Second Session, 42nd Parliament – 2021
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; cl. - clause; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.

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Vaccination See Immunization under Public health
Vaccination for COVID-19 See COVID-19 vaccination
Vaisakhi

Celebration (Sims) 45B:1100
Celebration during COVID-19 (Banman) 46B:1740 (Merrifield) 45B:1005-1010 (Speaker) 45B:1005
Events, COVID-19 impact and access to relief funding (Halford) 75B:1415
Observance and significance (Kahlon) 75B:1415
Valemount, B.C.

Geothermal power project See Borealis GeoPower Inc.
Volunteer firewood supply initiative (Bond) 52B:1005
Valemount constituency and area See Prince George–Valemount constituency and area
Valleyview Secondary School, Kamloops, B.C.

Expansion project (Stone) 75A:1755
Value-added sector See Forests and forest industry
Values See Society
van Soeren, Eric See Eric van Soeren and Associates Ltd.
Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, B.C.

Potential sale (Mark) 67A:1335 (Wat) 67A:1335
Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Videos on hate and racism, promotion (Eby) 86A:1720 (Mark) 65A:1535-1550 (Wat) 65A:1535-1555, 86A:1715-1720
Vancouver, B.C. See also Lower Mainland; Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area; Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area; Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area; Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area; Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area; Vancouver-Langara constituency and area; Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area; Vancouver-Quilchena constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Ambulance service case (Stone) 89B:1420
Anti-Asian hate crime, media coverage (Halford) 85B:1130 (Lee) 85B:1100 (Stone) 85B:1140 (Wat) 85B:1150
Business community and industry representation (Bailey) 46B:1435-1440
Businesses, property tax issue (Bond) 45B:1025 (Lee) 45B:1030
Cannabis operations (Lee) 67B:1550-1605
Chinatown
community and representation (Mark) 65A:1740 (Wat) 65A:1745
COVID-19 impact on businesses (Mark) 65A:1720-1725, 65A:1740 (Wat) 65A:1715-1725, 65A:1735
Light Up event and attractions (Wat) 107B:1400
proposed World Heritage Site designation (Ross) 101B:1010
seniors residence See Grace Seniors Home, Vancouver, B.C.
City government
agreement with province on housing and homelessness (Osborne) 72A:1600, 72A:1610
climate action revenue incentive program funding (Ashton) 72A:1620, 72A:1645
Coopers Park washroom project and funding (Ashton) 72A:1545 (Osborne) 72A:1545-1550
development approval process (Ashton) 124B:1505 (Osborne) 124B:1500-1510
funding of child care spaces and memorandum of understanding (Chen) 82C:1710-1720 (Kirkpatrick) 82C:1705-1720
public notice requirements (Osborne) 117B:1625
seniors centre project support and funding (Lee) 72A:1725
sustainability team funding (Stone) 72B:1415
tax sales of property (Osborne) 80B:1155
COVID-19 impact on businesses and organizations (Lee) 57B:1135
Crime and repeat offender issues (Doerkson) 127B:1005
Crosstown area (Bailey) 46B:1430
Development project on First Nation land See Squamish Nation
Electoral maps (de Jong) 75B:1735-1740
False Creek South community (Bailey) 46B:1430
Gastown, history and development (Bailey) 46B:1430-1435
High-speed rail proposal for Vancouver-Seattle-Portland route See Railways and rail services
High-technology industry and housing issues (Stone) 74B:1505-1515
Hospitals See British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.; St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Housing affordability and supply (Ashton) 117B:1630 (Stewart) 117B:1715
Housing and social issues (Bailey) 46B:1435
Housing supply (Ashton) 124B:1505 (Osborne) 124B:1505-1510
Mayor See Stewart, Kennedy
New schools (Tegart) 59B:1050
Olympic Village area (Bailey) 46B:1430
Parks, liquor consumption in parks See Vancouver park board
Stanley Park seawall, graffiti incident (Sims) 57B:1140
Tourism industry, cruise ships (Farnworth) 97B:1045 (Horgan) 93B:1355-1400 (Stone) 73B:1045, 91B:1650
West 8th Avenue at Arbutus Street supportive housing project (Eby) 84A:1535 (Stewart) 84A:1530
West End See Vancouver–West End constituency and area
Yaletown area (Bailey) 46B:1435
Vancouver Board of Trade See Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Vancouver Charter

