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

Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 40th Parliament – 2014
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

ABOUT THE SUBJECT INDEX
Index contains information on subjects (including people, places, organizations),
legislative procedure and parliamentary business items arising during House debate,
including individual bills and estimates.

Wages and salaries See also Income

Gap between poor and rich See Income disparity under Income

Guaranteed annual income See Income

Living wage levels (Mungall) 3414-5

Wage levels (Krog) 2151

Walden, Marsha

Position with Destination B.C. (Bond) 3734

Walker, Tom

Role as district forester (Routley, B.) 1840-1

Walkerton, Ontario

Contaminated water incident (Fraser) 2786

Walter Energy Inc.

Brule mine, worker layoffs (Bennett) 3913, 3916 (Fraser) 3913

Wolverine mine, worker layoffs (Bennett) 3913, 3916 (Clark) 4396-7 (Fraser) 3913 (Horgan) 4393, 4396-7

Waneta Dam

Expansion project (Conroy) 1533

Wang, James

Accomplishments as elected representative (Corrigan) 4043

War See also Armed forces

Veterans (Yap) 1202

Wards See Guardianship
Washington State

Boating and derelict vessel model (Holman) 2132

Clean energy development (Weaver) 1637

Ferry services, ridership numbers (Stone) 2676 (Trevena) 2676

Landslide, B.C. government response (Corrigan) 2338-9 (Thomson) 2339

Partnership with Alaska, B.C., California and Oregon See Pacific Coast Collaborative

Tree fruit industry (Conroy) 3903

Waste management

Contaminated sites (Polak) 2919 (Routley, B.) 2918-9

Hazardous products See Hazardous products

Landfills, diversion of waste from landfills (Chandra Herbert) 3065-7 (Polak) 3065-7

Landfills on farmland (Farnworth) 3952 (Popham) 3565 (Ralston) 4349

Management (Foster) 2264

Organic waste, ban (Chandra Herbert) 3065 (Polak) 3065

Recycling See Recycling

Sewage treatment projects, municipal governance and funding (Oakes) 2406 (Weaver) 2406

Sewage treatment, technology for extraction of phosphorus from sewage (Sultan) 3214

Sewage treatment, Victoria proposal See Capital regional district

Soil disposal, proposal for Shawnigan area See Shawnigan Lake

Soil disposal, regulation (Oakes) 3174 (Robinson) 3174

Waste control bylaw 280 See Metro Vancouver

Waste reduction (Routley, D.) 2431

Zero-waste concept (Chandra Herbert) 3066 (Polak) 3066

Water

Advisory boards (Polak) 2656

Agricultural water use (Chandra Herbert) 2783 (Hamilton) 2704 (Krog) 2665 (Martin) 2701 (Polak) 2655-6, 2783 (Throness) 2664

Beneficial use requirements See Water licences and rentals, beneficial use and efficient use requirements below

Bottled water See Mineralized water below

Deep saline aquifers See Drilling and drilling practices under Oil and gas

Domestic use (Chandra Herbert) 2659, 2791 (Polak) 2655-6, 2791 (Throness) 2664

Drinking water protection (Barnett) 2707 (Chandra Herbert) 3249 (Fleming) 2711 (Fraser) 2786 (Polak) 3249 (Routley, B.) 1327

Efficient use requirements See Water licences and rentals, beneficial use and efficient use requirements below

Environmental flow protection (Chandra Herbert) 2660-1, 2788-9, 3235-8, 3240, 3249-50 (Donaldson) 2705, 2787 (Fleming) 2713-4 (Holman) 2702 (Polak) 2655, 2787-9, 3235-8, 3240, 3249-50 (Weaver) 2708

Export of water (Polak) 3255, 3257

First-in-time, first-in-right designation See Water licences and rentals below

Fish habitat protection See Environmental flow protection above

Groundwater regulation (Chandra Herbert) 2658-9 (Hamilton) 2703-4 (Martin) 2701 (Polak) 2067, 2655 (Routley, B.) 2114 (Throness) 2663 (Weaver) 2708

