Second Session, 41st Parliament – 2017
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

SUBJECT INDEX
topics, places, people
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; sec. - section; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.

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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

A Way Home Kamloops

AAC

See Allowable annual cut under Forests and forest industry


Abacus Data

Abbotsford, B.C.

Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area

ABE

See Adult basic education


Aboriginal Affairs Committee

Aboriginal Business and Investment Council

See Indigenous Business and Investment Council


Aboriginal friendship centres

See Friendship centres under First Nations and Indigenous persons


Aboriginal Justice Council

See British Columbia Aboriginal Justice Council


Aboriginal peoples

See First Nations and Indigenous persons; Métis


Aboriginal tourism

See Tourism


Above and Beyond Awards

See Emergencies


Abuse

See Violence; Sexual violence


Access North project on accessible parks

See Spinal Cord Injury British Columbia


Accidents

ACE

See Administration and Cost of Elections Project


Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


ACT teams

See Programs and services, assertive community treatment program under Mental health


An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)

Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner Continuation Act (Bill 4)

ACTS Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Addiction

See Substance use and addiction; Mental illness and addiction under Mental health


Address to the House

See Inslee, Jay


Administration and Cost of Elections Project

Administrative tribunals

Adoption

See also Foster care


Adult basic education

Advanced education

See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary education funding; Post-secondary institutions


Advanced Education Ministry

Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry

Advantage B.C. program

See Tax credits to banks under Financial services industry


Adventure Tourism Coalition

Advertising

Advisory Council on Finfish Aquaculture (federal)

Aerospace industry

See also Airline industry; Airports; Aviation


Affordability and cost of living issues

See Consumers; Affordable housing under Housing


After-school care programs

See Out-of-school care programs under Education


Agassiz Fall Fair and Corn Festival

Aging

See Seniors


Agricultural Land Commission

See also Agricultural land reserve


Agricultural Land Commission Act

Agricultural land reserve

See also Agricultural Land Commission


Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry

AgriRecovery program

See Financial assistance and insurance programs under Agriculture


AgriStability program

See Financial assistance and insurance programs under Agriculture


Ahmadiyya Community

AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Air

Airbnb

Airline industry

See also Aerospace industry; Airports; Aviation


Airports

See also Aviation


Ajax mine project

Alaska

Alaska Highway

Alberta

Alcohol

Alert Bay, B.C.

All Chiefs Gathering

Allan, John

Allowable annual cut

See Forests and forest industry


Alphonse, Shirley

AltaCorp Capital Inc

AltaGas Inc

Amani, Pedram

Amazon.com Inc

Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park

Anderson, Terry

Angus Reid Institute

Animal Health Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.

Animals

See also Fish; Wildlife


Anxiety disorders

Appeal Court

See British Columbia Court of Appeal


Appendix

Apples

See Food and food industry


Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Apprenticeship Recognition Week

Aquaculture

ARC Resources Ltd

Archer, Keith

See Chief Electoral Officer


Argyle Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Armed forces

Arnett, Steve

Arrow Park, B.C.

Arthritis

Arts and culture

See also British Columbia Arts Council


ASEAN

See Association of Southeast Asian Nations


Ashoka's edicts

See King Ashoka


Asian Canadians

Asia-Pacific region

See also particular countries


Assault

See Violence; Sexual violence


Assessment of property

See Property tax


Assistance dogs

See Guide and service dogs under Animals


Assistance to Shelter Act

Assisted dying

Assisted living

Assisted-living facilities, services

See Long-term and residential care


Association Advocating for Women and Community

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Attorney General Ministry

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Auditor General

Auditor General for Local Government

Aujla, Sarwan Singh

AuRico Gold Inc

Australia

Automobiles

Avcorp Industries Inc

Aviation

See also Aerospace industry; Airline industry; Airports


Aviation fuel tax

See Jet fuel tax under Fuel

"Baby Mac"

See Saini, Mac


Back-country recreation

See Sports and recreation


Badke, Mr

Baird, Kim

Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act

Baldrey, Keith

Balfour, B.C.

Ballingal, Michael

Bandi Chhor Divas

Bani Adam

See Sa'adi Shirazi


Banks

See Financial services industry


Barbers and cosmetologists

Bardel Entertainment Inc

Barkerville Historic Town

Barlee, Gwen

Barrett, Jessica

Barriere Lions Club

Basham, Patrick

Basic income

See Income assistance


Basketball

See Sports and recreation


Bayliss, Margaret

Bayside Middle School, Brentwood Bay, B.C.

Bayview Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

B.C. back-to-school tax credit

See School supplies under Education


BCANDS

See British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society


BCIT

See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.


BCPSEA

See British Columbia Public School Employers Association


BCSTV

See Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform


Bears

See Wildlife


Beer and beer industry

Before-school care programs

See Out-of-school care programs under Education


Belgium

Bell, Alex

Bellringer, Carol

See Auditor General


Bennett, Bill

Bennett Dam

See W.A.C. Bennett Dam


Bennett, W.A.C.

Benvoulin Heritage Church, Kelowna, B.C.

