Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 38th Parliament – 2006
SUBJECT INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

100 Mile House, B.C.

100 Mile House Lions Club

2010 Commerce Centre

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


2010 LegaciesNow

See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


A Sound Start program

See Early diagnosis of hearing problems in children under Health – Public health


Abassi, Hadi

Abbotsford, B.C.

Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project

Abbotsford International Airport

Abbotsford-Clayburn constituency and area

Abbott, Colleen

Abebooks Inc

Aberfeldie Dam

Abernethy connector

See Construction of connector under Golden Ears Bridge


Abernethy, Robert

Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society

Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of

Aboriginal Tourism British Columbia Association

Abram, Jim

Accenture Business Services Ltd

Access Health Abbotsford

See Role of Access Health Abbotsford under Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project


ACE-BC

See Association for Community Education of British Columbia


ACE-IT program

See Training programs, career technical training programs under Skills training


Achieve B.C.

See Communications under Government


Acropolis Manor, Prince Rupert, B.C.

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament

ActNow B.C.

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


Addiction

See Mental illness and addiction under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction


Adelaide, Australia

Adult basic education

See Education


Adult guardianship

See Guardianship


Adult Guardianship and Personal Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Advanced education

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


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

Advanced Systems Institute

See British Columbia Innovation Council


Advertising

Aerospace and Technology Campus

See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.


Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia

Affleck, Peter

Africa

Aga Khan Development Network

Agencies

See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government


Aging

See Impact of aging population under Health – Health care system; Population under British Columbia; Seniors


Agricultural Land Commission

Agricultural land reserve

Agricultural Safety Week

See Canadian Agricultural Safety Week


Agriculture

Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of

Agriculture and Lands Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Agrodome, Vancouver, B.C.

AHCC

See Abbotsford, B.C. – Hospital and cancer centre project


Ahousat, B.C.

AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd

Air

Airports

Airsheds

Alaska

Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area

Alberta

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

Alberta–British Columbia Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement

Albo, Al and Fanny

Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.)

Alcohol

Aldeguer, Ray

Aldergrove, B.C.

See Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area


Alexis Creek, B.C.

ALGIS Corporation

Allman, Jim

All-Native Basketball Tournament

Alternative-fuel vehicles

See Automobiles


Alzheimer's disease

See also Dementia


Amazay

See Duncan Lake


Ambedkar, Bhimrao

Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve

Ambulance service

AMEC Dynamic Structures Ltd

Amiskwaciy Academy, Edmonton, Alberta

AMSSA

See Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia


Anderson, Keith

Anderson, Val

Animal Health Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.

Animals

Apology

Apology Act

Apology Act (private member's bill)

Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Aquaculture

Aquaculture – Fish farms

Archaeological sites

See Heritage sites


Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Armenian genocide

Arrow Lakes

Arrow Lakes power project

See Keenleyside Dam


Arrowsmith Lodge, Parksville, B.C.

Arthritis

Arts and culture

Arts Ministry

See Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of


Ashcroft and District General Hospital, Ashcroft, B.C.

Ashcroft, B.C.

Ashcroft Manor, Ashcroft, B.C.

Ashlu Creek

Asia

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


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 region

Asia-Pacific Trade Council

Assessment Act

Assessment Authority of British Columbia

See British Columbia Assessment


Assessment Link B.C.

See Internet access to information under British Columbia Assessment


Assessment of property

See British Columbia Assessment; Property tax


Assisted-living facilities, services, etc

See Facilities under Health – Continuing and long-term care; Housing – Residential care facilities


Assisted-living registrar

Association for Community Education of British Columbia

Association for Community Living

See British Columbia Association for Community Living


Association for Mineral Exploration

Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals

Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Asthma

Atlin, B.C.

Atomic energy

See Energy


Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism

Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Audiology services

Auditor General

Austin Harris residence, Richmond, B.C.

Australia

Australian Creek

Autism

Automobiles

Avian influenza

Baby boomers

Bailey, Michael

Bains, Baljit

Bains, Parm

Baisakhi

See Vaisakhi


Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act

Ballem, Penny

Bamfield, B.C.

Barkel Business College, Surrey, B.C.

Barnett, Ruth

Barnston Island

Barrett, David

Basi, David

Batteries

BCANDS

See British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disabilities Society


BCPSEA

Bear Mountain development

See Vancouver Island


BearPaw Heli-Skiing Inc

Bears

See Wildlife


Beetles

See Mountain pine beetle under Forests and forest industry


Beijing, China

Bell, Jack

Bell, Larry

Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone

Bella Bella, B.C.

Belleville ferry terminal

See Victoria, B.C.


Belmont Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.

Bennett, W.A.C.

Berglund, Brian

Berland, Jeremy

Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc

Bill 75 (streamlining act)

See Significant Projects Streamlining Act


Bills, Legislative

See Bills by name; Bills by number


Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

Biodiesel

See Fuel


Biodiversity

See Forests and forest industry


Bioenergy

See Wood waste, use to generate electricity under Energy


Biomass

See Wood waste, use to generate electricity under Energy


Biotechnology industry

See Science and technology


Birds

See Wildlife


Black History Month

BladeRunners program

See Employment and unemployment


Blain, Larry

Blair, Gil

Blaylock Surgical Centre Inc

Blindness

See Visual impairment


Blondeau, Harvey

Blood and bone marrow

Boards

See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government


Boats and boating

Bone marrow

See Blood and bone marrow


Border crossings

Border infrastructure program

Boundary area

See West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area


Bountiful, B.C.

Bountiful Elementary Secondary School, Lister, B.C.

Bowser, B.C.

Boxer, Ina

BRAG

See Burnaby Restorative Action Group


Breast health

Bridge Studios, Burnaby, B.C.

Bridges

See particular bridges; Tolls


Brilliant Dam

Britain

Britannia mine

British Columbia

British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disabilities Society

British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines

See Association for Mineral Exploration


British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia arts renaissance fund

See Funding for arts and culture groups under Arts and culture


British Columbia Assessment

British Columbia Association for Community Living

B.C. Bid

British Columbia Buildings Corporation

British Columbia Business Council

See Business Council of British Columbia


BCcampus

British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board

See Supply management system under Poultry


British Columbia Coalition to End Abuse of Seniors

British Columbia College of Teachers

British Columbia Competition Council

British Columbia Conservation Data Centre

British Columbia Coroners Service

British Columbia Council for Families

British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals

British Columbia Ferry Commission

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

British Columbia Film Commission

British Columbia Forest Safety Council

British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

British Columbia Games Society

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Coalition

British Columbia Human Rights Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

British Columbia Innovation Council

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Integrated Gang Task Force

See Integrated Gang Task Force


British Columbia Justice Review Task Force

British Columbia Lacrosse Association

British Columbia Legislative Library

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

See also Government


British Columbia Lions

British Columbia Lottery Corp

British Columbia Lumber Trade Council

British Columbia Medical Association

British Columbia Museums Association

British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association

B.C. Nurseline

See Information under Health – Health care system


British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

See also British Columbia Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.


British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society

B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Progress Board

British Columbia Public School Employers Association

British Columbia Public Service Agency

See also Civil service


British Columbia Rail

British Columbia Real Estate Association

British Columbia School Trustees Association

British Columbia Securities Commission

British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

British Columbia Stats

B.C. Supreme Court Self-Help Information Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association

British Columbia timber sales program

British Columbia Transit

British Columbia Transmission Corporation

British Columbia Transplant Society

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association

British Columbia Wilderness Tourism Association

British Columbia Wildlife Federation

British Columbia Winter Games

British Columbia World Police and Fire Games

British Columbia Youth Parliament

British Properties

See Vancouver, B.C.


Broughton Archipelago

Bruce, Allan

Bruce, Graham

BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation

Budget

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2006

Budgets

Building Blocks program

See Children, early childhood development under First nations


Building design

See Construction industry


Bulkley Valley District Hospital, Smithers, B.C.