Household use See Domestic use above

Importance (Routley, B.) 1327

Legislation See also Water Sustainability Act

(Thomson) 1298 (Throne speech) 1194

Management and stewardship See also Water licences and rentals below

community water plans (Chandra Herbert) 2659

community watershed plans See Watersheds

drought conditions (Chandra Herbert) 2658-9 (Huntington) 2710

First Nations issues (Chandra Herbert) 2657-8, 2789, 2793, 3248 (Donaldson) 2705-6, 2787-8, 2790, 2793-5 (Fraser) 2797 (Polak) 2787-90, 2793, 3248 (Routley, D.) 2795-7

governance (Holman) 2702 (Huntington) 2711 (Polak) 2656 (Throness) 2664

governance and public trust concept (Chandra Herbert) 2657-8, 2792-3 (Donaldson) 2793-5 (Fraser) 2797 (Polak) 2793 (Routley, D.) 2795-7 (Weaver) 2797

management and stewardship (Barnett) 2706-7 (Chandra Herbert) 2656-7 (Donaldson) 2704-6 (Fleming) 2711-4 (Hamilton) 2703-4 (Holman) 2702 (Huntington) 2708-11 (Krog) 2664-7 (Martin) 2701-2 (Polak) 2067-8, 2655-6 (Throness) 2662-4 (Trevena) 2714-7 (Weaver) 2707-8

prohibition on foreign matter and remediation orders (Chandra Herbert) 3244-5, 3247 (Holman) 3245-6 (Polak) 3244-7

role of professionals (Chandra Herbert) 2788-9, 3246 (Polak) 2788-9, 3246

Mineralized water use (Chandra Herbert) 2791-2 (Polak) 2791-2

Resources

analysis and mapping (Chandra Herbert) 2661, 3068 (Holman) 2702 (Huntington) 2709-10 (Krog) 2667 (Polak) 3068

conservation and protection (Chandra Herbert) 2661-2

impact of climate change See Impact on issues under Climate change

Living Water Smart blog (Hamilton) 2703

protection (Chandra Herbert) 3244 (Huntington) 2709-11 (Krog) 2664-6 (Polak) 3244 (Throness) 2662-3 (Trevena) 2715

Sustainability plans See Water licences and rentals below

Water leases See also Private ownership of subdivided land underwater next to Crown land under Land

(Coleman) 2803 (Huntington) 2454, 2803 (Thomson) 2454

Water licences and rentals

30-year review of licences (Chandra Herbert) 3240-3 (Polak) 3241-3

applicant personal information (Chandra Herbert) 2661-2, 3234

beneficial use and efficient use requirements (Chandra Herbert) 2658-9, 2782-4, 3242-3 (Polak) 2656, 2782-4, 3242-3 (Weaver) 2784

complaint process (Chandra Herbert) 3243 (Polak) 3243-4

compliance and enforcement (Chandra Herbert) 2661-2, 3250-4 (Huntington) 2709 (Polak) 2656, 3250-4 (Routley, B.) 3251-2 (Weaver) 2708

fees (Barnett) 2707 (Chandra Herbert) 2661 (Hamilton) 2704 (Huntington) 2711 (Krog) 2666-7 (Trevena) 2716

fees and consultation process (Chandra Herbert) 3068, 3254 (Fleming) 2713 (Holman) 2702 (Huntington) 3255 (Martin) 2701-2 (Polak) 3068, 3255 (Throness) 2663-4 (Weaver) 2708

fees, non-payment of fees (Chandra Herbert) 3254 (Polak) 3254

first-in-time, first-in-right designation (Chandra Herbert) 2658-9, 2791, 3240 (Donaldson) 2705-6 (Huntington) 2710 (Polak) 2791, 3240 (Trevena) 2715 (Weaver) 2708

industrial usage (Chandra Herbert) 2659, 2661

licences and rentals (Thomson) 1976

mitigation measures (Trevena) 2716

mitigation measures for sensitive streams (Chandra Herbert) 3236-8 (Polak) 3236-8

monitoring of industrial usage (Polak) 2656 (Routley, B.) 2114 (Thomson) 2114 (Throness) 2664