Best bids policy

See Procurement practices and system under Government


Bicycles

See Cycling


Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big White Ski Resort Ltd., Kelowna, B.C.

Billesberger, Val

Billesberger, Virgil

Bills

See Bills by name; Bills by number; Bills process under Legislature; Legislation; particular bills


Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

Bioenergy

See Energy


BizPal initiative

See Permitting process under Small business


Blackwater mine

See New Gold Inc.


Blair, Bill

Blob temperature phenomenon

See Oceans and marine environment


Bloc Québécois

Block, John

BMW

Bonn, Germany

Books and book publishing

See Publishing industry


Border crossings

See particular areas


Borealis GeoPower Inc

Borth, David

Bosa film school project

See Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.


Boswell, Ron

Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area

Boychuk, Marie and George

Boys and girls clubs

See Children and youth


Brazier, Kirsten

Breast health

Brick-laying

See Masonry


Bridges

See also particular bridges


Brilliant Dam

Britain

See also United Kingdom


British Columbia

See also British Columbia by region


British Columbia Aboriginal Justice Council

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

British Columbia Agriculture Council

B.C. Agriculture Day

British Columbia Arts Council

See also Arts and culture


British Columbia by region

British Columbia Cattlemen's Association

British Columbia College of Family Physicians

British Columbia Court of Appeal

British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Society

British Columbia Ferry Commissioner

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

See also Ferries and ferry services


British Columbia Fruit Growers Association

British Columbia Games Society

British Columbia Gazette

B.C. Green Party

See Green Party of British Columbia


B.C. HOME partnership program

See First-time homebuyers under Home ownership


British Columbia Human Rights Clinic

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

See also Energy


British Columbia Innovation Council

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Judges Compensation Commission

British Columbia Judicial Compensation Commission

British Columbia Labour Heritage Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Lottery Corporation

See also Gambling


British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services

B.C. NDP

See also B.C. NDP government


B.C. NDP government

See also Government


British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association

British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Public School Employers Association

B.C. Services Card

British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

B.C. sports program

See Children's sports under Sports and recreation


B.C. Stats

British Columbia Teachers Federation

British Columbia timber sales program

B.C. Transit

British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority

British Columbia Treaty Commission

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Wildfire Service

See also Fires and firefighters


British Columbia Winter Games

British Columbia Youth Parliament

Broadbent Institute

Brock Commons student residence

See University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.


Brodie, Malcolm

Brokenleg, Martin

Brown, Rosemary

Brown, Stephen

Brown's Bay Packing, Campbell River, B.C.

Bruce, Graham

Brunette interchange

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Brunswick Point

Budget

See also 2017-18 budget update under Budgets


Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2017 (Bill 2)

Budgets

Bullying and harassment

Buprenorphine-naloxone

See Opioid replacement therapies, Suboxone under Substance use and addiction


Burke Mountain

See Coquitlam, B.C.; Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area


Burnaby Artisan Farmers Market

Burnaby, B.C.

See also Burnaby North constituency and area; Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area


Burnaby Board of Trade

Burnaby Community Services Society

Burnaby Food First

Burnaby North constituency and area

Burnaby Now

Burnaby Public Library, Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area

Burns Lake, B.C.

Bus pass programs

See Transit services


Buses and bus service

See Transit services


Business

See also Corporations; Small business


Business Council of British Columbia

Business Council of Canada

Buy B.C. program

Buy Local program

By-elections

See Elections

Cabinet

See Government


Cache Creek, B.C.

Cadman, Chuck

California

Calitz, Andy

Campaign financing

See Election campaign financing


Campbell, Gordon

Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River Environmental Committee

Campbell, Tavish

Canada

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Canada West Foundation

Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Canadian Fishing Co

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association

Canadian Marine Search and Rescue

Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)

Canadian Police Information Centre

Canadian Red Cross

Cancer

Cannabis

Canoe Reach geothermal project

See Borealis GeoPower Inc.


Capilano constituency and area

See West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area


Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.

Capital Park, Victoria, B.C.

Capital regional district

See also South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria, B.C.


Carbon

Carbon tax

Carbon Tax Act

Care aides

See Health professionals and workers under Health care system


Caregivers

Cariboo area

See also Cariboo North constituency and area; Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area


Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association

Cariboo connector

See Highways and roads under Cariboo area


Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.

Cariboo Mining Association

Cariboo North constituency and area

Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area

Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council

Cars

See Automobiles


Carson Graham Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

CASA

See Agreement with Green Party under B.C. NDP


Cascadia area

See Pacific Northwest area


Cascadia innovation corridor

See High-technology industry


Casinos

See Gambling


Cattle farming

See Livestock industry


CBC

See Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


CCOF

See Service providers, child care operating fund under Child care


Celgar pulp mill

Cement industry

Central Okanagan Heritage Society

Central Okanagan school district

See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)


Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec

Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

See St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.


Chalke, Jay

See Ombudsperson


Charities

Chase, B.C.

