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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Oakes, Coralee (Cariboo North)

As subject
constituents, staff and family thanked 316B:1750-1755
Agriculture, farm status and property assessment, lands impacted by flooding and fires 10CSA:1755
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 10CSA:1755-1810
Artemis Gold Inc., Blackwater Gold mine project, First Nations role 7CSC:1050-1055
Barkerville Historic Town, role in tourism and government support 318A:1635
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C., seniors care 16CSC:1350
rural B.C., road conditions and investment 4CSC:1710-1715
B.C. by region, northern B.C.
health care services 316B:1820
mental health and addiction services 316B:1805
B.C. Coroners Service, death investigations, timeline 18CSC:1715
B.C. NDP government, performance, business and economic issues 14CSA:1825
B.C. Wildfire Service, role re flood preparedness 353B:1430-1450
Budget debate 316B:1750-1820
Budgets, 2020-21 budget 316B:1800-1820
Business
business climate and business confidence 14CSA:1615-1620, 14CSA:1640, 14CSA:1825
competitiveness 14CSA:1615
women in business, government support for women business owners and entrepreneurs 14CSA:1810
Business Council of B.C., comments on COVID-19 impact on economy 327B:1110-1115
Canadian Rangers, response to flooding issues 353B:1445-1500
Cardiac health, services in northern B.C. 316B:1820
Cariboo area
flood and wildfire impacts and response 18CSC:1740-1745
flood preparedness 353B:1430-1450
forest industry, transition support 316B:1820
highways and roads
conditions 4CSC:1735-1750
flood and wildfire impacts and response 18CSC:1740-1745
flood impacts 10CSA:1800
rehabilitation 4CSC:1710-1750
rehabilitation after flooding 353B:1450-1455
wildfire impact and mitigation 316B:1815-1820
Cariboo North constituency and area
constituent cases re compensation for guide-outfitters 9CSC:0935-0940
COVID-19 economic impact on constituents 14CSA:1710
COVID-19 impact on small businesses 337B:1120-1125
impact of climate change and wildfires on roads 9CSC:0940-0945
mental health and addiction services 10CSC:1825-1830
missing and murdered women in area 316B:1750-1755
ranching industry, impact of flooding and fires 10CSA:1755-1800
volunteer first responders 338B:1345
Child care
role in economy and labour force participation 14CSA:1820
spaces 14CSA:1820
Climate change impact
transportation infrastructure and mitigation funding 4CSC:1715-1740
wildfires 9CSC:0940-0945
COVID-19
personal protective equipment and supplies, access for businesses 4CSA:1455-1505
safety protocols guidance and information 4CSA:1450-1455, 4CSA:1510-1515
dispute resolution 4CSA:1520
sector-specific guidelines 4CSA:1455
COVID-19 business impact and supports 4CSA:1445-1510, 4CSA:1525-1550, 14CSA:1645, 14CSA:1710-1805, 327B:1110-1115, 337B:1120-1125
federal initiatives 4CSA:1455
tax payment deferrals for businesses 4CSA:1505
COVID-19 economic recovery
consultation 327B:1115, 337B:1125
economic recovery plan 14CSA:1640-1825, 337B:1120-1125
phased restart 4CSA:1510
proposals by opposition 14CSA:1805
task force 4CSA:1505
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
vulnerable workers 4CSA:1545-1550
wages and wage subsidy program 4CSA:1525-1550, 14CSA:1715-1725
women's employment 14CSA:1655, 14CSA:1810
youth employment 14CSA:1650-1655
COVID-19 impact and government response
economy and jobs 14CSA:1650-1825, 327B:1110-1115
local government 4CSA:1515
northern and rural communities 4CSA:1455-1515
oil and gas sector 4CSA:1515
women, youth and marginalized groups 4CSA:1545-1550
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports, hospitality and tourism industries 14CSA:1650-1655, 14CSA:1710
Crime and criminals
crime rate 316B:1755-1800
crime reduction and crime prevention 316B:1800-1805
prolific offenders 316B:1800
property crime, impact on small business 316B:1755-1800
Dunrovin Park Lodge, care hours 16CSC:1355
