BC Legislature - Hansard Subject Index, Third Session, 41st Parliament

Third Session, 41st Parliament – 2018
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

Vacancy tax See Speculation and vacancy tax
Vacant properties See Housing; particular locations
Vacation rentals See Hotels and travel accommodation
Vaccinations See Influenza virus
Vaisakhi

Celebration (Singh) 119B:1015

Valemount, B.C.

Geothermal power project See Borealis GeoPower Inc.

Valemount constituency and area See Prince George–Valemount constituency and area
Valemount Glacier resort

Development proposal (Bond) 103B:1640-1645 (Donaldson) 103B:1645

Valley Echo (Invermere)

Newspaper (Clovechok) 84B:1010

Valleyview Secondary School, Kamloops, B.C.

Expansion project (Fleming) 101A:1450-1455 (Stone) 101A:1435-1455

Van Belle Nursery Inc.

Impact of employer health tax on operations (Gibson) 94B:1430

Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency

Comments on modular housing (Stone) 163B:1015

Vancouver and District Labour Council

Activities during municipal elections (Stone) 161B:1140

Work of organization (Elmore) 83B:1345-1350

Vancouver, B.C. See also Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area; Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Active transportation and cycling infrastructure (Routley) 163B:1035-1040

Business associations, comments on property assessments (Chandra Herbert) 164B:1735-1740

Chinatown plaque project (Popham) 141C:1550-1610 (Wat) 141C:1545-1610

City government

election results (Thornthwaite) 164B:2015-2020

housing needs assessment and reporting requirements (Robinson) 136C:1750 (Sullivan) 136C:1750

impact of employer health tax on budget (Sullivan) 95B:1035 (Wilkinson) 129B:1420

notice for hearings (Eby) 110B:1655

pensions for council members (Robinson) 127B:1420-1425 (Sullivan) 127B:1420

study on ocean-dependent industries (Glumac) 114B:1130

Coal Harbour, new school (Chandra Herbert) 76B:1500

Cost of living (James) 95B:1035

Downtown Eastside, women residents and challenges (Dean) 132B:1405

Farmland and agricultural activities (Elmore) 121B:1120 (Kang) 121B:1135

High-speed rail proposal for Vancouver-Seattle-Portland route See Railways and rail services

Homeless camps (Chandra Herbert) 76B:1450

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

Housing

additional property tax for foreign buyers See Property transfer tax

affordability and housing market (Chandra Herbert) 76B:1445-1450 (Eby) 164B:1555-1600 (James) 139A:1820-1825 (Redies) 139A:1810-1820 (Sullivan) 129B:1745, 191B:1055 (Sultan) 100B:1005, 100B:1015 (Weaver) 133B:1030

impact of speculation tax (Sullivan) 187A:1430

modular units (Stone) 163B:1015

property tax surcharge for high-value properties See School tax under Property tax

sales levels (Redies) 141A:1350-1400

social housing requirement in new developments (Coleman) 138B:1400

supply and construction costs (Stone) 164B:1705

vacant property tax (Robinson) 122B:1820 (Sullivan) 122B:1820

Population and transportation access (Throness) 156B:1025

Pride parade (Throness) 150B:1735

Roads, naming of laneways (Chandra Herbert) 111B:1355-1400

Role as international hub (D'Eith) 111B:1625-1635 (Kang) 111B:1620-1625 (Krog) 111B:1550-1555 (Lee) 111B:1525 (Routley) 111B:1535 (Sultan) 111B:1610-1620 (Weaver) 111B:1545-1550

Seaplane service to Seattle See Airline industry

Small businesses, property taxation (Chandra Herbert) 164B:1730-1740 (Milobar) 164B:1715 (Stone) 164B:1650-1655, 166B:1335

Taxi industry and services (Sullivan) 187B:1620 (Thornthwaite) 187B:1545-1550

West End See Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Vancouver Board of Trade See Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Vancouver Canucks

Public awareness campaign on substance use and addiction See Stigma under Substance use and addiction