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 4); Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 10); Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 26)
(Ashton) 124B:1540 (Osborne) 79B:1445-1450, 117B:1625, 124B:1540 (Robinson) 67B:1450
Provisions (Ashton) 124B:1505 (Osborne) 124B:1505
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Acute care strategy and planning (Dix) 96A:1625 (Sturdy) 96A:1625
Comments on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation (Beare) 126B:1710, 133A:1525
COVID-19 data (Dix) 68B:1415 (Whiteside) 68B:1415
Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society

Role and funding (Heyman) 46B:1530
Vancouver International Jazz Festival See TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Vancouver Island

Agriculture and food supply (Walker) 120B:1035-1045
Ambulance service (Merrifield) 89B:1415
Crime and repeat offender issues (Doerkson) 127B:1005
Environmental impact of Scotch broom and eradication initiatives (Walker) 73B:1005-1010
Forest industry activities, history (Morris) 116B:1500
Health care services See Vancouver Island Health Authority
Indigenous-led conservation initiative (Walker) 86B:1345
Literacy program for Indigenous Elders (Furstenau) 118B:1020
North Island, forest industry (Rustad) 131B:1540
South Island
actions of resource workers in Fairy Creek area (Olsen) 70A:1705 (Rankin) 70A:1705
child protection system practice audits, standards and compliance issues (Dean) 79C:1810, 80C:1100 (Furstenau) 79C:1800-1805
Fairy Creek area First Nations See Pacheedaht First Nation
forest industry activities (Conroy) 89A:1445-1450
new park See Hwsalu-utsum Park
old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area (Conroy) 89A:1620, 103B:1415-1420 (Eby) 90B:1040 (Furstenau) 89B:1405-1410, 96B:1840, 103B:1415-1420, 116B:1435 (Horgan) 79B:1420-1425, 96B:1845 (Olsen) 73B:1030, 79B:1420-1425, 86B:1400-1405, 104B:1045 (Rustad) 116B:1415
transit services (Fleming) 95C:1625
Wildlife
elk (Routley) 103B:1625
wolf trapping case (Conroy) 91A:1440 (Doerkson) 91A:1435
Vancouver Island Health Authority

Community health networks (Dix) 97A:1125 (Furstenau) 97A:1125
COVID-19 information (Furstenau) 101B:1035-1040
Medical imaging and surgical services (Dix) 97A:1130
Psychiatric emergency services (Malcolmson) 81A:1725 (Olsen) 81A:1715-1730
Psychiatric emergency services, petition tabled (Olsen) 94B:1050
Seniors outreach clinics (Malcolmson) 83A:1110
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.

COVID-19 impact (Furstenau) 68A:1755
Role re Indigenous-led conservation initiative See Vancouver Island
Vancouver park board

Authority to designate public places re liquor consumption (Farnworth) 62B:1005, 67B:1510 (Kyllo) 67B:1540 (Lee) 67B:1540-1550
Vancouver police department

Concerns re COVID-19 travel restrictions and enforcement (Farnworth) 55B:1105 (Kyllo) 55B:1105
Vancouver Sun

Article on InBC Investment Corp. (Furstenau) 66B:1130
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area

Constituency office and staff (Heyman) 46B:1515
COVID-19 impact and response by businesses, organizations and services (Heyman) 46B:1515-1530
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area

Community panel on opioid crisis (Bailey) 50B:1035
COVID-19 impact on businesses and industry sectors (Bailey) 54B:1605-1615
Restaurant industry, impact of ban on single-use plastics (Bailey) 117B:1600
Size and electoral representation (Bernier) 81B:1720 (Kyllo) 77B:1515, 91B:1555-1610
Urban communities, description and activities (Bailey) 46B:1425-1440
Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

Child care facilities and early childhood educators (Sharma) 106B:1035-1045
COVID-19 impact on live events businesses (Sharma) 60B:1625-1630
Graduates (Sharma) 90B:1010
Health care and mental health services (Sharma) 60B:1630
Housing and homelessness (Sharma) 60B:1635-1640
Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area