Elections, fall election 14CSA:1645
Emergencies
emergency preparedness
evacuation plans and road access 4CSC:1725-1730
government support 316B:1815
emergency response to floods and wildfires, funding and response 18CSC:1740-1745
Emergency Management B.C., recommendations on flood preparedness 353B:1445-1450
Employer health tax, impact on small business 316B:1810
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, estimates debate 7CSC:1050-1055
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 9CSC:0935-0945
Fair Wages Commission, work and recommendations 4CSA:1530-1535
Fires and firefighters, wildfires
impact on roads 9CSC:0940-0945, 18CSC:1740
impacts and response 316B:1815-1820
prevention and mitigation 316B:1815
Floods and floodplains
flooding and response, policy re private property 353B:1430-1450
flooding and road access 10CSA:1800, 18CSC:1745
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre for wood pellet industry 14CSA:1635
forest roads, maintenance of forest service roads 353B:1455
forest-dependent communities and workers, transition support 316B:1820
industry, conditions and competitiveness 14CSA:1620-1640
mills, operations and closings 14CSA:1630
spruce beetle infestation 353B:1500
value-added sector 14CSA:1625-1635
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 353B:1430-1500
Fraser, Stewart
comments on COVID-19 impact on tourism industry 337B:1125
guide-outfitter operations 9CSC:0935-0940
FrontCounter B.C., services in communities 7CSC:1055, 353B:1500
Government regulations, amount and policy 14CSA:1615-1625, 14CSA:1740-1755
Guide-outfitters
compensation for park user fees 9CSC:0935-0940
government support 318A:1630
Health Ministry, estimates debate 16CSC:1350-1355
Heritage sites, government support and tourism marketing 318A:1635
Highway 97, conditions and rehabilitation 4CSC:1725-1735
Highways and roads
flood and wildfire impacts and response 18CSC:1740-1745
maintenance and rehabilitation 4CSC:1735-1750
maintenance and rehabilitation, climate change mitigation 4CSC:1715-1740
maintenance and rehabilitation, culverts 4CSC:1710-1715
Housing, affordable housing, supply and new units 14CSA:1820
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service for remote and rural communities 10CSA:1805
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness Ministry
estimates debate 14CSA:1610-1825
budget and staffing 14CSA:1610-1615
Johnston Bridge, upgrade funding 4CSC:1750
Labour Ministry, estimates debate 4CSA:1445-1550
Legislature staff 316B:1755
Lhoosk'uz Dené Nation, role in Blackwater Gold mine project 7CSC:1050-1055
Livestock industry
premises identification system for animal tracing 10CSA:1810
ranching industry
impact of flooding and fires and land assessment issues 10CSA:1755
impact of flooding on cattle and hay transport 10CSA:1800
Long-term and residential care
beds, demand and wait-lists 16CSC:1350
care standards, care hours 16CSC:1355
McLeese Lake volunteer fire department, comments on emergency response 338B:1345
MLAs, spouses and families 316B:1750-1755
Mental health and addiction
services 10CSC:1825-1830
services and funding 316B:1800-1805
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, estimates debate 10CSC:1825-1830
Mines and mining industry, placer mining, permitting process 7CSC:1055
Motions
Economic opportunity 327B:1110-1115
Economic recovery plan 337B:1120-1125
Nazko and Narcosli areas, ranching industry, impact of flooding and fires and land assessment issues 10CSA:1755
Nazko First Nation, flood preparedness 353B:1435-1450
Petitions
reopening of Quesnel-Hydraulic Road 344B:1055
Pollard, Patricia, comments on COVID-19 impact on tourism industry 337B:1125
Prince George Chamber of Commerce, COVID-19 response 4CSA:1505
Provincial health officer, COVID-19 response 4CSA:1520
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 18CSC:1715, 18CSC:1740-1745
Public service, staff commended 316B:1755
Quesnel
domestic violence program and funding 316B:1805