Vancouver Charter

(Eby) 125B:1820 (James) 92B:1400 (Robinson) 127B:1420-1425, 136C:1715 (Sullivan) 127B:1420-1425, 136C:1710-1715

Provisions (Eby) 110B:1655

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Overdose deaths in service area (Lee) 152B:1340

Vancouver Crime Stoppers See Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers
Vancouver Foundation

Funding of initiatives (Barnett) 125A:1735-1740 (Simpson) 125A:1740

Vancouver International Airport

Operations and fuel supply (Yap) 121B:1045-1055

Operations and international reputation (D'Eith) 111B:1625

Vancouver International Trade Forum

2018 event in Richmond (Wat) 123B:1025

Vancouver Island

Economy (Routley) 167B:1350

Employment and training (Dean) 158B:1025

Farmland and agricultural activities (Routley) 121B:1145-1150

First Nations (Routley) 150B:1555, 150B:1615

Food-processing sector (Olsen) 172B:1050-1055

Forest industry (Furstenau) 171B:1420 (Horgan) 171B:1420-1425

Island railway corridor See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Mid-Island, description and issues (Routley) 150B:1555-1600

North Island See also North Island constituency and area

education (Trevena) 77B:1120

fibre optic line and connectivity project See Coastal B.C. under British Columbia by region

fish farm protest activities (Ross) 96A:1635

forest industry (Trevena) 77B:1125

transportation (Trevena) 77B:1125-1130

Old-growth forests, management (Donaldson) 104B:1815-1825, 110B:1515 (Furstenau) 171B:1420 (Horgan) 171B:1420 (Olsen) 104B:1815-1820 (Rustad) 110B:1510-1515

Parks, changes (Heyman) 131B:1600

South Island See also Victoria, B.C.

employment and housing (James) 164B:1430

growth in West Shore area (Dean) 150B:1520

housing and homelessness in West Shore area (Dean) 163B:1005-1010

Indigenous elders (Olsen) 109B:1015

local election results (James) 164B:1430

local election results and mayors' positions on speculation tax (Stilwell) 164B:1425-1430

transportation issues See South Island transportation issues below

West Shore primary health care centre (Kang) 177B:1045

West Shore transition house (Dean) 182B:1025

South Island transportation issues

traffic congestion and transportation planning (Trevena) 97B:1825-1830

transportation infrastructure (Dean) 87B:1605 (Sturdy) 97B:1820-1825

transportation infrastructure and transit services (Furstenau) 132B:1420-1425 (Trevena) 132B:1420-1425

transportation options between capital region and rest of Island (Furstenau) 143B:1415-1420 (Olsen) 144B:1105 (Trevena) 143B:1420, 144B:1105

transportation planning (Olsen) 144B:1105 (Weaver) 83B:1625

transportation planning and transit services (Olsen) 78B:1520, 87B:1620 (Trevena) 144B:1105

Tourism and resorts (Kang) 128B:1125

Transportation issues, transportation needs consultation (Sturdy) 93B:1010

Vancouver Island Economic Association

Economic summit (Routley) 167B:1350

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Capital projects (Dix) 136A:1810

Surgical services, south Island hip and knee replacement program See Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Vancouver Island Party

Platform (Wat) 166B:1440, 173B:1755

Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.

Board membership (Mark) 153B:1755

Facilities, upgrade and replacement (Routley) 90B:1445

Role and programs (Stilwell) 79B:1140-1145

Student access to transit services (Furstenau) 132B:1420

Vancouver Native Health Society

Role and communications with government (Isaacs) 132A:1605-1610, 132A:1700

Vancouver school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
Vancouver Stock Exchange

