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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Cadieux, Stephanie (Surrey South)

As subject
constituents and staff thanked 206B:1730
Accessible Canada Act (federal), bill and implementation 275B:1040
Accountants, professional designation 220A:1740
Adult basic education, enrolment and funding 211B:1350-1435
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry
estimates debate 220A:1740-1815
2018-19 supplementary estimates debate 211B:1345-1435
accountability and transparency 211B:1435
accountability report 211B:1345
capital plan 220A:1810
expenditures and additional funds 211B:1345-1435
staffing, staff thanked 220A:1815
Agricultural land reserve, regulation of residential housing size and location 220B:1430-1435
Automobiles, driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing drivers 223B:1425
Berar, Jinder, multigenerational farm family case 220B:1430-1435
Bilkhu, Sonia Andhi, community contributions 228B:1020
B.C. Financial Services Authority
dispute resolution 290B:1520-1525
governance 290B:1520-1525
powers and role, changes 290B:1510-1520, 292B:1625-1640, 292B:1805-1815
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
consultation and public engagement 261B:1130-1135
school construction in Surrey 217B:1035, 246A:1700-1740
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 217B:1030-1035
consultation and public engagement 261B:1135
B.C. Securities Commission
enforcement powers and role 283B:1800, 285B:1655
funding and operations 283B:1815, 285B:1355-1405
mandate 283B:1810
resources and staff 285B:1655
Budget debate 206B:1730-1800
Budgets
2019-20 budget 206B:1730-1800
contingency funding 211B:1410-1425
Building (New Housing Access) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M212)
debate 245B:1015
introduction and purpose of bill 245B:1015
Business
access to capital 283B:1810
competitiveness 206B:1755
women in business 228B:1020
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, role in telecommunications services regulation 296B:1045
Cannabis
cannabis oils 297B:1535
distribution and retailing, illicit sales 297B:1625
medical use 297B:1650-1705
taxation and revenues 297B:1540
taxation, exemption for medical use 297B:1700-1705
vaping options 297B:1655
Carbon tax
rate increase 233B:1140
tax and allocation of revenues 206B:1750, 282B:1150
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 278B:1600-1605
Central 1 Credit Union, role 290B:1515, 292B:1635
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C., request for amendments to accountants legislation 220A:1740
Child care, funding and spaces 206B:1735
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families 206B:1735
CleanBC plan 282B:1145-1150
Coldest Night of the Year, fundraising walk 206B:1730
Construction industry, building design and construction, access for disabled persons 275B:1045-1050
Consumers, cost of living 206B:1750, 268B:1125-1130
Credit unions
accounts with unincorporated associations 293B:1540
brand names 293B:1535
capital and liquidity requirements 290B:1515-1520, 292B:1625-1645, 293B:1545
complaint process 292B:1705-1715
corporate deposits 290B:1515-1520
deposit insurance 292B:1730-1735, 292B:1805, 293B:1525
extraprovincial organizations 292B:1555-1600, 292B:1725
fines 293B:1545
governance, general meetings 293B:1545
inactive deposits and share transfers 292B:1650
lending 292B:1635
oversight and regulation 290B:1510-1525, 292B:1625-1650, 292B:1700-1710, 292B:1725-1735, 293B:1535-1545
role in B.C. 290B:1510
shares, issuance 293B:1540
shares, non-equity shares 292B:1600
Crime and criminals
fraud and white-collar crime, prevention 283B:1800-1805
witness security program, establishment 218B:1500-1510
Crown Corporations Committee
first report for fourth session of 41st parliament, debate 221B:1110
report recommendations on ride-sharing 221B:1110
report recommendations on ride-sharing, government response 223B:1425
Cycling, bike helmets, regulation and enforcement 283B:1815
Darts, Edwin and Francisca, endowment of land in Surrey 270B:1010
Dental health, denturists, regulations, petition tabled 300B:1440
Disabled persons
accessibility and inclusion 263B:1030, 275B:1035-1050
consultation by government 261B:1130-1135
population 275B:1035
Discrimination against persons with disabilities 275B:1035
Economy
global economy, market instability and financial crisis events 283B:1800-1805
government strategy 206B:1755
Education funding, capital funding 246A:1705-1725, 246A:1740
Education Ministry, estimates debate 246A:1700-1740
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
cannabis products 297B:1535-1540, 297B:1605-1625, 297B:1650-1705
sale of vapour products to minors 297B:1625
taxation and illicit sales 297B:1535-1540, 297B:1605-1620
taxation, application to cannabis products 297B:1625-1705
Employer health tax 206B:1755
Employment and unemployment
employment standards, reforms 255B:1645-1655, 262B:1715
job protection for employees on leave, changes 255B:1650-1655
leave for victims of domestic violence and sexual violence 255B:1650-1655, 262B:1715
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
debate 255B:1645-1655, 262B:1715
amendment to bill 262B:1715
English language learning programs, enrolment and funding 211B:1350-1435
Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M203)
debate 216B:1340-1345
call for debate 235B:1045-1050
Executive assistants, role and gender equity 277B:1015
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations, sales tax exemption for medical cannabis 297B:1700
Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 37)
debate 290B:1510-1525, 292B:1555-1600, 292B:1625-1735, 292B:1805-1815, 293B:1515-1525, 293B:1535-1545
application 292B:1600
"at all times" provision and opposition amendment 290B:1515, 292B:1635-1645
definitions 292B:1555-1600
definitions, "depositor" 292B:1600
information disclosure and protection provisions, drafting and amendment 290B:1520
stakeholder consultations and feedback 290B:1515
Financial services industry
banks 293B:1525
"domestic systemically important financial institution" designation 292B:1805-1810
information disclosure and protection 290B:1520
market codes of conduct 292B:1700
oversight and regulation, changes 290B:1510-1525, 292B:1555-1600, 292B:1625-1635, 292B:1645, 292B:1650-1715, 292B:1725-1735, 292B:1805-1815, 293B:1515-1525, 293B:1535-1545
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government 296B:1140
economic development opportunities 296B:1140
employment and training 296B:1140
reconciliation and work with Indigenous communities 296B:1140-1145
Fish, cutthroat trout, hatcheries 228A:1140-1145
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 228A:1140-1145
Gasoline
price increase 282B:1150
price increase and taxation 233B:1140-1145
Govender, Kasari, appointment as Human Rights Commissioner 265B:1445
Government
accountability and transparency 211B:1425
integrated case management system issues 246C:1510
public consultation and engagement 261B:1130-1135
revenues and spending 206B:1750
Health care funding, capital funding 206B:1735
Hibbs, Loretta, community contributions 228B:1020
High-technology industry, impact of securities regulation 283B:1810
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 206B:1740
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 245B:1015
affordable housing, affordability and supply 206B:1745-1750
Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, report, debate 265B:1445
Income assistance employment programs
changes and impact 246C:1500-1515
costs 246C:1515-1520
single-parent employment initiative 268B:1130
Information and communications technology
cellular phones, billing and sales practices 296B:1040-1045
telecommunications service providers, competition and regulation 296B:1040-1045
Information and Privacy Commissioner, consultation by government on financial services legislation 290B:1520
Insurance
companies, oversight and regulation 292B:1600, 292B:1735, 293B:1515-1525
travel insurance 293B:1520-1525
warranty insurance 292B:1735, 293B:1515-1525
Insurance Council of B.C., remuneration of members and role 293B:1515
Introductions by members 202B:1340, 245B:1005, 249B:1005, 251B:1345, 277B:1005, 284B:1010, 289B:1005
Labour, community benefits agreement, union component 216B:1415-1420
Legislature
estimates process, supplementary estimates 211B:1350, 211B:1430
Standing Order 36, amendment 274B:1335-1340
