BC Legislature - Hansard Subject Index, Fourth Session, 41st Parliament

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

SUBJECT INDEX
topics, places, people
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.

1987 concert in Vancouver (Farnworth) 239B:1635

UBC line See Broadway subway line to UBC under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Uber

Court case on employment status of drivers (Ma) 247B:1020

Operations (Trevena) 197B:1430, 287B:1040 (Weaver) 197B:1630-1640

Ukraine

Starvation campaign in 1930s See Holodomor; Holodomor Memorial Day

Starvation campaign in 1930s and events during Soviet and wartime eras (Lee) 283B:1530 (Mungall) 283B:1535-1540 (Ralston) 283B:1515-1525 (Shypitka) 283B:1510-1515 (Weaver) 283B:1450-1510

Ukrainian Canadians

Contributions (Lee) 283B:1525-1535 (Ralston) 283B:1520-1525

Population (Begg) 227B:1355 (Weaver) 279B:1345, 283B:1450

Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day See Holodomor Memorial Day
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill M225)

(Weaver) 1R, 279B:1345; 2R, 283B:1450-1545; C, 284B:1105; 3R, 284B:1105; RA, 288B:1700

Debate, speakers (Lee) 283B:1525-1535 (Mungall) 283B:1535-1540 (Ralston) 283B:1515-1525 (Shypitka) 283B:1510-1515 (Weaver) 279B:1345, 283B:1450-1510, 283B:1540-1545, 284B:1105

MLA comments on bill (Weaver) 283B:1540-1545

Purpose (Weaver) 279B:1345

Ulcerative colitis See Inflammatory bowel disease
Ultimate frisbee See Sports and recreation
UN gang See United Nations gang
UNDRIP See United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
Unemployment See Employment and unemployment
Ungulates See Wildlife
Unifor

Labour dispute in transit system See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)

Uniform Law Conference of Canada

Role re public participation protection legislation (Eby) 197B:1345, 200B:1110-1120, 216B:1830-1840

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Comments on Indigenous rights declaration (Lee) 299B:1700-1705

Comments on relocation of land title records (Stone) 230A:1640-1645

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

Consultation by government (Paton) 261B:1125

Position on land ownership registry legislation (Bond) 244B:1610

Position on public participation protection legislation (Eby) 199B:1355

Position on rural dividend fund reallocation (Bond) 279B:1420 (Donaldson) 279B:1420-1425

Resolution on daylight saving time (Larson) 216B:1345, 292B:1425

Resolution on financing tool for energy-efficient buildings (Olsen) 251B:1500

Resolution on property taxation (Oakes) 277B:1035 (Robinson) 277B:1030-1040, 286B:1425 (Stone) 277B:1030

Role re emergency management and funding (Farnworth) 267C:1405

Unions See Labour; Trade unions; particular sectors; particular unions
Unist'ot'en camp See Wet'suwet'en First Nation
United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

Services for immigrants and fundraising gala (Kang) 223B:1355

United Church of Canada

Statement on Quebec legislation re wearing of religious symbols (Johal) 275B:1110

United Kingdom

Clean energy and carbon-neutral transportation initiatives (Furstenau) 298B:1150

Economic and social conditions (Routledge) 209B:1705-1710

Health insurance system (Trevena) 235B:1105

Land development and protection of heritage sites (Throness) 220B:1615-1620

Parliament

conditions and Brexit issue (Furstenau) 223B:1500

website information on question period (Polak) 237B:1430

Public participation protection legislation (Lee) 199B:1430

Time changes and time zones See Observance in U.S. and Europe under Time changes and time zones

Traffic management and safety (Throness) 275B:1005

United Nations

Conference of the Parties on climate change (Heyman) 290B:1610

Report on habitat loss and species at risk (Furstenau) 248B:1410 (Weaver) 249B:1045

United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Convention (Simpson) 248C:1620

