Haarala, Karen
- Mother's treatment in Ladysmith care home (Routley) 9365, 9476-7
Habitat for Humanity
- Acquisition of Crown land for affordable housing (Bell) 6105 (Robertson) 6104-5
Habitat protection See Birds
under Wildlife; Fish
Haida Gwaii See Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
Haida Heritage Centre, Skidegate, B.C.
Haida Nation
HaidaLink wind power project See Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
Hamatla Treaty Group
- Work on treaty negotiation principles (Trevena) 8599
Hamilton, Arnie
- Compensation as MLA (Mayencourt) 8468
Hammond cedar mill See International Forest Products Inc.
Hammond family
- Brothers' involvement in hockey (Horgan) 6924
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
Hansen, Rick
- Fundraising for spinal cord research (Horgan) 8302-3
- Tribute (Bond) 8354 (James) 8354-5
Happynook, Tom
- Comments on Maa-nulth treaty (de Jong) 9431
Harbours See particular ports; Ports
Harcourt, Michael (Mike)
- Comments on issues
- comments in City Making in Paradise (Cubberley) 9233-4
- Port Mann Bridge (Falcon) 9608
- SkyTrain (Falcon) 6464
- TransLink governance (Falcon) 9606
- Work on treaty negotiation process (de Jong) 8553
- Work on treaty negotiation process and position on transfer of agricultural reserve lands (de Jong) 8806
Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Assisted-living facility (Mayencourt) 5657-8
- Staff roles (Mayencourt) 5851
Harris, Pam
- Need for group home for disabled son (Christensen) 6308 (Karagianis) 6307-8
Harry, Rick
- Spirit of the Mountain sculpture (McIntyre) 6532
Hartley Bay, B.C.
- Community concerns re fuel from sunken ferry See Sinking of Queen of the North, government action on environmental issues under Ferries and ferry services
Hats Off Day See Heights area businesses' community event
under Burnaby, B.C.
Hawkshaw, Fred
- Work on fish nets (Austin) 6838
Hayden, Brent
- World swimming championship win (Hawes) 6617
Hayden, Dana
- Involvement in negotiations between Alcan and B.C. Hydro (Horgan) 7195-6 (Neufeld) 7195-6
Hayer, Tara Singh
Haynes, Sheryl
- Comments on professional regulation of dental assistants (Dix) 7698-9
Hazardous products
Hazelton, B.C.
- First nations population in area, suicides (Christensen) 9554 (Fraser) 9505 (Simons) 9553-4
Health
Health – Continuing and long-term care
Health – Health authorities See also particular authorities
Health – Health care facilities and hospitals See also Housing – Residential care facilities
- Auxiliary volunteers (Rustad) 8444-5
- Capital projects
- investment (Abbott) 5674
- public-private partnerships (Abbott) 5323, 7695-6
- public-private partnerships, NDP position (Abbott) 6536-7
- public-private partnerships, release of information (Dix) 7696
- Employees, concerns and whistle-blower protection (Abbott) 8783 (Dix) 8782
- Facilities in rural areas See Health care services, facilities in rural B.C. under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
- Hospital closings (Abbott) 7818
- Patient discharge policy, return of patients to home communities See Policy on return of discharged patients to home communities under British Columbia Ambulance Service
- Private facilities See also Private services and privatization under Health – Health care system
- billing practices See Billing under Physicians; particular health care facilities
- facilities opened during NDP administration (Abbott) 9600
- labour practices (Abbott) 8449-50 (Dix) 8449
- Security services (Abbott) 7858 (Dix) 7857-9
- Transfer of patients between facilities (Abbott) 7847
Health – Health care funding
- Allocation (Conroy) 5653-4
- Budget certainty for health authorities (Ralston) 5434-6 (Taylor) 5430
- Funding (Abbott) 5675, 7434, 7598, 7605 (Chong) 5445 (Coleman) 5552 (Farnworth) 5649 (Horning) 5652-3 (Krueger) 5642 (Lekstrom) 5716 (McIntyre) 5538 (MacKay) 5462 (Polak) 5311-2 (Ralston) 5425 (Richmond) 5595 (Taylor) 5423 (Thorpe) 5339 (Throne speech) 5262 (Whittred) 5611
- Funding as percentage of budget (Polak) 5353
- Funding as share of gross domestic product or percentage of budget (Dix) 5663