Liquefied natural gas development, First Nations involvement 296B:1140
Lower Mainland, housing, affordability and market 206B:1750
Marcano, Christina, community contributions 228B:1020
Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination and timeline 206B:1750-1755
MLAs
guidelines for dress 274B:1335-1340
women members 216B:1340
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35), debate 278B:1600-1605
Motions
Amendment to standing orders to allow head coverings 274B:1335-1340
Carbon tax and gas prices 233B:1140-1145
CleanBC plan and emissions reduction 282B:1145-1150
Consultation and public engagement 261B:1130-1135
Interest-free student loans 268B:1125-1130
Reconciliation and work with Indigenous communities 296B:1140-1145
Multiculturalism, cultural diversity and attire 274B:1335-1340
Ontario, accessible buildings 275B:1045
Oral questions
Agricultural land reserve changes and farm families in Surrey 220B:1430-1435
Community benefits agreement and workers 216B:1415-1420
Gender wage gap and equal pay legislation 235B:1045-1050
Rebate for renters 301B:1055-1100
Ride-sharing services and driver licensing 223B:1425
Surrey school district portable use 217B:1030-1035
Petitions
denturist regulations 300B:1440
Politics and politicians, women in politics 216B:1340
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 268B:1125-1130
education of Indigenous persons 296B:1145
financial assistance
completion grant 211B:1420-1425
elimination of interest on loans 206B:1745, 268B:1125-1130
government initiatives 268B:1125-1130
needs-based grant programs 206B:1745
tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 268B:1130
government investment 206B:1745
student mental health services 211B:1420-1425
Post-secondary education funding 206B:1740-1745
student housing 220A:1745-1815
Post-secondary institutions
sexual violence on campus, policies and implementation 211B:1420-1425
student housing, number of beds 206B:1745, 220A:1745-1800
Poverty reduction strategy 206B:1735
Private members' statements
Accessibility and inclusion 275B:1035-1050
Private members' statements (response)
Cell phone billing and consumer protections 296B:1040-1045
Property liens 288B:1340-1345
Public debt levels 206B:1750-1755
Railways and rail services, Portland-Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail proposal 206B:1740
Real estate industry, transactions and liens on property 288B:1340-1345
Rental housing
ending fixed-term tenancies for persons experiencing violence 257B:1335-1340
rebates for tenants 301B:1055-1100
Residential Tenancy Act, changes in 2015 257B:1335
Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M206)
debate 257B:1335-1340
definitions, "occupant" and "household violence" 257B:1335-1340
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing
government consultation with stakeholders 261B:1135
regulation 223B:1425
regulation and government plan 206B:1745
Romance, Relationships and Rights, play re adults with intellectual disabilities 263B:1030
Sabharwal, Bal and Sarg, community contributions and volunteerism 238B:1020
Sales tax, application, prescription drugs 297B:1655-1700
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital projects and funding 246A:1700-1740
capital projects and student spaces 206B:1740
Grandview Heights secondary school project 206B:1740
land for new schools 246A:1720-1735
letter from Education Ministry 246A:1740
portable use and reduction targets 206B:1740, 217B:1030-1035, 246A:1725
student spaces 246A:1715-1740
Schools
capital projects 246A:1700-1740
portables, elimination 206B:1740, 246A:1725
Securities Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 33)
debate 283B:1755-1815, 285B:1350-1405, 285B:1455-1515, 285B:1650-1705, 285B:1720, 285B:1820, 288B:1340-1355, 288B:1515-1540, 288B:1645
content 283B:1810
debate by MLAs 283B:1755-1800
unintended consequences 285B:1700
Securities fraud prevention and enforcement
compensation to fraud victims 285B:1400
fines collection and penalties 283B:1815
information disclosure requirements 285B:1455
investigations and compliance reviews 285B:1650-1700
performance measurement 283B:1805
preservation and seizure of assets and property 285B:1650-1700, 288B:1515-1540
liens 288B:1345-1355
timeline and retroactivity 288B:1515-1520, 288B:1540
valuation of property 288B:1525
regulation and changes 283B:1800-1815, 288B:1645
whistleblower protection 283B:1815, 285B:1355-1400
Securities industry
benchmarks and derivatives 283B:1800, 285B:1455, 285B:1510-1515
cooperative capital markets and national regulator initiative 283B:1755-1805, 288B:1645
legislation, alignment with other legislation and jurisdictions 285B:1455-1500
regulation, impacts and government priorities 283B:1755-1810
securities trading, stop orders 285B:1515
Semiahmoo First Nation, consultation on fish hatchery program issues 228A:1140-1145
Semiahmoo Fish and Game Club, fish hatchery and trout component cancellation 228A:1140-1145
Sexual assault, incidence and impact 257B:1335-1340
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, estimates debate 246C:1500-1535
Societies, regulation 292B:1600
Speculation and vacancy tax 206B:1755
Statements by members
Accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities 263B:1030
Contributions of women in Surrey and Women in Business Awards 228B:1020
Executive assistants and gender equity 277B:1015
SurreyCares Community Foundation 270B:1010-1015
Vaisakhi celebrations and Bal and Sarj Sabharwal 238B:1015-1020
Surrey
agricultural land reserve, regulation of housing construction 220B:1430-1435
contributions of women to business and community organizations 228B:1020
fundraising by community 206B:1730
government investment and action on issues 206B:1735-1740
health care facilities 206B:1735
police services 218B:1505
transit services, rapid transit plan and funding 206B:1735
Vaisakhi parade 238B:1015-1020
Surrey Board of Trade Women in Business Award recipients 228B:1020
Surrey Memorial Hospital, fundraising gala 206B:1730
SurreyCares Community Foundation, community grants recipients and board 270B:1010-1015
Taxation
administration of taxes, documents and notices 278B:1600-1605
government policies 206B:1750-1755
Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 45)
debate 297B:1535-1540, 297B:1605-1705, 300B:1540-1545
definitions, "e-substance" 297B:1625
Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products 300B:1540-1545
Transportation system and options 282B:1150
Tremblay, Louise, community contributions 228B:1020
Vaisakhi, celebration 238B:1020
Witness Security Act (Bill 4), debate 218B:1500-1510
Women, pay equity and gender pay gap 216B:1345, 235B:1045-1050
WorkBC Employment Services Centres
administration and computer system issues 246C:1510
services, contracts and procurement process 246C:1500-1535
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

As subject
advocacy re regulation of live-event ticket sales 239B:1705-1710 (D'Eith) 239B:1655 (Farnworth) 239B:1635
appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Farnworth) 196B:1445
comments in debate on employment of children and youth (Bernier) 262B:1625
comments on issues
LNG development (Weaver) 222B:1720
experience on Vancouver park board 247B:1040
experience walking and cycling 224B:1030
role on Rental Housing Task Force (Robinson) 257B:1345
ticket purchases and attendance at live events 239B:1705
Advertising directed at children 293B:1720
Arts and culture
creative sector, role in economy and society 237B:1405-1410
investment and support 237B:1405-1410
Benefit companies, legal framework and role 241B:1550
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, budget and community gaming grants 281B:1545-1550
Business Corporations Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill M209)
debate 241B:1550
drafting of bill and debate in Legislature 241B:1550
Cardiac health, cardiac arrest response, access to defibrillators 247B:1040-1045
Cariboo area, community organizations, gaming grant funding 281B:1615
Child care providers 259B:1020
Children and youth, employment, regulations 262B:1610
City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre, role and services 252B:1025
CleanBC plan 290B:1800-1805
Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38), debate 290B:1800-1805
Climate change, action 290B:1805
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 281B:1545-1550, 281B:1615
