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Province of British Columbia
Fourth Session, 40th Parliament – 2015
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Index contains information on subjects (people, places, organizations),
legislative procedure and parliamentary business arising during House debate,
including individual bills and estimates.
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Vaccination See Immunization under Public health
Vaisakhi
Valcourt, Bernard
- Consultation on treaty commission and treaty process (Horgan) 7009-10
Valemount constituency and area See Prince George–Valemount constituency and area
Valley Women's Network
- Tri-City chapter business networking events (Robinson) 9737
Value-added sector See Forests and forest industry; particular industries
Van Alphen, Linda
- Comments on education legislation (Eby) 7966 (Ralston) 7771
van Iersel, Arn
Vancity See Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
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-Kingsway constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- Ambulance service in downtown area (Chandra Herbert) 6033, 8423 (Lake) 6033, 8423-4
- Ambulance stations (Darcy) 8781 (Lake) 8781
- Ambulance stations, Cordova Street station (Lake) 6033
- Ambulance stations, Richards Street station (Lake) 6033
- Chinatown (Kwan) 6105
- City government
- archiving system (Ralston) 6285
- meetings on viaduct removal proposal See Georgia and Dunsmuir Street viaduct removal proposal under Vancouver, B.C.
- proposed auditor general position (Sullivan) 9404
- Closing of Kitsilano Coast Guard station See Canadian Coast Guard
- Community markets, winter market in Fairview neighbourhood (Heyman) 6091
- Construction industry and building code (Bains) 6174 (Coleman) 6404 (Eby) 6403 (Ralston) 6175
- Convention centre See Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Court services See Justice services below
- Crime issues (Throness) 6005
- Downtown Eastside
- Electoral districts and history of Vancouver–Little Mountain riding (Heyman) 9860-2
- Emergency health services (Darcy) 7092 (Lake) 7092
- English Bay, bunker oil spill (Chandra Herbert) 7073-4, 7090-1 (Holman) 7963 (Horgan) 7089-90 (Polak) 7089-91
- Events and festivals, funding (Eby) 8626-7
- Georgia and Dunsmuir Street viaduct removal proposal (Eby) 7802-3 (Stone) 7802-3
- Georgia and Dunsmuir Street viaduct removal proposal, meetings (Eby) 9662 (Heyman) 9661-2 (Stone) 9661-3
- Hastings Park, commemoration of Japanese Canadian internment site (Simpson) 7811
- Health authority See Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- High-technology industry (Heyman) 9382-3
- Hospitals See British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.; Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.; Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Hosting of rugby event See Rugby Canada
- Hotel accommodation, hotel room tax (Bond) 7797 (Eby) 7797
- Housing and homelessness
- affordable housing (Eby) 6205 (Kwan) 6106-7, 8577-9 (Lee) 5982
- emergency shelter beds (Kwan) 6106
- housing and homelessness (Coleman) 8500-1 (Eby) 8500-1 (Elmore) 9884
- Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project and social housing units (Coleman) 8023-4, 8574 (Heyman) 8023, 8574
- Pearson Dogwood sale and redevelopment project (de Jong) 8680
- Remand Centre social housing project (Coleman) 8544
- single-room occupancies, renovations (Coleman) 8582-3 (Eby) 8582
- supportive housing projects (Coleman) 8023-4
- Housing market, affordability (Chandra Herbert) 9084 (Clark) 8845 (de Jong) 9043 (Eby) 9082, 9381 (Fleming) 9090, 9189 (Hammell) 9088 (Shin) 9085 (Sullivan) 9380-1 (Weaver) 9037, 9042-3
- Housing market, international investment and foreign ownership (Coleman) 8541 (de Jong) 8686 (Eby) 8540-1 (Kwan) 8685-6
- Jericho lands
- redevelopment and public consultation (Eby) 7260 (Routley, D.) 7260-1 (Virk) 7260
- redevelopment and public meeting (Eby) 8800-1
- sale and redevelopment (Eby) 5887
- Justice services
- community court services (Anton) 5905
- justice access centre (Anton) 8301
- parents' legal centre pilot project (Anton) 8214-5, 8348-9 (Huntington) 8214 (Krog) 8349
- Kitsilano See Jericho lands above; Closing of Kitsilano station under Canadian Coast Guard
- Major league baseball exhibition games (Eby) 7804 (Stone) 7804
- Mining industry and stock trading (Heyman) 9944 (Sultan) 9944
- Mining industry head offices (Bennett) 5963
- New Years' Eve events (Eby) 5884-5, 6196, 8226
- North Vancouver See North Vancouver, B.C.
