Province of British Columbia
Third Session, 38th Parliament – 2007
Subject Index
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

4-H Club

10 by 10 Challenge

See Equity hiring, disabled persons under Employment and Income Assistance, Ministry of


100 Mile House Junior Secondary School, 100 Mile House, B.C.

100-mile diet

See Locally grown food under Food


108 Mile House, B.C.

2010 LegaciesNow

See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Abbotsford, B.C.

Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on

Aboriginal enhancement agreements

See Education of first nations people under Education


Aboriginal nursing strategy

See Nurses


Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of

Aboriginals

See First nations


Accenture Business Services Ltd

ACE-IT program

See Training programs, career technical training programs under Skills training


Achieve B.C.

See Communications under Government


An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament

An Act to Prohibit the Capture of Wild Birds of Prey

Action Schools B.C. initiative

See Education


ActNow B.C., Minister of State for

Acupuncture

Adams, Ron

Address from the Bar of the House

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne


ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder)

Administrative Tribunals Act

Adoption

See also Foster care


Adult basic education

See Education


Adult guardianship

See Guardianship


Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Advanced education

See Post-secondary education


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

Advertising

Aerospace industry

Aerospace Industry Association of British Columbia

AES Wapiti Energy Corporation

Africa

Aga Khan

Aggregate industry

See Mines and mining industry


Aging

See also Seniors


Agricultural Land Commission

Agricultural land reserve

Agricultural Land Reserve Protection Act, 2007

Agriculture

Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of

Agriculture Day

Agrifood industry

See Food industry


Agritourism

See Tourism


Ahousat, B.C.

See also Flores Island


AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd

Air

Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Air ambulance service

Air India bombing

See Terrorism


AirCare program

Aircraft

Airports

Alaska

Albeluhn, Elmer

Alberni Valley

Alberni-Clayoquot regional district

Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area

Alberta

Albo, Al and Fanny

Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.)

Alcohol

Aldergrove, B.C.

See Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area


Aldonas, Grant

Alert Bay, B.C.

Alexis Creek, B.C.

Allergies

All-terrain vehicles

See Automobiles


Alouette Home Start Society

Alpine resorts

See Mountain resorts under Resorts


ALR

See Agricultural land reserve


Alsager, Judy

Alty Conservancy

Alzheimer's disease

See also Dementia


Amazay Lake

See Duncan Lake (Amazay Lake)


Ambleside beach

See West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area


Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia

Ambulance service

American Association for Justice

Anaphylactic Student Protection Act, 2007

Anaphylaxis

See Allergies


ANAVETS

See Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada


Anderson, Keith

Animals

Ann Elmore Transition House, Campbell River, B.C.

Antifreeze

Apple farming

See Tree fruit industry under Food industry


Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Aquaculture

Arar, Maher

Architects

Armed forces

Armenian genocide

Armoured-car guards

Armstrong, Lance

Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada

Arrow Lakes

Arrow Lakes power project

See Keenleyside Dam


Artibise, Alan

Arts and culture

Arts Council

See British Columbia Arts Council


Arts Now

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


Asbestos

Ashcroft, B.C.

Ashlu Creek

Asia

See Asia-Pacific region; Role as gateway to Asia Pacific under British Columbia


Asian Canadians

See also Chinese Canadians


Asian Heritage Month

Asia-Pacific gateway strategy

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


Asia-Pacific initiative

See Trade between B.C. and Asia under Exports and imports


Asia-Pacific region

Asia-Pacific Trade Council

ASPECT

See Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training


Assanand, Shashi

Assembly of First Nations

Assessment Act

Assessment Authority Act

Assessment of property

See Property tax


Assessment Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists

Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training

Atira Women's Resource Society

Atlin, B.C.

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

See ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder)


Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism

Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

ATVs

See All-terrain vehicles


Atwal, Rashpal

See Treatment of benefits applicants, case under WorkSafe B.C.


Auditor General

Aung San Suu Kyi

Austin Heights Business Improvement Association

Australia

Autism

Automobiles

Auvinen, Carole

Avalanches

Ayre Manor, Sooke, B.C.

Baird, Kim

Baird, Patricia

Baker, Jonathan

Bakken, Tom

Ballem, Penny

Bamfield, B.C.

Banks

See Financial services industry


Banks Island

Barefoot, Gordon

Barkel Business School Ltd

Barlee, Bill

Barnes, Philip

Barrett, David

Barriere, B.C.

Basi, David

Bass, Fred

Bastion Place, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Bateman, Jordan

Battle of Vimy Ridge

See Vimy Ridge


Baucus, Max

BCeSIS system

See Data collection under Education – School boards and districts


BCIT

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


Beach Grove lands

Beacon Hill Villa, Victoria, B.C.

Bear Mountain development

See Vancouver Island


Beaufort Range

Beck, Lynanne

Beehive burners

See Wood waste


Beetles

Belleville ferry terminal

See Victoria, B.C.


Benjamin, Janet

Benson, Don

Berger, Thomas

Berry farming

See Food industry


Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Richmond, B.C.

Bicycling

See Cycling


Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Langley

Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

Binning, Deepak

Biodiesel

See Fuel


Bioenergy

See Bioenergy and Wood waste, use to generate electricity under Energy


Bioheat

See Heating fuel, bioheat under Fuel


Birch Island

Birdair Inc

Birds

See Wildlife


BizPaL

See Licensing and permit information under Business


Blain, Larry

Blair, Robert

Blanshard Community Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Blondeau, Harvey

Blue Mountain

Blueberry farming

See Berry farming under Food industry


Boards

See Boards and commissions under Government


Boas, Franz

Boats and boating

Bodyguards

Bonaparte Indian band

Book publishing

See Publishing industry


Booster seats

See Automobiles


Border infrastructure program

Bouncers

Boundary area

See West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area


Boundary Bay

Bountiful, B.C.

Bowen Island

Braim, Lee and Wendy

Bras for a Cause

Breast health

Bridge Studios, Burnaby, B.C.

Bridges

See also particular bridges


Brilliant Dam

Britannia Beach, B.C.

Britannia mine

British Columbia

British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

B.C. 2008

See 150th anniversary under British Columbia


British Columbia Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Conference

British Columbia Agriculture Council

British Columbia Ambulance Service

British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Assessment

British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

British Columbia Association of Family Resource Programs

British Columbia Association of Social Workers

British Columbia Building Code

British Columbia Business Council

See Business Council of British Columbia


B.C. Campaign 2000

BCcampus

British Columbia Cancer Agency

British Columbia Cancer Foundation

British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities

British Columbia College of Pharmacists

See College of Pharmacists of British Columbia


British Columbia College of Teachers

British Columbia Competition Council

British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils

British Columbia Coroners Service

British Columbia Council for Families

British Columbia Court of Appeal

British Columbia Disability Games

British Columbia Electric Railway Co

British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board

British Columbia Ferry Commission

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

British Columbia Forest Safety Council

British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

British Columbia Games Society

B.C. Healthguide

See Emergency and Health Services Commission


British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

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.

B.C. Is Calling initiative

See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training


British Columbia Judges Compensation Commission

British Columbia Judicial Justices of the Peace Commission

British Columbia Justice Review Task Force

British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund

See Knowledge Development Fund under Research and development


British Columbia Legislative Library

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

See also Government


British Columbia Lions

British Columbia Lottery Corporation

British Columbia Mixed Curling Championship

British Columbia outdoor caucus

British Columbia Parole Board

British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

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

British Columbia Progress Board

British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre

British Columbia Public Service Agency

See also Civil service


British Columbia Rail

British Columbia Rail Corridor Safety Act, 2007

British Columbia Rail Properties Ltd

British Columbia Real Estate Association

British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association

British Columbia School Superintendents Association

British Columbia School Trustees Association

British Columbia Securities Commission

British Columbia Seniors Games

B.C. Sharing

See Buy B.C. program


British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

British Columbia Special Olympics Winter Games

B.C. Stats

British Columbia Teachers Federation

British Columbia Teachers Institute on Parliamentary Democracy

British Columbia timber sales program

British Columbia Transit

British Columbia Transmission Corporation

British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority

British Columbia Treaty Commission

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Wine Act

British Columbia Wood Specialties Group

British Empire

See Colonial relations under International relations


Brodie, Malcolm

Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park

Brophy, Michael

Brown, Martyn

Bruce, Graham

Bruce, Ian

Brunswick Point lands

See Ladner, B.C.


Buck Hill

Budget

See also 2007-08 budget under Budgets


Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2007

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Budgets

Building Code

Building design, inspections, standards, etc

See Construction industry


Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area

Bullying

See Violence


Burke Mountain

See Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area


Burke Mountain Naturalists

Burma/Myanmar

Burnaby, B.C.

