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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Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam)

As subject
response to Ombudsperson report on use of emergency orders 331B:1625 (Lee) 331B:1550-1555, 333B:1430, 333B:1445
Attorney General Ministry, Attorney General role, response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1400-1410
Auditor General Appointment Special Committee, appointment of committee 304B:1430
Automobiles
driver's licences
class 7 and class 7L licence requirements 340B:1805
commercial licence requirements 340B:1735
extension during states of emergency 340B:1740-1745
graduated licensing program and use of electronic devices 340B:1800-1805
licensing and training changes 340B:1715-1805
reciprocity and other jurisdictions 340B:1735
residency requirements 340B:1725-1740
driving prohibitions, revocation and termination 340B:1750
Avalanche Canada, funding 18CSC:1730-1735
Avalanches, avalanche control services and funding 18CSC:1730-1735
Blair, Bill, comments on First Nations policing program 17CSC:1135
Blue River, pipeline protest encampment
community engagement in area 348B:1415
government response 18CSC:1400-1410
police and justice system response 18CSC:1400-1405
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., police services 17CSC:0945-1000
B.C. Coroners Service
death investigations, timeline 18CSC:1715
policy on removal of deceased from private homes 18CSC:1705-1710
B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 316B:1405-1410, 316B:1420
B.C. NDP government
position on LNG development 309B:1420
priorities 17CSC:1120
Canada Border Services Agency, work with police services 17CSC:1100
Cannabis
community safety unit 18CSC:1615, 18CSC:1630-1655
illegal trade 18CSC:1620-1655
illegal trade and competition with legal operations 18CSC:1645
legalization and regulation
compliance and enforcement 18CSC:1630-1650
medical use 18CSC:1625
regulation by First Nations 18CSC:1620, 18CSC:1635, 18CSC:1700
production and sale by First Nations 18CSC:1620-1655
rebate proposal for legal operators 18CSC:1655
Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, consultation on legislation and application to First Nations 18CSC:1615-1620
Chandra Herbert, Spencer, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 303B:1450
Children and Family Development Ministry, estimates process, recall of estimates in response to COVID-19 341B:1700
Children and Youth Committee, powers and role 307B:1100
Chouhan, Raj, appointment as Deputy Speaker 303B:1450
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Appointment Special Committee, appointment of committee 304B:1430
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 18CSC:1730
Conroy, Ed, life and public service 333B:1330-1335
Corrections system
early release program 18CSC:1755
inmates and staff, COVID-19 cases and impacts 18CSC:1755-1800
inmates, overdose deaths after release and prevention 18CSC:1800
restorative justice programs 17CSC:1140-1150
COVID-19 emergency measures use
extension and expiry 331B:1615
Ombudsperson recommendations and government response 331B:1625
state of emergency, transition and winding down 331B:1615-1620
COVID-19 emergency orders, prohibition on unconscionable prices for essential goods 331B:1620
COVID-19 impact and government response
corrections system 18CSC:1755-1800
driver licensing 18CSC:1505, 340B:1745
employees and unpaid job-protected leave 326B:1625-1630, 326B:1640-1645
justice system 18CSC:1800
parliamentary operations and proceedings 326B:1655, 327B:1005-1010, 328B:1430
police services 17CSC:0945-0950, 17CSC:1015-1020
supply chain 326B:1400
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, opioid overdoses and services 17CSC:1055
COVID-19, personal response, self-isolation and quarantine 326B:1625-1530
COVID-19 public health measures 331B:1615
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 19), debate 331B:1615-1625
Crime and criminals
crime prevention programs and funding 17CSC:1035
forfeiture of proceeds of crime 17CSC:1110
money laundering, government response 17CSC:1120
Cycling, lights and reflectors, regulation 340B:1755
de Jong, Michael, role as former Solicitor General 316B:1425
Documents tabled
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
first annual report re Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act 333B:1820
Selection Special Committee
first report for fifth session of 41st parliament 305B:1110
Eby, David, response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1400-1410
Emergencies
emergency measures, government powers and limitations 331B:1615-1620
search and rescue services, funding 18CSC:1750
Emergency Program Act
amendments 331B:1615
revision 18CSC:1745, 331B:1620-1625
Employment and unemployment, unpaid job-protected leave, leave related to personal illness or injury 326B:1630
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 16) 326B:1620-1630, 326B:1640-1645
purpose 326B:1620
retroactivity 326B:1625
Finance and Government Services Committee, powers and role 307B:1100
Fires and firefighters, volunteer firefighter departments, funding 18CSC:1750
Fraser, Scott
meetings with First Nations re pipeline protest encampment 348B:1415
response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1400-1410
Fraser Valley, police services in upper Fraser area 18CSC:1450
Gangs
anti-gang unit
funding 17CSC:1005, 17CSC:1025-1105
work with border services 17CSC:1100
gang and organized crime and violence, prevention 17CSC:1050-1110
Highways and roads, flood and wildfire impacts and response 18CSC:1745
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
first annual report re Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, tabled 333B:1820
minister response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1400-1410
Insurance Corporation of B.C., role and responsibilities, bicycles 340B:1755
Introductions by members 321B:1005, 323B:1340, 339B:1055, 341B:1335
Justice system
courts and court services, services during COVID-19 18CSC:1800
Indigenous justice strategy 17CSC:1140-1145
reduction in number of Indigenous persons in system 17CSC:1140-1145
sheriff vehicles operating as emergency vehicles 340B:1710-1715
sheriffs, training 340B:1715
Legislative Assembly, agreement on special procedures for proceedings during COVID-19 pandemic, tabled 327B:1005
Legislature
adjournment, change to adjournment order for March 5 sitting 326B:1330
bills process, advancement of bill through all stages in one sitting 326B:1620
Committee of Supply
committee to sit in two sections 318B:1330
discharge of order for committee to sit in two sections 328B:1430
Section C not to meet July 31, 2020 351B:1435
special procedures in exceptional circumstances 328B:1430
Committee of the Whole, debate of Bill 23 on July 31, 2020 351B:1435
hybrid and virtual proceedings 327B:1005-1010, 328B:1430
members' conduct and debate, members may speak and vote from seat other than assigned place 326B:1330
question period, changes for March 23 sitting 326B:1335
routine business, changes for March 23 sitting 326B:1335
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 303B:1450
appointment of Deputy Speaker 303B:1450
Standing Order 25, routine business 326B:1335
Standing Order 47A, oral questions 326B:1335
Standing Orders 36 and 37, speaking from assigned place 326B:1330
Liquefied natural gas development, NDP position 309B:1420
Lower Mainland, police services, impact of Surrey transition to municipal force 18CSC:1520
Ma, Bowinn, purchase of training from Organize B.C. 310B:1100-1105
McBride, mudslide and flood events, impact and financial assistance 18CSC:1740
MLAs, attendance, leave of absence for MLAs not in attendance March 23, 2020 328B:1430
Ministerial statements
Allan Young 346B:1435
Motions
Appointment of Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 320B:1440
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 303B:1450