industrial traffic and transportation infrastructure 4CSC:1750
mental health and addiction services 10CSC:1825-1830
road access 9CSC:0940
road access and emergency planning 4CSC:1735
seniors population and residential care facilities 16CSC:1350-1355
West Fraser Road and Quesnel-Hydraulic Road, status and recovery 4CSC:1735-1750
Quesnel Cattlemen's Association, concerns 10CSA:1805
Quesnel-Hydraulic Road, reopening, petition tabled 344B:1055
Railways and rail services, blockades of railways, economic impact on small business 316B:1810
Rangeland, range tenure permits 10CSA:1805
Resources and resource industries, permitting process 14CSA:1825
Rivers and streams, rehabilitation after floods and wildfires 18CSC:1745
Safety, community safety 316B:1755-1805
Small business
contributions to communities 4CSA:1550
debt load 14CSA:1710
government policies and support 316B:1805-1815
government support 14CSA:1615
role in economy and communities 14CSA:1645, 316B:1805-1815
Small Business Roundtable, regulatory impact checklist framework 14CSA:1755
Small Business Task Force, report and recommendations 14CSA:1740, 14CSA:1800
taxation 316B:1805
Statements by members
Volunteer first responders in Cariboo North area 338B:1345
Taxation, government policies 316B:1810
Team Rubicon, response to flooding issues 353B:1445-1500
Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry, estimates debate 318A:1630-1635
Tourism Industry Association of B.C., proposal for government COVID-19 response 14CSA:1820
Tourism, visitor centres, network and funding 318A:1630-1635
Trade, exports and markets, conditions 316B:1810
Transit services, commuter services 316B:1815
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 4CSC:1710-1750
Trotter, Maureen, letter on mental health and addiction services 10CSC:1825
Violence against women, missing and murdered women 316B:1750-1755
Wages, minimum wage, increase 4CSA:1525-1550, 14CSA:1805
Water licences
agricultural sector permitting 353B:1500
agricultural sector permitting and online process 10CSA:1805-1810
Wildlife, management and funding 316B:1820
WorkSafeBC, COVID-19 response 4CSA:1450, 4CSA:1510-1515
Yager, Jessica, death investigation report 18CSC:1715
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
comments on government budget (Bond) 309B:1530
experience as Indigenous MLA 304B:1625-1630, 304B:1645
experience working at Butchart Gardens 336B:1350
identity and response to Indigenous and climate justice issues 310B:1030
role as MLA 309B:1555
visit to Wet'suwet'en territory 304B:1635
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, activation 317B:1040
Agricultural land reserve, uses, agri-industrial and agritech uses 10CSA:1540-1545
Agriculture
agritech land use secretariat 10CSA:1540
innovation and role of technology 10CSA:1540-1545
use of brownfield sites 10CSA:1545
Agriculture Ministry
estimates debate 10CSA:1525-1545
COVID-19 response 10CSA:1530-1535
estimates process, written questions and answers 10CSA:1545
Aquaculture, fish farms, closed-containment and land-based systems 10CSA:1545
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages 309B:1550
Boats and boating
mooring buoys and tenure issues 354B:1125-1140
sunken vessel costs and liability issues 354B:1125-1140
Brentwood Bay, mooring buoys and boat tenure issues 354B:1130-1135
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural communities designation 12CSA:1805
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
budget and operations, COVID-19 impact 2CSC:1705-1720
financial management and costs 2CSC:1705-1710
staff thanked 2CSC:1705
B.C. Financial Services Authority
interim report on strata insurance market and issues 340B:1440
work on strata insurance increase issues 340B:1430
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 304B:1630, 309B:1550-1555
B.C. NDP government
accomplishments 304B:1625
priorities 309B:1540-1555
B.C. Transit, funding and surplus 321B:1045