- Funding during NDP administration (Abbott) 7434
- Funding for health authorities See also Budgets under Health – Health authorities
- Funding for health authorities, continuing and long-term care (Abbott) 7760 (Conroy) 7760, 7762
- Funding for health authorities' public health programs (Fleming) 5621
- Funding for mental health (Abbott) 7661-2 (Chouhan) 7661-2
- Health innovation fund (Abbott) 7859-60 (Dix) 7859 (Horning) 5652 (Lekstrom) 5716
- Health innovation fund, allocation for mental health (Abbott) 7661 (Chouhan) 7661
- Taxation of medical equipment purchases by charitable organizations See Medical equipment purchases by charitable organizations under Sales tax
Health – Health care system
- Beds
- acute care beds (Abbott) 7608
- acute care beds, use by seniors in need of long-term care (Conroy) 5654
- beds for mentally ill See Mental health
- number (Abbott) 5369
- number of beds per capita (Abbott) 5433
- Challenges (Lekstrom) 5401-2
- Changes (Coons) 5395
- Chronic disease management (Abbott) 7855-7 (Dix) 7855-7
- Conversation on Health See Public consultation by government below under this main heading
- Cost projections (Ralston) 5435, 5437-8
- Diagnostic equipment (Abbott) 5675
- Diagnostic services See also Magnetic resonance imaging services below under this main heading
- Diagnostic specialists and technicians (Abbott) 7861-2 (Dix) 7860-2
- Emergency services See also particular hospitals and communities
- current conditions in emergency rooms (Abbott) 5321, 5369 (Dix) 7867
- government initiatives (Abbott) 7599
- overcapacity protocol (Abbott) 7868
- use by mentally ill persons (Abbott) 7661
- wait times, case (Brar) 5408 (Hayer) 5409
- Government handling (Chudnovsky) 5299 (James) 5285-6
- Government initiatives and investments (Abbott) 5368 (Jarvis) 5298
- Health professionals See also particular professions
- recruitment and training (Abbott) 7597, 7600, 7861
- student loan reduction (Lekstrom) 5402
- supply (Abbott) 7860-2 (Dix) 7860-2
- training (Coell) 5451 (Jarvis) 5298
- training program reductions (Fleming) 7031
- training programs (Coell) 7032
- HealthLine Services B.C. See Emergency and Health Services Commission
- Human resources See Health professionals above under this main heading; Workers below under this main heading
- Impact of aging population (Abbott) 7599, 7716, 7761 (Campbell) 8240 (Coleman) 5765 (Fraser) 7716 (Hawes) 5866 (Horning) 5652
- Information, e-health initiative (Abbott) 7658
- Information, transfer of programs See Emergency and Health Services Commission
- Magnetic resonance imaging services
- Maternity services, availability in B.C. (Abbott) 8309 (Evans) 8308-9
- Medical records, electronic system See Technology, electronic health records below under this main heading
- MRI services See Magnetic resonance imaging services above under this main heading
- NDP position (Horgan) 5354
- Operating rooms, accessibility (Puchmayr) 5549-50
- Private clinics See also Private facilities under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
- Privatization (Conroy) 5653 (Sather) 5753-4
- Public consultation by government, Conversation on Health
- Public opinion (Chudnovsky) 5300
- Reforms
- government initiatives and reforms (Cubberley) 5569-70
- public consultation See Public consultation by government above under this main heading
- reforms (Coleman) 5765 (Sather) 7067
- visits to other countries by Premier (Brar) 5407
- Regionalization (Lali) 5706
- Resource materials, availability in different languages (Abbott) 7665-6
- Services for seniors See also Home care
- Surgery
- cancellations (Abbott) 5430, 5432 (James) 5430
- joint replacements, number (Abbott) 5675, 7435 (Coleman) 5552
- surgeries in B.C. (Abbott) 5675, 5685, 7599, 7782
- surgical patient registry (Abbott) 7599
- wait-lists See Wait-lists and waiting times below under this main heading
- Sustainability (Austin) 5456-7 (Cubberley) 5276, 5569 (Polak) 5310 (Throne speech) 5262 (Yap) 5284
- Sustainability, B.C. Liberal Party government position (Dix) 5662-3
- System in B.C.
