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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Kahlon, Ravi (Delta North)
- As subject
- Ahousaht First Nation, attack by British navy in 1800s 281B:1400
- Bassi, Brandon, sports accomplishments and death 262B:1340
- B.C. Liberal Party
- MLAs, debate and position on budget 204B:1335-1340
- performance as government
- B.C. NDP government, consultation and public engagement 261B:1105-1110
- Budget debate 203B:1135-1155, 204B:1335-1340
- Budgets, 2019-20 budget 203B:1135, 204B:1335-1340
- Child care
- Children and youth
- Coleman, Rich, response to money-laundering issues 240B:1105
- Construction industry, residential construction industry, housing starts 203B:1155, 205B:1105
- Consumers, cost of living, government action 203B:1135, 204B:1335-1340, 226B:1025
- Crime and criminals, money laundering
- Delta North constituency and area, constituents' issues and concerns 267B:1535-1545
- Delta, physical activity initiatives for children and seniors 282B:1045-1050
- Dhillon, Baltej, human rights case 275B:1115
- Discrimination and racism
- Education
- capital funding for playgrounds 282B:1045
- curriculum
- Elections, right to vote 275B:1110
- Employment equity and diversity 289B:1150
- Families
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Forests and forest industry, government forest policies, impact 261B:1110
- Fuel Price Transparency Act (Bill 42), debate 299B:1340-1345
- Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36)
- Gasoline
- Government
- Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects 212B:1025
- Health care system
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- Highway 91, Nordel exchange upgrade project 212B:1025
- HMS Sutlej, history of British navy gunboat 281B:1400
- Holocaust remembrance 245B:1030-1035
- Homelessness, tent cities and homeless camps 203B:1150
- Hospital Employees Union, 75th anniversary and response to health support worker legislation 287B:1020-1025
- Housing
- Human rights
- commission, re-establishment and consultation by government 261B:1110
- right to wear religious and cultural symbols 275B:1110-1115
- Immigration, immigrant workers, experiences 289B:1145-1150
- Infrastructure
- Interpretation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 40), debate 292B:1450
- Introductions by members 204B:1410, 209B:1335, 216B:1335, 237B:1345, 256B:1005, 258B:1345, 266B:1015, 292A:1640
- KidSport B.C., funding 282B:1045
- Labour force participation by parents 203B:1145
- Larson, Linda, role re time change legislation 292B:1450
- Local government, infrastructure funding, community, culture and recreation fund 267B:1535
- Maggie Sutlej Ahousaht Project reconciliation initiative 281B:1400
- Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination and timeline 203B:1135, 226B:1025
- MLAs, guidelines for dress and wearing of head coverings 275B:1115
- Motions
- North American Indigenous Games, participation by B.C. athletes 282B:1045
- Olympic Games, 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo 282B:1035
- Pasquale, Eli, contributions to basketball and death 294B:1025
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 203B:1150
- financial assistance
- Poverty reduction strategy 203B:1150
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 267B:1535-1545
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Quebec, legislation on wearing of religious symbols 275B:1115
- Ross, Ellis, perspective on issues and comments in bill debate 274B:1705-1710
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, uniforms, inclusion of turbans worn by Sikhs 275B:1115
- Rustad, John, comments in debate on gaming revenue-sharing legislation 274B:1705
- Sayers, Judith, comments on gaming revenue-sharing agreement 274B:1710
- School district 37 (Delta)
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), physical literacy initiative 282B:1035-1040
- Schools, capital projects 212B:1025
- Skills training
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority (TransLink), Broadway subway line to UBC 267B:1540
- Speculation and vacancy tax 205B:1105
- Sports and recreation
- Statements by members
- Stone, Todd, position on speculation tax 205B:1105
- Sutlej River, history 281B:1355-1400
- Taxation, government policies and effective tax rate 226B:1025-1030
- Time changes and time zones, Pacific time zone transition to permanent daylight time 292B:1450
- Transportation infrastructure, government investment and projects 212B:1025
- Tributes
- Victoria, Sutlej Street name and reconciliation initiative 281B:1355-1400
- Wage levels 226B:1025
Kang, Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)