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 303B:1450
Appointment of Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act 336B:1425
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 304B:1430
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General 304B:1430
Appointment of Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act 307B:1100
Change to adjournment order 326B:1330
Changes to routine business 326B:1335
Committee of Supply, Section C, not to meet July 31, 2020 351B:1435
Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 318B:1330
Committee of the Whole to debate Bill 23 on July 31, 2020 351B:1435
Discharge of order for Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 328B:1430
Leave of absence for MLAs not in attendance March 23, 2020 328B:1430
Members may speak and vote from seat other than assigned place 326B:1330
Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee 307B:1100
Powers and role of Finance Committee 307B:1100
Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee 307B:1100
Printing of agreement on proceedings during COVID-19 pandemic in Votes and Proceedings 327B:1005
Recall of Children and Family Development Ministry estimates in response to COVID-19 pandemic 341B:1700
Special procedures for proceedings of Committee of Supply during COVID-19 pandemic 328B:1430
Special procedures for proceedings of Legislative Assembly during COVID-19 pandemic 327B:1010
Motor Vehicle Act
repeal of sections 340B:1805
terminology, "firm" and "organization" 340B:1755
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2), debate 340B:1710-1805
Oral questions (response)
Blue River encampment and community engagement in area 348B:1415
Foreign funding of organizations supporting protests 316B:1400-1410, 316B:1420-1425
Funding for sexual assault clinics and services 324B:1055
Maintenance of supply chain during coronavirus outbreak 326B:1400
Parliamentary secretary purchase of training from Organize B.C. 309B:1400-1405, 310B:1105-1110
Response to protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs 309B:1355-1400
Response to protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and NDP position on LNG development 309B:1420
Response to protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and role of Environment Minister 309B:1415-1420
University of Victoria staff and student society involvement in protests 317B:1025-1030
Organize B.C., training programs 310B:1105-1110
Parliamentary Secretary for TransLink, purchase of training 310B:1105-1110
Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee, appointment and powers 307B:1100
Police Act, provisions 18CSC:1530
Police and policing
accountability 18CSC:1420-1425, 18CSC:1440
core police services 17CSC:1000
COVID-19 impact, police officers with COVID-19 17CSC:1015
drug, gang and organized crime enforcement 17CSC:1050-1120
firearms forensic lab 17CSC:1025-1030
funding for police services 17CSC:0950-1110, 17CSC:1130-1135, 18CSC:1450
funding for police services, federal funding 17CSC:1020-1035
police and mental health teams, pilot projects 17CSC:1125, 18CSC:1415, 18CSC:1445
police handling of cases involving mentally ill and addicted persons 18CSC:1445, 18CSC:1500
police officers
location of new staffing 17CSC:0945-1000
number and vacancies 17CSC:0935-1000
resources and support 18CSC:1435-1440
travel 17CSC:1010
services in Indigenous communities 18CSC:1450
services in Indigenous communities and First Nations policing program 17CSC:1130-1135
specialized units 17CSC:1000
staffing priorities 17CSC:1120, 18CSC:1425
training
critical incident and de-escalation training 18CSC:1430-1440
cultural sensitivity training 18CSC:1435
Prince George, police services and mental health nurses, Car 60 program 18CSC:1415
Provincial health officer, public health orders 331B:1615
Public Accounts Committee, powers and role 307B:1100
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 17CSC:0930-1150, 18CSC:1335-1805
estimates process, written questions and answers 18CSC:1610, 18CSC:1745
mandate letter 17CSC:1050, 17CSC:1140
minister
communications with federal Public Safety Minister 17CSC:1135
emergency powers 331B:1615-1620
response to Ombudsperson report on use of emergency orders 331B:1625
role 316B:1425, 340B:1740
role re pipeline protests 18CSC:1335-1410
role re police 18CSC:1420
role and responsibilities, action on sexual violence 324B:1055
Railways and rail services, blockades of railways
impact and response 316B:1400-1410, 316B:1425, 317B:1030
response 309B:1355
Reforming the Police Act Special Committee
appointment 336B:1425
consideration of Manitoba process 18CSC:1805
consideration of mental health issues 17CSC:1125
role 18CSC:1415, 18CSC:1500
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
accountability 18CSC:1420-1425
accountability and transparency 17CSC:1005-1010
funding and services 17CSC:0930-1010, 17CSC:1030-1035, 17CSC:1105
headquarters in Surrey 17CSC:1005
impact of Surrey transition to municipal force 18CSC:1515
new union and collective bargaining 18CSC:1520, 18CSC:1550
police service agreement 18CSC:1530
police service agreement and costs 18CSC:1340-1350, 18CSC:1420
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate, appointment as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 320B:1440
Selection Special Committee, first report for fifth session of 41st parliament presented 305B:1110
Sexual violence, sexual assault services and funding 324B:1055
Sierra Club, work with B.C. Liberal Party government 309B:1415
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization proposal re personal use 18CSC:1440-1445
opioid overdoses
deaths and coroner's report 18CSC:1800
drug trafficking and money laundering 17CSC:1120
drug trafficking and organized crime 17CSC:1050-1120
Surrey
police board 18CSC:1535-1540, 18CSC:1600
police services transition to municipal force
First Nations consultation and role 18CSC:1530
public consultation and engagement 18CSC:1530-1550
report 18CSC:1505-1510, 18CSC:1550-1555
reports and studies 18CSC:1555
timeline 18CSC:1600
transition and costs 18CSC:1505-1600
Terrace, police services 17CSC:0945-0950
Tributes
Ed Conroy 333B:1330-1335
Trucking industry, driver licensing and training 340B:1735
U.S., police services and issues 18CSC:1435
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, services and clinic model 324B:1055
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, printing of agreement on proceedings in document 327B:1005
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, protests supporting Chiefs
impact and response 18CSC:1335-1355, 309B:1355-1405, 309B:1415-1420, 316B:1400-1410, 316B:1420-1425
police response 18CSC:1335-1350
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23), committee stage debate on July 31, 2020 351B:1435
Yager, Jessica, death investigation report 18CSC:1715
Young, Allen, police service and death 346B:1435
Fleming, Hon. Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)

As subject
comments on school portables in Surrey (Davies) 325A:1405-1410
letter on accessible playground program (Cadieux) 325A:1420
letter on independent school funding 2CSA:1420 (Davies) 2CSA:1415
proposed visit to Mount Baker School (Shypitka) 325A:1540, 325A:1555
Adult basic education, accessibility and fees 325A:1410
Alberta, COVID-19 impact and response, education system 2CSA:1740
Auguston Traditional Elementary School, expansion project 325A:1600
Autism, services and funding 3CSA:1010
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages 315B:1730
B.C. Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 guidelines 354B:1045-1050, 356B:1355-1400
B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
consultation by government 2CSA:1620
position on steering committee 2CSA:1520
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government and priorities 315B:1730
B.C. School Trustees Association, memorandum of agreement on school district reserve funds 323B:1630-1645