Crime and criminals, fraud and white-collar crime, prevention 281B:1735-1740
Cruz, Martin, community contributions and support 286B:1340
Cycling, commuter cycling 284B:1015
Democracy 279B:1355
Elections, participants, appreciation 279B:1355-1400
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
regulation and enforcement 293B:1715-1720
taxation and allocation of revenues 293B:1715
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
debate 262B:1610
amendment to bill 255B:1610
debate by MLAs 262B:1610
Employment standards, reforms 262B:1610
Enemark, Tex, life and contributions 220B:1340
Energy, clean energy transition 290B:1805
Events, ticket sales for live events, regulation and role of technology 239B:1705-1710
First Nations and Indigenous persons
economic development opportunities 272B:1750
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 272B:1745-1755, 281B:1545-1550
housing 272B:1750
revenue sources and financial independence 272B:1750
Fuller, Janine, advocacy work 242B:1020-1025
Gajdics, Peter, advocacy against conversion therapy 254B:1140
Gambling revenues, allocation 272B:1745
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36)
debate 272B:1745-1755, 281B:1545-1550, 281B:1615
amendments to bill 281B:1545-1550
Giammaria, Gianfranco, wife's campaign for defibrillator access 247B:1040
Gibbons, Kathryn, death and contributions 197B:1340
Government, collaborative approach 293B:1715-1720
Hoekstra, Gordon, article on securities fraud penalties 281B:1735
Homelessness
incidence 205B:1155
incidence and government action 227B:1355-1400
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 205B:1155
government action 205B:1155
supportive housing 282B:1025-1030
Independent investigations office, hiring restriction change for former police and role of civilian investigators 256B:1135-1140
Independent Investigations Office Review Special Committee, consultation process and recommendations 256B:1135-1140
Introductions by members 198B:1010, 224B:1010, 231B:1005, 258B:1340, 260B:1345, 262B:1340, 283B:1350, 292B:1335, 300B:1340
Kendall, Perry, comments on mental health system 282B:1025
Legislation, private members' bills, drafting process and debate in Legislature 241B:1550
Legislature, bills process, committee stage and third reading, amendments to bills 262B:1610
LGBTQ community, rights and activism 254B:1140
MLAs
collaboration 293B:1715-1720
training in CPR and defibrillator use 247B:1040
Mental health and addiction
government strategy and system of care 282B:1025-1030
relationship to homelessness 282B:1025-1030
Motions
Housing supply and affordability 205B:1155
Interest-free student loans 268B:1120-1125
Opposition to conversion therapy 254B:1135-1140
Pezim, Murray, history in B.C. securities industry 281B:1735
Points of order
relevancy and scope of amendment to bill, debate 281B:1545-1550
Police Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 31), debate 256B:1135-1140
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 268B:1120-1125
financial assistance, elimination of interest on loans 268B:1120-1125
government investment 268B:1120
tuition fees 268B:1120
Private members' statements
Respect for renters 219B:1015-1030
Private members' statements (response)
Automated external defibrillators 247B:1040-1045
Mental health and addictions 282B:1025-1030
Psychotherapists and counsellors, conversion therapy, opposition and ban on practice 254B:1135-1140
Rental housing
ending fixed-term tenancies for persons experiencing violence 256B:1145-1150, 257B:1330-1335
evictions for renovations 242B:1020
fixed-term tenancies 219B:1015-1020
protections and support for tenants 219B:1015-1030, 257B:1335, 266B:1035-1040
rent increases and rent control 219B:1015-1030
supply and vacancy rate 219B:1015, 219B:1030
Residential Tenancy Act, changes in 2015 256B:1145
Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M206), debate 256B:1145-1150, 257B:1330-1335
Residential tenancy branch, operations and funding 219B:1020
Rustad, John, comments in debate on gaming revenue-sharing legislation 272B:1745-1750
St. Paul's Hospital, mental health and addiction services, HUB centre 282B:1030
Securities Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 33), debate 281B:1735-1740
Securities fraud prevention and enforcement, regulation and changes 281B:1735-1740
Securities industry, cooperative capital markets and national regulator initiative 281B:1735
Seniors housing 219B:1030
Spears, Britney, concert in Vancouver 239B:1705
Speculation and vacancy tax 219B:1030
Statements
Message of support for Martin Cruz 286B:1340
Statements by members
Action on homelessness 227B:1355-1400
Active transportation and use of transit 284B:1015
Child care providers 259B:1020
City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre 252B:1025
Democracy and elections 279B:1355-1400
Janine Fuller 242B:1020-1025
Public engagement on active transportation 224B:1030
Support for the arts 237B:1405-1410
Supports for tenants and landlords 266B:1035-1040
West End Seniors Network 270B:1020
Substance use and addiction, nicotine addiction 293B:1715
Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 45), debate 293B:1715-1720
Ticket Sales Act (Bill 27), debate 239B:1705-1710
Tobacco, smoking by youth 293B:1715
Transit services, use 284B:1015
Transportation
active transportation 284B:1015
active transportation strategy and public consultation 224B:1030
Tributes
Kathryn Gibbons 197B:1340
Tex Enemark 220B:1340
Vancouver
live concert events and ticket sales 239B:1705
recreation facilities, defibrillators 247B:1040
The Vancouver Sun, article on securities fraud penalties 281B:1735
Vancouver–West End constituency and area
active transportation and transit use 284B:1015
community and seniors network 270B:1020
population experiencing mental illness, addiction and homelessness 282B:1025-1030
West End Seniors Network, contributions to community 270B:1020
Chen, Hon. Katrina (Burnaby-Lougheed)

As subject
constituents, staff and family thanked 202B:1735
constituents thanked 271B:1650
experience as minority and immigrant 271B:1700-1705
experience as MLA 271B:1650, 271B:1705-1710
work as minister of state (Conroy) 209B:1615, 211B:1555, 214A:1110-1115
work as minister of state and report to cabinet 217A:1115-1120 (Throness) 217A:1115-1120
Assessment Act, amendments 271B:1705
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government and priorities 202B:1740
Budget debate 202B:1735-1805
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 202B:1735-1740, 202B:1800-1805
Burnaby North Secondary School, replacement 202B:1805
Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area, issues and concerns 202B:1740-1745
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, report on child care system 202B:1750
Child care
affordability and availability 202B:1745, 218A:1455-1500, 300B:1410
affordable child care benefit 216A:1820-1825, 217A:1120, 218A:1450-1500
bylaws on child care 218A:1545
child care providers
closings 218A:1400
family members and professional providers 216A:1810-1815
multi-age in-home providers 218A:1440-1445
providers 218A:1600
child care subsidy program 218A:1450-1455
facilities
community facilities 216A:1830
maintenance and repair 211B:1605, 211B:1640, 211B:1705
prototype sites 216A:1840-1845, 217A:1120, 218A:1410-1415
fee reduction initiative 211B:1605, 211B:1640-1705, 211B:1720, 217A:1115, 218A:1420-1435, 218A:1520-1530
funding
child care operating fund 218A:1340, 218A:1350, 218A:1400, 218A:1430-1440
start-up grant program 218A:1340
government plan
consultation with stakeholders 216A:1830
costs 217A:1115-1135
initiatives 202B:1750-1755, 211B:1605-1610, 211B:1640-1720, 216A:1810-1845, 218A:1340-1600, 298B:1050-1055, 300B:1405
legislation 218A:1550
spaces 202B:1755, 211B:1720, 217A:1125-1140, 218A:1340-1400, 218A:1420, 218A:1600, 245B:1045-1055, 298B:1050-1055, 300B:1405-1410
infant and toddler spaces 218A:1410
wait-lists 218A:1405
surveys 216A:1810-1815
system, universal child care system 218A:1550-1555
Child, Family and Community Service Act, amendments 271B:1650-1655
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 216A:1810-1845, 217A:1115-1140, 218A:1340-1600
2018-19 supplementary estimates debate 211B:1605-1610, 211B:1640-1720
budget and child care component 211B:1715-1720
Children and youth
child opportunity benefit 202B:1740
early childhood development
early learning and child care agreement 218A:1410-1415
early learning benefits 216A:1825