- Oil spill protection See English Bay, bunker oil spill above; Potential impact of oil spill in area below
- Parking regulation (Stone) 7225
- Potential as renminbi hub location (Sultan) 5934
- Potential impact of oil spill in area (Popham) 5776
- Pride parade (Chandra Herbert) 9095-6
- Queen Elizabeth Park, 75th anniversary (Stilwell, Moira) 9039-40
- South Vancouver, seniors (Anton) 9893
- Strathcona neighbourhood (Kwan) 6105
- Transmission system, city central project (Bennett) 5961
- Transportation infrastructure (Thornthwaite) 5953
- Waste management See Metro Vancouver
- West End See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- West Vancouver See West Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver Biennale
- 2014-16 exhibition (Chandra Herbert) 6426-7
Vancouver Charter
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Budget allocation to mental health (Hammell) 8546 (Lake) 8546
- Cleaning services, transition to new contract (Lake) 6281
- Community health care centres, services and redesign (Darcy) 8322-3 (Lake) 8322-3
- Facilities, contracts (Lake) 9890
- Facilities, worker layoffs and impacts (Darcy) 6281 (Rice) 9890 (Simons) 9890
- Information technology project See E-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project under Health care system
- Medical imaging services (Darcy) 9961
- Mental health program funding (Kwan) 6107-8
- Response to concerns re residential care facilities (Lake) 8417
- Sale of lands (de Jong) 7276
Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.
- Contract with lobbyist and relationship with government (Corrigan) 6031
- English language learning programs (Corrigan) 6926
- Trades training and equipment (Hunt) 5671
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Bookings (Eby) 7804
- Expansion project, costs (Bains) 6016
- Expansion project, funding See Allocation of funds under Tourism Vancouver
- Operations (Stone) 7808
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Joseph and Rosalie Segal family health centre project (de Jong) 5851 (Thornthwaite) 5955
- Vancouver Prostate Centre (Kyllo) 10142 (Reimer) 7361
Vancouver Golf Club
- Operations (Robinson) 9695
Vancouver International Airport
- Border express initiative (Ralston) 6502
- Operations (Wat) 6062
- Operations and visitor services (Yap) 9666
- Paramedic team (Yap) 8889
Vancouver International Film Festival
- Activities (Thornthwaite) 9241
Vancouver Island
- Agriculture (McRae) 5826
- Airports, passenger numbers (McRae) 6504
- Demographic changes (McRae) 6776
- Electoral districts (Fraser) 9683-4 (Horgan) 9870-1 (Simons) 9706 (Trevena) 9763
- Health care services, ambulance and paramedic services (Routley, D.) 8610
- Highways, inland highway project (McRae) 9311
- Island Highway See Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Literacy programs and funding (Fleming) 7377
- North Island See also North Island constituency and area
- North Island, roads (Trevena) 9994
- Parks (Krog) 6399-400
- Slaughter facilities and mobile abattoirs (Letnick) 7058 (Popham) 7057-8
- South Island See also Capital regional district; Victoria, B.C.
- electoral districts (Fleming) 9752-3 (Karagianis) 9809-10
- inclusion in distant-location film tax credit See Tax credits, distant-location regional tax credit, extension to capital region under Film industry
- regional growth strategy (Karagianis) 9811
- Technology industry, square one incubator initiative (Stilwell, Michelle) 6021
- Trans-Canada Highway See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Transportation
- Voter participation in federal election (Horgan) 9871
- West coast, annual grey whale migration (Fraser) 6646
- West coast, boat accident See Tofino, B.C.
