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Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 40th Parliament – 2014
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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legislative procedure and parliamentary business items arising during House debate,
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Vaccinations See Immunization under Public health
Vaisakhi
Valemount constituency and area See Prince George–Valemount constituency and area
Valley Christian School, Mission, B.C.
Value-added sector See Forests and forest industry
Vancity See Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Report on oil spill response and wildlife recovery See Proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat under Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition See HUB: Your Cycling Connection
Vancouver, B.C. See also Lower Mainland; Metro Vancouver; Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area; Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area; Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area; Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area; Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- Agriculture, farmers markets (Eby) 3643-4, 4056, 4058, 4447 (Elmore) 3785
- City council concerns re local food production (Elmore) 3785
- City government, complaints process (Chandra Herbert) 3069
- Community court pilot project (Anton) 4217, 4290 (Krog) 4290
- Community health care centres See Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Conference on LNG development See International LNG in B.C. Conference
- Convention centre See Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Downtown Eastside
- Family physicians, availability (Dix) 3016
- Film industry (Thornthwaite) 2280-1
- Health care services See Vancouver Coastal Health Authority; particular facilities
- Hospitals See Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Hosting of 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games See Special Olympics Canada Summer Games
- Hosting of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup championship match See FIFA Women's World Cup
- Housing and homelessness
- affordable housing project (Coleman) 2812-3
- First Nations housing (Coleman) 2827
- housing and homelessness (Chandra Herbert) 3213-4
- housing for youth at risk (Coleman) 2828
- Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project (Coleman) 2807, 2810, 2824-5 (Simpson) 2807, 2823-5
- supportive housing projects (Coleman) 2802 (Simpson) 2802
- International financial services offices and role in industry (Wat) 2533-4, 2545-6
- Jericho lands, B.C. government role in negotiations on future of lands (Eby) 3591-2 (Wilkinson) 3591-2
- Lunar new year parade and events (Ralston) 1203-3
- Mining companies (Sullivan) 1504
- Municipal election, campaign spending and regulatory powers (Chandra Herbert) 2865-6, 3379-80 (Darcy) 2872 (Eby) 2871-2, 3370 (Farnworth) 2882 (Heyman) 2883, 3370-1 (Holman) 2878-9 (Hunt) 2869 (Krog) 2863-4 (Oakes) 3381 (Robinson) 2861, 3369-70 (Routley, D.) 2873 (Simpson) 2875-6, 3371 (Weaver) 2868
- Pine Free Clinic See Pine Community Health Clinic, Vancouver, B.C.
- Police board (Anton) 2598-9
- Port See Port Metro Vancouver
- Programs and services for sex trade workers (Corrigan) 1811
- Racism-related death case (Chouhan) 4041
- Riot during Stanley Cup playoffs, potential use of facial recognition technology to identify rioters (Heyman) 1825
- Schools See also School district 39 (Vancouver)
- Schools, International Village elementary school construction project (Sullivan) 1690
- Southeast Vancouver, seniors centre project and community advocacy (Elmore) 1391
- Tourism, accessible tourism (Yamamoto) 3732
- Traffic congestion (Eby) 3026-7
- Transmission system project, substation (Bennett) 3985
- Water legislation See Greater Vancouver Water District Act
- West End See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- Workers memorial and annual ceremony (Kyllo) 3162
Vancouver Charter
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
- Administration of fund (McRae) 3506 (Mungall) 3506
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Budget allocation and priorities (Darcy) 4363
- Clinical and systems information management transformation project (Darcy) 4161-6, 4411 (Lake) 4161-5
- Clinical and systems information management transformation project, freedom-of-information request (Darcy) 4166 (Lake) 4166
- Community health care centres See also particular facilities
- budgets and funding (Dix) 4367 (Lake) 4367
- budgets and staffing (Darcy) 4365, 4367, 4470-1 (Lake) 4365, 4471
- funding and redesign (Darcy) 4411 (Lake) 4411-2
- funding and services (Darcy) 4363-4 (Lake) 4363-4
- primary care programs (Darcy) 3016-7, 4164-5, 4357-61 (Dix) 2202, 3016
- public consultation and information re changes (Darcy) 4368 (Dix) 4367-8 (Eby) 4365-6
- review of changes (Darcy) 4368-9 (Eby) 4366
- services and redesign (Darcy) 3514-5 (Heyman) 3515, 4365 (Lake) 3016-7, 3514-5, 4165, 4357-66, 4471
- services for youth (Eby) 3515 (Lake) 3515
- Mental health programs, The Art Studios mental health program and funding (Elmore) 1418
- Mental health programs, concurrent disorders centre and program (Hammell) 4422-3 (Lake) 4423
Vancouver Coastal Health Edible Garden Project
Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.