- comments by NDP MLAs (Polak) 5311
- comparison with other provinces (Abbott) 5675, 7434, 7763-4 (Conroy) 7764 (Dix) 7606 (Lali) 5341
- comparison with private system in U.S. (Gentner) 9418
- government investment (Abbott) 7600
- system (Abbott) 7597 (Routley) 5695
- system during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Brar) 5407 (Conroy) 5653-4 (Lali) 5703
- system during NDP administration (Abbott) 5685-6 (Bond) 5571
- Technology, electronic health records (Ilich) 5756 (Oppal) 5860
- Technology, electronic health records, ministry contracts See Knowledge management and technology division under Health, Ministry of
- Technology, electronic health records, surgery database See Surgery, surgical patient registry above under this main heading
- User fees (Dix) 9599-600
- Volunteerism See Auxiliary volunteers under Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- back surgery case (Abbott) 7435 (Puchmayr) 7435
- surgeries (Abbott) 7599 (Lali) 5344, 5706
- surgeries, impact on emergency services (Puchmayr) 7617
- times (Abbott) 7597
- Workers See also Employees under Health – Health care facilities
Health – Public health
- Fitness levels in B.C. (Hansen) 5692 (Routley) 5695
- Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- Health status of B.C. residents (Hogg) 5823
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness (Ilich) 5757
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, government promotion See Government promotion above under this main heading
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, impact on disease rates (Hogg) 5823-4
- Immunization
- federal funding (Abbott) 7780-1 (Dix) 7780
- human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine (Abbott) 7780 (Dix) 7779-80
- influenza vaccine (Mayencourt) 8933
- rates (Abbott) 7781 (Dix) 7781
- Physical fitness See Fitness levels; Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness above under this main heading
- Poisoning from ingestion of ethylene glycol antifreeze (Fraser) 8681-2
- Role of diet and nutrition in public health (Hogg) 7948
- Role of lifestyle choices in public health (Cubberley) 5569-70
- Role of physical activity in healthy lifestyle (Cubberley) 7836
- Vaccinations See Immunization above under this main heading
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
Health Emergency Act
Health, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 7597-626, 7659-69, 7693-718, 7757-83, 7813-23, 7841-68
- speakers (Abbott) 7597-626, 7659-69, 7693-718, 7758-83, 7813-23, 7841-68 (Bains) 7618-9 (Brar) 7850-3 (Chouhan) 7659-69 (Conroy) 7757-76 (Coons) 7620-2 (Cubberley) 7704-7 (Dix) 7600-15, 7623-5, 7693-704, 7707-11, 7718, 7776-83, 7813-7, 7845-50, 7853-62, 7867 (Fleming) 7865-6 (Fraser) 7714-6 (Macdonald) 7819 (Puchmayr) 7615-8 (Routley) 7862-4 (Sather) 7782, 7822 (Simons) 7717-8 (Simpson, S.) 7864-5 (Trevena) 7711-4, 7843-5 (Wyse) 7818-21, 7842-3
- Budget (Abbott) 7769-70
- Correspondence with Don Copeman on business practices in health care centres (Abbott) 7707-8 (Dix) 7700-1, 7707-8
- Estimates process (Abbott) 7615 (Dix) 7615, 7867
- Food, Health and Well-Being book (Evans) 6027, 6032
- Goals and priorities (Abbott) 7597-8
- Knowledge management and technology division, audit (Abbott) 8634-5, 8939-40, 9151-2 (Dix) 8634-5, 8939
- Knowledge management and technology division, contract See Burns, Jonathan
- Meetings with certified dental assistants on application for professional college (Abbott) 7699-700 (Dix) 7699-700
- Office budget (Abbott) 5431 (Dix) 5431-2
- Release of documents and information from health authorities See Budgets and Letters from management under Health – Health authorities
- Responsibility for health authorities (Dix) 7606
- Staff responsible for mental health issues (Abbott) 7661-2, 7854 (Chouhan) 7661 (Dix) 7853-4
- Staffing (Abbott) 5431
Health, Select Standing Committee on
- Consultation of youth (Sultan) 5275
- Mandate (Sultan) 5275
- Recommendations (Cubberley) 5276 (Hogg) 5824 (Sultan) 5275
- Report for second session of 38th parliament
- Role in chronic disease prevention and primary care initiatives (Abbott) 7857 (Dix) 7856-7
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
- (Bill 26) (Minister of Health) 1R, 6922-3; 2R, 7657-8; C, 7811-3; 3R, 7813; RA, 8477
- Amdts: sec. 23 (Abbott) 7812, approved 7813
- Debate, speakers (Abbott) 6922-3, 7657-8, 7811-3 (Dix) 7658, 7811-3
- Purpose of bill (Abbott) 6922-3
HealthLine Services B.C. See Emergency and Health Services Commission
Hearing impairment
- Newborn hearing screening program (Reid) 5710
- Screening of children (Christensen) 5394
- Services for deaf and hard-of-hearing children (Christensen) 8492 (Fraser) 8492
Heating fuel See Fuel
Hecate Strait
Heed, Kash
- Comments on policing, response by Solicitor General (Farnworth) 9207 (James) 9107-8, 9149 (Les) 9207
Hegland, Chloe
- Accomplishment of soccer world record (Fleming) 6151-2
Heights area See Burnaby, B.C.
