Province of British Columbia
First Session, 38th Parliament – 2005
INDEX (Subject and business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

3Ps

See Capital projects, public-private partnerships under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Facilities, capital projects under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Partnerships, public-private partnerships under Business; Projects, public-private partnerships under Transportation


100 Mile House, B.C.

100 Mile House Free Press

2010 Commerce Centre

See Procurement of goods and services under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Abattoirs

See Slaughter facilities under Food industry


Abbotsford, B.C.

Abbotsford Community Services

Abbotsford International Airport

Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of

Aboriginal Tourism British Columbia Association

Aboriginals

See First nations


Academic ambulatory care centre

See Vancouver, B.C.


Accenture Inc

Access program

See Employment and unemployment


Accidents

ACE-IT program

See Promotion of skills training to youth, ACE-IT program under Skills training


Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


Act Now initiative

See Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness under Health – Public health


An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament

Action Schools initiative

See Curriculum under Education; Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness under Health – Public health


Addiction

See Substance abuse and addiction


Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne


Adoption

Advanced Education, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Research and Technology

Advertising

Afghanistan

Aging

See Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues; Seniors


Agricultural Land Commission

Agricultural land reserve

Agriculture

Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of

Agriculture, Select Standing Committee on

AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Air

Air India bombing

See Terrorism


Air India trial

See Justice system


Airports

Alabama

Alberni school district

See School district 70 (Alberni)


Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area

Alberta

Alcan

See Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.


Alcohol

All Nations Trust

Allan, John

Allerton Firth, Stacey

Alouette Home Start Society

Alternative-fuel vehicles

See Hybrid vehicles under Automobiles


Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd

Aluminum smelting industry

Alzheimer's disease

Amata Transition House, Quesnel, B.C.

Ambulance service

Amnesty International

Anahim Creek

Animals

Annan, Kofi

Apple farming

See Food industry


Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Aquaculture

Aquaculture – Fish farms

Archaeological sites

See Heritage sites


Armed forces

See also War


Arrow Lakes power project

See Keenleyside Dam


Arrow Lakes school district

See School district 10 (Arrow Lakes)


Arrowsmith Lodge, Parksville, B.C.

Arts and culture

See also Heritage sites


Ashcroft, B.C.

Ashcroft Manor, Ashcroft, B.C.

Asia

Asian Canadians

Asia-Pacific gateway strategy

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation; Role as gateway to Asia Pacific under British Columbia


Asia-Pacific initiative

See Exports and imports


Asia-Pacific Trade Council

Aspen Planers Ltd

Assanand, Shashi

Assisted living registrar

Assisted-living facilities, services, etc

See Housing – Residential care facilities


Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism

Auditor general

Autism

Automobiles

Avian influenza

Bain, Penny

Bain-Parten, Emelda

Bains, Baljit

Bains, Mewa Singh

Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act

Balkans region

Bank robberies

See Crime and criminals


Barnston Island

Barriere, B.C.

Barry, Kristen

Basi, David

BCPSEA

See British Columbia Public School Employers Association


Beacon Hill

See Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area


Bear Creek Park

Bears

See Wildlife


Beetles

See Mountain pine beetle under Forests and forest industry


Belleville ferry terminal

See Victoria, B.C.


Belsey, Bill

Berry farming

See Food industry


Best Babies program

See Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, Victoria, B.C.


Bicycling

See Cycling


Bike to Work Week

Bill 29 (2001)

See Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act; Workers, collective agreements, government changes under Health – Health care system


Bills, Legislative

See Bills by name; Bills by number


Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

Biodiversity

See Environment; Forests and forest industry


Bioproducts industry

See Biotechnology industry under Science and technology


Biosphere reserves

See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization


Biotechnology industry

See Science and technology


Birch Lake

Bird flu

See Avian influenza


Birds

See Wildlife


BladeRunners program

See Employment and unemployment


Block Watch program

Blockades of roads

See Civil disobedience


Blood and bone marrow

Blue Cross

See Pacific Blue Cross


Blueberry farming

See Berry farming under Food industry


BOB

See Building Opportunities with Business Inner City Society


Bone marrow

See Blood and bone marrow


Bonner, Robert

Book publishing

See Publishing industry


Border crossings

Boston Bar, B.C.

Botox

Bountiful, B.C.

Bountiful Elementary Secondary School, Lister, B.C.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

See BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)


Bowron Lake

Boyd, Bert

Breakwater Enterprises Ltd

Breast health

Bridge Lake

Bridges

Brilliant Dam

Brink Forest Products Ltd

Britannia mine

British Columbia

British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disabilities Society

British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Assessment

B.C. Bid

See Purchasing, tendering system under Government


British Columbia Buildings Corporation

BCcampus

British Columbia Cancer Agency

British Columbia Cattlemen's Association

British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, B.C.

B.C. Civil Liberties Association

British Columbia College of Teachers

British Columbia Competition Council

British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils

British Columbia Coroners Service

British Columbia Court of Appeal

B.C. Experience program

See Crystal Gardens, Victoria, B.C.


British Columbia Federation of Woodlot Associations

British Columbia Ferry Commission

British Columbia Ferry Corporation

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

British Columbia Forest Safety Council

British Columbia Forest Service

See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing


British Columbia Fruit Growers Association

British Columbia Gas

See also Terasen Gas Inc.


British Columbia Health Coalition

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Clinic

See also British Columbia Human Rights Coalition; Community Legal Assistance Society; Public education under Human rights


British Columbia Human Rights Coalition

British Columbia Human Rights Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act

British Columbia Innovation Council

British Columbia Institute Against Family Violence

British Columbia Integrated Youth Gang Task Force

British Columbia Investment Management Corp

British Columbia Legal Services Society

See Legal Services Society


British Columbia Legislative Library

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

See also Government


British Columbia Lottery Corporation

British Columbia Medical Association

B.C. New Democrats

See New Democratic Party of British Columbia


B.C. Nurseline

See Information under Health – Health care system


British Columbia Nurses Union

British Columbia Public School Employers Association

British Columbia Public Service Agency

See also Civil service


British Columbia Rail

See also Railways and rail services


B.C. Rivers Day

British Columbia School Trustees Association

British Columbia Seniors Games

B.C. Skills Connect for Immigrants

See Recognition of credentials of foreign-trained professionals under Immigration