Chase fundraising ride

See Childhood cancer awareness under Cancer


Chef Dez

See Desormeaux, Gordon


Cheslatta Carrier Nation

Chicken industry

See Poultry industry


Chief Electoral Officer

See also Elections B.C.


Chief Electoral Officer Appointment Special Committee

Chief forester

Chief information officer

Chilcotin area

See Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area


Chilcotin Lodge, Riske Creek, B.C.

Chilcotin River

Child and Youth Representative

See Representative for Children and Youth


Child care

Child Care Minister of State

Child protection system

See also Foster care


Childhood cancer

See Cancer


Children

See Children and youth


Children and Family Development Ministry

Children and youth

Children and Youth Committee

Chilliwack, B.C.

See also Chilliwack constituency and area; Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area


Chilliwack Children's Foundation

Chilliwack constituency and area

Chilliwack Mt. Cheam Rotary Club

Chilliwack school district

See School district 33 (Chilliwack )


Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area

China

See also Asia-Pacific region


Chinese Canadian Military Museum, Vancouver, B.C.

Chinese Canadians

Chisholm Street

See Ladner, B.C.


Chrétien, Jean

Christensen, Tom

Chronic disease management

See Health care system


Chung, Alice

Churchill, Winston

CIRMO

See Corporate information and records management office under Citizens' Services Ministry


Cities and towns

See Communities


Citizen (Prince George)

Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

Citizens' Services Ministry

Civil service

See Public service


Civil society

See Society


Clarity Act (federal)

Clark, Christy

Clayoquot Sound central region board

Clayton, Eva

Clean energy

See Energy


Clean Energy Act

Clean technology

See Science and technology


Clearwater, B.C.

Climate Action Team

See Climate change


Climate change

Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council

CloudBC

Cloverdale constituency and area

See Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area


CMHC

See Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation


CN Rail

See Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)


Coal Harbour school project

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Coalition governments

See Government


Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia

Coast Salish peoples

See also particular First Nations


Coastal Douglas fir lands

See Forests and forest industry


Coastal Ferry Act

Coats for Kids

See Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown


Cohen, Bruce

Coho

Cold Creek

Collective bargaining

See Public sector; particular sectors


College and Institute Act

College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia

College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia

College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of British Columbia

Colon health

Columbia Basin Trust

Columbia Power Corporation

Columbia River

Columbia River treaty

Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit

See Anti-gang unit under Gangs


Commission of inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River (Cohen commission)

Committee of Supply

See Estimates of expenditures; Committee of Supply resolutions under Budget; Committee of Supply under Legislature; Estimates process under Legislature; Supply motions under Motions


Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Commonwealth Charter

Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Communications technology

See Information and communications technology


Communist Party of Canada

Communities

See also Local government


Community capital infrastructure fund

See Capital funding under Sports and recreation


Community Care and Assisted Living Act

Community Futures

Community Living British Columbia

See also Community living services under Disabled persons


Community service

See Volunteers and volunteer sector


Comox constituency and area

See Courtenay-Comox constituency and area


Comox Valley

Comox Valley Community Justice Centre, Courtenay, B.C.

Compass card system

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Composting

Computer technology

See Information and communications technology


Conference Board of Canada

Confidence and supply agreement

See Agreement with Green Party under B.C. NDP


Confidence and supply agreement secretariat

Conflict of interest

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

Conflict of Interest Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Conservation of wildlife

See Wildlife


Conservation officers

See Environment


Constituency assistants, offices

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Constitution

Constitution Act

Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 5)

Construction industry

Consumer Protection B.C.

Consumers

Continuing and long-term care

See Long-term and residential care


Conuma Coal Resources Ltd

Cops for Cancer

Coquihalla Highway

See Highway 5


Coquihalla River

Coquitlam, B.C.

See also Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area; Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area; Tri-Cities area


Coquitlam Crunch Diversity Challenge

Coquitlam school district

See School district 43 (Coquitlam)


Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area

Cordocedo, Barry

Cornish, Laura

Coroner services

Corporations

See also Business


Corrections system

See also Crime and criminals; Justice system


Cost of living

See Consumers


Counsellors

See School counsellors under Education


Court of Appeal

See British Columbia Court of Appeal


Court Order Enforcement Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M206)

Courtenay-Comox constituency and area

Courts

See Justice system; particular courts


Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Valley

Cowichan Valley constituency and area

Cowichan Watershed Board

CPIC

See Canadian Police Information Centre


Craft beer

See Beer and beer industry


Craft distilleries

See Distilling industry


Creative B.C.

Creative sector

See Arts and culture


Credit rating

Credit unions

See Financial services industry


Creston constituency and area

See Nelson-Creston constituency and area


Creston Valley

Crime and criminals

See also Corrections system; Justice system


Crossing the floor

See Potential change of party allegiance under Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Crossroads Hospice Society

Crosstown Clinic

See Providence Crosstown Clinic, Vancouver, B.C.