Bullying

See Violence


Burke Mountain

See Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area


Burke Mountain Naturalists

Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby Express junior hockey team

Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby Restorative Action Group

Burnaby Youth Custody Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Burns Bog

Burquitlam constituency and area

Burrard

See Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area


Burrowing owls

See Birds under Wildlife


Bush, Ian

Business

Business – Small business

Business Corporations Act

Business Council of British Columbia

BusinessCARE program

See Venture Kamloops


Buss, Greg

CAAR

Cabinet meetings, ministers, etc

See Government


CAIS

See Canadian agricultural income stabilization program


Calder, Frank

Caldwell, Heather

Calgary, Alberta

California

Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.

Campagnolo, Iona

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo


Campaign financing

See Elections


Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River Children's Choir

Campbell River Indian band

Canada

Canada Health Act

Canada Health Infoway Inc

Canada line

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


Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Village

See 2006 Winter Games in Turin, B.C.-Canada Place under Olympic Games


Canada West Ski Areas Association

Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program

Canadian agricultural income stabilization program (CAIS)

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Canadian Alliance for Aquaculture Reform

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)

Canadian Register of Historic Places

Canadian Women Voters Congress

Canadian Women's Curling Championship

Canal Flats, B.C.

Canary Foundation

See Listwin, Don


Cancer

Canpar Industries

Cape Mudge Indian band

Cape Scott Provincial Park

Capital regional district

Cardiac health

Care facilities

See Housing – Residential care facilities


Career training

See Career technical centres under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training


Caregivers

Cariboo area

Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy

Cariboo Friendship Society

Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan

Cariboo-Chilcotin school district

See School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)


Caribou

See Caribou and Mountain caribou under Wildlife


Caring for First Nations Children Society

Carlson, Mary

Carson Camaro project

See Traffic safety, street-racing prevention project under Automobiles


Carter, Kim

Caruso, Carmen

Cascade Aerospace Inc

Cascade Canyon

Cascadia Forest Products Ltd

Castlegar, B.C.

Cathedral Grove

See MacMillan Provincial Park


Caves

CCOF (Child care operating funds)

See Funding, child care centres below under this main heading


Cell phones

Central City Community Volunteer Patrol

Central coast land and resource management plan

See Coastal land and resource management plans


Central Island Independent School Society

The Centre for Child Development, Surrey, B.C.

C.H. Anderson and Associates Ltd

Chaoulli, Jacques

Charles Dickens Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Charles E. London Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.

Charlie, Harvey and Rose

Charlie, Sherry

Chatwin-Davies, Aiden

Chavez, Cesar

Cheakamus River

Cheema, Jas

Chelsea Place Apartments, New Westminster, B.C.

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Chief electoral officer

See also Elections


Chilcotin area

Child and youth mental health plan

See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health


Child and youth officer

Child and Youth Representative

See Representative for Children and Youth


Child in the Home of a Relative program

See Foster care


Child protection workers

See Children


Children

See also Youth


Children – Child care

Children – Early childhood development

Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Children and Youth Representative

See Representative for Children and Youth


Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia

Children's Commissioner

Chilliwack, B.C.

Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.

China

See also Asia; Asia-Pacific region


Chinese Benevolent Association

Chinese Canadians

Chinese head tax

See Immigration


Chinese New Year

CHN (Council of the Haida Nation)

See Haida Nation


Christ for the Nations Bible College Act

Christ for the Nations Bible College, Surrey, B.C.

Christina Lake, B.C.

Christmas Manor, Coquitlam, B.C.

CIBC World Markets

Cigarettes

See Tobacco


CIRM

See Critical incident response under Discrimination and racism


Cities and towns

See also Communities


Citizens Responsible for Organizing Winning Education

Citizens' Services Ministry

See Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of


Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Civil service

Clayburn

See Abbotsford-Clayburn constituency and area


Clearwater, B.C.

Climate change

Cline Mining Corp

Clinton, B.C.

CN Rail

Coaches

See Sports


Coal

Coast Forest Products Association

Coast Mountains school district

See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)


Coast Salish people

Coast Sustainability Trust

Coastal Ferry Act

Coastal forest industry

See Forests and forest industry


Coastal land and resource management plans

Coleman, Charlie

Collective agreements, bargaining

See agreements under particular groups; Labour


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

College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

Collingwood Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Colony Farm Regional Park

Columbia Basin Trust

Columbia Lake Provincial Park

Columbia Power Corporation

Columbia River

Commerce Centre

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


Commercial Arbitration Act

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

Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow commission)

Commissions

Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Communities

See also Cities and towns; Government – Local government


Community Care and Assisted Living Act

Community care workers

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Community Charter

Community Charter Council Act

Community economic development

See Economic development under Economy – B.C. economy


Community living

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Community Living British Columbia

Community Living Services Authority

Community policing centres

See Police and policing


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

Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Community Social Services Employers' Association

Community transition program

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


Como Watershed Group

Compass Group Ltd

Compassionate care leave

See Employment and unemployment


Competition Council

See British Columbia Competition Council


Compliance Energy Corporation

Computer technology

Condominiums

See Strata property


Conference Board of Canada

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

Congolese Canadians

Conservancies

See Parks


Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers, etc

See Wildlife


Conservation officers

See Wildlife


Construction industry

Consumers

Containerization

See particular port locations; Transportation


Contaminated sites

See Waste management


Controlled recreation areas

See Crown land


Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States

Conway, Theresa

Cook, George

Cooper, Eleanor

Copeman, Don

Coquitlam, B.C.

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


Coquitlam Dam

Coquitlam First

Coquitlam River

Coquitlam school district

See School district 43 (Coquitlam)


Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area

Coroners Act

Coroners Service

See British Columbia Coroners Service


Corporations

Corrections system

Cortes Island

Costall, Robert

Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd

Costuros, Wanda

Cote family

Council of Forest Industries

Council of the Federation

Council of the Haida Nation

See Haida Nation


Courts

See Justice system; particular courts


Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Lake Community Forest Cooperative

Cowichan River

Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Tribes

Cowichan Valley school district

See School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)


Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area

Cranbrook, B.C.

CRB Consulting Ltd

See Berglund, Brian


Credit rating

Creston, B.C.

See also Nelson-Creston constituency and area


Crime and criminals

See also Corrections system; Justice system; Police and policing


Criminal justice branch

See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism


Criminal-record checks

See Crime and criminals


Cross-border shopping

See Economy


Crossroads Hospice Society

Crown corporations

Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on

Crown land

Crystal meth

See Crystal methamphetamine under Substance abuse and addiction


Crystal Meth Prevention Act, 2006

CSSEA

See Community Social Services Employers' Association


Cultus Lake

Cummins Westport Inc

Currency

Custodians of the Peace

Cypress Mountain

Dads in the Hall

Dalai Lama

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

Dambrauskas, Anthony

Dams

Daniels, Stanley

Darfur region

See Sudan


David Lam campus

David Livingstone Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Dawson Creek, B.C.

Dawson Creek Fall Fair and Exhibition

Dawson, Kathryn

Day, Brian

Daylight saving time

De Patie, Grant

Debt

Delta, B.C.

Delta Port

Delta South constituency and area

Deltaport

See Delta Port


Dementia

See also Alzheimer's disease


Democracy

Deni House

See Residential care beds in area under Williams Lake, B.C.


Denike, Ken

Dental health

Deregulation

See particular ministries; Regulations and red tape under Government


Desert Valley Care Centre, Osoyoos, B.C.

Detailed Design Drafting Services Ltd

Development initiative trusts

See Economic development initiative trusts under Economy – B.C. economy


Developmentally disabled persons

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Dhanda, Kewal Singh

Dhesi, Sadhu Singh

Dhillon, Peter

Diabetes

Dickens school

See Charles Dickens Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.


