Fourth Session, 41st Parliament – 2019
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

BUSINESS INDEX
bills, estimates, question periods; parliamentary business
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; sec. - section; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.

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Bills by name See also Bills by number

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1) See An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
Adoption Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M219) See Adoption Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M219)
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15) See Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15)
Assessment (Split Assessment Classification) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M226) See Assessment (Split Assessment Classification) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M226)
Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 9) See Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 9)
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 5) See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 5)
Building (New Housing Access) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M212) See Building (New Housing Access) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M212)
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 24) See Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 24)
Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill M209) See Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill M209)
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7) See Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7)
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11) See Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11)
Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38) See Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38)
Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 25) See Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 25)
Community Safety Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 13) See Community Safety Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 13)
Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M222) See Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M222)
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41) See Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)
Defibrillator Public Access Act (Bill M216) See Defibrillator Public Access Act (Bill M216)
Election Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 43) See Election Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 43)
Election Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M202) See Election Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M202)
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8) See Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 19) See Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 19)
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 17) See Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 17)
Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M203) See Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M203)
Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 37) See Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 37)
Financial Services Authority Act, 2019 (Bill 26) See Financial Services Authority Act, 2019 (Bill 26)
Forest Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 22) See Forest Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 22)
Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 21) See Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Fuel Price Transparency Act (Bill 42) See Fuel Price Transparency Act (Bill 42)
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36) See Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36)
Gasoline Awareness of Standard Surcharges and Excises Disclosure Act (Bill M224) See Gasoline Awareness of Standard Surcharges and Excises Disclosure Act (Bill M224)
Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14) See Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14)
High Dose Influenza Vaccine for Seniors Act, 2019 (Bill M230) See High Dose Influenza Vaccine for Seniors Act, 2019 (Bill M230)
Home-Based Craft Food Act (Bill M228) See Home-Based Craft Food Act (Bill M228)
Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M220) See Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M220)
The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M214) See The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M214)
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10) See Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10)
Interpersonal Violence Disclosure (Clare's Law) Act, 2019 (Bill M217) See Interpersonal Violence Disclosure (Clare's Law) Act, 2019 (Bill M217)
Interpretation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 40) See Interpretation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 40)
Interpretation (Uniform Pacific Time Zone) Act, 2019 (Bill M204) See Interpretation (Uniform Pacific Time Zone) Act, 2019 (Bill M204)
Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 30) See Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 30)
Land Owner Transparency Act (Bill 23) See Land Owner Transparency Act (Bill 23)
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 20) See Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 20)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 29) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 29)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35)
Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) and Statute Revision Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 39) See Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) and Statute Revision Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 39)
Miscellaneous Statutes (Passenger Transportation Services) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M201) See Miscellaneous Statutes (Passenger Transportation Services) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M201)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M229) See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M229)
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 3) See Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 3)
Name Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M205) See Name Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M205)
No Net Loss of Wetland Act, 2019 (Bill M215) See No Net Loss of Wetland Act, 2019 (Bill M215)
Police Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 31) See Police Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 31)
Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act (Bill M221) See Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act (Bill M221)
Prohibiting Driving with Illegal Firearms Act (Bill M213) See Prohibiting Driving with Illegal Firearms Act (Bill M213)
Prompt Payment (Builders Lien) Act (Bill M223) See Prompt Payment (Builders Lien) Act (Bill M223)
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 16) See Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 16)
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 32) See Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 32)
Protection of Public Participation Act (Bill 2) See Protection of Public Participation Act (Bill 2)
RCMP Appreciation Day Act (Bill M211) See RCMP Appreciation Day Act (Bill M211)
Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M206) See Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M206)
Safe Care Act, 2019 (Bill M207) See Safe Care Act, 2019 (Bill M207)
Securities Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 33) See Securities Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 33)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protection Act (Bill M218) See Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protection Act (Bill M218)
Supply Act, 2018-2019 (Supplementary Estimates) (Bill 6) See Supply Act, 2018-2019 (Supplementary Estimates) (Bill 6)
Supply Act, 2019-2020 (Bill 34) See Supply Act, 2019-2020 (Bill 34)
Supply Act (No. 1), 2019 (Bill 12) See Supply Act (No. 1), 2019 (Bill 12)
Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 45) See Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 45)
Ticket Sales Act (Bill 27) See Ticket Sales Act (Bill 27)
Trespass Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M227) See Trespass Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M227)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill M225) See Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill M225)
Vulnerable Adolescents Protection from E-Cigarettes (VAPE) Act, 2019 (Bill M210) See Vulnerable Adolescents Protection from E-Cigarettes (VAPE) Act, 2019 (Bill M210)
Welfare Payment System Reflection Act (Bill M208) See Welfare Payment System Reflection Act (Bill M208)
Witness Security Act (Bill 4) See Witness Security Act (Bill 4)
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 18) See Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 18)
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (Bill 28) See Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (Bill 28)
Bills by number

