Fifth Session, 41st Parliament – 2020
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

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Cadieux, Stephanie (Surrey South)

As subject
private member's bills (Tegart) 319B:1030
staff thanked 317B:1100
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry
estimates debate 17CSA:1110-1130
relationship with Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry 17CSA:1120
Alberta, competitive tax system 358B:1700, 358B:1710-1715
Attorney General Statutes (Vehicle Insurance) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
debate 336B:1530-1555, 338B:1635-1720
definitions, "rehabilitation" and "recovery" 338B:1710
Automobile insurance
benefits
access and approval process 336B:1540-1555
health care and related benefits 338B:1700-1710
home accessibility modifications and moving expenses 338B:1715-1720
impact of insurance coverage of at-fault drivers 336B:1550
multiple insurers and first-payer issues 338B:1655
part 7 benefits 336B:1535-1540
reduction, suspension, cancellation or non-payment of benefits 338B:1650
rehabilitation and recovery 338B:1710
vehicle accessibility modifications and purchase 338B:1720
changes
changes and comparison to current system 336B:1535-1555
Manitoba and Saskatchewan models 336B:1550
claims and settlements 336B:1530
consultation on changes and stakeholder concerns
disability advocates 336B:1535-1540
disabled persons with experience of system 336B:1535-1555
personal injury claims and dispute resolution
advocacy for disabled persons 338B:1645
catastrophic injuries 336B:1530-1550, 338B:1645
role of health professionals and ICBC staff 338B:1640, 338B:1700-1705
rates and reforms 317B:1105
regulations 338B:1650-1700
Bains, Harry, letters from business community 344B:1050
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, amendments 348B:1750
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages 328B:1725
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
budgets and priorities 317B:1120
poverty reduction 319B:1115-1120
social welfare issues and social equity 352B:1140-1145
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 317B:1100-1105, 317B:1115-1120
MLAs, comments in debate on COVID-19 economic recovery 342B:1145-1150
Budget debate 317B:1100-1120
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 4), debate 328B:1720-1740, 348B:1650-1710, 348B:1730-1735, 348B:1750
Budgets
2020-21 budget
content and economic update 328B:1720, 358B:1545-1550
content and priorities 317B:1100-1120
opposition response 317B:1100
balanced budgets, legislation 343B:1455
deficit budgets 343B:1445, 343B:1455
Building Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill M205), debate 346B:1345
Business Council of B.C., comments on COVID-19 response for businesses 328B:1740, 358B:1545
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, comments on COVID-19 impact on businesses 327B:1130
Child care, funding and spaces 317B:1105, 323A:1510-1520
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates debate 323A:1510-1520
Children and youth, child opportunity benefit 328B:1735
Christiaens, Annie, entrepreneurship 320B:1355
Community Living B.C., budget and caseload 317B:1115
Consumers, cost of living 317B:1105
COVID-19 business impact and supports 327B:1130-1135, 328B:1735-1740, 357B:1135-1150, 358B:1445-1450
business insolvencies 349B:1110
tax payment deferrals for businesses 343B:1445, 349B:1105-1110, 350B:1355-1445
COVID-19 child care impact and supports, child care operators 357B:1145, 358B:1355, 358B:1445
COVID-19, contact tracing, costs 358B:1335, 358B:1355
COVID-19 economic recovery
consultation 327B:1135
economic recovery and role of public health policies 342B:1150
economic recovery plan 337B:1100-1105, 343B:1445-1455, 343B:1505, 352B:1145, 357B:1145-1150, 358B:1445-1450, 358B:1530-1545, 358B:1700, 358B:1725-1735, 358B:1805-1820
forecasting and scenarios 328B:1730
funding, federal funding 358B:1805-1810
proposals by opposition 327B:1130-1135
public release of plan framework 358B:1535
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
B.C. emergency benefit 343B:1450
front-line workers
pandemic pay eligibility 358B:1400-1430
pandemic pay eligibility and gender-based analysis 358B:1415
COVID-19 housing impact and supports, renters, commercial tenants 357B:1135, 358B:1445
COVID-19 impact 337B:1100
economy and government revenues 317B:1115
government revenues 328B:1720, 343B:1500-1505
impact and response 342B:1145-1150
COVID-19 impact and government response
action plan and initiatives 358B:1530-1550
costs 328B:1720-1725, 356B:1740-1745, 357B:1135-1150, 358B:1335, 358B:1355-1400
economy and jobs 343B:1455
federal initiatives 358B:1355-1400
federal role 358B:1805-1820
government response 343B:1445-1505
non-profit sector 358B:1535
parliamentary operations and proceedings 343B:1500, 350B:1615-1620
tax payment deferrals 343B:1445-1450, 349B:1105-1110
Dravet syndrome, awareness and treatment 344B:1020
Duke, Mila, Dravet syndrome case and fundraising campaign 344B:1020
Economic Stabilization (COVID-19) Act (Bill 18)
debate 343B:1445-1505, 349B:1105-1110, 350B:1355-1445, 350B:1600-1620
content of bill 343B:1445-1450
definitions, "new due date" 349B:1105
use of term "anticipated" 350B:1605-1610
Economy
conditions 328B:1725-1735
conditions and issues 317B:1115
conditions and role of government 319B:1120, 358B:1700, 358B:1720
Education
capital funding for playgrounds 325A:1415-1450
out-of-school care programs, delivery by boards of education 323A:1510-1520
Education Ministry, estimates debate 325A:1415-1450
Emergencies, states of emergency, concepts of emergency and anticipated emergency 343B:1500, 350B:1605-1610
Employer health tax
deferral 350B:1440-1445
exemption threshold 350B:1440-1445
exemptions, emergency wage subsidy program 350B:1445
Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M204), debate 324B:1020-1025
Families, child benefit program 319B:1120
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 356B:1720-1755, 357B:1135-1150, 358B:1335, 358B:1355-1430, 358B:1445-1450, 358B:1530-1550, 358B:1700-1735, 358B:1805-1820