- West Island school district See School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)
Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards
Vancouver Island Economic Alliance
Vancouver Island Emergency Preparedness Conference
- Comments on emergency preparedness (Horgan) 7961
Vancouver Island Health Authority
- Budget allocation for mental health (Hammell) 8546 (Lake) 8546
- Cancer treatment services and oncologists (Darcy) 8783 (Lake) 8783
- Capital projects and need for seismic upgrades (Darcy) 8600 (Lake) 8600
- Capital projects, new hospitals (Lake) 6184 (McRae) 5822, 5824, 6079
- Capital projects, priorities (Fraser) 8616 (Lake) 8616-7
- Surgical services, use of private sector facilities (Darcy) 8790 (Lake) 8790
Vancouver Island North school district See School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)
Vancouver Island Private Accredited Colleges
- Concerns re private training legislation (Corrigan) 6591, 6602, 6611-2
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Centre for Pre-Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation (Stilwell, Michelle) 6020
- Communications re contracts with lobbyists (Corrigan) 9401
- Role (Krog) 9746-7
- Role and research projects (Stilwell, Michelle) 6020
Vancouver Island University Students Union
- Role and activities (Corrigan) 10125
Vancouver Island West school district See School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)
Vancouver Island Women's Clinic, View Royal, B.C.
Vancouver police department
- Handling of cases involving mentally ill persons (Simpson) 8715-6
Vancouver Post Alliance
Vancouver Prostate Centre See Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
The Vancouver Sun
- Articles on issues
- B.C. economy (McRae) 6075
- criminal charge approval process (Ralston) 8285
- debt settlement services industry (Krog) 6513
- power projects (Martin) 10133
- private post-secondary institutions (Bains) 6310
- recovery houses (James) 9332
- Site C power project (Bennett) 9287
Vancouver Tourism Levy Enabling Act
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area
- Community festivals and block parties (Heyman) 8932-3
- Constituents' concerns (Heyman) 5750, 6007-8
- Constituents' concerns re education funding (Heyman) 7195, 7683-4
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Heyman) 9862-3
- Small businesses (Heyman) 9347
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area
- Demographic trends and young families (Sullivan) 6190
- Description and industries (Sullivan) 6189-90
Vancouver-Fraser Port Authority See Port Metro Vancouver
Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area
- Description (Anton) 5744
- Description and community facilities (Anton) 9892-3
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Anton) 9767
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Simpson) 9803
Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area
- Community engagement and organizations (Elmore) 9827
- Constituents' issues and concerns (Elmore) 5847
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Elmore) 9826-7
- Description and history (Elmore) 9910-3
- Neighbourhood groups (Elmore) 9911-2
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area
- Collingwood area (Dix) 5992
- Community engagement and facilities (Dix) 10005-7
- Constituents' issues and concerns re franchises (Dix) 9513-5 (Shin) 9502
- Contributions of constituents (Dix) 5992-3
- Description (Dix) 9788, 9790-1
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Dix) 10003-7
- School events and programs (Dix) 7745-6
Vancouver–Little Mountain riding
Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
- By-election (Simpson) 9629
- Community (Kwan) 8853
- Description and constituents' concerns (Kwan) 6105-7
- Housing needs, constituent cases (Coleman) 8578-9 (Kwan) 8577-9
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area
- Constituent subsidized housing case (Eby) 8499
- Constituents' concerns (Eby) 5885-7
- Electoral district boundaries (Eby) 9697
- Independent schools (Eby) 9195-6
Vancouver–West End constituency and area
- Business and tourism (Chandra Herbert) 6100
- Community organizations (Chandra Herbert) 9758-9
- Constituents' concerns (Chandra Herbert) 6087-8
- Constituents' concerns and cases (Chandra Herbert) 6098-102
- Constituents' rental housing cases (Chandra Herbert) 10103-5
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Chandra Herbert) 9756-9
- Health care services (Lake) 8423
- Health care services and public forum (Chandra Herbert) 8422-3
- Parent advisory councils, fundraising (Chandra Herbert) 6099
- Wine industry and independent stores (Chandra Herbert) 7575
Vanderbilt Auto Body Ltd.
Vanderweil Facility Advisors Canada Corp.
