Wages and salaries See also Income
Wainwright, Richard Ernest
- Involvement in privacy breach See Breach of personal information, information assistance recipients under Privacy
Waldner, Howard
- Actions re health authority contracts and UBC admissions process (Horgan) 10019-20
Walker, (Mr.)
- Leaky condo repairs case (Coleman) 12610 (Simpson, S.) 12610
Walker, Darryl
- Comments on post-secondary institution board changes (Bains) 9246 (Mungall) 9232
Walker, Jim
- Comments on government forest management (Macdonald) 9369
Walker, Richard
- Article on concerns re College of Teachers (McRae) 8519, 8521
Walker, Stephanie
- Comments on labour dispute in education system (Sather) 9834
Wall, Dale
Wallace, Barbara
Wallace, George Scott
- Death and community work (James) 8163
- Death and service to Legislature (Hansen) 8163
Waneta Dam
Wangchen, Pema
- Immigration to Cowichan Valley (Routley, B.) 8306
War See also Armed forces
- Asian-Canadian and aboriginal veterans (Lee) 11657
- Veterans (Hayer) 8866-7
Wardley, Brian and Joanna
- Work with AIDS society (Reid) 8802
Warrington, Sharel
- Comments in letter to Education Minister (Horgan) 9966-7
Waste management
- Agricultural waste management, government paper and stakeholder consultation (Lake) 10562-3 (Simpson, B.) 10562-3
- Composting See Composting
- Diversion of solid waste (Fleming) 10318
- Landfills on farmland (Gentner) 8842 (McRae) 8258-9, 9006-7 (Popham) 9006-7
- Landfills on farmland, need for fill-dumping strategy (Popham) 8258-9, 8818
- Landfills on farmland, petition tabled (Popham) 8406
- Recycling See Recycling
- Waste reduction (Chandra Herbert) 10265 (Yap) 8102
- Wastewater, municipal wastewater treatment and facility planning (Fleming) 10686 (Lake) 10686-7
Water
Water Act
Watersheds
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Watson, John
Watts, Dianne
- Comments on government accountability (Howard) 9195
- Comments on recovery house regulation (Ralston) 8742
- Position on municipal auditor general (Hayer) 9175-8
Weapons
- Illegal weapons See also Use for criminal activities under Knives
Website See JusticeBC website
above under this main heading
Webster, Aaron
- Tenth anniversary of death (Chandra Herbert) 8863-4
Wedding industry
- Wedding receptions, use of locally grown food (Mungall) 9631
Welcome B.C. program See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
under Immigration
WelcomeBC Day
Welfare
Wells, B.C.
- Growth and town hall meeting (Simpson, B.) 11623
Wells Gray area
Wells Gray–North Thompson planning unit
- Caribou census in area (Sather) 11461 (Thomson) 11461
Wells, Stu
- Position on proposed national park (Fleming) 12248
Wenezenki-Yolland, Cheryl
- Role with Advanced Education Ministry (Ralston) 9846
Wesbild Holdings Ltd.
West Bay Elementary School, West Vancouver, B.C.
- International Baccalaureate program (McIntyre) 11325
West Coast Environmental Law Association
- Concerns re program for harvesting of beetle-kill timber (Popham) 9468
West Coast Express
- Commuter rail service (Dalton) 7920
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund
- Comments on family justice and legal aid systems (Donaldson) 8898
- Report on women's rights (Corrigan) 8171
- Work of organization (Corrigan) 10094-5
West Coast Log Homes Ltd.
- Operations and role in local economy (Trevena) 10095
West End constituency and area See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
West Kelowna Journal
- Article on arena construction project (Stewart) 9208
West Kelowna municipal district See District of West Kelowna
West Moberly First Nations
West Nile virus
- Incidence and government action (de Jong) 12125 (Gentner) 12125
West Vancouver, B.C. See also North Shore; West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area; West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area
West Vancouver school district See School district 45 (West Vancouver)
West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation Society
- Work of organization (Sultan) 11725
West Vancouver United Church, West Vancouver, B.C.
