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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Heyman, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fairview)

As subject
comments on issues
greenhouse gas emissions 292B:1415 (Milobar) 291B:1135
LNG development (Weaver) 222B:1445-1455
family, staff and constituents thanked 208B:1540
parents 220B:1530
visit to Loon Lake 235A:1120 (Tegart) 235A:1115
Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles
charging stations 239A:1620
clean energy vehicle program 239A:1350-1435, 241C:1640
Boats and boating, boat inspections and stations 239A:1630-1635, 239A:1705, 241C:1515-1520
Bridge Lake Provincial Park, addition of lands 245B:1120
B.C. Court of Appeal, reference case re jurisdiction on transport of diluted bitumen 262B:1415
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
affordability issues 227B:1425
carbon tax policies and transportation issues 227B:1440
climate action 276B:1405
MSP and tax policies 230B:1830
Budget debate 208B:1540-1605
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 5), debate 216B:1530-1545
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 208B:1555-1605, 216B:1530-1545
Business, competitiveness 216B:1535
Campbell River, landfill expansion proposal in area and drinking water protection 223B:1415-1420
Carbon tax 208B:1600, 292B:1410
application
LNG 236A:1535-1630, 237A:1510-1545
rate increase 227B:1420, 234B:1420, 235A:1110, 241C:1555-1600
revenues, allocation 227B:1430
tax credits and rebates
climate action tax credit for families and households 227B:1420, 227B:1430, 227B:1440, 231B:1030-1035
rebates for low- and middle-income earners 239A:1610-1615, 241C:1555-1605
Child care
government plan 208B:1550
role in economy 208B:1550
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11)
debate 230B:1545-1555
drafting of bill 230B:1555
CleanBC plan 208B:1600-1605, 216B:1535, 227B:1430, 235A:1110, 292B:1415, 300B:1415, 301B:1045-1050
accountability component and targets 237A:1555-1615, 237A:1710-1720, 239A:1415-1425, 241C:1650-1655, 276B:1405, 286B:1345, 290B:1555-1615, 292B:1410-1415, 295B:1620-1745, 301B:1045-1050
building component 239A:1435, 290B:1605
development 292B:1405
emissions component 236A:1535-1810, 237A:1510-1755, 239A:1350-1440, 239A:1500-1615, 241C:1555-1655
funding 236A:1535, 239A:1450
impact of LNG development 236A:1535-1810, 237A:1510-1555, 237A:1715-1745
industry fund and incentive program 236A:1345-1720, 301B:1050
rebates for low- and middle-income earners 239A:1610-1615
transportation component
active transportation 239A:1510
electric and hybrid vehicles 239A:1350-1430, 241C:1640
electric vehicle charging stations 239A:1620
low-carbon fuel standard 239A:1455, 241C:1620-1630
public sector vehicle fleet 237A:1615-1700, 290B:1605, 295B:1730-1735
tailpipe emissions standards 241C:1615
waste reduction component 239A:1520-1610
Climate change
action
action by students and response 286B:1345
climate strikes by students 208B:1600, 290B:1615, 292B:1405-1410
public concern 290B:1555, 290B:1610, 292B:1405-1410
action and mitigation
risk assessment report 290B:1605, 295B:1710
risk assessment report and release 279B:1410-1415
government action 208B:1555-1600, 227B:1440, 276B:1405, 286B:1345, 290B:1555-1600, 292B:1410, 300B:1415
declarations of climate emergency 290B:1610-1615
reporting and transparency 290B:1600-1605, 295B:1710-1720, 295B:1735-1745
role of forest sector 279B:1415
impact 292B:1405
Indigenous communities 290B:1610
regional impacts 290B:1605
independent advisory committee 286B:1345, 290B:1600, 295B:1705-1710
Climate Change Accountability Act, provisions on reporting 290B:1600
Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38)
debate 286B:1345, 290B:1555-1615, 292B:1405-1415, 295B:1620-1745
debate on bill 292B:1405-1410
development of bill 295B:1620-1625
provisions, council and consultation 300B:1415
Purpose 286B:1345
Communities, public involvement 208B:1545
Competition Bureau, potential investigation of waste management bylaws 239A:1600
Conkle Lake Provincial Park, boundary description 245B:1120
Construction industry
energy efficient building incentives 239A:1435
retrofits of buildings for energy efficiency 239A:1615
Consumers, cost of living, government action 208B:1545-1550, 216B:1535-1540, 227B:1425-1445, 230B:1830
Crime and criminals
crime prevention programs and funding 230B:1555
forfeiture of proceeds of crime
advisory committee 230B:1555
expansion 230B:1545-1555
money laundering, government response 230B:1545
Dams, small dams, maintenance and repairs 241C:1510
Documents tabled
Environmental emergency program, 2017-19 report to Legislature 286B:1440
Economy, sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 300B:1415
EfficiencyBC program 239A:1440, 239A:1615
Elephant Hill, wildfire recovery in area 235A:1140
Employment and jobs 216B:1540
Energy
energy efficiency, government initiatives 208B:1605, 239A:1440
home heating 241C:1555-1605
power supply, imports and exports 241C:1640
Engineers, regulation 237A:1815-1835
Environment
conservation officers 239A:1630, 241C:1525-1530
conservation officers, powers 223B:1345, 246B:1605-1610
environmental assessment process and changes 235A:1110