NorthEast Water Tool hydrological survey program (Coleman) 2901-2 (Huntington) 2709, 2901-2

objections and hearings (Chandra Herbert) 3234-5 (Polak) 3235

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

power purposes (Holman) 3239-40 (Polak) 3238-40 (Trevena) 3238-9

protection orders See Environmental flow protection above

purposes (Chandra Herbert) 2791-2 (Donaldson) 2790 (Polak) 2790-2

quick licensing procedures (Chandra Herbert) 3238 (Polak) 3238

revenues to government (Chandra Herbert) 3068 (Routley, B.) 1982, 2083, 2115 (Thomson) 1982-3, 2083, 2115

short-term water permits (Chandra Herbert) 2659-60, 2797-800, 3231-3 (Donaldson) 2704-5 (Fleming) 2714 (Holman) 2798 (Huntington) 2710 (Polak) 2797-800, 3232-3 (Trevena) 2715-6

water management plans (Chandra Herbert) 3255-6 (Polak) 3255-6

water markets (Fleming) 2713-4

water objectives (Chandra Herbert) 3244 (Polak) 3244

water sustainability plans (Chandra Herbert) 3247-9, 3255-6 (Holman) 3249 (Polak) 2656, 3247-9, 3255-6

Water systems See Infrastructure

Water users community legislation (Chandra Herbert) 3256 (Polak) 2067-8, 3256

Watersheds See Watersheds

Wells

registration (Chandra Herbert) 2791 (Polak) 2791

regulation (Chandra Herbert) 2658, 3246-7 (Polak) 3246-7 (Throness) 2663

regulation and water use wells See Wells under Oil and gas

Water Act

Repeal and replacement See also Water Sustainability Act

(Polak) 2067-8, 2655

Revision See also Water Sustainability Act

(Routley, B.) 1326-7

Water Sustainability Act

(Bill 18) (Minister of Environment) 1R, 2067-8; 2R, 2655-67, 2701-17; C, 2781-801, 3231-57; 3R, 3257; RA, 4470

Amdts: sec. 1 (Chandra Herbert) 2784, negatived 2784; sec. 5 (Chandra Herbert) 2792-3, negatived 2797

Divisions: amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 2784; amdt. to sec. 5 negatived 2797

Debate, speakers (Barnett) 2706-7 (Chandra Herbert) 2656-62, 2781-4, 2788-93, 2797-800, 3231-8, 3240-57 (Donaldson) 2704-6, 2787-8, 2790, 2793-5 (Fleming) 2711-4 (Fraser) 2785-6, 2797 (Hamilton) 2703-4 (Holman) 2702-3, 2798, 3239-40, 3245-6, 3249 (Huntington) 2708-11, 3255-6 (Krog) 2664-7 (Martin) 2701-2 (Polak) 2067-8, 2655-6, 2717, 2782-93, 2797-800, 3232-57 (Routley, B.) 3251-2 (Routley, D.) 2795-7 (Throness) 2662-4 (Trevena) 2714-7, 3238-9 (Weaver) 2707-8, 2784, 2797

Amendments, consequential and related amendments (Chandra Herbert) 3256-7 (Polak) 3256-7

Consultation on bill (Chandra Herbert) 2656 (Eby) 4054-5, 4445 (Fleming) 2711 (Hamilton) 2703 (Holman) 3710 (Martin) 2701 (Mungall) 3956-7 (Polak) 2067, 2655 (Ralston) 4336 (Simons) 3554 (Throness) 2662 (Trevena) 3980 (Weaver) 3708

Definitions (Chandra Herbert) 2781-3, 2788-90, 3246 (Donaldson) 2787-8 (Fraser) 2785-6 (Polak) 2782-90, 3246

First Nations consultation on bill (Barnett) 2707 (Donaldson) 2706, 2787-8, 2793-5 (Polak) 2655, 2787-8

Provisions on fish protection (Polak) 2068, 2655

Provisions on monitoring of industrial water usage (Routley, B.) 2114-5 (Thomson) 2114

