Fifth Session, 41st Parliament – 2020
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

SUBJECT INDEX
topics, places, people
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

0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Face masks, shields, etc. See Personal protective equipment under COVID-19
Facebook

Government advertising (Bond) 356B:1715 (James) 356B:1720
Fair Wages Commission

Work and recommendations (Bains) 4CSA:1530-1545, 4CSA:1610 (Martin) 4CSA:1555 (Oakes) 4CSA:1530-1535
Falconer, Sheila

Comments on strata insurance cost increases (Johal) 314B:1050
Families

Affordability and cost of living issues See Consumers
Caregivers See Caregivers
Child benefit program (Cadieux) 319B:1120
Child care See Child care
Children and youth See Children and youth
COVID-19 impact See Individuals and families under COVID-19 impact and government response
Extended families raising children, support payments (Conroy) 313B:1615, 322A:1420
Family maintenance and child support, enforcement (Eby) 323B:1650-1655, 340B:1825 (Lee) 340B:1820
Family violence See Domestic violence under Violence
Foster families See Foster care
Government support and initiatives (Bains) 316B:1555-1600 (Fleming) 315B:1730-1735 (Leonard) 315B:1345 (Ma) 315B:1500-1505 (Malcolmson) 315B:1625
Government support and taxation levels (Glumac) 316B:1650-1655 (James) 317B:1125-1130
Marriage, name change process See Identification
Single-parent families, employment initiative See Employment programs under Income assistance
Family Day

Date change, impact on tourism (Beare) 318A:1605-1610 (Sturdy) 318A:1605
Family Development Ministry See Children and Family Development Ministry
Family Law Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 13)
(Eby) 323B:1650, 340B:1810-1820
Amendments, arbitration provisions (Eby) 309B:1340, 318B:1340, 322B:1615-1620 (Lee) 318B:1350, 322B:1615
Family law, family justice system, etc. See Justice system
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act

Amendments See also Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 13)
(Eby) 323B:1650, 340B:1825 (Lee) 340B:1820
Amendments, arbitration provisions (Eby) 322B:1615-1620
Family physicians See Physicians
Family Support Institute of British Columbia

Support worker initiative (Simpson) 2CSC:1510
Farm animals See Animals; Livestock industry
Farmers Advocacy Office See Farmers' Information Service
Farmers' Information Service

Advocacy activities (Bernier) 7CSC:1145 (Ralston) 7CSC:1145-1150
FASD See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fawcett, Maria

Scholarship as student teacher (Sims) 332B:1040
Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia

Consultation by government (Davies) 2CSA:1400-1405, 2CSA:1730-1735 (Fleming) 2CSA:1655, 2CSA:1730-1740 (Furstenau) 2CSA:1650
Feed B.C. initiative See Institutional procurement and supply under Food and food industry
Feed grains See Grain
Fentanyl See Opioid overdoses under Substance use and addiction
Fenton, Bev

Comments on strata insurance cost increases (Thornthwaite) 321B:1040
Fernie, B.C.

Bridge construction project (Shypitka) 4CSC:1820 (Trevena) 4CSC:1820
Schools (Fleming) 1CSA:1120-1130, 325A:1535, 325A:1555 (Shypitka) 1CSA:1120-1130, 325A:1535
Ferries and ferry services See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.

Capital projects and planning (Hunt) 2CSC:1645-1655 (Olsen) 2CSC:1715-1720 (Trevena) 2CSC:1645, 2CSC:1715-1720
COVID-19 impact See Routes and services below; British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
Fares
fares (Hunt) 2CSC:1650-1655 (Simons) 309B:1725 (Trevena) 2CSC:1655
government initiatives (Malcolmson) 304B:1820
seniors discount (Hunt) 2CSC:1635
Funding (Hunt) 2CSC:1615-1625 (Olsen) 2CSC:1720 (Trevena) 2CSC:1615-1620, 2CSC:1725
Funding, federal funding (Hunt) 2CSC:1630-1640 (Trevena) 2CSC:1630-1640
Government initiatives (James) 308B:1410 (Olsen) 2CSC:1705 (Trevena) 2CSC:1705
Inland ferries (Hunt) 2CSC:1745 (Mungall) 316B:1440 (Trevena) 2CSC:1745-1750
Passengers (Olsen) 2CSC:1710 (Trevena) 2CSC:1555-1605, 2CSC:1710
Passengers, foot passengers (Olsen) 2CSC:1725-1730 (Trevena) 2CSC:1730
Review and report (Hunt) 2CSC:1650 (Trevena) 2CSC:1650
Ridership See Passengers above
Role in coastal communities and government support (Malcolmson) 342B:1030 (Olsen) 2CSC:1715 (Trevena) 2CSC:1625
Routes and services
Horseshoe Bay–Langdale route, petition tabled (Simons) 357B:1105
minor routes (Hunt) 2CSC:1625 (Trevena) 2CSC:1625
routes and services during COVID-19 pandemic (Hunt) 2CSC:1605-1625 (Trevena) 2CSC:1555-1630
service to Bella Coola and Bella Bella (Barnett) 2CSC:1735-1740 (Trevena) 2CSC:1735-1740
System
management and concept of public interest (Trevena) 322B:1425
vision See also Review and report above
vision and public engagement process (Hunt) 2CSC:1650-1700 (Trevena) 2CSC:1650-1700
vision and sustainability (Hunt) 2CSC:1740-1745 (Olsen) 2CSC:1725-1735 (Trevena) 2CSC:1730-1745
Vessels
electric-ready vessel (Mungall) 316B:1440
electrification (Hunt) 2CSC:1740-1745 (Trevena) 2CSC:1745
proposed foot-passenger-only vessels (Olsen) 2CSC:1725-1730 (Trevena) 2CSC:1730
Sea Wolf and Nimpkish (Barnett) 2CSC:1735-1740 (Trevena) 2CSC:1735-1740
FESBC See Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Services (Conroy) 321A:1130 (Throness) 321A:1130
Fettback, David