environmental protection 235A:1110
environmental protection, monitoring and enforcement 246B:1600-1615
professional reliance model 236A:1625-1655
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
estimates debate 235A:1105-1145, 236A:1335-1810, 237A:1510-1840, 238A:1110-1140, 239A:1340-1710, 241C:1505-1640, 241C:1650-1655
climate change component 235A:1110
mandate 294B:1040
mandate letter 235A:1110
role and responsibilities 235A:1110
staff 235A:1105-1110
staff thanked 241C:1650
Environmental Assessment Act, Indigenous consultation on legislation 274B:1615
Environmental emergency program
2017-19 report to Legislature, tabled 286B:1440
establishment and first report 286B:1440
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 17), debate 223B:1345, 246B:1600-1615, 258B:1520
Families, extended families raising children, support payments 208B:1550-1555
Ferries and ferry services, additional sailings 209B:1400, 209B:1415
Finance and Government Services Committee, prebudget consultation process, public participation 208B:1545
Financial services industry, accounts holding suspected criminal proceeds, tracking and suspension 230B:1550-1555
Fintry Provincial Park, boundary description 245B:1120
Fires and firefighters
open burning smoke control, regulation 239A:1655-1700
wildfires, impact and habitat restoration 235A:1135-1140
First Nations and Indigenous persons
consultation by government 274B:1615
economic development 274B:1615
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 274B:1610-1625
language preservation and revitalization 220B:1525
protection of cultural and sacred sites, funding 220B:1520-1530
reconciliation
government action 245B:1115-1120, 245B:1150
government action and implementation of recommendations 235A:1110
reconciliation and collaboration 274B:1610-1620
Fish
fish passage group 235A:1140
salmon, habitat restoration 235A:1135-1140
steelhead protection 241C:1530-1535
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
archaeology branch 220B:1525-1530
role re land management 235A:1135-1140
Fuel, low-carbon fuel standard 239A:1455, 241C:1620-1630
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36), debate 274B:1610-1625
Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence, prevention 230B:1545-1555
Gasoline, price increase 242B:1100
investigation 262B:1415-1425
taxation 227B:1420, 231B:1025-1035, 234B:1420
Gilnockie Creek Ecological Reserve, boundary description 245B:1120
Golden, boat inspections and stations, transfer to Radium during road closure 241C:1515
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors
LNG development 236A:1535-1615, 236A:1700-1810, 237A:1510-1555
municipalities 295B:1720-1725
public sector 290B:1605, 295B:1720-1730
public sector vehicle fleet 237A:1615-1700
reporting and benchmarks 236A:1540-1615, 237A:1510-1545
reporting and professional reliance model 236A:1625-1655
transportation sector 239A:1350-1435, 239A:1455-1505, 241C:1615
reduction targets 235A:1110, 286B:1345, 295B:1625-1700
reduction targets, sectoral targets 290B:1555-1600
Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act, provisions 236A:1610, 236A:1730
Harmony Islands Marine Provincial Park, addition of lands 245B:1120
Heritage and archaeological sites protection, regulation, changes 220B:1520-1535
Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14), debate 220B:1520-1535
Horgan, John, comments on contaminated soil disposal site 259B:1040
Housing
affordable housing
government action 208B:1550
government action and initiatives 230B:1545, 244B:1545-1555
right to housing 244B:1550
social and subsidized housing, renovations and retrofits 301B:1045
Huston, Dean, cattle ranching operations and dam issues 241C:1510
Integrated Pest Management Act, amendments 251A:1825-1830
Introductions by members 200B:1005, 214B:1010, 244B:1340-1345, 255B:1340, 256B:1010, 265B:1545, 277B:1005, 286B:1335, 297B:1340, 298B:1005, 300B:1340
Invasive species management, quagga and zebra mussels 239A:1705, 241C:1515-1520
federal review 239A:1650
sniffer dogs 239A:1630-1635
Jewel Lake Provincial Park, boundary description 245B:1120
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, user fees and survey 241C:1540-1545
Johnstone Creek Provincial Park, boundary description 245B:1120
Kikomun Creek Provincial Park, addition of lands 245B:1120
Land Owner Transparency Act (Bill 23), debate 244B:1545-1555
Land surveys and titles, beneficial ownership registry 244B:1550-1555
LÁU, WELNEW Tribal School, role in renaming of park 245B:1115-1120, 245B:1150, 257B:1700
LÁU, WELNEW/John Dean Provincial Park, name change and role in WSÁNEĆ culture 245B:1115-1120, 245B:1150, 257B:1700
Legislature, language used in House, apology for comments 235B:1025-1030
Likely, water quality in area 236A:1335
Liquefied natural gas development, conditions for projects, climate targets 276B:1405
Livestock industry, ranching industry, water projects and First Nations consultation 241C:1510
LNG Canada facility project
application of carbon tax 236A:1535, 236A:1605, 236A:1615-1630, 236A:1700-1810, 237A:1510-1555
application of carbon tax, role of industrial incentive program 301B:1050
emissions 236A:1535, 236A:1605, 236A:1615-1630, 236A:1700-1810, 237A:1510-1555
