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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W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Reservoir See Williston Lake
Wages and salaries

Coverage of wages during illness See Paid sick leave under Employment and unemployment
Emergency wage subsidy program See Wages under COVID-19 employee impact and supports
Living wage (Bains) 4CSA:1610 (Conroy) 313B:1625
Minimum wage, increase (Bains) 4CSA:1530-1550, 4CSA:1610-1615, 305B:1140, 306B:1340 (Dean) 304B:1440 (D'Eith) 306B:1710-1715 (Donaldson) 306B:1520 (James) 308B:1355 (Malcolmson) 304B:1820 (Martin) 4CSA:1610 (Mungall) 14CSA:1800, 14CSA:1815, 304B:1710 (Oakes) 4CSA:1525-1550, 14CSA:1805 (Simpson) 311B:1435 (Sims) 306B:1410 (Singh) 319B:1145, 322B:1750 (Throne speech) 303B:1425
Paid sick leave See Employment and unemployment
Paid sick leave during COVID-19 See COVID-19 employee impact and supports
Pandemic pay See Essential services workers; Front-line workers; Health care workers under COVID-19 employee impact and supports
Pay equity for women See Women
Tips and gratuities (Dean) 304B:1440
Wage levels (Mungall) 316B:1445 (Sims) 352B:1140
Wage levels, private and public sectors (Sultan) 311B:1655-1705
Waldie, Carol

Contributions to community (Bond) 316B:1350
Walnut Park Elementary, Smithers, B.C.

New school facility (Donaldson) 306B:1515
War

World War II
75th anniversary commemorative performances by B.C. pipers and drummers (Shypitka) 324B:1030
rescue of Allied soldiers by French underground (Weaver) 323B:1400
Warawa, Mark

Service as MP and death (Coleman) 306B:1535
Warshawski, Tom

Proposal for tax on sweetened beverages (Thomson) 310B:1130-1135
Wasa, B.C.

Sealcoating of road in area, petition tabled (Clovechok) 310B:1110
Washington Post

Article on Indigenous rights in Canada (Sultan) 319B:1055-1100
Washington State

COVID-19 outbreak and response (Dix) 323B:1410-1415 (Letnick) 323B:1410 (Wilkinson) 323B:1405-1410
Waste management

Brownfield sites, use (Olsen) 10CSA:1545
Contaminated minesites, reclamation (Furstenau) 330B:1605, 345B:1435 (Ralston) 345B:1435-1440, 345B:1450 (Shypitka) 345B:1445-1450
Contaminated sites and soil relocation See also Soil
changes to oversight and regulation (Furstenau) 318B:1650-1705 (Heyman) 307B:1015, 318B:1645-1650, 318B:1715-1720, 323B:1445-1515 (Milobar) 318B:1650, 323B:1445-1515 (Simons) 318B:1710-1715
minesites (Heyman) 323B:1510 (Milobar) 323B:1505
notification (Furstenau) 318B:1700-1705 (Heyman) 318B:1645, 323B:1450-1500 (Milobar) 323B:1450-1500
soil analysis (Furstenau) 318B:1655-1700
soil analysis and volume (Heyman) 318B:1650, 323B:1455
soil relocation agreements (Heyman) 323B:1445 (Milobar) 323B:1445
Contaminated sites, legislation See Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Landfills and dumping (Furstenau) 318B:1655-1705 (Heyman) 318B:1715
Landfills and dumping, farmland (Paton) 10CSA:1435 (Popham) 10CSA:1435
Water