Dietitians of British Columbia

Dietitians of Canada

Digital media

See Computer technology


Dining Out for Life

Disabled and handicapped persons

See also Mental health


Discovery Passage Elementary School, Campbell River, B.C.

Discrimination and racism

Disease

See also particular conditions, diseases, etc.


Distance education

See Distance education and on-line learning and Technology under Education


Distributed learning

See Distance education and on-line learning and Technology under Education


District Wide Writes

See Data collection under Education – School boards and districts


Divisions, Recorded

Dobell, Ken

Dockside Green

See Victoria, B.C.


Doctors

See Physicians


Documents tabled

Dogs

See Animals


Dolphin, David

Dominion coal lands

See Flathead River Basin


Doney, Lee

Douglas Channel

Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.

Douglas Day

Douglas, Tommy

Douglas treaties

See First nations – Treaties


Doukhobors

Down syndrome

Down Syndrome Research Foundation

Downtown east side

See Vancouver, B.C.


Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Dream Home China project

See Exports under Forests and forest industry


Drinking water

See Water


Drugs

du Toit, Lesley

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Duncan, B.C.

Duncan Lake

E&N Railway

See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway


Eagleridge interchange

See Sea to Sky Highway, upgrades under Highway 99


Early childhood development

See Children – Early childhood development


East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Easter

Eating disorders

E.C. Manning Provincial Park

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

Economic Forecast Council

Economy

Economy – B.C. economy

Edmonds

See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area


Edroff, Jeneece

EDS Advanced Solutions Inc

Education

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


Education – Funding

Education – School boards and districts

Education – Schools

Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

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

Education, Select Standing Committee on

Edzerza, Allen

EHR

See Technology, electronic health records under Health – Health care system


EI

See Employment insurance under Income assistance


Eight Below

Eisenhower, Dwight

El Cid, Vancouver, B.C.

Elections

See also Chief electoral officer


Elections B.C.

Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electric power

See Energy


Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain

ELSA program

See English Language Services for Adults program (ELSA)


Elsie Roy Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Elton, Bob

Emergencies

Employee Investment Act

Employment and Income Assistance, Ministry of

Employment and Income Assistance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Employment and unemployment

Employment insurance (EI)

See Income assistance


Employment Standards Act

Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2006

Empowered to Work

See Employment, mentoring program under Women


Enbridge Pipelines Inc

EnCana Corp

Encounters with Canada program

Endangered species

See Wildlife


End-of-life care

See Hospice and palliative care


Energy

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

Engineers

England

English Language Services for Adults program (ELSA)

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

See Education


Environment

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

Environmental assessment office

Environmental Management Act

Envision Credit Union

E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd

Escheat Act

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area

Estate Administration Act

Estates

Estimates of expenditures

Ethanol

See Fuel


Ethel Tibbits Awards

See Citizen and business awards under Richmond, B.C.


Etibako family

Europe

European Union

Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.

Exports and imports

Facing History and Ourselves

Fahlman, Neil

Fair Pharmacare

See Pharmacare program


False Creek Surgical Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Families

Family independence fund

See Equipment and vehicle purchases under Disabled and handicapped persons


Family justice visitation program

See Corrections system


Family law

See Justice system


Family maintenance enforcement program

Family Relations Act

Farm Industry Review Board

Farmers, farming, farms, etc

See Agriculture


FASD

See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder


FAS/E Support Network of British Columbia

Fast ferries

See Ferries and ferry services


Federal Court of Appeal

Fedewa, William Lloyd

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Ferry commissioner

See Commissioner under British Columbia Ferry Commission


Le Festival du Bois

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Film industry

Filmon, Gary

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Finance, Ministry of

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Financial Institutions Act

Financial services industry

Fire Commissioner

Firearms

Fires and firefighters

First Citizens Forum

First Dollar Alliance

First nations

First nations – Treaties

First nations benefits trust

See British Columbia Rail


First Nations Emergency Social Services

See Social services, emergency social services under First nations


First Nations Leadership Council

First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council

First-available-bed policy

See Wait times under Housing – Residential care facilities


Fish

Fishing industry

Fitzsimmons, Craig

Flathead River Basin

Flaunt Your Frenchness Week

Fleming, Dorothy

Float homes

Flood, Colleen

FNESS

See Social services, emergency social services under First nations


Follows, Robert

Fomenoff, Fred

Food banks

Food industry

Foreman, Stormy

Forest Act

Forest and Range Practices Act

Forest Appeals Commission

Forest management plans

See Forests and forest industry


Forest Practices Board

Forest Practices Code

Forest recreation sites

See Parks


Forest roads

See Forests and forest industry


Forestry Revitalization Act

Forests and forest industry

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

Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Forests, Select Standing Committee on

Formosa Nursery

Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area

Fort St. James, B.C.

Fort St. John, B.C.

Fortis Inc

Fossil fuels

See Fuel


Foster care

Foundation skills assessment

See Education


Frances Kelsey Secondary School, Mill Bay, B.C.

Francophone affairs program

See Government


Franklin River division crew

See MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.


FRAs and FROs

See First nations involvement in industry, forest and range agreements and forest and range opportunities under Forests and forest industry


Fraser Health Authority

See also particular health care facilities


Fraser Institute

Fraser Port

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

Fraser River

Fraser Valley

Fraser-Surrey docks

See Fraser Port


Freedom of expression

Freedom of information

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner; Loukidelis, David


Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

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

French immersion

See Curriculum, French immersion and language programs under Education


FREP

See Forest resource evaluation program under Forests and forest industry


Front Counter B.C.

Frost, Tammy Karen

Fuel

See also Oil and gas


Fuel cell technology

See Hydrogen fuel cell technology under Fuel


Fung, David

GAAP

See Accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles under Government


Gambling

See also Lotteries


Game hunting

See Hunting


Games

See Multisport games under Sports; particular games


Gaming

See Gambling


Gaming Control Act

Gangs

Garber, Kevin and Susan

Garbutt, Kim

Garibaldi

See West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area


Gas industry

See Oil and gas


Gas Protection Systems Inc

Gas stations

See Service stations under Fuel


Gasoline

See Fuel


Gateway projects

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation


GDP

See Gross domestic product under Economy


Gedde, Murray

Geddes, Debbie

Gemini Project

See Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.


Genelle, B.C.

General Motors Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Genocide

Genome B.C.

Geoff Creek

Geoghegan, Michael

George Elliot Secondary School, Winfield, B.C.

George Massey Tunnel

Georgia basin

Geoscientists

Gerhard Herzberg award

Germany

Germiphene Corp

Gillingham, Gail

Gitga'at Nation

Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm/Kitkatla Conservancy

Gladys Lake Ecological Reserve

Glazer, Sheldon

Glenrose wet archaeological site

See Fraser River


Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa, Ont

Global warming

See Climate change


Globe and Mail

GM Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Godley, Mark

Golbey, Michael

Golden, B.C.

Golden Ears Bridge

Golden Ears Park

Goodacre, Bill

Goodman, Gordon

Gorge Road Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Gosling, Barbara

Gosnell, Joe

Gove, Thomas J

Government

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


Government – Local government

See also Communities


Government Caucus Committee on Agriculture

Governor General of Canada, Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean

Gow, Fiona

Goyer, John

Graf, Gary

Gramlich, Ted

Grand Forks, B.C.

Grant, Cathy

Grasslands

Gravel

Great Bear rain forest

See also Coastal land and resource management plans


Great Britain

Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Way campus, Vancouver, B.C.

Greater Vancouver regional district

See also Vancouver, B.C.


Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)

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

Greater Victoria

See Victoria, B.C.


Greater Victoria Film Commission

Greater Victoria Police Department

Green Timbers

See Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area


Greenhouse gas emissions

See Air


Greenville, B.C.