Provisions on watershed planning (Thomson) 2116

Purpose of bill (Polak) 2067-8

Regulations (Chandra Herbert) 2662, 2782, 3244, 3254-5 (Fleming) 2712 (Huntington) 3255 (Polak) 2782-3, 3244, 3255 (Trevena) 2716

Relationship to water protection legislation (Chandra Herbert) 2792 (Polak) 2792

Transitional provisions (Chandra Herbert) 3255-6 (Polak) 3255-6

Watersheds

Community drinking watersheds, petition tabled (Krog) 1564

Community watershed plans (Chandra Herbert) 3256 (Fleming) 2713 (Huntington) 3256 (Polak) 3256

Community watersheds, local decision-making (Routley, B.) 1328, 1330 (Thomson) 2116

Research and planning (Huntington) 2709-10

Watsíx Deiyi Conservancy See Upper Gladys River/Watsíx Deiyi Conservancy
Watt, Laurie

Concerns re agricultural land reserve changes (Darcy) 4442

Watts, Dianne

Meetings with Justice Minister (Anton) 4217-8

Weapons

Definition in legislation (Anton) 2532 (Krog) 2532

Weather

Severe weather events (Chandra Herbert) 1336 (Heyman) 2831 (Lake) 1337 (Weaver) 1333, 1636

Severe weather events, impact on global agriculture (Shin) 4246-7

Weber, Shea

Olympic Games performance (Kyllo) 1526

Weeds See Plants
Weisgerber, Jack

Position on water legislation (Krog) 2665

Welfare See Social welfare
Wells See Water
Wells Gray Provincial Park

Mountain caribou protection in area (Chandra Herbert) 2986-7 (Polak) 2987 (Routley, B.) 1990-1 (Thomson) 1991

Wesbild Holdings Ltd.

Operations and projects (Horne) 2695

Wesgroup Properties

Operations (Hamilton) 1728

West Coast Environmental Law Association

Comments on water resources (Weaver) 2707

Position on Agricultural Land Commission changes (Elmore) 4147

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund

Comments on family justice and legal aid systems (Anton) 3674, 4291 (Corrigan) 2556 (Krog) 3673, 4291-2

West Coast Mental Health Network

Work of organization (Heyman) 1541

West Eagle Films

Land of the Spirit Bear documentary film project (Thornthwaite) 3076

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

Forest licence (Macdonald) 2052

Forest tenure, exchange of timber rights with forest company (Donaldson) 2130-1 (Macdonald) 2117 (Thomson) 2117-8, 2131

Penalties for overcut in timber supply area (Macdonald) 2285 (Routley, B.) 2064, 2285-6 (Thomson) 2064, 2285-6

West Vancouver, B.C. See also North Shore

City government, position on Agricultural Land Commission changes (Robinson) 4132

West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area

Poverty (Sultan) 2843

West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area

Description (Sturdy) 1547

First Nations (Sturdy) 1550

Government investment (Sturdy) 1548-9

Independent power projects, forest industry and agriculture (Sturdy) 1550

Westcoast Family Centres

Role and services (Simpson) 4108-9

Western Canadian Shippers Coalition

Chairman See May, Ian

Impact of trucking labour dispute on operations (Stone) 2369

Western Climate Initiative See Climate change
Western Forest Products Inc.

Operations in Nanaimo, shooting incident and response (Clark) 3291 (Dix) 3291 (Stilwell, Michelle) 3943

Operations in Nanaimo, workers' charitable donation See ReStore, Campbell River, B.C.

Western Stevedoring Company Ltd.

Operations (Yamamoto) 1657

President See Eshelman, Brad

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

Flight service to northwest B.C. (Austin) 1499

Westport Innovations Inc.

Operations (Wilkinson) 3584

"Westray bill" issues See Workplace deaths due to employer negligence under Occupational health and safety
Westside Road

Improvements (Thomson) 1296

Wetlands See Environment
Wet'suwet'en First Nation

ANABIP program for children and families (Donaldson) 2253-4, 2474-5 (Rustad) 2475

Consultation by government on forest tenure exchange (Donaldson) 2131 (Thomson) 2131

Consultation by government on pipeline projects (Donaldson) 2479-80 (Rustad) 2479-80

Governance, hereditary chiefs system (Donaldson) 2479-80

Hereditary Chief Gisday'wa See Gisday'wa, Dini ze' (Alfred Joseph)

Wheel Inn housing initiative See Housing under Quesnel, B.C.
Whistleblowing

Protection for whistleblowers, legislation (Darcy) 2595-6 (Lake) 2595-6

Whistler, B.C.

