Fifth Session, 41st Parliament – 2020
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

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Vacant properties See Housing; particular locations
Vaccination See Immunization under Public health; particular viruses and conditions
Vaisakhi

Celebration during COVID-19 (Singh) 327B:1020
Valemount and Area Recreation Development Association

Study on snowmobile tourism (Bond) 318A:1540
Valemount, B.C.

Geothermal power project See Borealis GeoPower Inc.
Pipeline protest encampment in area See Blue River, B.C.
Traffic rerouting in area and impact on tourism (Bond) 318A:1545-1550
Village concerns re pipeline protest encampment (Bond) 18CSC:1410
Valentine's Day

Celebration (Chandra Herbert) 305B:1030-1035
Valleyview supportive housing project See Housing under Kamloops, B.C.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

New facility project and fundraising (Beare) 320A:1735 (Clovechok) 320A:1735
Vancouver, B.C. See also Lower Mainland; Metro Vancouver; Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area; Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area; Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Affordability and cost of living (Sultan) 311B:1700
Black community and Hogan's Alley area (Furstenau) 331B:1410
Chinatown
COVID-19 impact on businesses (James) 356B:1525-1535 (Wat) 356B:1520-1530
heritage designation and monument (Beare) 8CSA:1410, 8CSA:1430-1435 (Wat) 8CSA:1330, 8CSA:1405-1415, 8CSA:1430-1435, 356B:1525-1530
museum project See also Museum initiative under Chinese Canadians
museum project and proposed World Heritage Site designation (Beare) 309B:1830
City government
authority and powers re development agreements and maintenance standards (Robinson) 318B:1405, 320B:1815-1820 (Stone) 320B:1815-1820
former planner See Toderian, Brent
funding of child care spaces and memorandum of understanding (Chen) 322A:1655-1720 (Eby) 311B:1735 (Throness) 322A:1655-1715
healthy city strategy (Throness) 322A:1700-1705
property tax increase (Stone) 318B:1410
property tax issues re assessment and valuation See Property tax
Coal Harbour, new school (Fleming) 325A:1705-1715 (Sullivan) 325A:1705
Development planning and zoning, history and impacts (Sullivan) 322B:1715-1725, 322B:1740-1745
Development project on First Nation land See Squamish Nation
Downtown densification
families with children (Sullivan) 1CSA:1005-1015
redevelopment (Sullivan) 322B:1715-1725
Downtown Eastside
COVID-19 response re housing See Housing below
drug use and impact on nearby areas (Sullivan) 1CSA:1015, 322B:1725-1730
Francophone school for downtown area See Francophone education authority
High-speed rail proposal for Vancouver-Seattle-Portland route See Railways and rail services
High-technology industry (Sullivan) 322B:1720
Hospital See British Columbia Children's Hospital; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Hosting of Rugby Sevens World Series See Rugby Sevens World Series
Housing
affordability and market (Shypitka) 315B:1410 (Weaver) 304B:1755
affordability and supply (Stewart) 304B:1735 (Sullivan) 311B:1400-1410, 322B:1720, 322B:1735-1745
foreign ownership and speculation issue (Sullivan) 322B:1735-1745
shelters and self-isolation facilities during COVID-19 (Isaacs) 1CSC:0950-1005 (Simpson) 1CSC:0955-1010
supportive housing sites and issues See also particular hotels
(Horgan) 360B:1525-1530 (Isaacs) 1CSC:1110-1125, 343B:1415, 356B:1420 (Robinson) 5CSA:1005, 5CSA:1110, 343B:1415 (Simpson) 1CSC:1110-1130 (Stone) 7CSA:0945, 7CSA:1015-1025 (Sullivan) 339B:1045-1050 (Thornthwaite) 339B:1050 (Wilkinson) 360B:1510
tent cities and homeless camps (Isaacs) 1CSC:1055-1100
Marpole, supportive housing site issues (Robinson) 7CSA:1045-1055
Mayor See Stewart, Kennedy
Mining industry (Davies) 330B:1720
Mining industry headquarters (Milobar) 330B:1635 (Sullivan) 322B:1720
Mining industry headquarters and company officials (Shypitka) 322B:1640
Olympic Village area
development (Sullivan) 322B:1715-1720
school (Fleming) 1CSA:1010, 325A:1655-1700, 325A:1715 (Sullivan) 1CSA:1005, 325A:1650-1700
Oppenheimer Park homeless camp, relocation of residents to hotels (Isaacs) 1CSC:1010-1020, 6CSA:1750 (Robinson) 6CSA:1750-1755 (Simpson) 1CSC:1005, 1CSC:1015-1020 (Stone) 327B:1035 (Thornthwaite) 327B:1105
Park board See Vancouver park board
Port See Port of Vancouver
Seniors population and concerns (Lee) 16CSC:1335
Stanley Park, Air India memorial (Dix) 329B:1020
Street and transit systems, history and role of private sector (Sullivan) 322B:1735-1740
West End See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
Yaletown, supportive housing site issues (Isaacs) 6CSA:1810-1825, 338B:1415 (Robinson) 6CSA:1815-1825 (Stone) 7CSA:1015-1025
Vancouver Board of Trade See Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Vancouver Charter