British Columbia Society for Public Education

British Columbia Special Olympics

British Columbia Teachers Federation

British Columbia timber sales program

British Columbia Transit

British Columbia Transmission Corporation

British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority

British Columbia Treaty Commission

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Wildlife Federation

British Columbia World Police and Fire Games

British Columbia–Yukon Transition House Society

Brittany triangle

See Chilcotin area


Broughton Archipelago Park

Bruce, Graham

BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Budget

See also 2005-06 budget and update under Budgets; Supply Act, 2005-2006


Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2005

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Budgets

Building Opportunities with Business Inner City Society

Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area

Bullying

See Violence


Burgess Shale formation

See Yoho National Park


Burke, Edmund

Burke Mountain

See Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area


Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards

Burnaby North constituency and area

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Burns Bog

Burquitlam constituency and area

Burrard Pier

Burrard Thermal power station

Business

Business – Small business

Business Number Act

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act

Buy B.C. program

Buy B.C. Wild initiative

Cadman, Chuck

CAIS

See Canadian agricultural income stabilization program


California

Camille, Ashley

Campagnolo, Iona

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo


Campaign Finance Reform Act

Campaign financing

See Elections


Campbell River and District General Hospital, Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell, Scott

Campbell Valley Park

Campgrounds

See Parks


Canada

Canada Line (RAV line)

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) – Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line


Canada Marine Act

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Revenue Agency

Canada Transportation Act

Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program

Canadian agricultural income stabilization program (CAIS)

Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Canadian Farmworkers Union

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack

See Armed forces


Canadian Institute for Health Information

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation

Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)

Canadian Occupational Projection System

Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Petroleum Corp

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Cancer

Capilano

See West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area


Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.

Capital regional district

Car Free Day

Cardiac health services

See Cardiac services under Health – Health care system


Cargill Ltd

Cariboo area

Cariboo regional district

Cariboo South constituency and area

Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan

Caribou

See Caribou and Mountain caribou under Wildlife


Carney, Pat

Cars

See Automobiles


Cascade Falls

Cashore, John

Castle Park Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Cathedral Grove

See MacMillan Provincial Park


Cathedral Lakes Provincial Park

Cayoose Resort, Lillooet, B.C.

Caza, David James

Cedarview Lodge, North Vancouver, B.C.

Centennial Trails project

See Saanich, B.C.


Central Coast land and resource management plan

Central Middle School, Victoria, B.C.

Centre for Disease Control

See British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, B.C.


C.H. Anderson and Associates Ltd

Chaoulli decision

See Ruling on surgery wait-times under Supreme Court of Canada


Chapman, Lola

Charities

Charlie, Jamie

Charlie, Sherry

Charter of Rights and Freedoms

See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms


Cheakamus River

Cheam First Nation

Chief electoral officer

Chief forester

Chilcotin area

Child and youth officer

See also Morley, Jane


Child protection workers

See Children


Childcare, Minister of State for

Children

Children – Child care

Children – Early childhood development

Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Children's Commission Act

Children's commissioner

Chilliwack, B.C.

Chilliwack-Sumas constituency and area

China

Chisamore, John

Chowdhury, Sujit

Christina Lake, B.C.

CIBC World Markets

Circle of Eagles Lodge Society

Cities and towns

See also Communities


Citizens' assembly on electoral reform

See Electoral reform under Elections


Civil disobedience

Civil forfeiture

See Forfeiture of proceeds of crime under Crime and criminals


Civil Forfeiture Act

Civil service

Civilian peacekeepers

See War


Clark, Christy

Clarke, Mercedes-Rae

Clearwater, B.C.

Clerk of the House

Climate change

Clinton Elementary School, Clinton, B.C.

Cloverdale Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

CN Rail

Coal

Coal Harbour

See Vancouver, B.C.


Coast Forest Products Association

Coast Mountains school district

See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)


Coastal Ferry Act

Coastal forest industry

See Forests and forest industry


Coastal land and resource management plan

Coastal land use agreement

See Land use


Cochrane Road area

Coldwater River Park

College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia

Collingwood Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Collins, Gary

Columbia Basin Trust

Columbia Lake Park

Columbia Power Corporation

Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area

Commerce

See Business


Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services Ministry (Gove commission)

Communities

See also Cities and towns; Government – Local government


Community Charter

Community forests

See Forests and forest industry


Community Legal Assistance Society

Community living

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Community Living British Columbia

Community Services, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues

Community transition program

See Impact from industry changes, transition assistance from government under Communities


Como Creek

Como Watershed Group

Compass Group Ltd

Computer technology

Concert Properties Ltd

Conflict of interest

Conflict-of-interest commissioner

Connolly, Rick

Conroy, Ed

Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers, etc

See Wildlife


Constituency offices

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Construction industry

Consumers

Contaminated sites

See Waste management


Continuing and long-term care

See Health – Continuing and long-term care


Copeman, Don

Coquihalla Highway

See Highway 5


Coquitlam, B.C.

See also Burquitlam constituency and area; Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area; Tri-Cities area


Coquitlam line rapid transit project

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Coquitlam school district

See School district 43 (Coquitlam)


Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area

Coquitlam-Moody Reds

Coroner

See Smith, Terry


Coroners Service

See British Columbia Coroners Service


Corporate taxes

See Corporations


Corporations

Corrections system

See also Crime and criminals; Justice system


Council of Ministers of Education

Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of British Columbia

Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia

Courthouses

See Justice system


Cowan, Gary

Cowichan Valley

Cowichan Valley regional district

Cowichan Valley school district

See School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)


Cranberry farming

See Berry farming under Food industry


Cranbrook, B.C.

Credit Union Incorporation Act

Creston, B.C.

See also Nelson-Creston constituency and area


Crime and criminals

See also Corrections system; Justice system


Crown corporations

Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on

Crown land

Crown Proceeding Act

Cruise ship industry

Crystal Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

Crystal meth

See Crystal methamphetamine and Grow ops and meth labs under Substance abuse and addiction


CT scan services

See Health – Health care system


Culture

See Arts and culture; Heritage sites


CUPE

See Canadian Union of Public Employees


Curtis, George

Cycling

Daer, Katie

Dalai Lama centre for peace and education, Vancouver, B.C.

