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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Kahlon, Ravi (Delta North)

As subject
brother's experience in urgent primary care centre 311B:1635
comments on parliamentary secretary role (Johal) 307B:1030-1035
experience with constituents 304B:1520
family and constituents thanked 304B:1515
work on community consultation re racism issues (Beare) 309B:1825
work on issues of racism (Singh) 332B:1120
Agriculture, innovation and role of technology 304B:1540
Automobile insurance
benefits, personal injuries 311B:1625
changes 311B:1625
rates 304B:1525
Automobiles, electric vehicles and charging stations 304B:1545
Bassi, Brandon, sports accomplishments and death 304B:1515
B.C., deaths of prominent citizens and public servants 304B:1515
B.C. Housing Management Commission, information on rental housing 311B:1620
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, forestry issues 312B:1115-1120
B.C. NDP government, priorities 311B:1615-1640
Budget debate 311B:1610-1640
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 311B:1615-1640
Cariboo area, forest industry 312B:1115
Child care
government plan 304B:1530
government plan, funding 311B:1615
Child protection system, children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 311B:1640
CleanBC plan 304B:1545
Climate change, government action 352B:1050-1055
Consumers, cost of living, government action 304B:1520-1525
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery and role of public health policies 352B:1050-1055
innovation 352B:1055
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening 332B:1025
COVID-19 impact and government response, women of colour and marginalized groups 352B:1055
COVID-19, stigma incidence and prevention 304B:1550
Delta
access to hospitals 311B:1630
school upgrades 304B:1530
transition housing 304B:1520, 311B:1620
Delta Chamber of Commerce, position on post-secondary access grant program 311B:1640
Delta North constituency and area
government investment and action on issues 311B:1615-1630
personal injury case 311B:1625
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention, government initiatives 304B:1550
racism against Chinese Canadians 304B:1550
racism against Indigenous persons 304B:1550
Economy, sustainable development 304B:1535-1545
Education
curriculum, physical and health education 311B:1635
distance education and online learning 332B:1030
funding 332B:1030
government investment 311B:1635
independent distributed learning 332B:1025-1030
mental health services in schools 311B:1635
Finance Ministry, minister, role 311B:1615
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system, children in government care 311B:1640
friendship centres, funding 304B:1545
housing 304B:1550
reconciliation initiatives 304B:1545-1550
Food security, task force and report 304B:1540
Forests and forest industry
forest-dependent communities and workers
transition support 304B:1535-1540
transition support and retirement bridging program 312B:1120
industry, conditions and government response 312B:1115-1120
land base, protection and working forest proposal 312B:1115
Gibson, Simon, appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 304B:1530
Health care facilities and hospitals
capital projects 311B:1630
urgent and primary care centres 304B:1535, 311B:1630-1635
Health care system
funding 311B:1625
government action on issues 311B:1625-1635
medical imaging services 304B:1535, 311B:1625-1630
primary health care, team-based care 311B:1630-1635
public and private systems 311B:1625-1630
services for Indigenous persons 304B:1545-1550
wait-lists and waiting times 311B:1625-1630
Health Ministry, budget, allocation for physical literacy programs 311B:1635
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness of children 304B:1530-1535, 311B:1635
Homelessness, government action 311B:1620
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 304B:1525
government plan and initiatives 304B:1525-1530
supportive housing, modular units 311B:1620
transition houses 304B:1520, 311B:1620
Human rights, diversity and human rights, government initiatives 304B:1550
Insurance Corporation of B.C., reforms 311B:1625
Introductions by members 305B:1015, 318B:1415
James, Carole, work as Finance Minister 311B:1615
Jhuti, Raman, death 307B:1010
Justice system, accessibility, government initiatives 311B:1640
Labour, community benefits agreement, training component and equity employment 304B:1540-1545
Medical Services Plan, elimination of premiums 304B:1520-1525, 311B:1620
Motions
Forest industry and land base 312B:1115-1120
North Delta constituency and area, pride 304B:1520
Pattullo Bridge, replacement project 304B:1540-1545
Physicians, young physicians and work-life balance 311B:1635
Post-secondary education
accessibility and support for former youth in care 311B:1640
financial assistance, access grant 311B:1640
Private members' statements (response)
Economic plan for B.C. 352B:1050-1055
Independent distributed learning 332B:1025-1030
Rental housing, purpose-built rental housing, construction of new units 311B:1620