Loon Lake
firehall replacement and site issues 235A:1120-1130
wildfire recovery and fire hall replacement project 245B:1015, 255B:1435-1445, 257B:1650
Loon Lake Provincial Park, status and removal of lands 245B:1015, 255B:1435-1445, 257B:1650
McDonald Creek Provincial Park, boundary description 245B:1120
Marine Parks Forever Society, role and stern tie program 239A:1340
Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination and timeline 230B:1825-1835
Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 20), debate 230B:1825-1835
MLAs, millennial members 292B:1405
Metro Vancouver, waste management
bylaws 239A:1600-1605
waste-to-energy plant 239A:1605
Millennial generation 292B:1405
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 29), debate 251A:1825-1830
Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park and Protected Area, addition of lands 245B:1120
Navius Research, study on oil refining price margins 234B:1420
Nazko and Kluskus areas, wildfires and habitat restoration 235A:1135
New Gold Inc., Blackwater Gold mine project, environmental assessment process 241C:1550
Oil and gas
oil spills response regulations, development and timeline 209B:1425-1430
refineries and capacity 227B:1435
refineries and price margins 234B:1420
Okanagan area, south Okanagan, establishment of national park 293B:1420
Oral questions (response)
Action on gas prices and B.C. Utilities Commission inquiry 262B:1415-1425
Action on gas prices and court case on transport of diluted bitumen 262B:1415
Action on gas prices and role of pipeline capacity 242B:1100
Environmental assessment of Trans Mountain pipeline and protection of Salish Sea 214B:1045-1050
Forest management and climate change mitigation 279B:1415
Government action on climate change and economic plan 300B:1415
Government action on climate change and risk assessment report 279B:1410-1415
Government policies on oil transportation 209B:1400-1405
Government policies on oil transportation and trade issues 206B:1405-1410
Government policies on oil transportation and U.S. tanker traffic 209B:1415
LNG Canada project and CleanBC industrial incentive program 301B:1045-1050
LNG exports and CleanBC plan 276B:1405
Marine traffic and protection of resident orca population 209B:1400
Permit for landfill site in Campbell River watershed 223B:1415-1420
Protection of wildlife species at risk 293B:1420
Soil disposal site in Shawnigan Lake watershed 256B:1040, 258B:1415-1420, 259B:1035-1040, 272B:1420, 287B:1045-1050
Species-at-risk legislation 294B:1040
Tax policies and gas prices 227B:1420-1430, 227B:1440-1445, 231B:1025-1035, 234B:1420
Trans Mountain pipeline and fuel supply and prices 206B:1425
Trans Mountain pipeline and transport of oil 206B:1415-1420
Trans Mountain pipeline and transport of oil by rail 209B:1425-1430, 244B:1420
Trans Mountain pipeline supply to refinery and gas prices 227B:1430-1440
Parkland Fuel Corp., refinery in Burnaby, oil supply 227B:1435
Parks
campgrounds, new spaces 239A:1630
Canada nature fund, First Nations proposals 239A:1445
expansion and updates to descriptive information 220B:1345, 245B:1120, 245B:1150
park rangers, student park ranger program 241C:1550
removal of lands 245B:1015, 255B:1435-1440, 257B:1650
renaming of parks with Indigenous names 220B:1345, 220B:1525, 245B:1115-1120, 245B:1150, 257B:1700
system
funding 239A:1630
improvements and work of government 245B:1120-1125
user fees 241C:1540-1545
Personal statements
Withdrawal of comments made in the House 235B:1025-1030
Pest management, changes to information collection and enforcement 251A:1825-1830
Plateau fire, wildfire recovery in area 235A:1145
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, elimination of interest on loans 208B:1555, 216B:1540
Privacy, protection of personal information 244B:1550
Professional governance
practice rights issues 237A:1835
regulation 235A:1110, 237A:1815-1840, 238A:1130-1135
superintendent, establishment and role 237A:1820-1835, 238A:1110-1140
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, amendments re park boundary adjustment 235A:1120-1130
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 16), debate 220B:1345, 245B:1115-1125, 245B:1150, 257B:1700
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 32), debate 245B:1015, 255B:1435-1445, 257B:1650
Public sector
carbon neutrality and carbon offset purchases 237A:1730-1755
climate action reporting 295B:1740-1745
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, addition of lands 245B:1120
Quesnel Lake, water quality testing 235A:1145, 236A:1335-1340
Real estate industry, money laundering and tax evasion prevention 244B:1550-1555
Rental housing, protections for tenants 208B:1545-1550, 216B:1540
Revelstoke, conservation officer 241C:1525-1530
Roche Lake, dam maintenance issues 241C:1510
Safety, public safety 230B:1545
Sales tax, application to electric bicycles 239A:1345
SENĆOŦEN language 245B:1120
Shawnigan Lake
contaminated soil disposal site
closing plan and conditions 272B:1420, 287B:1045-1050
community concerns 256B:1040, 258B:1415-1420, 259B:1035-1040
drinking water quality and protection 287B:1045
Shipping industry, tanker safety and traffic in coastal waters 206B:1405-1420
