Abbotsford, B.C.
Abbotsford Hawks
- Bantam triple-A hockey championship win (de Jong) 14751
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.
Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on
- Empowerment to address first nations issues (Fraser) 14552
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of
Aboriginals See First nations
Accenture Business Services Ltd.
Accounting by government See Government
Accounting Policy Advisory Committee
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 13739
- Debate, speakers (Oppal) 13739
Acupuncture
Addiction See Mental illness and addiction
under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne
Adoption
- Adoption of foster children, government support (Austin) 13888 (Christensen) 13888
Advanced education See Post-secondary education
Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry of
- 2008-09 Supplementary estimates
- Budget (Fleming) 14589
Agreement on internal trade See Canada
Agricultural land reserve
Agriculture
- Berry farming industry See Food industry
- Farmers, positive spirit (Cantelon) 14837-8
- Farmland
- flood protection and soil erosion (Les) 14522-3
- government policies (Wyse) 14496
- protection (Gentner) 14229
- Farmworkers See Workers below under this main heading
- Food industry See Food industry
- Government handling of issues (Routley) 14581
- Government plan (Roddick) 14494
- Government support (Evans) 14466 (Hansen) 13769 (Lali) 14365-6 (Macdonald) 14560 (Wyse) 14496
- Government support in B.C. and Canada (Lali) 13805
- Industry in B.C.
- impact of government policies (Wyse) 14728-9
- industry (Roddick) 14807-8
- need for support (Macdonald) 14821
- school tax reduction (Bennett) 13808 (Hansen) 13769
- Summit meetings, cross-border trade issue (Roddick) 13875
- Workers
- employment standards and safety (Chouhan) 14563-4
- issues (Bains) 14392-3
- safety (Roddick) 14475
Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of
Ahousat, B.C.
- Services for disabled child (Fraser) 14525
Air
- Greenhouse gas emissions, reduction (Throne speech) 13736
- Greenhouse gas emissions, reduction, role of green energy See Bioenergy under Energy; Clean energy under Energy
- Pollution from residential wood-burning, petition tabled (Chudnovsky) 13783
- Pollution, research project on health impacts (Hawes) 14296
Airline industry
- Open skies policy (Les) 13748, 13879
- Open skies policy summit in Vancouver (Throne speech) 13735
Airports
- Security equipment and screening in small regional airports (Coons) 14539 (Hansen) 14539 (Macdonald) 14539-40
Alberni school district See School district 70 (Alberni)
Alberni Valley
- Forest industry in area
- forest practices (Fraser) 14668-9
- removal of private lands from tree farm licences (Fraser) 14668-9
- woodlot owners (Fraser) 14667-8
Alberni-Qualicum constituency and area
- Hospital and obstetric services (Fraser) 14551
- Road improvements, funding (Falcon) 14124-5 (Fraser) 14124-5
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Comments on Olympic Games in Vancouver-Whistler (Chong) 14843
Alberta
Alberta–British Columbia Pension Standards Review
Albion Ferry See Fraser River
Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.)
- Kitimat smelter
- building of smelter in 1950s (MacKay) 14079
- operations and sale of power (Austin) 14079-80
- upgrade (Austin) 14810
Alcohol
- Liquor sales, government policy on minimum retail price (Coleman) 13945 (Ralston) 13945
Alert Bay, B.C.
- Government grants for infrastructure and other projects (Krueger) 13851 (Trevena) 13851
- Public library (Trevena) 14806-7
Alert Bay Elementary School, Alert Bay, B.C.
Alex Fraser Bridge
- Impact on North Delta (Gentner) 14232
All-Native Basketball Tournament
Alouette Home Start Society
Alpha townhouses See Housing
under Burnaby, B.C.
Amar, Mani
- Film on South Asian youth and gang violence (Bains) 14417
Ambulance service
Amnesty International
- Report on status of aboriginal women in Canada (Fraser) 14093-4
Anmore, B.C. See also Port Moody–Westwood constituency and area
- Traffic issues and road rehabilitation (Black) 14405
Anti-Bullying Day
- Initiative (Campbell) 13981
Antifreeze
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture
- Application of federal Fisheries Act to salmon aquaculture in B.C., petition tabled (Austin) 14703
Arco Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
- Purchase by government (Coleman) 13928
Arrowhead project See Sechelt, B.C.
Arrowsmith Water Service
- Participation in watershed planning (de Jong) 14019-20 (Fraser) 13947
Arrowsmith Watersheds Coalition Society
- Participation in watershed planning (Fraser) 13946
Arts and culture See also Heritage sites
- Arts councils, funding (Bennett) 14067-8 (Hansen) 14209 (Herbert) 14067
- Arts festivals, funding (Bennett) 14050 (Herbert) 14050
- Arts organizations, funding (Bennett) 14050-3 (Hansen) 14206 (Herbert) 14050-3, 14206-7
- Arts partners in creative development initiative (Bennett) 14068 (Herbert) 14068
- Benefits and government support (Hansen) 13769-70
- B.C. Scene initiative (Herbert) 14046
- Concert ticket prices, consumer protection issues (Herbert) 14252-3
- Creative writing, funding (Bennett) 14050
- Cultural facilities in B.C. (Throne speech) 13738
- Dance organizations, funding (Bennett) 14049-50 (Herbert) 14049-50
- Employment in sector (Bennett) 14068-9 (Herbert) 14068-9, 14102
- Endowment fund (Bennett) 14043-4, 14047, 14052, 14068, 14070, 14102-3, 14105 (Herbert) 14044, 14051-3, 14069
- Endowment fund, donations (Hansen) 14213, 14341-3 (Ralston) 14215, 14341-3
- Government funding and support See also particular funds and sectors under this main heading
- Legacy fund (Bennett) 14043-4, 14068
- Role in B.C. economy (Herbert) 14066, 14068, 14411 (Macdonald) 14821 (Throne speech) 13738
- Role in B.C. economy, report recommendations (Bennett) 14102 (Herbert) 14101-2
- Theatre organizations, funding (Bennett) 14055 (Herbert) 14055
Arts Council See British Columbia Arts Council
Arts Now See 2010 Legacies Now
under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
Ashlu Creek
Asian Canadians
Asia-Pacific gateway strategy See 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
Association for Community Living See British Columbia Association for Community Living
Astoria Inn, Prince George, B.C.
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism
Auditor General
- Oversight of Olympic Games See Costs and funding, review by Auditor General under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
- Reports and reviews
- government response (Fraser) 14549-50 (Routley) 14715-6
- report and recommendations on home and community care services (Gentner) 13977-8
- report on government action on homelessness (Chudnovsky) 14256 (Coleman) 14255 (Kwan) 14255-6 (McGinn) 14504
- report on government financial reporting (Lali) 14364
- report on government wireless networking security (Conroy) 14030 (Sather) 14028-9
- report on monitoring of government finances (Ralston) 14745
- report on trades training (Sather) 14772-3
- reports on government performance (Fraser) 14815-6
- Reports tabled
- 2008-09 report No. 15, Wireless Networking and Security in Victoria Government Offices: Gaps in the Defensive Line (Speaker) 13776
- 2008-09 report No. 16, Homelessness: Clear Focus Needed (Speaker) 14235
Aunt Leah's Independent Life Skills Society
- Project in Burnaby (Kwan) 13933
Austin Heights Business Improvement Association
- Work of organization (Thorne) 14608
Automobiles