School district 45 (West Vancouver), physical literacy initiative 311B:1635
Schools, capital projects and seismic upgrades 304B:1530
Science and technology, innovation 352B:1055
Speculation and vacancy tax 304B:1525
Sports and recreation, participation by children and youth 304B:1535
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response 304B:1535
Surrey
health care facilities and services, new hospital and land acquisition 311B:1630
homeless case, impact of housing and supports 311B:1620
Throne speech debate 304B:1515-1555
Transportation infrastructure, government investment and projects 304B:1540-1545
Tributes
Raman Jhuti 307B:1010
Violence
domestic violence, awareness and response 304B:1520
violence against women, prevention and socialization of boys 304B:1520
Westshore Urgent Primary Care Centre, services 311B:1635
Wildlife, caribou protection, public response 304B:1550
Wilkinson, Andrew, comments on domestic violence 304B:1520
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

As subject
attendance at privacy and security conference 8CSA:1755 (Thomson) 8CSA:1750
constituents, staff, family, friends and colleagues thanked 314B:1115
role as Citizens' Services Minister (de Jong) 354B:1030
Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, regulation, petition tabled 357B:1105
All Nations Trust Co., funding of Internet service expansion projects 8CSA:1740
Automobiles, electric vehicles and charging stations 314B:1125
B.C. Archives
operations during COVID-19 9CSA:1005
provincial archivist position 9CSA:1005
B.C. Services Card, mobile version 8CSA:1620
Budget debate 314B:1115-1125
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 314B:1115-1120
Burnaby, government investment 314B:1115-1120
Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area, high-speed Internet service 8CSA:1740
Chief information officer
funding for systems and data protection capital projects 8CSA:1810
role 8CSA:1755
Chief records officer, annual report, tabled 336B:1445
Child care, government plan 314B:1120
Chilliwack-Kent constituency and are, high-speed Internet service, connecting B.C. program case 8CSA:1735
Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 8CSA:1620-1825, 9CSA:0940-1100
budget and priorities
allocation for capital projects 8CSA:1810, 9CSA:0940-0945
allocation for real property 9CSA:0940-0945
COVID-19 impact 8CSA:1620-1625, 8CSA:1635-1710, 8CSA:1750
estimates process, staff thanked 9CSA:1100
role and responsibilities 8CSA:1620-1625, 314B:1120-1125
service plan 8CSA:1710, 8CSA:1730
staff 8CSA:1620
staff thanked 8CSA:1625, 314B:1125
website information 8CSA:1805
CleanBC plan, building component 314B:1125
Consumers, cost of living, government action 314B:1120
Corrections system, facilities, improvements 314B:1125
COVID-19
contact tracing, app proposal 8CSA:1820
personal protective equipment and supplies
cleaning supplies 8CSA:1650-1655, 8CSA:1750
purchase by government 8CSA:1625, 8CSA:1650-1655, 8CSA:1750
COVID-19 impact and government response, costs 8CSA:1655
Deloitte Inc., review of freedom-of-information requests 9CSA:1010-1035
Documents tabled
Chief records officer
annual report 336B:1445
Donaldson, Ian, contributions to public service 320B:1335
Freedom of information
proactive and routine disclosure 9CSA:1055
requests for information
fees and applicants 9CSA:1010-1055
government handling and response times 9CSA:1010
Government
information, data centre security and report recommendations 8CSA:1805
information technology services 8CSA:1620, 314B:1125
procurement practices and system 8CSA:1620, 314B:1120
procurement practices and system, advance payment proposal 8CSA:1825
programs and services, service delivery 314B:1120
website and government digital experience team 314B:1120
Health care system, personal health information, protection and data breach cases 9CSA:0950-1000
Information and communications technology
cybersecurity and protection of data 353B:1350-1355
cybersecurity and protection of data, conference 8CSA:1755
high-speed Internet service
role in economic development 314B:1120
service expansion initiative and connecting B.C. program 8CSA:1735
service expansion initiative for rural and Indigenous communities 8CSA:1620, 8CSA:1715-1740
Information and Privacy Commissioner
investigation of LifeLabs data breach 9CSA:0955-1000
review of privacy issues re health information 9CSA:0950
Infrastructure, government investment 314B:1115-1120
Introductions by members 304B:1335
Justice system, courthouses 314B:1125
LifeLabs Inc., breach of health data 9CSA:0955-1000
Lin, Joseph, contributions and legacy 316B:1335-1340
Northern Development Initiative Trust, funding of Internet service expansion projects 8CSA:1720, 8CSA:1740
Oral questions (response)
Handling of personal health information 353B:1350-1355
Petitions
acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, regulation 357B:1105
Prayers and reflections 331B:1335, 337B:1000, 347B:1000
Privacy
breaches of personal information, government handling 353B:1355
protection of personal information 9CSA:0950
Public sector, buildings and facilities 314B:1125
Public service, mobile workforce 314B:1125
Service B.C.