Drinking water protection (Furstenau) 307B:1040-1045 (Heyman) 318B:1715-1720
Groundwater
domestic use well registration process (Donaldson) 338B:1400-1410 (Polak) 338B:1405-1410
non-domestic use licensing and application process (Donaldson) 338B:1400-1405, 353B:1745-1750 (Furstenau) 338B:1400-1405, 353B:1740-1745
Notification of water use changes and information collection and use (Eby) 323B:1655, 341B:1440-1445, 341B:1500-1525 (Lee) 323B:1705 (Stewart) 341B:1440, 341B:1500-1520
Registries (Eby) 323B:1655, 341B:1510-1515 (Stewart) 341B:1510
Resources
analysis and studies (Donaldson) 354B:1105 (Furstenau) 353B:1750
analysis and studies, water tool (Donaldson) 353B:1755
research projects and funding (Donaldson) 353B:1755, 354B:1105
Restrictions during drought conditions (Paton) 11CSA:1015 (Popham) 11CSA:1020
Snowpack, snow survey program (Donaldson) 354B:1105
Water licences
agricultural sector and flow meter costs (Paton) 11CSA:1015
agricultural sector permitting (Oakes) 353B:1500
agricultural sector permitting and online process (Oakes) 10CSA:1805-1810 (Popham) 10CSA:1810
Wells, registration See Groundwater above
Water Sustainability Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 13)
Amendments, information collection and use provisions (Eby) 323B:1655, 341B:1505-1525 (Lee) 323B:1705 (Stewart) 341B:1505-1520
Implementation (Furstenau) 338B:1400, 353B:1740 (Polak) 338B:1405
Watersheds

Community watersheds (Furstenau) 318B:1655-1610
Protection (Furstenau) 318B:1655-1710 (Heyman) 318B:1715-1720 (Simons) 318B:1710-1715
WCB See WorkSafeBC; Workers compensation
WE Charity

Partnership with government (Fleming) 2CSA:1555
Wealth disparity See Income disparity and wealth disparity under Income
Weather

Climate change and impacts See Climate change
Severe weather events, impacts and response (Rice) 316B:1735-1740
Welfare See Social welfare
Wells See Oil and gas; Water
Wells Gray Provincial Park

Campground reservation system issues (Heyman) 8CSC:1810-1815 (Milobar) 8CSC:1805-1810
Clearwater River Road washout, impact and repairs (Heyman) 8CSC:1820 (Milobar) 8CSC:1815
Wesley, Mary

Service to Indigenous community (Rice) 356B:1345
West Bench Elementary School, Penticton, B.C.

Potential closing and funding (Ashton) 2CSA:1500
West Coast Appliances, Victoria, B.C.

Impact of supportive housing in area on business (Stone) 348B:1355 (Thornthwaite) 351B:1410 (Wilkinson) 360B:1510
West Coast Environmental Law Association

Foreign funding (Wilkinson) 316B:1400
West Coast Olefins Ltd.

Petrochemical projects (Ross) 7CSC:1045
West End constituency and area See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
West Fraser Road See Quesnel, B.C.
West Kelowna, B.C. See also Kelowna West constituency and area

Jackpine Road See Jackpine Road
Rental housing, ban on evictions and landlord case (Robinson) 6CSA:1700 (Stone) 6CSA:1655-1700
School project in Glenrosa area See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)
Westside Road See Westside Road
Westside urgent primary care centre project (Dix) 16CSC:1550-1555 (Stewart) 16CSC:1550-1555
West Shore See South Island under Vancouver Island
West Vancouver, B.C.

Highway 1 in area See North Shore section under Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
West Vancouver school district See School district 45 (West Vancouver)
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area

Businesses and small business award recipients (Sturdy) 317B:1015
Child care (Chen) 322A:1740 (Sturdy) 322A:1740-1750
First Nations communities, forest service road access See In-SHUCK-ch Forest Service Road
Regional transit services (Olsen) 3CSC:1145
Regional transit services, funding model and proposed transit commission (Sturdy) 3CSC:1125-1145 (Trevena) 3CSC:1130-1145
Rural communities, designation and funding (Sturdy) 12CSA:1810
Tourism industry and issues (Beare) 318A:1705-1710 (Sturdy) 318A:1700-1710
Virtual meetings by local representatives (Sturdy) 329B:1035-1040
Waiting lists for pyschoeducational and neuropsychological assessments (Darcy) 12CSC:1535 (Thornthwaite) 12CSC:1530
West Victoria Street corridor See Kamloops, B.C.
Westbank First Nation

Agreement with school district (Stewart) 325A:1530
Concerns re moose hunting (Donaldson) 18CSA:1825, 20CSA:1825-1830 (Rustad) 18CSA:1815
Potential use of land for school site (Fleming) 1CSA:1030 (Stewart) 1CSA:1025
Westerman Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

New playground (Singh) 313B:1520
Western Canada Wilderness Committee

Foreign funding (Wilkinson) 316B:1400
Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Funding and spaces for B.C. students (Mark) 18CSA:1335 (Sullivan) 17CSA:1020-1025
Western Forest Products Inc.