Dalton, Jeremy

Damrit, Jaswant

Dams

See also particular dams


Danaher, Mary Alice

Danton, Georges

David Cameron Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

De Cicco, John

Death

Debt

Dees, Gregory

Deka Lake

Deloitte Consulting Ltd

Delta, B.C.

Delta Hospital, Delta, B.C.

Delta North constituency and area

Delta South constituency and area

Dementia

Democracy

Democratic reform

See Electoral reform under Elections


Deon, Pat

Depression Screening Day

Deputy ministers

See Government


Deregulation

See Regulations and red tape under Government


Detoxification

See Substance abuse and addiction


Development cost charges

See Land use


Dezell, Cliff

Dhillon, Peter

Diabetes

Dilling, Dorothy

Disability benefits

See Income assistance – Disability benefits


Disabled and handicapped persons

Disasters

See Emergencies


Discrimination and racism

Disease

See also particular conditions, diseases, etc.


District parent advisory councils

See Education


Divisions, Recorded

Diwali

Dobell, Ken

Dockside lands

See Victoria, B.C.


Doctors

See Physicians


Documents tabled

Dodds, Marvin

Doney, Lee

Douglas, Vesta

Dr. Peter Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Driving safety

See Traffic safety under Automobiles


Drugs

Drunk driving

See Impaired driving


Duboise, William

Dubuc, Ed

Duke Energy

Duke Point

Dundarave Village

See West Vancouver, B.C.


Dune Za Keyih Park

Dunkley Lumber Ltd

Dyke, Rob

E&N Railway

See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway


Early childhood development

See Children – Early childhood development


Earthquakes

E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Economic Development, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics

The Economist

Economy

Economy – B.C. economy

Edmonds

See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area


EDS Advanced Solutions Inc

Education

See also Education – Funding; Education – School boards and districts; Education – Schools; Post-secondary education; Skills training


Education – Funding

Education – School boards and districts

Education – Schools

Education, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy

Education, Select Standing Committee on

Educational psychologists

See Education


Elections

See also Politics and politicians


Elections B.C.

Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2005

Electric power

See Energy


Electronics recycling

See Product stewardship programs under Recycling


Elizabeth Fry Society of British Columbia

Elliot, Diana

Emergencies

Emissions

See Air


Employment and Income Assistance, Ministry of

Employment and unemployment

Endako Mines Ltd

Endangered species

See Wildlife


Enderby, B.C.

End-of-life care

See Hospice and palliative care


Energy

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

English-as-a-second-language programs, students, etc

See Education


Enquiry B.C.

Entry-Level Trades Training program

See Training programs under Skills training


Environment

Environment and Sustainability Statutes Amendment Act, 2001

Environment, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities

Environmental Appeal Board

Environmental technologies

See Science and technology


EPCOR North Island Water Inc

Eron Mortgage Corp

Erskine, Flo

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Esquimalt High School, Victoria, B.C.

Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, Victoria, B.C.

Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area

Estimates of expenditures

Ethics in Action Awards

Etmanski, Al

Europe

European Union

Evans, George

Evergreen House, North Vancouver, B.C.

Exhibitions and fairs

Exports and imports

Fairs

See Exhibitions and fairs


Fairview

See Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area


Families

Family court

Famous Five

Farm Industry Review Board

Farmers, farmland, farms, etc

See Agriculture


Farrell-Collins, Gary

See Collins, Gary


FAS

See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder


Fast-Track program

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Film industry

Filmon, Gary

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Finance, Ministry of

Financial services industry

Fire protection branch

See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing


Firearms

Fires and firefighters

First Citizens Fund

First nations

First nations – Treaties

First nations benefits trust

See British Columbia Rail


First Nations Leadership Council

First Nations New Relationship fund

See New relationship with government, fund under First nations


First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council

Firth, Stacey Allerton

See Allerton Firth, Stacey


Fish

See also Aquaculture; Fishing industry


Fisheries and Oceans, Department of (federal)

Fisheries Renewal B.C.

Fishing industry

Flello, David

Folz, Matthew

Fontaine, Cody

Food banks

Food industry

Food services industry

Footsala

See Sports


Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd

Forest Act

Forest and Range Practices Act

Forest Appeals Commission

Forest for Tomorrow program

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Forest innovation program

Forest Practices Board

Forest Practices Code

Forest recreation sites

See Parks


Forest Service

See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing


Forestry Revitalization Act

Forests and forest industry

Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing

Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2005

Fort St. James, B.C.

Fortune Minerals Ltd

Fossil site

See Burgess Shale formation under Yoho National Park


Foster care

See also Children in government care under Children


Fox, Terry

François Lake

Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Institute

Fraser Lake, B.C.

Fraser mill site

See Maillardville, B.C.


Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Fraser River

Fraser Valley

Freedom of information

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2005

Freire, Paulo

French immersion

See Curriculum, French immersion and language programs under Education


Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia

Friends of the Nemaiah Valley

Friendship centres

See First nations


Frog-Gataga Park

See Dune Za Keyih Park


Front Counter B.C.

See also Integrated land management bureau under Land use


Fruit farming

See Food industry


Fuel

See also Oil and gas


Furlong, John

Gabriel, Maureen

Gambling

See also Lotteries


Gangs

Garibaldi

See West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area


Garner, Bill

Gas pipelines

See Gas and oil pipelines under Oil and gas


Gasoline

See Fuel


Gateway projects

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation


George Jay Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Gibraltar mine

See Taseko Mines Ltd.


Gingell, Fred

Gitwangak Indian band

Globe and Mail

Gold Trail school district

See School district 74 (Gold Trail)


Golden, B.C.

Golden Ears Bridge

Goods and services tax

Goose Bay

Gordon Head

See Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area


Gordon, Mary

Gorge waterway

Gove, Thomas J

Government

See also British Columbia Liberal Party; Government – Local government; Legislature


Government – Local government

See also Communities


Government Caucus Committee for Natural Resources and the Economy

Grazing land

See Rangeland


Great Bear rain forest

See Coastal land and resource management plan


Greater Vancouver

See Greater Vancouver regional district; Vancouver, B.C.


Greater Vancouver regional district

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2005

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) – Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line

Greater Victoria

See Victoria, B.C.