Government investment (Sturdy) 1549

White, Jim

Comments on trucking labour dispute (Stone) 2369

Whitmarsh, Graham

Role in government bargaining with teachers (Fleming) 1267

Wiens, Tim

Impact of childhood cancer treatments (Austin) 1736-7

Wildfire Act

Amendments See also Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of

(Macdonald) 2459 (Routley, B.) 1842 (Thomson) 1263, 1836, 2459

Wildlife

Bears See also Grizzly bears; Kermode bears below

Bears, protection (Chandra Herbert) 2940-1 (Polak) 2940-1

Birds, bird migration (Huntington) 3609

Caribou See also Mountain caribou below

Caribou, habitat protection and oil and gas industry levy (Routley, B.) 1989-90 (Thomson) 1989-90

Conservation officers See Environment

Disease transfer to domestic animals See Disease transfer from wild animals under Animal disease prevention and management

Elk, Roosevelt elk (Fraser) 2917-8 (Polak) 2917

Fish See Fish

Frogwatch program (Chandra Herbert) 3070 (Polak) 3070

Grizzly bears

ban on trophy hunting (Weaver) 1438, 1840

ban on trophy hunting, petition tabled (Robinson) 1934

government information (Macdonald) 1427

hunting (Chandra Herbert) 2986 (Rice) 1768

hunting and wilderness tourism (Thomson) 1438-9 (Weaver) 1438

impact of road density on population (Macdonald) 2119-21 (Thomson) 2120-1

population (Weaver) 1438

population and management (Thomson) 1438-9

trophy hunting and government information (Macdonald) 1983-6, 2048-9 (Thomson) 1983-6, 2048-50 (Weaver) 2049-50

Habitat protection (Chandra Herbert) 2650 (Polak) 2986

Habitat protection and impact of road density (Routley, B.) 2121-2

Habitat protection, role of agricultural land See Role in wildlife habitat protection under Agricultural land reserve

Hunting See Hunting

Jumping slug (Chandra Herbert) 2938 (Polak) 2920, 2938 (Routley, B.) 2919-20

Kermode bears (Thornthwaite) 3075-6

Moose, population and study (Routley, B.) 1986-7 (Thomson) 1986-8

Mountain caribou, protection and recovery (Chandra Herbert) 2986-7 (Polak) 2986-7 (Routley, B.) 1989-91, 2050-1 (Thomson) 1989-91, 2050-1

Poaching See Hunting

Rehabilitation centres, policy on acceptable wildlife (Simons) 2128 (Thomson) 2128-9

Revenues to government from fees and licences (Macdonald) 1983, 1988 (Routley, B.) 1986, 1991 (Thomson) 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991

Sea otters, protection and recovery (Polak) 2986

Sharks See Fish

Species at risk

protection and legislation (Chandra Herbert) 2984-7 (Polak) 2984-7

recovery plans (Chandra Herbert) 2985-6 (Polak) 2985-6

task force report recommendations and government response (Macdonald) 2126 (Thomson) 2126

Ungulates, winter range protection (Routley, B.) 1988 (Thomson) 1988

Vancouver Island marmots, protection and recovery (Chandra Herbert) 2986 (Polak) 2987

Wolves, population management and culling (Macdonald) 1988-9, 2051 (Routley, B.) 1987 (Thomson) 1988-9, 2051 (Trevena) 1989

Wildlife Act

Amendments See also Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of

(Donaldson) 2504 (Huntington) 2460 (Macdonald) 2459-60, 2495-8, 2503-4 (Routley, B.) 2460, 2504 (Thomson) 1263, 1836, 1977, 2459-60, 2495-9, 2503-4 (Weaver) 1839-40

Willard, Doug

Work for Community Living B.C. (McRae) 3353

Williams Lake, B.C.