Labour dispute See Labour dispute in coastal forest industry under Forests and forest industry
Removal of land from tree farm licences (Routley) 312B:1125
Western Pacific Enterprises

Comments on workers compensation changes (Polak) 346B:1405-1410
Westshore Urgent Primary Care Centre, Langford, B.C.

Services (Kahlon) 311B:1635
Westside Road

Safety improvements (Stewart) 5CSC:1010-1015 (Trevena) 5CSC:1015
Wet'suwet'en First Nation See also Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs

Engagement in reconciliation process and meetings with government (Donaldson) 306B:1510 (Fraser) 305B:1050 (Furstenau) 305B:1045 (Heyman) 305B:1045
Forest consultation and revenue-sharing agreement (Donaldson) 355B:1335 (Rustad) 354B:1155
Position on proposed pipeline projects and Unist'ot'en camp (Furstenau) 8CSC:1525-1530
Relationship with government (Fraser) 304B:1415-1420, 324B:1105 (Ross) 304B:1415-1420
Relationship with government, comments by elected Chiefs and Hereditary Chiefs (Bond) 324B:1105
Representation (de Jong) 348B:1420 (Fraser) 348B:1420-1425 (Polak) 348B:1420-1425
Rights and title, agreement with government (Bond) 320B:1355, 324B:1105 (de Jong) 320B:1420-1425 (Fraser) 11CSA:1100, 320B:1410-1425, 324B:1040 (Horgan) 320B:1355-1400 (Johal) 320B:1400 (Milobar) 320B:1415-1420 (Polak) 320B:1410-1415
Rights and title, issues and role of government (Furstenau) 306B:1640 (Olsen) 304B:1630-1635
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs See also Wet'suweten First Nation

Protests supporting Chiefs See also particular locations and facilities
blockade of pipeline project and RCMP role (Fraser) 11CSA:1145-1150 (Ralston) 7CSC:1035-1040 (Ross) 7CSC:1030-1045, 11CSA:1140-1150
blockade on Morice Forest Service Road and injunction enforcement (Donaldson) 306B:1510
blockade on Morice Forest Service Road and site cleanup (Donaldson) 353B:1655, 355B:1335 (Rustad) 353B:1650, 354B:1155
foreign funding issue (Bond) 316B:1425-1430 (Ross) 316B:1410 (Sultan) 319B:1050 (Wilkinson) 316B:1400-1405
foreign funding issue and proposal re charitable tax status (de Jong) 316B:1420-1425
impact and response (Beare) 318A:1445-1450 (Bond) 305B:1040, 309B:1355-1400, 320B:1355, 324B:1105 (Clovechok) 318A:1445-1450 (de Jong) 304B:1425-1430, 313B:1420-1425, 324B:1035-1045 (Eby) 304B:1430, 316B:1430 (Farnworth) 18CSC:1335-1355, 309B:1355-1405, 309B:1415-1420, 316B:1400-1410, 316B:1420-1425 (Fraser) 309B:1425, 324B:1040-1050 (Horgan) 304B:1400-1405, 304B:1425, 305B:1035-1040, 305B:1050-1055, 313B:1410-1415, 317B:1030-1035, 320B:1355-1405, 324B:1110 (Johal) 304B:1405, 305B:1050-1055, 309B:1410-1415, 320B:1400 (Milobar) 320B:1415 (Olsen) 304B:1410 (Polak) 304B:1420-1425, 320B:1410-1415, 324B:1045-1050 (Popham) 313B:1425 (Ross) 18CSC:1330-1355, 309B:1420-1425 (Stewart) 315B:1335 (Sultan) 319B:1045-1100 (Thornthwaite) 313B:1410-1415 (Wilkinson) 304B:1355-1405, 305B:1035
involvement by post-secondary staff and students See University of Victoria Students Society; University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
police response (Farnworth) 18CSC:1335-1350 (Olsen) 18CSC:1435 (Ross) 18CSC:1335-1350
protests (Coleman) 306B:1535-1540 (Olsen) 304B:1630-1645 (Ross) 315B:1710-1715 (Shypitka) 315B:1430 (Throness) 316B:1510-1515 (Yap) 306B:1735
Relationship with government See also Cullen, Nathan; Rankin, Murray
(Donaldson) 306B:1510 (Fraser) 304B:1410-1420, 305B:1050, 309B:1425, 317B:1035-1040, 324B:1040-1045 (Furstenau) 305B:1045 (Heyman) 305B:1045 (Olsen) 317B:1035-1040 (Ross) 304B:1415-1420, 309B:1425
Relationship with government, memorandum of understanding (de Jong) 348B:1420 (Fraser) 11CSA:1100, 11CSA:1120-1130, 11CSA:1155, 348B:1420-1425 (Polak) 348B:1420-1425 (Ralston) 7CSC:1035 (Ross) 7CSC:1030-1035, 11CSA:1155 (Rustad) 11CSA:1120-1130, 354B:1155
What We Heard document See Private lands, logging practices and review under Forests and forest industry
Wheat See Grain
Whistler, B.C.