B.C. Teachers Federation, work on education system reopening plan 349B:1045
Budget debate 315B:1725-1755
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 315B:1725-1755, 325A:1335-1400
Bullying and violence at school, prevention 2CSA:1545-1550, 325A:1350-1355
Child care
affordability and availability 325A:1345
spaces 315B:1735-1740
Children and youth
child opportunity benefit 315B:1735
early childhood development
early learning framework and funding 325A:1350
initiatives 315B:1735, 321B:1115
CleanBC plan 315B:1750
Council of Ministers of Education, role in COVID-19 response 2CSA:1800
COVID-19, cases, second wave issues 3CSA:1010
COVID-19 economic recovery 2CSA:1630
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening 1CSA:0945-1000, 2CSA:1625-1650, 2CSA:1735, 2CSA:1750, 2CSA:1825-1830, 3CSA:0940-1010, 336B:1410-1415, 339B:1025-1035, 349B:1035-1040, 353B:1405-1410, 354B:1045-1050, 356B:1355-1405
access to school bus services 354B:1050-1055
before- and after-school child care issues 353B:1410
capital projects 1CSA:1000-1005, 1CSA:1040, 2CSA:1340
classroom and remote learning 2CSA:1625-1650
digital connectivity issues 2CSA:1445-1450, 2CSA:1510-1520
education and schools community response 3CSA:1025-1030
education funding 2CSA:1625-1640, 2CSA:1740-1755
enrolment 2CSA:1810
graduates of 2020 1CSA:0945
graduates of 2020 and transition to post-secondary education 2CSA:1755-1800
information resources and website 2CSA:1645
international students 2CSA:1820-1825
parents' role and compensation issue 2CSA:1645
rural schools 2CSA:1445-1450, 2CSA:1520, 3CSA:0950
school district costs and funding 2CSA:1625-1635, 2CSA:1740-1755, 2CSA:1820
special education and special needs 2CSA:1640-1645
staffing and teachers 2CSA:1625, 2CSA:1810-1825
steering committee 2CSA:1445, 2CSA:1520, 3CSA:0945-1005
summer programs 2CSA:1805
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, mental health services 2CSA:1555
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports 2CSA:1800
Crosstown Elementary School
capacity issues and alternate facility proposal 325A:1710
capacity issues and drug use in area 1CSA:1020
David Livingstone Elementary School, seismic upgrade 1CSA:1110, 2CSA:1335-1345
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention, government initiatives 1CSA:0955
D.P. Todd Secondary School, proposed expansion 1CSA:1115, 325A:1500
Education
anti-racism programs in schools, consultation by government 1CSA:0955
class size and composition, implementation of changes 325A:1410
curriculum
Indigenous content 325A:1355
mental health content 2CSA:1555
new curriculum 315B:1735
physical and health education 2CSA:1610-1620
physical and health education guide for teachers 2CSA:1610-1620
distance education and online learning 321B:1115-1120
education of Indigenous persons 315B:1750-1755, 325A:1525-1530
education 2CSA:1530, 325A:1355-1400
issuing of graduation certificates 316B:1340, 321B:1105
francophone education, court ruling and implementation of changes 1CSA:1010-1015, 1CSA:1135-1145, 325A:1605-1610, 325A:1645, 325A:1655-1700
government investment 315B:1740-1745, 325A:1340-1400, 331B:1450
independent distributed learning, enrolment 2CSA:1700
Indigenous languages education 325A:1355
Internet services, next-generation network initiative 2CSA:1510
mental health and addiction services in schools 1CSA:1025
mental health services in schools 2CSA:1530-1555, 315B:1745, 325A:1350
out-of-school care programs, delivery by boards of education 316B:1340, 321B:1105-1115, 322B:1340, 323B:1530-1620
personal education numbers, early assignment 316B:1340, 321B:1105, 321B:1115, 325A:1345-1350
principals and vice-principals, compensation 2CSA:1455
safety of students, ERASE strategy 325A:1350-1355
school counsellors 2CSA:1550
sexual violence prevention education 2CSA:1610
sexual violence prevention education, content re online pornography 2CSA:1620
special education and special needs, assessments and supports 2CSA:1530
students in government care, support 315B:1740-1745, 325A:1350
system
equitable system 316B:1340
presidents group 3CSA:0945
staff and students thanked 3CSA:1025-1030
system and career strategy 315B:1735
system and reconciliation initiatives 316B:1340, 321B:1110, 325A:1355
Education funding 1CSA:0955, 325A:1335-1400
capital funding 1CSA:0955, 325A:1340-1345
capital funding for playgrounds 1CSA:0955, 315B:1750, 325A:1345, 325A:1420-1455
capital funding process and priorities 325A:1645-1650
carbon-neutral capital program fund 315B:1750
classroom enhancement fund 321B:1120, 323B:1620
funding model and review 2CSA:1730-1735, 3CSA:1020, 315B:1740, 316B:1340, 321B:1105, 321B:1115-1120, 325A:1350
independent distributed learning 2CSA:1405-1425, 2CSA:1515, 2CSA:1650-1740, 331B:1445-1450
Indigenous education 2CSA:1530
Indigenous education and tripartite agreement 316B:1340, 321B:1105-1110, 325A:1355
learning improvement fund 321B:1120, 323B:1620
maintenance funding and annual facilities grants 325A:1510-1515
per-student funding 2CSA:1700-1715
rural schools 2CSA:1520, 3CSA:1020-1025
rural schools and rural education enhancement fund 2CSA:1505
school enhancement program funding 325A:1545, 325A:1555
special education and special needs 2CSA:1520-1530, 2CSA:1655-1715, 315B:1740, 331B:1445
Education Ministry
estimates debate 1CSA:0940-1155, 2CSA:1330-1830, 3CSA:0935-1030, 325A:1335-1730
budget and priorities 325A:1335-1400
COVID-19 impact 2CSA:1625-1640, 2CSA:1740-1755
update 1CSA:0950-1000
budget decrease and savings targets 325A:1720-1725
estimates participants and staff thanked 3CSA:1025-1030
letters on independent school funding 2CSA:1420, 2CSA:1740
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 8)
debate 316B:1340, 321B:1105-1120, 322B:1340-1345, 323B:1525-1650
consultation on bill 323B:1600, 323B:1625-1630, 323B:1640-1645
purpose 316B:1340
Families, government support and initiatives 315B:1730-1735
Federation of Independent School Associations in B.C., consultation by government 2CSA:1655, 2CSA:1730-1740
Fernie, schools 1CSA:1120-1130, 325A:1535, 325A:1555
First Nations and Indigenous persons
language preservation and revitalization 325A:1355
reconciliation
government action and implementation of recommendations 321B:1110
reconciliation and education system 315B:1750-1755
Foundry, facilities and services 2CSA:1550-1555
Francophone education authority, schools and school sites
Penticton area 2CSA:1500-1505, 325A:1605-1610, 325A:1645
Sea to Sky area 1CSA:1135-1155
Vancouver downtown 1CSA:1010-1015, 325A:1700
Gangs, prevention of youth involvement in gangs 325A:1355
Hansen, Rick, involvement with government on accessibility issues 325A:1420
Henry Hudson Elementary School, seismic upgrading and replacement 325A:1705
Housing, affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 315B:1755
Howe Sound Secondary School, expansion and seismic upgrade project 1CSA:1155
Independent School Act, amendments 316B:1340, 321B:1105, 321B:1115
Information and communications technology
cybersafe practices for children 2CSA:1620
high-speed Internet service, service expansion initiative for rural and Indigenous communities 2CSA:1510
Infrastructure, government investment 315B:1745
Introductions by members 305B:1015, 309B:1340, 311B:1500, 322B:1350
Isabella Dicken Elementary School, school upgrade project 1CSA:1120-1130, 325A:1530-1535
James, Carole, work as Finance Minister 315B:1730
Kelly Road Secondary School, replacement project 1CSA:1115
Labour, community benefits agreement, impact on project costs 2CSA:1350
Local government, housing development charges, school site acquisition charges 325A:1715
Mental health
mental health and addiction, government initiatives 1CSA:1020-1025
mental health of children and youth
awareness and education for parents and teachers 2CSA:1540-1555
conference 2CSA:1540, 325A:1350
integrated services and information-sharing 2CSA:1555
