, 11352
- Involvement with Children and Family Development ministry, audit of ministry See Audit by comptroller general under Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- Position with Interim Authority for Community Living B.C.
- independent audit
(Campbell) 11226-30, 11247-54, 11257-62, 11303, 11306-8
(Clark) 9484-5, 11095-7
(Coleman) 9578
(Collins) 9707
(Kwan) 9484, 11226-30, 11246-9, 11252-3, 11258-62
(MacPhail) 9483-4, 11307-8
- independent audit, implementation of recommendations
(Clark) 11096
- independent audit, public release
(Brenzinger) 10231
(Clark) 9578-9, 9667-70, 9717, 9735-6, 9740-1, 11048
(Collins) 10231, 10835, 11047-8
(Kwan) 8834, 9653, 9667-71, 9718, 11048-9
(MacPhail) 9578, 10834, 11047-8
- position
(Hawes) 8469
(Hogg) 9432-3
(Kwan) 9667-8, 9670, 9707, 9718, 11225
(MacPhail) 8557-8, 8806, 9296, 9504
- Relationship with Gordon Campbell
(Clark) 11096
(MacPhail) 11095-6
- Role in establishment of CareNet Technology Society, freedom-of-information request by opposition
(Clark) 9485
(Kwan) 9484
(MacPhail) 9483-4
Wanamaker, Lori
- Work with government
(Kwan) 9456
War
- Veterans, honouring of veterans
(Murray) 8594
Ward Street Place, Nelson, B.C.
Ward system See Elections, ward system under Vancouver, B.C.
Waste management
Water
- 2004 water levels
(Abbott) 10925
- Drinking water quality
- protection
(Barisoff) 9673
(Hansen) 9350
(Kwan) 9350-1
- water supply contamination incident in Anglemont See Anglemont, B.C.
- water supply contamination incidents, follow-up requirement
(Hansen) 9349-50
(Kwan) 9349-50
- Water licences, application for small hydro projects
(Abbott) 10926-7
(Jarvis) 10926-7
- Watersheds See Watersheds
Water, Land and Air Protection, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities
(Barisoff) 9672-3, 9682
(MacPhail) 9682
- Budget
(Barisoff) 9683-6
(MacPhail) 9683-6
- Business orientation
(MacPhail) 9684-5
- Environmental policies and practices within ministry
(Barisoff) 9686-7
(MacPhail) 9686-7
- Relationship with Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
(van Dongen) 9387
- Role re climate change programs
(Kwan) 10270-2, 10312-5
(Les) 10270-2, 10312
- Staffing
(Barisoff) 9682-3
(MacPhail) 9682-3
- Sustainable environment fund
(Barisoff) 9683
(MacPhail) 9683
Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
- (Bill 16) (Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection) 1R, 9576; 2R, 10067-8; C, 10141-2; 3R, 10143; RA, 10666
- Amdts: sec. 7 and sec. 11 (Barisoff) 10142, approved 10142
- Debate, speakers
(Barisoff) 9576, 10067-8, 10142
- Purpose of bill
(Barisoff) 9576, 10067
Watersheds
- Restoration after forest fires, ministerial responsibility
(de Jong) 10290
(MacPhail) 10290
Watson, Liz
Watts, Dolly
- Business experience
(Trumper) 11674
WCB See Workers Compensation Board
Weeds See Plants
Weir, Winnifred Ariel
Weisbeck, John (Kelowna-Lake Country)
- As subject
- appointment as Deputy Speaker
(Collins) 8450
- B.C. Legislative Library, 2003 annual report tabled 10920
- Kelowna, high-technology industry 11141
- Okanagan Technology Symposium, activities 11141
Welfare
- Income assistance See Income assistance
- Social issues, mayors' task force
(Bray) 11539
(Johnston) 11537
(Mayencourt) 11542-3
(Plant) 11464
(Roddick) 11539
- Social policy maps
(Hogg) 8704-5
- Social programs and services
- core funding for non-profit organizations
(Kwan) 9270
- role in communities
(Locke) 8680-1
- service delivery
(Hagen) 10429-30
- service delivery, reorganization See Programs and services for children and families, reorganization of service delivery under Children
- Social responsibility, government commitment
(Throne speech) 8449
- Social services sector
- collective agreement and payments made under Munroe agreement, savings to government
(Clark) 9555-6, 9558
(Kwan) 9555-6
- relationship between government and not-for-profit organizations
(Hunter) 8923
Wells Gray Provincial Park
- Connector road proposal
(Krueger) 11085
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Auxiliary, fundraising activities
(Trumper) 11339
West Coast Trail
- Hiking trail
(Kerr) 10723
West Fraser Mills Ltd.