- Caring ministry (Sultan) 10644
West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area
- Nowruz celebrations (Sultan) 9458
- Volunteer services for seniors (Sultan) 10644
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area
- Community participation in bear awareness program (McIntyre) 8460
- Infrastructure investment and Olympic Games legacy (McIntyre) 9589-90
- Parks and land use plans (McIntyre) 8050
- Parks and scenery (McIntyre) 10266
Westbank First Nation
- Proposal for private health care facility development (de Jong) 11836-7 (Farnworth) 11836-7
Western climate initiative See Climate change
Western Forest Products Inc.
- Compensation for forest tenure extinguishment (Fraser) 8996-8
- Operations on Vancouver Island (Cantelon) 8365 (Routley, B.) 8375
- Removal of land from tree farm licence (Gentner) 8384 (Krog) 8406-7 (Sather) 8411
- Removal of land from tree farm licence, Auditor General review (Fleming) 8300 (Fraser) 8297, 10760 (Gentner) 8386-7 (Lali) 8294 (Routley, B.) 8365-7, 8371, 8551-2 (Routley, D.) 8420, 10765 (Simpson, B.) 8382, 8554
- Saltair mill operations (Thomson) 9327
- Staffing (Routley, D.) 8421
Western Premiers Conference
Westminster Building, New Westminster, B.C.
- 100th anniversary (Black) 9154
Westminster tradition See Parliamentary democracy
under Democracy
Westside-Kelowna constituency and area
- Housing assistance programs (Stewart) 9605
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
- Consultation on timber supply in area (Bell) 10802 (Donaldson) 10802
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Operations in Alberni Valley area (Fraser) 10758
Whalley constituency and area See Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
Wheeler, April
- Placement of child in government care due to housing need (Brar) 10069
Whistler, B.C.
- Participation in bear awareness program and death of bear (McIntyre) 8460
White, Amanda
- Comments on women's issues (Elmore) 8600
White, Ellen
- Order of British Columbia award (Krog) 8122
White, Joanne
- Rebate for home energy refit (Sather) 12436
White, Marjorie
- Volunteer contributions and award (Kwan) 10907
White, Pam
- Work as constituency assistant (Les) 7947-8
Whiteaker, Ann
- Comments on collective bargaining for teachers (Krog) 9978
Whitecaps See Vancouver Whitecaps
Whitehead, George
- Comments on truck drivers (Mungall) 8657
Whitemarsh, M.J.
- Comments on harmonized sales tax transition process (Ralston) 8925
Whooping cough See Pertussis
Wiebe-Rosch, Derek
- Experience with community living services and justice system (Simons) 12027-8
Wigmore, Walter
- Service as veterinarian in Vanderhoof area (Rustad) 10804
Wilcock, Tracy
- Comments on post-secondary institution board changes (Mungall) 9233
Wild sheep See Wildlife
Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia
- Consultation on animal health legislation (Popham) 11408
Wilderness Tourism Association
- Concerns re timber supply issues in interior (Chandra Herbert) 10898
Wildfire Act
Wildfires See Forest fires
under Fires and firefighters
Wildlife
- Aquatic species, definition in legislation (Huntington) 12159-60 (McRae) 12108, 12158 (Sather) 12108, 12158
- Aquatic species, invasive species control (Farnworth) 12184
- Bears
- awareness program See Bear Aware
- human-bear conflict (Bennett) 10628 (Sather) 8833
- human-bear conflict, community program See Bear Smart community program
- management with Karelian bear dog teams (Macdonald) 8823
- management with Karelian bear dog teams, petition tabled (Macdonald) 8873
- public awareness initiatives on bear safety (Slater) 10331-2
- Birds, cranes (Sather) 11112
- Birds, spotted owl habitat conservation (Lake) 10614-5 (Sather) 10614-5
- Caribou census (Sather) 11461 (Thomson) 11461
- Conservation officers
- enforcement activities re attraction and feeding of wildlife See Human-wildlife conflicts below under this main heading
- role (Macdonald) 8424
- service levels (Sather) 8834
- Corridors (Macdonald) 11386
- Damage by wildlife to farms and livestock, prevention See Predator control below under this main heading
- Dangerous wildlife, definition (Lake) 9081-2 (Macdonald) 8822-3, 9081 (Sather) 8833, 9082
- Deer, urban deer and human-deer conflict (Macdonald) 8823
- Disease transfer from domestic animals See Animals – Disease prevention and management; particular species
