Province of British Columbia
Sixth Session, 40th Parliament – 2017
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,
including individual bills and estimates.
Index updated regularly during session.

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Vaagen Fibre Canada

Partnership in mill redevelopment project (Larson) 13901-2
Value-added sector See Forests and forest industry
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-Kingsway constituency and area; Vancouver-Langara constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area

Anti-Semitic literature incident (Heyman) 13617
Child care affordability and availability (Eby) 13648 (Mark) 13653-4
City government, historical agreement with railway See Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)
Downtown Eastside, housing development requirements (Coleman) 14315 (Eby) 14208-9
Dragon boat senior C team (Eby) 14009-10
English Bay, bunker oil spill (Eby) 13892, 14253
Homelessness (Sullivan) 14077
Homelessness, regional report See Regional homelessness task force under Metro Vancouver
Hospitals See Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Housing
additional property tax for foreign buyers See Property transfer tax
affordability and housing market (Eby) 13892-3 (Heyman) 13675-7, 14075 (Mark) 13973
affordable housing projects and seniors housing (Anton) 13671
condo project and presale marketing (Coleman) 14275 (Eby) 14275, 14314, 14422-3 (Robinson) 14276
condo project and social housing units (Coleman) 14275-6
housing projects and social housing units (Coleman) 14314-7, 14423-4 (Eby) 14314-5, 14423 (Robinson) 14315-6 (Simpson) 14423
rental housing affordability and supply (Bing) 13687 (Coleman) 14275-6, 14315, 14378 (Heyman) 14075, 14377-8 (Mark) 13973
supportive housing projects (Coleman) 13864-5
vacant properties (Eby) 13893
vacant property tax (Bing) 13687
Jericho lands, purchase by First Nations groups and potential use (Eby) 13893
Killarney area, seniors centre project and proponents (Anton) 13671
Mayor See Robertson, Gregor
Post-secondary education See also particular institutions
Post-secondary education, Great Northern Way Campus (Sullivan) 13827
Technology sector (Sullivan) 13827
Technology summit See B.C. Tech Summit
Vancouver Board of Trade See Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Vancouver Charter

Amendments (Bing) 13687
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Report on discrimination and racism (Elmore) 14296
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Information technology project See Clinical and systems transformation project under Health care system
Team-based care services, neighbourhood networks (Yap) 13542
Youth mental health services (Thornthwaite) 13553
Vancouver Electric Light Co.

Discriminatory legislation and repeal See also Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
(Dix) 14323 (Wat) 14228
Vancouver Foundation

History (Sultan) 13659
Vancouver Gas Co.

Discriminatory legislation and repeal See also Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
(Dix) 14323 (Ralston) 14231
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Capital investment in operating rooms (Sullivan) 13639
Vancouver International Airport

Operations and role in economy (Yap) 13640
Vancouver International Maritime Centre

Funding (Wat) 13812
Vancouver Island See also particular communities, constituencies, etc.

Forest industry, past discriminatory practices (Routley, B.) 14249-50
Government investment (Bond) 13875
Government support and vision (Trevena) 13804
Lands, public access to back-country and park areas (Fraser) 13860 (Thomson) 13860-1
North Island See also North Island constituency and area
North Island and rural areas, government investment (Trevena) 13803-4
North Island, forest and mining industries (Trevena) 13566
North Island, poverty (Trevena) 13565
Post-secondary education, health sciences (Wilkinson) 13559
South Island See also Capital regional district; Victoria, B.C.
South Island, family physicians (Popham) 13822
Vancouver Island Health Authority

Information technology project See IHealth electronic medical records system under Health care system
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.

Facilities and programs (Stilwell, Michelle) 13977
Trades training facility expansion (Wilkinson) 13560
Vancouver school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
The Vancouver Streets Railway Co.

Discriminatory legislation and repeal See also Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act
(Dix) 14323
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area

Description and issues (Heyman) 13675-7
Film industry activities (Heyman) 13644
Forum on home care issues (Heyman) 13676-7
Forum on housing issues (Heyman) 13675
Vigil for victims of mosque shooting (Heyman) 13617
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area

Arts and culture facilities (Sullivan) 13828
Description and economic activities (Sullivan) 13825
Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area

Cultural diversity (Anton) 14241
Government investment and infrastructure projects (Anton) 13671
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

Constituents and issues (Simpson) 13935-6
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Costs for constituents (Dix) 13945
Schools (Dix) 13943-4
Vancouver-Langara constituency and area

Constituents (Stilwell, Moira) 13806
Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Description and issues (Mark) 13971-4
Small businesses (Mark) 14010-1
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area

Constituency office work and volunteers (Eby) 13889-90
Issues and concerns (Eby) 13890
Vehicles See Automobiles; Trucking industry
Venture capital See Small business; High-technology industry
Vernon, B.C.

Good Citizen of the Year award (Foster) 13703
Vernon Winter Carnival

Celebration and events (Foster) 13703
Veterans See War
Veterinarians

Human rights case See British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Mobile vet clinics (Donaldson) 14030
VEX Robotics World Championships

B.C. student participants (Dix) 14170
Victims of crime See Crime and criminals
Victoria, B.C. See also Capital regional district; South Island under Vancouver Island

Chinese-Canadian associations, history and activism (Fleming) 14300-1 (James) 14246
Court services, sheriff staffing and criminal cases (Anton) 13661, 13781-2 (Farnworth) 13661, 13781 (Ralston) 13661, 13782-3
Mental health and addiction services (Robinson) 14378-9
Mosque See Masjid Al-Iman, Victoria, B.C.
Schools, history and past discriminatory practices (Fleming) 14300-1
Seniors forum (James) 13665-6
Transit services (Holman) 14418-9
Vigil for victims of mosque shooting (Fleming) 13614
Victoria City Kennel Club

Members' concerns re breeder legislation (Routley, B.) 14037-9
Vietnamese Canadians

Arrival as refugees and contributions (Dix) 14373
Vimy Foundation

Work of organization (Foster) 14419
Vimy Ridge

Battle, centennial and legacy (Foster) 14419
Violence

Bullying and violence at school
ERASE Bullying strategy (Thornthwaite) 13552-3
prevention initiatives (Bernier) 13761 (Thornthwaite) 13552-3, 13733
Domestic violence
deaths (Wickens) 14258
employment leave proposal for persons fleeing violence See Employment and unemployment
government action and jurisdictional comparisons (Hogg) 14412
government action plan (Larson) 14259
impact of affordability issues (Wickens) 14073-4, 14258-9
incidence and prevention (Ralston) 14171
legislation See Employment Standards (Domestic Violence Leave) Amendment Act, 2017
women and children fleeing violence (Coleman) 13783 (Wickens) 13783
Family violence See Domestic violence above
Racist violence See Discrimination and racism
Sexual violence See Sexual violence
Violence against aboriginal women and children
missing and murdered women See Missing and murdered aboriginal women
missing and murdered women march See Women's Memorial March
missing and murdered women national inquiry See National inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
Moose Hide anti-violence campaign (Anton) 13611-2 (Dalton) 13601
Violence against women (Mark) 14169
Violence against women, government action and funding (Larson) 14259-60 (Mark) 13973 (Wickens) 14258-60
Violence-free B.C. strategy (Anton) 13611-2
Visual impairment See also Eye health

Colour blindness (Hogg) 13734
Voters, voting, etc. See Elections
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing (Anton) 13528
Vulnerable persons and support system See Support system for vulnerable persons under Social welfare; particular topics

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