(* denotes bill having received royal assent)
1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
2.* Protection of Public Participation Act
3.* Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2019
4.* Witness Security Act
5.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2019
6.* Supply Act, 2018-2019 (Supplementary Estimates)
7.* Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2019
8.* Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019
9.* Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2019
10.* Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019
11.* Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019
12.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2019
13.* Community Safety Amendment Act, 2019
14.* Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019
15.* Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019
16.* Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2019
17.* Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2019
18.* Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2019
19.* Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2019
20.* Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2019
21.* Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2019
22.* Forest Amendment Act, 2019
23.* Land Owner Transparency Act
24.* Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019
25.* Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2019
26.* Financial Services Authority Act, 2019
27.* Ticket Sales Act
28.* Zero-Emission Vehicles Act
29.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2019
30.* Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019
31.* Police Amendment Act, 2019
32.* Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019
33.* Securities Amendment Act, 2019
34.* Supply Act, 2019-2020
35.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019
36.* Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019
37.* Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019
38.* Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019
39.* Miscellaneous Statutes (Minor Corrections) and Statute Revision Amendment Act, 2019
40.* Interpretation Amendment Act, 2019
41.* Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
42.* Fuel Price Transparency Act
43.* Election Amendment Act, 2019
45.* Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019
M201. Miscellaneous Statutes (Passenger Transportation Services) Amendment Act, 2019
M202. Election Amendment Act, 2019
M203. Equal Pay Reporting Act
M204. Interpretation (Uniform Pacific Time Zone) Act, 2019
M205. Name Amendment Act, 2019
M206.* Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2019
M207. Safe Care Act, 2019
M208. Welfare Payment System Reflection Act
M209.* Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019
M210. Vulnerable Adolescents Protection from E-Cigarettes (VAPE) Act, 2019
M211. RCMP Appreciation Day Act
M212. Building (New Housing Access) Amendment Act, 2019
M213. Prohibiting Driving with Illegal Firearms Act
M214. The Hunting and Fishing Heritage Amendment Act, 2019
M215. No Net Loss of Wetland Act, 2019
M216. Defibrillator Public Access Act
M217. Interpersonal Violence Disclosure (Clare's Law) Act, 2019
M218. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protection Act
M219. Adoption Amendment Act, 2019
M220. Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2019
M221. Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act
M222. Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act
M223. Prompt Payment (Builders Lien) Act
M224. Gasoline Awareness of Standard Surcharges and Excises Disclosure Act
M225.* Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act
M226. Assessment (Split Assessment Classification) Amendment Act, 2019
M227. Trespass Amendment Act, 2019
M228. Home-Based Craft Food Act
M229. Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019
M230. High Dose Influenza Vaccine for Seniors Act, 2019
Budget