U.S. tanker traffic 209B:1405, 209B:1415
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority (TransLink), revenue sources, gasoline tax 216B:1540-1545
Syringa Provincial Park, addition of lands 245B:1120
Taxation, progressive and regressive tax systems 230B:1830
Thunberg, Greta, climate activism 208B:1600
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project
impact on issues
ferry traffic 209B:1400
supply to refineries 227B:1435, 242B:1100, 244B:1420
potential impact on B.C. coast 206B:1405-1425, 209B:1400-1415, 209B:1425-1430, 214B:1040-1050, 235A:1110, 262B:1415-1420
review, recommendations and marine shipping issues 206B:1410, 214B:1040-1045
Transportation, active transportation strategy and public consultation 239A:1345, 239A:1510
Trout Creek Ecological Reserve, boundary description 245B:1120
Tsútswecw Provincial Park (Roderick Haig-Brown), mosquito control and larviciding practices 239A:1710
UN, Conference of the Parties on climate change 290B:1610
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation 220B:1520, 220B:1530
Vancouver
heritage protection 220B:1530
housing affordability and market 244B:1545-1550
Vancouver-Fairview constituency and area, constituents' concerns re housing 244B:1545
Volunteers and volunteer sector, contributions 208B:1545
Waste management
contaminated sites 223B:1345, 246B:1600-1605
organic waste reduction 239A:1520-1610
Weaver, Andrew, debate on climate change accountability legislation 292B:1405
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area, parks and student park ranger program 241C:1550
Wildlife
caribou protection and new parks issues 239A:1640-1645
orcas, southern resident population, impact of marine traffic 209B:1400
species-at-risk legislation 235A:1110
species-at-risk legislation and consultation 293B:1420, 294B:1040
Willow Ranch, cattle ranching operations, dam issues and First Nations involvement 241C:1510
WSÁNEĆ Nation, traditional story of great flood and place of refuge 245B:1150
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, status 239A:1640-1645
Horgan, Hon. John (Langford–Juan de Fuca)

As subject
actions on softwood lumber trade with U.S. 213B:1400-1405 (Tegart) 213B:1405 (Wilkinson) 213B:1355-1400
attendance at First Nations cultural salmon fishery 267B:1615
comments on issues
B.C. Utilities Commission (Kyllo) 239B:1600 (Shypitka) 239B:1610
comments (de Jong) 249B:1045
construction project unions and use of word "turkeys" 291B:1100 (Bond) 291B:1045-1050 (de Jong) 291B:1055 (Wilkinson) 291B:1030
contaminated soil disposal site (Furstenau) 259B:1035-1040 (Heyman) 259B:1040
forest industry (Barnett) 244B:1815
gas prices (Bond) 241B:1420, 242B:1050 (de Jong) 251B:1425-1430 (Johal) 242B:1040, 251B:1405-1405 (Milobar) 234B:1420, 242B:1100, 251B:1430 (Ralston) 251B:1415-1425 (Redies) 227B:1430 (Stone) 248B:1400-1405 (Thornthwaite) 251B:1420-1425 (Wilkinson) 234B:1410, 241B:1405-1410, 242B:1030-1035, 248B:1355-1400, 251B:1400
health care (Routley) 282B:1005
Indigenous rights legislation (de Jong) 292A:1340-1350
LNG development (Coleman) 223B:1730 (Weaver) 222B:1650-1705
LNG workers (Wilkinson) 230B:1405-1410
police investigation of Jinny Sims (de Jong) 269B:1415 (Polak) 270B:1025
relocation of land title records (Bernier) 237B:1425 (Milobar) 237B:1450
speculation tax (Bond) 216B:1400-1405 (Redies) 216B:1410
transportation of oil by rail (Wilkinson) 265B:1630
communications with Jason Kenney 244B:1405, 244B:1415 (Wilkinson) 244B:1405-1410
experience of visiting Juno Beach and Dieppe 266B:1040
meeting with forest workers in Nanaimo 213B:1415 (Bond) 213B:1420 (Stone) 213B:1415
meetings with Governor Jay Inslee 209B:1420, 210B:1025, 210B:1040, 213B:1425 (de Jong) 210B:1040 (Rustad) 210B:1020-1025 (Stone) 209B:1420
meetings with war veterans 266B:1040
participation in government announcement on tuition waivers (Malcolmson) 206B:1505-1510
participation in youth sports 267B:1605
response to allegations re Citizens' Services Minister 265B:1415-1420 (Bond) 256B:1040-1045, 265B:1430-1435, 269B:1410 (de Jong) 256B:1050-1055, 265B:1440 (Milobar) 256B:1045-1050, 269B:1410 (Polak) 265B:1415, 270B:1025-1030
response to investigation of Legislature senior staff 272B:1410, 272B:1430
role re time change legislation (Eby) 287B:1015, 292B:1450, 294B:1115
visit to Bella Bella after diesel spill 265B:1710
visit to Washington, D.C. 210B:1025 (Rustad) 210B:1020-1025
visit to Washington State (Milobar) 197B:1545
visits to Shawnigan Lake 267B:1630
Abbotsford Women's Centre, status and location on agricultural land reserve 301B:1105
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry, minister, accomplishments 280B:1035
Advertising Standards Council, role 265B:1815-1820
Antweiler, Werner, comments on gas prices 241B:1415
Aquaculture, government and industry consultation with First Nations 213B:1420-1425
Arts and culture, government funding and support 267B:1600-1605
Arvay, Joe, work as lawyer for government 265B:1755
Automobiles
driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing drivers 223B:1435
zero-emission and clean vehicles, supply 265B:1835-1840
B.C. Arts Council, funding 267B:1600-1605
B.C. by region
northwest B.C., infrastructure investment 267B:1610
rural B.C.