mental health and addiction services 1CSA:1020-1025
self-awareness and elimination of stigma 2CSA:1555
Moore, Shelley, contract with government 2CSA:1645
Mount Baker Secondary School
conditions and replacement 325A:1540-1545
maintenance and upgrades 325A:1545, 325A:1555
Mount Boucherie Secondary School, conditions 325A:1515
Okanagan Indian Band, school project and role of school districts 325A:1525-1530
Ontario, COVID-19 impact and response, education system 349B:1040
Oral questions (response)
Education system reopening and access to school bus services 354B:1050-1055
Funding of independent schools 331B:1445-1450
Government plan for education system reopening 336B:1410-1415, 339B:1025-1035, 349B:1035-1045, 353B:1405-1410, 354B:1045-1050, 356B:1355-1405
Post-secondary education
financial assistance, access grant 315B:1730, 325A:1400
role in economy 315B:1730
Queen Elizabeth Annex School, use of school facility 325A:1700
Ravenhill, Dave, contributions and death 346B:1340
Rutland Middle School, replacement project 1CSA:1035, 325A:1635-1650
School Act, amendments 316B:1340, 321B:1105-1115, 323B:1530-1650
School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay)
capital projects and priorities 1CSA:1120-1130, 325A:1530-1555
maintenance and school enhancement funding 325A:1545, 325A:1555
School district 23 (Central Okanagan)
capital projects and priorities 325A:1515-1530, 325A:1630-1650
capital projects and site acquisition 1CSA:1030-1035
school project in West Kelowna area 1CSA:1030, 325A:1515-1520, 325A:1630
school projects in Glenmore area 325A:1630
School district 33 (Chilliwack), capital project 2CSA:1345
School district 34 (Abbotsford)
capital projects 325A:1600-1605
new school for Eagle Mountain area 325A:1600
traditional schools, seismic upgrades 325A:1605
School district 36 (Surrey)
adult basic education 325A:1410
capital projects and new school facilities 315B:1745
capital projects, costs 2CSA:1335
portable use and new school facilities 1CSA:1040-1050, 325A:1340, 325A:1405-1410, 325A:1730
School district 39 (Vancouver)
agreement with B.C. Hydro 325A:1715
downtown schools and capital projects 1CSA:1010-1020, 325A:1655-1715
enrolment and boundary catchment review 325A:1655
seismic upgrades 2CSA:1335-1345
School district 48 (Sea to Sky), capital projects and francophone education 1CSA:1135-1155
School district 57 (Prince George)
capital projects and priorities 1CSA:1115-1120, 325A:1500-1515
child care operations in schools 1CSA:1115
operations during COVID-19 2CSA:1445
portable use and capacity 325A:1500-1505
School district 60 (Peace River North), costs and funding 3CSA:1020-1025
School district 67 (Okanagan Skaha)
capital project and francophone education 2CSA:1500-1505, 325A:1605-1610
enrolment 2CSA:1505
School districts
financial practices, management of reserve funds 321B:1120, 323B:1625-1650
procurement, FocusED consortium 2CSA:1750
sexual orientation and gender identity policies 2CSA:1545-1550, 325A:1350-1355
Schools
capital projects
interior B.C. 1CSA:1120
spending and performance measurement 2CSA:1340-1400
capital projects and seismic upgrades 1CSA:0955, 1CSA:1010, 1CSA:1030-1155, 2CSA:1335, 315B:1745-1750, 325A:1340-1345, 325A:1405-1715, 325A:1730
closings 2CSA:1505
energy efficiency initiatives 315B:1750
First Nations schools, attendance by non-Indigenous students 325A:1525
neighbourhood learning centres 1CSA:0955, 325A:1345
playgrounds 1CSA:0955
accessible playgrounds and grants program 325A:1420-1455
fundraising by parents and district costs 325A:1440-1445
priorities for large and small districts 325A:1450
rural schools 2CSA:1445-1450, 2CSA:1505, 2CSA:1520, 3CSA:0950, 3CSA:1020-1025
school buses and bus service 3CSA:1020
schools in highrise buildings and malls 325A:1705-1715
seismic upgrades, targets and timeline 1CSA:1055-1105, 325A:1550-1555
use of school buildings for child care 1CSA:1115, 325A:1345
Sexual violence
online images of sexual violence, impact on children 2CSA:1620
sexual assault prevention and services 2CSA:1610
Skills training, training and career programs for youth, government strategy 2CSA:1435
Squamish Nation, housing development project, schools 325A:1705, 325A:1715
Stewart, Ben, role re meeting on school project 1CSA:1030
Summerland Secondary School, gymnasium replacement and community facility project 2CSA:1505, 325A:1605-1610
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on francophone education 1CSA:1010-1015, 1CSA:1135-1145, 325A:1655-1700, 325A:1715
ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 325A:1410
Surrey summits on schools 325A:1415
Teachers
collective agreements and bargaining
agreement 1CSA:0955, 2CSA:1815
seniority and mobility provisions 2CSA:1825
French immersion teachers 325A:1400
layoffs and rehiring 2CSA:1825
recruitment and credentialling of teachers trained elsewhere 325A:1400
retirements 2CSA:1810-1815
specialist teachers 2CSA:1520, 325A:1400
supply and hiring of additional teachers 2CSA:1810, 315B:1755, 325A:1355-1400
training
Indigenous teacher training 315B:1750
mental health awareness 2CSA:1540
spaces 325A:1355-1400
wages and salaries 2CSA:1815
Toderian, Brent, proposals for schools in urban areas 325A:1710
Tributes
Dave Ravenhill 346B:1340
Vancouver
Coal Harbour, new school 325A:1705-1715
Olympic Village area, school 1CSA:1010, 325A:1655-1700, 325A:1715
Vancouver Charter, provisions 325A:1715
Vedder Elementary School, expansion project 2CSA:1345
WE Charity, partnership with government 2CSA:1555
Westbank First Nation, potential use of land for school site 1CSA:1030
Foster, Eric (Vernon-Monashee)

Dufresne, Simon, accomplishments and community service 357B:1015-1020
Government, public consultation and engagement 318B:1625
Introductions by members 310B:1005-1010
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10), debate 318B:1620-1630
Property tax
assessment of property, split classification approach and proposed legislation 318B:1625
interim business property tax relief program 318B:1620-1630
Statements by members
Simon Dufresne 357B:1015-1020
Fraser, Hon. Scott (Mid Island–Pacific Rim)

As subject
comments on alignment of B.C. legislation with Indigenous rights legislation (de Jong) 322B:1515-1520 (Lee) 322B:1530
meetings with First Nations re pipeline protest encampment (Farnworth) 348B:1415
response to pipeline protests (Farnworth) 18CSC:1400-1410 (Milobar) 18CSC:1355-1405
Blue River, pipeline protest encampment and community engagement in area 12CSA:1510-1525, 348B:1415-1420
Blueberry River First Nation, leadership issues 12CSA:1455
B.C. by region, northeast B.C., treaty land entitlement decisions and stakeholder engagement 12CSA:1440-1505
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, agreement and negotiations with government 11CSA:1100
Charlie Lake, lands in area, potential transfer to First Nations 12CSA:1445-1450
Chilliwack River Valley, First Nations burial ground in area, impact on property owners 12CSA:1400
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, government position and decision 320B:1410-1420
COVID-19 economic recovery 12CSA:1645
COVID-19 First Nations concerns and response 11CSA:1055
economic recovery 12CSA:1645
COVID-19 impact and government response, parliamentary operations and proceedings 11CSA:1050-1055
Cullen, Nathan, role re engagement with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs 11CSA:1120-1140, 304B:1420
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, role 12CSA:1620-1630
Discrimination and racism
incidence and legacy of systemic racism, government action 12CSA:1635-1640
racism against Indigenous persons, systemic racism 12CSA:1635-1640
Edwards, Patty, service as constituency assistant 336B:1335
Esk'etemc First Nation, treaty negotiations 12CSA:1355
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government 11CSA:1100-1105
agreements with government, engagement and information for non-Indigenous people 11CSA:1110-1115
burial sites, private property cases 12CSA:1400