estimates process, staff thanked 358B:1820
staff thanked 317B:1100
Financial Administration Act, amendments 343B:1455-1500, 350B:1600-1620
Fleming, Rob, letter on accessible playground program 325A:1420
German, Peter, comments on Justice Institute 18CSC:1605
Government
capital projects
capital plan and projects 358B:1735
planning and funding 317B:1100
coalition governments 348B:1750
financial management and decision-making 343B:1445
financial reporting, changes to rules re elections in fiscal years 348B:1750
ministries
budgets 317B:1115
budgets and savings targets 356B:1720-1755
revenues and spending 317B:1115, 343B:1500-1505
revenues, projections 349B:1110
spending and priorities 328B:1735, 356B:1720-1755
Health care funding 317B:1110
Homeowner grant, application process 350B:1400
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 346B:1345
affordable housing
government action 317B:1110
supply and new units 317B:1100
Income assistance
benefits, rate increase 317B:1115
caseload 317B:1115
employment and assistance workers, eligibility for pandemic pay 358B:1410
employment programs, single-parent employment initiative 319B:1120
programs and initiatives 352B:1140-1145
Income Tax Act, amendments 348B:1650-1710
Income tax, new tax bracket for high-income earners 328B:1725-1735, 348B:1650-1710
Information and communications technology, tax on online streaming services 328B:1725
Infrastructure, government investment 358B:1735
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
financial status and management 317B:1105
public trust 338B:1635-1640
role and responsibilities 338B:1635-1640
International Women's Day 320B:1350-1355
Introductions by members 344B:1005
Justice Institute of B.C., police training program, capacity and funding 17CSA:1110-1125, 18CSC:1605-1610
Kurdi, Thea, comments on accessible housing 346B:1345
Labour Ministry, letters to Minister from business community 344B:1050
Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 348B:1730
Legislation, gender-based analysis 348B:1650-1655, 348B:1730
Legislature
estimates process, scope of debate 358B:1530
hybrid and virtual proceedings 343B:1500
Liang, Cici, founding of society for new Canadians 320B:1355
Local government, revenues from taxes, remittance 343B:1445, 350B:1415-1430
Lower Mainland, housing, affordability and market 317B:1110
MLAs, remuneration, salary holdback component for ministers 343B:1500
Morris, Shelley, achievements as firefighter 320B:1355
Motions
Economic opportunity 327B:1130-1135
Economic recovery plan 337B:1100-1105
Equitable economy 352B:1140-1145
Government action on economic inequality and affordability 319B:1115-1120
Health and economic recovery 342B:1145-1150
Oral questions
Impact of changes to workers compensation system 344B:1050
Rebate for renters 310B:1100
Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, comments on scope of estimates debate 358B:1530
Police and policing
training 17CSA:1110-1130
training, report 18CSC:1605
Post-secondary education, financial assistance
access grant 358B:1720
access grant and completion grant 317B:1105-1110
Poverty
child poverty 319B:1115-1120
reduction strategy 319B:1115-1120
Property tax
deferral 350B:1405
deferral, centralized electronic filing of applications 348B:1730
payment deadlines and late payment penalties, deferral 343B:1445, 350B:1355-1405
school tax
exemptions 358B:1445
reductions 343B:1450
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 18CSC:1550-1610
budget, allocation for police training 18CSC:1605-1610
estimates process, written questions and answers 18CSC:1605
Public service, work from home during COVID-19 356B:1755
Real estate industry, housing market, conditions 317B:1110
Rental housing, rebates for tenants 310B:1100
Routledge, Janet, comments on COVID-19 government response 342B:1145
School Act, amendments 323A:1510
School district 36 (Surrey), portable use and reduction targets 317B:1105
Schools, playgrounds
accessible playgrounds and grants program 325A:1415-1450
fundraising by parents 325A:1440
priorities for large and small districts 325A:1450
Science and technology, innovation, government support 317B:1115
Social welfare
social equity and economic opportunity 352B:1140-1145
system 319B:1120
South Surrey and White Rock Chamber of Commerce, business excellence award recipients 314B:1015-1020
Special warrants 343B:1455-1500, 350B:1600-1620
Spinal cord conditions and injuries, rehabilitation 338B:1710
Statements by members
Business Excellence Award winners in Surrey and White Rock 314B:1015-1020
International Women's Day and women's achievements 320B:1350-1355
Mila Duke and Dravet syndrome treatment 344B:1020
Surrey
child care spaces and funding 323A:1510-1520
health care facilities and services, new hospital 317B:1100
housing, rental housing and vacancy rates 310B:1100
police services transition to municipal force
officer training 17CSA:1115-1130, 18CSC:1605-1610
report 17CSA:1120-1125
reports and studies 18CSC:1550-1555
timeline 18CSC:1555-1605
transition and costs 18CSC:1550-1610
Taxation
competitive tax system 328B:1730, 358B:1700-1725
government policies 317B:1110, 328B:1720-1735
Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products, heated products 328B:1725
Tourism, industry conditions and government response 343B:1450-1455
Trade representatives and offices, closing of offices 317B:1120
Transit services, expansion and government investment 317B:1115
Transportation, federal funding 358B:1805-1810
White Rock, child care spaces and funding 323A:1520
Women
pay equity, gender pay gap and reporting 324B:1020-1025, 352B:1145
women's equality and gender equity 320B:1350-1355
Workers compensation system, changes and impact 344B:1050
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

As subject
active transportation and cycling 338B:1340-1345
appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Farnworth) 303B:1450
experience of bullying at school 316B:1345
family and community celebrated 305B:1030
meetings with constituents 305B:1030-1035
AIDS, supports for people living with AIDS 309B:1340-1345