Housing initiatives (Elmore) 61B:1605
Incidence of racism and town hall on issues (Elmore) 51B:1800
Small businesses, COVID-19 impact and supports (Elmore) 51B:1750
Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Constituent case re caregivers and support (Dix) 88C:1615
Vancouver-Langara constituency and area

COVID-19 response by community (Lee) 49B:1630
Racist incidents (Lee) 49B:1630
Size and electoral representation (Lee) 84B:1720
Vancouver–Point Grey constituency and area

Size and electoral representation (Bernier) 91B:1440-1450 (Eby) 91B:1445
Vancouver-Quilchena constituency and area

Size and electoral representation (Wilkinson) 89B:1540-1545
Vancouver-Seattle-Portland region See Cascadia region
Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Constituency assistants, role and work (Chandra Herbert) 104B:1025-1030
Constituent cases re noise pollution from modified vehicles (Chandra Herbert) 66B:1020
Drag community and participation in drag race (Chandra Herbert) 117B:1350
First Nations history (Chandra Herbert) 89B:1350
Size and electoral representation (Chandra Herbert) 77B:1535-1545
Vanderhoof, B.C.

Health care services, primary care centre project (Dix) 95A:1755 (Rustad) 95A:1755
Van't Haaf, Corey

Comments on veterinarian training (Paton) 117B:1425
Vasilev, Susan

Work with NDP caucus and retirement (D'Eith) 139B:1025
Vedder River

River cleanup society See Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society
Vehicles See Automobiles; Motorcycles
Venture capital See Business
Vera's Shaping

COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant (Kahlon) 93A:1450 (Stone) 93A:1445-1450
Verigin-Burk, Tammy

Role in building project (Conroy) 49B:1340
Vermillion Court, Princeton, B.C.

Seniors housing facility (Russell) 60B:1705
Vernon, B.C. See also Vernon-Monashee constituency and area

Health care services and overdose response (Sandhu) 61B:1700-1705
Hosting of B.C. Winter Games See British Columbia Winter Games
Housing, affordable and supportive housing (Sandhu) 61B:1710
Strata residents' insurance costs, petition tabled (Sandhu) 68B:1425
Transportation infrastructure improvements (Sandhu) 61B:1710
Vernon-Monashee constituency and area

COVID-19 impact on businesses (Sandhu) 61B:1710
COVID-19 protest at constituency office (Sandhu) 130B:1500
Secondary school graduates (Sandhu) 83B:1020
Wildfire impact (Sandhu) 113B:1135-1140
Vessels See Boats and boating; Ferries and ferry services
Veterans See Armed forces
Veterans in Canada organization See Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada
Veterinarians

Role and services (Singh, A.) 57B:1040
Role and working conditions (Paton) 57B:1030-1040
Supply and training (Kang) 117B:1425 (Oakes) 68A:1810 (Paton) 57B:1030-1045, 117B:1425 (Singh, A.) 57B:1040-1045
viaSport B.C.

Budget and activities (Mark) 67A:1700, 67A:1715 (Oakes) 67A:1715-1720
Victim assistance

Crime victim support benefits for children in care See Children in government care under Child protection system
Victim surcharge levy on provincial offences See Crime and criminals
Victims of Crime Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21)
(de Jong) 110B:1615 (Eby) 104B:1010, 107B:1620, 110B:1615
Victoria, B.C. See also South Island under Vancouver Island

Ambulance service, cases (Kirkpatrick) 107B:1430
Business shutdowns (Stewart) 49B:1535
Child care spaces (Fleming) 51B:1455
City government, agreement with province on housing and homelessness See also Homelessness and supportive housing below
(Osborne) 72A:1600, 72A:1610
Community initiatives, collaboration and innovation (Lore) 85B:1050-1100
COVID-19 impact on businesses (Stone) 88B:1415
Homelessness and supportive housing
Burnside-Gorge area supportive housing site issues (Eby) 84A:1535-1540 (Stewart) 84A:1535-1540
Cecelia Ravine Park homeless encampment (Eby) 84A:1535 (Stewart) 84A:1540
North Park tiny homes initiative (Lore) 85B:1050-1055
role of government (Eby) 84A:1545-1550 (Stewart) 84A:1540-1550
Russell Street supportive housing project (Eby) 84A:1520 (Stewart) 63B:1555, 84A:1455, 84A:1515, 84A:1530
supportive housing and shelter site issues (Eby) 84A:1520, 84A:1535-1540 (Stewart) 84A:1455, 84A:1515, 84A:1535-1540
Honorary citizen award recipients (Lore) 114B:1350-1355
Hospitals See Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.; Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Inner Harbour, ceremony for children of residential school burial site (Lore) 92B:1125
Tourism industry, cruise ships (Bond) 93B:1355 (Davies) 102B:1810 (de Jong) 97B:1040-1045 (Farnworth) 97B:1045 (Horgan) 93B:1350-1400 (Lee) 93B:1420 (Stone) 73B:1045, 91B:1640, 91B:1650
Victoria Cruise Industry Alliance

