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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Ma, Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)

As subject
advocacy re strata insurance issue 312B:1010
appreciation for colleagues 315B:1510
comments on issues
Frontier mine project (Bond) 313B:1405
public insurance (Polak) 314B:1040
purchase of training from Organize B.C. (de Jong) 309B:1400-1405 (Farnworth) 310B:1100-1105
staff, volunteers and family thanked 315B:1445
supporters and colleagues thanked 322B:1645
work on North Shore transportation planning project 322B:1645-1650 (Robinson) 5CSA:0935
Automobile insurance, system and history 312B:1010
Bridges, clearing of traffic accidents and government contract 322B:1700-1705
B.C. Financial Services Authority, work on strata insurance increase issues 312B:1010
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, transportation infrastructure and transit services 322B:1705
Budget debate 315B:1440-1510
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 315B:1440
Child care
affordability and availability 315B:1505
affordable child care benefit 322B:1705-1710
economic and transportation benefits 322B:1715
government plan 315B:1500-1505, 321B:1150
government plan, initiatives 322B:1705-1715
Children and youth, child opportunity benefit 315B:1505
CleanBC plan 315B:1505-1510
Consumers, cost of living, government action 315B:1445-1500
COVID-19 business impact and supports, business community response 343B:1335
COVID-19 economic recovery
consultation with youth 337B:1105-1110
economic recovery plan 337B:1105-1110
green and just recovery 342B:1015
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, essential services workers 342B:1005
COVID-19 impact
changes in social behaviour and values 342B:1005-1015
community response 342B:1005-1010
women, youth and marginalized communities 337B:1105
Education
government investment 315B:1445
out-of-school care programs, delivery by boards of education 321B:1150-1155, 322B:1710-1715
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 8), debate 321B:1150-1155
Families, government support 315B:1500-1505
Food redistribution and waste prevention 324B:1035
Harvest Project food redistribution initiative 324B:1035
Health care facilities and hospitals, urgent and primary care centres 315B:1445
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), North Shore section, study and interchange project 322B:1700-1705
Housing affordability, supply and new units 315B:1455-1500
Immigrant Link Centre Society, work of organization 324B:1035
Income and wealth disparity, role of property ownership 315B:1500
Insurance
cost, factors 312B:1010
private and public insurance systems 312B:1010
Introductions by members 304B:1340, 317B:1010
Iranian Canadians, community and response to deaths in shooting down of plane 304B:1345
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, traffic accidents, clearing 322B:1700-1705
Lions Gate Bridge, traffic accidents, clearing 322B:1700-1705
Lions Gate Hospital, staffing issue during snowstorm 322B:1650
Lower Mainland, winter traffic conditions on area bridges 322B:1650
Motions
Economic recovery plan 337B:1105-1110
North Shore
child care 322B:1705-1710
commuter traffic and congestion 322B:1650-1655
COVID-19 response by business organizations 343B:1335
health care facilities 315B:1445
housing 315B:1455-1500
housing affordability 322B:1650
Iranian Canadian community and response to deaths in shooting down of plane 304B:1345
issues and impact of government initiatives 322B:1645, 322B:1715
rapid transit proposal and study 322B:1650
traffic conditions in winter 322B:1650
traffic congestion 315B:1450
transit services 315B:1450-1455
transportation planning and reports 315B:1450-1455, 322B:1645-1705
North Vancouver Museum and Archives, role 344B:1020
North Vancouver, new museum project 344B:1020
North Vancouver–Lonsdale constituency and area
constituent case re child care 321B:1150
issues and action 315B:1445-1500
Private members' statements
The new normal 342B:1005-1015
Private members' statements (response)
Condominium crisis 312B:1010
Rental housing, rents geared to income 315B:1455
School district 44 (North Vancouver), school facilities and enrolment 315B:1445-1450
The Sons of Vancouver, distillery operations and COVID-19 response 343B:1335
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Mayors Council and rapid transit plan 322B:1705
role in North Shore transportation planning 322B:1650-1655
Squamish Nation, history, lands and housing development project 317B:1020
Statements by members
Immigrant Link Centre Society and food redistribution 324B:1035
Museum project for North Vancouver 344B:1020
North Shore community response to COVID-19 343B:1335
Squamish Nation housing development in Vancouver 317B:1020
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 304B:1345
Strata property, insurance cost increases, impact and response 312B:1010
Throne speech debate 322B:1645-1715
Transit services
expansion and government investment 322B:1655-1705
expansion and rapid transit 315B:1450-1455
rapid transit 322B:1655-1700
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, deaths in shooting down of plane and response 304B:1345
Zen Maker Lab, COVID-19 response 343B:1335
Malcolmson, Sheila (Nanaimo)

As subject
comments on issues
protests supporting Hereditary Chiefs (Bond) 316B:1430
family and staff thanked 315B:1655
job shadowing by young women 319B:1025
Automobile insurance, rates and reforms 304B:1820
Automobiles, clean energy vehicle program 315B:1650
Barclay, Ruby, accomplishments and leadership 319B:1025
Blachuras, Mark, experience as paramedic with post-traumatic stress disorder 317B:1025
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, performance and priorities 315B:1650
B.C. NDP government, priorities 343B:1345
B.C. Tourism Resiliency Network, initiatives 339B:1025
B.C. Transit, funding and surplus 315B:1630
Brown, Rosemary, comments on women in government 319B:1020
Budget debate 315B:1625-1655
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 315B:1625-1655
Business, online operations, digital economy rapid response recovery program 337B:1120
Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association women's basketball championship in Nanaimo 324B:1015
Canadian Mental Health Association, Mid-Island branch, programs 338B:1350
Child care, government plan 304B:1830
Children and youth, early childhood educators, wages and training 304B:1830
CleanBC plan 315B:1650
Consumers, cost of living, government action 304B:1820
COVID-19 business impact and supports, business community response 339B:1020-1025
COVID-19 economic recovery 337B:1115-1120, 342B:1025-1030
COVID-19 impact and government response, economy and jobs 342B:1025-1030
COVID-19 impact and response 337B:1115
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, single-site order and worker wages 327B:1105
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports, post-secondary community response 349B:1010
Dental health, access to dental care and funding for clinics 304B:1830
Disabled persons, employment training 315B:1635
Economy, conditions 304B:1840, 315B:1625
Education, government investment 315B:1640