Comments on workers compensation changes (Polak) 346B:1405-1410
Film industry

Government initiatives (Beare) 320A:1750
Government investment, federal funding and allocation (Beare) 320A:1740-1750 (Clovechok) 320A:1750 (Thornthwaite) 320A:1740-1750
Tax credits (Bond) 348B:1710-1720 (James) 308B:1440, 328B:1700-1705, 348B:1715-1720 (Mungall) 313B:1415, 314B:1035-1040 (Olsen) 313B:1415-1420, 314B:1035
Finance and Government Services Committee

Budget consultations (D'Eith) 331B:1400, 337B:1140
Members and staff thanked (Ashton) 305B:1110 (Clovechok) 331B:1455 (D'Eith) 305B:1105-1110, 331B:1450
Powers and role (Farnworth) 307B:1100
Presentations to committee, issues (Dean) 313B:1715
Recommendations, tax on sweetened beverages (Simons) 309B:1725-1730
Reports
third report for fourth session of 41st parliament, annual review of Officers of the Legislature
presented (D'Eith) 305B:1105-1110; debate (Ashton) 305B:1110; adopted 305B:1110
first report for fifth session of 41st parliament, interim review of Officers of the Legislature
presented (D'Eith) 331B:1450; debate (Clovechok) 331B:1455; adopted 331B:1455
Statutory officer interim review and work of committee (Clovechok) 331B:1455 (D'Eith) 331B:1450
Statutory officer review and work of committee (Ashton) 305B:1110 (D'Eith) 305B:1105
Finance Canada

Minister See Morneau, Bill
Finance Ministry

Estimates
debate 355B:1405-1820, 356B:1430-1820, 357B:1110-1155, 358B:1330-1820
speakers (Bond) 355B:1405-1500, 356B:1430, 356B:1635-1715, 356B:1800-1820, 357B:1110-1130, 358B:1345-1350, 358B:1435-1440, 358B:1500-1530, 358B:1605-1655, 358B:1745-1805 (Cadieux) 356B:1720-1755, 357B:1135-1150, 358B:1335, 358B:1355-1430, 358B:1445-1450, 358B:1530-1550, 358B:1700-1735, 358B:1805-1820 (Furstenau) 355B:1730-1755 (James) 355B:1405-1820, 356B:1435-1820, 357B:1115-1155, 358B:1335-1820 (Milobar) 356B:1535-1625 (Morris) 356B:1500 (Olsen) 355B:1800-1820 (Redies) 355B:1635-1730 (Stone) 355B:1505-1625 (Sullivan) 356B:1445-1450 (Thomson) 356B:1430-1440 (Throness) 356B:1505-1515 (Wat) 356B:1520-1530
Budget and operations, COVID-19 impact (Bond) 355B:1450-1500 (James) 355B:1455-1500
Estimates process
Minister and critic thanked (James) 355B:1730 (Redies) 355B:1730
participants thanked (Bond) 355B:1405-1410 (James) 355B:1405
process (Bond) 355B:1410, 358B:1610
staff thanked (Bond) 358B:1805 (Cadieux) 358B:1820 (James) 358B:1820
Gender equity office (Dean) 313B:1700
Minister
ability to delegate appeal decisions (James) 328B:1710
budget speech (Bond) 309B:1430
fiscal update presentation (Bond) 341B:1715-1720
letter to Children and Family Development Minister See Children and Family Development Ministry
role (Kahlon) 311B:1615
work on budget (Dean) 313B:1700 (Sultan) 311B:1645, 311B:1705
Staff and workload (Bond) 350B:1500-1505 (James) 350B:1500-1505
Staff thanked (Cadieux) 317B:1100 (Stone) 355B:1505
Financial Administration Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 4); Economic Stabilization (COVID-19) Act (Bill 18)
(Bond) 343B:1430 (Cadieux) 343B:1455-1500, 350B:1600-1620 (Furstenau) 350B:1625-1635 (James) 308B:1440-1445, 328B:1710-1715, 331B:1355, 341B:1710-1715, 350B:1545-1650
Financial Institutions Act

Amendments See also Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2020 (Bill 14)
(Robinson) 339B:1135
Financial Services Authority See British Columbia Financial Services Authority
Financial services industry

Credit unions
history and role (de Jong) 340B:1420, 345B:1725 (Robinson) 345B:1740 (Stewart) 340B:1540
insurance products (de Jong) 345B:1745-1750
Financial Times

Comments on economic impact of COVID-19 (Johal) 313B:1430
Finlayson, Jock

Comments on COVID-19 response for businesses (Wilkinson) 359B:1045
Comments on economy and government budget (Bond) 309B:1455-1500
Firearms

Forensic lab See Police and policing
Gun violence by gangs See Gangs
Fires and firefighters See also British Columbia Wildfire Service

Fire code See Building and fire codes under Construction industry
Volunteer firefighter departments
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response
funding (Farnworth) 18CSC:1750 (Morris) 18CSC:1750
Wildfires
2003 wildfires (Coleman) 331B:1640, 331B:1700
emergency response See Emergency response to floods and wildfires under Emergencies
impact on ranching industry (Tegart) 316B:1620
impact on roads (Heyman) 9CSC:0950 (Oakes) 9CSC:0940-0945, 18CSC:1740
impact on tourism and mitigation planning (Beare) 318A:1430, 318A:1445 (Stilwell) 318A:1425
impacts and response (Oakes) 316B:1815-1820
prevention and mitigation (Oakes) 316B:1815
First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

Studies on poverty (Dean) 319B:1035 (Hunt) 319B:1040
First Nations and Indigenous persons See also particular First Nations and communities

