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

Waddington, Ashley

Autism case (Karagianis) 1557-8 (Reid) 1558
Wages and salaries See also Income

Minimum wage (Fleming) 1693
Pay equity for women See Women
Walton, David

Tribute (Simpson, S.) 564
Waneta Dam

Power project (Evans) 442-3 (Hansen) 442
War See also Armed forces

Asian Canadian veterans (Kwan) 1654
Chinese Canadian veterans (Lee) 1546-7
Civilian peacekeepers, role (Trevena) 1710
Contributions of B.C. veterans (Black) 1067-9 (Horgan) 1069-71 (Krog) 1071 (Nuraney) 1072 (Richmond) 1071-2
Education program for Canadian World War II veterans (Fleming) 1693
War veterans commended (Hayer) 406 (Simpson, B.) 1941-2
Waste management

Contaminated sites, government handling (Penner) 1183, 1683, 1896-7 (Simpson, S.) 1183, 1683, 1896
Contaminated sites, remediation (Bell) 982-3, 1044-7 (Ralston) 983 (Simpson, S.) 1044-7
Hazardous wastes, management (Penner) 1897-9 (Simpson, S.) 111, 1897-9
Landfills, management (Cubberley) 407-8
Water

Community infrastructure programs (Chong) 732-4 (Wyse) 732-4
Groundwater, regulation (Penner) 1675
Management and stewardship (Penner) 1676, 1680, 1883
Protection of water supply, government action (Abbott) 1397 (Wyse) 1397
Use in hydroelectricity generation (Austin) 1140
Use in hydroelectricity generation, water licence fees (Gentner) 2176 (Neufeld) 2176
Water safety awareness (Horgan) 1182
Watersheds See Watersheds
Watersheds

Division between districts (Chong) 730 (Horgan) 730
Impact of cattle in watershed areas (Coleman) 1162 (Wyse) 1162
Impact of timber harvesting in watershed areas (Coleman) 1162 (Wyse) 1162
Restoration (Penner) 1888
Watts, George

Death (Throne speech) 3
Weeds See Plants
Weiler, Paul

Comments on collective bargaining process (Gentner) 585
Comments on dispute settlement mechanisms (Ralston) 470-1
Welfare

Pacific centre for social innovation See Pacific centre for social innovation
Social entrepreneurs, government report (Hogg) 129-31
Social programs and services
delivery, innovation (Hogg) 129-31 (Throne speech) 5
funding (Bloy) 244-5 (Thorpe) 101
government funding for non-profit organizations (Routley) 46
service providers (Hogg) 29
Social services sector, collective agreement and payments made under Munroe agreement (Chong) 856
Support system for vulnerable persons
funding (McIntyre) 14
need (Routley) 45-6
system (Bloy) 128 (Cantelon) 17 (Hagen) 1493 (Macdonald) 123-4 (Polak) 217 (Roddick) 295 (Rustad) 45 (Sather) 279 (Whittred) 282-3 (Yap) 155
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.

Funding and services (Abbott) 1875-6 (Fraser) 1875-6
West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

Description (Conroy) 339
Health care facilities and services (Conroy) 340
West Vancouver, B.C.

Dundarave Village, growth (McIntyre) 1992-3
Olympic Games venues (McIntyre) 15
West Vancouver school district See School district 45 (West Vancouver)
West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area

Seniors issues (Sultan) 178-9
West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area

2005 election results (McIntyre) 1371
Growth (McIntyre) 312
Issues and concerns (McIntyre) 14-5
Westbank first nation

Economic development (Thorpe) 102
Western Communities

Need for new secondary school (Karagianis) 1328
Transit services (Falcon) 1288-9 (Horgan) 1288-9
Transit services, light rapid transit (Falcon) 1287-8 (Karagianis) 1287-8
Western Pro Show Rentals Ltd.

Government contracts (Horgan) 1933-5 (Taylor) 1933-5
Westside See Okanagan-Westside constituency and area
Westwood See Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area
Westwood Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Learning conditions in school (Farnworth) 687
Wet'suwet'en Indian band

Treaty negotiations (MacKay) 1530
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

Agreement with Aspen Planers See Aspen Planers Ltd.
Vavenby mill operation, closing (Krueger) 845-6
Whalley See Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
Whalley Little League

Achievements (Ralston) 94
Wheatley, Margaret

Comments on organizational change (Simpson, B.) 502
Wheels for Wellness initiative See Vancouver Island Health Authority
Whistle-blowing

Protection for whistle-blowers (Simpson, S.) 111-2
Whistler, B.C.