Greater Victoria Regional Transit Commission

Green Party of British Columbia (Green Party Political Association of British Columbia)

Green Thumb Theatre

Greenhouse gas emissions

See Air


Greenhouse industry

See Agriculture


Grey Cup

Grid West initiative

See British Columbia Transmission Corporation


Grizzly bears

See Bears under Wildlife


Groundwater

See Water


Group homes

Grower, Anne

Growth management

See also Land use; particular locations; Urbanization


GST

See Goods and services tax


Guno, Larry

Guns

See Firearms


Guru Nanak

See Sikhism


Guvender, Allan

GVTA

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


G.W. Graham Secondary School, Chilliwack, B.C.

Hahn, David

Haida Gwaii land and resource management plan

Haida Gwaii–Queen Charlotte school district

See School district 50 (Haida Gwaii–Queen Charlotte)


Haida Indian band

Haig-Brown Festival

Hake fishery

See Fishing industry


Hall, Savannah

Hamilton, Kenny

Hansard

Happy Valley Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Harbour View Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.

Harbours

See Ports


Harding, Joanne

Hargrove, Buzz

Harris, Roger

Harrison, Bob

Hartland Landfill

Hastings

See Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area


Hastings Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Hat Creek Ranch, Cache Creek, B.C.

Hate mail

See Discrimination and racism


Hathaway Lake

Haven Society

Have-not status

See Transfer payments from federal government under Government


Hay Group

Hayer, Tara Singh

Hazardous products

Hazing

Health

See also Health – Continuing and long-term care; Health – Health authorities; Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Health – Health care funding; Health – Health care system; Health – Public health


Health – Continuing and long-term care

Health – Health authorities

See also particular authorities


Health – Health care facilities and hospitals

Health – Health care funding

Health – Health care system

Health – Public health

Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act

Health Authorities Act

Health Canada

Health, Ministry of

Health, Select Standing Committee on

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005

Healthy lifestyle

See Health – Public health


Heart health services

See Cardiac services under Health – Health care system


Heartlands

Heartlands oil and gas resource road program

See Roads for industry use under Oil and gas


Heiltsuk nation

Hell's Angels

HELP program

See Human early learning partnership


Hepatitis

Herceptin

See also Coverage under Pharmacare program


Heritage Legacy Society

Heritage Park Museum, Terrace, B.C.

Heritage sites

See also Arts and culture


Hertzman, Clyde

Hidden Heroes education project

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Higgins Lake road

High-technology industry

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 4

Highway 5

Highway 16

Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Highway 97C

Highway 99

Highway 101

Highways and roads

See also Transportation


Hillside

See Victoria-Hillside constituency and area


HIPPY program

See Preschool education, home instruction program for preschool youngsters under Education


HIV/AIDS

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


Hoberg, George

HOGRRS program

See Roads for industry use under Oil and gas


Home care

Home instruction program for preschool youngsters

See Preschool education, home instruction program for preschool youngsters under Education


Home support

See Home care


Homelessness

Homeowner grant

Homes B.C. program

Hope Haven Transition House Society

Horsefly, B.C.

Hospice and palliative care

Hospital Employees Union

Hospitals

See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals


Housing

Housing – Rental housing

Housing – Residential care facilities

Hughes, Ted

Human early learning partnership

Human rights

Human Rights Code

Human Rights Commission

See British Columbia Human Rights Commission


Humphrey, Dayna

Hurricane Katrina

Hutchison, Bruce

Huu-ay-aht First Nation

Hybrid vehicles

See Automobiles


Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act

Hydroelectricity

See Energy


ICBC

See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia


Identity theft

See Crime and criminals


IEPs

See Individual education plans under Education


IGA Canada Ltd

ILO

See International Labour Organization


Immigration

See also Population under British Columbia


Impaired driving

Imperial Metals Corp

Imports

See Exports and imports


IMRs

See International marketing of B.C., in-market representatives under Exports and imports


INAC

See Indian and Northern Affairs Canada


Income

Income assistance

Income assistance – Disability benefits

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Independent living

See Assisted-living model under Housing – Residential care facilities


Independent Living B.C.

Independent power producers

See Energy


Independent School Act

Independent schools

See Education


India

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Indians

See First nations


Indo-Canadians

See Asian Canadians


Industry

Industry Training Authority

Information and privacy commissioner

Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Select an

Infoway initiative

See Information systems under Health – Health care system


Infrastructure

Inheritance tax

Inner-city areas

See Cities and towns


Inner-city schools

See Education


Institute of Indigenous Government, Burnaby, B.C.

Insurance

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003

Integrated Pest Management Act

Intellectual property

Interfor

See International Forest Products Ltd.


Interior Health Authority

International Day of Peace

International Financial Activity Act

International financial activity program

International Forest Products Ltd

International Labour Organization

Internet

Interpretation Act

Invasive Plant Council

Invasive species

See Marine protected areas under Parks; Plants


Invermere, B.C.

Investment

Iron Horse Youth Safe House

Island Corridor Foundation

Ismaili Muslims

Ismaili Walk

ITOs

See Industry training organizations under Skills training


Jack, Archie

Jago, Charles

James Bay Community School, Victoria, B.C.

Job protection commissioner

Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


John A. Brink Trades and Technology Centre, Prince George, B.C.

John, Ed

John Field Elementary School, Hazelton, B.C.

John Stubbs Memorial Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Jones, Valerie

J.S. Jones Holdings Ltd

Jumbo Pass

Justice Review Task Force

Justice system

See also Corrections system; Crime and criminals; particular courts


Justice system – Legal aid

Kabaddi

See Sports


Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Exhibition Association

See Mt. Paul Centre, Kamloops, B.C.


Kamloops Indian band

Kamloops Rube Band

Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area

Kasper, Rick

Katzie First Nation

Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts, West Vancouver, B.C.

Keenleyside Dam

Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area

Kemess mine

See Northgate Exploration Ltd.


Kempling, Chris

Kennedy, John F

Kennedy, Theresa

Kensington

See Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area


Kicking Horse Canyon highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Kids Around the World Children's Museum Society

Kimberley, B.C.

Kinder Morgan Inc

Kindergarten

See Education


King, Jim

Kingsway

See Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area


Kith-and-kin agreements

See Foster care


Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat smelter

See Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.


Kitkatla First Nation

Kla-How-Eyah Aboriginal Centre, Surrey, B.C.

Kootenay area

Kootenay Lake school district

See School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)


Korean War

Kushner, Howard

Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.