Child care (Chen) 322A:1740
Francophone school See Schools, Sea to Sky area under Francophone education authority
School district See School district 48 (Sea to Sky)
Tourism industry and workers (Sturdy) 318A:1700
White Cane Week

Purpose (Malcolmson) 305B:1025
White privilege

Experience and allyship (Routledge) 331B:1355
White Rock, B.C.

Child care spaces and funding (Cadieux) 323A:1520
Rail line issue See Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway
White Rock Pride Society

Activities and events (Redies) 343B:1340-1345
Wickham, Molly

Comments on Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs (Polak) 320B:1410
Wilburforce Foundation

Funding of B.C. organizations (Wilkinson) 316B:1400
Wild salmon See Fish
Wilderness Committee See Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Wildfires See Fires and firefighters
Wildlife See also Animals; Fish; particular areas

Bears See Grizzly bears below
Bighorn sheep, protection (Clovechok) 5CSC:0950-0955 (Trevena) 5CSC:0955
Caribou protection
First Nations involvement and partnership agreement (Donaldson) 18CSA:1720-1730, 19CSA:0935-0940 (Rustad) 18CSA:1715-1725
funding (Donaldson) 18CSA:1645 (Rustad) 18CSA:1640-1645
government action and predator management (Barnett) 337B:1005-1015 (Rice) 337B:1010
habitat protection (Donaldson) 18CSA:1700-1715, 19CSA:0945 (Rustad) 18CSA:1710
impact on forest industry (Rustad) 312B:1105
impact on tourism and consultation with stakeholders (Beare) 318A:1455-1530, 318A:1530-1540, 318A:1550-1555 (Bernier) 318A:1455-1530 (Bond) 318A:1530-1540 (Clovechok) 318A:1520, 318A:1530, 318A:1550-1555
partnership agreement with First Nations (Beare) 318A:1515 (Bernier) 318A:1455, 318A:1515, 353B:1615-1625 (Donaldson) 353B:1620-1625
predator management (Bernier) 353B:1620 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1650-1655, 18CSA:1735, 353B:1625 (Rustad) 18CSA:1645-1650, 18CSA:1730
process and impact on local industry (Clovechok) 315B:1810
protection and public engagement process (Barnett) 315B:1620
public response (Kahlon) 304B:1550
removal of lands from allowable annual cut (Donaldson) 19CSA:0935-0940, 19CSA:0950-0955 (Rustad) 19CSA:0935-0940, 19CSA:0950-0955
ungulate management (Donaldson) 18CSA:1745-1825 (Rustad) 18CSA:1745-1820
Conservation officers See Environment
Elk
hunting allocation (Bernier) 353B:1630 (Donaldson) 353B:1630
population management and impact on agriculture (Bernier) 353B:1625-1630 (Donaldson) 353B:1630
Grizzly bears
bear viewing See Wilderness tourism under Tourism
impact of trophy hunting ban on guide-outfitters and compensation (Beare) 318A:1615-1630 (Clovechok) 318A:1625-1630 (Shypitka) 318A:1610-1625
trophy hunting ban (Rustad) 19CSA:0935 (Shypitka) 315B:1435
Habitat conservation (Donaldson) 18CSA:1630-1650 (Rustad) 18CSA:1625-1650 (Thomson) 310B:1135-1140