Helicopters See Aircraft
Heli-skiing See Ski industry
under Skiing
HELP (Human early learning partnership) program See Children – Early childhood development
HEPI See Funding formula, higher-education price index
under Post-secondary education – Funding
Heritage Conservation Act
- Amendments (Karagianis) 8776
- Provisions on first nations sites See also Protection of cultural and sacred sites, legislation under First nations
- Provisions on first nations sites, revision (de Jong) 9585 (Fraser) 9584 (Hagen) 7789, 7868-9 (Macdonald) 7789
Heritage sites See also Arts and culture
- Government funding and support (Hagen) 7788 (Macdonald) 7788
- Protection of first nations sacred sites See particular locations; Protection of cultural and sacred sites under First nations
Heritage Week
Hermann, Fred
- Investigation into Sullivan minesite deaths (Krueger) 7318 (Puchmayr) 7318
Hertzman, Clyde
- Early development instrument (Coons) 7290
- Work on early childhood development (Bond) 6613-4, 6663, 6771
Hewer, Lyle
- Death as millworker, investigation and prosecution (Oppal) 6703-4 (Puchmayr) 6703
High Bar First Nation
- Reserve lands (Wyse) 8718
High Road Society
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements (Falcon) 6345
- Malahat Drive section, conditions and improvements (Falcon) 6335 (Horgan) 6334-5
- Malahat Drive section, study (Horgan) 5671
- Role in Gateway program and goods transport (Falcon) 6343
- Spencer Road interchange See Langford, B.C.
Highway 3
- Conditions and improvements (Conroy) 6354-5 (Falcon) 6355
- Traffic volume (Conroy) 6355 (Falcon) 6355
Highway 4
- Road conditions and maintenance (Falcon) 6578 (Fraser) 6578
- Safety issues and alternative routes (Falcon) 6578-9 (Fraser) 6578-9
Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway privatization proposal, public response (Lali) 6092
Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)
- Abernethy connector section (Falcon) 6349 (Sather) 6349
- Harris Road interchange proposal (Bell) 5916 (Falcon) 6349 (Sather) 5916, 6349
Highway 12
- Need for improvements, government consideration (Falcon) 5481
Highway 16
- Missing women along highway
Highway 17
Highway 18
Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Beaver Cove–Port Hardy section, resurfacing and road condition (Falcon) 6350-1 (Trevena) 6350-1
- Bowser area section, emergency vehicle road access (Falcon) 6577-8 (Fraser) 6577-8
- Construction costs (Krueger) 5646
- Fair Harbour road conditions, petition tabled (Trevena) 8361
Highway 33
- Big White–Joe Ridge section, conditions and improvements (Conroy) 6354 (Falcon) 6354
Highway 37
Highway 97
- Missing women along highway 1960s to 1980s (MacKay) 9249
Highway 99
- George Massey Tunnel, transit services (Karagianis) 8821-2
- Sea to Sky Highway
- landslide near Ansel Creek (Chudnovsky) 6466-7 (Falcon) 6466-7
- maintenance, responsibility for costs (Chudnovsky) 6466-7, 6567-72 (Falcon) 6466-8, 6567-72
- privatization See Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, public-private partnership below under this main heading
- slope stability and mitigation program (Chudnovsky) 6570 (Falcon) 6570
- upgrades See Sea to Sky Highway upgrades below under this main heading
- Sea to Sky Highway upgrades
- benefits (Lali) 6345
- costs and financing (Chudnovsky) 6425-6, 6430-1 (Falcon) 6425, 6430-1
- design-build section (Chudnovsky) 6425-31 (Falcon) 6423, 6426-31
- Eagleridge interchange (McIntyre) 5541
- geological issues (Chudnovsky) 6426-7 (Falcon) 6426-7
- impact on traffic (Falcon) 6423
- project (Chudnovsky) 6422 (Falcon) 6345, 6420, 6441 (McIntyre) 5539, 5541
- public-private partnership (Chudnovsky) 6417-22, 6424-5, 6569-73 (Falcon) 6418-21, 6424-5, 6571
- public-private partnership, report See Reports, Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project under Partnerships B.C.