85th anniversary (Barnett) 3607

Williams Lake timber supply area

Allowable annual cut (Macdonald) 2118 (Thomson) 2118

Williams, Parker

Volunteerism with Nanaimo and District Museum Society (Krog) 2617

Williams, Peter

Report on post–Olympic Games tourism See Industry under Tourism

Williston, Ray

Work on forest industry issues (Morris) 1519

Wills

Administration of wills and estates See Estates

Wills, Estates and Succession Act

Amendments See also Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2014

(Anton) 2438, 2644-8 (Krog) 2440, 2644-8

Wilson, Gordon

Appointment as LNG advocate (Clark) 2141 (Dix) 2141 (Macdonald) 1226

Wilson, Inge and Steve

Community service (Throness) 1509-10

Wilson, Peter

Role as special prosecutor in Bountiful case (Anton) 4493 (Krog) 4493-4

Windle, Alison

Community living services case (Kwan) 3351 (McRae) 3351

Wine

Exports, expansion of market for products (Ralston) 2541 (Wat) 2541

Industry (Kwan) 3877 (Ralston) 4346-7

Industry, role in tourism industry (Ashton) 1409 (Thomson) 1296

U-vin operations (Anton) 2506, 2767-8

VQA products, sales (Anton) 2730, 4308-9 (Martin) 2517 (Simpson) 2507, 2730, 4308-9

Wineries, regulation (Anton) 2505, 3095-6 (Simpson) 3095, 3098

Wing, Peter

Accomplishments and Chinese-Canadian heritage (Lake) 4046

Winter, John

Comments on issues

free trade agreement with South Korea (Hamilton) 2008

government budget (Yamamoto) 1658

government skills and training plan (Kyllo) 3435

WISH Drop-in Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Funding (Anton) 1777 (Karagianis) 1821

Witness Blanket ceremony See Children, abuse at residential schools under First Nations
Wolverine mine See Walter Energy Inc.
Wolves See Wildlife
Women

Employment, single mothers (McRae) 2020 (Mungall) 2020

Government action on issues (Anton) 1934 (Corrigan) 1934

Government support (Karagianis) 1724-5 (Reimer) 1724-5

Poverty See Incidence among women under Poverty

Safety of women travelling along highways See particular areas and highways

Support system for vulnerable women (Anton) 1777

Violence against women See Violence

Wages and pension income (Farnworth) 2149

Women in business (Reimer) 1724

Women in construction and skilled trades (Karagianis) 1725 (Reimer) 1724 (Thornthwaite) 1929

Women in government (Reimer) 1723-4

Women's equality and rights (Corrigan) 1928

Women in Construction

Work of organization (Thornthwaite) 1929

Wong, Chuck

Accomplishments (Krog) 4031

Wong, Frank

Military service (Yap) 1202

Wood innovation and design centre See Prince George, B.C.
Wood, Norman and Diane

Comments on agricultural land reserve changes (Barnett) 3641

Wood pellet industry See Forests and forest industry
Wood waste

Access to fibre (Donaldson) 1344

Volume and use of waste (Macdonald) 2126-7 (Thomson) 2126-7

Volume of waste (Macdonald) 1978, 2053

Woodfibre LNG Limited

Operations in B.C. (Clark) 4384 (Sturdy) 2265-7 (Wat) 2545

Power supply (Bennett) 4006

Woodward, Debbie

Comments on liquor regulation changes (Martin) 2518

WorkBC Employment Services Centres

Information on job postings (Bond) 3667, 3821

Services See Employment programs under Income assistance

Workers See also Employment and unemployment; Labour; particular sectors

Employment standards See Employment and unemployment

Foreign and immigrant workers See Immigration

Health and safety See Occupational health and safety

Injuries and deaths in the workplace See Workers killed or injured on the job under Occupational health and safety

Pre-employment background checks, privacy issues (Corrigan) 4504 (Heyman) 3575-8 (Wilkinson) 3576-8