Crown corporations

See also particular corporations


Crown Corporations Committee

Crown land

Crown Proceeding Act

Cruise ship industry

Cultural diversity

See Multiculturalism


Culture

See Arts and culture; Society


Cultus Lake Park Board

Cybersecurity and protection of data

See Information and communications technology


Cycling

Cystic fibrosis

Dairy industry

Dams

See also particular dams


Daoust, Luwana

Dart Coon Club, Victoria, B.C.

Davidson, John

D'Avignon, Greg

Dawson Creek and District Hospital, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Dawson Creek, B.C.

Day care

See Child care


Daylight saving time

Days of Activism campaign

See 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence


DBRS

See Dominion Bond Rating Services Ltd.


de Aguayo, Jacquie

Deafness

See Ear health and hearing impairment


Death

Debt

Delta, B.C.

See also Delta North constituency and area; Delta South constituency and area


Delta Hospital Auxiliary Society

Delta Hospital, Delta, B.C.

Delta Hospital Foundation

Delta North constituency and area

Delta South constituency and area

Delta Sports Hall of Fame

Dementia

Democracy

See also Politics and politicians


Denham, Elizabeth

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Dental health

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

See Fisheries and Oceans Canada


Deregulation

See Regulations under Government


Derrick, Elmer

Desmond, Kevin

Desormeaux, Gordon

Destination B.C.

See also Tourism


Detoxification

See Substance use and addiction


Development cost charges

See Land use


Developmentally disabled persons

See Disabled persons


DFO

See Fisheries and Oceans Canada


Diabetes

Dietitians and nutritionists

Digital media industry

Disability Alliance British Columbia

Disability benefits

See Income assistance


Disability Employment Month

Disabled persons

Disasters

See Earthquakes; Emergencies; Floods and floodplains


Discon, Bernice and Tony

Discrimination and racism

Disease

See also particular conditions, diseases, etc.


Distilling industry

Divisions recorded

Diwali

Dixon Transition Society

Doctors

See Physicians


Doctors of optometry

See Optometrists


Documents tabled

Domestic violence

See Violence


Dominion Bond Rating Services Ltd

Donations

Douglas fir lands

See Coastal Douglas fir lands under Forests and forest industry


Douglas First Nation

Douglas, Tommy

Douglas treaties

See Treaties under First Nations and Indigenous persons


Downtown Eastside

See Vancouver, B.C.


DP World

Drinking and driving

See Impaired driving


Driver's licences

See Automobiles


Drugs

See also Prescription drugs


Dumping

Duncan, B.C.

Duperron, Paul and Diane

Dynamis Global

E&N Railway

See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway


Eagle Ridge Hospital, Port Moody, B.C.

Ear health and hearing impairment

Early childhood development

See Children and youth


Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia

Earthquakes

East Fraser lands

See Vancouver, B.C.


ECEBC

See Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia


École Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec

Economic Forecast Council

Economy

Ecotourism

See Tourism


Edmonton, Alberta

Education

See also Adult basic education; Education funding; Post-secondary education; School districts; Schools; Skills training


Education funding

Education Ministry

Edwards, Patty

Eid Milad-un-Nabi

Elderly

See Seniors


Election Act

Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 3)

Election Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M201)

Election campaign financing

Elections

See also Chief Electoral Officer; Elections B.C.; Politics and politicians; Referenda


Elections B.C.

See also Chief Electoral Officer


Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electoral Reform Referendum 2009 Act

Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act (Bill 6)

Electric power

See Energy


Electric vehicles

See Automobiles


Electricity rates

See Energy


Elephant Hill

Elk River Guiding Co

Elko Dam

ELL program

See English language learning programs


Elliot, Charles

EMBC

See Emergency Management British Columbia


Emergencies

Emergency and Health Services Act

Emergency Management British Columbia

See also Emergencies


Emerging economy task force

See Sustainable development under Economy


Emerson, David

Emissions

See Greenhouse gas emissions


Employment and unemployment

See also Labour


Employment Standards Tribunal

"End polio now" initiative

See Rotary Clubs


Endako Mines

See Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.


Endangered species

See Species at risk under Wildlife


Endangered Species Act, 2017 (Bill M208)

End-of-life care

See Hospice and palliative care


Energy

See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority


Energy and Mines Ministry

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry

Engineers

England

See Britain; United Kingdom


English language learning programs

Entrepreneurship

See Business


Enumeration

See Elections


Environment

Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry

Epp, Weldon

Erickson, Steve

Ernst and Young

Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice

ESL

See English language learning programs


Eslha7an Learning Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area

Estimates of expenditures

Ethnic diversity

See Multiculturalism


E-ticket system

See Electronic ticketing system under Traffic safety


Europe

Evans, Corky

Evans, David

Evans, Tasha Faye

Evergreen Herbs Ltd

Excell, Horace

Exports

See Trade


Eye health

Fair Share agreement

See Northern B.C. under British Columbia by region


Fair Voting B.C.

Fair Wages Commission

Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C.