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 12CSA:1420-1430
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government, allocation of revenues 11CSA:1100
government initiatives and funding 11CSA:1100-1105
health status and history 11CSA:1055
language preservation and revitalization 11CSA:1105
reconciliation, government action and implementation of recommendations 11CSA:1055-1100
relationship with government 324B:1050
treaty process 11CSA:1105
First Nations Gaming Commission, work of commission 12CSA:1425-1430
First Nations Health Authority
addiction services 12CSA:1655
COVID-19 response and services 11CSA:1055
First Peoples Cultural Council, work on Indigenous language revitalization 11CSA:1105
Health care system, services for Indigenous persons 11CSA:1055
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 11CSA:1050-1155, 12CSA:1335-1655
budget and priorities, COVID-19 impact 11CSA:1055
estimates process, written questions and answers 12CSA:1655
first annual report re Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act 12CSA:1540-1550
minister's meeting with protesters in Legislature meeting room 324B:1040-1050
reconciliation transformation and strategies division, funding 12CSA:1535-1545
role and responsibilities 11CSA:1055-1105
staff 11CSA:1055
work with Indigenous communities 11CSA:1055-1105
Kitsumkalum First Nation, independent power project and agreement with B.C. Hydro 11CSA:1150
Legislative Assembly Protective Services, work of staff 324B:1045
LNG Canada facility project
First Nations involvement 304B:1410
government position and decision 317B:1035
Métis
Michif language 12CSA:1435
relationship with government 11CSA:1100
Métis Nation
accord with government 11CSA:1100, 12CSA:1410-1435
funding 12CSA:1420-1430
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 13)
debate 323B:1715-1720
alignment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 323B:1715
Moberly Lake, recreation site access in area and treaty land decisions 12CSA:1500
Nisga'a Nation, nation and territory 323B:1720
Nisga'a treaty, alignment of B.C. legislation re legal entity terms 323B:1720
Oral questions (response)
Agreement on Wet'suwet'en rights and title 320B:1420-1425
Blue River encampment and community engagement in area 348B:1415-1420
Coastal GasLink pipeline project and government relationship with Wet'suwet'en Nation 305B:1050
Coastal GasLink pipeline project and protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs 320B:1410-1420
First Nations and Indigenous issues and protests
Indigenous Relations Minister meeting with protesters at Legislature 324B:1040-1050
Government action on reconciliation 304B:1410-1415
Government relationship with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and role of Nathan Cullen 304B:1415-1420
LNG Canada project and government relationship with Wet'suwet'en Nation 304B:1410, 317B:1035-1040
Response to protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and NDP position on LNG development 309B:1425
Status of protests and agreement on Wet'suwet'en rights and title 324B:1105
Wet'suwet'en Nation representation and negotiation of agreements 348B:1420-1425
Parliament Buildings, protest in precinct supporting Hereditary Chiefs 324B:1040-1050, 324B:1105
Prevost, Mike and Bev, property case 12CSA:1400
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, minister role re pipeline blockade 11CSA:1145-1150
Red Creek, lands in area, potential transfer to First Nations 12CSA:1445-1450
Saulteau First Nations, treaty land entitlement and public access issues 12CSA:1500
Secwépemc peoples, treaty negotiations 12CSA:1350
Simpcw First Nation, concerns re pipeline protest encampment 12CSA:1510-1525, 348B:1415-1420
Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Treaty Association, treaty negotiations and land offer 12CSA:1405
Substance use and addiction, treatment services for Indigenous persons 12CSA:1655
Supreme Court of Canada, rulings on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 12CSA:1335
Tahltan Nation, agreements 11CSA:1100
Tributes
Patty Edwards 336B:1335
Tucker, Ed and Andra, property case 12CSA:1400
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
implementation, action plan 11CSA:1100-1105, 12CSA:1530-1545, 304B:1415, 323B:1715
implementation legislation 12CSA:1550-1630
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
engagement in reconciliation process and meetings with government 305B:1050
relationship with government 304B:1415-1420, 324B:1105
representation 348B:1420-1425
rights and title, agreement with government 11CSA:1100, 320B:1410-1425, 324B:1040
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs
protests supporting Chiefs
blockade of pipeline project and RCMP role 11CSA:1145-1150
impact and response 309B:1425, 324B:1040-1050
relationship with government 304B:1410-1420, 305B:1050, 309B:1425, 317B:1035-1040, 324B:1040-1045
relationship with government, memorandum of understanding 11CSA:1100, 11CSA:1120-1130, 11CSA:1155, 348B:1420-1425
Xeni Gwet'in First Nation, land title ruling
road access 12CSA:1345
tourism operations, compensation issues 12CSA:1335-1340
triparty agreement 12CSA:1350
Furstenau, Sonia (Cowichan Valley)

As subject
appreciation for work (Dix) 16CSC:1705
comments on issues
government budget (Bond) 309B:1530
mining industry legislation (Milobar) 330B:1650
staff and family thanked 306B:1630-1635
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry, estimates debate 18CSA:1405-1430
Agricultural land reserve
regulation of aggregate production 6CSC:1805-1810, 10CSA:1515-1525
uses, farm use and non-farm use 10CSA:1520
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 10CSA:1515-1525
Agriculture, sustainable agriculture 306B:1700
Air India, bombing of flight 182 and deaths 329B:1025
Attorney General Ministry, estimates debate 16CSA:1755-1825
Attorney General Statutes (Vehicle Insurance) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
debate 328B:1535-1540, 338B:1610-1620, 338B:1745-1755
definitions, "may" and "must" 338B:1755
Auditor General, reports and reviews, mining industry compliance and enforcement 330B:1600, 343B:1715-1725
Automobile insurance
benefits
income replacement for young persons 338B:1750
personal injuries 16CSA:1800-1805
rehabilitation and recovery 338B:1755
changes
changes and comparison to current system 16CSA:1800-1805, 328B:1535-1540
changes and transition 16CSA:1805
costs and savings 328B:1540, 338B:1615
personal injury claims and dispute resolution
catastrophic injuries 16CSA:1800
cyclists and pedestrians 16CSA:1800-1805
exceptions to limits on legal action 338B:1745
hit-and-run cases 338B:1615
minor injuries 16CSA:1800-1805
role of ICBC staff 338B:1755
role of physicians 328B:1540, 338B:1745
single-car and not-at-fault drivers 16CSA:1800
public and private systems 328B:1540
rates and reforms 328B:1540
rates for young drivers and food delivery services 16CSA:1810
Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles, single-person vehicles, manufacture and certification 16CSA:1815
Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, amendments 343B:1440-1445, 350B:1535-1545
Bees and beekeeping industry, bumblebees, role and status 306B:1650
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages, gender- and diversity-based analysis 311B:1520
Black Canadians
history and contributions 331B:1410
support for black entrepreneurship 331B:1410
Boundary timber supply area, flooding and annual allowable cut 353B:1735-1740
Brent, Kayla, work as constituency office staff 341B:1355
B.C. by region, rural B.C., transportation issues 16CSA:1810
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, mining industry regulation 330B:1605
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 311B:1525
B.C. NDP government, priorities 311B:1505-1525
B.C. Psychological Association, research on mental health during COVID-19 348B:1405
B.C. Transit, funding 311B:1515