See also Burnaby North constituency and area; Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area; Burquitlam constituency and area


Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby North constituency and area

Burnaby school district

See School district 41 (Burnaby)


Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Burns Bog

Burns Bog Conservation Society

Burns, Jonathan

Burquitlam constituency and area

Burrard

See Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area


Burrard Thermal power station

Burrard Yacht Club

Buses and bus service

See Education – Schools; Transit services


Business

See also Corporations


Business – Small business

Business Corporations Act

Business Council of British Columbia

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2007

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority

Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Payday Loans) Amendment Act, 2007

Buy B.C. program

Cabinet

Cabinet ministers

See Cabinet and Ministers under Government


Cabinet's Committee for Climate Action

Cadillac Van Isle 360 race

CAIS

See Canadian agricultural income stabilization program


Caldwell, Bud

California

California Environmental Protection Agency

Callaghan Valley

Calona Vineyards

Calvert, John

Cambie Street

Cambie Village Business Association

Cambridge Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

Cameron, Ron

Cameron, Russ

Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.

Campagnolo, Iona

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo


Campbell, Burton Peter

Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River Environmental Council

Campbell River Hospital, Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River school district

See School district 72 (Campbell River)


Campgrounds

See Parks


Campus 2020

See Post-secondary education


Canada

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Canada Day Poster Challenge

Canada line

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


Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Northwest FASD Partnership

See Research, cross-jurisdictional work under Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder


Canada Place

Canada Winter Games

Canadian agricultural income stabilization program (CAIS)

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Canadian Armed Forces

See Armed forces


Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian Chinese Consumers Association

Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd

Canadian Forest Products Ltd

See Canfor Corp. (Canadian Forest Products)


Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)

Canadian Open Snowboard Tour

Canadian Red Cross

Canadian School Boards Association

Canadian University Service Overseas

Canadian Women's Curling Championship

Cancer

Candy Land Entertainment Corporation

Canfor Corp. (Canadian Forest Products)

Canoe Pass lands

CanSpell National Spelling Bee

Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.

Capilano River

Capital City Volunteers

Capital News (Kelowna)

Capital regional district

Carbon dioxide emissions

See Greenhouse gas emissions under Air


Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Care beds

See Health – Continuing and long-term care


Career training

See Post-secondary education; Skills training


Caregivers

Cariboo Advisor

Cariboo area

See also Cariboo North constituency and area; Cariboo South constituency and area


Cariboo North constituency and area

Cariboo regional district

Cariboo South constituency and area

Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition

See also Mountain pine beetle, beetle action coalitions under Forests and forest industry


Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan

Cariboo-Chilcotin school district

See School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)


Caribou

See Mountain caribou under Wildlife


The Caring Place, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park

Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council

Cars

See Automobiles


Carson Graham Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Carveth family

Cascade Canyon

Cascadia airshed

Cashore, John

Catalyst Paper Corporation

Cathedral Grove

See MacMillan Provincial Park


Cattle farming

See Livestock industry


Caves

CCPA

See Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives


Cedar and Silicon

Central City development

See Surrey, B.C.


Central coast land and resource management plan

See Coastal land and resource management plans


Central Coast regional district

Central Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Central Mountain Air Ltd

Central Okanagan

See Okanagan area


Centre for Literacy (Quebec)

Certified Dental Assistants of British Columbia

Certified Plant Shelters

See Freegro Enterprises


Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre, Prince George, B.C.

Charlie, Jamie

Charlie, Sherry

Charter of Public Education

Charter of Rights and Freedoms

See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms


Charter schools

See Education


Chase, Stuart

Chauffeurs

See Taxi industry


Cheakamus River

Chemical industry

See Petrochemical industry under Oil and gas


Chief electoral officer

See also Elections


Chief gold commissioner

Chilcotin area

Chilcotin school district

See School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)


Chilcotin war

See History under Tsilhqot'in Nation


Child and Youth Representative

See Representative for Children and Youth


Child and Youth Statutes (Representation Improvement) Amendment Act, 2007

Child care

See Children – Child care


Child Care Month

Child Care Subsidy Act

Child, Family and Community Service Act

Child in the Home of a Relative program

See Foster care


Children

See also Youth


Children – Child care

Children – Early childhood development

Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Children's education fund

See Trust fund for children under Post-secondary education


China

See also Asia-Pacific region


Chinatown

Chinese Canadian Military Museum, Vancouver, B.C.

Chinese Canadians

Chinese head tax

See Head tax on Chinese immigrants under Immigration


Chinese Immigration Act

Chinese New Year

See also Lunar new year under Asia-Pacific region


Chingee, Alec

Christina Lake, B.C.

Churchill, Winston

Chutter, David

CIII

See Conservation investments and incentives initiative


Cities and towns

See also Communities


City of Terrace Forestry Task Force

Civil justice system

See Justice system


Civil service

Clark, Christy

Clark, Glen

Clayoquot Sound area

Clayoquot Sound central region board

Clean energy fund

See Energy


Climate

See Climate change; Weather


Climate change

Cline Mining Corp

Clinton, B.C.

Cloverdale Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Cloverdale Trades and Technology Centre

See Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.


CN Rail

CNIB

See Canadian National Institute for the Blind


Coal

Coal Act

Coalition of Child Care Advocates

Coast Mental Health Foundation

Coast Mountains school district

See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)


Coast Salish

See Salish first nations


Coastal land and resource management plans

Cobb, Tyrus Raymond (Ty)

Cobble Hill, B.C.

Coffey, John P

College of Pharmacists of British Columbia

College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

Collins, Gary

Collins, Vince

Columbia Lake Provincial Park

Columbia National Investments Ltd

Columbia Power Corporation

Columbia River

Columbia River Treaty

Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area

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

Commissions of inquiry

See also Inquiries


Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Communities

See also Cities and towns


Community Care and Assisted Living Act Amendment Act, 2007

Community care workers

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Community Charter

Community law offices

See Justice system


Community LINK program

See Education


Community living

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Community Living British Columbia

See also Community living services under Disabled and handicapped persons


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

Community Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria

Community transition program

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


Comox First Nation

Comox Valley

Comox-Strathcona regional district

Compliance Energy Corporation

Computer technology

Conayt Friendship Society

Condominiums

See Strata property


Conference Board of Canada

Conflict of interest

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

See also Fraser, Paul; Oliver, H.A.D.


Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a

Congregation Temple Emanuel, Victoria, B.C.

Conroy, Ed

Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie- Brittanique

Conservancies

See Parks; particular conservancies


Conservation investments and incentives initiative

Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers, etc

See Wildlife


Constituencies

See Elections; particular constituencies


Constitution

Construction industry

Consumers

Consumers Association of Canada

Contaminated sites

See Waste management


Convention centre, Vancouver, B.C.

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


Conversation on Health

See Public consultation by government under Health – Health care system


Cooperative Association Act

Cootes, Charlie

Copeman, Don

Coquihalla Highway

See Highway 5


Coquitlam, B.C.

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


Coquitlam First

Coquitlam River

Coquitlam school district

See School district 43 (Coquitlam)


Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area

Coroner

Coroners Act

Coroners Service

See British Columbia Coroners Service


Corporations

See also Business


Corps of commissionaires

Correction Act

Corrections system

See also Crime and criminals; Justice system


Corrigan, Derek

Cortes Island

Cory, Peter

Courage to Come Back Awards

See Coast Mental Health Foundation


Court of Appeal

See British Columbia Court of Appeal


Court of Appeal Act

Courthouses

See Justice system


Courts

See Justice system; particular courts


Courtyard Terrace, Burnaby, B.C.

Covenant House Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.

Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Station Elementary School, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Tribes

Cowichan Valley

Cowichan Valley Hospice Society

Cowichan Valley school district

See School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)


Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area

CPR

See Cardiopulmonary resuscitation


Cran, Bruce

Cranberry farming

See Berry farming under Food industry


Cranbrook, B.C.

Cranmer, Bill

CRD

See Capital regional district


Credit rating

Creston, B.C.

Crime and criminals

See also Corrections system; Justice system


Criminal Code (federal)

Criminal Records Review Act

Crosley, Howard

Cross, Bill

Cross-Blackett, Valerie

Crossroads Hospice Society

Crowley, Wayne

Crown corporations

Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on

Crown land

Crown Proceeding Act

Crystal meth

See Crystal methamphetamine under Substance abuse and addiction


Cue's GameRoom, Grill and Pizzeria, Penticton, B.C.

Culture

See Arts and culture


Cumberland, B.C.

Curl B.C.

Cycling

Dakota Ridge

Dale Arden Log Hauling Ltd

Dauncey, Guy

David Avenue Connector

See Coquitlam, B.C.


David Lloyd George Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

David Suzuki Foundation

Davidson, Peg

Dawson Creek, B.C.

De Patie, Grant

Deas Island tunnel

See George Massey Tunnel under Highway 99


Debt

Debtor Assistance Act

Deepak Binning Foundation

Degree Authorization Act

Dehaas, Casey

Delta, B.C.