Fairview Container Terminal

See Port of Prince Rupert


Falcon, Kevin

Families

Family Day

Family physicians

See Physicians


FamilySmart program

See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health


Farm animals

See Animals; Livestock industry


Farm Industry Review Board

Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act

Farmers, farming, farms, etc

See Agriculture


Fassbender, Peter

Fawcett, Rae and Ron

Fazio, Samantha

FCF

See First citizens fund under First Nations and Indigenous persons


Federal Court of Appeal

Feed B.C. policy

See Institutional purchasing policies under Food and food industry


Fentanyl

See Opioid overdoses under Substance use and addiction


Fernie, B.C.

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Film industry

Filmon, Gary

Finance and Government Services Committee

Finance Ministry

Financial Post

Financial services industry

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre

Financing Democracy

See Report on democracy under Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development


Finger family

FINTRAC

See Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre


Firearms

Fires and firefighters

See also British Columbia Wildfire Service


First Nations and Indigenous persons

First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2017 (Bill M205)

First Nations Leadership Council

First Nations Limited Partnership

First Peoples Cultural Council

First responders

See Emergencies


First speeches by members

First-past-the-post system

See Electoral systems under Elections


Fish

See also Aquaculture; Fishing industry


Fish and Seafood Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M207)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fishing industry

FIT tests

See Colorectal cancer screening under Cancer


Fitness tax credits

See Tax credits for families with children under Families


Fitzpatrick, Darren

Fixed election date

Float homes

Floods and floodplains

Fluor Corp

FOIPPA

See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act


Food and food industry

See also Agriculture; Restaurant and food services industry


Food banks

Forcier, Irene

Foreign workers

See Immigration


Forensic Psychiatry Act

Forest Appeals Commission

Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia

Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd

Forests and forest industry

Forests for Tomorrow program

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry

Fort McMurray, Alberta

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society

Fort Nelson First Nation

Fort St. James, B.C.

Fort St. John, B.C.

Fort St. John Public Library, Fort St. John, B.C.

Fortinet Technologies

Fossil fuels

See Fuel; Oil and gas


Fossils

Foster care

Foster, Jim

Foundation skills assessment

See Standardized testing under Education


Foundry

Foundry North Shore

Fox, Terry

Fracking

See Hydraulic fracturing under Oil and gas


France

Franchises

Fraser, Alex

Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Institute

Fraser, Paul

See Conflict of Interest Commissioner


Fraser River

Fraser Valley

See also Lower Mainland


Fraser-Nicola constituency and area

Freedom of information

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Freedom of speech

FRIENDS program

See Anxiety in children and youth under Anxiety disorders


Friendship centres

See First Nations and Indigenous persons


Fringe party incidence

See Electoral systems under Elections


Fuel

See also Oil and gas


Fugitive emissions

See Greenhouse gas emissions


Futurpreneur program

See Entrepreneurship under Business


F.W. Howay Elementary School, New Westminster, B.C.

Gaining the Edge strategy

See Government strategy under Tourism


Galloway, B.C.

Gambling

See also British Columbia Lottery Corporation


Gaming

See Gambling


Gaming grants program

See Community gaming grants under Communities


Gaming policy and enforcement branch

Gangs

Garbage

See Waste management


Garfinkel, Gabe

Gas industry

See Oil and gas


Gas tax fund

See Infrastructure funding, federal gas tax fund under Local government


Gasoline

See Fuel


Gateway Sweets and Chaat House Ltd

Gauchier, Paige

Gaudet, Paris

Gays and lesbians

See LGTBQ community


Gazette

See British Columbia Gazette


GCPE

See Government communications and public engagement


GDP

See Gross domestic product under Economy


Gender identity

Gender-based violence

See Violence against women under Violence


General practitioners

See Family physicians under Physicians


George Massey Tunnel

See Highway 99


Geoscience B.C.

Geothermal power

See Energy


German, Peter

Germany

Gervais, Alex

Gibran, Kahlil

Giesbrecht, Albert

Gill, Maninder

Gill, Tanya and Rob

Gilmore Community Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.

Girls Fly Too

Gladstone Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Global warming

See Climate change


The Globe and Mail

Golden, B.C.

Golden Ears Bridge

Goss, Wayne

Gourlay, Laurie William

Government

See also B.C. NDP government; Legislature; Local government; Public service


Government communications and public engagement

Government records management

A GP for Me program

See Family physicians under Physicians


Grace Islet

Grandparents

See Families


Grandparents Day

Grandview Heights secondary school project

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Gray, Lynda

Graydon Group Management

Great Britain

See Britain; United Kingdom


Great British Columbia Shakeout

Greater Victoria

See Victoria, B.C.; Capital regional district; South Island under Vancouver Island


Greece

Green economy

See Sustainable development under Economy


Green energy

See Clean energy under Energy


Green Lake

Green Lake Provincial Park

Green Party of British Columbia

Green technology

See Clean technology under Science and technology


Green Timbers constituency and area

See Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area


Greenhouse gas emissions

See also Climate change


Greenhouse industry

See Agriculture


Gregory, David

Gregson, Sharon

Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education

See Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.