programs 202B:1800
early childhood educators
certification requirements 218A:1515, 218A:1540-1545
criminal record checks 218A:1535
foreign-trained credential recognition 218A:1515-1520
registry 218A:1540
registry and renewal case 218A:1545
supply 218A:1500-1510
support and government investment 202B:1745-1755, 217A:1120
training and bursary program 218A:1510-1515
wages 202B:1755
wages and enhancement program 218A:1520-1535
CleanBC plan 271B:1705
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., proposals and consultation by government 216A:1830
Communities, quality of life and impact of affordability issues 202B:1740-1745
Consumers, cost of living 202B:1740
government action 202B:1800
Disabled persons, community living services, home-share providers 202B:1800
Education, government investment 202B:1800-1805
Employer health tax 218A:1535
Employment and Assistance Act, amendments 271B:1655
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, amendments 271B:1655
Energy, property assessments for solar power plants 271B:1705
Families
extended families raising children, support payments 202B:1800
government support 202B:1740-1745
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, amendments 271B:1700
Family maintenance enforcement program, enforcement of family law arbitration awards 271B:1700
First Nations and Indigenous persons, child protection system, community involvement 271B:1650-1655
Gao, Godfrey, death 300B:1335
Health care funding 202B:1800
Housing, affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 202B:1745
Human rights commission, re-establishment 271B:1700
Income assistance
changes 271B:1655-1700
definition changes, "spouse" 271B:1655-1700
documentation requirements 271B:1700
early pension application requirement, elimination 271B:1655
two-year independence requirement, elimination 271B:1655
Introductions by members 204B:1445, 217B:1005, 221B:1015, 230B:1345, 248B:1335, 259B:1010, 262B:1335, 265B:1350, 267B:1515, 272B:1345, 273B:1010, 283B:1345, 297B:1335, 301B:1015
Kahlon, Ravi, public consultation activities re human rights 271B:1705
Mental health of children and youth, system and funding 202B:1800
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35), debate 271B:1650-1710
Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 271B:1705
Oral questions (response)
Child care spaces 245B:1045-1055, 298B:1050-1055, 300B:1405-1410
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, elimination of interest on loans 202B:1755-1800
Poverty reduction strategy 271B:1655
Public Interest Disclosure Act, amendments 271B:1700-1705
Rental housing, rent banks 202B:1745
School district 41 (Burnaby), capital projects 202B:1805
Stone, Todd, comments during Liberal Party leadership campaign 300B:1405
Transportation, electric motorized mobility devices, regulation of new and emerging forms 271B:1705
Tributes
Godfrey Gao 300B:1335
Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers 271B:1700-1705
Wilkinson, Andrew, position on issues 300B:1405
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 196B:1445
Agriculture workers, vehicle accident in 2007 and memorial 217B:1015-1020
Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas branch 294B:1020-1025
Discrimination and racism, Komagata Maru incident 223B:1400
Enook, Joe, life and public service 237B:1335
Govender, Kasari, appointment as Human Rights Commissioner 265B:1450
Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee, report, debate 265B:1450
Introductions by members 197B:1335, 206B:1335, 213B:1335, 217B:1010, 230B:1345, 241B:1335, 242B:1010-1015, 243B:1330-1335, 266B:1015, 281B:1340, 283B:1335, 286B:1340, 290B:1335, 297B:1345, 300B:1340
Legislature staff, thanked 266B:1025
Privilege
reserving right on a point of privilege re comments by Ian Paton 262B:1620
Sharma, Hari, contributions and memorial event 223B:1400
Statements by members
Farmworker safety and memorial 217B:1015-1020
Legislature staff 266B:1025
Memorial event for Hari Sharma 223B:1400
Tommy Douglas branch of Burnaby Public Library 294B:1020-1025
Tributes
Joe Enook 237B:1335
Chow, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fraserview)

As subject
constituents, family and staff thanked 204B:1515
support for seniors centre and cultural event proposals (Lee) 244A:1825-1830
trade missions 222B:1805, 230A:1745, 232A:1345 (Beare) 244A:1555-1600, 244A:1840 (Clovechok) 244A:1840 (Thomson) 230A:1745
work on museum initiative (Beare) 246A:1450 (Wat) 246A:1450, 246A:1505, 246A:1515
Budget debate 204B:1515-1540
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 204B:1520-1525
Business taxation, reductions 204B:1525-1530
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement 204B:1535
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement 204B:1535
Child care, economic and social benefits 204B:1520
Children and youth, child opportunity benefit 204B:1520-1525
Choy, Wayson, life and accomplishments 242B:1005
CleanBC plan 204B:1530
Communities, urban and rural communities 204B:1520
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership 204B:1535
Consumers, cost of living, government action 204B:1520-1525
Costco, operations in Japan 232A:1345
Economy, conditions 222B:1810
Employment and jobs 204B:1530
English language learning programs, accessibility and role 204B:1540
Food and food industry, agrifood industry 232A:1345-1350
Housing, affordable housing
government action 204B:1525
impact on worker supply 204B:1520
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10), debate 222B:1800-1810
Introductions by members 293B:1345, 301B:1015
Japan, market for B.C. agriculture and seafood products 232A:1345-1350
Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry
estimates debate 230A:1745, 232A:1345-1350
service plan and performance measurement 230A:1745
Liquefied natural gas development
development, imports and exports 222B:1805
policy framework 222B:1800-1810
LNG Canada facility project, project agreement and framework conditions 222B:1800-1810
Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination and timeline 204B:1525
Morris, Mike, comments in budget debate 204B:1520
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 204B:1525
role in economy 204B:1525
Poverty reduction strategy 204B:1525
Rental housing, protections and support for tenants 204B:1525
Science and technology, clean technology development 204B:1530
Seniors, care and support 204B:1515
Small business venture capital tax credit program 204B:1530
South Korea, market for B.C. LNG 222B:1805
Trade
exports and diversification of markets 204B:1530-1540
trade between B.C. and Asia 204B:1535-1540
trade between B.C. and Japan 232A:1345-1350
trade missions, Asia 230A:1745, 232A:1345
Tributes
Wayson Choy 242B:1005
Vancouver, transit services 204B:1520
Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area, description and issues 204B:1515-1520
Clovechok, Doug (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
comments in budget debate (Ralston) 204B:1710
Agricultural Land Commission
applications, non-farm-use application process 250C:1640-1650
exclusion applications process and role of local government 264B:1750
governance changes and regional representation 264B:1735-1750
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15), debate 264B:1735-1750
Agricultural land reserve
lands, suitability 264B:1745
protection and government policies 264B:1740-1745
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 250C:1615-1625, 250C:1640-1650
Alberta, health care services, use by B.C. residents 257C:1535
Ashworth, Jim, armed forces service 241B:1405
Augustyn, John, armed forces service 241B:1405
Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles
clean energy vehicle program 202B:1815
power supply 243B:1625
sales requirements and timeline 243B:1620-1650
use in rural areas 243B:1630-1635
Avalanche Canada, funding 267C:1355-1400
Avalanches, avalanche control services and funding 267C:1355-1400
Ballingal, Michael, comments on Family Day date change 245A:1130
Beare, Lisa
gifts and attendance at sporting events 244A:1520-1530
priorities as Tourism Minister 246A:1420
Big White Ski Resort, impact of Family Day date change 245A:1130-1135
Boats and boating, boat inspections and stations 241C:1510-1515
Bottled water industry, regulation and licensing, petition tabled 290B:1430
B.C. by region
interior B.C., health care access for eastern areas 257C:1535
rural B.C.