History and role (Sultan) 118B:1455

The Vancouver Sun

Articles on issues

condominium presales legislation (Weaver) 131B:1515

employer health tax (Bond) 169B:1425

housing and child care initiatives (Wat) 77B:1100-1105

housing taxes (Redies) 178B:1610

Port Mann Bridge project costs (Johal) 150B:1415

Premier's Office staff (Bond) 179B:1025

referendum on electoral reform (Letnick) 174B:1530 (Wat) 173B:1740-1745, 194B:1615-1620

ride-sharing services (Sturdy) 187B:1420

transport of oil by rail (Heyman) 116A:1115-1120

Op-ed on professional governance (Sultan) 173B:1335-1340

Vancouver Urban Farming Society

Role (Elmore) 121B:1120

Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area

Housing and impact of speculation tax, cases (Sullivan) 122B:1600-1615

Schools, need for new schools (Fleming) 99A:1655 (Sullivan) 99A:1650-1655

Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area

Adult education centre (Elmore) 81B:1105

Constituents, activism re education issues (Elmore) 81B:1100

Issues and concerns (Elmore) 170B:1120-1125

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Affordability issues (Mark) 89B:1340, 89B:1350

Arts and culture (Mark) 89B:1355

Constituents and community (Mark) 89B:1350

Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area

Impact of housing taxes and constituents' response (Redies) 178B:1605-1615

Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Community and traffic management (Chandra Herbert) 147B:1020

Constituents' experiences re homelessness (Chandra Herbert) 79B:1005-1010

Housing issues See also Rental housing below

(Chandra Herbert) 85B:1500

Housing issues and impact of speculation tax (Chandra Herbert) 162B:1715-1730

Issues and community advocacy (Chandra Herbert) 85B:1505

LGBTQ community and rights movement (Chandra Herbert) 181B:1610

Rental housing, protections and advocacy for tenants (Chandra Herbert) 76B:1445-1450

Schools (Chandra Herbert) 76B:1500

Small business issues (Chandra Herbert) 84B:1010, 164B:1730-1740

Urban farming (Chandra Herbert) 105B:1020

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Police services and caseload (Farnworth) 94A:1615 (Morris) 92A:1455 (Rustad) 94A:1615

Supportive housing facility (Robinson) 122B:1740 (Rustad) 122B:1740

VanderMey, Jason

Comments on impact of employer health tax (Polak) 161B:1120

Vehicles See Automobiles; Trucking industry
Ventura, Carlos

Seismic research (Fleming) 101A:1520 (Sultan) 101A:1515

Venture acceleration program See Programs under High-technology industry
Verleg, Melissa

Treatment for cystic fibrosis (Foster) 136A:1805

Vernon, B.C.

Impact of employer health tax on businesses (Bond) 180A:1520-1525

Vernon, Caitlyn

Comments on LNG development (Ross) 121B:1030, 128B:1005

Vernon school district See School district 22 (Vernon)
Victoria Airport Authority

Businesses on lands, property taxation (Olsen) 164B:1710

Victoria, B.C. See also Capital regional district; South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area

Active transportation and cycling infrastructure (Routley) 163B:1035

Active transportation and infrastructure (Gibson) 163B:1045

City mayor See Helps, Lisa

Hospital See Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Housing affordability and homelessness (Dean) 163B:1005-1010

Housing affordability and housing market (Weaver) 83B:1510

Municipal governments in area, impact of employer health tax on budgets (Bond) 129B:1435

Sex industry conference See Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society

Therapeutic recovery facility in area See View Royal, B.C.

Transit services See also South Island under Vancouver Island

Transit services, bus lanes (Trevena) 97B:1830

Transit services, funding (James) 92B:1400, 99B:1725-1730 (Olsen) 87B:1615 (Redies) 99B:1725-1730 (Sturdy) 97B:1825-1835 (Trevena) 97B:1830-1835 (Weaver) 92B:1530-1535

Victoria Regional Transit Commission

Fuel tax increase and allocation (Olsen) 87B:1615 (Sturdy) 97B:1825-1830 (Trevena) 97B:1830

Request for fuel tax increase (James) 92B:1400, 99B:1725-1730 (Redies) 99B:1725-1730

Victoria school district See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area

Housing, constituents' issues and concerns (James) 84B:1035, 131B:1445

Video games

Industry and role in economy (Oakes) 94B:1645

Production industry (Ralston) 80B:1730-1735

Vidorra Developments Ltd.