Growth (McIntyre) 15
White, Marj

Accomplishments commended (Kwan) 316
White, Melissa

Relocation of infant for health care services (Cubberley) 35 (Karagianis) 104
Wiesenthal, Simon

Work on Holocaust issues (James) 192
Wild mushroom industry See Food industry
Wildfire Act

Amendments See also Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2005
(Coleman) 562, 881, 939-40 (Simpson, B.) 940
Compliance and enforcement provisions (Coleman) 562
Fire management provisions (Coleman) 881
Wildlife

Bears
bear attacks, public awareness (MacKay) 915
grizzly bear protection (Bell) 1049 (Simpson, S.) 1049
public awareness, government action (Penner) 1676
Caribou, protection (Coleman) 1109 (Macdonald) 1109
Conservation corps (Penner) 1676, 1889, 1899
Conservation officers
hiring of new officers (Penner) 68-9, 1904-5
number and responsibilities (Penner) 1889-93 (Simpson, S.) 1889-93
services (Penner) 1676, 1885-6 (Simpson, S.) 1885-6
Endangered species protection, ministerial responsibility (Coleman) 1109 (Penner) 1681-3, 1882 (Simpson, S.) 1681-3
Habitat protection (Bell) 1049 (Penner) 1675, 1677, 1681-2 (Simpson, S.) 1049, 1681-2
Marbled murrelet, protection (Bell) 1049-50 (Penner) 1682 (Simpson, S.) 1050
Mountain caribou, protection (Bell) 1049-50 (Farnworth) 1332 (Penner) 1332, 1682, 1689-91, 1907 (Sather) 1688-91 (Simpson, B.) 1907 (Simpson, S.) 1050, 1332
Park rangers See Parks
Sandhill cranes, population (Sather) 279
Species at risk, protection (Bell) 1047-51 (Penner) 1678, 1682 (Simpson, S.) 1047-51
Species-at-risk coordination office (Bell) 1050 (Penner) 1682-3, 1689 (Simpson, S.) 1682
Spotted owl, protection (Bell) 1049-50 (Penner) 1682 (Simpson, S.) 1050
William R. Bennett Bridge

Construction project (Chudnovsky) 1177, 1298-9 (Falcon) 1152, 1169-72, 1176, 1298-9
Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce

Visitor information centre (Wyse) 914
Williams Lake, B.C.

Health care services (Wyse) 1800
Housing for disabled persons (Wyse) 1262
Non-profit organizations, access to funding from gaming revenue (Les) 1757 (Wyse) 1757
Wills

Probate fees (Ralston) 1704
Wilson, John

Work as MLA commended (Simpson, B.) 50
Wilson, Shawn

Comments on government handling of teachers labour dispute (Bains) 489
Windermere Community School, Vancouver, B.C.

Teachers commended (Dix) 639
Wine

B.C. wine authority, establishment (Bell) 1054 (Ralston) 1054
Industry in B.C. (Bell) 86
Women

Employment See also Employment of women in B.C. under Employment and unemployment
re-entry programs (Chong) 862-3 (Ralston) 862-3
trades training See Skills training
Federal-provincial-territorial ministers' meeting on status of women (Chong) 898-9
First nations women See First nations
Government assistance for at-risk women (Chong) 864
Government ministry See Women's policy branch under Community Services, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues
Housing, safe houses and other temporary housing See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing; Transition houses
Pay equity, government action (Chong) 897-8 (Ralston) 897-8
Pay equity task force report, government action (Ralston) 897
Programs and services for women escaping violence See Violence against women, services for abused women and children under Violence
Programs and services, impact of government funding and policy changes (Ralston) 900-1
Status as persons in legal terms (James) 866
Violence against women See Violence
Women in business (Cantelon) 914 (Chong) 829
Women in corrections system See Corrections system
Women's centres
contracts with government (Chong) 861 (Ralston) 861
funding (Chong) 860-1 (Krog) 1606 (Ralston) 860-1
funding from governments (Kwan) 774
funding, petition tabled (Sultan) 2216
Women's equality
government action, performance measurement (Chong) 829-32 (Ralston) 829-32
government policy and goals (Ralston) 828-9
ministerial responsibility (Ralston) 828
Women's policy branch See Community Services, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues
Wong, Alan

Media release on collective agreement legislation (Horgan) 382 (Robertson) 600-1
Wong, Patrick

Work as MLA (Krueger) 288
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.