Protection for workers (Bains) 3442, 3645, 3647 (Bernier) 3441-2 (Conroy) 3445-6 (Eby) 3443-4 (Elmore) 3440-1 (Hamilton) 3444-5 (Hammell) 3448-9 (Larson) 3443 (Morris) 3448 (Ralston) 3447 (Thornthwaite) 3446-7

Rights (Bains) 2346, 2363-4 (Chandra Herbert) 2376 (Clark) 2432-4 (Dix) 2432-3 (Trevena) 2392

Rights and 2002 legislation (Fraser) 1294

Skilled workers See Skills training; particular industries and sectors

Supply See Supply of skilled workers under Skills training

Support for B.C. workers See Government job strategy under Employment and unemployment

Temporary foreign workers See Immigration

Temporary housing in northern B.C. See Northern B.C., worker camps under British Columbia

Workers compensation See also WorkSafe B.C.

Appeals system, timeliness (Bains) 3653-4 (Bond) 3654

Appeals system, tribunal See Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Claims, benefit levels (Bond) 3649-50 (Fraser) 3649-50

Compensation for firefighters See Fires and firefighters

Compensation for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (Bains) 3659-60 (Bond) 3659-60

Compensation for mental disorders, changes (Bond) 3659-60

Meredith principles (Fraser) 3146

System

changes during B.C. Liberal Party administration (Fraser) 3144-6

principles (Bains) 3650-1

service ratings (Bains) 3651 (Bond) 3651

suicide incidence (Bains) 3650 (Bond) 3649-50 (Fraser) 3649-50

system (Foster) 3145-6

Workers Compensation Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014

(Anton) 2015, 2288 (Darcy) 3188

Amendments, retroactivity (Bains) 3224-5 (Bond) 3224-5

Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Role (Bains) 3654 (Bond) 3654-5

Role and case (Bond) 3601

Workplace Accountability Act, 2014

(Bill M210) (Bains) 1R, 3160-1

Debate, speakers (Bains) 3160-1

Purpose of bill (Bains) 3160-1, 3657

WorkSafe B.C. See also Workers compensation

Annual report, 2013, and 2014-16 service plan, tabled (Bond) 4326

Annual report and performance measurement (Bains) 3651 (Bond) 3651

Executive compensation (Bains) 3645-8 (Bond) 3645-8

Information on work injury-related suicides and self-harm (Bond) 3649

Inspection activities (Bains) 3652-3 (Bond) 3652-3

Inspections of mills following mill explosions in northern B.C. See Mills under Forests and forest industry

Investigations

Burns Lake mill explosion See Babine Forest Products Co.

Lakeland mill explosion See Lakeland Mills Ltd.

tower failure See Northwest transmission line, worker safety and tower failure investigation under Energy

workplace injuries and deaths, changes (Bond) 1932

workplace injuries and deaths, changes and oversight of process (Bains) 3656-8 (Bond) 2203, 2697-8, 3656-9 (Clark) 1930-1 (Larson) 2270

workplace injuries and deaths, special constables (Bains) 3655-6 (Bond) 3655

President and CEO See Anderson, David

Regulations on workplace bullying and harassment (Stilwell, Michelle) 1489

Report recommendations on workplace safety at Maples facility See Facility staff, safety under Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Review (Bond) 3600, 3645

Role (Bains) 1477, 3595 (Foster) 3145-6 (Fraser) 3144-6 (Throness) 2273-4

Service plan (Bains) 3651-2 (Bond) 3651-2

Staffing and operations (Reimer) 2272

Staffing, mental health specialists (Bond) 3649

Staffing, safety and inspection officers (Bond) 3648

World Autism Awareness Day

Event (Stilwell, Michelle) 2694

World Heritage Sites See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
World Kidney Day

Event (Stilwell, Michelle) 2201

World Meningitis Day

Purpose (Reimer) 3512

Wounded Warriors Canada

Vancouver Island run for awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (Popham) 1616

Wright, Jim

Comments on agricultural land reserve changes (Routley, D.) 3879-81

Wright, Ronald

Comments on long-term thinking (Macdonald) 4354 (Simons) 3556 (Trevena) 3640

Wrinch Memorial Hospital, Hazelton, B.C.

Laboratory services (Donaldson) 2178-9, 2233, 2585