Amendments See also Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3); Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
(Heyman) 318B:1650 (Robinson) 318B:1400-1405
Provisions (Fleming) 325A:1715
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Breach of employee assistance program information (Dix) 14CSC:1650-1655 (Letnick) 14CSC:1650-1655
Capital projects (Dix) 16CSC:1430
Seniors care, dementia village project See Providence Health Care
Urgent and primary care centres (Dix) 14CSC:1725 (Letnick) 14CSC:1725
Vancouver Diamond Lions Club

Work of organization (Yap) 329B:1025-1030
Vancouver International Arbitration Centre See British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver Island

Aquaculture industry (Stilwell) 10CSA:1825
Family farm operation and housing case (Paton) 10CSA:1405
Forest-dependent communities and workers (Stilwell) 312B:1130
Labour dispute in forest industry See Labour dispute in coastal forest industry under Forests and forest industry
Long-term care facilities during COVID-19 (Malcolmson) 327B:1105
Old-growth forest, harvesting (Donaldson) 19CSA:1010 (Rustad) 19CSA:1005
South Island
primary health care and networks (Dix) 16CSC:1610-1615
transportation planning and government strategy (Trevena) 322B:1425
transportation planning and transit services (Olsen) 309B:1545
West Shore need for transition house (Dean) 313B:1725
West Shore primary health care centre See Westshore Urgent Primary Care Centre, Langford, B.C.
Tourism, promotion of locally made products (Stilwell) 10CSA:1815
Vancouver Island Economic Alliance

Island Good initiative (Popham) 10CSA:1815 (Stilwell) 10CSA:1815, 317B:1015-1020
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.

COVID-19 response by staff and students (Malcolmson) 349B:1010
Events promoting Moose Hide anti-violence campaign (Malcolmson) 313B:1350
Government investment and new facilities (Malcolmson) 315B:1640
Vancouver park board

Decision on liquor consumption in parks (Yap) 351B:1345
Vancouver school district See School district 39 (Vancouver)
Vancouver Sun

Articles on issues
businesses during COVID-19 (Wilkinson) 359B:1040
cannabis stores and regulation (Yap) 15CSA:1035
court rules committee resignation (Eby) 323B:1835-1840
education system reopening (Horgan) 360B:1500-1505
labour dispute in coastal forest industry (Kyllo) 316B:1725
strata property insurance legislation (Wat) 340B:1615
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Funding and concert program (Beare) 320A:1715 (Clovechok) 320A:1715
Vancouver warehouse See Liquor distribution branch
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area

Issues and concerns (Heyman) 306B:1610
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area

Community safety, Safer Vancouver initiative (Sullivan) 338B:1350
Description (Sullivan) 311B:1345-1350, 322B:1715-1720
Supportive housing sites and issues (Sullivan) 339B:1045-1050
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

Community (Simpson) 311B:1420
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area

Child care and impact of government initiatives (Eby) 311B:1735
Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Constituents' issues and concerns (Chandra Herbert) 305B:1030-1035
Homeless population and supportive housing (Chandra Herbert) 337B:1035-1040
Seniors' contributions and issues (Chandra Herbert) 327B:1045-1050
Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Winter Games See Olympic Games
Vanderhoof, B.C.

Health care services, primary care centre project (Dix) 16CSC:1440-1445 (Rustad) 16CSC:1440
Work camp for pipeline project, status and location on agricultural land reserve (de Jong) 10CSA:1610-1615 (Popham) 10CSA:1615
Vanderhoof MenShed Society

Program for men (Bond) 11CSC:1055 (Darcy) 11CSC:1100
Vantreight, Ryan

Comments on agriculture (Olsen) 10CSA:1535
Vaping and vapour products See Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
Varela, Richard

Comments on tourism supports during COVID-19 (Beare) 349B:1025
Vedder Elementary School, Chilliwack, B.C.