- slide cleanup in construction areas See Sea to Sky Highway, maintenance above under this main heading
- test section (Chudnovsky) 6423-4 (Falcon) 6422-4
Highway 101 (Sunshine Coast Highway)
- Issues, petition tabled (Simons) 9602
Highway of tears See Highway 16
Highways and roads See also particular highways or locations
- Circle route Vancouver-Whistler-Lillooet-Hope (Lali) 5706
- Circle routes See Tourism
- Concrete roads (Thorne) 7256
- Construction projects during 1990s (Farnworth) 5647-8
- Forest roads See Forests and forest industry
- High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes (Falcon) 6341-2, 6507 (Simpson, S.) 6341-2
- Highway system during NDP administration (Lali) 5705-6
- Impact of 2006-07 winter conditions (Falcon) 6523, 6526-7
- Impact of climate change See Climate change
- Maintenance and rehabilitation
- Maintenance contracts, evaluation and performance standards (Chudnovsky) 5589, 5686-7, 6565-7 (Conroy) 6355-6, 6522 (Coons) 5588 (Falcon) 5480-1, 5588-9, 5686-7, 6351-2, 6355-6, 6522-7, 6565-6 (Lali) 5706 (Routley) 6351-3 (Simpson, B.) 6522-6
- Planning (Falcon) 6345 (Lali) 6345
- Resurfacing, use of seal-coating (Falcon) 5687
- Rural roads See Highways and roads and Transportation infrastructure needs in rural areas under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
Hill, Wendy
- Work as assistant deputy minister in Health Ministry (Abbott) 7854
Hillside Gardens, Burnaby, B.C.
- Conditions and future of housing complex (Chouhan) 8150-1, 8167 (Coleman) 8151
Hip replacements See Surgery, joint replacements
under Health – Health care system
HIV/AIDS See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
HMC Services Inc.
Hobbes, Thomas
- Comments on government and society (MacKay) 9258
Hollyburn Properties Ltd.
- Operations in Vancouver (Coleman) 8189 (Thorne) 8188-9
Holocaust
- Remembrance (Chudnovsky) 6697
Home care
- Assessment of long-term care needs See Assessment of care needs under Health – Continuing and long-term care
- Funding (Abbott) 7758, 7760, 7862-3 (Conroy) 7758, 7760, 7762
- Funding and government policies (Abbott) 7623
- Home care by family members See Family caregivers under Families
- Home support service levels (Abbott) 5990, 7758-60 (Conroy) 5654, 7758-60 (Puchmayr) 8379 (Sather) 5754
- Home support service levels in northern B.C. See Health care services under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
- Home support service levels, NDP position (Abbott) 7759
- Housekeeping services See Home support service levels above under this main heading
- Services (Abbott) 7760-2
- System in B.C. (Conroy) 7758
- System in B.C., comparison with other jurisdictions (Abbott) 7758-9
- Workers See also Caregivers
- Workers, government support (Conroy) 7761
- Workers, training (Abbott) 7762, 7860
A Home for Learning program See Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.
Home Inspection Act, 2007
- (Bill M220) (Thorne) 1R, 8301-2
- Debate, speakers (Thorne) 8301-2
Home inspectors See Property inspection
Home Owner Grant Act
Home ownership
Home-based business
- Sales tax collection and remittance See Collection and remittance by home-based craftpersons and not-for-profit organizations under Sales tax
Homelessness See also particular locations; Poverty
- Cost of homelessness (Bains) 9260
- Eligibility of homeless persons for income assistance See Eligibility under Income assistance
- Government action (Bains) 8870 (Black) 5561 (Conroy) 5655 (Cubberley) 5567 (James) 5286 (Krog) 5294-5, 5514-5 (Lali) 5342, 5704-5 (Mayencourt) 5348 (Nuraney) 5378-9 (Routley) 5347-9 (Thorne) 5556-7, 8204-6
- Government strategy (Coleman) 8200, 8204-6
- Government strategy, funding (Fleming) 5621
- Homelessness among first nations (Brar) 6254
- Homelessness among seniors (Puchmayr) 8379 (Routley) 5347
- Homelessness among young people (Christensen) 5392
- Homelessness in B.C. (Brar) 5405-6, 6121 (Cantelon) 5513-5 (Chouhan) 8166-7 (Chudnovsky) 8516-7 (Fleming) 7723 (Hawes) 8499-501 (Kwan) 5532-3, 8517 (Lekstrom) 5401 (Mayencourt) 9241 (Routley) 5347-8, 5695-6 (Wyse) 8501
- Homelessness in small communities (Lali) 5344