government investment and support 273B:1055, 300B:1430-1435
rural dividend program 300B:1430
B.C. Court of Appeal, reference case re jurisdiction on transport of diluted bitumen 265B:1705-1715, 265B:1745
B.C., issues and challenges 300B:1415-1420
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government
caribou protection 237B:1425-1430, 287B:1105-1110
Clerk appointment and LAMC issues 272B:1410, 272B:1430
education system 265B:1805
forest policies 249B:1050
labour relations and issues 249B:1055
performance 266B:1110, 287B:1105-1110
project costs 265B:1535-1540, 265B:1600, 266B:1055-1100
rural communities 300B:1430
response to investigation of Legislature senior staff 272B:1410, 272B:1425-1430
B.C. NDP
agreement with Green Party 267B:1555-1600, 280B:1035
policy convention in November 2019 297B:1400
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 265B:1520-1525, 267B:1555-1600
performance 216B:1430, 287B:1045, 301B:1110
Broughton Archipelago fish farm operations, agreement 267B:1615
By-election results
MLA for Nanaimo 198B:1015
Carbon tax, rate increase 227B:1415
Cariboo area, government offices, access to staff 267B:1530-1535
Central 1 Credit Union, report on housing market 301B:1110
Ceremony Regarding the Introduction of Bill 41 — Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons Act, address 280B:1030-1040
Child care
government plan 267B:1545
spaces 265B:1820-1825
Citizens' Services Ministry
allegations against Minister 265B:1415-1425, 265B:1440-1445, 269B:1355, 270B:1025-1030
electronic communications and records management practices 255B:1420
police investigation of Minister and resignation 269B:1355-1400, 270B:1025-1035
police investigation of Minister and status of staff 272B:1425
Clark, Christy, comments on rail project and Seattle 210B:1045
CleanBC plan 267B:1555
Climate change, government action 300B:1415-1420
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project 267B:1450-1505
Communities, densification and development in transit service areas 265B:1845
Conflict of Interest Commissioner
appointment 298B:1105
handling of complaint re Ravi Kahlon and ride-share regulations 198B:1045, 198B:1055
Construction industry
employment and industry conditions 291B:1030-1035
residential construction industry, housing starts 203B:1100
workers 291B:1055
Consumers, cost of living, government action 227B:1415-1420, 234B:1420
Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, B.C. government legal case re Trans Mountain oil pipeline 265B:1640-1700, 265B:1720, 265B:1750-1755
Crime and criminals, money laundering, waiving of cabinet privilege re documents 265B:1755-1800
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)
First Nations role 280B:1035
introduction and role 280B:1030-1040
Defamation lawsuits, strategic lawsuits against public participation 267B:1600
Delta, community grant 266B:1115
Economy
conditions 301B:1105
conditions and government strategy 294B:1030
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 300B:1415-1420
Energy, electricity rates, industrial rates 203B:1055
English language learning programs, accessibility and fees 267B:1555, 267B:1635
Ennis, Randy, retirement 266B:1010
Ferries and ferry services, additional sailings 209B:1420, 267B:1610
Film and television productions 267B:1600
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 267B:1510
culture and heritage re salmon 267B:1615
language preservation and revitalization 267B:1625
reconciliation, government action and implementation of recommendations 280B:1030-1040
Fish, salmon protection 213B:1420, 267B:1615-1620
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut 249B:1030
coast forest revitalization strategy 213B:1400
employment and government support 273B:1050-1055
forest-dependent communities, transition support and funding 273B:1050-1055, 300B:1430-1435
government consultation with stakeholders 213B:1415-1425, 249B:1025-1050
government forest policies, impact 249B:1030-1035, 255B:1420-1425
government support 213B:1400-1405
industry
conditions 267B:1405-1410
conditions and government response 273B:1050-1055, 294B:1030, 300B:1435
softwood lumber trade with U.S., negotiations for agreement 210B:1025-1030, 210B:1040-1045, 213B:1355-1405, 213B:1425
tenure system and licences 249B:1030-1035
timber supply reviews 267B:1525
Foundry, funding 267B:1645
Fraser, Paul, public service and death 227B:1335
Freedom of information, requests for information, government handling 265B:1425
Fuel, low-carbon fuel standard 265B:1730-1735, 267B:1415-1435
Gasoline, price increase
investigation 251B:1405-1410, 265B:1740-1745, 265B:1800
taxation 227B:1415, 234B:1410-1420, 241B:1410-1420, 244B:1405-1415, 265B:1730-1755, 265B:1830-1835
Gillie, Kate, allegations re Citizens' Services Minister 255B:1420, 265B:1415-1420
Gilmore Community Elementary School
student attendance at press conference 267B:1640
traffic safety issues in area 267B:1640
Goldstream River, return of salmon 267B:1615
Government
advertising and announcements, partisan messaging 265B:1815-1820
capital projects, management 290B:1430
Government records management, transitory records 276B:1355-1400
Gray, Victoria, appointment as Conflict of Interest Commissioner 298B:1105
Green Party of B.C., leadership 301B:1010
Haida Gwaii, Internet service 267B:1625
Hazelton, role of ice rink 267B:1610
Health care facilities and hospitals, new hospitals 300B:1430
Health care system, initiatives 267B:1545-1550
Health, social determinants 267B:1605
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, promotion to youth 267B:1605
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Illecillewaet four-laning project 265B:1535-1550, 265B:1600, 265B:1625, 266B:1050-1055
improvement projects and costs 265B:1545-1550, 265B:1630
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 241B:1430-1435, 265B:1605-1620, 265B:1840-1845, 266B:1115
Homelessness, government action 266B:1150
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 267B:1545, 267B:1600
supply and new units 265B:1825
supportive housing, modular unit projects and services 266B:1150-1155