See also Delta South constituency and area


Delta Cedar Products Ltd

Delta Port

Delta school district

See School district 37 (Delta)


Delta South constituency and area

Dementia

See also Alzheimer's disease


Democracy

Deni House, Williams Lake, B.C.

Dennis, Robert, Sr

Dentistry

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Deregulation

See particular ministries; Regulations and red tape under Government


Detoxification

See Detox beds under Substance abuse and addiction


Developmentally disabled persons

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Diabetes

Dinwoodie, Murray

Disabled and handicapped persons

Disasters

See Emergencies


Discrimination and racism

Disease

See also particular conditions, diseases, etc.


Ditidaht First Nation

Divisions, Recorded

Diwali

Dobell, Ken

Dockside Green

See Victoria, B.C.


Doctors

See Physicians


Documents tabled

Dogwood certificate

See Graduation certificate under Education


Domestic violence

See Family violence and Violence against women under Violence; Family violence under Asian Canadians


Dominion Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

Doney, Lee

Dorais, Chris

Dosdall, Emery

Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.

Douglas Day

Douglas, Sir James

Doukhobors

Dover Bay Dolphins

Downey, Karen and Leo

Downtown east side

See Vancouver, B.C.


Doyle, John

Dream Home China project

See Exports under Forests and forest industry


Drew, Jay

Drinking water

See Water


Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2007

Driver's licences

See Automobiles


Drugs

Dumont, Bill

Dumont, Dan and Carol

Dumstrey-Soos, Tanya

Duncan, B.C.

Duncan Lake (Amazay Lake)

Dunrovin Park Lodge, Quesnel, B.C.

Dziekanski, Robert

E&N Railway

See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway


Early learning and literacy

See Children – Early childhood development


Earth Day

East Kootenay regional district

See also East Kootenays under Kootenay area


East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Eating disorders

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

Economy

Economy – B.C. economy

Ecosystems

See Environment


Edgewood, B.C.

Edmonds

See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area


EDS Advanced Solutions Inc

Education

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


Education – Funding

Education – School boards and districts

Education – Schools

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

Education, Select Standing Committee on

Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Education trust fund

See Trust fund for children under Post-secondary education – Funding


E-health initiative

See Information under Health – Health care system


Eid-ul-Adha festival

Elders in the Classroom pilot project

See Education of first nations people under Education


Elections

See also Politics and politicians


Elections B.C.

Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007

Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

Elk

See Wildlife


Elk Falls mill

See TimberWest Forest Corp.


Elk Valley

Elk Valley Coal Corporation

Emerald Fields Resource Corp

Emergencies

Emergency and Health Services Commission

Emergency Management British Columbia

Employment and Assistance Act

Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act

Employment and Income Assistance, Ministry of

Employment and unemployment

Employment Standards Act Amendment Act, 2007

Empowered to Work program

See Employment, mentoring program under Women


Enbridge Pipelines Inc

Endako Mines

See Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.


Energy

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

Enforcement of Canadian Judgments and Decrees (Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement) Amendment Act, 2007

Engineers and Geoscientists Act

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

See Education


Environment

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

Environmental Appeal Board

Environmental Assessment Act

Environmental assessment office

Equine dentistry

See Agriculture


Equity hiring

See Business; Civil service


Esquimalt

See Victoria, B.C.


Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area

Ethylene glycol

See Ban on ethylene glycol under Safety


Europe

Evans Forest Products Ltd

Evans, Kevin

Evergreen

Evergreen line

See Evergreen rapid transit line under Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Evidence Act

Exercise

Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.

Exports and imports

ExxonMobil Canada Ltd

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

False Creek Surgical Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Families

Family Caregivers Network Society

Family law

See Justice system


Family Maintenance Enforcement Act

Family maintenance enforcement program

Family Relations Act

Famous Five

Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association

Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act

Farm Safety Week

See Canadian Agricultural Safety Week


Farmers, farms, farmworkers, etc

See Agriculture


Farmers market nutrition and coupon pilot project

See Food industry


FARSHA

See Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association


FASD

See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder


Fast-Track program

Federation of British Columbia Woodlot Association

Fennessy, Connor

Fernbrae Manor, Kelowna, B.C.

Fernie, B.C.

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Ferry commissioner

See British Columbia Ferry Commission


Le Festival du Bois

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Filipinos

Film industry

Final Agreement Consequential Amendments Act, 2007

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Finance, Ministry of

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Finance Statutes (Innovative Clean Energy Fund) Amendment Act, 2007

Financial Institutions Act

Financial Institutions Commission

Financial services industry

Finland

Finnerty, Merle

Fires and firefighters

Firewood in campgrounds

See Parks


First nations

First nations – Treaties

First Nations Education Act

First nations education authority

See Education of first nations people under Education


First Nations Education Steering Committee

See also Education of first nations people, jurisdiction agreements under Education


First Nations Forestry Council

First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2007

First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act (federal)

First Nations Leadership Council

First Nations Summit

Fish

See also Aquaculture; Fishing industry


Fisher, Thomas

Fishing industry

Fitch and Associates, LLC

Fitness

See Health – Public health


Flag Day

Flathead River

Flathead River Basin

Flaunt your Frenchness Week

Flicka Gymnastics Club

Floods and floodplains

Flores Island

Folk, Melanie and Dwayne

Food

See also Food industry


Food banks

Food industry

See also Agriculture; Food


Food services industry

Fording River coalmine

See Elk Valley Coal Corporation


Forest Act

Forest and Range Practices Act

Forest and Range Protection Act

Forest Appeals Commission

Forest fires

See Fires and firefighters


Forest Land Reserve Act

Forest Practices Board

Forest recreation sites

See Parks


Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd

Forestry Revitalization Act

Forests and forest industry

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

Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Formosa Nursery Co. Ltd

Forster, Kate

Fort Langley, B.C.

Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area

Fort St. James, B.C.

Fort St. John, B.C.

Foster care

Foundation skills assessment

See Education


Four Host First Nations Secretariat

Four Sisters Housing Co-operative, Vancouver, B.C.

Fox, Mary

Fox, Terry

See Terry Fox Foundation


Francophone Education Authority

See Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie- Brittanique


Frank, Cosmos Richard

Fraser Basin Council

Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Institute

Fraser, Paul

Fraser Port

Fraser River

Fraser Valley

See also Lower mainland


Fraser Valley Wine Tasting Festival

Fraserside Community Services Society

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

Freedom of the press

Freegro Enterprises

French immersion

See Curriculum under Education


Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia

Friesen, Chris

Front Counter B.C.

Front Runner Productions Inc

FSA

See Foundation skills assessment under Education


Fuel

See also Oil and gas


Fuel Focus

Fynn, Tara

GAAP

See Accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles under Government


Galore Creek mine

See NovaGold Resources Inc.


Gambling

Games

See particular games


Gaming

See Gambling


Gaming Control Act

Gaming policy and enforcement branch

Gangs

Gardasil

See Immunization, human papilloma virus vaccine under Health – Public health


Garden, Frank

Gardening

Garibaldi

See West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area


Gas stations

See Service stations under Fuel


Gasoline

See Fuel


Gateway projects

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation; particular projects


GATT

See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade


GDP

Geiger Engineers PC

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Genstar Development Company

Geoduck farming

See Aquaculture


Georgia Strait

Germyn, Shelagh

Gillis, Mitch

Give the Gift of Sight Foundation

Global warming

See Climate change


GM Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Gold River, B.C.

Golden, B.C.

Golden Ears Bridge

Good Food Box program

See Food


Goodwin, Ginger

Gordon, Mary

Gosling, Barbara

Gosnell, Joseph

Gove, Thomas J

Government

See also British Columbia Liberal Party – Government; Cities and towns; Civil service; Communities; Government – Local government; Legislature; Regional districts


Government – Local government

Government agents

Gramlich, Ted

Grand Forks, B.C.

Grandparents

See Families


Grant, Cathy

Gravel

Grazing land

See Rangeland


Great Canadian Gaming Corporation

Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, B.C.

Great Salmon Send-off

Great Walk

See North Island under Vancouver Island


Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce

Greater Vancouver Gateway Council

Greater Vancouver regional district

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36)

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 43)

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)

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

Greater Victoria

See Capital regional district; Victoria, B.C.


Greater Victoria Business Awards

Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

Greater Victoria Police Department

Greater Victoria school district (School district 61)

See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)


Green building code

See Construction industry


Green Timbers

See Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area


Greenhouse gas emissions

See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions


Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act

Greenhouse industry

See Agriculture


Greer, Mike

Griffiths, Jane

Gross domestic product

Group homes

Growth management

See also Land use; Urbanization


Grunwel, Nadia

Guardianship

Gulf Islands

Gunderson, Lee

GVRD

See Greater Vancouver regional district


Haarala, Karen

Habitat for Humanity

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

Hamilton, Arnie

Hammond cedar mill

See International Forest Products Inc.