health services, petitions tabled 223B:1435
transportation needs 202B:1820
B.C. NDP government
policies 202B:1825-1830
position on First Nations heritage sites protection 220B:1625
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, employer health tax costs 244A:1550
B.C. Place Stadium, naming rights sponsor, selection process 244A:1545-1550
B.C. Wildfire Service, operations 229A:1520
Budget debate 202B:1805-1830
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 202B:1805
Buhler, George, comments on Hardway Road 229A:1520
Carbon tax, impact on northern and rural communities 202B:1815
Child care, government plan 202B:1815
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 216A:1445-1525, 216A:1540-1545
Children and youth, early childhood educators, supply 202B:1815
Chinese Canadians, museum initiative 246A:1515
Chow, George, trade missions 244A:1840
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11), debate 230B:1530-1540
Climate change, impact on environment and wildlife 243B:1620
Columbia Basin
compensation for ranchers impacted by flooding of lands 216A:1520-1525
management plan 216A:1450-1455
Columbia Basin Trust
board 216A:1445-1450
operations and staffing 216A:1500
relationship with government 216A:1450
staff 216A:1445
Columbia Power Corporation
operations and projects 216A:1455-1500
operations and staffing 216A:1500
Columbia River, First Nations and volunteer groups recognized 216A:1500
Columbia River treaty
agriculture issues and fruit growers consultation 216A:1540
First Nations consultation 216A:1525
flood control provisions 216A:1515
revenue projections from electricity sales 216A:1540-1545
treaty and negotiations 216A:1500-1525, 216A:1540-1545
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
back-country closures and consultation, petition tabled 263B:1110
drug trafficking and gang activity 230B:1535
electric vehicle use and issues 243B:1630-1635
police services during road closure in area 265C:1815-1820
railroaders and history 200B:1020-1025
tourism and highway access 225B:1700
transit services 243B:1635
Columbia-Shuswap regional district
letter to Agriculture Ministry 250C:1615
resolution to UBCM on meat-processing regulations 250C:1620
Construction industry, residential construction industry, housing starts 202B:1825-1830
Consumers, cost of living, government action 202B:1825
Crime and criminals
crime prevention programs and funding 230B:1540
forfeiture of proceeds of crime, expansion 230B:1530-1540
illegal drug trade, prevention 230B:1530-1535
Destination B.C., role re wildfire mitigation and funding 246A:1415
Economy
conditions 202B:1820
government strategy 202B:1820-1825
Eichenberger, Kathy, role in Columbia River treaty negotiations 216A:1500-1505
Employer health tax 202B:1805-1810
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 241C:1510-1530
Environment, conservation officers 241C:1520-1530
Fairmont Hot Springs, health care services, petition tabled 223B:1435
Family Day, date change, impact on tourism 245A:1120-1140
Field, response to train derailment and worker deaths in area 200B:1020-1025
Financial services industry, accounts holding suspected criminal proceeds, tracking and suspension 230B:1535-1540
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, impact on tourism and mitigation planning 246A:1410-1415
First Nations and Indigenous persons, protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding and NDP position 220B:1625
Fisher, Deb, work with youth 255B:1400-1405
Food and food industry, meat-processing regulations and licence issue 250C:1615-1620
Forests and forest industry
government consultation with stakeholders 252B:1025
government forest policies, impact 252B:1025
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 223A:1755-1805, 229A:1520-1525
staff, Revelstoke office 229A:1520
G and K Perrson Farms, access to slaughter facilities for livestock 250C:1615
Gadbois, Brian, comments on Hardway Road 229A:1520
Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence, prevention 230B:1535
Gasoline, price increase 243B:1625
Golden
boat launch project on agricultural land reserve in area 250C:1640-1650
bridge issues and replacement 225B:1700-1705
employment programs and services in area 246C:1650-1705
mitigation of highway construction project impact 215B:1800-1805
mitigation of highway construction project impact, transfer of boat inspections to Radium during road closure 241C:1510
police staffing during highway construction project 265C:1815-1820
transit services 215B:1730-1740, 232B:1705
Government spending 202B:1825
Health care system, travel for treatment 202B:1820, 257C:1535-1540
Health Ministry, estimates debate 257C:1535-1540
Heritage and archaeological sites protection, regulation, changes 220B:1620-1640
Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14), debate 220B:1620-1640
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior
employment of Indigenous workers 232B:1725-1740
Illecillewaet section improvements 232B:1705-1740
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements 215B:1750-1815
Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements and traffic management 225B:1635-1705, 265C:1815-1820
projects and costs 289B:1145
Three Valley gap section, safety issues and remediation 215B:1810, 267B:1515
Housing, affordable housing, government action 202B:1810-1815
Income assistance, employment programs
changes and impact 246C:1650-1705
funding for training programs 246C:1705-1710
Introductions by members 200B:1005, 214B:1005, 263B:1010, 290B:1340
Invasive species management
quagga and zebra mussels 241C:1510-1520
zebra mussel checking station 225B:1705
Invermere
compensation for ranchers impacted by flooding of lands 216A:1520
police staffing during highway construction project 265C:1815-1820
Invermere and District Hospital, ultrasound machine 257C:1540
Investment climate 202B:1820
Jaccard, Mark, report on Columbia River treaty 216A:1540
Kelowna, impact of speculation tax, secondary homes of NHL players 202B:1810
Kootenay area
agricultural land reserve 264B:1740-1745
health care services, petitions tabled 223B:1435
Ktunaxa Nation, consultation on caribou protection 223A:1755-1800
Kubian, Murray, service as volunteer firefighter 223B:1355-1400
Labour, community benefits agreement
impact on project costs 215B:1805-1815, 232B:1720-1725, 289B:1145
training component and Indigenous employment 232B:1725-1740
Legislature
language used in House, withdrawal of comments 252B:1025
Speaker's conduct re senior officials and staff 267B:1745
Lekstrom, Blair, role re caribou protection consultation 267B:1520-1525
Libby Dam, operations 216A:1505-1510
Local government, infrastructure funding, community, culture and recreation fund 244A:1820
Mann, Graham, contributions and death 277B:1010
Minister of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on Revitalizing the Agricultural Land Reserve, membership and work of committee 264B:1740
Motions
Equal opportunity for workers 289B:1140-1145
Municipal and regional district tax program 213A:1800
Oral questions
Bus service in rural B.C. 200B:1055
Consultation on caribou protection 263B:1100-1105
Government policies on forest industry 252B:1025
Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism
attendance at sporting events 244A:1525
role and activities 244A:1505-1525
Petitions
back-country closures and consultation 207B:1055, 263B:1110
health services in Fairmont Hot Springs and Kootenay area 223B:1435
water licences for bottling and commercial sales from groundwater aquifers 290B:1430
Police and policing, drug, gang and organized crime enforcement 230B:1530-1535
Premier's Office, estimates debate 267B:1515-1525
Privilege (Standing Order 26)
conduct by Speaker re senior officers and staff of Legislative Assembly 267B:1745
Property, private property, rights 264B:1745-1750
Public debt, operating debt 214B:1120
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 265C:1815-1820, 267C:1355-1400
Railways and rail services
Portland-Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail proposal 202B:1820
workers 200B:1025
Ralston, Bruce, trade mission to Asia 244A:1840
Rental housing
rebates for tenants 202B:1810
supply 202B:1815
Resorts
resort communities, consultation by government 213A:1745
resort municipality initiative program 213A:1740-1800, 214B:1130-1140, 244A:1610-1630, 244A:1645-1650
Revelstoke
conservation officer 241C:1520-1530
employment programs and services in area 246C:1650-1705
Hardway Road, use and status 229A:1520-1525
meetings with government on caribou protection 223A:1800-1805, 246A:1355, 267B:1515-1525
Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club, comments on Hardway Road 229A:1520
Rider Express, bus service and licence 232B:1705
Rysz, Terry, letter on caribou protection consultation and meeting with government 267B:1515-1525
Shuswap Nation, consultation on caribou protection 223A:1755-1800
Ski industry, impact of Family Day change 245A:1130-1135
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, estimates debate 246C:1650-1715