- Smithers mill upgrade
(MacKay) 8785
West Vancouver, B.C.
- Police department audit
(Coleman) 9936
(MacPhail) 9936
West Vancouver Rotary Club
- Maintenance of traffic circle in area
(Sultan) 9331
West Vancouver-Capilano constituency and area
Westbank first nation
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
- Position on working forest initiative
(Abbott) 10581
(Krueger) 10581
Westray mine
- Deaths of workers in 1997 incident
(Sultan) 11495-6
Wet houses See Prevention and treatment under Substance abuse/addiction
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Vavenby mill operation, closing
(Krueger) 9159
Whistler, B.C.
- Hotel development proposal
- municipal approval
(Abbott) 11296-7
- municipal approval and Supreme Court ruling, legislation to cancel court ruling
(Kwan) 11296
(Plant) 11189, 11291, 11300-1
- Tourism industry, tax proposal for marketing activities
(Nebbeling) 10436, 10438
Whistler Rail Tours Ltd.
- Contributions to B.C. Liberal Party
(Kwan) 11296
White Rock and South Surrey Chamber of Commerce
- Business and community award recipients
(Hogg) 8529
White Rock, B.C. See Surrey-White Rock constituency and area
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver-Lonsdale)
- As subject
- Artists for Kids, work of organization 11592-3
- B.C. Institute of Technology, marine campus 8799
- Budget debate 8798-801
- Business, training, college program in Asia Pacific management 8799
- Canada, history contest 8881-2
- Capilano College, programs 8799
- Carson Graham Secondary School, chefs training program 8799
- Education system, impact of demographic changes 8800
- Film industry
- distribution of film and television rights outside Canada 11113
- industry in B.C., role in economy 11113
- training, college program 8799
- Financial services industry, international financial sector, expansion of activities 11113
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11518-9
- Health care costs, impact of demographic changes 8799-800
- International Financial Activity Act, debate 11113-4
- Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., operations in B.C. 11113
- Lions Gate Hospital, services 8798
- Motions, cruise industry (Motion 73), debate 10123-4
- NoRooz 9731-2
- North Vancouver
- development of former Burrard drydock area 8800, 10124
- film industry 11113
- involvement in cruise ship industry 10123-4
- Patriot Act (U.S.), provisions on access to personal information, concerns of British Columbians, B.C. Liberal Party government response 11518-9
- Privacy, protection of personal information 11518-9
- Queen Mary Elementary School (North Vancouver), programs 8799
- Sutherland Secondary School, status of school building 8799
- Vancouver
- cruise ship industry 10123-4
- North Shore, service organizations 8798
Whole farm program See Farms and farming, insurance programs under Agriculture industry
Wicks, Lyle
- Political life
(Hawes) 8487
Wikdahl, Lori
- Work on multiple sclerosis commended
(Hawes) 8453
Wildfire Act
- (Bill 25) (Minister of Forests) 1R, 9951; 2R, 10234-8; C, 10285-7; 3R, 10287; RA, 10666
- Debate, speakers
(de Jong) 9951, 10234-5, 10237-8, 10285-6
(Krueger) 10236-7
(MacPhail) 10235-6, 10285
(Wilson) 10285-6
- Purpose of bill
(de Jong) 9951, 10234
- Scope of bill
(de Jong) 10237-8
(MacPhail) 10236
Wildfires See Forest fires
Wildlife
- Accidental killing of wildlife, reporting requirements
(Barisoff) 10067
- Aquatic species See also Fish
- Caribou, protection
(Barisoff) 11652
(Suffredine) 10127, 11377, 11652
- Conservation officers
- Elk, wildlife corridor in Cathedral Grove area See Cathedral Grove parking lot development under MacMillan Provincial Park
- Endangered species
- Fish See Fish; Fisheries
- Grizzly bears
(Barisoff) 9703
(Cobb) 9703, 11088
- Habitat protection
(Barisoff) 11162-3
(MacKay) 10415
(MacPhail) 11162-3
(Suffredine) 10127-8
- Legislation See Water, Land and Air Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2004; Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004
- Marmots, protection
(MacPhail) 9691-3
- Predator management
(Barisoff) 9692
- Roadkill tax See Trappers, regulation under Hunting
Wildlife Act
- Amendments
(Barisoff) 10067-8
- Definitions, "resident"
(Barisoff) 10067
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2004
- (Bill 51) (Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection) 1R, 11044-5; 2R, 11075-6; C, 11159-66; 3R, 11166; RA, 11325
- Amdts: sec. 10 (Barisoff) 11166, approved 11166
- Debate, speakers
(Barisoff) 11044-5, 11075, 11160-6
(Jarvis) 11163
(Lekstrom) 11163, 11165-6
(MacPhail) 11159-65
- Definitions, "species residence"
(MacPhail) 11162
- Purpose of bill
(Barisoff) 11044-5
Willcocks, Paul
- Comments on issues
- 2004-05 budget
(Suffredine) 8748
- audit of Children and Family Development ministry
(Kwan) 11352
Williams Lake, B.C.