Employment and unemployment
employment standards, reforms for women's equality 324B:1135
leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence 304B:1835, 315B:1635
leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence, paid leave 324B:1135-1140
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 5), debate 324B:1130-1140
Energy efficiency, government initiatives 315B:1650
Equal Voice, mentorship programs 319B:1025
Eye health and visual impairment
vision loss awareness 305B:1025-1030
white cane technology 305B:1025-1030
Families, government support 315B:1625
Ferries and ferry services
fares, government initiatives 304B:1820
role in coastal communities and government support 342B:1030
First Nations and Indigenous persons
reconciliation 304B:1840
reconciliation initiatives 315B:1650
Government, women in government 319B:1025
Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, COVID-19 response 339B:1025
Hammond Bay Elementary School, expansion project 315B:1630
Harlow, Richard, experience using smart white cane 305B:1025-1030
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital investment and projects 304B:1830-1835
Health care funding
funding 315B:1645
priorities 304B:1835
Health care system
government action on issues 315B:1630, 315B:1645
health professionals and workers, supply and training 315B:1645
medical imaging services 304B:1830
primary health care, team-based care and networks 327B:1055-1110
Housing
affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 304B:1820-1825, 315B:1635-1640
social and subsidized housing, construction of new units 315B:1640
supportive housing 304B:1825
supportive housing and services 347B:1140-1145
transition houses 324B:1135-1140
Income assistance, deductions and exemptions, earnings exemption 315B:1635
Infrastructure, government investment 315B:1630
International Women's Day 319B:1020
Introductions by members 310B:1015, 317B:1010, 331B:1345, 356B:1340
Jobe, Chad, comments on high school graduates 333B:1335
Kalina, Ian, work for Boys and Girls Clubs and child care centres 304B:1830
Lasqueti Island, beach pollution from marine debris 304B:1840
McRae, Stan and Maxine, contributions and legacy 341B:1335-1340
Martin, Lise, advocacy work on domestic violence issues 324B:1140
Medical Arts Urgent and Primary Care Centre, role and services 327B:1055-1100
MLAs, women members 319B:1025
Mental health and addiction
government strategy and initiatives 347B:1140-1145
government strategy and Pathway to Hope initiative 304B:1825
Motions
Economic recovery plan 337B:1115-1120
Supports in supportive housing projects 347B:1140-1145
Nanaimo
affordable housing, social programs and services 338B:1345-1350
child care spaces and facilities 304B:1830
COVID-19 impact and response 337B:1115-1120, 342B:1025
COVID-19 response by business organizations 339B:1020-1025
economic and social conditions 315B:1630
government investment and capital projects 315B:1630
health care facilities 304B:1830
high school graduates, congratulations 333B:1335
housing
affordable housing projects 353B:1345
issues and projects 304B:1825, 315B:1640
supportive housing facilities 347B:1145
mental health and addiction services 347B:1145
mentorship program for young women 319B:1025
social services, government investment 343B:1345
Nanaimo Association for Community Living
funding and employment training 315B:1635
housing project 353B:1345
Nanaimo Community Hospice Society, role and services 356B:1340
Nanaimo constituency and area, NDP constituency association, resolution on paid leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence 304B:1835
Nanaimo Correctional Centre, replacement project 315B:1630
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
capacity and government investment 304B:1830-1835
COVID-19 response and services, high-acuity unit 327B:1100
redevelopment and intensive care unit 315B:1645-1650
Oceans and marine environment, marine debris and shoreline pollution 304B:1835-1840
Parliament Buildings, protest in precinct supporting Hereditary Chiefs 315B:1650
Plastic products, pollution reduction 304B:1835-1840
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability, Valentine lobbying campaign 315B:1645
financial assistance, government initiatives 315B:1645
government investment and initiatives 315B:1640-1645
student mental health services 304B:1825
Poverty
incidence 315B:1635
reduction strategy 315B:1635
Prayers and reflections 305B:1005, 317B:1005, 326B:1330, 327B:1005
Private members' statements
Team-based medicine 327B:1055-1110
Private members' statements (response)
"Each for equal" 319B:1020-1025
Economic recovery plan 342B:1025-1030
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), work during COVID-19 and graduation ceremonies 334B:1020
Skills training, training and supply of skilled workers 315B:1630
Snuneymuxw Community Health Centre, services and model of care 327B:1055
Snuneymuxw First Nation
leadership and initiatives 304B:1840
reconciliation agreement and land transfer 304B:1840
Statements
CCAA Women's Basketball National Championship 324B:1015
Statements by members
Affordable housing and Canadian Mental Health Association programs in Nanaimo 338B:1345-1350
Affordable housing projects in Nanaimo 353B:1345
Innovation by Nanaimo businesses during COVID-19 339B:1020-1025
Investment in Nanaimo social services 343B:1345
Lisa Marie Young 329B:1030
Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 313B:1350
Nanaimo Community Hospice Society 356B:1340
Nanaimo high school graduates 333B:1335
Nanaimo schools and education system during COVID-19 334B:1020
Snuneymuxw First Nation hosting of Tribal Journeys events 348B:1350
Vancouver Island University response to COVID-19 349B:1010
Vision loss awareness and White Cane Week 305B:1025-1030
Wounded Warriors fundraising run 317B:1025
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response and government initiatives 304B:1825
Taxation, government policies 315B:1650
Throne speech debate 304B:1820-1840
Transit services, expansion and government investment 315B:1630
Tribal Journeys, hosting by Snuneymuxw First Nation 348B:1350
Tributes
Stan and Maxine McRae 341B:1335-1340
Vancouver Island, long-term care facilities during COVID-19 327B:1105
Vancouver Island University
COVID-19 response by staff and students 349B:1010
events promoting Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 313B:1350
government investment and new facilities 315B:1640
Violence
domestic violence, incidence and impact 324B:1130-1135
violence against Indigenous women and children, Moose Hide anti-violence campaign 313B:1350
violence against women, incidence 324B:1130-1135
Wages, minimum wage, increase 304B:1820
White Cane Week 305B:1025
Women
women's equality and gender equity 319B:1020-1025
young women, mentoring and job shadowing 319B:1025
Wounded Warriors Canada, fundraising run for injured veterans 317B:1025
Young, Lisa Marie, disappearance case 329B:1030
Mark, Hon. Melanie (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

As subject
appreciation (Bond) 18CSA:1430
experience as Advanced Education Minister 18CSA:1500
family and staff thanked 309B:1625-1630
Adult basic education, accessibility and fees 309B:1635-1640