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, social welfare issues 347B:1135
Buchan Hotel, supportive housing project 337B:1040
Bullying and violence at school, awareness and prevention 316B:1345
Consumers, cost of living for seniors 327B:1050
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
7 p.m. cheer for front-line workers 328B:1355
front-line workers response and services 328B:1355
COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing
government purchase of hotels 337B:1040
services 337B:1040
COVID-19 housing impact and supports 347B:1130-1135
COVID-19 impact and government response
homelessness 337B:1035-1040
seniors 327B:1045
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, impact on residents, families and staff 327B:1045
Cycling, safe cycling 338B:1345
Haro Park Centre, COVID-19 outbreak 327B:1045
Homelessness
government action 347B:1130
incidence 337B:1035
Housing
affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 332B:1100
supportive housing and services 347B:1135
Introductions by members 304B:1340-1345, 306B:1330, 313B:1345, 321B:1020, 328B:1335
Long-term and residential care, system and staffing model 327B:1050
Medical Services Plan, elimination of premiums 327B:1050
Motions
Supports in supportive housing projects 347B:1130-1135
Pink Shirt Day, anti-bullying event 316B:1345
Positive Living B.C., role and services 309B:1340-1345
Private members' statements (response)
Affordable housing 332B:1055-1100
Seniors and affordability 327B:1045-1050
Wraparound supports 337B:1035-1040
Rental housing, protections and support for tenants 332B:1100
Seniors, rental housing 327B:1050
Social welfare, government investment and action on issues 347B:1135
Statements by members
7 p.m. cheer for front-line workers and response to COVID-19 pandemic 328B:1355
Active transportation and cycling 338B:1340-1345
Pink Shirt Day and prevention of bullying 316B:1345
Positive Living B.C. society 309B:1340-1345
Valentine's Day and the importance of love 305B:1030-1035
Stone, Todd, apology to LGBTQ persons for constituency office advertising purchase 332B:1055-1100
Strata property, insurance cost increases, impact and response 332B:1100
Transportation, active transportation 338B:1340-1345
Valentine's Day 305B:1030-1035
Vancouver–West End constituency and area
constituents' issues and concerns 305B:1030-1035
homeless population and supportive housing 337B:1035-1040
seniors' contributions and issues 327B:1045-1050
Chen, Hon. Katrina (Burnaby-Lougheed)

As subject
attendance at child care council meeting (Throness) 323A:1720, 323A:1820
communications with local official from Sea-to-Sky area 322A:1740
communications with mayor of Pemberton 322A:1745 (Sturdy) 322A:1740
constituents and staff thanked 313B:1755
experience as mother with child care issues 321B:1135
position on TransMountain pipeline (Throness) 316B:1510
son's experience in child care 324A:1125
Twitter exchange with opposition critic 324A:1125 (Throness) 324A:1120
work on child care issues (Singh) 313B:1515
American Economic Journal, article on universal child care system 322A:1640
B.C. by region, rural B.C., early childhood educator recruitment and supply 323A:1710
B.C. NDP government, priorities 313B:1755-1815
Budget debate 313B:1755-1815
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 313B:1755-1815
Burnaby General Hospital, redevelopment project 313B:1755
Burnaby, government investment and services 313B:1755-1805
Carbon tax, climate action tax credit for families and households 313B:1810
Child care
affordability and availability 12CSC:1625-1630, 323A:1825-1835, 324A:1130-1135
affordable child care benefit 322A:1810-1815, 324A:1140
child care resource and referral centres 12CSC:1635
child care subsidy program 322A:1810, 324A:1140
conference in Ottawa 323A:1700, 323A:1800
economic benefits 322A:1645
facilities
inspection and enforcement 323A:1530
operations during COVID-19 12CSC:1605-1625, 12CSC:1640-1645
prototype sites 12CSC:1700, 323A:1725, 323A:1755-1800, 323A:1815
prototype sites review and report 323A:1815, 324A:1130-1135
fee reduction initiative 322A:1815, 323A:1815-1820, 324A:1140
fees 12CSC:1625-1630, 322A:1810-1815, 323A:1725, 324A:1130
fees, regulation 323A:1815-1820
funding
child care operating fund 322A:1805
community child care space creation program 322A:1725-1740
spaces 12CSC:1635, 313B:1805, 322A:1645-1740, 322A:1800-1805, 323A:1455, 323A:1515, 323A:1650-1705, 323A:1755
start-up grant program 322A:1720
government plan 321B:1130-1140, 324A:1125, 324A:1140-1145
costs 323A:1650-1705, 323A:1735, 323A:1755
funding 313B:1805, 313B:1815
initiatives 323A:1820
priorities 323A:1740-1745, 323A:1820-1825, 323A:1835
provincial-municipal roles and responsibilities 322A:1730-1740
quality of care 322A:1640
service providers
commercial providers and non-profit providers 322A:1700, 323A:1735
diverse sector 323A:1740-1745
licensed and unlicensed providers 322A:1720-1725, 323A:1750
licensing requirements 323A:1820
spaces, infant and toddler spaces 322A:1705-1710
system
other jurisdictions and studies 322A:1640-1645, 323A:1720, 324A:1125
universal child care system 323A:1650-1655
Child Care Minister of State
email from Children and Family Development Ministry 322A:1720
Twitter exchange with opposition critic 324A:1125
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 12CSC:1600-1700, 322A:1640-1815, 323A:1450-1455, 323A:1515-1530, 323A:1650-1840, 324A:1125-1145
COVID-19 response 12CSC:1600-1605
estimates process, debate on COVID-19 issues 12CSC:1635-1640, 12CSC:1655-1700
priorities 323A:1650
Children and Family Development Ministry, budget
child care component 322A:1645
child care component and wages 323A:1840
Children and youth
child opportunity benefit 313B:1810
early childhood development
early learning 321B:1140-1145
early learning benefits 322A:1640-1645, 324A:1125
early childhood educators
assistants 323A:1840
certificate suspension or cancellation 323A:1750
foreign-trained credential recognition 322A:1755
registry 323A:1750
supply 323A:1825-1830
support and government investment 323A:1525-1530, 323A:1710, 323A:1825-1840