Greyhound Bus Lines

Griffin Cohen, Marjorie

Grizzly bears

See Wildlife


Grocery store liquor sales

See Liquor sales under Alcohol


Gross domestic product

See Economy


Grow Local program

See Locally grown food under Food and food industry


Growing Forward program

See Agriculture


Guangzhou, China

Guardian (United Kingdom)

Guichon, Judith

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Judith Guichon


Guide and service dogs

See Animals


Guide-outfitters

Guildford constituency and area

See Surrey-Guildford constituency and area


Gulf Islands constituency and area

See Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area


Gulf Islands Secondary School, Saltspring Island, B.C.

Gun violence

See Gangs; particular locations


Guru Nanak Gurpurab

Guyana

Gwyn, Richard

Habitat protection

See Wildlife


Hadfield, Chris

Haida Gwaii

Haida Nation

Haisla Nation

Handicapped persons

See Disabled persons


HandyDART system

See Transit services


Hansard

Hara, Dan

Harassment

See Bullying and harassment


Hargreaves, Rodger

Harmonized sales tax

Harold's Restaurant, Kamloops, B.C.

Harris family

Harris, Tom

Harrison Hot Springs, B.C.

Harvey, Paul

Hastings, Barry

Hastings constituency and area

See Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area


Hate crimes

See Crime and criminals


HD Mining International Ltd

Health

See also Health authorities; Health care facilities and hospitals; Health care funding; Health care system; Long-term and residential care; Public health


Health authorities

See also particular authorities


Health Authorities Act

Health care facilities and hospitals

See also particular facilities and hospitals


Health care funding

Health care system

Health Committee

"Health firings" issue

See Health information breach investigation under Health Ministry


Health Ministry

Health Professions Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 10)

Healthier You Expo

Healthy Kids program

See Services for children and youth under Health care system


Hearing impairment

See Ear health and hearing impairment


Heiltsuk Nation

Heiman, Daniel

Hendrickson, Opal

Hepatitis C virus

Heritage Conservation (First Nations Protection) Amendment Act, 2017

See First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2017 (Bill M205)


Heritage sites

Heroin

See Substance use and addiction


Hicken, Mark

High-risk offenders

See Justice system


High-technology industry

See also Science and technology


Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 5

Highway 7

Highway 16

Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Highway 97

Highway 99

Highway of Tears

See Highway 16


Highways and roads

See also Infrastructure under Transportation; particular highways or locations


Hill, Bruce

Hillsborough Resources Ltd

HIV/AIDS

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


Hockey

See Sports and recreation


Hockey Helps the Homeless

Hogg, Gordon

Holidays

See particular holidays


Hollingsworth, Shaun

Holocaust

Holodomor

Home care

Home heating

See Energy


Home Owner Grant Act

Home ownership

Home support

See Home care


Homelessness

See also Poverty


Homeowner grant

HOpe Centre

See Greta and Robert Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education under Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.


Hospice and palliative care

Hospitality industry

See Restaurant and food services industry; Sports and recreation; Tourism


Hospitals

See Health care facilities and hospitals


Hosting B.C. program

See Events under Sports and recreation


Housing

Housing Ministry

See Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry


Howay Elementary School, New Westminster, B.C.

See F.W. Howay Elementary School, New Westminster, B.C.


HST

See Harmonized sales tax


Human rights

Hunt, Tony Jr

Hunting

The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Act

Huntington, Vicki

Hydraulic fracturing

See Oil and gas


Hydro rates

See Electricity rates under Energy


Hydroelectric power

See Energy

IBM Canada Ltd

ICBC

See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia


Ice rinks

See Sports and recreation


Identification

Ignite Your Spirit

Ike mine project

Immediate roadside prohibition program

See Impaired driving


Immigration

Impaired driving

Imports

See Trade


Inaugural speeches by members

See First speeches by members


Income

See also Poverty; Wages and salaries


Income assistance

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Indemnity policy

See Legal fee indemnity policy under Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Legal fee indemnity policy under Public service


Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of British Columbia

Independent power producers

See Energy


India

Indian Arm

Indians Abroad for a Pluralist India

Indigenous Business and Investment Council

Indigenous Disability Awareness Month

Indigenous peoples

See First Nations and Indigenous persons


Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry

Indigenous Resilience, Connectedness and Reunification: From Root Causes to Root Solutions report recommendations

See John, Ed


Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council

Industrial relations

See Labour relations under Labour


Industry

See also Manufacturing industry; Resources and resource industries; particular sectors


Industry Training Authority

See also Skills training


Infection control

See Health care facilities and hospitals


Information

Information and communications technology

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Infrastructure

Innovation

See Research and development; Science and technology


Innovation commission

See Sustainable development under Economy


Insect pests

Inslee, Jay

Insurance

See particular types or areas of insurance


Insurance Act

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Insurance industry

Integrated Threat Assessment Unit

See Sheriffs, threat and risk assessments under Justice system


Interest rates

Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat

Interim supply

See Budget


International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers

International Business Activity Act

International business activity program

See Business


International Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Paralympic Committee

International relations

International students

See Education; Post-secondary education


International Trade Ministry

Internet

See Information and communications technology


Interpretation Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill M210)

