Province of British Columbia
Second Session, 39th Parliament – 2010
INDEX (Subject and Business entries)
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

4-H Club

100 Mile House, B.C.

1,000 cities, 1,000 lives campaign

See World Health Organization


Abattoirs

See Slaughter facilities under Food industry


Abbotsford, B.C.

See also Abbotsford South constituency and area; Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area


Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce

Abbotsford Hospice Society

Abbotsford International Airport

Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.

Abbotsford school district

See School district 34 (Abbotsford)


Abbotsford South constituency and area

Abbotsford Times

Abbotsford-Mission constituency and area

Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on

Aboriginal Awareness Week

Aboriginal Forest Industries Council

Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of

Aboriginal tourism

See Tourism


Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia

Aboriginal youth internship program

See Youth programs and services under First Nations


Aboriginals

See First Nations; Métis


Accenture Business Services Ltd

Accountants

Ackerman, Tulani

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament

ActNow B.C.

Actuaries

See Insurance


Adams Lake, B.C.

Adams River

Addiction

See Addiction and problem gambling under Gambling; Mental illness and addiction under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction


Adey, Dillon

Adoption

Adult basic education

See Education


Adult guardianship

Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act

Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry of

Advertising

Agencies

See Agencies and commissions under Government


Aging

See Seniors


Agreement on internal trade

Agricultural Land Commission Act

Agricultural land reserve

Agriculture

Agriculture – Workers

Agriculture and Fisheries, Select Standing Committee on

Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of

AgriStability program

Ahousaht First Nation

Ahousat, B.C.

AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Air

Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Air India bombing

See Terrorism


Aircraft

Airline industry

See also Airports


Airports

Airsheds

Airspace Action on Smoking and Health

AIT

See Agreement on internal trade


Alberni Valley

Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area

Alberta

Alcan

See Aluminum Corp. of Canada Ltd.


Alcohol

Aldergrove, B.C.

See Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area


Allan Cup

See Canadian Senior AAA Hockey Championships


Allan, John

All-Native Basketball Tournament

All-terrain vehicles

See Automobiles


ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

ALS Centre

See G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C.


AltaGas Income Trust

Aluminum Corp. of Canada Ltd

Alzheimer Society of British Columbia

Alzheimer's disease

Ambulance service

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

See Recovery Act under United States


Amphibians

See Reptiles and amphibians under Wildlife


Amson, Brad

Amtrak

See National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)


Anahim Lake, B.C.

Animal Health Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.

Animal health technologists

Animals

Annie B. Jamieson Elementary

See Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.


Antifreeze

Apollo Forest Products Ltd

Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Aquaculture

Aquaculture – Fish farms

Aquilini Investment Group Inc

Archaeological sites

See Heritage sites


Archie Browning Sports Centre, Esquimalt, B.C.

Armed forces

Armenian genocide

Armoured Vehicle and After-Market Compartment Control Act

Armstrong, Fred

Art Inspirations Studio

Artemis Options Society

Arts and culture

See also Heritage sites


Asbestos

Asia

Asian Canadians

Asian Heritage Month

Asia-Pacific Business Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Asia-Pacific gateway

See also Canada's Pacific Gateway


Asia-Pacific initiative

See Trade between B.C. and Asia under Exports and imports


Asia-Pacific region

Asia-Pacific Trade Council

Aspen Planers Ltd

Asper, David

Assembly of First Nations

Assessment Act

Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia

Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia

Athletes

See Sports


Atira Women's Resource Society

Attorney General, Ministry of

ATVs

See All-terrain vehicles under Automobiles


Aubin, Guy

Auditor General

Augurex Life Sciences Corp

Australia

Autism

Automobiles

Auvinen, Brittany

Axor Group Inc

Babcock, James

Bacchus, Patti

Bail process

See Justice system


Baillies, Janet

Baldeo, Albert

Baldrey, Keith

Banks

See Financial services industry


Baptiste, Dennis

Barcham, Susan

Barden, Brett

Barlow, Maude

Barrett, David

Barriere, B.C.

Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal

Bastion Development Corp

Bateman, Robert

BC150 cultural fund

See Endowment fund under Arts and culture


BCIT

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


Beach, Warren

Bear Aware

Bear Creek Provincial Park

Bear Mountain development

See Vancouver Island


Bear Mountain Wind Park

Bears

See Wildlife


Beaver Creek Provincial Park

Becker, Eugene

Beecher Bay First Nation

See Scia'new First Nation


Bees

Belkorp Industries Inc

Bell Canada Enterprises Inc

Bell, Suzanne

Bella Coola Heli Sports Inc

Bella Coola Valley

Belmont Secondary School, Langford, B.C.

Bennett, W.A.C.

Bentall Corp

Bethune, Norman

Betts, John

The Bible

Bicycles

See Cycling


Big Bunsby Marine Park

Big Pine Mountain

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

Bighorn sheep

See Ungulates under Wildlife


Bike B.C. program

See Infrastructure under Cycling


Bike to Work Week

Bill 33 (2006)

See Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006


The Bill Good Show

Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

Bilodeau, Alexandre

Biodiversity

See Environment


Biorefineries and black liquor products

See Forests and forest industry


Biotechnology industry

See Science and technology


Birds

See Wildlife


BladeRunners program

See Employment and unemployment


Blount, Bob

Blue bridge

See Johnson Street Bridge


Blue Mountain

Boats and boating

Bobcat Country Sales Inc

Bond, James

Bonds

Books

See Publishing industry


Books for B.C. Babies program

See Early learning and literacy under Children – Early childhood development


Border crossings

Boulton, Eric

Boundary school district

See School district 51 (Boundary)


Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area

Bowles, Paul

Bowron Lake Provincial Park

Boyd, Alan

Boyd, Neil

Bozzer, Ron

Braidwood, Thomas

Brain health

Bramham, Daphne

Brandywine Falls Provincial Park

Braune, Gerd

Breast health

Brethour, Patrick

Brick, Niles

Britannia Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia

British Columbia – Northern B.C.

British Columbia – Rural B.C.

British Columbia Agriculture Council

British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

British Columbia Apartment Owners and Managers Association

British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Assessment

British Columbia Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries

British Columbia Association of School Business Officials

British Columbia Athlete Voice

B.C. Bid

See Procurement under Government


British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Association

British Columbia Cancer Agency

British Columbia Care Providers Association

British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

British Columbia Children's Hospital Foundation

British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities

British Columbia College of Teachers

British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils

British Columbia Construction Association

British Columbia Electric Co

British Columbia Federation of Labour

British Columbia Ferry Authority

British Columbia Ferry Commission

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

British Columbia Film Commission

British Columbia Food Processors Association

British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

British Columbia Games Society

British Columbia Gazette

British Columbia Grain Producers Association

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

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

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

See also Government


B.C. Lions

British Columbia Lottery Corporation

British Columbia Medical Association

British Columbia Pavilion Corporation

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

British Columbia Poverty Reduction Committee

British Columbia Progress Board

British Columbia Public Service Agency

See also Civil service


British Columbia Rail

British Columbia Rail Properties

British Columbia Railway Act

British Columbia Railway Company

See British Columbia Rail


British Columbia Ranching Task Force

British Columbia Real Estate Association

British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association

British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association

British Columbia Retired Teachers Association

British Columbia Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association

British Columbia Rural Communities Summit

British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association

British Columbia School Trustees Association

British Columbia Securities Commission

British Columbia Shellfish Growers Association

British Columbia Sport Alliance

British Columbia Standardbred Association

B.C. Stats

British Columbia timber sales program

British Columbia Transit

See also Transit services; particular services and locations


British Columbia Transmission Corporation

British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority

British Columbia Treaty Commission

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Veterinarians for Justice

British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association

British Columbia Wildlife Federation

British Columbia Winter Games

Brondgeest, Cassandra

Brookfield Asset Management Inc

Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park

Brown, Martyn

Browning, Archie

Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society

Bruce, Sherry

Buccaneer Bay Provincial Park

Buckley, Warren

Budget

See also 2010-11 budget under Budgets


Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2008

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2010

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Budgets

Building Canada fund

See Funding under Infrastructure


Building inspections, standards, etc

See Construction industry


Bulkley Valley Child Development Centre, Smithers, B.C.

Bullying

See Violence


Burnaby, B.C.

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


Burnaby Board of Trade

Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby Festival of Volunteers

Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society

Burnaby school district

See School district 41 (Burnaby)


Burnaby Volunteer Festival

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area

Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area

Burns Lake, B.C.

Burrard Inlet

Burrard Thermal power station

Buses and bus service

See Transit services


Bush, Linda

Business

See also Corporations


Business – Small business

Business Corporations Act

Business Council of British Columbia

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act

Buy B.C. program

Byrne Creek Secondary School, Burnaby, B.C.

Cabin gas plant

See EnCana Corp.


Cacchioni, Rolli

Cache Creek, B.C.

California

Calvert, John

Cambridge Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.