Hammond family

Handicapped persons

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Hansen, Rick

Happynook, Tom

Harbours

See particular ports; Ports


Harcourt, Michael (Mike)

Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Harris, Pam

Harry, Rick

Hartley Bay, B.C.

Hats Off Day

See Heights area businesses' community event under Burnaby, B.C.


Hawkshaw, Fred

Hayden, Brent

Hayden, Dana

Hayer, Tara Singh

Haynes, Sheryl

Hazardous products

Hazelton, B.C.

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


Health – Health care funding

Health – Health care system

Health – Public health

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

Health Emergency Act

Health, Ministry of

Health, Select Standing Committee on

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

HealthLine Services B.C.

See Emergency and Health Services Commission


Hearing impairment

Heating fuel

See Fuel


Hecate Strait

Heed, Kash

Hegland, Chloe

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

Heritage sites

See also Arts and culture


Heritage Week

Hermann, Fred

Hertzman, Clyde

Hewer, Lyle

High Bar First Nation

High Road Society

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 3

Highway 4

Highway 5

Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)

Highway 12

Highway 16

Highway 17

Highway 18

Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Highway 33

Highway 37

Highway 97

Highway 99

Highway 101 (Sunshine Coast Highway)

Highway of tears

See Highway 16


Highways and roads

See also particular highways or locations


Hill, Wendy

Hillside Gardens, Burnaby, B.C.

Hip replacements

See Surgery, joint replacements under Health – Health care system


HIV/AIDS

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


HMC Services Inc

Hobbes, Thomas

Hollyburn Properties Ltd

Holocaust

Home care

A Home for Learning program

See Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.


Home Inspection Act, 2007

Home inspectors

See Property inspection


Home Owner Grant Act

Home ownership

Home-based business

Homelessness

See also particular locations; Poverty


Homeowner grant

Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007

Homeowner protection office

Homer-Dixon, Thomas

Homes B.C. program

Honeymoon Bay, B.C.

Hope, B.C.

Hope for Freedom Society

Horses

Horton, John

Hospice and palliative care

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

Housing

Housing – Rental housing

Housing – Residential care facilities

See also Supportive housing under Housing


Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities

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

Howe Sound Women's Centre, Squamish, B.C.

HPV vaccine

See Immunization, human papilloma virus vaccine under Health – Public health


Huang, Sharon

Hubbert, Marion King

Hughes, Ted

Human rights

Human Rights Code

Human Rights Code Amendment Act

Human Rights Code Amendment Act (No. 2), 2007

Human Rights Code (Mandatory Retirement Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007

Human Rights Commission

See British Columbia Human Rights Commission


Human Rights Tribunal

See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal


Hunt, Marvin

Hunting

Hupacasath First Nation

Huu-ay-aht First Nation

See also Maa-nulth First Nations


Huynh, Johnny

HYAD

See Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities


Hybrid vehicles

See Automobiles


Hydroelectricity

See Energy


Hydrogen fuel

See Fuel


Hyndman, Doug

Hyndman, Peter

Iannidinardo, Lori

ICBC

See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia


ICE fund

See Innovative clean energy fund under Energy


Ilkay Development Corporation

ILMB

See Integrated land management bureau


Immigration

Immunity agreements

See Justice system


Immunization

See Health – Public health


Incapacity planning

See Adult guardianship and personal planning tools under Guardianship; Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007


Income

Income assistance

See also Income assistance – Disability benefits


Income assistance – Disability benefits

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007

Independent Commission to Review MLA Compensation

Independent Lumber Remanufacturers Association of British Columbia

Independent power producers

See Energy


Independent School Act

Indian Act (federal)

Indian Arm Provincial Park

Indians

See First nations


Indigenous people

Indo-Canadians

See Asian Canadians


Industry Training and Apprenticeship Council

Industry Training Authority

See also Skills training


Influenza

Information and Privacy Commissioner

See also Freedom of information


Infrastructure

See also Highways and roads


Innovative clean energy fund

See Energy


Inquiries

Inquiry Act

Insect pests

In-SHUCK-ch Nation

Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

Insurance Act

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Insurance premium tax

Insurance Premium Tax Act

Insurance (Vehicle) Act

Integrated Gang Task Force

Integrated land management bureau

Inter Tribal Health Authority

Interagency management committees

See Land use


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Intergovernmental relations secretariat

Interior British Columbia

See British Columbia


Interior Health Authority

International Broadcast Centre

See Broadcast services under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

International Forest Products Inc

International Olympic Committee

International relations

International Women's Day

Internet

See Computer technology


Interpretation Act

Invasive Plant Council

Invasive species

See Plants


Invergarry Adult Learning Centre

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Investment

IOC

See International Olympic Committee


Island Cogeneration Project Ltd

Island Corridor Foundation

Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Island Timberlands Ltd

Islands Trust

ITA

See Industry Training Authority


ITAC

See Industry Training and Apprenticeship Council


Jaccard, Mark

James Bay Care Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Jamieson, Pennie

Jarvis, Guy

Jassi

See Sidhu, Jaswinder


Jewish Canadians

Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


Joe, Harry

Joe, Norman, Sr

John, Edward

John Laing Co

John Oliver Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Johnson, Tyler

Johnston, Alan

Johnstone, Trevor

Jordan River

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Journalists

Journée de la Francophonie

Juan de Fuca constituency

See Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area


Juan de Fuca Strait

Judicial Justices Compensation Commission

Judson, Mitch

Jules, Manny

Jumbo Glacier Resort

Junior Achievement program

Junk food

Justice system

See also Corrections system; Crime and criminals; particular courts


Kabaddi

See Sports


Kakawis Family Development Centre, Meares Island, B.C.

Kamloops Airport

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Food Bank, Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area

Kamloops-Thompson school district

See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)


Karst systems

See Caves


Katzie First Nation

Ka:'yu:'k't'h'-Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation

See also Maa-nulth First Nations


Keenleyside Dam

Keith, David

Kelly, Doug

Kelowna accord

See First nations


Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna Cops for Kids

Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna International Airport

Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area

Kelvin Creek

Kemano power project

Kemess mine

See Northgate Minerals Corp.


Kidney health

Kieran, Brian

Kimberley, B.C.

Kinder Morgan Inc

King George Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Kingcome Inlet

Kingshott, Tom

Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.

Kinsol Trestle

Kirby, Michael

Kitasoo Spirit Bear Conservancy

Kitimat, B.C.

Kitselas First Nation

Kitwanga, B.C.

Kiwanis Emergency Youth Shelter, Victoria, B.C.

Kiwanis Kids Choir

Knee replacements

See Surgery, joint replacements under Health – Health care system


Knight, Craig

Knowledge Development Fund

See Research and development


Knowledge Network

See Open Learning Agency


Knowledge Network Corporation Act

Knudsen, Arne

Kohne, Barbara

Kohnen, Carley

Koksilah River

Komagata Maru

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


Kootenay area

See also West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area


Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, B.C.

Kopar Administration Ltd

Kozar, Tom

KPMG

Krebs, Lisa

Kreklau, Fred and Alexandrine

Ktunaxa Nation

Kuper Island

K'waal Conservancy

Kwadacha Nation

Kwakiutl First Nation

Kwan, Mila

Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.

Kwikwetlem First Nation

Kyoto accord

Kyuquot, B.C.

Labatt Breweries of B.C. Ltd

Labour

Labour and Citizens' Services, Ministry of

Labour and Citizens' Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Labour Relations Board

Labour Relations Code

Labour shortage

See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training


Ladner, B.C.

Ladner, Gertrude Richards

Ladner, Peter

Lady Douglas–Don Peninsula Conservancy

Ladysmith, B.C.

See Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area


Ladysmith Maritime Society

Ladysmith Resources Centre, Ladysmith, B.C.

Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Laity farm

See Maple Ridge, B.C.


Lake Country

See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area


Lake Cowichan, B.C.

Lampson Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Land

See also Crown land; Land use; Property; Rangeland; Real estate industry


Land Act

Land and resource registry

See Integrated land and resource registry under Land use


Land Commission Act

Land Owners Rights Association

Land Tax Deferment Act

Land Title Act

Land Title and Survey Authority Act

Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia

Land use

See also Agricultural land reserve; Urbanization


Landfills

See Waste management


Landlord-tenant issues

See Housing – Rental housing


Langford, B.C.

Langley, B.C.

Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.

Langley Township Regional Airport

Lansbridge University, Vancouver, B.C.

Lavallee, Mary

Law Society of British Columbia

Lawyers

See Justice system


Leadership B.C. program

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards

Leading Edge Endowment Fund

See Research and development


Leaky-condos issue

See Condominiums under Strata property


Learning disabilities

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

Learning Roundtable

See Education


LearnNow B.C.

