Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area
- Description and issues (Gibson) 143-5
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- Funding of electricity services for First Nations reserves (Bennett) 645
Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on
Aboriginal friendship centres See First Nations
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
- Management and operations (Coleman) 900-1 (Kwan) 900-1
Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of
Aboriginals See First Nations
Accidents
Accutane See Prescription drugs
under Drugs
ACE IT program See Secondary school programs
under Skills training
ACE program See Mental health programs
under Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
ACT program See Programs and services, assertive community treatment program
under Mental health
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Minister of Justice) 1R, 7
- Debate, speakers (Anton) 7
Acting Auditor General, Special Committee to Appoint an
- Report, March 2013, tabled (Speaker) 9
Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
- Proposal for school of traditional Chinese medicine (Darcy) 929 (Eby) 915 (Lake) 929 (Virk) 915
Ad Hoc Committee for Surrey Schools
Addiction See Addiction and problem gambling
under Gambling; Mental illness and addiction
under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Adult basic education See Education
Adult guardianship See Guardianship
Advanced education See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
Advanced Education, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Budget
- allocation for advertising and publications (Eby) 870 (Virk) 870
- allocation for travel (Eby) 870 (Virk) 870
- budget and role (Fleming) 171
- contingency funds (Eby) 867 (Virk) 867
- reduction (Bains) 980-2, 985 (Eby) 868 (Virk) 868
- sale of assets (Eby) 867 (Virk) 867
- Mandate letter goals (Eby) 879-82 (Virk) 879-82
- Service plans (Eby) 910
- Service plans and spending (Eby) 867-8 (Virk) 868
- Staffing and contracts (Eby) 869-70 (Virk) 869-70
AdvantageBC International Business Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Advertising
African Americans
Agassiz Centre for Education, Agassiz, B.C.
- Adult high school education program and graduates (Throness) 42
Aging See Seniors
Agricultural Bank of China
- Head office and operations (Wat) 589
Agricultural Land Commission
Agricultural land reserve
- Boundaries, original maps (Pimm) 611 (Simons) 611
- Non-farm use (Bains) 610-1 (Pimm) 610-1
- Non-farm use and subdivision, delegation of commission powers See Delegation agreements under Agricultural Land Commission
- Removal of land from reserve (Huntington) 607-8 (Pimm) 607-8
- Removal of land from reserve, role of cabinet (Pimm) 604 (Simons) 604
Agriculture
- Agrifood industry See Food and food industry
- Agrologists and industry specialists (Pimm) 676-7 (Simons) 676-7
- Crops, genetically modified canola (Donaldson) 677
- Extension officers See Agrologists and industry specialists above under this main heading
- Family farms, property transfer tax See Property transfer tax
- Farm assessment review panel, report recommendations and implementation (Oakes) 599 (Popham) 544
- Farm status and property assessment (Oakes) 599-600 (Pimm) 615-6 (Popham) 543-4, 600, 615-6
- Farmland See also Agricultural land reserve
- protection (Pimm) 604 (Simons) 322-3, 603-4
- use (Bains) 610-1 (Pimm) 610-1
- use for marijuana growing See Medical use of marijuana, use of farmland for growing under Marijuana
- Government support (Gibson) 144 (Hamilton) 440 (Larson) 81 (McRae) 139 (Martin) 181 (Pimm) 602-3 (Throness) 69
- Impact of carbon tax on agriculture and greenhouse industries See Carbon tax
- Impact of climate change See Impact on issues under Climate change
- Industry (Barnett) 113 (Dix) 15
- Industry, exports and markets (Pimm) 602
- Local production See Locally grown food under Food and food industry
- Manure See Livestock industry
- Organic farming (Larson) 81
- Post-secondary education programs See Agriculture programs under Post-secondary education
- Products
- Ranching See Livestock industry
- Taxation, assessment See Farm status and property assessment above under this main heading
- Taxation, ministerial responsibility (Oakes) 599 (Popham) 599
- Water use, agricultural water reserve proposal (Pimm) 678 (Simons) 677-8
- Workers, employment standards and safety (Plecas) 443
- Workers, vehicle accident in 2007, implementation of report recommendations (Bains) 1067-8 (Bond) 1068
Agriculture, Ministry of
- Estimates
- Budget (Pimm) 602-3
- Estimates process (Pimm) 602, 678 (Simons) 678
- Mandate and priorities (Pimm) 603 (Simons) 603
- Role and responsibilities (Oakes) 599
- Role re aquaculture and fisheries (Fraser) 671 (Pimm) 671
- Staff (Pimm) 602
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Health programs, STOP HIV/AIDS program and funding (Lake) 1022 (Rice) 1022
Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Cap-and-trade system (Chandra Herbert) 355-7 (Polak) 355-6
- Emissions from aircraft (Ralston) 799
- Emissions from oil and gas sector (Chandra Herbert) 356-7
- Emissions from oil and gas sector, methane and fugitive emissions (Chandra Herbert) 352-3 (Holman) 353 (Polak) 352
- Emissions from oil and gas sector, report (Chandra Herbert) 351
- Emissions from vehicles, monitoring program See AirCare program
- Emissions trading See Cap-and-trade system above under this main heading
- Reduction
- government initiatives (Chandra Herbert) 350-1 (Polak) 350
- government targets (Chandra Herbert) 350-4 (Polak) 350-4 (Weaver) 98
- low-carbon and renewable fuel standards (Polak) 350
- public sector (Chandra Herbert) 795-7
- transportation sector (Chandra Herbert) 351, 354 (Polak) 354 (Stone) 665 (Weaver) 665
Air ambulance service See Ambulance service
Air India bombing See Terrorism
AirCare program
- Termination of program (Heyman) 762
Aircraft
Airline industry
- Floatplane terminal in Vancouver See Harbour floatplane terminal under Vancouver, B.C.