Interventional radiology

See Radiology services under Health care system


Introductions by members

See also Introductions by members under Legislature


Invasive species

Investment

IPPs

See Independent power producers under Energy


IR

See Radiology services, interventional radiology under Health care system


Iran

Iranian Canadians

Ireland

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge

Ironworkers union

See International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers


IRP program

See Immediate roadside prohibition program under Impaired driving


Islam

Island Coastal Economic Trust

Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Islands Trust

Israel

ITA

See Industry Training Authority


Italy

Jaccard, Mark

Jackson, Lois

Jake Shearer

Janyk, Andrée

Japan

Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry

John, Ed

Joint Task Force on Overdose Prevention and Response

Jones, Darrell

Jordan decision

See Ruling on delays of criminal cases under Supreme Court of Canada


Joshua case

Juan de Fuca constituency and area

See Langford–Juan de Fuca constituency and area


Judges

See Judiciary under Justice system


Judicial Compensation Act

Judicial justices

See Judiciary under Justice system


Junior Achievement British Columbia

Justice ministries

See Attorney General Ministry; Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry


Justice system

See also Corrections system; Crime and criminals; particular courts

Kadian

See Opioid replacement therapies under Substance use and addiction


Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area

Kanagawa, Hiro

Karagianis, Maurine

Kaslo, B.C.

Kelly, Bert

Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna West constituency and area

Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area

Kelowna-Mission constituency and area

Kemess mine proposal

See AuRico Gold Inc.


Kennedy, John F

Kent constituency and area

See Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area


Kidney Foundation of Canada

Kidney health

KidSport B.C.

KidSport Richmond

Kimberly's law

See Young offenders under Justice system


Kinder Morgan Canada Inc

King Ashoka

Kingsford-Smith School

See Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.


Kin's Farm Market

Kirsh, Leilah and Wayne

Kirwin-Wallace, Alex

Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat LNG Inc

Kogawa, Joy

Kootenay area

See also Kootenay East constituency and area; Nelson-Creston constituency and area


Kootenay East constituency and area

Kootenay Family Place, Castlegar, B.C.

Kootenay Lake

Kootenay Meadows Farm, Creston, B.C.

Kootenay Pride

Kootenay Rockies Tourism Association

Korean trade agreement with Canada

See Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement


Kristallnacht

Krusel, Don

Krygier, Kevin

Kwan, Jenny

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C.

Laboratory Services Act

Labour

See also Employment and unemployment; particular sectors


Labour Ministry

Labour Relations Board

Lacerte, Paul and Raven

Ladner, B.C.

Ladysmith, B.C.

Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary

Lake Babine Nation

Lake Country constituency and area

See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area


Lake Country middle school project

See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)


Lakes

Lakeview mill

See Williams Lake mill under Tolko Industries Ltd.


LAMC

See Legislative Assembly Management Committee


Land

See also Agricultural land reserve; Farmland under Agriculture; Land claims under First Nations and Indigenous persons; Land use


Land Title Survey Authority

Land use

See also Agricultural land reserve


Landfills

See Waste management


Landlord-tenant issues

See Rental housing


Lands Ministry

See Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry


Langford–Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Langley, B.C.

Language

Lantzville, B.C.

L'Arche Comox Valley

Larsen, Angela

Las Vegas, Nevada

Lawyers and legal services

Layton, Jack

Leader of the Opposition

See Opposition leader under Legislature


Lean initiatives

See Financial management under Government


Lee, Brandon

Lee, Cindy

Lee, Greg

Legacy Initiatives Advisory Council

Legal aid

Legal services branch

See Attorney General Ministry


Legal Services Society

Legion of Honour

See National Order of the Legion of Honour


Legislation

See also Bills process under Legislature; Bills by name; Bills by number


Legislative Assembly

See also Legislature


Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act

Legislative committees

See Committee system under Legislature; Select standing committees; Special committees


Legislative counsel office

See Legal services branch under Attorney General Ministry


Legislature

See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker


Legislatures

Lekstrom, Blair

LeMoine, Joan

Lesbians and gays

See LGBTQ community


Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Metchosin, B.C.

Lever, Dirk

Leyne, Les

LGBTQ community

Liberal Party of British Columbia

See British Columbia Liberal Party


Libraries

Library Month

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Judith Guichon

Limpright, Ivan

Line Creek mine

See Teck Resources Ltd.


Lions Gate Bridge

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation

Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.

Lions Gate wastewater treatment project

See Metro Vancouver


Liquefied natural gas development

Liquor distribution branch

Literacy

Liu, Julie

Livestock industry

See also Dairy industry; Poultry industry


Living Room Art in the Heights

Living wage

See Wages and salaries


LlamaZOO Interactive Inc

LNG

See Liquefied natural gas development


LNG Canada

Loans

See Financial services industry


Lobbyists

Lobbyists Registration Act

Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 8)

Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15)

Local government

See also Communities


Local government elections

Locally grown food

See Food and food industry


London Drugs

Long-term and residential care

Lonsdale constituency and area

See North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area


Lord Roberts School Annex, Vancouver, B.C.