Huck, Ron, retirement 266B:1010
Immigration, credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers 267B:1635
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service expansion for rural and Indigenous communities, service expansion initiative and funding 267B:1610, 267B:1625
Inslee, Jay, meetings with Premier 209B:1420, 210B:1025, 210B:1040
Introductions by members 202B:1340, 203B:1015, 209B:1340, 210B:1005, 213B:1335, 220B:1340, 221B:1010, 223B:1335, 230B:1335, 230B:1350, 237B:1350, 244B:1335, 272B:1335, 273B:1005, 281B:1345, 286B:1340, 294B:1005
James, Craig
appointment as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 197B:1415, 272B:1410
meetings with MLAs 197B:1415
Johal, Jas, comments on gas prices 244B:1405
Kahlon, Ravi, role in ride-sharing recommendations and family connection to taxi industry 198B:1040-1045
Kenney, Jason, communications with B.C. Premier 244B:1405, 244B:1415
KidSport B.C., funding 267B:1605
Labour
collective bargaining process 297B:1400
community benefits agreement 291B:1100
benefits 265B:1530-1600, 266B:1050-1100, 290B:1430
projects 291B:1030-1035
union component 265B:1620
labour disputes and government response 294B:1100
labour relations 300B:1415
project labour agreements, history 291B:1030-1035
Land Title and Survey Authority of B.C., Kamloops office, relocation of records 237B:1425
Langford, Remembrance Day ceremonies 287B:1030
Legislative Assembly Management Committee, governance 272B:1410, 272B:1430
Legislature
committee system, appointment of select standing committees 196B:1450
investigation of senior officials
2018 report of allegations and response 272B:1405-1410, 272B:1425-1430
investigation and response 273B:1040
LePard report 272B:1405-1410
Speaker's report and response 197B:1415
language used in House
withdrawal of comments 198B:1115, 213B:1415
withdrawal of comments requested 297B:1430
public trust 197B:1415
question period questions 301B:1110
Lekstrom, Blair, role re caribou protection consultation 267B:1340-1400, 267B:1520-1525
Liquefied natural gas development 203B:1050
LNG Canada facility project 265B:1525, 267B:1455-1500
application of carbon tax 267B:1435-1440
joint agreements 203B:1050-1055
release of information on agreements 203B:1030-1100
temporary foreign workers 230B:1405-1410
Local government, infrastructure funding
community, culture and recreation fund 267B:1535
funding 267B:1610
Lower Mainland, traffic congestion 267B:1640
Maitland, Alice, position as mayor 267B:1610
Malcolmson, Sheila, election and introduction to House 198B:1015
Maple Ridge, housing for homeless persons 266B:1150
Mark, Melanie, accomplishments 280B:1035
Martin, Al, public service and legacy 281B:1335
Meggs, Geoff
phone call notes and freedom-of-information request 276B:1355-1400
response to investigation of Legislature senior staff 272B:1405-1410
review of allegations by former constituency assistant 265B:1415-1420, 270B:1025
MLAs, opposition members, access to government staff 267B:1530-1535
Mental health
mental health and addiction, impact of issues on communities and response 301B:1105
mental health of children and youth, system and funding 267B:1645
services and funding 267B:1645
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, work of ministry 301B:1105
Ministerial statements
75th anniversary of D-Day landings and role of Canadian veterans 266B:1040
Remembrance Day 287B:1030
Mobility Pricing Independent Commission, report 265B:1840
Motions
Appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner 298B:1105
Appointment of select standing committees 196B:1450
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, inquiry, documents and cabinet privilege issues 265B:1755-1800
Nanaimo constituency and area, by-election 198B:1015
National Energy Board, report on Trans Mountain pipeline project 265B:1740-1745
Oceans and marine environment, oceans protection plan 265B:1710
Oil and gas, refineries
capacity 227B:1415, 241B:1415-1420
price margins 234B:1410-1415
Oral questions (response)
Action on gas prices 241B:1410-1420, 244B:1405-1410, 251B:1400-1410
Addiction recovery centres in Abbotsford and Langley 301B:1105-1110
Allegations regarding communication practices of Citizens' Services Minister 255B:1420
Closing of Quesnel mill and government policies on forest industry 255B:1420-1425
Community benefits agreement and costs for highway four-laning project in Illecillewaet area 266B:1050-1055
Community benefits agreement and infrastructure project costs 266B:1055-1105
Community benefits agreement and workers 291B:1030-1035, 291B:1055-1100
Conditions in forest industry and government response 294B:1030
Consultation on caribou protection 287B:1105-1110
Economic conditions and government response 294B:1030
Forest industry and government support for communities 273B:1050-1055
Government action on climate change and economic plan 300B:1415-1420
Government handling of issues 216B:1430
Government policies on forest industry 249B:1045-1050
Government policies on forest industry and aquaculture 213B:1415-1425
Government policies on forest industry and softwood lumber trade 249B:1025-1040
Government policies on oil transportation 209B:1405
Government policies on oil transportation and trade issues 206B:1405
Government policies on oil transportation and U.S. tanker traffic 209B:1420-1425
Government response to allegations regarding Citizens' Services Minister 265B:1415-1425, 265B:1440-1445
Government response to labour disputes 294B:1100
Impact of caribou protection plan on jobs 237B:1425-1430
Labour dispute in transit system 297B:1400
LNG Canada project and temporary foreign workers 230B:1405-1410
Massey Tunnel replacement project 241B:1430-1435, 266B:1110-1115
Police investigation of former Citizens' Services Minister and government response to allegations 269B:1355-1400, 270B:1025-1030
Police investigation of former Citizens' Services Minister and status of executive assistant 272B:1425-1430
Premier's office records and freedom-of-information requests 273B:1035-1040, 276B:1355-1415