- Government contract (Lake) 8597-8
Vanedge Capital
- Access to venture capital (Ralston) 6759
VantagePoint Capital Partners
- Access to venture capital (Ralston) 6759
Vaping and vapour products See Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
Varcoe, Nancy and David
Vargas Island
Varicella-zoster virus
- Immunization of older adults for shingles (Darcy) 8617 (Lake) 8617
Variety Club of British Columbia
- Fundraising activities (Hammell) 6092-3 (Shin) 5921
Vedder River
- Plastic ingestion by fish, case (Chandra Herbert) 6351
Veenhof, Bill
- Comments on regional district bylaws (Huntington) 6172
Vehicles See Automobiles; Motorcycles; Trucking industry
Venture capital See Business; Small business
Venture Capital Markets Association
- Comments on mining exploration (Sultan) 9943-4
Vernon, B.C.
- Affordable housing (Foster) 9173
Vernon-Monashee constituency and area
- Civil forfeiture grants to organizations (Foster) 7077
Vessels See Boats and boating; Ferries and ferry services
Veterans See Armed forces; War
Veterinarians
VEX Robotics World Championships
- B.C. student participants (Dix) 7722
VFA Canada See Vanderweil Facility Advisors Canada Corp.
ViaSport British Columbia
Vic West area See Victoria, B.C.
Victim services See Crime and criminals
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
- Amalgamation review See Governance review of area municipalities below
- Belleville ferry terminal redevelopment (Fleming) 7621 (Stone) 7621-2 (Trevena) 7622
- City government, letter re municipal governance review (Fleming) 8134
- Economy (Routley, D.) 8129
- Educational field trips to area, travel assistance programs See Field trips to capital region under Education
- Electoral districts (James) 9931
- Food eco-district initiative (James) 7877
- Food security and poverty (James) 5728 (Weaver) 6365
- Fort Street, downtown section Spring Scrub-up event (James) 8640
- Gorge waterway (Fleming) 10010
- Governance review of area municipalities (Fleming) 8130-6 (Oakes) 8130-6
- Government land in area, sale (James) 7221
- High-technology industry (James) 5873-4
- Homelessness (Fleming) 9190
- Hosting of BreakOut West music events See BreakOut West
- Housing market, affordability (Weaver) 9037
- Housing, social housing projects (Coleman) 8542 (Fleming) 9090
- Inclusion of area in film tax credit See Tax credits, extension of distant-location regional tax credit to capital region under Film industry
- Inner Harbour (James) 9930-1
- James Bay lands, sale See Lands adjacent to buildings under Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
- Justice access centre (Anton) 8215, 8301 (Krog) 8301-2
- Local elections in area municipalities, ballot questions on governance (Fleming) 8135 (Oakes) 8130, 8135
- Military heritage in area (Karagianis) 7007
- Police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons (Hammell) 6767
- Roads, McKenzie-Admirals Road interchange See South Island section under Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Transit services (Stone) 7550
- Transit services, fares (Trevena) 9400
- Vic West area, electoral district designation (Karagianis) 9810, 9813
- Women's health clinic in area and access-zone issue See Vancouver Island Women's Clinic, View Royal, B.C.
Victoria High School, Victoria, B.C.
- Stadium replacement project (James) 7089
Victoria Regional Transit Commission
- Application for gas tax increase (Stone) 7550 (Trevena) 7550
Victoria Shamrocks Lacrosse Club
- Team and championship Mann Cup win (Fassbender) 9663 (Horgan) 9663
Victoria Women's Transition House Society
Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area
- Community activism and organizations (James) 9931-2
- Constituents' issues and concerns (James) 6185, 6188
- Constituents' issues and concerns re franchises (James) 9509-10
- Description (James) 6184
- Description and electoral district boundaries (James) 9932-3
- Electoral district boundaries (James) 9799-800
- First Nations history (James) 9929-30
Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area
- Description and electoral district boundaries (Fleming) 9753, 10009-11
- Work of constituency office (Fleming) 10010-1
Video games
- Classification (Anton) 9426 (Heyman) 9426
- Production industry (Yamamoto) 6014
Vietnamese Canadians
View Royal, B.C.