Lotteries

See British Columbia Lottery Corporation; Gambling


Lottery Corporation

See British Columbia Lottery Corporation


Lougheed constituency and area

See Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area


Louis Riel Day

Low Income Climate Action Tax Credit

See Tax credit under Climate change


Lowe, Stan

See Police Complaint Commissioner


Lower Mainland

See also Metro Vancouver; particular cities, constituencies, etc.


Lucas, Simon

Lynn Valley Link

MAACFA

See Minister of Agriculture's Advisory Council on Finfish Aquaculture


Maa-nulth First Nations

McAbee fossil beds

See Cache Creek, B.C.


McArthur, Drew

See also Acting commissioner under Information and Privacy Commissioner


Macatee, Gord

McBain, Jordan

McBain, Leslie

McBride, B.C.

McComb, Jon

McCulloch, Joe

McDonald, Andrea

McDonald, Mike

McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

McGuire, Clarke

McIldoon, Jordan

McIntyre, Wilf

McLean, Brenda

McLellan, Michael

McLeod Lake Indian Band

McLure, B.C.

McMurray, Dave

McNab, David

McParland, Katherine

MacPhail, Joy

Maiden speeches by members

See First speeches by members


Maillardville constituency and area

See Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area


Major investments office

Malysh, Jerome

Manitoba

Mann Cup

Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act

Manufacturing industry

Maple Ridge, B.C.

Maple Ridge school district

See School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)


Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Community Services Society

Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area

Marijuana

See Cannabis


Marine environment

See Oceans and marine environment


Martin, Eric

Marty, Gary

Masonry

Massey Tunnel

See George Massey Tunnel under Highway 99


Masters, Ruth

Maternity and pregnancy

Mattila, Myles

May, Thomas Erskine

Mays, Benjamin E

Me Too campaign

See Violence against women under Violence


Meager Creek

Meat

See Food and food industry


Media

Medical Services Commission

Medical Services Plan

Medical tourism

See Tourism


Medicare Protection Act

Medications

See Prescription drugs; PharmaCare program


Meggs, Geoff

Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

See also Politics and politicians


Members' Remuneration and Pensions Act

Members' statements

See Personal Statements; Private members' statements; Statements; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)


Memorial Cup

Mental health

Mental Health and Addictions Ministry

Merit Commissioner

Merritt, B.C.

Metchosin constituency and area

See Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency and area


Methane emissions

See Greenhouse gas emissions


Métis

Metro Vancouver

See also Lower Mainland


Mexico

MHSUS

See British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services


Mica Dam

Michael Smith Foundation

Microsoft Corp

Mid Island–Pacific Rim constituency and area

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mill, J.S.

Miller, Laura

Miller-Saunders, Kristi

Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, B.C.

Miner, Billy

Mines and mining industry

Mingay, Rob

Minimum wage

See Wages and salaries


Minister of Agriculture's Advisory Council on Finfish Aquaculture

Minister of State for Child Care

See Child Care Minister of State


Minister of State for Trade

See Trade Minister of State


Ministerial assistants

See Government


Ministerial statements

Minister's Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction

Ministers of government

See Government


Ministers of State

See Child Care Minister of State; Trade Minister of State


Ministries

See Government


Minnings, Anne

Minority governments

See Government


Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)

Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)

Mission, B.C.

Mission constituency and area

See Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area; Kelowna-Mission constituency and area; Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area


Mission District Historical Society

Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mitchell, Ron

Mixed Match

MLAs

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


MMBC

See Multi-Material B.C.


MMK Consulting

MNP report

See Report on money laundering in casinos under Gaming policy and enforcement branch


Mobility pricing

See Transportation


Mobility Pricing Independent Commission

Moms Stop the Harm

Monashee constituency and area

See Vernon-Monashee constituency and area


Montaner, Julio

Moody's Investors Service Inc

Moon Festival

See Mid-Autumn Festival


Moose Hide campaign

See Violence against Indigenous women and children under Violence


Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park

Morgan, Patty

Morrison, Sheenagh

Mortgages

MOSAIC

See Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities


Moses Lake, Washington

Motions

Motor fuel tax

See Fuel


Motor Fuel Tax Act

Motor Vehicle Act

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012

Motorcycles

Mount Meager

Mount Milligan mine project

See Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.


Mount Seymour Provincial Park

The Mountain Between Us

Mountain Highway interchange

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Mountainside Secondary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Movember

MRDT

See Municipal and regional district tax under Tourism


MSP

See Medical Services Plan


Mulholland, Wanda

Multicultural Advisory Council

Multicultural Helping House Society

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism Act

Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities

Multi-Material B.C.

Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry

Municipal and regional district tax

See Tourism


Municipal auditor general

See Auditor General for Local Government


Municipal elections

See Local government elections


Municipalities

See Local government


Muskrat Falls power project

See Newfoundland and Labrador


Muslim community

Musqueam First Nation

Mussels

See Invasive species


Myanmar

Myers, Paul

Myra Falls mine

See Nyrstar