See Laxgalts'ap, B.C.


Grieg Seafood B.C. Ltd

Grinnell, Marlene

Grizzly bears

See Bears under Wildlife


Groundwater

See Water


Group homes

Guardianship

Guesford, Winifred

Guide dogs

See Working dogs under Animals


Guide-outfitters

Guide-Scout Week

GVTA

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


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

Hahn, David

Haida Gwaii

See Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)


Haida Nation

Hainsworth, Gavin, and Katherine Freund-Hainsworth

Halcyon Home, Nakusp, B.C.

Haldane, Leon

Hall, Elmer

Hammond cedar mill

See International Forest Products Inc.


Hampton Court, Vancouver, B.C.

Handicapped persons

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Hansard

Hapag-Lloyd AG

Harassment

HarbourLynx Holidays Ltd

Harbours

See particular ports; Ports


Harcourt, Michael

HardHats program

See Training programs under Skills training


Hards, Phyllis

Harris, Bev

Harris, Roger

Hartley Bay, B.C.

Haugen, Linda

Haven Society

Have-not status

See Transfer payments from federal government under Government


Health

Health – Continuing and long-term care

Health – Health authorities

Health – Health care facilities and hospitals

See also particular facilities and locations


Health – Health care funding

Health – Health care system

Health – Public health

Health Act

Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act

Health Emergency Act

Health, Ministry of

Health Professions Act

Health, Select Standing Committee on

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Heart health

See Cardiac health


Heartlands

Heiltsuk Nation

HELP (Human early learning partnership) program

See Children – Early childhood development


Henderson, Kim

Hendricks, Norm

Henry Durand Manor, Golden, B.C.

Hepatitis

Heritage Park Secondary School, Mission, B.C.

Heritage sites

Hertzman, Clyde

Hidden Heroes

Highland Valley copper mine

High-technology industry

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 11

Highway 14

Highway 16

Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Highway 30

Highway 91

Highway 99

Highway 101

Highway 401

Highway of Tears

See Missing women along highway under Highway 16


Highways and roads

See also particular highways or locations


Hildahl, Wayne

Hillside

See Victoria-Hillside constituency and area


Hillside Gardens, Burnaby, B.C.

Hip replacements

See Surgery, joint replacements under Health – Health care system


HIV/AIDS

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


Hobiyee celebration

Hochstein, Philip

Hockey Canada

Hogwild About Reading

Holberg wind project

See Stothert Power Corp.


Holocaust

Holocaust Memorial Day

Home care

Home inspectors

See Property inspection


Home Owner Grant Act

Home support

See Home care


Homelessness

Homeowner grant

Homeowner Protection Act

Homeowner protection office

Homes B.C. program

HomeSave project

See Social and Enterprise Development Innovations


Hospice and palliative care

Hospital Employees Union

Hospitals

See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals


Housing

Housing – Rental housing

Housing – Residential care facilities

Housing Ministry

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


Howe Sound school district

See School district 48 (Howe Sound)


Hughes, Ted

Hugi, Maria

Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group

Human early learning partnership (HELP) program

See Children – Early childhood development


Human Resource Facility Act

Human resources

Human rights

Human Rights Coalition

See British Columbia Human Rights Coalition


Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006

Human Rights Commission

See British Columbia Human Rights Commission


Human Rights Tribunal

See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal


Human Tissue Gift Act

Hunt, Christine

Hunter, Mike

Hunting

Hunwadi/Ahnuhati-Bald Conservancy

Hussey, Monty

Huu-ay-aht First Nation

Hybrid vehicles

See Automobiles


Hydroelectric power

See Energy


Hydrogen fuel cell technology

See Fuel


IBT Education

ICBC

See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia


IIG All Nations Institute, Burnaby, B.C.

Illington, Joy

Immigration

Immigration Canada

See Citizenship and Immigration Canada


Imports

See Exports and imports


Income

Income assistance

Income assistance – Disability benefits

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Income Trust Liability Act

Income trusts

Independent power producers

See Energy


Independent schools

See Education


Independent Schools Act

Indian Arm Park

Indians

See First nations


Individual education plans

See Special education and special needs, assessment and individual education plans (IEPs) below under this main heading


Indo-Canadians

See Asian Canadians


Industry

Industry Training and Apprenticeship Council

Industry Training Authority

See also Skills training


Infants Act

Information

Information and Privacy Commissioner

See also Freedom of information


Infrastructure

Innovation and Science Council Act

Inquiry Act

Insect pests

Institute of Indigenous Government

See IIG All Nations Institute, Burnaby, B.C.


Insurance

See particular types or areas of insurance


Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Insurance Council of British Columbia

Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003

Integrated Gang Task Force

Integrated land and resource registry

See Land use


Integrated land management bureau

Integrated Pest Management Act

Interest rates

Interface fire management

See Forest fires under Fires and firefighters


Interfor

See International Forest Products Inc.


Intergovernmental relations

See Federal-provincial relations under Government


Intergovernmental Relations, Minister of State for

Intergovernmental relations secretariat

Interior Health Authority

See also particular health care facilities; Services under particular areas


International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Development Week

International Financial Activity Act

International Forest Products Inc

International Labour Organization

International Olympic Committee

International Paper Industries Ltd

International Women's Day

Internet

See Computer technology


InTransit B.C.

Investment

IOC

IPPs

See Independent power producers under Energy


Island Corridor Foundation

Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Islands Trust

ITA

See Industry Training Authority


ITAC

See Industry Training and Apprenticeship Council


Italy

Iyer, Nitya

Jackson, Simon

Jade

James Bay Care Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Japanese Canadians

Japanese Community Volunteers Association

Jean, Michaëlle

See Governor General of Canada, Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean


Jericho Hill School for the Deaf, Vancouver, B.C.

Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


Johal-Virk, Simrita

John Norquay Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

John Oliver Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Johnston, J. Crosby

Jones, Bill

Joseph, Martha

Juan de Fuca constituency

See Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area


Judges

See Judiciary under Justice system


Jumbo Glacier Resort

Junior Achievement

Justice for Girls

Justice Review Task Force

Justice system

See also Corrections system; Crime and criminals; particular courts


Justice system – Legal aid

Kakwa Provincial Park

Kamloops Airport

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Daily News

Kamloops Food Bank/Action Centre

Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society

Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area

Karelian bear dogs

See Bears, use of Karelian bear dog teams under Wildlife


Karst systems

See Caves


Kasper, Rick

Katzie First Nation

Keenleyside Dam

Kelowna accord

See First nations


Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna International Airport

Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area

Kelowna-Mission constituency and area

Kemano power project

Kemess mine

See Northgate Exploration Ltd.


Kendall, Perry

Kendrew, John

Kenney Dam

Kenney, Mart

Kermode bear

See Bears under Wildlife


Kern, Jo-Anne

Kersley Elementary School, Quesnel, B.C.

Kettle River

Khowhemun Elementary School, Duncan, B.C.

Kicking Horse Canyon highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Kidney health

Kids Help Phone

See Help phone line under Children


Kidsport program

See Sports


Kinder Morgan Inc

King Edward campus

See Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.


Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.

Kingston Educational Group

See Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.; Lo, Michael


Kinsella, Patrick

Kinsol Trestle

Kirby, Michael

Kirk, Judy

Kiro Manor, Trail, B.C.

Kitasoo Spirit Bear Conservancy

Kith-and-kin agreements

See Foster care


Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat-Stikine regional district

Kitsilano

See Vancouver, B.C.


Kiwanis Club

Kledo Creek Park

Knee replacements

See Surgery, joint replacements under Health – Health care system


Knowledge-based economy

See Economy


Knudsen, Arne

Koechl, Richard

Kohlhofer, Lin

Kokanee Glacier Park

Koksilah River

Komagata Maru

See B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru under Discrimination and racism


Konkin, Doug

Kootenay area

See also West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area


Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, B.C.