Budget address (James) 201B:1340-1420; motion approved 210B:1150
Divisions: budget motion approved 210B:1150
Debate 201B:1340-1430, 202B:1430-1850, 203B:1100-1155, 204B:1335-1740, 206B:1430-1825, 207B:1100-1155, 208B:1330-1820, 209B:1435-1855, 210B:1100-1145
Debate, speakers (Ashton) 208B:1510-1540 (Bains) 208B:1635-1705 (Barnett) 208B:1420-1440 (Beare) 202B:1640-1705 (Bond) 210B:1100-1130 (Brar) 209B:1835-1855 (Cadieux) 206B:1730-1800 (Chen) 202B:1735-1805 (Chow) 204B:1515-1540 (Clovechok) 202B:1805-1830 (Coleman) 203B:1100-1135 (Conroy) 209B:1610-1635 (Darcy) 206B:1800-1825 (Davies) 209B:1540-1610 (Dean) 209B:1520-1540 (D'Eith) 206B:1610-1640 (Donaldson) 208B:1720-1750 (Elmore) 202B:1830-1850 (Fleming) 208B:1345-1415 (Furstenau) 206B:1515-1540 (Gibson) 208B:1750-1820 (Heyman) 208B:1540-1605 (James) 201B:1340-1420, 210B:1140-1145 (Kahlon) 203B:1135-1155, 204B:1335-1340 (Kang) 208B:1440-1510 (Kyllo) 209B:1805-1835 (Larson) 208B:1705-1720 (Ma) 206B:1700-1730 (Malcolmson) 206B:1450-1515 (Mark) 210B:1130-1135 (Martin) 207B:1150-1155, 208B:1330-1345 (Morris) 204B:1445-1515 (Mungall) 207B:1120-1150 (Oakes) 206B:1540-1610 (Olsen) 204B:1635-1650 (Paton) 206B:1640-1700 (Ralston) 204B:1710-1740 (Redies) 201B:1420-1430, 202B:1430-1450 (Robinson) 209B:1435-1455 (Routledge) 209B:1700-1720 (Routley) 209B:1735-1800 (Shypitka) 207B:1100-1120 (Sims) 204B:1410-1440 (Stewart) 204B:1650-1710 (Stilwell) 204B:1740, 206B:1430-1450 (Stone) 202B:1705-1735 (Sultan) 209B:1635-1700 (Thomson) 208B:1605-1635 (Thornthwaite) 204B:1340-1410 (Throness) 204B:1540-1610 (Trevena) 204B:1610-1635 (Wat) 209B:1720-1735 (Weaver) 202B:1450-1640 (Wilkinson) 209B:1455-1520
Committee of Supply resolutions approved and funds granted 267B:1710
Interim supply See Supply Act (No. 1), 2019 (Bill 12)
Other appropriations, estimates 230A:1725, 253A:1745, 253B:1750
Supplementary estimates 2018-19 See also particular ministries
Committee of Supply resolutions approved and supplementary funds granted 214B:1145
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 5)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 201B:1435; 2R, 216B:1455-1655; C, 235B:1130-1155, 236B:1335-1815; 3R, 236B:1820; RA, 239B:1730
Divisions: 2R approved 216B:1655; motion that committee rise and report bill complete without amendment approved 236B:1815
Debate, speakers (Bond) 216B:1505-1530, 235B:1130-1135, 235B:1145-1150, 236B:1335-1420, 236B:1450-1635, 236B:1700-1755 (Heyman) 216B:1530-1545 (James) 201B:1435, 216B:1455-1505, 216B:1645, 235B:1130-1155, 236B:1335-1810 (Redies) 216B:1545-1600, 235B:1135-1155, 236B:1340-1345, 236B:1420-1655, 236B:1715-1805 (Routley) 216B:1635-1645 (Simons) 216B:1620-1630 (Stewart) 236B:1655-1700 (Weaver) 216B:1600-1620
Building (New Housing Access) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M212)

(Cadieux) 1R, 245B:1015
Debate, speakers (Cadieux) 245B:1015
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 24)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 228B:1015; 2R, 244B:1640-1715; C, 257A:1540-1605; 3R, 257B:1610; RA, 260B:1735
Debate, speakers (Bond) 244B:1645-1700, 257A:1545-1605 (James) 228B:1015, 244B:1640-1645, 244B:1715, 257A:1540-1605 (Letnick) 244B:1700-1705 (Redies) 244B:1705-1715
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M209) See Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill M209)
Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill M209)

(Weaver) 1R, 237B:1400; 2R, 241B:1505-1555; C, 257A:1615-1810, 258A:1445-1625; 3R, 258B:1630; RA, 260B:1735
Amdts: sec. 5 (two amdts.) (Lee) 258A:1520, 258A:1545, negatived 258A:1545, 258A:1610
Divisions: amdts. to sec. 5 negatived 258A:1545, 258A:1610; 3R approved 258B:1630
Debate, speakers (Chandra Herbert) 241B:1550 (James) 241B:1540-1550, 257A:1645, 257A:1700-1735, 257A:1745-1805, 258A:1455, 258A:1515-1535, 258A:1555, 258A:1605 (Lee) 241B:1530-1540, 257A:1615-1810, 258A:1445-1525, 258A:1545-1550, 258A:1600-1605, 258A:1615-1620 (Ralston) 241B:1525-1530 (Sultan) 258A:1555-1600 (Weaver) 237B:1400, 241B:1510-1525, 241B:1550-1555, 257A:1615-1710, 257A:1725, 257A:1735-1740, 257A:1805-1810, 258A:1445-1455, 258A:1515-1600, 258A:1615-1625
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7)

(Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 207B:1010; 2R, 220B:1700-1720; C, 255A:1455-1535; reporting of bill, 255B:1540; 3R, 259B:1110; RA, 260B:1735
Amdts: 2 amdts. to sec. 10 (Farnworth) 255A:1510, approved 255A:1530
Debate, speakers (Coleman) 255A:1455-1535 (Farnworth) 207B:1010, 220B:1700-1705, 220B:1720, 220B:1735-1745, 255A:1455-1535 (Milobar) 220B:1710-1720 (Morris) 220B:1705-1710
By-election results

MLA for Nanaimo (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 198B:1015 (Eby) 198B:1015 (Horgan) 198B:1015 (Speaker) 198B:1015

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