Campaign Finance Reform Act, 2010

Campbell River and District General Hospital, Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River school district (School district 72)

See School district 72 (Campbell River)


Camping, campgrounds, etc

See Parks


Canada

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Canada Line

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Canada West Foundation

Canada's Pacific Gateway

Canada-U.S. agreement on government procurement

Canadian agricultural income stabilization program

See AgriStability program


Canadian Agricultural Safety Week

Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Canadian College Athletic Association

Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships

Canadian Federation of Students

Canadian Forest Products

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)

Canadian Newspaper Association

Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Canadian Senior AAA Hockey Championships

Canadian Underwriter

Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships

Canadian-Independent Group of Funeral Homes

Cancer

Canfor

See Canadian Forest Products


Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Vancouver, B.C.

Cap-and-trade system

See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions


Cape Scott Provincial Park

Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.

Capital planning secretariat

See Government


Capital Power Corp

Capital regional district

CAPP

See Programs and services for children and families, new practice framework under Children


Carbon

Carbon tax

Carbon Tax Act

Cardiovascular health

Cariboo River Provincial Park

Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area

Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan

Caribou

See Ungulates under Wildlife


Cari's Infant and Toddler Centre, Campbell River, B.C.

Carleton School

See Sir Guy Carleton Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.


Carline, Johnny

Carney, Mark

Carrier Lumber Ltd

Case, Ian

Casinos

See Gambling


Catalyst Paper Corp

Cattle farming

See Livestock industry


Cave Protection Act, 2010

Caves

Cawston Cold Storage Ltd

C.D. Howe Institute

CDS

See Clearing and Depository Services Inc.


Cedar, B.C.

Central 1 Credit Union

Central Okanagan school district

See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)


Century House, New Westminster, B.C.

Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia

Cerwydden Lodge, Duncan, B.C.

Cetus Research Society

CH2M Hill Canada Ltd

Chalmers, Ben

Chambers, Al

Chambers of commerce

Champlain Heights Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Chandigarh, India

Charbonneau, Art

Charities

Chase, B.C.

Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve

Chehalis River

Chemainus River

Chetwynd, B.C.

Chevron Canada Ltd

Chief Electoral Officer

See also Chief Electoral Officer, Special Committee to Appoint a; Elections B.C.


Chief Electoral Officer, Special Committee to Appoint a

Chief information officer

Chilcotin area

See also Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area


Child and family support, assessment, planning and practice

See Programs and services for children and families, new practice framework under Children


Child Care Awards of Excellence

Child, Family and Community Service Act

Child in the Home of a Relative program

See Foster care


Children

See also Youth


Children – Child care

Children – Early childhood development

Children and Family Development, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Child Care

Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Children First initiative

See Programs and services under Children – Early childhood development


Chilliwack, B.C.

See also Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area


Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.

Chilliwack school district

See School district 33 (Chilliwack)


Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area

Chimo Achievement Centre, Coquitlam, B.C.

China

China Creek microhydro project

See Vancouver Island


China National Building Material Group Corp

Chinese New Year

See also Lunar new year


Christine Morrison Hospice, Mission, B.C.

Churches

Cigars

See Tobacco


CITCA

See Comprehensive integrated tax coordination agreement under Harmonized sales tax


Cities and towns

See Communities


Citizens' Services, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and the Public Affairs Bureau

Civil forfeiture

See Forfeiture of proceeds of crime under Crime and criminals


Civil Forfeiture Act

Civil service

See also British Columbia Public Service Agency


Clark, Christy

Clark, Glen

Clean energy

See Energy – Clean energy


Clean Energy Act

Clean technology

See Renewable energy technology under Science and technology


Cleaning services

Clearbrook Family Practice Group, Abbotsford, B.C.

Clearing and Depository Services Inc

ClearVision Technologies Inc

Clearwater, B.C.

Clerk of the House

Climate action dividend

See Carbon tax


Climate change

Clothing

Cloudworks Energy Inc

CN Rail

See Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)


CNIB

See Canadian National Institute for the Blind


Coaches Association of British Columbia

Coal

Coal Act

Coalition to Build a Better B.C.

Coast Forest Products Association

Coast Mental Health

Coast Mountains school district

See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)


Coastal Contacts Inc

Coastal Ferry Act

Cohen, Bruce

College and Institute Act

College of Veterinarians of British Columbia

See also British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association


Colley, Ted

Columbia Basin Trust

Columbia House, Invermere, B.C.

Columbia Methodist College Act, 1893

Columbia Power Corporation

Columbia River Treaty

Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area

Columbus Park Child Care Centre, Penticton, B.C.

Coming Home Café, New Westminster, B.C.

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

Commission of inquiry on the use of conducted energy weapons in B.C. (Braidwood commission)

Commissions, commissioners, etc

See Agencies and commissions under Government; particular commissions


Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Communities

Community and Rural Development, Ministry of

Community Care and Assisted Living Act

Community Charter

Community Living British Columbia

Community social services sector

See Welfare


Community Volunteer Services for Seniors

CommunityLINK program

See Education


Comox Valley

Comox Valley Echo

Compass Group Canada Ltd

Composting

Comptroller general

Computer technology

Condominium Home Owners Association

Condominiums

See Strata property


Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia

Conference Board of Canada

Conflict of interest

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

Congregational College of British Columbia Act, 1914

Conroy, Ed

Conservancies

See Parks


Conservation of wildlife, conservation officers, etc

See Wildlife


Construction industry

Consumers

Consumers Association of Canada

Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act

Contaminated sites

See Waste management


Convenion Centre East facility

See Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.


Conversation on Health

See Public consultation by government under Health – Health care system


Cook, Philip

Copenhagen, Denmark

Coquihalla Highway

See Highway 5


Coquitlam, B.C.

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


Coquitlam Public Library, Coquitlam, B.C.

Coquitlam school district

See School district 43 (Coquitlam)


Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area

Corbeil, Serge

Cordova Bay Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Coroner

Coroners Act

Corporate capital tax

See Corporations


Corporation Capital Tax Act

Corporations

See also Business


Corradini, Deedee

Corrections system

See also Crime and criminals; Justice system


Corrigan, Derek

Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act, 2010

Cost of living

See Costs and user fees under Consumers


Coulson Group

Council of Forest Industries

Council of Parent Participation Preschools in British Columbia

Council of Senior Citizens Organizations

Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia

CounterAttack program

See Prevention under Impaired driving


Country Life

Courage to Come Back Awards

See Coast Mental Health


Courtenay, B.C.

Courtois, Bernard

Courts

See Justice system; particular courts


Cowichan Bay

Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society

Cowichan Lodge, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Tribes

Cowichan Valley

Cowichan Valley constituency and area

Cowichan Valley school district

See School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)


Cran, Bruce

Cranbrook, B.C.

Cranes

See Construction industry


Crean, Michael

Credit rating

Credit unions

See Financial services industry


Credit-rating agencies

See Financial services industry


Creekside Studio, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

Crescent Park Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

Creston Education Centre, Creston, B.C.

Creston Valley Blossom Festival

Crime and criminals

See also Corrections system; Justice system


Criminal Code (federal)

Criminal injury compensation program

Crosby, Sidney

Crown corporations

See also particular corporations


Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on

Crown land

Cruz, Samonte

Cull, Elizabeth

The Cultch

See Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.


Cultural House of Mawlana Society

Cultural Olympiad

See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Cultural tourism

See Tourism


Culture

See Arts and culture; Heritage sites


Culture and the Arts, Ministry of

See Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Ministry of


Cuming, Ron

Cycling

Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver, B.C.

DAVE tax credit

See Digital animation or visual effects tax credit under Film industry


David Thompson Secondary School, Invermere, B.C.

Davidson, Robert

Day of Pink

Debt

See also Public debt


Deep Bay, B.C.

Deer

See Ungulates under Wildlife


Deforestation

See Forests and forest industry


Della Falls

Deloitte and Touche Inc

Deloitte Inc

Delta, B.C.

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


Delta Farmers Institute

Delta Hospice Society

Delta Hospital, Delta, B.C.

Delta North constituency and area

Delta South constituency and area

Dementia

See also Alzheimer's disease


Demerais, Lou

Democracy

Denesiuk, Connie

Denham, Elizabeth

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner


Dental health

Departure Bay Elementary School, Nanaimo, B.C.

Deregulation

See Regulations and red tape under Government


Deschamps, Trevor

Dewey, John

Diamond, Jared

Dietitians and nutritionists

Digital media

See Media


Digital Resources

Disabled and handicapped persons

Discrimination and racism

Disease

See also particular conditions, diseases, etc.


Distilleries

See Alcohol


District of North Cowichan

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Divisions, Recorded

Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Doctors

See Physicians


Documents tabled

Dodge, David

Dogwood Initiative

Dokie wind farm project

See Plutonic Power Corp.


Doman, Rick

Domestic violence

See Family violence under Violence


Dominick, Bob

Domtar Inc

Doors Open Richmond

Dorel Industries Inc

Dorey, Peter

Douglas College Lions

Douglas, Tommy

Dowling, Rick

Downie Timber Ltd

Downtown Eastside

See Vancouver, B.C.


Drance, Jonathan

Dream Home China project

See Exports under Forests and forest industry


Drought

See Water


Drugs

Drummond, Don

Drunk driving

See Impaired driving


Dry Gulch Provincial Park

du Toit, Lesley

Ducks Unlimited

Dueck, Josh

Dunsmuir, Robert

Dzawadi/Klinaklini Estuary Conservancy

Dziekanski, Robert

E&N Railway

See Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway


Earl Marriott Secondary School, Surrey, B.C.