Korean Heritage Festival

Krikorian, Arpine

Ktunaxa Nation

Kuper Island

Kushner, Howard

Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.

Kyoto accord

Labelle, Marc

Laboratory services

See Health – Health care system


Labour

Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of

Labour Relations Board

Lac des Roches

Ladysmith, B.C.

See Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area


Lake Country

See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area


Land Act

Land agents

See Oil and gas


Land and resource registry

See Integrated land and resource registry under Land use


Land and Water B.C.

Land Survey Act

Land Surveyors Act

Land surveys and titles

Land Title Act

Land use

See also Urbanization


Langford, B.C.

Langley, B.C.

Langley Montessori School, Langley, B.C.

Language

Lantzville, B.C.

Larocque, Gloria

Lascelle, Halaina Dawn

Law reform

See Legislation


Laxgalts'ap, B.C.

Lax-Ka'gaas/Campania Conservancy

Layton, Jack

Lazare, Aaron

Leading-edge endowment fund

See Research and development


Leaky-condos issue

See Condominiums under Strata property


Learning Roundtable

See Education


Leasehold buildings

See Housing


LeClair, Doris

Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd

LEED standards

See Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards under Construction industry


Lefkos, Patti

Legacies Now

See 2010 Legacies Now under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Legal aid

See Justice system – Legal aid; Legal Services Society


Legal Services Society

Legislation

Legislative Assembly

Legislature

Lennea, Brad

Leonard, Stan

Lesy, Maurice

Leyne, Les

Lheidli-Tenneh band

Liberal Party

Libraries

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo

Lifesaving Society of Canada, British Columbia and Yukon Branch

Light rail service

See Transit services


Lillooet, B.C.

See Yale-Lillooet constituency and area


Lingwood, Bob

Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.

Liquor Control and Licensing Act

Liquor, liquor stores, etc

See Alcohol


Listwin, Don

Literacy

Little India

See Punjabi Market


Livable region strategy

See Greater Vancouver regional district


Live Sites program

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


Livestock industry

Living rivers trust fund

See Rivers and streams


Lo, Michael

See also Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.


Lobbyists

Lobbyists Registration Act

Local government

See Communities; Government – Local government; Regional districts


Lodgepole Coal Mine

See Cline Mining Corp.


Log houses

Logging

See Forests and forest industry


Lois Fish Palliative Society

Lone Butte, B.C.

Long-term care

See Health – Continuing and long-term care


Lonsdale

See North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area


Lookout Emergency Aid Society

Los Angeles, California

Lotteries

See also Gambling


Loukidelis, David

Lowe, Deanna

Lower mainland

See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.


LRMPs

See Land use; particular land and resource management plans


Lu'ma Native Housing Society

Luxury tax

See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles under Automobiles


Lyme disease

Lyotier, Ken

McArthur, John

McCormack, Heather

McCrory, Wayne

MacDonald, Cairine

MacDonald, Cliff

Macdonald school

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


MacDonald, Scott

McKay family

Mackenzie, B.C.

Mackie, Mary

McKnight, John

McLeod Lake Indian band

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd

McMillan, James Irving

MacMillan Provincial Park

MacMinn, E. George

MacNeil, Cheryl

MacPhail, Joy

McPherson, Debra

Mahpahkum-Ahkwuná/Deserters-Walker Conservancy

Maillardville, B.C.

See also Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area


Main Lake Provincial Park

Maitland, Cheryl

M'Akola Housing Society

Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mammography

See Breast health


Mamquam River

Mandatory retirement

See Retirement


Manitoba

Manning Provincial Park

See E.C. Manning Provincial Park


Mannington family

Mansell, Myles

Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act

Manufactured homes

Maple Ridge, B.C.

Maple Ridge school district

See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)


Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area

Marijuana grow ops, etc

See Grow ops and meth labs under Substance abuse and addiction


Marine Harvest Canada

Marine traffic

See Shipping industry


Marleau, Diane

Marriage

Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Matley, Midori

Maximus Inc

Mayfair Manor, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Media

Medical malpractice

See Health – Health care system


Medical research

See Research under Health


Medical Services Commission

Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

Medical technology

See Technology under Health – Health care system


Medicare Protection Act

Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003

Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2006

Meissner, Dirk

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Mental health

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, production under Substance abuse and addiction


Meth Watch

See Crystal methamphetamine under Substance abuse and addiction


Methane gas

See Coalbed methane gas under Oil and gas; Energy


Métis

Metz-Murray, Carol

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Midway, B.C.

Miller, Dan

Mineral Tax Act

Mines and mining industry

Mining, Minister of State for

Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2005-2006

Ministerial statements

Ministries of government

See Government; particular ministries


Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2006

Mission, B.C.

Mission Downtown Coalition

Moberly Manor, Revelstoke, B.C.

Mobile homes

See Manufactured homes


Montana

Montecito Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.

Moore, Jeffrey

Morhart, David

Morley, Jane

See also Child and youth officer


Morrison, Denny

Morrison-Hines, Jan

MOSAIC

See Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities (MOSAIC)


Motions

See also Standing order 35 adjournment motions


Motor Fuel Tax Act

Motor Vehicle Act

Motor vehicles

See Automobiles


Mount Elizabeth Secondary School, Kitimat, B.C.

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mt. Lehman interchange

Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Mountain caribou

See Wildlife


Mountain pine beetle

Mountain View Elementary School, Terrace, B.C.

Movie industry

See Film industry


Multiculturalism

Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities (MOSAIC)

Mulvihill, Paul

Municipal Act

Municipal elections

See Elections


Municipalities

See Government – Local government


Museums

See also particular museums


Musqueam Indian band

Musyka, Dan

Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Act

NAFTA

See North American Free Trade Agreement


Nagle, Patrick

Nai Kun offshore wind farm project

See Queen Charlotte Islands


Nakusp, B.C.

Nanaimo Airport

Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Child Development Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Citizen Advocacy Association

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

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area

NAOMI project

See Heroin maintenance program under Substance abuse and addiction


Nash, Steve

Nastoh, Hamed

National Aboriginal Capital Corporation

National Child Day

National Drinking Water Week

National Union of Public and General Employees

Native Education Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Native Friendship Centre, Prince George, B.C.

Natural gas

See Oil and gas


Natural resources

See Resources and resource industries


Nature Trust of British Columbia

Naturopaths

Naziel, Florence

Nechako basin

Nechako River

Nelson, B.C.

Nelson-Creston constituency and area

Nesbitt, Richard

Neucel Specialty Cellulose

New Deal for Cities and Communities

See Cities and towns


New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Relationship

See New relationship with government under First nations


New Relationship Trust

New Relationship Trust Act

New Westminster, B.C.

New York, New York

New Zealand

Newton Advocacy Group Society

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

Nikkei Home, Burnaby, B.C.

Nisga'a treaty

Non-Partisan Association

NoRooz

Norquay School

See John Norquay Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.


North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Indigenous Games

North American opiate medication initiative

See Heroin maintenance program under Substance abuse and addiction


North Cariboo Community Campus, Quesnel, B.C.

North Coast constituency and area

North Coast Health Improvement Society

North Coast land and resource management plan

See Coastal land and resource management plans


North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.

North Island constituency and area

North Island–coast development initiative

See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.


North Island–coast development initiative trust

North Shore Crystal Meth Task Force

North Shore Task Force on Substance Abuse

North Shore Women's Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.

North Shore Youth Safe House

North Thompson area

See Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area


North Vancouver, B.C.