Kyoto accord

Labour

Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of

Labour Relations Board

Lac des Roches Resort

Lac la Hache, B.C.

Lake Country

See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area


Lakes

Lambert, John Douglas

Land Act

Land and Water British Columbia Inc

Land surveys and titles

Land Title Act

Land Title and Survey Authority

Land use

See also Property


Landslides

See also particular locations


Langley, B.C.

Langley Family Services

Language

Lanyon, Stan

Law Clerk

Lawrence, Rudy

Lawyers

See Justice system; Tax on legal services under Sales tax


Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.

Leadership and learning centre

See British Columbia Public Service Agency


Lee, Daniel

LegaciesNow

See also Olympic Games


Legal aid

See Justice system – Legal aid


Legal Profession Act

Legal Services Society

Legislation

Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act

Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act

Legislative Assembly Statutes Amendment Act, 2005

Legislative Assembly Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Repeal Act

Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on

Legislature

Leonard, Glen

Leyne, Les

Lheidli-Tenneh Indian band

Liberal Party

Libraries

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo

Life sciences industry

See Science and technology


Lillooet, B.C.

See also Yale-Lillooet constituency and area


Lillooet land and resource management plan

Lionsview Seniors Planning Society

Liquor, liquor stores, etc

See Alcohol


Literacy

Little Mountain Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Livable region strategic plan

See Greater Vancouver regional district


Livestock industry

Local government

See Communities; Government – Local government; particular regional districts


London, England

Long-term care

See Health – Continuing and long-term care


Lonsdale

See North Vancouver, B.C.; North Vancouver –Lonsdale constituency and area


Lotteries

See also British Columbia Lottery Corporation; Gambling


Louie, Angela

Louisiana

Loukidelis, David

Lower mainland

See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.


Low-income

See Income


Lusk, Jack

Luxury tax

See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles under Automobiles


Lytton, B.C.

McAdams, Gord

McCallum, Dulcie

McCandless, Rick

McCrae, John

Macdonald, Alex

McDonald, Jessica

McMahon, Wendy

MacMillan family

MacMillan Provincial Park

MacPhail, Joy

Maillardville, B.C.

Malahat highway

See Malahat corridor under Highway 19 (Island Highway); Malahat section under Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Mandatory retirement

See Retirement


Mandela, Nelson

Manitoba

Mann Cup

Manning Park

Manning Provincial Park

See E.C. Manning Provincial Park


Manufactured homes

Maple Ridge, B.C.

Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area

Marbled murrelet

See Wildlife


Margaret Jenkins Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Marijuana, grow ops, etc

See Substance abuse and addiction


Marine parks and protected areas

See Parks


Marketing

See Exports and imports


Marriage

See Families


Marshall, Fred

Martel, Austin

Masi, Reni

Masse, Donna

Maurice Creek

Maximus Inc

Mayer, Agnes

Meat

See Food industry


Media

Mediation and Arbitration Board

Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

See also particular political parties; Politics and politicians


Members of Parliament

Mental health

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Merit commissioner

Merit Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a

Merritt, B.C.

Metchosin, B.C.

See also Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area


Meth labs

See Crystal methamphetamine and Grow ops and meth labs under Substance abuse and addiction


Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Mickelburgh, Rod

Mid-Main Community Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Midway, B.C.

Military

See Armed forces; War


Mill Bay, B.C.

Mines and mining industry

See also particular mines and mining companies


Ministerial statements

Ministries of government

See Government; particular ministries


Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2005

Mission, B.C.

See Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area


Mitchell, Patrick

Moberly Manor, Revelstoke, B.C.

Mobile homes

See Manufactured homes


Mole Hill

See Vancouver, B.C.


Morice land and resource management plan

Morley, Jane

See also Child and youth officer


Mormon Hills Elementary Secondary School, Erickson, B.C.

Morneau, Justin

Morris, Linda

Morton, Cynthia

Motions

Mount Benson

Mt. Paul Centre, Kamloops, B.C.

Mount Polley mine

See Imperial Metals Corp.


Mount Robson

See Prince George–Mount Robson constituency and area


Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Mountain caribou

See Wildlife


Mountain Caribou Technical Advisory Committee

Mountain pine beetle

Mountain View Co-operative Housing Association

Mountain View Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.

MRI services

See Magnetic resonance imaging under Health – Health care system


Multiculturalism

Municipal Act

Municipal elections

See Elections


Municipal Regional Transportation Advisory Committee

Municipalities

See Government – Local government


Murphy Lake road

See Transportation infrastructure under Cariboo area


Murrie, Trevor

Museums

Mushrooms

Musqueam First Nation

Myra Canyon

See Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park


Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park

'Na aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre, Kitsumkalum, B.C.

Nakusp, B.C.

'Namgis First Nation

Nanaimo Area Land Trust

Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Fish and Game Club

Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo regional district

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Women's Resources Society

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area

National School Library Day

Native Economic Development Advisory Board

Natural gas

See Oil and gas


Natural resource opportunity centre

See Front Counter B.C.


Natural resources

See Resources and resource industries


Nechako River

Needles bridge

Nelms, Kyle

Nelson-Creston constituency and area

Neufeld, Mark

New Aiyansh, B.C.

New deal for cities and communities

See Projects, government-community partnerships under Infrastructure


New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Proposals Publishing Society

New Westminster constituency and area

New York Times

Newell, Tom

Newfoundland

Newton

See Surrey-Newton constituency and area


Newton, B.C.

Newton Youth Hoops program

Ng, Jimmy

Nicola Valley Health Care Centre, Merritt, B.C.

Nicola-Similkameen school district

See School district 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)


Nisga'a people

Non-profit social welfare organizations

North Coast constituency and area

North Coast land and resource management plan

North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.

North Island constituency and area

North Island Secondary School, Port McNeill, B.C.

North island–coast development initiative trust

See also North island–coast development initiative under British Columbia


North Island–Coast Development Initiative Trust Act

North Shore

See Vancouver, B.C.


North Shore Rescue

North Thompson area

See Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area


North Thompson Relief Association

North Vancouver, B.C.

North Vancouver Outdoor School, Brackendale, B.C.

North Vancouver school district

See School district 44 (North Vancouver)


North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area

Northern development initiative trust

See also Northern development initiative under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.