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re Site C power project 6CSC:1735, 356B:1405
Budget debate 311B:1505-1525
Budget, Supplementary estimates 2020-2021
other appropriations and contingencies (all ministries), coronavirus pandemic response and economic recovery, debate 326B:1515-1520, 326B:1530-1535
Budgets
2020-21 budget
content and priorities 311B:1505-1525
Green Party position 311B:1505
interim supply and additional funds 326B:1605-1610
balanced budgets, legislation 343B:1440, 350B:1535
deficit budgets 343B:1440, 350B:1535-1540
Business
employees, housing affordability and access to services 311B:1510
government support and role in society 311B:1510
Carbon tax
rate increase, deferral 349B:1115
tax 343B:1435
Caregivers, respite care services 2CSC:1420
Carney, Mark
comments on climate change 310B:1050
comments on emissions reduction 311B:1505
Child care, affordability and availability 311B:1510
Child Care Minister of State, proposed move to Education Ministry 311B:1510
Child protection system
child protection workers, regulation 306B:1650
children in government care, family visits and reunification 12CSC:1745-1750
family preservation and supports 12CSC:1755, 311B:1515-1520
funding and issues 311B:1515-1520
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 12CSC:1745-1755, 322A:1520-1550
budget
increase for caseload management 322A:1535
spending and outcomes 322A:1525-1545
estimates process 12CSC:1755
funding structure and approach to child protection services 311B:1515-1520
service delivery 326B:1515
Children and youth
early childhood development
early learning 322B:1335
investment 311B:1510
early childhood educators, role and support 311B:1510
employment, youth community partnership program, funding 18CSA:1405-1415, 334B:1030-1035
programs and services for children and families, service delivery during COVID-19 12CSC:1745-1755, 326B:1515
Chile, healthy eating promotion 311B:1520
CleanBC plan
accountability component and targets 8CSC:1500-1505
emissions component 8CSC:1500-1520
industry fund and incentive program 8CSC:1515-1520, 310B:1050
role in economic recovery from COVID-19 8CSC:1455-1500, 341B:1405, 355B:1740
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Appointment Special Committee
report, debate 320B:1435-1440
work of committee 320B:1435
Climate change
government action 310B:1045-1050, 311B:1505-1510
impact, disease conditions 331B:1630
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project
environmental assessment certificate 305B:1045
government position and decision 305B:1045, 306B:1640
wetlands protection plan compliance 8CSC:1525-1530
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C., inquiry 16CSA:1825
Communities, economic development and resilience 311B:1505-1515
COVID-19
cases, second wave issues 12CSC:1750
handwashing facilities for homeless persons 326B:1405
outbreaks in seniors care facilities 16CSC:1615-1620
COVID-19 business impact and supports, tax payment deferrals for businesses 326B:1520
COVID-19 children and youth impact and supports
child and family services and children in government care 12CSC:1745-1755
youth agreements and youth transitioning out of care 12CSC:1750
COVID-19 economic recovery 3CSA:1150, 18CSA:1415, 326B:1610
"build back better" slogan 350B:1540
green recovery 8CSC:1450-1455, 355B:1735-1745
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening 2CSA:1620-1650, 353B:1405-1410
before- and after-school child care issues 353B:1410
classroom and remote learning 2CSA:1625-1650
education and schools community response 2CSA:1610
education funding 2CSA:1625
parents' role and compensation issue 2CSA:1640-1650
special education and special needs 2CSA:1635-1640
staffing and teachers 2CSA:1620
COVID-19 emergency measures use
extension and expiry 331B:1630-1635
Ombudsperson recommendations and government response 331B:1635
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
front-line workers 326B:1610
health care workers, pandemic pay provisions 16CSC:1640
paid sick leave 3CSA:1145-1150
precarious and vulnerable workers 3CSA:1135-1140
women, youth and vulnerable workers 18CSA:1415
youth employment 16CSA:1810, 18CSA:1405-1410, 334B:1030-1035
COVID-19 First Nations concerns and response 12CSC:1450
COVID-19 housing impact and supports
initiatives 5CSA:1135-1145
rental housing, temporary rent supplement 5CSA:1150-1155, 6CSA:1335
renters 326B:1530
COVID-19 impact and government response
action plan and initiatives 326B:1515-1520, 326B:1530-1535, 326B:1605-1610
automobile insurance system 16CSA:1810
economy and jobs, data collection 3CSA:1140
employees and unpaid job-protected leave 326B:1635-1645
food delivery services 16CSA:1810
government response 343B:1435-1440, 350B:1540
home-share providers 2CSC:1420-1425
local government 343B:1440
non-profit sector 326B:1515
parliamentary operations and proceedings 350B:1630
tax payment deferrals 343B:1435, 349B:1115
victims of domestic or sexual violence 326B:1410, 328B:1455
vulnerable persons 326B:1530-1535
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports
impact and government response 16CSC:1615-1635
single-site order and worker wages 328B:1410-1415
visitor restrictions and visitation policy 16CSC:1635
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports
mental health services 348B:1405, 351B:1415-1420
opioid overdoses and services 12CSC:1440-1510, 348B:1405-1410
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports 18CSA:1415-1425
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 19), debate 331B:1625-1635
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports, hotel workers 355B:1730
Cowichan Community of Caring, work on Indigenous child and family issues 306B:1650
Cowichan Housing Association, work of organization 5CSA:1135-1145
Cowichan Secondary School, replacement project 322B:1335
Cowichan Tribes, Q'ushin'tul project on child welfare services 306B:1650
Cowichan Valley
addiction services, safe supply pilot project 12CSC:1420
COVID-19 impact
housing initiatives 5CSA:1135-1155
school meals 350B:1540, 351B:1355-1400
Kingburne area, aggregate extraction activities and permitting 6CSC:1805-1810, 10CSA:1515-1525
overdoses and addiction services 316B:1410-1415
reconciliation and local governance 306B:1645
Cowichan Valley constituency and area
constituency office
child protection system cases 311B:1515-1520
staff commended 341B:1355
constituent cases
group home 2CSC:1430
home-schooling of special needs student and COVID-19 impact 2CSA:1640
home-sharing 2CSC:1420
vehicle insurance 16CSA:1810
Cowichan Watershed Board, establishment and work of board 306B:1645
Cystic fibrosis, mental health support services 16CSC:1655
Da Silva, Fatima, accomplishments as chef and meal program 351B:1355-1400
Datene, Tricia
work as constituency assistant commended 317B:1020-1025
work as constituency office staff 341B:1355
Disabled persons, community living services, home-share providers during COVID-19 2CSC:1420-1430
Discrimination and racism, racism against Black persons 331B:1410
Disease, zoonotic diseases 331B:1630
Dix, Adrian, work as Health Minister 16CSC:1615
Economic Stabilization (COVID-19) Act (Bill 18)
debate 343B:1435-1445, 349B:1115, 350B:1410, 350B:1435-1445, 350B:1535-1545, 350B:1625-1635
content of bill 343B:1435
Economy
measurement, gross domestic product and genuine progress indicators 311B:1520-1525
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 306B:1635-1640, 306B:1655-1700, 310B:1045-1050, 311B:1505-1510, 311B:1525, 341B:1405, 343B:1435
sustainable development, emerging economy 3CSA:1150
Edelman Trust Barometer, reporting on public trust 318B:1700
Education
distance education and online learning 322B:1340
out-of-school care programs, delivery by boards of education 322B:1335-1340
sexual violence prevention education, content re online pornography 2CSA:1615
special education and special needs, home schooling and contracted services 2CSA:1640-1650