Invasive species See Invasive species
Inventory and monitoring (Donaldson) 18CSA:1630
Management (Donaldson) 355B:1355 (Rustad) 355B:1350
Management and funding (Clovechok) 315B:1810 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1630-1650 (Oakes) 316B:1820 (Rustad) 18CSA:1625-1650 (Shypitka) 315B:1430-1435 (Thomson) 310B:1135-1140
Management, First Nations consultation (Barnett) 337B:1010-1015
Moose, automobile collisions See Accidents under Automobiles
Moose population management
calf-cow harvest (Rustad) 355B:1350
calf-cow harvest and First Nations concerns (Donaldson) 18CSA:1740-1825, 20CSA:1825-1830 (Rustad) 18CSA:1735-1820, 19CSA:0935
hunting allocation reduction and compensation for guide-outfitters (Barnett) 20CSA:1750-1755 (Donaldson) 20CSA:1750-1755
population and cow-calf hunting (Barnett) 337B:1005-1015 (Rice) 337B:1010
Protection by First Nations (D'Eith) 321B:1030
Species at risk
legislation (Furstenau) 8CSC:1530-1535
legislation and consultation (Heyman) 8CSC:1535-1545
protection (Heyman) 8CSC:1450
Tourism See Wilderness tourism under Tourism
Wildlife and habitat protection (D'Eith) 321B:1025-1030
Wildlife and habitat protection, Together for Wildlife strategy (Donaldson) 18CSA:1630-1645 (Rustad) 18CSA:1640
Wolves, population management (Barnett) 337B:1005 (Bernier) 353B:1620 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1735, 18CSA:1755, 18CSA:1805, 18CSA:1825, 353B:1625 (Rustad) 18CSA:1745, 18CSA:1815
Wildlife and habitat branch See Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
Wildplay Elements Parks

COVID-19 impact on business (Clovechok) 349B:1025
Williams, Bobbie Garrins

Business operations (Stilwell) 331B:1405
Williams Lake, B.C.

Family physicians (Barnett) 16CSC:1410 (Dix) 16CSC:1410-1415
Hospital See Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.
Mental health services for children and youth, Foundry centre (Barnett) 10CSC:1825 (Darcy) 10CSC:1825
Post-secondary campus See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.
Williams title case See Rulings on issues, Tsilhqot'in Nation land title under Supreme Court of Canada
Williston Lake

Impact of water levels on forestry and power supply (Morris) 309B:1750-1755
Wills See Estates
Wills, Estates and Succession Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 21)

(Attorney General) 1R, 328B:1345; 2R, 340B:1655-1700; C, 341B:1615-1630; 3R, 341B:1635; RA, 360B:1700
Debate, speakers (Eby) 328B:1345, 340B:1655-1700, 341B:1620-1630 (Lee) 340B:1655-1700, 341B:1615-1630
Development and introduction during COVID-19 (Eby) 333B:1525, 333B:1725 (Lee) 331B:1535
Purpose (Eby) 328B:1345, 340B:1655
Wilson, John

Comments on COVID-19 impact on business (Clovechok) 341B:1415-1420
Comments on COVID-19 impact on tourism businesses (Stilwell) 347B:1015
Wilson, Judy