Northern Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2005

Northern Health Authority

Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Northern Sport Centre

See Sports centre in northern B.C. under Sports


Northgate Exploration Ltd

Norway

Nurseline

See Information, B.C. Nurseline under Health – Health care system


Nurses

Nystruk, Sheila

Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area

Occupational health and safety

Oceans

OECD

See Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development


Officers of the Legislature

See Legislature


Official opposition

See Opposition under Legislature


Offshore drilling

See Oil and gas


Oil and gas

Oil and Gas Commission

Oil and Gas Commission Act

Oil pipelines

See Gas and oil pipelines under Oil and gas


Okanagan area

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan connector

See Highway 97C


Okanagan Falls Wine Festival Society

Okanagan Lake

Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.

See Okanagan campus under University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.


Okanagan-Westside constituency and area

Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

Ombudsman

Ombudsman, Special Committee to Appoint an

Omineca Lodge, Vanderhoof, B.C.

Omineca Park

Ontario

Open cabinet

See Cabinet meetings under British Columbia Liberal Party – Government


Open Learning Agency

Open Skies agreements

See Access under Airports


Oppenheim, Cherish

Opposition

See Legislature


Oral questions by member

See also Oral questions by subject


Oral questions by subject

See also Oral questions by member


Orchards

See Tree fruit industry under Food industry


Organ donations and transplants

See Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.


Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia

Oting, Kelsey

Otter Point area

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


P3s

See Capital projects, public-private partnerships under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Facilities, capital projects under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Projects, public-private partnerships under Transportation


Pace Group Communications Inc

Pacific Blue Cross

Pacific centre for social innovation

Pacific gateway initiative

See Transportation


Pacific Marine Circle Route

See Ferries and ferry services


Pacific Place mine

Pacific region

See Asia-Pacific region under Asia


Pacific Salmon Forum

See Fishing industry


Pakistan

Palliative care

See Hospice and palliative care


Pandemics

See Health – Public health


Paramedics

See Ambulance service


Parent advisory councils

See Education


Parents

See Families


Park rangers

See Parks


Parker, Christopher

Parks

Parks, Rosa

Parksville, B.C.

See also Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area


Parksville Golden Oldies Sports Association

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Select Standing Committee on

Partnership Act

Partnerships

See Business; particular entities or groups


Partnerships B.C.

Passing the Fire initiative

See Volunteers and volunteer sector


Patents

Paths and Pathfinders

Paton, Ian

Pattullo Bridge

Pay equity

See Women


Peace River area

Pearse, Peter

Pemberton, B.C.

Penner, Wally

Pensions

Personal statements by members

PET scan services

See Health – Health care system


Petitions

Petter, Andrew

Pharmacare program

Pharmaceutical industry

See also Prescription drugs under Drugs


Physical fitness

See Health – Public health


Physicians

Pickup, Carol

Pine beetle

See Mountain pine beetle under Forests and forest industry


Pinecone Lake Provincial Park

Pipelines

See Gas and oil pipelines under Oil and gas


Pirani, Shafique

Pitt Meadows, B.C.

See Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area


Pitt River Bridge

Placer mining

See Mines and mining industry


Planes, Frank

Plant, Geoff

Plants

Poets Cove Resort and Spa, Pender Island, B.C.

Points of order

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police complaint commissioner

Politics and politicians

Polling

See Elections; Politics and politicians


Pope and Talbot Inc

Port Alberni, B.C.

Port Alice, B.C.

Port Alice Specialty Cellulose Inc

See Future of pulp mill under Port Alice, B.C.


Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Port Hardy Secondary School, Port Hardy, B.C.

Port Mann Bridge

Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area

Port Theatre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Ports

Positive Awareness of Aquaculture

See Society for the Positive Awareness of Aquaculture


Post-secondary education

See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training


Post-secondary education – Funding

Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes

Poverty

Poverty and Human Rights Centre

Powell River Farmers Institute

Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area

Power

See Energy


Premier, Office of the

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues

Premier's Task Force on Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addictions

Preschool education

See Education


Pressy Lake road

See Transportation infrastructure under Cariboo area


Price, Carey

Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Regional Hospital, Prince George, B.C.

Prince George school district

See School district 57 (Prince George)


Prince George–Mount Robson constituency and area

Prince Rupert, B.C.

Prince Rupert Secondary School, Prince Rupert, B.C.

Princeton, B.C.

Pritchard, Natalie

Privacy

Private Career Training Institutions Act

Private members' statements

Privatization

See Government; particular entities and services


Privilege

Probate fees

See Wills


Project Remember initiative

See Royal Canadian Legion


Property

Property Assessment Appeal Board

Property tax

Prorogation address

Prostitution

Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

Providence Health Care

Provincial Capital Commission

Provincial Child Care Council

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial Rental Housing Corporation

Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on

Public affairs bureau

Public debt

Public guardian and trustee

Public health

See Health – Public health


Public safety

See Safety


Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of

Public sector/public service

See Civil service


Public Service Act

Public Service Agency

See British Columbia Public Service Agency; Civil service


Public transit

See Transit services


Public-private partnerships

See Capital projects under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Facilities, capital projects under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Partnerships under Business; Projects under Transportation


Publishing industry

Pulp and paper industry

See Pulp and paper sector under Forests and forest industry


Punjabi Canadian Roots Club

Punjabi language education

See Language education under Education


Putman, Robert

Quadra Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Quadra Island Volunteer Fire Department

Qualicum Beach, B.C.

See Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area


Qualicum school district

See School district 69 (Qualicum)


Quebec

Queen Charlotte Islands

Queen's Park Care Centre, New Westminster, B.C.

Quesnel, B.C.

Quesnel timber supply area

Rabbani, Diane

See also Merit commissioner


Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Railways and rail services

See also particular companies


Ralston Saul, John

See Saul, John Ralston


Ramadan

Ranching industry

See Rangeland


Rangeland

Rapid transit

See Transit services


RAV line

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) – Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line


RCMP

See Police and policing; Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Reading 44 program

See Curriculum under Education


Ready, Set, Learn program

See Diagnostic screening services under Children


Ready, Vince

Recreation

Recycling

See also Waste management


Red Cross Society

Red tape

See Regulations and red tape under Government


Reforestation

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Regional development boards

Regional districts

See Government – Local government; particular districts


Regional growth strategies

See Growth management


Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia

See College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia


Regulations and red tape

See Government


Reisman, Heather

Remembrance Day

Rental housing

See Housing – Rental housing


Reports from committees

See Documents tabled; name of committee


Research and development

Residential construction industry

See Construction industry


Residential tenancy

See Housing – Rental housing


Resorts

See also various types of resorts under Recreation


Resources and resource industries

Restaurants

See Food services industry


Retirement

Revelstoke, B.C.