See Distributed-learning programs for graduates under Education


Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd

LEED standards

LEEF

See Leading Edge Endowment Fund under Research and development


Legacies Now

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


Legacy endowment fund for housing

See Housing endowment fund under Housing


Legal Profession Act

Legal Services Society

Legal Services Society Act

Legal system

See Justice system


Legislation

Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Legislative Assembly (Members' Remuneration and Pensions) Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Legislature

See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker


Lehigh Northwest Cement Ltd

Lessard, Dan

Lewis, David

Lewis, Jean

Lewis, Stephen

Lewis, Ted

Lheidli T'enneh band

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point

Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council

See also Cabinet and Ministers under Government


Lifesaving Society of Canada, British Columbia and Yukon Branch

Likely, B.C.

Lillooet, B.C.

See also Yale-Lillooet constituency and area


Limitation Act

Lincoln Elementary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

LINK program

See Community LINK program under Education


Lions Bay, B.C.

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation

Lionsview Seniors' Planning Society

Liquor

See Alcohol


Liquor Control and Licensing Act

Literacy

Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project

See Vancouver, B.C.


Little Mountain Residential Care and Housing Society

Livable region strategic plan

See Greater Vancouver regional district


Livestock industry

Living rivers trust fund

See Rivers and streams


Lloyd, Selwyn

Lo, Michael

See also Kingston College, Vancouver, B.C.; Lansbridge University, Vancouver, B.C.


Lobbyists

Local government

See Communities; Government – Local government; Regional districts


Local Government Act

Local Government Conflict of Interest Act, 2007

LocalMotion

See Green community design projects under Communities


Lockhart-Gordon Conservancy

Locksmiths

See Security services


Lodge on 4th, Ladysmith, B.C.

Logan, Max

Logging

See Forests and forest industry


Long-term care

See Health – Continuing and long-term care


Lonsdale

See North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area


Lord Roberts Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Los Angeles, California

Lougheed Highway

See Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway)


Louie, Clarence

Loukidelis, David

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner


Lowe, Stan

Lower mainland

Lower mainland treaty advisory committee

LRSP

See Livable region strategic plan under Greater Vancouver regional district


Lutz, John

Luxury tax

See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles under Automobiles


Lytton, B.C.

Lytton First Nation

Lytton Lumber Ltd

Maa-nulth First Nations

See also Huu-ay-aht First Nation; Ka:'yu:'k't'h'-Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation; Toquaht First Nation; Uchucklesaht First Nation; Ucluelet First Nation


Maa-nulth First Nations – Treaty, final agreement

See also Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act


Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act

McClean, Albert

McDermott, Gary

McDonald, Jessica

McGowan, Judy

Mack, Bert

McKenna-McBride commission

See First nations


Mackenzie, B.C.

McLeod Lake First Nation

MacMillan Provincial Park

MacMinn, E. George

McPherson, Charles John

McPhie, Michael

Maillardville, B.C.

See also Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area


Mainroad Contracting Ltd

Malahat highway

See Malahat corridor under Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Malaspina Hotel, Nanaimo, B.C.

Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mandatory retirement

See Retirement


Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Amendment Act, 2007

Manufactured homes

Maple, Barbara

Maple Ridge, B.C.

Maple Ridge school district

See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)


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

Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area

Marasco, Mike

Marijuana

Marine traffic, vessels, etc

Marriage

Marriage Act

Martin Morigeau Elementary School, Canal Flats, B.C.

Mary Manning Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Maternity services

See Health – Health care system


Mathers, Laura

Maximus Inc

May Day Hyack Festival

May, Erskine

Mazigh, Monia

Meat

See Food industry


Medevac service

Media

Medical research

See Research under Health


Medical Services Commission

Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

Medicare Protection Act

Medicare Protection Public Access Act, 2007

Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2007

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

See also Politics and politicians


Memorial Cup

Mental health

Meraw, Ann

Merit Commissioner

Merritt, B.C.

Metchosin, B.C.

See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area


Métis

Métis Nation B.C.

Mexico

Michael, Eunice

Mid-Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Millennium scholarship fund

See Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation


Millside Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.

Mineral Land Tax Act

Mineral Tenure Act

Minerals North conference

Miners Memorial Day

Mines Act

Mines and mining industry

Minimum wage

See Wages and salaries


Minimum Wage Fairness Act, 2007

Mining, Minister of State for

Ministerial accountability

See Ministers under Government


Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2006-2007

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2007

Mission, B.C.

See also Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area


Mission Foundation

Mission Foundation Amendment Act, 2007

Mission Self-Advocacy Group

Mitchell, Chelsie

Mitchell, Marlene

MLAs

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Mobile homes

See Manufactured homes


Monical, Marvin

Montana

Morales, Robert

Morfitt, George

Morley, Jane

Morley, Terry

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

See School issues under Bountiful, B.C.


Morris, Linda

Morrison-Hines, Jan

Motion Picture Act

Motions

Motor Fuel Tax Act

Motor Vehicle Act

Motorcycle Noise Control Act

Motorcycles

Mount Milligan mine project

See Terrane Metals Corp.


Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Mount Robson Provincial Park

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

Mountain biking

See Cycling


Mountain caribou

See Wildlife


Mountain pine beetle

Mountain Resort Association Act

See Resort Association Act


Mountain resorts

See Resorts


Move for Health Day

MRI services

See Magnetic resonance imaging under Health – Health care system


Mud-bogging

See Recreation


Muir, Carling

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism, Ministry of

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


Mulvihill, Paul

Mundy, Violet

Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia

Municipalities

See Government – Local government


Munro, Jane

Museums

Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council

Music Teachers (Registered) Act

Muskwa-Kechika management area

Musqueam Indian band

Mussallem, George

Mutual funds

See Securities industry


Muzyka, Dan

Myanmar

See Burma/Myanmar


Myra Canyon

NAFTA

See North American Free Trade Agreement


Nahanee, Harriet

Naikoon Provincial Park

NaiKun Wind Development Inc

Nakusp, B.C.

Nanaimo, B.C.

See also Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area


Nanaimo Clippers

Nanaimo Family Justice Services Centre

Nanaimo Family Life Association

Nanaimo regional district

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Seniors Village, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area

Nanoose First Nation

Nanwakolas Council

Nass Valley

See also Nisga'a people


Nastoh, Hamed

National Addictions Awareness Week

National Figure Skating Championships

National Institute of Disability Management and Research

National Missing Children's Day

National Parole Board

Natural gas

See Oil and gas


Natural resources

See Resources and resource industries


Nechako Lakes school district

See School district 91 (Nechako Lakes)


Nechako Northcoast Construction

Nechako River

Negrin, David

Nelson, B.C.

Nemaiah Valley

New Car Dealers Association of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of Canada

New Hope therapeutic community project

See Prince George, B.C.


New Media BC

New Relationship Business Group

New Relationship Trust

New Vista Care Home, Burnaby, B.C.

New Vista Foundation

New Westminster, B.C.

See also New Westminster constituency and area


New Westminster constituency and area

Newcastle Island

Newton Advocacy Group Society

NIDMAR

See National Institute of Disability Management and Research; Zimmerman, Wolfgang


NIPSEC

See North Island Post-Secondary Education Committee


Nisga'a people

Nisga'a treaty

Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Osoyoos, B.C.

Noise pollution

Non-profit housing

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


NoRooz

North America

North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Indigenous Games

North Central Municipal Association

North Coast constituency and area

North Coast land and resource management plan

See Coastal land and resource management plans


North Coast Steelhead Alliance

North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.

North Island constituency and area

See also North Island under Vancouver Island


North Island Post-Secondary Education Committee

North Saanich, B.C.

North Shore

See Vancouver, B.C.


North Shore Credit Union

North Shore Youth Safe House

North Thompson area

See Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area


North Thompson River

North Vancouver, B.C.

North Vancouver Outdoor School, Brackendale, B.C.

North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area

Northern Health Authority

Northgate Minerals Corp

Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.

Norton, Bill and Dagmar

Notaries Act

Nova Scotia

NovaGold Resources Inc

NRI Distribution

Nurses

Nuu-chah-nulth first nations

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Nystoruk, Sheila

Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion, Victoria, B.C.

Oberti, Oberto

Obesity

Occupational health and safety

Ocean

Octopus Islands Provincial Park

Offence Act

Office for Children and Youth

Officers of the Legislature

See Legislature


Off-Road Vehicle Coalition

Off-road vehicles

See Automobiles


Offshore drilling

See Oil and gas


Oil and gas

Oil and Gas Commission

Oil tanker safety

See Tanker safety under Shipping industry


Okanagan area

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan Fall Wine Festival

Okanagan Lake

Okanagan-Westside constituency and area

The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

Olive Devaud Residence, Powell River, B.C.

Oliver, H.A.D.