Aboriginal rights See also United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
Aboriginal rights and title (Furstenau) 306B:1640-1645 (Johal) 304B:1405 (Olsen) 304B:1410 (Ross) 304B:1415, 312B:1030-1045 (Simons) 312B:1040 (Wilkinson) 304B:1400
Agreements with government
agreements (Fraser) 11CSA:1100-1105 (Rustad) 305B:1130-1135 (Simons) 312B:1040
economic development agreements (Coleman) 306B:1540
economic development agreements and land use plans (Donaldson) 306B:1530
engagement and information for non-Indigenous people (Fraser) 11CSA:1110-1115 (Rustad) 11CSA:1105-1115
negotiations and process (Rustad) 305B:1130-1135
revenue-sharing agreement for gaming revenues See Gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government below
revenue-sharing agreements (Ross) 315B:1715
Burial sites, private property cases (Fraser) 12CSA:1400 (Throness) 12CSA:1355-1400
Cannabis production and sales See Cannabis
Child protection system
changes and support (Conroy) 321A:1115
children in government care (Furstenau) 306B:1650 (Kahlon) 311B:1640
community involvement (Conroy) 322A:1525
cultural supports (Conroy) 313B:1610, 322A:1535
delegated Aboriginal agencies (Conroy) 322A:1445 (Throness) 322A:1440
family preservation and supports (Conroy) 313B:1610, 321A:1115, 322A:1525-1545 (Furstenau) 306B:1650, 311B:1515-1520, 322A:1525-1545
federal legislation and implementation (Conroy) 321A:1115, 322A:1520 (Furstenau) 322A:1520-1525
keeping children out of care See family preservation and supports above
number of children in government care (Conroy) 321A:1115, 322A:1445 (Throness) 322A:1440
placement with extended families (Conroy) 322A:1415-1420, 322A:1540
prevention services and funding (Conroy) 322A:1530-1545 (Furstenau) 322A:1525-1545
work and partnerships with government (Conroy) 322A:1445
Children, Aboriginal Head Start program (Chen) 322A:1800 (Throness) 322A:1755-1800
Children in government care See Child protection system above
Consent to projects (Milobar) 304B:1615 (Olsen) 304B:1630-1635
Consent to projects, environmental assessment process See Environment
Consultation by government (de Jong) 322B:1510-1525 (Eby) 322B:1510-1545, 331B:1535 (Heyman) 323B:1455-1500 (Lee) 322B:1530-1540 (Milobar) 323B:1450-1500 (Ross) 312B:1030-1045 (Routley) 312B:1130
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 First Nations concerns and response
Cultural safety training for non-Indigenous persons (Olsen) 18CSC:1435
Culture and heritage, repatriation See also Museums
(Beare) 318A:1730
Culture and history, representation in museums See Museums
Delgamuukw rulings (Donaldson) 306B:1510 (Horgan) 320B:1355-1400
Economic and social development (Ross) 312B:1035, 312B:1045, 315B:1710-1720
Economic development (Ashton) 328B:1400
Economic development and employment (Ross) 342B:1040-1045
Economic development and opportunities (Coleman) 306B:1540-1545, 306B:1600
Economic opportunities (Heyman) 306B:1620
Education See Education of Indigenous persons under Education; First Nations schools under Schools; Post-secondary education; Skills training
Emergency management and preparedness (Rice) 316B:1745-1750
Experience of racism See Discrimination and racism
First Nations policing program See Police and policing
Friendship centres, funding (Kahlon) 304B:1545
Gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government
agreement (Beare) 309B:1845 (Fraser) 12CSA:1420-1430 (Sullivan) 12CSA:1420-1430
allocation of revenues (Fraser) 11CSA:1100 (James) 308B:1415
Governance and dispute resolution, use of arbitration (Eby) 322B:1510, 322B:1525, 322B:1535-1545 (Lee) 322B:1530-1535
Governance and leadership (Olsen) 304B:1635-1640
Governance and leadership, elected and hereditary leadership (Ross) 312B:1030
Government initiatives and funding (Beare) 309B:1835-1840 (Fraser) 11CSA:1100-1105 (James) 308B:1345 (Simpson) 311B:1445
Health authority See First Nations Health Authority
Health care services See Services for Indigenous persons under Health care system
Health status and history (Fraser) 11CSA:1055
Homelessness See Homelessness
Housing (Coleman) 306B:1600, 313B:1635 (Conroy) 322A:1535 (Donaldson) 306B:1515 (Kahlon) 304B:1550 (Ross) 315B:1700 (Simons) 309B:1750 (Trevena) 318B:1730
Hunting on First Nations treaty lands See Hunting
Indigenous tourism See Tourism
Involvement in aquaculture industry See First Nations involvement in industry under Aquaculture
Involvement in clean energy projects See Clean energy under Energy
Involvement in emergency response See Emergencies
Involvement in regional transit commissions See Transit services
Involvement in sports See Participation under Sports and recreation
Involvement with justice system See particular topics under Corrections system; Justice system; Police and policing
Issues and responses (Olsen) 310B:1030
Language preservation and revitalization (Fleming) 325A:1355 (Fraser) 11CSA:1105 (Rice) 346B:1350
Legacy of colonialism and European settlement (Olsen) 304B:1635-1640 (Sultan) 319B:1055
Legislation, alignment of B.C. legislation with Indigenous rights declaration See Implementation legislation under United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples; particular legislation
Legislative committee See Aboriginal Affairs Committee
Mental health and addiction services See Mental health
Moose Hide campaign See Violence against Indigenous women and children under Violence
Off-reserve and urban population (Morris) 17CSC:1135-1140
Protests supporting Hereditary Chiefs See Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs
Reconciliation See also Relationship with government below
government action (Fraser) 304B:1410-1415 (James) 308B:1350, 308B:1415 (Olsen) 304B:1410 (Rice) 328B:1345-1350 (Sims) 306B:1435 (Throne speech) 303B:1435
government action and implementation of recommendations (Fleming) 321B:1110 (Fraser) 11CSA:1055-1100 (Heyman) 8CSC:1450 (Mark) 309B:1640
initiatives (Beare) 309B:1835-1845 (Darcy) 316B:1830 (Donaldson) 306B:1510 (Elmore) 332B:1140 (Kahlon) 304B:1545-1550 (Leonard) 315B:1355-1400 (Malcolmson) 315B:1650 (Ross) 312B:1045 (Simons) 312B:1040
recognition of Indigenous law (Furstenau) 306B:1640-1645
reconciliation (Chen) 313B:1805-1810 (Dean) 304B:1510 (Heyman) 306B:1620 (Horgan) 324B:1110 (Malcolmson) 304B:1840 (Olsen) 304B:1650 (Ross) 315B:1710, 332B:1155 (Simpson) 311B:1445
reconciliation and education system (Fleming) 315B:1750-1755
reconciliation and post-secondary education system (Mark) 17CSA:0935, 17CSA:1010
reconciliation of legal and governance systems (Olsen) 304B:1635-1640
Relationship with government See also Reconciliation above
(Fraser) 324B:1050 (Simons) 312B:1040
Relationship with government, court cases (Ross) 312B:1030-1045
Skills training See Skills training
Social worker services (Conroy) 322A:1525
Treaty lands, boundary information (Barnett) 20CSA:1735-1740 (Donaldson) 20CSA:1735-1740
Treaty process
process (Fraser) 11CSA:1105
treaty land entitlement decisions and stakeholder engagement in northeast B.C. See Northeast B.C. under British Columbia by region
Urban population See Off-reserve and urban population above
Women, violence against Indigenous women See Violence
First Nations Education Steering Committee