Airports See also particular airports
- Regional airports (Lee) 799 (Ralston) 798
- Role in Asia-Pacific gateway (Lee) 797-8
Alberni Valley
- Logging activities and wildlife habitat protection in area (Fraser) 297 (Thomson) 297
Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area
- Constituents' concerns re community living services (Fraser) 302-3
- Issues and concerns (Fraser) 141
Alberta
- Bitumen deposits, transportation of bitumen to west coast See Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat under Enbridge Pipelines Inc.; Railways and rail services
- Flood recovery (Throne speech) 3-4 (Wat) 133
- Government officials, disclosure of expenditures (Heyman) 1117-8 (Wilkinson) 1118
- Government protocol office, meeting arrangements with Taiwan representatives (Ralston) 747
- Heritage fund (Krog) 73
- Oil and gas industry, proposal for pipeline to northern B.C. See Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
- Oil and gas industry, regulation of head office location See Industry, impact of Alberta residency requirements under Oil and gas
- Skills training system (Bond) 1079-80, 1083 (Routley, D.) 794, 1079, 1087
Alcan See Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
Alcohol
- Abuse and addiction See Substance abuse and addiction
- Craft beer and distillery industries, government support (Anton) 974 (Simpson) 973-4
- Impaired driving See Impaired driving
- Liquor control and licensing branch See Justice, Ministry of
- Liquor distribution and warehousing system
- consultant position recruitment (Anton) 967-8 (Simpson) 967
- potential restructuring See Liquor distribution branch under Justice, Ministry of
- privatization proposal and bidding process (Anton) 969-70 (Simpson) 967, 969-70
- sale of Broadway facility and relocation to new site (Anton) 967-8 (Simpson) 967-8
- sale of properties (Anton) 970 (Simpson) 970
- Liquor distribution branch See Justice, Ministry of
- Liquor pricing, wholesale pricing (Anton) 970 (Simpson) 970
- Liquor regulation
- Liquor stores, government and private stores (Anton) 970-1 (Simpson) 970-1
- Promotion of made-in-B.C. products (Popham) 713 (Yamamoto) 713
- Wine See Wine
Alexis Creek Daze
- Community event (Barnett) 456-7
Allergies
- Students with anaphylaxis See Students under Education
Allocadia Software Inc.
- Investment and role (Wat) 597
AltaGas Income Trust
- Forrest Kerr run-of-the-river project, rental revenues to First Nation (Donaldson) 1160-2 (Rustad) 1160-2
- Funding of transmission line project (Horgan) 649-50
AltaGas Ltd.
- Investment in transmission line project and relationship with B.C. Hydro (Horgan) 45
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
- Work of organization (Conroy) 802, 947 (Larson) 801
Alzheimer's disease See also Dementia
Ambulance service
- Air ambulance service (Huntington) 1104 (Lake) 1104
- Service delivery (Lake) 1104
Anaphylaxis
- Students with anaphylaxis See Students under Education
Ancient Forest Alliance
- Park acquisition fund proposal (Thomson) 292 (Weaver) 291, 384
Anderson, David
- Compensation for position with WorkSafe B.C. (Bains) 994-6
Anderson, Val
- Service as MLA (Stilwell, Moira) 167
Animal Health Act
- Reintroduction (Pimm) 677 (Simons) 677
Animals
Ann Elmore Transition House, Campbell River, B.C.
- Staff role in second-stage housing facility project (Trevena) 390-1
Anthony, Susan
- Comments on psychiatric services at hospital (Corrigan) 1010
- Concerns re services for developmentally disabled persons (Corrigan) 270 (McRae) 270
Antifreeze
Apache Canada Ltd.
- Joint water treatment plant See Natural gas resource development and Debolt water treatment plant under Horn River Basin
- Liquefied natural gas plant project See Kitimat, B.C.
Apology
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture
- Fish farms, closed-containment facilities and siting (Huntington) 671-2 (Pimm) 672
- Licensing and management (Fraser) 671-2 (Pimm) 671-2
- Shellfish farming (Fraser) 674-5 (Pimm) 674
Arch Venture Partners
- Funding and operations (Ralston) 598 (Wat) 598
Archer, Keith See Chief Electoral Officer
Archives of B.C. See British Columbia Archives
Arctos coal mine proposal See Coal mine proposal
under Fortune Minerals Ltd.