Expansion project (Davies) 2CSA:1345 (Fleming) 2CSA:1345
Vehicle licences See Automobiles
Vehicles See Automobiles; Trucking industry
Vela Microboard Association of British Columbia

Government contract (Isaacs) 2CSC:1400-1405 (Simpson) 2CSC:1405-1410
Support worker initiative (Simpson) 2CSC:1510
Veldman, Ken

Comments on impact of protests on port (Johal) 305B:1050
Venus, Steve

Comments on forest industry issues (Rustad) 312B:1100
Vernon school district See School district 22 (Vernon)
Vessels See Boats and boating; Ferries and ferry services
Veterinarians

Supply and training (Mark) 18CSA:1335 (Sullivan) 17CSA:1020-1025, 18CSA:1335
viaSport B.C.

Budget and activities (Beare) 320A:1640-1645 (Clovechok) 320A:1630-1645
Victim assistance

Victim support services and funding (Thornthwaite) 313B:1455
Victoria, B.C.

Beacon Hill Park, tent cities and homeless camps (Stone) 357B:1100 (Thornthwaite) 348B:1400
Burnside-Gorge area, supportive housing site issues (Robinson) 7CSA:1035 (Stone) 7CSA:1020-1025
Family justice pilot project See Family justice system under Justice system
Homelessness and homeless count (Leonard) 327B:1030
Supportive housing sites See also particular hotels
Supportive housing sites, issues (Horgan) 348B:1355-1400, 360B:1525-1530, 360B:1545 (Isaacs) 1CSC:1110-1125 (Johal) 338B:1355-1400, 343B:1410 (Milobar) 341B:1415 (Robinson) 338B:1355, 339B:1045, 341B:1415, 351B:1400-1415, 353B:1415 (Simpson) 1CSC:1110-1130 (Stone) 7CSA:0945, 7CSA:1020-1025, 338B:1350-1355, 343B:1405, 348B:1355, 357B:1100 (Thornthwaite) 351B:1410-1415 (Wilkinson) 351B:1400-1410, 360B:1505-1545, 360B:1630
Tent cities and homeless camps (Isaacs) 1CSC:1055-1100
Therapeutic recovery facility in area See View Royal, B.C.
Victoria Brain Injury Society

Letter on brain injuries and minor injury definition (Lee) 338B:1550
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

Funding (Wat) 8CSA:1355
Victoria police department

Comments on protester actions at Parliament Buildings (Polak) 324B:1045
Victoria school district See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Funding and services (Furstenau) 320B:1405 (James) 320B:1405-1410
Services and clinic model (Farnworth) 324B:1055 (Furstenau) 324B:1055
View Royal, B.C.

Therapeutic recovery facility (Dean) 304B:1505
Violence See also Crime and criminals

Bullying See Bullying and harassment
COVID-19 impact See Victims of domestic violence under COVID-19 impact and government response
Domestic violence See also Violence against women below
awareness and response (Kahlon) 304B:1520
employment protection and leave for persons experiencing violence See Leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence under Employment and unemployment
impact (Bains) 324B:1120 (Martin) 324B:1125
incidence and impact (Dean) 328B:1440 (Malcolmson) 324B:1130-1135 (Routledge) 328B:1450
incidence and response (Dean) 304B:1455-1500 (Mungall) 304B:1655
prevention and systemic solutions (Furstenau) 328B:1455-1505
temporary housing for persons fleeing violence See Transition houses under Housing
Gang violence and prevention of gang activity See Gangs; particular locations
Mass murder and shootings, link to gender-based violence See Violence against women, violent misogyny below
Sexual violence See Sexual violence
Violence against Indigenous women (Dean) 304B:1455
Violence against Indigenous women and children, Moose Hide anti-violence campaign (Dean) 313B:1700 (Malcolmson) 313B:1350 (Wilkinson) 313B:1350
Violence against women
incidence (Malcolmson) 324B:1130-1135
missing and murdered women (Oakes) 316B:1750-1755
prevention and socialization of boys (Kahlon) 304B:1520
violent misogyny and link to mass violence (Furstenau) 328B:1500
Violence against women and children, incidence (Furstenau) 328B:1500
Viral myocarditis See Cardiovascular health
Virtual proceedings See Hybrid and virtual proceedings under Legislature
Visible minorities See Multiculturalism
Vision loss See Eye health and visual impairment
VisionQuest Recovery Society

Addiction recovery services (Begg) 313B:1355
Vital Statistics Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 13)
(Eby) 323B:1655
Vocational training See Post-secondary education; Skills training
Volkow, Nick

Service as representative and legacy (Kang) 338B:1335
Von Albrecht, Marcus

Culinary arts accomplishments (Reid) 339B:1010-1015
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing (Eby) 303B:1450
Printing of agreement on proceedings in document (Farnworth) 327B:1005
Vulnerable Population Working Group See Social welfare

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