training and bursary program 323A:1525-1530, 323A:1710-1715
training and work-integrated learning pilot program 323A:1710
wages and enhancement program 323A:1525, 323A:1710, 323A:1755, 323A:1825-1840
Children and youth, early learning and child care agreement 322A:1800, 323A:1755-1800, 323A:1815
CleanBC plan 313B:1810
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., proposals and government position 323A:1650, 323A:1740
College of the Rockies, early childhood education program 323A:1530
Consumers, cost of living, government action 313B:1810-1815
COVID-19, cases 12CSC:1615
COVID-19 child care impact and supports 12CSC:1600-1700
child care operators 349B:1045-1050, 354B:1055
early childhood educators 12CSC:1605, 12CSC:1640, 12CSC:1650
temporary emergency care and funding 12CSC:1605, 12CSC:1615-1625, 12CSC:1640-1655
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening, child care issues 349B:1045-1050, 354B:1055
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, essential services workers, access to child care 12CSC:1605, 12CSC:1630-1635
Economy, conditions 313B:1810
Education
government investment 313B:1815
out-of-school care programs 322A:1705-1710, 323A:1655-1700
delivery by boards of education 321B:1130-1140, 323A:1450-1455, 323A:1515
recreational programs 323A:1515
personal education numbers, early assignment 321B:1140-1145
system and reconciliation initiatives 321B:1145
Education funding
capital funding for playgrounds 313B:1800
funding model and review 321B:1145
Indigenous education and tripartite agreement 321B:1145
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 8), debate 321B:1130-1145
First Nations and Indigenous persons
children, Aboriginal Head Start program 322A:1800
reconciliation 313B:1805-1810
First Nations Education Steering Committee, role 321B:1145
The Globe and Mail, article on child care fees 322A:1810
Health care facilities and hospitals, urgent and primary care centres 313B:1815
Health care system, government investment 313B:1815
Housing, affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 313B:1800-1805, 313B:1815
Infrastructure, government investment and projects 313B:1755-1805
Introductions by members 304B:1340, 305B:1010-1015, 316B:1335
Labour force participation by parents 322A:1645
Legislature, estimates process, relevance of debate 12CSC:1635-1640, 12CSC:1655-1700
North Vancouver, child care spaces and funding 323A:1450-1455
Oral questions (response)
Child care plan 354B:1055
Government plan for education system reopening and child care availability 349B:1045-1050
Pemberton
child care spaces and facility proposal 322A:1745-1755
mayor, communications with Child Care Minister of State 322A:1745
PharmaCare program, deductibles, reduction for low-income persons 313B:1815
Post-secondary education
financial assistance, access grant 313B:1810-1815
government investment and initiatives 313B:1800-1805
student advocacy groups and issues 313B:1815
Prince George, city government, funding of child care spaces 322A:1730
Provincial Child Care Council, membership 323A:1720
Quebec, child care system 322A:1640, 324A:1125
Research and development, research infrastructure, knowledge development fund 313B:1800
School Act, amendments 323A:1450
School district 41 (Burnaby), capital projects 313B:1800
School district 61 (Greater Victoria), child care operations in schools 323A:1455
Schools
capital projects and seismic upgrades 313B:1800
neighbourhood learning centres 322A:1805
playgrounds, fundraising by parents 313B:1800
use of school buildings for child care 322A:1805
Simon Fraser Student Society, activities 313B:1815
Simon Fraser University, housing and supercomputer projects 313B:1800
Surrey, child care spaces and funding 323A:1515
Surrey-Fleetwood constituency and area, child care spaces and funding 323A:1700-1705
Trans Mountain Corp., Burnaby oil tank facility and pipeline terminal, issues 313B:1805
Union of B.C. Municipalities, role re community child care space creation program 322A:1725-1740
Vancouver, city government, funding of child care spaces and memorandum of understanding 322A:1655-1720
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area, child care 322A:1740
Whistler, child care 322A:1740
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 303B:1450
Burnaby, health care, primary health care network 309B:1345-1350
Health care system, primary care networks 309B:1345-1350
Introductions by members 316B:1335, 320B:1335
Statements by members
Primary care network in Burnaby 309B:1345-1350
Chow, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fraserview)

COVID-19 impact and government response, trade 313B:1425-1430
Oral questions (response)
Government response to coronavirus impact on trade 313B:1425-1430
Clovechok, Doug (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
family, staff and volunteers thanked 315B:1800
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry
estimates debate 17CSA:1030-1050
budget, allocation for training 17CSA:1030
Alberta, health care services, use by B.C. residents 16CSC:1420
Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, 2022 games at Panorama ski resort 5CSC:1000, 320A:1615-1620
Arts and culture, government funding and support 320A:1710-1715, 320A:1735-1740
Ashworth, Jim, experience as war veteran and fundraiser 334B:1015-1020
Avalanche Canada, funding 18CSC:1725-1735
Avalanches, avalanche control services and funding 18CSC:1725-1735
Beare, Lisa, response to questions in estimates debate 318A:1530, 318A:1550
Benson, Tom, COVID-19 impact on business 349B:1025
B.C., 150th anniversary of entering Confederation, commemorative initiatives 320A:1735-1740
B.C. Arts Council, budget and operations 320A:1710-1715
B.C. by region, interior B.C., health care access for eastern areas 16CSC:1420
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
access to services 315B:1815
health care services 316B:1435
health care services and transportation issues 315B:1815
police services 315B:1815
rural dividend program 316B:1430-1435
B.C. Forestry Alliance, activities and comments on forest industry issues 312B:1125