- English language learning program (Eby) 1846-7 (Kwan) 1916 (Virk) 1847
- Heavy-duty transportation program, proposed transfer to new training facility See Transportation training school project under Annacis Island
Vancouver Container Truckers Association
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Bookings and government investment (Fassbender) 1227, 1756
- Bookings, projections and economic impact (Simpson) 2687-8 (Stone) 2687-8
- Expansion project, costs (Simpson) 1672
- Expansion project, funding See Allocation of funds under Tourism Vancouver
Vancouver Foundation
- Giving in Action program See Home renovations to accommodate disabled persons under Disabled persons
- Vancouver Foundation's Vital Signs for Metro Vancouver report, content on social isolation issues (Hogg) 3842
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Research, infection control trials (Sultan) 3012
Vancouver International Airport
- Flight service by Chinese airlines (Stone) 1423 (Wat) 1714
- Flight services (Ralston) 2550
- Flight services to Asia (Yap) 2549-51
- Jet fuel delivery system proposal, environmental assessment process (Huntington) 1350, 3062-3 (Polak) 3063
- Operations and staffing (Wat) 1714
- Role in economy (Yap) 1332, 2549-51
- Work on transit without visa issues (Ralston) 2550
Vancouver International Auto Show
Vancouver Island
- Agriculture and food security (Holman) 3710 (Krog) 3694 (Morris) 3699
- Coal industry (Routley, D.) 3063-4
- Economic development (Fraser) 1291, 1294-5
- Education hub initiative See Clayoquot Sound area
- Ferry service changes, public consultation (Fraser) 1294
- Forest practices and impacts, old-growth forest protection (Chandra Herbert) 2988 (Polak) 2988
- Forestry practices and impacts (Fraser) 1295
- Health care facilities See Vancouver Island Health Authority; particular facilities
- Internet access (Fraser) 1291, 1294-5
- Motorcycling events (Ashton) 2556
- North Island See North Island constituency and area
- Parks and protected areas (Krog) 2653-4
- Poaching of Roosevelt elk, investigation (Fraser) 2917-8 (Polak) 2917-8
- Real estate industry (Krog) 2290
- South Island
- accessibility to family physicians (Holman) 4269 (Karagianis) 4282 (Weaver) 2292
- inclusion in distant-location film tax credit See Tax credits, distant-location regional tax credit, extension to capital region under Film industry
- infrastructure investment (Fleming) 1966
- Saanich Peninsula area, volunteers (Holman) 2015
- transit funding and services (Holman) 2667-8 (Stone) 2668
- Trans-Canada Highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Transportation strategy (Stone) 2770-1
- Watersheds, petition tabled (Krog) 1564
- West coast See Clayoquot Sound area
- Wolves in area, population management (Thomson) 1989 (Trevena) 1989
Vancouver Island Brewery
- 30th anniversary (Fleming) 3162
Vancouver Island Health Authority
- Capital projects, new hospitals (McRae) 1430 (Trevena) 1654
- Care delivery model redesign (Lake) 1784-5 (Weaver) 1784-5, 2178
- Residential care beds (Lake) 4161
- Seniors care facilities (Conroy) 1783 (Dix) 1782-3 (Lake) 1782-3
- Seniors care facilities, worker contracts (Conroy) 4483-4
Vancouver Island marmots See Wildlife
Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association
- Comments on strata property regulation (Kwan) 1956 (Simpson) 2727
- Concerns re real estate legislation changes (Krog) 2289-90
- Issues and concerns (Farnworth) 4086
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care (Stilwell, Michelle) 1699
Vancouver Island Women's Clinic, View Royal, B.C.
Vancouver police department
- Comments on missing persons legislation (Martin) 1820-1
- Domestic violence unit (Anton) 4181, 4298
- Police board See Police board under Vancouver, B.C.