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry
estimates debate 17CSA:0930-1155, 18CSA:1335-1500
budget, allocation for training 17CSA:1030
budget and operations, COVID-19 impact 17CSA:0945-1000
budget and priorities 17CSA:0930-0935
estimates process, scope of debate 17CSA:1020-1025, 17CSA:1155
relationship with Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry 17CSA:1120-1130
staff thanked 309B:1645
Britannia Secondary School, senior girls basketball team championship win 323B:1345
B.C. by region
interior B.C., health care professional supply and training 17CSA:1105-1110
northern B.C., health care professional supply and training 18CSA:1435-1445
B.C. Federation of Students, comments on post-secondary access grant 309B:1645
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, post-secondary education 309B:1630-1635
B.C. NDP government, priorities 309B:1625-1650
Budget debate 309B:1625-1650
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 309B:1625-1630
Children and youth
early childhood educators
role and support 309B:1650
training and spaces 17CSA:1140-1145
training programs and funding 17CSA:1140-1145
employment
programs 18CSA:1410-1415, 334B:1035-1040
youth community partnership program, funding 18CSA:1410-1415, 334B:1035-1040
COVID-19 economic recovery 18CSA:1415-1420
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
women, youth and vulnerable workers 18CSA:1415-1420
youth employment 18CSA:1410-1415, 334B:1035-1040
COVID-19 impact and government response
federal initiatives 17CSA:1155
seniors 18CSA:1445
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports
costs for remote learning and safety protocols 17CSA:1135, 18CSA:1425
international students 17CSA:1155
post-secondary education 17CSA:0930, 18CSA:1435
post-secondary education and skills training 18CSA:1415-1430
students 18CSA:1425-1430
tuition fees and revenues 17CSA:0945-0955, 18CSA:1425
Economy, government strategy 309B:1630
English language learning programs, accessibility and fees 309B:1635-1640
First Nations and Indigenous persons, reconciliation
government action and implementation of recommendations 309B:1640
post-secondary education system 17CSA:0935, 17CSA:1010
Health care system, health professionals and workers
care aides and health care assistants 18CSA:1445
supply and training 17CSA:1105, 18CSA:1435-1445
High-technology industry
development and government support 309B:1635
training spaces 309B:1635-1640
Industry Training Authority
role and funding 17CSA:1030-1055
staffing 309B:1635
Introductions by members 305B:1015, 313B:1340, 351B:1335
Justice Institute of B.C., police training program, capacity and funding 17CSA:1115-1120
Kelowna, post-secondary institutions, capital projects and funding 17CSA:1100-1105
Klassen, Tanysha, comments on post-secondary access grant 309B:1645
Labour
labour market development agreement 18CSA:1410
workforce development agreement, funding 18CSA:1410-1415, 334B:1035-1040
Langara College
Indigenous education and funding 18CSA:1350
redevelopment project and funding 18CSA:1345
Legislature, estimates process, scope of debate 17CSA:1020-1025, 17CSA:1155
Mill Bay, youth employment and skills program 18CSA:1410
Occupational therapists, supply and training 18CSA:1435
Okanagan College, capital projects and funding 17CSA:1105
Oral questions (response)
Funding for youth community partnership program 334B:1035-1040
Physiotherapists, supply and training 18CSA:1435
Police and policing, training 17CSA:1115-1120
Post-secondary education
academic freedom 17CSA:1020
accessibility and affordability 309B:1630-1645
accessibility and role in society 309B:1650
education of Indigenous persons, Aboriginal service plans 18CSA:1350
financial assistance, access grant 18CSA:1430, 18CSA:1445, 309B:1630, 309B:1645
government investment and initiatives 17CSA:0935-0940, 17CSA:1010, 309B:1630-1645
health profession programs 17CSA:1105-1110, 18CSA:1435-1445
Post-secondary education funding
capital funding 17CSA:1105, 18CSA:1345
funding policies and academic freedom issue 17CSA:1020
Indigenous education 17CSA:1010, 18CSA:1350
veterinary programs 18CSA:1335
Post-secondary institutions
budgets and operations, COVID-19 impact 17CSA:0945-1000, 17CSA:1025, 17CSA:1135, 18CSA:1425
Indigenous-focused institutions 17CSA:1010
revenues and student enrolment 17CSA:1110
sexual violence on campus, policies and implementation at smaller institutions 18CSA:1450
student housing 309B:1640
Public service, staff commended 309B:1645
Skills training
apprenticeship system 17CSA:1030-1055, 309B:1635
funding 17CSA:1030-1035
trades training
mandatory certification 18CSA:1350-1405
Red Seal certification 18CSA:1355-1405
training and career programs for youth
programs and promotion in K-12 system 18CSA:1455
Shoulder Tappers program 18CSA:1455
training for Indigenous persons 17CSA:1045-1050
Surrey, police services transition to municipal force, officer training 17CSA:1120-1130
Thompson Rivers University
software engineering program 309B:1635
student housing 309B:1640
Tributes
Britannia Secondary senior girls basketball team championship win 323B:1345
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, implementation of recommendations 309B:1640
UBC, Okanagan campus (Kelowna)
downtown campus project and innovation centre 17CSA:1100
student housing 17CSA:1105
University of Northern B.C.
engineering program 309B:1635
occupational therapy and physiotherapy programs and partnership with UBC 18CSA:1435
Veterinarians, supply and training 18CSA:1335
Western College of Veterinary Medicine, funding and spaces for B.C. students 18CSA:1335
Martin, John (Chilliwack)

As subject
social media videos by constituency office 314B:1055
staff and family thanked 314B:1055
Bains, Harry
comments on WorkSafeBC surplus 343B:1540
handling of temporary layoff extension issue 4CSA:1805
Bonner, Jeff, operation of café as music performance venue 323B:1400
Budget debate 314B:1055-1115
Business Council of B.C., comments on COVID-19 response for businesses 352B:1050
COVID-19 business impact and supports 343B:1540, 352B:1050-1055
employee layoff time limits and severance pay issues 4CSA:1800-1810
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery plan 352B:1045-1055
proposals by opposition 352B:1055
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
temporary foreign workers 4CSA:1755
wages and wage subsidy program 4CSA:1610
COVID-19 impact and government response
economy and jobs 352B:1045
workers compensation system 3CSA:1125-1130, 4CSA:1330-1335
COVID-19 safety protocols in workplaces, costs and funding 352B:1055
Employment and unemployment, leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence
legislation 324B:1130
paid leave 324B:1125-1130, 341B:1635-1650
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 5)
debate 324B:1125-1130, 341B:1635-1650
regulations 341B:1645-1650
Employment standards branch, changes 3CSA:1100
Fair Wages Commission, work 4CSA:1555
Fraser Valley
transportation infrastructure and commuter rail proposal 314B:1100-1115
transportation issues for eastern valley 314B:1100-1110
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Fraser Valley section, congestion and need for widening 314B:1100-1105
Immigration, temporary foreign workers registry 4CSA:1750-1755