- Impact (Hammell) 5713
- Impact on local economies (James) 5414
- Mentally ill homeless persons See Mental illness and homelessness under Mental health; Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill under Housing
- Report on homelessness, recommendations (Thorne) 8204
- Shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
- Student proposals See Windermere Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Task force See Premier's Task Force on Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addictions
- Work on solutions (James) 8355
Homeowner grant
Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007
- (Bill 34) (Minister of Forests and Range) 1R, 7203; 2R, 7969-74; C, 8369-74; 3R, 8375; RA, 8477
- Debate, speakers (Coleman) 7203, 7969, 7973-4, 8369-74 (Dix) 8369 (Puchmayr) 7972-3 (Thorne) 7969-71, 8369-74 (van Dongen) 7971-2
- Definitions (Coleman) 8369-70 (Dix) 8369 (Thorne) 8369
- Owner-builder provisions, "Pendray amendment" See Farmland, owner-builders on farmland under Agriculture
- Purpose of bill (Coleman) 7203
- Regulations (Coleman) 8371 (Thorne) 7970, 8371
Homeowner protection office
- Authorization of owner-builders (Coleman) 7203, 7969, 8370 (Thorne) 7970-1
- Raising the Bar project (Coleman) 8196-7 (Thorne) 7970, 8196
- Registrar, powers (Coleman) 7203, 8370-1, 8374 (Thorne) 8370, 8374
- Responsibilities (Coleman) 8181-2 (Thorne) 8180-1-2
- Responsibilities and powers (Coleman) 8374 (Puchmayr) 7972-3 (Thorne) 7969-71, 8374
- Responsibilities and powers, legislation See Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007
Homer-Dixon, Thomas
- Presentation to 2007 NDP convention in Vancouver (Simpson, S.) 9373-4
- Research and writing on environmental, societal and climate change issues (Simpson, S.) 9373
Homes B.C. program
Honeymoon Bay, B.C.
- Bridge See Saywell Creek Bridge
- Flooding due to logging practices, government assistance (Penner) 7452-3 (Routley) 7452-3
- Flooding due to logging practices, government assistance, petition tabled (Routley) 8451
Hope, B.C.
Hope for Freedom Society
- Report on homelessness See Report on homelessness under Homelessness
Horses
Horton, John
- Artistic works (Yap) 8689
Hospice and palliative care
- Development and funding (Abbott) 7714-5
- Development in B.C. (Fraser) 5683, 7715
Hospital District Act
Hospitality industry See Food services industry; Tourism
Hospitals See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals
Hotel Room Tax Act
Hotels and travel accommodation See also Tourism
Hoult, Darrell
- Disability assistance case (Brar) 6204
Housing
- Affordable housing See also Social and subsidized housing below under this main heading
- Cooperative housing (Coleman) 8199 (Thorne) 8199
- Costs, impact on families (Fleming) 5819
- Emergency shelters See Temporary housing and shelters below under this main heading
- Energy-efficient housing, incentives for homeowners (Throne speech) 5261
- Energy-efficient housing, solar energy and heat pump systems (Karagianis) 8935
- Family housing (Thorne) 7574
- Government initiatives (Bloy) 7575 (Bond) 5574 (Campbell) 8240 (Chong) 5442-4, 7723-4 (Christensen) 5391 (de Jong) 5874 (Fraser) 5448 (Hammell) 5713 (Hawes) 5865-6 (Hayer) 5700 (Lekstrom) 5714 (Les) 5666 (McIntyre) 5539 (Mayencourt) 5852-3 (Oppal) 5860 (Richmond) 5595 (Rustad) 5619 (Sather) 5754 (Sultan) 5546 (Taylor) 5420-2, 5425, 5719-20, 6097 (Thorpe) 5339
- Government initiatives, legislation See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2007
- Government strategy (Chong) 7723 (Coleman) 5555, 5901, 8132-5, 8207, 9422-3 (Farnworth) 5648, 5901 (Hayer) 5699 (Kwan) 5767 (Mayencourt) 5660 (Ralston) 5326 (Taylor) 5719 (Thorne) 5511-3, 8133-4
- Government strategy, funding (Black) 5562 (Coleman) 5531-3 (Taylor) 6097 (Thorne) 5531-2
- Homebuyers See Home ownership
- House and lot size (Whittred) 5610
- Housing as human right (Kwan) 8517
- Housing endowment fund (Black) 5562 (Campbell) 8240 (Coleman) 5555, 8133, 8203-4 (Horning) 5651 (Lekstrom) 5714 (Les) 5666 (Ralston) 5956-7, 6096-7 (Robertson) 6098 (Simpson, B.) 6097-8 (Taylor) 5422, 5955-6, 6096-8 (Thorne) 8203-4 (Whittred) 5610
