BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Subject and Business entries), First Session, 40th Parliament

Wages and salaries

Minimum wage review (Bains) 1070 (Bond) 1070

Wakeling, Sandy

Community work and citizen of the year award (Bing) 274-5

Walbran Park See Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park
Walk with the Dragon

Annual fundraiser for SUCCESS organization (Lee) 1131

Wall Street Journal

Article on liquefied natural gas tax structure (Austin) 842 (Farnworth) 409

Waneta Dam

Expansion project (Bennett) 827 (Conroy) 827

War

Summit event for African-American and Chinese-Canadian veterans (Yap) 84

Waste management

Incineration, Lower Mainland proposal See Waste management under Metro Vancouver

Municipal waste management (Oakes) 514 (Robinson) 514

Recycling See Recycling

Sewage systems, treatment of organic and chemical waste (Weaver) 919

Sewage treatment, Victoria proposal See Capital regional district

Water

Drinking water protection (Oakes) 514 (Robinson) 514

Drowning See also Recovery of deceased persons from water below under this main heading

Drowning, incidence and prevention (Anton) 279-80, 327

Groundwater monitoring and regulation See also Use below under this main heading

(Macdonald) 258-9 (Thomson) 258

Legislation See Water Act

Management and stewardship (Huntington) 298 (Thomson) 298

Monitoring of industrial usage See Water licences and rentals below under this main heading

Municipal water management (Oakes) 514 (Robinson) 514

Recovery of deceased persons from water, government action (Anton) 279, 327-8, 394 (Corrigan) 279 (Eby) 327-8, 393-4 (James) 394

Reserve for agriculture See Water use under Agriculture

Use by oil and gas industry See Industry under Oil and gas

Use, data collection (Macdonald) 259 (Thomson) 259

Water licences and rentals

fee structure (Macdonald) 259-60 (Routley, B.) 260 (Thomson) 260

licences and rentals (Donaldson) 1160-2 (Macdonald) 218 (Rustad) 1161-2

monitoring of industrial usage (Chandra Herbert) 367 (Huntington) 298-9 (Polak) 367 (Routley, B.) 258-9 (Thomson) 258-9

NorthEast Water Tool hydrological survey program (Coleman) 861, 865-6 (Huntington) 298 (Thomson) 258, 298-9

permitting process for oil and gas industry See Operations and water management under Oil and Gas Commission

revenues to government (Macdonald) 257-60 (Routley, B.) 256-8 (Thomson) 257-8, 260

Water systems See Infrastructure

Watersheds See Watersheds

Water Act

Revision (Chandra Herbert) 367 (Macdonald) 258-60 (Pimm) 678 (Polak) 367, 383, 421 (Thomson) 258-60, 296

Watersheds

Community watersheds, local decision-making (Routley, B.) 260-1 (Thomson) 261

Management plans (Huntington) 298

Weather

Severe weather events (Weaver) 98

Websters Corners See Maple Ridge, B.C.
Welch, Sarah

Role in multicultural outreach strategy (Dix) 694-6, 698-9, 735

Welfare See Social welfare
Wells Gray Provincial Park

Mountain caribou protection in area (Macdonald) 295 (Thomson) 295-6

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund

Recommendations on child custody assessments in family justice system (Anton) 1045 (Krog) 1045

West Coast Mental Health Network

Funding and programs (Hammell) 818-9

West End constituency and area See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Forest licence (Routley, B.) 224

West Side Road See Kitimat, B.C.
West Vancouver, B.C. See North Shore
Westbroek, Teunis

Election as mayor and role on regional district board (Fraser) 517-8

Western Climate Initiative See Climate change
WestJet Airlines Ltd.

Sale of B.C. wines on western routes (Yamamoto) 713

Westside-Kelowna constituency and area

By-election, July 10, 2013, results (Clerk of the House) 1128-9, 1189

Wet'suwet'en First Nation

Consultation by government and position on pipeline projects (Donaldson) 1164-6 (Rustad) 1164-6

Whalley constituency and area See Surrey-Whalley constituency and area
Wheel Inn, Quesnel, B.C. See Housing under Quesnel, B.C.
Wheelchair fees in residential care facilities See Fees under Housing – Residential care facilities
White Rock, B.C.