Comments on Neskonlith involvement in highway upgrade decision-making process (Trevena) 4CSC:1550
Wilson's Transportation

COVID-19 impact on business (Olsen) 8CSA:1455 (Stilwell) 336B:1415
Wine and wine industry

Craft and small-scale wineries See Craft alcohol industry
Wine stores (Eby) 15CSA:0955
Winter, Alan

Role as innovation commissioner (Mungall) 304B:1705, 336B:1400
Winter, Rhonda

Comments on strata insurance cost increases (Bond) 314B:1045
Wolves See Wildlife
Women

Achievement and leadership (Singh) 324B:1030
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact; COVID-19 impact and government response
Employment and workforce participation See Labour force participation under Labour
Name changes after marriage See Identification
Pay equity
gender pay gap and reporting (Cadieux) 324B:1020-1025, 352B:1145 (Redies) 352B:1110 (Tegart) 319B:1025-1030
legislation See also Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M204)
(Tegart) 319B:1030
Violence against women See Violence
Violence against women, transition houses See Transition houses under Housing
Women in sectors
business See Business
government and politics See Government; Legislature; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Politics and politicians
skilled trades See Skills training
Women's equality and gender equity (Cadieux) 320B:1350-1355 (Dean) 324B:1025 (James) 308B:1355 (Malcolmson) 319B:1020-1025 (Tegart) 319B:1015-1030
Young women, mentoring and job shadowing (Malcolmson) 319B:1025
Wood pellet industry See Wood products and uses under Forests and forest industry
Workers See also Employment and unemployment; Labour; particular sectors

COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 employee impact and supports; particular COVID-19 topics
Government support and initiatives (Bains) 306B:1335-1345
Health and safety See Occupational health and safety; Safety protocols under COVID-19
Labour mobility and credentialling (Eby) 323B:1700
Protection (Bains) 3CSA:1135-1140 (Furstenau) 3CSA:1135-1140
Skilled workers, training and supply See Skills training
Supply (Beare) 318A:1340
Temporary foreign workers See Immigration
Training See Skills training
Wages See Wages and salaries
Working poor See Poverty
Workers compensation See also WorkSafeBC