Speculation and vacancy tax 202B:1810
application, cabins 202B:1810
Sports and recreation
back-country closures and consultation, petition tabled 207B:1055
back-country closures, consultation, petition tabled 263B:1110
government initiatives and investment 244A:1815-1825
participation and programs, funding 244A:1815
participation by disabled persons 244A:1815
participation by Indigenous persons 244A:1815
Statements by members
Deb Fisher and Summit Youth Centre 255B:1400-1405
Graham Mann 277B:1010
Murray Kubian 223B:1355-1400
Response to worker deaths in train derailment 200B:1020-1025
War veterans John Augustyn and Jim Ashworth 241B:1405
Sulz, Gary
comments on caribou protection consultation 263B:1105
letter on caribou protection consultation and meeting with government 267B:1515-1525
Summit Youth Centre, role and services 255B:1400-1405
Taxation, government policies 202B:1825
Tourism
advisory council 244A:1605
cannabis tourism 246A:1415
government initiatives and support 244A:1555, 245A:1120, 245A:1140, 246A:1340, 246A:1355-1405
industry, government support and role in economy 202B:1820
jobs 244A:1555-1600
marketing 246A:1415
marketing, international marketing 244A:1840
tourism events program 244A:1650
visitors to B.C. from Japan and South Korea 244A:1840
Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry
estimates debate 244A:1450-1650, 244A:1815-1820, 244A:1835-1840, 245A:1120-1140, 246A:1340-1420, 246A:1515, 246A:1635
2018-19 supplementary estimates debate 213A:1740-1745, 213A:1750-1805, 214B:1110-1140
budget 214B:1120-1140
budget and operations 244A:1530-1545
budget, discretionary funds 244A:1535-1545
estimates process, supplementary estimates 214B:1140
mandate 244A:1555, 244A:1820
minister, gifts and attendance at sporting events 244A:1520-1530
relationship with multiculturalism critic 246A:1635
role re caribou protection issue 245A:1140, 246A:1340, 246A:1355-1405
work with Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry 244A:1840
work with Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry 244A:1820-1825
Trade missions
Japan 244A:1840
South Korea 244A:1840
Traffic safety
flaggers, training programs 246C:1705-1710
safety and enforcement 225B:1655-1700
Transit services
long-distance services between cities and regions 215B:1730-1740, 257C:1535-1540
services for rural communities 200B:1055, 202B:1820, 215B:1730
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 215B:1730-1810, 225B:1635-1705, 232B:1705-1740
staff commended 215B:1750, 225B:1635
Trucking industry, truck facilities on highways 232B:1705-1710
Vancouver Island Avalanche Centre, funding 267C:1400
Waneta Dam, expansion project and acquisition 216A:1450-1500
Water, groundwater protection and regulation, aquifers and water licences for commercial sales, petition tabled 290B:1430
Wildlife
caribou protection
First Nations involvement 223A:1755-1800
impact on tourism 245A:1140, 246A:1340, 246A:1350-1405
public engagement process 223A:1800-1805, 245A:1140, 263B:1100-1105, 267B:1515-1525
species at risk protection 207B:1055
WorkBC Employment Services Centres
contract information breakdown 246C:1710
services, contracts and procurement process 246C:1650-1710
World Junior Hockey Championship, 2018 event in B.C., attendance by government officials 244A:1520-1530
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (Bill 28), debate 243B:1620-1650
Coleman, Rich (Langley East)

As subject
accident involving staff member's spouse and emergency response 203B:1105-1110
actions re money laundering (Eby) 230B:1425
comments on Holocaust Memorial Day (Simons) 246B:1715
debate on agricultural land reserve legislation (Simons) 246B:1715
experience as Solicitor General 218B:1410-1425, 230B:1620-1630
experience in policing and security 230B:1620
experience in workforce and as small business employer 257B:1505-1510
father's work in tax investigations 230B:1615-1620
interactions with reporters 203B:1105
position on agricultural land reserve legislation 246B:1640
response to money-laundering issues (Eby) 228B:1050 (Kahlon) 240B:1105
vehicle use and family's experience with electric vehicle 243B:1515
work on housing issues 203B:1120
Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments in 2018, implementation and grandfathering provisions 250C:1430
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15)
debate 246B:1640-1710
debate in Legislature 247B:1000
Agricultural Land Commission, exclusion applications and "person" term 246B:1640-1710
Agricultural land reserve
protection and government policies 246B:1640-1710
regulation of residential housing and development application process 246B:1645-1705, 250C:1420-1435
uses, cannabis production 250C:1450-1455, 250C:1745
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 250C:1420-1435, 250C:1450-1455, 250C:1745-1750
discussion of cannabis issues 250C:1440-1455
Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles
clean energy vehicle program 212B:1140
issues 243B:1515-1520
power supply 243B:1515-1535
rebates and incentives 243B:1505-1520
sales requirements and timeline 243B:1530-1535
Bains, Harry, comments on LNG development 223B:1750
B.C. Hydro
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers, benefits 212B:1135-1140
financial management 212B:1140
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
climate action and carbon tax policies 290B:1620-1625
liquefied natural gas development 223B:1730
B.C. NDP position on carbon tax 290B:1620
Budget debate 203B:1100-1135
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 203B:1110
Burrard Thermal power station, operations 212B:1140
Business
commercial tenancy, owner liability 269B:1445-1450
costs and taxation 257B:1510-1520
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7)
debate 255A:1455-1535
definitions, "facilitation" 255A:1455
Calgary police department, information system 230B:1620, 230B:1630
California, power supply 290B:1625
Cannabis
legalization and regulation, compliance and enforcement 250C:1745-1750
production on agricultural land
greenhouse operations 290B:1620
greenhouse operations and odour issue 246B:1705, 250C:1745
regulation 250C:1450-1455
taxation agreement between provincial and federal governments, role of cabinet members 250C:1450-1455
Carbon tax 243B:1510, 290B:1620-1630
NDP position 290B:1620
revenues, allocation 290B:1630-1635
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, position on pipeline project 223B:1735
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11)
debate 230B:1615-1640
potential for legal challenges 230B:1630, 230B:1640
CleanBC plan 290B:1620-1635
Climate change
government action 243B:1505-1510
independent advisory committee 290B:1625
Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38)
debate 290B:1620-1635
content of bill 290B:1620
Community Safety Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 13)
debate 244B:1505-1525, 269B:1445-1520, 269B:1540-1545, 269B:1555
application to First Nations lands 244B:1510, 269B:1455-1500
committee stage debate 269B:1500
Cosma, Robert, presentation to Finance Committee 273B:1115-1120
Crime and criminals
crime rate 244B:1515
forfeiture of proceeds of crime
expansion 230B:1615-1620, 230B:1630-1640
fairness 218B:1420
illegal drug trade, prevention 230B:1615-1620
witness security program
admission and participation process 241A:1810, 242A:1120-1135
committee and panels 218B:1415, 241A:1810-1815, 242A:1115-1145
costs and funding 242A:1135-1140
establishment 218B:1410-1430
federal program 242A:1135-1140
information disclosure and protection 218B:1410-1430, 241A:1810-1815, 242A:1125, 242A:1145
termination of witness participation 242A:1130
Eby, David, comments on civil forfeiture process 230B:1630
Emergencies, role of "Good Samaritans" 203B:1110
Employment and unemployment, conditions 257B:1510, 257B:1525
Energy
clean energy development 212B:1140
clean energy supply 290B:1625
coal-fired power plants 290B:1625
independent power projects, forest industry 212B:1135-1140
power supply, self-sufficiency 212B:1140
FIMC Partners Canada ULC, request for information on payday and consumer loan industry regulation 255A:1550
Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation process, presentations by Nazko emergency management team and Right to Play 273B:1115-1125
Financial services industry
cheque cashing and cancellation requirements 255A:1520-1525
consumer financial education fund 255A:1535
payday and consumer loan industry, regulation 255A:1455-1535
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, negotiations and process 273B:1125
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreements 272B:1845, 273B:1110
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 273B:1110-1130
infrastructure issues in communities 273B:1110-1115
Fraser Valley, cannabis production facilities 246B:1705, 250C:1745-1750
Fuel Price Transparency Act (Bill 42)
debate 299B:1430-1450
provisions and implementation 299B:1450
Furney, Gerry, death 203B:1105
Gambling, integrated gaming enforcement 230B:1635
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36), debate 272B:1845, 273B:1110-1130
Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence
gang-related homicides 218B:1410, 218B:1420
government action and funding 244B:1510-1515
prevention 218B:1410-1430
Gasoline
market, data collection and disclosure 299B:1440-1450
price increase and investigation 299B:1440
price increase and taxation 299B:1430-1440
price regulation in other jurisdictions 299B:1435-1440
sales locations 299B:1450
Government
advertising and announcements, distribution and use of email 203B:1115
ministers, no comment on investigations 218B:1410-1425
ministers, non-involvement in investigations 230B:1625, 230B:1635-1640
revenues, factors 203B:1110
Government communications and public engagement, email and records management practices 203B:1115
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from LNG development 229B:1510-1515
reduction targets and reporting 290B:1620-1625
Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, organization and civil forfeiture case 218B:1420
Home ownership, investment and opportunity 205B:1145
Homelessness
government action and public consultation 203B:1120-1125
tent cities and homeless camps 203B:1120
Horgan, John, comments on LNG development 223B:1730
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 205B:1140-1145
government action 203B:1120
supportive housing and implementation of modular unit projects 203B:1120-1135
Iacobucci, Angelo, work as reporter and interactions with MLAs 203B:1105
Impaired driving, immediate roadside prohibition 230B:1635
Income Tax Act, amendments 229B:1425-1500, 229B:1510-1515
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10), debate 223B:1730-1800, 229B:1425-1500, 229B:1510-1515, 229B:1810
Introductions by members 215B:1420, 244B:1335, 262B:1335, 300B:1335, 300B:1345
Justice system, prosecution of criminal cases 218B:1410-1415
Labour
automation and technology 257B:1525
labour relations 257B:1510-1520
labour relations code, changes 257B:1510-1530
Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 30), debate 257B:1505-1530
Langley, city government, handling of housing development applications on agricultural land reserve 250C:1420-1435
Langley East constituency and area
constituent cases re housing on agricultural land reserve 246B:1645-1705
gasoline prices and taxation 299B:1435
Legislature
members' conduct and debate, apology for analogy used in debate 247B:1000
respect 203B:1110
Speaker's conduct re senior officials and staff 267B:1720
Liquefied natural gas development
export and impact on greenhouse gas emissions 290B:1625
First Nations involvement 223B:1735-1740
policy framework 223B:1730-1800, 229B:1425-1500, 229B:1510-1515, 229B:1810
power supply and electricity rates 223B:1745
taxation 223B:1735, 223B:1750
LNG Canada facility project
application of carbon tax 223B:1740-1745, 229B:1425-1500
emissions 229B:1510-1515
joint agreements 203B:1050
project agreement and framework conditions 223B:1730-1800, 229B:1425-1500, 229B:1510-1515, 229B:1810
release of information on agreements 203B:1050, 229B:1810
sales tax agreement 223B:1745
taxation 223B:1735, 223B:1750
Lynch, Andrew, reporting and role in Legislature press gallery 203B:1105
MLAs
interactions between members and media representatives 203B:1105
non-involvement in investigations 230B:1640
Money Mart, operations 255A:1520-1525
Motions
Housing supply and affordability 205B:1140-1145
Long-term private power contracts at B.C. Hydro 212B:1135-1140
Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd., Harmac mill operations 212B:1135
Nanaimo, supportive housing project and homeless persons 203B:1120-1130
Nazko emergency management team, funding for firefighting equipment 273B:1115-1120
Nazko First Nation, evacuations and impacts from wildfires and flooding 273B:1115-1120
Neufeld, Richard, actions re natural gas development 223B:1730, 223B:1755
New Brunswick, gasoline prices 299B:1435
Newfoundland and Labrador, gasoline prices 299B:1435
Nova Scotia, gasoline prices 299B:1435
Oil and gas
natural gas, resources 223B:1730
refineries and capacity 299B:1450
refineries and products 299B:1440-1445
supply 299B:1440
Oral questions
Release of information on LNG Canada agreement 203B:1050
Paterson, Dorscie, 106th birthday 203B:1105
Personal statements
Apology for comments made in the House 247B:1000
Pickton, Robert William, murder investigation 218B:1425, 230B:1625-1630
Police and policing
communication and information-sharing systems 230B:1620-1630, 230B:1640
drug enforcement 230B:1615-1620
drug, gang and organized crime enforcement 244B:1510-1520
enforcement tools 230B:1620-1640
funding for police services 269B:1540
investigations, disclosure of information 218B:1410-1430
police handling of missing persons cases 230B:1625-1630
police officers, contributions 244B:1525
PRIME-BC information management system, development 230B:1625-1630, 244B:1510
Polio virus, incidence and vaccination programs 268B:1015-1030
Popham, Lana, recusement from cannabis policy discussions 250C:1450-1455
Prince Edward Island, gasoline prices 299B:1435
Prince George, Baldy Hughes recovery facility 203B:1130
Private members' statements
PolioPlus 268B:1015-1030
Privilege (Standing Order 26)
conduct by Speaker re senior officers and staff of Legislative Assembly 267B:1720
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
community safety unit, operations and funding 269B:1510-1520, 269B:1545
minister, no comment on police investigations 218B:1410-1425
minister, non-involvement in police investigations 230B:1625, 230B:1635-1640
Quebec, gasoline prices 299B:1435
Rental housing
landlords, oversight of properties 244B:1520, 269B:1445-1450, 269B:1545
purpose-built rental housing, construction of new units 205B:1140
Revenue Canada, investigations 230B:1615-1620
Right to Play program for Indigenous youth and funding 273B:1120-1125
Rotary International, PolioPlus program for eradication of polio 268B:1020-1030
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, staffing levels and funding 269B:1540
Safety
community safety legislation 244B:1505, 244B:1520
unlawful activities in residential areas, complaint process and law enforcement 244B:1505-1525, 269B:1455-1520, 269B:1540-1555
unlawful activities in residential areas, owner liability 269B:1445-1450
Speculation and vacancy tax 203B:1110-1115
administration process 203B:1115
application, case of property held in part by deceased person 203B:1110-1115
Substance use and addiction
opioid overdoses, response and services 203B:1130
treatment and recovery services and therapeutic communities 203B:1130
Taxation, tax fraud, investigation and seizure of assets 230B:1615-1620
Trade unions
certification process, secret-ballot vote and timeline 257B:1515-1520
raids, allowable time period 257B:1525
Vancouver, housing, affordability and supply 205B:1140
Witness Security Act (Bill 4)
debate 218B:1410-1430, 241A:1810-1815, 242A:1115-1145
regulations 241A:1810
Workers rights 257B:1510
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (Bill 28), debate 243B:1505-1535
Conroy, Hon. Katrine (Kootenay West)

As subject
constituents, staff and family thanked 209B:1610
family experience with screen time 214A:1130-1135
grandchildren 220B:1500-1505
ministerial responsibilities 209B:1615
role as Children and Family Development Minister (Sultan) 209B:1635
Adoption
adoption of children in government care 216A:1720
adoption of children in government care by foster parents 216A:1645-1705
adoption process and placements 216A:1715-1725
adoptive parent approval process, home studies 216A:1730
adoptive parents, supports 209B:1620-1625
international adoptions, B.C.–Japan adoption program 216A:1735-1745
post-adoption assistance 215A:1650, 215A:1800
Arrow Lakes Hospital, upgrades 209B:1615
Bill C-92 (federal), impact 215A:1500
Boulet, Logan, organ donor registration and organ donation after death 234B:1350
B.C. by region
northern B.C., early intervention services and contracts 215A:1615-1630
rural B.C., access to government services 215A:1425-1430
B.C. Fruit Growers Association, consultation on Columbia River treaty negotiations 216A:1530-1535
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, community social services 228B:1100, 230B:1425-1435
B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, FIR Square Combined Maternity Care Unit 215A:1605
Budget debate 209B:1610-1635
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 209B:1615-1620, 209B:1635
Caregivers, respite care services 209B:1625, 214A:1115, 215A:1450, 215A:1505
Cariboo area, programs and services for children and families, child development centres 215A:1415-1420
Chen, Katrina, work as minister of state 209B:1615, 211B:1555, 214A:1110-1115
Child care
affordability and availability 209B:1630-1635
fee reduction initiative 209B:1630
government plan 209B:1615-1635, 211B:1555, 211B:1600-1625, 214A:1110-1115, 270B:1140
spaces 209B:1630
Child Care Minister of State
authority 211B:1620
minister 209B:1615
Child, Family and Community Service Act
amendments 270B:1130-1145, 278B:1355-1400