Labour Ministry
estimates debate 3CSA:1050-1130, 4CSA:1330-1335, 4CSA:1445, 4CSA:1555-1610, 4CSA:1750-1810, 4CSA:1820
budget and operations, COVID-19 impact 3CSA:1055-1105
estimates participants and staff thanked 4CSA:1820
minister, handling of temporary layoff extension issue 4CSA:1805
Legislature, staff, services during COVID-19 commended 3CSA:1050
Lower Mainland, transportation planning 314B:1100-1115
MLAs, remuneration, salary holdback component for ministers 3CSA:1055
Occupational health and safety
safety standards, enforcement 350B:1655-1700
safety standards, violations and publishing of facts 350B:1705-1710
workers killed or injured on the job, victim impact statements in court cases 350B:1710
Popove, Ken, advocacy re transportation issues in Chilliwack area 314B:1105-1110
Private members' statements
Economic plan for B.C. 352B:1045-1055
Sexual violence, impact 324B:1125
Skills training, trades training, mandatory certification 4CSA:1800
Statements by members
Tractorgrease Cafe in Chilliwack 323B:1400
Throne speech, content and purpose 314B:1100
Tractorgrease Cafe, music performance venue 323B:1400
Transit services, commuter rail services 314B:1100-1110
Transportation infrastructure and planning 314B:1100-1115
Violence, domestic violence, impact 324B:1125
Wages, minimum wage, increase 4CSA:1610
Workers compensation
claims 351B:1620
claims process 3CSA:1125-1130, 4CSA:1330-1335
compensation benefits
determination of retirement age 2CW:1435-1450, 2CW:1810
maximum insurable earnings 2CW:1505
permanent disability 343B:1545
compensation for workers with mental health disorders 351B:1610-1620
premiums 351B:1720
premiums, collection 2CW:1730-1750, 343B:1545
premiums, use of surplus funds for personal protective equipment 343B:1540
presumptive conditions category, expansion and caseload 4CSA:1330
rehabilitation and access to health services 351B:1620-1630, 351B:1715-1720
reports and reviews
report in 2002 1CW:0950
review of implementation of mill explosion report recommendations 350B:1700
worker-centric approach report and implementation 3CSA:1110-1115
system
changes 350B:1700-1730
changes and costs 1CW:0930-1000, 351B:1715-1720
changes and impact 1CW:1000, 2CW:1435-1515, 2CW:1730-1810, 343B:1535-1545
Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23), debate 1CW:0930-1000, 2CW:1435-1450, 2CW:1500-1515, 2CW:1730-1810, 343B:1535-1545, 350B:1655-1730, 351B:1610-1630, 351B:1715-1720
WorkSafeBC
accident fund and surplus
management 1CW:0945
management and COVID-19 impact 3CSA:1115-1120, 343B:1540, 352B:1055
authority and powers 350B:1715
reconsiderations, corrections of obvious errors and omissions 2CW:1805, 350B:1720-1730
Milobar, Peter (Kamloops–North Thompson)

As subject
comments on mining legislation (Ralston) 331B:1510
estimates debate on CleanBC and transit (Olsen) 3CSC:1145
Agate Bay Road, safety improvements 4CSC:1630
Alberta, business competitiveness 356B:1605
All About Hue Hair Designs, impact of government purchase of hotels for supportive housing on business 341B:1415
Attorney General Ministry
estimates debate 16CSA:1735-1740
Attorney General role, response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1355-1405
budget, allocation for legal costs 10CSC:1540-1545
Automobile insurance rates 304B:1605-1610
Automobiles, electric vehicles and charging stations 6CSC:1705-1715
Bains, Harry, letters from business community 328B:1420, 344B:1035-1040
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages 313B:1550
Blue River, pipeline protest encampment
community engagement in area 12CSA:1505-1525, 348B:1415
government response 18CSC:1355-1405
police and justice system response 16CSA:1735-1740, 18CSC:1355-1405
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural dividend program 304B:1615-1620, 312B:1140-1145, 313B:1555
B.C. Forestry Alliance, comments on forest industry issues 312B:1145
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements with independent power producers, report on costs 319B:1010
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 313B:1535, 313B:1550, 356B:1545-1550
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 304B:1555-1610, 313B:1530-1535, 313B:1550-1555
priorities 313B:1530-1555
B.C. Parks, budget 8CSC:1645, 9CSC:1150, 10CSC:1610, 10CSC:1620, 356B:1540
B.C. Transit
budget and operations 3CSC:1020-1050, 356B:1540-1550
emissions reduction targets 3CSC:1100-1110
funding and local government planning 313B:1550
B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of rates for automobile insurance and electricity 304B:1605
Budget debate 313B:1525-1555
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 4), debate 328B:1740-1755, 329B:1120-1130
Budgets
2020-21 budget
content and priorities 312B:1145, 313B:1525-1555
contingency funding 313B:1550
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2020-21–2022-23 313B:1530
Burrard Thermal power station
future of lands 352B:1040
operations and future of lands 319B:1010
Business Council of B.C., report recommendations on low-carbon commodities and energy 356B:1600-1620
Business taxation 328B:1745-1755, 329B:1125-1130
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, comments on property tax assessment increases and tax relief proposal 318B:1505
Carbon credit trading 6CSC:1715-1720, 9CSC:1120-1125, 10CSC:1430-1515
Carbon tax
application
cement industry 8CSC:1725-1730
LNG 9CSC:1045-1105
impact on competitiveness 356B:1605
rate, alignment with federal emission factors 328B:1745
rate increase 313B:1535-1545, 356B:1550-1600
revenues 9CSC:1145, 329B:1125, 356B:1550
tax credits and rebates 313B:1535-1540
Cement industry, industry incentive program 8CSC:1700-1735, 8CSC:1800, 9CSC:1015-1020
Chand, Peter, advertising initiative for persons with disabilities 320B:1350
Child care, government plan 304B:1605, 313B:1530-1535
Clean Energy Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17), status of bill 352B:1040
CleanBC plan 8CSC:1450
building component, energy-efficiency retrofits 6CSC:1655-1700
emissions component 9CSC:1105-1110, 9CSC:1130-1135, 10CSC:1425-1515, 313B:1535-1550
funding 8CSC:1740
funding and ministerial responsibility 9CSC:1140-1145
impact of LNG development 6CSC:1715-1720
industry fund and incentive program 8CSC:1700-1735, 9CSC:1015-1020, 313B:1540
staffing levels 9CSC:1125-1130
transportation component
electric and hybrid vehicles 6CSC:1705-1715
electric vehicle charging stations 6CSC:1710-1715
low-carbon fuel standard 6CSC:1725-1735
public transit vehicle fleet 3CSC:1050-1120
Clearwater
forest industry tenure transfer in area 307B:1045-1050, 312B:1045, 317B:1050-1055
mayor
campground reservation system error case 8CSC:1805-1810
comments on forest tenure issue 312B:1045
Climate change
action and role of innovation 352B:1035-1040
climate action secretariat, funding 8CSC:1800
government action 313B:1535-1540
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, government position and decision 320B:1415
Construction industry, renovations and retrofits, energy-efficiency retrofits 6CSC:1655-1700
Consumers, cost of living, government action 304B:1600-1610
COVID-19 business impact and supports 328B:1740-1755, 342B:1010-1015
business community response 342B:1010