VIFF See Vancouver International Film Festival
Viking Air Ltd.
Vincent, Patrice
Vineglass Vintner's Resort, Cawston, B.C.
- Operations and cancer fundraisers (Larson) 9737
Vineyard Kasugai Nenryo Co.
- Operations and meeting with trade commissioner (Ralston) 6711-4 (Wat) 6712-4
Violence See also Crime and criminals
- Bullying and violence at school
- Bullying and violence in the workplace See also particular sectors
- Bullying awareness and prevention (Thornthwaite) 6090-1, 9527
- Bullying, parliamentary secretary See Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health and Anti-Bullying
- Cyberbullying, prevention (Thornthwaite) 5954, 5965-7
- Domestic violence
- coordination of government services See Provincial office of domestic violence under Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- domestic violence units (Anton) 5746-7, 5903, 8218-21, 8530 (Cadieux) 7869 (Karagianis) 7868-9, 8218-21, 8530
- ending leases early for persons fleeing violence See Rental housing under Housing
- government action and funding (Cadieux) 7868-70 (Karagianis) 5773-4, 7868-70
- government action plan (Cadieux) 5686-7 (Morris) 5773-4
- government action plan and initiatives (Lake) 8424
- incidence (Karagianis) 8530
- incidence and deaths (Karagianis) 5773
- integrated case assessment teams (Anton) 8219-20, 8530 (Cadieux) 7933 (Donaldson) 7933 (Karagianis) 8219
- ministerial responsibility and leadership (Anton) 8220-2 (Karagianis) 8219-22
- prevention (Coleman) 10188 (Donaldson) 6043 (Morris) 5773-4
- programs and funding (Anton) 8217-8, 8220-1 (Bing) 7083 (Foster) 7077 (Karagianis) 8217-8, 8220, 8424 (Lake) 8424 (Plecas) 7084 (Tegart) 7080
- programs, performance measurement (Anton) 8220 (Karagianis) 8220, 8222
- role of police See domestic violence units, integrated case assessment teams above; Police handling of domestic violence cases under Police and policing
- single-parent families leaving violent relationships, child custody issues and elimination of citizenship requirement (Stilwell, Michelle) 10113
- women and children leaving violent relationships, programs and services (Stilwell, Michelle) 10113
- Gang crime and violence See Crime and criminals; particular locations
- Prevention, programs and funding (Larson) 7081-2
- Violence against aboriginal women
- Violence against aboriginal women and children
- Violence against women
- cases and handling in justice system See Handling of violence against women cases under Justice system
- domestic violence See Domestic violence above
- government action (Karagianis) 6506
- incidence (Karagianis) 8216
- missing and murdered women along Highway of Tears See Safety of women travelling under Highway 16
- missing women commission of inquiry See Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)
- prevention (Karagianis) 7217
- prevention and government action (Anton) 5902-3 (Donaldson) 5796 (Hamilton) 5696 (Karagianis) 10194 (Plecas) 7275 (Robinson) 5738
- prevention programs for men (Donaldson) 6043
- programs and funding (Foster) 7077
- role of men and relationships (Throness) 7878
- Violence-free B.C. strategy (Anton) 5903, 8216, 8220-1, 8293, 8530 (Cadieux) 5686-7 (Coleman) 9526, 10100 (Foster) 7076-7 (Gibson) 5721 (Hamilton) 5696 (James) 7084 (Karagianis) 8215, 8530 (Plecas) 7275 (Robinson) 5738 (Stilwell, Michelle) 10113 (Tegart) 7079 (Throne speech) 5654
Violent extremism See Crime and criminals
Virk, Jusleen
- Performance at Pan Am Games (Oakes) 9092
Visitor information centres See Tourism
VISU See Downtown Eastside, mental health services and intensive supervision unit under Vancouver, B.C.
Visual impairment
Vital statistics
Volunteers and volunteer sector
Voters, voting, etc. See Elections
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
VQA wine products See Wine and wine industry
Vrooman, Tamara
- Comments on wage levels (Simpson) 5936
Vulnerable persons and support system See Support system for vulnerable persons under Social welfare; particular topics
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