Early childhood development, early learning and literacy, etc

See Children – Early childhood development


Early development instrument

See Students, evaluation and testing of students, use of early development instrument under Education


Earth Day

Earth Hour

East Toba River

Eat B.C. program

See Promotion of B.C. products under Food services industry


Ebbels, Jack

E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Echo Village, Port Alberni, B.C.

Ecological reserves

See Parks


Economic Development, Ministry of

See Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, Ministry of


Economic Forecast Council

Economy

Edgewater Casino ULC

EDI

See Students, evaluation and testing of students, use of early development instrument under Education


Edmonds

See Burnaby-Edmonds constituency and area


EDS Advanced Solutions Inc

Education

See also Education – Funding; Education – School districts and boards of education; Education – Schools; Post-secondary education; Skills training


Education – Funding

Education – School districts and boards of education

Education – Schools

Education, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy

Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006

E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act

EI

See Employment insurance under Income assistance


Eichenberger, Kathy

Eikenberry, Ron

Election Act

Elections

See also Politics and politicians


Elections B.C.

E-licence program

See Fishing licences under Fishing industry


Elkford Secondary School, Elkford, B.C.

Ellison Provincial Park

Elphinstone Secondary School, Gibsons, B.C.

Embrace B.C. program

See Racism awareness and prevention under Discrimination and racism


Emergencies

Emergency and Health Services Act

Emergency and Health Services Commission

Emerson, David

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

Emirates airline report on open skies policies

See Open skies policies, report under Airline industry


Employment and unemployment

See also Labour


Employment insurance

See Income assistance


Employment Standards Act

Employment standards branch

See Labour, Ministry of


Enbridge Pipelines Inc

EnCana Corp

Endako Mines

See Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.


Endangered species

See Species at risk under Wildlife


Energy

Energy – Clean energy

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2010

Engineers and geoscientists

Engineers and Geoscientists Act

English-as-a-second-language programs

See Education


Enns, Doug

Environment

Environment Canada

Environment, Ministry of

Environmental Appeal Board

Environmental Management Act

Environmental technology

See Science and technology


EPCOR Utilities Inc

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Awareness Day

See Purple Day


Erie Creek

Eskers Provincial Park

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway

Esquimalt Graving Dock, Esquimalt, B.C.

Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, Esquimalt, B.C.

Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area

Estimates of expenditures

Ethel Tibbits Awards

Etsell, Garnet

Eurocan mill

See Mill operations under Kitimat, B.C.


Europe

Evans, Corky

Evergreen line

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Evidence Act

Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.

Expo Line

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Exports and imports

Expropriation Act

Extended family program

See Foster care


Eye health

Fair Ferries Act, 2008

Fairview

See Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area


Faith in Action initiative

Families

Family Relations Act

Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association

Farmers, farms, farmworkers, etc

See Agriculture; Agriculture – Workers


Farnham Glacier

FARSHA

See Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association


Federal-provincial relations

See Government


Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia

Ferguson, Catherine

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Ferry commissioner

See British Columbia Ferry Commission


FICOM

See Financial Institutions Commission


Filipino Canadians

Film Incentive B.C.

See Tax credits under Film industry


Film industry

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Finance, Ministry of

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2010

Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010

Financial Administration Act

Financial Institution Act

Financial Institutions Commission

Financial services industry

Finavera Renewables Inc

Finlayson, Jock

Finlayson, Jock, and Ken Peacock

Fir Park Village, Port Alberni, B.C.

Firearms

Fires and firefighters

First Coal Corp

First Nations

First Nations – Treaties

First Nations Energy and Mining Council

First Nations Forestry Council

First Nations goods and services tax

First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2010

First Nations Leadership Council

First Nations Summit

First Peoples Advisory Committee

First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Act

First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council

Fish

Fish Protection Act

Fishing industry

Fitzpatrick, Darren

Fitzsimmons Creek

Flanagan, Tom

Flathead Valley

Fletcher, Tom

Flexman, Bruce

Florida, Richard

FNGST

See First Nations goods and services tax


Food

Food industry

Food services industry

Forbes convention

Forest Act

Forest Appeals Commission

Forest fires

Forest investment account

See Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau


Forest Practices Board

Forest Practices Code

Forest Renewal B.C.

Forest Safety Council

Forest Stewardship Council

Forestry round table

See Working Roundtable on Forestry


Forestry Service Providers Protection Act

Forests and forest industry

Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau

Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2010

Forests and Range (First Nations Woodland Licence) Statutes Amendment Act, 2010

Forests for Tomorrow program

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Forrest, Ina

Forrest Kerr power project

See AltaGas Income Trust


Forsyth, Mona

Fort Langley–Aldergrove constituency and area

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Fort St. John, B.C.

Fort St. John Chamber of Commerce

Fortems, Cam

Fortis Inc

Fossils

Foster care

Fountain First Nation

Four Host First Nations Society

Fox, Terry

France

Francis Point Provincial Park

Francophone affairs program

See Government


Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Institute

Fraser River

Fraser River Discovery Centre, New Westminster, B.C.

Fraser Valley

Fraser Valley Youth Society

Fraser-Nicola constituency and area

Fraserview

See Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area


Fred Antoine Park

Freedom of information

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner


Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the

Friends for Life program

See Suicide prevention programs and services under Youth


Friends of Hecate Strait

Frogs

See Reptiles and amphibians under Wildlife


Fromme Elementary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

FrontCounter B.C.

Fuel

See also Oil and gas


Fuller, Gord

Funeral industry

Furlong, John

G8 and G20 summit meetings

GAAP

See Accounting practices, generally accepted accounting principles under Government


Gabel, Phillip

Gagatek, Norman

Gambier Island

Gambling

Gaming Control Act

Gaming grants for community programs

See Community organizations under Communities


Ganeshan, Vishy

Gangs

Garibaldi Provincial Park

Garrett-Goronge, Glen and Janice

Garson, Jon

Gateway of Hope, Langley, B.C.

Gateway projects

See Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation


Gattafoni Robinson, Eleanor

Gaudet, Sonja

Gays and lesbians

See Sexual orientation


Gazette

See British Columbia Gazette


Gee, Doreen Marion

Gender orientation

General Electric Co

Genocide

GeoB.C.

George Jay Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

George, Justin

Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, Courtenay, B.C.

Geoscientists

See Engineers and geoscientists


Geothermal Resources Act

G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Gibsons, B.C.

Gilpin Grasslands Provincial Park

Gioventu, Tony

Girl Guides of Canada

Gitanyow First Nation

Gitxsan Chiefs Office

Gitxsan First Nations

Glacier-Howser power project proposal

See Axor Group Inc.


Global Television

Global warming

See Climate change


GLOBE 2010

The Globe and Mail

Godfrey, Jim

Gold River, B.C.

Golden, B.C.

Golden Ears Bridge

Golder Associates Ltd

Good, Bill

Goods and services tax

Gordon, Christine

Gorge Waterway Discovery Centre, Esquimalt, B.C.

Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd

Gosnell, Joe

Government

See also British Columbia Liberal Party; Civil service; Government – Local government; Legislature


Government – Local government

Government agents

Graham, G.W.

Grand Forks, B.C.

Grand Street Lodge, Mission, B.C.

Grant, Martin

Grappler

Grasmere microhydro project

See McDonald Ranch and Lumber Ltd.


Grasslands

Gratton, Pierre

Gravel

Grazing land

See Rangeland


Great Bear rain forest

Great Britain

Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association

Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair

Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act

Greater Victoria Child and Family Counselling Association

Greater Victoria Citizens Counselling Centre

Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

Green Energy Advisory Task Force

Green Thumb Theatre for Young People

Green Timbers

See Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area


Greene, Virginia

Greenhouse gas emissions

See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions


Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act

Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008

Grewal, Gurdev Singh

Grizzly bears

See Bears under Wildlife


Group homes

Grouse Mountain

Growing Forward agreement

See Program funding and delivery, federal-provincial agreement under Agriculture


GST

See Goods and services tax


Guardianship

Gulf of Mexico

See United States


Guns

See Firearms


Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure Act

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Surrey, B.C.

Guujaaw

H1N1 influenza virus (Swine flu)

Habitat protection

See Environment; Fish; Wildlife


Haden, Mark

Hagum, Jack

Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii Observer

See Queen Charlotte Islands Observer (Haida Gwaii)


Haida Gwaii Reconciliation Act

Haida Gwaii strategic land use agreement

Haida Nation

Haircuts

Haiti

Halalt First Nation

Hallmark Society

Halseth, Greg

Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury, Ponoka, Alberta

Hammond Cedar mill

See International Forest Products Ltd.


Hammond, Stephen

HandyDART system

See Disabled and handicapped persons


Hanna-Tintina watershed

Hansen, Rick

Hao, Jennifer

Happy Valley Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Harder, Bent

Harmac mill

See Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.