Education funding
funding model and review 322B:1340
independent schools, independent distributed learning 2CSA:1650
Indigenous education and tripartite agreement 322B:1340
special education and special needs 2CSA:1650
Education Ministry
estimates debate 2CSA:1610-1650
budget and priorities, COVID-19 impact 2CSA:1625
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 8), debate 322B:1335-1340
Electra Meccanica, operations 16CSA:1815
Emergencies
disease emergencies 331B:1630
emergency measures, government powers and limitations 331B:1625-1635
incidence and human causes 331B:1630
states of emergency 350B:1630
Emergency Program Act revision 331B:1630
Employer health tax, deferral 350B:1445
Employment and unemployment
leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence 324B:1050
legislation 328B:1500
paid leave 328B:1455-1505
precarious employment and income insecurity 3CSA:1135-1140
unpaid job-protected leave, leave related to personal illness or injury 326B:1640
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 5), debate 328B:1455-1505
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 16) 326B:1635-1645
Energy
clean energy development 8CSC:1515
electricity rates, deferral of payments during COVID-19 326B:1530
power supply, imports and exports 8CSC:1500-1505
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
estimates debate 6CSC:1655, 6CSC:1735-1750, 6CSC:1805-1810
divisions, reorganization 343B:1725
estimates process, timeline for questioners 6CSC:1745
mine audits and effectiveness unit 343B:1715-1750
Environment
biodiversity protection 344B:1030-1035
biodiversity status and extinction event 306B:1650
environmental protection 8CSC:1530
restoration 306B:1700
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
estimates debate 8CSC:1450-1610
estimates process 8CSC:1450
role in economic recovery from COVID-19 8CSC:1450-1455
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
debate 318B:1650-1710
scope 318B:1650
Europe, economic recovery from COVID-19 and green initiatives 8CSC:1450
Federation of Independent School Associations in B.C., consultation by government 2CSA:1650
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 355B:1730-1755
Financial Administration Act, amendments 350B:1625-1635
First Nations and Indigenous persons
aboriginal rights and title 306B:1640-1645
child protection system
children in government care 306B:1650
family preservation and supports 306B:1650, 311B:1515-1520, 322A:1525-1545
federal legislation and implementation 322A:1520-1525
prevention services and funding 322A:1525-1545
reconciliation, recognition of Indigenous law 306B:1640-1645
First Nations Health Authority, addiction services and treatment facilities 12CSC:1450
Fish
habitat protection 318B:1655
salmon, protection and impact of forest practices 8CSC:1530
steelhead populations, protection and impact of forest practices 8CSC:1530
Floods and floodplains, flooding and response, government strategy 353B:1735-1740
Forests and forest industry
allowable annual cut 353B:1735
community forests program 306B:1655
forest management and practices, sustainability and role of local communities 306B:1655
industry, revitalization and innovation 306B:1655
old-growth forests
definition and reporting 354B:1110
protection and independent report 344B:1030-1035
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 353B:1735-1750, 354B:1110
budget and operations, water research 353B:1750
Fuel
fossil fuels 310B:1050
divestment 306B:1635, 341B:1405
issues and divestment 311B:1505-1510
The Globe and Mail, article on flood preparedness 353B:1735
Government
financial management and decision-making 343B:1440-1445
minority government 311B:1525
policy development, gender- and diversity-based analysis 311B:1520
programs and services, service delivery during COVID-19 326B:1515
public trust 318B:1700-1705
role 343B:1440-1445
spending and priorities 350B:1540-1545
Grand Forks, flooding in area and study 353B:1735
Green Party of B.C.
MLAs, role in Legislature 311B:1525
policies and role 306B:1655
position on issues
budget 311B:1505
LNG development 306B:1640
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors
energy sector 8CSC:1500-1505
LNG development 8CSC:1510-1525
reduction targets 8CSC:1510
Health care funding
long-term and residential care services 328B:1415
surgical services 16CSC:1655
Health care system
primary health care
accessibility 328B:1540, 338B:1745
integration with mental health services and pilot project 351B:1415-1420
public system 16CSC:1620-1625
surgical services, surgeries 16CSC:1655
Health Ministry
estimates debate 16CSC:1615-1705
estimates process 16CSC:1705
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, healthy eating 311B:1520
Hogan's Alley Society, activities and film 331B:1410
Holt, Catherine, comments on business supports and social welfare 311B:1510
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach, response 330B:1555-1600
Income assistance recipients, work search and training requirements 326B:1530
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019, debate and party positions 306B:1640
Independent School Act, amendments 322B:1335-1340
Information and communications technology, cybersafe practices for children 2CSA:1615
Infrastructure, strategic investment for leveraging of social benefits 311B:1515
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
culture shift 328B:1535, 338B:1620
culture shift and oversight 16CSA:1805
public trust 328B:1535, 338B:1615-1620
reforms and transition to new system 328B:1535-1540
review of operations, Ernst and Young review 328B:1540
role and responsibilities 338B:1755
International Decade for People of African Descent, proclamation 331B:1410
Introductions by members 310B:1015, 316B:1340, 320B:1340, 321B:1015, 324B:1020, 329B:1005, 341B:1335
Koksilah watershed, management, partnership between Cowichan Tribes and B.C. government 306B:1645
Labour Ministry, estimates debate 3CSA:1130-1150
Legislature
staff and others working in Legislature 306B:1630
staff, services during COVID-19 commended 357B:1020
Liquefied natural gas development
development 311B:1505
Green Party position 306B:1640
LNG Canada facility project
emissions 8CSC:1510
government position and decision 305B:1045, 306B:1640
Local government, revenues from taxes, remittance 343B:1435-1440, 350B:1435-1440
Long-term and residential care
care standards
additional care hours 331B:1430
inspections and delivery of care hours 331B:1430-1435
facilities, public and private operators 16CSC:1615-1625
private facilities, accountability and oversight 16CSC:1630, 328B:1415
system, public system and review 16CSC:1620-1625
Lutes, Lesley, work on mental health services during COVID-19 351B:1420
McKenzie, B, work as constituency office staff 341B:1355
Mackenzie, Isobel, comments on role of government 330B:1610
MLAs
families and staff 306B:1630-1635
remuneration, salary holdback component for ministers 343B:1440, 350B:1535-1545
Mental health
detention of mentally ill persons 16CSC:1700
programs and services
access and availability 351B:1650-1655
accessibility 12CSC:1430
services and funding 12CSC:1420
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, estimates debate 12CSC:1420-1515
Midwives, role and wages 16CSC:1635-1640
Mill Bay, youth employment and skills program 18CSA:1415
Mines Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 6), debate 330B:1555-1610, 343B:1715-1750, 345B:1425-1435
Mines and mining industry
aggregate production and gravel extraction, permitting process 6CSC:1805-1810, 10CSA:1515-1525
audits, process 343B:1740-1750
chief auditor, role and powers 343B:1715-1750
chief inspector of mines, role and powers 343B:1750, 345B:1435
chief permitting officer
delegation of powers 345B:1425
role and powers 343B:1725
industry, competitiveness 330B:1605
minesites, environmental damage reports and use of term "incident" 345B:1445
permitting process 330B:1555