Energy-efficient rental housing project (Sturdy) 164B:1355

Vietnamese Canadians

Arrival as refugees and contributions (Dix) 125B:1345 (Wilkinson) 125B:1340

View Royal, B.C.

Therapeutic recovery facility (Dean) 152B:1435, 170B:1040-1050

Vij's Restaurant, Vancouver, B.C.

Use of B.C. produce (Popham) 152B:1745

Vimy Ridge

Battle site and monument (de Jong) 108B:1355-1400

Vink, Greta Johanna Wilhelmina

Experience of World War II (Bond) 146B:1400

Violence See also Crime and criminals

Bullying See Bullying and harassment

Domestic violence See also Violence against women below

domestic violence units (Farnworth) 92A:1730 (Morris) 92A:1725-1730

experience (Dean) 182B:1025

government action (D'Eith) 111B:1840 (Elmore) 89B:1740

incidence (Dean) 155B:1550-1555

services and funding (Dean) 87B:1600 (Singh) 90B:1530-1535

services for women and children (Darcy) 157B:1505 (Mark) 89B:1345 (Sims) 78B:1500, 85B:1700 (Thornthwaite) 171B:1350 (Weaver) 83B:1620

temporary housing for persons fleeing violence See Transition houses under Housing

Gender-based violence See Violence against women below

Prevention (Dean) 94B:1400

Racist hatred and violence See Discrimination and racism

Sexual violence See Sexual violence

Violence against Indigenous women and children

government strategy (Dean) 93B:1100

missing and murdered women See Missing and murdered Indigenous women

missing and murdered women march See Women's Memorial March

Moose Hide anti-violence campaign (D'Eith) 77B:1015-1020 (Rustad) 80B:1435

violence (Kang) 93B:1140

vulnerability of women to violence and sexual exploitation (Ross) 181B:1725

Violence against women See also Discrimination and violence under Discrimination and racism; Sexual violence

awareness and prevention (Dean) 184B:1020-1030 (Thornthwaite) 184B:1025

funding for programs (Farnworth) 92A:1715-1725 (Kang) 93B:1140 (Morris) 92A:1710-1720

incidence (Dean) 184B:1015-1020

Me Too campaign (Ma) 154B:1025

missing women commission of inquiry See Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)

prevention (Dean) 192B:1350

services and funding (Dean) 184B:1020-1025

Violence against women and children, programs and services (Farnworth) 92A:1340

Violence against women and girls

awareness and prevention (Dean) 115B:1350 (Singh) 125B:1355

services (Furstenau) 98B:1020 (James) 82B:1410

Violence against women of colour (Kang) 93B:1140

Violence and abuse in Indigenous communities (Morris) 87B:1525

Virtual reality See Visualization technology under High-technology industry
Vision loss See Eye health
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 29)

(Minister of Health) 1R, 126B:1030; 2R, 131B:1415-1445; C, 138C:1730-1815, 139B:1625-1700; 3R, 141B:1335; RA, 148B:1715

Amdts: sec. 3 (Dix) 138C:1750, approved 138C:1750; sec. 20.1 (Letnick) 139B:1635, negatived 139B:1645

Debate, speakers (Dix) 126B:1030, 131B:1415-1425, 131B:1445, 138C:1730-1815, 139B:1635-1700 (Furstenau) 131B:1440-1445, 138C:1730, 138C:1745, 138C:1800 (Letnick) 131B:1425-1440, 138C:1730-1815, 139B:1630-1655

Definitions, "blood" (Dix) 138C:1730 (Furstenau) 138C:1730

Purpose (Dix) 126B:1030

Regulations (Dix) 139B:1700 (Letnick) 139B:1655-1700

Volunteers and volunteer sector See also Non-profit sector; particular organizations and sectors

Contributions (Isaacs) 150B:1540 (Tegart) 116B:1015

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing (Eby) 75B:1500

Voting See Elections
Vulnerable persons and support system See Support system for vulnerable persons under Social welfare