Revelstoke Dam

Revelstoke school district

See School district 19 (Revelstoke)


Revenue Services of British Columbia

Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2005

Richmond, B.C.

Richmond General Hospital, Richmond, B.C.

Richmond Youth Soccer Association

Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Ridge Meadows Youth and Justice Advocacy Association

Ridley Terminals Inc

Right-to-farm legislation

See Farm protection legislation under Agriculture


Rivers and streams

Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Riverview TreeFest

Robertson, Patrick

Robson, Gord

Rock Bay

See Victoria, B.C.


Rocky Mountain school district

See School district 6 (Rocky Mountain)


Roe, John

Romania

Roots of Empathy program

Rowing

See Sports


Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Rural B.C.

See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.


Rutherford Creek Bridge

Ryga, George

Saanich, B.C.

Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Saanich, B.C.

Saanich South constituency and area

Safe injection sites

See Supervised injection sites under Substance abuse and addiction


SAFER

Safety

Sage House, North Vancouver, B.C.

Sahota, Patty

St. Joseph's General Hospital, Comox, B.C.

St. Mary's Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Saldana, Dean

Sales tax

Salmon

Salmon Arm, B.C.

Salvation Army

San Juan River Estuary Ecological Reserve

Sandhill cranes

See Wildlife


SaRCO

See Species-at-risk coordination office under Wildlife


Saskatchewan

Saul, John Ralston

Saunders, Howard

School boards/districts

See Education – School boards and districts


School Community Connections program

School district 6 (Rocky Mountain)

School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)

School district 10 (Arrow Lakes)

School district 19 (Revelstoke)

School district 36 (Surrey)

School district 39 (Vancouver)

School district 43 (Coquitlam)

School district 44 (North Vancouver)

School district 45 (West Vancouver)

School district 50 (Haida Gwaii–Queen Charlotte)

School district 57 (Prince George)

School district 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

School district 61 (Greater Victoria)

School district 62 (Sooke)

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

School district 69 (Qualicum)

School district 70 (Alberni)

School district 74 (Gold Trail)

School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)

School district 82 (Coast Mountains)

School planning councils

See Education


Schools

See Education; Education – School boards and districts; Education – Schools


Science and technology

Sea lice

See Aquaculture – Fish farms


Sea to Sky Highway

See Highway 99


Sea to Sky land and resource management plan

Searle, Russ

Sechelt, B.C.

Sechelt Indian Nation

Secondary school apprenticeship program

See Promotion of skills training to youth, secondary school apprenticeship program under Skills training


Second-stage housing

See Transition houses


Secwepemc Cultural Education Society

Seed supply

See Agriculture


Seeds Act

Seeds of Empathy program

Seismic upgrades

Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

See Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Agriculture

See Agriculture, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations

See Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Education

See Education, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

See Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Health

See Health, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives

See Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills

See Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

See Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on


Select standing committees

See Committee system under Legislature


Selection, Special Committee of

Selkirk waterfront

See Victoria, B.C.


Seniors

Service B.C.

Seven Mile Dam

Sex education

See Curriculum under Education


Sex offenders

See Corrections system


Sex trade

See Government assistance for at-risk women under Women; Prostitution


Sexual assault centres

See Women's centres under Women


Seymour, Brandon James

SHARE Family and Community Services Society

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program

Shelter housing

See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing


Shewfelt, Robert James

Shields, Richard

Shirley, B.C.

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Shuswap Lake Marine Park

Sierra Club of Canada

Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road

Significant Projects Streamlining Act

Sikhism

Silviculture

See Forests and forest industry


Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Simpson, O.J.

Singh, Gur

Sir Wilfred Grenfell Community School, Vancouver, B.C.

Sir William Macdonald Community School, Vancouver, B.C.

Site C project

See Power generation on river under Peace River area


Skeena Cellulose Inc

Skeena constituency and area

Skeena River

Skiing

Skills Connect for Immigrants program

See Connecting skilled workers with employment under Immigration


Skills training

SkyTrain

Slaughter facilities

See Food industry


Slocan, B.C.

Small business

See Business – Small business


Small Business and Revenue, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Deregulation

Smart Growth British Columbia

Smith, Ernest "Smoky"

Smith, Terry

Snuneymuxw first nation

Social Credit Party

Social housing

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


Social justice

See Society


Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia

Social policy, problems, safety net, etc

See Welfare


Social services

See Programs and services for children and families under Children; Programs and services under Government; Welfare


Social workers

Society

Society for Community Development

Society for the Positive Awareness of Aquaculture

Soda Creek Indian band

Soil Conservation Act

Solecki, Chris

Sooke, B.C.

Sooke school district

See School district 62 (Sooke)


South Africa

South Asia

South Fraser perimeter road

See Transportation infrastructure under Lower mainland


South Park Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Southern interior development initiative trust

See also Southern interior development initiative under British Columbia


Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust Act

Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Special Committee of Selection

See Selection, Special Committee of


Special committee on sustainable aquaculture

See Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on


Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner

See Merit Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsman

See Ombudsman, Special Committee to Appoint an


Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the


Special Committee to Select an Information and Privacy Commissioner

See Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Select an


Special education teachers

See Teachers


Special needs children

See Children; Education


Species at risk

See Endangered species under Wildlife


Species-at-risk coordination office

See Wildlife


Spector, Norman

Speech from the Throne

Speed skating

Spirit of Community Awards in Tri-cities area

See Tri-Cities area


Sports

Spotted owl

See Wildlife


Spousal assault

See Family violence under Violence


Squamish, B.C.

Squamish-Lil'Wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, B.C.

Standing order 35 adjournment motions

Standing order 81 motions

See Legislature


STAR project

See Class size and composition, studies under Education


Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

St'át'imc First Nation

Stephany, Kathleen

Stephens, Lynn

Stephens, Sylvia

Steveston, B.C.