Comments on B.C. as cruise ships destination (de Jong) 97B:1040-1045
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

COVID-19 response (Dean) 60B:1730
Victoria police department

Comments on naloxone kits and training (de Jong) 100B:1440
Victoria school district See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Integrated services clinic model (Lore) 85B:1055, 134B:1155
Victoria–Beacon Hill constituency and area

Indigenous history and lands (Lore) 92B:1125
Video games

Production industry (Bailey) 46B:1435-1440, 54B:1340
VIHA See Vancouver Island Health Authority
Villers Air Services Ltd.

Air ambulance service provider application (Dix) 96A:1445
Violence See also Crime and criminals

Bullying See Bullying and harassment
Domestic violence
awareness (Cadieux) 139B:1055 (Oakes) 134B:1105 (Sims) 134B:1145
awareness and scope (Yao) 134B:1135
family violence definition (de Jong) 79B:1515, 81B:1515-1545 (Eby) 79B:1505, 81B:1515-1545 (Lore) 79B:1535
intentions issues and definition change See family violence definition above
justice system handling of cases See Handling of cases under Justice system
response and services (Elmore) 134B:1105 (Kyllo) 134B:1150
support for persons experiencing domestic violence (Anderson) 122B:1015-1020 (Kirkpatrick) 134B:1140
temporary housing for persons fleeing violence See Transition houses under Housing
Gang violence and prevention of gang activity See Gangs
Gender-based violence See also Violence against women below
(Bernier) 134B:1115-1120 (Kirkpatrick) 134B:1140 (Oakes) 134B:1105 (Tegart) 134B:1125-1130
Gender-based violence, response (Leonard) 134B:1120-1125 (Lore) 134B:1155-1200
Gender-based violence, response and prevention (Anderson) 138B:1350 (Elmore) 134B:1100-1105 (Sims) 134B:1145-1150 (Singh, R.) 134B:1110-1115 (Yao) 134B:1135
Racist hatred and violence See Discrimination and racism
Sexual violence See Sexual violence
Violence against Indigenous women and children
incidence (Bernier) 134B:1120
incidence and response (Olsen) 100B:1405
missing and murdered women See Missing and murdered Indigenous women
Violence against women
awareness and prevention (Elmore) 54B:1350
incidence (Lore) 134B:1155 (Sims) 134B:1145 (Singh, R.) 134B:1110-1115
incidence and response (Cadieux) 139B:1055 (Elmore) 134B:1100
missing and murdered women (Oakes) 134B:1110
prevention and report (Cadieux) 99B:1035
response and services (Oakes) 134B:1110
role of toxic masculinity and media representations (Yao) 134B:1135
Violence in the workplace See particular professions and sectors
VIP Mountain Holidays, Whistler, B.C.

COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant (Kahlon) 88B:1510
Virtual health care and services See Telehealth under Health care system
Visual impairment See Eye health and visual impairment
Voller, Steve

Role as biologist and study of Carnation Creek (Routley) 121B:1345
Volleyball B.C. Hall of Fame

Inductees of 2021 (Oakes) 48B:1010-1015
Volunteers and volunteer sector

Contributions (Bond) 52B:1005 (Cadieux) 51B:1340-1345 (Furstenau) 55B:1020 (Sharma) 51B:1340
Contributions to youth sports (Mark) 67A:1700 (Oakes) 67A:1655
COVID-19 response See Volunteer response under COVID-19 impact
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing (Eby) 44B:1450

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