employee layoff time limits and severance pay issues 328B:1420
tax payment deferrals for businesses 328B:1740, 328B:1750, 329B:1130
COVID-19 economic recovery 313B:1550, 337B:1055, 342B:1015
funding 9CSC:0950
green recovery 9CSC:1000-1010
COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing
government purchase of hotels and impact on business tenants 341B:1415
services 337B:1050-1055
services and staffing 338B:1420
COVID-19 impact
government revenues 328B:1740-1745, 328B:1755, 329B:1125
impact and response 342B:1010-1015
COVID-19 impact and government response
costs 356B:1555, 356B:1625
mining industry 330B:1635-1645
park management and park operators 9CSC:0955, 9CSC:1150
staffing changes 9CSC:1015
Cullen, Nathan, role re engagement with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs 12CSA:1515-1525, 16CSA:1735-1740
Disabled persons, employment 320B:1350
Donaldson, Doug, handling of forest tenure transfer issue 312B:1145
Eby, David, response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1355-1405
E.C. Manning Provincial Park, conditions 10CSC:1615
Economy
conditions and role of government 313B:1550
economic opportunity 328B:1740
sustainable development, innovation commission initiative 313B:1550-1555
Elevate Consulting, government contract 10CSC:1515-1520
Encorp, recycling operations 10CSC:1525-1530
Energy
clean energy development 319B:1010-1015
electricity rates 304B:1605
independent power producers and projects 319B:1010
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 6CSC:1655-1735
Environment
conservation officers, funding 8CSC:1645
environmental protection, funding 8CSC:1640
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
estimates debate 8CSC:1450, 8CSC:1610, 8CSC:1625-1815, 9CSC:0935, 9CSC:0950-1150, 10CSC:1405-1555, 10CSC:1610-1700
budget
allocation for climate action 8CSC:1645
allocation for legal costs 10CSC:1535-1550
allocation for salaries and benefits 8CSC:1635-1640, 8CSC:1650-1700, 8CSC:1715, 9CSC:0955-1000, 9CSC:1020
allocation for severance payments 9CSC:1015
COVID-19 impact 9CSC:1015, 9CSC:1040, 9CSC:1145
operating expenses 8CSC:1640-1650
priorities 313B:1540-1545
savings and cost pressures 8CSC:1625-1630, 8CSC:1740, 9CSC:1035-1045, 10CSC:1530-1550
status and priorities 8CSC:1725-1740, 8CSC:1800, 9CSC:1015-1045, 10CSC:1405-1410, 356B:1535-1540
deputy minister position 9CSC:0955-1015
environmental protection and sustainability component 8CSC:1640-1645
estimates process 8CSC:1450
staffing 8CSC:1650-1700
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
debate 318B:1650, 323B:1445-1515
definitions 323B:1445, 323B:1505
implementation and transition timeline 323B:1445, 323B:1515
regulations 323B:1515
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 356B:1535-1625
First Nations and Indigenous persons
consent to projects 304B:1615
consultation by government 323B:1450-1500
Forests and forest industry
export of raw logs 312B:1145
forest-dependent communities and workers, transition support and funding 312B:1140
industry
competitiveness 356B:1610
conditions and government response 304B:1615-1620, 312B:1140-1145, 313B:1555
labour dispute in coastal forest industry 304B:1620
mills, operations and closings 307B:1045-1050
Fraser, Scott, response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1355-1405
Fuel
compressed natural gas 3CSC:1100, 3CSC:1115
low-carbon fuel standard 6CSC:1725-1735
Furstenau, Sonia, comments on mining industry legislation 330B:1650
Garibaldi Provincial Park, closing during COVID-19 10CSC:1655
Golden Ears Park, conditions 10CSC:1615
Government
capital projects, planning 304B:1620
ministries, budgets for economic and resource ministries 313B:1540
orders-in-council on staff changes 9CSC:1015
Green Mini enterprise, advertising initiative designed for persons with disabilities 320B:1350
Green Party of B.C., position on property assessment tax relief legislation 318B:1450
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors
emissions-intensive, trade-exposed industries 356B:1600-1615
LNG development 6CSC:1715-1720, 9CSC:1045-1110, 10CSC:1425-1515
reduction targets 10CSC:1445-1505, 313B:1535-1550
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects and priorities 313B:1530
Henry, Bonnie
recommendations on outdoor physical activity 10CSC:1640
role in COVID-19 response 342B:1010-1015
Heyman, George, comments on LNG development 10CSC:1440
Highland Valley Copper, mine operations 330B:1635
High-technology industry, development and government support 352B:1040
Highway 5 (Yellowhead Highway)
Dunn Lake Road section 4CSC:1655-1700
improvement projects 4CSC:1640-1700
safety improvements 313B:1555
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 304B:1610-1615
Highways and roads
improvement projects
First Nations consultation and involvement 4CSC:1650-1655
timelines 4CSC:1650
maintenance and rehabilitation 4CSC:1645
maintenance and rehabilitation of side roads 4CSC:1700
Horgan, John, comments on pipeline protest encampment 348B:1415
Housing, affordability and supply and new units 304B:1600-1605
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 12CSA:1505-1525
minister response to pipeline protests 18CSC:1355-1405
Insurance Corporation of B.C., operations 304B:1610
International Forest Products Ltd., Adams Lake mill operations and truck traffic 4CSC:1430
Introductions by members 310B:1010
Invasive species management, quagga and zebra mussels program funding 10CSC:1405-1410
Investment, government investment in social capital 337B:1050-1055
James, Carole, comments on carbon tax 356B:1555
Justice system, Crown counsel, role re protest encampment issue 16CSA:1735-1740
Kamloops
city government, First Nations consultation 323B:1455-1500
health care facilities 313B:1530
justice services, Supreme Court master position 314B:1010-1015
mining industry 330B:1630-1635, 330B:1650-1655
water treatment plant, impact on water quality and fish 8CSC:1815
West Victoria Street corridor, supportive housing site issues 338B:1420
Kamloops–North Thompson constituency and area, mining operation use of Red Lake Road storage area 4CSC:1630-1640
Keim, Jennifer, position as Supreme Court master 314B:1010-1015
Kyllo, Greg, briefing on bridge replacement project 4CSC:1630
Labour Ministry, letters to Minister from business community 328B:1420, 344B:1035-1040
Leir, Clif, impact of government purchase of hotel for supportive housing on business 341B:1415
Liquefied natural gas development projects, carbon offsets 9CSC:1120-1125, 10CSC:1430-1515
LNG Canada facility project
emissions 10CSC:1425-1440
emissions and application of carbon tax 9CSC:1050-1105
Local government, role in contaminated sites and soil relocation management 323B:1450
Lower Mainland, forest industry 312B:1140
McDiarmid, Rob, retirement as Supreme Court master 314B:1010
Marsden, Dennis, comments on property tax assessment increases and tax relief proposal 318B:1500
Medical Services Plan, elimination of premiums 304B:1620
Metro Vancouver, bylaws on solid waste 10CSC:1515-1520
Mines Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 6)
debate 330B:1625-1655
introduction 330B:1625
regulations 330B:1655
Mines and mining industry
First Nations involvement in industry 330B:1635
regulation 330B:1625-1655