See also Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Stewart, Ken

Stikine

See Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area


Stó:lô first nation

Stone, Karen

Strathcona Provincial Park

Strattera

Street crime working group

See Crime and criminals


Street people

See Homelessness


Street racing

See Traffic safety under Automobiles


Strong Start B.C. committee

See Families


Strouts Point

Student aid

See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education


Students

See Education; Post-secondary education; Skills training; Teachers


Substance abuse and addiction

Substitute teachers

See Teachers


SUCCESS

See United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society


Suicide

Sullivan, Barry

Sulphurous Lake

Sun Peaks Resort

Sunnybrae Park

Sunset Lodge, Victoria, B.C.

Sunshine Coast

See Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Sunshine Coast regional district

Supply Act, 2005-2006

Supply Act (No. 2), 2005

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of Canada

Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards

Surrey Food Bank

Surrey HIV/AIDS Centre Society

Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Surrey-Newton constituency and area

Surrey-Whalley constituency and area

Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on

Sustainable growth

See Growth management; Land use; particular locations; Urbanization


Sustainable Resource Management, Ministry of

Tabled documents

See Documents tabled


Tahltan First Nation

Takla Lake First Nation

Tang, Bessie

Taseko Mines Ltd

Taxation

Taxi industry

Taylor Landing Park

Teachers

Teachers' Collective Agreement Act

Technology

See Science and technology


Tegart, Loreen

Telus Corporation

Terasen Gas Inc

TerraCan Ltd

Terrace Child Development Centre, Terrace, B.C.

Terrorism

Terry Fox Day

Tertiary Creek

TFLs

See Tree farm licences under Forests and forest industry


Thandi, Shingra Singh

Thompson, Dennis

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Throne speech

See Speech from the Throne


Tigers and Dragons exhibit

See Kids Around the World Children's Museum Society


Timber Sales Advisory Council

Timber sales program

See British Columbia timber sales program


Times Colonist (Victoria)

Tire recycling

See Product stewardship programs under Recycling


Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation

To, Lilian

Toastmasters International

Tofino General Hospital, Tofino, B.C.

Tokyo, Japan

Tolls

Tom Uphill Memorial Home, Fernie, B.C.

Toronto, Ontario

Tourism

Tourism B.C.

Tourism Richmond

Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of

Toxic sites

See Contaminated sites under Waste management


Trade, trade missions, etc

See Exports and imports


Trade unions

Trades

Traffic fines, safety, violations, etc

See Automobiles


Trail, B.C.

Trails

See Recreation


Trans-Canada Highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Transit services

See also particular authorities, regional commissions, services or systems; Transportation


Transition houses

TransLink

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Transportation

Transportation, Ministry of

Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Transportation Statutes Amendment Act, 2004

Tree farm licences

See Forests and forest industry


Tree fruit industry

See Food industry


Tributes

Tri-Cities area

See also Lower mainland


Tri-City Women's Resource Centre Society

Trucking industry

Trutora watershed

Tsunamis

Tyson Foods Inc

Tzu Chi Foundation

UBC Okanagan

See Okanagan campus (Kelowna) under University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.


U'mista Cultural Centre, Cormorant Island

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

Unions

See Labour; Trade unions


United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

United Nations

United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United States

Universal Health Athletics Club

Universities, colleges and institutes

See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes


University College of the Cariboo

See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.


University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

Urbanization

See also Land use


Ure, Anita

Urigen

Valley Village Housing Cooperative, Surrey, B.C.

Vancouver agreement

Vancouver, B.C.

See also Greater Vancouver regional district


Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Esperanza Society

Vancouver Inner-City Parents Group

Vancouver International Film Festival

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship Foundation

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver school district

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area

Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area

Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Vander Zalm, William N. (Bill)

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Vanier Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.

VANOC

See Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games


Vavenby, B.C.

Venture capital

See Business


Veterans

See Armed forces; War


Veterans Memorial Parkway

Victim assistance

Victoria, B.C.

See also Capital regional district


Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria High School, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria school district

See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)


Victoria Shamrocks

Victoria West Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area

Victoria-Hillside constituency and area

Violence

Vital statistics

Vital Statistics Act

Vital Statistics Agency

Volunteers and volunteer sector

von Krogh, Henning

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Vulnerable people

See Support system for vulnerable persons under Welfare


Waddington, Ashley

Wages and salaries

See also Income


Walton, David

Waneta Dam

War

See also Armed forces


Waste management

Water

Watersheds

Watts, George

Weeds

See Plants


Weiler, Paul

Welfare

West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.

West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

West Vancouver, B.C.

West Vancouver school district

See School district 45 (West Vancouver)


West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area

West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area

Westbank first nation

Western Communities

Western Pro Show Rentals Ltd

Westside

See Okanagan-Westside constituency and area


Westwood

See Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area


Westwood Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Wet'suwet'en Indian band

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd

Whalley

See Surrey-Whalley constituency and area


Whalley Little League

Wheatley, Margaret

Wheels for Wellness initiative

See Vancouver Island Health Authority


Whistle-blowing

Whistler, B.C.

White, Marj

White, Melissa

Wiesenthal, Simon

Wild mushroom industry

See Food industry


Wildfire Act

Wildlife

William R. Bennett Bridge

Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce

Williams Lake, B.C.

Wills

Wilson, John

Wilson, Shawn

Windermere Community School, Vancouver, B.C.

Wine

Women

Women's policy branch

See Community Services, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues


Wong, Alan

Wong, Patrick

Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.

Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Woodlots

See Forests and forest industry


Woodwards building

Workers

See also Labour; particular sectors


Workers compensation

Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2005

Workers Compensation Board

See WorkSafe B.C.


Workplace safety

See Occupational health and safety


WorkSafe B.C.

World Economic Forum

World Teachers Day

World Trade University Canada Establishment Act

World Trade University, Chilliwack, B.C.

Wright, Don

Yahk Elementary School, Yahk, B.C.

Yale-Lillooet constituency and area

Yankee Girl mine

Yee, Jason

Yee, Paul

Yekooche Indian band

Yoho National Park

Young Eagle Healing Lodge, Vancouver, B.C.

Youth

Youth Clubhouse, Kamloops, B.C.

Zacharias, Mark

Zajac Ranch, Mission, B.C.

Zion Park Manor, Surrey, B.C.

Zirnhelt, David