B.C. Pavilion Corporation
budget and operations 320A:1525
COVID-19 impact on revenues 8CSA:1510
Budget debate 315B:1755-1815, 316B:1430-1440
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 315B:1800-1815
Business climate and business confidence 316B:1435
Cancer treatment, access in rural areas 315B:1815
Child care, government plan 315B:1805-1810
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 323A:1530-1620
minister and staff thanked 323A:1530
Children and youth, early childhood educators, supply 315B:1810
Citizens' Services Ministry, role and responsibilities, multiculturalism 8CSA:1430
Columbia Basin, management plan 323A:1610
Columbia Basin Trust
funding role and relationship with government 323A:1610-1615
shared services with Columbia Power Corp. 323A:1610
Columbia Power Corporation, governance and projects 323A:1610
Columbia River treaty
agriculture issues 323A:1600
community consultations 323A:1530-1535
First Nations role and consultation 323A:1550
issues in negotiations
ecosystems and fish 323A:1540
power generation and flood control 323A:1535
local government role 323A:1555-1600
treaty and negotiations 323A:1530-1605
treaty and negotiations, impact of U.S. election 323A:1605
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
constituency office 315B:1800
description 315B:1755
forest companies, operations 312B:1125
forest industry 316B:1430-1435
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 18CSC:1725-1735
Consumers, cost of living, government action 316B:1435
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery plan 337B:1140-1145
task force representation from tourism industry 8CSA:1600-1605
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 8CSA:1510-1605, 318A:1415-1440, 336B:1420, 337B:1140-1145, 341B:1415-1420, 349B:1025
federal role 8CSA:1600
Destination B.C.
budget and funding 318A:1355-1400, 320A:1500, 320A:1510-1520
COVID-19 response action plan 318A:1420-1425
Economy, government strategy 316B:1435-1440
Employer health tax 315B:1805
implementation and impact, Crown corporations 318A:1415
Energy, hydroelectric power projects 323A:1610
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 10CSC:1345-1400
Film industry, government investment, federal funding and allocation 320A:1750
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for fifth session of 41st parliament, interim review of Officers of the Legislature, debate 331B:1455
members and staff thanked 331B:1455
statutory officer interim review and work of committee 331B:1455
Forests and forest industry
forest-dependent communities and workers
issues and support 312B:1120-1125
transition support and funding 318A:1555-1605
industry, conditions and government response 312B:1120-1125, 316B:1430-1435
land base, protection and working forest proposal 312B:1120-1125
Guide-outfitters, government support 318A:1625-1630
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, funding for invasive mussel monitoring 10CSC:1350
Health care system, travel for treatment 16CSC:1415-1420, 315B:1815
Health Ministry, estimates debate 16CSC:1415-1420
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior, Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements 5CSC:0935-0955, 316B:1435
improvement project, costs and skills training 17CSA:1030-1050
Highways and roads, improvement projects, First Nations consultation and involvement 5CSC:0950
Housing, affordable housing
government plan and initiatives 315B:1805
supply and new units 315B:1805
Industry Training Authority, role 17CSA:1045-1050
Interior Health Authority, Health Connections bus 16CSC:1415-1420
Introductions by members 324B:1010, 354B:1005
Invasive species
legislation 10CSC:1345
management, quagga and zebra mussels program funding 10CSC:1350-1400
Jensen, Rick, work for Columbia Basin Trust 323A:1610
Jumbo Glacier resort, financial settlement 323A:1615-1620
Knowledge Network, budget 320A:1735
Kootenay area, traffic rerouting though Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs, environmental impact mitigation 5CSC:0950-0955
Ktunaxa Nation, skills training 17CSA:1040-1045
Labour, community benefits agreement 315B:1810
impact on project costs 5CSC:0945
training component 5CSC:0950, 17CSA:1030-1050
Lake Koocanusa, water levels and engineering study on proposed weir 323A:1540-1545
Libby Dam, operations 323A:1540-1545
Medical Services Plan, elimination of premiums 315B:1805
Mental health and addiction services 315B:1815
Métis Nation, skills training 17CSA:1040-1045
Motions
Economic recovery plan 337B:1140-1145
Forest industry and land base 312B:1120-1125
Mount Begbie, recreational development proposal, petition tabled 354B:1055
Museums, repatriation of Indigenous cultural items 318A:1730
Oral questions
Government support for tourism industry 336B:1420, 341B:1415-1420, 349B:1025
Panorama Mountain Resort, road access 5CSC:1000
Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism, role and elimination of position 320A:1550
Petitions
recreational development proposal in Mount Begbie area 354B:1055
sealcoating of road in Wasa area 310B:1110
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 18CSC:1725-1735
Rental housing, government initiatives, impact 315B:1805
Revelstoke, tourism and snowmobiling industry 318A:1555
Royal B.C. Museum
COVID-19 impact on revenues 8CSA:1510
repatriation program 318A:1730
Safety, community safety, government investment 315B:1815
Sharma, Vivek, comments on tourism supports during COVID-19 349B:1025
Shuswap Nation, skills training 17CSA:1040-1045
Skills training
apprenticeship system 17CSA:1030-1050, 315B:1810
funding 17CSA:1030-1035
training for Indigenous persons 17CSA:1040-1050
Sports and recreation
events, hosting and funding 320A:1615-1620
participation and programs, funding 320A:1640-1645
safe sport code of conduct and program 320A:1645
Statements by members
Jim Ashworth 334B:1015-1020
Taxation, government policies 315B:1800-1805
Toby Creek Road, safety issues 5CSC:1000
Tourism
adventure and outdoor recreation tourism, status of tourism operators 8CSA:1545
development and marketing