Premier's office response to investigation of Legislature senior staff 272B:1405-1410
Proposed performance audit of community benefits agreement 290B:1430
Release of information on LNG Canada agreement 203B:1030-1100
Response to Speaker's report and Clerk meetings with MLAs 197B:1415
Ride-sharing regulations and conflict-of-interest concerns 198B:1040-1045, 198B:1055
Ride-sharing services 197B:1405, 287B:1045
Ride-sharing services and driver licensing 223B:1435
Rural dividend fund and support for communities 300B:1430-1435
Softwood lumber negotiations and trade with U.S. 210B:1025-1030, 210B:1040-1045, 213B:1355-1405
Tax policies and gas prices 227B:1415-1420, 234B:1410-1420
Trans Mountain pipeline and fuel supply and prices 244B:1410-1415
Wages for community social services workers 249B:1055
Pacheedaht First Nation, cultural salmon fishery 267B:1615
Parkland Fuel Corp., refinery in Burnaby, capacity 265B:1700, 265B:1725
Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism, role in ride-sharing recommendations 198B:1040-1045
Peace River area
caribou protection and residents' concerns 267B:1340-1405
forest industry 267B:1405-1410, 267B:1525
Petitions
proposed strip-mining in Highlands area 300B:1440
Phillip, Stewart, comments on reconciliation 280B:1040
Points of order
unparliamentary language during question period 297B:1430
Post-secondary education, financial assistance
initiatives 267B:1555
tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 267B:1555
Premier's Office
estimates debate 265B:1520-1850, 266B:1150-1155, 267B:1340-1645
freedom-of-information requests 273B:1035-1040, 276B:1355-1405, 276B:1415
Premier, responsibilities 272B:1410
records management practices 272B:1405-1410, 276B:1355-1400
response to investigation of Legislature senior staff 272B:1405-1410
staffing 265B:1520, 267B:1340
Railways and rail services, transport of oil by rail 265B:1630-1700
Rankin, Murray, role re Wet'suwet'en First Nation engagement 267B:1450-1455
Real estate industry, housing market, impact of government policies 301B:1110
Remembrance Day 287B:1030
Rensing, Michael, comments on fuel supply 265B:1640-1700, 265B:1720
Revelstoke, meetings with government on caribou protection 267B:1520-1525
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing regulation 223B:1435
conflict-of-interest concerns 198B:1040-1045, 198B:1055
government plan 197B:1405
Rysz, Terry, letter on caribou protection consultation and meeting with government 267B:1520-1525
School district 36 (Surrey), portable use and new school facilities 265B:1805-1810
Schools, portables 265B:1805-1810
Seniors, government support 267B:1600
Shawnigan Lake, contaminated soil disposal site, community concerns 267B:1630
Shipping industry, tanker safety and traffic in coastal waters 265B:1705-1715
Sims, Jinny
allegations by former constituency assistant 265B:1415-1425, 265B:1440-1445, 269B:1355, 270B:1025-1030
electronic communications and records management 255B:1420
fundraising activities 265B:1440-1445
police investigation and resignation from cabinet 269B:1355-1400, 270B:1025-1030, 272B:1425
Skills training, supply of skilled workers 290B:1430
Social welfare, community social services sector, government support and engagement with sector 249B:1055
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
activities 267B:1640
Broadway subway line to UBC 267B:1540
labour dispute 297B:1400
Sports and recreation, tournaments and participants 267B:1550
Stone, Todd, comments on issues
consultation on transportation projects 265B:1615-1620
ride-sharing regulation 223B:1435
Stuart Lake, return of salmon 267B:1615
Substance use and addiction
opioid overdoses, response and government initiatives 267B:1645
recovery houses and centres 301B:1105
Sulz, Gary, letter on caribou protection consultation and meeting with government 267B:1520-1525
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 267B:1510
Tolko Industries Ltd.
CEO letter to Premier 249B:1040
Quesnel mill operations, closing 255B:1420-1425
Trade missions, Asia 294B:1030
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project
B.C. dispute with Alberta, impact on fuel supply 206B:1405, 265B:1640-1700
impact on issues
supply to refineries 244B:1410-1415, 251B:1400-1405
supply to refineries and gas prices 265B:1720-1755
potential impact on B.C. coast 206B:1405, 209B:1405, 209B:1425, 265B:1715
Transit services
B.C. Bus Pass program 267B:1600
expansion and government investment 234B:1410-1415, 267B:1640
government investment 297B:1400
ridership 265B:1835
Transportation
mobility pricing 265B:1840
projects 241B:1435
Tributes
Al Martin 281B:1335
Paul Fraser 227B:1335
Retirement of Ron Huck and Randy Ennis 266B:1010
Service as Green Party leader by Andrew Weaver 301B:1010
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, implementation of recommendations 280B:1135
United Steelworkers Canada, meeting with Premier 213B:1415
Vancouver Island
gasoline supply and shipping 265B:1705
south Island, Highlands, proposed strip-mining in area, petition tabled 300B:1440
Victoria, Johnson Street social housing facility and services 266B:1150
War, World War II, D-Day 75th anniversary 266B:1040
Weaver, Andrew, service as leader of Green Party 301B:1010
West Fraser, CEO comments on government forest policies 249B:1035
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, engagement in reconciliation process and meetings with government 267B:1450-1510
Wildlife, caribou protection
draft agreements 267B:1340-1355
government action 249B:1040
impact on economy and jobs 267B:1405-1410
public engagement process 237B:1425-1430, 267B:1340-1400, 267B:1520-1525
Wilkinson, Andrew, comments on investigation of senior staff at Legislature 273B:1040
Hunt, Marvin (Surrey-Cloverdale)

As subject
ancestors' experience as immigrants 275B:1115
family's support for young woman in government care 244C:1655 (Darcy) 244C:1700-1705
Agricultural Land Commission
commissioners, appointment process 264B:1640-1655
exclusion applications, process and role of local government 264B:1645-1650
