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

MEMBERS INDEX
speeches by Members; topics debated
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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Ashton, Dan (Penticton)

As subject
constituents, staff, volunteers and family thanked 208B:1510-1515
role as Deputy Chair of Finance Committee (D'Eith) 206B:1620
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15), debate 267A:1635
Agricultural Land Commission, exclusion applications, process and role of local government 267A:1635
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 250C:1735
Alcohol, rural agency stores, protections 262C:1550-1555
Aquaculture
First Nations involvement in industry 243C:1440-1445
fish farms, tenures and review process 243C:1440-1455
Attorney General Ministry, estimates debate 262C:1550-1555
Automobiles, driver's licences, class 1 licence requirements, petition tabled 298B:1105
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements with independent power producers, standing offer program 243C:1805
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, First Nations issues 286B:1740-1745, 289B:1025
B.C. NDP government, action on campaign statements and stated goals 208B:1520, 208B:1535
Broughton Archipelago, fish farm operations, agreement 243C:1445-1450
Budget debate 208B:1510-1540
Budgets, 2019-20 budget projections 208B:1525-1530
Carbon tax revenues, allocation 208B:1530
Carmi recreational area, cross-country skiing in area and potential logging in activities 229A:1525
Child care, government plan 208B:1535
Chute Lake, flooding in area 229A:1530
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project 243C:1715, 243C:1755
Columbia River treaty and negotiations, First Nations involvement 243C:1445
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41), debate 286B:1735-1750
Dick, Jolleen, position as executive assistant 241C:1725
Economy
conditions 208B:1520
government strategy 208B:1525-1530
Education of Indigenous persons
graduation rate 268B:1040
initiatives 286B:1745
Employer health tax 208B:1535
Energy, clean energy development and First Nations involvement 243C:1805
Environment
environmental assessment process, First Nations consultation 241C:1735-1740, 243C:1555-1600
environmental protection 208B:1535
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for fourth session of 41st parliament, debate 269B:1425-1430
members and staff thanked 269B:1430
prebudget consultation process and recommendations 208B:1515, 269B:1430
second report for fourth session of 41st parliament, debate 269B:1430
second report for third session of 41st parliament, debate 198B:1110
statutory officer interim review and work of committee 269B:1425-1430
statutory officer review and work of committee 198B:1110
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 243C:1720-1735, 286B:1740
agreements with government 242C:1130-1135, 268B:1035-1040, 286B:1740, 289B:1025
child protection system, changes and support 286B:1745
consent to projects 243C:1555-1605
economic development opportunities 219B:1105-1110, 286B:1740-1750
employment and training 286B:1740-1745
friendship centres, funding 241C:1735-1740
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 241C:1745, 272B:1730-1745
housing, social housing 241C:1730-1735
land claims, overlapping claims 243C:1730-1750
reconciliation 268B:1035-1040, 289B:1025-1030
reconciliation, government action 286B:1740-1745
self-government 243C:1750
treaty process, federal government role 243C:1425
First Nations Health Authority, establishment and services 286B:1745
Floods and floodplains, flooding and response 229A:1530
Food and food industry, apples and tree fruit industry replant program 250C:1735
Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 21), impact on recreation areas 229A:1525
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 229A:1525-1530
Fraser, Scott, constituency office staff 241C:1725-1730
Gambling, casinos, applications by First Nations 241C:1745
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36), debate 272B:1730-1745
Government spending 208B:1520-1525, 208B:1535-1540
Green Party of B.C., policies and role 208B:1530
Health care system
medical errors, reporting and compensation, petition tabled 300B:1440
services for Indigenous persons 286B:1745
Health Ministry, estimates debate 256C:1130-1140
Highway 97, section between Summerland and Peachland, flooding in area 229A:1530
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 241C:1720-1745, 242C:1125-1135, 243C:1425, 243C:1440-1530, 243C:1555-1610, 243C:1650-1810
budget 241C:1720-1725
estimates process, participants commended 243C:1805-1810
meeting with opposition critic 243C:1650
service plan 243C:1455-1500
staff commended 243C:1810
Interior Health Authority, seniors care facilities 256C:1130-1140
Introductions by members 197B:1345, 202B:1335, 220B:1340, 263B:1020, 279B:1340
John, Ed, recommendations to government 286B:1745
Johnson, Bruce, contributions to education and death 248B:1350
Kampe, David, accomplishments and philanthropy 258B:1350
Legislature
issues, action 267B:1725
Officers of the Legislature, financial and operational updates 269B:1425
staff thanked 208B:1520
Liquefied natural gas development, First Nations involvement 243C:1755, 272B:1740
Long-term and residential care
care standards and staffing 256C:1130-1140
workers, wages 256C:1130-1135
MLAs
constituency offices, staffing and work of executive assistants 241C:1720-1730
role and responsibilities 267B:1725
Ministerial statements (response)
David Kampe 258B:1350
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, incidence and response 286B:1745
Motions
Opportunity for Indigenous communities 219B:1105-1110
Naramata, liquor sales and rural agency store 262C:1555
Okanagan area
flooding in area, response 229A:1530
lands and First Nations 272B:1730
rock slide near Summerland, remediation 208B:1515, 215B:1340
Penticton, First Nations economic development 219B:1110
Personal statements
Action on issues concerning Legislature 267B:1725
Petitions
medical errors, reporting and compensation 300B:1440
semi-trailer driver licensing and training 298B:1105
Politics and politicians, public perception 208B:1520
Private members' statements (response)
Reconciliation 268B:1035-1040
The road to reconciliation 289B:1025-1030
Rankin, Murray, role re Wet'suwet'en First Nation engagement 243C:1655
Real estate industry, housing market, impact of government policies 208B:1525
Red Women Rising, personal stories 243C:1650-1655
Ross, Ellis, experience in First Nations governance and economic development 272B:1735
Skills training, trades training, Indigenous people 286B:1740-1745
Speculation and vacancy tax 208B:1525
Statements by members
Bruce Johnson 248B:1350
Taxation, government policies 208B:1525-1535
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, First Nations positions and response 243C:1605-1610
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 215B:1340
staff commended 215B:1340
Trout Lake, flooding in area 229A:1530
Trucking industry, semi-trailer driver licensing and training, petition tabled 298B:1105
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
implementation, legislation 243C:1455-1530, 243C:1600-1605
implementation, legislation and impact 286B:1735-1750
use of term consent 243C:1555-1605
Violence against Indigenous women and children, Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 286B:1745
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, engagement in reconciliation process and meetings with government 243C:1655-1720

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