funding 320A:1500, 320A:1510-1520
funding for communities 8CSA:1510-1515, 8CSA:1530, 318A:1555-1605, 318A:1625
Indigenous tourism, accord and funding 318A:1730
industry
government funding and support 318A:1345-1405, 318A:1440-1445, 318A:1550-1600
impact of blockades 318A:1445-1450
revenues 318A:1345
infrastructure projects 341B:1420
marketing, international marketing 318A:1430
snowmobiling tourism 318A:1555
Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry
estimates debate 8CSA:1430, 8CSA:1510-1520, 8CSA:1530-1605, 318A:1340-1455, 318A:1520, 318A:1530, 318A:1550-1605, 318A:1730, 320A:1500, 320A:1510-1525, 320A:1550, 320A:1615-1620, 320A:1630-1645, 320A:1710-1715, 320A:1735-1740, 320A:1750-1755
budget 318A:1345-1350
estimates process 318A:1530, 318A:1550, 320A:1755
multiculturalism component and budget 8CSA:1430
staff 318A:1340
staffing 318A:1355
travel budget and international travel 318A:1405-1410
Trade
trade missions 318A:1410
trade missions, delegation to U.S. 316B:1435
trade offices, closings 318A:1455
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 5CSC:0935-1000
staff thanked 5CSC:0935
Transportation infrastructure, government investment and projects 315B:1810
U.S., election 323A:1605
Vancouver Art Gallery, new facility project and fundraising 320A:1735
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, funding and concert program 320A:1715
viaSport B.C., budget and activities 320A:1630-1645
Wasa, sealcoating of road in area, petition tabled 310B:1110
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, protests supporting Chiefs, impact and response 318A:1445-1450
Wildlife
bighorn sheep, protection 5CSC:0950-0955
caribou protection, impact on tourism and consultation with stakeholders 318A:1520, 318A:1530, 318A:1550-1555
caribou protection, process and impact on local industry 315B:1810
grizzly bears, impact of trophy hunting ban on guide-outfitters and compensation 318A:1625-1630
management and funding 315B:1810
Wildplay Elements Parks, COVID-19 impact on business 349B:1025
Wilson, John, impact of COVID-19 on business 341B:1415-1420
Coleman, Rich (Langley East)

As subject
comments on mining legislation (Ralston) 331B:1520
experience as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General 331B:1635-1640, 331B:1700
role as Housing Minister (Sullivan) 322B:1720
visits to mines 330B:1525
Automobiles, driver's licences, access in rural and Indigenous communities 306B:1540-1550
Bennett, Bill, response to mine tailings pond breach 330B:1535
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., optometry services 306B:1540-1545
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., police services 306B:1545-1550
B.C. Financial Services Authority, final report on strata insurance market and issues 340B:1645
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government
gambling regulation and oversight 313B:1655
social welfare issues 347B:1145-1150
B.C. NDP government, priorities 313B:1630-1700
Budget debate 313B:1630-1700
Budgets
2020-21 budget 313B:1630-1700
deficit budgets 313B:1645
Business
head offices locating outside B.C. 313B:1650
taxation 313B:1635-1640, 313B:1650
Carbon tax 313B:1635
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, First Nations involvement and positions 306B:1540-1545
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. 313B:1655
Consumers, cost of living
cost of living for seniors 313B:1650
costs and taxes 313B:1635-1640, 313B:1650-1700
Corporations, income tax 306B:1555
COVID-19 emergency measures use
extension and expiry 331B:1635-1705
Ombudsperson recommendations and government response 331B:1645-1650
state of emergency, transition and winding down 331B:1640-1650, 331B:1700-1705
COVID-19 emergency orders and regulations
civil liability protection 331B:1645
limits on court proceedings and statutory decisions 331B:1645
local government meetings 331B:1650
rental housing and evictions 331B:1650-1705
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, essential services workers, civil liability protection 331B:1645
COVID-19 housing impact and supports, rental housing, ban on evictions and rent repayment framework 331B:1650-1705
COVID-19 impact and government response
justice system and legal processes 331B:1645
local government 331B:1650
COVID-19 impact, civil liability protection 331B:1645
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 19)
debate 331B:1635-1705
repeal of provisions and regulations 331B:1645
schedules 331B:1650
Crime and criminals, money laundering, public inquiry 313B:1655
Drysdale, Dean, death 306B:1535
Eby, David, response to money-laundering issues 313B:1655
Economy, conditions 313B:1645-1650
Emergencies
emergency measures, government powers and limitations 331B:1635-1700
emergency response to 2003 wildfires 331B:1640, 331B:1700
states of emergency 331B:1635-1640
Emergency Program Act, amendments 331B:1645
Employer health tax, impact on business 306B:1555
Employment and jobs 313B:1650
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, mine audits and effectiveness unit 330B:1545-1550
Environment, conservation officers, role 306B:1550
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, 2003 wildfires 331B:1640, 331B:1700
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, economic development agreements 306B:1540
economic development and opportunities 306B:1540-1545, 306B:1600
housing 306B:1600, 313B:1635
Forests and forest industry
coastal forest industry, conditions and government response 306B:1555
industry conditions and government response 313B:1645
softwood lumber trade with U.S. and negotiations for agreement 306B:1555, 313B:1645
Froese, Debbie, death 306B:1535
Gambling, investigations and role of government 313B:1655
Government, revenues and spending 313B:1635, 313B:1645
Haida Gwaii, optometry services 306B:1540
Hawes, Alma, death 313B:1630
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 313B:1650
government action 306B:1600
supply and new units 313B:1630
supportive housing
modular units 313B:1630-1635
supportive housing and services 313B:1630-1635, 347B:1150
Imperial Metals Corp.