North Vancouver Kiwanis Foundation

North Vancouver school district

See School district 44 (North Vancouver)


North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area

North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area

North West Mounted Police

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Northern development initiative trust

Northern Health Authority

See also Services under particular locations


Northern Health Connections

See Bus service for northern residents under Northern Health Authority


Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Northern Sports Centre

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


Northgate Exploration Ltd

Northrup, Heather

NPA (Non-Partisan Association)

NUPGE

Nurses

Occupational health and safety

Ocean ranching

See Aquaculture


Oceans

Officers of the Legislature

See Legislature


Offshore drilling

See Oil and gas


O'Flynn, Kayla

O'Hara, Chris

Oil and gas

Oil and Gas Commission

Oil and Gas Commission Act

Oil tanker safety

See Tanker safety under Shipping industry


Okanagan area

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan Lake

Okanagan Mainline Municipal Association

Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.

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


Old Hope Road

See Highways and roads


Olewiler, Nancy

Olympic Games

Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

Olympic secretariat

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


Ombudsman

See also Kushner, Howard


Ombudsman, Special Committee to Appoint an

Omineca

See Prince George–Omineca constituency and area


Omnitrax

On-line learning

See Distance education and on-line learning under Education


Ontario

Oolichan

See Fish


Open Learning Agency

Opposition

See Legislature


Opticians and optometrists

Oral questions by member

Oral questions by subject

Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment

Order of British Columbia

Ore Creek

Organic farming

See Agriculture


Osoyoos Indian band

Otter Point area

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Ouranos Consortium

Overwater, Peter

Owen, Simon

Owls

See Birds under Wildlife


Own the Podium program

See Olympic Games


P3s

See Capital projects under Government; particular projects; Partnerships British Columbia; Public-private partnerships under Business


Pacheedaht First Nation

Pacific Agriculture Show

Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.

Pacific dogwood

See Trees


Pacific Gateway projects

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation


Pacific Legal Education Association

Pacific North Coast Native Cooperative Act

Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

Pacific Salmon Forum

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Painters at Painter's festival

Palliative care

See Hospice and palliative care


Paloma Housing Co-operative, Vancouver, B.C.

Panj Kakkaar

Pantzelt, Isobel

Papajon, George

Paralympic Games

See Olympic Games


Paramedics

See Ambulance service


Parents and Teachers for Life

Park Act

Park (Conservancy Enabling) Amendment Act, 2006

Park, Ji-Won

Parks

See also particular parks


Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce

Parksville, B.C.

See Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area


Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2006

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

Partnerships British Columbia

Passover

Passports

Patients Property Act

Patricia Community Club

Patricia Community Club (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2006

Patriot Act

See United States


Pattullo Bridge

Pauliszyn, Robert

PavCo

See British Columbia Pavilion Corporation


Payday Lending Act, 2006

Payday loans

See Financial services industry


PCTIA

See Private Career Training Institute Agency


Peace River

Peace River area

Penticton, B.C.

Personal Information Protection Act

Pest control

Petitions

Pharmacare program

Pharmacies

PharmaNet

See Pharmacare program


Philippines

Phillips, Trevor

Phoenix Centre, Kamloops, B.C.

Physical fitness

See Health – Public health


Physicians

Physiotherapists

Pickett, Hugh

Pickton, Robert William

Pilothouse Public Affairs Group Inc

Pine beetle

See Mountain pine beetle under Forests and forest industry; Parks


Pioneer Villa, Creston, B.C.

Pipeline Road

Pipelines

See Pipelines under Oil and gas


Pitt Meadows, B.C.

See Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area


Pitt Meadows school district

See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)


Pitt River Bridge

Plant, Geoff

PLEA

See Pacific Legal Education Association


Plested, Freda

Plutonic Power Corporation

PNWER

See Pacific NorthWest Economic Region


Poaching

PoCoMo Youth Services Society

Pogrow family

Point Ellice House, Victoria, B.C.

Points of order

Polderside Farms Inc

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police Complaint Commissioner

Politics and politicians

Pollock, Allan

Pollution

See Air; Environment


Polygamy

Ponderosa Lodge, Kamloops, B.C.

Port Alberni, B.C.

Port Alice, B.C.

Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Port Mann Bridge

Port Moody, B.C.

Port of Prince Rupert

Portal project

See Electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project under Government


Ports

See also particular ports


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

Post-traumatic stress disorder

See Mental health


Poultry

Poverty

Powell, Peter

Powell River, B.C.

See also Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area

Power

See Energy


Power Smart program

See Energy


Powerex Corp

Powers of attorney

See Adult guardianship and personal planning tools under Guardianship


Prejudice

See Discrimination and racism


Premier, Office of the

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues

Premier's innovation and excellence awards

Premier's Task Force on Community Opportunities

Prescription drugs

See Drugs; Pharmacare program


Preston, George

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc

Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Friendship Centre, Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Hospice Society

Prince George North constituency and area

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

Prince George school district

See School district 57 (Prince George)


Prince George–Omineca constituency and area

Prince Rupert, B.C.

Prince Rupert school district

See School district 52 (Prince Rupert)


Princeton, B.C.

Principals

See Education


Privacy

Private Career Training Institute Agency

Private members' statements

Privatization

See Government; particular entities and services


Privilege

Procter, William

Property

See also Estates; Real estate industry


Property crime

See Crime and criminals


Property inspection

Property tax

Property transfer tax

Property Transfer Tax Act

Prorogation address

Prospector training course

See Mines and mining industry


Protected areas

See Parks


Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

Proudfoot, Mike

Providence Health Care

Provincial Capital Commission

Provincial emergency program

Provincial nominee program

See Immigration


Provincial sales tax

See Sales tax


Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2006

PSEC

See Public Sector Employers' Council


PST

See Sales tax


Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on

Public affairs bureau

Public Agency Accommodation Act

Public debt

Public guardian and trustee

Public health

See Health – Public health


Public Inquiry Act

Public safety

See Safety


Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of

Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Public Sector Employers Act

Public Sector Employers' Council

Public sector/public service

See Civil service


Public Service Act

Public Service Agency

See British Columbia Public Service Agency


Public Service Benefit Plan Act

Public-private partnerships

See Business; Capital projects under Government; particular projects; Partnerships British Columbia


Puget Energy Inc

Punjabi Market

Purdy, Carmen

Putman, Robert

Quadra Island

Qualicum Beach, B.C.

See also Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area


Qualicum First Nation

Qualicum school district

See School district 69 (Qualicum)


Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)

Queen Charlotte Islands Women Society

Queen Elizabeth II

See Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain


Queen of the North

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

Quesnel, B.C.

Rachlis, Michael

Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Railways and rail services

Ranching industry

See Livestock industry


Random Lengths framing composite index

See Softwood lumber, agreement with U.S., lumber pricing under Forests and forest industry


Rangeland

RAV line

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


RAV Project Management Ltd

RCMP

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Ready, Set, Learn program

See Early learning and literacy under Children – Early childhood development


Ready, Vince

Real estate industry

Real Estate Services Act

Recreation

Recycling

Red Cross Society

Reform Party of Canada

Refugees

See Immigration


Regional districts

Regulations and red tape, regulatory reform, etc

See Government


Renal dialysis

See Renal services under Kidney health


Rental housing

See Housing – Rental housing


Reports from committees

See Documents tabled; particular committees


Representation agreements

See Adult guardianship and personal planning tools under Guardianship


Representative for Children and Youth

Representative for Children and Youth Act

Representative for Children and Youth, Special Committee to Appoint a

Research and development

Reservoirs

See Water


Residential care facilities

See Housing – Residential care facilities


Residential construction industry

See Construction industry


Residential schools

See First nations


Residential tenancy

See Housing – Rental housing


Residential Tenancy Act

Residential Warranty Co. of Canada Inc

Resort Timber Administration Act

Resorts

See also various types of resorts under Recreation


Resources and resource industries

Retirement

Revelstoke Dam

Revenue Ministry

See Small Business and Revenue, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Regulatory Reform


Revenue Services of British Columbia

Richards, C. Joe

Richmond Addiction Services

Richmond, B.C.