B.C. Utilities Commission, role re Site C power project 354B:1040
Budget debate 309B:1540-1555
Budget, Supplementary estimates 2020-2021
other appropriations and contingencies (all ministries), coronavirus pandemic response and economic recovery, debate 326B:1520-1535
Budgets, 2020-21 budget
content and priorities 309B:1540-1555
interim supply and additional funds 326B:1555-1605
Butchart Gardens, tourism operations 336B:1350
Capital regional district
role re sunken boat liability issues 354B:1130
rural communities within district 12CSA:1805
Carbon tax, rate increase 339B:1035, 355B:1800
Child care, affordability and availability 309B:1545-1550
Child Care Minister of State, proposed move to Education Ministry 309B:1545
Children and youth, early childhood development, investment 309B:1545
CleanBC plan
emissions component 339B:1040
funding 309B:1540-1545
industry fund and incentive program 309B:1410
role 304B:1630
role in economic recovery from COVID-19 12CSA:1720-1730, 336B:1400
Climate change
climate justice issues and responses 310B:1030
government action 309B:1405-1410
government action, role in economic recovery from COVID-19 339B:1035-1040
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, government position and decision 304B:1645
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. 309B:1550
Construction industry
regulation and construction quality issues 345B:1625-1630
residential construction industry, property-assessed clean energy program for upgrades 355B:1820
COVID-19
cases
deaths 326B:1345
second wave issues 10CSA:1535, 357B:1040-1045
personal protective equipment and supplies
biodegradable N95 masks from wood fibres 336B:1405
local production of masks and face shields 336B:1405
supply hub initiative 12CSA:1720-1730
personal response, preventive measures and responsibility 326B:1350
COVID-19 business impact and supports 326B:1520-1530, 326B:1600-1605
tax payment deferrals for businesses 326B:1520-1525, 326B:1600
COVID-19 economic recovery
committee 326B:1535
economic recovery plan 12CSA:1730-1740
funding and consultation 8CSA:1500
green recovery 12CSA:1720, 355B:1800
local production and innovation 12CSA:1720-1730, 336B:1400-1405
COVID-19 emergency measures use
accountability and reporting 333B:1705, 335B:1715
extension and expiry 333B:1525-1530
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
front-line workers response and services 326B:1555
health care workers response and services 326B:1350
youth employment 12CSA:1740
COVID-19 First Nations concerns and response, economic recovery 12CSA:1640
COVID-19 housing impact and supports
energy-efficiency retrofits 355B:1820
rental housing, ban on evictions 326B:1600
renters 326B:1600
renters, commercial tenants 326B:1530
COVID-19 impact and government response
action plan and initiatives 326B:1520-1535, 326B:1555-1605
economy and jobs 12CSA:1740-1745
food security 10CSA:1530-1540
government response 326B:1345-1350
individuals and families 326B:1600
local government 355B:1805-1815
non-governmental organizations 326B:1600
rural and isolated communities 326B:1410-1415
supply chain 336B:1400-1405
COVID-19 impact, transportation services and ridership 3CSC:1150-1155
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, mental health services 357B:1045
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 19)
debate 333B:1500-1515, 333B:1525-1535, 333B:1705, 333B:1815, 334B:1100, 335B:1700-1715
amendment on reporting requirements 333B:1705
amendment to strike section on cabinet powers 333B:1815
debate and division vote on section 8 334B:1100
definitions, "COVID-19 provision" and "EPA instrument" 333B:1500
precedence over other legislation 333B:1510-1515
schedules 333B:1505, 333B:1525
scope 333B:1505
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 8CSA:1445-1500, 333B:1355-1400, 336B:1350
Cycling infrastructure, Salish Sea trail network 5CSC:1025
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, introduction and role 12CSA:1615-1630, 304B:1410
Destination B.C.