United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples

Alignment with B.C. legislation See Implementation legislation below

History (John, E.) 280B:1055-1100 (Ross) 286B:1650

Implementation

amendments to existing legislation (de Jong) 293A:1515-1530, 299A:1350-1400 (Fraser) 293A:1520-1530, 299A:1350-1400, 299B:1555 (Lee) 299B:1600

costs (de Jong) 297A:1805-1815, 299A:1405-1420, 299B:1625 (Fraser) 297A:1805-1810, 299A:1405-1420, 299B:1625

federal-provincial-territorial meeting (de Jong) 293A:1555-1600 (Fraser) 293A:1600

funding sources (de Jong) 299A:1425-1430 (Fraser) 299A:1425-1430

implementation (Beare) 202B:1655 (Brar) 219B:1145 (Conroy) 220B:1505, 270B:1140 (Darcy) 272B:1840 (de Jong) 293A:1500-1510, 293A:1530-1535, 297A:1750-1800, 299B:1810 (Donaldson) 216B:1340, 220B:1445, 225A:1645-1650 (Eby) 264C:1740-1745 (Fraser) 293A:1505-1515, 297A:1750-1800, 299A:1455, 299B:1810 (Heyman) 220B:1520, 220B:1530 (Lee) 264C:1740-1745, 293A:1540-1550, 299A:1450-1455, 299B:1640-1650 (Leonard) 296B:1125 (Ma) 296B:1105-1110 (Olsen) 220B:1545, 230A:1515 (Rustad) 219B:1150 (Simons) 275B:1035 (Throness) 225A:1635, 225A:1645 (Weaver) 197B:1625

Implementation legislation See also Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41); United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (federal bill)

action plan (de Jong) 299B:1710-1735 (Fraser) 280B:1025, 286B:1455, 292A:1705, 292A:1725, 295A:1540, 299B:1550, 299B:1630-1740, 299B:1810 (Lee) 293A:1550-1555, 299B:1625-1710, 299B:1735-1740

additional legislation (de Jong) 299A:1345-1350 (Fraser) 299A:1350

annual report (Fraser) 280B:1025, 286B:1455, 299B:1740 (Lee) 299B:1735-1740

application to existing legislation (de Jong) 291A:1125-1145, 292A:1440-1605, 292A:1625-1730, 293A:1530-1535, 295A:1735-1740, 297A:1445-1450, 297A:1750, 299B:1610-1625 (Fraser) 291A:1125-1145, 292A:1445-1615, 292A:1630-1735, 293A:1805, 295A:1740, 297A:1450, 297A:1520, 299A:1515, 299B:1550-1625, 299B:1635-1705 (Lee) 293A:1755, 299A:1445-1450, 299A:1510-1520, 299B:1545-1610, 299B:1635-1705

application to existing legislation, legal force and effect (de Jong) 292A:1335-1355, 292A:1645-1650, 293A:1825, 299B:1810 (Fraser) 291A:1140, 292A:1340-1355, 292A:1645-1650, 292A:1700, 293A:1740-1745, 293A:1825, 299B:1810 (Lee) 293A:1835

application to existing legislation, use of term "delay" (de Jong) 292A:1510-1515, 292A:1550, 292A:1605, 292A:1700-1710, 292A:1730 (Fraser) 292A:1355, 292A:1515, 292A:1600-1605, 292A:1615, 292A:1705, 292A:1715 (Lee) 292A:1605-1615

articles and recitals (de Jong) 293A:1600-1610, 293A:1635-1700, 293A:1745, 293A:1805-1845, 294A:1105-1145, 295A:1335-1415, 295A:1435-1525, 295A:1540-1720, 295A:1735-1740, 297A:1445-1705, 297A:1750-1820, 298A:1125-1150, 299A:1345-1435 (Fraser) 293A:1605-1655, 293A:1730-1745, 293A:1810-1850, 294A:1110-1150, 295A:1340-1740, 297A:1450-1820, 298A:1120-1150, 299A:1350-1440 (Lee) 293A:1610-1635, 293A:1720-1755, 293A:1835-1840, 295A:1415-1435, 295A:1530-1540, 295A:1720-1730, 297A:1450-1455, 297A:1510-1515, 297A:1540-1550, 297A:1610-1615, 297A:1710-1745, 299A:1440-1445