role in economy and society 330B:1630-1635, 330B:1650-1655
Motions
Forest industry and land base 312B:1140-1145
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
debate 318B:1445-1515
Green Party position 318B:1450
Neucel Specialty Cellulose, mill operations and remediation costs 8CSC:1740, 10CSC:1550
Oral questions
Agreement on Wet'suwet'en rights and title 320B:1420
Blue River encampment and community engagement in area 348B:1415
Coastal GasLink pipeline project and protests supporting Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs 320B:1415
Forest industry tenure transfer in Clearwater area 307B:1045-1050, 317B:1050-1055
Government purchase of hotels and impact on business tenants 341B:1415
Impact of changes to workers compensation system 344B:1035-1040
Small business employee layoffs and severance pay issues 328B:1420
Staffing and services at supportive housing facilities 338B:1420
Parks
campgrounds
reservation system 8CSC:1805-1810, 10CSC:1615
reservation system and cancellation case 10CSC:1630-1640
COVID-19 impact, closings and reopenings 9CSC:1150, 10CSC:1615-1655
funding 8CSC:1645, 9CSC:0950, 9CSC:1150, 10CSC:1610, 356B:1540
funding, park enhancement fund 8CSC:1705-1720, 9CSC:1020
system, conditions 10CSC:1615-1620
Parliamentary Secretary for Environment, role 10CSC:1530
Pattullo Bridge, replacement project 304B:1615
Paul's Motor Inn, government purchase of hotel for supportive housing, impact on business tenants 341B:1415
Petitions
removal of trees at Riverdale Trailer Court 354B:1055
Plastic products, pollution reduction 10CSC:1530
Poverty reduction strategy 304B:1600
Premier's Office, budget, allocation for severance payments 9CSC:1015
Price, Lindsay, impact of government purchase of hotel for supportive housing on business 341B:1415
Prince George, mining industry 330B:1630
Private members' statements (response)
Burrard Thermal 319B:1010-1015
Innovation to address climate change 352B:1035-1040
Investing in people 337B:1050-1055
The new normal 342B:1010-1015
Property tax
assessment of property, split classification approach and proposed legislation 318B:1455-1500, 318B:1515
interim business property tax relief program 318B:1450-1515
rates for small businesses and organizations 318B:1510
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 18CSC:1355-1405
minister role re pipeline protests 18CSC:1355-1405
Public service, staffing changes 9CSC:1015
Recycling, bottle recycling system, changes 10CSC:1525-1530
Rental housing, rent increases and average rents 304B:1600
Riverdale Trailer Court, removal of trees, petition tabled 354B:1055
Rolf Bruhn Bridge, replacement project status 4CSC:1630
Rothenburger, Mel, comments on throne speech 304B:1615
School district 36 (Surrey)
enrolment and portable use 304B:1610
portable use and reduction targets 313B:1555
Science and technology
clean technology development 330B:1630, 330B:1640, 352B:1040
innovation, government support 352B:1035-1040
Simpcw First Nation
concerns re pipeline protest encampment 12CSA:1505-1520, 348B:1415
consultation and agreement on highway improvement project 4CSC:1650-1655
Small business
government support 337B:1055
Soil relocation
agricultural and forest lands 323B:1505-1510
changes to oversight and regulation 318B:1650, 323B:1445-1515
Statements by members
B.C. Supreme Court master in Kamloops 314B:1010-1015
Green Mini enterprise by Peter Chand 320B:1350
Stewart, Kennedy, comments on property tax assessment increases and tax relief proposal 318B:1500
Surrey
government investment 313B:1530
health care facilities and services, new hospital 313B:1530
Taxation
competitive tax system 352B:1040, 356B:1605-1620
government policies 313B:1545-1550, 328B:1740-1755, 329B:1125-1130
tax deferrals 328B:1740-1755, 329B:1125
Throne speech content 304B:1555, 304B:1605, 304B:1620-1625
Throne speech debate 304B:1555-1625
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project status
government action 10CSC:1500-1510
government action and legal costs 10CSC:1535-1545
Transit services
buses and bus service
alternative fuels and electrification 3CSC:1050-1120
life cycle of buses 3CSC:1015
expansion and government investment 313B:1550
funding 3CSC:1020-1045, 356B:1540-1550
funding model 3CSC:1015
Transportation
blockades of transportation system, impact and response 313B:1550
projects, government policies and decision-making 4CSC:1650-1655
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 3CSC:1015-1120, 4CSC:1630-1700
gravel pits and storage access agreement 4CSC:1630-1640
Trucking industry, electric trucks 3CSC:1115-1120
The Tyee, article on deputy minister position at Environment Ministry 9CSC:1000
UN, Conference of the Parties on climate change 10CSC:1430-1440, 10CSC:1510
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, impact 304B:1615, 323B:1455
United Way, fundraising drives, participation of mining industry 330B:1635
Vancouver, mining industry headquarters 330B:1635
Victoria, supportive housing sites, issues 341B:1415
Waste management, contaminated sites and soil relocation
changes to oversight and regulation 318B:1650, 323B:1445-1515
minesites 323B:1505
soil relocation agreements 323B:1445
Wells Gray Provincial Park
campground reservation system issues 8CSC:1805-1810
Clearwater River Road washout, impact and repairs 8CSC:1815
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, rights and title, agreement with government 320B:1415-1420
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, protests supporting Chiefs, impact and response 320B:1415
Workers compensation system, changes and impact 344B:1035-1040
Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)

As subject
comments on government response to money laundering (Eby) 311B:1710
experience as manager of police services 309B:1820
experience in mining industry 330B:1615
mother-in-law's experience in health system 309B:1805
AuRico Metals Inc., Kemess Underground mine project 330B:1615-1620
Automobile insurance
changes, costs and savings 341B:1600
consultation on changes and stakeholder concerns, law enforcement 341B:1550-1600
sales and licence plate decals program, changes 341B:1550-1600
Automobiles, licence plates, scanning by law enforcement 341B:1550-1555
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
pipeline construction camps and issues 17CSC:1010-1015
police services 17CSC:0945-0955, 309B:1815-1820
northern B.C., health care services and facilities 309B:1805-1810
rural B.C., rural dividend program 309B:1800
B.C. NDP government, priorities 17CSC:1115, 309B:1800-1820
Budget debate 309B:1750-1820
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 309B:1800-1820
Canada Border Services Agency, work with police services 17CSC:1055
Cannabis
community safety unit 18CSC:1610-1615
legalization and regulation, regulation by First Nations 18CSC:1700
Cardiac health, services in northern B.C. 309B:1805
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, employment 309B:1800
Coffey, Tom, comments on employer health tax 356B:1500
Conifex Inc., Mackenzie mill operations 353B:1545
Corrections system
early release program 18CSC:1750
inmates and staff, COVID-19 cases and impacts 18CSC:1750-1800
inmates, overdose deaths after release and prevention 18CSC:1755