- Anniversary of incorporation, activities
(Cobb) 9577
Willows Clinic See Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
Wills
- Probate fees, application to shares held outside B.C.
(Plant) 11190
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2004
- Agricultural Land Commission, applications by Indian bands 10880-1, 10883
- Barkerville historic site, financial status 8746
- B.C.
- northern and rural B.C., resource industries, role in B.C. economy 8745
- population
- people leaving B.C. in 1990s 8744-5
- people moving to B.C. 8745
- B.C. Cowboy Hall of Fame, 2003 inductees 9577
- B.C. Cowboy Heritage Society, activities 9577
- B.C. Liberal Party government, accomplishments 8745
- B.C. Rail, agreement with CN Rail, benefits 8745-6
- Budget debate 8744-7
- Budgets, 2004-05 budget 8744, 8746
- Business, corporate headquarters leaving B.C. 8744
- Computer technology, high-speed Internet service 8713-4, 8746
- Economy, B.C. economy 8744-5, 8747
- Education
- education of Indians 8888
- importance in life 8888
- Internet access by students 8714
- Environmental groups, tax exemption on land purchases 10923
- Food industry
- meat products, safety of Canadian products 10915
- safety record and inspection system in Canada 9162
- slaughter facilities, additional facilities in B.C. 9162-3
- Forest fires, management and prevention, regulation of fire use 10285-6
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, harvesting of beetle-damaged timber 11686
- forest district managers, powers re range licences 11456
- forest health, management 11685-7
- forestry vulnerability index 8746
- mountain pine beetle infestation 11685-6
- salvage logging, small-scale salvage program, expansion 8746
- silviculture, replanting of deforested areas 11686
- Indians, treaty negotiations, settlement lands in agricultural land reserve, land use issues 10879-81, 10883
- Land use
- land and resource management planning, role in expansion of parks system 11078
- land use planning, status of plans 8745
- Livestock industry
- cattle industry, challenges 9162-3
- government assistance to ranchers impacted by BSE 8745, 9163, 11468
- ranching industry, current conditions 11378-9
- U.S. border closing to Canadian beef 9162, 10915-6
- Long, Frederick James Alexander (Fred), death 9577
- Mining industry in B.C., current conditions 8745
- Motions
- annual allowable cut in beetle-infested forest districts (Motion 104), debate 11685-7
- broadband access in rural B.C. (Motion 21), debate 8713-4
- high school and post-secondary education of aboriginal youth (Motion 67), debate 8888-9
- promotion of Canadian beef (Motion 3), debate 9162-3
- NDP, performance as government 8744
- Northern Development Initiative Trust Act, debate 11601
- Northern development initiative trust, funding, disbursement by northerners 11601
- Parks
- expansion of park system 11078-9
- Forests ministry recreation sites, management 8722
- Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2004, debate 11078-9
- Post-secondary education, new student spaces 8746
- Prince Rupert, port expansion, impact on economy 8746
- Quesnel, economy 8746-7
- Railways and rail services, tourism rail services, opportunities 8746
- Range Act, debate 11378-9, 11455-7
- Rangeland
- Resources and resource industries
- forest-dependent communities 8746-7
- role in economy 8745
- vulnerability index for communities 8746
- Sustainable Resource Management ministry, estimates debate 10922-3
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Gibraltar mine, reopening, labour dispute 9785
- Wildfire Act, debate 10285-6
Wind power See Energy
Windy Craggy mine
- Government decision on mining project
(Hawes) 8467, 10422-3
Winlaw Creek
- Harvesting of beetle-damaged timber in area
(Suffredine) 11377-8
Winnipeg, Man.