Role (Chen) 321B:1145
First Nations Gaming Commission

Work of commission (Fraser) 12CSA:1425-1430
First Nations Health Authority

Addiction services (Fraser) 12CSA:1655 (Thornthwaite) 12CSA:1645-1650
Addiction services and treatment facilities (Darcy) 11CSC:1005, 12CSC:1455 (Furstenau) 12CSC:1450
COVID-19 response and services (Dix) 323B:1415, 326B:1415 (Fraser) 11CSA:1055
Data collection and reporting (Darcy) 12CSC:1445
First Nations Leadership Council

Comments on clean energy legislation changes (Wilkinson) 360B:1335
Letter on mental health legislation changes (Thornthwaite) 12CSC:1335
President See Sayers, Judith
Work with government on Indigenous rights legislation (Horgan) 317B:1040
First Peoples Cultural Council

Work on Indigenous language revitalization (Fraser) 11CSA:1105
First responders See Emergencies
FISA See Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia
Fish

Fish farms See Aquaculture; particular areas
Habitat protection (Furstenau) 318B:1655
Management, funding (Thomson) 310B:1135-1140
Salmon
protection (Dean) 348B:1340
protection and impact of forest practices (Furstenau) 8CSC:1530
protection and role (Donaldson) 306B:1520
Steelhead populations, protection and impact of forest practices (Furstenau) 8CSC:1530 (Heyman) 8CSC:1535
Fleetwood constituency and area See Surrey-Fleetwood constituency and area
Fleetwood, Ian

Establishment of girls hockey association (Dean) 310B:1025-1030
Floods and floodplains

Flooding and response See also Emergency response to floods and wildfires under Emergencies
government strategy (Donaldson) 353B:1735-1740 (Furstenau) 353B:1735-1740
policy re private property (Donaldson) 353B:1435-1450 (Oakes) 353B:1430-1450
Flooding and road access (Davies) 4CSC:1340 (Oakes) 10CSA:1800, 18CSC:1745
Flu See Influenza virus
Fontaine, Daniel

Leadership positions and legacy (Reid) 336B:1345
Fontaine, Tina

Death and media coverage of murder trial (Rice) 332B:1145-1150
Food and food industry See also Agriculture; Restaurant and food services industry

Agrifood industry (Mungall) 13CSA:0955
Domestic and international markets (Popham) 10CSA:1535, 10CSA:1645
Donations of food, farmers tax credit (James) 308B:1440, 328B:1700
Food banks See Food banks
Food redistribution and waste prevention (Ma) 324B:1035 (Popham) 10CSA:1715
Food security
security (Olsen) 10CSA:1530-1540 (Paton) 332B:1010-1015 (Popham) 10CSA:1530-1540, 10CSA:1610, 10CSA:1820 (Routledge) 332B:1005-1015
task force (James) 308B:1410 (Throne speech) 303B:1440
task force and report (Johal) 10CSA:1705-1720 (Kahlon) 304B:1540 (Olsen) 10CSA:1540-1545 (Paton) 11CSA:1000-1005, 332B:1015 (Popham) 10CSA:1705-1710, 11CSA:1000-1010
Government consultation with stakeholders (Popham) 10CSA:1530
Healthy eating See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
Home-based craft food businesses
legislation See Home-Based Craft Food 2.0 Act (Bill M206)
regulation (Paton) 346B:1345-1350
Imports (Olsen) 10CSA:1535 (Popham) 10CSA:1540
Imports packaged as B.C. products (Paton) 11CSA:1030
Institutional procurement and supply of local food (Popham) 11CSA:0955
Institutional procurement and supply of local food, Feed B.C. initiative (Paton) 11CSA:1020-1030 (Popham) 11CSA:1025-1030
Locally grown food (Olsen) 10CSA:1540 (Popham) 10CSA:1535 (Sims) 306B:1430
Locally grown food and local processing (Paton) 332B:1010-1015
Locally grown food, promotion (Stilwell) 10CSA:1815, 317B:1015-1020
Meat production See also Slaughter below
COVID-19 impact See Meat production sector under COVID-19 impact and government response
inspection system (Paton) 11CSA:0945-0955
inspection system and role of technology (Popham) 11CSA:0950
inspection system and staffing (Barnett) 10CSA:1745-1755 (Popham) 10CSA:1745-1755
legislative committee See Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee
local production (Paton) 11CSA:0935-0945 (Popham) 11CSA:0945-0955
Production and employment growth in sectors (Popham) 10CSA:1820-1825 (Stilwell) 10CSA:1815-1825
Regional food hubs (James) 308B:1410 (Popham) 10CSA:1715
Slaughter facilities inspection See Meat production, inspection above
Slaughter licensing (Barnett) 10CSA:1740 (Paton) 11CSA:0935-0955 (Popham) 9CSA:1150, 10CSA:1740-1745, 11CSA:0945-1000
Slaughter licensing, new regions for class D licences (Popham) 11CSA:0945
Food banks

Donations (James) 328B:1700
Use (Mungall) 304B:1710
Use and services during COVID-19 (James) 326B:1510 (Johal) 326B:1510 (Routledge) 332B:1005
Food services industry See Restaurant and food services industry
Forest Act

Amendments See also Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
(James) 328B:1710
Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia

Funding (Donaldson) 353B:1705 (Rustad) 316B:1850
Funding and activities (Donaldson) 20CSA:1615-1620, 355B:1355 (Rustad) 20CSA:1615, 355B:1345
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.