restorative justice programs 17CSC:1145-1150
COVID-19 business impact and supports, tax payment deferrals for businesses 356B:1500
COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing, government purchase of hotels and impact on police services 17CSC:1125-1130
COVID-19 impact and government response
corrections system 18CSC:1750-1800
justice system 18CSC:1800
police services 17CSC:1015-1020
Crime and criminals
crime prevention programs and funding 17CSC:1030, 309B:1815-1820
forfeiture of proceeds of crime 309B:1815
money laundering
government response 17CSC:1115
government response and funding for prevention 309B:1810-1815
Driftwood Valley Outfitters, First Nations youth outdoor guide and business apprenticeship program 357B:1010-1015
Duz Cho companies, operations 309B:1800
Eby, David, response to money-laundering issues 309B:1810-1815
Emergencies, search and rescue services, funding 18CSC:1745
Employer health tax
deferral 356B:1500
implementation and impact on businesses 356B:1500
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 356B:1500
Fires and firefighters, volunteer firefighter departments, funding 18CSC:1750
First Nations and Indigenous persons, off-reserve and urban population 17CSC:1135-1140
Forests and forest industry
industry, conditions 309B:1750-1800
mountain pine beetle infestation 309B:1755
spruce beetle infestation 309B:1755
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 353B:1540-1550
Gangs
anti-gang unit
funding 17CSC:1000-1105, 309B:1810-1815
work with border services 17CSC:1055
gang and organized crime and violence, prevention 17CSC:1010-1015, 17CSC:1050-1120
Google Earth Timelapse, information on mining operations 330B:1625
Health care system, travel for treatment 16CSC:1500
Health Ministry, estimates debate 16CSC:1500
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach, remediation of site 330B:1615
Justice system
courts and court services during COVID-19 18CSC:1800
reduction in number of Indigenous persons in system 17CSC:1135-1145
Liquefied natural gas development 309B:1800
Mackenzie
forest industry operations 330B:1620, 353B:1540-1545
history and resource industries 309B:1750-1800
Mackenzie timber supply area, status 353B:1545
McLeod Lake Indian Band, employment of members in resource sector 309B:1800
Mental health and addiction 17CSC:1130
Mines Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 6), debate 330B:1610-1625
Mines and mining industry
coal mining, metallurgic coal 330B:1625
industry
costs 330B:1610
investment 330B:1615-1620
regulation 330B:1610-1625
role in economy and society 330B:1615-1625
worker safety 330B:1610
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 20)
debate 341B:1550-1600
stakeholder consultation 341B:1550-1600
Northern Health Authority, Northern Health Connections bus and contract 16CSC:1500
Oil and gas pipelines
construction camps and criminal activity 17CSC:1010-1015
straddle plants for extraction of liquids from natural gas 309B:1800
Police and policing
core police services 17CSC:1000
COVID-19 impact, police officers with COVID-19 17CSC:1015
drug, gang and organized crime enforcement 17CSC:1010-1015, 17CSC:1050-1125
firearms forensic lab 17CSC:1030
funding for police services 17CSC:0950-1110, 17CSC:1130-1135, 309B:1815-1820
funding for police services, federal funding 17CSC:1015-1035
police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 17CSC:1125-1130
police officers
location of new staffing 17CSC:0945-0955
number and vacancies 17CSC:0930-1000
travel 17CSC:1005-1015
services in Indigenous communities and First Nations policing program 17CSC:1130-1135
specialized units 17CSC:1000, 17CSC:1010
staffing priorities 17CSC:1115
Prayers and reflections 354B:1005
Premium Truck and Trailer, impact of employer health tax on operations 356B:1500
Prince George
natural gas straddle plant proposal in area 309B:1800
police services and mental health nurses, Car 60 program 17CSC:1125
Prince George–Mackenzie constituency and area, forest industry and resource sector 309B:1750-1800
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 17CSC:0930-1150, 18CSC:1335, 18CSC:1610-1615, 18CSC:1700, 18CSC:1720, 18CSC:1745-1805
estimates process, written questions and answers 18CSC:1745, 18CSC:1800
mandate letter 17CSC:1045, 17CSC:1135-1140
Reforming the Police Act Special Committee, consideration of Manitoba process 18CSC:1800-1805
Resources and resource industries, conditions 309B:1750-1800
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, funding and services 17CSC:0930-1015, 17CSC:1030-1035, 17CSC:1100, 17CSC:1115
Schneider, Michael, guide-outfitter activities and work with youth 357B:1010-1015
Site C power project 309B:1800
Skills training, supply of skilled workers, impact of tax measures 309B:1805
Statements by members
Driftwood Valley Outfitters and Takla First Nations youth training program 357B:1010-1015
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses
deaths and coroner's report 18CSC:1755
drug trafficking and money laundering 17CSC:1115
drug trafficking and organized crime 17CSC:1050-1120
Taxation, government policies 309B:1805
Terrace, police services 17CSC:0945
Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Mount Milligan mine project 309B:1800, 330B:1610-1620
University Hospital of Northern B.C., capacity and cardiac services 309B:1805-1810
Williston Lake, impact of water levels on forestry and power supply 309B:1750-1755
Mungall, Hon. Michelle (Nelson-Creston)

As subject
comments on employment issues 329B:1105
comments on issues
Site C project (Kyllo) 357B:1035-1040
constituents thanked 304B:1650
experience in estimates debate while pregnant and breastfeeding 12CSA:1720
family, staff and constituents thanked 316B:1440
visit to technology businesses 313B:1415
Agriculture, innovation and role of technology 316B:1505
Automobile insurance rates 316B:1500
Automobiles
electric vehicles and charging stations 304B:1700
electric vehicles, Go Electric program 12CSA:1735
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural communities designation 12CSA:1810
B.C. Hydro, management and operations 316B:1500
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government and priorities 316B:1450
B.C. Utilities Commission, regulation of electricity rates 316B:1500
Budget debate 316B:1440-1510
Budgets, 2020-21 budget
content and priorities 316B:1455-1500
deficit 12CSA:1710
Business
regulation 13CSA:1140-1145
women in business, government support for women business owners and entrepreneurs 14CSA:1815
Cancer, skin cancer, diagnosis 316B:1505
Cannabis
industry, role in economy 304B:1715
legalization and regulation, sector transition from illicit to legal business 304B:1710-1715
Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area, constituent cases re provincial nominee program 14CSA:1530-1540
Child care
government plan 316B:1450
role in economy and labour force participation 14CSA:1815
CleanBC plan 304B:1700-1705
building component 12CSA:1735
role in economic recovery from COVID-19 12CSA:1735
transportation component 12CSA:1735
Construction industry, renovations and retrofits, clean technology for homes 304B:1705
Consumers, cost of living, government action 316B:1500-1505