Railway station building restoration and uses (Hogg) 546

White Rock Museum and Archives, White Rock, B.C.

Activities (Hogg) 546

Widdifield, Fred

Court case delay (Krog) 393

Widsten, Andrew

Activities in Shearwater area (Rice) 390

Wildfires See Forest fires under Fires and firefighters
Wildlife

Conservation officers See Environment

Habitat protection (Macdonald) 296 (Routley, B.) 254-5, 297 (Thomson) 254-5, 296-7

Mountain caribou, protection (Macdonald) 294-5 (Thomson) 294-6

Revenues to government from fees and licences, allocation (Macdonald) 254 (Routley, B.) 254-5 (Thomson) 254-5

Species at risk

legislation (Chandra Herbert) 384-5

protection and federal-provincial model (Chandra Herbert) 385 (Polak) 385

task force report recommendations and government response (Polak) 384 (Routley, B.) 296-7 (Thomson) 297

William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Birth of child (Speaker) 811

Williston reservoir

Diversion of water by energy companies (Coleman) 861 (Huntington) 861

Wilson, Peter

Role as special prosecutor in Bountiful case (Anton) 1048 (Corrigan) 1048 (Krog) 1048

Wine

Industry (Ashton) 919 (Larson) 81 (Letnick) 793-5

Industry, role in tourism industry (Simpson) 973

Transport across provincial borders (Letnick) 793-5

Women

First Nations women See First Nations

Government support (Tegart) 192

Housing, safe houses and other temporary housing See Transition houses under Housing

Income disparity between women and men (Karagianis) 191-2

Participation in workforce (Karagianis) 191-3 (Tegart) 192

Poverty See Poverty among women under Poverty

Trades training See Skills training

Violence against women See Violence

Women in business (Karagianis) 192

Women in business and leadership positions (Tegart) 192

Women's equality and women's issues (Karagianis) 111

Women's Hospital See British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Woo, Yuen Pau

Comments on Vancouver (Ralston) 589

Wood pellet industry See Forests and forest industry
Wood waste

Use in production of electricity See Bioenergy under Energy

WorkBC Employment Services Centres

Marketing campaign (McRae) 241 (Mungall) 241-2

Operations (McRae) 234-5

Workers See also Labour; particular sectors

B.C. residents employed elsewhere See Employment and unemployment

Health and safety See Occupational health and safety

Rights (Bond) 1068, 1070

Supply of skilled workers See Skills training

Temporary foreign workers See Foreign and immigrant workers under Immigration

Wages See Wages and salaries

Working poor See Poverty

Workers compensation See also WorkSafe B.C.

Claims, benefit levels (Bains) 1000-1 (Bond) 1001

Costs of health care services See Costs and spending under Health – Health care system

Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
WorkSafe B.C. See also Workers compensation

2012 annual report and 2013-15 service plan, tabled (Bond) 728

Asbestos testing and resources (Bains) 997 (Bond) 997

Executive compensation and bonus system (Bains) 994-6 (Bond) 994-6

Financial reporting, health care costs (Bains) 1066-7 (Bond) 1066

Investigation of Burns Lake mill See Babine Forest Products Co.

Investigation of workplace injuries and deaths See Workplace injuries and deaths, investigation under Occupational health and safety

Report and high-risk strategies for sectors (Bains) 996 (Bond) 996-7

Request to B.C. Safety Authority re Burns Lake mill report See Report on Burns Lake mill explosion, statement on report and involvement of WorkSafe B.C. under British Columbia Safety Authority

Role (Bains) 997-9 (Bond) 997-8

Staffing (Bond) 996

World Hepatitis Day

Event and purpose (Hammell) 1129-30

Wszelaki, Frank

Position with Columbia Power Corporation (Bennett) 827 (Conroy) 827