Activities (Mungall) 13CSA:1020, 14CSA:1635
Forests and forest industry

Access to fibre
access (Donaldson) 355B:1355
fibre recovery zones (Donaldson) 20CSA:1430-1445, 20CSA:1610-1615 (Rustad) 20CSA:1425-1440
land base protection issue See Land base below
wood pellet industry (Oakes) 14CSA:1635
Allowable annual cut (Donaldson) 19CSA:0935-0940, 20CSA:1555, 20CSA:1625-1645, 353B:1740 (Furstenau) 353B:1735 (Rustad) 19CSA:0935-0940, 20CSA:1555, 20CSA:1640
Appurtenancy clauses See Companies, role in communities and social contract issue below
Bioproducts from wood fibres, biodegradable N95 masks See Personal protective equipment under COVID-19
B.C. timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
Coast forest revitalization strategy (Donaldson) 20CSA:1430-1540, 355B:1355 (Rustad) 20CSA:1425-1540, 20CSA:1605, 355B:1345-1350 (Trevena) 318B:1735
Coastal forest industry
conditions (Stilwell) 312B:1130
conditions and government response (Coleman) 306B:1555 (Donaldson) 20CSA:1410-1415, 306B:1520-1525 (Rustad) 20CSA:1410-1415
labour dispute See Labour dispute in coastal forest industry below
Community forests program (Furstenau) 306B:1655
Companies, role in communities and social contract issue (Donaldson) 353B:1545-1550
Conditions in industry See Industry below
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response
Deregulation (Routley) 312B:1130
Employment and government support See also Forest-dependent communities below
(Rustad) 307B:1015 (Stewart) 314B:1140
Employment and jobs (Elmore) 312B:1145-1150 (Sims) 312B:1140
Export of logs See also Export of products below
export (Donaldson) 20CSA:1445, 20CSA:1640 (Rustad) 20CSA:1410-1425, 355B:1350
fee-in-lieu charge (Donaldson) 20CSA:1410-1415, 20CSA:1430-1435, 20CSA:1450, 20CSA:1530-1545 (Rustad) 20CSA:1435, 20CSA:1530-1545
manufactured forest products regulation (Donaldson) 20CSA:1450-1525 (Rustad) 20CSA:1445-1525
raw logs (Bains) 316B:1605 (Milobar) 312B:1145 (Sims) 312B:1140
Export of products
conditions (Mungall) 14CSA:1430 (Thomson) 14CSA:1420-1430
export and expansion of market (Barnett) 322B:1810 (Brar) 312B:1110 (Mungall) 13CSA:1020
softwood lumber exports to U.S. See Softwood lumber trade with U.S. below
Export of raw logs See Export of logs, raw logs above
Fibre recovery zones See Access to fibre above
First Nations involvement in industry See also particular nations
(Sturdy) 353B:1535-1540
Forest fires See Wildfires under Fires and firefighters
Forest management and practices
fee-in-lieu charge See Export of logs above
management and practices (Rustad) 305B:1120 (Shypitka) 315B:1435
manufactured forest products regulation See Export of logs above
private lands See Private lands below
sustainability (Donaldson) 346B:1415 (Olsen) 346B:1415
sustainability and role of local communities (Furstenau) 306B:1655
Forest rehabilitation See Silviculture below
Forest roads
connector near Terrace See Cranberry connector
decommissions (Barnett) 353B:1720 (Donaldson) 353B:1725
maintenance of forest service roads (Donaldson) 353B:1500 (Oakes) 353B:1455 (Stewart) 5CSC:1020 (Sturdy) 5CSC:1035-1040 (Trevena) 5CSC:1020, 5CSC:1040
Forest-dependent communities and workers
issues and support (Barnett) 312B:1110-1115, 315B:1610-1620 (Clovechok) 312B:1120-1125
transition support (James) 308B:1350 (Kahlon) 304B:1535-1540 (Oakes) 316B:1820 (Olsen) 346B:1415, 354B:1115 (Rustad) 316B:1850-1855 (Throne speech) 303B:1440
transition support and funding (Beare) 318A:1555-1605 (Bond) 308B:1430 (Clovechok) 318A:1555-1605 (Donaldson) 307B:1030-1035, 343B:1405, 353B:1700-1710 (Horgan) 307B:1055 (Johal) 307B:1030-1035 (Milobar) 312B:1140 (Olsen) 343B:1405 (Rustad) 307B:1050 (Stilwell) 307B:1025-1030
transition support and retirement bridging program (Bains) 306B:1340, 317B:1055-1100 (Barnett) 312B:1115, 317B:1055 (Kahlon) 312B:1120
Government forest policies (Bains) 306B:1335, 316B:1605 (Rustad) 316B:1850-1855
Government forest policies and initiatives (Donaldson) 306B:1525-1530, 353B:1700-1710 (Elmore) 312B:1150 (James) 308B:1350 (Throne speech) 303B:1440
Industry
coastal industry See Coastal forest industry above
competitiveness (Milobar) 356B:1610
conditions (Morris) 309B:1750-1800
conditions and competitiveness (Mungall) 13CSA:0955-1045, 14CSA:1620-1635 (Oakes) 14CSA:1620-1640 (Sturdy) 13CSA:1000-1045 (Thomson) 14CSA:1430
conditions and government response (Bains) 306B:1335, 316B:1605 (Barnett) 312B:1110-1115, 315B:1610-1620, 322B:1805-1810 (Bernier) 312B:1155 (Bond) 308B:1430, 309B:1520 (Brar) 312B:1105-1110 (Clovechok) 312B:1120-1125, 316B:1430-1435 (Coleman) 313B:1645 (Davies) 306B:1355-1400 (Donaldson) 19CSA:1105-1115, 19CSA:1125, 355B:1355 (Elmore) 312B:1145-1150 (Kahlon) 312B:1115-1120 (Kyllo) 316B:1715-1720 (Milobar) 304B:1615-1620, 312B:1140-1145, 313B:1555 (Routley) 312B:1125-1130 (Rustad) 19CSA:1110-1130, 305B:1115-1130, 307B:1050, 312B:1100-1105, 316B:1845-1855, 319B:1150, 355B:1345-1355 (Shypitka) 315B:1420-1425, 322B:1635 (Sims) 312B:1135-1140 (Stewart) 304B:1745, 314B:1135-1140, 337B:1135 (Stilwell) 20CSA:1335, 307B:1030, 312B:1130-1135, 313B:1745 (Stone) 309B:1600, 309B:1625 (Tegart) 316B:1625-1630 (Weaver) 304B:1815 (Yap) 307B:1110