Mount Polley mine, reopening and First Nations issues 330B:1540
Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach, panel report recommendations 330B:1535-1540
Information and communications technology, tax on online streaming services 313B:1650
Investment climate 313B:1655
Justice system, government non-interference 313B:1655
Kelowna, impact of 2003 wildfires 331B:1640, 331B:1700
Langley East constituency and area
COVID-19 impacts and rental housing issues 331B:1650-1705
hospice facility project 306B:1535
mining industry 330B:1525-1530
Lee, Bob, accomplishments and legacy 313B:1630
Legislature, staff 306B:1535-1540
Mental health and addiction services 347B:1145-1150
Mines Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 6), debate 330B:1520-1555
Mines and mining industry
chief auditor, role and powers 330B:1545-1550
employment and jobs 330B:1530
exploration activities 330B:1525-1530
industry 330B:1525-1530
Knelson separator 330B:1525
regulation, compliance and enforcement 330B:1535-1555
revenues to government 330B:1530
role in economy and society 330B:1525-1530
worker safety 330B:1540
Motions
Supports in supportive housing projects 347B:1145-1150
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 14), debate 340B:1625-1645
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, legacy 313B:1630
Opticians and optometrists, services, availability 306B:1540-1545
Parliament Buildings, protest in precinct supporting Hereditary Chiefs 306B:1535-1540
Paterson, Dorcie, 107th birthday and contributions to hospice society 306B:1535
Police and policing
police officers, number and funding 306B:1545
technology use and PRIME-BC information management system 306B:1550
Property tax, rates 313B:1635-1640
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, minister, emergency powers 331B:1650
Rental housing
rent increases and rent control 313B:1640
supply and investment by landlords 313B:1640
September 11 terrorist attacks in U.S., state of emergency in B.C. 331B:1635-1640
Small business, government policies and support 306B:1555
Strata property
insurance
alternative models 340B:1635-1640
deductibles 340B:1630
market conditions 340B:1630
insurance cost increases, impact and response 306B:1555-1600, 340B:1625-1645
maintenance and repairs 340B:1635-1640
maintenance and repairs, leaky-condo issue 340B:1625
strata corporations, contingency reserve funds 340B:1640
water damage prevention program proposal 340B:1640
Substance use and addiction, recovery services and therapeutic communities 347B:1145-1150
Surrey
housing and rental suites 313B:1640
police services 306B:1550
Taxation, government policies 306B:1555, 313B:1635-1700
Throne speech content 306B:1530
Throne speech debate 306B:1530-1600
Transportation, blockades of transportation system, impact and response 313B:1645
Warawa, Mark, service as MP and death 306B:1535
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, protests supporting Chiefs 306B:1535-1540
Conroy, Hon. Katrine (Kootenay West)

As subject
letter from Finance Minister (Throness) 323A:1835-1840
meeting with B.C. Family Hearing Resource Society 321A:1135
staff and family thanked 313B:1600
Adoption
adoption of children in government care 322A:1415-1425
adoption of children in government care by foster parents 322A:1430-1435
adoption process and Adopt Now B.C. online portal 322A:1425
adoptive parent approval process, home studies 322A:1505
adoptive parents, supports 313B:1615
international adoptions 322A:1450-1500
private adoption agencies and licensing 322A:1450-1510
private adoptions and costs 322A:1450-1510
Auditor General reports and reviews, contracted residential services for children in government care 322A:1620
Autism, services and funding 313B:1615, 322A:1350-1355
B.C. Association for Child Development and Intervention
activities 323A:1645
data on wait times for early intervention services 322A:1405
B.C. Family Hearing Resource Society
contract with government 322A:1340
meetings with Children and Family Development Ministry officials 321A:1135, 322A:1340
B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, relationship with government 322A:1555
B.C. NDP government, priorities 313B:1555-1625
Budget debate 313B:1555-1625
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 313B:1555-1620
Caregivers, respite care services 313B:1615, 321A:1120
Child care, government plan, funding 313B:1620-1625
Child, Family and Community Service Act, amendments, impact 321A:1115
Child protection system
best interests of child 322A:1430-1435, 322A:1620, 322A:1635
children in government care
family outreach and supports 322A:1630
family reunification 322A:1410
government initiatives 321A:1115
placement with extended families 322A:1415-1420
stability of placements 322A:1615-1620
support for youth and transition out of care 313B:1610-1615, 321A:1115
family preservation and supports 321A:1115, 322A:1630
residential services
contracted services 322A:1620-1630
therapeutic care and supports 322A:1625-1630
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 321A:1110-1145, 322A:1335-1635, 323A:1500-1510, 323A:1530-1645, 323A:1730, 323A:1810, 324A:1145
budget
decreases to program funding 322A:1355
increase for caseload management 321A:1145, 322A:1350, 322A:1530
priorities 313B:1605-1620
spending and outcomes 322A:1530-1545
child and youth mental health services framework 323A:1500-1510
meetings with deaf and hard-of-hearing services organizations 321A:1135-1145, 322A:1340
priorities and work of ministry 321A:1110-1115
role and responsibilities 322A:1450-1510
role re Foundry services 323A:1500-1510
service providers and sustainable services negotiating mandate 323A:1730
Children and youth
early childhood development
child development centres 322A:1350, 322A:1405, 322A:1645