Harmonized sales tax

Harmonized sales tax – Exemptions and rebates

Harmonized sales tax – Impact

Harmonized sales tax – Implementation

Harmonized sales tax –Exemptions and rebates

Harmsworth, Buzz

Harper Grey LLP

Harper, Stephen

Harris, Olwen

Hart, Mike

Hartley Bay, B.C.

Hastings

See Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area


Hastings Racecourse, Vancouver, B.C.

Hawke, Ferg

Hawksworth, George

Hayes, Donald

Hazardous products

Hazelton, B.C.

Hazlett, Debbie

Health

See also Health – Continuing and long-term care; Health – Health authorities; Health – Health care facilities and hospitals; Health – Health care funding; Health – Health care system; Health – Public health


Health – Continuing and long-term care

Health – Health authorities

See also particular health authorities


Health – Health care facilities and hospitals

See also particular facilities and hospitals


Health – Health care funding

Health – Health care system

Health – Public health

Health Authorities Act

Health Contact Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Health Professions Act

Health Services, Ministry of

Healthcare Benefit Trust

Healthy Kids program

See Dental health


Healthy Living Alliance

Healthy Living and Sport, Ministry of

Hearne, Margo

Heath, Dick

Heckman, James

Heidi's Restaurant, Cranbrook, B.C.

Helliwell, John

Helping Hands Food Bank, Kimberley, B.C.

Hemp

Henry, Marguerite

Hepatitis C

Heritage Conservation Act

Heritage sites

See also Arts and culture


Heritage Vancouver Society

Heroin

See Substance abuse and addiction


Hesburgh, Theodore

Hesquiaht First Nation

Higgins House

See Child care program under Victoria High School, Victoria, B.C.


Highland Valley mine

See Teck Cominco Ltd.


Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 3

Highway 5

Highway 8

Highway 12

Highway 14

Highway 16

Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)

Highway 19 (Island Highway)

Highway 37

Highway 97

Highway 99

Highway of tears

See Highway 16


Highways and roads

See also particular highways or locations


Hill, Bob

Hillsborough Resources Ltd

Hillside Gardens, Burnaby, B.C.

Hinkson decision

See Ruling on provincial role in aquaculture industry regulation under Supreme Court of British Columbia


Ho, Maria (Mimi)

Hobbis, Gord

Hobiyee

See New year celebrations under Nisga'a people


Hockey

See Sports


Holland, Jane

Holly Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

Holman, Sean

Holmberg family

Holocaust

Home care

Home Owner Grant Act

Home ownership

Home support

See Home care


Homelessness

See also Poverty


Homeowner grant

Homeowner Protection Act

Homeowner Protection Office

Homophobia

See Discrimination and racism


Homosexuality

See Sexual orientation


Hope, B.C.

See Chilliwack-Hope constituency and area


Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society

Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2010

Horn River basin

Horseman's Benevolent and Protective Association

Horse-racing industry

Horváth, Dezsö

Hospital Act

Hospital District Act

Hospitals

See Health – Health care facilities and hospitals


Hotels and travel accommodation

See also Tourism


House of Commons

See Canada


Housing

Housing – Rental housing

Housing – Residential care facilities

Housing and Social Development, Ministry of

Houston, B.C.

HST

See Harmonized sales tax


Hughes, Ted

Hull, David

Hul'qumi'num language

See Cowichan Tribes


Human rights

Human Rights Code

Humphrey, Hubert

Hunter, Sarah

Hunting

Hurlburt, Graham

Huynh, Carol

Hydroelectricity

See Hydroelectric power under Energy


IBM Global Services

ICE fund

See Innovative clean energy fund under Energy – Clean energy


ICM

See Programs and services, integrated case management system under Government


IFPAs

See Forest management and practices, innovative forest practices agreements under Forests and forest industry


ILMB

See Integrated land management bureau


Immigration

Impaired driving

Imperial Metals Corp

Imports

See Exports and imports


IMW Industries Ltd

Income

See also Poverty


Income assistance

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Independent Power Producers Association of British Columbia

India

Indians

See First Nations; Métis


Indo-Canadian Business Association

Industrial relations

See Labour relations under Labour


Industrial Roads Act

Industry

Industry and Consumer Advisory Council

Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission

Industry Training Authority

Infant development program

See Children


Information

Information and Privacy Commissioner

See also Freedom of information; Privacy


Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a

Information Technology Association of Canada

Infrastructure

Infrastructure, Ministry of

See Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of


Initiatives Prince George Development Corp

Inland Glass and Aluminum Ltd

Innovation

See Research and development; Science and technology


Innovative forest practices agreements

See Forest management and practices under Forests and forest industry


Innovative timber sale licences

See Forest licences under Forests and forest industry


Inproheat Industries Ltd

Insite

See Supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility under Substance abuse and addiction


Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

Insurance

Insurance Bureau of Canada

Insurance Corporation Act

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Integrated case management system

See Programs and services under Government


Integrated land management bureau

Intellectual property

Interfor

See International Forest Products Ltd.


Intergovernmental Relations, Minister of State for

Interim supply

See Budget


Interior Health Authority

Interior heart and surgical centre project

See Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.


International Business Activity Act

International Children's Games

International commerce

See Financial services industry


International Composting Corp

International Dance Day

International Day Against Homophobia

International Financial Activity Act

International financial activity program

See International business activity program under Financial services industry


International Financial Centre

See International finance centre under Financial services industry


International Forest Products Ltd

International Monetary Fund

International Olympic Committee

International Trade Dinner and Surrey Export Awards

International Women's Day

International Wood Markets Group

Internet

See Computer technology


InterVistas Consulting Inc

Investment

Investment Council Association of Canada

Investment Industry Association of Canada

Investment Prince George Development Corp

Ipsos-Reid Corp

Irene Thomas Hospice, Delta, B.C.

Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Island Spirits Distillery, Hornby Island, B.C.

Islands Trust Act

ITA

See Industry Training Authority


Jaccard, Mark

Jails

See Correctional facilities under Corrections system


James, Beth

James, Craig

Japan

Jeans Day fundraiser

See British Columbia Children's Hospital Foundation


Jeffery, Rick

JIBC

See Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, B.C.


Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


Jobs and timber accord

Johnson and Johnson Inc

Johnson, Chester

Johnson, Ken

Johnson Street Bridge

Johnstone Creek Provincial Park

Jordan River area

See Vancouver Island


Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Ontario

Joseph, Tewanee

Josephison, Lori

Journée de la Francophonie

Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Juan de Fuca Skating Club

Judges

See Judiciary under Justice system


Jumbo Creek

Jumbo Glacier resort

Juniper Beach Provincial Park

Justice Education Society of British Columbia

Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, B.C.

Justice system

See also Corrections system; Crime and criminals; particular courts


JUSTIN system

See Information management under Justice system


Kaatza Day Care Centre, Lake Cowichan, B.C.

Kabaddi

See Sports


Kamloops Airport

Kamloops, B.C.

See also Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area


Kamloops Christian Daycare, Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Daily News

Kamloops land and resource management plan

Kamloops Sports Council

Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area

Kamloops-Thompson school district

See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)


Kaslo, B.C.

Keats Island

Kelly, Michelle

Kelowna, B.C.

See also Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area; Kelowna-Mission constituency and area


Kelowna Farmers and Crafters Market

Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area

Kelowna-Mission constituency and area

Kendall, Perry

Kensington

See Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area


Kerosene

See Fuel


Kershaw, Paul

Kersley Musical Theatre, Quesnel, B.C.

Kesselman, Jonathan

Ketcham, Hank

Keynes, John Maynard

Keystone Cup

Kharaab Daru

Kicking Horse Canyon highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Kidd Pivot

Kidney health

KidSport B.C. program

See Children's sports under Sports


Kiefer, Mark

Kiewit Corp

Kimberley, B.C.

Kinder Morgan Inc

Kindree, LaVerne

Kingsway

See Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area


Kiniski, Gene

Kirby, Michael

Kitimat, B.C.

Klahoose First Nation

Klappan Valley (Sacred Headwaters)

Kleana Power Corp

Klinaklini Estuary Conservancy

See Dzawadi/Klinaklini Estuary Conservancy


Klinaklini power project proposal

See Kleana Power Corp.


Knives

Knowledge infrastructure program

See Infrastructure under Post-secondary education – Funding


Knowledge-based economy

See Economy


Knox, Jack

Kootenay area

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


Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, B.C.

Kootenay Lake Hospital, Nelson, B.C.

Kootenay Lake school district

See School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)


Kootenay West constituency and area

Kootenay Youth Parliament

Korean War

Koyczan, Shane

Kronos Canadian Systems Inc

Krugman, Paul

Krutzmann, Tim

Kumaritashvili, Nodar

Kunst'aa Guu–Kunst'aayah reconciliation protocol

See Reconciliation protocol under Haida Nation


Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C.

Kwikkwetlem First Nation

Kyuquot, B.C.

Labour

See also Employment and unemployment


Labour Market Development, Ministry of

See Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry of


Labour, Ministry of

Labour Relations Board

Laffer curve theory

See Economy


Lake Country

See Kelowna–Lake Country constituency and area


Land

See also Farmland under Agriculture; Crown land; Land use; Property; Rangeland


Land Act

Land Tax Deferment Act

Land Title Act

Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia

Land use

See also Agricultural land reserve; Urbanization


Lands, Ministry of

See Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of


Laneclyn, Trudy

Lang, Michelle

Langer, Valerie

Langley, B.C.

Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.

Langley Lodge, Langley, B.C.

Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.

Langley pilot project

See Family violence under Violence


Langley school district

See School district 35 (Langley)


Language

L'Arche Foundation of Greater Vancouver

Larson, Joan

Lawrence, Tracey

Lawyers

See Justice system


Leacock, Stephen

Learning Roundtable

See Education


Lee family

Lee, Leanne

Lee, Mark

Lee, Theresa

Legal aid

See Justice system


Legal Services Society

Legend Power Systems Inc

Legg, Phillip

Legislation

Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on

Legislature

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


LePage, David

Leroy, Ted

Lessons in Harmony: What Experience in the Atlantic Provinces Shows About the Benefits of a Harmonized Sales Tax

See Reports and studies, C.D. Howe Institute study under Harmonized sales tax


Lewarne, Steve

Lewis, Brian

Leyne, Les

Libraries

Licences and permits

See Government; particular subject areas


LICO

See Measurement, low-income cutoff under Poverty


Liden, Carl

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point

Life Bible College Act

Life sciences industry

See Biotechnology industry under Science and technology


Light, Peter

Light pollution

See Pollution under Environment


Lillooet land and resource management plan

Lil'wat Cultural Centre

See Squamish-Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, B.C.


Lil'wat First Nation

Lions Gate Bridge

Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.

Liquor

See Alcohol


Liquor Control and Licensing Act

Liquor distribution branch

See Housing and Social Development, Ministry of


Lise, Cindy

Literacy

See also Early learning and literacy under Children – Early childhood development


Little Flower Academy, Vancouver, B.C.

Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project

See Housing under Vancouver, B.C.


Little Qualicum Cheeseworks Ltd., Parksville, B.C.

LiveSmart B.C. program

See Energy


Livestock industry

Living rivers trust fund

See Rivers and streams


Living Water Smart program

See Conservation and supply under Water


Lobbyists

Local government

See Government – Local government


Local Government Act

Local Government Elections Task Force

See Municipal elections under Elections


LocalMotion program

See Green community design and development under Communities


Locke, Brenda

Logan Lake, B.C.

Logan, Max

Logging Tax Act

Long Lake

Long Term Tenants Protection Act, 2010

Loon Lake Road

Lord Roberts Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Lou Gehrig's disease

See ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)


Lougheed

See Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area


Loukidelis, David

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Lower Mainland

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


Lower Mainland Local Government Association

Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families

Lunar new year

See also Chinese New Year


Lutz, John

Lyme disease

Lynch, Kevin

Lynne, Gillian

Lytton, B.C.

Maa-nulth First Nations

McDonald Ranch and Lumber Ltd

McEwan, Tim

McFall, Mary and Rolly

McInnes, Craig

McKennirey, Maurice James Hillard

Mackenzie, B.C.

McKinnon, Blair

McKnight, Michael

McLachlan, Manley

McLean, Kenny

MacLean, Ross

Maclean's

MacLeay, Sylvia

MacLise, Audrey

MacMinn, E. George

McMullin, Anne

McNamara, Ross

MacPhail, Joy

Macquarie Group

McTaggart-Cowan, Ian

Macular degeneration

See Eye health


Madison, James

Magma Energy Corp

Magnussen, Angel

Maillardville

See Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area


Maitland, Alice

Make a Difference auction

Make-a-Wish Foundation of Canada

Malakwa Elementary School, Malakwa, B.C.

Malcolm Island

Mammography

See Breast health


Mandela, Nelson

Manitoba

Manley, Elizabeth

Manning Park

See E.C. Manning Provincial Park


Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Amendment Act, 2010

Manufactured homes

Manufacturing industry

Maple Ridge, B.C.

See also Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area; Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area


Maple Ridge Seniors Village, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area

Marble Canyon Provincial Park

Mar-Con Wire Belt Inc

Marijuana

Marine parks and protected areas

See Parks


Markvoort, Eva

Marlborough Elementary School

Marmots

See Wildlife


Marsden, Paul

Martin, Gerry

Martin Mars water bombers

See Forest fires


Martin, Murray

Martin, Roger

Mason, Gary

Mass, Ian

Massage therapists

Matas, Robert

Matthew's House, Abbotsford, B.C.

Mayne Island

Mayne Island Residents and Ratepayers

Mayors Council

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Maywood Community School, Burnaby, B.C.

Meadow Ridge Female Hockey Association

Media

Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

Medications

See Prescription drugs under Drugs; Pharmacare program


Melamed, Jennifer

Members Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2010

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

See also Politics and politicians


Members' Remuneration and Pensions Act

Mencken, H. L

Mental health

Merchant, Richard

Meridian Road (Vanderhoof) Ecological Reserve

Merit Commissioner

Merit Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a

Métis

Métis Nation B.C.

Metro Vancouver

See also Lower Mainland


Meyer, Brendon

Mica Dam

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Middelaer, Alexa

Mid-Island Sustainability and Stewardship Initiative

Midway, B.C.

Milina, Jim

Mill Bay, B.C.

Millar, Jack

Millennium Line

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Milligan, Kevin

Mineral Tenure Act

Minerals North

Mines and mining industry

Minimum wage

See Wages and salaries


Mining Association of British Columbia

Mining Right of Way Act

Ministerial statements

Minister's Council on Employment for Persons with Disabilities

Ministries

See Government; particular ministries


Ministry of Health Act

Mintz, Jack

Mintz, Jack, and Peter Dungan, Finn Poschmann and Thomas Wilson

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2010

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010

Mission, B.C.

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


Mission Healthcare Auxiliary

Mission Hospice Society

Mitchell, David J

Mkwal'ts Conservancy

Mobile homes

See Manufactured homes


Mobile Lottery Solutions Inc

Monashee

See Vernon-Monashee constituency and area


Montgomery, Jon

Montreal, Quebec

Montrose Creek

Morfitt, George

Morgan, Gwyn

Morrell Nature Sanctuary

Morton, Alexandra

Mothers

See Families


Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia

Motions

Motor Fuel Tax Act

Motor Vehicle Act

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010

Motorcycles

Mount Milligan mine project

See Terrane Metals Corp.


Mount Pleasant

See Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area


Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Mount Sentinel Secondary School, South Slocan, B.C.

Mount Tolmie Extended Care Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Mount Washington

Movember

Movie industry

See Film industry


MRI services

See Magnetic resonance imaging under Health – Health care system


Mud-bogging

See Recreation


Multiculturalism

Multiple sclerosis

Munday, Jean Audrey

Municipal Finance Authority

Municipalities

See Government – Local government


Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act

Muqin-Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park

Murdoch, Ed

Murphy, Spud

Murray, Nigel

Music Teachers (Registered) Act

Mustard, Andrew

Mutual funds

See Securities industry


Myers, Jayson

'Namgis First Nation

Nanaimo Airport

Nanaimo, B.C.

See also Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area


Nanaimo Daily News

Nanaimo First Nation

See Snuneymuxw First Nation


Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd

Nanaimo regional district

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area

Nanika-Kidprice Park

Nanoose Bay, B.C.

Nanwakolas Council

Naqvi, Am

National Aboriginal Language Day

National Council of Welfare

National Environmental Education Week

National Institute of Disability Management and Research

National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak)

National Volunteer Week

Natural gas

See Oil and gas


Naval forces

See Armed forces


Nazko First Nation

Neasloss, Doug

Nebbeling, Ted

Nechako Lakes constituency and area

NEEMAC

See Northeast Energy and Mines Advisory Committee


Negiy/Nekite Estuary Conservancy

Neighbourhood learning centres

See Education


Nelson, B.C.

See also Nelson-Creston constituency and area


Nelson Community Services Centre, Nelson, B.C.

Nelson, Scott

Nelson-Creston constituency and area

Nemaiah Valley

Nenikëkh/Nanika-Kidprice Park

Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd

Netherlands

Netherlands Centennial Carillon, Victoria, B.C.

Nettleton, Paul

Neucel Specialty Cellulose Ltd

Neufeld, Richard

New Afton mine

See New Gold Inc.


New Car Dealers Association of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of Canada

New Gold Inc

New relationship trust

New west partnership agreement

New Westminster, B.C.

See also New Westminster constituency and area


New Westminster Chamber of Commerce

New Westminster constituency and area

New Westminster News Leader

New Westminster Salmonbellies

Newfoundland

Newspapers

See Media


Newton

See Surrey-Newton constituency and area


Nexus card

See Canada-U.S. border processing under Border crossings


Ney, Philip

Nicola

See Fraser-Nicola constituency and area


Nicola River

Nicola Valley

Night at the Museum

Ningunsaw Provincial Park

Nisga'a people

Nite of Hope fundraiser

See Breast cancer under Cancer


Nixon, Richard

Nkrumah-Acheampong, Kwame

Nlaka'pamux First Nation

Non-profit sector

See also Volunteers and volunteer sector


NoRooz

See Nowruz


Norsat International Inc

North Alouette River

North coast area

See North coast under British Columbia


North Cowichan, B.C.