- Endangered species See Species at risk below under this main heading
- Fish and wildlife clubs, access to lands (Routley, D.) 10768
- Habitat protection (Sather) 10629, 10681
- Habitat protection and restoration, role of hunting organizations See Hunting organizations, land stewardship under Hunting
- Human-wildlife conflicts, prevention of conflicts caused by attractants (Bond) 8816 (Fleming) 8830 (Gentner) 8842-3 (Krog) 8817 (Lake) 9081-2 (Macdonald) 9081-2 (Sather) 8833-4
- Hunting See Hunting
- Inventory (Thomson) 11386
- Management (Bennett) 10628-30 (Sather) 10628-9 (Thomson) 11965
- Moose, population levels and inventory (Donaldson) 11965 (Thomson) 11965
- Mountain caribou, protection (Lake) 10613 (Sather) 10612-3, 11459-61 (Thomson) 11459-61
- Predator control (Pimm) 9471
- Predators and predation (Sather) 10629
- Public perception (Bennett) 10628-9 (Sather) 10629
- Recovery plans (Thomson) 11386
- Sheep, disease transfer from domestic sheep to wild herds (Popham) 11408, 11461 (Sather) 11413
- Species at risk
- legislation (Fleming) 10617 (James) 8745
- ministerial responsibility (Thomson) 11386
- protection (Fleming) 10616-7
- protection, ecosystem-based approach (Lake) 10617
- task force report recommendations (Macdonald) 11386
- task force report recommendations, government response (Fleming) 10616-7 (Lake) 10616-7
- Wolves
- culling (Pimm) 9471 (Sather) 11459 (Thomson) 11459
- human-wolf conflict (Lake) 9082 (Sather) 9082
- human-wolf conflict and population management (Sather) 8833-4
Wildlife Act
Wildlife compensation fund See Hydroelectric power projects, impact on environment, fish and wildlife compensation fund
under Energy
Wildsight
Wilkins, Mark
- Work as principal (Macdonald) 10121
Wilkinson, Merv
- Death (Krog) 8122
- Woodlot management (Krog) 8407
Wilkinson Road correctional centre See Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Willcocks, Paul
- Article on B.C. Progress Board (Fleming) 8963
- Comments on child death investigations (Bains) 8757
Williams Lake, B.C.
- Mayor See Cook, Kerry
- Monument for Rick Hansen (Barnett) 10908
- RCMP services and crime prevention (Simpson, B.) 8496
Williams Lake campus See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.
Williams Lake Indian Band
Williams Lake timber supply area
Williams, Peter
- Report on post–Olympic Games tourism See Industry under Tourism
Williams, Raechelle
- Comments on liquor distribution system privatization proposal (Karagianis) 12273-4 (Simpson, S.) 12273
Willingdon pretrial facility proposal See Burnaby, B.C.
Williston reservoir
- Diversion of water by energy companies (Horgan) 12422-3 (Macdonald) 11311 (Simpson, B.) 8048
Wills
- Administration of wills and estates See Estates
Wills, Estates and Succession Act
Willson, Roland
- Comments on proposed mine in traditional territory (Fraser) 8716, 8840
Wind power See Energy
Windermere Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Student activities and annual conference on climate change (Dix) 7922
- Student volunteer program (Dix) 9617
Windsor Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Recreation facilities and funding (Thornthwaite) 7940-1
Windy Craggy project
- Government handling during NDP administration (Sultan) 10327
- Settlement with government (Coleman) 8360, 8362, 11060
Wine
- Bring Your Own Wine program (Coleman) 12503 (Simpson, S.) 12503
- Industry (McRae) 10386
- Industry, government support (Bell) 10848-9 (Popham) 10950 (Slater) 10949-51
- Sales, winery-to-consumer sales (Popham) 10950 (Slater) 10950
- Transport across provincial borders, federal legislation (Popham) 10950 (Slater) 10949-51
Winter, John
- Comments on government budget (Letnick) 9614
Winton, James
- Comments on test results for wild salmon (Sather) 8213
Wirick, Martin
- Professional conduct case (Krog) 11504
W.J. Stelmaskchuk and Associates Ltd.
Wolves See Wildlife
Women
Women of Courage Tour See KAIROS Canada
Women Transforming Cities
- 2013 national conference in Vancouver (Reid) 10016
Women's History Month
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
- Comments on family justice legislation (Sather) 8877
Wood, Diane
- Comments on funding for groups participating in inquiry (James) 8047
Wood Markets Group See International Wood Markets Group Inc.
