BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Subject and Business entries), Fifth Session, 38th Parliament

Wages and salaries See also Income

Minimum wage

B.C. Liberal Party position (Lali) 13804

impact on small business (Black) 14832

minimum wage (Black) 13764 (Bloy) 14449 (Chouhan) 14564-5 (Conroy) 13763-4, 14257, 14634 (Krueger) 14391 (Macdonald) 14560 (McGinn) 14503 (McIntyre) 14506 (Routley) 14579, 14716 (Sather) 14222 (Simpson, S.) 13752-3, 14624 (Throne speech) 13733 (Trevena) 14453-4

NDP position (Black) 14832 (Horgan) 14834 (Les) 13746

public opinion and impact on small business (Lali) 14840

Wages in B.C. (Richmond) 14461

Wakely, Jim

Death (Hawes) 13827

Death and service in RCMP (Sather) 13883

Walton Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

Purchase by government (Coleman) 13928, 13948

Wangersky, Russell

Memoir on experiences as firefighter (Bond) 14434-5

Ward, Jack

Experience as disability benefits recipient (Coleman) 14598 (Conroy) 14598

Washington State Ferries

Sidney-Anacortes route (Fleming) 14755

Waste management

Sewage and septic systems, regulation (Dix) 14258-9 (Polak) 14257-9 (Simpson, B.) 14257-8

Waste disposal at farms and slaughter facilities, specified-risk materials (Wyse) 14496

Water

Drinking water, protection (Dix) 14258-9 (Polak) 14258 (Simpson, B.) 14258

Water licences (Penner) 14732

Water licences and privatization issue See also Independent power producers and projects under Energy

(Conroy) 14631-2

Watt, John

Death due to esophageal cancer (Puchmayr) 14430

Weaver, Andrew

Article on need for action on climate change (Penner) 14731-2

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Sale of company (Simpson, B.) 14657

Welfare

Government action on social welfare issues (Horgan) 14569-70 (Lali) 13803-4

Government action on social welfare issues, NDP position (Coleman) 14598

Income assistance See Income assistance

Quality of life, public perception (Hogg) 14720

Social programs and services, funding (Hansen) 13768 (Lee) 14472 (McIntyre) 14507 (Sather) 14223 (van Dongen) 14575-6 (Yap) 14219-20

Social welfare issues in B.C., consideration by MLAs (Chudnovsky) 14722-3

Social welfare system during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Dix) 14827-9

Social workers See Social workers

Support system for vulnerable persons (Simpson, S.) 13752-3

West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.

Psychiatric ward closing (Fraser) 14551

West End See Vancouver, B.C.
West Fraser Group

Concerns re tenure reform (Simpson, B.) 14658

Purchase of forest licences (Simpson, B.) 14656-7

West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

Road conditions and truck traffic from Rossland to border (Conroy) 14118 (Falcon) 14118

West Vancouver, B.C.

Fire department (McIntyre) 14436

Heritage achievement award recipients (Sultan) 13761

West Vancouver police department

Performance (Sultan) 14154

West Vancouver Secondary School, West Vancouver, B.C.

Seismic upgrading (Sultan) 14254-5

West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area

Accomplishments and government investment (McIntyre) 14509-10

Western climate initiative See Climate change
Western Communities See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area; Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area; Metchosin, B.C.; Sooke, B.C.
Western Forest Products Inc.

Operations on Vancouver Island (Simpson, B.) 14657

Removal of land from tree farm licence (Fraser) 14668 (Horgan) 14661-3, 14835-6

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

Sale of forest licences See West Fraser Group

Whalley Little League

Program for special needs children (Hogg) 14717-8

Wheel Inn, Quesnel, B.C.

Purchase by government (Coleman) 13928

Whistler, B.C.

Child care facilities in area (Reid) 14099, 14199 (Trevena) 14099-100, 14199

Government grants for infrastructure and other projects (Gentner) 13840-1 (Krueger) 13840-1

Hosting of 2010 Olympic Winter Games See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

Run-of-the-river power project in area See Run-of-the-river power project on Fitzsimmons Creek under Ledcor Industrial Group Ltd.