regulation 6CSC:1805-1810, 10CSA:1520-1525
compliance and enforcement 330B:1555-1610, 343B:1720-1725
other jurisdictions 330B:1600
Ministerial statements (response)
Bombing of Air India flight 329B:1025
Morice River Technical Boundary Area, construction activities in area 305B:1045
Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry, estimates debate 5CSA:1135-1155, 6CSA:1335
Nevada, female-majority legislature 324B:1035
New Zealand, government policies, general well-being–based analysis 311B:1525
Nourish Cowichan Society, meal program 350B:1540, 351B:1355-1400
Oil and gas industry
government support and subsidies in Canada 343B:1435
role in economy and political influence 306B:1655
Oral questions
Access to handwashing facilities for homeless persons 326B:1405
Access to mental health services and pilot project proposal 351B:1415-1420
Addiction issues and services in Cowichan area 316B:1410-1415
Coastal GasLink pipeline project and government relationship with Wet'suwet'en Nation 305B:1045
COVID-19 deaths and response to opioid crisis 348B:1405-1410
COVID-19 response and mental health services 348B:1405
Domestic violence services during coronavirus outbreak 326B:1410
Economic recovery priorities and CleanBC plan funding 341B:1405
Funding for sexual assault clinics and services 324B:1050-1055
Funding for Victoria Sexual Assault Centre and sexual assault clinics 320B:1405
Funding for youth community partnership program 334B:1030-1035
Government action on climate change and economic plan 310B:1045-1050
Government plan for education system reopening 353B:1405-1410
Groundwater use licensing and registration process 338B:1400-1405
Inspections of seniors care facilities and delivery of care hours 331B:1430-1435
Long-term care facilities and single-site order for health care workers 328B:1410-1415
Report on biodiversity and protection of old-growth forests 344B:1030-1035
Seniors care by for-profit long-term care facilities 328B:1415
Site C power project 356B:1405-1410
Soil disposal site in Shawnigan Lake watershed 307B:1040-1045
Paramedics, wages and working conditions 16CSC:1645
Parliament Buildings
protest in precinct supporting Hereditary Chiefs 306B:1635-1640
protest in precinct supporting hotel workers 355B:1730
Physicians, family physicians, supply 328B:1540, 338B:1745
Politics and politicians, political participation, women in politics 324B:1030-1035
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, access grant 18CSA:1425, 311B:1510
Post-secondary institutions, budgets and operations, COVID-19 impact 18CSA:1420-1425
Prescription drugs, refill costs 12CSC:1505
Property tax
payment deadlines and late payment penalties, deferral 350B:1410
revenues, remittance to transit authorities 350B:1435
Public health, preventive health care and health promotion 311B:1520
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, role and responsibilities, action on sexual violence 324B:1055
Redies, Tracy, service as MLA 355B:1730
Redwater Energy, mine closure and remediation 330B:1605
Rental housing, rent banks 326B:1530
Rivers and streams, soil runoff 318B:1655
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate, appointment as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 320B:1435-1440
St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment project and innovation hub proposal 311B:1515
School Act, amendments 322B:1335-1340
School district 79 (Cowichan Valley)
COVID-19 response 2CSA:1610
trades program 18CSA:1405
Schools
role in community 322B:1335-1340
use of school buildings for community purposes 322B:1340
Sewell, Justice, comments on contaminated soil disposal site 318B:1705
Sexual violence
online images of sexual violence, impact on children 2CSA:1615
sexual assault, services and funding 320B:1405, 324B:1050-1055
Shawnigan Lake
contaminated soil disposal site
background and community concerns 318B:1655-1705
closure plan and monitoring 307B:1040-1045
closure plan and reporting 8CSC:1545
operations and permitting 330B:1555, 330B:1605
tax payments 8CSC:1545
drinking water quality and protection 307B:1040-1045
Site C power project
costs and construction schedule 6CSC:1735-1750, 355B:1755, 356B:1405-1410
COVID-19 impact 6CSC:1735
Skills training and career programs for youth, programs and promotion in K-12 system 18CSA:1405
Smith, Gavin, comments on Aboriginal title and Indigenous law 306B:1640
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, estimates debate 2CSC:1420-1430
Social welfare
role of businesses and government 311B:1510
role of government 350B:1540-1545
Social workers
number 322A:1550
training and professional standards 306B:1650
Soil relocation, changes to oversight and regulation 318B:1650-1705
Special warrants 350B:1625-1635
Statements by members
Fatima Da Silva and Nourish Cowichan Society 351B:1355-1400
International Decade for People of African Descent and contributions of Black community 331B:1410
Service of Legislature staff and members during COVID-19 357B:1020
Tricia Datene 317B:1020-1025
Women in politics 324B:1030-1035
Work of Cowichan Valley constituency office staff 341B:1355
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization proposal re personal use 16CSA:1820
facilities, beds and funding 12CSC:1510
opioid overdoses
deaths and response 16CSC:1650
impact on Indigenous persons 12CSC:1450
response and government initiatives 316B:1410-1415
safe supply 16CSC:1650
safe supply, alternative medications and prescribing process 12CSC:1500-1510
Supply Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 15), debate 326B:1605-1610
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on contaminated soil disposal site 318B:1705
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on employment status of ride-hailing drivers 3CSA:1140
Teck Resources Ltd., mine operations, impact on fish in area 330B:1605
Throne speech, content 306B:1650
Throne speech debate 306B:1630-1700
Times Colonist (Victoria), article on mining industry regulation 330B:1605-1610
Transit services, expansion and government investment 311B:1515
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 311B:1515
Travis, Dermod, article on mining industry regulation 330B:1605-1610
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation 306B:1645, 355B:1740
U.S., politics, presidential candidates 324B:1030
Vancouver, Black community and Hogan's Alley area 331B:1410
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
funding and services 320B:1405
services and clinic model 324B:1055
Violence
domestic violence, prevention and systemic solutions 328B:1455-1505
violence against women and children, incidence 328B:1500
violent misogyny and link to mass violence 328B:1500
Waste management
contaminated minesites, reclamation 330B:1605, 345B:1435
contaminated sites and soil relocation, changes to oversight and regulation 318B:1650-1705
landfills and dumping 318B:1655-1705
Water
drinking water protection 307B:1040-1045
groundwater, non-domestic use licensing and application process 338B:1400-1405, 353B:1740-1745
resources, analysis and studies 353B:1750
Water Sustainability Act, implementation 338B:1400, 353B:1740
Watersheds
community watersheds 318B:1655-1610
protection 318B:1655-1710
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
engagement in reconciliation process and meetings with government 305B:1045
position on proposed pipeline projects and Unist'ot'en camp 8CSC:1525-1530
rights and title, issues and role of government 306B:1640
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, relationship with government 305B:1045
Wildlife, species at risk legislation 8CSC:1530-1535
Workers compensation
compensation for workers with mental health disorders 351B:1655
rehabilitation and access to health services 351B:1645-1655
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23), debate 351B:1645-1655
Workers, protection 3CSA:1135-1140

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