costs and competitiveness (Donaldson) 19CSA:1100-1140 (Rustad) 19CSA:1055-1145
costs, stumpage See Stumpage system below
impact of caribou protection initiatives See Caribou protection under Wildlife
investment (Donaldson) 19CSA:1140 (Rustad) 19CSA:1135
revitalization and innovation (Furstenau) 306B:1655
support, petition tabled (Donaldson) 310B:1110
Innovation (Brar) 312B:1110 (Donaldson) 336B:1405 (Mungall) 14CSA:1625
Interior forest revitalization strategy (Donaldson) 20CSA:1600-1655, 306B:1525, 353B:1700-1710, 355B:1355 (Rustad) 20CSA:1555-1655, 305B:1130, 355B:1350
Labour dispute in coastal forest industry (Barnett) 312B:1110-1115, 315B:1610-1615, 322B:1805 (Donaldson) 19CSA:1055, 19CSA:1105, 20CSA:1355, 20CSA:1415 (Kyllo) 316B:1720-1725 (Milobar) 304B:1620 (Rustad) 19CSA:1050-1055, 305B:1115-1120 (Trevena) 318B:1730-1735
Land base
protection and working forest proposal (Barnett) 315B:1615 (Bernier) 312B:1155 (Brar) 312B:1105 (Clovechok) 312B:1120-1125 (Elmore) 312B:1145 (Kahlon) 312B:1115 (Routley) 312B:1125-1130 (Rustad) 312B:1100-1105 (Stilwell) 312B:1130-1135
protection, petition tabled (Donaldson) 310B:1110
Logging contractors, sustainability review (Donaldson) 19CSA:1050-1055 (Rustad) 19CSA:1045-1055
Mills
capital investment (Rustad) 305B:1120
explosions, report recommendations and review See Reports and reviews under Workers compensation
operations and closings (Donaldson) 19CSA:1125-1130, 20CSA:1350-1355, 307B:1030-1035 (Johal) 307B:1030-1035 (Milobar) 307B:1045-1050 (Oakes) 14CSA:1630 (Rustad) 19CSA:1120-1135
Ministries responsible (Mungall) 14CSA:1635
Mountain pine beetle infestation (Barnett) 315B:1610 (Morris) 309B:1755 (Rustad) 19CSA:1130, 316B:1850, 355B:1350
Mountain pine beetle infestation, industry impact and transition (Mungall) 13CSA:1040
Old-growth forests
definition and reporting (Donaldson) 354B:1110-1115 (Furstenau) 354B:1110 (Olsen) 354B:1125
harvesting and protection (Olsen) 343B:1400-1405, 346B:1415-1420
management and panel process (Donaldson) 19CSA:1000-1015, 346B:1420, 354B:1115-1125 (Heyman) 344B:1030-1035 (Rustad) 19CSA:1000-1010 (Trevena) 318B:1735
protection and independent report (Donaldson) 354B:1120-1125 (Furstenau) 344B:1030-1035 (Olsen) 354B:1115-1120
Private lands
logging practices (Donaldson) 20CSA:1410-1415 (Rustad) 20CSA:1410
logging practices and review (Donaldson) 19CSA:1040-1045, 20CSA:1600-1655, 354B:1150 (Rustad) 19CSA:1035-1045, 20CSA:1555-1655
Products See Wood products below
Protests supporting forest workers See also Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
(Bond) 308B:1430 (Stilwell) 312B:1135
Pulp and paper sector, access to fibre (Donaldson) 20CSA:1610-1615
Revenues to government (Donaldson) 18CSA:1535-1555 (Rustad) 18CSA:1535-1550
Silviculture (Donaldson) 20CSA:1620, 355B:1400 (Rustad) 316B:1850
Silviculture, funding (Donaldson) 18CSA:1520 (Rustad) 355B:1345
Softwood lumber trade with U.S. and negotiations for agreement (Coleman) 306B:1555, 313B:1645 (Davies) 306B:1355, 315B:1530 (Donaldson) 19CSA:1035-1040, 19CSA:1150, 20CSA:1415, 20CSA:1515 (Horgan) 307B:1050-1055 (Mungall) 14CSA:1520 (Rustad) 19CSA:1030-1035, 20CSA:1420-1425, 20CSA:1510, 307B:1050 (Shypitka) 315B:1420 (Thomson) 14CSA:1515-1520
Soil relocation oversight and regulation See Soil
South Asian community involvement (Sims) 312B:1140
Spruce beetle infestation (Donaldson) 18CSA:1705-1725, 20CSA:1710-1720, 354B:1150 (Morris) 309B:1755 (Oakes) 353B:1500 (Rustad) 18CSA:1700-1715, 20CSA:1705-1715, 355B:1350
Stumpage system and rates (Davies) 353B:1645-1650 (Donaldson) 19CSA:1100, 19CSA:1130, 19CSA:1150-1155, 306B:1525, 353B:1540, 353B:1645-1650, 354B:1150 (Rustad) 19CSA:1145 (Sturdy) 353B:1535
Stumpage system and rates, revenues (Donaldson) 18CSA:1535-1550 (Rustad) 18CSA:1535-1545, 316B:1845
Tenure transfer in Clearwater area See Clearwater, B.C.
Timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
Timber supply See also Access to fibre above
Timber supply and pine beetle wood (Donaldson) 306B:1525
Timber supply, land base protection issue See Land base above
TSA coalitions, input to government (Donaldson) 20CSA:1600-1605, 20CSA:1655
Value-added sector (Elmore) 312B:1150 (Kyllo) 316B:1715 (Mungall) 13CSA:1020-1040 (Oakes) 14CSA:1625-1635
Wood products and uses
manufactured forest products regulation See Export of logs above
mass timber products and promotion (Donaldson) 19CSA:1020-1030, 20CSA:1335, 20CSA:1405 (Mungall) 13CSA:1010 (Rustad) 19CSA:1015-1025 (Stilwell) 20CSA:1330-1335, 20CSA:1355-1405
mass timber products in buildings (Brar) 337B:1150
wood pellets (Mungall) 13CSA:1005
wood pellets, fibre supply See Access to fibre above
wood shavings for cattle operations See Cattle industry under Livestock industry
Workers See Employment above
Workers, transition support See Forest-dependent communities and workers above
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry

Estimates
debate 18CSA:1510-1825, 19CSA:0930-1155, 20CSA:1330-1830, 353B:1430-1755, 354B:1105-1155, 355B:1335-1400
speakers (Ashton) 353B:1610-1615 (Barnett) 20CSA:1725-1825, 353B:1655-1730 (Bernier) 353B:1615-1630 (Davies) 353B:1640-1650 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1510-1825, 19CSA:0935-1155, 20CSA:1335-1830, 353B:1435-1755, 354B:1105-1150, 355B:1335-1400 (Furstenau) 353B:1735-1750, 354B:1110 (Morris) 353B:1540-1550 (Oakes) 353B:1430-1500 (Olsen) 354B:1115-1150 (Paton) 353B:1555-1610 (Rustad) 18CSA:1515-1555, 18CSA:1625-1825, 19CSA:0930-1145, 20CSA:1330, 20CSA:1405-1725, 20CSA:1825, 353B:1430, 353B:1650, 354B:1155, 355B:1335-1355 (Shypitka) 18CSA:1555-1615 (Stilwell) 20CSA:1330-1405 (Sturdy) 353B:1515-1540 (Wat) 353B:1500-1515
Budget (Thomson) 310B:1135-1140
Budget and operations
COVID-19 impact (Donaldson) 18CSA:1520-1555 (Rustad) 18CSA:1515-1555
COVID-19 impact and federal funding (Donaldson) 18CSA:1520 (Rustad) 18CSA:1520
water research (Donaldson) 353B:1755, 354B:1105 (Furstenau) 353B:1750
Estimates process
process during COVID-19 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1510 (Rustad) 18CSA:1515, 20CSA:1825
staff thanked (Donaldson) 18CSA:1510, 355B:1400 (Rustad) 18CSA:1515, 355B:1355
written answers to questions (Ashton) 353B:1610-1615 (Barnett) 353B:1705-1710, 353B:1730 (Davies) 353B:1650 (Donaldson) 353B:1615, 355B:1335 (Rustad) 355B:1340-1345
Mandate letter (Donaldson) 20CSA:1335 (Stilwell) 20CSA:1330
Minister, powers (Routley) 312B:1130
Rural development component (Barnett) 353B:1655-1725 (Donaldson) 353B:1700-1730
Service plan, targets (Donaldson) 18CSA:1525 (Rustad) 18CSA:1520
Staffing (Donaldson) 18CSA:1635 (Rustad) 18CSA:1635
Wildlife and habitat branch, funding (Donaldson) 18CSA:1630-1650 (Rustad) 18CSA:1625-1650
Forfeiture of proceeds of crime See Crime and criminals
Fort Nelson Band

Geothermal power project See Clark Lake
Fort Nelson, B.C.

Access to health care and air ambulance service (Davies) 16CSC:1405-1410 (Dix) 16CSC:1405
Economic development and forest industry (Davies) 353B:1640-1650 (Donaldson) 353B:1645-1650
Fort St. James, B.C.

Hospital See Stuart Lake Hospital, Fort St. James, B.C.
Fort St. John, B.C.

Courthouse expansion project (Eby) 311B:1725
Family farm operation and housing case (Paton) 10CSA:1400
Gravel pit operations and landslide in area See Deasan Holdings Ltd.
Hosting of B.C. Winter Games See British Columbia Winter Games
Fossil fuels See Fuel; Oil and gas
Foster care See also Residential services under Child protection system

Adoption of children in government care by foster parents See Adoption
Continuing custody orders See Children in government care under Child protection system
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 children and youth impact and supports
Foster families
numbers (Conroy) 322A:1510-1515 (Throness) 322A:1510-1515
relationship with social workers (Conroy) 322A:1555-1600 (Throness) 322A:1550-1600
Foster parents
recruitment (Conroy) 322A:1415 (Throness) 322A:1415
remuneration (Conroy) 313B:1615, 321A:1115, 322A:1600
Link to youth homelessness (Throness) 322A:1610
Foundry