- Housing for people with mental illness See Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill below under this main heading
- Mobile homes See Manufactured homes
- Permission for children in strata and co-op buildings (Mayencourt) 6304
- Permission for children in strata and co-op buildings, legislation See Human Rights Code Amendment Act
- Rent subsidies, rental assistance program, etc. See Social and subsidized housing below under this main heading
- Residential housing market See Real estate industry
- Second-stage housing See Transition houses
- Seniors housing See Housing – Residential care facilities; Housing under Seniors
- Social and subsidized housing
- advertising and marketing (Coleman) 8137, 8184 (Thorne) 8136
- ban on secondhand smoke See Smoking in public places, ban in social housing facilities under Tobacco
- benefits of non-profit housing (Mayencourt) 5659-60
- B.C. Liberal Party position (Sather) 5754
- conversion of public buildings to social housing, private member's motion (Routley) 5862, 5864
- funding (Lali) 5343-4
- government funding and support (Wyse) 8500-1
- government initiatives (McIntyre) 5357 (Mayencourt) 5362-3
- government support (Ralston) 5441
- government support during 1990s (Coleman) 5553 (Puchmayr) 5548
- incentives for developers in Vancouver See Housing, social housing construction under Vancouver, B.C.
- incentives for mixed communities of market and below-market housing (Fleming) 5621
- MLAs' support for projects (Mayencourt) 5363
- mixed housing (Coleman) 8137 (Thorne) 8136-7
- need (Puchmayr) 5548 (Trevena) 5472
- private sector housing (Hawes) 5470
- public-private partnerships (Krueger) 5644
- rent subsidies, dispute resolution, services in other languages (Chouhan) 5376
- rent subsidies, eligibility threshold (Richmond) 5595 (Taylor) 5421 (Whittred) 5609
- rent subsidies, eligibility threshold case (Coleman) 8694 (Kwan) 8694
- rent supplements (Coleman) 8183-6 (Routley) 5697 (Thorne) 8134, 8183-5
- rental assistance program (Coleman) 5532, 5553, 8135, 8183-5 (Fleming) 5819 (Hawes) 5866 (Horning) 5652 (Lekstrom) 5715 (Les) 5666 (Mayencourt) 5660, 5852 (Richmond) 6253 (Taylor) 5719 (Thorne) 7574-5, 8183-4
- stigma (Hawes) 5866
- subsidies on market housing (Hawes) 5470
- supportive housing See Supportive housing below under this main heading
- upgrades for seniors' needs (Lekstrom) 5714-5 (Ralston) 5425 (Taylor) 5421, 5719 (Whittred) 5608, 5610
- waiting list (Coleman) 5554, 8135 (Puchmayr) 5548 (Thorne) 5557
- Supportive housing
- Supportive housing for addicted and mentally ill
- government funding (Krog) 5295
- government initiatives (Abbott) 7663-4
- housing for people with mental illness (Thorne) 9457
- local and provincial government responsibilities (Hawes) 8499-502
- local government responsibility (Roddick) 5601 (Whittred) 5608, 5610
- supportive housing (Chouhan) 7663-4 (Throne speech) 5261 (Whittred) 5608
- Task force See Task Force on Community Opportunities
- Temporary housing and shelters See also Transition houses
- extension of beds to year-round (Fleming) 5621 (Whittred) 5608
- government funding (Coleman) 5554
- number of shelter beds (Brar) 6262 (Horning) 5651 (Puchmayr) 5549 (Ralston) 5425 (Taylor) 5420, 5719 (Trevena) 5472
Housing – Rental housing
- Apartments, conversion to strata property (Coleman) 8693 (Macdonald) 8693
- Availability (Coleman) 8135
- Impact of trade agreement with Alberta See Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (TILMA)
- Investment, impact of tax policies (Coleman) 8189-91 (Robertson) 8189-90
- Landlord-tenant issues, evictions for renovations and dispute resolution process (Coleman) 8186-9 (Thorne) 8186-9
- Permission for children in rental buildings (Mayencourt) 6304
- Rent increases (Brar) 6117 (Richmond) 6117-8
- Rent subsidies or supplements, rental assistance program, etc. See Social and subsidized housing under Housing
- Residential tenancy office See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
- Single-room accommodation, units in downtown east side See Downtown east side under Vancouver, B.C.