early intervention services and contracts 322A:1345-1350
early intervention services and funding 323A:1645
early intervention services and wait-lists 322A:1400-1405
early intervention services and working group 323A:1645
early childhood educators, wages and supply 323A:1640
special needs children
At Home program medical and respite benefits 321A:1120
framework for service delivery 313B:1615, 321A:1125-1145, 322A:1355-1405, 323A:1645
funding for services 313B:1615, 321A:1120-1125, 322A:1340-1355
youth at risk, youth agreements 313B:1610-1615
Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of B.C., contract for services 322A:1340
Choices adoption agency, closure of agency and transfer of files 322A:1455
Columbia Basin, management plan 323A:1605-1610
Columbia Basin Trust
agriculture initiatives 323A:1605
funding role and relationship with government 323A:1610-1615
outreach to communities 323A:1605
shared services with Columbia Power Corp. 323A:1615
Columbia Power Corporation, governance and projects 323A:1615
Columbia River Basin Advisory Committee, role 323A:1535
Columbia River treaty
agriculture issues 323A:1605
community consultations 313B:1605, 323A:1530-1535
First Nations role and consultation 313B:1605, 323A:1535-1600, 323A:1625
issues in negotiations
ecosystems and fish 323A:1540, 323A:1625
issues 323A:1535-1540
power generation and flood control 323A:1535-1540
local government role 323A:1555-1600
treaty and negotiations 313B:1600-1605, 323A:1530-1605, 323A:1625
treaty and negotiations, impact of U.S. election 323A:1605
Community Connections Society of Southeast B.C., funding and services 322A:1355
Consumers, cost of living, government action 313B:1625
Deaf Children's Society of B.C.
contract for services 322A:1340
meeting with Children and Family Development Ministry officials 321A:1145, 322A:1340
Dhanani, Katherine, comments on Columbia River treaty negotiations 323A:1605
Doehle, Stan, role re Lake Koocanusa issues 323A:1545
Ear health and hearing impairment, services for deaf and hearing-impaired children 321A:1135-1145, 322A:1340
Education, mental health services in schools 313B:1615-1620
Eichenberger, Kathy, role in Columbia River treaty negotiations 323A:1530
Energy, hydroelectric power projects 323A:1615
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, staff, work on Columbia River treaty issues 323A:1530
Families, extended families raising children, support payments 313B:1615, 322A:1420
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, services 321A:1130
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system
changes and support 321A:1115
community involvement 322A:1525
cultural supports 313B:1610, 322A:1535
delegated Aboriginal agencies 322A:1445
family preservation and supports 313B:1610, 321A:1115, 322A:1525-1545
federal legislation and implementation 321A:1115, 322A:1520
number of children in government care 321A:1115, 322A:1445
placement with extended families 322A:1415-1420, 322A:1540
prevention services and funding 322A:1530-1545
work and partnerships with government 322A:1445
housing 322A:1535
social worker services 322A:1525
Foster care
foster families
numbers 322A:1510-1515
relationship with social workers 322A:1555-1600
foster parents
recruitment 322A:1415
remuneration 313B:1615, 321A:1115, 322A:1600
Foundry, facilities and services 313B:1620, 323A:1500-1510
Foundry Kelowna, services 323A:1500
Foundry North Shore, services 323A:1510
Freeland, Chrystia, role re Columbia River treaty 323A:1550-1555
Halfway River First Nation, child and family services and funding 322A:1535
Introductions by members 305B:1015, 321B:1010
Jensen, Rick, work for Columbia Basin Trust 323A:1610
Jumbo Glacier resort, financial settlement 323A:1615-1620
Kania, Lydia, fundraising walks for seniors housing 313B:1600
Kinakin, Mickey, contributions and legacy 310B:1010-1015
Kootenay area
child care spaces and funding 313B:1625
East Kootenays, agriculture and ranching 323A:1605
Kootenay River, fisheries management and nutrient replacement program 323A:1625
Ktunaxa Nation, loan re Jumbo Glacier settlement 323A:1615
Lake Koocanusa, water levels and engineering study on proposed weir 323A:1545
Libby Dam
operations 323A:1545
operations and impact on fish populations 323A:1625
McParland, Katherine, advocacy on youth homelessness 322A:1615
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Healing Spirit House facility and services 313B:1620
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, role and responsibilities 323A:1500
Mental health of children and youth
mental health and addiction services 323A:1500-1510
mental health and addiction services and funding 313B:1615-1620
Pohl, Russell, and Darrell Ewasiuk, experience as adoptive and foster parents 322A:1600
Prince George, Harmony House and Phoenix Transition House, services for women and children and repurposed facilities project 323A:1810
Public sector, collective agreements and bargaining, sustainable services negotiating mandate 323A:1730
Representative for Children and Youth, report on youth homelessness 322A:1615-1620
Seniors housing 313B:1600
Slocan Valley, seniors housing and fundraising 313B:1600
Social welfare
community social services sector, government support and engagement with sector 313B:1620
social programs and services, government round table 323A:1640
Social workers, community social services workers, recruitment and retention initiative 313B:1620
Speech-language pathologists, services for children 322A:1345
Street, Faye, work on agriculture issues 323A:1605
Teegee, Mary, work on child protection system issues 322A:1445
Tributes
Mickey Kinakin 310B:1010-1015
U.S., election 323A:1605
Wages, living wage 313B:1625

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