Olympic Broadcast Service

See Broadcast services under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Olympic Games

Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

Ombudsman

Omineca

See Prince George–Omineca constituency and area


Omineca Beetle Action Coalition

See Mountain pine beetle, beetle action coalitions under Forests and forest industry


O'Neill, Thomas Philip (Tip)

Ontario

Ontario Law Reform Commission

Open Learning Agency

Open Learning Agency Act

Options Health System Ltd

Opus Hotel

Oral questions by member

See also Oral questions by subject


Oral questions by subject

See also Oral questions by member


Orbitones

Orca Sand and Gravel Ltd

Organ donations and transplants

See Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.


Organic farming

See Agriculture


Orr, Andy

Otter Point area

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Our Place, Victoria, B.C.

Outer Central Coast Islands Conservancy

Owikeno Conservancy

Oyama, B.C.

P3s

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


Pace Group Communications Inc

Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences Act

Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences, Nanaimo, B.C.

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Pacific gateway

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


Pacific leadership agenda

See British Columbia Liberal Party – Government


Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

Pacific Northwest Raptors Ltd

Pacific Salmon Forum

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Pacific Spirit Park

Pacific Sport Institute

See Sports facility under Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.


Palliative care

See Hospice and palliative care


Palmer, Vaughan

Pan Pacific Aggregates Ltd

Paramedics

See Ambulance service


Parent advisory councils

See Education


Park Act

Parks

See also particular parks


Parks and Protected Areas Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Parksville, B.C.

See also Nanaimo-Parksville constituency and area


Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2007

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

Parole

See British Columbia Parole Board; Justice system


Parole Act

Partners in Prevention program

See Violence against women, prevention under Violence


Partnerships British Columbia

Passenger Transportation Act

Patients Property Act

Pattullo Bridge

Paul, Frank Joseph

PavCo

Payday Lending Act, 2007

Payday loans

See Payday lending industry under Financial services industry


PCTIA

See Private Career Training Institute Agency; Private institutions under Post-secondary education


Peace River area

Pearl's Place Transition House, Squamish, B.C.

Pearse-McRae report

Pedder Bay Marina

PEERS

See Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society


Pemberton, B.C.

Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

Pendray, David (Dave)

Penikett, Tony

Pensions

Penticton Seniors Recreation and Wellness Society

Perrin, Dan

Personal Information Protection Act, Special Committee to Review the

Personal Property Security Act

Persons Case

See Activities for women's rights under Famous Five


Pest control

Peterson, Emma

Petitions

Petro-Canada Ice Centre, Port Moody, B.C.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act

Pets

See Animals


Pharmacare program

Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act

PharmaNet

See Pharmacare program


Phillip, Stuart

Phillips Estuary/nacinux Conservancy

Photon Control Inc

Physical fitness

See Fitness under Health – Public health


Physicians

Physiotherapists

Pickton, Robert William

Pierre, Harry

Pilothouse Public Affairs Group Inc

PIN messages

See Communications technologies under Government


Pinecone Burke Provincial Park

Pipeline Road

Pipelines

See Pipelines under Oil and gas


Pitt Lake

Pitt Meadows, B.C.

See Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area


Pitt River

Pitt River Bridge

Plant, Geoff

Plants

PNP

See Provincial nominee program under Immigration


PNWER

See Pacific NorthWest Economic Region


Podmore, David

Point, Steven

See also Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point


Points of order

Poleschuk, Vic

Police Act

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police Complaint Commissioner

Politics and politicians

See also Elections


Pollution

Ponderosa Place, Kamloops, B.C.

Pope and Talbot Inc

Poplar Glade Elementary School, Williams Lake, B.C.

Population

See British Columbia


Port Alberni, B.C.

See also Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area


Port Alice, B.C.

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

See also Tri-Cities area


Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Port McNeill, B.C.

Port Mann Bridge

Port Moody, B.C.

Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area

Port of Prince Rupert

Port of Vancouver

See also Vancouver Port Authority


Porter, David

Portland, Oregon

Portraits for Our Place

See Fundraising initiative under Our Place, Victoria, B.C.


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

Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants Ltd

Pouce Coupe, B.C.

Poverty

See also Homelessness


Powell River, B.C.

Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area

Power of Attorney Act

Power Smart program

See Energy


Powerex Corp

Premier, Office of the

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues

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

Prentice, Jim

Press

See Freedom of the press; Journalists; Media


Price, Carey

Price, Gordon

Priddy, Penny

Prince George Airport

Prince George, B.C.

Prince George North constituency and area

Prince George school district

See School district 57 (Prince George)


Prince George–Mount Robson constituency and area

Prince George–Omineca constituency and area

Prince, Michael

Prince Rupert, B.C.

See also North Coast constituency and area


Prince Rupert school district

See School district 52 (Prince Rupert)


Princeton, B.C.

Principals

See Education


Prisons

See Correctional facilities under Corrections system


Privacy

Privacy and Security Conference and Exposition

Privacy Commissioner

See Freedom of information; Information and Privacy Commissioner


Private Career Training Institute Agency

See also Private institutions under Post-secondary education


Private investigators

Private Investigators and Security Agencies Act

Private Managed Forest Land Council

Private members' statements

Private Post-Secondary Accountability and Student Protection Act, 2007

Privatization

See also particular entities and services


Privilege

Professional Fire Fighters Association

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

Project Comeback

See Newton Advocacy Group Society


Promotion of Safe Antifreeze Act, 2007

Property

See also Real estate industry


Property Assessment Appeal Board

Property inspection

Property tax

See also Property transfer tax


Property transfer tax

Property Transfer Tax Act

Propylene glycol

See Propylene glycol antifreeze under Antifreeze


Prorogation address

Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society

Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

Provincial Capital Commission

Provincial Court Act

Provincial health officer

Provincial nominee program

See Immigration


Provincial sales tax

See Sales tax


PST

See Sales tax


Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on

Public affairs bureau

Public debt

Public documents committee

Public Education Research Foundation

Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

Public health

See Health – Public health


Public inquiries

See Commissions of inquiry; Public Inquiry Act


Public Inquiry Act

Public Interest Protection Act, 2007

Public policy

See Government


Public Protection Act, 2007

Public safety

See Safety


Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of

Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2007

Public sector/public service

See Civil service


Public Service Agency

See British Columbia Public Service Agency


Public Service Benefit Plan Act

Public transit

See Transit services


Publishing industry

Puil, George

Pulling Together initiative

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Purba, Harpreet

Purchase, Keith

Purdy, Carmen

Qayqayt First Nation

Quadra Island

Qualicum Beach, B.C.

See Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area


Qualicum school district

See School district 69 (Qualicum)


Quarton, Harry

Quebec

Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)

Quesnel, B.C.

Quesnel Community Powwow

Question period

See Oral questions by subject; Question period under Legislature


Quigley Elementary School, Kelowna, B.C.

Quinsam Coal Corp

Quit Smoking Now

See Programs and services, smoking cessation program under Income assistance


Rabinovitch, Jannit

Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Radio frequency identity

See Privacy


Railways and rail services

See also particular companies


Raising the Bar project

See Homeowner protection office


Ramadan

Ranching industry

See Livestock industry; Rangeland


Rangeland

Rapid transit

See Transit services


RAV line

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


RAV Project Management Ltd

Rawlins-Brannan, Mabel Jean

RCMP

See Police and policing; Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Ready, Set, Learn program

See Early learning and literacy under Children – Early childhood development


Real Estate Development Marketing Act

Real estate industry

Real Estate Services Act

Recreation

Recycling

Refugees

See Immigration


Regional districts

See also Government – Local government; particular districts


Regional growth strategies

See Growth management


Registered Music Teachers Association

See British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association; Music Teachers (Registered) Act


Regulations and red tape, regulatory reform, etc

See Government


Reichert, Kelly

Religion

Remembrance Day

Rental assistance program

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


Rental housing

See Housing – Rental housing


Reports from committees

See Documents tabled; name of committee


Representation Agreement Act

Representation agreements

See Adult guardianship under Guardianship


Representative for Children and Youth

Representative for Children and Youth Act

Representative for Children and Youth Act Amendment Act, 2007

Representative for Seniors Act, 2007

Reputations Corp

Research and development

Residential care facilities

See Housing – Residential care facilities


Residential construction industry

See Construction industry


Residential tenancy

See Housing – Rental housing


Residential tenancy branch

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


Resolve Corp

Resort Association Act

Resorts

Resources and resource industries

See also particular industries and sectors


Restakis, John

Retail industry

See Sales


Retail Petroleum Consumer Protection Act, 2007

Retirement

Retirement Concepts Senior Services Ltd

Revelstoke, B.C.

See also Columbia River – Revelstoke constituency and area


Reynolds Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.

RFID

See Privacy


Richards, Kristi

Richmond, B.C.