See also Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area


North Fraser Pretrial Correctional Centre, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association

North Island

See North Island under Vancouver Island


North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.

North Island constituency and area

North Shore

See also North Vancouver, B.C.; West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area


North Shore Neighbourhood House, North Vancouver, B.C.

North Shore Volunteers for Seniors

North Thompson area

See Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area


North Vancouver, B.C.

See also North Shore; North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area


North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

North Vancouver school district

See School district 44 (North Vancouver)


North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area

Northeast Energy and Mines Advisory Committee

Northern and rural area homeowner benefit

See Homeowner grant


Northern British Columbia

See Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia; British Columbia – Northern B.C.


Northern British Columbia Winter Games

Northern development initiative trust

Northern Gateway pipeline project

See Enbridge Pipelines Inc.


Northern Savings Credit Union

Northern Secwepemc te Quelmucw

Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association

Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.

Northwest Premium Meat Co-op

Northwest transmission line

See Energy


Nova Scotia

NovaGold Resources Inc

Nowruz

NRI Distribution Inc

Nurses

Nutritionists

See Dietitians and nutritionists


Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations

Oak Bay Lodge, Victoria, B.C.

Oak Bay Marine Group

Obesity

Occupational health and safety

Oceanside area

See Vancouver Island


Offence Act

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Officers of the Legislature

See Legislature


Official community plans

See Government – Local government


Offsetters Clean Technology Inc

Offshore drilling

See Oil and gas


Ohkubo, Masayoshi

OICs

See Orders-in-council under Government


Oil and gas

Oil and Gas Activities Act

Oil and Gas Commission

Okanagan area

See also Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area; Kelowna-Mission constituency and area; Vernon-Monashee constituency and area


Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan Mission Secondary School, Kelowna, B.C.

Old-growth forests

See Forests and forest industry


Olive Devaud Residence, Powell River, B.C.

Oliver, Cindy

Oliver Twist

Olympic Games

Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler

Olympic secretariat

See Olympics and ActNow B.C., Minister of State for


Olympics and ActNow B.C., Minister of State for

Ombudsperson

Omineca Beetle Action Coalition

On to Ottawa Trek

Ontario

Open Government Act, 2010

Open skies

See Airline industry


Opticians and optometrists

Options Child and Family Centre

See Artemis Options Society


Oral health

See Dental health


Oral questions by member

Oral questions by subject

Orders-in-council

See Government


Oregana Creek Park

Organ donations and transplants

See Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.


Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society

Osoyoos Golf and Country Club

Osoyoos Indian band

Osoyoos River

O'Sullivan, Shawn

Otter Lake Provincial Park

Otway, Bill

Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia

OWLS

See Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society


Owls

See Birds under Wildlife


Own the Podium 2010 initiative

See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


P3s

See Public-private partnerships under Business


Pacific Carbon Trust

Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association

Pacific Coast Collaborative

Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences construction project

See Port Alberni, B.C.


Pacific Community Resources Society

Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council

Pacific gateway

See Asia-Pacific gateway; Canada's Pacific Gateway; Pacific gateway initiative and projects under Transportation


Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

Pacific Marine Ventures Inc

Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

Pacific Rim

See Alberni–Pacific Rim constituency and area


Pacific Rim Whale Festival

Pacific Salmon Forum

Pacific Spirit Regional Park

Pacific Western Brewing Co

Packford, Bernice Levitz

Paglia, Camille

Painted Rock Estate Winery Ltd

Palmer, Vaughn

Pappajohn, Lori

Paragon Development Ltd

Paralympic Games

See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler


Paramedics

Parent advisory councils

See Education


Parfitt, Ben

Parfitt, Brent

PARIS

See Primary access regional information system under Vancouver Coastal Health Authority


Park Act

Parker, Christopher

Parking tax

Parkland Elementary School, Coquitlam, B.C.

Parks

See also particular parks and conservancies


Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce

Parksville, B.C.

See also Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area; Oceanside area under Vancouver Island


Parksville–Qualicum Beach News

Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area

See also Oceanside area under Vancouver Island


Parliamentary democracy

See Democracy


Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia

Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Select Standing Committee on

Partnerships British Columbia

Passenger Transportation Act

Passenger Transportation Board

Passports

Pastrick, Helmut

PATH units

See Beds, patient assessment and transition to home units under Health – Health care system


Patricia Bay Highway

See Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)


Patton, Pat

Pattullo Bridge

PavCo

See British Columbia Pavilion Corporation


Pay equity

See Women


Peace River area

Peace River North constituency and area

Pemberton Distillery Inc

Pembina Institute

Penner, Derrick

Pensions

Personal Information Protection Act

Personal Property Security Act

Personal watercraft

See Boats and boating


Pest control

See Pest control and pesticide use under Environment


Petitions

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act

Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

See Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of


Pharmacare program

Pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Task Force

Pharmacists

Philippine Independence Day

Phillip, Stewart

Phipps, Bert

Physicians

Pineo, Ryan

Pipelines

See Oil and gas


Pitt Meadows, B.C.

See also Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area


Pitt River

Pitt River Bridge

Pixar Animation Studios

Plants

Playgrounds

Plutonic Power Corp

Plymouth Elementary School, North Vancouver, B.C.

PoCoMo Youth Services Society

Point, Steven L

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Steven L. Point


Points of order

Pojar, Jim

Poland

Police Act

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police Complaint Commissioner

Politics and politicians

Pollock, Kim

Pollution

See Air; Environment


Ponto, Robert

Poole, Jack

Population Data B.C.

Port Alberni, B.C.

Port Alice, B.C.

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

See also Tri-Cities area


Port Coquitlam constituency and area

Port Mann Bridge

Port Moody, B.C.

See Tri-Cities area


Port of Prince Rupert

Port of Vancouver

Ports

See also particular ports


Ports Property Tax Act

Portuguese Heritage Month

Post-secondary education

See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training


Post-secondary education – Funding

Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes

Poverty

See also Homelessness; Income


Powell River, B.C.

See also Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Powell River Kings

Powell River Peak

Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area

Premier, Office of the

Premier's Council on Aging and Seniors Issues

Preschool education

See Education


Presentation of estimates

Prevention of Violence Against Women Week

Prevost, Margaret

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc

Primary access regional information system

See Vancouver Coastal Health Authority


Prime Minister of Canada

See Harper, Stephen


PRIME system

See Police and policing


Prince George Airport

Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Chamber of Commerce

Prince George school district

See School district 57 (Prince George)


Prince Rupert, B.C.

Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce

Principals

See Education


Prisons

See Correctional facilities under Corrections system


Privacy

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner


Privacy Commissioner

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Private members' statements

Privilege

Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria

Professions

Progress Board

See British Columbia Progress Board


Project Alive program

See Suicide prevention programs and services under Youth


Propane

See Fuel


Property

Property Assessment Appeal Board

Property tax

Property transfer tax

Property Transfer Tax Act

Prorogation address

Prosperity gold-copper mine

See Taseko Mines Ltd.


Protected areas

See Land protection under Land use; Parks


Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010

Protection of the Homeless Act, 2010

The Province (Vancouver)

Provincial Child Care Council

See Children – Child care


Provincial health officer

Provincial Infection Control Network

Provincial nominee program

See Immigration


Provincial sales tax

See Sales tax


PSEC

See Public Sector Employers' Council


PST

See Sales tax


Public Accounts

See Financial reporting under Government


Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on

Public affairs bureau

Public debt

Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

Public safety

See Safety


Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of

Public Sector Employers' Council

Public sector/public service

See Civil service


Public Service Benefit Plan Act

Public-private partnerships

See Business


Publishing industry

Pulp and paper industry

See Pulp and paper sector under Forests and forest industry


Purple Day

Purpose Society

See Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families


Pybus Farm property

See Rail yard project, purchase of properties under British Columbia Rail


Quadra Island

Qualicum Beach, B.C.

See also Oceanside area under Vancouver Island; Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area


Qualicum Beach Farmers Market

Qualicum school district

See School district 69 (Qualicum)


Quatse River Hatchery, Port Hardy, B.C.

Quebec

Queen Charlotte Islands

See Haida Gwaii


Queen Charlotte Islands Observer (Haida Gwaii)

Queen's Park Care Centre, New Westminster, B.C.

Queensland

See Australia


Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce

Quesnel, B.C.

Quinsam mine

See Hillsborough Resources Ltd.


Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Railway Safety Act

Railways and rail services

See also British Columbia Rail; Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail); Canadian Pacific Railway; particular companies


Raits, Pirjo

Ramsey, Paul

Ranching industry

See Livestock industry; Rangeland


Ranching task force

See British Columbia Ranching Task Force


Rangeland

Rapid transit

See Transit services


Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. Co

Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

RBC Financial Group

RCMP

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

Real estate industry

Recall and Initiative Act

Reckitt Benckiser Group

Reconstruction loan program

See Leaky-condos issue, interest-free loan program for leaky condos under Strata property


The Record (New Westminster)

Recovery Act (U.S.)

See United States


Recreation

Recycling

Red Chris mine

See Imperial Metals Corp.