Housing – Residential care facilities See also Supportive housing
under Housing
- Admission and release of patients (Abbott) 6922-3, 7657, 7811
- Assisted-living residences, regulation (Abbott) 7774-5 (Coleman) 8195-6 (Conroy) 7774-5 (Thorne) 8195-6
- Campus-of-care model (Abbott) 7764-5 (Conroy) 7765
- Closings (Conroy) 5654
- Conditions
- Deaths of residents, investigation by coroner (Abbott) 8522 (Gentner) 8521
- Funding (Abbott) 8519-21 (Fleming) 8519-20
- Government investment in facilities (Abbott) 6475, 7762-3, 7765
- Housing for senior couples (Macdonald) 5380
- Private facilities (Sather) 5753-4
- Public-private partnerships (Krueger) 5642
- Regulation (Abbott) 7770-2 (Conroy) 7770-2
- Use of restraints on residents (Abbott) 7811 (Dix) 7811
Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities
- Proposal for facility for disabled adults (Whittred) 5610
Housing Matters B.C. See Government strategy
under Housing
Housing, Ministry of See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Housing
Howe, Angela
- Housing for parents (Macdonald) 5380
Howe Sound Women's Centre, Squamish, B.C.
HPV vaccine See Immunization, human papilloma virus vaccine
under Health – Public health
Huang, Sharon
- Canada Day artwork contest winner (Yap) 8444
Hubbert, Marion King
- Work on peak oil theory (Sultan) 7582
Hughes, Ted
- Report on child protection and child death review process See Child protection review under Children
Human rights
- Issues, B.C. Liberal Party position (Sather) 8418
- Issues, decisions in Legislature See History of decision-making under Legislature
Human Rights Code
Human Rights Code Amendment Act
- (Bill M208) (Mayencourt) 1R, 6304
- Debate, speakers (Mayencourt) 6304
Human Rights Code Amendment Act (No. 2), 2007
- (Bill M213) (Chouhan) 1R, 6776
- Debate, speakers (Chouhan) 6776
Human Rights Code (Mandatory Retirement Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007
- (Bill 31) (Attorney General) 1R, 7123; 2R, 8375-90, 8417-23; C, 8475; 3R, 8475; RA, 8477
- Divisions: 2R approved 8423
- Debate, speakers (Farnworth) 8386-8 (Fleming) 8419-22 (Krog) 8383-4 (Lekstrom) 8384-6 (Oppal) 7123, 8375-6, 8422 (Puchmayr) 8376-82 (Routley) 8388-90 (Sather) 8417-9 (Whittred) 8382-3
- Content of bill (Puchmayr) 8381-2
- Debate, time limits (Farnworth) 8386-8 (Fleming) 8419-20 (Lekstrom) 8385-6 (Puchmayr) 8376, 8382 (Routley) 8388-9 (Sather) 8417
- Impact of bill (Fleming) 8420 (Puchmayr) 8381 (Sather) 8417-8
- Purpose of bill (Lekstrom) 8385-6 (Oppal) 8375-6
Human Rights Commission See British Columbia Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Tribunal See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Hunt, Marvin
- Comments on TransLink governance (Dix) 9283 (Ralston) 9134-5
Hunting
- Loss of hunting areas in Kootenay area See Kootenay area
- Policy changes by government (Macdonald) 5380
Hupacasath First Nation
- Consultation by government on removal of lands from tree farm licences (Coleman) 6848 (Trevena) 6848
Huu-ay-aht First Nation See also Maa-nulth First Nations
- Agreement with government (Cantelon) 8566
- Cultural traditions and history See Nuu-chah-nulth people
- Economic and environmental conditions (Horgan) 9448-9
- Impact of non-native settlement and governance (Dennis, R.) 9360
- Leaders See also Dennis, Robert
- Members and economic development (de Jong) 9426
- Visit to Nisga'a territory during Maa-nulth treaty ratification process See Visit by Maa-nulth and Tsawwassen treaty ratification groups under Nisga'a people
Huynh, Johnny
- Community support for family (Cubberley) 9516-7
HYAD See Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities
Hybrid vehicles See Automobiles
Hydroelectricity See Energy
Hydrogen fuel See Fuel
Hyndman, Doug
- Remuneration as chair of B.C. Securities Commission (Oppal) 7996 (Ralston) 7996
Hyndman, Peter