Site redevelopment (Abbott) 1921 (Puchmayr) 1920
Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Compensation for former residents of school, government action (Dix) 2199-201 (Hagen) 2199-201
Woodlots See Forests and forest industry
Woodwards building

School for the Contemporary Arts proposal See School for the Contemporary Arts, relocation proposal under Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
Workers See also Labour; particular sectors

Injuries and deaths in forest industry See Forests and forest industry
Non-English-speaking workers, access to government services (de Jong) 2119 (Puchmayr) 2118-20
Protection for workers (Chouhan) 262-3 (Puchmayr) 1988
Rights of workers (Puchmayr) 764
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
Young workers, protection for young workers (Chouhan) 263-5 (Hawes) 1989 (Puchmayr) 1988
Workers compensation

Legislation, need (Chudnovsky) 1478
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2005

(Bill 11) (Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services) 1R, 1391-2; 2R, 1470-91; C, 1854-60; 3R, 1860; RA, 2221
Amdts: sec. 1 (Puchmayr) 1854, negatived 1856; sec. 2 (Cantelon) 1856, approved 1859; sec. 2 (Puchmayr) 1859, ruled out of order 1860
Debate, speakers (Cantelon) 1856-7 (Chouhan) 1489 (Chudnovsky) 1478-9 (Coons) 1474-5 (de Jong) 1391, 1470-2, 1490-1, 1854-6, 1858-60 (Fleming) 1487-8 (Hawes) 1857 (Hawkins) 1490 (Hayer) 1477 (Horgan) 1485-7, 1857 (Horning) 1473-4 (Karagianis) 1482-3 (Krog) 1489-90 (Krueger) 1479-82, 1857 (Macdonald) 1857 (McIntyre) 1859 (Mayencourt) 1475-6 (Puchmayr) 1472-3, 1854-6, 1858-60 (Roddick) 1487 (Rustad) 1859 (Simpson, B.) 1477-8 (Simpson, S.) 1483-5 (Sultan) 1488-9 (Thorne) 1489 (Wyse) 1476-7
Consultation and drafting of bill (de Jong) 1859 (Puchmayr) 1859
Regulations tabled (de Jong) 1399
Retroactivity (Chudnovsky) 1479 (Coons) 1475 (de Jong) 1490-1, 1859-60 (Fleming) 1488 (Horgan) 1485 (Karagianis) 1483 (Krog) 1490 (Krueger) 1481 (Puchmayr) 1473, 1859-60 (Simpson, B.) 1477 (Simpson, S.) 1484 (Thorne) 1489 (Wyse) 1476
Workers Compensation Board See WorkSafe B.C.
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
WorkSafe B.C.

Annual report, 2004, and service plan 2005-07, tabled (de Jong) 771
World Economic Forum

Report on world economies (Krog) 632
World Teachers Day

(Horgan) 456
World Trade University Canada Establishment Act

(Bill Pr401) (Hawes) 1R and referral to committee, 1180; referral to House 1334; 2R, 1419-21, 1437-8; C, 1627-30; 3R, 1630; RA, 2221
Amdts: sec. 13 (Hawes) 1630, approved 1630
Debate, speakers (Hawes) 1180, 1419-20, 1438, 1627-30 (Hogg) 1421, 1437 (Lee) 1420-1 (Les) 1437-8 (Robertson) 1420, 1627-30 (Trevena) 1628-9
World Trade University, Chilliwack, B.C.

Establishment (Hawes) 1180, 1419-20, 1438, 1627-30 (Hogg) 1421, 1437 (Lee) 1420-1 (Les) 21, 1437-8 (Robertson) 1420, 1627-30 (Throne speech) 7 (Trevena) 1628-9
Legislation See World Trade University Canada Establishment Act
Mandate (Robertson) 1420
Wright, Don

Review of collective bargaining process for teachers See Collective bargaining process, review under Teachers

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