Rees, Richard

Regional districts

See also Government – Local government; particular districts


Regulations and red tape

See Government


Reid, Shamus

Remote Structures Inc

Renewable Power Corp

Rental Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia

Representative for Children and Youth

Representative for Children and Youth Act

Reptiles

See Wildlife


Research and development

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2010

Resorts

Resources and resource industries

See also particular industries


Responsible Gaming Council

Restaurants

See Food services industry


Restorative justice

See Corrections system


Retail Council of Canada

Retail industry

See Sales


Retirement

Revelstoke, B.C.

See also Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area


Revelstoke Dam

Revelstoke Times Review

Richards, Art

Richards, Kristi

Richmond, B.C.

Richmond Centre for Disability

Richmond Chamber of Commerce 911 Awards

Richmond, Claude

Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair

Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, B.C.

Richmond school district

See School district 38 (Richmond)


Richmond Therapeutic Equestrian Society

Ricker, Maëlle

Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce

Rifkin, Jeremy

Right to Play

Rio Tinto Alcan

See Aluminum Corp. of Canada Ltd.


Riparian area protection

See Rivers and streams


Ritchie, Trevor

Rivers and streams

Riverside College, Mission, B.C.

Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Rix, Donald

Roadkill tax

See Trappers under Hunting


Robert H.N. Ho research centre project

See Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.


Robertson, Terrence

Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve

Robson Community School, Robson, B.C.

Rochette, Joannie

Rodeos

Rogers, Robert

Rogge, Jacques

Roller derby

See Sports


Rollier, Bill

Rosen, Michael

Ross, June

Rossland Winter Carnival

Rotary Club of Squamish

Rotary Club of Surrey

Rotman school of management

See Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Ontario


Round, Duane

Royal Bank of Canada

Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Canadian Legion

See also particular legion branches by location


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.

Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.

Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Roads

See Esquimalt–Royal Roads constituency and area


Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.

Ruckle, Henry

Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Rumley, Debbie

Run-of-the-river projects

See Hydroelectric power under Energy


Rural B.C. secretariat

See Community and Rural Development, Ministry of


Rural British Columbia

See Northern and rural B.C. under British Columbia; British Columbia – Rural B.C.


Rural Development, Ministry of

See Community and Rural Development, Ministry of


Rutherford Creek Bridge

R.W. Beck Inc

Ryerson College Act, 1912

Saanich, B.C.

See also Saanich South constituency and area


Saanich fire department

Saanich school district

See School district 63 (Saanich)


Saanich South constituency and area

Sacred Headwaters area

See Klappan Valley (Sacred Headwaters)


Safe injection sites

See Supervised injection sites under Substance abuse and addiction


SAFERhome Standards Society

Safety

Safety Standards Act

St. Bartholomew's Health Centre, Lytton, B.C.

St. John Ambulance Association

St. Joseph's General Hospital, Comox, B.C.

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

St. Vincent's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Salaries

See Wages and salaries


Sales

Sales tax

Salish Sea

Salmo Children's Centre, Salmo, B.C.

Salmo Community Resource Society

Salmon

Sandhu, D.J.

Saskatchewan

Sasquatch Provincial Park

Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Schertzer, Robert

Schier, Caroline

Schlosar, Jay

School Act

School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)

School district 22 (Vernon)

School district 23 (Central Okanagan)

School district 33 (Chilliwack)

School district 34 (Abbotsford)

School district 35 (Langley)

School district 36 (Surrey)

School district 37 (Delta)

School district 38 (Richmond)

School district 39 (Vancouver)

School district 41 (Burnaby)

School district 42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)

School district 43 (Coquitlam)

School district 44 (North Vancouver)

School district 51 (Boundary)

School district 57 (Prince George)

School district 61 (Greater Victoria)

School district 62 (Sooke)

School district 63 (Saanich)

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

School district 69 (Qualicum)

School district 72 (Campbell River)

School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)

School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)

School district 82 (Coast Mountains)

School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)

School planning councils

See Education


School trustees

See Trustees under Education – School districts and boards of education


Schools

See Education; Education – School districts and boards of education; Education – Schools


Schramm Vodka

See Pemberton Distillery Inc.


Schroeder, John

Scia'new First Nation

Science and technology

Scotland

Scott Elementary School

See T.E. Scott Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.


Scout-Guide Week

Sea to Sky constituency

See West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area


Sea to Sky Highway

See Highway 99


Sea to Sky land and resource management plan

SeaBus

Search and rescue organizations

See Emergencies


Securities Act

Securities industry

See also Bonds; British Columbia Securities Commission


Security services

Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

See Aboriginal Affairs, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth

See Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations

See Crown Corporations, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

See Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives

See Legislative Initiatives, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills

See Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

See Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on


Select standing committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Selection, Special Committee of

Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.

Sempa Power Systems Ltd

Seniors

Senkulmen Enterprise Park, Oliver, B.C.

Service B.C.

See Government agents


Sexual orientation

Seycove Secondary Community School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Seymour

See North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area


SFPR

See South Fraser perimeter road under Lower Mainland


Shaffer, Marvin

Shakespeare, William

Shanghai Expo

See 2010 Shanghai Expo under China


Shapray v. British Columbia Securities Commission

SHARE Family and Community Services Society

Shared Services B.C.

Sharma, Hari

Shaw, Calyn

Shelbourne Community Celebration

Sheldon, Joy

Shelfspace, the Association for Retail Entrepreneurs

Shelter Point Distillery, Oyster River, B.C.

Shepherd, Jim

Shipping industry

Shuswap constituency and area

Sierra Legal Defence Fund

Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road

Sigalet, Jordan

Sikhism

Silviculture

See Forests and forest industry


Similkameen

See Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area


Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Simpson, Brian

Simpson, Peter

Singleton, John

Sir Guy Carleton Community Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Site C power project

See Peace River area


Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park

Skeena constituency and area

Skeena hunter advisory committee

Skeena River

Skihist Provincial Park

Skiing

Skills training

Small business

See Business – Small business


Small business forest enterprise program

Small Business Roundtable

See Small business round table under Business – Small business


Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, Ministry of

Small Business Venture Capital Act

Small claims court

Smart, Michael

Smith, Dean Edward

Smith, Lorne

Smith, Patrick

Smithers and District Chamber of Commerce

Smoking

See Tobacco


Smyth, Michael

Snakes

See Reptiles and amphibians under Wildlife


Snowmobiles

Snuneymuxw First Nation

Social Credit Party

Social Development, Ministry of

See Housing and Social Development, Ministry of


Social enterprises

See Business


Social media

See Computer technology


Social programs and services

See Programs and services for children and families under Children; Programs and services under Government; Welfare


Social Service Tax Act

Social services tax

See Sales tax


Social welfare system

See Welfare


Social workers

Society

Society of Independent Funeral Homes of British Columbia

Softwood lumber

See Forests and forest industry


Solicitor General, Ministry of

See Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ministry of


Solidarity Gathering of Nations

Songhees First Nation

Soo River

Sooke, B.C.

Sooke school district

See School district 62 (Sooke)


Sources B.C.

South Asians

See Asian Canadians


South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce

South Chilcotin Mountains Park

South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)

South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act

South Fraser Community Services

South Fraser perimeter road

See Lower Mainland


South Hazelton Elementary School, South Hazelton, B.C.

Spalding, Derek

Sparkling Hill Resort and Wellness Hotel, Vernon, B.C.

Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park

Speaker and Deputy Speaker

See also Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker; Speaker and Chair under Legislature


Special Committee of Selection

See Selection, Special Committee of


Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture

See Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on


Special Committee to Appoint a Chief Electoral Officer

See Chief Electoral Officer, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner

See Merit Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner

See Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a


Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the


Special needs children

See Children; Special education and special needs under Education


Special prosecutor process

See Justice system


Special warrants

See Legislature


Species at risk

See Wildlife


Species at Risk Protection Act, 2010

Spectra Energy Corp

Speech from the Throne

Spencer, Fiona

See also Merit Commissioner


Spences Bridge

Spine

Spintlum, David

Spiro, Peter

Sport B.C.

Sport fishing

See Recreational fishing under Fishing industry


Sport, Ministry of

See Healthy Living and Sport, Ministry of


Sports

SportSafe program

See Children's sports under Sports


Spotted owl

See Birds under Wildlife


Spruce Lake

Squamish First Nation

Squamish-Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, B.C.

Standing orders

See Legislature


Stark, Cynthia

Startup, Mark

Statements

Statements by members (Standing order 25B)

Statements by Speaker

See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker


Station Square shopping complex, Burnaby, B.C.

Statistics Canada

Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature


Stava, Deb

Steiner, Beat

StEps for Students

Stevens, Lynn

Stevens, Rob

Stevenson, Michael

Stewart and Associates

Stewart, Richard

Stewart, Rick

Stikine constituency and area

Stikine country advisory committee

Stone, Curtis

Stoyoma Creek Ecological Reserve

Strata property

Strategic community investment fund

See Communities


Strathcona Dam

Strathcona Provincial Park

Strokes

See Cardiovascular health


StrongStart B.C. initiative

See Children – Early childhood development


Students

See Education; Post-secondary education


Substance abuse and addiction

Success By 6

See Programs and services under Children – Early childhood development


Suicide

Sullivan and Driedger on the Construction of Statutes

Sullivan mine

See Sullivan minesite under Teck Cominco Ltd.