role 8CSA:1620, 314B:1120
services during COVID-19 8CSA:1655
Stewart, Ben, comments on Citizens' Services website 8CSA:1805
Tributes
Ian Donaldson 320B:1335
Joseph Lin 316B:1335-1340
Nick Volkow 338B:1335
Volkow, Nick, service as representative and legacy 338B:1335
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)

As subject
briefing on bridge replacement project (Milobar) 4CSC:1630 (Trevena) 4CSC:1630
family thanked 316B:1655-1700
staff and volunteers thanked 316B:1705
Automobiles, clean energy vehicle program and funding 316B:1720
Bains, Harry, awareness and comments on WorkSafeBC accident fund 4CSA:1350-1400
Bremner, August and Alice, farming legacy 356B:1345-1350
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural dividend program 316B:1715-1720
B.C. Hydro
COVID-19 impact on revenues, reporting 6CSC:1500-1615, 6CSC:1645-1655
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers, COVID-19 impact and curtailments 6CSC:1615-1640
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, election in 2001 316B:1700
B.C. Log and Timber Building Industry Association, work of organization 314B:1010
B.C. NDP government, performance in 1990s 316B:1700
B.C. NDP, support from unions 316B:1725
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re Site C power project 357B:1040
Budget debate 316B:1655-1725
Budgets, 2020-21 budget
content and priorities 316B:1700-1705, 316B:1720
deficit 352B:1135
Business competitiveness 316B:1705, 316B:1725, 343B:1545
Cannabis
community safety unit 18CSC:1640-1655
illegal trade 18CSC:1620-1655
illegal trade and competition with legal operations 18CSC:1640-1645
legalization and regulation, compliance and enforcement 18CSC:1640-1655
production and sale by First Nations 18CSC:1620-1635
rebate proposal for legal operators 18CSC:1655
Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, consultation on legislation and application to First Nations 18CSC:1615-1620
Concrete B.C., letter to government on workers compensation and COVID-19 2CW:1725
COVID-19
impact and response, meal programs 333B:1340
impact, long-term health impacts 2CW:1550
COVID-19 economic recovery plan 352B:1135
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, paid sick leave 4CSA:1440-1445
COVID-19 impact and government response
cannabis industry 18CSC:1635, 18CSC:1655
economy and jobs 343B:1545-1550
workers compensation system 2CW:1515-1735, 4CSA:1335-1440
Economy, government strategy and policies 352B:1130-1135
Employment and unemployment 316B:1700
government plan 316B:1725
paid sick leave 2CW:1630-1635, 343B:1555
Energy
independent power projects
First Nations communities 6CSC:1620
operations 6CSC:1620
power supply
demand and forecasting during COVID-19 6CSC:1500-1555, 6CSC:1615-1635
surplus power 6CSC:1600-1615
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
estimates debate 6CSC:1500-1655
estimates process, written questions 6CSC:1655
Evidence Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 9), debate 335B:1645
Forests and forest industry
industry conditions and government response 316B:1715-1720
labour dispute in coastal forest industry 316B:1720-1725
value-added sector 316B:1715
Government
public consultation and engagement 318B:1600
spending 316B:1705
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior
costs and management 4CSC:1540-1555
Illecillewaet section improvements 316B:1710-1715
Salmon Arm west upgrade project 4CSC:1540-1545
improvement projects, government investment and management 4CSC:1515-1525
Highway 97A, corridor upgrades and planning 4CSC:1535-1540
Highways and roads, improvement projects