Richmond East constituency and area

Richmond Farmers Institute

Richmond Hospital Auxiliary

Richmond Hospital, Richmond, B.C.

Richmond Public Library

Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Ridge Meadows Seniors Society

Ridge Meadows Women's Centre, Pitt Meadows, B.C.

Riparian area regulations

See Rivers and streams


Rising Star Housing Co-operative, Vancouver, B.C.

Rivers and streams

Riverview Horticultural Centre Society

Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Roads

See Highways and roads


Roberts Bank

Romanow, Roy

Roots of Empathy program

See Bullying under Violence


Rosewood Manor, Richmond, B.C.

Rosica, Thomas

Rotary Hospice House, Prince George, B.C.

Rowbotham applications

See Justice system


Rowbottom, Wilma

Rowe, Brian

Roy, Janine

Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.

Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.

Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.

Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Rumbucher, Trudy

Rural B.C.

See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.


Saanich, B.C.

Saanich school district

See School district 63 (Saanich)


SAFE Companies initiative

See Worker safety issues under British Columbia timber sales program


Safe houses

See Transition houses


Safe injection sites

See Supervised injection sites under Substance abuse and addiction


Safe Schools Act

SAFER

Safety

Safety Standards Amendment Act, 2006

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

St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, B.C.

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

Sales tax

Salvation Army Rotary Hospice House, Richmond, B.C.

San Patrignano, Italy

Sandon, B.C.

Sandspit, B.C.

Sandy, Ernie

Sanford, Pete

Saskatchewan

Savage family

Save Our Northern Seniors Society

Save St. Paul's Coalition

Schizophrenia

Schneider, Ferdinand

School Act

School boards/districts

See Education – School boards and districts


School Community Connections project

See Use of school buildings under Education – Schools


School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)

School district 36 (Surrey)

School district 39 (Vancouver)

School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)

School district 43 (Coquitlam)

School district 44 (North Vancouver)

School district 48 (Howe Sound)

School district 52 (Prince Rupert)

School district 57 (Prince George)

School district 62 (Sooke)

School district 63 (Saanich)

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

School district 69 (Qualicum)

School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)

School district 82 (Coast Mountains)

School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)

School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)

Schools

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


Science and technology

Science Council of British Columbia

Scleroderma

Scott, Kelly

Sea Breeze Power Corp

Sea to Sky Highway

See Highway 99


Sea to Sky land and resource management plan

SeaBus

Search and rescue services

See Emergencies


Seaton, Peter

Sechelt, B.C.

Sechelt Indian band

Seclusion rooms

See Facilities under Mental health


Secondary school apprenticeship program

See Promotion of skills training, promotion to youth under Skills training


Section 8 agreements

See Kith-and-kin agreements under Foster care


Section 54.1 agreements

See Child protection under Children


Securities Amendment Act, 2006

Securities Commission

See British Columbia Securities Commission


Securities industry

SEDI

See Social and Enterprise Development Innovations


Seeds of Empathy program

See Bullying under Violence


Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth

See Children and Youth, 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 Forests

See Forests, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Health

See Health, 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 College, Castlegar, B.C.

Selkirk Montessori School, Victoria, B.C.

Selkirk waterfront

See Victoria, B.C.


Seniors

Seniors Information Referral and Resources Society

Seniors Ministry

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


Septic systems

See Waste management


Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act

Sewage disposal

Sexual assault centres

See Women's centres under Women


Seymour

See North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area


Shabanian, Kerop

Shackleton, Ernest

Shannon Falls Park

Shapcott, Michael

SHARE Family and Community Services Society

Shearwater, B.C.

Shelter housing

See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing


Shelter rates

See Benefits, benefit amount for shelter under Income assistance


Shenton, Ruby

Sheriff Act

Shipping industry

Shirley, B.C.

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Shopping

Showcase Theatre Festival

Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Sieben, Mark

Sierra Club of British Columbia

Sierra Legal Defence Fund

Significant Projects Streamlining Act

Sikh community

See Asian Canadians


Sikh Societies of the Lower Mainland

Silviculture

See Forests and forest industry


Similkameen Valley

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Sinclair, Jim

Singh decision

See Ruling on refugee rights under Supreme Court of Canada


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


Six Mile Ranch

Skeena constituency and area

Skeena River

Skene, Peter

Skiing

Skills Connect for Immigrants program

See Connecting skilled workers with employment under Immigration


Skills training

Skirt Mountain (Bear Mountain)

SkyTrain

Slocan Valley

Small business

See Business – Small business


Small Business and Revenue, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Regulatory Reform

Small Business and Revenue Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Small business forest enterprise program

Small business round table

See Business – Small business


Small Business Venture Capital Act

Small business venture capital tax credit

See Venture capital tax under Business – Small business


Small claims court

Small community grants

See Government support for small communities under Communities


Smart Development Partnerships program

Smith, Adam

Smith, Dallas

Smithers, B.C.

Smoking

See Tobacco


SNC Lavalin Inc

Snowmobiling

Social and Enterprise Development Innovations

Social Credit Party

Social housing

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


Social safety net

See Programs and services under Welfare


Social service tax

See Sales tax


Social Service Tax Act

Social services

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


Social workers

Society

Society Act

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Seniors

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Society of Services

Software

See Computer technology


Softwood lumber

See Forests and forest industry


Soil

Solar power

See Solar and tidal power under Energy


Solicitor General

See Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of


Songhees First Nation

Sons of Freedom Doukhobors

See Doukhobors


Sooke, B.C.

Sooke Road

See Highway 14


Sooke school district

See School district 62 (Sooke)


SOS

See Society of Services


Sour gas wells

See Gas wells under Oil and gas


South Africa

South Asian people

See Asian Canadians


South Fraser health region

See Fraser Health Authority


South Fraser perimeter road

See South Fraser perimeter road and Transportation infrastructure under Lower mainland


Sovereign Lake, B.C.

Sparwood, B.C.

Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park

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 a Representative for Children and Youth

See Representative for Children and Youth, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsman

See Ombudsman, Special Committee to Appoint an


Special needs children

See Special education and special needs under Education


Species at risk

See Wildlife


Species at Risk Act (federal)

Species-at-risk coordination office

See Integrated land management bureau


Spector, Norman

Speech from the Throne

Speed skating

Spiller, Trudy

Spinal cord research

See Medical research under Health; Research under Health


Spirit bear

See Bears, kermode bear under Wildlife


Spirit of B.C. program

See 2010 LegaciesNow under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Sports

See also particular events


Sports Ministry

See Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of


Spouses

Sproat Lake

Squamish First Nation

Squamish-Lillooet regional district

Stalk, George

Stamp's Place Residents Association

Standing order 35 adjournment motions

Standing order motions

See particular motions under Motions; Standing order 35 motions; Standing order 35 motions under Legislature


Stanley Park

See Vancouver, B.C.


Statements

Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

Statute Revision Act

Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature


Steelhead

See Fish


Steenkamp, Philip

Steller's jay

See Birds under Wildlife


Steveston, B.C.

See Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Steveston Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.

Steveston-London Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.

Stó:lô Nation

Stothert Power Corp

Strata property

Strathcona Provincial Park

Streamlining act

See Significant Projects Streamlining Act


Streams

See Rivers and streams


Street crime working group

See Crime and criminals


Street people

See Homelessness


Street racing

See Traffic safety under Automobiles


Strelioff, Wayne

Strong Start B.C.

See Children – Early childhood development


Strong Start B.C. committee

See Families


Strongitharm, Margaret

Strongitharm, Sheryl

Student aid

See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education


Students

See Education; Post-secondary education


Stupich, David

Substance abuse and addiction

SUCCESS

Success by 6

See Programs and services under Children – Early childhood development


Sudan

Sudeten Park

Sufi religion

Suicide

Sullivan mine

See Sullivan minesite under Teck Cominco Ltd.