Richmond East constituency and area

Richmond Kigoos Swim Club

Richmond school district

See School district 38 (Richmond)


Richmond Society for Community Living

Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Rick Hansen Foundation

See also Hansen, Rick


Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce

Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Ridings

See Constituencies under Elections


Right to Know Act, 2007

Rights-of-way

See Property


Ringdal, Glen

Riparian area regulations

See Rivers and streams


Rivers and streams

Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Rix, Eleanor

Roads

See Highways and roads


Roberts Bank

Roberts, Todd

Robertson, Terry

Robinson, Ian

Robinson, John

Robron Centre, Campbell River, B.C.

Rocky Mountain Trench

Rocky Point Park

See Tri-Cities area


Rodeos

Rogers Santa Claus Parade

Roland Michener Conservation Award

Rolston, Peter

Roots of Empathy program

See Bullying under Violence


Rosenau, Marvin

Ross, Joni

Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.

Royal Conservatory of Music

Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.

Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Rundell, Doug

Rural B.C.

See British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.


Rutherford University, Mbabane, Swaziland

Saanich South constituency and area

Sabrina's Law (Ontario)

See Anaphylaxis preparedness, legislation elsewhere under Allergies


Safe Antifreeze Act

See Ban on ethylene glycol under Safety


Safe houses

See Transition houses


SAFER

Safety

St. Arnaud, Kevin

St. John Ambulance

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

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

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

Salaries

See Wages and salaries


Sales

Sales tax

Salish first nations

Salish sucker

See Fish


Salt

See Food


Saltspring Women Opposed to Violence and Abuse

Salvation Army

San Patrignano, Italy

Sandspit, B.C.

SaRCO

See Species-at-risk coordination office under Wildlife


Saskatchewan

Savary Island

Sayward, B.C.

Saywell Creek Bridge

Schaufelberger, Bryce

School Act

School boards/districts

See Education – School boards and districts


School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)

School district 36 (Surrey)

School district 37 (Delta)

School district 38 (Richmond)

School district 39 (Vancouver)

School district 41 (Burnaby)

School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)

School district 43 (Coquitlam)

School district 52 (Prince Rupert)

School district 57 (Prince George)

School district 61 (Greater Victoria)

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

School district 69 (Qualicum)

School district 72 (Campbell River)

School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)

School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)

School district 82 (Coast Mountains)

School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)

School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)

School district 91 (Nechako Lakes)

School meals program

See Education


School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007

Schools

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


Schultz, Ray

Science and technology

Scott, Kelly

Scouts Canada

SD-58 Ventures Ltd

Sea Breeze Power Corp

Sea to Sky Community Services Society

Sea to Sky corridor

See West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area


Sea to Sky Early Learning and Child Development Centre, Squamish, B.C.

Sea to Sky Highway

See Highway 99


Sea to Sky land and resource management plan

Seafood industry

See Food industry


Seaport Limousine Ltd

Searle, Russ

Sechelt, B.C.

Seckel, Allan

Second-stage housing

See Transition houses


Securities Amendment Act, 2007

Securities Commission

See British Columbia Securities Commission


Securities industry

Securities Transfer Act

Security services

Security Services Act

Secwepemc Nation

Seeds of Empathy program

See Bullying, Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy programs under Violence


Seismic upgrades

Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

See Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on


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 Finance and Government Services

See Finance and Government Services, 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

SELI Canada Inc

Semiahmoo First Nation

Sencoten Alliance

Seniors

Seriani, Ab

Sevigny, Verna

Sewage disposal

See Waste management


Sexual orientation

Shake and shingle industry

See Forests and forest industry


Shannon, Sabrina

Shared Services B.C.

Sharp, Barb

Sharpe, Lloyd and Ruth

Shellfish

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters

Shelter beds

See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing


Shelter rates

See Benefits, benefit amount for shelter under Income assistance


Shiells, Jim

Shipping industry

Shirley, B.C.

See Otter Point–Shirley area under Vancouver Island


Shoplifting

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

Shuswap Lake Provincial Park

Shuswap Nation Tribal Council

Siddon, Tom

Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh

Sidhu, Jaswinder

Sierra Legal Defence Fund

Significant Projects Streamlining Act

Sikh Societies of the Lower Mainland

Silvermere Lake

Silviculture

See Forests and forest industry


Similkameen Valley

Simon Fraser Society for Community Living

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Sinclair, Jim

Single Parent Resource Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Site C project

See Power generation on river under Peace River area


Six Mile Ranch

Skeena constituency and area

Skiing

Skills Connect for Immigrants program

See Connecting skilled workers with employment under Immigration


Skills training

SkyTrain

SLAPP suits

See Strategic lawsuits against public participation under Justice system


Slaughter facilities

See Food industry


Slavery

Sliammon First Nation

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, 2007

Small Business Fairness and Protection Act, 2007

Small claims court

Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park

Small Potatoes Urban Delivery

Smith, Merle

Smith, Patrick

Smith, Therese

Smithers Exploration Group

Smoke Free Cars Act, 2007

Smoking

See Tobacco


Smyth, Michael

SNC Lavalin Inc

Snowmobiling

See also Off-road vehicles under Automobiles


Snuneymuxw First Nation

Social housing

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


Social Service Tax Act

Social services

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


Social services tax

See Sales tax


Social workers

Socialism

See also Politics and politicians


Society

Softwood lumber

See Forests and forest industry


Sointula Winter Fest

Songhees First Nation

Sooke, B.C.

See also Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area


Soroptimists International of the Langleys

South Asian people

See Asian Canadians


South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


South Fraser communities

See Lower mainland


South Fraser perimeter road

See South Fraser perimeter road and Transportation infrastructure under Lower mainland


Southam, Jean

Southwell, George

Soux, Susan Isabel

Spare Time Fun Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Speaker's statements

See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker


Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act

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 Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

See Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act

See Personal Information Protection Act, Special Committee to Review the


Special needs children

See Special education and special needs under Education; Supported care for special needs children under Children – Child care


Special Olympics

Species at risk

See Wildlife


Species-at-risk coordination office

See Wildlife


Spectacle Lake

Spector, Norman

Speech from the Throne

Speed skating

Spencer Road

See Langford, B.C.


Spirit of B.C. program

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


Spirit Squares program

See 150th anniversary under British Columbia; Outdoor public meeting places under Communities


Splats'in First Nation

Sport B.C.

Sports

See also particular events


Spraggs family

Spring, Jenna

Sprockids program

SPUD

See Small Potatoes Urban Delivery


Squamish, B.C.

Squamish Elementary School, Squamish, B.C.

Squamish First Nation

Squamish-Lillooet regional district

Squatters

See Homelessness


SRM disposal

See Waste disposal at farms and slaughter facilities, specified-risk materials under Waste management


Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

See Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Standing Committee on (federal)


Standing order 35 adjournment motions

Stanley Park

See Vancouver, B.C.


Statements

Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

Statistics Canada

Statute Revision Act

Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature


Stecyk, Barry

Steele, Sean

Steelhead

See Fish


The Steeples, Chemainus, B.C.

Sterile insect release program

See Pest control


Stern, Nicholas

Steveston, B.C.

See Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Steveston Community Centre, Richmond, B.C.

Steveston Community Society

Stikine

See Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area


Stillwell, Michelle

Stó:lô Nation

Stoney Creek Environment Committee

Storm Cat Energy Corp

Storms

Stowe, Norman

Strata property

Street people

See Homelessness


Streetlink Emergency Shelter

See Victoria Cool Aid Society


StrongStart B.C.

See Children – Early childhood development


Student aid

See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education


StudentAid B.C.

See Student financial assistance, name change under Post-secondary education


Students

See Education; Post-secondary education; Skills training


Substance abuse and addiction

SUCCESS

See United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society


Success by 6

See Programs and services under Children – Early childhood development


Sullivan mine

See Sullivan minesite under Teck Cominco Ltd.


Sumas Energy 2 Inc

Summerland, B.C.

Sunshine Coast regional district

See also Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Super, Natural B.C.

Superintendent of real estate

Supply Act, 2006-2007 (Supplementary Estimates No. 1)

Supply Act (No. 1), 2007

Supply Act, 2007-2008

Supported living, supportive housing, etc

See Supportive housing under Housing – Residential care facilities


Supreme Court Act

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of Canada

Surgery

See Health – Health care system


Surrey, B.C.

See also Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area; Surrey-Newton constituency and area; Surrey-Tynehead constituency and area; Surrey-Whalley constituency and area; Surrey–White Rock constituency and area


Surrey Board of Trade

Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area

Surrey-Newton constituency and area

Surrey-Tynehead constituency and area

Surrey-Whalley constituency and area

Surrey–White Rock constituency and area

Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on

Sustainable environment fund

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


Suzuki, David

See also David Suzuki Foundation


Syer, Tom

Tabled documents

See Documents tabled


Tahltan Indian band

Tahsis, B.C.