costs and bidding process 316B:1710-1715
costs and management 4CSC:1550-1555
Income tax, new tax bracket for high-income earners 316B:1705
Interior Health Authority, case re cannabis sales and COVID-19 safety 18CSC:1635, 18CSC:1655
Introductions by members 305B:1015, 314B:1005, 321B:1015, 323B:1345, 353B:1335, 356B:1340
Investment climate 352B:1135
Labour
community benefits agreement, impact on project costs 316B:1710-1715
labour force participation, role in economy 316B:1700
Labour Ministry
estimates debate 4CSA:1335-1445
minister, awareness and comments on WorkSafeBC accident fund 4CSA:1350-1400
Legislature
bills process, committee stage and third reading, motion to rise and report, voting and division process 335B:1645
estimates process, scope of debate 6CSC:1545
Mabel Lake Road, resurfacing 4CSC:1525-1530
MLAs, spouses and families 316B:1655-1700
Motions
Equitable economy 352B:1130-1135
Mungall, Michelle, comments on Site C project 357B:1035-1040
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
debate 318B:1600-1610
debate on bill 318B:1600
stakeholder response to bill 318B:1610
Neskonlith Indian Band
accommodation agreement for tendered highway upgrade project 4CSC:1550
consultation and negotiations with government on highway upgrade projects 4CSC:1550
Oral questions
Site C power project 357B:1035-1040
Prayers and reflections 332B:1000
Property tax
assessment of property
impact of valuation increase on taxes 318B:1605-1610
legislation 318B:1600-1605
interim business property tax relief program 318B:1605-1610
mayors' response to issues 318B:1610
rates for businesses 318B:1605
rates for small businesses and organizations 318B:1610
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 18CSC:1615-1655
Salmon Arm, economic development project, funding by rural development program 316B:1720
Salmon River Bridge, upgrade project 316B:1710
Shapcott, Michael, establishment of meal program 333B:1340
Shuswap constituency and area
case re competitiveness of legal cannabis operations 18CSC:1640
highway upgrade projects 316B:1705-1710
highways and roads 4CSC:1525-1555
Site C power project, costs and construction schedule 357B:1035-1040
Sorrento Centre Conference and Retreat Centre, use during COVID-19 for meal program 333B:1335-1340
Sorrento, Newsome Creek erosion issue and culvert replacement 4CSC:1530-1535
Splatsin First Nation, consultation by government on highway upgrades 4CSC:1535
Statements by members
B.C. Log and Timber Building Industry Association 314B:1010
Farming legacy of August and Alice Bremner 356B:1345-1350
Sorrento Centre and community response to COVID-19 333B:1335-1340
Taxation, government policies 316B:1705
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4CSC:1515-1555
Vancouver Sun, article on labour dispute in coastal forest industry 316B:1725
Workers compensation
compensation for workers with COVID-19, caseload and claims adjudication 2CW:1520-1635
premiums 343B:1550
presumptive conditions category, addition of COVID-19 2CW:1515-1635, 2CW:1705-1730, 343B:1555
system, changes and impact 2CW:1515-1730, 343B:1545-1555
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23), debate 2CW:1515-1635, 2CW:1705-1730, 343B:1545-1555
WorkSafeBC
accident fund and surplus
management 2CW:1605-1615
management and COVID-19 impact 4CSA:1335-1440
accident fund and surplus, management and COVID-19 impact 343B:1550
administration costs 4CSA:1405-1430
board, decision-making process and consultation 2CW:1705-1730
relationship with government 2CW:1720-1730

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