budget and funding 8CSA:1455
COVID-19 response and initiatives 333B:1355-1400
report on tourism spending 333B:1355
strategic plan 8CSA:1455
Disabled persons, accessibility and inclusion, legislation 2CSC:1525
Discrimination and racism
incidence and legacy of systemic racism, government action 12CSA:1630-1640
racism against Indigenous persons, systemic racism 12CSA:1630-1640
District of Central Saanich, role re sunken boat liability issues 354B:1125-1140
Economy
competitiveness 12CSA:1745-1750
government strategy 309B:1540
sustainable development
emerging economy task force report and recommendations 12CSA:1755
innovation commission initiative and commissioner 12CSA:1755
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 309B:1540
Emergencies, emergency measures
definition in legislation 333B:1500
government powers and limitations 333B:1535, 333B:1815, 335B:1700-1715
oversight 333B:1530, 335B:1715
Emergency Program Act
amendments 335B:1700
revision 333B:1815
Employment and jobs, job quality and issues 12CSA:1740
Energy
coal-fired power plants 6CSC:1800
power supply
imports and exports 6CSC:1750-1800
surplus power 6CSC:1755
solar power, manufacturing and technology 309B:1540
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry
estimates debate 6CSC:1750-1805, 7CSC:1005-1025
estimates process
timeline for questioners 6CSC:1750, 7CSC:1005
written questions 6CSC:1755, 6CSC:1805, 7CSC:1020
Ferries and ferry services
capital projects and planning 2CSC:1715-1720
funding 2CSC:1720
government initiatives 2CSC:1705
passengers 2CSC:1710
passengers, foot passengers 2CSC:1725-1730
role in coastal communities and government support 2CSC:1715
system, vision and sustainability 2CSC:1725-1735
vessels, proposed foot-passenger-only vessels 2CSC:1725-1730
Film industry, tax credits 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 355B:1800-1820
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 304B:1410
consent to projects 304B:1630-1635
cultural safety training for non-Indigenous persons 18CSC:1435
governance and leadership 304B:1635-1640
issues and responses 310B:1030
legacy of colonialism and European settlement 304B:1635-1640
reconciliation 304B:1650
government action 304B:1410
reconciliation of legal and governance systems 304B:1635-1640
Food and food industry
food security 10CSA:1530-1540
food security, task force and report 10CSA:1540-1545
imports 10CSA:1535
locally grown food 10CSA:1540
Forests and forest industry
forest management and practices, sustainability 346B:1415
forest-dependent communities and workers
transition support 346B:1415, 354B:1115
transition support and funding 343B:1405
old-growth forests
definition and reporting 354B:1125
harvesting and protection 343B:1400-1405, 346B:1415-1420
protection and independent report 354B:1115-1120
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 354B:1115-1150
Ganges, speed limit, petition tabled 354B:1100
Government, minority government 304B:1625-1630, 309B:1550-1555
Green Party of B.C.