Arizona
- Yarnell Hill fire and deaths of firefighting crew (Macdonald) 257 (Thomson) 257
Armed forces
Arrow Lakes
- Boat ramps project (Conroy) 829
The Art Studios mental health program See Mental health programs
under Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Arts and culture See also British Columbia Arts Council; Heritage sites
- Arts legacy fund See 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, 2010 sports and arts legacy fund under Olympic Games
- Creative sector (Popham) 275
- Cultural events (Lee) 321
- Festivals, impact of alcohol regulations (Popham) 719 (Yamamoto) 719
- Government funding
- allocation and government handling (Popham) 601
- funding and support (Hamilton) 12 (Oakes) 162, 510, 601
- gaming grants (Oakes) 601 (Popham) 601
- Role in economy (Bing) 185 (Chandra Herbert) 79-80
- Scholarship programs See Scholarships under Post-secondary education
- Youth engagement, B.C. Creative Futures strategy and programs (Bing) 185
Arts and Culture Week
Asbestos
Ashcroft and District Health Care Auxiliary
- Centennial of hospital auxiliary (Tegart) 920
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Asian Canadians See also Chinese Canadians; Japanese Canadians
Asia-Pacific gateway
Asia-Pacific region See also particular countries
Assault See Violence
Assembly of First Nations
- Emergency resolution re scientific experimentation (Donaldson) 1107
Assessment of property See Property tax; particular topics
Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals
Astronomy centre See Centre of the Universe, Saanich, B.C.
Athletes See Sports and recreation
Athletic commissioner See Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Ministry of
Attorney General, Ministry of See Justice, Ministry of
Atwal, Surjit
- Accomplishments (Plecas) 275
Auditor General
- Acting Auditor General appointment, committee process See Acting Auditor General, Special Committee to Appoint an
- Auditor General for Local Government See Auditor General for Local Government
- Reports and reviews
- annual reviews (Wilkinson) 1187
- report and recommendations on ambulance service (Lake) 1104
- report and recommendations on forest management (Macdonald) 293
- report on environmental assessment process (Chandra Herbert) 357-8 (Fraser) 560 (Polak) 357-8
- report on health benefits operations (Darcy) 1039
- report on orphan wells (Coleman) 865 (Horgan) 865
- reports on government performance (Corrigan) 136
- review of disability assistance program (McRae) 242
- review of economic development initiative trusts (Bond) 992, 994 (Fraser) 992-3
- review of financial reporting by B.C. Hydro (Bennett) 639 (Horgan) 638-9 (Krog) 72
- review of information security controls (Heyman) 1187 (Wilkinson) 1187
- review of Pacific Carbon Trust operations (Chandra Herbert) 795
- review of transit services (Heyman) 753 (Stone) 754
- Reports tabled
- 2012-13 annual report and 2013-14–2015-16 service plan (Speaker) 41
- 2012-13 report No. 13, Striving for Quality, Timely and Safe Patient Care: An Audit of Air Ambulance Services in British Columbia (Speaker) 9
- 2012-13 report No. 14, An Audit of Carbon Neutral Government (Speaker) 9
- 2012-13 report No. 15, Audit of the Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project (Speaker) 9
- 2013-14 report No. 1, Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports (Speaker) 9
- 2013-14 report No. 2, School District Board Governance Examination (Speaker) 9
- 2013-14 report No. 3, Public Sector Board Use of Information in British Columbia 2012: Progress Update Since 2009 (Speaker) 9
- 2013-14 report No. 4, Shaping Transit's Future in British Columbia, summary report, October 2013 (Speaker) 1189
- 2013-14 report No. 5, Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports (Speaker) 1189
- 2013-14 report No. 6, Observations on Financial Reporting: 2012-13 Summary Financial Statements (Speaker) 1189
- 2013-14 report No. 9, An Audit of Special Indemnities (Speaker) 1189
- 2013-14 report No. 10, Information Technology Compendium (Speaker) 1189
Auditor General for Local Government
- Budget and staffing (Oakes) 541 (Robinson) 541
- Contracted services (Robinson) 510
- Governance and role (Oakes) 537 (Robinson) 537-8
Auditor General, Special Committee to Appoint an
- Appointment and powers (de Jong) 213
Austin Heights Business Improvement Association
- Activities (Robinson) 152
Australia
- Asian trade strategy, review by B.C. (Ralston) 590-1 (Wat) 591
- Liquefied natural gas development (Austin) 846 (Coleman) 846, 850 (de Jong) 410 (Farnworth) 409-10 (Routley, D.) 1080
Autism
- Education and research centre (Coleman) 962-4 (Simons) 962-4
Automobiles
Aviation See Airports
Azure Capital Partners
- Funding and operations (Ralston) 597 (Wat) 597