- Potential use of facial recognition technology to identify rioters See Riot during Stanley Cup playoffs under Vancouver
Vancouver school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
The Vancouver Sun
- Articles on issues
- 1935 article on campaign statements (Kwan) 4022
- Canada job grant (Routley, D.) 3824
- farmers markets (Eby) 4447
- free trade agreement with South Korea (Hamilton) 2008
- fundraising for school meal programs (Mungall) 1467
- justice system (Krog) 4187, 4189
- mill explosion investigations (Bains) 3655-6
- proposed liquor sales in grocery stores (Simpson, S.) 2508, 2510
- temporary foreign worker program (Ralston) 3836 (Routley, B.) 1646
Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- School sports programs and athletic coordinator position (Kwan) 3277
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area
- Constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (Heyman) 4243
- Constituents' concerns re education funding (Heyman) 3280, 3282
- Constituents' issues and concerns (Heyman) 1538-9, 1541-2
- Constituents' issues and concerns, forum (Heyman) 3717
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area
- Government investment and schools (Sullivan) 1689-90
Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area
- Chinese-Canadian community (Anton) 4034
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area
- Constituents' issues and concerns (Simpson) 1372, 1659
- Craft breweries and distilleries (Simpson) 2765, 2767, 3095, 3098
Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area
- Constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (Elmore) 4201-2
- Constituents' concerns re education funding (Elmore) 3337
Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
- Constituent's comments re education funding (Kwan) 3278
- Constituents' concern re income assistance (Kwan) 3422-4 (McRae) 3422-3
- Constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (Kwan) 4253-5
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area
- Constituents' concerns on agricultural land reserve changes (Eby) 4057-9, 4447
- Constituents' concerns re agriculture and local food (Eby) 3643-4
Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- Community gardens (Chandra Herbert) 4142
- Community service organizations (Chandra Herbert) 3670-1
- Constituency office, incident and response (Chandra Herbert) 1554, 1701 (Tegart) 1553
- Constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (Chandra Herbert) 4142-3
- Description and constituents (Chandra Herbert) 3519-20
- Impact of government budget and constituents' concerns (Chandra Herbert) 1702
Vander Waal, Stan
- Comments on agricultural land reserve changes (Chouhan) 4223
- Comments on agriculture industry (Bing) 3682
Vander Zalm, Bill
- Actions re dual-member ridings (Farnworth) 3470
Vanderbilt Auto Body Ltd.
- Operations and concerns re ICBC repair rates (Elmore) 2738
Vandermolen, Jeff and Susan
- Winery ownership (McRae) 1429
Vankayala, Lasya
- Life sciences project (Heyman) 3147-8
VCTA See Unifor – Vancouver Container Truckers Association
Veiner, Ruth
- Position on Agricultural Land Commission changes (Chouhan) 3887 (Conroy) 4248
Venture acceleration program See High-technology industry under Science and technology
Venture capital See Business
Veterans See Armed forces; War
Veterinarians
VFA Canada Corp.
- Assessment of school facilities (Fassbender) 3375
Viceroy Homes Ltd.
- CEO See Auer, Doug
- Impact of trucking labour dispute on operations (Stone) 2369
Victim assistance
Victoria, B.C. See also Capital regional district; South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area; Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area
- Bay Street traffic and safety issues (Fleming) 2773-4 (Stone) 2774
- Belleville ferry terminal
- Brewing industry history (Fleming) 3162
- Capital commission See Provincial Capital Commission
- Capital for Kids program (James) 1804-5 (Oakes) 1808 (Weaver) 1806
- Chinese-Canadian community and Chinatown history (Fleming) 4036
- Craft breweries (Martin) 2516 (Weaver) 2518-9
- Dallas Road, walkways project (James) 1802
- Events and festivals (Fleming) 1958 (James) 1804 (Karagianis) 1807 (Oakes) 1809, 1958
- Ferry services (James) 1803-4, 1968
- Government land and property trades and sales (Fleming) 1957-8, 1963, 1965 (James) 1967-9 (Karagianis) 1807-8 (Weaver) 1805
- Harling Point cemetery (Fleming) 4035
- Heritage sites See also Government land and property trades and sales above
- Heritage sites and improvement projects (Fleming) 1792-5, 1801 (James) 1802-4
- Homelessness, community initiative to support homeless person (James) 1510
- Housing, supportive housing projects (Coleman) 2813-5 (Fleming) 2813-4