- As subject
- Alzheimer Society of B.C., work of organization 214B:1020-1025
- Alzheimer's disease, First Link program and awareness 214B:1020-1025
- Arts and culture, multicultural arts performances 284B:1020
- Asian Canadians, southeast Asian arts and culture collaborations 284B:1020
- Autism awareness 230B:1350-1355
- Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles
- B.C. Care Providers Association, awards and recipients 202B:1340-1345
- B.C. First Nations Gaming Revenue Sharing Limited Partnership, establishment 274B:1605
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, board membership and position for First Nations nominee 274B:1610
- B.C. NDP government, policies, gender equity 212B:1055
- B.C. NDP, MLAs, women MLAs and gender equity policy 212B:1055
- B.C. Seniors Care Providers Day 202B:1340-1345
- Budget debate 208B:1440-1510
- Budgets, 2019-20 budget 208B:1450-1505, 212B:1055
- Burnaby
- Burnaby Business Hall of Fame, induction event 272B:1355
- Burnaby Festival of Learning, events 249B:1025
- Canucks Autism Network, role and programs 230B:1355
- Cariello, Carrie, poem on autism 230B:1350-1355
- Cerebral palsy, awareness and support 269B:1350
- Children and youth, child opportunity benefit 208B:1510
- CleanBC plan 205B:1045-1100
- Coldest Night of the Year, fundraising walk 209B:1345-1350
- Community Inclusion Month 275B:1040
- Disabled persons
- Discrimination and racism
- Education
- Epilepsy, incidence and awareness 221B:1020-1025
- Ferries and ferry services
- Finance Ministry, minister, role 212B:1055
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36), debate 274B:1600-1610
- Health care system
- Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, recognition by community 272B:1355
- Homelessness, awareness 209B:1345-1350
- Human rights, diversity and human rights 289B:1045-1100
- Income assistance, disability benefits 275B:1045
- International Women's Day 212B:1055
- Introductions by members 223B:1345, 234B:1340, 244B:1345, 283B:1345, 290B:1340, 293B:1340, 297B:1340, 300B:1335
- Islam, heritage 286B:1350-1355
- James, Carole, role as Finance Minister and woman in leadership 212B:1055
- Japanese Canadians, experiences of discrimination 245B:1035
- Korean Language Day 279B:1350-1355
- Langley, taekwondo festival 265B:1405
- Lee, Howe, military service and contributions 213B:1345
- Lee, Marc, comments on gas prices 247B:1140
- Long-term and residential care, care standards and staffing 208B:1500
- MLAs, women members 212B:1055
- Motions
- Multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism Week 297B:1350
- National Volunteer Week 237B:1410
- Parkinson's disease, awareness and access to treatment 238B:1020
- Politics and politicians, public perception 208B:1445-1450
- Post-secondary education, financial assistance, elimination of interest on loans 208B:1510
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Purple Day for epilepsy awareness, proclamation 221B:1020-1025
- Schools, capital projects 208B:1505
- Seniors
- Small business, role in economy 272B:1355
- Society, activism on social justice issues 226B:1150
- Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society, work of organization 284B:1020
- Sports and recreation, taekwondo 265B:1405
- Statements by members
- Swahili language and culture 290B:1355-1400
- Swahili Vision International Association, work of organization 290B:1355-1400
- Teachers
- Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, impact on supply to refineries and gas prices 247B:1135-1140
- Transit services, expansion and government investment 205B:1050, 205B:1100, 208B:1505
- Transportation, green transportation initiatives 205B:1045-1100
- United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society, services for immigrants and fundraising gala 223B:1355
- Vancouver Asahi baseball team, history and commemorative stamp 245B:1035
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, contributions 237B:1410
- Waller, Anne, role in Burnaby volunteer services 237B:1410
- Women's equality and gender equity 212B:1055
- World Cerebral Palsy Day 269B:1350
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)
- As subject
- family, staff and constituents thanked 209B:1805
- family's experience with mental health issues 209B:1830
- grandmother's accomplishments as teacher and historian 251B:1355
- role as MLA 209B:1805
- Aerospace industry
- Automobiles
- vehicle efficiency, Scrap-It incentive program 211A:1645
- zero-emission and clean vehicles
- Blind Bay, transportation infrastructure 225B:1740-1745
- Boats and boating
- Boulet, Logan, organ donor registration and organ donation after death 234B:1350-1355
- B.C. by region, rural B.C.