Taiwan

Taking It Off for the Kids

Talents for Tomorrow program

See Small communities under Communities


TallOil Canada Ltd

Tamminen, Terry

Tanker safety

See Shipping industry


Tasers

See Police and policing


Task Force on Community Opportunities

Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada

Taxation

Taxation (Rural Areas) Act

Taxi industry

Taylor, Paul

Teachers

Teaching Profession Act

Teaching Profession (Teacher Registration) Amendment Act, 2007

Technology

See Science and technology


Teck Cominco Ltd

Telecommunications

Telfer, Ian

Telkwa, B.C.

Telus Corp

Tembec Industries, Inc

Teresa Island

Terrace, B.C.

Terrane Metals Corp

Terrorism

Terry Fox Foundation

Terry Fox Research Institute, Vancouver, B.C.

Texada Island

TFLs

See Tree farm licences under Forests and forest industry


Thalidomide

See Prescription drugs under Drugs


Therapeutic communities

See Prevention and treatment services, therapeutic communities under Substance abuse and addiction


Third Avenue Management LLC

Thomas, Fred

Thompson Creek Mining Ltd

Thompson, David

Thompson River

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Thompson school district

See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)


Three Bridges Community Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Throne speech

See Speech from the Throne


Thrupp Manor, Kamloops, B.C.

Tidemark Theatre, Campbell River, B.C.

TILMA

See Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (TILMA)


Timber sales advisory council

See British Columbia timber sales program


Timber sales program

See British Columbia timber sales program


TimberWest Forest Corp

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Tires

Toba River

Tobacco

Tobacco Sales (Banning Tobacco and Smoking in Public Places and Schools) Amendment Act, 2007

Tobacco Tax Act

Tofino General Hospital, Tofino, B.C.

Tolko Industries Ltd

Tolls

Toohey, Kelleen

Toquaht First Nation

See also Maa-nulth First Nations


Tourism

See also Hotels and travel accommodation


Tourism B.C.

Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Ministry of

Tourism Vancouver

Tournament of Hearts

See Canadian Women's Curling Championship


Towns for Tomorrow program

See Infrastructure program for small communities under Communities


Toxics Use Reduction Act, 2007

Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (TILMA)

Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) Act, 2007

Trade, trade missions, etc

See Exports and imports; particular agreements


Trades training

See Skills training


Traditional Chinese medicine

Traffic fine revenues

See Automobiles


Training

See Skills training


Trains

Trans Mountain Pipeline Inc

Transit services

See also Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink); Transportation


Transition houses

TransLink

See Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transmission system

See British Columbia Transmission Corporation; Energy


Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Standing Committee on (federal)

Transportation

Transportation Act

Transportation, Ministry of

Treasury Board Staff division

See Finance, Ministry of


Treaties

See First nations – Treaties; particular treaties


Treaty 8

Treaty First Nation Taxation Act

Tree fruit industry

See Food industry


Tree planting

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Trees

Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia

Tributes

Tri-Cities area

See also Coquitlam, B.C.; Lower mainland; Port Moody, B.C.


Truck Logger Magazine

Truck Loggers Association

Trucking industry

Trutch, Joseph

Tsawwassen, B.C.

Tsawwassen First Nation

Tsawwassen First Nation – Treaty, final agreement

See also Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act


Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act

Tsawwassen Residents Against Higher Voltage Overhead Lines

Tsawwassen Tribal Council

Tsay Keh Dene First Nation

TseK'hene First Nation

Tseshaht First Nation

Tseycum First Nation

Tsilhqot'in Nation

Tsilhqot'in National Government

Tuition fees

See Post-secondary education


Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Turn It Off Day

Turner, Richard

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

Tweedsmuir Park

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

Tynehead Hall, Surrey, B.C.

Tzu Chi

Uchucklesaht First Nation

See also Maa-nulth First Nations


Ucluelet First Nation

See also Maa-nulth First Nations


Ugwiwey/Cape Caution Conservancy

Ukraine

Underwater Harvesters Association

Unemployment

See Employment and unemployment


UNESCO

See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization


Uniform Law Conference of Canada

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

United Nations

United Nations Association in Canada

United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United States

United Way

United We Can

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

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

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

Uranium

Urban Development Institute

Urbanization

User fees

See Health – Health care system; Taxes and user fees under Consumers


Usher syndrome

Utilities

Utilities Commission

See British Columbia Utilities Commission


Utilities Commission Act

Vaccinations

See Immunization under Health – Public health


Vaisakhi

van Iersel, Arn

Vancouver, B.C.

See also Lower mainland; Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area; Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area; Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area; Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area


Vancouver Board of Trade

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Charter

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

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

Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver General Hospital

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


Vancouver, George

Vancouver Giants

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

Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Aboriginal Transition Team

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver Island North school district (School district 85)

See School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)


Vancouver Island West school district

See School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)


Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver Port Authority

Vancouver school district

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Vancouver Social Housing Amendment Act, 2007

Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre

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


Vancouver Wharves

Vancouver-Burrard constituency and area

Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

See also East Vancouver under Vancouver, B.C.


Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area

Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Vander Wal, Steve

Vanderhoof, B.C.

VANOC

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


Vantreight Farms, Saanichton, B.C.

Vaughan, Heather

Vehicles

See Automobiles; Fuel; Transit services; Trucking industry; Workers under Agriculture


Vending machines

Verigin, John J., Jr

Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, B.C.

Veterinarians

Vickers decision

See Ruling on aboriginal land title under Supreme Court of British Columbia


Victim assistance

Victoria, B.C.

See also Capital regional district


Victoria Cool Aid Society

Victoria Police Department

See Greater Victoria Police Department


Victoria Sketch Club

Video games

Vimy Ridge

Vinning, Prem

Violence

See also Crime and criminals


Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia

Virk, Bob

Virtual schools

See Distance education and on-line learning under Education


Visual impairment

Volunteers and volunteer sector

See also particular organizations and sectors


Voters, voting, etc

See Elections


Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wages and salaries

See also Income


Waldner, Howard

Walking

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Wallace, Brian

Walls, Doug

Waneta Dam

Wark Street Commons community garden

See Victoria, B.C.


Warner, Brent

Washington (State)

Waste management

Wastewater

See Waste management


Water

Water buffalo industry

See Livestock industry


Water Resource Protection Act, 2007

Watersheds

See also particular locations


Watts, George

Wawley/Seymour Estuary Conservancy

Weather

Weaver, Andrew

Weed Control Act

Weeds

See Plants


Wei Wai Kum First Nation

Weisgerber, Jack

WelcomeBC program

See Immigration


Welfare

Wesley, Dawn-Marie

West Coast Environmental Law Association

West Coast Express

West Coast Trail

West Fraser Group

West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

West Shore Child, Youth and Family Centre, Colwood, B.C.

West Vancouver, B.C.

West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation Society

West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area

West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area

WESTAC

See Western Transportation Advisory Council


Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Western Communities

See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area


Western Forest Products Inc

Western regional climate action initiative

See Climate change


Western Transportation Advisory Council

WestPac LNG Corporation

Westside

See Okanagan-Westside constituency and area


Wet'suwet'en First Nation

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd

Whalen, Lauren

Wheels in Motion

Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2007

Whistle-blowing

Whistler Arts Council

Whistler, B.C.

Whistler Blackcomb Development Corporation

White Rock, B.C.

See Surrey–White Rock constituency and area


Whonnock, B.C.

Wickson, Robert

Wiebe, John

Wikdahl, Lori

Wilberforce, William

Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC), Metchosin, B.C.

Wild Duck Inn, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Wildlife

Wildlife Act

Wilkinson, Andrew

Willcocks, Paul

William R. Bennett Bridge

William, Roger

Williams, Dianne

Williams, Kate

Williams Lake, B.C.

Williams Lake Seniors Village, Williams Lake, B.C.

Wilson, Bertha

Wilson, Steve

Wind power

See Energy


Windermere Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Windows

Wine

Winkler, Henry

Witkowski, Cecylia

Women

Women's Memorial March

Wong, Glenn

Wood, Josiah

Wood waste

Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Woodlots

See Forests and forest industry


Wooldridge, Nancy

WorkBC initiative

See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training


Workers

See also Labour; particular sectors; Skills training


Workers compensation

Workers Compensation Act

Workers Compensation Act Amendment Act, 2007

Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Workers Compensation Board

See WorkSafe B.C.


Working poor

See Poverty


WorkLife B.C.

See Child care in workplace under Children – Child care


WorkSafe B.C.

World Junior A Challenge

World Partnership Walk

World Police and Fire Games

World Press Freedom Day

World Urban Forum

World Women's Curling Championship

Wright, Don

Wright, Fred

Wu family

Xeni Gwet'in First Nation

See also Tsilhqot'in Nation


Xenon Genetics Inc

Xyolhemeylh children and family services agency

See Stó:lô Nation


Yahk Elementary School, Yahk, B.C.

Yale First Nation

Yale-Lillooet constituency and area

Yasko, David

Youth

See also Children


Zajac Foundation

Zalis, Zane

Zhao, Amanda

Zimmerman, Wolfgang

Zoning

Zuberi, Dan