Claims See also Compensation for workers below
(Bains) 351B:1620 (Martin) 351B:1620
Claims process (Bains) 3CSA:1125-1130, 4CSA:1335 (Martin) 3CSA:1125-1130, 4CSA:1330-1335
Compensation benefits
determination of retirement age (Bains) 2CW:1440-1500, 2CW:1815 (Lee) 2CW:1450-1500 (Martin) 2CW:1435-1450, 2CW:1810
maximum insurable earnings (Bains) 2CW:1505-1510, 343B:1520-1525 (Lee) 2CW:1505-1510 (Martin) 2CW:1505
permanent disability benefits (Bains) 1CW:1030-1100, 1CW:1120, 2CW:1400-1405, 343B:1520 (Lee) 1CW:1025-1055, 2CW:1400-1405, 343B:1600 (Martin) 343B:1545
Compensation for workers with chronic pain (Bains) 2CW:1335-1350 (Lee) 2CW:1335-1350
Compensation for workers with COVID-19 See also Presumptive conditions category below
Compensation for workers with COVID-19, caseload and claims adjudication (Bains) 2CW:1520-1635, 4CSA:1700-1730 (Kyllo) 2CW:1520-1635 (Lee) 4CSA:1655-1720
Compensation for workers with mental health disorders See also Rehabilitation and access to health services below
(Bains) 1CW:1135-1140, 2CW:1330, 4CSA:1335, 343B:1525, 351B:1610-1620, 351B:1655 (Darcy) 12CSC:1540 (Furstenau) 351B:1655 (Lee) 1CW:1135-1145, 2CW:1330 (Martin) 351B:1610-1620
Compensation for workers with mental health disorders, claims (Bains) 1CW:1155 (Lee) 1CW:1150
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response
Health care services for claimants See Rehabilitation and access to health services below
Historic compromise on funding and liability See System, principles below
Maximum income threshold for coverage See Compensation benefits, maximum insurable earnings above
Premiums
collection (Bains) 2CW:1735-1750, 343B:1530 (Martin) 2CW:1730-1750, 343B:1545
premiums (Bains) 2CW:1355, 343B:1625, 344B:1035-1040, 344B:1050, 351B:1720 (Kyllo) 343B:1550 (Lee) 2CW:1355 (Martin) 351B:1720
use of surplus funds for personal protective equipment (Lee) 343B:1610 (Martin) 343B:1540 (Wilkinson) 359B:1135
Presumptive conditions category
addition of COVID-19 (Bains) 2CW:1520-1730, 4CSA:1615-1655, 4CSA:1725-1750, 339B:1010, 343B:1535 (Kyllo) 2CW:1515-1635, 2CW:1705-1730, 343B:1555 (Lee) 2CW:1635-1705, 4CSA:1615-1655, 4CSA:1720-1750, 343B:1605 (Polak) 346B:1410
expansion and caseload (Bains) 4CSA:1335 (Martin) 4CSA:1330
Rehabilitation and access to health services (Bains) 343B:1525, 351B:1625-1720 (Furstenau) 351B:1645-1655 (Lee) 343B:1605, 351B:1635-1640, 351B:1700-1710 (Martin) 351B:1620-1630, 351B:1715-1720
Reports and reviews
accident fund review (Bains) 3CSA:1125, 343B:1515
legislation report and recommendations (Bains) 1CW:0955, 1CW:1010, 1CW:1130, 1CW:1150, 2CW:1750, 343B:1520, 344B:1030-1035, 344B:1050, 346B:1410, 346B:1430 (Horgan) 344B:1025 (Lee) 1CW:1045, 1CW:1145-1150, 2CW:1745-1755
report in 2002 (Martin) 1CW:0950
reports and recommendations (Bains) 351B:1715
reports and reviews (Bains) 3CSA:1110-1125, 343B:1515-1520
review of implementation of mill explosion report recommendations (Bains) 343B:1515, 350B:1700-1705 (Martin) 350B:1700
worker-centric approach report and consultation on implementation (Bains) 3CSA:1110-1115 (Martin) 3CSA:1110-1115
System
changes (Bains) 339B:1010, 343B:1515-1535, 350B:1700-1755, 351B:1445-1720 (Lee) 350B:1735-1755, 351B:1440-1610, 351B:1635-1710 (Martin) 350B:1700-1730
changes and costs (Bains) 1CW:0935-1000, 1CW:1020-1025, 2CW:1410-1425, 2CW:1510, 2CW:1755, 351B:1715 (Lee) 1CW:1020-1025, 2CW:1415-1420, 2CW:1510, 2CW:1755, 351B:1710 (Martin) 1CW:0930-1000, 351B:1715-1720
changes and impact (Bains) 1CW:1000-1015, 1CW:1030-1150, 2CW:1330-1815, 343B:1620-1625, 344B:1025-1055, 346B:1405-1435 (Bond) 344B:1040-1045, 346B:1420-1425 (Cadieux) 344B:1050 (de Jong) 344B:1045-1050, 346B:1425-1430 (Horgan) 344B:1025 (Johal) 344B:1025-1030, 346B:1405 (Kyllo) 2CW:1515-1635, 2CW:1705-1730, 343B:1545-1555 (Lee) 1CW:1005-1015, 1CW:1030-1150, 2CW:1330-1435, 2CW:1450-1510, 2CW:1635-1705, 2CW:1745-1755, 343B:1600-1610 (Martin) 1CW:1000, 2CW:1435-1515, 2CW:1730-1810, 343B:1535-1545 (Milobar) 344B:1035-1040 (Polak) 346B:1405-1410 (Stewart) 343B:1610-1620 (Wilkinson) 344B:1020-1025
principles (Bains) 4CSA:1425
system (Routledge) 311B:1535
Workers Compensation Act

Purpose (Horgan) 344B:1025
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23)