comparison with federal bill See Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)

consultation by government (Rustad) 286B:1535-1540

impact (Ashton) 243C:1455-1530, 243C:1600-1605, 286B:1735-1750 (Barnett) 243C:1545-1550 (Conroy) 286B:1600-1610 (de Jong) 291A:1110-1120 (Dean) 268B:1035 (Donaldson) 208B:1750, 286B:1750-1755 (Fraser) 241C:1705-1710, 243C:1455-1530, 243C:1545-1550, 243C:1600-1605, 280B:1020-1025, 286B:1440-1510, 287B:1145-1150 (Malcolmson) 286B:1730-1735 (Milobar) 286B:1830-1840 (Olsen) 286B:1545-1600 (Rice) 219B:1105, 287B:1140-1145 (Ross) 286B:1615-1620, 286B:1630-1705, 286B:1720-1730, 296B:1150-1155 (Routley) 286B:1825 (Rustad) 286B:1510, 286B:1530-1540 (Simons) 287B:1145 (Singh) 197B:1450, 286B:1845 (Stone) 286B:1845-1850, 287B:1115-1120, 287B:1130 (Sultan) 286B:1800, 286B:1815 (Throne speech) 196B:1435

jurisdiction issues (de Jong) 293A:1600-1610, 293A:1635-1700 (Fraser) 293A:1605-1655 (Lee) 293A:1610-1635

other jurisdictions (de Jong) 291A:1135-1140, 293A:1600 (Fraser) 291A:1135-1140, 293A:1600

public education and outreach (Fraser) 299B:1705 (Lee) 299B:1700-1705

role of federal government (Fraser) 293A:1620-1635 (Lee) 293A:1615-1635

Preamble (Fraser) 286B:1440-1445, 292A:1800

Rights not absolute (de Jong) 299A:1430-1440 (Fraser) 299A:1430-1440

Use as interpretive aid by courts (de Jong) 292A:1505, 292A:1520, 292A:1555, 292A:1605, 292A:1655, 292A:1715, 293A:1535, 295A:1600, 299A:1350-1355 (Fraser) 292A:1355, 292A:1505-1510, 292A:1520-1535, 292A:1600-1610, 292A:1630-1635, 292A:1645, 292A:1700-1705, 293A:1455, 294A:1110, 295A:1555, 299A:1355, 299A:1445-1450 (Lee) 292A:1605-1610, 293A:1450-1500, 294A:1110, 299A:1445-1450

Use of term

"consent" (Ashton) 243C:1555-1605 (de Jong) 295A:1735-1740, 297A:1555 (Fraser) 243C:1555-1605, 286B:1500, 295A:1415-1435, 295A:1740 (Lee) 295A:1415-1435

"consult and cooperate" (Fraser) 297A:1450-1455 (Lee) 297A:1450-1455

"redress" (de Jong) 294A:1130-1140 (Fraser) 294A:1135-1140

"state" (de Jong) 293A:1600-1610 (Fraser) 293A:1605-1610, 293A:1625-1630 (Lee) 293A:1625-1630

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (federal bill)

Comparison with B.C. legislation See Comparison with federal bill under Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)

Debate content (de Jong) 292A:1435-1510, 292A:1530, 292A:1550-1600, 292A:1625-1640, 292A:1700-1730, 298A:1140 (Fraser) 292A:1445-1450, 292A:1630

Status (Casimer, C.) 280B:1110 (Malcolmson) 286B:1735 (Phillip, S.) 280B:1135

United Nations gang

History (Begg) 218B:1520

United States

Corporate governance and benefit companies (Lee) 241B:1540, 257A:1625 (Weaver) 241B:1555, 257A:1625-1640, 258A:1455

Economic and social conditions (Routledge) 209B:1705-1715

Economic conditions (Sultan) 209B:1645

Farm operations and trespass enforcement (Throness) 271B:1505

Financial services industry (Sultan) 290B:1440

Government policy on infrastructure projects (de Jong) 210B:1040-1045

Housing, sub-prime mortgage issue (James) 250B:1630 (Redies) 250B:1620-1625

Oil and gas industry (Ross) 261B:1005-1010

Patriot Act provisions on access to personal information, application to Canadian subsidiaries of American companies (Eby) 278B:1415 (Redies) 222A:1440-1455 (Sims) 222A:1440-1455 (Stewart) 278B:1415