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce, survey results 234A:1510
- B.C. Federation of Labour, position on union raids 258B:1605
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
- B.C. NDP government
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- Budget debate 209B:1805-1835
- Budgets, 2019-20 budget 209B:1825-1830
- Burrard Thermal power station, operations 253C:1620, 253C:1645
- Business
- Carbon tax
- Christian Labour Association of Canada, operations 257B:1425
- CleanBC plan 282B:1120-1125
- Construction industry
- Cowan, Holly, work as constituency assistant 209B:1805
- Davidson, Ken, contract with government 252C:1135-1145, 253C:1340-1440, 253C:1620
- Davies, Marguerite, accomplishments and work as historian 251B:1355
- Dental health, access to dental care 257C:1715-1720
- Eastland, Shawn, life experiences and comments in i am I 245B:1030
- Economy, conditions 209B:1825, 234A:1735
- Education Ministry, estimates debate 248A:1535-1555
- Employer health tax 209B:1820-1825
- Employment and unemployment
- Energy
- Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
- Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 19)
- Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 239A:1705-1710
- Film industry
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Forests and forest industry
- Foster parents, remuneration 209B:1825-1830
- Gardom Lake Park Society, work of organization 224B:1015-1020
- Gardom Lake Regional Park, features and maintenance 224B:1015-1020
- Gasoline, price increase 227B:1435
- Government
- Grace Islet, First Nations burial site issue 220B:1600
- Green Shirt Day, organ donor registration awareness initiative 234B:1350-1355
- Greyhound Bus Lines, service in western Canada and elimination 215B:1620-1625
- Health care funding
- federal funding model, inclusion of demographic changes 256C:1125
- funding model for health authorities 256C:1125
- Health care system
- health professionals and workers, transfer of care providers' contract to health authorities 257B:1430-1435
- services for children and youth, healthy kids program 257C:1720
- surgical services, deep brain stimulation 297B:1355-1400
- Health Ministry, estimates debate 256C:1125-1130, 257C:1715-1725
- Heritage and archaeological sites protection, regulation, changes 220B:1600-1610
- Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14), debate 220B:1600-1610
- High-technology industry
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior
- Highways and roads, improvement projects
- Horgan, John, comments on B.C. Utilities Commission 239B:1600
- Housing, affordability and supply 209B:1825
- Infrastructure, government investment 209B:1815
- Innovate B.C., operations and programs 234A:1555-1610
- Integrity Roofing, membership in roofing association 248A:1535-1540
- Interior Health Authority, seniors care facilities 256C:1125
- Introductions by members 207B:1010, 220B:1340, 223B:1340, 238B:1005, 239B:1330, 249B:1010, 269B:1335, 279B:1340, 287B:1010, 290B:1340, 297B:1345
- Invasive species management, quagga and zebra mussels 239A:1705-1710
- Investment climate 220B:1605-1610
- Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry
- Kahlon, Ravi, role in ride-sharing recommendations and family connection to taxi industry 197B:1425
- Kennah-Hafstein, Maureen, Parkinson's disease diagnosis and advocacy for treatment 297B:1355-1400
- Kyllo, Edith, work as teacher and historian 251B:1355
- Labour
- community benefits agreement
- labour relations and government policies 257B:1420-1435
- labour relations code
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 30), debate 257B:1420-1450, 258B:1600-1610, 258B:1620-1625
- Legislature
- opposition critics, role 209B:1830
- Speaker's conduct re senior officials and staff 267B:1730
- LNG Canada facility project, power supply 258A:1805-1810
- Long-term and residential care
- Major investments office, activities and projects 234A:1735-1740
- Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination and timeline 209B:1820-1825
- Mental health of children and youth, system and funding 209B:1830
- Ministerial statements (response)
- Motions
- Motorcycles, awareness 241B:1350
- Oakes, Coralee, comments on bankruptcies 234A:1455
- Oral questions
- Community benefits agreement project costs and bidding process 290B:1420-1425
- Consultation on caribou protection 263B:1105-1110
- Forest worker support program and rural dividend funding 279B:1420-1425
- Ride-sharing regulations and conflict-of-interest concerns 197B:1425
- Trans Mountain pipeline supply to refinery and gas prices 227B:1430-1435
- Organs and tissues, donation and donor registration 234B:1350-1355
- Parkland Fuel Corp., refinery in Burnaby, oil supply 227B:1430-1435
- Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism, role in ride-sharing recommendations 197B:1425
- Passenger Transportation Board, role re bus services 215B:1650-1700
- The Peacemakers of North Peace, comments on pioneer history 251B:1355
- Physicians, recruitment and coverage of physician administrative costs 257C:1725
- Powerex Corp.
- Privilege (Standing Order 26)
- conduct by Speaker re senior officers and staff of Legislative Assembly 267B:1730
- Resources and resource industries, power supply for industries, electrification 258A:1805-1815
- Rider Express, bus service and licence 215B:1625, 215B:1705-1715
- Ride-sharing and ride-hailing regulation, conflict-of-interest concerns 197B:1425
- Roofing Contractors Association of B.C., membership process 248A:1535-1555
- Rysz, Terry, comments on caribou protection consultation 263B:1105
- Sakaki, Roy, contributions to hockey in Salmon Arm 290B:1400
- Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association 290B:1400
- School district 83 (North Okanagan–Shuswap), roofing contracts, procurement issue 248A:1535-1555
- School districts, roofing contracts procurement and local employment 248A:1535-1555
- Science and technology, clean technology development 234A:1745-1755
- Shuswap constituency and area
- Shuswap Lake, houseboating 209B:1810
- Small business
- Social workers, community social services workers, wages and union differential 257B:1430
- Sorrento, Newsome Creek culvert replacement 225B:1740
- Sports and recreation, hockey 290B:1400
- Statements
- Statements by members
- Taxation, government policies 209B:1715-1725
- Trade
- exports and diversification of markets 209B:1815
- trade between B.C. and United States 209B:1815
- Trade unions
- Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project
- Transit services
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
- Tsútswecw Provincial Park (Roderick Haig-Brown), mosquito control and larviciding practices 239A:1710
- Utilities Commission Act, amendments 258A:1825-1845, 259A:1110-1130, 260A:1335-1440
- Waneta Dam, expansion project and power supply 252C:1130-1135, 253C:1435
- Westside Road, improvements 225B:1745
- Wildlife, caribou protection and public engagement process 263B:1105-1110
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