MLAs, caucus accomplishments and role 304B:1625-1645
position on LNG development 304B:1630, 304B:1645
priorities 309B:1540-1555
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors
energy sector 6CSC:1800
LNG development 7CSC:1020, 309B:1540
reduction targets 309B:1405
reduction targets, sectoral targets 339B:1040
Gulf Islands
community engagement on transportation issues 5CSC:1025
COVID-19 impact 326B:1410
southern Gulf Islands
forest protections 354B:1145-1150
road conditions and active transportation 5CSC:1025
rural designation and eligibility for funding 12CSA:1805
Harmac Pacific, pulp supply for medical products 336B:1405
Health care facilities and hospitals, urgent and primary care centres 309B:1550
Health care funding, mental health services 349B:1025-1030
Health care system, primary health care
attachment to primary care provider 309B:1550
primary care networks 16CSC:1605-1610
team-based care and remuneration 16CSC:1610
Health Ministry, estimates debate 16CSC:1605-1615
Henry, Bonnie
report on opioid overdoses and decriminalization proposal 18CSC:1440-1445, 346B:1400
role in COVID-19 response 326B:1555
High-technology industry, development and government support 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035
Housing, affordability and supply 309B:1545
Income assistance, employment insurance, additional payments 326B:1600
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019, debate and party positions 304B:1630
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 12CSA:1615-1640
Introductions by members 307B:1010, 321B:1020, 331B:1335-1340
Island Coastal Economic Trust, funding eligibility 12CSA:1805
Islands Trust Act, amendments 354B:1145-1150
Islands Trust, powers re forest protections 354B:1145-1150
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness Ministry
estimates debate 12CSA:1720-1810
estimates process 12CSA:1810
Kitimat LNG, LNG facility project 7CSC:1020
Legislature, bills process, committee stage and third reading, debate on section pending division vote on amendment to section 334B:1100
Liquefied natural gas development 309B:1540
development and market 7CSC:1020-1025
Green Party position 304B:1630, 304B:1645
projects 7CSC:1020-1025
LNG Canada facility project 7CSC:1020-1025
government position and decision 304B:1410, 304B:1630, 317B:1035
Local government
infrastructure funding and projects 355B:1815-1820
relationship with provincial government 318B:1440
revenue sources and responsibilities 318B:1440-1445, 355B:1805-1820
Long-term and residential care
care standards 323B:1415-1420
private facilities, accountability and oversight 323B:1420, 329B:1100-1105
Manufacturing industry
local production 12CSA:1720-1730
products, storage and on-demand ordering 12CSA:1730
MLAs, generational perspectives 304B:1645
Milobar, Peter, estimates debate on CleanBC and transit 3CSC:1145
Ministerial statements (response)
Coronavirus outbreak and response 326B:1345-1350
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10), debate 318B:1435-1445
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 14)
debate 340B:1430-1440, 345B:1615-1630
regulations 345B:1620
Museums, repatriation of Indigenous cultural items 8CSA:1435-1440
Oil and gas
industry
employment and jobs 7CSC:1005-1010
government policies 304B:1630
government support 309B:1405-1410
royalties, deep-well royalty credit program 7CSC:1015
Oral questions
Accountability requirements for for-profit long-term care facilities 329B:1100-1105
Activation of Aboriginal Affairs Committee 317B:1040
Care standards at Retirement Concepts seniors care facilities 323B:1415-1420
Economic recovery and local production and innovation 336B:1400-1405
Forest management practices and sustainability 346B:1415
Government action on climate change and economic plan 309B:1405-1410
Government action on climate change and economic recovery 339B:1035-1040
Government action on reconciliation 304B:1410
Government response to COVID-19 357B:1040-1045
Government support for technology sector and industry tax credits 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035
Government support for tourism industry 333B:1355-1400
LNG Canada project and government relationship with Wet'suwet'en Nation 304B:1410, 317B:1035
Mental health services and funding 349B:1025-1030
Protection of old-growth forests 346B:1415-1420
Protection of old-growth forests and transition support for forest-dependent communities 343B:1400-1405
Site C power project 354B:1035-1040
Support to rural communities during coronavirus outbreak 326B:1410-1415
Transit services and funding 321B:1045
PACE B.C., work of organization 355B:1820
Parliament Buildings, protest in precinct supporting Hereditary Chiefs 304B:1640-1645
Petitions
speed limit in Ganges 354B:1100