Wood waste
Wood WORKS! B.C. initiative See Wood products and uses
under Forests and forest industry
WoodEx Industries Ltd.
- Meetings with Forests Ministry staff (Macdonald) 11295 (Thomson) 11295
Wood-first initiative See Forests and forest industry
The Woodland Flooring Company Inc.
- Operations and role in local economy (Trevena) 10095
Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.
Woodstone Residence, Galiano Island, B.C.
- Treatment facility for eating disorders (de Jong) 12110-2 (Farnworth) 12111-2
Woodworker Lien Act
Workers See also Labour; particular sectors
Workers compensation See also WorkSafe B.C.
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2011
- (Bill 14) (Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government) 1R, 8653-4; 2R, 11477-81; C, 12530-4; 3R, 12534; RA, 12693
- Amdts: sec. 1 (MacDiarmid) 12531, approved 12532; sec. 4 and 5 (MacDiarmid) 12533, approved 12533; sec. 7 (MacDiarmid) 12533, approved 12534; sec. 8 (MacDiarmid) 12534, approved 12534
- Debate, speakers (Chouhan) 11479-80, 12531-4 (MacDiarmid) 8653-4, 11477-9, 11481, 12531-4
- Commencement (MacDiarmid) 12534
- Purpose of bill (MacDiarmid) 8653-4
- Timeline for debate (Chouhan) 11479
- Transitional provisions (Chouhan) 12533-4 (MacDiarmid) 12533-4
Workers' Dues Transparency and Rights Act
- (Bill M210) (Rustad) 1R, 9011
- Debate, speakers (Rustad) 9011
Workplace Bullying Prevention Act, 2012
- (Bill M212) (Chouhan) 1R, 9561-2
- Debate, speakers (Chouhan) 9561-2
- Purpose of bill (Chouhan) 9561-2
WorkSafe B.C. See also Workers compensation
- 2011 annual report and 2012-14 service plan, tabled (MacDiarmid) 11968
- Appeals division (Chouhan) 10226 (MacDiarmid) 10226
- Asbestos testing order (Gentner) 10241
- Board composition (Chouhan) 10226 (MacDiarmid) 10226
- Claims management system (Chouhan) 10240 (MacDiarmid) 10240
- Client satisfaction survey (Chouhan) 10226 (MacDiarmid) 10226, 10237
- Enforcement, education and consultation activities (MacDiarmid) 10228
- Executive compensation and bonus system (Chouhan) 10238-40 (MacDiarmid) 10238-40
- Implementation of recommendations on mushroom farm accident (MacDiarmid) 10221, 12180
- Information on work injury-related suicides and self-harm (Chouhan) 10233 (MacDiarmid) 10233
- Initiatives for fragile clients, crisis line (MacDiarmid) 10233
- Initiatives for vulnerable workers (MacDiarmid) 10222-3
- Inspection and investigation activities (Chouhan) 10228, 11191-2 (MacDiarmid) 10228, 11192 (Routley, B.) 11192
- Investigation of Burns Lake mill See Babine Forest Products Co.
- Multilingual services and research initiatives (MacDiarmid) 10223-4, 10236
- Negotiations with union, gain-sharing agreement (MacDiarmid) 10239
- Public consultation on workers working alone or in isolation (MacDiarmid) 8808, 10648
- Revenues and sources (Chouhan) 10235 (MacDiarmid) 10235-6
- Services (Coell) 10952 (MacDiarmid) 10236
World Down Syndrome Day
World Organization for Animal Health
- Role re salmon disease test results (McRae) 8256, 8258
- Testing of wild salmon for infectious salmon anemia virus (Sather) 8213
World Plumbing Day
- Observance (Conroy) 10015
World Police and Fire Games
- 2009 games in Burnaby, volunteerism by firefighters (Bloy) 8008-9
World Press Freedom Day
World Teachers Day
World Trade University See Chilliwack, B.C.
Wrestling See Sports
Wright, Don
Wrinch Memorial Hospital, Hazelton, B.C.
- Services and community garden (Donaldson) 7951-2
Wruth, Richard
- Work with children's theatre (Rustad) 10174
W.T. Hawkins Ltd.
Wuikinuxv First Nation
Wyse, Charlie
- Work on protection of fossil beds (Lali) 10094