Agricultural Land Commission Act, amendments in 2018, implementation and grandfathering provisions 250C:1400-1415
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15), debate 264B:1640-1655
Agricultural land reserve
regulation of residential housing and development application process 250C:1400-1415
regulation of residential housing size and location 264B:1655
uses, agritourism operations and non-farm use 249C:1140, 250C:1335
uses, regulation and enforcement 250C:1335
Agriculture
farmland, road access 264B:1645
industry and products 264B:1640-1650
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 249C:1140, 250C:1335, 250C:1400-1415
American sign language interpreters, supply 248C:1625
Black History Month 210B:1005-1010
Brar, Jagrup, comments on agricultural land reserve housing regulations 250C:1405-1410
B.C. Dental Association, funding for dental clinics 246C:1735
B.C. Housing, accessible housing requirements 248C:1610
B.C. NDP government, action on campaign statements and stated goals 217B:1035-1040
Children and youth
child opportunity benefit 248C:1510-1515
special needs children
services and ministerial responsibility 246C:1720
services and transition to adult services 246C:1725
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 11), debate 230B:1555-1605
Construction industry, building design and construction, access for disabled persons 248C:1610-1615
Consumers, cost of living, government action 248C:1505
Crime and criminals, forfeiture of proceeds of crime, expansion 230B:1555-1605
Darvonda Nurseries, promotional event and compliance with agricultural land reserve regulations 250C:1335
Dental health, access to dental care 246C:1735-1740
Disabled persons
consultation by government 248C:1455-1500
legislation 248C:1620
services to adults with developmental disabilities program 246C:1730
Emergencies, emergency preparedness, emergency preparedness and inclusion of disabled persons 248C:1610
Employment and Assistance Act, amendments 278B:1630-1735
Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, amendments 278B:1630-1735
Financial services industry, accounts holding suspected criminal proceeds, tracking and suspension 230B:1605
Firearms, transportation of illegal firearms by motor vehicle, offence and penalties 251B:1345
Forests and forest industry
coast forest revitalization strategy 245B:1105
employment and government support 279B:1405-1410
employment and jobs 245B:1105-1110
government forest policies, impact 245B:1110
industry, conditions and government response 279B:1405-1410
mills, operations and closings 279B:1405-1410
Gangs
gang and organized crime and violence, prevention 230B:1600-1605
Wraparound and Girls Group anti-gang programs 230B:1600-1605
Housing, accessible housing for disabled persons 248C:1605-1615
Human rights protection, right to wear religious and cultural symbols 275B:1115-1120
Income assistance
accessibility and My Self Serve services 248C:1630
accessibility and telephone service 248C:1545-1600
basic income proposal and pilot project, committee 248C:1530-1535
benefits
dental health coverage 246C:1735-1740
rate increase 248C:1505, 248C:1515-1520
staggered payment weeks proposal 248C:1555
changes 278B:1630-1735
client satisfaction survey 248C:1600
deductions and exemptions, Canada Pension disability benefits 248C:1525
definition changes
"dependant" 278B:1630
"dependent child" 278B:1635-1645
"spouse" 278B:1650-1705
disability benefits, comfort allowance 248C:1535
early pension application requirement, elimination 278B:1725-1735
employment programs
changes and impact 248C:1435-1445
costs 248C:1625
single-parent employment initiative 248C:1605
recipients, information 248C:1630
system, additional resources 248C:1630
two-year independence requirement, elimination 278B:1710-1720
Introductions by members 203B:1120, 203B:1135, 238B:1010, 238B:1115, 238B:1140, 251B:1335-1340, 265B:1350, 266B:1005
Jones, Dick, comments on forest industry 245B:1105
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, estimates debate 244C:1655
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2019 (Bill 35), debate 278B:1630-1735
Motions
Right to wear religious and cultural symbols in workplace 275B:1115-1120
Trans Mountain pipeline and fuel supply and prices 247B:1120-1125
Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 251B:1345
Multiculturalism, cultural diversity and attire 275B:1120
Ombudsperson, report recommendations on income assistance telephone system 248C:1545-1600
Oral questions
Forest industry and government support for communities and workers 279B:1405-1410
Government policies on forest industry 245B:1105-1110
Surrey school district portable use 217B:1035-1040
Poverty
measurement 248C:1510-1520
reduction strategy 248C:1500-1520
working poor 248C:1520
Prohibiting Driving with Illegal Firearms Act (Bill M213), debate 251B:1345
Quebec, legislation on wearing of religious symbols 275B:1115-1120
School district 36 (Surrey), portable use and reduction targets 217B:1035-1040
Scott, Henry Houston, family farm operations 210B:1005-1010
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
estimates debate 246C:1500, 246C:1715-1740, 248C:1435-1630
staffing, disabled persons 248C:1625
Social workers, community social services workers, wages and union differential 248C:1445-1500
Statements by members
Black History Month and Henry Houston Scott 210B:1005-1010
Substance use and addiction, detox services 244C:1655
Surrey
agriculture and farmland 264B:1640-1650
city government, handling of housing development applications on agricultural land reserve 250C:1415
gang activity and gun violence, response 230B:1555-1605
Henry Houston Scott Park 210B:1010
Teal-Jones Group, operations and concerns re forest industry 245B:1105
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, impact on supply to refineries and gas prices 247B:1120-1125
Transit services, accessibility for disabled persons 248C:1620
WorkBC Employment Services Centres, services, contracts and procurement process 248C:1435-1445

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