Council of Forest Industries, report and recommendations 13CSA:1040
COVID-19
personal protective equipment and supplies
local production of hand sanitizer 12CSA:1730
local production of masks and face shields 13CSA:0955
supply hub initiative 12CSA:1725-1730, 336B:1400
COVID-19 business impact and supports 13CSA:1110, 14CSA:1715-1815
business community response 14CSA:1705
COVID-19 economic recovery
consultation 14CSA:1815
economic recovery plan 12CSA:1735-1750, 14CSA:1640-1825
local production and innovation 12CSA:1725-1730, 336B:1400-1405
COVID-19 employee impact and supports 12CSA:1745
wages and wage subsidy program 14CSA:1720-1725
women's employment 14CSA:1815
youth employment 12CSA:1745
COVID-19 impact and government response
economy and jobs 12CSA:1710-1715, 12CSA:1745-1750, 13CSA:1005, 14CSA:1620-1815
government response and work of public servants 12CSA:1715
supply chain 336B:1400-1405
COVID-19 impact, international exports 14CSA:1420-1430
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports, hospitality and tourism industries 14CSA:1650-1655
Economy
competitiveness 12CSA:1750
conditions 304B:1705-1710, 316B:1445
economic development 304B:1710-1715
economic development and competitiveness 13CSA:0945-1005
government strategy 14CSA:1705
measurement, genuine progress indicator 13CSA:1150
sustainable development
emerging economy task force report and recommendations 12CSA:1755-1800, 14CSA:1555
innovation commission initiative 304B:1705
innovation commission initiative and commissioner 12CSA:1755-1800
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs 304B:1705-1710, 316B:1445
leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence 304B:1650-1655
Energy
electricity rates 316B:1500
hydroelectric power resources 304B:1700
Ferries and ferry services
inland ferries 316B:1440
vessels, electric-ready vessel 316B:1440
Film industry, tax credits 313B:1415, 314B:1035-1040
Food and food industry, agrifood industry 13CSA:0955
Food banks, use 304B:1710
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., activities 13CSA:1020, 14CSA:1635
Forests and forest industry
export of product and expansion of market 13CSA:1020
export of products, conditions 14CSA:1430
industry, conditions and competitiveness 13CSA:0955-1045, 14CSA:1620-1635
innovation 14CSA:1625
ministries responsible 14CSA:1635
mountain pine beetle infestation, industry impact and transition 13CSA:1040
softwood lumber trade with U.S. and negotiations for agreement 14CSA:1520
value-added sector 13CSA:1020-1040
wood products and uses
mass timber products and promotion 13CSA:1010
wood pellets 13CSA:1005
Government
regulations, amount and policy 14CSA:1615-1630, 14CSA:1740-1805
regulations, reduction and policy 13CSA:1140-1145
revenues and spending, "tax and spend" slogan 316B:1445-1450
Gulf Islands, southern Gulf Islands, rural designation and eligibility for funding 12CSA:1810
High-technology industry
development and government support 14CSA:1550, 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035-1040, 316B:1505
government support and role in economy 12CSA:1815
industry 13CSA:0955
training, digital bootcamp pilot project 12CSA:1745
Housing, affordable housing, government action 316B:1450
Immigration
immigrant workers 13CSA:1115-1120
immigrants to B.C., government policies and priorities 13CSA:1115-1120
provincial nominee program 13CSA:1120-1130, 14CSA:1530-1540
Industry
sectors 13CSA:1150
sectors and government support 13CSA:0945-1045
Innovate B.C., operations 14CSA:1550
Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial status and management 316B:1500
Introductions by members 323B:1335-1340, 344B:1005
Investment
environmental, social and governmental considerations 13CSA:0945
industry investment 316B:1505-1510
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness Ministry
estimates debate 12CSA:1710-1830, 13CSA:0940-1155, 14CSA:1340-1830
budget and operations 13CSA:1135, 13CSA:1155, 14CSA:1610-1615
budget and operations, COVID-19 impact 12CSA:1715
budget, international trade division 14CSA:1510
estimates process 12CSA:1710, 12CSA:1720, 13CSA:0940
operations and name change 12CSA:1815, 13CSA:1150
role and responsibilities, forest industry marketing 14CSA:1635
service plan 12CSA:1820-1830
service plan and priorities 13CSA:0945-0950
staff 14CSA:1610-1615
staff thanked 14CSA:1830
Kootenay area
cannabis industry 304B:1710-1715
tourism industry 304B:1710
Kootenay Lake, ferry service and new vessel 316B:1440
Labour market information and analysis 13CSA:1120
Major Investments and Corporate Initiatives Office, operations 14CSA:1545
Manufacturing industry
industry 13CSA:0955
local production 12CSA:1725-1730
Medical Services Plan, elimination of premiums 316B:1450-1455
MLAs, role 304B:1650
MetaOptima, operations 316B:1505
Mines and mining industry
industry 13CSA:0955
innovation, mining innovation road map 304B:1715
Mining Jobs Task Force, recommendations 304B:1715
Nelson, electric vehicle charging station 304B:1700
Nelson-Creston constituency and area
activism for women's rights 304B:1700
economy and industries 304B:1710-1715
Oral questions (response)
Economic recovery and local production and innovation 336B:1400-1405
Government support for technology sector and industry tax credits 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035-1040
Parliament Buildings, Oak Room 12CSA:1710
Petitions
Salmo Elementary School replacement 344B:1055
Poverty
child poverty 316B:1455
reduction 316B:1455-1500
reduction strategy and consultation process 316B:1500
Resources and resource industries, impact of commodity prices 13CSA:0955
Salmo Elementary School, replacement, petition tabled 344B:1055
Saltworks Technologies Inc., operations 304B:1705
Science and technology
clean technology development 13CSA:1000, 304B:1705
clean technology development and employment 12CSA:1745
innovation and role in economy 316B:1505
innovation, government support 12CSA:1800, 12CSA:1815
Sinclair, Gerry, role as innovation commissioner 12CSA:1800
Skills training, training and employment for youth 12CSA:1745
Small business
government consultation with stakeholder groups 14CSA:1725
Small Business Roundtable 13CSA:0950
Small Business Roundtable, regulatory impact checklist framework 14CSA:1755
small business task force, report and recommendations 13CSA:1105-1110
tax credits, small business venture capital tax credit program 13CSA:1055-1100
Small Business B.C., services 14CSA:1725-1730
Taxation, government policies 316B:1450-1455
Throne speech debate 304B:1650-1715
Tourism industry 13CSA:1000
Trade
export navigator program 12CSA:1715
export navigator program, women's participation 14CSA:1815
exports, conditions 14CSA:1420-1430
trade representatives and offices
consolidation and closings 14CSA:1345-1525
review and report 14CSA:1340-1405
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation, regulations and review of legislation 13CSA:1145
Violence, domestic violence, incidence and response 304B:1655
Wages and salaries
minimum wage, increase 14CSA:1800, 14CSA:1815, 304B:1710
wage levels 316B:1445
Wilkinson, Andrew, comments on domestic violence 304B:1650-1700
Winter, Alan, role as innovation commissioner 304B:1705, 336B:1400

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