Public debt and deficits (Throness) 204B:1540

Public participation protection legislation (Eby) 200B:1115-1120 (Lee) 199B:1430, 200B:1115, 216B:1845

Securities regulation and fraud prevention (Sultan) 281B:1715-1725

Tanker traffic in B.C. coastal waters See Shipping industry

Tariffs on aluminum and steel See Trade

Tariffs on newsprint See Trade

Time changes and time zones See Time changes and time zones

Trade policies (Ralston) 231A:1110-1135 (Stewart) 231A:1110-1135

Trade with B.C. See Trade between B.C. and other jurisdictions under Trade

United States–Mexico-Canada agreement

Impact on VQA licences (Eby) 262C:1630 (Yap) 262C:1630

Ratification (Ralston) 204B:1730, 230A:1805-1810, 231A:1125 (Stewart) 231A:1130

United Steelworkers Canada

Concerns re forest industry and government action (Bond) 301B:1035

Labour dispute See Labour dispute in coastal forest industry under Forests and forest industry

Meeting with Premier (Horgan) 213B:1415 (Stone) 213B:1415

United We Can

Work of organization (Reid) 269B:1355

University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

Redevelopment projects (Bond) 257C:1500-1505 (Dix) 257C:1500-1505

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Clean Energy Research Centre and project in Squamish (Weaver) 197B:1635

Food hub centre See Role in food innnovation centre project below

Government contract re museum initiative (Wat) 246A:1435-1445

Impact of labour dispute in transit system (Thornthwaite) 294B:1055, 298B:1035

Medical school graduates and residency placements (Dix) 257C:1535 (Letnick) 258C:1530-1535

Okanagan campus (Kelowna)

The Commons teaching and learning centre (Thomson) 197B:1710

digital learning factory project (Letnick) 220A:1610-1615 (Mark) 220A:1615

Indigenous access program and funding (Letnick) 220A:1605 (Mark) 220A:1610

Research on wildfire and flood recovery (Oakes) 267C:1425

Role in food innovation centre project (Larson) 250C:1720-1725 (Mark) 220A:1655-1700 (Popham) 250C:1725

Transit services to site (Sultan) 218A:1635

University of Northern British Columbia Faculty Association

Comments on labour dispute (Bond) 298B:1055-1100

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

Engineering program (Bond) 218A:1700-1705 (Mark) 218A:1705

Government support (Mark) 297B:1415-1420

Labour dispute (Bains) 294B:1045-1050 (Bond) 294B:1045, 297B:1415 (Mark) 297B:1415-1420

Labour dispute and appointment of mediator (Bains) 298B:1055-1100 (Bond) 298B:1055-1100

University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C.

Trades training programs (Martin) 212B:1020

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

Indigenous initiatives (Fraser) 286B:1455 (Mark) 218A:1610

Indigenous law program (Mark) 287B:1135

Upland Excavating Ltd.

Landfill expansion proposal See Campbell River, B.C.

Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, Hazelton, B.C.

Facility (Stewart) 272B:1755

Facility opening and funding for operating costs (Donaldson) 272B:1720-1725

Urban densification, development, etc. See Communities
Urban Development Institute

Information on housing construction costs (Gibson) 205B:1155

Position on land ownership registry legislation (Bond) 244B:1615 (Redies) 257A:1445

Urban planners

Training (Robinson) 253A:1650 (Sullivan) 253A:1645

Urgent primary care centres See Health care facilities and hospitals
USMCA See United States–Mexico-Canada agreement
Utilities Commission See British Columbia Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission Act

Amendments See also Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 19)

(Kyllo) 258A:1825-1845, 259A:1110-1130, 260A:1335-1440 (Mungall) 227B:1350, 258A:1830-1845, 259A:1115-1130, 260A:1335-1440