provisions on delegation powers of director 215A:1530
Child protection system
child protection workers
complaints 215A:1515
recruitment and qualifications 297B:1410
regulation 215A:1530-1535
children in government care
care planning 215A:1515-1520
family reunification 216A:1720
number 214A:1140-1145, 215A:1445-1455
placement and policy 215A:1335-1405
support for permanency and adoptions 216A:1715-1720
support for youth and transition out of care 214A:1115, 270B:1145
family preservation and supports 214A:1125, 215A:1335-1340, 215A:1445-1450
residential services, contracted services and caregiver requirements 215A:1715, 215A:1725-1750, 216A:1625-1630
residential services, contracted services and investigations 215A:1750, 216A:1605
residential services, review 209B:1625, 215A:1715, 215A:1730-1740
system 214A:1115
Youth Advisory Council, role 215A:1635-1640, 216A:1620
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 214A:1110-1145, 215A:1335-1815, 216A:1440-1755
2018-19 supplementary estimates debate 211B:1555-1635, 211B:1655, 211B:1710
budget 215A:1505, 216A:1750-1755
budget and child care component 211B:1710
budget and contingency funding 211B:1620-1635, 211B:1655
estimates process, supplementary estimates 211B:1555-1600
information-sharing and access by opposition members 216A:1710
minister, responsibilities 209B:1615
reports, joint report with Representative for Children and Youth on maternity care and breastfeeding in child protection system 215A:1605
role and responsibilities 214A:1110-1120
service plan content 215A:1745
staff 211B:1555, 214A:1110
staff and salaries 216A:1750-1755
staff thanked 209B:1610-1615
work with First Nations stakeholders on child protection system 286B:1605-1610
Children and youth
child opportunity benefit 209B:1620
early childhood development
child development centres 215A:1420
early intervention services and contracts 215A:1615-1630
early intervention services and funding 215A:1615
infant development programs 215A:1435-1440
programs 214A:1130-1135
early childhood educators, support and government investment 209B:1630
programs and services for children and families 209B:1620-1635, 214A:1125, 215A:1415-1420
screen time vs outdoor play 214A:1130-1135
special needs children, funding for services 209B:1625-1630
youth at risk
youth agreements 214A:1115, 215A:1630-1640
Columbia Basin
compensation for ranchers impacted by flooding of lands 216A:1520-1525
management plan 216A:1450-1500
Columbia Basin Trust
agriculture initiatives 216A:1520, 216A:1535
board 216A:1450
operations and staffing 216A:1500
relationship with government 216A:1450
revenues and investment in projects 209B:1615
role and history 216A:1440-1445
staff 216A:1440
Columbia Power Corporation
operations and projects 209B:1615, 216A:1450-1500
operations and staffing 216A:1500
role and history 216A:1440-1445
staff 216A:1440
Columbia River treaty
agriculture issues and fruit growers consultation 216A:1530-1535
First Nations consultation 209B:1615, 216A:1525
flood control provisions 216A:1515-1520
revenue projections from electricity sales 216A:1545
treaty and negotiations 209B:1615, 216A:1505-1545
Cowichan Valley constituency and area, Indigenous child protection system issues 215A:1610
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)
debate 286B:1600-1610
development of legislation 286B:1600-1605
introduction and role 286B:1605
Education, students in government care
education outcomes and supports 215A:1645
permission from caregivers for participation in school activities 215A:1650
Eichenberger, Kathy, role in Columbia River treaty negotiations 216A:1505
Families
extended families raising children 215A:1340-1405, 215A:1455
extended families raising children, support payments 209B:1625, 214A:1115, 215A:1650, 215A:1800, 270B:1135-1140, 286B:1605
grandparents raising grandchildren 270B:1140
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreement for gaming revenues 209B:1620
child protection system
changes and support 286B:1605-1610
community involvement 214A:1115, 215A:1450-1455, 270B:1130-1145, 278B:1355-1400
delegated Aboriginal agencies 215A:1655, 215A:1710
family preservation and supports 209B:1625, 215A:1335-1340, 215A:1505, 270B:1140
number of children in government care 214A:1115, 214A:1140-1145, 215A:1510, 215A:1655-1700, 270B:1130-1135, 270B:1145
placement with extended families 215A:1335-1405
children
Aboriginal Head Start program 270B:1140
child care 270B:1140
elimination of birth alerts 270B:1140
infant development programs 215A:1435-1440
language preservation and revitalization 286B:1610
protection of cultural and sacred sites 220B:1500-1510
social worker services 215A:1710
First Nations Leadership Council, work with government on child protection system issues 270B:1135, 286B:1610
Foster care
approval process and training requirements 216A:1610-1630
foster families
relationship with social workers 216A:1630-1645
supply and recruitment 215A:1800-1815, 216A:1605-1610, 216A:1630
foster parents and foster homes 215A:1735-1750, 216A:1645-1705
foster parents and foster homes, First Nations homes 216A:1605
foster parents, remuneration 209B:1620-1625, 214A:1115, 215A:1650, 215A:1735, 215A:1750-1800, 216A:1635-1640, 270B:1140
reforms and public awareness campaign 215A:1805-1810
Government, financial management 211B:1655
Green Shirt Day, organ donor registration awareness initiative 234B:1350
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital investment 209B:1615
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, promotion to youth 214A:1130-1135
Heritage and archaeological sites protection, regulation, changes 220B:1500-1510
Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14), debate 220B:1500-1510
Houston, access to government services 215A:1425-1430
Income assistance
changes 270B:1145
early pension application requirement, elimination 270B:1145
two-year independence requirement, elimination 270B:1145
Introductions by members 206B:1340, 210B:1005, 210B:1020, 214B:1005, 220B:1335-1340, 223B:1340, 224B:1010, 231B:1005, 235B:1005, 241B:1350, 266B:1005, 272B:1340-1345, 279B:1335, 287B:1010, 293B:1340, 297B:1335
Jaccard, Mark, report on Columbia River treaty 216A:1530, 216A:1540
John, Ed, recommendations to government 214A:1115, 215A:1710, 270B:1130-1135
Kootenay area
First Nations heritage sites and protection 220B:1500
health care facilities and services 209B:1615
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, upgrades 209B:1615
Kootenay West constituency and area, constituents 209B:1610
Legislature
estimates process, supplementary estimates 211B:1610-1635, 211B:1655
fall sessions 270B:1130
Libby Dam, operations 216A:1505-1510
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, new facility and services 215A:1410
Maternity and pregnancy, breastfeeding, access for families in child protection system 215A:1605-1610
Mental health of children and youth
mental health and addiction services and funding 215A:1410
system and funding 209B:1630
Ministerial statements
Green Shirt Day and organ donor awareness 234B:1350
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35), debate 270B:1130-1145, 278B:1355-1400
Oral questions (response)
Funding for community social services organizations and worker wages 228B:1100, 230B:1425-1435
Qualifications for social workers in Children and Family Development Ministry 297B:1410
Organs and tissues, donation and donor registration 234B:1350
Pohl, Russell, and Darrell Ewasiuk, experience as adoptive and foster parents 209B:1620-1625
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 214A:1115
Poverty
poverty among senior women 270B:1145
reduction strategy 214A:1130, 270B:1145
Prince George, Harmony House pilot project for women with mental illness and addiction, need for new facility 215A:1720-1725
Public debt, operating debt 211B:1610, 211B:1625
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, provincial office of domestic violence, budget 215A:1535
Representative for Children and Youth, reports
adoption program 216A:1725
education outcomes for children in care 215A:1645
Sinixt Nation, heritage sites and protection 220B:1500
Social welfare, community social services sector, funding 230B:1425-1435
Social workers
community social services workers, wages 230B:1425-1435
number 215A:1515, 215A:1710
regulation 215A:1530-1535
training and professional standards 297B:1410
Sts'ailes First Nation, community facility for child and family services 215A:1455
Substance use and addiction, treatment and recovery services, Sheway program for women with children 215A:1605
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation 220B:1505, 270B:1140
legislation and impact 286B:1600-1610
Violence, domestic violence
directors of practice position 215A:1550
integrated care assessment teams 215A:1550
services and funding 215A:1535-1600
Waneta Dam, expansion project and acquisition 209B:1615, 216A:1450-1455
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, event re agreement on jurisdiction of child services 270B:1135

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