- Inclusion of area in distant-location film tax credit See Tax credits, distant-location regional tax credit, extension to capital region under Film industry
- Inner Harbour, long-term redevelopment planning (Fleming) 1793
- James Bay neighbourhood, Michigan Street community garden (James) 2200-1
- Johnson Street Bridge See Johnson Street Bridge
- Point Hope shipyard operations See Point Hope Maritime
- Post-secondary students' access to health care services (Weaver) 3079-80
- Sewage treatment See Capital regional district
- Swiftsure yacht race (James) 1804
- Tourism industry (Weaver) 1805
- Youth custody centre, closing (Anton) 4293-5 (Cadieux) 3218, 3459 (Corrigan) 4294-5 (James) 3218, 3459, 4293-4 (Karagianis) 3459
Victoria Cougars
- Hockey team championship win (Karagianis) 2567
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
- Parking fees (Karagianis) 4282
Victoria Regional Transit Commission
- Fuel tax increase request for transit funding (Stone) 2668 (Trevena) 2668
Victoria school district See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area
- Constituents' concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (James) 4220
Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area
- Chinese-Canadian community (Fleming) 4035
Video games
- Production industry and foreign workers in B.C. (Heyman) 3587 (Wilkinson) 3584, 3587
Vintners' Quality Alliance See VQA products under Wine
Violence See also Crime and criminals
- Bullying and violence at school, prevention
- Bullying and violence in the workplace, prevention (Morris) 1666 (Stilwell, Michelle) 1489
- Bullying, awareness and prevention (James) 1490 (Lake) 3192 (Stilwell, Michelle) 1489-91 (Thornthwaite) 1614-5 (Throness) 3191
- Bullying, cyberbullying See Social media under Media
- Domestic violence
- bail and probation issues See Community corrections under Corrections system
- cases (Karagianis) 3757, 3780-1
- domestic violence units (Anton) 3674, 4181, 4298, 4498 (Karagianis) 4298, 4498
- funding for programs and services (Anton) 4181, 4299-301 (Cadieux) 2620 (Corrigan) 4300-1 (Karagianis) 4298-9
- government action (Anton) 1560, 4301 (Corrigan) 1280, 2621, 3074 (Donaldson) 1559-60 (Karagianis) 3846-7 (Krog) 3673-4
- government action plan (Karagianis) 2620, 3780-1 (Krog) 3781
- government action plan and funding (Anton) 3673-4 (Karagianis) 3672-3, 3757-9 (Tegart) 2004
- government action plan and initiatives (Anton) 3781 (Barnett) 3758 (Cadieux) 1348, 2180, 2620-1, 3780-1, 3847 (Reimer) 1234-5, 1724
- government coordination of services See Provincial office of domestic violence under Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- handling in justice system See Handling of domestic violence cases under Justice system
- incidence among immigrants (Karagianis) 3757
- incidence and reporting (Anton) 4300-1 (Corrigan) 4300-1
- prevention, government coordination See also Provincial office of domestic violence under Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- prevention programs for men (Donaldson) 1559-60
- protection orders See Handling of domestic violence cases under Justice system
- victim assistance services and wait times (Corrigan) 4497
- women and children leaving violent relationships, treatment as missing persons cases (Anton) 4505-6 (Corrigan) 4505-6
- Elder abuse See Seniors
- Gang violence See Gang crime under Crime and criminals
- Prevention, government action (Simons) 1682
- Prevention, government initiatives (Farnworth) 1398-9
- Prevention of youth bullying and violence, legislative reforms See Young offenders, Kimberly's law under Justice system
- Violence against aboriginal women and children, moosehide anti-violence campaign by aboriginal men (Dalton) 1264-5
- Violence against aboriginal women, missing and murdered women (Karagianis) 3757 (Kwan) 1831, 2033-5
- Violence against women
Virk, Swarn Singh
Vision Health Month
Visual impairment
- Programs and services (Darcy) 3511
Vital statistics
- Birth certificate information for transgendered persons See Gender orientation
- Birth registration, gender designation (Chandra Herbert) 3219 (Lake) 3219-20
- Changes to birth certificate information, role of parents and guardians (Chandra Herbert) 3220 (Lake) 3220
Vital Statistics Act
Vogt, Erich
- Life and contributions (Lee) 1616
Volunteer Richmond Information Services Society
- Work of organization (Yap) 1508
Volunteers and volunteer sector See also Non-profit sector; particular organizations and sectors
- Background checks on volunteers See Pre-employment background checks under Workers
- Volunteerism (Holman) 2015 (Lee) 2922 (Trevena) 2852-3
- VolWeb online program (Oakes) 2352 (Robinson) 2352
Voters, voting, etc. See Elections
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
VQA wine products See Wine
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