Whistler Inn, Kamloops, B.C.

Purchase by government (Coleman) 13928

White Rock, B.C.

Hospital See Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock, B.C.

Wilby, Joyce

Work as librarian in Alert Bay (Trevena) 14806-7

Williams Lake, B.C.

Fire department chief, death (Wyse) 14440

Government purchase of property for social housing See Jamboree Motel, Williams Lake, B.C.

Road conditions in area, petition tabled (Simpson, B.) 14101

Williams Lake Stampeders

Hockey championship (Simpson, B.) 14415

Williams, Matt

Letter on ranching industry in B.C. (Lali) 14365-6

Willingdon House, Vancouver, B.C.

Post-treatment housing for patients (Coleman) 13929 (Kwan) 13929

Willingdon pretrial facility proposal See Burnaby, B.C.
Women

Employment and wages in B.C. (Throne speech) 13737

First nations women See First nations

Housing, safe houses and other temporary housing See Transition houses

Programs and services, government funding and support (Whittred) 13871-2

Violence against women See Violence

Women's Memorial March

Event in Vancouver's downtown east side (Kwan) 13941

Event in Victoria (Fraser) 14093

Wood, Josiah

Review of police complaint process See Police complaint process review under Police and policing

Wood products See Forests and forest industry
Wood waste

Use in production of biofuels See Biofuel production under Fuel

Use in production of electricity See Bioenergy under Energy

Woodlots See Forests and forest industry
Woodscan Industries Inc.

Electronic signalling product (Bloy) 13940

Workers See also Labour; particular sectors

Foreign workers See Immigration

Government support (Routley) 14582

Workers compensation

Compensation for firefighters See Fires and firefighters

Compensation for permanently injured workers, petitions tabled (Bains) 14814 (Chouhan) 14814 (Chudnovsky) 14814 (Conroy) 14814 (Gentner) 14814 (Herbert) 14814 (Karagianis) 14814 (Macdonald) 14814 (Routley) 14814 (Simons) 14814 (Trevena) 14814

Legislation, retroactivity (Black) 14483

Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2009

(Bill 8) (Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services) 1R, 14315; 2R, 14426-46; C, 14483-4; 3R, 14484; RA 14511

Amdts: sec. 2(c) (Conroy) 14483, ruled out of order 14483; sec. 3 (Conroy) 14484, ruled out of order 14484

Debate, speakers (Bains) 14432-3 (Black) 14315, 14426-7, 14445-6, 14483-4 (Bloy) 14428-9 (Bond) 14434-5 (Brar) 14445 (Cantelon) 14432 (Chong) 14443-4 (Chouhan) 14435 (Conroy) 14427-8, 14483-4 (Coons) 14438-9 (Farnworth) 14444 (Fleming) 14440-1 (Hayer) 14439-40 (Herbert) 14437-8 (Horgan) 14433-4 (Lee) 14440 (McGinn) 14444-5 (McIntyre) 14435-6 (MacKay) 14437 (Nuraney) 14430-1 (Polak) 14438 (Puchmayr) 14429-30 (Reid) 14441-2 (Rustad) 14444 (Simons) 14436-7 (Simpson, S.) 14442-3 (Trevena) 14431-2 (Wyse) 14440 (Yap) 14433

Debate in Legislature (Black) 14445

Purpose of bill (Black) 14315, 14483 (Simons) 14436

Retroactivity (Black) 14427, 14483-4 (Conroy) 14483-4 (Puchmayr) 14429-30

Working Roundtable on Forestry

Consultation process (Bell) 14682 (Simpson, B.) 14656-7

Recommendations (Bell) 14677

World Police and Fire Games

2009 games in Burnaby (Bloy) 14448

Worthington Properties

Purchase of Mackenzie pulp mill (Bell) 13887 (Simpson, B.) 13887 (Simpson, S.) 13888