Physicians, family physicians, supply 16CSC:1605
Police and policing
accountability 18CSC:1420, 18CSC:1440
militarization of police 18CSC:1435-1440
non-criminal calls to police 18CSC:1425-1430
police officers, resources and support 18CSC:1440
staffing priorities 18CSC:1425
training
critical incident and de-escalation training 18CSC:1430-1440
cultural sensitivity training 18CSC:1435
Post-secondary education, financial assistance, access grant 309B:1545
Powerex Corp., operations 6CSC:1800
Property tax
assessment of property
impact of valuation increase on taxes 318B:1440-1445
split classification approach 318B:1445
interim business property tax relief program 318B:1445
Provincial health officer, report on opioid overdoses and decriminalization proposal 18CSC:1440-1445, 346B:1400
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 18CSC:1415-1450
response to COVID-19 emergency and staff thanked 18CSC:1445
Real estate industry, housing market, conditions and role of government 340B:1435
Reimer, Gerry, contributions and death 346B:1340
Retirement Concepts
operation of B.C. seniors care facilities, accountability and government role 323B:1415-1420
ownership 323B:1420
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
accountability 18CSC:1420
police service agreement and costs 18CSC:1415-1420
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
boats and mooring buoys, tenures and licences of occupation 354B:1125-1140
business and economy 309B:1545
child care and health services 309B:1550
housing and transit needs, impact on workers in area 309B:1545
transportation infrastructure 5CSC:1020-1025
Saanich Peninsula
family physicians and primary health care 16CSC:1605-1615
transit services 3CSC:1155, 5CSC:1025, 321B:1045
Science and technology, clean technology development 309B:1540-1545
Shoreline Medical, operations 16CSC:1610-1615
Sinclair, Gerry, role as innovation commissioner 12CSA:1800
Site C power project, costs and construction schedule 354B:1035-1040
Skills training, training and supply of skilled workers 309B:1545
Smith, Gavin, comments on Indigenous rights and governance 304B:1630-1635
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, estimates debate 2CSC:1520-1525
Statements by members
Response to Indigenous and climate justice issues 310B:1030
Response to opioid crisis 346B:1400
Skills development and value of tourism industry 336B:1350
Strata property
insurance cost increases
causes 340B:1435
impact and response 340B:1430-1440
insurance, regulation and proposed changes 340B:1435, 345B:1615-1630
legislation and regulation 345B:1630
strata corporations
contingency reserve funds 340B:1435, 345B:1620
guidelines and regulations 340B:1435
strata fees and development of projects 345B:1620-1625
Strata Property Act, provisions 340B:1435
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, deaths and decriminalization proposal 18CSC:1440-1445, 346B:1400
Supply Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 15), debate 326B:1555-1605
Throne speech debate 304B:1625-1650
Tourism
government strategy and strategic framework 8CSA:1455
marketing, domestic marketing 8CSA:1445-1455
marketing, local marketing 333B:1355-1400
Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry, estimates debate 8CSA:1435-1500
Transit services
expansion and government investment 3CSC:1155, 321B:1045
funding and revenues 3CSC:1150-1155
services 309B:1545
workers commended 3CSC:1145
Transportation
active transportation, government strategy and link to ferries 2CSC:1725-1730
active transportation, infrastructure 5CSC:1020-1025
system and role 5CSC:1025
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 2CSC:1700-1730, 3CSC:1145-1155, 5CSC:1020-1025
staff thanked 5CSC:1020
Tributes
Gerry Reimer 346B:1340
Union of B.C. Municipalities, 2013 study on local government finance system 318B:1440, 355B:1805-1810
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
implementation, action plan 12CSA:1640
implementation legislation 12CSA:1615-1625
U.S., police services and issues 18CSC:1435
Vancouver Island, south Island, transportation planning and transit services 309B:1545
Vantreight, Ryan, comments on agriculture 10CSA:1535
Waste management, brownfield sites, use 10CSA:1545
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area, regional transit services 3CSC:1145
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, rights and title, issues and role of government 304B:1630-1635
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs
protests supporting Chiefs 304B:1630-1645
impact and response 304B:1410
police response 18CSC:1435
relationship with government 317B:1035-1040
Wilson's Transportation, COVID-19 impact on business 8CSA:1455

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