(Minister of Labour) 1R, 339B:1010; 2R, 343B:1510-1630; C, 350B:1655-1800, 351B:1440-1720, 1CW:0930-1155, 2CW:1330-1815; reporting of bill 353B:1425; 3R, 353B:1425, 353B:1820; RA, 360B:1700
Amdts: sec. 11 (Lee) 351B:1550, negatived 351B:1610
Divisions: motion that committee rise and report bill complete without amendment approved 2CW:1830; 3R approved 353B:1820
Debate, speakers (Bains) 1CW:0935-1155, 2CW:1330-1815, 339B:1010, 343B:1510-1535, 343B:1620-1625, 350B:1700-1755, 351B:1445-1720 (Furstenau) 351B:1645-1655 (Kyllo) 2CW:1515-1635, 2CW:1705-1730, 343B:1545-1555 (Lee) 1CW:1005-1150, 2CW:1330-1435, 2CW:1450-1510, 2CW:1635-1705, 2CW:1745-1755, 343B:1600-1610, 350B:1735-1755, 351B:1440-1610, 351B:1635-1640, 351B:1655-1710 (Martin) 1CW:0930-1000, 2CW:1435-1450, 2CW:1500-1515, 2CW:1730-1810, 343B:1535-1545, 350B:1655-1730, 351B:1610-1630, 351B:1715-1720 (Stewart) 343B:1610-1620
Committee stage debate on July 31, 2020 (Farnworth) 351B:1435
Consultation with employers (Stewart) 343B:1615
Purpose (Bains) 339B:1010, 343B:1515
Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Authority and powers (Bains) 343B:1530
WorkSafeBC See also Occupational health and safety; Workers compensation

Accident fund and surplus
management (Bains) 1CW:0945, 2CW:1550-1615, 343B:1515 (Kyllo) 2CW:1605-1615 (Lee) 343B:1610 (Martin) 1CW:0945
management and COVID-19 impact (Bains) 3CSA:1120-1125, 4CSA:1340-1400, 4CSA:1430-1440 (Kyllo) 4CSA:1335-1440, 343B:1550 (Martin) 3CSA:1115-1120, 343B:1540, 352B:1055
Accident fund, review See Reports and reviews under Workers compensation
Administration costs (Bains) 4CSA:1405-1430 (Kyllo) 4CSA:1405-1430
Authority and powers (Bains) 343B:1525-1535, 350B:1715 (Martin) 350B:1715 (Stewart) 343B:1615
Authority and powers re case reconsiderations See Reconsiderations below
Board
decision-making process and consultation See also Relationship with government below
(Bains) 2CW:1640, 2CW:1700-1730 (Kyllo) 2CW:1705-1730 (Lee) 2CW:1640, 2CW:1700-1705
letter to government re COVID-19 presumption policy (Bains) 2CW:1715
COVID-19 impact on revenues (James) 355B:1650 (Redies) 355B:1640-1645
COVID-19 response See also Safety protocols under COVID-19; Workers compensation under COVID-19 impact and government response
(Bains) 4CSA:1450-1455, 4CSA:1510-1525 (Eby) 15CSA:1110-1115 (Oakes) 4CSA:1450, 4CSA:1510-1515
Financial status See also Accident fund above
(Bains) 1CW:0955
Reconsiderations, corrections of obvious errors and omissions (Bains) 2CW:1805-1810, 350B:1720-1755, 351B:1445-1605 (Lee) 350B:1735-1755, 351B:1440-1610 (Martin) 2CW:1805, 350B:1720-1730
Relationship with government (Bains) 2CW:1640-1705, 2CW:1725-1730, 4CSA:1615-1655, 4CSA:1740-1745 (Kyllo) 2CW:1720-1730 (Lee) 2CW:1640-1705, 4CSA:1615-1655, 4CSA:1740-1745
Role and responsibilities (Bains) 4CSA:1345, 4CSA:1425, 4CSA:1750
Surplus See Accident fund and surplus above
World War II See War
Wounded Warriors Canada

Fundraising run for injured veterans (Malcolmson) 317B:1025

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