Sumas Energy 2 Inc

Sun Peaks Resort

Sunridge Place, Duncan, B.C.

Sunshine Children's Centre, Trail, B.C.

Sunshine Coast

See Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area


Sunshine Coast Community Services

Supply Act (No. 1), 2010

Supply Act, 2010-2011

Supported child development program

See Children


Supreme Court of British Columbia

Surrey, B.C.

See also South Fraser communities under Lower Mainland; Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area; Surrey-Newton constituency and area; Surrey–White Rock constituency and area


Surrey Board of Trade

Surrey Canadian Baseball Association

Surrey Crime Prevention Society

Surrey Export Awards

See International Trade Dinner and Surrey Export Awards


Surrey Knights Swim Club

Surrey line

See Expo Line under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Now

Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area

Surrey-Newton constituency and area

Surrey–White Rock constituency and area

Surrey–White Rock Ringette Association

Surveillance

See Privacy


Sustainable Aquaculture, Special Committee on

Sustainable Marine Fisheries and Communities Alliance

Sutherland, Donald

Suzuki Foundation

Swan Lake

See Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area


Sweden

Swedish Canadians

Tabor Home Society

Taft, Gerry

Tahltan Indian band

Tahsish-Kwois Provincial Park

Tait, Alan

Tar sands

See Bitumen deposits under Alberta


Tarr, Michael

Taseko Mines Ltd

Taves, Albert and Mae

Taxation

See also particular products and sectors


Taxi industry

Taylor, Carole

TBWAVancouver

TD Bank

See Toronto-Dominion Bank


T.E. Scott Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.

Teachers

Teaching Profession Act

Technology

See Science and technology


Technology, Ministry of

See Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, Ministry of


Teck Cominco Ltd

Teck Resources Ltd

Television production

See Film industry


TELUS Corp

Te'mexw Treaty Association

Terminal City Club, Vancouver, B.C.

Terrace Anti-Poverty Group Society

Terrace, B.C.

Terrace Mountain

Terrane Metals Corp

Terrorism

Thailand

Theatre

See Arts and culture


Thomas, Dennis

Thomas, Sophie

Thompson Creek Mining Ltd

Thompson, David

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Thorpe, Rick

Throne speech

See Speech from the Throne


Tibbits, Ethel

Tillie, John

TILMA

See Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement


Tim Hortons Inc

Timber sales program

See British Columbia timber sales program


TimberWest Forest Corp

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Toba Inlet

Tobacco

Tobacco Control Act

Tobacco Tax Act

Tofino General Hospital, Tofino, B.C.

Tolko Industries Ltd

Tolls

See also particular highways, bridges, etc.


Toronto-Dominion Bank

Tostenson, Ian

Tour de Delta

Tourism

See also Hotels and travel accommodation


Tourism B.C.

Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Ministry of

Tourist Accommodation (Assessment Relief) Act

Towns for Tomorrow program

See Green community design and development under Communities


Towtruck driving industry

See Trucking industry


Trade

See Exports and imports


Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement

Trades

Trail, B.C.

Trans-Canada Highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Transit services

See also British Columbia Transit; South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink); Transportation


Transition houses

TransLink

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


TransLink Commission

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Transportation

Transportation Act

Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of

Treasury Board

Treaty 8

Tree Canada

Tree fruit industry

See Food industry


Tree planting

See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry


Trees

Trees for Tomorrow initiative

See Communities


Tributes

Tri-Cities area

See also Coquitlam, B.C.; Port Coquitlam, B.C.


Trucking industry

Tsawwassen, B.C.

Tsay Keh Dene First Nation

Tsilhqot'in Nation

Tsleil-Waututh First Nation

T'Souke First Nation

Turner, T. Richard

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

See Representative for Children and Youth


Twain, Mark

Tweedsmuir Park

Tyhee Lake Provincial Park

Tynehead Regional Park

Tyson Creek

Tzoonie River

UBC line

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Ucluelet, B.C.

Ungulates

See Wildlife


Uniform Commercial Code

See Personal property security interests under Property


Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

United Church of Canada

United Kingdom

See Great Britain


United Nations convention on rights of persons with disabilities

United Nations declaration of the rights of the child

United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

United Native Nations Society

United States

See also particular states


United Steelworkers

United Way of the Lower Mainland

Universities, colleges and institutes

See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes


University Act

University Endowment Land Act

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C.

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

U-pass program

See Student passes under Transit services


Upper Lillooet Provincial Park

Upper Toba Valley

Urbanization

See also Land use


Ure Creek

Used clothing

See Clothing


Utilities Commission

See British Columbia Utilities Commission


Vaisakhi

Valhalla Provincial Park

Valleybrook International Ventures Inc

ValleyFest

Value-added tax system

See Taxation


Vancouver, B.C.

See also Lower Mainland; Metro Vancouver; Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area; Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area; Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area; Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area; Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area


Vancouver Bible Institute Enabling Act, 1968

Vancouver Board of Trade

Vancouver Charter

Vancouver Chinese Diabetes Education Centre

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Esperanza Society

Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation Act

Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2010

Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Inner City Education Society

Vancouver Island

See also particular communities, constituencies, etc.


Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver Island Highway

See Highway 19 (Island Highway)


Vancouver Island North school district (School district 85)

See School district 85 (Vancouver Island North)


Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, B.C.

Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver Real Estate Board

Vancouver school district

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Vancouver Society of Children's Centres

Vancouver Status of Women Council

The Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre

See Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, B.C.


Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area

Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area

Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area

Vancouver-Kensington constituency and area

Vancouver-Kingsway constituency and area

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Vander Zalm, Bill

Vanderhoof, B.C.

VANOC

See Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games


Vaughan, Jeff

Vehicle impound program

See Impaired driving


Vehicles

See Automobiles; Motorcycles; Trucking industry


Velox Rugby Club

Venables, Hilda

Vernon, B.C.

See also Vernon-Monashee constituency and area


Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, B.C.

Vernon school district

See School district 22 (Vernon)


Vernon Vipers

Vernon-Monashee constituency and area

Veterans

See Armed forces


Veterinarians

Veterinarians Act

Veterinarians Act

Vickers decision

See Ruling on aboriginal land title in Nemaiah Valley area under Supreme Court of British Columbia


Victim assistance

Victims of Crime Awareness Week

Victoria, B.C.

See also South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area


Victoria Foundation

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria High School, Victoria, B.C.

Victoria Island Hoppers Precision Jump Rope Team

Victoria school district

See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)


Victoria West Community Association

Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area

Video games

Violence

See also Crime and criminals


Visual impairment

Voith Paper Corp

Volunteers and volunteer sector

von Schellwitz, Mark

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Waddell, Ian

Wages and salaries

See also Income


Walker, Doreen

Walters, Dale

Waneta Dam

War

Waste management

Water

Water Act

Wave Consulting Ltd

Wedding industry

Wegner, Armin

Welcome B.C. program

See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C. under Immigration


Welfare

Wells

See Water


West Coast Environmental Law Association

West Coast Express

West End

See Vancouver–West End constituency and area


West End Seniors Network Society

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd

West Moberley First Nations

West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area

Westbank First Nation

Westbroek, Teunis

Western climate initiative

See Climate change


Western Forest Products Inc

Western Silviculture Contractors Association

Westmould Manufacturing and Distributing Ltd

Wetlands

See Environment


Wet'suwet'en First Nation

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd

Wheelchair Basketball Canada

Whistler, B.C.

Whistler Film Festival

White Rock, B.C.

See Surrey–White Rock constituency and area


Whyte, Garth

Wickheim, Maywell

Wildfire Act

Wildfires

See Forest fires


Wildlife

Wilkinson, Ken

Wilkinson Road correctional centre

See Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.


Willcocks, Paul

William R. Bennett Bridge

Williams, Craig

Williams Lake, B.C.

Williams Lake Chamber of Commerce

Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo

Wind power

See Energy


Windermere, B.C.

Windermere Community Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Wine

Winter, John

Women

Wood stoves

Wood waste

Woodlots

See Forests and forest industry


Woodmere Nursery Ltd

Woodward, Kip

Woodworker Lien Act

Woolstencroft, Lauren

WorkBC website

See Labour market information under Labour


Workers

See also Labour; particular sectors


Workers compensation

See also WorkSafe B.C.


Workers Compensation Board

See WorkSafe B.C.


Working Roundtable on Forestry

WorkSafe B.C.

See also Workers compensation


World Health Organization

World Masters Athletics

World No Tobacco Day

World Water Day

Wreck Beach Preservation Society

Wright, Ronald

Yaffe, Barbara

Yalakom Park

Yale First Nation

Young, Crawford

Young, Neil

Youssef, Marcus

Youth

See also Children


Youth Entertaining for Service

Youville Residence, Vancouver, B.C.

Zajac Ranch, Mission, B.C.

Zero Net Deforestation Act

Zero net deforestation initiative

See Forests and forest industry


Zimmerman, Wolfgang

Zoning