Sullivan, Sam

Sumas Energy 2 Inc

Summerland Asset Development Initiative

SunGard Corp

Sunshine Coast

See Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Supervised injection sites

See Substance abuse and addiction


Supplements Repeal Act

Supply Act, 2005-2006 (Supplementary Estimates No. 1)

Supply Act (No. 1), 2006

Supply Act, 2006-2007

Supported living, supportive housing, etc

See Supportive housing under Housing – Residential care facilities


Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of Canada

Surgery

See Health – Health care system


Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Chamber of Commerce

Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Public Library, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Surrey Women's Centre, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey-Delta Immigrant Services Society

Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area

Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on

Sutherland Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Swanson, Jean

Sweden

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Co. Ltd

Tabled documents

See Documents tabled


Tahltan Indian band

Tanker safety

See Shipping industry


Tatla Lake Elementary–Junior Secondary School, Tatla Lake, B.C.

Tatla Resource Association

Taxation

Taxation (Rural Area) Act

Teachers

Technology

See Computer technology; High-technology industry; Science and technology


Teck Cominco Ltd

Television production

See Film industry


Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

Terminator seed technology

See Agriculture


Terra Energy Corporation

Terrace, B.C.

Texada Island

Thanks Mom marrow donor drive

Thomas Haney Secondary School, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Throne speech

See Speech from the Throne


Tibbits, Ethel

Tidal power

See Solar and tidal power under Energy


TILMA

See Alberta–British Columbia Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement


Timber sales program

See British Columbia timber sales program


Times Colonist (Victoria)

Tires

Tlowitsis First Nation

Tobacco

Tobacco Sales Act

Tobacco Sales (Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco) Amendment Act, 2006

Tobacco Statutes (Prohibiting Tobacco Sales From Pharmacies) Amendment Act, 2006

Tobacco Tax Act

Tofino General Hospital, Tofino, B.C.

Tofino–Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

Tolko Industries Ltd

Tolls

See also particular highways, bridges, etc.


Tomlinson, John

Tonari Gumi

See Japanese Community Volunteers Association


Toronto Stock Exchange

Tourism

Tourism B.C.

Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of

Trade

See Exports and imports


Trade unions

Trades

Traffic fines, safety, violations, etc

See Automobiles


Trail, B.C.

Trans Canada Trail

Trans-Canada Highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Transformative change accord

See Kelowna accord under First nations


Transit services

See also British Columbia Transit; particular authorities, locations, regional commissions, services or systems; Transportation


Transition houses

TransLink

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Transport Canada

Transportation

Transportation Act

Transportation, Ministry of

Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Treasury Board

Treaty 8

Tree farm licences

See Forests and forest industry


Trees

Tributes

Tri-Cities area

See also Lower mainland


Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce

Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards

Tri-City Women's Resource Society

Trillium report

See School closings under School district (Cariboo-Chilcotin)


Truck Loggers Association

Trucking industry

Tsartlip First Nation

Tsawwassen First Nation

Tsay Keh Dene band

Tseycum First Nation

Tsunamis

TSX Venture Exchange

Tuition fees

See Post-secondary education


Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Turin, Italy

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

See also Recommendation, ratification by Legislative Assembly under Representative for Children and Youth, Special Committee to Appoint a; Representative for Children and Youth


Ty Watson Hospice House, Port Alberni, B.C.

UBC Okanagan

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


Umedaly, Mossadiq

Under-20 World Cup of Soccer

See World Cup of Soccer


Unemployment

See Employment and unemployment


Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

United Kingdom

See Great Britain


United Nations

United Nations convention on biological diversity

United Nations declaration on the elimination of violence against women

United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

United States

Universities, colleges and institutes

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


University Act

University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, B.C.

See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.


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

University Endowment Land Act

University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

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

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

Uranium

Urbanization

See also Cities and towns; Communities; Land use


Usher syndrome

Utilities Commission

See British Columbia Utilities Commission


Utilities Commission Act

Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2006

Vaisakhi

The Valley of the Fraser

van Iersel, Arn

Vancouver Aboriginal Council

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver agreement

Vancouver, B.C.

See also Greater Vancouver regional district; particular constituencies


Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.

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

Vancouver District Science Fair

Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver General Hospital

See Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, B.C.


Vancouver Giants

Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver Island North school district

See School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)


Vancouver Island Raiders

Vancouver Island West school district

See School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)


Vancouver Japanese Language School, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver Port Authority

Vancouver school district

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Vancouver Stock Exchange

See TSX Venture Exchange


Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area

Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

See also East Vancouver under Vancouver, B.C.


Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Vanderhoof, B.C.

VANOC

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


Vaudreuil, Matthew

Vehicles

See Automobiles


Venture Kamloops

Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, B.C.

Vertesi, Les

Veterans

See War


Veterinarians

Victim assistance

Victoria, B.C.

See also South Island under Vancouver Island


Victoria Foundation

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria Regional Transit Commission

Victoria-Hillside constituency and area

View Royal, B.C.

VIHA

See Vancouver Island Health Authority


Vimy Ridge

Violence

Virtual schools

See Distance education and on-line learning and Technology under Education


Visible minorities

See Equity hiring under Civil service; Multiculturalism


Visual impairment

Voices Against Child Abuse Society

Volunteer B.C.

Volunteers and volunteer sector

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Wages and salaries

See also Income


Walker, Danielle

Wallace, Lawrence

Waneta Dam

War

Warner, Norman

Waste management

Water

Watersheds

Waterton National Park

Weather

Weinstein, Pauline

Welfare

Well, Kailee

West Coast Group International Consultants

West Hawk Development Corporation

West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area

Western Canada Wilderness Committee

Western Canadian Coal Corp

Western Communities

See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area


Western Forest Products Inc

Western Interprovincial Scientific Studies Association

Western red cedar

See Trees


WestShore Centre for Learning and Training, Victoria, B.C.

Westview Elementary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd

Whistler, B.C.

Whistler Legacies Society

Whistler Resort Association

Whistler Water Inc

White Cane Week

Wild, Jim

Wildfire Act

Wildlife

Wildlife Act

Wilks, David

William R. Bennett Bridge

Williams Creek

Williams Lake, B.C.

Williams Lake campus

See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.


Willingdon Youth Custody Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Willow WAI project

See Haven Society


Wilson, Ross

Wind power

See Energy


Windermere Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

WISSA

Wolf, Jim

Woloshyn, Jenny Arlene

Wolverines

See Wildlife


Women

Wood waste

Woodfibre mill

See Western Forest Products Inc.


Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Woodley, Steven

Woodwards Building

See Downtown east side under Vancouver, B.C.


Words on the Water Festival

Workers

See also Labour; particular sectors


Workers compensation

Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2006

Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Workers Compensation Board

See WorkSafe B.C.


Working dogs

See Animals


WorkSafe B.C.

World Cup of Soccer

World Economic Forum

World Health Day

World Junior Hockey Championships

World Kidney Day

World Partnership Walk

World Police and Fire Games

World Trade University, Chilliwack, B.C.

World Urban Forum

Worobetz, Gerald

Woss Lake Elementary School, Woss, B.C.

Wright, Fred

Xyolhemeylh program

See Stó:lô Nation


Yahk Elementary School, Yahk, B.C.

Yale-Lillooet constituency and area

Yekooche First Nation

YES 2 IT program

See Promotion of skills training, promotion to youth, Youth Exploring Skills to Industry Training program under Skills training


Young offenders

See Youth corrections under Corrections system


Youth

See also Children


Yung, Philip

Yves Rocher Foundation

YWCA

Zeballos Elementary-Secondary School, Zeballos, B.C.

Zimmerman, Ellen

Zoning

See Land use; Urbanization