- Flood prevention activities
(Roddick) 10119-20
Winter, John
- Comments on 2004-05 budget
(Penner) 8579, 8750
Wiretaps See Police and policing
Wise Persons' Committee See Federal review of industry in Canada under Securities industry
WISH Drop-in Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Women
- Housing, safe houses and other temporary housing See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing; Transition houses
- Issues and concerns
- Number in workforce
(Kwan) 9452
- Participation in politics
(Sahota) 8771
- Pay equity
- Programs and services
- Role in economy
(Chong) 8508, 9229, 9233-4
- Victims of spousal abuse See Family violence under Violence
- Violence against women See Violence
- Women in business See Small business under Business
- Women's centres
- alternative sources of funding
(Chong) 9244, 9251, 9274
(Kwan) 9267-8, 9270, 9274-5
- cost of services per woman served
(Kwan) 9270
- funding from governments
(Chong) 8672, 9241
(Coell) 9245, 9315-6
(Kwan) 9172-3, 9241-51, 9265, 9267-70, 9316, 10467
(Sultan) 8672
- services
(Chong) 9249-50, 9267
(Coell) 9269
(Kwan) 9248-51, 9316, 9318
- sexual assault centres, funding
(Kwan) 9275-6
Women of Distinction Awards
Women's and Seniors' Services, Minister of State for
Wong, Hon. Patrick (Vancouver-Kensington)
- As subject
- position on facility for former addicts and mentally ill in Vancouver
(Kwan) 11560
- Better Community Partnership Outreach Network 8683, 9475
- B.C. Pavilion Corp., funding and taxes 10258
- Budget debate 8681-4
- Budgets, 2004-05 balanced budget 8681-2, 8684
- Business, Chinese Canadian business activity 8683
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004-05 alternative budget 8682
- Children and Family Development ministry
- estimates debate 9561-3
- budget reduction, children and family development component 9561
- China, investment in B.C. 8683
- Chinese Heritage Day 10862
- Economy, B.C. economy 8682, 10258
- Education
- social equity programs
- students, vulnerable students, risk factor index 9562
- Exports and imports, trade mission to China 8683
- Forest fires, summer 2003 forest fires in B.C. interior, relief effort, donations and fundraising 8682-3
- Government, fiscal planning and policies, sustainability 8681
- Housing, affordable housing supply 11121-2
- Immigration
- Bamboo Network mentoring program 8941-2
- provincial nominee program 11498, 11652
- recognition of credentials of foreign-trained professionals 11498
- Income assistance recipients, transition to employment 8682
- Investment, foreign investment 8683
- Motions, support for volunteers (Motion 68), debate 9475-6
- Multicultural Helping House Society, programs for immigrants to B.C. 8941-2
- National Volunteer Week 10131
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- benefits of hosting games 10258
- essay contest for B.C. youth 8772
- Physicians, supply, qualification of foreign-trained physicians 11652
- Prostitution
- bubble zones 10005
- employment transition services for sex trade workers 10278
- Public Safety and Solicitor General ministry, estimates debate 10004-5
- School district 39 (Vancouver), social equity programs, funding 9561-3
- Securities Act
- Securities industry
- enforcement and penalties, reprimands 11011
- investigations
- evidence not to be disclosed 11012
- power to compel evidence, compensation for witnesses 11012
- market participant conduct 11010-1
- Seniors, housing 11121
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 11497-8
- Small Business and Economic Development ministry
- estimates debate 10258
- budget, allocation for unpaid accounts 10258
- staff 10258
- Taxation, revenues to government, impact on government services 8683
- Trucking industry, labour shortage 11498
- Vancouver
- affordable housing 11121
- Chinese community, fundraising for damages caused by fires in interior B.C. 8682-3
- crime rate 10004
- Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area
- community policing initiatives 8683
- economic development 8683
- prostitution in area 10005
- work of volunteers 9475
- Victoria Drive Business Association, role 8683
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, role in society 8683, 9475-6, 10131
Wood waste
- Beehive burners, phase-out program
(Abbott) 10422
(Barisoff) 9696-7
(MacPhail) 9696-7
Woodbine Entertainment Group
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
- Willow Clinic, closing
(MacPhail) 9442
Woodwards Building See Downtown east side under Vancouver, B.C.
Workers See also Labour; particular sectors, e.g., Health care
Workers Compensation Act
Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal
Workers Compensation Board
- Annual report, 2003, tabled
(Bruce) 10686
- Information-sharing agreement on workers compensation premiums
(Bruce) 9546-7, 9719
(MacPhail) 9546-7, 9719
- Investigation into underground economy See B.C. economy, underground economy under Economy
- Policies, cancers caused by firefighting
(Bruce) 9537
(Locke) 9537
- Regulations governing the workplace, changes in workplace safety regulations
(Bruce) 9546
(MacPhail) 9546
- Review board, legislation
(Kwan) 11245
(Plant) 11246
- Review of organization
(Orr) 8647
- Service plan, 2005-06, tabled
(Bruce) 10686
Working forest See Forest industry
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
World Junior Hockey Championship
- 2006 championship in B.C.
(Johnston) 8527
(Lee) 8576
(Locke) 8680
(Throne speech) 8444
World Partnership Walk
World Police and Fire Games
- 2009 games in Burnaby, bid win
(Coleman) 8631
(Lee) 8576
Wright, Don
Wurmann, Heidi
- Comments on funding for women's services
(Kwan) 9251
Wynndel, B.C.
- Forest industry in area
(Suffredine) 10127-8
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