Facilities and services (Barnett) 10CSC:1825 (Conroy) 313B:1620, 323A:1500-1510 (Darcy) 10CSC:1725, 10CSC:1805, 10CSC:1825, 11CSC:1045, 11CSC:1120, 12CSC:1525-1540 (D'Eith) 306B:1725 (Fleming) 2CSA:1550-1555 (Horgan) 360B:1610 (Shypitka) 11CSC:1115-1125 (Thornthwaite) 2CSA:1550, 12CSC:1335, 12CSC:1515-1530, 323A:1500-1505
Funding (Darcy) 343B:1355-1400, 349B:1030 (Thornthwaite) 343B:1355
Foundry Kelowna

Services (Conroy) 323A:1500
Foundry North Shore

Services (Conroy) 323A:1510 (Thornthwaite) 2CSA:1550, 323A:1505
Frame, Lorne

Military service (Weaver) 323B:1400-1405
France

Events during World War II See War
Francophone education See Education
Francophone education authority

Schools and school sites
Penticton area (Fleming) 2CSA:1500-1505, 325A:1605-1610 (Letnick) 325A:1625
Sea to Sky area (Fleming) 1CSA:1135-1155 (Sturdy) 1CSA:1130-1155
Vancouver downtown (Fleming) 1CSA:1010-1015, 325A:1700
Francophones

Events and organizations (Dix) 324B:1005
Fraser Canyon

Communities and issues (Tegart) 316B:1615
Highways and bridges, history and tourism (Tegart) 346B:1350-1355
Tourism project and meetings (Beare) 318A:1610 (Tegart) 318A:1610
Fraser Health Authority

Addiction services for South Asian community (Darcy) 12CSC:1445-1450
Assessment services re supportive housing (Isaacs) 6CSA:1755 (Robinson) 6CSA:1755
Capital projects, planning and records (Dix) 14CSC:1710-1715 (Letnick) 14CSC:1710-1715
Mental health and addiction services
residential coordination system (Darcy) 11CSC:1140-1145 (Thornthwaite) 11CSC:1135
Fraser, Hugh

Life and accomplishments as musician (Sullivan) 343B:1335
Fraser Institute

Comments on mining and investment (Shypitka) 322B:1635
Fraser, Paul

Death (Weaver) 304B:1750
Fraser River

Rock slide near Big Bar (Donaldson) 355B:1355
Fraser, Stewart

Comments on COVID-19 impact on tourism industry (Oakes) 337B:1125
Guide-outfitter operations (Heyman) 9CSC:0945 (Oakes) 9CSC:0935-0940
Fraser Valley

Agriculture industry, access to capital (de Jong) 340B:1420, 345B:1725
Food bank services during COVID-19 (Hunt) 327B:1015
Highway 1 improvements See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Meat slaughter facility licensing (Paton) 11CSA:0955 (Popham) 11CSA:0955-1000
Police services in upper Fraser area (Farnworth) 18CSC:1450 (Throness) 18CSC:1450
Transportation infrastructure
commuter rail proposal (Martin) 314B:1100-1115
infrastructure (Gibson) 5CSC:1105-1115 (Throness) 306B:1440 (Trevena) 5CSC:1105-1120
strategy (Throness) 316B:1520-1525
Transportation issues for eastern valley (Martin) 314B:1100-1110
Transportation planning (Gibson) 5CSC:1110 (Trevena) 5CSC:1110
Transportation planning and government strategy See Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley Gleaners Society

Food processing operations on agricultural land reserve (Paton) 10CSA:1410, 10CSA:1420
Fraser Valley regional district

Property taxation, validation and enabling of parcel taxes (Robinson) 344B:1005-1010, 348B:1430-1445 (Throness) 348B:1430-1440
Property taxation, validation and enabling of parcel taxes, legislation See Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 4) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area

Description and infrastructure needs (Tegart) 316B:1610-1615
Issues and concerns (Tegart) 316B:1615-1620
Freedom of information See also Information and Privacy Commissioner

Proactive and routine disclosure (Kang) 9CSA:1055 (Stewart) 9CSA:1050-1055
Requests for information
fees and applicants (Kang) 9CSA:1010-1055 (Stewart) 9CSA:1010-1055
government handling and response times (Kang) 9CSA:1010 (Stewart) 9CSA:1005
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Previous amendments and alignment of health information legislation (Eby) 323B:1655, 341B:1450-1455 (Lee) 323B:1710 (Stewart) 341B:1450-1455
Provisions on collection and use of information (Eby) 323B:1655, 340B:1815, 341B:1505
Freeland, Chrystia

Role re Columbia River treaty (Conroy) 323A:1550-1555
Freshets and flooding See Floods and floodplains
Friendship centres See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Froese, Debbie

Death (Coleman) 306B:1535
FrontCounter B.C.

Information on hunting (Donaldson) 20CSA:1740
Services during COVID-19 (Donaldson) 18CSA:1530 (Rustad) 18CSA:1525
Services in communities (Oakes) 7CSC:1055, 353B:1500
Services in communities and ministerial responsibility (Ralston) 8CSC:1355-1400 (Shypitka) 8CSC:1355-1400
Frontier mine project See Teck Resources Ltd.
Front-line workers See COVID-19 employee impact and supports
Fruiticana Produce Ltd.

Operations (Sims) 305B:1020-1025
Fuel See also Oil and gas

Carbon-capture fuel initiative See Huron Clean Energy
Compressed natural gas (Milobar) 3CSC:1100, 3CSC:1115 (Trevena) 3CSC:1055
Fossil fuels
divestment (Furstenau) 306B:1635, 341B:1405
fuels (Furstenau) 310B:1050
issues and divestment (Furstenau) 311B:1505-1510
Gasoline, price information (Throne speech) 303B:1425
Low-carbon fuel standard (Milobar) 6CSC:1725-1735 (Ralston) 6CSC:1730-1735
Motor fuel tax, deferral (Bond) 349B:1145, 350B:1335 (James) 349B:1145-1150, 350B:1340
Motor fuel tax, revenues (de Jong) 330B:1340-1345
Tax, revenues (Bond) 355B:1415 (James) 355B:1415
Taxation and cost (Stone) 309B:1600

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